Early the next morning, after Lu Ji got up, he opened the door and saw that Tang Xian and Lu Bo were already eating, so he walked over and sat down, picked up a bun and ate it.

Tang Xian opened his mouth and said: "This Du Ming is not lying, those disaster relief grains are not much here in Fengyu County, and the surrounding counties are probably like this, plus they are greedy by this fat pig, it seems that this place is more serious than other counties, this fat pig was reluctant to open his mouth at first, and then I cut a few pieces of meat and recruited them, the relief food of the imperial court is enough, but it is exploited layer by layer, of which Tian Wu accounts for the majority... ”

Without waiting for Tang Xian to finish speaking, Lu Ji interjected and asked, "Wait, who is this Tian Wu?" ”

"Tian Wu, the county guard of Xuyang County, Tian Wu is not particularly difficult to deal with, basically a face and two sentences will be recruited as soon as he is scared, after all, we have evidence, but the key is that there is someone behind this Tian Wu." Tang Xian's voice became lower and lower.

"Who?" Lu Ji leaned over and asked.

"Your father's old rival, today's Taifu Yang Liangru." Tang Xian covered his mouth with his hand and said the person's name in a voice that could be heard clearly by all three of them.

Lu Ji casually glanced around, and found that no one had paid attention to this place yet, "Let's go first, there are too many people here to talk about it, let's talk on the way." ”

A few people went out of the county town to let Tang Xian greet the sergeant and then hurried away, for the sake of a few people's conversation, Tang Xian deliberately did not ride a horse but rode a sedan chair with Lu Ji, and Lu Bo was a groom to drive.

More than 1,000 people rode lightly on the official road.

"Embezzling disaster relief food is a crime of killing the head, and Yang Liangru will not be so careless." Lu Ji said.

"Lord Lu, Yang Liangru is not an ordinary person, he can force so many families out of the court, and he can also crush the family to death, such a person will not be defeated because of embezzling disaster relief food, we can't do it if we want to get Yang Liangru." Tang Xian arched his hand.

"Yang Liangru, my father said that he has a way, we just need to be disgusting and disgusting, if we can pull out one or two of his wings above the court, it will be very good." Lu Ji rubbed his hands and asked people to bring pen and paper, "I'll write a letter to my father now, inform me of the situation here, and let my father prepare early, even if I can't bring him down, I will disgust him." ”

"Haha, the child has a temperament." Tang Xian couldn't help but smile and suddenly realized that the person in front of him was the son of the prime minister, the minister of the Sanpin Frontier, and immediately put away his smile, "The villain lost his words, and the adult sues." ”

"My father said that his life was given by Uncle Tang, for me, you are my eldest brother, and in front of my eldest brother, I will always be a child." Lu Ji held Tang Xian's hand and said with a smile, "You and I are destined to make a big career. ”

Tang Xian was stunned for a moment, looking at the great rivers and mountains that could be vaguely seen from outside the curtain, and then looked at the young man in front of him, and suddenly sighed that the young man's shoulders had already provoked the mountains, rivers, sun and moon.

Dan County, Yan County, a border town on the border between the Zhao family and the Beiman, a sixteen-year-old boy with dark skin and a small stature carried a bamboo basket behind his back, containing today's firewood in a frame.

The boy's surname is Meng Liu, Meng Liu is different from others, he has never seen his father since he was a child, and Meng Liu has not asked his mother what kind of person his father is, but his mother always finds various reasons to prevaricate, and even takes out a whip to whip him, and over time Meng Liu has not asked again.

Meng Liu carried firewood on his back and brought it to Song Fu's family in the town today, Song Fu is a businessman in the town, because he got lost in the woods after returning from trading in other places and was led out by Meng Liu, so Song Fu asked Meng Liu to go to the town every day to send firewood to his family and earn some money to subsidize the family.

Along the way, Meng Liu greeted the people in the village, these people have helped Meng Liu's family over the years, Meng Liu found that the private school in the village was teaching when passing through the town, Meng Liu sneaked over to put down the firewood, as a stepping thing, climbed up the window and watched and listened to Mr. Lecture, because the family was poor, could not go to the private school, it could only be like this.

