Chapter 69: The Fog That Can't Get Out

"Is this lord going to buy cooking cakes? My lord is so lucky, this is the old man's mother-in-law this morning's newly ground wheat, fragrant, and sprinkled with sesame seeds and sugar......"

"Yes, Uncle General, my grandmother's cakes are delicious...... a six or seven-year-old girl next to her helped the old man sell it together, looking smart and cute.

But Li Danian looked at the girl who was approaching, but his face was terrified, and he stepped back with his horse.

The horses seemed to sense the panic of their masters, and raised their hooves vigilantly, warning the little one in front of them not to approach.

The girl was so frightened by the horse that she screamed and retreated, and fell to the ground, the old man saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to pick up his granddaughter, and shouted angrily: "You soldier, if you don't buy it, you won't buy it, what are you doing to scare my granddaughter?" ”

Li Danian looked at this grandson in a daze, and saw that the old man was going to carry his granddaughter to the side of the road like the previous times, and suddenly his face turned ruthless, and he directly clamped the horse's belly, and overtook the horse and trampled towards the old man!

Although Ryoma was puzzled, he also felt the determination of his master, and rushed over without hesitation.

This dragon horse is a top-level military horse dedicated to the imperial court, its body is like an elephant, its speed is like thunder, it really moves, which old man and child dodge in a hurry?

In an instant, he was trampled into meat sauce by a huge horse's hooves in a scream!

is a good pair of grandchildren, and the death is extremely tragic.

But Li Danian, who committed the murder, was shocked.

"Dead?"

"Is it really dead like that?"

Muttering to himself, Li Danian dismounted directly, gently drew his knife and approached, and when he looked closely, the bones and flesh were the same as those of normal people who were trampled to death, as if there was no problem.

Could it be that I was wrong? Are these grandparents really just ordinary people?

But......

Li Danian looked around strangely.

The familiar scenery, the familiar road, the familiar two grandchildren, and even the familiar sky are exactly the same as when I passed by the first three times!

Three times, it's like a strange circle that can't get out, he is obviously going straight, he is sure that there is no turn halfway, but why, every time he returns to this ghost place?

See these two grandchildren?

Li Danian took a breath, looked at the little girl who was trampled to death, and finally a trace of unbearability flashed in his eyes, but he didn't look at it much, and directly got on the horse again, rushed towards the familiar front, and galloped away again.

This time, the two grandchildren died, and they won't return to the same place, right? You can't delay the military report sent by General Wei Chi to the imperial court!

Thinking like this, Li Danian ran wildly all the way, his attention was extremely concentrated, looking at the surrounding scenery, but his heart became more and more cold.

For he saw again that the sun in heaven had just risen.

But it's clear ...... By the time he left his grandfather and grandson, it was almost noon......

Once again, the surrounding scene became more and more familiar, the road was once again exactly the same as before, and there was a faint fog that was extremely disturbing, that was shrouded around ..... time at all times!

"Is this lord going to buy cooking cakes? My lord is so lucky, this is the old man's mother-in-law this morning's newly ground wheat, fragrant, and sprinkled with sesame seeds and sugar......"

The grandfather and grandson looked at him expectantly at the intersection again, the old man, the granddaughter, and the familiar smell of cooking cakes ......

Li Danian felt like he was going crazy......

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"But Lord Zhou?"

In the teahouse of a relative of Ma Erniang on Liuzhou North Street, a soft voice with a temptation made Zhou Haitao, who counted the household registration here, feel full of joy when he heard it, and when he looked up, his eyes suddenly lit up!

What a beautiful mother-in-law in the Western Regions!

"Who are you, and what are you looking for?" After taking a sip of coarse tea, Zhou Haitao asked seriously.

The woman smiled slightly, and hurriedly instructed the left and right people: "Lord Zhou is running around for the people, for me and other people in Liuzhou, it is really hard, come, make good tea for Lord Zhou." Saying that, he sat opposite Zhou Haitao's table and chair with a smile: "This is the famous snow bait in Jiangnan, can Lord Zhou taste it?" ”

"No need." Zhou Haitao lightly refused: "The official is used to drinking coarse tea, and he can't taste your fine things, if there is anything to say bluntly, the official is busy, please say it briefly......"

"Yes......" The woman blocked the two entourages with bad faces behind her with her hand, and said with a smile: "The adults have worked tirelessly for the people's livelihood, which is really admirable, the concubine Ye Xiaoqian, who is now in charge of Huasheng Commercial Bank, came to find the adults this time to ask about the shops on South Street." ”

"Boss?" Zhou Haitao frowned and raised his head: "Oh, it is rumored that there is a female head of the top ten commercial houses in the south of the Yangtze River, who is Your Excellency?" ”

Damn, why does a woman grow so tall?

Zhou Haitao's tone was casual, and he was disgusted, which made the two red-clothed women in the back even more ugly when they heard this, their own family is walking in Jiangnan, even if the political envoy sees it, he is polite, you have a history of holding a Jiupin official seal in Liuzhou, what kind of arrogance are you?

