(a)

Daddy Zhang's expression was not very happy, and he still replied indifferently: "Thank you, General." When the old man was young, it was still governed by the Han people, but the old man didn't see much change. At the beginning, this was also the residence of the people who had no food and clothing, but the servants came to harass us every once in a while, forcing us to pay taxes, and those who could not pay were arrested and put in prison, or used as hard labor, in fact, the Donghu people were at least stronger than the Han people in this regard, at least, they said that every time they transported a cart of garbage, they would definitely give us two coins of silver, and they would not say that they would give two dollars, but they found a reason to deduct a net light, and finally we had to pay taxes. ”

Wei Changfeng could only smile bitterly.

What can he say? Tell Daddy Zhang that all he sees is an illusion, and there is no servant to force them to pay taxes? Or for the sake of national righteousness, ask Daddy Zhang to pay the taxes of the Han people rather than be a slave of Donghu?

He really couldn't say that. Although the enmity between Donghu and the Han people is indeed a family and a national hatred, if you close your eyes and say that the Han people govern the Han people, it must be better than the Donghu people to govern the Han people, but I am afraid that it is in vain to ignore the facts. He could only hope that the new magistrate would treat these people better, at least, no worse than the Donghu people.

After saying goodbye to Father Zhang, Wei Changfeng did not leave, but looked at the rooms one by one, and ordered his soldiers to also take a look at each room, he wanted to understand the situation of these people, so as to react to General Zhu.

He looked at three in one go. It's the same in almost every household, it's almost the lowest part of Jinzhou, where beggars, thieves, and homeless people gather, and no one has a locked door, first, because they can't afford it, and second, because there's really nothing to steal. So in a sense, this is the most secure area in the whole of Jinzhou, there is no theft here, and there are very few fights.

There is no theft, because there is nothing worth stealing, and there are very few fights, because the people here are in a state of undereating all year round, where is the energy to fight?

Wei Changfeng walked out of the door, at this time his nose had already adjusted to the smell here, although he still couldn't say that it smelled good, but in short, it was not as unbearable as when he first came, but his eyes really couldn't adapt to the situation here.

In the house behind him, he saw with his own eyes a wrinkled woman patiently rectifying a pig's head, which was covered with maggots with white flowers, but the woman didn't seem to know what it was, but carefully picked the maggots aside one by one.

On one side of the dirt floor, two children with skin and bones sat quietly. There were no beds, just a few pieces of rags that served as a barrier to the ground. The two children didn't cry or make trouble, just watched the woman fix the pig's head.

When Wei Changfeng called the woman "old woman", the woman smiled and told Wei Changfeng that she was only thirty-two years old.

Wei Changfeng's heart almost shrank together.

He took out all the money in his pocket and gave it to the woman. But he also understands that it is useless. The silver is saved enough to feed the family for ten days, but what about after ten days? What about the others?

It's not that he doesn't want to help, but there's really nothing he can do. He could only walk out quickly and run away.

He walked outside the door and was about to beckon the soldiers to go back, but he saw a soldier running quickly and reported to Wei Changfeng: "General, I found two women in front, these two women said that they knew the general, please go over." After that, he added: "It's two very beautiful girls." ”

Wei Changfeng snorted.

In Jinzhou, he knew a total of two girls: Nina and Li Qianyue. However, I believe that it is not these two people who are here. Because they have no reason to come here, if nothing else, the smell here is enough for them. But since someone said they knew him, they might as well go over and take a look.

He followed the soldier forward for a while, and turned into an alley sandwiched between wooden and earthen houses, and saw a beautiful woman standing in front of a room with a broken roof, with a round face and a bumpy figure, but it was Nina.

Wei Changfeng was surprised, I don't know what Nina is doing here, since the soldier said that it was two women, and now one of them is Nina, then the other must be Li Qianyue Undoubtedly, but where is Li Qianyue?

Nina frowned, stood there with her hands over her nose, and when she saw Wei Changfeng coming, she finally let out a sigh of relief and said to Wei Changfeng: "What a coincidence, General Wei, you are also here." Do us a favor and take us out of the city, it's all filth, we can't get out. ”

She lifted her foot as she spoke, and the shoe was already covered in mud.

"What are you doing here?" Wei Changfeng asked, "What about Miss Li?" ”

"I'm looking for Satsuki's uncle." Nina sighed, "This is Uncle Satsuki's residence, she's in the house." ”

"What?" Wei Changfeng didn't believe his ears for a while.

This is the residence of the rich man Li, who wears a robe of thirty taels of silver and feeds birds and flowers every day? How did Nina and Lee Chi-yue find such a place?

Wei Changfeng was confused, but since Li Qianyue was in the house, he was not busy asking Nina first, but lowered his head and went into the low house.

