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When winter came again, under the severe cold, the spread of the epidemic finally stopped so badly, and the people everywhere could finally take a breath.

The weather is getting colder, and after a first snowfall, the tips of the branches and grass in the four fields are full of fine Xiaoice. Although the weather is cold, the laborers are not idle, and on the top of the hillside outside Shaanxi County, an errand officer is still supervising more than 20 servants digging pits.

There were seven or eight corpses lined up on the mud floor next to it, and they were the people of Shaanxi County who had died of the epidemic in the past three or four days.

In order to prevent contact, three or four layers of straw mats were tied to these corpses, and their faces and miserable conditions could not be seen.

Although they have seen a lot in the troubled times, and they can't see the appearance of the dead clearly at this time, but in the wilderness with the dead of the epidemic as a companion, the servants still have a little hair in their hearts, and the weather is cold, and they only care about wielding hoes one by one.

In order to prevent the disease, the pit where the corpse is buried has to be dug very deep, but the soil in winter is **, and it is not easy to dig.

"Boom!"

After the dull clash, one of the servants innocently looked at the hoe lying on the ground and shook his head, leaving only an empty wooden handle in his hand.

The servant turned his gaze and saw that there was something wrong with this slightly chubby servant again, and suddenly said angrily: "How many times have you been again?" ”

The joy that flashed in the fat man's eyes was not easily seen by the servants, he just held the handle of the hoe and argued loudly: "If the villain does not make any effort, and the wooden wedge on the hoe is not inserted tightly, there will often be things that fall off the handle, which is not surprising!" ”

For a scoundrel like the fat man, there is also a sense of powerlessness in the servant who is in charge of the power to increase the cost of hiring the servants.

The fat man's surname is Xi, and his name is Le. It's rare that there is still a cousin of a dorf. Jing Zhao Yin people. Li Dao and Guo Yan fled under Deng Ji when he raised his sword.

Speaking of which, the fat man Xi Le is now thin and famous in the three counties. Initially, he served as a servant in Luoyang. Because of the confusion in the ranks and the attention of the officials, they kept an eye on him for several days, and the money and food obtained from his work became less and less, and finally he was no longer employed; The fat man had no choice but to cross the Yellow River to Hanoi County to find a job to build "Du Gongwu", but he was too bitter and returned to Henan in less than two months. I didn't dare to go to Ruoyang to find a living, so I only worked as a servant in the surrounding counties. Wait for Deng Ji to welcome the return of the Son of Heaven. He insisted that Xi Ming, who was in the court, was his uncle, and immediately ran back to Luoyang to defect, but was rejected by others. Seeing that the left and right were not a matter, he gradually calmed down, but it was not easy to deceive a woman in the new group of displaced people, and he said that the old and the young would follow each other with his three-inch tongue, and he came to Shaanxi County, Hongnong County after forming a household. It's just that he is lazy and lazy, and he leaves all the work to his family to do, and in less than two months, the woman has asked the official to come and leave. The old and the young were scattered, and the fields were confiscated by the government. The fat man had to come out again to serve as a servant.

Now that the reputation of the fat man has spread in various counties, officials often use him as a typical educator, and today's hoe alone is the fourth time that the handle has been taken off.

Seeing that the official in front of him had a very good temperament, and the fat man was not annoyed by the other party after several excuses to be lazy, a playful servant smiled and asked, "If you tighten it, why is this happening?" ”

This is a slightly ambiguous word, from ancient times to the present such words can best make people feel relaxed, a sentence suddenly caused the servants to forget the corpses on the ground, and laugh in unison. After the winter epidemic gradually relaxed, the person in charge of supervising the errand was not as serious as a few days ago, thinking that this fat man was really tighter with the woman after forming a household before, maybe it would not be really eliminated, and he would be reduced to being a servant, so he laughed out loud with the servants.

The fat man was a little red-eared, and a group of people were laughing, when they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves faintly coming from the distance, and the servants and servants were busy turning their heads to take care of them, and in a short time, a group of more than 2,000 cavalry had rumbled under the slope.

"It's the third team today, is there really another war?"

"Deng Yuanjun may have wanted to ask for Li Dao and Guo Yan's two thieves?"

"It must be so!"

Watching the cavalry gallop by, the servants on the hillside began to talk and talk about it, and the previous jokes were relieved, and the servants were psychologically closer to these servants, so they were willing to spend some saliva to solve their doubts, and said: "After the winter comes, the epidemic gradually decreases, so that after the king orders the opening and closing of various places, the people who went to our three counties are satisfied, and now they can no longer be settled, and this kind of thing is the most clear in my county government. In order to settle the new people, the king will follow the proposal of the left army division, send the soldiers of the six captains, and go west to take the three auxiliary land! ”

After being explained, the fat man Xi Le was the first to jump out and scolded angrily: "Li Dao Guo Yan, the livestock generation, should die early!" ”

Everyone knows that this fat man had a very good life near Chang'an before, but now he is so miserable, and the sin is naturally on Li Dao Guo Yan.

