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Weijing Luo, both tributaries of the Yellow River.

Just after spring ploughing, in the fields of Gaoling County on the north bank of Weishui, a group of people were busy building Dugongwu.

Over the past few years, Guanzhong has been in turmoil frequently, there is Li Dao Guo Bian in the front, and then Cheng Yi Zhang Heng and so on, not fashionable and Qiang Di is in trouble, Zuo Feng (ping, pronounced the same as "Ping") Yi is also badly damaged, if it is not for Deng Ji is moving the population to enrich, I don't know how many years it will take to return to the old vitality.

The population under Deng Ji's rule is slowly approaching two million, and if the counties of Xinna are not used to share the pressure of the population and fields, it will not be possible.

Although Cheng Yi and other rebels withdrew, they could connect with Xiliang Ma Teng and others at any time to come again, coupled with the threat of the Qiang Xiongnu, there were Wei Lie troops in the south of Weishui, and they were placed in Mintun in the north of Weishui, and they had to build a dock fort again, so that the residents could protect themselves.

Yunyang, Suyi, Yaxian and other counties, which are the most remote and dangerous counties, have recently had a large amount of labor input, and although Gaoling County is a place of governance, it is relatively safer, and the government is not in a hurry, and there are not many people, so the progress of this project will be slowed down by a large margin.

In Yunyang and other counties, the people who work for food are civilians and servants, and there are even civilians who rush from Hongnong to seek work in order to pay off the government's grain arrears in advance.

After paying off the arrears of grain, it is not in violation of the law that you can exchange livestock with the government.

The small group of people on the north bank of Weishui is different, most of them are sinners with tattoos on their faces, and there are nearly 100 people, men, women, and children.

In order to prevent the criminals from fleeing, they were arranged to serve in places like Gaoling, instead of border areas such as Yunyang.

Next to the building site, there is a small area of temporary shacks, which is the resting and living place of the sinners. At this time, three or four women who had also been tattooed were making food in front of the shack.

A middle-aged fat man stood next to him and chattered: "You are in your youth, and you have no children with him, why should you suffer from twenty years of sinners?" ”

The fat man has been nagging for a long time, and the object of his words is a beautiful woman, but it is a pity that a lot of grooming has been broken by a hideous word "sin" on his forehead, otherwise he should be a rare beauty.

At this time. The beautiful woman was half-squatting on the ground washing the shepherd's cabbage, ignoring him.

"If you follow me to form a household, no matter how bad it is, it will be a civilian home! I am familiar with the strategy of the division, and I may be able to find a tun chief and change my nationality to a good citizen! ”

The fat man repeatedly mentioned that except for not daring to reach out to pull, all the good words were persuaded. The beautiful woman was just indifferent.

Regarding the fat man's blatant behavior, several women who washed vegetables only dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

The middle-aged clerk in charge of the team's chronicle was dignified, in his thirties, and had been paying attention to the construction dock fort before, and only appeared when he was thirsty and came to get water to drink. first glared angrily at the errand officer who was not doing anything but watching the play, and then shouted: "Xi Le! Although the criminals were punished and forced for their crimes, the government forbade killing, forbidding, and forbidding the strong! Violators are also reduced to sinners! What do you want? ”

Seeing that the old officer next to him did not make a noise, he had no fear of this fat man, who was supposed to be a high-ranking clerk, as a servant, and replied with a smile: "I didn't use force, I just persuaded with good words!" Zhang Xiaolian didn't know. Our company does not prohibit the marriage of sinners and husbands and wives (note). If the sinner's family is not guilty, and the person who is convicted because of her husband's family can choose to remarry after abandoning her husband's family, get rid of the sin, and re-enter the household registration! ”

As a servant, the white card on his waist is the same as that of a passerby, but the fat man bites the words "where our company is subordinate" very clearly, as if he is the master of this place.

He showed that he knew more about the laws of the land than he did about it. The fat man squinted at him triumphantly.

The scribe frowned slightly, now Deng Mu'an has become more and more apostatic, according to his rule, not only men can abandon their wives and leave their wives, if the husband has violated the law and does not raise three things of immorality, his wife can also abandon her husband and marry again. The sinner woman even encouraged her to break off her marriage with her former husband, which was unheard of.

Considering that many of the families in Sili were newly formed, the middle-aged scribe reluctantly let go of the idea of studying further and denouncing it, but he refused to bow his head in front of a small treacherous servant. Then he insisted and said, "In this way, as a servant, you should exchange labor for money and food here, why do you stop working?" ”

"I can't work here for more than two things!" Xi Le is so cunning, how can he not say anything: "The salary under the stove is enough, and the water is enough!" ”

The errand refused to cooperate, and in the face of such a figure, the scribes with the best talents were a little helpless.

The sinners who were cleaning the shepherd's cabbage on the ground couldn't listen to it for a long time, and one of them picked up all the shepherd's cabbage in the big wooden basin, picked up the wooden basin and splashed the sewage with a "bang", poured the water in the bucket into the wooden basin, rinsed it slightly, splashed it and then poured it full of water, and shouted: "Zhang Xiaolian, we have no water!" ”

The fat man suddenly glared, this kind of water is too wasteful!

The errand next to him was an old soldier who had just retired, with a horse chopping knife in his hip, and a bow and arrow standing in the corner of the wall.

