Li Chengtang was shocked when he heard this, the private placement of soldiers and horses is a big crime of rebellion, how could the imperial court allow it? Doesn't the local government care?

Ye San sighed, and told Li Chengtang in detail about the situation here.

Fuping belongs to Changshan County, Zhenzhou, is the intersection of four districts and nine counties, originally pedestrians and businessmen are many, is a rich place. But since Changshan County changed the county guard two years ago, Fuping has been in a bad situation, and the two ends of the three days have been here to catch strong men and recruit soldiers, but the people have never heard of a big battle in the court. In the end, the strong men were caught on the heads of the passing merchants, and many merchants took a detour to other routes after learning about it. Locals have also moved out of the area.

Ye San said: "In fact, recruiting soldiers is not terrible, in previous years, the imperial court also recruited soldiers, but this time the recruitment is a bit abnormal, the recruited soldiers do not know where they went, although there are also soldiers who are sent home, but after being recruited, they do not see any news, and they do not know life and death, which makes people panic and speculate." ”

He continued: "I also opened a tea stall before I heard some gossip, and some people speculated that they were arrested and became private soldiers, which is a rebellion, so more and more people are fleeing from this place, and this place has almost become a ghost town, and business cannot be done at all!" ”

Li Chengtang asked, "Does the government here care?" ”

Ye San said helplessly: "Fuping County ordered the county to be weak, and at the beginning I also checked where these people were recruited, but then I didn't know why I didn't ask anymore, I heard that the county guard didn't let me ask, and the county order had no choice, and ordinary people had no choice but to continue to suffer." ”

Li Chengtang said angrily: "The world is not the king's land, is this still the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the court doesn't care?" ”

Ye San said: "This place is located at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, the terrain is dangerous and secret, it can hide 100,000 strange soldiers, and the bandits are rampant, I don't know how many green forest heroes are hidden in it, the government itself does not dare to take care of it, let alone report to the court, and I heard that there are even bigger officials above to press this matter." ”

After listening to Ye San's words, Li Chengtang secretly wondered in his heart, and decided to take advantage of the past few days to find out what was going on.

A few people talked again, and Ran Jingjing told Liu Niang to remember to go to the medicine shop to prescribe some medicine to nourish qi and lungs, and let Ye San fry and serve Liu Niang for ten days in a row. Think about it, take out five taels of silver and give it to him, let him buy some New Year's expenses, and everyone will have a good New Year's Day.

Ye San has never seen so much money in his life, thank you very much, and serve carefully. I got some hot water for the two of them to wash up, and then went to arrange a room to rest.

There are three rooms in their house, one is the room where they live, one is the firewood room and kitchen, and the other is the room where the miscellaneous items are stored, but fortunately there is a bed in the utility room.

Ye San said humbly: "Young master and young grandmother live in this big house, let's move to the utility room." ”

Ran Jingjing blushed and her heart beat when she heard this. Truth be told, they've never had such a separate room. Li Chengtang was also called by him, and now he has no choice but to live in a room, and he is also a little embarrassed.

So he said: "You see that we are also ordinary people, Brother Ye don't shout at the young master and grandmother, let's live in the utility room, it will be just a few days." ”

Ye San bent down and bowed his head and said: "Yes, the young master and young grandmother must wear safer when they go out, the little one shouldn't be called that, but the young master and the young grandmother saved our whole family, and the little one should respect the young master and young grandmother." ”

His tongue twister-like remarks made Li Chengtang frown, so he had no choice but to arrange it.

Ye San took out all the covers at home when he got married, and replaced all the mattresses. Then the family moved to the utility room to rest.

Ran Jingjing looked at the brocade quilt that depicted the dragon and embroidered the phoenix, the festive spring brocade quilt, and the cheeks were as shy as pomegranates about to drip. Although she once served Li Chengtang in front of the bed without clothes, Li Chengtang was in a coma at that time, and there were familiar relatives outside, so she was alone late at night like this, sleeping in a room and a bed was not possible. Moreover, it is a red brocade quilt, which really means to get married.

