After the Battle of Jingyang, the Great Wei Emperor issued an edict to recruit 200,000 local garrisons to be stationed at the border to prevent the Southern Dynasties from invading the north, and at the same time the whole country entered a state of emergency.

After the king of Wuling basically completed the set goal, it seemed that he was affected by the battle of Liuqingshan, lost his enterprising spirit, and the main force did not cross the border, and the two armies dispersed after half a month of confrontation at the border, and a big war ended.

On the eighth day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Hongwei, Beiwuwei hurriedly returned north, and walked for more than a month before finally entering the boundary of Daxing City, Beijing.

To the uneasiness of the generals, Emperor Hongwei did not immediately return the army to the camp, not even a decent decree, but the army ordered the army to be stationed thirty miles outside the city, waiting for the will to enter the city.

In order to relieve the tension of everyone, Liu Yi decided to take several generals out of the camp to distract themselves.

It is said that it is a distraction, but in fact, it is better to go to the nearby towns and see the familiar market life, than to sit in the barracks and think nonsense.

"Little Hou Ye, the front is the market in Nanguan Town, and the tea stall that Lao Liang said is there!"

Liang Tongfang smiled and introduced the scenery here to Xu Rui.

According to him, Nanguan Town is the outpost into Daxing City, and there are many merchants who come and go, which is very lively, and among them, the tea stalls in the market are the most interesting.

Don't look at the tea stall is not big, but there is a lot of good, not only the fragrance of tea is overflowing, a few kinds of dim sum is even more wonderful and delicious, every time he returns from the expedition, he must pass by this place, feasting his appetite.

Xu Rui heard what he said, and he was also a little curious in his heart, and hurriedly beckoned to the shadow next to him: "Let's go, let's go and see the delicious food that Lao Liang said!" ”

Everyone was wearing the clothes and armor of ordinary soldiers, but Ying Yu was dressed in plain clothes, although it was still men's clothes, but it was a little less gloomy.

As long as there are not many of them, Jinyiwei and Dongchang will open one eye and close one eye, even Liu Yi, Xiao Jinwu and others also have a few, but they don't know where to hide in the army.

Ying Yu's conversational temperament is a typical dead man, and with the deep imprint of Yang Weiyuan, everyone is an old-fashioned person, and at a glance, you can see that no one has ever investigated her identity.

However, this is the first time that Ying Yu has walked in the sun, and she can't help but be stiff, if it weren't for Xu Rui by her side, she probably wouldn't know which leg to take first.

Hearing Xu Rui's call, Ying Yu followed abruptly, and in anticipation, he gave birth to the posture of a little timid little daughter, which caused several generals to laugh.

Ying Yu's cheeks were even more crimson, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, as if he had no clothes, and he was embarrassed.

Xu Rui also smiled shallowly, this is a good start, from now on he will gradually guide Ying Yu back on track and be a normal girl.

In the morning, the sun is just right, the snow has stopped for a few days, and the sky is blue, which is the busiest time of the market.

Liang Tongfang led everyone to find the tea stall, the tea stall only has a small shop, and there are five or six tables outside the shop.

Finally waited for two tables, and everyone hurriedly sat down, and listened to Liang Tongfang shouting to the shopkeeper at the top of his voice.

"Shopkeeper Qiu, I'm here again, hurry up and get a few snacks for the brothers to satisfy their hunger!"

As soon as he heard this call, a middle-aged man in his fifties immediately came out of the tea stall, and when he saw that it was him, he hurriedly ran over with a smile.

"Yo, congratulations to Master Liang on his victory, or those things?"

Liang Tongfang said with a smile: "In the past few months, the bird has to fade out of the mouth, hurry up, the tea should be the freshest camellia, and the best snacks are indispensable, but I have blown you to the sky, Qiu shopkeeper, you can't let me be ugly in front of my brothers." ”

Shopkeeper Qiu hurriedly bowed to Liang Tongfang: "Thank you Lord Liang, the little one will go and prepare, please be good, I will definitely satisfy you and several military masters!" ”

As he spoke, Shopkeeper Qiu shouted into the shop, and ran to prepare tea with a smile.

The generals smelled the fragrance of tea and the sweetness of dim sum wafting from afar, and their throats surged and they swallowed their saliva wildly.

Liang Tongfang said with a smile: "Little Hou Ye doesn't know, if you want to talk about war, my old Liang can't rank in Beiwuwei, but when it comes to eating, then we are the first one, don't underestimate this small market, the pancake stall behind you tastes amazing, and the tofu stall next door is even more delicious......

"Hey, I said Lao Liang, I heard you say what tofu Shih Tzu before, could this be it? Why do you come here every time you go on an expedition, is it because you fall in love with the appearance of the boss lady? Hahahaha! ”

Seeing Liang Tongfang's eyebrows fluttering, Xiao Jinwu made a joke, Lao Liang suddenly blushed, and everyone laughed again.

