Volume 1 The Ugly Slave Chapter 007 Niece and Daughter-in-law
Apportionment?
Isn't this a fish and a flesh people?
In addition to planting and breeding, the people of Liunian Village did not provide additional subsidies for their families' livelihood, and the households were very poor. But all kinds of taxes are ridiculously high, digging wells have to be apportioned, ancestral hall repairs have to be apportioned, and now the army of the nineteenth master has to be stationed in the county, and the apportionment is naturally even less.
It's hard to dismantle!
Thinking about it, she lowered her eyebrows and smiled pleasantly, pretending to be very honest.
"Third aunt, then ...... you looking for me?"
The third aunt still smiled and said: "Dazhu, he is not troublesome, your body and bones are getting better, Ming'er will go to the county seat and exchange the two baskets of japonica rice in the warehouse for money." And ......"
After a pause, she only looked at the seventh day of the first month but did not speak.
Xia Chuqi tilted his head and responded with a little more IQ than a fool.
"Auntie, do you have something to say?"
The third aunt smiled and patted the fool's head that had always been buried, "Auntie turned over the imperial calendar, the fifteenth day of this month is an excellent day, you have to have extra money when you sell japonica rice, pull a few feet of flower cloth for your own family, make good clothes, and make two round houses with the pillars, so as not to attract gossip again." β
Roundhouse?
Although the fool is good, he looks like a child in her eyes.
For this arranged marriage that fell from the sky, Xia Chuqi naturally would not approve of it.
But he couldn't bear to leave the fool behind.
Besides, she ~ one ~ this ~ read ~ small ~ said ~ ybdu has no place to go at the moment. Unlike the heroines who fly through the eaves and walk the wall in the novel, the household registration system of the Dayan Dynasty is strict, and the government has to guide them wherever they go, especially for women.
perfunctory the three aunts, and slept separately that night, but Xia Chuqi tossed and turned over and over at night, and felt a headache. It was a fool who had no heart and lungs, and was so excited that he was like a little baby, pretending that Xiao Xie came to her outside the house and asked again, making sure that he wanted Ming'er to go into the city with her.
This commotion, Xia Chuqi couldn't sleep.
In the middle of the night, she suddenly thought of the dirt in her arms-the little golden tiger. The iceberg wolf by the Qingling River is not an ordinary person, will it not be safe for her to venture into the city with dirty things?
No, she has to go to the county seat to understand the market first.
Thinking like this, she crawled out of bed in a daze, wrapped the little golden tiger in a rag, buried it in the loose soil under a mud pot in the corner, and stepped on it with her feet uncomfortably, before she breathed a long sigh of relief.
*
In Lingshui County, about 20 miles away from Qinggang County, there is a Jin Weijun under the command of King Jin of Jin. It was late at night, and there was still a lamp in the manager's tent. Outside the tent, the night guards wearing vermilion jackets and long knives with black sheaths on their waists were patrolling with torches, and their neat steps were clearly audible in the whining wind.
"Report ββ!"
Zheng Erbao, the waiter, hurriedly opened the curtain and entered the account, but saw that the prince was alone and holding black and white chess pieces at the same time, so he quickly knelt down.
"Master, Jingshi is eight hundred miles urgentββ"
A sunspot fell, Zhao Zhu took the paperwork, read it unchanged, and Zheng Erbao lit a candle and burned it, staring at the chessboard again with cold eyes, holding a white child in his hand for a long time and being silent.
The surroundings became more and more silent.
Even if Zheng Erbao has been waiting for him for many years, he can't help but shudder.
This nineteenth master is very withdrawn. When he is not angry, it does not mean that he is in a good mood, and when he is angry, it does not mean that he is in a bad mood, and the calmer he is, the more frightening it is. Especially in the past few days, after he sent scouts to search for a woman in Lingshui and Qinggang counties to no avail, his face became even more indifferent and indisputable, and no one dared to easily touch his scales at this time.
"Master, there's one more thing......
Zhao Yu didn't look away, the black and white sons in front of him each accounted for half of the country, and there was no way to further devour the other party's territory, and he didn't seem to hear Zheng Erbao's words at all, so he only twisted his brows.
Looking at the face and coloring, Zheng Erbao, who is usually fast-talking, is a little hesitant today.
"Master, the envoy also brought a message from His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun to you......"
Zhao Zhu paused slightly and looked at him coldly, "What's the matter?" β
"Your Highness, please return to Beijing to secretly check one person along the way."
"Who?"
"The daughter of Xia Tinggan, the former Duke of Wei, and the wife of the emperor's eldest grandson......"
Zhao Zhu set out to march to Una in the spring of the twenty-fourth year of Hongtai, and it is now the winter of the twenty-fifth year of Hongtai. The border life in the past two years did not prevent him from knowing the movements of the imperial court. A year ago, there was a big case in Beijing that shocked the government and the opposition. Xia Tinggan, the former Duke of Wei, was exposed by his brother Xia Tingde as collaborating with the enemy and treason, and more than 70 people in the palace were beheaded, and only one Miss Seven was missing.
He had not met the appointed niece-in-law, but he knew that the woman had a bad reputation.
