"Let's go faster, you see, it won't be long before we reach the northwest. Speaking of which, this place is really desolate enough, and there are few people. Murong Han showed a little disgust, if it weren't for the fact that he was a reckless man who could only live by fighting and killing, he really didn't want to come to this kind of place to suffer, it is estimated that the food and housing are very poor.

Chu Jingyan glanced into the distance, in the vast land, there were no more than ten people busy moving, and all of them were old people. I'm afraid something is wrong with this scene.

"Have all the young people here gone to work in other places?" Chu Jingyan asked, if a place can't retain young people, it is not easy to make a living and produce food.

But there is a sea not far from the northwest border of Nanyue, and the climate is also humid and warm. Then, if there is any hidden danger here that can't keep young people, there is someone who covers the sky with one hand!

When Murong Han heard him mention this, he also remembered the situation that those seniors had told him before. He held his chin and looked at the sparsely populated town opposite, saying, "Perhaps, they just don't like to go out." Maybe when we enter the town, we might see a lot of people. As for going to work in the field? I see that the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and the fields are ......."

The fields not far away are overgrown with weeds in the dry fields, and there is little grain and rice in the paddy fields, and the whole scene is barren. Murong Han frowned: "Hey? What's going on? Staying in such a place where the time and place are favorable, you are lazy and don't grow crops? No wonder the northwest complains to the court every year that poverty can't pay taxes, which is obviously poverty caused by laziness, right? ”

The imperial court was very busy, and the northwest was high and the emperor was far away, so the officials in the court and the central government had no time to take care of it, and only read the local officials' books describing the situation here. For many years, the people in the DPRK and China thought that the northwest was really poor and miserable.

Therefore, the imperial court reduced taxes in the northwest every year, and paid less if it could.

Who knew that if you really came here, you will feel that you have been deceived. If you can make good use of this environment, let alone eat and drink enough, you will become one of the rich and prosperous cities in South Vietnam, and it will be just around the corner.

The lack of food caused by laziness and the hardships of the people are all deserved! I'm afraid that this local official is useless, otherwise he won't let these people be lazy, and even the fertile land will be wasted for thousands of hectares!

It's just that the mud can't hold up the wall!

Seeing that Murong Han was about to breathe fire in a hurry, Chu Jingyan hurriedly raised his hand to signal him to calm down, and said, "If there is good land, there must also be cultivators. We're going to get closer to the Northwest, but we don't see many people along the way. Brother Murong said that people in the city don't like to go out, and it is unlikely that he will say this. ”

"Then let's go into the city as soon as possible." Murong Han said.

Chu Jingyan nodded, riding his horse and whipping.

……

By noon, the seats were almost full. Even if they are dissatisfied, these people are enough to be the watchmen of this scene.

Chu Jiayin panicked for no reason, obviously from last night to dinner, she was still relaxed. Sure enough, people's fear of death is innate, even if she dies once, she is still afraid of encountering the word death again.

The leader looked at the increasingly lively atmosphere in front of him, smiled loudly, looked at Chu Jiayin, and said, "Girl, do you look at these people enough to give you face?" Well, it's enough to stop, it's really going to be crowded with more than a thousand seats around here, and when you die, more people will see it, I'm afraid it's even more undignified. ”

If you die under the mouth of a tiger, where can you go with dignity? But this kind of undignified death, there are many people visiting, and for the deceased, I am afraid that it is more humiliation than glory!

"Enough! Of course enough! Chu Jiayin smiled bitterly, sweat dripping on his forehead, and he didn't know if he was too hot or too nervous and scared.

This life has been strange and colorful, but why is it so difficult! Chu Jiayin thinks that if she was still the same person in her previous life, I am afraid that she would have lived to the age of fourteen a long time ago.

Is this a test given by Heaven to the reborn?

"That'...... Shall we get started? "The chief seems to be impatient.

Chu Jiayin nodded, only once, as if he had exhausted all his strength. But a voice in her heart reminded her that now was not the time to be at a loss. Otherwise, I would have died here today!

Maybe among those people before, it was not that they could fight this tiger, but it was just that it had been delayed for a long time, and the construction in their hearts collapsed, right?

The leader began to babble out what he was about to say, and Chu Jiayin couldn't listen to a word, so he could only look at the tiger silently, with mixed feelings in his heart. Who else could she count on to save her today?

It's not on your own! The master was poisoned and taken away by Chu Liangshan, and it was absolutely impossible for Chu Liangshan to come and save her.

The sun is growing!

……

Chu Jingyan and Murong Han had already entered the city closest to Xiliang in the northwest, although the city was not as desolate as what they saw outside, compared to the cities they had seen along the way, this city was really too deserted.

