Chapter 139: There is a change in the salt pond of the county
Wen Qi squinted his phoenix eyes and snorted: "Of course I'm not a gentleman", and waved his hand, shaking his head, drunk and charming, "I'm not a son either, um!" I am..."
Before the words were spoken, Zhao Chengyan covered his mouth and nose, Zhao Chengyan broke out in a cold sweat on his back, Ruochun cousin learned that he didn't know how many difficulties and dangers would be added to this, and he didn't beat Cousin Chun since he was a child, and he was really a little scared in his heart. Fire Ran??? ?wen
Wen Qi stared at Zhao Chengyan who was covering his mouth and nose with his eyes, very dissatisfied.
Zhao Chengyan said to Wen Qi: "Good, go to sleep, wake up, Brother Mu will take Ah Qi to do whatever he wants, and play wherever he wants to play." ”
Wen Qi nodded, and fell asleep with a crooked brain.
Disdain flashed in Wu Sun's eyes. Although I also saw that King Rui liked this man before, I thought it was just for fun, these romances are nothing to His Royal Highness's identity, as long as the master is happy, who knows that this Shen Wenqi is so ignorant, hanging the prince, and coming to hook up with the prince.
Zhao Chengyan said to Wu Sun: "You go back and tell your cousin that Aqi still has something to do now, Songshan Mountain bandits are rampant, and we will make plans after we solve the matter in Songshan." ”
Wu Sun only said symbolically: "But, this..."
Zhao Chengyan also saw Wu Sun's vacillation, and said angrily: "Bold, what this son said, don't you, a minion, listen to it?" Cousin Chun is not in any danger to his life, so he has to be rescued by Aqi with a needle. Don't use Cousin Zhou to press Yuzhi anymore, Cousin Zhou, you can't take care of these trivial things. ”
Wu Sun took the opportunity to withdraw from the door, anyway, the house is also a male, if it is a mother, it is better to take it back, it is better to let a certain son do it, the prince may be normal, rather than harming his own master, it is better to harm that son. Thinking about it like this, I actually felt that Zhao Shizi had blocked this catastrophe for his master, so I went back first to make a shield for Shizi and dragged it for a while, and after a long time, some thoughts might be broken.
The next day, Wen Qi seemed to remember that the familiar little eye had come, and asked Zhao Chengyan, but Zhao Chengyan opened his mouth to deny it, only saying that he had drunk too much.
Wen Qi showed a suspicious look, but at this time, his mind was not on this, and he would not delve into it, so he took a thousand soldiers from Shi Jiang to Xinxing County. Shi Lin also went back to Wuzhi County to resume his life...
In early October, the crescent moon is shy and faint, and the stars are scattered under the ink blue curtain, and the sea is sparkling at a glance.
Thousands of unknown beings on the bottom of the sea poured out of the water, spit out bubbles, and mischievously shuttled into the bottom of the sea, and the silent sea surface swayed with inky and white water halos, and the circle rippled around.
Nearby, the tide rises and falls, rolling up the waves and rushing to the beach, and then retreating as if playing, taking away the dust and sand, leaving only the granular gravel to lie on the ground, and watch the waves rise and fall.
Twenty meters of a sentry, the iron frame is set up with torches, the cold wind rises, the salty sea air wafts in the air and rushes to the northwest, and the flame stretches out a slender tongue of fire and extinguishes with the wind.
The guards under the torches tightened their shirts, trembled, their lips trembled, and scolded: "Ghost weather." ”
At the feet of the guards is connected is a square salt pond, and a line along the coast is full of silver-white terraces, and the north and south are not visible, and the infinite sky is divided into two. The brilliance of the stars overhead, the white waves of the sea, are not enough to match the eyeballs of this plain wrap.
This is the most important time of the year, and it is also the most abundant time of the year. Because of the harsh winter season, although the humidity is not large, the sun is insufficient, and the salt is long. The summer is full of sunshine, but the humidity is too heavy, and it is the rainy season, which is often hard in January. However, this solar term neutralizes the deficiency of the cold department, the autumn is high and cool, and the seawater is drained into the salt pond from the late autumn, and it has been more than a month, and the experienced salt farmers assert that if the sun is sufficient, the salt can be harvested the day after tomorrow.
