In April in Mengxia, unlike the continuous plum rain in the south, the sun is in full bloom in the north where Humu Township is located. The wheat in the fields has blossomed, the grouts, wild trees, and flowers in the countryside are competing with each other, and the birds are busy feeding and nurturing, singing and harmonizing with each other.

In this bright season, the Qin army garrison camp located outside Humu Township, the Qin soldiers have lost the nervousness when they first arrived, although the sentry still has to stand, and the patrol still has to be done, but everyone's expressions have relaxed a lot.

They have been stationed in Humu Township for half a month, and as You and the local townsman Zhang are "getting more and more friendly", the soldiers' vigilance against the locals has gradually been lifted. Seeing that there were Wei people approaching with farm tools, they were no longer nervous, and even said hello in dialects they didn't understand.

Although it is usually you ask him if he has eaten, he will reply that you have good weather......

Several chiefs and chiefs were assigned their own tasks, and Xiao Tao specially took a few archery scholars to guard the south gate of the township.

Bu Cheng was responsible for finding medicinal herbs and treating the soldiers with headaches, brain fever, and indigestion caused by water and soil adaptation. The most terrible thing about marching outside the country is not resistance to conflict, but a contagious disease. When Heifu decreed that the ban was enforced, he also warned everyone not to drink raw water, just as he asked his mother, brother, nephew, and niece at home! Must be boiled before drinking!

Although this move attracted some complaints, everyone obeyed and complied.

Gongao and Lixian took turns to lead people to patrol, and they didn't go far, so they went around the countryside twice in the morning and afternoon to declare the presence of the Qin army. Heifu's forces could only control the townships, and could not go from point to line to surface like in the Qin State itself. If the troops are scattered, they will be weak and strong, and the vast roads, pavilions, and houses outside the city will be gathered, and Heifu will not be interested at all.

Ji Ying, who used to be a postman, was responsible for maintaining contact with Daliang, Waihuang, Jiyang, and Yangwu. The day before yesterday, he personally rode to Daliang and came back to inform Heifu that the water attack strategy of "General Xiao Wang" had begun to be implemented.

Beginning in mid-February, Zheng Guo, a great engineer from Xianyang, personally ditched the route of the ditch, and Wang Ben asked people to break through the bank defense of Xingyang and enlarge the flow of river water into the chasm. The rushing river water mixed with the ditch water, and in the position north of the girder, along the newly dug deep ditch, rushed to the low-lying city of the girder......

"Except for the military camp on higher ground, Daliang City is surrounded by river water and ditch water, I asked those prisoners in Nanjun, they said that the water has been poured for a month and a half, although the city wall has not collapsed, but there must be no place to stay in the city......"

Heifu breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that the girder has fallen, just within a month or two." ”

As soon as the beam was broken, the Wei State could be declared extinct, and Heifu's errand in Humu Township was over.

Although I feel that I can't stay in Tomu Township for too long, the soldiers can relax, but Heifu himself can't relax. Not all the Wei people gave in, and he could feel that in the shadows, there were still many unkind eyes staring at him.

So Heifu gave Zhong Ming, who had a language advantage, a new task, to go to the township and sit in the township if he had nothing to do, called supervising the transaction, but it was actually to find out the news. There is a large flow of people in the market, and useful and useless information is circulating there, which is conducive to Heifu to grasp local public opinion and prevent the undercurrent surging.

On this day, Heifu personally led the team out on patrol, and by the way, he went to the fork in the road to pick up the Dongmen leopard and the two Qin pawns who were recuperating from their injuries outside. Chen Wuyi's gold sore medicine is indeed effective, and after the Dongmen Leopard will be raised for half a month, it is already very good, although it is not able to run, but it can already be walked away, Heifu can't help but feel that this person's vitality is really strong.

When everyone returned to the camp, it was getting dark, but they saw that Zhong Ming, who had gone to the township to inquire about the news, had already returned, and was sitting in the tent, laughing while talking to Ji Ying......

Needless to ask, Heifu knew what they were laughing at.

In the past half a month, Zhong Ming's useful news has not been found, and there have been a lot of gossip and rumors in the market. Either A and B openly scolded each other in the market because of bargaining and almost got into a fight, or C and D broke up and became brothers at the level of enmity......

