Fortunately, the sleeves covered it, and the fire only scorched the cloth, not directly on the wrist, and Tan Wanqing's attention was never here, but for the first time, she pursed her lips and raised her head, and looked at the military attache in front of her in shock, who had never carefully looked at her face.

The momentum of people is really a wonderful thing, the last second they still lowered their heads, and they were submissive, like ordinary civilians, groveling to wash the dishes and serve soup for their adults, but the next second they straightened their backs and necks, not only beautiful, but also noble and not desecrated by anyone.

A few sergeants really felt that they had seen a ghost, and they would actually feel that the woman in front of them in old clothes and coarse cloth, as soon as she raised her head, it was difficult for anyone to ignore, and even more dazzling than anyone else, how could such a woman be stored in the market?

Tan Wanqing looked at the person opposite.

And the person on the other side also looked at her, his eyes were as black as ink, and like an undercurrent in the depths of the potential seabed, but his face was faint, without a trace of ups and downs, no matter how Tan Wanqing looked at it, he didn't see any clues from it.

Until the other party paused, he pulled away with a cold face.

Tan Wanqing reached out and re-grasped the cold iron tongs, and with this coolness, she suppressed the deep anxiety in her heart.

Rui Zhu obviously heard the words of the man just now, and his face turned white with fright for a while, and he stood there for a long time without daring to move.

Until Tan Wanqing thought of something, she suddenly let go of the hand of the latte tongs, lifted the wooden bucket next to her, threw the dishes next to her into the bucket in annoyance, quickly extinguished the fire, and whispered to Ruizhu who was still in a daze: "Ruizhu, we may have been discovered, we have to go back, immediately, immediately." "Can't stay for a while!

Tan Wanqing's voice was very low, but Ruizhu woke up like thunder, and immediately followed Tan Wanqing's hands and feet with a pale face, and the things in the stall were lifted everywhere, many bits and pieces were not even picked, all of them were abandoned, and even half a bucket of charcoal was left next to the charcoal fire, leaving from the shop as if fleeing.

On the way back, Tan Wanqing and Ruizhu didn't speak, Ruizhu wanted to speak several times, but when she saw the young lady's solemn face, she thought that the young lady didn't let her mention anything about their identities outside, so she swallowed back the words that she was eager to blurt out.

On weekdays, there is only a short half a quarter of the road, but this time it feels like it is long and can't go to the end, making people want to be able to give birth to two more legs, until they entered the yard, Tan Wanqing hurriedly threw the wooden barrel in his hand aside, and entered the house without looking back, and then squatted down to open the cupboard, and found the remaining silver exchanged for gold leaves from it.

"Ruizhu, you go pack your clothes, we'll go out of the city immediately, don't bring any other extra things, hurry up!" Tan Wanqing lifted the lid of the altar with her backhand, poured out copper coins from it, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and urged Ruizhu urgently while wrapping it.

How dare Ruizhu pause for a moment, quickly climbed onto the kang with a white face, shook his hand and pulled out a cloth towel, took out her and Xiaoyi's clothes, and didn't care about tidying them up, tying them into a burden in three or two.

Seeing that Miss took the money and left, she really didn't want anything, she had to hurry up and grab the cloth bag, followed behind, out of the house, she couldn't help but look back, I don't know what it tasted like in my heart, the rice jar was full of rice, the kitchen was full of firewood, the eaves were full of fish, and the jar was full of oil, all of which they had accumulated bit by bit, and she thought that Miss He could finally settle down, but now she gave it all up, Miss was willing, but she was bitter and aggrieved.

At this time, Tan Wanqing didn't have any smile on her face, although she was calm, she couldn't hide the impatience in her eyes.

She explained to Ruizhu, who was still unclear about the situation, in a low and fast voice, as if talking to herself: "It's ridiculous that I thought that military attache should be someone under Lord Xie, but I didn't expect it to be Lord Garrison himself."

You also heard what he said, from today onwards, the city will thoroughly check the household registration, although it refers to the common people who abandon farming and engage in business, and do not pay grain taxes, but the garrison lord also includes the monk's registration, indeed, since ancient times, there are many ways to evade taxes, and becoming a monk is also one of them, but it is a deception and deception of local officials to profit from it, and for the common people, it is also worth being a human being? But who do we go to? If we really come out of the temple, it's okay, but our identity can't stand the check, so we continue to stay, and sooner or later we will show our feet.

