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Xu Yang and the other eleven people rode horses and sat in carriages, gave up taking the official road, and walked on the mountain paths, the purpose of which was to avoid the people who sold their children and daughters and begged for food. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoEveryone saw that there were other people on the mountain trail who chose to walk this way, not only how they did it, but it seems that everyone's purpose is the same.

Although everyone chose to take the mountain path, they could still see beggars walking back and forth on both sides of the road. The difference is that these people did not stop themselves from asking for money, so everyone was able to go all the way to the north.

Everyone walked towards the north for two days, and also saw that the Xianning County in front of them was in front of them, and also found that there was an endless stream of people selling children and begging for food on both sides of the road, and immediately dispelled the idea of entering the city. Everyone bypassed the road in Xianning County and chose a road that also led to the north.

After everyone bypassed Xianning County, they found that they didn't have much dry food with them, so Xu Yang ordered Liu Xiangping to give Dahu Xiaohu some money and let the two of them go into the city to buy things.

The big tiger and the little tiger saw that Xu Yang's money and property were kept by Liu Xiangping, and also learned from Lian Gui's mouth that Liu Xiangping and Xu Yang knew the process of getting to know each other, and what was even more surprising was that Liu Xiangping's true identity was a bandit, and he was also the bandit leader who kidnapped Lian Gui and Yin Su'e.

Big Tiger Xiaohu stretched out his hand and took the ten taels of broken silver handed over by Liu Xiangping, and Big Tiger said: "Sister-in-law, ten taels of silver is too much, two taels of silver is enough to buy the things you need in the city." ”

When Liu Xiangping heard the two of them call her sister-in-law, her heart was sweet, and she said in a playful voice: "It's okay, you just take it." If you want to use silver in the future, you can ask your sister-in-law for it. Besides, we still have a long way to go from Longjing, and if you keep the silver, it will be convenient for you to buy things in the future. You must not go into the city on horseback, nor enter in this outfit, or you will be surrounded by beggars. Change your clothes and go into the city, and it will be much easier to move." Also, hide what you buy in your clothes. Be careful when you enter the city, go early and return early. ”

"It's sister-in-law, we remember. Big Tiger Little Tiger said. After speaking, the two took off their clothes, changed into a ragged clothes that were sewn and mended, put them on, and then said goodbye to everyone and ran towards Xianning County.

Xu Yang saw that Liu Xiangping regarded his silver as his own, and saw that the other party was thoughtful and close, and he was also deeply admired. Everyone saw that the big tiger and the little tiger had already entered the county seat, and immediately stopped on the side of the road and waited for the two of them to arrive.

When everyone saw the begging people on the road coming back and forth from their side, they wondered where these refugees came from? With curiosity, Xu Yang came to a father and daughter who were supporting each other, and asked, "Fellow countryman, where did you all escape from the famine here?"

"Most of us fled from Henan Province to this place. Alas, these years have been full of war, disasters and famines, and food prices have skyrocketed, and I really don't know when we will be able to get through it!" said the old man. After speaking, he helped the woman beside him and went south.

Xu Yang heard that most of the victims were from Henan Province, and saw the old man sighing and heading towards the south, bowing his head and sitting down on the carriage. Liu Xiangping and others also heard Xu Yang's conversation with the old man, and constantly felt sad for these people who fled the famine, chanting "Amitabha".

Liu Xiangping saw Xu Yang sitting in the carriage, and immediately got out of the carport, sat down with the other party, stretched out his hand to hug Xu Yang's tiger waist, and said in a playful voice: "Husband, have I put away all the silver on your body? I need to check and check, in case you still have some hidden on your body, after seeing a beautiful girl on the road, wouldn't you be merciful and spend silver to buy it again." As he spoke, he rubbed on Xu Yang's body again and again.

"Good wife, I said it all, my silver has been collected by you, and I still have silver!" Xu Yang complained. When he said that, Liu Xiangping had already touched Xu Yang's body, but he didn't find the whereabouts of the silver.

Lian Gui and Yin Su'e are also very glad that they can meet good people like Xu Yang and Ma Zichen, otherwise they don't know what they are like now?

