Cao Miao has long heard the saying that the dragon (dirt) is hidden in the market, and he also knows that there are many reckless heroes from the market, but today is the first time to experience it in person.

He came to the Sheep Market to find Qingtao's younger brother, but he didn't expect to meet Han Long and Zhang Wei here, the two old departments of the palace, and these two people seem to be the real bosses of the Sheep Market, and even the government has to hide far away.

After a little conversation, Cao Miao knew the reason why Han Long and Zhang Wei appeared here. They were requisitioned by the imperial court and sent to the battlefield, and soon found that the imperial court intentionally or unintentionally wanted to sacrifice them, so they all became deserters and settled in the sheep market one after another. The imperial court implements the scholar family system, and once the fugitive soldiers are caught, they will definitely die, and even their families will be affected, so they can only hide their names incognito, and the market is the best hiding place.

They are young and strong, and they have experienced real battlefields, and they crawled out of the pile of dead, and these people in Yangshi are naturally not their opponents, and they are quickly cleaned up and submissive. Zhang Wei is not very old, but he has a lot of experience, he has been Cao Zhang's subordinate governor before, and he is familiar with how to deal with the government.

The officials of the sheep market were coerced and lured by Zhang Wei, so they pretended to be deaf and dumb, and Zhang Wei and Han Long actually controlled the sheep market.

After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he looked at Qingtao. "Auntie, do you remember me?"

Qingtao stared at Zhang Wei for a long time, and said uncertainly: "Are you Wei cub?" ”

Zhang Weihu's eyes were full of tears. "Auntie still remembers me. That's great. To tell you one thing, Xiaolang is still alive, in the sheep market. ”

Qingtao's body trembled slightly, like waking up from a dream. "You saved him?"

"Yes." Zhang Wei nodded and said: "I took advantage of the chaos to save Xiaolang, and the school affairs were tightly pursued, and I had nowhere to go, so I fled into the Yanling Marquis Mansion." The Marquis of Yan Ling was fierce, and the school affairs did not dare to provoke him, thanks to his protection, it was only two years after his peaceful birthday. It's a pity that he was also poisoned. ”

Qingtao stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Wei's arm. "You have a younger brother?"

Zhang Wei lowered his head, bit his lip, and said nothing.

Qingtao understood, and tears fell down. "Wei cub, in the future, you will be my brother, and the cub will be your own brother."

"I can't do it, I can't do it." Zhang Wei was startled and shook his hand again and again. "I was raised by the prince, and it is my duty to serve the prince and his son. I just hate myself for being incompetent and not being able to save more people......"

"Don't talk about it." Qingtao patted Zhang Wei's shoulder hard. "The Zhang family listens to me and the cubs, I am a few years older, and I am in charge. If you don't dislike it, you will be with our sisters and brothers in the future, just like a family, regardless of each other. ”

"I can't do it, I can't do it." Zhang Wei's face was red, and he resigned again and again.

At this time, a dark and thin teenager walked in, who was the person who had stolen Cao Miao's purse just now. He stood on one side, rolling his eyes, looking at Zhang Wei for a while, and Qingtao for a while. Qingtao walked over, squatted in front of him, grabbed his arm with both hands, looked and looked, and couldn't cry.

"Cub, don't you remember your sister?"

"Sister?" The young man was a little flustered and looked at Zhang Wei for help. Zhang Wei nodded. "Xiaolang, I didn't tell you before, you are not my younger brother, nor are you the slave of Xuanwei Hou's house, you are the youngest son of Xuanwei Hou, this is your own sister."

"Sister?" The boy was at a loss. Seeing this, Qingtao was even more sad, and hugged the young man and cried bitterly. The young man gradually reacted, hugging Qingtao's neck, sobbing and choking. "Sister, sister." Tears and snot rushed out two grooves on the dark face.

"Oh, I can't help it." Ah Hu turned his head and wiped away his tears.

Cao Miao didn't say a word, quietly watching all this. He has seen a lot of this kind of life and death scenes, although most of them are in the play. But for him, he has long practiced the ability to play and enter the play at any time, and he will not be easily carried away by other people's emotions.

He was thinking, Yin Mo used an old file to lure him here, did he know that Zhang Wei and Han Long were hiding here? Zhang Wei and Han Long did not hide it, and even a little publicity, it was not difficult for the school to receive the news. These two names are very common, but both of them are old generals of Yongqiu Palace, and their appearance here at the same time will inevitably cause associations among those who care.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like an accident, it's more like someone is pushing behind it.

But who is this man?

Being in danger, Cao Miao didn't dare to be careless. If he had known in advance that he would meet Zhang Wei and Han Long, he would never be so public.

I'm still young after all.

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Zhang Wei held a banquet to entertain Cao Miao.

There are no delicacies from the mountains and seas, but in the sheep market, there is naturally no shortage of meat. Not only lamb, but also horse meat, chicken, and other meats. However, the high-end meat of this era is still dominated by beef and mutton, and everything else is slightly inferior.

Cattle are farm animals, and mutton cannot be slaughtered for no reason, so it becomes the most common meat, and the meat market is also named after sheep.

Boiled mutton, roasted whole lamb, grilled skewers, and all kinds of offal are mixed together and boiled, and most of them are related to sheep.

Cao Miao took a few bites and put it down. Although this kind of mutton is fresh, it is not seasoned enough, especially without cumin, and the mutton has no soul. And these rough men only know how to drink, not tea, and eat greasy mouths, and without tea to relieve greasy food, he will feel uncomfortable for a day.

During this time, he was not short of nutrition. Not to mention anything else, on the way to Luoyang, they slaughtered eight old cows, and they were a little tired of eating meat all of a sudden. Of course, the crime of slaughtering cattle and eating meat was also reported to the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven has not expressed his position, and the matter is still hanging.

Cao Miao doesn't care. It is true that slaughtering cattle for no reason is guilty, but Cao Zhi is not an ordinary person, whether he can check it or not, how to check it, in fact, it is only in the words of Cao Rong, the son of heaven. If you really want to strictly enforce the law, how many of the magnates in Luoyang are clean?

In this era, whether you are guilty or not depends not on whether you have really broken the law, but whether the emperor wants to clean you up, whether he can clean you up, and whether he dares to clean you up. When Cao Pi wanted to clean up Cao Zhi, just a few baseless words from Guan Jun, Wang Ji and others could humble a dignified royal family to the soil. If you want to be dignified, it's useless to follow your heart, or let yourself become a thorn all over your body, so that the other party doesn't dare to touch it. Either let yourself become and make the other party unwilling to touch it. Cao Zhi also understood this, so he agreed to Cao Miao's suggestion to kill cattle and eat meat.

In this evil old society, it is so difficult to be a good person quietly.

Full of wine and food, Cao Miao asked about business. "How many more are there in Luoyang like you?"

Zhang Wei thought about it. "If the prince is talking about me and Han Long, Luoyang is just the two of us. If the prince is talking about deserters, there are quite a few of them, at least a hundred as far as I know. ”

"Didn't the court check it?"

"I've been checking, but I don't dare to check too closely. The prince may have seen it on the way here, although it is where Gyeonggi is located, the surrounding area of Luoyang is still full of wild trees, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and it is not difficult to find a place to hide. The court has had many events in the past two years, and they don't want to start incidents, as long as we don't make too much trouble, they will turn a blind eye and close one eye. ”

Zhang Wei smiled and said, "Otherwise, how could someone like Cui Jun become the captain of Si Li." ”