Continue to look at the situation on Xiang Kang's side, young and strong, but after all, he first arrived at the county seat and then walked back to Yanji Pavilion in the neighboring county, and when Xiang Kang took Xiang It and Xiang Yang hurriedly arrived in front of the gate of the Yu family, the sky was still close to dark, and at the same time, Xiang Kang, Xiang It and Xiang Yang, who were all on foot and hurried, were also very tired, but Xiang Kang and the others did not dare to delay at all, and symbolically said hello to the old servant of the Yu family who was already quite familiar with the door, and rushed directly into the door of the Yu family without waiting for the communication.

All the way, he was worried that his brother was too impulsive and caused a big disaster, but what relieved Xiang Kang was that although Yu Zhi, the precious son of Yu Jian, sat in the master's seat in the Yu family's living room with a sad face, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan and other Xiang brothers also sat in the Yu family's living room and talked in a low voice, not as if they had made a big fuss out of control.

Xiang Kang's status among the Xiang brothers has also changed a lot unconsciously, seeing Xiang Kang coming in in a hurry, including Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan, the Xiang family brothers couldn't help but show joy on their faces, and stood up to greet Xiang Kang, Xiang Zhuang also said with some complaints: "Xiang Kang, why did you come?" Everyone is waiting for you alone. ”

"It's fast enough." Xiang Kang explained casually, "In order to come over as soon as possible, I didn't do well this time and involved Feng Zhong, he had already asked to see the Zhou county order for me, Xiang It and Xiang Yang just found me, I couldn't wait to see the county order, so I left Feng Zhong and came over directly." ”

After casually explaining a few words, Xiang Zhuang couldn't wait to ask Yu Zhi, who had also gotten up to greet him, "Brother Yu, what's going on?" ”

"Brother Xiang Kang, that single right lieutenant is bullying people!" Yu Zhi's voice was full of grievances, and he said like a child complaining: "He deliberately asked me to serve in the army, and wanted to deliberately kill me, so that I could send my life to the frontier to avenge his son." ”

"Soldier?" Xiang Kang frowned - it has been a while since he crossed over, and Xiang Kang already knew that there were two kinds of servitude in the Qin Dynasty, one was called the change of service, which was to participate in the large-scale civil engineering projects built under the auspices of the Great Qin court or local officials, such as repairing the mausoleum for Qin Shi Huang or digging a canal or building a palace or something, although it was bitter and tiring, but each adult only needed to serve for one month a year, and at the same time, his life was relatively secure.

In addition to receiving strict military training, they also have to patrol the border and fight against foreign enemies, and at the same time they also have to participate in military projects such as the construction of the Great Wall.

After frowning, Xiang Kang remembered something again, and hurriedly asked Yu Zhi, "Do you want you to serve in the military according to the order of your identity?" Or is that Shan Right Lieutenant deliberately finding fault and finding an excuse to send you to serve in the garrison? ”

According to the law of the Qin period, the conscription was divided into five tiers, the first tier was the criminal officer, the son-in-law and the merchant, the second tier was the adult man who had been a son-in-law and a merchant, the third tier was the grandparents and parents who had been a son-in-law and a merchant, the fourth tier was the left neighbor (Zuo Lu), and the fifth rank was the right neighbor (Right Lu). - By the way, a certain person surnamed Chen and a person surnamed Wu in history were recruited by the Qin Dynasty government in the fourth echelon.

"Deliberately making excuses." Yu Zhi hurriedly said: "Last year, the harvest in my family's field was good, and most of the excess grain was sold to the market, once I personally took someone to the Lingxian market to sell it, and the Shan Right Lieutenant didn't know where he heard the news, so he insisted that I was a businessman, and I wanted to force the township and Lidian to change my household registration to city registration (merchant), and then sent me to serve in the garrison. ”

"Young Master Yu, this is your fault." Xiang It, who had just followed Xiang Kang to Yu's house, interjected: "There are so many people in your family, why do you want to go to the market to do business in person?" In the Qin Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty, people with a little status did not enter the market, and the servants were usually responsible for buying and selling something, which is also the reason why the Xiang brothers met the Yu family twice in Xia Xiang but did not see Yu Jian or Yu Zhi.