The two women lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at the wandering escapees, because they were worried that they would touch the scene and hurt themselves, and they couldn't control their emotions. Everyone saw Liu Xiangping and Xu Yang tickling each other, playing with each other, and they also avoided their eyes with interest.

Yin Su'e saw Liu Xiangping playing with Xu Yang, and said in a playful voice: "Sister, husband, everyone around you is looking at you, don't be stubborn." ”

Xu Yang and Liu Xiangping saw that the people around them were making fun of themselves while looking around at the scenery, and hurriedly separated from each other. Liu Xiangping got back into the carport again. Liu Xiangping didn't find the silver from Xu Yang's body, and she didn't expect that Xu Yang had hidden the only two taels of silver in her hair bun, so naturally she was not searched out by Liu Xiangping.

Lian Gui heard Yin Su'e call Xu Yang "husband", and called him so smoothly, and smiled at Yin Su'e: "Sister, I originally wanted to find out to Brother Xu what you miss in your heart, but I don't think you have become a husband and wife with each other." Sister, are you already with Brother Xu, when will you be able to give birth to a baby!", he said, pursing his lips and snickering.

"Dead Nizi, see that I don't tear your mouth apart, so you don't have to talk nonsense everywhere. Yin Su'e shouted. As he spoke, he twisted Lian Gui's cheeks with both hands and gently pulled them left and right.

Lian Gui saw Yin Su'e gently twisting his face, and immediately broke free from the other party's hand, hurriedly opened the curtain of the car door, and shouted to Xu Yang outside: "Brother Xu, your lady beat me, come and discipline me!"

"Sister Liangui, don't you know yet, Sister Yin Su'e has already achieved good things with my husband, and she will have a baby in a while. Hee-hee......" Liu Xiangping said with a smile.

Yin Su'e heard that Liu Xiangping was also making fun of herself, and immediately stepped forward and pressed Liu Xiangping down in the carport, tickling at the other party, regardless of how the other party begged for mercy, and said in a coquettish voice: "My sister is really bad, I have the same husband, I don't want to give this bad guy a baby." ”

Lian Gui saw Yin Su'e pressing down Liu Xiangping tickling, he was already out of breath with laughter, and hurriedly opened the curtain of the car door and shouted to Xu Yang outside: "Brother Xu, your two ladies are fighting, do you still care?"

Xu Yang heard the sound of the three girls laughing in the carport, sighed helplessly, and kept shaking his head and sighing. When Ma Zichen saw that Xu Yang was about to be a father, he immediately stepped forward with a smile and congratulated: "Congratulations to Brother Xu, you are about to add bricks and tiles, don't forget to invite your brothers to drink happy wine when the time comes!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? I haven't married my two daughters yet, I haven't had a cave house yet, and I'm still miles away from having children. Rest assured, you will not forget you when the time comes. Xu Yang grinned dryly.

Ma Zichen heard that Xu Yang hadn't been in the cave with the two girls, so he knew that the two girls in the carport were joking with each other, and said in unison: "Then Brother Xu has to hurry up!"

The three girls in the carport also heard the conversation between Xu Yang and Ma Zichen, and immediately caught each other again, giggling and laughing.

And just when Xu Yang and the others were playing, the big tiger and the little tiger had already returned from the county. The two of them came to the location of Xu Yang and the others, and saw everyone laughing and talking there, not understanding what happened after they left, which made everyone so happy.

The two of them came to everyone, put the comprador things on Xu Yang's carriage, and complained: "The price of grain is really high now, it is ridiculously high, in the past, one stone of rice only costs more than one tael of silver, but now it actually costs two taels of silver." If this continues, sooner or later it will rise to three taels of silver. (Note: One stone = 100 catties)

"What? The price of rice has risen so much now, that's really cheap boys. Liu Xiangping shouted indignantly.

Everyone thought that the "kid" in Liu Xiangping's mouth referred to those profiteers, but Xu Yang and Yin Su'e knew that the "kid" in Liu Xiangping's mouth was the other party's subordinates.

