Chapter 14: Speculation and Determination
"Alas~"
After a sigh, Zhao Cheng gradually fell asleep.
It's been a day since I crossed over.
The experience of the first half day, or the first two or three hours, changed Zhao Cheng's whole mind.
He deeply understands that this is the old society, which really eats people.
Many of the thoughts before the crossing, now in retrospect, are as naΓ―ve as the fantasy of the prince Zhu Biao that night.
Detached from the actual childish fantasy, after all, it is just a joke!
If you want to change the world, if you want to push the wheel of history forward, how can you achieve it without a earth-shaking change?
Only when the old order is broken can the new order thrive from the ruins.
Civilization is destined to bleed.
The iterative progress of society is also doomed to sacrifice,
It is almost impossible for thousands of years of feudal dynasties to give birth to an advanced social system on their own.
The history before Zhao Cheng crossed over has already illustrated the situation.
For a powerful civilization like the Xia people, who developed the feudal society and the small peasant economy to the pinnacle, they have a strong self-repair ability that can suppress and disintegrate all sprouts.
Unless, at a fundamental level, change and optimize the genes of this civilization, such as the vicissitudes of life in modern times.
Zhao Cheng didn't realize this yet.
Or rather, he can't think about it so much right now.
He just wanted to live on how to live.
After all, it comes back to the question - the question that has been discussed since before the crossing.
How to live, and then how to live wonderfully!
It's a pity that after so much discussion and thinking about it, there is almost no reference value now.
All of this can only be done from the reality of the present.
You still have to hide from the government and stay incognito for a while.
One night, both slept deeply.
Even a few hundred meters away, the noise on the edge of the river did not wake the two of them.
It wasn't until the sky was gray and bright that Zhang Fenxiu came to his senses.
Looking at her sleeping position, and also looking at the man who warmed her heart, her handsome face turned red.
After secretly scolding himself for being shameless, he got up cautiously.
Sitting on the edge of the bed and tidying up his appearance, he took a deep look at Zhao Cheng's sleeping appearance, put on his delicate shoes, and got up to prepare for food.
When she closed the bedroom door and walked towards the kitchen, she suddenly found that there were many people gathered a hundred meters away from her yard.
Most of them are hawkers, but there are also some residents who are ready to buy vegetables and make food.
Zhang Mushroom Liang simply cleaned up, and was also curious to surround him.
What's going on?
Why are there so many people?
"Did you hear movement last night? It is said that the government salvaged a corpse......"
"Corpses?"
"Yes, I heard that the condemned prisoner who escaped from the barracks deserved to die,
But I escaped the night before yesterday and died for some reason......"
"I listened to my aunt's cousin's uncle...... The eldest brother on duty in the government said that he was poisoned to death. β
"Poisoned to death?"
"Yes, yesterday the entire Ying Tianfu also arrested a lot of poisoned people and doctors who detoxified, and even many medical centers that prescribe antidotes have been investigated......
Hearing the noisy discussion, Zhang Mushroom Liang's delicate body was also stunned, she heard something from the obscene doctor yesterday.
Isn't it, has something to do with this?!
Zhang Mushroom Liang was not sure and was not very interested.
She made her way through the crowd and saw a notice, and four wanted notices.
"Song Shen, Shen Zhuo, and Chen Tian's wanted documents?"
Seeing the words and pictures on the notice, Zhang Fenxiu didn't care.
She didn't know any of them.
Although I used to be in the building, I also heard of some fame.
Song Shen is said to be the eldest grandson of the great Confucian Song Lian, but he has no talent, and he relies on his family's talent to mix in the major Qin Buildings and Chu Pavilions......
The reputation is not very good.
is that Shen Xuan, who is rumored to be a chivalrous man, has done a lot of chivalrous things, and the most important thing is to be generous.
The circle of sisters he used to be, many little sisters are vying to serve him!
The specific identity, Zhang Mushroom Liang doesn't know.
But there is money, and the shot is very generous.
As for that Chen Tian, Zhang Fenxiu doesn't know very well, he only knows that there are big officials in the family, who are usually arrogant and domineering, and often do evil.
Now these three people are all wanted, and I didn't elaborate on what they were wanted for.
In addition, it is probably something like "whoever has a clue and proves it is effective, there is a heavy reward" and so on.
Zhang Mushroom Liang swept over the wanted notices of these three people, staring at the fourth one for a long time and couldn't react.
The fourth wanted notice is also strange, there is no name, just a portrait with a cape, and some descriptions.
But the weight of the bounty is much higher than the previous three combined.
It's simply, one step to the sky, directly across classes.
Of course, the premise is that there is a life to take money, and there is also a life to spend money.
The portrait is drawn extremely abstractly, but some of the descriptions coincide with the person in Zhang Guliang's mind.
"Young man, with injured legs, limited mobility, may be infected with wind and cold, may have something strange on his body......"
Each one of them seems to be tailor-made for Brother Qin.
Exactly matched!
In just an instant, thousands of thoughts flashed through her mind, and she lost her square inch, and she couldn't react for a long time.
I never believed these speculations in my mind, nor did I believe that Brother Qin would be a wanted criminal......
"It is said that there were originally five wanted people on the west side of the city, but one of them died, and the body was found in the river last night."
"I also heard that in order to find these people, the government has made great efforts."
"It is said that not only the government, but also the military camps in the northwest, many dignitaries and dignitaries dare not squeak when they are offended."
"I heard that starting from the Qinhuai River on the side of Xicheng, the families along the coast are lined up one by one...... Last night, a lot of people were woken up and couldn't sleep. β
"It is estimated that we can find our side today, and the people who are a hundred feet away from the river bank will be unlucky."