(2) There is almost no sunlight in the house, although the sun has not yet set at this time. Because this dilapidated house has no windows at all, only some light leaks in from the broken roof. As soon as Wei Changfeng entered the house, his eyes couldn't adapt for a while, and he stood for a moment before he saw the situation in the house.

There is a dilapidated bed in the house, a woman stands by the bed with her back to him, looking at the back, you can see that it is Li Qianyue, there is a corpse lying on the bed, the corpse is very tall, but extremely thin, it looks like it has been dead for a while, but there is really no oil and water in the body, and there is not much decay, but there are signs of drying into a dry corpse.

Li Qianyue just stood quietly, looking at the corpse.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and Nina also squeezed in, this room was not big, Nina squeezed in, almost sticking to Wei Changfeng.

"It's my fault." Nina whispered in Wei Changfeng's ear, "I heard you say that you haven't found a third rich man surnamed Li, and I was wondering if Xiaoyue's uncle was lying, but in fact, he didn't have any birds at all, and he didn't have any flowers, just bragging for the sake of face." ”

"The robe of thirty taels of silver is also bragging?" Wei Changfeng was a little unconvinced, "Miss Li was young and couldn't recognize it at the time, but his parents should be able to recognize it." ”

Nina chuckled, her chest almost rubbing against Wei Changfeng's shoulder, "I don't think that's bragging. He can brag, but I am afraid that it is precisely because he does have a robe of thirty taels of silver, but if he has only one robe like this and has no flowers and no birds, I should think about how this robe came from. ”

Wei Changfeng suddenly understood.

Nina, you're so smart! He admired it in his heart.

If Li Qianyue's uncle is blowing nonsense, what is it for? Of course, it was because he was not so rich, but he did have a robe of thirty taels of silver, so how did this robe come about? I'm afraid that no one will casually throw such a robe on the road for people to pick up, so this robe can only be stolen, cheated, or robbed.

Then, this "rich man Li" is afraid that he is not a good person, and the place where he lives will not be a courtyard through the street, so if you want to find this person, you must go to the place where the poor live, and it is best to find the place where the thieves live.

So Nina led Li Qianyue here, and really found this Li Da "rich man", but unfortunately, it seems that this rich man has no life to enjoy and has gone immortal.

Thinking of this, Wei Changfeng couldn't help but turn his face sideways to praise Nina, but Nina was about to come over to talk to Wei Changfeng, and after two of them, Wei Changfeng's face was touched by Nina's lips.

Wei Changfeng was startled and hurriedly wanted to avoid it, but Nina took advantage of the situation to kiss Wei Changfeng on the face, and with another chuckle, she had already retreated.

Wei Changfeng only felt the redness on his face, and hurriedly turned his head to look at Li Qianyue.

Li Qianyue was also slowly turning around, but she didn't know if she had seen the scene of Lu Dao Fangcai.

Wei Changfeng was a little embarrassed for a while, he didn't know what to say, Li Qianyue maybe didn't see it, maybe he saw it and didn't pay attention to it, looked at Wei Changfeng and sighed lightly: "Brother Wei, can you do me a favor and help me bury my uncle?" After all, he was my uncle. ”

Of course, Wei Changfeng will help. This is not only because Li Qianyue is a woman who can't complete this task, but also because of the title of "Brother Wei".

By the time the three of them returned to the barracks, it was already dark. Although Li Qianyue didn't cry, her expression was also very depressed. Wei Changfeng opened his mouth several times to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say, Nina couldn't stand it anymore, and said softly: "General Wei, you don't have to say anything, women's affairs, let us women take care of it." ”

Wei Changfeng smiled.

This is the second time Nina has said this. He found that if Nina wanted to take care of something, he could definitely rest assured that it would definitely be managed very well, much better than if he were to take care of it himself.

"I'll come back tomorrow." Wei Changfeng finally said a suitable word.

A few days later, Wei Changfeng was busy organizing soldiers to transport garbage from the slums out of the city, but Zhu Ling sent someone to pass on the news, so he returned to the barracks with sweat, mud on his feet, and a stench all over his body.

Before entering the barracks, Wei Changfeng heard people shouting and neighing, and reinforcements from the rear had arrived.

Wei Changfeng was happy in his heart, although he didn't know what General Lu Daozhu summoned him for, but the arrival of reinforcements meant that the Han army could attack again, and the free days of the Donghu people would not be too long, and he couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Approaching the big tent of the Chinese army, Wei Changfeng found something strange.

A carriage, the carriage carved with dragons and phoenixes, is very gorgeous, and very large, it seems that there is absolutely no problem with twenty or thirty people in it, and the horses pulling the carriage are all very robust, even in the Han army, it is rare to see such a good horse. Who is coming? To be able to ride such a carriage straight to the front of the Chinese military tent is by no means an ordinary person.

Wei Changfeng was suspicious in his heart, and slowly entered the account.