The guy sighed, and he was forced to have no choice, otherwise maybe he would have gone back to his hometown for refuge, and he would not have stayed in this city and lived this kind of fearful life.

"In this way, your grain store is forced to be helpless, but this opening of the door to do business is completely voluntary, what makes you so helpless?"

Qian Qianqian was a little puzzled, unless it was a knife on his neck, it was not enough for this grain shop to make such a big sacrifice.

"Girl, don't you know, General Xue ordered someone to pass on the order, in this Dingyuan City, there must be twenty grain shops that must be opened, the city is in the grain shop, the city is dead, the grain shop is dead, no one is allowed to escape, it just so happens that our grain shop was selected, and it can't be closed, it can only be dragged on day by day, and I don't know how long it will be delayed."

The guy lowered his head, his face became ugly, his face was full of helplessness, the people don't fight with the officials, since it is General Xue's order, how can they disobey ordinary people like them?

"I see, General Xue is the defender of this Dingyuan City, he will try his best to protect you, listen to him, when the war is over, maybe your grain shops will be famous."

Qian Qianqian came back to her senses, pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes narrowed slightly, and her expression was a little more subtle.

"Come on, we don't dare to have this hope, if it weren't for General Xiao meeting the enemy outside the city, General Xue would have to stay here and not dare to go, otherwise he would run faster than anyone else, and now we just hope that General Xiao can return triumphantly, as for anything else, we don't dare to think about it."

The guy pursed his lips, with a mocking face, talking about that General Xue, his eyes were full of disdain, it seems that General Xue's reputation among the people is not good.

"Ahem, Laifu, don't talk nonsense in front of guests."

At this moment, the shopkeeper came over and coughed lightly, and the man immediately relented.

"This girl, if you come to buy food, we welcome it, but if you have other intentions, I'm sorry, I'm a grain store here, so don't go out."

The shopkeeper didn't have a good air, he listened to all the conversations between Qian Qianqian and his buddies just now, and he still tried not to get into trouble, so he was not polite to Qian Qianqian at all.

"Naturally, I want to buy food, but I just had a casual chat with my buddy, why should the shopkeeper be so nervous? I'm just a folk girl, and I can't see General Xue, so this word can't reach General Xue's ears anyway. ”

Qian Qianqian turned her head slowly, just glanced at the shopkeeper lightly, people who do business have always been cautious, and this shopkeeper is no exception, but prudence is right, she has no objection.

"It's an eventful time now, disaster comes from the mouth, beware of nothing wrong, girl, you are born so beautiful, it is better to come out less in the future, those people from the central country don't know when they will come again, they rape and plunder, do all kinds of evil, if it attracts their attention, I'm afraid it's not a good thing."

The shopkeeper met Qian Qianqian's gaze and reminded a few words unhurriedly, although he didn't say it explicitly, but the meaning was already very obvious.

"I'll pay attention, thank you for your care."

Qian Qianqian bowed slightly, her every move was very respectful and polite, although she was a guest, she didn't have to be like this shopkeeper at all, but she was used to it, and she was always polite to people she didn't know outside.

"Girl, what kind of food do you want? How much? ”

The guy came up with the bag, and now Qian Qianqian can't regret not buying it, it seems that this is also a strategy of the businessman, let her relax her vigilance first, and then let her ride the tiger hard.

But it's nothing, isn't it just food? Sooner or later, you have to eat it, just buy some, there are so many people up and down the general's mansion, it is impossible to waste it.

"Rice, ten pounds."

Qian Qianqian pointed at her hand casually, and said lightly, the guy and the shopkeeper were all bright-eyed, it is estimated that they have not seen such a generous guest for a long time.

The guy quickly loaded the rice and handed it to Qian Qianqian's entourage, those people were all Xiao Mohan's dead soldiers, and it was more than enough to carry a bag of rice.

"Walk slowly, welcome to come back next time."

The guy kept sending Qian Qianqian and a few people out, and he didn't forget to bow to Qian Qianqian at the door, and his attitude was much more enthusiastic.

"Xueyi, where does General Xue live?"

Qian Qianqian was walking on the street, thinking of this, she couldn't help but turn her head and ask, listening to the guy's description just now, she became more and more curious about this General Xue.

"He has a house on the east side of the city, and his wives and concubines and children live there, so surely he must have lived there."

Xue Yi had already inquired clearly, so she slowly opened her mouth and explained in Qian Qianqian's ear.

"Since we have already come out, why don't we go to the mansion to visit that General Xue, and send him this bag of rice by the way, which can be regarded as my meeting gift."

Qian Qianqian's eyes rolled, her eyes were full of cunning, her steps were brisk, and she spoke lightly.

Since she had to go, Xue Yi had nothing to say, so she could only lead the way in front and took Qian Qianqian to the door of Xue Mansion.

This Xue Mansion looks really good from the outside, the degree of grandeur is the same as that of the General's Mansion, this General Xue is just a border city guard, and it is really strange to have such a magnificent mansion.