Therefore, when we go out of the city for a while, we must not say the wrong thing, this is our only chance, we must leave before we can get out of the city, otherwise once we are found out, you and I will be re-offended and imprisoned......"

She quickly confessed, but Ruizhu listened to it, the more she listened, the more scared she became, her frightened lips trembled, no wonder she, up to eighty, down to three years old, no woman is not mentioned in prison, when the old man was convicted of Tanfu was copied, the ladies of Tanfu were only guarded by, and they had never been imprisoned, if it was really as Miss said, they couldn't escape and went to prison, it was a more terrible thing than death, just thinking about it paralyzed hands and feet.

"Ruizhu." Tan Wanqing noticed her abnormality, reached out and held her hand hard, knowing that she was in a hurry for a while, she said more, so she had to be very calm and firm: "Don't be afraid, there is still room for things to turn around, and when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, we can't mess with ourselves, when we get to the city gate, we must cheer up, as long as we go out of the city, we will be safe." ”

Ruizhu's eyes were red, and her eyes were full of horror, but after listening to it, she nodded desperately and held back her tears: "Miss, don't worry, I understand, I won't show my feet." wiped his face, and said again: "If you go out of the city with Miss this time, Ruizhu thinks, it is better to go to a temple, ask to shave your hair to become a monk, and get a real monk's certificate, it is better than worrying and being frightened every day." ”

Tan Wanqing heard what Rui Zhu said, her heavy mood was actually better, she smiled and nodded, it was not a way out.

As for why Lord Xie deliberately said those seemingly unintentional, but seemingly intentional words, Tan Wanqing's first reaction at that time was to expose it, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was just a coincidence, but he just sat there drinking soup and said it in passing, because he had too much heart.

But now, she doesn't have time to think about this, she only has one thought, that is, to leave this city, the sooner the better.

When she arrived at the South City Gate, when she saw the long queue at the city gate, Tan Wanqing's stunned face changed, all the previous plans were burned, and the South City Gate was blocked by many officers and soldiers, and even when you left the city, you need to show your household registration, and the letter of recommendation is not easy to use.

Rui Zhu stopped far away with Wanqing, and the more she looked at it, the colder she became, and the more panicked she became: "Why do you have to register when you go out of the city now, this, what can I do?" Ruizhu said.

Tan Wanqing gritted her teeth, pulled Ruizhu and turned around and walked through the nearest road towards the East City Gate, and when she arrived at the East City Gate, it was the same scene, that is, those high-headed and wealthy men also needed to stop the carriage and show their waist cards, and it was even more difficult for them to get out of the city if they wanted to mix in it.

Finally went to the grain gate of the grain road, even this city gate did not let go, the strict army guarded not to mention, when they arrived, there were several officers and soldiers to hold a weapon to resist the grain dealer pressed to the ground, after the violent beating, was dragged all the way by the officers and soldiers into the city of the prison department, a vicious god passed by them, only to see a few places of blood on the grain dealer's body, the road through is a long blood mark.

Frightened, Rui Zhu trembled and grabbed Tan Wanqing and stepped back, eager to get far away.

Tan Wanqing saw this scene, her heart became heavier and heavier, the north gate is a heavy place of soldiers and horses, and she doesn't even have to go, and she also understands in her heart that they are still a step late, and the city gate is no longer feasible all the way, and the two monk discs in the baggage must not be taken out to show people.

The two had nowhere to go, and had no hope of leaving the city, so they had to return to the house.

The bright and warm room that I felt yesterday seemed to be immersed in boundless darkness at this moment, as cold as an ice cellar, Tan Wanqing's face was tired and she was tired, her whole body was weakly leaning on the cotton pad, but her mind was echoing Xie Shoubei's words over and over again.

Abandonment of farming and business, grain tax? Hukou, monks? And also...... Dafang City.

Tan Wanqing suddenly cleared his mind, and finally noticed the key sentence that he had been ignoring, he was mentioning the major markets at the time, not mentioning the entire city, and it was only aimed at the merchants who abandoned farming and did not pay grain taxes, and the monk was only the last addition.

It is expected that the number of people who have settled in the city is not more than 10,000, but also 8,000, not to mention the number of people who enter the city every day.

She tried her best to guess the meaning and thoughts of what he said.