It turned out that after Liu Xiangping and Xu Yang separated under the cottage, they returned to the cottage and executed the three masters, and later proposed to break up with the bandits, but everyone disagreed. Liu Xiangping had no choice but to sell all the transactions in the cottage to everyone, and let everyone develop their own banditry business. Liu Xiangping took away some of the money in the cottage and kept the industry for the bandits to operate on their own, including the buying and selling of grain stores, so Liu Xiangping was very surprised when she heard the price of grain that the big tiger and the little tiger said.

The big tiger and the little tiger saw Liu Xiangping get out of the carport, and heard the other party also complain about the price of grain, and the big tiger said: "These profiteers who pit people are really bad, and they actually speculate the price of grain so high, they really don't want people to live? In addition, in the process of selling grain, we also found that these people who do business have rarely collected copper coins from the imperial court, and they don't know what happened? ”

"It's really getting more and more unreasonable, and the currency has begun to depreciate. Ma Zichen said.

Liu Xiangping was glad that she carried very few copper coins, and most of the gold and silver on her body were gold, otherwise she would have been unlucky. Liu Xiangping thought that she was carrying the most silver tickets, so she was afraid that these money banks would go out of business, so she hurriedly asked Da Hu: "Big Hu, when you go to the county town, are all those money banks still open?"

"Back to my sister-in-law, there has never been anything unusual about those money houses, and they are all opening normally. Dahu said.

Liu Xiangping breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that the money village was operating normally. Liu Xiangping also learned from Xu Yang that Jinxin Qianzhuang was an industry belonging to the Holy Lotus Sect, so he exchanged the silver tickets of Jinxin Qianzhuang and other small money banks early, and the silver tickets on his body belonged to the four major money houses of Hengli.

Everyone ate the food that the big tiger and the little tiger bought from the county town, and after eating and drinking, they continued to go north.

After walking for another two days, they found that the number of people selling children and begging on the roadside had also increased exponentially, so everyone just chose a small road to walk, and did not dare to go to the inn in the county town to rest and settle down.

When everyone was still a day away from Ezhou City, the sky was not beautiful, but it rained again, which caused the temperature to drop sharply. Everyone instantly became like a chicken in the soup, braving the heavy rain, and quickly rushed forward. When everyone saw a ruined temple halfway up the mountain, they flocked to the temple. When everyone came to this ruined temple, the rain in the sky was getting heavier and heavier, and they immediately led the horses and carriages to hide in the temple.

Everyone saw that there was a big hall in this temple, and there were two temples on the left and right, and there was no plaque on the temple, and the roof was also a big hole and small eyes, and they couldn't recognize what the temple was. And when everyone came to the middle hall, the hall was already overcrowded, with all kinds of people, carriages, sedan chairs, horses, mules, donkeys, and so on, and there was no place for themselves, and no one was willing to make room for them to rest.

Ma Zichen saw that the hall was full of people sheltering from the rain, many of whom went to Beijing to take the exam, most of the students didn't know each other, and the people they knew also beckoned to him. Ma Zichen saw that these people who went to Beijing to take the exam were all huddled around two bonfires, reading books and keeping warm, while there were eleven people on his side, how could they go over and grab a place again.

Xu Yang saw that the main hall in front of him was already overcrowded, and there were two temples on the left and right sides of the courtyard outside, so he suddenly came to the west side in the rain, and was pleasantly surprised to see that there was no one in this hall. After a moment of rejoicing, I realized that there was no one in this temple, and the reason was that there was only half of this temple left, and the other half of the walls had collapsed, and the roof was also incomplete, and the rain had fallen into the house along the hole, so that no one could live in it again.

And just as Xu Yang was about to go over to the east temple to take a look, the big tiger had already passed, and shouted to everyone: "Come here, everyone, this room can accommodate us to rest." So saying, the people came toward the temple on the east side.

However, when Xu Yang came to this temple, he found that although this place could accommodate eleven people to rest, there was no place for six horses and carriages.

When they found out about this, they immediately consulted with each other, and suggested that the carriage and the horses should be placed in the temple on the west side, and that the people should remain in the temple on the east side, but later they felt that if the horses and the carriage were separated from them, they might be stolen. In the end, the big tiger and the little tiger proposed that he stay in the temple on the west side to be with the horses.