The horse's hooves were brisk, and in a moment, Linhua County was left behind the mountains. It is only eighty-four miles from Linhua County to Xingling County, and the foot of charcoal is more than enough for an hour.

The green hills on both sides of the official road are long, it is spring, and the heavy rain for several days has not made the flowers all over the mountain lose their color. The heavy rain made the official road potholes, and Jiang Anyi slowly injured the horse's hooves, restricting the pace of charcoal.

Since the seventh year of Fengle was bought by Jiang Anyi, fourteen years have passed, Jiang Anyi has stepped into the year of standing, and the charcoal is seventeen years old, and the seventeen-year-old is already an old horse for a war horse, but the charcoal is still abnormal, the muscles are smooth, and the hair is shining like black satin.

Charcoal left a lot of descendants in Huazhou, the horses were clear-minded, and they left ten horses in their own homes, and the others were given by Jiang Anyi to the generals of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. After Yang Xiangliang and his son received the gift, they sent their second son Yang Huaizhong to express their gratitude and gave a lot of gifts in return, and the relationship between Jiang Anyi and the Yang family was further eased, at least on the surface, it became a mess of harmony. The other generals who got the war horses expressed their gratitude, which indirectly made Guo Huaili's business in and out of the border very smooth, and the face of Boss Guo in Huazhou was both civil and military.

Xinfei once suggested that Jiang Anyi change to the descendants of charcoal, but Jiang Anyi was reluctant, and got along with charcoal for 14 years, following him many times from birth to death, charcoal has become a brother who can't speak in life, and charcoal can understand a small action. After a few competitions, the charcoal was unabated, leaving his descendants behind, which made Jiang Anyi very proud, and Xinfei said that Jiang Anyi was closer to charcoal than to himself.

More than 80 miles of official roads are not calm, not only the roads are bumpy, but also the sides of the avenue are not peaceful. There are many people in the forest, and Jiang Anyi saw many men with wooden sticks, and his meaning was unknown. Most of these people are victims who have lost their homes due to the floods, and they are entangled in their own force, and they are half-knowingly robbing things and property. Poor people must have something to hate, for these people Jiang An hates more than pity, and the dignified man can't take the right path to protect his wife and children, and he is bent on getting something for nothing.

With a pull on the reins, the charcoal jumped lightly, and let go of the wooden stick that swept the horse's hooves, and Jiang Anyi whipped it towards the bent man. The angry horsewhip was filled with true qi, and with a "snap", the clothes at the whip were torn, and the man felt like he had been hit by an iron rod, and fell to the ground screaming, a purple-red whip swelled high, and blood gushed out.

originally thought that he would be able to reach Xingling County in an hour, but in the end, he only walked less than sixty miles in more than an hour, and he didn't know how many people he wanted to rob along the way, Jiang Anyi felt haggard. He came out of Linhua County at the end of the afternoon, when the sun began to set in the west, almost to Shenzheng.

People are sleepy and lack of Weisi tea, Jiang Anyi looked around on the horse, and the green leaves on the left side imitated apricot yellow wine swaying. Patting the horse's neck, Jiang Anyi walked down the official road with charcoal, looking for the direction of the wine move. Walking out of Rich, I found a village in front of me, the hotel is on the westernmost side of the village, there are two thatched huts under the big locust tree, and there is a large meadow in front of the thatched huts.

The heavy rain made the grass grow more and more luxuriant, verdant and lovely, and the charcoal probably reminded the grassland of Huazhou, and let out a cheerful hiss. The neighing of the horse alarmed Xiao Er, who was sleeping lightly on the table, and when he saw Jiang Anyi jumping off the horse in front of the store, Xiao Er hurriedly greeted him. Jiang Anyi unloaded the charcoal

Saddle bridles, lovingly pat the horse's buttocks, charcoal flick its tail, bow its head and graze.

After pouring half a pot of cold water, Jiang Anyi said: "Man, feel free to serve some wine and food, and I'll rest and leave." ”

After a while, Xiao Er brought up a plate of braised pork liver, a plate of fried ear silk, and a pot of village brew. Jiang Anyi poured a cup, fragrant and delicious, quenching hunger and thirst.

Hearing Jiang Anyi's praise of good wine, Xiao Er started talking and said with a smile: "It's not that the villain boasts, who often walks this road doesn't know that the wine in our store is good, and they will go into the village to drink a few pots when they pass by." Every year in March and April, hotels in several nearby counties will come to the small shop to buy wine, and such a pot of wine in the county costs 50 yuan, do you want to take some away? ”

This little second brother is doing a good business, Jiang Anyi said with a smile: "Little second brother, how much commission will you get from selling a pound of wine?" ”

Xiao Er smiled embarrassedly and said, "The guest officer made fun of it, and the shopkeeper is the little third uncle." ”

Two children came from the village, their clothes were in tatters, their hair was knotted, and their faces were black. It looks like the big boy is about ten years old, and the little girl is only six or seven years old, standing on the grass from a distance and watching Jiang Anyi eat and drink.

Xiao Er sighed, turned around and went to the kitchen to get some leftovers, and beckoned the two children and said, "Come here, eat quickly, don't let my uncle see it." ”

For most of the bowl of leftover rice, the older boy thanked Xiao Er first, and then put a rice ball aside with his hand, beckoning the girl and saying, "Hurry up and eat." ”

Jiang Anyi thought that the rice ball was for his sister-in-law, but the girl ate the rice in the bowl with her hand and ate it sweetly, Xiao Er brought two bowls of water and said, "Don't choke, drink some water." ”

The boy took a big gulp of water, watched the girl eat, and the girl took a few bites and noticed, pushed the bowl to her brother and said, "Brother, I'm full, you can eat the rest." ”

Jiang Anyi watched silently, this situation reminded him of the scene of eating taro back then, Yan'er saw that she was not full, so she gave the taro in her hand to herself. For example, it is still called Taiping today, but ordinary people are still not guaranteed food and clothing, and a big flood has separated many people from their flesh and blood to sell their sons and daughters.

