In the early Ming Dynasty, many dignitaries and scholars were very manly, and they were not ashamed, and they raised "show children" openly, so Ruan Xiaoyi didn't think it was too big to say it in front of everyone.

Ruan Xiaoyi said to everyone: "My third uncle said ......"

Ji Yan knew that he couldn't explain it clearly here, but he didn't want this statement to spread more and more, so he interrupted Ruan Xiaoyi and said, "No one listens to you telling stories here, let's do business first." ”

However, Ji Yan still had some questions about this group of people, so he turned his head and asked: "What is the relationship between you, I heard you say that you still have a husband, why can't you make a good living and come out to do this?" ”

These words seemed to be on Chen Erniang's mind, and she cried again, crying while saying, "The husband of the slave family...... He died of illness at the beginning of this year, leaving behind his slave family and a large amount of debt to treat him...... In order to repay the debt, the slave family had to agree to the creditor and do such a degrading thing......"

When she was talking about the creditor, she pointed to the black man who looked like a husband, and then she was out of breath crying, unable to speak.

Ji Yan actually had a little sympathy for her, but he really couldn't stand her crying all the time, so he said: "I see that when you opened the door to welcome us, it was quite spicy, why did you cry like this now?" ”

Chen Erniang said: "I don't know, we saw your group from the upstairs early, my creditor took a fancy to you at a glance, he said that you are richly dressed, you must be a rich man, so he arranged for the slave family to "take down" you." However, the slave family felt that you were a group of four and it was not easy to behave, so they didn't want to obey their fate, so when they opened the door to greet you, they tried to scare you, so that you felt different and left by yourself. ”

Ji Yan was stunned for a while after hearing this, after all, it was not because she was handsome that this proprietress hooked up with her among the four.

It's just that just because the clothes I wear are more gorgeous and I look richer, it seems that my idol personality may just be thinking too much, and I just look rich in the eyes of my female friends, much like an ATM.

Ji Yan looked at the person who was pointed out as a "creditor" by Chen Erniang, and said to him: "So, you are the leader and mastermind here?" ”

The black man smiled and said: "The leader and mastermind dare not say it, but it is true that they all listen to me, this inn is also mine, my ancestors used to open an inn by the Yellow River, and they have always been diligent, honest and honest, and their lives are still passable." But since the war began a few years ago, it has not been easy. ”

The war he said should be the Battle of Jinan in the Battle of Jingjing.

The black man continued: "Later, another military master opened the gate and released water, and the whole Jinan was a swamp, and then there was an epidemic and a siege, and the people couldn't survive." Her dead husband contracted tuberculosis at that time. ”

When Chen Erniang heard this, she covered her face and cried even more.

Ji Yan interrupted him and said, "If you have something to say, accumulate some virtue under your mouth." ”

The black man said with a smile: "Yes, yes, what the big officials said is reasonable, this tuberculosis is the most grinding people, grinding the sick people, and also grinding the people who take care of them." ”

He had bright eyes and a bright heart, and found that Ji Yan was very interested in what happened to Chen Erniang, so he kept talking, and thought in his heart: What kind of good man and good woman, can you not think about watching such a girl enter the house? It must be this girl who thinks she has found a backer and denounced us.

But he thought so in his heart, and he didn't stop talking, but he was dedicated to two things.

I only heard him continue: "But there is no end to this battle, there is no way to go by land and water, and the better doctors and medicinal materials have been pulled to the barracks by the military masters, so Chen Erniang died...... The deceased husband is even more inextricably ill day by day, and this piece of rice and noodles is also a price a day, and her deceased husband and I are relatives of the deceased, so I can only come to me, and I will give you some help. ”

Ji Yan turned his head to Chen Erniang and asked, "These are all true?" ”

Chen Erniang said: "It's true, the boss is actually not a bad person, he kindly took me and my deceased husband and gave us food." ”

The black man picked up the conversation and hurriedly replied: "The big official is Mingjian, the villain is really not a vicious person, he really has no way to live, and the villain has no way to survive in this troubled world......"

