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When the Dongmen Leopard returned to the East Gate, it was already night, but fortunately, the Inner Prison Gate had not closed the door of the Inner Gate, so the Dongmen Leopard hurriedly squeezed in, and in the scolding of the Inner Prison Gate, he walked in the direction of his home in the dark.

Dongmenli is located in the east gate of the county, so the road in the middle of the road is straight, connected to each other, and the alleys are lined up, and they are neatly arranged. However, most of the houses on the left are simple, and they are inhabited by hired farmers and tenant farmers called "Luzuo", who have no land and can only make a living by working on help. The one on the right is better, and there is even a whitewashed and vermilion tile mansion, which is the home of a certain county official.

Dongmen Leopard's family also lives in Luyou, but the house is not magnificent, just ordinary, although the initial structure is good, there is the foundation of the second courtyard, it can be seen that the wall has not been painted for many years, and the paint on the door has all fallen off, a decaying color.

Fortunately, in front of the door and behind the house, they were all cleaned, and the fallen leaves were concentrated in the corners of the wall and pressed with stones.

Dongmen Leopard took out the guan 籥 (yuè), that is, the key, in his arms, and fumbled to open the door.

At this time, the door suddenly opened, and a thin woman in her twenties and a cloth skirt stood inside, and said in surprise: "The beloved has returned?"

This is the wife of Dongmen Leopard who only married last year, the family lives in the north of the city, the daughter of a mediocre farmer, the appearance is ordinary, but the personality is docile, she does not have a single ornament on her body, and her clothes are also old, washed white, and the cuffs are about to break.

Dongmen Leopard hummed coldly, lowered his voice and asked, "Can you eat too much?" Is Grandma resting? ”

Although he looks like a fierce-looking man, he is also a well-known filial son, and after his father fell into the river drunk and drowned, it was his mother who painstakingly pulled the Dongmen leopard up.

The bride said weakly, "Mother has rested after eating, but she has not yet slept, and said that today should be the day when your service is over, and she must wait for you to return." I will make the rest of the corn hot with a soup and eat it with my beloved......

"I'm full of food in the restaurant and Tongshi's robe, you can eat it yourself."

Dongmen Leopard took off his dirty clothes full of mud, changed into a clean short brown, handed over a heavy bag of money to the bride, raised his eyebrows and said, "Go to the market tomorrow, buy some silk cloth, and make new clothes for you and your mother!" ”

When the bride carried the cloth bag, she was shocked to find that there were at least four or five hundred coins in it. Although after a year of getting along, he knew that his beloved was a disgusting and kind person, but his brave and ruthless temper also made the bride worried, and now that he saw so much money, he thought that it was stolen and robbed by Dongmen Leopard, and his face couldn't help but be like earth, and his lips trembled and said:

"Where did this come from! Beloved, haven't you done something wrong......"

"Don't think about it, this is the ...... that the chief gave me"

At this time, an old woman's voice came from the next room: "But Ah Leopard is back?" ”

"Mother, it's my son who has returned from his military service!"

Dongmen Leopard hurriedly responded and instructed his wife: "I'll tell you later, I'm going to see my mother, and I have something to discuss with her." ”

As he spoke, he walked towards his mother's house, and before he entered the door, he seemed to be a different person, his movements became lighter, and his voice became softer: "Mother, Ah Leopard is back late, and you are always worried about it......"

Then there is the sound of prostration.

The bride hurriedly ate two mouthfuls of cold rice, then boiled a basin of water and brought it in, although she had not seen her for more than a month, and had many things to say to her beloved, but it was better to serve her mother and rest first.

Unexpectedly, in the house, the bride washed her mother's feet while listening to Dongmen Leopard tell about the events of these days and her plans for the future......

"Thank you mother, with my mother's permission, there will be no worries there!"

After a while, after saying the matter, Dongmen Leopard retreated, his face relaxed. Just now he told his mother that Heifu had asked him to go to Huyang Pavilion to ask for a thief, and his mother was very generous, and when she saw that her son wanted to go, she agreed to the matter.

But the bride was a little resentful.

"The lover also said, that Huyang Pavilion is more than half a day's journey from the county seat, and you can come back three or four times a month at most, and when you go, only me and ......my mother are left at home."

While making the bed, she whispered: "Besides, I heard that Huyang Pavilion is very dangerous, and there are often murders and thieves, just for that more long sentence, is it okay?" ”

"A woman's opinion!"

