Li Mi underestimated Shi Xing in the end, he thought he could learn something from Shi Xing's mouth, but Shi Xing only vaguely said a few words, and when Li Mi asked again, he pulled down his face and sent Li Mi out.

The more Shi Xing covered it up like this, the more suspicious Li Mi felt, but at the moment there was no one in his hands, Zhen Mi could use it, but he was also not familiar with Santun Camp, and it was a bit of a constraint.

Li Mi came to the manor again, Sima Hui had already left, Cheng Beidou and the others saw Li Mi coming, they were also a little embarrassed, and said to Li Mi.

"I'm still keeping my promise, since I promised to give you manpower, I won't break my promise, but it will take a few days for the children to come back, and I hope Lord Li will forgive me."

Li Mi knew their difficulties, but Li Mi was not forced, at this time Chao Cheng Beidou said: "It is said that Shi Xing is the secretary of the military department, and he is the head of the main battle, he should not do such a thing, what is the inside story here, it still needs to be investigated, I don't need too many manpower, just give me a person who is proficient in the head of the Santun camp, just lead the way." ”

Cheng Beidou looked at the other old men, and finally said to Li Mi: "You go to the Zhenyuan Temple in the north of the town, find their master, there is an incision in it, you come here and I'll tell you." ”

Li Mi knew that it was impossible for these old men to live here, after all, they were all big lords in the rivers and lakes, even if these three camps were military towns, after the sun went down, wouldn't the territory still be carved up by these old men?

Li Mi listened to the ear, silently wrote down the black incision, and went to the north.

At this time, it was also dark, and the kilns in the town were the most lively, and everywhere there were animalistic shouts and prodigal breathing, and the town seemed to have removed the fig leaf of civilization and returned to the primeval jungle, with only the most instinctive desires flowing.

Li Mi went all the way to the north, but he didn't expect it to be more and more lively, he thought that Zhenyuan Temple should be a Taoist temple or something, but when he arrived, he realized that it was a big kiln!

It's a shame that I didn't bring Zhen Mi with me, otherwise it would be enough to choke, and when I arrived at the door, I smelled a smell of inferior fat powder mixed with sweat, and when I arrived inside, it was a mist steaming, and a warm smell of sheep and foot odor also made people frown.

There is no song and swallow dance, no silk and bamboo orchestra, no swaggering red sleeves, looking at the past, it is all a narrow grid, the wooden plank is banged loudly, some people are still unsatisfied, some people are frustrated and cursed, some people are satisfied, some people are guilty, and they have no time to lift their pants, so they hurriedly walked out.

Some of the kiln sisters in it just came out to drink water in their clothes, all of them were not young, their bodies were bloated, their hair was messy, their eyes were numb, and their skin and flesh were just tools to make money, they no longer had a sense of shame, at least in terms of body, there was no shame, what was important was just silver.

There are groups of border troops here, there are also merchants from the south to the north, and some local border people, including some young people, who are estimated to be driven by curiosity, and are quickly pulled into the lattice room after coming, and they fled in embarrassment after a while, leaving only the exaggerated ridicule of Sister Yao'er behind him.

The counter is very long, there are a lot of people, and they are also very busy, some people have a number of copper coins, some people weigh the finely broken silver bills with Taiping, and there is a bookkeeper standing next to it, with a mouthful of ink marks, licking the tip of the pen from time to time, and recording accounts on the book.

In the shadows outside the door, a woman, with a half-grown girl, did not know whether she would sell herself or her children in order to live.

Li Mi is used to living in Suzhou, where brothels are by no means simply seeking physical satisfaction, and many people are not forced to sell their bodies for their livelihood, most of them are not selling their bodies, not so much the industry, but the entertainment industry.

So when he looked at the woman who was hesitating in front of the True Yuan Temple, facing the choice of fate, and didn't know whether to buy herself or sell her child, Li Mi's heart was also panicked.

The border town is not only Jin Ge Iron Horse, behind this heroic and tragic are countless broken families, and they are like ants who have to bow to fate.

Li Mi hesitated for a moment, but still walked to the dark place, took out the silver bag, touched a small ingot of silver, thought about it, put it back again, and handed over the entire silver bag.

The woman gently ripped off her headscarf, looked up at Li Mi, and put her hands on the shoulders of the frightened girl, not knowing whether to push her daughter forward or pull back.

In the end, she still took the silver bag, wept silently, bit her lower lip, and said to Li Mi: "The child is still young, can I go with you?" ”

Li Mi looked at it, the woman was also in her twenties, with a medium appearance, yellow face and thin muscles, only her breasts were bulging, and she thought that there were still young children waiting to be fed at home, and her clothes were still stained with milk.

"Take the kids home." Li Mi sighed lightly, and as she said this, the woman handed the silver bag back, turned her head and no longer looked at Li Mi, but continued to stand there.

Li Mi was a little stunned, and said to the woman: "Why? ”

The woman didn't look up, but bit her lower lip and replied, "I'm not a beggar......"

When you meet a good person like Li Mi, shouldn't you be grateful to Dade? Isn't it better to beg than to sell yourself?

However, the woman continued: "The body is your own, and as long as you are useful, why should you snort and eat the food that comes from you?" ”

Li Mi didn't expect the woman to be a person who had read a book, and her words were admirable, but Li Mi didn't force it, but just said to the woman: "It's too late to change your mind now, the days inside are definitely not what you want to see." ”

The woman didn't look at Li Mi, just buried her head and stopped talking, and Li Mi also took the silver bag and walked into the Zhenyuan Temple.

