Xia Jiaoxi's parents are both responsible people.

Seeing his son come back with his friends, he was very happy, dragging his old and frail body to entertain Chen Bai.

Seeing this, Chen Bai wanted to go up to help, but was stopped by Father Xia. During the conversation, I learned that the second elder was nearly seventy years old and had a pair of children.

After dinner, Xia's mother hunched over, cleaned up the house, and picked up Xia's teachings.

When the son returns from his term of office, he has a public office to be found. It is estimated that a lot of matchmakers will come to the door tomorrow, so hurry up and clean up the house. Thinking that he might be able to hold his grandson before entering the ground, he couldn't help but feel that his illness was much better.

Xia Jiaoxi is like a fish in his throat, and tears are always rolling in his eyes.

I wanted to tell my parents several times that I was going to travel away again, but I couldn't say anything, and I couldn't bear to spoil my parents' joy at this moment.

Several times, I wanted to throw away the royal edict in my arms, steal a leisure, and accompany my parents to the end of their lives, but they have never been able to make up their minds.

Day 2.

Sure enough, as Xia Mu expected, the sky was still hazy, and several matchmakers had already come to the door.

When the Xia family opened the door, they flocked to it, chattering about the girls in their hands, although they were all daughters of ordinary families, but through the mouth of the matchmaker, each of them was shy and hardworking.

Xia's mother smiled and walked easily among the matchmakers, and she also knew several people introduced by the matchmakers.

Her son is about to find a public office, and she can pick slowly.

When Chen Bai saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh: "Civil servants are extremely popular in any society." ”

Xia Jiaoxi enjoyed this state of his parents very much, and looked at Chen Bai several times, as if he had something to say.

Chen Bai probably guessed something, nodded encouragingly, if Xia Jiaoxi told him now that he didn't want to leave home anymore and just wanted to accompany his parents, he would definitely support Xia Jiaoxi.

The lack of family affection in the past also made Chen Bai enjoy such a scene very much.

At this time, Xia Jiaoxi's sister also came over.

Seeing Xia Jiaoxi get up to greet his sister, Chen Bai couldn't help but be surprised, only to see the woman in front of Xia Jiaoxi, like the appearance of Xianglin's sister-in-law in the text.

He looks like he is about forty years old, his hair is messy, his body is thin, and his clothes are thin on this cool day.

Even standing in front of his younger brother, he was a little cowardly and humble.

At this time, he suddenly saw Xia Jiaoxi's violent thunder, Chen Bai looked over, and saw his sister's eyes bruised and her face slightly swollen.

Xia Jiaoxi's sister comforted her younger brother and bluntly said that last night, the lights were not on, and she accidentally fell.

And the other matchmakers, seeing this situation, also looked surprised.

Chen Shichang beat his wife, and the whole city knew it.

Xia Jiaoxi thought clearly about the stakes at the gate of the city yesterday, plus he himself had come into contact with the generals, and he could be regarded as a person who had seen the world, where could he endure this breath.

Pulling my sister is about to go to Chen Shichang to theorize.

A group of matchmakers stopped chatting and scrambled to follow, ready to take a look at the excitement and add something to talk about.

As soon as Xia Jiaoxi stepped out of the door, he saw his brother-in-law coming with more than a dozen guards, a scholar, and Yi Cheng.

I saw Chen Shichang, who was heroic yesterday, bent over Yi Cheng's side flatteringly today, pointed at Xia Jiaoxi and said loudly: "Look, I'll just say it, Xia Liu has not yet completed his term of office and came back early." ”

"Yi Cheng, I am a righteous murderer, and I have the merit of reporting."

The voice is so loud that I am afraid that people nearby will not hear it, and thus implicate myself.

When the matchmakers heard this, they quickly stood aside, and became a melon-eating crowd in seconds, accusing Xia Jiaoxi in twos and threes. For fear of falling into an unknown person, I am suspected of mistaking people.

Father Xia, trembling all over.

Mother Xia, old tears.

At this time, I saw the academic officer rummaging through the books in his hand, and after confirming the time of Xia Jiaoxi's appointment, he said to Yi Cheng beside him: "It is indeed a few months away." ”

When Yi Cheng heard this, he said angrily: "Xia Liu, you are such a big dog! ”

At this moment, Xia Jiaoxi's parents had collapsed to the ground, and her sister was also crying on the side.

A group of guards also drew their swords and moved forward.

Chen Bai's right hand rested on the handle of the firewood knife. At present, he has no fear of this society. At the same time, he also recognized Xia Jiaoxi as a friend.

I saw Xia Jiaoxi kneeling down in front of his parents, kowtowing a few times with tears on his face.

I couldn't help but think: "There is no way back now, and there is no choice, and it is very likely that I will not be able to send my parents to the end." ”

Just as Yawei stepped forward, Xia Jiaoxi suddenly got up, took out the royal edict from his arms, and said, "Who dares!" ”

The guards were stunned for a moment and stopped.

Xia Jiaoxi continued: "I am under the command of the country, and I will go to Buck City to take up my post to see who dares to stop me. ”

When Yi Cheng saw the royal edict in Xia Jiaoxi's hand, he was the first to kneel, followed by the scholar.

Seeing this, the others knelt down one after another, only Chen Shichang hurriedly pulled Yi Cheng and said, "Fake, fake, it must be fake." ”

Xia Jiaoxi handed the royal edict to Yi Cheng.

I saw Yi Cheng, with his hands raised above his head, his head lowered, and he held it in his hand, reading every word and word, and there were not many words originally, but he read it for a long time before returning the royal edict to Xia Jiaoxi.

