The sergeant looked suspiciously for a while before handing them back the household registration, waved at them, beckoned the next one, and the old peasant from the countryside immediately handed over the road guide.

The two took over the household registration, and walked quickly past the sergeant guarding the door without looking back, until they were far away, Rui Zhu took a breath, and subconsciously patted his chest with his hand: "Miss, I was scared to death just now, I thought that the soldiers could see that the two household registrations were ......"

Tan Wanqing was wiping the sweat on her forehead with her sleeve, and when she heard this, she immediately "shh It's because of your mouth. ”

Tan Wanqing raised her eyebrows and lowered her voice and repeatedly admonished: "Don't remember who we are now!" "Fake household registration, or a fugitive, once discovered, what will happen to the end, this possibility is unimaginable," no matter what happens in the future, you must keep your mouth shut and be a man with your tail between your legs, you know? ”

"Got it, miss, I was just too scared just now, so I lost my mouth for a while, I promise, I promise not to do it again in the future!" Of course, Rui Zhu knew that it was powerful, so he immediately admitted his mistake and promised in a loud voice.

"Still called Miss?" Tan Wanqing glanced at her, both of them were wearing coarse cloth clothes, but one of them called the other young lady in her mouth, how could she not be suspicious if she was heard?

"Sister...... Sister, good sister. Rui Zhu shouted quite uncomfortably, her parents died, and she has been buying into the house for more than ten years, and has been following Miss Miss's side, from a six or seven-year-old little girl, to now, it has always been Miss Miss's name, how do you want to be able to match each other one day, if it weren't for such a thing in Tanfu, I'm afraid it would be impossible for a lifetime, although the name is a little awkward, but for some reason, there is a faint joy in my heart.

"Let's go." Tan Wanqing saw Ruizhu's hand pulling the corner of her clothes, as if she had returned to the time when she was six or seven years old when she first entered the mansion.

Since she escaped, she has been complaining about this and that, but she doesn't know how much more she talked than when she was in the house, so she must still be a little happy in her heart, so she reached out and took her hand, smiled at her, and then walked out of the city gate together.

Wei'an City covers an area of eight miles, it is extremely open, the city is magnificent, shops and rice villages abound, it is worthy of being a rich place for border grain and grass, when the Taiping is prosperous, I am only afraid that it is also going to be rich and flowing, look at the large pieces of green bricks in this city, and the buildings that are not inferior to the capital at all, it is impossible to have a lot of manpower and money.

As soon as they entered the city, there were clean bluestone streets under their feet, and the two of them had to follow behind some people when they first entered the city, and they had to look at it while walking, both sides of the street were full of lively wine shops and teahouses, and there were also many foreign hawkers and merchants, shouting back and forth, with different accents.

"I didn't expect this place to be so prosperous...... "Although it is not as good as the capital, it is much better than imagined, Ruizhu looked left and right all the way, and couldn't help but marvel in his mouth.

I don't know where to set up the stage, I heard the sound of the opera troupe playing music from a distance, and some people applauded loudly.

It was just near noon, and the two of them were not in a hurry to find a place to rest, so they stopped and walked in the lively places in the city, looking at some strange things that were not available in the capital around them, passing by the money village that could be exchanged for huàn silver coins, Tan Wanqing pulled Ruizhu and hurriedly went in, took out a gold leaf, exchanged it for two taels of broken silver, and put some of it in his sleeve separately from Ruizhu for retention.

The street is a lively scene, but what attracts the two people the most is not the fancy inns and restaurants on both sides, but the food stalls whose fragrance goes straight to people's noses.

In the past few days, even staying in the farmhouse, not to mention picky food, it is not easy to eat enough, the two have been half hungry and half hungry, and now they smell the fragrance of food, how can they bear it, in the face of hunger, ladies and nobles are also left behind.

Rui Zhu stared at those stalls, swallowing her saliva, and couldn't help but pull Tan Wanqing's sleeves again and again, she didn't dare to say what she wanted to eat, but she kept calling Miss Miss pitifully in her mouth.

Tan Wanqing was not hungry, was pulled twice by Ruizhu, just passed by a stall selling soup cakes, looked good, and pulled people to sit down, soup cakes are actually noodles, but round flakes, although not delicate enough, but very chewy, sprinkled with condiments and poured on the soup, the taste is still very attractive, in such a cold autumn, you can drink a bowl of noodle soup, that is, warm the stomach and full stomach, and very cheap, a bowl of only three copper plates, there are many people gathered in front of the stall.

The two of them were already hungry, and they didn't lift the bowl while holding it, although the eating appearance was not ugly, but the speed was not slow, until a bowl of noodle soup entered the stomach, there was still some unfinished.