Ji Yan trembled in his heart when he heard this, "troubled times"? In fact, this is now the beginning of the prosperous era of Yongle.

He has been to the capital, Ningbo, and Qingzhou, and what he feels is the vigorous scene of the early years of the prosperous era, but the main battlefield of the Battle of Jingjing, around Jinan, the people here think that they are living in troubled times.

The world is so big, how can it be covered by a word.

The black man continued to nag and said something that was not salty or light, but Ji Yan didn't listen to it anymore, his mind was thinking about this macro problem, thinking about whether he could do something as a traverser.

However, this topic is a bit big, and it is impossible for him to think it out for a while, and when he came back to his senses, Ji Yan asked Chen Erniang: "How much do you owe him?" ”

The black man hurriedly replied: "Twenty taels, even the principal and interest are counted." ”

Ji Yan asked Chen Erniang: "This number is correct, right?" ”

Chen Erniang nodded and said softly, "That's right." ”

Ji Yan looked at Ruan Xiaoyi with a wicked smile, and glanced at him, thinking in his heart: Look at your cheap mouth, I have to make you bleed.

Ruan Xiaoyi didn't seem to know anything about what had happened in Jinan, a few hundred miles away from his hometown, in the past few years, so he was very interested in listening, and when he heard Ji Yan ask about the arrears, and saw Ji Yan glaring at him, he still understood what Ji Yan wanted to do.

He was born in the second generation, so he didn't have much idea about money, so he asked, "Ji Yan, do you want to pay off this little widow's debt from my twenty taels?" ”

His words were actually correct, but I don't know why, Ji Yan wanted to beat someone when he heard it.

However, Ji Yan really didn't have so much money, so he could only say: "Yes, I'll take twenty taels first." ”

Ruan Xiaoyi glanced at a family member and said, "Give this little widow twenty taels of silver, and you have to keep the account." ”

The family smiled, took the money from the luggage, and handed it to Chen Erniang.

Ji Yan asked Chen Erniang: "After paying off the debt, what are your plans?" ”

Chen Erniang thought that Ji Yan was going to accept herself, and she was a little happy, after all, it must be much easier to live with this rich man than by herself, so she said shyly: "The slave family has no idea, it depends on the officials to make the master, although the slave family has been married, but has not yet had an heir......"

Ji Yan knew that she would be wrong when she heard it, this Chen Erniang's charm is indeed very attractive, but she has not yet married, so wouldn't it be a loss to bring a little widow into the door?

Besides, there is a Mei Yuning at home, if you marry a princess or something, it will be too cost-effective to lose Mei Yuning for a little widow.

He hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm asking you what your plans are, do you have any other relatives you can take refuge into?" ”

Ruan Xiaoyi smiled again and said, "Chen Erniang, what's the matter with you, will you be mistaken?" You forgot what I said, he likes men. ”

Ji Yan decided not to take care of this angry child anymore, and said to Chen Erniang: "Don't listen to his nonsense, I run back and forth, and it is inconvenient to start a family." ”

Chen Erniang couldn't hide her disappointed expression, and said: "The slave family still has a mother's family in Jinan City, and the slave family can go back." ”

After that, there was no more speech, and a group of people waited until the sky was flooded with fish belly, then prepared the mule luggage, took Chen Erniang, left the inn, and entered Jinan City in less than half a day.

This place is not much different from when Ji Yan passed by before, it is still a sloppy and dilapidated appearance.

sent Chen Erniang back to her parents' home, and they didn't delay much, they traveled all the way, passed Jinan, then Yanzhou, and then took a boat south in Huainan.

In total, it took about half a month, and Ji Yan and his party of four finally arrived in the capital, which was the fifth day of the seventh month, and it was more than two months after Ji Yan left the capital.