After leaving the Agricultural College, Han Zhen went to the surrounding countryside to inspect again.

Each village is a thriving and hot scene.

It wasn't until the evening that he stepped on the afterglow of the sunset and returned to Shaoyang Palace.

I thought that after wandering around for an afternoon, I could escape, but I didn't think that I would be arrested by Zhao Fujin and his daughters as soon as I returned to the harem.

After eating a plate of pastries with a sweet endure, and giving a high evaluation, the little girls left satisfied.

Night.

Zhao Fujin was like a little milk cat, shrinking in Han Zhen's arms.

The little girl followed Han Zhang's appearance and gently stroked her lower abdomen.

I don't know how long it took, Zhao Fujin said softly: "Husband, do you say that the slave is already pregnant with a baby?" ”

Han Zhen replied, "No." ”

"Where is this kind of thing accurate, how can the husband be so sure." Zhao Fujin pouted, a little dissatisfied with Han Zhen's answer.

Scold!

If you can get pregnant, then what the fuck is out of the ordinary.

In order to prevent Zhao Fujin from becoming pregnant, Han Zhen got outside every time.

A little girl who is only sixteen years old, pregnancy is too dangerous, and if she doesn't do it, she will die twice.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhao Fujin said to himself: "The slave Guan Suyi is a few of them, they are still virgins, and after such a long time, the husband should also be fortunate to them, the younger sisters are all lovely, don't be left out in the cold." ”

Han Zhen explained: "They are still too young, let's talk about it in a few years." ”

Zhao Fujin retorted: "It's not small, many of my father's concubines are younger than them." ”

Song Huizong is really a beast!

Han Zhen scolded secretly in his heart, and then said softly: "Your father is stupid in cultivating immortals, such a young woman, her body has not grown, how can she have sex, let alone have children." ”

Zhao Fujin sighed slightly: "My father has been a little strange recently, and I wrote a letter to the slave a while ago, but in the clouds, the slave can't understand what my father wants to say." ”

The daughter who marries out, spills the water.

Before leaving the palace, Zhao Fujin also swore a promise and persuaded Han Zhen not to rebel.

Now, it's long gone.

Han Zhen loves her, and she is not restrained by her in-laws, she is the biggest in the entire harem, playing with a group of little sisters all day long, and living a happy life.

"It's late at night, go to bed early, and I'll go back to Linzi tomorrow."

"Hmm."

Zhao Fujin responded obediently and slowly closed his eyes.

Following.

Han Zhen took Zhao Fujin and a group of female dependents, as well as a group of guards, and set off to Linzi.

During the Cold Food Festival, ancestor worship is a tradition.

The Chinese people's respect for their ancestors is far better than that of the gods and Buddhas.

A person who believes in Buddhism and Taoism may only feel sad for a while when he hears that Taoist temples and temples have been destroyed.

But if he learns that his ancestral grave has been dug up, let's see if he will fight with a knife.

……

……

Under the scorching sun.

A group of ragged homeless people walked along the official road.

In the crowd, two people stood out.

Although they are also embarrassed, these two people are dressed in Confucian robes with wide robes and large sleeves, their faces are white, and their bearing is extraordinary.

These two people are Xu Cun and Liu Mianzhi.

Fujian is thousands of miles away from Shandong, and the road is difficult and dangerous.

At first, the two of them were quite famous in Fujian, and many caravans and official ships were willing to take them on a ride.

But since the fight in Zhejiang, everything has changed.

The official ships did not buy it at all, and they could only spend money to rent civilian ships.

As a result, halfway through, they encountered water bandits, and the two of them were alert and escaped by jumping into the water in time.

Although he lost most of his belongings, his life was saved.

After this catastrophe, Xu Cun and Liu Mianzhi didn't dare to take a boat anymore, so they bought an ox cart with the only money they had.

It was also the bad luck of the two of them, and after a few days of walking, when they were sleeping in the wilderness, the old cow pulling the cart was taken away by a big worm.

Just when the two were at a loss, they happened to meet a group of displaced people who fled the famine, and after a conversation, after learning that these displaced people were going to Shandong, the two were overjoyed and joined the team of displaced people.

A few days later, they finally arrived in Chuzhou (Huai'an).

Dozens of miles north along the official road is the Huaiyang Army, which enters the Shandong boundary.

Displaced people continued to join in the process, and the team of twenty or thirty people at first has now expanded to several hundred.

Liu Mianzhi said with a sad face: "Jiangnan and Liangzhejiang are the rich places of the Great Song Dynasty, but along the way, what I have heard and seen is simply appalling, the people are poor, and the people are not living. Even Jiangnan and Liangzhejiang are like this, and the people in other states are afraid that it will be even more miserable. ”

Xu Cun sighed: "Your Majesty connived at Zhu Mian to set up the Huashi Gang in the south, and he was brutal for many years, and he was raised by Fang La. Although the imperial court dispatched the western army to suppress it quickly, the bandits were like combs, the soldiers were like grates, and the 100,000 western troops crossed the border, and the people could not please them. ”

Just as the two were talking, the old man on the side agreed: "Bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and the words of the big officials are in my heart." ”

Liu Mianzhi asked: "Does my husband have this experience?" ”

The old man said excitedly: "Don't say it, the big officials ask these people, which one has not been bullied by those thieves and the army." In the second year of Zhenghe, our county was plagued by bandits, strongmen attacked the county, and the imperial court sent troops to suppress it. But those Qiu Ba are more ruthless than bandits, and they don't even let go of pots and pans. The poor old man's eldest son, who reasoned with Naqiu Ba, was cut off with a knife, and pretended to be a bandit and took it in exchange for military merits. ”

"Alas!"