Xu Rui saw that everyone was happy, and he was also happy in his heart, and casually glanced at the tofu stall next door, only to see a woman in her early thirties with a graceful posture and a good face, and indeed a little bit of posture, no wonder Xiao Jinwu joked, Lao Liang didn't refute it, maybe he really had such a third mind.

"Here comes the refreshment!"

Xu Rui was thinking with bad taste, and the shopkeeper Qiu shouted, and the two guys took out more than a dozen snacks and put them on the table.

Everyone stretched their necks, only to see the golden pumpkin cake, the delicate and white steamed rice cake, and some dim sum that Xu Rui couldn't name, all of which were delicate and sweet, making people have a great appetite.

"Let's go, be careful not to bite your tongue for a while!"

Liang Tongfang immediately beckoned everyone to move their chopsticks, but he himself directly grabbed a piece of rice cake and threw it into his mouth, and everyone couldn't help laughing.

Xu Rui also picked up a piece of rice cake and put it into Ying Yu's bowl, and then ate a piece of pumpkin cake by himself, which was really crunchy and delicious, full of sweetness, not much better than the pastries he had eaten in another world!

"What's the matter, Lao Liang, I'm not bragging, right?"

Liang Tongfang saw everyone getting off the chopsticks, so he laughed.

Everyone nodded again and again, and Xu Rui extended a thumbs up to him.

"Please, a few more days, the slave begs you!"

Just as everyone was enjoying themselves, there was a sudden exclamation from the next door, followed by the voice of a woman begging for mercy.

Everyone was stunned, and hurriedly looked back, only to see a mess on the tofu stall, more than a dozen strong men surrounded a middle-aged man in fresh clothes and angry horses, and the tofu Shih Tzu knelt at his feet and begged bitterly.

Seeing this scene, Liang Tongfang's face suddenly changed, and he was about to get up suddenly, but Liu Yi next to him hurriedly grabbed his wrist and shook his head.

"Don't be impulsive, take a look first!"

Liang Tongfang frowned, but he still sat down and looked at the tofu stall with everyone, wanting to see what was going on.

On the tofu stall, I saw the middle-aged fat man shake off the woman with one foot, and said lightly: "It is natural to repay debts, master, I have given you half a month, and I said that I would repay the money today, why do I have to break my promise?" ”

The woman took a few steps on her knees on the ground, grabbed his trouser leg and cried: "The slave mother-in-law is still sick, and she takes money and medicine every day, but there is really no way, if you give the slave family half a month, the slave family will definitely pay back the account even if she is desperate!" ”

"Hmph, roll down, roll more and more, don't say that in half a month, you won't be able to pay it in another half a year!"

As he spoke, the middle-aged fat man smiled, bent down and gently stroked the woman's pretty face and said, "Why don't you follow the master, not only will the old debts be written off, but the days will be more leisurely and happy, isn't it better than you showing up here every day?" ”

The woman's face changed, and she quickly shrank back, shaking her head like a rattle.

The fat man snorted coldly: "I don't know how to lift, since this is the case, you must pay back the money today, otherwise we will go to see the official!" ”

Hearing the word "official", the woman's face turned pale instantly, and she couldn't help but show a look of hesitation.

It turned out to be a debt......

Everyone sighed for a while, it is natural to repay debts, although this person looks ugly, but this kind of debt collection is already polite, and everyone can't say no, but Liang Tongfang is bitter, gritting his teeth, but he has nowhere to go.

At this moment, Shopkeeper Qiu walked out of the shop with a few snacks and sighed deeply when he saw this scene.

Seeing this, Xu Rui's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Why is Shopkeeper Qiu sighing?" ”

Shopkeeper Qiu shook his head and said, "What a good woman, she is about to be ruined." ”

Everyone was stunned, Liang Tongfang was about to speak, but Gonggong Cao took a step ahead of him and asked: "It is natural to repay debts, why did Shopkeeper Qiu say this?" ”

Shopkeeper Qiu looked at the person who asked for the debt, and then looked at the few people present, gritted his teeth and said: "Originally, Xiao Lao'er shouldn't talk too much about this matter, but a few of them are military masters, and if you want to say that this matter has something to do with your military camp, it's just that Xiao Lao'er said that the military master should only be happy, don't make trouble." ”

"Oh? So there is another hidden reason for this matter, and it is also related to our army? ”

Gonggong Cao asked with a frown.

Liang Tongfang was already impatient, and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense, let's talk quickly!" ”

Shopkeeper Qiu looked left and right, and when he saw that no one was paying attention, he lowered his voice and said: "The embroidery lady is outstanding, which man in ten miles and eight towns is not greedy?" ”

Speaking of this, everyone turned their heads to look at Liang Tongfang, Liang Tongfang's cheeks flushed, and he shouted: "To the point, who wants to listen to your affairs?" ”

Shopkeeper Qiu hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I said the point." The embroidery girl has already been married, their husband and wife are affectionate, raising their eyebrows, and the man is a small official in the army.

