After all, the two spent the night outside the city. The bonfire was still hot at dawn, and the two got up, washed by the stream, and then ate the dry cakes they bought in Luoshui Town on the stream, although they were not delicious, but they were full. Walking on the official road, a few miles ahead of the road is the fork in the road, there is a black boulder, on the book Qingfeng Town. In the morning, there were not many pedestrians, and the two rode horses.

The road to Qingfeng Town is mostly a mountain road built along the mountain, just enough for two horses to walk side by side. At noon, you can already see the outline of the town surrounded by mountains on three sides in the distance, which is not too big, and it is all white walls and black tiles. The fog in the mountains has not yet dissipated, and the sun shines through the mist, which is indeed like a landscape painting. Wu Xiu said: "Qingfeng Town is only a few dozen miles away from Los Angeles, and it seems that it has not been soaked in the fireworks of the big city, which is really rare." ”

Han Donglai also said: "There are mountains and rivers, and there are large areas of fertile land in the west, which is really a good place." The third child is also yes, he has to go to what army. ”

The two horsemen began to descend slowly, bypassing a large area of fertile land, and entered the town. At noon, every household lit a fire to cook, the smoke curled, some children frolicked in groups on the bluestone paved streets, because it was only the beginning of February, the weather was still a little cold, those children gasped for breath, and the white fog was boundless. The town is somewhat cold, not as prosperous as Luoshui Town, and those who like it like it like the quietness and freshness here. The two led the horses, and the horses' hooves rattled on the bluestone slabs. A middle-aged man carrying water came up to him, Wu Xiu hugged his fists and said, "Big brother, how do you get to the Cao family?"

The man looked at the two of them and replied, "It's in the town, and you're here to mourn, right?"

Wu Xiu was a little surprised: "Ben Funeral, who is the Cao family who has died." ”

The man put down his burden and wiped his sweat and said: "The two of you don't know, the boss of the Cao family died on the battlefield last year, and his mother was bedridden after receiving the news of death, and she survived the New Year, and she only went before yesterday." ”

Wu Xiu and Han Donglai glanced at each other, and Wu Xiu asked, "Big brother, can you tell me how to go?"

The man pointed, "Go straight along this road, go to the first two intersections, and the first one to the left is the Cao family, the Cao family is also considered a prestigious family in Qingfeng Town, if you can't find it, you can ask, you know." ”

The two hugged their fists in thanks and led the horses to gallop. found the gate of Cao's house, and the two found a place to tie the horse outside the door, and because there was a funeral at home, the gate was open. Wu Xiu and Han Dong came to tidy up their makeup, entered Cao's house one after the other, and after the gatehouse, it was a large courtyard, a group of people stood left and right with filial piety cloth, and when they saw the guests who were condoling, they stopped talking, and Wu Xiu and Han Donglai went straight into the main hall. Someone took the initiative to burn a few pieces of paper money in front of the coffin, Wu Xiu and Han Donglai first stood and then knelt down, kowtowed three times, and were helped up, and the man asked, "Where are the two relatives of the Cao family?"

Wu Xiu said softly: "We are Cao Jiabao's friends in the army, Jiabao has some wishes and some relics for us to go, but I don't think it's too late, Mrs. Cao has already gone." ”

The young man who had been kneeling in front of the coffin finally raised his head, his face was a little haggard and languished, and he asked: "I am Cao Jiabao's younger brother, Cao Jiarui, my brother once said when he went home to visit relatives before, there is a big brother in the army named Wu Xiu, and there are several other brothers, Han Donglai, Huang Er and Ping'er, I don't know but two?"

Wu Xiu nodded and said, "It's Wu Xiu down there, and the one next to me is Han Donglai." ”

The young man said to the old man beside him: "Second uncle, please send the two sons to the back hall to rest, and when I finish the rituals, I will lead my father over." The young man said, "Two elder brothers, I forgive you for not getting up to greet you in person, please go to the back hall to rest for a while, and I will come over after the Dharma is done." ”

Wu Xiu waved his hand, "We are brothers and sisters like Cao, if there is anything we need to do, just ask." ”

The young man said: "You have come to the Cao family from thousands of miles away, our Cao family is already grateful, and we can't trouble the two of you anymore, please go to the back hall to rest for a while." ”

Wu Xiu nodded, and had no choice but to come to the back hall with Han Dong.

On the back hall, Wu Xiu and Han Donglai put down the package, and after a while, someone brought tea, and Wu Xiu and Han Donglai drank tea silently. About an hour later, the young man dressed in linen and filial piety helped an old man into the back hall, and the old man began to cry silently when he saw the two, and the young man next to him also wept.