When he arrived at the counter, Li Mi knocked on the table, the bookkeeper and a few shopkeepers glanced at Li Mi, turned their heads and continued to work, weighing silver and counting copper plates.

Li Mi knocked on the counter and ignored it, so he walked straight in, and the thug next to him walked up to the front and stopped Li Mi and said: "The noble person is here to have fun, so go to the counter and ask, it is not random to move around." ”

Li Mi is a person in the officialdom in the end, he has seen too many noble people, and he has also developed a dignified and noble atmosphere, and the thugs do not dare to scold people directly, which can be regarded as polite.

"The counter is full of dead people, and I don't understand the language of the dead, so who is going to ask?"

The thug was also a little displeased, and said to Li Mi: "The noble man is here for the first time, and he doesn't understand the rules of the True Yuan Concept, so I don't blame you, what kind of goods do you want, just talk to the younger brother." ”

Li Mi looked at the thug, who was only forty years old, with a tall ox and a big horse, a horn knife at his waist, a scruffy beard, and a licorice gas when he spoke.

Li Mi is not ignorant of the rules of martial arts, these people who walk the rivers and lakes all year round like to chew licorice, it is said that they think that licorice can prevent poison and remove bad luck and so on.

"I'm here to see your boss, and I've been introduced by an old man in the south of the city."

When the thug heard this, he also looked Li Mi up and down, and then said in a low voice: "The black wind outside the gate has nowhere to stop......

Li Mi immediately replied: "Huanghuai in the clouds finally enters the sea. ”

The thug looked at Li Mi again, and then glanced at the counter, and the bookkeeper nodded, and then he said to Li Mi: "Your Excellency comes with me." ”

This is the incision that Cheng Beidou told Li Mi, and Li Mi followed the thug into the inner courtyard, and soon came to a room, and the thug knocked on the door, then pushed the door and invited Li Mi in.

It's warm inside, after all, there is a stove, it's only the end of October, although it has begun to be cold, but it's not so exaggerated as a stove.

Li Mi looked inside, and on the huge couch, a person was wrapped in a blanket and was smoking a cigarette.

The woman was not very old, but she was very fat, and her body occupied the whole floor, and a few little girls were waiting next to her, like a large sow arching a few little piglets around her.

The thug muttered a few words in the fat woman's ear, and the woman waved her hand and let him out.

"Cheng Lao'er asked you to come?"

Li Mi nodded, took out his cigarette stick, lit the best gold silk smoke, and handed it to the woman.

The woman's eyes lit up, she sniffed the smoke vigorously, and then took another puff carefully, and then took a big puff, and the cigarette quickly burned to her head.

"Are you an official or a thief?"

Li Mi smiled and did not answer directly, but asked, "Can this tobacco be made?" ”

The fat woman reluctantly handed the cigarette stick back, and said to Li Mi: "It's good, it's not mine after all." ”

Li Mi knocked off the cigarette ash, put on the tobacco again, and smoked it himself, although Li Mi smoked a cigarette stick, but he had his own bearing, where is there a handsome man like Li Mi in this broken kiln, and several little girls are crazy.

Li Mi just said to the fat woman: "It's convenient to speak? ”

The fat woman let the girls who couldn't give up go out and said to Li Mi: "Say it." ”

Li Mi didn't hide it, and said to the fat woman: "I want you to help me keep an eye on someone." ”

"Who?"

"The military department is still the book of Shixing."

The fat woman was choked by the smoke and coughed, and said to Li Mi: "Distinguished guest, are you joking?" The old lady doesn't even know what your surname is, I'm just an old bustard who opened a kiln, and you asked me to provoke the secretary of the military department? ”

Li Mi looked at the fat woman, didn't speak, just took a puff of cigarette, and said to the fat woman: "Let your people report to Cheng Lao every day, and he will send them to me." ”

After Li Mi finished saying this, he went out without saying anything, and the fat woman didn't even keep and decompose, didn't promise or refuse, but Li Mi didn't say anything anymore.

After stepping out of the True Yuan Temple, the air suddenly became fresh, as if the entire lungs had been cleansed.

Li Mi glanced at it, the woman was still in the corner, and the girl was a little unable to hold on, squatting on the ground and dozing.

Li Mi thought about it, and finally walked over, the woman saw that it was Li Mi, and lowered her head again, only to see her clenched lower lip and stubborn chin.

"Look up."

Hearing Li Mi's words, the woman raised her head, but there was not much awe in her eyes, and Li Mi asked her, "Do you know how to do laundry and cook?" ”

"What?"

"I ask you if you know how to do laundry and cook."

The woman looked a little stunned, but Li Mi didn't wait for her to answer, but said to her, "I don't have a laundry and cook at home, if you believe me, come with me." ”

After Li Mi finished speaking, he didn't wait for her to answer, he walked straight forward, and after walking more than a dozen steps, he heard the sound of small footsteps behind him, and the girl was asking her mother: "Mother, where are we going?" ”

After a long time, Li Mi heard the woman reply softly, "Go to work." ”

Although the voice is not loud, there is a breath of unyielding air, perhaps this is what dignity is like.