But Shousuke is not a person who only has fame and fortune in his eyes, he didn't promise or refuse to die, he said to look at it again, everyone looked at it again, standing in this troublefree Shangjing, looking at the south that might be unlucky, and looking at it.

"Today, Your Majesty asked the Heavenly Master to divinate the hexagram and asked the Southern Celestial Phenomenon if he could be blameless this year, and the Heavenly Master said that God bless Daning, everything will be fine, and the affairs of the South will be solved easily, and it will not cause much of a problem."

Lin Piao lowered his voice: "Fart, if it's really fine, it will make people happy, but who knows whether he is divining or patting sycophants, anyway, as long as a few grains of rain fall from spring to summer, he can be regarded as accurate, and he doesn't dare to say that there will be a problem, if he really says that there will be a problem, in case he is asked to cast a spell to ask for rain, he may not be able to get it." ”

"I asked the Heavenly Master to pray for rain for the south before, and the Heavenly Master said that one is too far away to cast spells, and the other is that everything in the world has its own operating laws, and he is against the way of heaven in some cases."

"Then what do you want him to do, eat empty salary?"

Shen Hong felt that this in itself was a kind of welcome to His Majesty, and it was also the best protection for himself.

The two of them chose a path with few people to walk, and where there were no stones on the shore, the spring grass grew densely, and the shallow grass could not be covered by the boot uppers when they walked inside.

The willow has grown tender yellow buds, small tender yellow leaves, tender green leaves are embellished on the branches, Lin Piao has gradually heard more of these things during this time, and he feels that he is about to grow out of his brain, the emperor is sitting on the throne, and he has been listening to these things for almost decades, and he doesn't care much about these things, is it too numb to listen to them? Then this emperor is suitable to send the Metamorphosis.

As he walked, Lin Piao raised his eyes to look at the sky, and a small rain mist fell on his face.

"Shen Hong, it's raining."

Shen Hong also raised his head, feeling the fine and dense falling mist, and he couldn't even feel the obvious raindrops, but slowly enveloped them inside.

Lin Piao stretched out his hand and watched the thin rain mist fall on his hand until there was a layer of fine and dense water droplets.

"There is a lot of spring rain in Beijing, and it will drift a little from time to time."

"It's raining, let's go back."

Lin Feng and Wu Chi were waiting in the dark, and when they saw that it was raining, they went to buy a pair of rain gear nearby and sent it, and Shen Hong took it and opened the oil-paper umbrella to cover the heads of the two.

Lin Piao looked sideways at Shen Hong and saw that the tiny raindrops fell on his hair, which was not wet because it was too small, but only like mist, it looked fluffy on his hair.

"You wipe the water from your hair."

Shen Hong took out the handkerchief, simply wiped the water on his hair, then pinched the handkerchief, reached out to him, and wiped it for him.

The two of them walked slowly in the rain, because of the rain, there were fewer pedestrians on the road, I thought it was just a drizzle, but I didn't expect it to get heavier and heavier, and the walk in the rain turned into a run for their lives in the rain, and the two of them hid under the eaves with umbrellas.

"I don't know where Lin Feng and Wu Chi are hiding, it is estimated that they have become soup chickens." As soon as Lin Piao's words fell, he saw two soaking wet men running from the eaves opposite, it was Lin Feng and Wu Chi, who had always pursued the principle of openly protecting the two who would make their appearance shine and never show up if they were secretly protected.

Lin Feng and Wu Chi also seemed to feel a hint of ridicule and embarrassment, and said, trying to explain: "We were originally following behind, but this is too suspicious. ”

Suspecting that they were strange people, the passers-by expelled them with their eyes, and they had to follow them to find a place to hide from the rain.

Halfway through the conversation, they felt that this explanation might as well be better than not to explain, alas, like a reservoir dog who failed in a mission, the two thought to themselves.

Lin Piao waved his hand: "It's okay, let's go to the teahouse in front of us and sit down, let the shopkeeper put on a charcoal basin, drink some hot tea and roast the fire." ”

It's just that the rain is so heavy that it's probably going to get wet like this, but it's not interesting to be stuck here in this pitiful way because of the rain.