The young man knelt on the ground with a puff, Wu Xiu and Han Donglai hurriedly went to help, and the young man said: "Cao Jiarui thanked the two generals for the Cao family, but my eldest brother is so brave and invincible, why did he suffer this misfortune!"

Wu Xiu supported him and said, "Brother Cao, get up." Do you know how many enemies your eldest brother killed in that battle to the death? There were twenty-seven of them! When he was dying, he asked me to tell his father and mother that he had not embarrassed the Cao family! Let me also tell you, tell you to study hard, and in the future, the heavy responsibility of the Cao family's glory and glory will depend on you!"

When the old man heard this, he burst into tears, and cried out, "My son!"

Cao Jiarui also prostrate on the ground, crying loudly.

Wu Xiu and Han Donglai also knelt down, Wu Xiu said: "Old man, Cao Jiabao is our brother, we have been friends for a long time, so his father is also our father, and his brother is also our brother." The third child died early, so he didn't have time to kowtow to you. Today we will kowtow to you for the third child!" As he spoke, Wu Xiu and Han Donglai kowtowed three times in unison.

Several people supported each other and sat down. The chats were all homely, and Wu Xiu handed over Cao Jiabao's relics and military salary to Cao's father, which was a good thing. The Cao family is also a big family in Qingfeng Town, and they have some money and power, and with the current state of Wu Xiu and Han Donglai alone, they really can't help anything, and the Cao family didn't let them do anything. At the family banquet in the evening, Wu Xiu asked about the funeral, and the two decided to leave after the funeral, and promised to come to visit Cao's father and Cao Jiarui in their spare time in the future.

In the middle of the night, Wu Xiu and Han Dong came to Cao Jiarui and the three of them walked on the not wide but very clean bluestone streets in Qingfeng Town, Qingfeng Town at night was a little cool, which should have originated from the small river that passed through the town, the three of them walked side by side, walking between the white walls and black tiles, and the small bridge and flowing water. The moonlight was dim, and the three of them walked slowly with the help of the lights of the houses on both sides of the river. Cao Jiarui is still young, but he is only eighteen or nineteen years old, the eldest brother Cao Jiabao often leaves home, his parents are old, and he is the only one who maintains the family's business while studying. He's a very useful teenager.

Cao Jiarui asked, "Brother Wu, how is the commander of the Black Armor Battalion?"

Wu Xiu and Duan Tianya can't be said to be too familiar, but in the army, in the Black Armor Battalion, their relationship is not bad, Duan Tianya should be very optimistic about Wu Xiu, and often chatted with Wu Xiu about the way to use soldiers, Wu Xiu sighed and said, "General Duan has died in battle." ”

Cao Jiarui also sighed, a little embarrassed, "It's a pity." ”

Han Donglai asked, "Does Brother Cao know about the Duan family?"

Cao Jiarui nodded and said: "I can't say that I know too much, I can only say that everyone on the surface knows it." ”

Wu Xiu was a little interested, "Let's talk about it." ”

Cao Jiarui said: "This family has been a generational official family since the Great Zhou Dynasty. I'll count. He snapped his fingers and continued: "The Duan family had two prime ministers for a while, and later after the removal of the prime minister's official position, there were four of the six Shangshu and seven of the six servants, and there were many others. He paused, and then said: "There is another person who is not a big official, but who is a few points more important than the prime minister of my Great Wei, and that is Duan Busi, the dean of my Great Wei Qianyuan Academy." ”

Han Donglai asked, "Who is Duan Tianya his?"

Cao Jiarui replied: "It's Duan Busi's grandson." His father Duan Rujiang is the current Great Zhou, and of course he is also the left servant of the future Great Wei. ”

Han Donglai took a breath, "This boss is too, what kind of soldier is he going to be a soldier with such a family background, can't he just arrange it at home?"

Wu Xiudao: "It's different, everyone's pursuit is different, the General Duan I know, he doesn't look like a person who relies on his family background." ”

Han Donglai pondered: "That's right, with such a golden body, the enemy on the battlefield is always in front. ”

Cao Jiarui asked again: "Brother Wu, Second Brother Han, was Wen Ruo in the army last time King Wei went out to conquer?"

