The carriage jolted for another two days, and finally stepped into the boundary of Meiling City.

In order to prevent being found by Feng Qiansu, Rong Qingshu deliberately changed into men's clothes and assumed the pseudonym Su Rong.

After the group was settled, Yan Yi and Rong Qingshu went out to inspect the people in Meiling.

Rong Qingshu sighed, "Pucheng is a border city, although it is not rich, the people are also rich in food and clothing, and the street market is also lively. But the street market in Meiling is really depressed, and there are only a handful of street vendors, and they don't even dare to make too much noise when they shout and sell. ”

Rong Qingshu and Yan Yi walked several streets, but the situation was the same.

Just as they were hesitating to find someone to inquire about the local situation, a thin black girl in tattered clothes suddenly stood in front of them.

The helpless eyes seemed to ignite a little hope, "Did the two elder brothers just come to Meiling and want to know about the situation in Meiling?" ”

"Is there anything you want to tell me?" Rong Qingshu half-squatted, eye-level with the thin black girl.

The little girl wanted to reach out and pull Rong Qingshu over, but when she saw her tattered body, she withdrew her hand in fear, "Can my brother go to my noodle stall to eat noodles?" ”

Rong Qingshu directly took the little girl's hand and looked at the silent Yan Yi with a smile, "Okay, it just so happens that we are also hungry, right?" ”

Yan Yi nodded, "Hmm." ”

She hadn't gone far before the little girl excitedly pointed to a tent with a long corner, "Brother, that's my noodle stall over there." ”

The stall was small, with only a faded table, but it was clean, with a large broken leg that was barely supported by stones.

Because the place is small, the stove and the table are close to each other, but they are cleverly separated by a half-old curtain.

Rong Qingshu thought that Yan Yi was used to brocade clothes and jade food, and he would not be used to the environment here, but after seeing that his expression was not at all, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Daddy, I've brought guests here again, and it's two."

A vicissitudes of reply immediately came from the curtain, "Okay, I'll be down right away." ”

"Two brothers, after I wipe the table clean, you can sit again." After arriving at the noodle stall, the little girl immediately let go of Rong Qingshu's hand and began to get busy.

Rong Qingshu was about to say no, but remembering Yan Yi's cleanliness habits, he held back his words.

After the little girl finished her work, the fragrant noodles were also served, "Two sons, I've been waiting for a long time." ”

"Uncle has worked hard."

"Thank you."

Rong Qingshu and Yan Yi thanked each other.

"Daddy, the two elder brothers are from out of town and want to inquire about Lime Mountain."

As soon as the old man heard Bilemon Mountain, he didn't know whether it was because he was afraid or angry, his whole body was trembling, and even his eyes were scarlet.

But in the end, they all turned into a sigh, "Meiling's side is not peaceful, the two sons will leave quickly after eating this bowl of noodles." ”

"Uncle, we are going on this trip for the sake of Lime Mountain. Tell us what you know. ”

"Daddy, you know the most, just talk to your two brothers."

The old man touched the little girl's head and asked her to leave, before he said helplessly, "Over the years, those beasts in Biling Mountain have become more and more lawless. The people of the government also left it alone, allowing them to go down the mountain every once in a while, and loot food and money from house to house. ”

The two sons also saw that almost no one was doing business on this street, just for fear that those beasts in Bilemon Mountain would suddenly appear. We also can't open the pot at home, so we really have no other way to risk death to set up a stall to make some money, otherwise, we can only starve to death. ”

"Then why don't you flee from this place of right and wrong?"

As the old man spoke, bitter tears filled the deep furrows on his face, "We also want to escape, but we can't escape without the money to buy a road guide for the black-hearted one." Moreover, we have lived in Meiling for generations, and our roots are here, how can we be willing to leave our hometown. ”

The noodles with rich soup aroma and full of chewiness suddenly lost their taste in Rong Qing's mouth, "There are so many strong men in Meiling, haven't you thought about resisting?" ”

"In order to prevent us from resisting, the ironware of every house was scavenged, and several families had a kitchen knife, and the blacksmiths in the city were skinned alive by the brutes. Without weapons, you can't fill your stomach, and you can't resist if you want to. ”

Rong Qingshu knew that the bandits in Bilemon Mountain were the one to the disaster, and the people were complaining, but she didn't expect that this place was even more serious than she thought.

"Bandits are rampant in Biling Mountain, and the government really doesn't do anything?"

Although the collusion between the government and Yu Muchen must be for the tiger, but there are so many officials in the huge yamen, and they are not necessarily all black sheep, and there are definitely upright people who ask for the lives of the people.

"As long as there is a grievance, the prefect will be charged with rebellion, and those good officials who can't see the people's livelihood have already fallen to the ground. If it weren't for my best friend who died on my behalf, I wouldn't have had the chance to meet the two sons. After the old man said this, he couldn't cry anymore, because of the sobbing, his whole body was trembling.

The old man was originally a parent official who was dedicated to the livelihood of the people, but now he has been reduced to a hungry peddler.

Rong Qingshu was a little embarrassed, "Uncle, you are actually a government official." ”

"I turned out to be the chief secretary of the Meiling Mansion, because I didn't want to be in the same stream with the prefect, I wanted to report the situation in Meiling to the capital, but the matter was exposed, and the family was ruined. I have survived so far because I want to wait for someone to save the people of Meiling from fire and water. ”

The old man suddenly knelt down in front of Rong Qingshu and Yan Yi, and said with tears in his eyes: "The two sons are so concerned about the livelihood and suffering of Meilingmin, they must be benevolent and righteous people. I didn't want to involve the two of them, but the danger of Meiling is urgent, I don't ask you to help us level Biling Mountain, I just ask you to bring this blood book to the capital. ”

The old man reached into his arms with trembling hands, took out a neat stack of linen, and held it with both hands, as if it was a thousand pounds.

When Rong Qingshu was about to reach out to pick it up, Yan Yi had already solemnly taken the blood book of the people, "I will do my best to quell the bandits of Bilemon Mountain and restore peace to Meiling." However, please also ask the old man to help me. ”

The old man's eyes full of vicissitudes of life are full of seeing death as home, "Although the son speaks, the old man will never give up." ”

Yan Yi took out a waist card, put it on the wooden table, and got up to leave, "I want you to be reinstated and call the militia." ”

The old man looked at the runes on the waist card, especially the words "Chang and Bo", and was surprised and delighted.

Rong Qingshu looked at the waist card and was also stunned.

But after a while, he came back to his senses, and after leaving a piece of broken silver, he trotted to chase Yan Yi, and grabbed his sleeve stubbornly, "Yan Yi, your identity is Chang and Bo?" ”