Lin Piao and Shen Hong moved first, Lin Feng and Wu Chi followed behind, there was nothing to do today, it was the afternoon relaxation time, and it was okay to rest in the teahouse and wait for the rain to stop.

They walked into the teahouse, went up to the second floor to find a secluded location, and asked the guy to get two hot charcoal basins up, and drank hot tea, roasted their hands, and felt much better.

Chapter 149

Lin Piao sat on the teahouse and roasted the fire, twilight, looking out from the window lattice, he could see the large sky in the distance and the city of Daning, following the rules of horizontal and vertical, like small squares all over the land.

The sky was full of surging clouds, the clouds were not dark in color, and the residual light penetrated through the clouds, and the thickness of each cloud could be clearly felt.

Lin Piao tilted his head: "Looking at the sky, it is estimated that it will not rain for long, it is a torrential rain, not a heavy rainstorm." ”

Shen Hong glanced at the clouds in the sky, retracted his gaze and looked at Lin Piao: "Yes, the rain should stop in a while, about a cup of tea." ”

"Then let's order some snacks so that we don't get too bored." Lin Piao beckoned, called the guy, and asked him to serve two plates of refreshments and two plates of melon seeds and peanuts.

Lin Piao grabbed a handful of melon seeds and talked about the recent weather, although the south is worth worrying about, but after all, it is a little far away from their lives, and they can't always talk about the country and the people.

"As soon as this spring rain is watered, the flowers in our yard are blessed, Lin Feng, I heard that you raised a pot of grass, it is very strange, how are they growing now."

Lin Feng was a little embarrassed: "It's not unusual, I saw it on the mountain on the outskirts of Shangjing, I think it's a medicinal herb, so I want to dig it up and raise it. ”

Wu Chi heard him say this: "Don't move out, you dug in Shanyin, you may not be able to see the sun, don't let the sun die." ”

Because they both practiced martial arts, they were good brothers in the Shen Mansion, and they talked more casually, Shen Hong and Lin Piao usually let them do things when they should do things, and they were rewarded when they should be rewarded, and they did not put up superfluous shelves, and they did not shrink when they spoke.

The four of them were talking, Wu Chi and Lin Feng were somewhat avoiding Lin Piao, and answered, but it was not good to be too enthusiastic, after all, their eyes were not blind, of course, they could see that Mrs. was special, and if Lord Shen was by his side, his attention would not leave Mrs., and it would not be good for them to be too enthusiastic.

They couldn't say it clearly, but Lord Shen and Mrs. Shen depended on each other, and Mrs. Shen was young and widowed, and Lord Shen treated him much better than others, and this matter was already more subtle, and they followed Lord Shen because they wanted to do practical things to change Daning, and they naturally turned a blind eye to Lord Shen's private affairs.

The sky was not particularly cold, and the heat of the charcoal fire dried up for a while, and the rain on the clothes dried out a lot.

When the rain had cleared and the clouds had cleared, it looked very good outside, but there was still a large amount of water on the ground, and the streets were flowing slowly on both sides, and suddenly there was the sound of horse-drawn carriages rattling, which was particularly evident in the alleys after the rain that was suddenly quiet.

Lin Piao went down from the window, didn't see where the carriage was, only heard the voice and thought, the quality of this carriage is not very good, if the wheels of the general carriage are rough, it will lead to walking on this kind of uneven stone road, the sound is extraordinarily loud, some rich and noble people's carriage wheels have to be wrapped with a thick layer of cloth, tightly wrapped by a special craftsman, the linen cloth must be wear-resistant, inside is cotton cloth and a little cotton, tightly wrapped like the original skin of the wheel, because the loss is relatively large, It should be replaced regularly every once in a while, just to keep the wheels quieter on flat ground.

Here in Shangjing, appearance, color, and sound can all reflect money, and as soon as Lin Piao listens to this voice, he can hear the feeling of not having two money.

After a while, the voice got closer and closer, and when it came to the bottom of the teahouse, the spectators in the teahouse also watched one after another, watching this novel scene and discussing one after another.