"Yes. ”

Cao Jiarui longed: "Wen Ruo is the object of admiration of us scholars, both a scholar and a god on the mountain, and now assisting King Wei, it can be said that King Wei is like a tiger with wings." I heard that in the future, any position in the Wei Kingdom, as long as Wen Ruo wants, the King of Wei will give it. ”

Han Donglai rolled his eyes, "Who did you listen to all this?"

Cao Jiarui said: "All over the country, as long as it is a reader, everyone knows it. ”

Wu Xiu said: "It's better not to believe all these hearsay things. He looked at Cao Jiarui and asked, "How are you doing now?"

Cao Jiarui smiled, "Kaichun'er is going to Los Angeles to participate in the township examination, if it can go well, I will be able to go to Xudu to participate in the examination in the second half of the year." ”

Han Donglai also read books, so he was a little envious, "How old are you, you will be sure of the township test?"

Cao Jiarui smiled: "If there is no accident, the top five are okay." ”

Han Donglai stopped talking.

Wu Xiu patted Cao Jiarui on the shoulder, "Your mother and eldest brother will definitely bless you." ”

Cao Jiarui clenched his fists, and with a heavy 'um', he suddenly asked: "Brother Wu will not be a soldier in the future, why don't you try to find a mountain sect and learn a skill." ”

Wu Xiu asked, "You also know about the monks on the mountain. ”

Cao Jiarui said with a smile: "I have read a lot of books, and I also know a thing or two." ”

Wu Xiu was interested again, "Tell me about it." ”

Cao Jiarui put one hand behind his back, and the other hand bent in front of him, it was already handsome, really like that immortal, and said leisurely: "The people on the mountain are nothing more than cultivators who have attained immortality." In the eyes of many ordinary people, they are immortals, and they are the bright stars that are out of reach. Many, many years ago, they were mysterious, they never came into contact with our people, they lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and pursued ethereal avenues. In the past 1,000 years, there have been many sects in various places, and they have begun to appear under the noses of ordinary people, such as the Qingliu Pavilion built in Xudu. They also began to come into contact with the Yamashita people, and the common people gradually got to know them, and at present, they got along quite well, and even they began to participate in Yamashita affairs. For example, Wen Ruo, the teacher of King Wei, and Duan Busi, the president of Qianyuan Academy, he is more than two hundred years old, what do you say he is not an immortal. ”

Wu Xiu nodded, "Well, I have seen with your own eyes that Second Brother Han has a fox demon who has turned into a human form and is obsessed with human life, and he loves mortals, and that fox demon can be regarded as a successful cultivator." ”

Han Donglai asked: "Then you say that the people on this mountain don't look like we look at an ant, we can be slapped to death with a slap, no, we can be pinched to death with a pinch?"

Cao Jiarui said with a smile: "You can't say that, the people on the mountain will not bully us people under the mountain for no reason, this is to suffer from God's curse." Besides, we people under the mountain may not be able to beat the people on the mountain, for example, two hundred years ago, there was a chivalrous man with a sword who broke into the mountain sect, didn't he still hit those immortals and begged for mercy!"

Han Donglai's eyes lit up and he asked, "Is this true?"

Cao Jiarui nodded, "This is true, it is recorded in the history books." I don't know exactly how to do it, I only know that in the rivers and lakes of the world, some great masters of the rivers and lakes with extremely hard fists are not afraid of those mountain people, but over the years, there have been several earth-shaking characters in the rivers and lakes, and the mountain gods have to walk around when they see them. ”

Han Donglai said: "Then how did I hear that the immortals on the mountain have the great power of calling the wind and rain, and a great master of the rivers and lakes can do it?"

Cao Jiarui said: "Maybe there is, but it should only be rare." I don't know the specifics. ”

Han Donglai smiled and said, "Good boy, I read a lot of books." Why do you want to cultivate immortals?"

Cao Jiarui shook his head, "Second Brother Han, you don't know. Half of the people who go up to the mountain to practice are poor people, such as those who couldn't afford to support their families when they were young, their parents left early, and those who were homeless and had no support, my father was still alive, and he definitely wouldn't go to practice any Taoism. ”

Wu Xiu nodded and smiled, "Cao Jiarui, what is your ideal?"

Cao Jiarui pondered: "My ideal, of course, is to win the top three, and then become an official, be a good official!"

Han Donglai patted him on the shoulder, "Then you have to come on!"

Cao Jiarui Lang said: "The road is long, I will go up and down and seek." ”

The creek trickles, and the figures bend and bend.

The three of them talked happily and walked into Cao's house.