The bad thing is that Liu Dasheng fell in love with her, and harassed her in every way when her man went on the expedition, the embroidery girl couldn't provoke him, so she avoided everywhere, just hoping that her husband would return as soon as possible, so that the guy could be more restrained.

But coincidentally, his man was martyred in the great battle with the grassland last year, and Liu Dasheng was overjoyed when he learned of this, and immediately intensified his efforts and came to harass him every day. ”

"How can this be reasonable, the law of the Great Wei has long stipulated, soldiers go on the march, and those who dare to disturb their families fight forty, this dog thief dares to ignore the law of the country as nothing?!"

Liang Tongfang snorted and was about to get up again, but Liu Yi kicked him on the crook of his knee, causing him to sit down again.

Gonggong Cao ignored Liang Tongfang, frowned and asked, "What about the debt?" ”

Shopkeeper Qiu sighed: "This matter is even more strange, the mother-in-law of the embroidery lady was originally in good health, although she was over sixty years old, she had never been seriously ill, but once she was invited into Liu Dasheng's house to do needlework, and she couldn't afford to be sick after she came back."

is also an embroidered lady with a good heart, in order to give her mother-in-law medicine, not only spent all her savings, sold her ancestral property, and even owed a large amount of usury, then Liu Dasheng's heart is very dark, and the monthly interest is one percent, and she is not a girl in the building, how can she afford such a debt? ”

"Lao Tzu ......"

Liu Yi pressed Liang Tongfang's shoulder, stifled the second half of his sentence, and asked, "What kind of illness needs so much money?" What's more, the soldiers were killed in battle, and the court had a lot of pensions, so how could they go to borrow usury to catch medicine? ”

The shopkeeper Qiu said: "Master Jun, don't you know, the pharmacies here are all opened by Liu Dasheng's family, and the Langzhong people all say that her mother-in-law is terminally ill, and the medicine is ridiculously expensive, not to mention that she is a little woman, even a few big families in the town can't afford to eat a few servings." ”

"Isn't this clearly harming the whole family and forcing her to comply? There's no one to take care of it? ”

Xu Rui muttered.

Shopkeeper Qiu smiled bitterly: "Then Liu Dasheng's brother is the steward of the Huang family's family, the head of the dynasty, and they all say that the prime minister's house slave is the official of the seventh grade, who dares to care?" ”

With a "snap", Liang Tongfang finally broke free from Liu Yi's shackles and took the case.

"Huang Tingzhi is the head of the dynasty, but he connived at the house slaves to forcibly occupy the people's daughters, which is unbearable, Lao Tzu will slaughter his house slaves today, and then go to the saint to visit him to see what else he has to say!"

"Sit down!"

Seeing that Liang Tongfang was about to run away, Xu Rui shouted coldly.

These two words were like a thunderbolt, exploding in Liang Tongfang's head, making his figure suffocate.

"Little Hou Ye, I ......"

"Sit down, don't be impatient!"

"I ...... Hey......"

Liang Tongfang saw Xu Rui's grim face, gritted his teeth, and sat back again.

Xu Rui waved his hand to Shopkeeper Qiu and said, "Okay, we know the matter, you can go and get busy." ”

Shopkeeper Qiu wanted to say more, but when he saw Xu Rui's appearance, he swallowed back the words behind him, arched his hand in a daze, and walked towards the shop.

Everyone didn't know why Xu Rui's face suddenly changed, and they all looked at him inexplicably, but Xiao Jinwu seemed to think of something, looking thoughtful.

The reason why Xu Rui stopped Liang Tongfang was because he realized that something was wrong.

This thing seems ordinary, but when you think about it, it is very strange, first, it happened to be too coincidental, and it happened to be seen by a few of your own people sooner rather than later.

Second, the matter involved military dependents, and almost immediately aroused the common hatred of several generals.

Thirdly, this enthusiastic shopkeeper Qiu seems to know too much, and he seems to have come to explain to a few of his people, and he is telling the truth.

And the most critical point, Xu Rui just looked around and was surprised to find that except for the people gathered around the tofu stall to watch the excitement, the other vendors didn't seem to be very concerned about business, but stared at his side from time to time, as if they were watching.

All the coincidences are not coincidences when they are connected, if they are linked to the situation of Beiwuwei and the form of the court, it is very likely that there is a conspiracy specially created by someone with a heart.

But who is going to calculate their own group, and what is their purpose?

It seems that the officialdom is really swords, and before he entered the city, the first dark arrow was shot over, if he is not careful, it may cause a big disaster!

Xu Rui thought coldly, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.