On the empty country road, the family of the man who was rushing was very silent with the donkey.

The sound of horses' hooves was accompanied by the sound of wheels running over the dirt road, and the man unconsciously looked back, only to see a handsome boy driving a chariot to catch up from behind.

The carriage drove near the little green donkey, and as soon as the boy pulled the reins, the carriage stopped suddenly.

The handsome boy smiled and asked, "Dare to ask fellow countrymen, do you want to go to Zhenyuan this way?" ”

The man was stunned, but did not answer.

When the woman saw her husband like this, she had to respond with a smile: "It's right, the son is going to Bozhou?" ”

The "son" said: "Yes, my sister and I are going to visit friends, and I am afraid that we will go the wrong way." ”

The woman said, "Yes, yes, walk along this road to the southwest, and when you reach the official road in front of you, go west." It's just that there are many forks in this rural road, so don't make a mistake. ”

The "son" put his hand on the pergola and looked ahead, and at this time, the carriage curtain was lifted, and a handsome "Xiao Langjun" came down.

"Brother, you have to remember this lady's words, don't go the wrong way again, and cause us to miss the night. I don't want to sleep in the field! ”

As soon as "Xiao Langjun" opened his mouth, it was a delicate and sweet voice, and the woman reacted that this "Xiao Langjun" was the "sister" in the son's mouth.

The woman looked at it and admired in her heart: Look at how beautiful the brothers and sisters born to the grandmother are! This is called the dragon and phoenix among people, right?

When the "son" heard the "sister" say this, he seemed to hesitate: "Then what should I do, I just don't know the way." ”

The good-looking "sister" smiled sweetly at the woman: "Auntie, are you also in the official road?" My brother doesn't know the way, can I go to the official road with you? ”

When the woman asked, she and her husband exchanged glances and asked, "I see that the two of you speak official language, aren't they from here?" ”

The "sister" looked at the "brother" with a smile: "My brother just came out of the capital. ”

When the woman heard this, she seemed to relax a little: "In this case, let's go up a section together, and we will lead you to the official road ahead." ”

The brother and sister looked at each other and smiled, and the "sister" said: "Then it's better for Auntie and Brother to get into our carriage and let Uncle ride a donkey to lead the way, so that we can all go faster." ”

When the woman heard this, her heart rejoiced. They cherish the little green donkey's foot strength, only let the child sit on it, although the couple walked this journey not to say that it was very hard, but thinking that the road ahead is long, now you can hitchhike to save some effort, how do you don't want to?

Immediately got into the carriage as he said.

This brother and sister are naturally pretending to be Cui Yuanting and Lingfu.

In the carriage, the boy in the horn circled around Lingfu with dark eyes, and Lingfu smiled.

The woman saw that she was easy-going and kind, and there were only her mother and son and this beautiful little lady in the car, and she also relaxed.

The two chatted casually and chatted casually, and then Lingfu intentionally or unintentionally led the conversation to each other: "Where are Auntie's family going?" ”

The woman looked out the window of the car and said casually, "Zhecheng." ”

"Ah, is Zhecheng fun?" Lingfu was naïve, and his eyes showed curiosity.

The woman shook her head when she saw this, thinking to herself that this rich brother and sister did not know the suffering of the world, and only said that everyone traveled for fun. said: "I don't know, I'm not going to play anyway." ”

Lingfu saw that her voice was melancholy, so he said, "Why is Auntie sighing?" You should be happy when you come out. ”

The woman's gaze withdrew from the window and fell to her toes: "How can I be happy, the ...... who has left home?"

Lingfu immediately grasped the point: "Uprooted? Why uprooted? ”

The man riding the little green donkey "coughed" twice outside the car, as if to remind something.

He didn't remind him that it was okay, but a "cough cough" aroused the woman's rebellious mentality, and shouted out the car window: "What are you 'coughing cough' about?" I'm leaving, and you won't let me say a word! ”

She turned her head and said to Lingfu angrily: "Don't pay attention to him, this wilting guy in my family is less daring than a mouse." We were on the run, and he was afraid that I would be known if I spoke out. ”

Lingfu: "Why did you flee?" But there is an enemy chasing and killing? ”

Woman: "No, I'm afraid of being chased by the government." ”

Lingfu was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes were a little puzzled.

The woman looked at her expression and said, "Oh, don't be wrong, little lady, we didn't do anything to break the law." You are young, you must be pampered, and you don't know what is going on outside. Those of us who fled from our place of residence are called fugitives, also known as homeless, and the government knows that they want to take them. ”

Lingfu understood, and the surprise indoctrination of the basic decree of Daxuan in the past few days had made her understand the basic common sense of the operation of this society.

The people are like sheep to the state, and ideally, the sheep graze in their own fixed areas, and the herders (local officials) regularly gather their wool.

However, for various reasons, such as corrupt officials, landlords and bullies, or various natural disasters, the sheep are excessively painful and bald, and they will have to run away; There are also some sheep who don't allow themselves to be picked up at all and want to run.

But as the owner of the big manor of the country, what do the sheep eat and drink when they run away? It is inevitable to take a series of measures to control the flow of sheep, so the Great Xuan Dynasty, like the previous dynasties, adopted strict household registration management for the people, and more than 100 miles away from home need to apply to the government for relevant procedures, otherwise they will be punished.

After all, the sheep have run away, who will go?

In fact, there are not a few people who flee from the whole family, such as the woman's family, in all parts of the country. One of the most important duties of the magistrate is to check the household registration, that is, through the inspection of the household registration, the unreported and fugitive population is searched out, and the people are repatriated to their hometowns or naturalized on the spot.

If the number of fleeing households in one place is too large to a certain extent, the magistrate will be punished heavily—after all, if you let you watch the sheep, will you lose it?

I only heard the woman say: "The slave family also has land here, but unfortunately they are favored by the powerful here, so Li Zheng brought someone to let us sell the land to the big family." ”

Lingfu said: "If Li is persecuting, why don't you sue the government?" ”

Woman: "Lizheng...... He is a relative of my family, hey, he is also forced to be helpless, he can't even protect the dozens of acres of paddy fields on his family. The last one was because he didn't listen to the greetings and died at home inexplicably. ”

"What you said about suing the official is even more unworkable, don't you know, in our place, the government and the big family are in a group, and they want to sue the official? You can't even get through the gate, and if you're unlucky, you'll be beaten half to death by the servant on the spot! Anyway, there's no place to stay. ”

Lingfu thought about it and said, "Is it true that everyone in this official mansion is so bad? ”

The woman said: "In this way, there may be mistakes and omissions, for example, the new county order is not bad, as soon as it comes, it will give us a loan of grain, and our family will also go to receive food." ”

Lingfu: "......"

Run away after receiving it, big sister?

I'll give you the grain, and I'll pay it back in the fall! Everyone is like you, so Cui Yuanting won't collect grain in the autumn, and wait for the autumn queen to ask for it.