Xu Cun and Liu Mianzhi sighed, not knowing what to say.

After a moment of silence, Xu Cun asked, "Do you still have relatives in my father-in-law's family?" ”

The old man shook his head: "No, no." Last year, there was a great drought, and my mother-in-law and grandchildren also starved to death. ”

In the flat tone, there was a thick despair.

The heart is like ashes, nothing more than that.

Liu Mianzhi asked again: "Why did my husband go to Shandong?" I heard that it was occupied by anti-thieves, and the soldiers and bandits were in charge, and it was very chaotic. ”

"Fuck it!"

The old man scolded vulgarly, and then hurriedly explained: "Don't blame the official, the old man is not scolding you. Don't listen to the nonsense of those officials, Shandong is very good now, as long as you go, you will divide the land and distribute money, food and paper clothes. ”

Xu Cun looked curious and said, "How does the old man know?" ”

The old man said as a matter of course: "At first, it was the people from Wang Village who went first, and it didn't take long for a few people to come back quietly, saying that it was very good over there." Later, everyone went, and all the surrounding villages ran out, and even the people in the county town ran to work. It was already late for us, and those who went first estimated that the crops in the fields were sprouting at this time. ”

Hearing this, Xu Cun and Liu Mianzhi glanced at each other.

How did they not know that this was Han Zhen's means.

After another walk, the ranks of displaced people stopped to rest.

Taking advantage of this time, many homeless people went into the woods on the side of the road to dig wild vegetables and fruits to eat.

Xu Cun and Liu Mianzhi also joined in, the two of them are now penniless, and the dry food was also eaten yesterday, and they are hungry at the moment.

Xu Cun has never planted a field, where does he know which wild vegetables can be eaten, fortunately, Liu Mianzhi has experience in farming.

So, Xu Cun followed behind Liu Mianzhi, and what Liu Mianzhi dig, he followed to dig.

After a while, the two of them returned to the roadside with some wild vegetables and cooked them in small clay pots.

Wild vegetables with no salt and no other seasonings make it difficult to describe the taste.

Xu Cun tasted it and stopped eating.

Feeling the hunger in his belly, he had to memorize a book to distract himself.

Liu Mianzhi advised: "Brother Chengsuo, eat some more." At present, there are still dozens of miles to go from Shandong, and I don't know how many days it will take to get there. ”

"Okay."

Xu Cun thought about it and felt that it made sense.

The two of them gathered in front of the small clay pot and ate boiled wild vegetables in plain water.

After eating some wild vegetables, I finally had something at the bottom of my stomach, and I didn't feel so uncomfortable.

"Phew!"

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out.

Immediately afterwards, more than 20 bandits sprang out of the nearby forest and surrounded them.

The bandits were also ragged, and the leader was sturdy and armed with a steel knife, while the rest were armed with simple knives and some were simply sharpened bamboo poles.

There was a commotion in the ranks of the displaced people, and Xu Cun and Liu Mian secretly said that it was not good in their hearts.

The leader of the bandits played a knife flower, and said loudly: "I only ask for money and food, not to hurt my life, and obediently hand over the money and food, I will definitely not embarrass you." ”

Hearing this, the old man who had spoken to Xu Cun before stood up and said with a bitter face: "This good man, how can we have money and food, we are all bitter who can't survive haha." I beg the good man to raise his noble hand and let us live. ”

After looking up and down at the team of homeless people, and then at the wild vegetables in their clay pots, the bandit leader scolded: "Straight lady thief, it's really bad luck to meet a bunch of poor ghosts!" ”

"Third brother, there are a few little ladies who are still handsome."

Just then, one of the bandits proposed.

"Smack!"

The bandit leader slapped his backhand and scolded: "Have you forgotten how your sister died?" If we commit adultery with women, what is the difference between us and corrupt officials? ”

"Third brother, I was wrong."

The bandit covered his face, and he didn't know if it was because of this slap, or he remembered his sister, and his eyes were filled with tears.

This dialogue has reassured the displaced people a lot.

Looking at it at this moment, there are old and young bandits, and there are even a few women.

Where are these bandits, it is clearly another group of outcasts.

The bandit leader sat down on the ground and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"It's good to teach the good man to know, we are going to go to Shandong and vote for the county magistrate of Han." The old man replied truthfully.

At this time, the bandit leader found Xu Cun and Liu Mianzhi, both of whom had extraordinary bearings, and were particularly conspicuous among a group of homeless people, and couldn't help asking: "How can there be two scholars?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Cun arched his hand and said: "The two of us came from Fujian, went to Shandong to visit friends, I didn't want to be hit by water bandits on the road, and I was penniless. ”

"Oh!"

Hearing that the two were penniless, the bandit leader lost interest.

He didn't think Xu Cun would lie, if he was really rich, he would still get his turn?

I'm afraid that I will be robbed by these homeless people a long time ago.

Wealth is moving, don't think about how simple these homeless people are.

The old man asked, "This good man, can we go?" ”

"Wait!"

The leader of the bandits got up and said, "Let's go to Shandong too." ”

The old man was delighted, "That's the best." ”

With these people joining, they will not be afraid of tigers, leopards and wolves at night, and they will also have the strength to fight when they encounter other bandits.

(End of chapter)