If it was in the land of Qin, the law would even have to take care of these trivial things, but now Humu Township has just surrendered, and it is still governed by Wei customs, and there are no conditions for the implementation of the Qin law. Therefore, Heifu does not want to do much, as long as it is not murder, wounding, robbery and theft, he does not ask about the rest.

But this is only in the peaceful surrender of Yangwu Hu, I heard Ji Ying say that Chen Liu and Waihuang, who were captured by force, were particularly strictly controlled by the Qin officials, especially for the rangers who had resisted the Qin army, almost all of them were arrested and imprisoned, and there were many bloody incidents of resistance......

In this regard, Heifu only strengthened his patrol to the south of the township, beware of fleeing foreign yellow light men running to make trouble. The garrison of the Qin army is a responsibility system, as long as you are optimistic about the three acres of land in front of you, the neighbors will not let you sit on fire. So at this time, each family sweeps the snow in front of their own door, how can they have the leisure to care about the frost on the tiles of others?

After the two of them got up to greet him and greet Dongmen Leopard, Heifu smiled and asked, "What did you find out today?" ”

There is no entertainment in the army, and a few military officials listen to Zhong Ming talk about the gossip in the market every night, which has become a regular program to pass the boring time.

Zhong Ming suddenly became energetic again: "You, I heard two interesting things in the township and city today, do you want to hear about it?" ”

"Say it."

"The first thing is related to the third old Zhang Yin."

Heifu lifted his eyes.

Zhong Ming said mysteriously: "Just yesterday, the fifth man married by Zhang Cheng's daughter and grandson died!" ”

……

"Zhang Cheng's daughter and grandson, that is, the daughter of Zhang Zhong who came to deliver grain a few days ago, is said to be very beautiful and a well-known beauty in the township."

"A few years ago, Zhang's daughter and grandson were married to a grandson of Wei in Daliang City. This was originally a good family affair, but who expected, on the night of the wedding, the grandson didn't have time to enter the cave room, because he drank too much at the banquet, he tripped over the threshold before entering the door, broke his head, and never woke up......"

After listening to Zhong Ling's words, Dongmen Leopard, who had just arrived, widened his eyes: "So, that woman was still a virgin at that time?" ”

"Yes, yes."

"It's a pity, it's a pity."

Dongmen Leopard smacked his lips and said that Gongsun was too upside down, so he had to die in bed again, which caused everyone to laugh for a while. At this time, except for Gong Ao, who was guarding at the camp gate, several other people also gathered around to listen to the gossip.

"The people in the back are also upside down."

Zhong Ling went on to say that after Zhang Cheng's daughter and grandson, he married several husbands.

The second husband is a county hao from Yangwu County, and after only three months of marriage, the township hao had a quarrel with a light man in the city and was stabbed to death with a sword......

The third husband was a township party in Hongxiang, and he was in good health, but in the past year after the marriage of Zhang's daughter and grandson, he died of tuberculosis.

By this time, Zhang's daughter and grandson could no longer marry a good family, so Zhang Ying could only find a businessman for her, hoping that it might be better to marry cheaply, but unexpectedly......

"She has only been married for five months, and when she was traveling abroad, she encountered bandits, and the goods were robbed and people were killed."

Heifu shook his head slightly, Confucianism prevailed in Weidi, but although Confucianism was so cumbersome and etiquette, it did not restrain women excessively. It is the norm for women to divorce and remarry, and they will not be condemned by public opinion at all. But the daughter and grandson of the Zhang family, who married four times and her husband died, has reached the point where no one dares to marry.

But she is only twenty years old, and she is in her prime, so she can't be single all the time, so Zhang Cheng found her a son-in-law......

Son-in-law is not only synonymous with lowliness in the Qin State, but also in the Wei State, and it is a person who is clearly stipulated that he is not allowed to set up a household, and when he encounters such hard labor as a soldier, he must give priority to them.

Fortunately, this son-in-law has the protection of Zhang's family, and he was not involved in the Qin and Wei wars, but there are unforeseen circumstances, yesterday he went to work in the field, but was bitten by a poisonous snake in the grass, and when he was sent back, his legs were swollen and he couldn't breathe......