"It's delicious." Ruizhu held the bowl and said, in Tanfu, she is a first-class big girl next to Miss, and Miss is exquisite in terms of food and clothing, there is a bite of Miss to eat, there is a reward for them, who would have thought that one day such a bowl of rough noodle soup will make her feel delicious, and she was moved to tears.

Tan Wanqing clumsily took out six copper coins from her sleeve and gave them to the store, she had not been in the habit of paying money for many years, and when she looked back, she saw that her maid was still sitting there, looking at the empty bowl with a sad look, and couldn't help sighing.

Ruizhu is the most lively one among her four maids, that is, she has to cry from time to time, you can imagine how much panic and grievances she suffered due to changes during this time.

If she is really a native of the family, I am afraid that she will see the injury like this at this time, and cry every day.

Tan Wanqing turned her eyes and saw that the cake shop next to her was selling vigorous and fragrant Hu cakes, so she walked over, this rice was like a small bowl, printed with beautiful patterns, and it smelled of meat.

Attracted by the aroma, some people gathered around, but there were not many people who bought, just because the cake was fragrant, the price was also expensive, one would have to □□ the text, the little two who sold the cake kept describing how beautiful the taste of the cake was, how to leave a layer of mutton and a layer of mutton on the right, and a layer of condiments and a layer of Hu powder on the left.

Tan Wanqing, who said that, only stood for one stop and stepped forward.

Rui Zhu looked at the empty bowl for a long time, and suddenly looked up in shock, but Miss was gone, and immediately knocked down the stool and looked around in panic, until she saw the figure waving at her on the street, and then rushed over, "Miss, where have you been?" I was really scared to death if I didn't see you. "It's a strange place, and it's good that the two of them are separated again.

Tan Wanqing took out a clean coarse cloth and stuffed it into Ruizhu's hand: "Eat." ”

Ruizhu took the handkerchief, the Hu cake inside was hot and hot, just out of the pot The oil bubble has not dispersed, Ruixiang immediately poured his hand, there is no such food in the capital, Ruizhu has never seen it, only a small piece is very fragrant.

After giving half of it to the young lady after it was a little cooler, she tried to eat it, and it actually smelled of meat! The noodles are crispy and crispy and the mutton is fragrant, it is delicious, I haven't eaten meat for a long time, let alone meat, I can't even see a meat star these days.

"Miss, what is this, I have never eaten such a fragrant cake." Ruixiang is a foodie, when he was in Danfu, he ate into a round face, and he has always refused to come to the delicious people, and he quickly forgot about what he didn't like to eat, and sure enough, he shed tears just now, and now he is smiling.

"This is called Hu cake, what the Huns eat, don't look at a small piece of naan, there is a lot of mutton in it, roasted in the stove and taken out of five ripe, the meat is tender and fragrant, it is really delicious, but it should be hot, it is not delicious when it is cold." Seeing Ruixiang frequently eating the bowl and looking at the Hu cake shop, she was afraid that she would be gluttonous, so she couldn't help reminding: "Although this thing is delicious, it is too greasy, half a piece is good, it is not good to eat more, otherwise it will hurt your stomach." ”

"Yes." Although Miss preaches, Ruizhu understands in her heart that Miss Cake was bought for her, and her face is sweet, not to mention the sweetness, and she laughs while biting the cake.

With the noodle soup to fill their stomachs, the two of them were not in a hurry to eat it in one bite, but slowly strolled around and tasted it, and when they walked out of the middle of the street, they saw that they were about to get out of the street, and suddenly there was a crowd around them, and a few sergeants in armor appeared in front of them, only to hear someone shouting loudly: "It's Lord Xie!" Go and see Lord Xie! ”

"Lord Xie? Where is it? ”

"At the gate of the north city, there are still soldiers and horses stationed in the city!"

"I heard that it is to deal with the thieves who robbed more than a dozen families in Nancheng, hurry up, and you won't be able to squeeze in if you wait for more people."

As soon as the surrounding city residents heard that Lord Xie was actually closing the stalls and closing the shops, even the women followed the crowd and rushed to the north gate.

Tan Wanqing and Ruizhu looked around in surprise, only to see that the people in the city were very excited, and some people were still carrying baskets and baskets to the north gate, and the two were caught in the crowd, staying or leaving, so they had to rush to the north gate with the current.

The original residents of Wei'an City, plus some merchants who moved in from the outside city, there are definitely a lot of people, there are thousands of people who rushed over to gather at the north gate, and the number of people who are black and pressing, not to mention the number of people who stayed in the city and did not arrive, I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of people in total.

