Taiwei rode on the royal horse, with a few personal female guards on the left and right, slowly moving forward on the dirt road in the village, and behind him, Zhu Wu and Sun An followed with a hundred and ten horses.

There were many onlookers and homeless people, and the gentry and scholars were arranged to enter the city by virtue of their household registration, and some of them went directly to Zhu Wu and Hua Rong's tents and became clerks and miscellaneous officials.

The rest are basically ordinary people, poor people, for a way to live, unwilling to suffer humiliation, hundreds of miles of trek to this place for refuge, Liu Jing saw that among those women, there are many people with good faces, and couldn't help nodding and secretly thinking: "No wonder there are so many singles and splashes, they will follow all the way, winter is coming, you can't let these good people freeze to death and starve to death, it seems that we have to hurry up and settle and divert it." ”

Thinking like this in his heart, he slowly arrived at the center of the village, Murong Mingyue was very conspicuous sitting under the tree, lonely, falling down as soon as the wind blew, the birthmark on his face was red and scary, and the ugliness was unforgettable, so Liu Jing noticed her immediately.

A tattered subordinate shirt, cut by the branches in many places, especially the trouser legs, are cut one by one, on the exposed calves, the blood marks have dried up and scarred, the person looks very thin, the eyes are very large, judging from the outline of the face, if it is not for the birthmark that caused trouble, it should be an extremely beautiful girl.

Now, this little girl who is a homeless person looks at him with those big eyes, and there is no fear of others in her eyes, but it is very clear, and there is a lot of joy in the clarity, and a trace of fanaticism in the joy is contained in it, yes, it is fanaticism, Liu Jing can obviously feel it.

Seeing that Xianggong was paying attention to this woman, Leng Yuenu and the others followed the eyes together, but they all shook their heads with sighs.

However, for a short time, the team did not stop, continued to check ahead, and soon after, left the village to learn about the situation of those homeless.

Back at the camp, the captain convened a meeting of the leaders, synthesized what he had learned, and said to everyone: "The weather is getting colder, I see that there are still displaced people coming one after another, we can't let them freeze to death here, I have thought about it, the sergeants have not got a family, take turns to garrison there, and if there is a woman who is in love, they will marry, and be responsible for supporting their family. ”

After saying this, many shameless people smiled, Chen Liqing and the others raised their noses to the sky, and Jiang Lianshui even wanted to try to poison the captain.

After the meeting, Liu Jing went to the county seat to find Lao Tang, and had a meal with him in the afternoon, during which he said: "These days, there are almost tens of thousands of displaced people who have taken refuge here, and I see that there are many beautiful women during the period, in order to settle them, I suggest that there is no mother-in-law in the county, you can marry, and to support her family, gentry, you can also take concubines and hire maids."

"This is a good thing for both parties, there is a survival over there, and there are more Yanfu here, so my brother can take the lead, accept a few rooms like a wife, or recruit a few maids." Liu Jing said bewildermently.

When Old Tang heard this, his heart was itching, and while Mrs. Cai's willow eyebrows were upside down, he sneered: "Uncle is just a romantic person, why do you want to pull your brother into the water." ”

When the captain heard this, he said: "Sister-in-law, we are not outsiders, your approach, if you change to the place where I live, it will be a model husband and wife, and the world will praise it, but this is the Great Song Dynasty, the wind is like this, there are more than a dozen Xiaoxing concubines in my family, and Qiu Yan is especially disgusted with herself. ”、

"My brother will be promoted back to Beijing in the future, and in the mansion of Nuoda, as far as the three of you are concerned, the relationship between the heirs, can the old man in his family be willing? How would other colleagues laugh at him? Sister-in-law, think about it. ”

The woman was dumbfounded, silent for a while, and finally compromised: "That's it, what my uncle said is right, it's my sister-in-law's, it's up to you, give my old Tang family, take a concubine, and find two maids." After speaking, he sighed.

Old Tang's heart trembled with joy, but he pretended to be serious and said: "Madame should not listen to the virtuous brother, this is not good." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he was snorted by his wife: "What virtue do you have, my mother doesn't know yet, tell me, a few days ago, I was secretly discussing with my uncle's father-in-law what to do in Xiqing?" So, just follow your heart, save yourself from going outside to get flowers and grass, and embarrass the old lady! ”

hit two dates with one shot, Lao Tang hung his head weakly, and Taiwei also covered his face in shame for his old and unserious father-in-law.

Mrs. Hehe smiled: "You men, you are not all virtuous, full of benevolence and morality, and you have a nest of flowers and intestines in your abdomen, you are not as good as Uncle Liu, you are really hooligans, dare to act, okay, this matter is like this, but okay, those women, I have to choose for you." ”

The county was submissive, and the captain rolled his eyes: Are you so boastful, seeing that it was late, after dinner, I slept all night in the old house in the city.

The next day, the Taiwei returned to the mansion and told Cheng Xiaoniang about the matter, and the lady roared urgently: "Oh, brother, then we will also hurry up to recruit the maid, if it is late, the good ones will be picked up." ”

One day after the lieutenant's inspection, the refugee village began to be lively, and in the county town and in the barracks, all families were recruiting, some were recruiting long-term and short-term workers, some were recruiting subordinates, some were recruiting maids, and of course there were also those who said that they were recruiting girls.

The barracks are more direct: "Recruit a wife!" They directly wrote that anyone who voluntarily married a sergeant would be placed in a separate room for the whole family.

