Chapter 37: Back to Camp
Soon after we left the county seat, two flying horses came out of the back door of the county governor's mansion, rushed out of the city gate, and went to the official road in the northwest direction, everyone who knew knew that one of the horses was sitting on the county lieutenant Lao Jun, and the other was his slave, and the horse was carrying a small box, which was very strange, some people speculated that it was the head of the murderer Lao Shiyun, and the county lieutenant went to ask for merit and reward, and some people said that he was guilty of Jing and asked for the crime, because the county Sima was sad and indignant, and vowed to kill. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Back at Lao Shengkun's house, I saw Lao Yu with an anxious and worried look, and when I came back, I said happily: "You guys are back, what have you found?" ”
"Your house has been seized, your father's shop and restaurant have not been sealed, they are still in business, and it is estimated that they will also suffer, and the city is full of your brother's arrest documents, and a reward has been proposed, and the clues provided are all the price of a gold coin." I said tiredly, panting, the weather was so hot that I was sweating profusely, extremely uncomfortable, and there were words of suffering.
"Hey." Lao Yu sighed and said, I don't know what to say, the disaster has come out, what else can I do, she can't help but feel nostalgic for the carefree and stable young lady days in the past, how comfortable and happy it was, but now she has to hide in Tibet, panic all day long, these days she is worried, for fear that something will happen.
Her home in Hailing County is ruined, and she can't go back, how many of her good memories there are, she really wants to go back quietly to see, but she doesn't dare, even if she is accompanied by me, she is still very timid.
From Weizi Village to Hailing County, and then rush back, on the way did not eat in Hailing County, nearly half a day, so down, tired enough, back to sit on the chair do not want to move, I can't help but miss the bus on the earth, how fast and convenient.
When it gets a little dark, I drag my tired body to take a shower first to remove the smell of sweat and heat on my body.
When I passed by the stable, I found that there was an extra cow in the stable, and there was an old cart outside the stable, which should be very strong. With what Lao Shengkun has done, he seems to have done almost everything, and he has not come back at this time, he should still be buying grain, maybe there are other things, and it is Lao Shengkun's wife and Lao Liang who entertain us.
I didn't have anything to say to her mother, after eating, I went back to my room and lay down to sleep, but Lao Yu was full of energy, sitting on the stool and distracted, she remembered whether her father should give away his money almost unconditionally this time, and slowly taking it out little by little was very important to make the Huoyue people feel their importance.
It's just that the hole cards are exposed at such a time, and she is not afraid of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, she doesn't understand how her father calculated, she doesn't believe that her smart father is really confused, scared stupid, but she can't reason why.
Lao Yu's room was inside, and I slept with Dashan on the outer bed, but Dashan didn't dare to sleep with me, so he added a wooden bed. Perhaps because of the long journey on this day, I felt very tired and slept very deeply, and slept until the next morning, without waking up on the way, which is a rare thing.
After waking up, I was shocked into a cold sweat, I slept so hard one night, if something happened, basically I didn't have time to react, wouldn't I lose Qingqing's life in a daze, and I couldn't help but blame myself secretly.
Dashan had already gotten up, fed the horses to eat, brought me breakfast, he was chewing steamed buns in his mouth, he was full these days, he had never been hungry, his heart was very happy, his ambition was high, and he was full of pride.
"Why didn't you wake me up, did anything unusual happen last night?" If Dashan sleeps like me, I'll blame him.
"No, it's just that Lao Shengkun came back very late, I don't know what to do, his father and son went out very early this morning, and they haven't come back yet." Dashan said very seriously, and he paid attention very carefully.
"Dashan, do you think this Lao Shengkun is credible?" I need advice, don't want to make preconceived mistakes.
"There's nothing suspicious about them, and they don't look like hidden shady people." The mountain seems to be slow, but his head is actually very bright, thoughtful, and quite intelligent.
"Can Lao Shengkun see who we are?" If Lao Shengkun sees who we are, it will be very detrimental to my plan.
I was discussing Lao Shengkun here, and over there, Lao Shengkun was also discussing me, and he asked his son about what I was doing in Hailing County and where the box of gold coins was spent.
On the third pole of the day, Lao Shengkun led four porters to carry four loads back, all of which were corn and wheat that were not ground into powder in burlap bags, as well as potatoes and sweet potatoes, which were all the grain stored by hundreds of households in Weizi Village, which was purchased by Lao Shengkun because of the high price.
Many civilians were reluctant to sell, this year's rain was too heavy, the harvest was not good, and it was necessary to keep some spare, however, in the end, Lao Shengkun repeatedly increased the price, and they couldn't resist the temptation of silver coins, so they basically reluctantly cut their love.
Coupled with the surplus grain that Lao Shengkun had saved in the past few years, it happened to be a cart, so when I came out of Lao Shengkun's house, I also took an ox cart and an ox cart of grain.
Returning from the same way, except for the helplessness of boring long-distance walking, nothing else happened to happen, but it took twice as long to go back, the cow was tired enough, pulling the cart of grain, and several times it was really unable to walk, and after the cow rested for a few hours, his physical strength recovered a lot, and he could continue to hurry.
When I drove the ox cart back to the camp, I was received a different reception than the last time, and several captains were stunned when they looked at the cart of grain, but their hearts were full of flowers in spring, not to mention the rest of the sergeants.
Zongqi's mood was undoubtedly very pleased, and he was not stingy with his words, compared to the suspicion and vigilance of the last time, this time it was completely replaced by trust and reuse, but he didn't take my hand and tell me to thank me for the fire spirit.
"Fire Spirit, tell me about your trip to Hailing County, and you have gained a lot." Mars told me to sit down, excited in anticipation of my retelling.
"The reason why I was able to gain a lot this time is because of the gold and silver of the boss of Laobo, and I don't dare to take credit." I said shirkably, as if I was pretending to be noble.
"If there is only gold and silver, why are the people of Hailing County willing to sell grain to you, this is not the credit of his labor." Mars said excitedly, as if those people were happy to see the Fire Moon people, which made the Fire Moon people not yet reach a desperate situation, like a lighthouse on the rough sea of darkness, giving people hope.
"It's not that they naturally hate us Huoyue people, not to mention that I didn't tell them my identity as Huoyue people, so if I buy their food, as long as the price is reasonable, how can they refuse." I didn't expect Zongqi to ask such a question, the question is very simple, did they always think that people from other races hated the Fire Moon people, this shocked me.
"It's so simple, in the past, our people went to Nanwang County to buy things, and at first they were willing to sell things to us, but then the shopkeeper saw us and closed the door directly, and kicked us out, I thought that the people of Donghai County were all of the same heart as the prince, and they were instructed by the Taishou of Donghai County behind their backs." Mars voiced his doubts, they made the mistake of common sense, of course, the key is not to have much gold and silver, otherwise there will be no way out.
"I don't think the Taishou was all sealed, and he left an opening for us." I speculated.
"It should be, this time I can see their county lieutenant Lao Jun, this person doesn't seem to be simple." Mars asked.
"I saw it, first of all, he shirked it, and then he couldn't resist the temptation, the gold coin had been given to him, it depends on how he moves, I can't help it." I said it succinctly.
"That's it." Mars was surprised, he thought I must be talking at length about my heroic deeds.
"It's the way it is, just waiting for the outcome, the process doesn't matter." I said strangely.
"Yes, this is your Fire Spirit style of doing things, concise and clear, with a clear purpose." Mars exclaimed, showing me an appreciative look, "It's a pity that there is no good wine, otherwise I must be drunk to show my happiness." ”