After Xu Youwei and the girl were separated, the girl walked to the gate of her house, pushed open the courtyard door, turned around and smiled at him, and then walked into the courtyard with light steps, turned around and gently closed the door. Xu Youwei has not been here for a long time, and most of the neighbors around him don't know him. He didn't expect that there was such a beautiful woman living opposite his house. Seeing that the girl's figure had disappeared, he couldn't help but feel a little melancholy in his heart, reluctantly withdrew his gaze, walked to the door of his house, opened the door and walked in.

The mansion rented by Xu Youwei is not large, with only two main houses and a fire kitchen. He went into the fire kitchen, warmed up the rest of the meal from the previous night, and after a hurried meal, he went to rest on the bed, and in the afternoon he had to go to the granary to be on duty.

At the end of the next day, Xu Youwei came back from the granary and saw the woman carrying firewood at the door. There are no mountains around Baibi City, so there are few villagers who come to the city to sell firewood, but the timber is paved with chopping firewood for sale. This kind of chopping wood is very regular, about one foot five inches long, the thickness of the mouth of a teacup, and each one is about the same size. Compared with the firewood sold by the villagers, although the price is a little more expensive, because of the long drying time, it is very dry, and it is not easy to smoke when burned.

After the city residents bought the wood, they would hire a coachman to drive the donkey cart to deliver the wood to their homes. There was a large pile of chopping wood in front of the girl's house, and she was the only one carrying it. Xu Youwei hurriedly walked over, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to help, and asked, "Why didn't the coachman help you move in?" ”

The girl straightened up, wiped a handful of fine sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, and said, "He thinks that I have given little money, so after unloading the chopping wood from the car, he drove away." Xu Youwei didn't say anything more, but helped the girl move all the chopping wood into the yard and pile it under the canopy outside the fire kitchen.

When he was done, the girl brought water from the well in a copper basin and told him to clean his hands. Xu Youwei finished washing his hands, took the towel handed over by the other party, and looked into the main room while wiping his hands, curious: "Why didn't you see your family?" Are you living alone? The girl smiled and said, "I have only one brother, who is doing business in the city, and he has to come home late every day." ”

The girl did not invite him to sit in the house, but he turned away, and as soon as he had taken a step, he suddenly remembered something, and turned back and said, "I haven't asked you what your name is?" The girl smiled and said, "You can just call me Ayu." Ayu sent him outside the courtyard gate and said, "Guanjia, thank you." Xu Youwei waved his hand unhappily and said, "A little thing, no need to thank you." ”

At noon the next day, Xu Youwei was having lunch at home, when the courtyard door was suddenly knocked twice, and the voice was very soft, like a woman knocking. He walked over and opened the door, only to see Ayu standing outside, holding a thin porcelain bowl in his hand, with a smile on his face: "Official, my brother brought back some venison yesterday, I made it, send a bowl to you to taste." Obviously, Ayu wanted to thank him for helping to carry and chop wood yesterday.

Xu Youwei happily invited her into the house. After Ayu entered the house, she put the porcelain bowl on the table, and saw that there was only a bowl of rice and a bowl of vegetables on the table, and she was a little surprised: "Official, why do you eat so simply?" Xu Youwei smiled and said, "I am an errand boy in the yamen, and I don't have time to cook, so I can only deal with it simply." ”

"Oh, the official hasn't gotten married yet? Then you should marry a woman and take good care of yourself. ”

Xu Youwei didn't answer, but said, "Ayu, have you eaten it?" When he saw Ayu nodding, he said, "Then I'll pour you a cup of tea." Ayu sat down at the table, took the teacup he handed him, took a sip and said, "Taste the venison and see how my craftsmanship is?" Xu Youwei picked up a piece with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and nodded again and again that it was delicious. When Ayu heard this, she laughed happily.

The beauty sent delicious food, which made Xu Youwei have an appetite. He swept away the clouds like the wind, and in a short time he swept away the food. After he finished eating, Ayu took the initiative to help him clean up the dishes and chopsticks and take them to the fire kitchen to wash. Xu Youwei stood behind Ayu and looked at her back. Ayu's body is graceful, her back is wide and narrow, and her black hair is draped down like a waterfall, which makes him feel beautiful. Xu Youwei silently thought in his heart: "Su Xi doesn't comb his hair, his silk hair is draped over his shoulders, and he is tactful on his knees, where is he not pitiful?" ”

Xu Youwei has already noticed that Ayu called him an official yesterday, but today he changed his name to an official. At that time, women generally called their husbands officials, and Ayu called him so, although it was only a word difference, which showed that she obviously intended to be close to him.

Xu Youwei couldn't suppress the impulse in his heart, walked up and hugged Ayu Yingying's slender waist, and hugged her tightly in his arms. Ayu didn't struggle, just stopped what she was doing. Xu Youwei put his cheek on the back of her neck, sniffed the fragrance of her hair, and said softly: "Ayu, I know, you like me, right?" Although Ayu didn't answer, Xu Youwei felt that her delicate body trembled slightly, as if her heart had moved, and she couldn't help herself.

"Ayu, you are not married, I am not married, why can't we become husband and wife?"

Ayu suppressed the turmoil in her heart and said calmly: "Official, I am a woman from a good family, and I can't get along with you. If you really want to marry me, you can go to my house tomorrow night and propose marriage to my brother in person. ”

"Okay, I'll go, I'll go!"

