The moon is in the sky, the stars are dotted, and the road is clearly visible.

Su Yang walked on the streets of Zichuan, looking left and right, this Zichuan is naturally not more prosperous than Jinling, the sky is just dark, the whole city is dark, there are very few lights to see, entering the city, Su Yang went to the place where the lights were bright.

Originally, he gave up Wang Shunying early in the morning, Su Yang intended to come to Zichuan County during the day, write a couplet to Emperor Guan Sheng, and then take a brief tour in Zichuan, so he went back, but today he encountered the "mountain market" and stumbled Su Yang's footsteps.

Along the way, Su Yang went straight to a restaurant called "Dongxing Building", planning to stay here for a night, and then go to the Guansheng Emperor Temple and Chenghuang Temple after dawn, and then deal with official and private affairs.

As soon as I came to the restaurant, there was a running hall to usher in it, and I heard that Su Yang was here to stay, so I hurriedly invited Su Yang to go to the building.

When passing by the lobby, Su Yang saw many people dressed as soldiers drinking here.

Seeing Su Yang walk in, the eyes of these soldiers were on Su Yang together, and it was not until Su Yang entered the inner hall that he felt the eyes of these soldiers go.

"Xiao Er, why are there so many soldiers here?"

Su Yang felt strange, he had never heard of a military incident in Zichuan all the way.

Xiao Er heard Su Yang's accent, and knew that he was a foreigner, and looked at Su Yang's clothes, so he whispered: "These soldiers were left in Zichuan a year ago, a year ago, we came to Zichuan with a chief, there were many soldiers around him, and then he summoned a murderous general, this Taoist followed the general, and many soldiers also stayed, not long ago we heard that the murderous general and the Taoist chief were killed when they were in Laoshan, and these soldiers were idle in our Zichuan." ”

At this point, Xiao Er sighed and shook his head.

In these years, there are very few good things for the soldiers, these soldiers are scattered in Zichuan, just like ruffians and hooligans, eating and drinking in their restaurants every day, not checking out, often extorting outsiders, bullying and dominating the market, and molesting women, it can be said that they do all kinds of evil, but they have no way to do it.

Pu Songling commented on the difference between soldiers and bandits.

When you encounter bandits, you can resist.

You can't resist when you encounter a soldier.

Therefore soldiers are more hateful than bandits.

Cai Weiong was in the land of Qingzhou, and he was able to be intolerable by Zhang Yuanyi, because he wanted to rectify military discipline and killed a lot of arrogant soldiers, so he was not tolerated by the soldiers below, and then he made trouble with Zhang Yuanyi, and he was also intolerable by Zhang Yuanyi.

It turned out that his uncle left such a hidden danger in Zichuan.

Su Yang only understood after hearing this.

"These people have been watching me all the time, but are they going to blackmail me?"

Su Yang asked with a smile.

"The guest officer is relieved. ”

Xiao Er heard that Su Yang was worried, so he patted his chest and said: "You come to stay in our Dongxing Building, we will naturally protect you, after I go out later, these soldiers will interrogate me, and when that time comes, I will say that Gongzi is a relative of the Licheng County Order, and he came here to visit his relatives, and if he has relatives, these soldiers will not dare to act rashly." ”

Su Yang nodded, seeing that this little two was so knowledgeable, he rewarded him with two taels of silver.

Xiao Er looked at the silver in his hand, put the silver in his sleeve, brought Su Yang into the room, and waited for Su Yang to report the meal, then went outside, and when he arrived in the lobby outside, sure enough, there were three soldiers who called Xiao Er to stop, and pulled Xiao Er to their approach, asking Su Yang where he came from.

"This one inside is the relatives of Licheng County Order, came to our Zichuan here to visit relatives and friends, now it's dark, it's not easy to enter the door, just live here for a night, he also admires your military masters, I heard that your military masters are drinking here, so they took out two taels of silver, to buy wine for your military masters. ”

Xiao Er took out the silver that Su Yang handed him.

Among these soldiers, there was a man named Hua Er, who saw that there were two taels of silver, and snatched it over, looked at the silver and was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "With this silver, who wants to drink here?"

"Alas......"

Seeing this, Xiao Er was already used to it, so he informed the shopkeeper and let the shopkeeper add another account, and then all the dishes and chopsticks on the table were cleaned up.

"If this continues, your restaurant will be closed. ”

There was a voice from behind, Xiao Er turned around, and saw Su Yang standing behind, holding a wine jug in his hand, drinking with a coo, but his eyes were clear and he was not drunk at all.

"Our shopkeeper has already begun to liquidate the rural land, and is ready to close the restaurant and return to the countryside to farm. ”

The little second hand wiped the table, but sighed: "It is the Taoist priest who is with the murderous general who somehow provoked the Dragon King, on the second day of February, many of us in Zichuan went to the Dragon King Temple to burn incense, when the clay sculpture of the Dragon King opened his mouth and said [Liu Taoist is rude, the Dragon King is angry, Shandong is in a bitter drought, there is no grass on the ground, this year, the harvest is complete]. Everyone who was there at the time saw it and heard it. ”

Ordinary people farm to live, the rain situation of the year is very important, if there is a little turmoil, so that the harvest is gone, then the people will have no food.