When it is almost over, Meng Liu will leave early, send the firewood to Song Fu's house in the town, and then go home and hand over the money to his mother, who is seriously ill and needs to take medicine, fortunately, the doctor in the village is a good person and does not charge any fees, but Meng Liu writes down every expense spent, and the benefits given to you by others will be repaid after all, this is what his mother wants Meng Liu to remember,

"Mother, I heard from the village chief today that General Cui Zhengcui will come to Antelope City after a while, and then there will be no more Beiban going south, and our town will be peaceful."

"Okay, you should rest early, you're tired after a busy day." Meng Liu's mother has been bedridden.

Half a month passed, on this day Meng Liu Zhen was lying on the window eavesdropping on the lecture, listening carefully, until the end Meng Liu did not leave, suddenly heard Mr. Private School say: "Meng Liu, how is the class?" ”

Meng Liu, who had just climbed up to the window, was startled by this sentence, fell from the firewood, and as soon as he stood up, he saw his husband standing in front of him, and immediately stood up.

"After listening to this for half a month, do you know what I'm talking about?" Mr. Li's surname is Li, his name is Jiusi, and after he came here a few years ago, he opened a private school here and became a teacher, but no one knows where he came from.

"Mr. is talking about Mongolian learning, which is a beginner's reading material of Confucianism." Meng Liu did a Confucian etiquette, but because it was the first time he did it, his appearance looked very funny.

Li Jiusi came back with a smile and said, "If you want to come here to listen to the study in the future, just come in and listen, you don't need to climb the window every day, read people, this is not good." ”

"But... I don't have any money... Meng Liu lowered his head and said softly.

"Don't want your money, it's free." Li Jiusi smiled, "But ah, you have to promise me one thing, you have to listen carefully after you come, remember, I won't stay here for long, and I will leave here in a few days at most." ”

"Well, I will, but why did the gentleman leave here?" Meng Liu raised his head and asked.

"Because, someone is coming to pick up Mr. and leave." Li Jiusi replied.

Meng Liu nodded, and suddenly remembered that his firewood had not been sent over, so he immediately picked up the firewood and said goodbye to Mr. and rushed towards the town.

Because he did not leave in advance, and he was delayed by talking to his husband for some time, it was already late at night when Meng Liu came back from the town, and Meng Liu, who was walking on the official road, suddenly saw the fire in the village, Meng Liu desperately ran towards the direction of the village, but he ran into a stone and fainted, knowing that he would wake up in the early morning of the next day.

When Meng Liu returned to the village the next day, a scene in the village made him cry bitterly, the corpses and stumps were broken all over the ground, Meng Liu rushed to his house, and found that there was no one in the family, his mother was gone, and he kept calling for his mother, but there was no response, Meng Liu ran out of the house and rushed to the private school, he believed that Mr. would be fine, Mr. must know what was happening.

"Sir! Mr! Meng Liu shouted loudly, and there was no trace of Mr. in the private school, but Meng Liu found another person, the village chief was lying on the ground dying, Meng Liu helped the village chief, and the village chief held Meng Liu's hand and said intermittently: "The barbarians in the north heard the news that General Cui was coming, and took the last opportunity to invade the south, and the village was slaughtered by them." ”

"Where's my mother? Why didn't I see her? Meng Liu asked crying.

"Your mother? Your mother was taken away by the Northern Barbarians, but. Before he finished speaking, he held Meng Liu's hand tightly and hung down, and the village chief passed away.

"Village Chief! Chief! Meng Liu choked up, perhaps the luck in the misfortune is that the mother did not die.

Meng Liu slowly put down the village chief, stood up, and made an oath, "Mother, no matter where you are, I must find you!" ”

Meng Liu spent several days erecting a tombstone for the entire village, and buried everyone's favor over the years in the soil in front of the tombstone. This is another oath of Meng Liu, to avenge the people in the village, Meng Liu is ready to wait for the general Cui Zheng to come before joining the army to fight the Northern Barbarians.