Li Chengtang was upright and said: "I have wronged you, let me follow the power, I will sleep under the bed, you can sleep in the bed." ”

Ran Jingjing lowered her eyebrows and said shyly: "I am not wronged, but Brother Li dislikes Jingjing." But he said that he didn't sleep on the bed at all, and said: "Brother Li's body has not recovered, Jingjing has true qi to protect her body, and she is more resistant to cold, so you can sleep in bed." So he took some clothes and a quilt and spread them beside the bed.

Li Chengtang no longer shirked, he has been the sect master since he was a child, and he will be the master of these people in the future, so there is no need to say more polite words.

Li Chengtang first ran the method of hiding qi luck taught by Chao Ge in bed, which was his daily homework. Too void cannot be without qi, qi cannot be gathered and become all things, and all things cannot be too void without dispersing. Chao Ge's words made Li Chengtang deeply understood.

The source of all things is not absolute emptiness and nothingness. The sum of all matter and energy has always been a constant value that has never changed. What really changes is only the form in which all things exist. At the beginning, the emptiness that seemed to be empty was nothing but a state in which matter and energy dissipated to the extreme. Although it is formless, it actually contains all things in the world. And the vitality that reincarnates all things in heaven and earth is also the result of the energy hidden in the void that begins to gather.

Li Chengtang walked casually, secretly condensing the true qi that dissipated around him little by little, and the heaven and earth vitality of the space also entered his body in wisps. A trace of heat in the sea of qi swam all over the body.

Half an hour later, Li Chengtang was sweating profusely, and there was a sudden cramping pain at the heart meridian. Usually at this time, Chao Ge is next to him to guide him with his true qi, and this is the first time he has run on his own.

Ran Jingjing has been watching Li Chengtang from the side, protecting him for the Fa. At this time, I saw Li Chengtang sweating profusely, frowning and looking extremely painful. I couldn't care about being alone in a room late at night, so I went to bed in a wide coat, and I passed with a true bearing. I only felt that the meridians in Li Chengtang's body were not blocked, and it was extremely difficult to operate.

Her skills are much weaker than Chaoge, Chaoge helps Li Chengtang run Zhou Tian easily, and she has to pay her whole body to do it. In a moment, she felt that her whole body was out of strength, and she was extremely sleepy, and she fell asleep.

Li Chengtang has external force to guide, and the true qi passes through the Heart Sutra, and it comes naturally. The true qi in his body gradually gathered, and he actually had two successes. In addition to being delighted, he ran the "Xuantian Returning to the Yuan Jue" for three weeks, and completely entered a state of self-forgetfulness.

When Li Chengtang woke up, he saw Ran Jingjing sleeping on her back, knowing that she was tired of helping her luck, so he flattened her and covered her with a quilt. He continued to run the method of storing qi and gathering qi in one go.

At the end of the morning, Ran Jingjing woke up and saw that she was sleeping next to Li Chengtang with a quilt. With a delicate face, he covered his head and didn't dare to open his eyes.

Li Chengtang was cross-legged beside him, he had been practicing all night, and he felt that he had at least three successes in his body. Then he opened his eyes, he knew that Ran Jingjing had woken up, patted her and said, "Get up, Jingjing, I will pass on this method of hiding qi and luck to you, this exercise can absorb the vitality of heaven and earth, it is very beneficial to restore physical strength, and it also has a great effect on the improvement of your true qi." ”

Ran Jingjing lifted the quilt, looked beautiful and delicious, and said charmingly: "Thank you, Brother Li." ”

So, Li Chengtang passed on the "Hanging Temple" to Ran Jingjing together with his own comprehension.

Ran Jingjing practiced while listening, and Li Chengtang was guiding her, although he only had three successes, he turned into a faint wisp of true qi in Jingjing's body to guide her true qi to run.

In a few moments, Ran Jingjing already knew the basic operating route. His face was ruddy and a little blushing, he exhaled like an orchid, and said to Li Chengtang in a low voice: "Brother Li not only saved Jingjing several times, but also taught the sword to pass on the skills, and treated Jingjing like a reconstruction, if Brother Li does not dislike it, Jingjing will be my brother's in the future." ”

Li Chengtang knew what she wanted, but he was afraid that his grandfather had other arrangements and it was not easy to promise, so he didn't speak. Ran Jingjing saw that Li Chengtang was silent, but when he acquiesced, her heart was excited, and she hugged Li Chengtang with a shy face.

