"Why, how can it be so empty?" Cheng Xingmeng turned around, looked around, and couldn't help but speak at first, his brows tightened, "I came to visit my classmates and friends during the Chinese New Year, and this Qingshan Town is very lively," Although it is not as good as Changle County, it is almost the same.

It's only two months before and after, how can it become so deserted.

"It must be something bad," Zheng Haoyou stood aside, and couldn't help but open his mouth to interject when he heard the words, "In my opinion, we still have to inquire first." ”

"But, how do you ask?" Cheng Xingmeng looked at the shops around him that were almost all closed, and shook his head helplessly, "The shops are all closed, and there is no one at all." ”

No one, they couldn't even find anyone to ask.

Belch......

Cheng Xingmeng's words directly stopped Zheng Haoyou.

Zheng Haoyou glanced around, reached out and scratched his head, and finally shut up in mockery.

At this time, Zhao Furui suddenly stretched out his hand, pointed to the area in front of him and said, "Let's go to the front and take a look, I see, there are many shops over there, and there should be people inside." ”

After speaking, Zhao Furui raised his legs and walked forward, and Cheng Xingmeng and Zheng Haoyou behind him looked at it and hurriedly followed.

The three of them walked all the way and watched all the way, because they were suspicious, they naturally walked slowly, and their actions were very conspicuous in the eyes of some people who had lived in Qingshan Town for a long time.

Especially those who open shops in Qingshan Town all year round to do business.

Right now, something happened here, and suddenly there were so many new faces and special people in the city, and they were wandering around the main street of Qingshan Town, which naturally attracted their attention.

The shopkeeper couldn't stay idle, so he began to come over to inquire about the news, such as asking them what they were here for and what they were doing in Qingshan Town.

"Come here to beg for a living, so that I can buy some seeds and go back to farming,"

"There were a lot of taxes last year, and the family couldn't open the pot,"

"There's no way, otherwise, we're reluctant to run so far, we all came all the way from the north,"

As Zhao Fuxiang spoke, he used the corner of his eye to observe the surrounding situation.

Sure enough, after they were questioned, most of the eyes that were originally focused on the three of them were retracted, and there were a few occasionally, but they were not as cautious as before, and more were curious.

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Zhao Fuxiang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said in his heart that something really happened to Qingshan Town, and the investigation of people was so strict.

On the side, the middle-aged man who listened to Zhao Fuxiang's explanation frowned, obviously not believing, "You guys, are you all out to work?" ”

As he spoke, his expression kept looking at the two people behind Zhao Fuxiang, especially Cheng Xingmeng.

Zhao Fuxiang followed the trend and took a look, and his heart was broken, "It's not all," he had to quickly explain, "This is Xiao Lao'er's son-in-law, but he is a scholar, unlike Xiao Lao'er, he came to visit his classmates,"

"This is Xiao'er," Zhao Fuxiang stretched out his hand and pointed to Zheng Haoyou on the side, "Xiao Lao'er is not talented, he just knows a carpenter's craft, Xiao'er has been interested in this since he was a child, and then apprenticed to Master Ma of Changle County, and has won his true heritage, and now he has been out of the teacher, if it were not for the little Lao'er's family and no one to take care of the property, the child would not be able to return home, and now he can afford to stand on his own."

Speaking of which, Zhao Fuxiang was extremely confident, "Don't hide it from the shopkeeper, my children are all top craftsmen, and they can make any kind of furniture and wood." ”

"Oh? That's really a coincidence," the middle-aged man sighed with emotion after hearing this, and at the same time showed a kind smile, and the obvious vigilance in his expression disappeared, "Brother, you guys are really lucky this time." ”

Good luck?

Zhao Fuxiang was curious, so he opened his mouth to probe, "Shopkeeper, what you say, but what business do you want to introduce to our father and son?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled, and then stretched out his hand to hook the person over, "That's right, you're asking the right person, come on, I'll talk to you about it." ”

Zhao Fuxiang was stunned for a moment, and leaned over with a "happy" expression.

"This old brother, do you know that if it is usual, we are not allowed to recruit workers in Qingshan Town," as he said this, the middle-aged man suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the area in the distance, "But for now, your opportunity has come." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Fuxiang hurriedly asked what the opportunity was.