Lin Piao's judgment was not wrong, it was indeed not a good carriage, it was a prisoner cart, a simple prisoner cart, there was not even a cover, just a few wooden stakes put together, below was a thick plank, a horse in front of it was pulled, and there were seven or eight people locked up in the prisoner cart, looking like there were women and brothers, and there seemed to be men, and the dirty ones could not be seen clearly, so they could only see a rough idea.

There were so many people crowded in such a small place, and they couldn't even mix up a shrunken ticket, and they stood as if they were crowding a bus while holding on to the railing of the prisoner car.

The man who approached the railing stretched out his hand, but did not react, only hugged the wooden fence in a daze.

The car passed slowly under the teahouse, and Lin Piao thought to himself that he should not drag the prisoners from other places to Shangjing, right? If a foreign prisoner were dragged to Shangjing, what would be the case? Something must have gone wrong.

"What major case has happened in the DPRK and China recently? Suddenly so many people were arrested? Lin Piao asked.

Shen Hong lowered his eyes and stared downward: "There is no case of raiding the house and escorting it to Beijing for investigation. ”

"Then what are you going to do when you catch Shangjing?"

Shen Hong didn't speak, and Wu Chi said, "It may be selling slaves." ”

"So unsophisticated?" Lin Piao was a little surprised, going to Beijing to buy a girl brother or looking for a domestic servant is a child of a good family, the family is short of money to send to do work, the appearance must be neat and clean, and the origin must be innocent, there is still such an unsophisticated market demand in Beijing?

Wu Chi smiled, but his expression was not really smiling: "This kind of slave is not different from the maids and slaves purchased at home, after all, those are purchased seriously, even if the master's temper is bad, just beat and scold, these slaves are different." ”

Lin Feng patted Wu Chi and motioned him to stop talking, Lin Piao looked at Lin Feng: "Is it hunting or what?" ”

Lin Piao guessed that it might be some amusement of the nobles, but Lin Feng shook his head, he didn't expect that Madame could say something, and it was not a backhouse brother who didn't know anything and would cry in fear.

"Now that there is a war on the border, many people of foreign blood who originally settled in Daning have become unpopular, and if there are some industries in the family that have a foundation, it is fine, and those who are servants are only beaten and scolded by their masters, and now everyone hates strangers more and more, so there is such a business, where people buy those maids that have been discarded or resold twice, collect them, send them to Shangjing or other more prosperous places, and sell them to some families to abuse and beat them for pleasure and anger, or they can be tied to pillars. It is displayed in the bazaar, whipped by passers-by, and a copper plate can be beaten several times. ”

"......" Lin was stunned.

"They are mixed-race, and they are mixed-race who grew up in Daning, and they didn't go to the border to tie up the men of the Chuyue Department who really killed the Daning people, and beating them 10,000 times has no effect on the Yuebu, do you still have to paste the three words of the Chuyue Department on them, and whip them with a witch Gu in the air?"

Lin Feng thought for a moment: "When they beat these people, they didn't think about what they would do to affect the Moon Division, they just wanted to be happy, but they didn't mean anything to curse the witchcraft." ”

When the people on the side heard Lin Piao's words, they turned their heads and said, "This is what you think wrong, they have the same blood as the Gentiles, and counting up to three generations and those beasts, maybe they are a family, pity them for what to do." ”

Lin Piao really wanted to give him a roll of his eyes: "Why are you over there with a bad net number?" If you count the side of his Daning bloodline, dozens of generations up may still be a family with you. ”

The man was stunned: "You...... I'm too lazy to say to you, what are you doing with them like that? Could it be that you also have foreign blood? But you can't see it now? ”

"Then you're going to ask the government to arrest me? I have a household registration in Daning, let's find out who is the problem with the three generations. Lin Piao immediately made a look of being too lazy to bother with you, closed his mouth and stopped talking.

Lin Piao was a little surprised, even if the second pillar of the battlefield was here, he would not think about whipping the other party to vent his anger because the female brother in front of him had a little foreign blood, and now the people who have not been attacked by the war have a group of people who can't hold back their hands to uphold justice.

Lin Piao looked at Wu Chi and knew that since they could tell it, they all had a certain understanding of what was happening in Shangjing now: "Where will they drag those people to?" ”

Wu Chi lowered his voice: "It should be sold in their yard tomorrow." ”

After a while, another car came, and the number of people in this car was relatively small, only a few, but even if it was dirty, it could be seen that it was a few very handsome and beautiful women and brothers, because they were of mixed race, even if they were dirty, there was a kind of beauty that came out of the mud without staining.

