Money can make ghosts grind, and under the temptation of five taels of silver, Qin Ye quickly sorted out the conscription roster of Anping County.

Since the establishment of the Southern Chen Dynasty, Anping County has sent more than 18,000 soldiers, but less than 300 have returned to their hometowns, and most of them have returned to their hometowns with corpses. Qin Ye led the catchers in the county government to work for a few days, but only found one person who was still alive.

When Qin Ye brought that person to Liu Hanshan, Liu Hanshan only felt that he couldn't get out of the stuffy breath in his chest.

He recognized that man, he had been the most brave soldier in the Nanchen army, had been received by the Nanchen Emperor, and he, as the son of the richest imperial merchant in Nanchen, happened to attend that palace banquet. Just because of his bad background, the emperor only rewarded him with a glass of thin wine, and those whose merits were far inferior to him, and those who had never even been to the border city, became the nouveau riche in the court.

At that time, he looked down on this Nanchen court, and never participated in a similar palace banquet again.

He thought that he was on the border, even if he couldn't be a righteous general, at least he could be a deputy general and live a peaceful life in the border city. Unexpectedly, he became a beggar on the streets of Anping County.

He didn't know Liu Hanshan, there were so many people at the palace banquet, all of them were from noble backgrounds, he didn't dare to look up at all. When Liu Hanshan told his past, his eyes were blank and there was no wave, as if those things had nothing to do with him. When he heard Liu Hanshan say that he would be placed, there was finally a ripple on his face as calm as stagnant water. Not rejoicing, but mocking. He looked at Liu Hanshan with a mocking expression, and spat out a sentence from his chapped lips: "Old beggar, what else can adults worry about." ”

Liu Hanshan knew that he had a prejudice against him, so he didn't explain, but asked him, "What can I do for you?" ”

He used the word "I" instead of the cold "official", which made the old beggar's eyes loosen a little.

"I want to ask the adults to help me buy a bottle of poison, the kind that is slightly sweet and not too bitter." The old beggar lifted up his rags, and there were all kinds of wounds and ulcers on top of each other, and the wounds on his abdomen and legs were already visible to the bones. Such an injury hurts just by looking at it.

"They don't want the old beggar to live, and the old beggar doesn't want to live by himself, but there is no way, the old beggar can't die." He struggled to get up: "See my pants?" Tied with straw rope. I took the belt and hanged it, but unfortunately the fabric was so bad that it broke off before I could hang myself. I want to drown myself, but I have been in the army for many years and have an instinct, but whenever I choke on water, I will float out. The old beggar tried many times but gave up. I wanted to ask the blacksmith to borrow a knife, but the shopkeeper disliked me for being poor, and saw that I was a beggar and blew me away. I climbed into the road, but the horses hid when they saw me, lest I dirty their noble hooves. Human courage is limited, and after dying a few times without making it, I am afraid of death. Not the fear of real death, but the fear of that painful death. ”

The old beggar squinted his eyes and looked at the scenery in the courtyard: "I am from a humble background, but I have a heart of loyalty to serve the court. Others were dragged to be soldiers, but I was the only one who took the initiative to go to the official to sign up. I didn't want to be a general, I just wanted to kill the enemy with my hands. Just because the emperor gave me a glass of wine, they couldn't tolerate me. On my way out of the city with the army, they broke my arms and legs and threw me on the official road. What's even more ridiculous is that they called me a deserter and went around arresting me. ”

The old beggar smiled, but his eyes were astringent.

"I didn't know about their arrest of me, I thought they were just jealous of my work. My arm was broken, and I picked it up myself. Broken leg,

I was crawling on the ground. Spring went to autumn, and I climbed for a few years before I returned to Anping County by begging all the way. But my father is gone, my mother is dead, and even our house has been taken away by them. They called me a deserter and took me to prison. If it weren't for me occupying the space, I'm afraid I would have died unjustly in your prison in Anping County. ”

The old beggar sat down on the ground and smiled more and more sadly: "When I fought with the enemy, I thought about how to live. When I was beaten by the jailers, I thought about why the enemies didn't kill me, and why my commander didn't beat me to death by the official road. If only I had died then! Lady Yanagi, huh? You tell me what mistake I have made, and the people will not tolerate me as a civilian and military general who will let me protect with my life. ”

"You're right, they're wrong." Liu Hanshan clenched his fists: "I will help you find out about the deserter." ”

"Find out?" The old beggar shook his head: "What are you doing with all that effort!" Can my father and mother live? Can I find out if my arms and legs are okay? After finding out my house, can they give it back to me? Even if it is given back to me, do you think that with the way I am now, will I be able to do it all over again? ”

"Can't!" Liu Hanshan's heart became more and more blocked: "But at least you can change your life in the future." ”

"From now on? Do I have a future? The old beggar pointed to the festering place on his body: "If you really help me, give me a bottle of poison." I've had enough of this world! ”

The old beggar said and limped out of the county office.

Liu Hanshan was uneasy, waved his hand, and asked Qin Ye to follow.

As night fell, he sat alone in his study. As the doors and windows were pushed open by a force, the lights and candles on the bookcase went out.

Looking up, he faced a miserable white man's face.

The man stared straight at him with a pair of hollow eyes.

I didn't have time to think about why this thing appeared in the county office, and the face had already dragged itself and crawled in.

Rao is Liu Hanshan has seen many ghosts, and his scalp is also a little numb at this moment, he quickly got up, grabbed the gold inlaid jade on the table, and ran towards the door.

As soon as I opened the door of the study, I was bounced back by a cold and cut "wall".

Before he could react, the hand behind him grabbed him, quickly pulled him to him, and wrapped him in mud little by little. Liu Hanshan's eyes widened, watching the miserable white face appear in front of his face, he clenched his fists hard, and while breaking free from the grimace, the mud wrapped around him also exploded and fell to all corners of the study.

While wrestling with Grimace, Yoo Han-san noticed the window just now. I found moonlight on the window, and my own shadow was reflected in the moonlight. He saw the moment and jumped out of the window, only to be caught by the grimace on his right foot as he jumped out of the window. When he stumbled to the ground, the shoes on his feet were gone.

I was annoyed, I heard two hehes, looked up, and saw Nan Jinyi sitting on the ridge with an umbrella.

"Lord Liu is so interested, is this practicing martial arts with others?"

"Miss Nan trespasses into the county government privately, isn't she afraid of the official punishing the crime?" Liu Hanshan landed on one foot, and he had to deal with the grimace behind him, he was quite powerless, seeing that Nan Jinyi was still watching a play, he simply jumped under the eaves and said to her: "How long do you want to see it?" Did you recruit this thing? ”