…… Of course, she won't be blind, and she was charged three times the entrance fee to the city.

After herding the pigs into the pigsty, and handing over the money to the bookkeeper, she felt very tired and hungry, and wanted to go home and make a fire and eat the rest of the pig's head.

…… Yesterday, the pig's head meat was a little choked, why don't you make a bowl of egg soup to drink?

…… But at this time, the market is also closed, where are the eggs?

She thought about it with her intelligence of up to 20, and thought very lightly and happily that the young lady next door had a few chickens, and there must be eggs.

It's not good to just eat other people's food, why don't she exchange some food? Do you have to go to the market again?

Compared with her dilapidated small yard, although Mei Niang lives with her children, the house is quite neatly tied.

There was not even a straw stick in front of the door, it was cleanly cleaned, and unknown vegetables were planted in the courtyard, mixed with the smell of wine, wafting out.

But when she opened the door, the young lady's clothes were a little messy, and her sideburns were only pulled up and tucked away in the collar.

And the smile is so unnatural that it's almost impossible to keep it.

Seeing that she carried a small half bag of grain and explained her intention very sincerely, Meiniang gently grinded her teeth.

"The concubine is also cooking on the fire, and she can't leave the stove when she is free, and then go to the chicken coop to take a look, and if she finds a few, she will send them to Xiao Langjun, okay?"

"Of course!" She hurriedly said, "Then thank you lady!" ”

Mei Niang was in a hurry to close the door, but she couldn't see it anymore, so she hurriedly saluted, handed over the food and prepared to leave.

As the sun sets, a street gradually darkens.

The brightly lit noble mansion can still be seen clearly, and the homes of those who are reluctant to light an oil lamp are gradually disappearing into the dark.

But that's when something happened.

…… If it were to be described in DND terms, it would be "DM mysteriously threw a handful of dice and found that her passive perception threw a natural 20".

Mei Niang was a young widow who had no one in the house but a child, and even though a few domestic servants ran the winery, they all went home in the evening.

There was no fire in her small two-bedroom house, it was dim, and it was a bit reluctant to say that she was cooking.

But that's not the point,

The point is that the salted fish's eyes, which are not disturbed by the darkness at all, keenly notice that there is a man in the room.

"There's a thief in the house, right?!" 5 The charm dog exclaimed without thinking!

[You're poisonous, aren't you?! The black blade in his brain also exclaimed!

Chapter 9

It was getting darker.

The houses on both sides of the path gradually lit up a little.

The lights are not bright, after all, the cold vegetarian family always has the temperament to compare the baht, the lamp oil is expensive, and the firewood is not cheap.

In the midst of embarrassment, which dog's dog barked twice, or whose pig snorted, in these few seconds, they were all clearly heard in her ears.

As a former indiscriminate force who survived in the barren mountains and mountains for three months, she is definitely deaf and clear-sighted.

Not only that, but she could always detect the slightest hint of murderous aura - whether it was from a human or a beast.

…… But it was the first time that she had sensed murderous aura from this gentle neighbor.

…… Mei Niang's face was only distorted for a moment.

"Lang Jun must have read it wrong!" She threw the small half-sack of grain back, and was about to close the door angrily, but the courtyard door on the other side suddenly opened!

Kong Yiji's head sticks out!

The owner of the house that sold to Salted Fish is named Chen Ding, and he lives on the right side of Salted Fish's house. This person is in his early thirties, it is said that he was born in the Chen clan in Runan, and he is the nephew of the Chen Xiang clan who once served as the middle of the imperial history, and he is a serious scholar.

However, after the disaster of the party, the Chen family fell silent, and most of the Chen family followed Chen Xiang back to their hometown, but this scholar still had a little wishful thinking and stayed in Luoyang.

Although the career is not smooth, but fortunately, the reputation of the family is still there, married a lady with a considerable dowry and a lot of rules, and copies books on weekdays to make a living and mix a bowl of rice to eat, but he also feels that he is extremely noble, and when he sees his neighbors, he is easily unwilling to speak.

Therefore, when he first sold the house, such a noble family was naturally arrogant to the pig killing helper of the fourth uncle's family, and Salted Yu felt that there was no problem and didn't care.

…… But is he overzealous at the moment? Mei Niang is just a little widow who sells wine? Looking left and right can't enter his communication standards, right?

"Where's the thief?! There is in the bottom, don't worry! Chen Ding, who couldn't hear the salted fish's inner complaints, was still shouting anxiously, "Do you need to report to the official?" ”

…… Mei Niang, who wanted to close the door, also stiffened.

"Xiao Langjun misconfessed," she hurriedly made a round, "Brother Chen, don't panic." ”

"In the past few days, the Son of Heaven has been in a big business, and people are panicking, so the lady must be vigilant!"

Seeing that the enthusiastic neighbors had already run out of the door, they continued to come over to continue safety protection education, and maybe they had to help with a safety check, Mei Niangzi resolutely closed the door.

…… The door closed a little loudly.

…… After all, it is a yard that has been in the past few years, even if it is carefully maintained, this door is not very strong, and when it closes, it is "clang, clang".

But Salted Fish didn't pay attention to these details, she was recalling the moment she had just seen.

Her exclamation caused the man in the room to look over through the window with a panicked face, and the slender face that was always a little lacking in energy and listlessness fell into his eyes.

…… That's clearly the young owner's sheep's joy.

…… It turned out that it was not a thief, it was a young owner who came to deliver pork.