It is probably the reason why they are more beautiful, they are not as numb as the people in the car before, but with tears in their eyes, they look up at everyone they can see along the way, hoping to ask for hope and pity.

Lin Piao's idea of heroes saving the beauty and hoeing the strong and helping the weak moved at once.

"It's so pathetic." Lin Piao looked at Shen Hong.

The caravan in front of them could be whipped to death, and the few in the back don't know what will happen...... It will only be more miserable and humiliating.

Shen Hong nodded: "Let's go down and take a look." ”

Lin Piao nodded, went downstairs and thought about it: "You walk from the side, stay away from me, anyway, there are relatively few people who know me and they are all in the back house, but you don't know how many of your names are in Beijing, just when you are a person who follows and watches the excitement." ”

Shen Hong nodded, naturally knowing that Lin Piao was for his good, otherwise Lin Piao would not be able to say something to the boss in the name of being a companion to him.

What's more, they just followed to see the situation, and since they came out to do business, they shouldn't mind this.

They followed the carriage as if they were two groups of people, and after following for a while the driver in front of them looked back and saw them, but greeted them very warmly.

"How many sons? Which one do you see? This batch has been collected for a long time, if you are interested, you should prepare the money as soon as possible, otherwise there may not be any more money later, after all, the situation is not good now, and they also know that they have to hide, so it is difficult to find such good goods. ”

Lin Piao walked two steps quickly, walked to the edge of the cage and looked at the brother and woman inside, there were four of them, all of them were very good-looking, and they all looked very young, they were all teenagers, and there would be no more than nineteen in the sky.

"These have a few colors, where did you get them?" Lin Piao inquired.

"These are all maids raised by some people's families, if there is no border war, mixed in the back house, maybe you can be a dowry maid for the young lady, or marry the young master to make a room, it is not an ordinary goods."

Lin Piao touched his chin, imitated some greasy movements, looked up and down, and then smiled: "How can this be sold?" ”

As soon as the coachman saw him like this, he knew that he was a worthy customer: "Fifty taels of silver apiece." ”

Lin Piao was shocked: "So expensive? I'm going to find a good family in our Daning, it's still beautiful, can't it be compared to these? ”

"Young master, don't think so, it's boring if you think like this, then a good family is a good family, can this be the same."

Shen Hong and Lin Feng and Wu Chi watched Lin Piao talk with relish on the side, they were all speechless for a while, I don't know why, when Mrs. touched her chin and smiled obscenely, her beauty was discounted on his face, like a rich boy who was not beaten.

The coachman looked at Shen Hong and a few of them on the other side, and saw that they didn't ask the price, only Wu Chi pretended to ask, and then looked disgusted with too expensive, and the coachman looked at the people next to him, all of them looked like serious sons, accompanying the two brothers around him to see the excitement, not like they would spend money, the coachman thought that in such a place where every inch of land is expensive in Beijing, so suddenly there were so many poor sons, and the four of them followed behind, divided into two groups, both sides were not too expensive, don't come to lower the price.

The coachman became vigilant and did not say anything, but only told Lin Piao to take another look and look more, until the car came to a remote alley, where the coachman stopped, and then drove the people out of the car with a stick, and after driving them in, he stopped Lin Piao and them outside.

"Childe, let's not go in."

Lin Piao watched the figures of the maids disappear into the door, and felt that there was no way to do anything good today, so he could only discuss it tomorrow, so he asked, "But tomorrow's charter?" ”

"Yes, I'll be here tomorrow." He lowered his voice: "Tomorrow you come quietly, a person with enough money, don't go out quietly." ”

"Don't you make a noise? You've all come here like this on the road, isn't it possible that there are still people who don't know? ”

"Alas! This is a bad statement, it is one thing for people to see us passing by, and nothing else can be seen by others, and tomorrow will be wonderful. ”

"Oh?" Lin Piao looked excited: "Tell me more? ”

"Childe, won't you know when you're here."

"You should tell me more, otherwise how would I know what a good thing is."