The middle-aged man smiled when he heard this, "For you, it's naturally a good opportunity,"

"Hey, it's really lucky,"

The middle-aged man repeated, "Do you know that just last night, a major incident happened in our Qingshan Town, which shocked the whole town,"

Sure enough, as soon as the other party's words came out, Zhao Fuxiang and the three of them were all hooked with obvious curiosity.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man continued, "It's the granary over there that the county government is on fire, and even the entire street on the granary side is on fire,"

When he said this, the man also deliberately looked around and muttered in a low voice, "Over there, but they are all the industries of those big lords in the city, and they will naturally have to be rebuilt if they are burned down. ”

You know, you can get a lot of money for working for the lord in the city.

Zhao Fuxiang and the three ......

Zhao Fuxiang and the three of them didn't expect that the major event in Qingshan Town turned out to be that the granary in the city was burned.

"How, how did it catch fire?" Zhao Fuxiang couldn't help but ask.

At the same time, his mind kept recalling the appearance of them when they first entered the city, and now, he understood everything, no wonder, they would be strictly inspected when they entered the city.

"Who knows," the man shook his head, "It's a pity that all those grains were going to be sent to Yangcheng County today, but they couldn't be delivered,"

This is indeed a pity, Zhao Fuxiang nodded cooperatively, "Yes, food is expensive,"

The man also nodded, "Of course, the food was finally scraped together, and now, the county magistrate is not having a good time," somehow sighed.

Seeing that the conversation was about the same, the man waved his hand and left.

Seeing this, Zhao Fuxiang hurriedly thanked the other party, after all, he pointed out a "way out" for them.

They are the ones who come out to beg for a living.

"Dad, where are we going now?" Zheng Haoyou asked Zhao Fuxiang in a low voice.

Zhao Fuxiang thought for a while and said, "Go and take a look at the street where the fire broke out." ”

Well?

Zheng Haoyou was taken aback, and even spoke a little anxiously, "Dad, no, do we really want to go over and repair the house?" "Aren't they fleeing?

Zhao Fuxiang shook his head and whispered, "You always have to make a show for people,"

"Sister-in-law, the shopkeeper just now is still staring at us," At this time, Cheng Xingmeng also interjected in a whisper.

Zheng Haoyou was stunned for a moment, and he didn't want to look up to see the situation, but Cheng Xingmeng hurriedly stopped him, "Sister-in-law, don't look up, it's important to leave first." ”

It would be bad if it was exposed.

Cheng Xingmeng's words were reasonable, even if Zheng Haoyou was scared, he didn't look up.

In this way, the three of them walked towards the place where the fire broke out.

…………

After turning a corner and making sure that there was no line of sight behind them, the three dared to stop.

Zheng Haoyou leaned his back against the wall, panting in fright.

"Dad," Cheng Xingmeng said to Zhao Fuxiang, "I want to visit my classmates and see if I can find out some other news,"

Cheng Xingmeng's classmate was also the student who was admitted to Xiucai with him.

Unlike Cheng Xingmeng, the other party's family spent money to donate a petty official and directly served as a public servant in the county government.

Therefore, the other party must know more information than the average person.

"Okay, then you can go," Zhao Fuxiang agreed with Cheng Xingmeng, "My friend and I are waiting for you outside the door." ”

"Okay, I'll go and come back quickly," Cheng Xingmeng nodded, turned around and walked towards the alley.

His classmate was in Castle Peak, and it was very close to where they were.

When Cheng Xingmeng came, his classmates happened to be at home.

Soon, Cheng Xingmeng came back, and at the same time brought back a lot of inside information.

According to Cheng Xingmeng, some of his classmates said that something did happen to Yangchengjun.

I don't know what happened, but Yangcheng County directly sealed the city without warning seven days ago.

Three days ago, the county guard of Yangcheng County issued a notice in his name directly to several surrounding counties, demanding that within three days, enough food must be sent to Yangcheng County.

As a result, yesterday's granary in Qingshan Town suddenly caught fire, directly burning all the grain that was to be sent away today.

It's too late to adjust the grain now, so the county commander and the master are angry at the county office.

Cheng Xingmeng also inquired more about Changle County by the way, according to his classmates, Changle County, like Qingshan Town, has to send grain to Yangcheng County.

However, Changle County is closer to Yangcheng County, and the deadline for grain delivery has been further compressed.

If nothing else, the grain in several towns around Changle County is already on the way to Yangcheng County.

After hearing this, Zhao Fuxiang felt complicated and unspeakable, but he didn't know that in just three days, such a thing happened.

So they didn't stay long, and the three of them hurried away again.