Fan Li returned to the stone house, and by the way, he also brought back the lunch of King Yue and the queen. While eating, King Yue asked Fan Li: "Young Uncle is not here for a while, what are you doing?" ”

Fan Li said: "The minister is trying to find a way to disintegrate these soldiers, so they are watching us all day long, and they feel very uncomfortable, if one day they report to King Wu that it is unfavorable to us, our situation will be even more difficult, and if we don't do it, we will take our lives." ”

King Yue nodded and said, "What the young man is worried about is indeed so. But I don't know what tricks the young uncle used to make these Wu soldiers not speak ill of us. ”

Fan Li said: "King, the only person who can directly meet the situation of King Wu is Sima Zhe, the leader of the team, and the minister only needs to deal with Sima Zhe alone." That Sima Zhe's family is poor, his parents are old, he is a soldier himself, he can't earn money, he is in his twenties, and he doesn't have a daughter-in-law, and the minister has ordered Fuying to quickly send a girl to Sima Zhe as a wife. In this way, Sima Zhe will not harm me, and maybe he can help us sometimes. ”

King Yue approving: "This plan is very good. It can improve our situation. But also be careful and don't leak. Otherwise, it will affect the widows. ”

Fan Li said: "The minister knows that confidentiality is the first priority. ”

Yayu said: "The general is thoughtful and reassuring. But to clear the girl's mind, don't let her feel wronged. ”

Fan Li said: "What the queen said is that Fan Li will plug all loopholes. ”

Outside the stone house, Sima Zhe gathered more than a dozen of his subordinates and said, "Brothers go with me for a drink tonight, and the eldest brother has a great joy to tell you." ”

Someone said, "What is the joy of the adults, can you first say a little bit to make the brothers happy." ”

Sima Zhe said: "No, I'll talk about it when I drink tonight." ”

Someone said, "My lord, let's go drink, what about these three?" ”

Sima Zhe said: "You're afraid that they will run away, right?" Let me tell you, these are all big shots, if they plan to run, a few of us can't look at it, Dr. Fan is the general of the Yue Kingdom, and he has the courage of ten thousand people, if he really fights, can we be his opponents? ”

The soldiers all said, "Yes." ”

In the evening, Sima Zhe went to the palace early to report the day's situation, and then found Fan Li and said, "Doctor Fan, the brothers plan to go drink and have a good time." ”

Fan Li said: "Go, go, have a good time, don't worry about us, we won't run, if we wanted to run, we wouldn't have come." ”

Sima Zhe took more than a dozen brothers with confidence, talked and laughed at the Chunfeng Inn, ordered a table of good wine and food, ate and drank, and was so unhappy.

Those who are soldiers, when they are fighting, if they do not die, they will come with some things to eat and drink, and when they are not fighting, they can only eat the food distributed above, and everyone is hungry to death.

Someone said: "Lord Sima, you said that you have met a happy event, let's hear it, what kind of happy event is it?" ”

Sima Zhe stood up with the wine bowl and said: "My brother was recruited to serve as a soldier at the age of sixteen, and he is twenty-two years old this year. But it's just living, and now it's empty-handed, and there's no balance for a small penny. has long passed the age of marriage, and the eldest brother is dead and ready to fight a single. But I didn't want this matter to be solved. Today, my father brought a letter, saying that he had found a daughter-in-law for me at home. Send it to me tomorrow. ”

"Oh——, your lord has a daughter-in-law—" cheered the soldier.

"Drink and drink, don't get drunk and don't go home!"

After a commotion, Sima Zhe stood up again and said, "Brother has another sentence, I don't know if everyone agrees with it." ”

"Lord Sima, please speak, we all listen to you."

Sima Zhe said: "It's the people we take care of." They are all great men, and if they had not lost the battle, they would have been as honorable as our king. You say don't you? ”

"Yes, yes, my lord, you go on."

Sima Zhe said: "We are all soldiers, defeating the battle is a dead end, and we won't get any benefit from winning the battle, so what the eldest brother means is that we can't do things perfectly." In the future, if you look better at them and don't speak ill of them, then we won't get any good. ”

"Your Excellency is right. Fighting a war is all about the big guys. Success and defeat have been like this since ancient times. ”

Sima Zhe said: "Also, in the future, we will clean up the and horse urine, let's do it secretly, they are not as good as us in doing these jobs." ”

One said, "Didn't the top shut us down?" ”

Another said, "Why are you so stupid? Two people are watching the wind outside, and the others can't just do it secretly? ”

"yes, that's the idea."

…………

Gusudong City is a lively place, there are buying and selling, grain, cloth, vegetables, melons and fruits, everything. There are also jugglers and wild medicine sellers. There are also many tourists, and the river is endless.

Under the eaves along the street, there stood a long man, this is a special market, the sale of people, in the words of later generations, is the slave market. There were captured captives, and there were also those who were sold into slavery because of poverty. There are also girls who sell, that is because of the continuous war, the young and strong men are gone, and the girls are eighteen or nineteen years old and still in their twenties and can't get married, so the family will take them to the market, as long as the person is suitable, give a few money, you can take it home to be a wife.

The people who sell in the market, without exception, each person has a grass stuck in his head, which is a sign of sale.

Fan Li and Sima Zhe searched in the crowd. Originally, Sima Zhe didn't have such an idea, although it didn't cost a few dollars to buy a girl, he couldn't take out the money. Now that Fan Li pays for him, he chooses a girl and can take it back to be his wife.

"How's this?"

"Too skinny to work."

"Where's this?"

"It's kind of ...... It's a little too ugly, isn't it? ”

"How's this?"

"It's a little small, twelve or thirteen."

Finally, they stopped in front of a girl, and Fan Li said, "This is good, I think it's appropriate." ”

This girl is less than twenty years old, tall, fair-skinned, thin eyebrows and big eyes, although she is not a very beautiful woman, but she already looks good without makeup and clothes, if you dress up, it is one in a hundred.

Sima Zhe said: "Doctor Fan, this is not suitable, right? ”

Fan Li said: "Very good! How is it not suitable? ”

Sima Zhe said: "This ...... It's so beautiful, I'm ...... Not worthy. ”

This kid has low self-esteem, Fan Li laughed secretly. said, "My lord, you are not ugly, I think it is just right." Hi, anyone? Whose girl? ”

An old woman came over: "The military master has taken a fancy to my girl?" ”

Fan Li said: "It's this Lord Sima who has taken a fancy to this girl." Girl, look at it, people are here, is it appropriate? ”

The girl blushed and bowed her head without speaking. The mother-in-law looked Sima Zhe up and down, nodded slightly, and said softly: "Girl, I think it's okay, what do you think?" ”

The girl glanced at Sima Zhe quickly and let out a soft "um".

The mother-in-law said, "My girl is willing." ”

Fan Li said, "What's the girl's name?" ”

The mother-in-law said, "My family lives on the edge of the West City Gate, so let's call it Ximen Caiyun." ”

Fan Li said: "How much? ”

The mother-in-law said, "Five hundred silk coins,"

Fan Li said: "Give you silver." ”

The mother-in-law said, "Then five taels of silver." ”