Recycling the grain tax, this place is the capital of grain and grass, grain is silver, and if there is a shortage of silver, you have to collect grain, since you have started to grasp the grain tax, I am afraid that now the Wei'an City Treasury is not rich in money, so Lord Xie will do this.

He is not aimed at some people, but there are many hawkers in the Fang City, and it is the hardest hit area to avoid taxes, so he will go to the Fang Market today, and say those words, even those who enter the city gate to carry the burden and bind the grain must be strictly divided into three points.

Thinking about Cong like this, she finally breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, that is, her identity with Ruizhu was not exposed, and she had been scaring herself, she couldn't help but reach out and rub her head.

As long as this is the case, they still have time to fight for it, or in a few days, when the wind has passed and the guards at the city gate are relaxed, it will not be so difficult to get out of the city, and all they can do is to try to hold on for a while.

It's just that for a short time, you can't go to the stall.

But it's also good, it's not a thing that is suitable for the long run, and if you don't do it, you won't have to worry about it, and you won't be at peace, so you can breathe a sigh of relief, and when you relax like this, your stomach is so hungry that you stick to your back.

couldn't help but open her eyes, and saw Ruizhu sitting on the side of the warm kang, looking at her with red eyes, as if she was afraid of arguing that she would cry silently there, her face was white as if it was the end of the world, and when she saw Tan Wanqing open her eyes, she immediately squeezed out some smiles that were more ugly than crying, climbed onto the warm kang, and said straightly: "Miss, have you thought of a way?" How can we get out of here......"

Tan Wanqing didn't answer Ruizhu, who was full of expectations, but said in a hoarse voice: "Do you have noodles in the kitchen, let's get a bowl of noodles, I'm hungry and don't have the strength to speak." ”

Fast, a bowl of fragrant white noodles like snow was put on the table, Ruizhu's craftsmanship has long been incomparable, the color and fragrance are all not a problem, she put down the bowl, and went to support Tan Wanqing on the cotton mat, she knows, Miss is easy to get tired physique, weekdays are a lot of rest, these two days business suddenly improved, Miss is indeed tired, and then was shocked by what happened just now, the eyebrows and eyes showed obvious fatigue, Ruizhu has also tried not to bother Miss, seeing Miss is eating, there is nothing to sit next to watch, She couldn't even eat half a bite.

Tan Wanqing sat up with a strong spirit, seeing that Ruizhu didn't need it, and she didn't force it, she picked up the chopsticks and picked up the noodles and put them in her mouth, which was light and tasteless, and she forgot to put salt, she didn't make a sound, she just filled her stomach in one bite and said.

After eating, his face looked better, and he saw Ruizhu who had been fidgeting all the time going outside to close the door, outside the gate, there seemed to be a team of soldiers walking by, and when he came back, Ruizhu's face was three points whiter, and he was already scared of no blood.

How can you not be afraid, when you think that there will be soldiers rushing in at any time and escorting them to prison, you have seen with your own eyes before, the appearance and screams of the resisting grain sellers being beaten, under such heavy psychological pressure, if you are an ordinary woman, you will already faint.

Tan Wanqing put her arm on the kang table, thought about it and thought about it, and then said to Ruizhu, who had not calmed down until now, and had been in a state of panic like a frightened bird: "Don't scare yourself, we left Fang City early and avoided the interrogation, and no one will come to the door for the time being." ”

Then he said: "Although I didn't think of the method, but just now we walked through the three gates, the valley gate and the south gate to check the household registration is strict, only the east gate only needs to rely on the waist card to enter and exit, it can be seen that the inventory is strict or not is also divided into regions, the east street of the city is mostly inhabited by bureaucrats and rich people, ordinary officers and soldiers rarely break in directly, and the investigation is not rigorous, if you can find a way to move to the east of the city, you can be safer." ”

But this reluctantly came up with a way to be safer, which did not make Ruizhu's mood feel better, but his eyes were red, and he wiped his tears aggrievedly and said: "Miss, is that Lord Xie a grudge against us, originally set up a good stall, how come he came, we can't even go to the market, Miss said that we want to move to the east of the city, but even if we go, there is no silver on our bodies, no old people to take care of, and we can't do business now, we don't know what to eat, I'm afraid that before anyone finds it, we will freeze to death and starve to death on the streets......"