The soldiers and horses of the Murong family had already found a place to be stationed outside the city, and the officials in the city were alarmed and went over to entertain those military masters. Murong Han's subordinate deputy will report that the meal is quite rich.

Chu Jingyan and Murong Han planned not to disclose their identities first, and as ordinary people in the city, they would first investigate the truth and truth.

"Brother Chu's move is to ......" Murong Han Bacheng also thought of going with Chu Jingyan, although this city is calm on the surface, if you cut it open, maybe how dirty and ugly it is! If they were to question and censor them as high-ranking officials, these officials would probably conceal the truth.

If they think too much, it doesn't hurt.

"Brother Murong probably understands my intentions, so you don't need me to say it clearly, right?" Chu Jingyan put down the teacup and frowned slightly.

This tea is terrible. They specially chose a store that seemed to have a good business, and asked the shopkeeper to serve good tea, and actually served this kind of aged tea. The color and taste of the tea are very bad, and the craftsmanship of making tea is also very rusty.

Chu Jingyan got up and walked around the room again, suddenly seeing the dust on the cabinet that had not had time to be disposed of. Raise your hand and wipe it, the depth of this dust has not been cleaned for about a year or two.

The shopkeeper who obviously led the two of them up said that this room is an upper room, and it is often booked by guests, and he has to queue up if he wants to live on weekdays. Moreover, this house is located in the place of the rising sun, the sun rises brightly, and the sunset is dark, which is just a good scene of sunrise and sunset.

How can dust accumulate?

If there are frequent visitors, shouldn't they be cleaned more carefully?

"You know, you understand, right?" Murong Han said to the lieutenant general.

The adjutant general hurriedly nodded and saluted, saying, "My subordinates understand. ”

Murong Han waved his hand and asked him to leave. turned to look at Chu Jingyan, and saw that he was staring at a cabinet in a daze, so he also walked over, looked left and right, and was stunned that he didn't see a flower. Then he asked suspiciously: "Brother Chu, what's so special about this cabinet?" Is it worth your attention to look at it so intently? Tut-tut, your eyes are more focused than I look at beauties. ”

Chu Jingyan motioned for him to look at the layer of ash on the cabinet and said, "I don't think it's anything special, but it's special that it's been left idle." Look at the dust on this cabinet, it takes hundreds of days to form, to say the least. And the shopkeeper said that there are often guests rushing to live in the upper room here. ”

When Murong Han heard this, he also felt that something was wrong, so he reached out and touched it. It was indeed a backlog of dust, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Could it be the customs here or something?" ”

Chu Jingyan shook his head and pondered: "I don't think so." ”

He turned to the table, half-crouched down, and reached for the bottom of the table.

Murong Han also walked over, saw him like this, and hurriedly explained: "I don't think it's right for you to touch under the table." This ordinary person doesn't pay so much attention to cleaning up the tables and chairs, so they just have to wash the white tabletop. Do you think that every table has a lot of servants busy cleaning and tidying up? ”

Chu Jingyan glanced at Murong Han and shook his head helplessly, it seems that he has to give this guy who likes to raise the bar for his own people, analyze it carefully, and convince him.

"That's not right." Chu Jingyan was free to consider himself, "If it's just as you said, the guy in this teahouse only cares about the table, not the bottom of the table." But this side is also dirty. The place I just touched was the bottom end of the table closest to the side. ”

Chu Jingyan said, sat down and demonstrated to Murong Han.

"Brother Murong, please see, if you don't wipe the side and bottom carefully, as soon as the guest sits down, there is a chance that dirt will get on the clothes. Even if guests don't get close to the table, there's no guarantee that all guests will do the same! If you were to say, there may be places where guests have not touched them, and where they have been touched, there is no ash and dirt. ”

Murong Han opened his mouth, and everything he wanted to say was said by the other party, and he didn't know how to take it for a while. He and Chu Jingyan's eyes met, and he could only reply with an expression that you said, you say.

"Then, Brother Murong, if you look carefully, this table is all dirty around it. When we just came in, the guy didn't look right, and he deliberately dragged us and talked a lot, delaying time. I think they put off their time just to come and clean the house. Chu Jingyan suddenly thought that before they came here, there were still a few people who had just left with panicked expressions.

The shopkeeper told them that those people were guests who had just checked out. However, the palms of these people are rough, and their faces are like those who have to endure wind and rain all year round. Such a person, even if he wants a house, it is impossible to live in a house.

Murong Han was speechless, and could only respond again and again.

"Besides, the tea I just drank is definitely not the tea that should be brewed in a teahouse. This makes a person who has never touched tea and only knows how to cook soup to cook it, and he can come out with that taste. ”