"Fortunately, my house is nearby, and it's more than a mile away from the river......"
"It's hard to say, I fished out the body in that section of the river last night, and I may have to focus on our side today."
Zhang Fenxiu listened to all kinds of small gossip and slowly returned home with a heavy heart.
She was eighty percent sure that her eldest brother Qin was the fourth person wanted.
This is something she finds difficult to accept.
What is even more frightening and sad is that the people from the government are coming, and Brother Qin may not be able to escape.
What to do?
At this time, she was not thinking about whether she would be implicated by this out-of-town Brother Qin, but thinking about what Brother Qin should do?
Is this, the devil stunned?
Zhang Fenxiu returned home in despair, opened the door, and looked at Zhao Cheng sleeping through the bed curtain, not knowing what he was thinking.
But he was only stunned for a while, and then he hurriedly found the rouge gouache that he hadn't used for a long time, and played freely on Zhao Cheng's sleeping cheeks.
"Hey, fugitives and prostitutes~"
Zhang Mushroom Liang was still a little bitter in his heart, but he still had a little different feeling.
A fugitive, a prostitute, quite a match.
Himself, it seems, is worthy of Brother Qin.
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Looking at his masterpiece, Zhang Mushroom Liang put away the "crime tools" with satisfaction, and rummaged through the boudoir again, making some arrangements.
After everything was done, I suddenly realized that I was going to make egg porridge for the sick number in bed.
But after such a busy job, I forgot about the egg porridge.
In ancient times, three meals a day were not common, and it became common after the Ming Dynasty.
But most peasants and ordinary people in the cities can't eat three meals anymore.
Two meals is good, most of them are one.
Zhang Fenxiu usually rarely eats three meals, but she has an extra sick number, so she always has to take care of it.
I thought about making a morning and went to the kitchen to get some work.
That is, when she was busy working in the kitchen, she didn't notice that on the street a hundred meters away from her home, groups of officers and soldiers were touching the platoon.
For the task of their superiors, many people searched all night and could not sleep.
In particular, a body was found in the river last night, one of the five fugitives.
The work becomes even more onerous.
"The old rules, along the riverbank, no family can be missing~"
One of the team leaders told him, although he felt that this kind of work was pointless, and even if there were fugitives, they would have run away a long time ago.
How is it possible to give them time, one by one?
Noisy and brutal searches spread along the riverbank, and residents did not dare to complain when disturbed.
At least on the surface, he should be kind to each other, and he didn't dare to complain to the officials.
And those things that are ruined by rummaging through boxes and cabinets can only consider themselves unlucky!
As for the officials who secretly hid the people's belongings or received benefits when they touched the platoon, this is something they dare not do.
At least in broad daylight, ordinary officials or petty officials with a bit of status would not dare.
There is corruption at all times, and there is also the fight against corruption.
However, during the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, the anti-corruption struggle was a must.
Born as a peasant, he experienced the life of the bottom before the uprising, and he also had personal experience of the officials oppressing the common people.
This made him extremely disgusted with corrupt officials after the founding of the country, but whenever it was verified, the execution was light.
Under such circumstances, there are also a group of officials who dare not do evil.
But whether he did evil or not in his heart is unknown.
"Captain, is that family going?"
"That's more than one hundred and thirty zhang, what are you going to do?"
"That's right, the mission is to ...... along the coast."
"Come back, more is better than less."
A group of people glanced at the small courtyard on the other side of the road from a distance of several tens of meters, and continued to feel the work.
This small yard is not big, with a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, a thatched house, and an empty chicken coop.
The yard was small, and a plainly dressed woman was busy in the kitchen, and in the bedroom, a sick man was still lying there.
In fact, Zhao Cheng had already woken up, and Zhang Mushroom woke up before he put on makeup on his face.
He didn't know what was going on outside, but he had guessed something about it.
I also understand the purpose of Zhang Mushroom Liang.
"Alas~"
Zhao Cheng felt very uncomfortable in his heart.
Is this girl stupid, stupid, or stupid?
This is a life-saving grace, how can it be repaid?!
Zhang Fenxiu made egg porridge, and when she came out of the kitchen, she saw those officials going door-to-door along the riverbank, and she was shocked in her heart, and she almost couldn't hold the bowl in her hand.
After a few minutes of staring, I realized that the men had gone in the other direction.
Only then did I suddenly understand that the location of my home was not within the scope of the touch, and I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart.
She pretended to be fine, and brought the porridge into the boudoir.
"Brother Qin, are you awake?"
She put the porridge on the table, walked over and lifted the curtain, and saw Zhao Cheng staring at her with a pair of eyes.
"Ah, you're awake, I made egg porridge, do you want to drink some?"
The little girl was startled and looked at Zhao Cheng in surprise.
This is Zhao Cheng's new look, and it is also her masterpiece, she is very satisfied, but her face is painted a little pale, as if she has been sick for several days.
"Yes, Fen Xiu did it on purpose, how can I live up to your kindness?"
Zhao Cheng pretended to be indifferent and was extremely grateful to this girl.
Gratitude is not only for this egg porridge, but also for her acceptance and care.
This friendship is hard to repay!
After "sharing the same bed", the relationship between the two is a little less rusty.
Even in the face of Zhao Cheng's words, the little girl could accept it calmly, with a hint of shyness, and served him a bowl of egg porridge.
"Ah~Open your mouth~"
Zhang Mushroom Liang was cultivating the details, preparing to play a trick and feed Zhao Cheng in person.
After a few more mouthfuls, the sound of "bump" startled them.
I saw that the door of the boudoir was violently pushed open, and three or four people who were eating the official's meal broke in.
With a hint of evil.
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Boom
Set the bowls
Rice
Hungry, hungry