The early morning sunlight sprinkled on the capital, and the mess on the streets after the war was gone, leaving only traces of repair and cleaning.

The night watchman stood on the side of the road in a daze yawning, and suddenly found someone carrying a basket to sell.

There are a lot of restaurants and tea shops in the capital, and they are also open when Ankang Mountain is occupied, but there are no snacks for supper and basket selling, one is that there are a lot of monitoring at night, and everyone does not dare to gather crowds......

"Come on." The husband couldn't help beckoning and asked curiously, "What's there?" ”

The basket was a ten-year-old child, who ran over and said sharply: "My family makes cakes, there are flax cakes, mutton and beard cakes, and wild vegetable steamed cakes, if you want to eat soup cakes, you can either walk through this street, my family has a stall, or you add an extra money, and I will bring it..."

The husband drooled when he heard his report, and felt that he wanted to eat everything, so he simply asked for one, so that he could take it home, and his daughter-in-law didn't have to cook, so he made a decision to appease the surprised and curious heart, and he noticed the child: "You are a foreigner, right?" ”

The child wrapped the cake in an oilcloth for him, nodded and said, "My hometown Huainan only entered Beijing the day before yesterday." ”

The husband was surprised that he had come from a far place, and that he had just entered Beijing......

"Huainan is such a stable place, what are you doing here?"

"Just enter Beijing and do business, aren't you afraid that no one will buy it?"

"You're so small, aren't you afraid of being robbed of something and cheated out of money?"

He had a lot of questions, but the kid didn't bother to answer him, and hurriedly said, "It's also very safe here", "How can there be so many people in the capital who don't buy it", "I'll go to sue the official for stealing my things", and ran to the street with a basket, not wanting to be delayed.

The husband followed the boy into the street in front of him, and the street was as quiet as ever, but it was different, and there were more people walking around the street, not the men who went out late and returned early, nor the servants who were in charge of cleaning the streets, but some ...... Idlers?

They ranged in age, some dressed in rich clothes and some in coarse straw sandals, some gathered in small groups in the corner to whisper and laugh, and some walked along the street pointing and pointing.....

Hawking children are enthusiastically peddling around them.

At the end of the street, a group of mighty officers and soldiers walked by, and the people here turned a blind eye to the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers did not look at this side a few more times.

Standing on the street, he had not been out for more than ten days, and he felt that everything was very strange and illusory, and the familiar streets became like another world.....

The people on the street saw him but did not feel illusory, and when they saw the errand uniform on his body, they greeted him warmly and asked, ".... When does the market open? ”

The husband was puzzled by the question, open the market? Ask him about such a big thing? How does he know?

Seeing that the husband was stunned, the questioner smiled, "It seems that this poor man doesn't know" Everyone else also laughed at him, "Do you think this is Huainan Road, each prefecture has an official mansion, this is the capital", "There are so many yamen in the capital, each has its own management", "This husband is not the same as the yamen who is in charge of opening the market." ”

They laughed and laughed in a foreign accent, but the local, who was a local, was constrained to listen.

After the capital was captured by Mrs. Chu State, they all hid at home, first there were soldiers and horses knocking on the door, and the family trembled, after all, he was a rebel husband.

But the soldiers and horses did not break into the door, and the leader was still an official, holding a pen list and asking them how many generations of the population they had, what relatives in the city were in the family, and what were the trivial and detailed things.

In the meantime, the officers and soldiers have been standing on the side, just after asking to go into the house to search to see if there is any hiding, after registration and verification, the officials politely told them that the capital is now under martial law, closed for curfew, do not gather crowds, there are no other requirements, do not panic, if they encounter trouble or have problems, immediately come to the government to report, and then they left, no officers and soldiers came to the door again, until a few days ago the person in charge of the husband came to inform, saying that they began to work and work.

He didn't dare to go at first, he didn't know if he could come back, there were many husbands who used to be like this, the government let them do things, many people didn't go back, and their families went to ask and said they had escaped, and even wanted to arrest their families, and then their families didn't dare to ask if they didn't come back.

He has done things for the rebels, how can this lady of Chu let him go? But if you don't go, you'll be arrested, looking at the frightened parents, wives and children, it's better to die alone than to die as a family.

He came to the government with trepidation, and the officials in charge of affairs changed, but the husbands who came were still acquaintances, and there was no interrogation, and they let them continue to do what they had done before.

The night was normal, but after dawn it was different.

The man had bread in his arms, and the men no longer looked at him, but knocked on the door along the street.....

The husband looked curiously, they didn't knock on any door, but first looked at the door, and then knocked, some of the doors were opened by the people inside, and the richly dressed people kindly introduced themselves where I came from and what I did, and then asked, "Do you rent this shop?" The poor asked, "Do you need people?" I can move and count. The people in the door were frightened and confused.....

Not all doors can be knocked on, but everyone doesn't leave, standing in front of some doors and pointing, "This family goes to the government to ask" "I don't know if it's been preempted." ”

Curiosity made the husband forget his fear, and then looked over, and was surprised to find that the mark on the door was that there was a head of household and no owner, and he thought of the officials who had come to his house, and these were the results of the inspection.

It's really interesting, the husband can't care about it anymore, he runs home with the cake, he wants to see if there is this on his door, and he wants to quickly tell his family about the new things he sees outside.