Xi Le didn't care about the woman, and the thief's eyes greedily swept over the beautiful woman who was buried in her work, picked up two large wooden barrels, carried the burden, and hurriedly ran to fetch water.

His own words were not as good as a sinner woman's strategy, and the middle-aged scribe's face was a little ugly, he didn't drink water, he didn't greet the officer, and walked back depressed.

The errand was a little far away, and there was no man around, so several sinners who were washing vegetables were more courageous, and the woman who had been quick with her hands and feet before, so that the fat man was summoned to carry the water again whispered angrily: "The scoundrel fat man, a dog-like person, dares to beat Hou Li's idea!" ”

The delicate woman, the object of the fat man's nagging, raised her head and glanced at the crowd of mud and stones in the distance, and found her husband's thin body, and her eyes immediately turned red.

Her husband, who had no energy to pay attention to anything else under the heavy toil, knew nothing of what had happened before, and was now carrying a load of dirt on his shoulders, staggering forward, laboriously pouring into the pit, where the men above would tamp it.

As the son of the Hou family of Hedong, she has never suffered like this since she was a child, although she is far away, she also knows her husband's happiness.

However, when dealing with the cunning and lazy among the criminals, the servants did not have a good temper towards the fat people, and if they dared to stop, they usually received a heavy whip.

The officers had heavy hands, and when this whip went down, there was immediately a blood mark on the body of the previously pampered one. Her husband already had dozens of whips on his back, so he didn't dare to stop or look around.

After Hou Xuan participated in the rebellion of Weigu and other people, their husband and wife were just one of the people implicated, but Deng Mu'an's family had to be dismantled and resettled even if he defected to Henan, and it was even more impossible for the criminals to get together to work, and the Hou family only had her and his wife here.

After the previous woman's words, the voice of another sinner-woman came from Hou Li's ears, turning her eyes back from her husband: "That's right, what kind of talent Hou Li is, he will break off marriage and remarry, and he has to find a character like Zhang Xiaolian!" ”

Someone answered: "Mohu! Zhang Xiaolian is married, and he even has children! ”

The woman before was dissatisfied: "It is a hundred times better to be a concubine than to be the fat dog's wife!" ”

Even as a sinner, there are times when there is joy in suffering, and there is a bitter saying: "I also said that you refused to break off the marriage, not because you are nostalgic for old goods, but because of your own ugly appearance, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find someone to want!" Who knew that he was high-minded, and he was still thinking about Zhang Xiaolian? ”

Including the beautiful Hou Li, several women forgot their sorrows for a while and chuckled together.

When the old servant stared at him, Fang Qi stopped laughing. One of the women whispered again, "Don't you wait here to sell spring!" Although Zhang Xiaolian is an official in Guanzhong, he is also like the fat dog, but for the time being, just to get enough food, he will move to Jingzhou, why is he willing to settle down in Guanzhong? ”

In the boring and tiring life of the criminals, Zhang Xiaolian, who has a unique appearance, has become the object of their gossip, and the other two women Qi Qi asked: "Is this really the case?" How do you know? ”

"Yesterday I was picking up under the old tree, and I heard the two messengers talk! Zhang Xiaolian is famous, and even Deng Jitian and Feng are admired! He has sent people to requisition several times, but he refused! It's just that Guo Yan and Li Dao raided the army a few days ago, and Xiaolian's family ran out of money and food, and the troops were scattered, and he couldn't afford to go south, so he temporarily stayed in Gaoling as a scribe, and when he received enough money and food for the journey, he had to go to Jingzhou! ”

"I can't complain that the fat dog is not afraid of him, and the servants don't like to deal with him!"

"A character like Zhang Xiaolian, the Son of Heaven didn't want to be an official when he was in Chang'an, how could he be used by Deng Thief?"

"The two thieves of Li Dao and Guo Yan are really hateful!"

As sinners, it is certain that the women hate Deng Ji, and they are somewhat emotional and happy to hear that such people refuse to be used by Deng Ji. It's just that Hou Li inadvertently raised his head, but saw that the fat man was carrying two buckets of water, and he had turned around again, and exclaimed: "That fat guy has returned!" ”

A woman comforted: "Don't be afraid of him! Today, we will wait for the food to be cleaned up, and Zhang Xiaolian's servants and sinners will also be happy to eat! When the water is sufficient, the vegetables are washed back and forth, and the fat guy must go two more times! ”

Hou Li lowered his head, hesitated for a while, and then gritted his teeth and said, "It's good to make him go ten more times!" ”

So the fat man saw several women washing two onions and garlic, and pouring a large wooden basin full of water, and as if they were all infected with cleanliness, they would never leave it to wash anything else after using it once, and they would all pour it out immediately.

He understood that several women were working together to rectify him, but the old officer was actually tired of his own tightness, so it was useless to go and complain.

If you walk slowly, you will be scolded by the old officer.

What did Lao Tzu do that angered people? The fat man could only tear up his eyes, and hurried to fetch water again and again.

During the meal, Zhang Xiaolian and the servants really praised the food today for being much cleaner than usual, and instructed them to do so in the future.

Divorce: In ancient times, divorce was first called divorce, and it was thought that it was the best of the two surnames, so it was called divorce. Tang later changed to divorce. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for the recommendation vote, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to read. )