Xue Yi stepped forward and knocked on the door, and soon there was movement inside, a family member opened the door a crack, just poked out an eye, saw everyone outside the door, and immediately closed the door, Xue Yi saw this, and hurriedly stopped the family.

"We're here to visit General Xue, what are you doing?"

Xue Yi didn't have a good breath, she had never seen a subordinate of a family so rude, and she had to close the door without even asking, which was too rude.

"Our general doesn't see guests, besides, I've never seen you, the general has orders, strangers and others are not allowed to enter the mansion, and we, the subordinates, are all at the command of the general."

That family was a little helpless, he was not Xue Yi's opponent, so under Xue Yi's blocking, he couldn't close the door at all, for fear of causing some trouble, and his attitude eased a little.

"We are General Xiao's people, and we have come to meet General Xue, you go and report it to see if General Xue can see us."

Xue Yi deliberately bit the words "General Xiao" harder, as long as everyone knows which is more important, this Ding will not dare to slack off, and will definitely do it.

When the family heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he carefully looked at Qian Qianqian and the others, and immediately did as Xue Yi instructed.

After a while, the family Ding came over again, bowed his head to Qian Qianqian, and said, "Our general said, but I still don't see the guests, please go back." ”

Qian Qianqian was also a little stunned, she didn't expect that this General Xue would really not be able to see them, I don't know if he was tired of his life, or if this general of his had done it.

"Then please hand over the bag of rice to General Xue, just say that it is a meeting gift from the General's Mansion, and let him accept it."

Qian Qianqian didn't plan to break in, since General Xue didn't see the guest, then she would wait a little longer, and come back when General Xue saw the guest, it was nothing.

"Rice?"

When Jia Ding heard this, he was very surprised, it was the first time he saw someone holding rice as a greeting gift, and it was also from the General's Mansion, which was too strange.

The dead soldier on the side carried the rice and stuffed it into the arms of the family, and then followed Qian Qianqian and left directly.

The family couldn't even stand on his feet holding the rice, and when he saw Qian Qianqian and the others walking away, he breathed a sigh of relief and staggered in with the rice.

"Miss Qian, why are you backing down? That General Xue is gone, we can go in, can these family members still stop us? ”

Xue Yi followed behind Qian Qianqian, very puzzled by Qian Qianqian's approach, she always felt that Qian Qianqian didn't retreat when she should retreat, but retreated when she should advance.

"Do you think that General Xue is a good official or a bad official?"

Qian Qianqian pursed her lips and smiled, and did not answer Xue Yi directly, but asked lightly, with a subtle expression and a hint of cunning in her eyes.

"If you listen to the words of the guy in the grain shop just now, General Xue is naturally a bad official, and he should also be an incompetent person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, so he is so criticized by the people."

Xue Yi thought in her heart, she had never seen General Xue, and she could only judge by the words of others, so she could only seek truth from facts.

"Then in that case, General Xiao doesn't know anything about it?"

Qian Qianqian kept walking forward, her tone was gentle, but it was indescribably heavy.

"Maybe General Xiao was negligent, General Xiao was bent on leading troops to fight outside, and rarely returned to Dingyuan City, so he probably didn't fully understand these officials in the city."

Xue Yi spoke slowly, although she didn't want to question Xiao Mohan, but sometimes this is the case, she had to admit it, and she didn't say it.

"Do you think General Xiao is such a negligent person? This Dingyuan City is the rear of the frontier, if this city is not stable, then where is the military camp outside the city to stay? Do you think General Xiao won't know how powerful this is? ”

Qian Qianqian thought about it in her heart, her brows twisted into a dead knot, she knew Xiao Mohan, and she also knew what General Xue's position meant to Dingyuan City, so she didn't think that Xiao Mohan would allow an incompetent person to be the defender of Dingyuan City.

"Then you mean, General Xue has been pretending?"

Xue Yi is a smart person, she doesn't need Qian Qianqian to explain more, as long as she dials it a little, she will understand.

"I don't have any evidence, so I can't make a conclusion about this yet, but there must be something wrong with it."

Qian Qianqian is just guessing, although she has always felt that she will not guess wrong, but until evidence is found, the matter cannot be conclusive.

Back at the General's Mansion, Qian Qianqian wrote a letter and asked Xue Yi to send it to Mu Tianyue, the grain in this Xinjiang has always been a big hidden danger, she has to see how much grain Mu Tianyue still has there, if there is a lot of grain in stock, she can share a part of it to the frontier, which can be sold to those people at a low price, and can also be used as military food and sent to the military camp outside the city.

Xue Yi obeyed Qian Qianqian's instructions and immediately complied, but this Lianzhou is still quite a distance away from Dingyuan City in this Xinjiang, and it will take a few days to get Mu Tianyue's reply.

In the past few days, there has been no movement on the side of Xue Mansion, and the outside of the city is also very calm, Xiao Mohan is confronting Xiao Heng and Yueji, hoping that it is the other party who can't hold it first, although he has not moved his blade, but there are countless swords and swords in this confrontation, and the war seems to be about to break out.

At this time, it is the time when the grain and grass are most needed, and the capital is now in a mess, and I don't know if the grain and grass can come as scheduled?