Many of the servants escaped from the land of Sanfu, and suddenly they shared the same hatred with the fat man, and scolded the evil deeds of the two thieves, and some people asked worriedly: "The envoy only sent the six captains to the battle, and the enemy was better than the two thieves of Li Dao and Guo Yan?" ”

"Victimized by the two thieves, and robbed by the Qiang people from time to time, the people of the land of Sanfu have fled!" Some people who knew more about the situation of Sanfu replied, explaining: "Li Guo's two thieves have been plundered and cannot be plundered, and the army is disheartened. Now that Li Guo and the two thieves have suffered many setbacks, they have less than 10,000 people under their jurisdiction, and they lack food and clothing, how can they be the best soldiers of the sixth captain? ”

The messenger immediately looked at this person, and said with a smile: "There is a court list in front of the county, except for the three clans of the two thieves of Li Dao and Guo Yan, if the rest of the rebels are willing to surrender, they can be pardoned, and those who behead Li Guo can get the liehou!" I heard that it was the plan of the left army division again, and the envoy went to the palace to ask the Son of Heaven to give an edict! ”

The servant who was familiar with Sanfu's situation frowned, and only spoke again after a while: "Sanfu Rebellion has been like this, although they have been captive for a long time, they are not good at saving, and now most of them are afraid that it is difficult to find winter clothes." Under the edict of the Son of Heaven, those who descend are in public, but they are such a thief who is cheap! We and the people of the three auxiliaries hate to eat their own flesh! ”

"Although the people's anger is great, it would be good if we could put down this chaos as soon as possible!" The messenger summed up, rubbed his hands with hot breath, and shouted: "The weather is getting colder and colder, you will finish today's business, and go back to the city early to rest!" ”

Except for Xi Le, the servants did not feel cold when they worked, and they were nostalgic for the bonfires in Shaanxi County, and after listening to the orders of the servants, they were all busy waving hoes and continuing to dig pits.

The skin of the servant is low, and the fat man often finds himself lazy, and from time to time there are things such as hoes taking off the handle and going out of the way. He pretended to be like this, and his nature was like this, and although the servants hated him so much, they really couldn't take him, but he had secretly made up his mind that when he hired servants in the future, he would keep his eyes open to prevent this scoundrel and fat man from getting in again.

Fortunately, there are only a few fat people who are so slippery, they have money and food, but others are willing to work hard, and after a while, a large pit with a joint burial was dug out, and a few honest people went to carry the corpse and throw it down.

As the fourth body was carried, the movement was slightly larger, and a white object fell lightly from the straw mat. The fat man's eyes were sharp, and he saw that it was a good silk scarf, which should be used by a woman, and immediately took a step forward, wanting to bend down to pick it up.

The officer on the side was furious, raised his leg and kicked the fat man to the ground, and scolded angrily: "Don't die! ”

When the fat man got up from the ground, he remembered that the people in the draft seat had died of the plague, and he did not dare to argue with the servants, but only to see that the silk scarf was well made, and it was a pity to ignore it.

The white silk scarf was spread flat on the ground, and filth could be seen on one corner, and no one dared to pick it up after the fat man, and the messenger pointed his finger and ordered: "Bury it together!" ”

Then the servants made a hoe and swept it into the pit with the corpse.

When filling the pit, the fat man was no longer lazy, and followed the others to finish the work.

Today's work is done, and everyone walks down the hill together. When he got the money and food he deserved today in Shaanxi County, the rest scattered, but the fat man Xi Le came back to the city and went back to the place to get the branch to dig the silk scarf.

He had already moved his hands and feet when he filled the soil, and the silk scarf was not too deep and was removed in a short time.

The fat man was not stupid, knowing that this thing had been infected with the epidemic and could not be touched, so it needed to be cleaned and left for a while before it could be used, so he carried it all the way back with a branch.

The plague in Jingzhou is severe, and there are no relatives to run to, no more than Deng Ji can find a job to get food and clothing, the fat man has long since given up the idea of going south, but he is suffering from servitude. Now that I have this silk scarf, wouldn't it be good to use it to coax a woman to start a family in the future?

It's just that the white silk scarf has been buried in the soil, and it looks really dirty, and it is afraid that others will see it all the way.

Looking forward to the left and right, there are a few green oaks on the side of the road, although it is cold winter, the leaves are still green, but it is covered with a layer of fine ice, so the silk towel is picked on it, and the left and right are rubbed.

After a while, Bingling had rubbed off the dirt on the silk towel, and the fat man was satisfied, and carried it to the river to wash it away. After half an hour of washing, it was expected to be fine, so he hid it in his arms and returned to the city.

Taking advantage of the fact that the epidemic had subsided, the sixth lieutenant was sent to the vicinity of Chang'an to attack Li Dao Guo Yan.

After Deng Ji led Tian Feng Jia Xu and hundreds of black iron guards to send the six captains out of Hongnong, they inspected the people's conditions in various counties all the way and slowly returned.

Most of the households in Hongnong County have only recently been resettled, so there are naturally many problems, and they still need to ask the magistrates for advice.

Fortunately, with the experience of Henan and Hanoi, Yang Li and the newly appointed county commanders have learned from them, and they have all placed supervision and care, but there is no big problem, and the concerns are only missing details.

Tian Feng Jia Xu was no stronger than his own young physique, and when it was winter, his body couldn't withstand it, so Deng Ji asked the two military advisors to go back first, and then he led a hundred horsemen to look around.

Recently, the Son of Heaven has not dared to make more trouble, and he asked him to issue an edict before, but he honestly did not do anything. Tang Ji and Cai Yan in the house are all newly pregnant with children, and Deng Ji is still quite satisfied.

Stay on the official road outside Shaanxi County, see a few green oaks on the side of the road, although it is cold winter, the leaves are also green, which makes him feel good, remember the song he sang in his previous life, he reached out to pick a piece, put a few "woo" sounds in his mouth, but it was out of tune, and he threw it away.

Before returning to Luoyang, Deng Ji had fallen ill, and his symptoms were typhoid fever. (To be continued......)