The scene is quite spectacular, and because a large number of military horses gather at the gate, the soldiers in the city wear black armor and stand in line, and the iron-blooded army that has been killed for a long time will naturally exude a stunning majesty when they go to that station, and they will not dare to move rashly.

Therefore, although this place is full of people standing in the dark, they are all honest, with a regular distance, no one makes noise, or pulls and tramples, all of them are taken by that military momentum and quieted themselves.

Tan Wanqing and Ruizhu were crowded in the corner of the inconspicuous crowd, and the first thing they heard was some people near the north gate scolding loudly, "Dog thief!" "Brute!" "Take your life!"

Someone next to me asked what was going on.

There are also people who answer.

"There are people in the city who have rebelled, most of the soldiers under Lord Xie are requisitioned from the military households, there are always some people who disobey the adults, no, today someone took advantage of the absence of the adults, robbed more than a dozen households in the south city, killed a lot of people, and it was also bad luck to escape from the city, and the adults and horses blocked the ...... halfway"

"It was the relatives and friends of the dozen families who died who scolded just now, alas, this person, if he said he died, he died, the old king in the south of the city, I also talked to him a few days ago, but I didn't expect that people would be gone today."

"Fortunately, Lord Xie administers justice for us and ties the thief back, otherwise, if you die, you will die in vain......"

"I heard that there are more than eighty thieves this time, I don't know what Lord Xie is going to do with them."

"Now is the critical time to deal with the Tartars, the adults are short of sergeants, it's a pity to kill, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is inescapable, so you must have to make a show, and beat a military stick to relieve the anger of the family."

"It's better to fight half to death, have a long memory, and stop killing people and stealing money casually, they are the sergeants who defend the people of our city! It's chilling......"

The people around were talking in a low voice, when they heard a cold voice from the north gate, "The foreign Hun Tartars grovel, greedy for life and afraid of death, are like wolves and tigers to their own people, majestic and majestic, what is the use of such a sergeant?" ”

At this time, everyone faced the birthplace of the voice, and saw a man with a slender and powerful body in black armor, riding a horse at the gate of the city.

But is this Lord Xie too young? Tan Wanqing was a little surprised, she originally thought that the garrison of Wei'an City was an experienced and experienced elder, but the one in front of her seemed to be less than a year old.

As soon as his mind turned, he heard the man on the horse wave his hand to the motionless sergeant in black armor standing behind him, "Come, cut off the heads of these wastes for me, and comfort the people who died with blood." ”

Without hesitation, the sergeants stepped forward and dragged the thief tied to the ground to the platform, raising their knives and dropping their knives.

Several streaks of blood gushed out like fountains, splashing a warm blood flower in the air, and even a few drops splashed on the faces of civilians who were close.

At that moment, the north gate suddenly fell silent, and there was silence all around, looking at several twitching corpses on the ground, no one dared to make a sound, until those soldiers and thieves cried loudly, and there were bursts of ghost wolf howling and begging for mercy, but it still did not stop such a bloody scene.

Ordinary people have never seen such a tragic scene, nearly 100 people, were dragged forward in batches, they repented and pleaded bitterly before they died, blood flowed like an injection in the blink of an eye, turned into a corpse, and finally killed the head corpses all over the platform, spraying blood red on the pillars, the scene was too shocking, everyone was shocked and didn't even dare to move, Rao was bold and grinded his heels back.

Because at this moment, those executioners standing in the sea of blood were like soul-seeking ghosts, and Lord Xie, who calmly commanded them to kill people in batches, was also as cold as Yama from hell.

Until the execution was completed, Na Xie Yan rode his horse slowly around a sea of blood, pointed to the bloody guillotine to the full of soldiers, and said word by word: "...... This is how the slaughter of the people of our city of Wei'an ends, I hope you will take this as a warning in the future, if you commit it again, no matter who it is, there will be no forgiveness! ”

When Tan Wanqing and Ruizhu left with the crowd, their legs and stomachs were soft, and the noodles they had just eaten in their stomachs were kept in their throats, and as soon as those sergeants left, they couldn't help but lie in the corner of the wall and pour out the noodles that they had time to digest in the future.

Although Ruizhu endured it and didn't vomit, it was like seasickness, her legs were like noodles, she covered her mouth while patting her young lady's back, but her mouth was repeated: "It's terrible, that Lord Xie is simply ...... Hades, a murderous ghost who kills without blinking! It's going to be a nightmare when you think about it, miss, miss, let's go, don't live here......"

Xie Wanqing's bile came out at this time, she weakly leaned against the wall, waved her hand and said, "No, if we don't leave, just stay here!" ”