"Jingle Bell~"

The crisp and melodious sound of the bell rings from a quiet alley, which is particularly loud on this quiet snowy night when the rabbit hangs high.

Under the moonlight, a bicycle was speeding away, and the bicycle was ridden by a young man who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old.

At this moment, the young man's face was red from the cold, but his spirit looked good, and he was still humming a small tune in his mouth.

The alley was not too long, and soon reached the end of the alley, and the young man turned over and got out of the car, parked the car on the side of the road, and slapped it several times outside a wooden door.

"Anyone?"

It took several calls before a voice sounded inside the wooden door.

"What's the big night?"

There was anger in his words, but soon the wooden door was opened from the inside, and a rugged middle-aged man's face was revealed: "What are you doing?" ”

The young man immediately introduced: "Uncle, I am a student of our Liaodong University, and I was selected to come to our county to help with the household census registration, you see, I have the certificate." ”

"Fart's papers, don't look at them, I'm not available."

The man slammed the door shut: "You are not too cold in the middle of the night, Lao Tzu is still too cold." ”

Seeing that the door was closed, the young man had no choice but to continue shouting.

"Uncle, I've been waiting with your family for a long time during the day today, and the neighbor said that you won't be able to come back until the evening when you catch the car, so you went back to the county government to have a mouthful of food, you can help make it, it won't be too long, even our monarch has taken the lead in registering."

The footsteps behind the door paused for a moment, then sounded again, getting closer.

"Smack."

The door was pulled open again.

"Come in, get warmer inside."

"Thank you, thank you."

The young man happily followed the man into the house, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

The two hands kept rubbing each other with their mouths, but they also rubbed out three points of heat, which allowed the frozen fingers to recover a little.

"Here, take a sip of hot tea."

The man handed the young man a cup of hot tea, and muttered, "It's so fucking cold this day, you can't wait until daytime to come back, oh, too, Lao Tzu is not here during the day."

You are also dead-eyed, I am a bachelor in this household, and the neighbors know that you can't remember it directly, and you have to see what I am. ”

"Hey, hey, it's not work." The young man took a few sips of hot tea, and the comfort of his body made him tremble for a while.

The man sneered and laughed: "Don't you say that you are a student of Liaodong University, the student has a fart job, and taking a good rest and cultivating your spirit to go to school is your only business and way out." ”

"Hehe, isn't this giving money."

The young man smiled innocently: "Fifty a day, it's a lot, and besides, we're all about to graduate, so it's okay to stay in school, it's good to help the yamen run errands and earn some living expenses by the way." ”

There is a clear disdain for contented men with young people.

"It's just that you are so foolish, such a hard work, why don't you see the public servant of the household administration department running by himself, and throwing it to you temporary workers at fifty a day?

It's not that you are young and easy to bully, why do you throw all the work of the night to you, it's stupid. ”

At this time, the young man heard that something was wrong.

This rough-looking, unkempt man speaks at first glance without any words, but he does not look like an uneducated native root.

Because the young people of the land have seen a lot in the past few days, they do not have this attitude and knowledge.

"May I ask, who are you?"

The man grinned and smiled contemptuously: "The surname is Zhu." ”

Country surname?

The young man was startled for a moment, and glanced at it with some caution, but he didn't see any similarities between the man's face and the portrait he often saw.

"Listening to your accent, it smells a bit of official."

"Don't look at it, Lao Tzu did come to Nanjing before."

The man snorted twice: "But I didn't move here, I was exiled many years ago, and now, it's an authentic Liaodong person." ”

Exiled clansmen!

The young man gasped, and his hand trembled a little as soon as he came out of the pen and paper.

"Honorific name?"

"The previous name is long gone, so call me Zhu Zhen now." The middle-aged man who called himself Zhu Zhen smiled, but waved his hand indifferently: "Let him pass the past, what a clan, the down-and-out phoenix is not as good as a chicken, after I am a sinner, it is already grace to be alive." ”

"Uncle, my name is Qu Liang."

The young man also reported his name, and first wrote down Zhu Zhen's name before asking: "A few years ago, the monarch's father gave a decree, and all the families of officials who were exiled in the Northwest, Liaodong and Jiaozhi can go back to their hometowns, haven't you ever thought about returning to Nanjing?" ”

"Huh." Zhu Zhen shook his head and smiled, and sighed: "My mother and a few of my younger brothers and sisters who were very young at the time died here and were buried here because of the unsuitability of the water and soil.

Besides, what kind of face do I have to meet my relatives back then? ”

"Why is there no face?" Qu Liangteng stood up and persuaded: "The so-called punishment is quite committed, your family must have been punished for committing a crime back then, what does it have to do with you."

This is also the reason why the monarch's father issued a decree to pardon all the families of exiled officials.

One person does things one person, you are a sinner does not mean that you are a sinner, you are our Ming people, and you can be upright and hold your head high when you go back to Nanjing. ”

Dignified and upright?

Zhu Zhen was in a trance for a moment, then laughed in a low voice, and then laughed miserably.

Waved his hand: "Now that you have registered, don't follow this ink, you still know a fart, hurry up where to go back and forth." ”

Qu Liang wanted to say more, but he had been pushed out of the house by Zhu Zhen.

With a bang, the door slammed.

Qu Liang, who had completed the task, was unhappy.

Straddled his legs on the bicycle and continued to march in the cold wind, waiting to return to the county office and then get off the car and return to the bedroom, Qu Liang heard a 'pop' sound when he undressed.

Picking up the candlestick on the table and shining a light, Qu Liang was dumbfounded.

A piece of golden cake!

There are also inscriptions on the back of the golden cake.

'Daming Gaoyang County Wang Xu'

This turned out to be given by Zhu Gaoxu, the second son of King Yan!

Qu Liang swallowed his saliva, this piece of gold cake is very heavy, and a few of them have to weigh seven or eight taels, if this is replaced, it will be 100,000 smaller!

I only earned fifty on this day, how long will it take to earn it?

Six years younger!

After hesitating for a long time pinching the golden cake, Qu Liang stomped his feet and put on his clothes and ran out again.

Riding the bicycle, he rushed to Zhu Zhen's residence again.

"Uncle, uncle!"

After shouting several times, the door finally opened a crack, but only Zhu Zhen's voice came out.

"This thing was sent to me by someone when Zhu Gaoxu came to Liaodong to suppress bandits two years ago, and it's useless for me to ask for it, you keep it as tuition, remember, study hard, study hard."

The door closed again, and this time, no matter how Qu Liang called the door, there was no response.

The night grew deeper, and the snow fell heavier.