The moon eyebrows are bent, the stars are shining, and the wind is light.

The convoy delivering grain returned in the moonlight, and the Qianjia Farm in Yangtou Village was restored to tranquility. After a patrol in the nursing home, the door of the village was locked, and after a hard day, it was time to eat and relax. Calling friends, laughing and playing, no one noticed a hidden figure in the shadow of the granary.

To know his confidants, and listen to what he said, Jiang Anyi was puzzled by the farm's collection and storage of grain for the government, and decided to stay and find out. Park Tianhao and Chen Ankai wanted to follow, but Jiang Anyi sent them back to wait for news on the grounds that there were many people who could easily find out. After the two followed the convoy out, they discussed it for a while, but did not go back, and waited on the hillside not far from the village.

Walking in the dark, Jiang Anyi has a kind of pleasure in the water, and the night makes him put aside the stability of his body, release the side of the hero, and be his own spontaneous self. The heart that leaps with joy

The area of Zhuangzi is very large, the houses are disorganized, and there are fruit trees planted in front of and behind the houses, and the shadows of the trees are heavy, which is suitable for hiding. Hearing the human voice, Jiang Anyi hid behind the grape trellis, and a team of maids walked from the stone road with wine and food, and the fragrance wafted into Jiang Anyi's nose.

There was a soft sound of "grunt" in his stomach, and now it was Zhengzheng, and the meal he ate at the end of the afternoon had already been digested cleanly, and Jiang Anyi was so hungry that he was hooked by the fragrance of vegetables. Waiting for people to walk by, raise their hands to pick two bunches of grapes and stuff them into their mouths, sweet and juicy, quench hunger and thirst, Jiang Anyi secretly praised, worthy of the name of "Huazhou Pearl", this year's tribute to the honey fruit in the palace to send more grapes, will be pleased by the Son of Heaven.

After quenching his hunger a little, Jiang Anyi followed Yahuan to the main house, which was brightly lit. The girls came out of the house with empty trays and walked down the porch, and the courtyard was quiet, and there was a faint chirping of insects. There was a sound of talking in the room, Jiang Anyi approached lightly, and Qian Si's slightly sharp voice came.

This is it, Jiang Anyi looked around to see where to hide, there is a long corridor behind the house, there is no place to hide, lying under the window serving wine and food, you can find it at a glance. In the corner of the courtyard near the back window, there is a fig tree, which is thick and thick, and the branches are luxuriant, sheltering the small half of the courtyard, and the branches stretch to the roof.

Jiang Anyi came to the tree and looked up to see that the leaves were like a cover, and the top was densely covered with figs. Quietly jumped up the tree, followed the direction of the branch to the back window, plucked the green leaves in front of him, and through the open window, he could see the round table full of wine and food in the middle of the room, which had not yet been eaten, as if he was waiting for someone.

The surroundings are tightly covered by green leaves, and if you don't go to the bottom of the tree and look up, you can't see that there are people hiding in the tree. Jiang Anyi sat down on the branch and picked some figs in his clothes, the purple and red ripe figs were fragrant, chewing in his mouth and sweet.

The wind blows the "rustle" of leaves, and the laughter in the house makes Jiang Anyi feel like sitting in the gazebo, and the current relaxation and tranquility are not the same as when he visited Li Zhuang at night, Jiang Anyi remembered the scene at that time with some distraction, and the night detective was dangerous and abnormal, and he also benefited a lot, which can be said to have changed his fate to some extent.

fought with Jiang Jian's master and apprentice, allowing him to break through between life and death, and later Chen Hongming died in his hands, Jiang Jian didn't know what to do, and Liang Zi of Liuhuamen was settled; The Li family has a deep grudge against themselves because of the Qing War, and Tong'er's father and uncle oppose Tong'er marrying him, and the marriage has twists and turns; The most fortunate thing is that he made a marriage contract with Dong'er by accident, and now that Dong'er is married to herself, the two have their eldest son Jiang Chenzhi, and the husband and wife are in love and get along harmoniously.

I haven't seen Dong'er and her son for more than a year, and Dong'er was supposed to take her son to Huazhou this year, but Yan'er's departure made her mother sad, and Dong'er couldn't rest assured, so she took her son to do her filial piety at home. With astringency in his mouth, Jiang Anyi swallowed the green fig, and on the fig tree in the farm of Yangtou Village, Huazhou, his thoughts came like a tide, missing Dong'er, and missing Chenzhi.

For his family, Jiang Anyi's heart is full of self-blame and guilt, the man has ambitions in all directions, but he has his mother, wife and children in his hometown, in order to better protect his family, he can only fly higher and farther. Master Hongxin said that there is a gift to gain, you must know that you can let go of it, but there are too many worries in the red dust, how can you let it go?

There was a commotion in front of the house that pulled Jiang Anyi back from his thoughts, and the person in the middle of the room came, and a hard voice sounded: "I've kept you waiting." Hearing these two words familiarly, Jiang Anyi's heart moved, and he remembered that it was the voice of the head in front of the granary during the day. Sure enough, the soapy clothes of the servants appeared in his eyes, and it was that Xu Baifu.

Jiang Anyi slowly closed his eyes, his mind was not distracted, and the cold noise, the sound of washing, and the sound of eating in the room clearly reached his ears.

"Big brother, today the soldiers of the Anxi Protectorate have sent 12,000 stone of grain, which has been put into the cellar." This is Qian Si's sharp voice.