At this time, Ye San called out outside the door, "Young master and young grandmother, it's time to get up and have breakfast." ”

Li Chengtang was embarrassed, and pushed Ran Jingjing away when he heard the words. Ran Jingjing reluctantly let go of her hands and said, "Get up!" Then he straightened his clothes and went to open the door.

Ye San had already prepared breakfast and brought it in. He has opened a tea stall and has his own set of serving guests, and he is much more diligent and attentive than the inn's junior two. When he entered the door, he saw that Li Chengtang's complexion was better than yesterday, and he asked, "Young master and young grandmother are resting well, see what else you need to add, just give orders." ”

Li Chengtang thanked Ye San for his concern, and saw that their family had become moisturized overnight, and his words and deeds were full of hope, and he was very comforting, and asked them to have breakfast together.

Lin'er ran in early and shouted crisply: "Young master, young grandmother, Lin'er sees you coming!" "This girl fell in love with Li Chengtang and Ran Jingjing, she didn't pay so much attention to it, and she threw herself next to Ran Jingjing after she finished calling, which was very gratifying.

After breakfast, Ye San went to prepare for these days and the Spring Festival. Li Chengtang told Ran Jingjing about his preparations to investigate the illegal private conscription here.

Ran Jingjing has been much more restless than before since she entered the ninth stage of martial arts, and now she is more like a heroine. The two hit it off.

So I took Lin'er to go shopping together, ready to start from the street first.

Although Fuping is an important transportation town, it is only a county seat after all, and the area is not very large. It took them less than half a day to get there. The layout of the whole county is a linear plan, and there are two main streets in the city, which are arranged in a cross shape, and the shops are arranged on both sides, densely packed. To the southeast of the county seat is the rolling Taihang Mountains.

Judging from the layout of the shops, this place was indeed a place where merchants gathered. But now there are many shops closed, and the streets are deserted, and it is rare to see people walking by.

The three of them walked on the street and were particularly eye-catching, attracting many shopkeepers to flatter them, especially some women who got up early in the dust, seeing Li Chengtang as if they were going to swallow him alive, it can be seen that strong men are very scarce here. Ran Jingjing looked jealous and angry all the way.

Li Chengtang took them to buy a winter coat for Lin'er first, and then bought a good-looking hairpin for Ran Jingjing.

Seeing that it was noon, they finally found a teahouse. The teahouse is not big, with two floors, and there is not a table of guests inside. The tea lady was originally not very energetic, but when she saw the guests coming in, she hurriedly entertained her.

Li Chengtang sat down and asked for a pot of tea, and asked while drinking, "Xiao Er, has the business of your teahouse always been like this?" Why is there no one on the street today? ”

The tea lady put on some melon seeds and waited diligently, "The guest officer is from afar, there have been few people in the local area in the past two years, and it just so happened that today Qi members threw hydrangeas to recruit relatives, and the whole city went to see and throw hydrangeas, and there were still people on the street." ”

Ran Jingjing smiled, "Isn't Miss Qi very beautiful?" "In ancient times, only talented and beautiful women threw hydrangeas to recruit relatives when they were arrogant, and people flocked to them, so Ran Jingjing had this question.

The teaman looked at Ran Jingjing, with a flattering face, and said: "That Miss Qi family is not as good as a young grandmother, but there is a lack of young men here, and the Qi family has a lot of money, so I thought of this way and called the whole city to go in order to find a wishful man." ”

Li Chengtang thought to himself, this is an opportunity to inquire about the news, there are many big families, so you can go and find out. Asked, "Where does Qi Yuanwai's family live?" ”

Lin'er took Li Chengtang's hand and said, "Lin'er knows, Lin'er will take you there." ”

The three men went all the way south, then turned left and crossed two alleys before coming to an empty field. The empty space was already full, but most of them were over forty or fifty years old. Some young people are wearing fresh clothes and brocade furs, and they look like rich people.

Li Chengtang thought in his heart that it seemed that the rich family could avoid the pain of conscription, and he was even more angry at the forcible conscription for this place.