Dongmen Leopard was angry, the birthmark on his face was red, he slapped the case and made the bride silent, but he was afraid of making noise to the mother next door, so he had to lower his voice and reprimand:

"If a husband makes a promise and does it, how can he break his word? Besides, I am also a public servant, and I can receive a bucket and five liters of rations a day, which is more than four stones a month, enough for the whole family to eat and drink, and I will never let you and your grandmother go hungry. As for the danger? Ha, compared to thieves, we are the dangerous people in Anlu County. And you don't know, these five hundred dollars can only be obtained by Heifu. If I follow him in the future, maybe I will have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, no better than being hired to carry sacks on the docks? ”

Dongmen Leopard said while glaring at the bride, his eyes seemed to be on fire, and finally he couldn't help but say, picked up the thin wife, put it on the couch, and muttered while untying his belt: "I have made up my mind, I will go to apply for the position of thief tomorrow, and you will have to make noise again in the future!" ”

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On the other hand, on the afternoon of November 1, Ji Ying, Heifu and Xiaotao said goodbye at the fork in the road, and also returned to their home in Zhuanshui Township.

Like Dongmen Leopard, he also lives in Liju, but it is located outside the township, between mountains, forests and marshes, because the land is mostly rice fields, so it is called "Daohuali".

When Ji Ying came to the inner door, two men in brown were squatting on the inner wall to bask in the sun, and when they saw Ji Ying coming from afar, the two shouted.

"Isn't this Ji Ying! Coming back? ”

Ji Ying knows them, these two are the soldiers in the middle of the line, and they are also his former companions and friends, there is no farm work in winter, so they like to be idle, chatting with lice, if it weren't for the service, Ji Ying is also one of them.

The two men greeted them, their faces full of banter, and one of them smiled: "Is this coming back from service?" At the beginning of last month, a county official came to check your household registration, and we thought you had been arrested for committing a crime. ”

Another person also pretended to be mysterious and said: "Those county officials also asked you if you had committed a crime, but we have concealed the fact that when you were ten years old, you asked the two of us to climb over the wall and steal your chicken......

"Go, go!"

Ji Ying was so angry, just for that skinny chicken, his father almost didn't break his legs. This matter was known to everyone, but fortunately, his father did not report the matter to the government in a momentary confusion, otherwise, Ji Ying and the three of them would still have to suffer a lawsuit even though they were underage at the time.

But Ji Ying was chased by his father to his freshly fertilized rice field, and in order to avoid the stick, a fierce son stabbed down......

Since then, Ji Ying, who is covered with mud and dung, has become the object of ridicule and ridicule by the insiders, and the funny person in the rice flower.

But this time back, Ji Ying thought that it was no longer the same.

He coughed and said to the two: "You don't know, the county officials came to check my household registration, not to punish me, but to reward me!" ”

As he spoke, he suddenly lifted the tightly covered winter coat, but saw that it was actually full of strings of copper coins, and the entire chest and abdomen were full, and there were more than a dozen strings! No wonder he kept ringing like a wind chime.

This scene was still very shocking at first glance, the two people were shocked, and one gasped and said, "I'm afraid it's one or two thousand dollars!" Ji Ying, to be honest, which Haoyou door did you prie, or stole pigs and sheep to sell? ”

The other has a richer imagination: "I'm afraid he didn't sell himself as a vassal." I heard that in the county town, adult subordinates are worth more than 4,000 yuan, and Ji Ying is afraid that he is too thin, so he only sells such a small ......"

"Your knowledge is as shallow as a bird's nest! This is obviously my reward! ”

Ji Ying was so angry that he shouted, and when he saw that the young companions in the room were surrounded one after another, he sat down in the corner of the wall, and took out the posture of talking about lice on weekdays, and told him how he caught thieves and won rewards these days, and how he fought every day to win the championship.

He can't do anything else, his eloquence is good, in the process of telling, every wonderful moment, the young people in the room let out exclamations again and again, Ji Ying deliberately paused, and glanced at everyone proudly.

After he finished speaking intermittently, everyone said in disbelief: "It turns out that it was you who captured the thief with that strong man and received the reward!" I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it. ”

"That's nature!" Ji Ying raised his head: "The Heifu brothers are one against three, and I will contain another thief for him, and I will get a bounty of 2 taels afterwards, and when I go to the military drill on the tenth day, I will get 300 money, which is the origin of these money." ”

Someone asked curiously: "What kind of person is that black man, I heard that he is nine feet five inches tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and infinite strength, he can unload the door with one arm, and he can tear people apart with his bare hands......"

"Not only that, the ability of the Heifu brothers is greater than this!"

Ji Ying began to brag endlessly about Heifu, and finally said: "My Heifu brother, now he is not only a celebrity in the county, but also has been respected by the official temple, and was recruited as the pavilion chief by the county order and the county lieutenant, and he will take office next month!" ”

"He knew my skills, so he invited me to apply for the pavilion guard, although I repeatedly refused, he begged bitterly, and finally I had to agree to assist him, and together with the land of Huyang Pavilion ten miles, I will make greater contributions in the future!"

After finishing speaking, Ji Ying glanced at these companions who were embarrassed and envious, as if he already had an official background and was one level higher than them.

Unexpectedly, he was extremely happy and sad, and a cold voice came from beside him.

"Ji Ying, you just said, where are you going to be a pavilion pawn?"

Turning his head, Ji Ying was stunned to find that his father was carrying farm tools and standing aside with a black face......