"Okay, Brother Qian is tired, let them send more in the past two days, today I looked in the grain depot, and the grain sent by this group is the best, full and clean, and it should be able to sell for three hundred wen and one stone when ground into powder." Xu Baifu's voice responded.

Jiang Anyi was full of doubts, these grains were receipts, if they were sold without authorization and put them into storage, no matter how bold Lin Qing was, he wouldn't dare to be greedy for these grains.

In the house, Qian Si smiled and said, "I told the man surnamed Feng that he can still send four or five stones over in the next two days." Big brother, why don't you collect it in two days, the grain cellar on my village can collect 120,000 stones. ”

A duck male interjected: "In two days, Jiang Tingshi and Liu Langzhong will come to inspect, and they are afraid of causing trouble, so Lord Lin told you to be careful." "This person was in the house just now, Jiang Anyi saw that he was wearing a light cyan official uniform, and guessed that he was the scribe of the Tuntian Yamen.

The room was quiet, and Xu Baifu laughed and said: "Yan Shuju is Lord Lin's henchman, his words are what Lord Lin means, and we will do it." Today, I am tired of Yan Shuju to open a receipt on the village, and Xu will give you a cup. ”

The room was lively again, Xu Baifu was very sociable, eight people at the same table, all of them could take care of it, pushing glasses and changing lamps on the wine table, laughing and laughing. Jiang Anyi moved his buttocks, thinking angrily, say some useless nonsense, don't hurry up and explain your plans, let the official take your tail, and then invite you to the prison to drink.

There were two officials who came with Xu Baifu, one of whom put down his cup and sighed: "Brother Xu, the soldier surnamed Mao in front of the granary today is embarrassed for you, why do you still let Xiao Zhao accept their grain at a discount of ninety, and want me to say that the grain is full of weeds and gravel, and it is not dry in the sun, at most it can be folded by seventy." ”

Xu Baifu smiled, raised his glass and said: "The adults ordered to make less trouble, and I also followed the instructions of the adults to calm things down, and the soldiers and ruffians will clean them up, let's not talk about troubles, come, everyone raise a glass and drink." ”

"Brother Xu, you asked me to collect old grain and encountered some trouble." A voice said timidly.

"What's going on?" Xu Baifu said coldly, the voice was so frightened that it squeaked for a long time, Jiang Anyi heard it clearly, it turned out that this person was sent by Xu Baifu to collect old grain, but as a result, there was a snow disaster in Huazhou last year, and the grain of the grain family was donated or sold, and there was not much left. Xu Baifu confessed to buy more than 100,000 stones, but the man received more than 10,000 stones after receiving it for half a month, which was too different from the amount Xu Baifu wanted.

"Smack", with a heavy slapping sound, Xu Baifu shouted: "How can this bit of grain be enough, what can I use to fill the gap in the granary, even if I mix sand, stone and weeds into it, I can't mix half of it." ”

Jiang Anyi understood that this group of people was preparing to use old grain to fill the grain and earn the difference. The market price of a stone of newly harvested wheat is 200 wen, and the old grain that is more than two years old is only about 150 wen, and the price difference is 50 wen, and 100,000 stone is 5,000 taels of silver.

Someone interjected: "Isn't there moldy old grain and slag grain in the warehouses of the government?" ”

The blackened and rotten grain is not fed to the livestock, and it can be bought for a little money, and the conscience of this group is so black that they have heard the truth, otherwise they will really be deceived. Jiang Anyi couldn't wait to strangle the person who came up with the idea, not to mention that moldy grain is inedible, and it will spoil good grain if it is placed in the granary. This group of people will not put the rotten grain on the surface, but hidden in the middle and lower layers of the grain cellar, it is impossible to see the bottom of the cellar when inspecting, and the grain in the whole grain cellar will not be eaten in a year after the moldy grain is piled up.

"Do you understand?" Xu Baifu's hard voice became gloomy and terrifying, "But this matter can't be done in Huazhou, you take people to Qingzhou, Bingzhou, Leizhou and other places, buy all the old grain and rotten grain, just say that it will be transported to the Northern Desert, don't let people find out your identity." ”

There was another stagnation in the house, and everyone seemed to be frightened by Xu Baifu, and they didn't dare to make a loud noise when they gasped. Jiang Anyi's ears heard a trace of breathing that was vague but long, there was a master in the house, and it was a master in the house. Fang Cai thought that this Zhuangzi was very different from Li Zhuang, but he didn't expect that there was a master who was not inferior to Jiang Jian's master and apprentice, but fortunately he didn't act carelessly, otherwise he would definitely be recognized.

In this way, the banquet broke up, the city gate was closed, and everyone lived in the village. Qian Si and Xu Baifu came out and ran to the small courtyard in the east, Jiang Anyi waited for a while, listened attentively, and the sound of breathing in the house had left, so he jumped off the tree and quietly followed.

There are three rooms in the small courtyard, except for the main house, the lights are on on the left and right rooms, Xu Baifu and Qian Si chatted a few more words about collecting grain, and told Qian Si not to publicize it. Jiang Anyi squatted under the eaves and heard another news, in addition to the Qian family farm, there are actually two such villages in Yiding and Linsha, and the tone is smaller. Jiang Anyi secretly thought, good guy, the Tuntian Yamen collected 400,000 stones, and nearly half of it fell into the pockets of these people.

The time was approaching, the two of them went back to the house to sleep, Jiang Anyi waited quietly for a while, and was about to get up to leave, when suddenly the sound of breathing came into his ears again, but he didn't expect the master to be Xu Baifu.