Yu Zhi blushed a little and said: "I heard that some slaves of large families will collude with the merchants in the bazaar to deliberately make money with coupons with the wrong price (fake invoices and false high prices). ”

After some hesitant explanations, Yu Zhi hurriedly said: "But it's just once, I only went once, that Shan Right Lieutenant used this excuse to demote me to the city register, and he deliberately corrected me." Xiang Kang Gongzi, they all said that you have many ideas and methods, and this matter has something to do with you more or less, you have to help me, you have to help me. ”

didn't mind that Yu Zhi didn't see himself as a brother-in-law in the title, Xiang Kang quickly thought about it and asked, "Has your household registration changed?" ”

"Not yet." Yu Zhi hurriedly said: "It was Lidian (the director of the neighborhood committee) who quietly passed the news to my family yesterday, saying that Shan Youwei brought a message to the township, asking him to use the excuse that I had been to the market to do business, change my household registration to city registration, and then send me to serve in the garrison, which has not been changed yet, but it may be a matter of the past two days." ”

After that, Yu Zhi pleaded again and said: "Xiang Kang Gongzi, you have to help me, you have to help me, I am the only seedling of the Yu family, and I can't go to the frontier to die in vain." My father was already sick, but when he heard this, he immediately became even sicker, and he hasn't even gotten out of bed since yesterday. ”

"If I can, I want to meet with Yu Gong, discuss with him how to solve this matter, and then see what to do." Xiang Kang replied.

"Okay, I'm ......." Yu Zhi's words came to his lips, and he suddenly changed his mind and said, "I'll go first to see if my father can see you." ”

"You don't want me to go directly into your house and say what excuses you want." Xiang Kang was angry in his heart, but after all, he owed the Yu family a favor, Xiang Kang still endured the anger and nodded, and asked Yu Zhi to go in and ask Yu Jian for advice.

After Yu Zhi left, the brothers of the Xiang family immediately surrounded Xiang Kang again, and said in a gossipy voice: "Xiang Kang, what should I do about this?" Do you want to go to Ling County and find that Shan Right Lieutenant directly? ”

"What are you doing in Lingxian County? Die? Xiang Kang asked rhetorically and said: "That Shan Right Lieutenant is an official, let's not mention that we may not be able to see him directly when we go to Ling County, even if we can see him directly, what can we do with him?" Kill it with a knife and run? Running out of the city? ”

"What then?" Xiang Zhuang hurriedly asked.

"Don't worry, let me think." Xiang Kang shook his head, trying to recall the relevant memories left by the previous Xiang Kang, and said with a calculation: "It is difficult to solve this matter, it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult, and the key is not that single right lieutenant, it is another person." ”

"Who else?" Xiang Zhuang asked again, but Xiang Kang no longer answered, but tried to figure out how to start from other aspects to smash the dream of Captain Shan to deliberately rectify the Yu family and even kill Yu Zhi.

After another moment, Yu Jian came to the front hall with the support of Yu Zhi, Xiang Kang hurriedly stepped forward to see the ceremony, and only then did he find that he had only been seen for a few days, Yu Jian seemed to be as if he had aged more than ten years, his expression was haggard and haggard, his appearance was more weak and weak, and his voice was even weaker, and he moaned and said: "Xiang Kang's son forgives his sins, all Xiang Gongzi forgive his sins, the old man is seriously ill and did not ...... in person." ”

"Gong Yu, there is no need to say more, you better sit down first." Xiang Kang interrupted Yu Jian's politeness, first helped Yu Zhi sit down with Yu Jian, and then sat down beside Yu Jian, and then said: "Yu Gong, I already know everything, and I have thought of a way to solve it, but there is no way, you must have some blood this time." ”

"Blood? What do you mean? "Yu Jian was flustered.

"It's to come up with some money and food to open up the joints and resolve this matter." Xiang Kang explained his modern terminology.

"How much food do you have to pay?" Yu Zhi's face was distressed, and he asked unwillingly, "Is there any other way?" ”

"Yes." Xiang Kang replied very simply, and then said: "Another way is that you go with us, Gongzi Yu, go to the prime minister first, and then I will send you to a safe place, and then find a way to come back later." ”

"You want me to be a fugitive?" Yu Zhi's face turned white, and he said, "If I am caught, I will be beheaded." (This punishment is non-fictional, from the Book of Songs.) ）

"Then you can only use the first method, if you want money or death, you can choose, Young Master Yu." Xiang Kang replied more simply.

Yu Zhi closed his mouth, Yu Jian coughed a few times, and said: "Xiang Gongzi, I still use the first method, I will give the money and food, but to whom?" Give it to the right lieutenant? ”

"It's useless to give it to that single lieutenant." Xiang Kang said: "He doesn't want money, he wants Yu Zhi and your life, or wants you to marry your daughter to his bully son." ”

"To whom? Prefectural order? Yu Zhi hurriedly asked again.

