The guards at the city gate all surrounded at this moment, looking at Shen Lingqiu and Aunt Zhi, everyone had a trace of doubt, not knowing why this guy's carriage was carrying two women living on the streets.

The leader Xu turned his head and asked, "I said, you have been alone for more than ten years, and we all know this." If you can't explain it clearly, don't blame the brothers for being unkind. ”

The fellow didn't think so, and it didn't seem to be a big deal to take two strange women out of the city, but he yawned twice, and said to the leader Xu Jiaotou: "Hey, my carriage is so spacious, can't I leave with two people? They are from other states, and on the way to Qingzhou City, they met bandits, and their belongings were robbed, and they were still living on the streets. When I met them just now, he said that as long as I took them out of Qingzhou City, he would be able to give me some silver taels. I've been sending some vegetables and fruits to the state guard every day, and the income I get is nothing more than a few silver coins, so it's understandable for me to do this by the way, right?"

Xu Jiangtou didn't believe it, this Qingzhou City has been a place of fierce folk customs since ancient times, and there are often cases of buying and selling human beings, Xu Jiangtou is worried that these two people are the house slaves of which master, and want to escape out of the city, and when the time comes, the temple will be blamed, and he is afraid that he will be speechless, so he thought about it, and said very cautiously: "You said it lightly." In recent days, there have always been some old men who have come to the temple to make trouble, saying that their house slaves have run away a lot, and the guards of this state city are all blind, and even these people are not strictly checked, so that they take the deed of sale and do not get a little money. ”

This guy was thought to be a human trafficker, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart: "The surname Yu, you have to make it clear, who do you say is a human trafficker, I just want to take some money while I have it." Why do you bother to say this about me, could it be that I didn't honor you when I went in and out, so you are secretly stumbling on me. ”

When this guy was angry, there were many people around him watching the excitement. pointed at Shen Lingqiu and Aunt Zhi, as if they were really some old man's house slaves, and they escaped without paying enough money.

Xu turned his head and sneered: "As for whether it is or not, stretch out your arm to know!"

In Qingzhou City, if someone is poor because of their family, they will choose to sell themselves to a large family in desperation. In order to prevent their house slaves from running away, those old ladies often branded their names on their arms, and they would not re-burn the brand with red-hot iron until the house slaves redeemed themselves, so if these two people did not have a redemption deed but had a brand, it was enough to prove that they were house slaves who ran away, according to the rules of Qingzhou City, if they were caught and sent back to the big family, they could also get some reward, and as for whether the house slaves who were captured back were alive or dead, it was not the state gate guard who cared.

This guy didn't know where Shen Lingqiu and Aunt Zhi came from, but he was entrusted by Guan Lang to take the two outside the city gate, and he didn't know if they were house slaves who escaped from a large family, and there were so many people around them, if this was the case, I am afraid that it would not be possible to spend some silver to make it easier for Xu to do it at that time.

But at this point, it was useless for this guy to shirk it, so he could only be forced to accept this decision: "Okay, good, you are holding the money from the temple, and you are naturally bigger than the officials of our common people." But I can say it, if you don't find a name and want to bully us again, I have to ask my uncle to come forward and talk to you personally. ”

The guy turned his head, lowered his head and said to Shen Lingqiu and Aunt Zhi: "The two of you have been wronged, the man is on the left and the woman is on the right, just expose the arm of your right hand and let these gatekeepers take a look." It doesn't take too much time, just a moment!"

After Shen Lingqiu heard this, he nodded, glanced at Aunt Zhi, and seeing that she did not object, he slowly raised his arm, revealing his black skin. It turned out that before Shen Lingqiu came out, in addition to smearing his face with plant ash, he had even smeared it on his arms, which could be said to be a full set of plays. Seeing this, Aunt Zhi next to her also pulled up the clothes on her arms, although she did not smear the ashes of plants and trees like Shen Lingqiu, but there was no imprint of a large family on it, so these two people were not the house slaves of a large family who ran away, presumably Xu Jiaotou must have nothing to say.

"What's going on, old Xu Tou, what else do you have to say now. I'll just make a hard job, you have to blush for anything, it's really not good, I'll invite you to drink next time. Although I am not a temple person, I also have some contact with them, so naturally I will not do anything to embarrass them. This guy saw that Shen Lingqiu and Aunt Zhi were not imprinted, and the stone in his heart just landed.

But Xu Jiangtou did not give up, but continued to insist: "Hmph, even if these two people are not the house slaves who escaped from the wealthy nobles, but their origin is unknown, maybe they are the same party of the gangsters in the rivers and lakes, wait for us to go to the state government together to ask clearly, if we can't find out a name, they will naturally be innocent." Recently, there have been many foreign officials who have reported that they have lost their belongings at home, and I think it has something to do with these displaced people from other states. No matter how urgent you are, I'm afraid you won't be in a hurry at this time, right?"

Hearing that he was going to be taken to the state office, Shen Lingqiu was a little flustered, if he was recognized by the state guard, and then he would be remembered by some young people, I am afraid that it would be a little difficult to leave Qingzhou City again. Although she is the second place in the spring examination of Bailu Academy, in the eyes of some wealthy nobles, she is just a daughter, and secretly there are countless pairs of eyes staring at her, and even many people who are ready to move, ready to take advantage of the unpreparedness.

Shen Lingqiu then spoke: "This lord, my aunt and I came to Qingzhou City from Ningzhou to visit relatives, but we didn't know that we encountered bandits on the road and almost died in Huangquan. When I arrived in Qingzhou City, I found that my relatives had already moved out of Qingzhou City, and in desperation, I had to ask this little brother to take us away from Qingzhou City. ”

Just as Xu was hesitating, the guy whispered beside him, "In that case, I won't hide it." Last time in the land of fireworks and willow lane, I watched you and a girl hug very closely, if I guessed correctly, it should be the girl named Yang Liu. It's just that your top boss Niu Zhuhou will definitely not think that the girl he likes is lying next to you, if I tell him about it, you say, can you still hold the rice bowl in the temple?"

Hearing this, Xu turned his head no longer calm, but said righteously: "Since it is not a house slave who escaped from a wealthy giant, it doesn't look like a gangster in the rivers and lakes, so you should set off earlier, I still have to check on other people." That's right...... In Steward Zhang's ear, you have to help me say a few more kind words. ”

The guy smiled slightly, saluted and said, "Master Xu walks slowly." So he got into his car, planted the yellow flag on his right, and walked out of the city gate.