It's just that soon after this case, Zhao Mianze, the eldest grandson of the emperor, married the third lady of the Xia Tingde family, who inherited the title of Duke of Wei for exposing her brother's meritorious service.
The wick 'snapped' lightly, and he calmly fell again.
"Tomorrow, open the Qinggang Station."
"Yes!" Zheng Erbao secretly rubbed his hands, "Then, how to reply to His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun?" β
Zhao Jun solemnly withdrew his hand and replied casually, "Let's talk about it when I go back to Beijing." β
"Huh? But ......."
"Go down!"
Zheng Erbao twitched the corners of his mouth and fell silent.
Master, are you having cold humor?
Secret checks along the way...... I've all returned to Beijing, how can I check?
*
The rooster crows, the dog barks.
The sky is sunny, but it is still dry and cold.
Xia Chuqi took out the best outfit of Xia Cao from the dilapidated box, put it on, had breakfast, and played in the house for a long time in front of the small peach mirror before coming out and entering the city with the fool.
Fools are stupid, but they have the strength, and they picked a stone of japonica rice and walked in front, with a straight body, as if it didn't take half a effort. Even though she had been sick, her body was still weak, and she was a little wilted.
The big honey locust tree in the east of the village has always been a good place for the three aunts and six women to chew the root of their tongues. At this time, several women were biting their ears while talking and laughing. The voice was very low, but it still fell into Xia Chuqi's ears intermittently.
"Did you hear that? That Fan's ......"
"On weekdays, she is not a serious person...... Naked in the breeding pigsty of the Lan Lame Family...... That kind of pig is in heat...... Offend public decency! β
"Isn't she going to the county seat crying early today? seems to have scolded the fool and the lady of the Xia family for a while...... Oh, I'm afraid someone is going to be unlucky again, but they are the young lady of the county lord's family......"
Seeing Xia Chuqi and the fool coming, several women closed their mouths and only looked at them.
Xia Chuqi curled the corners of his lips slightly.
No one has ever messed with her, and she has been able to get away with it......
Wait and see!
Along the way, they didn't encounter ox carts entering the city, and the two of them walked for more than an hour to arrive at Qinggang County.
Before entering the city, I saw a crowded crowd on the side of the post road outside the city. People crowd people, people stick to people, tiptoe, look up, greet, gag...... All kinds of hustle and bustle came and went, and the whole county seemed to be in a commotion over one thing.
King Jin is going to Qinggang County.
Some people are saying that the Nineteenth Master led 300,000 Jin Guards to attack the country of Una, captured the princess of Una alive, steamed the king of Una, and killed hundreds of thousands of Una soldiers. But the prince unfortunately contracted the wind cold on the way back to Beijing and had to live in the county for a few days to recuperate.
Some people are saying that this Jin prince is the youngest and most favored son of the old emperor today, and he fought on the battlefield when he was only a teenager, and he won every battle, killing and wounding countless people, and won the title of "King of Yama".
Some people are saying that since he and the crown, the old emperor has assigned him three times before and after, and the three princesses died without waiting to enter the cave room. Slowly, the theory of ghosts and gods spread, saying that he killed too much, and ordinary women couldn't suppress the unjust souls that were wrapped around him, and they couldn't get close to him.
Some people are saying that he must have three heads and six arms, and his face is like a ghost......
In short, curiosity.
However, no matter what you say, a character like him, not to mention that the common people have not seen it, even the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the county lord Fan Congliang's family has never seen it. No, the whole county poured its strength, repaired the bridge and dredged the river, and the yellow sand auxiliary road, and led the people to wait before dawn.
Xia Cao listened to the gossip, but her footsteps did not stop, and she entered the city with the two of Lan Da fools, exchanged one stone of japonica rice for five copper coins, and then wandered around.
Today was not the usual day in the city, and the patrol guards in helmets and armoured with knives were everywhere, and there were many stalls and vendors, restaurants, and teahouses, and she took the fool around in a high-profile circle, and soon followed the bustling crowd to the side of the noisy post road.
She didn't stand long before the fool suddenly grabbed her arm and screamed in horror.
"Grass, runβ"
Xia Chuqi smiled slightly, "What are you running?" β
She was calm, but the fool turned pale with fright, and his trembling mouth trembled, and he nervously called out "Grass run", and then he carried a flat pole in front of her.
------Off topic------
Haha, it's coming, it's serving. Speaking of the Nineteenth Master, do you always tease......
Doesn't there be a girl who thinks that our nineteenth master is the most stuffy and has a black belly?
Well, the rivalry between the two in the future will be quite interesting...... Stay tuned.
In addition, about the appearance of the seventh year of the junior high school that the Guliang people are worried about, let me say: In the case of working in the countryside all the year round and not having enough food and clothing, no matter how good the girl is born with congenital conditions, she will also have yellow muscles, thin muscles, malnutrition, and a face full of vegetables, no matter how good-looking she is, it is limited...... Hehe, take your time, the goal is to fall into the country and the city, the pursuit of sinking fish and geese, and the shy flowers in the closed moon are still playing a beautiful year...... What a sin!