After Zhong Ming finished speaking, everyone sighed, most of them felt that those five men were really unlucky to get home, how could they find such a woman?

"This must be the wrong day to get married." The only thing that came out of nowhere was that it was because those people didn't choose the right day.

Then, Bu Cheng endlessly popularized the marriage taboo in the "Book of Days" to Heifu and others.

"It's unlucky for Wushen and Jiyou to get married in these two days, why do you ask me? Because legend has it that Morning Glory Su married the Weaver Girl, it was on this day, but it failed to marry three times, and the first husband of Zhang's daughter and grandson may have chosen such a date. ”

Bu Cheng also said that in addition to looking at the days, the two of them can't get along after getting married, and they have to be considered constellations...... Uh, the stars?

"Kakusu" married the wife who entered the door on this day, the wife is jealous, stares at you every day, and can't say a word to other women.

The wife who married the door on the day of "Antarite", the wife is fierce, and if you don't agree with each other, you will have a blue nose and swollen face!

"Keisu" marries a wife who enters the door on this day, and the wife has many tongues, and this long-tongued woman will nag the east family every day, and the west family is short, because the words cause trouble.

The wife who married the door on the day of "Void Night" couldn't marry at all, because she would definitely run away from marriage!

Everyone listened very carefully, looking at the yellow calendar and looking at the days, they would rather believe it or not, after all, marriage is a lifelong event, and if they don't pick a good month and day, they are fine, and their parents will always respond in their hearts.

Ji Ying, who has already made a marriage and is going to marry a wife after going back, asked with concern: "Wait, listen to your meaning, it seems that every day is unlucky, so is there an auspicious time?" ”

Bu Cheng said triumphantly: "The second and third sons who are not married have remembered that the day of the end of the day is a good day, and if you marry a wife on this day, you will have a second wife!" Not only does he have a wife, but he also brings a concubine to marry! ”

Heifu couldn't cry or laugh, this is to buy one and get one free, think crazy, Ji Ying smiled, and said that after going back, he must find Bu Cheng to help him set a day......

was so mixed with Bu Cheng, Lou didn't know where it was crooked, but Li Xian was still there with emotion, saying that this negative daughter and grandson, a Kefu life can't escape, I'm afraid no one will dare to marry her in the future.

Ji Ying bowed his head: "Unless it's a lowly subordinate."

Lixian said: "You, Zhang Cheng is the third elder, and he has not mediated the relationship between us and the local townsman in the past half a month, he has died of his grandson-in-law, do you want to ask for it?"

Heifu immediately patted his thigh and praised Leham, "You are still careful." So he asked Lixian and Ji Ying to take some money and silk to go to the Xizhang Mansion to mourn on their behalf.

After the two left, Dongmen Leopard was still there and asked Zhong Ming: "You said the first thing, what about the second thing?" ”

Heifu sat down, took the pottery bowl handed over by Bu Cheng, and listened casually while drinking the warm boiled water inside.

Zhong Ming had already finished talking about the most gossip "One Woman Ke Wufu", and when he talked about the second one, he was a little excited, but he said lightly: "The second thing is that Uncle Chen in the library of Yizhong has divorced his wife." ”

"Who is Uncle Chen?"

"An ordinary commoner in the library."

Dongmen Leopard suddenly lost interest: "Isn't it just that the common people divorce their wives, I often see them in Anlu County, there is something unusual." ”

Zhong Ming said with a smile: "Not only that, after Uncle Chen divorced his wife, some rumors came out, saying that the reason why Uncle Chen abandoned his wife was because his brother Chen Ping wanted to do bad things to his sister-in-law, and Uncle Chen had no choice but to let her go home......"

"Poof......

As soon as he finished speaking, Heifu squirted out a mouthful of warm boiling water, and the entire placket was wet, and he didn't care about wiping it, Chong Zhongming asked, "You just said, Brother Chen, what is your name?" ”

Zhong Ming didn't know why You, who had always been calm, was so excited, and was a little stunned, and only said after a while: "That sister-in-law thief? His name is Chen Ping......"