Seeing that Xia Jiaoxi took the royal edict and put it away, Yi Cheng got up, turned his head and slapped Chen Shichang hard.

I still wanted to make up for it, but I thought that Chen Shichang was still Xia Jiaoxi's brother-in-law, so I gave up.

At this time, Xia Jiaoxi walked towards Chen Shichang with an angry face.

Chen Shichang, without his previous majesty, was so frightened that he retreated again and again, his face changed drastically, and finally he was scared to death.

Xia Jiaoxi's sister saw this.

He cried bitterly, and his cry was full of relief and relief.

Xia Jiaoxi saw that Chen Shichang was dead, so he hurriedly went to comfort his sister.

After a while, he walked up to his parents, picked up his parents, knelt down, and cried: "I am going 100,000 kilometers, I am afraid it will be difficult to take care of my father and mother." ”

The second elder of the Xia family, from great sorrow to great joy, where do you care about these.

I saw Father Xia patting Xia Jiaoxi's shoulder, saying a few good words, and then said: "Ancestor bless, my son is angry." ”

"We, you don't have to worry about it, serve the lord of the country well, and repay the lord of the country."

"The lord of the country is a good lord of the country, and he has not collected taxes for the past twenty years, and you must repay the lord for us."

Hearing this, Chen Bai was not calm.

My heart was full of shock, you know, taxation is the economic foundation of a country, this truth is an undeniable fact no matter which dynasty and everywhere.

As Holmes said, taxes are the price we pay for civilized society.

A good social system is to collect it from the people and use it for the people, such as in China.

A bad social system is collected from the people and used for the emperor, like a feudal society.

However, Chaocheng Mountain Country does not collect taxes, which makes Chen Bai vaguely guess what Uncle Xuan meant.

At the same time, he was also full of curiosity about the Lingshan Domain, and he was full of curiosity about the lord of the country, Shu Shanlie.

Yi Cheng confessed his guilt and led everyone away.

Many matchmakers also rushed to leave, each calculating who still had a beautiful girl to marry in those slightly powerful families in Langshanyi.

.….….…

Wolf Mountain Eup, Yafu.

"Lord Yi, that's how it happened." Yi Cheng looked at the middle-aged man sitting in the first place.

"Is it possible that it's fake?" I saw the middle-aged man ask.

Yi Cheng thought for a moment and said firmly: "The seal is absolutely real, and that can't be faked." ”

After hesitating, he continued: "As for the handwriting, it is relatively rare, not like the handwriting of the lord of the country over the years, but like the handwriting used by the lord of the country before. ”

I saw the middle-aged man get up, walk a few steps back and forth, and said in wonder: "Urging Jiazhuang is tens of thousands of kilometers away from the capital, how did the lord of the country know about Xia Jiaoxi?" ”

"Could it be that the lord of the country has come to Wolf Mountain?"

At this time, I saw that Yi Cheng seemed to think of something, and said to the middle-aged man: "There is an extra young man around Xia Jiaoxi. ”

"The people around the lord of the country?" The middle-aged man asked suspiciously.

Yi Cheng shook his head and said, "Then I don't know." ”

"The lord of the country has given him, but he is only a secretary," the middle-aged man muttered to himself, expressing great incomprehension.

.….….…

Chen Shichang's body was collected by the Chen family, and Xia Jiaoxi's sister was also helping on the side.

The Chen family apologized to Xia Jiaoxi's sister one by one, begged her to go back, and promised to treat her well in the future.

Xia Jiaoxi's sister shook her head and refused, saying that her younger brother was about to travel far away and she needed to serve her parents.

Seeing that Xia Jiaoxi had already been mentioned, the Chen family had no choice but to give up.

.….….…

Chen Bai.

Sitting at Xia Jiaoxi's home, I have never been able to figure out why there is no tax.

If there is no tax, how to run the yamen, how to protect the garrison, how to build the official residence.

If there is no tax, how can it provide protection for the people?

These questions have always bothered him, and he can't figure it out.

He thought of the blue fat man and his party that he met in Mangshan at that time.

I remember that Lan Fatzi mentioned that twenty years ago, the lord of the country issued a ban prohibiting people from counties, prefectures, cities, and dynasties from going to Zhuang and Yi.

He vaguely felt that there was some kind of connection between them.

The current Asahagi Mountain Country is like a veil of mystery for him, waiting for him to unveil it, and at the same time arousing his interest.

He thought of what Master had told him some time ago to let him use his own ideas to see the country.

Now he is finally convinced that the master asked him to come out with Xia, and then look for Xiao Heizi by the way.

I couldn't help but feel pity for the little black man.

Father and brother wished that he would break through, but his uncle didn't take him seriously at all.

As a result, the only one who really cared about him was his cheap uncle.

But Chen Bai is not in a hurry now, look at this country, and look for the little black man by the way.

He now thinks it's a good arrangement.

.….….…

Little sunspots.

This kid is kind of lost in love, and has been thinking about going to Buck City, and thinks he is very smart and walks straight to the west.

I didn't expect that if I took the official road, I might be able to meet the little fairy in Langshan Yi.

Now the little black man, holding a hunting knife, climbs the mountain, whistles, and sings.

Hungry, picking fruit and hunting.

Thirsty, mountain spring dewdrops.

The eyes have only one direction, to the west.

I always think about the little fairy in the blue dress.

Although he is still a child, he has already planned that it will be better for the child to call him a man in the future, or to urge the stream.

Later, when I thought about it, I felt that in fact, the child's surname was blue, and it was not impossible.