…… But why is door-to-door pork so mysterious?

Two or three more poked their heads out, glanced at Chen Ding, and then at her, as if comparing which of these two annoyances was less annoying, and they could gossip and ask a word or two.

…… In the end, they chose Chen Ding.

"Brother Chen, what happened just now?"

Salted fish angrily returned to his small courtyard, and slammed the courtyard door shut, also making a heavy and broken sound.

The bean lamp flickered and shimmered, and a light spark exploded.

Fan put down the needle and thread, picked up the lamp stick and picked out the lamp flower, and then glanced outside.

Chen Ding closed the courtyard door and came back, sat down on the mat again, and pretended not to see his wife's eyes.

"What happened to the widow?"

"Nothing," the scribe was slightly embarrassed, "the mistaken pig killer next door made a noise twice. ”

Fan snorted coldly.

"Misidentification? When San Lang came back from outside, he told me that the eldest man of the Yang family personally went to send a hanging of meat, which was several catties! ”

Ten-year-old San Lang is the only child of Chen Ding and Fan who has never died, but after several epidemics, his body is also very thin, at this time lying by the lamp to study, heard his mother mention his name, so he looked up and secretly glanced at his parents.

This just gave Chen Ding a reason to have a seizure.

"You don't know how to work hard all day long, you just know how to play and frolic, at a young age, you still pay attention to right and wrong!"

Fan Shi stopped sewing clothes, raised his eyes and glanced at him, "He just saw other people's pork, and he was greedy." ”

The long, thin face finally collapsed, sat aside, and continued to pick up the bamboo slips silently. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Saburo also quickly buried his head and read the book attentively.

The hall under the lamp is not actually cold, the mats are slightly damaged and the mats are carefully repaired, and a few pieces of wood are also very well maintained. On the wall hung a sword showing the identity of a scholar, the cabinet was full of bamboo slips, and two or three ornaments were placed in a few low places under the window. Chen Ding once had an old friend visit, praising its simplicity and elegance, which made people know the owner's mind at a glance.

What a mind! Fan glanced at her husband again, obviously only in his early thirties, and after years of copying books, he had already copied his back a little hunched, which was like this, and he was delusional in the daytime that one day the imperial court would be able to calm down the name of the party members and re-seal it for the officials; At night, I dislike the wife on my side for not having a soft temperament, and I have to fantasize about accepting the little widow who sells wine!

Thinking of the little widow's smiling eyes before she spoke, Fan unconsciously pinched the pants that her husband had changed out for her to sew: If it weren't for the child by her side, she would have to talk to this thief!

Sensing that his wife was in a bad mood, Chen Ding quietly looked up at her.

…… Although it is true that the family stays by this lamp at night, it is actually quite good, at least San Lang is there, and the woman always has to scruple about three points, and she can't scold anything.

The lights exploded again.

The couple subconsciously turned their attention to their son, who was studying scriptures, and felt that although they were a little poor, they were actually able to live like this.

If the new emperor ascends the throne, he can usher in a British lord, light conscription, pay attention to the people's livelihood, settle the grievances of the party, and see the world again, how good would it be?

If possible, Salted Fish wants to scold all the things she knows, what she doesn't know, what she doesn't scold, and what she hasn't scolded, including but not limited to greeting male relatives and friends, female relatives and friends, ancestors, eight generations, and generations of walls.

The newly moved house, there are few belongings, and the two empty rooms, what is there to worry about?

…… Only the pig's head that didn't finish eating!

Pig's head!!

Before she went out in the morning, she put the pig's head and the cake on the stove, and when she saw it at night, the cake was still there, and there were just a few more small footprints, but the pig's head was carefully gnawed!

Gnaw and gnaw! I don't know which damn old mouse gnawed the pig's head and didn't grasp the strength, got stuck in the crack of the bone, and left a tooth!

She felt like her soul was going to burn for a moment.

The room was dark and empty, but the rat hole was not hard to find for her, and there was a very inconspicuous convenient exit under the crack in the wall next to the stove. Pick it up with her hand, although the brick and stone mud block has affection for the mouse, it is unceremonious to her fingers, and she didn't open the hole for a long time.

Just as she was about to reach behind her back again, Blackblade preemptively interrupted her.

Have you heard of it? Rats often have more than one entrance and exit. 】

[I don't care, I've demolished a few entrances and exits.] She said coldly, "If you eat me, you have to spit it out for me." 】

【…… It turns out that today's General Cao sent you a settling-in fee, congratulations, in fact, I have already seen that this house is not happy, and it is good to rebuild it. 】

…… She froze for a moment, and the light voice of the black blade sounded in her head again.

[Oh yes, given that the little lady's house is next door, you dig a rat hole and maybe dig it to her house, are you ready? 】

【…… Tomorrow, I'll buy some rat poison. 】

[That sounds like a word," Black Blade said with satisfaction, "But don't you think about how you're going to survive tomorrow's difficulties?" 】

When the drum was beating, the gates of the city were suddenly opened.

This was followed by the sound of horses' hooves, footsteps, and the cold metal sound of armor rubbing against weapons.

She got up quietly and walked out into the courtyard, lightly unbolting the door, carefully pulling open a little crack and looking out.

In the dim skylight, the flag-bearers rode on horses, holding the Yanhan banner, and passed proudly one after another.

There was a word "Cao" written on the flag, but she looked at it for a while and didn't see Boss Cao.