Jin Shang slept until the next day.

After washing his face in a hurry, Jin Shang summoned Zhang Niucal and asked Zhang Niucalf to follow him to the county guard mansion to see Liu Xun.

Before leaving, Jin Shangke praised Haikou in front of Yuan No, and he was determined to persuade Liu Xun to serve Yuan No. as the master.

In fact, Jin Shang also knew that it would be extremely difficult to persuade Liu Xun to serve Yuan or not, but the top priority was to persuade Liu Xun to accept Yuan's old department, and he only cared about drinking last night, but forgot to get down to business, but he didn't dare to delay it today.

However, as soon as the two walked out of the door of the inn, they met Liu Kai head-on.

"What does Yuan Xiugong want?" Liu Kai turned over and dismounted, and trotted over.

"Liu Changshi came just in time." Jin Shang bowed his hand and said, "I'm going to see Brother Ling, why don't you go?" ”

Liu Kai sighed and said: "Oh, this is really unfortunate, my brother just received an urgent report, saying that a civil uprising broke out in Xiang'an, and he has rushed over to deal with it." ”

"Huh? A civil uprising broke out in Xiang'an? Jin Shang's face was bitter when he heard this.

Jin Shang did not doubt Liu Kai's statement, because Xiang'an is located at the junction of Lujiang County and Huainan County, and a large number of refugees from Huainan County poured into Lujiang, and it was possible for a civil uprising to break out.

At that moment, Jin Shang asked Liu Kai again: "Do you know when Brother Ling will come back?" ”

"I don't know about this." Liu Kai shook his head and said, "If everything goes well, I will return in three or five days, and if everything goes wrong, it is possible that I will not come back in ten days and half a month." ”

Jin Shang complained more and more in his heart, he really had to drag on for ten days and half a month, but what should he do?

At that moment, Jin Shang asked Liu Kai again: "Dare to ask Liu Changshi, how long has Brother Ling been gone?" ”

Liu Kai said: "My brother left before dawn, and he rode a fast horse, I am afraid that he has already passed the nest at this time." ”

Jin Shang gave up the idea of riding a fast horse to chase Liu Xun, because Liu Xun had been gone for more than four hours, and he was still riding a fast horse, but it was too late to chase after him.

Liu Kai sneered in his heart, but said enthusiastically on his face: "Yuan Xiugong can rest at ease in the inn, just wait for his brother to return, and he will definitely communicate with Yuan Xiugong immediately." ”

"That's all there is to it." Jin Shang could only give up.

Liu Kai stayed with Jin Shang in the inn for almost an hour, and only got up to say goodbye after lunch with Jin Shang.

Jin Shang thought that he was idle in the inn, so he wanted to visit Liu Ye first, although Liu Ye was young, Jin Shang knew that Liu Ye's prestige among the Lujiang scholars was very high, and his influence on Liu Xun was also very great, if this trip could win Liu Ye's support, it could be said that the matter was half done.

At that moment, Jin Shang asked Zhang Niucal to buy some gifts on the street, and then personally brought the gifts to worship Fang Liu Ye.

But unfortunately, Liu Ye went out.

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In fact, at this time, Liu Ye happened to ride a small donkey out of the south gate of Anhui City.

Liu Ye was always worried about the hungry people, so he wanted to go out of the city to see the situation of the hungry people with his own eyes.

Liu Ye was accompanied by only a little boy, the little boy held the reins of the little donkey, and said angrily as he walked: "Childe, do you know, Liu Junshou held a feast in the county guard's mansion last night, and invited all the officials of the scholar clan in the city, but he didn't invite you, sir, and he didn't want to think about it, if it weren't for you, Gongzi, would he be able to sit firmly in this county guard position?" ”

"Shut up." Liu Ye scolded, "Ru Zi'an dares to criticize the county guard behind his back? ”

Xiao Tong was obviously in awe of Liu Ye, so he really closed his mouth and didn't dare to say any more.

While speaking, Liu Ye had already ridden a donkey out of the south gate, and after leaving the city gate, the first thing that caught his eye was the rows of sheds on both sides of the official road.

In these rows of shacks, people are lying or sitting and fleeing.

Most of these people are unkempt, yellow-skinned, and glazed-eyed.

Seeing Liu Ye riding a donkey out, a pair of dull eyes consciously or unconsciously gathered on the thin little donkey under Liu Ye's crotch.

Although the little donkey is thin, it can also eat meat.

Gradually, the eyes of a few hungry people showed a look of madness.

Xiao Tong was a little frightened by the eyes of the hungry people, and turned back to Liu Ye and said, "Childe, let's go back to the city." ”

Liu Ye was completely immersed in the tragic experience of these refugees, shook his head and said, "Go further." ”

After walking forward for about 100 steps, there were hungry people coming out of the shack one after another, gathering to the side of the official road, as soon as there were many people, the courage of the hungry people was strong, and soon, the hungry people formed an encirclement around Liu Ye and Xiao Tongsi, and the encirclement moved forward with Liu Ye as he walked forward, but at the same time as he moved, the encirclement was also shrinking.