"Makes the adults laugh." Ye Xiaoqian still smiled gently, and even took the initiative to pour tea for Zhou Haitao: "I saw the majesty of adults at the dock at noon today, which is really admirable." ”

"Routine fortifications, what is not imposing?" Zhou Haitao's nostrils were raised high, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and it was obvious that he was duplicitous.

"Now the soldier is as righteous and heroic as an adult, and he dares to fight on the basis of reason, and it is the first time he has seen him when he has walked south of the Yangtze River for three years, especially when the other party is still the general Chi Feihong who slaughtered the city in the north."

Uh, slaughter the city?

Zhou Haitao's face twitched, Nima, the scar-faced man slaughtered the city this morning? Didn't he say to himself earlier that this kind of wolf exterminates the boss?

But at this time, he couldn't weaken his momentum in front of a woman, Zhou Haitao put down the brush that was a little trembling and looked at the other party: "Regardless of the military affairs, they are all doing things for the imperial court, and they have to speak according to the rules and regulations of the imperial court. ”

"Really?" The woman smiled: "The state government bought the shop real estate in Liuzhou by itself, but it is not in accordance with the rules, right?" ”

"Hurry up and do the right thing!" Zhou Haitao didn't blink his eyelids, and then learned Chen Qing's tone and said: "The role of the government is to stabilize the people's livelihood, and the market has obviously collapsed after the incident in Liuzhou. ”

"Oh?"

Ye Xiaoqian was suddenly in awe, she didn't expect this new Liuzhou official to have such a long-term pattern, which she really didn't expect.

"The concubine has been taught." Ye Xiaoqian refilled a cup of tea for the other party again and asked softly: "The adults have a long-term vision, it is really a blessing for the people of Liuzhou, and now that Liuzhou has begun to return, are the adults willing to put the shops back to the people?" ”

"Naturally, you can ......" Zhou Haitao drank the tea poured by the beauty, with a leisurely face.

Special mother, I finally have a feeling of being an official.

Working under Chen Qing for a month, he really feels no different from being a junior in his father's inn, oh no, it may be even worse, because his father never owes himself wages!

If my dad knew that he had studied for so many years and ended up doing this kind of work later, I don't know if he would regret throwing so much money and sending him to the capital to take the exam.

Coming back to his senses, Zhou Haitao looked at the other party: "What?" Ye Dangjia is interested in starting? ”

Hurry up and buy it, the labor and management are finally settled!

"That's exactly what it means....." Ye Xiaoqian smiled: "I don't know if adults may call the shots?" ”

"Naturally!" The fat man raised his head and straightened his chest: "The prefect is busy with things, and the official can make decisions for such small matters!" ”

Ye Xiaoqian's eyes lit up slightly when she heard this, she just came to try her luck, but she didn't expect to really bump into it, this little fat man can really call the shots!

After entering the city, several of them naturally wanted to discuss with the prefect for the first time, but now not only the newly appointed General Wei Chi is looking for the prefect, but several important figures of the Shen family are also visiting the prefect, so they know that they are afraid that they will have to be in the back row.

In this free time, Ye Xiaoqian didn't want to waste it, so she took the time to carefully observe the movements of the state capital, and soon noticed Zhou Haitao, a little fat man.

This meatball-like guy goes in and out of the government all day long, busy before and after, and looks extremely eye-catching.

At first, I thought it was a miscellaneous job, but when I inquired, I found out that it was actually the one who received the official seal, and I was stunned for a long time.

Because it does look like an errand boy, after all, in the morning, I saw him helping Ma Erniang, a small guy who wears many hats.....

As a result, I saw a lot and found that this little fat man was in charge of a lot of things, such as household registration, dispute case records, soldier scheduling at the city gate, and cargo measurement at the wharf.....

It's really all-powerful!

I thought that I wouldn't be able to see the prefect for a while anyway, so I wanted to ask from here, after all, several of my peers hadn't noticed this guy, but I didn't expect to bump into the treasure.

"Is this true?"

"Can this official still talk nonsense?"

"No, no, I just think that you are busy with so many things, and I think that maybe someone else is in charge of the real estate thing."

The fat man twitched when he heard this: "Ye Dangjia won't ..... think that this official is a miscellaneous worker, right?" ”

"Hahaha, the adults are laughing!" Ye Xiaoqian coughed lightly, smiled to hide her embarrassment, and hurriedly poured herself a cup of tea, and then asked about the matter: "I don't know what price the government plans to sell the real estate in its hand now?" ”

"Ten thousand taels!"

"Poof!!"

"Ye Dangjia!!" Zhou Haitao wiped a handful of tea on his face, and said angrily: "Please respect yourself!" ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" Ye Dangjia hurriedly wiped it with a hand towel.

There was a beauty towel to wipe it, and the expression on the fat man's face was slightly better, and he thought that the tea just now was spit out from the beauty's mouth, and his mood was slightly better.

"Aren't ..... sir, sir?" Ye Xiaoqian asked carefully while wiping, "Ten thousand taels of one?" ”

This price is much more affordable than imagined, is this Liuzhou prefect so generous?

"What do you think?" The fat man looked at each other like an idiot: "What the official means, 10,000 taels and one flat!" ”

Ye Xiaoqian: "........."