No later than three days.
At the most critical moment, the guards gritted their teeth and stood on the last shift against the wet and cold of the night...
In the middle of the night, the crescent moon had set, and the unknown birds above the sea and sky in the distance cooed, and the silence was gloomy.
Five guards from one of the sentry posts were on night duty.
These five people are under the name of Qiu Zhen's subordinate Zhang Ziming, Zhang Laosan, Gorilla, Li Guozi, Wang Peng, and Sun Jianglong.
Li Guozi took out a bottle of wine from his arms, stomped his feet and said to everyone: "These days, brothers have to look carefully, I have been here for three years, and at this time of year, there will be annoying things, only this period produces the most salt in a year, according to my eyesight, it is five times the salt production in other periods." The thief is in the dark, we are in the light, we have to be one step ahead of us every time, clever! This time, I must keep my eyes open and catch them. ”
Zhang Laosan rubbed his fingers against his blue nose and said: "Who said it wasn't, I came from the north with Lord Qiu, and I can be regarded as Lord Qiu's old subordinates, the theft of salt frost started three years ago, in fact, the salt production three years ago was a little more than the official salt handed over now, and the number of salt workers in those years was not enough." In recent years, the coastal zone has developed well, and the trend of prosperity has gradually overtaken the north, attracting groups of disaster victims to settle here, so that there are more laborers to become salt workers, but unfortunately the output has gone up, and the thieves have also been targeted, and the salt frost harvested has not increased but decreased.
The imperial court didn't blame us deeply, and besides, our Lord Qiu still wanted to defend the northwest, and when we came here, we also strictly guarded against pirates and the security of the county, so the salt pond was negligent in management..."
Li Guozi said: "Come, brothers, drink some and refresh yourself, this ghost weather, as soon as it reaches this point, it is surprisingly cold." ”
When a few people smelled the wine, they had already hooked out the gluttonous worms.
Zhang Laosan took out a paper bag from his arms: "Pot, if you don't say that the two of us can play together for all these years, the little Jiujiu in your stomach coincides with me, Shaozi wine, peanut beans, perfect match, come on, drink one first." ”
A few people walked one by one.
All four were middle-aged men, except for the ape, who was relatively short, dark-skinned, and between fifteen or sixteen years old.
Zhang Laosan looked at the ape: "Gorilla, usually you have the least words, at such a young age, twilight, laughing, the young man still laughs happily." ”
The orangutan looked at the seashore with a calm gaze: "My mother died when I was born, and my father told me that it was a difficult birth. The neighbors said that I was an ominous person, that I was born and that my mother was hurt to death.
There are also warlocks who say that I am excellent in the five elements", and his eyes were heavy after speaking, "Father and Mother's life!" ”
Drinking a sip of spicy wine, exhaling the smell of wine, "That year, when my father went out to sea to fish, he caught up with a tsunami", saying with a proud smile and a little bitter, "My father survived, and the fishing boat that accompanied him all his life was not abandoned in the ocean, but it was rowed back, but after that day, my father fell ill, so I asked a village doctor to treat my father's illness, and a few doses of medicine went down to my stomach, at first my whole body was hot, then it was cold and hot, and finally my hands and feet were convulsed, and I foamed at the mouth." In addition to grief and indignation, I went to the village doctor to reason with him, and he scolded me for killing my father, saying that I was a nemesis and a demon, and I started to fight with him in a fit of anger. ”
looked at his figure and smiled bitterly, "I was beaten very badly, if it wasn't for his woman coming out to stop the last stick, I could only lie on the bed and wait for death for the rest of my life."
