In a small tea house outside the city of Suzhou.

"Shopkeeper, come with a pot of good tea and five steamed buns. Yingcai was the first, with an arrow step, rushed to the seat, put down the big bags and small bags on his body, stretched a big lazy waist, and urged, "Hurry up, starve to death!"

As soon as the words fell, Ouyang Ruolan's disgusted voice came from behind her.

"Cut, tell me the rules here all day long, Sister Ge hasn't sat down here yet, why did you sit down first?"

Yingcai was in a hurry, and hurriedly jumped up and pointed to the pile of packages: "I said Miss, don't you look at how many things you brought for me to help carry? I've been tossed like this by you, can't you let me take a break?"

He looked angry, but as soon as he turned his head, he pulled out a big smile at Ge Qingqiu, and complimented: "Besides, the husband and Miss Ge didn't say anything, what are you talking about here?"

These two people have basically had to mix every day for the past two days, and Ge Qingqiu is used to it, seeing this, he patted Ouyang's hand: "It's okay, if you are out of the house, don't be so particular." ”

After the words fell, he turned his head and glared at Yingcai again, and said as if threatening: "You are a big man, won't you let a little girl? If you do this again, Changfeng will come back in a while, and I will let him clean you up!"

She has a left sentence and a right sentence here, and the two are not partial, but she has treated the two guys who are not worry-free.

While talking, steamed buns and tea came up, and the two didn't dare to quarrel anymore, so one took the steamed buns, and the other took the tea and prepared to eat.

Who knew that here, as soon as the little doctor put the steamed buns in his mouth, he immediately squirted them all out, as if he had something dirty in his mouth, and he "bah" several times, and complained repeatedly: "What is this? Why is it so unpalatable!"

On the other side, Yingcai just took a sip of tea, and he squirted it all out.

In that sip of tea, there was half a mouthful of mud.

Although he is a subordinate, he is also used to seeing good things in the palace, where can he stand this idleness, and he is annoyed all of a sudden.

At that moment, he slapped the table, glared viciously at the old shopkeeper who looked to be at least over 50 years old not far away, and said sharply: "Shopkeeper, are you bullying us as a passing foreigner? You dare to fool us with rancid steamed buns and tea mixed with mud and sand!"

The old shopkeeper, who was an honest and kind-hearted man, was so frightened that he immediately stammered: "I'm really sorry for the three guest officers, but now there are really only such crude things." If the three guest officers are not used to it, I am afraid that they can only walk dozens of miles further, look at the town in front of them, and maybe find some fresh food. ”

Yingcai didn't believe much in his pitiful confession, and stepped forward with a black face, without thinking about it, and went to uncover a cauldron in front of the old shopkeeper.

"What are you kidding? There is no tea in the tea house, you are playing ......"

Before he finished his sentence, he was stunned.

Because he found that the old shopkeeper was not lying, and there was really nothing in this pot!

When he looked down again, he saw that the water in the tea bowl in the shopkeeper's hand was also extremely turbid, even more terrible than the sip he had just drunk.

The old man's face was full of horror, as if he was afraid of what Ying Cai would do to him, and he cowered in the corner, not even daring to breathe more.

But after reading all this, the little girl's face changed color, and she turned back in embarrassment: "Miss Ge, here, why don't you come and take a look?"

Ge Qingqiu sensed that something was wrong, stepped forward, and smiled at the old man first: "Shopkeeper, don't be afraid, we won't hurt you." ”

Then, he also glanced at the tea stall that looked dilapidated.

After seeing the situation in front of him clearly, he frowned and asked: "I found it strange all the way, shopkeeper, is there something going on in your village? Why can't you see people in a radius of five miles? This place is the exit point of Suzhou, and it stands to reason that there should be a lot of passers-by." ”

There are passers-by, and it stands to reason that there will be no fewer people setting up stalls.

But now as far as the eye can see, there is only such a tea house. And this tea house is dilapidated, and it looks as if it will fall down at any time.

When the old shopkeeper saw that she was a kind person, he stood up and sighed, and said, "The girl must have never been to us before, right? ”

"In the past two years, there has been a drought in our village, and there has not been much grain harvest at all. Originally, the life of the common people was very sad. Not long ago, when I heard that King Rong's army was coming, the county guard, in order to prevent those officials from discovering our situation here, ordered people to drive all the peasants in this area to the mountains overnight. ”

When the old shopkeeper said this, he seemed to remember an extremely sad thing, his face fell, and there were even some tears in his eyes.

"In the past few days, when people have left, they dare to ask us to come back. But when the big guy came back, he saw that there was not much food left in the house, and he had all called the group of soldiers to empty it!"

Hearing this, the talent on the side immediately shouted: "Impossible!"

He strode forward, stood in front of the old shopkeeper, and said angrily: "Prince Rong has always been strict in governing the army, how can the soldiers under him do such a thing! Old man, don't spew blood!"

"Yingcai!" Ge Qingqiu glared at him and scolded sharply, "Go back and sit down, otherwise Ming'er will let Changfeng send you to the border to repair the city wall!"

Ying only knew that if Miss Ge really spoke to the prince, then her master would definitely not have to think about it, so she immediately sent herself away, and immediately had no choice, so she had to sit back sullenly, and listened to the girl ask.

"There is such a thing? Your Taishou here is too lawless! Isn't he afraid that King Rong will find out something?"

"Who knows, they all say that this official word has two mouths, and people don't say it, but I'm afraid that if I see it, I shouldn't see it. The old shopkeeper shook his head.

When the words fell, Ge Qingqiu's heart immediately sank.

She never thought that because King Rong's army would cause such great harm to these poor people, she felt guilty for a while, thought about it, and asked: "In this case, why don't you leave the shopkeeper? ”

The old shopkeeper sighed again: "In the past two years, young people have long been able to walk and scattered. But I'm an old bone, childless and daughterless, and I've been in the village all my life, where can I go now?"

When the words fell, looking at his small tea stall that was about to fall, he couldn't help but feel sad, and the tears fell down.