After all, the people at this time are basically on the food and clothing line.

Liu Daoshi was rude...... Su Yang knew that the murderous general Zhang Yuanyi and his uncle had stayed here in Zichuan, but what they did in Zichuan, Su Yang didn't know anything.

Liaozhai did have a great drought in Shandong, Kangxi 21 years, bitter drought, since spring and summer, there is no grass on the red ground. On June 13, there was a light rain, and there were people who planted millet. On the 18th, the heavy rain was sown, and the beans were planted...... This is the event recorded in the article "Flood" in Liaozhai, and on June 22, it was a flood that wiped out the farmland households.

Su Yang looked at Xiao Er, seeing that he was only seventeen years old, and he was also a clever and sensible person, but since talking to him, Xiao Er had been sighing...... He probably just felt bitter, but he didn't know what the problem was.

Walking out of it, Su Yang sat at the table, asked Xiao Er to sit down, poured a glass of wine for Xiao Er, and asked for a name.

Xiao Er listened to Su Yang's question, and replied that his name was Lu Yan.

"What do you think a good day is?"

Su Yang rarely wants to talk to someone, ask Lu Yan's ideals, ask Lu Yan what kind of life he envisions, and what kind of living standard can make him feel happy.

"It's a good day to be able to marry Yuxiang. ”

Xiao Er Lu Yan listened to Su Yang's question and said without thinking.

"Yuxiang?"

Su Yang was stunned when he heard Lu Yan's living standards, and asked for details.

It turns out that this shopkeeper likes to live in the east of the city, Miss Han's maid Yuxiang, and when she saw Yuxiang, it was completely Miss Han's family who had eaten in the restaurant, and Yuxiang was serving outside at that time, and the shopkeeper had contact with Yuxiang, and in the shop, Xiaoer said that this Yuxiang is a girl who understands poetry and books, is very smart, and is very beautiful, treats him very kindly, and is well organized inside and out.

Since Lu Yan and Yuxiang met, a heart flew to Yuxiang, and when he dreamed, he often had Yuxiang, and listening to what Lu Yan said, it was in a dream, when he was with Yuxiang, he just walked side by side, or Yuxiang said a few words to him, and this made him wake up and often reminisce.

"Manly man, why do you think about this. ”

Su Yang drank and said with a smile, originally this was a poll for him to come to Zichuan, but now it seems that he has thought too much.

Lu Yan also drank a glass of wine, only to feel that his mouth was hot, and he couldn't help but stick out his tongue and gasp, and only said after a while: "I'm just a little second, what lofty ambitions and long-term prospects can I have, but it's just a pipe dream." ”

This kind of remark is not so much a clear view as a pessimistic one.

Su Yang smiled, put his left hand on the wine table, supported his face, looked at Lu Yan, and said: "Men are afraid of entering the wrong industry, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, in my opinion, you are in the wrong line at this time, I look at your face, there will be something in the future, at least you should not worry about food and clothing." ”

"Childe, will you meet?"

Lu Yan hurriedly asked.

"No, it won't. ”

Su Yang shook his head and said: "But as far as I know, the Han family in the east of the city you are talking about should be the Zichuan Wang family, and this Han family is also the surname of Zichuan. ”

The Zichuan Han family is a big family.

Hearing Su Yang say this, Lu Yan was deflated all of a sudden, originally he thought that Su Yang knew how to read appearances, so he could still have some thoughts about Su Yang's words, but now Su Yang doesn't know how to look at faces, for him it is naturally a bamboo basket to draw water, he went to marry Yuxiang, why?

The Han family would not take a fancy to him at all.

Lu Yan picked up the wine glass and drank a few sips agitatedly, although his throat was hot and his stomach was hot, but an unprecedented emotion was breeding in his heart...... Is this really the case in his life?

In a few days, Dongxing Building will be closed, and the shopkeeper will have to go back to his hometown to farm, but he has no tiles on the land rock, and there is no place to insert a needle under him, so when the shopkeeper goes back, where should he go? The money he has saved so far is not enough to go to the countryside to buy land and repair houses.

Lu Yan looked at Su Yang, only to see that Su Yang had already fallen asleep on the table, shaking the wine bottle, and seeing that there was still wine in the wine bottle, Lu Yan ignored Su Yang for the time being, and arrived at a bowl of wine, swallowing it in one gulp, burning both of his eyes were red.

Standing up, Lu Yan felt dizzy, looked out of the door, and saw Su Yang walking in from outside the door, feeling strange, and seeing Su Yang still lying on the table, he suddenly woke up, stretched out his hand, and helped his body that wanted to faint to the ground.

"It's rare that you make me so pleasing to the eye, so I went to Han's house to take a look, this jade fragrant girl of yours is really good. ”

Su Yang helped Lu Yan and said with a smile: "In my opinion, the two of you have a husband and wife relationship." ”

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