Seeing Jiang Anyi's face, Xiao Er thought to himself that this uncle, who seemed to be rich, might as well say a few good words for this person, maybe this master could give their brothers and sisters a full meal.

"Uncle, this family is miserable. These two babies and their mother came to flee, from Shixi Village, thirty miles away from our village. After a torrential rain, there was a flash flood in Shixi Village, and the family of four ran out, but the man in charge of the family was worried about how many coins he had hidden at home, so he went back to get the money because of the good water quality, but he never came back. When the water receded, the home was destroyed by mud and rocks, the mother had to go to the county seat to escape the famine, and walked to our old lady who was still sick, hanging and waiting for death, pitiful of these two babies, the big dragged the small begging, and took care of the sick old lady, if it weren't for the old and young masters in the village to help, this lady would have died a long time ago. ”

The boy was very clever, knelt in front of Jiang Anyi and begged: "This uncle, you buy me, I will chop wood and herd cattle, and I know how to read, and I can go to the field to farm in two years, as long as you can ask the doctor to cure my mother's illness, I will go with the uncle." ”

The girl is not sensible yet, she only knows that she is crying "wow", and the kind-hearted Xiao Er sighs and wipes her tears on the side. Jiang Anyi's heart was sour, his eyes were moist, he pulled up the baby, and said, "Good boy, you take me to see, I'll find it for your mother."

Doctor. ”

The boy stood up, pinched the remaining rice in the bowl tightly and handed it to the girl, and then took the leftovers on the table into his arms, and stared at Jiang Anyi to eat the leftovers. Jiang Anyi patted him on the head and said, "First look at your mother's illness, and I'll treat you to a good meal when you come back." ”

There was a deserted cattle pen not far from the shop, Jiang Anyi followed behind the two babies, and saw a famous woman lying on the grass pile in the pen, her face flushed, and she had difficulty breathing. Jiang Anyi squatted on his upper body and stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, it was hot and scorching, this woman was very sick.

Jiang Anyi turned to the boy and said, "Jingwa, your mother is not lightly ill, and she wants to go to the county seat to find a doctor, if you can trust me, you will bring Lianwa into the city with me." ”

Jingwa hesitated, after all, Jiang Anyi was just a stranger who met for the first time, I don't know if he was a good person or a bad person, what if he met a bad person. The woman on the haystack let out a slight moan, and Jingwa gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go with you." ”

Of course, Jiang Anyi couldn't let them go to Xingling County, so he hired an ox cart through Xiao Er, moved the woman to the car, and the two babies also sat in it. Jiang Anyi bought some more food, let the two babies eat on the road, opened the road in front of him, and came to Xingling County after more than half an hour.

Xingling County is only half the size of Linhua County, and the streets are dirty and messy, wandering around with people fleeing the disaster, but the number is not large, and it seems that the county seat is relatively peaceful. Jiang Anyi didn't want to look at the scenery, so he asked where the pharmacy was located and directly took the woman to see a doctor, and Jingwa put her mind at ease and knelt down to snort at Jiang Anyi.

After grabbing the medicine, Jiang Anyi took them to live in the inn, asked the store to help boil the medicine, and asked the shopkeeper to help hire a servant woman to take care of the patient.

After listening to Jing Wa's story, the woman knew that she had met a kind-hearted person, so she asked Jing Wa to invite Jiang Anyi to thank her, Jiang Anyi let her recuperate with peace of mind, without worrying about expenses, and after a few words of comfort, Jiang Anyi came to the hall of the inn, and Jing Wa cleverly followed him to serve.

Jiang Anyi called Xiao Er and asked him about Ye Yanguang's news, but Xiao Er had never heard of such a person in the county. Ye Yanguang's other business is not in the city, and he also uses the surname Chen to the outside world, so few people in Xingling County know him.

Jingwa stood aside and blinked her eyes and said, "Uncle wants to find someone, either to find the head catcher of the yamen, or to find the green skin on the street." ”

Jiang Anyi was woken up and touched Jingwa's head in surprise, this child was as clever as a stone back then. If his identity is not revealed, it will definitely backfire to presumptuously seek the head of the Yamen, so Jiang Anyi decided to inquire about Qingpi in Xingling County.

Jingwa said: "Uncle, you give me a few pennies, and I will go to the street for you to inquire about who is the most famous green skin in Xingling County?" ”

Jiang Anyi was quite surprised, Jingwa, the child, brought surprises to himself again and again, and he saved people by himself and achieved cause and effect, and this blessing came quickly enough.

Couldn't take care of eating, Jing Wa took twenty copper coins out of the inn, and there were many children playing in the streets and alleys, and Jing Wa brought back the news after a quarter of an hour. The green skin of Xingling City is divided into two factions, the southern city is headed by Tietoutuo, occupying the territory of the vegetable market, and the northern city is the territory of Yu Huozi, and the protection fees of the three streets in the north city belong to Uncle Yu.

Yu Huozi lives in Beicheng, which was originally an official residence, but unfortunately the descendants disdain the house and sold it to him.

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