If there is a shortage of personnel in the barracks, they will start conscription, and the conditions will be harsh.

Liang Hongyu's logistics medical battalion, Chen Liqing's daughter army also began to recruit and select female soldiers.

As a result, the entire refugee village has become a large concentration of human resources, and the competition is fierce.

One of the most eye-catching, is the Taiwei Mansion and the county government two recruitment points, of which the county government is to recruit four maids and a girl, the Taiwei Mansion is powerful, to recruit more than 30 maids, the first requirement is to be literate, the first priority is to be hired, the grade is to start with the call of the maid, and slowly select the best in the future. ”

The two recruitment points are next to each other, in front of a thatched hut, Taiwei and the county Zun personally went into battle to select, in fact, Mrs. Cai and Mrs. Cheng were sitting in the house, checking through the curtain.

This is of course the first choice for all women, among the tens of thousands of refugees, there are two or three thousand young ladies who come to apply, all thinking, the opportunity is in front of them, don't come to see, how to be willing, once you are favored by the princess, it is not a step to the sky.

Taiwei and Old Tang were dumbfounded, discussed it, wrote a few rare words and put them there, and anyone who came to apply for a job pointed and read it at random first.

I paid attention to this, and most of them left at once, and they all went to other houses to look for opportunities.

There were still seven or eight hundred people left, and after a conversation between the two big hooligans, they began to select only among the outstanding women, and in the end there were probably more than 100 left, and they couldn't be eliminated.

The two women in the room were not idle, one snorted coldly, the other bared his teeth, and discussed, and asked the woman to come into the room in groups of ten to chat, both of them were veterans, and from the words, you could roughly see a person's character.

Mrs. Cai's side, quickly came out of the way, led out, and left first with Lao Tang, Liu Jing took a look, those little ladies are not particularly beautiful, but they are all extremely docile.

The rest of the little lady Cheng was accompanied by Leng Yuenu and Qiao'er in the house, and she was carefully selected slowly.

From time to time, women were eliminated, and after walking a short distance, they were politely stopped by the gentry in the city, holding a recruitment notice, and they all had one thought: "Those who can pass the primary election of the Taiwei Mansion are eliminated, and they are also outstanding." ”

The lieutenant was left hanging outside the house, and no one cared for him, so he lay on the table, his eyes blankly looking into the distance.

Hey, isn't it the little lady I saw yesterday, with an obvious birthmark on her face, not far away, standing alone, and not coming to apply, probably knowing that she couldn't pass the first hurdle, but she didn't go anywhere else, a pair of eyes, just staring at herself without blinking.

She couldn't stand it, Liu Jing derived a strange emotion in her heart, some people said, this is called a flood of sympathy, whatever it is called, Taiwei beckoned, signaling the little lady to come over.

The little lady was a little stupid, her eyes looked around to see if there was anyone, and she was sure that the idol man she had been thinking about for a long time was waving to her, so she still couldn't believe it, and walked over slowly.

"Have you eaten a little bit of meat these days?" Liu Jing asked kindly. This was the first thing Murong Mingyue heard this man say to herself, which was enough for her to remember for the rest of her life.

Xiaoniang shook her head: "I only ate a little raw snail in Dongping, and since then, I have never eaten it again." "People are ugly, but their voices are graceful.

"It's mine, it seems, in the future, every few days here, there will always be a little meat and fish, and you can't always let the villagers drink porridge." Mingyue heard the man blame himself, and then asked himself, "Where did you escape?" ”

"Qingzhou." Mingyue replied honestly.

Liu Jing nodded: "Qingzhou, it's very miserable, the Murong prefect's family was harmed by the thieves in this way, and I don't know if anyone escaped by luck." ”

After speaking, I saw that the little lady's cheeks were already full of tears, and hurriedly comforted her: "Don't cry, you see, everything has begun to get better, you follow me in the future, there will always be a bite of food for you." After that, he sighed.

He was easily taken in by the man he liked, Murong Mingyue almost couldn't believe his ears, you know, with his appearance, no one is willing to take care of him along the way, and when he arrives here, no one is willing to talk to him.

What kind of gentleman is this, he actually has such a bearing in his heart, in Mingyue's heart, he not only admires the man next to him, but also worships: "I Murong Mingyue is conceited and sinks into the face of a fish and a goose, and I have the air of being a high fighter, and I am proud and extraordinary in my life, how can any man enter my eyes." ”

"If you want to say that there is, it's just a crush on a fairy surnamed Liu, the kind who can't extricate himself, if it's okay, let the maid go to listen to the story of the Taiwei's romance, come back to learn it for yourself, the usual pocket money, are used to buy folk books about his various legends, look at it, I feel that I am the little lady Cheng, and Lang Junyue on the willow top, Qingqing and me, do that shameful thing."

"Of course, I didn't tell my family about this, and I knew that it was an impossible wish to be realized, how could I be the daughter of a dignified prefect and commit herself to someone else as a concubine, or, this is just a girl's ignorant dream, who knows that now, after a catastrophe, he is standing by this man's side, and he actually took him in."

That's how the dream came true? The little lady was surprised, the deer in her heart collided, for a long time, with a set of extremely elegant Xie posture, thanked the captain for his kindness, and silently walked to his side.

In the thatched house, Cheng Xiaoniang had already chosen almost, but she witnessed this scene in front of the house with those women, and she couldn't close her mouth in surprise.