If he just cheated some silver taels, the orangutan confessed to it, but he had no medical ethics, and he didn't care about the medicine prescription written down by two strokes, but what he wanted was the most precious human life. ”
He closed his eyes and said, "I hate these doctors, liars!" Brute! ”
Zhang Laosan patted the ape: "Good boy, it will pass, work hard, marry a virtuous woman, and live a good life!" ”
The ape's eyes were bright, "No, I don't have a family, I don't believe in fate, I want to make those who chew the root of their tongue behind their backs kneel at my feet, I want to make quacks who don't take human life seriously pay, one day, I will do it!" ”
A few words were said so poignantly and fiercely that several people were stunned when they heard it.
Li Guozi also patted the ape: "Why bother? This will only make you miserable. ”
While several people were talking, there was a sudden gust of sea breeze, and the sea water was slapping and screaming angrily.
The iron shelf under the torch swayed back and forth, as if to be uprooted, the salt frost was sprinkled with the wind, a few breaths, the torch on the iron shelf pulled up a long tongue of fire, pinched, extinguished, except for the salt frost with a faint gray color, the heaven and the earth were annihilated in the night, pitch black.
The chirping of people came from the air.
There was a stir behind him.
Zhang Laosan gave a few people a look, and said with a haha: "This person is old, drink a little wine, and I can't hold it back below, and when I come back, the brothers will continue." ”
Li Guozi put his arm around Zhang Laosan's shoulders and said, "This person is in trouble when he is old, let's go, I will go too." ”
Saying that, the two of them walked to the dark, and when they came to a dirt slope, Zhang Laosan's feet slipped, sliding to four or five meters below the dirt slope, and his brain didn't know where to go, and his eyes were black and fainted...
Half an hour later, Zhang Laosan woke up, touched the back of his head, got up a big bag, took a breath of cool air in his mouth, it hurt a lot, he got up, climbed up the hillside, walked to the foot of the hillside, tripped over his foot, and fell down again.
Squatting on the ground and about to push the plum pot, listening to the sound of the salt pool, he glanced over there, a black figure, black and pressing, the number of people was too large to count, his brain was like an electric shock, and his legs and feet were weak.
His eyes were flustered, seeking his companions, and there was no movement at the twenty-meter sentry. The scalp was numb, he covered his mouth, he didn't dare to come out, and the boss with his eyes open, while looking at the black shadow in the distance, shook the plum pot with his feet.
Li Guozi woke up in a daze and whispered, "Where is this?" Oops, my head hurts", and then the hand touched the back of the neck, touching the slimy, the hand moved to the front of the eye, and the whole body was excited, which was knocked on a stick.
Zhang Laosan hurriedly covered Li Guozi's mouth, and whispered: "Don't speak", his eyes were still staring at that side, and he continued: "I'm staring at them here, you hurry up and inform Lord Qiu." ”
Li Guozi was covered and nodded again and again, and Zhang Laosan let go of his hand, so the two acted separately...
Qiu Zhen's temporary residence in Qiu Mansion.
Li Guozi ran to the front of Qiu's house, the two little guys in front of the door were against the wall and grunted, this was asleep, Li Guozi shook vigorously and didn't wake up, forget it, in an emergency, I can't care about anything else, I am ready to go over the wall to go in, a sprint to pick up the high wall, the wall is a little high, I fell down, touched some masonry from the ground, and another sprint, stepped on the masonry and turned in, crooked my feet, stroked my forehead, gritted my teeth and walked into the second door.
The second gatekeeper was napping there.
Li Guozi woke up the man: "Go and report to Lord Qiu, there is a situation on the beach, and someone is stealing salt again." ”
The man said in a daze, "Oh? Hmm", the voice grew quieter, and he fell asleep again.
Li Guozi shouted in front of his ear: "Wake up! Hurry up, big thing to turn around! ”
"Oh!" Quickly touched his neck, "Who?" What's wrong", looking back and forth, seeing Li Guozi, glared and said, "Who are you?" ”
Li Guozi repeated it again.
The man said, "Wait," and informed him that he had gone...
After the guards reported.
A rough and slightly hoarse male voice came from inside the room: "Oh..." should be sleeping soundly, and then, "Fengling, my little Fengfeng, you fall asleep first, and I'll be back in a while." ”