The people in the capital have not gone out for a long time, there is a curfew outside, and there are so many soldiers and horses, and they are still tracking down the remnants of the rebels, but there are more and more people on the street, they are laughing loudly, gathering people to chat, and they look leisurely and relaxed as if they are in their own homes.....

Obviously, many of them are outsiders.

Someone inquired through the door and learned that some of them were from Huainan Dao, some were from Xuanwudao, and some were from Shandong, in short, they all ran over with the army of Mrs. Chu State, Mrs. Chu led the soldiers to fight in front, and many people and businessmen followed behind, and Mrs. Chu rushed in after the fight......

Obviously, the capital is still unstable, what are they doing here! Ankang Mountain will definitely fight back after the capital is taken, and the blood will flow like a river when the time comes!

But when these people heard their whispered reminder inside the door, they laughed not only unappreciatedly.

"The place where Mrs. Chu is is the most stable place."

"Mrs. Chu is here, and Ankang Mountain doesn't dare to fight at all."

The people in the capital were shocked and wanted to laugh when they heard this, this capital was beaten down by Mrs. Chu Guo, but that was because Ankang Mountain was not there, Mrs. Chu Guo took an opportunity, and she was not really invincible to Ankang Mountain, these countrymen really don't understand anything!

These countrymen really don't understand, in their eyes, Mrs. Chu is omnipotent, and the people in the capital have also heard the legend of Mrs. Chu, the gods descended in a small mountain village, killed the bandits who did evil and saved the people, and they couldn't bear the suffering of the people, so they stayed in the mortal world to save the people...... This kind of talk is only believed by the countrymen, they don't believe it, then Ankang Mountain also sees the gods every day, and goes to the fairy palace to drink and dance with the fairies at every turn.

But whether they believe it or not, more and more people from other places are coming, and the capital is also full of vitality, they sleep quietly in a specific place at night, and run around during the day, not afraid of the soldiers and horses patrolling the city, the officials who check, and even run to the government at every turn to pull the officials to ask noisily "when will the market open" and "how to buy a house without an owner?" "It's hot, in addition to gruel, can you make some more tea to cool off?" Something like that sounds like an easy question to be hit.

However, the government did not arrest or beat them, and patiently posted notices about how many days before the opening of the market, which of the four cities in the southeast, north, and west would open first, how to rent a house in the capital, and what would be needed to buy a house....... The streets and alleys are densely pasted, and in addition to the soup kitchen, the four city gates have more tea and water, so that people can drink and livestock......

No matter how far away many embarrassed people entered the city gate, as soon as they drank hot porridge and washed their faces with water, they became as comfortable as going home.

Outsiders are at ease in the capital, and the people in the capital are not far behind, observing the notices of the government suspiciously, and being asked about the business to rent the façade manpower, and can't help but pay attention to these livelihoods, although the market has not yet opened, the capital is gradually recovering and becoming lively......

"This Mrs. Chu is really extraordinary."

In the closed door of the deep mansion compound in the capital, there are more and more people talking about Mrs. Chu Guo.

"You see that she didn't come forward, and the capital is already stable."

Hearing that a man here put down the teacup, he asked curiously, "Is Mrs. Chu in the capital?" Didn't you say to go to the aid of the Governor of Wudu? Did you stay in Hebei Province? ”

Although the government is amiable and the officers and soldiers are not vicious, they can't inquire about any other news except for the news that the government has allowed to release.

"Definitely." The old man sitting at the top said, "Qilang said that when he saw the officials going to the Jingzhao Mansion every seven days, it was obvious that Mrs. Chu was deliberating. ”

The men seated in the room all nodded.

"This Mrs. Chu is really worrying." One man muttered, "She doesn't come out and doesn't know what to do." ”

"If you don't show up, you're already a good person in everyone's eyes." The other man whispered, "Then no one will suspect her for the next evil." ”

Different from the outsiders on the street and the ordinary people in the capital, what they saw was Mrs. Chu who had stripped off her fairy clothes, she was greedy for money, cruel, and most importantly, she liked to rob the rich and help the poor in exchange for a good reputation.

The old man said: "When she enters the capital, she will definitely make her immortal reputation even more prominent." ”

Hearing this, everyone in the house had no yearning, only fear, Mrs. Chu wanted to achieve the name of the immortals, and the unlucky ones must be them!

"She will give whatever she wants, or she will punish you."

"She said that if you kill someone, you will kill someone, this is a troubled time, saying that you are a thief, who can do anything if you kill you?"

"It's not that she hasn't killed, in order to grab the land for the homeless, she killed more than 300 people from three clans, and the blood stained the river water of Gwangju Mansion red."

"Ankang Mountain has never killed the family like this."

"Shhh

There was a sigh of despair in the room, and the old man sitting at the top smiled: "You are thinking too much. ”

Everyone raised their heads to look at the old man, still sighing: "Master Cui, it's not that we think, it's really happened." ”

The old man laughed: "But that's in Huainan Road, and we are now in the capital." ”

Capital? What? Everyone was stunned.

"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." The old man said with a smile, "The emperor has given the official title and let the courtiers shepherd one side, and the courtiers can be the masters of the land they are guarding the place, but in the capital, there is only one master." ”

That's the emperor.