The commander of the army guarding the city gate noticed that something was wrong and hurried to the rescue with his men.

However, without waiting for the commander of the official army to lead the troops, the hungry people surrounding Liu Ye took the lead.

In the chaos, I don't know which hungry person made the first move, and in the next moment, the hungry people around rushed up, ripped Liu Ye off the donkey's back, and then overturned the skinny donkey to the ground, and then didn't kill it with a knife, the hungry people directly disemboweled the donkey with their nails and teeth, and then they were eaten alive.

The commander of the army tried his best to squeeze into the crowd and rescue Liu Ye and Xiaotong.

Xiao Tong was fine, but he was a little frightened, Liu Ye fell off the back of the donkey but injured his leg, and his body was trampled by the hungry people no less than ten feet, if it wasn't for the commander of the army to arrive in time, Liu Ye might really be trampled to death.

Liu Ye's prestige in Lujiang was extremely high, and the commander of the officer and army saw that the hungry people had offended Liu Ye, so he was about to lead his troops to attack and kill the hungry people, but Liu Ye stopped him.

Liu Ye watched the hungry people eating donkeys there, many of them gnawed their mouths full of blood but still didn't know it, the situation was no different from that of savages! Unconsciously, Liu Ye was already in tears.

Liu Ye's tears were not because of leg pain, but because of heartache.

After a long time, Liu Ye stopped his tears and said to the child: "Let's go, help my son go back to the city." ”

The little boy looked at the good donkey that was gnawed by the hungry people in a moment, and said with a crying voice: "Childe, our donkey, our donkey." ”

"It's just a donkey." Liu Ye said gloomily, "Just eat it, if its death can be exchanged for the lives of dozens or hundreds of hungry people, it will be worth it." ”

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Jin Shang waited in Liu Ye's mansion for nearly an hour, and saw that Liu Ye never came back, so he had to return to the inn in a huff.

Back at the inn, Zhang Niuli called the accompanying captain of the Yulin Guard, ordered him to carefully protect Jin Shang, and then went out alone.

It turned out that when Zhang Niucal helped Jin Shangcai buy a gift for Liu Ye before, he found a green building on Dongmen Street, Zhang Niucal was originally a strong guy like a calf, if he didn't know that there was such a place in Anhui City, but once he knew, his heart was like a cat's paw scratching, itching his heart.

barely survived until the evening, and Zhang Niucal really couldn't stay up.

No, take a moment to sneak out of the inn.

When Zhang Niucal stepped into the Qinglou, he happened to meet a young man coming out of it.

Zhang Niucal recognized this young man at a glance as Liu Wei, the son of Liu Xun, the guard of Lujiang County, and last night, Liu Wei also came to the side hall to toast him, and Zhang Niucal was deeply impressed.

Zhang Niucalf was hesitating whether to salute or not, but Liu Wei walked straight in front of him.

An elderly servant of the old family chased him out from behind and said to Liu Wei: "Childe, I heard that Mr. Ziyang injured the hungry people outside the city, and it is inconvenient for the lord to go, so you can go to the medicine shop to buy some damage medicine and visit Liu's mansion." ”

"Got it, I'll go here." Liu Wei grumbled impatiently as he walked, "Really, you can't live in peace in a green building, what's this called?" ”

Zhang Niucal's left foot stepped out of the air and froze in mid-air.

Lord? Who was that servant-like person?

Who is his lord? Could it be that Lujiang County guards Liu Xun?

Didn't Liu Xun go to Xiang'an to deal with the people's mutiny? Why are you still in Wancheng?

Although Zhang Niucal is a reckless man, it does not mean that he is a fool.

Zhang Niucal was stunned, and a woman who still had charm came forward with a smile, first slapped Zhang Niucal's face with the handkerchief in her hand, and said coquettishly: "Yo, general, why did you come?" Yu Niang has been waiting for you for a long time, you don't know, you left last time, but you took away Yu Niang's soul. ”

Zhang Niucal came back to his senses, and his throat pouted.

Zhang Niu's good is such a ** woman in front of him.

Zhang Niucalf reached out his big fan-like hand, grabbed the woman's fat buttocks, and then leaned his head over, while greedily sniffing the fragrance from the woman's body, and asked, "Who are the master and servant who went out just now?" ”

"Dead ghost, where do you touch your hand?" The woman slapped the calf's big hand and said angrily, "You don't even know the steward of the county guard mansion and Gongziwei?" ”

When Zhang Niuli heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, is the steward of the county guard's mansion?

It seems that most of the lords he talked about just now are Liu Xun.

Didn't Liu Xun already go to Xiang'an, why is he still in Wancheng?

The stakes are very high, but Zhang Niucal doesn't dare to be happy in the Qinglou.

Even if you really want to be merry, you have to do it in advance.

At that moment, the calf pinched the woman's bulging breasts again, said that he would come to you one night, and then threw down half a five-baht penny, and then turned around and went away.