The next night, Xu Youwei came to the opposite house with a gift box and knocked on the door. It was Ayu who opened the door for him. After inserting the deadbolt on the door, Ayu led him into the house. As soon as Xu Youwei entered the door, he saw a man standing up from the table, this person looked to be about twenty-five or sixteen years old, of medium height, with thick dark eyebrows, bright eyes, and a short beard under his lips. As soon as he saw Xu Youwei, he smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, I have been waiting for you here for a long time. Xu Youwei hurriedly stepped forward, put the gift box on the table, and returned the salute: "Brother, disrespectful, disrespectful." ”

After the guests and hosts of the two sides sat down, Xu Youwei looked at each other and said, "Dare to ask my brother about the number?" ”

"My surname is Pan, and my name is Furu."

Xu Youwei nodded and said: "Brother Pan, I fell in love with Sister Ling Ayu at first sight, and I want to marry Qin Jin, so I came to meet my brother tonight, and I hope that my brother will be perfect." Pan Furu smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, Ming people don't do dark things, open the skylight and say bright things, I am not Ayu's brother, I am a general under Song Jingang." ”

"Huh?" When Xu Youwei heard this, he stood up in horror, "You? You ......," he turned his head to look at Ayu, who was standing aside. Ayu didn't say anything, just smiled at him charmingly.

"Mr. Xu, don't be impatient, please sit down, you listen to me finish speaking." Pan Furu said and made a "please" gesture.

Xu Youwei looked at him and glanced at Ayu again. Ayu nodded slightly at him. Xu Youwei hesitated for a while, but sat down. Pan Furu said in a calm tone: "Mr. Xu, I saw you today, I didn't have any malicious intent, I just wanted to ask you for a favor." ”

"What's the busy?"

"Help us get a batch of stuff into the granary."

"No way!"

"Mr. Xu, don't be too busy refusing." Pan Furu said and glanced at Ayu. Ayu understood, turned around and entered the back room. After a while, she brought a mahogany tray and placed it on the table. Pan Furu lifted the red silk off the tray, and it turned out to be ten yellow gold bars. The gold bars glow brightly under the candle flame. When Xu Youwei saw it, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"That's a thousand taels of gold, enough to buy a manor, a thousand acres of fertile land, and hundreds of slaves." Pan Furu said with a smile, "Mr. Xu, I know that you have a soft spot for Ayu, so you have prepared a new house in this mansion. If you agree, you can marry Ayu tonight. After the deed is completed, you can take Ayu and this thousand taels of gold, fly away, find a stable place, buy a beautiful house, be a rich man, and live happily, wouldn't you be happy? ”

Xu Youwei listened, glanced at Ayu, and then glanced at the ten gold bars, and couldn't help but feel a little moved. Pan Furu saw it in his eyes, picked up the teacup with a smile and said, "Mr. Xu, don't be busy, you can weigh it carefully." Come, please have tea. Xu Youwei took a sip of the teacup and calmed down. In all fairness, the conditions offered by the other party are indeed tempting, one thousand taels of gold, plus a fair lady, this temptation is indeed big enough, and no one can easily resist it. Although he is now an official, he is only a Si Ge from the seventh grade. At present, the world is strife, and the heroes are competing for hegemony, and it is not certain who will belong to this country in the future, but it is better to catch a ready-made one. Thinking of this, he put down the teacup and said, "Okay, I promise you!" ”

When Pan Furu heard this, he laughed and said, "Mr. Xu is really an understanding person. Well, a good night is worth a thousand gold, so I won't bother you. The matter is urgent, and Pan will set up wine again to congratulate Mr. Xu on another day. With that, he stood up, arched his hand, turned and walked out of the door, and gently closed the door.

Needless to say, Pan Furu and Ayu were both sent by Song Jingang.

Song Jingang is a smart man, he knows that the second brother is confronting him and consuming his food and grass, but he has nothing to do about it. Although Liu Wuzhou occupied a large part of the territory east of the river, he was far from establishing effective rule, and the Tang army's scattered resistance forces were still very active. Therefore, the grain of Song Jingang's tens of thousands of troops had to be transported from the far north, not only the distance was long, but the second brother often sent a small army to cut off his grain route, causing his grain supply to be intermittent. In desperation, Song Jingang could only ask the soldiers to go around to grab the food of the common people to supplement military supplies.

Of course, Song Jingang also wanted to cut off the supply of grain to the Tang army, however, the second brother garrisoned Baibi, with his back to Guanzhong, it was impossible to cut off his grain route, so he could only make up his mind on the granary. He planned to send people to Baibi City to find an opportunity to burn down the granary of the Tang army. Coincidentally, Liu Ruolan came to visit her husband in the barracks, and when she saw him with a melancholy face, she asked him why he was troubled? Song Jingang told her about his situation and his intention to send someone to burn down the Tang army's granary.

Liu Ruolan pondered for a moment and said, "My maid Ayu is smart and clever, and her appearance is beautiful, if she is sent with her, she will receive miraculous results." For the sake of her husband, Liu Ruolan can be regarded as having made a lot of money, and even contributed her personal maid.

Pan Furu took Ayu and some others to Baibi City and lurked. He found that the granary of the Tang army was heavily guarded, and it was difficult to get close to the granary, let alone enter the granary, so he had to find an inner ghost. The reason why they are eyeing Xu Youwei is not without purpose. As the saying goes, flies don't stare at seamless eggs. The fine work who was sent first told Pan Furu that Xu Youwei not only lived in a rented house, but also often took advantage of the night to change into civilian clothes and go to the Qinglou to have fun. Clearly, he was a pleasure-seeker. So, Pan Furu sent someone to spend a lot of money to let the family living opposite Xu Youwei move out and arrange for Ayu to live in......