"The link of the county order, the relationship is not good." Xiang Kang shook his head, pondered and said: "The law of Great Qin stipulates that the household registration is reviewed and decided by the Li Dian in the township (Qin Shi said that the case is compared, and the initial ruling power is in the hands of the Li Dian), as long as he is cleared, so that he can withstand the pressure of the single right lieutenant and the township, and not change your son's nationality, that single right lieutenant is a supervisor of anti-theft, it will be difficult to force Yu Gongzi to serve in the garrison." ”

"But can it work?" Yu Zhi asked with some concern: "Although the old man and the local Lidian are townspeople, they don't have a deep friendship, and they don't have much contact, can he resist the pressure of the right lieutenant in the county for me, and not change my son's nationality?" ”

"As long as the money is paid, there is no ......." Xiang Kang stopped only halfway through his words, and said in surprise: "Wait, Duke Yu, you don't have a deep friendship with the local Lidian?" Then why did he sneak up to you yesterday to reveal the news? ”

"He said that he was for the sake of the townspeople (villagers), and he deliberately gave me a blow." Yu Jian replied truthfully: "The old man also thanked him." ”

"And did he say anything else?" Xiang Kang rolled his eyes and asked, "Did you mention me and say that I am not worthy of being your son-in-law?" ”

Yu Jian and Yu Zhi were a little embarrassed, and then Yu Jian coughed a few more times, nodded and said: "Don't hide it from Xiang Gongzi, he did mention you, and he also belittled you a little, complaining that the old man was dizzy and gave his daughter to you." ”

Xiang Kang's heart suddenly understood everything, and said with a wry smile: "Yu Gong, needless to say, I know everything." In the matter of Yu Gongzi, Shan Youwei is the mastermind, and the local Li Dian is an accomplice, not only helping Shan Youwei to intimidate you, but also preparing to help force you to withdraw from the marriage and marry your daughter to the ugly son of Shan Youwei. ”

"Ridian is an accomplice? Xiang Gongzi, how did you know? Yu Jian and Yu Zhi were both taken aback.

"It's very simple, Duke Yu, your friendship with Li Dian is not deep, he can't risk offending Captain Shan and quietly leak the news to you in advance." Xiang Kang replied: "Since he took this risk, and he is deliberately belittling me in and out of his words, in fact, he wants to help Shan Youwei force you to comply, and remarry his daughter to Shan Youwei's ugly son." Captain Shan and his main purpose is not to kill Xiang Gongzi, but to force you to marry your daughter, so you really can't think about how to retaliate. ”

Yu Zhi and Yu Jian suddenly realized together, and while the hammer case hated Lidian's helper for abuse, Yu Zhi gritted his teeth and scolded: "Maid girl, help the surnamed Shan to rectify me, and ask my family to thank him, my family's good silk!" ”

"Xiang Gongzi, what should I do?" Yu Jian hurriedly asked again: "Since that Li Dian is an accomplice of Shan Youwei, it is impossible for him to help my family anymore?" ”

"Don't worry, Duke Yu, it's still a little difficult that Lidian is not an accomplice of Shan Youwei, since he is an accomplice of Shan Youwei, then this matter will be easier to handle." Xiang Kang smiled and said: "There are many excessive means, so you don't have to be so scrupulous. ”

"Xiang Gongzi, how do you do that?" Seeing Xiang Kang's confident expression, Yu Jian couldn't help but feel a little confident in Xiang Kang.

"It's very simple, tell me all about the situation of that Ridian first, and if I need it, I will send someone out to inquire immediately." Xiang Kang said confidently: "Tonight, our Xiang family brothers disturbed you all night, and then tomorrow, you send someone to invite that Lidian, just say that you have figured it out, ask him to discuss something, I promise that he will definitely come." ”

Xiang Kang looked very confident when he said this, and his face seemed to exude some brilliance, which made Yu Jian and Yu Zhi's father and son feel a little more confident. As everyone knows, at this moment, outside the window of the front hall, two pairs of clear and transparent wonderful eyes are also firmly fixed on Xiang Kang's face, and the owner of one pair of eyes also whispered: "Sister, it is that Xiang Kang who is sitting next to my father." ”

"He is Xiang Kang's son? Little sister, didn't you say he was ugly and a scoundrel? Why don't I see it? The owner of the other pair of eyes whispered.

"He's a scoundrel in the first place, he often comes to our house to eat and drink, and tonight our house will definitely be eaten by him again. Hey, sister, do you think he's not ugly? Do you really like him? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm just talking about things, let's go, don't let them find out, otherwise my brother will complain about us again."