In the early morning of the next day, Mrs. Cao went out for the funeral. The filial son Cao Jiarui wore linen and wore filial piety in front of the coffin, and Wu Xiu and Han Donglai were arranged to be the people who supported the coffin. The funeral procession was long, with gongs in front of it, and most of the procession were neighbors and close people, all holding wreaths. At the foot of the mountain, the dead are big, and today's section of the road from home to the tomb mountain is the last journey of the person in the coffin, Wu Xiu looked back at the long queue, there is such a person to send it, and it is not lonely to go.

The dead are gone, and the living are like this.

The location where Cao's mother sleeps can overlook the entire Qingfeng Town, hoping to protect future generations.

Wu Xiu and Han Donglai finished their meal at noon and left Qingfeng Town. On that high mountain road, the two of them overlooked Qingfeng Town, fresh and quiet, it was really a good place to read. The sun went down, the two returned to the official road, inquired about the location of Qianfang Town, and after summing up, the two followed the official road tonight, and first entered the fork in Qianfang Town. Sleeping in the wild at night. There are still more than 150 miles away from Qianfang Town, and it will definitely be there tomorrow morning, and it will definitely be there at night. So tonight, the two of them were not in a hurry, on the road to Qianfang Town, on the edge of a mountain stream, the two of them built a large bonfire, ate dry cakes, and drank rice wine poured from Qingfeng Town.

Late at night, quiet in the forest. The two of them gathered around the campfire, dazed, even if they were asleep.

Before spring, birds chirped and cheered, and the two woke up almost at the same time, drinking mountain stream water, eating dry cakes, packing their bags, and preparing to hurry. Fast horses, galloping, this run is more than 40 miles, both of them are sweating profusely, so happy.

At noon, the two of them had already approached Qianfang Town, but the destination of this trip was Huangjia Village, Qianfang Town, and they asked a few businessmen who came and went, but no one knew. So he continued on his way and arrived at Qianfang Town after noon. Qianfang Town has neither the bustling and lively of Luoshui, nor the fresh breeze and fresh and quiet, in short, it feels very broken, very noisy, and the houses are mainly low earthen houses, and there is no fixed pattern.

After inquiring a few passers-by, someone knew how to get to Huangjia Village. Twenty miles further north, Qianfang Town belongs to the real countryside. So the two turned their horses' heads and began to hurry, the more they went, the more worried they became, one word, poor, too poor, the villages they saw along the way were broken, and the houses were crooked, as if a storm could make those dilapidated houses flutter around. Finally, after climbing over a mountain, I saw the true face of Huangjia Village, there were only about a dozen households, all of which were earthen houses covered with thatch. Ten miles of different sounds, although most people can speak the official dialect, but some old people still speak the local dialect, and it was not easy to ask where Huang Er's home is.

Turning around, in a high place is finally seen, only three earthen houses have a fence made of bamboo at the door, and then carefully tied with vines, there are a few swaying chickens in the yard pecking back and forth, see someone scattered in all directions, next to the small earthen house should be the kitchen, in the evening, cooking smoke curling.

Wu Xiu and Han Donglai pushed open the low door made of bamboo and entered the courtyard.

"Anyone?"

After a while, out of the kitchen came out of a girl with a little black and gray face, the shabby clothes she was wearing were full of patches, her hair was also tied in a bun, there were a few strands of hair scattered on the temples, her eyes were very big and black, like a child's eyes, bright and flawless, she rolled up her sleeves, and stood at the kitchen door abruptly, a little helpless, a little out of the ordinary. She gently wiped her cheek with her wrist, turned her head slightly sideways, and asked softly, "Are you looking for someone?"

Wu Xiu and Han Donglai glanced at each other, and finally knew that the girl in front of them was a blind man, a blind man whose eyes were better than normal people's eyes, and there was no doubt that this was Huang Erjia. Wu Xiu said: "We are your father's friends, and we have some things to tell your grandmother. ”

The girl suddenly laughed, turned around and shouted, "Grandma, grandma, someone has brought news from Daddy, come out quickly." ”

Wu Xiu and Han Donglai looked at each other silently.

An elderly woman walked out of the house, hunched over, with a cane made of bamboo, and her steps staggered, obviously laboriously speeding up her pace, walking to the girl's side and looking at Wu Xiu and Han Donglai. Wu Xiu and Han Donglai also stepped forward. knelt down lightly and kowtowed three more times.

The old woman leaned on her crutches with both hands, turned her head sideways, sighed, and tried her best to suppress her crying, but in the end it was heard by the girl, who said anxiously: "Grandma, what are you crying about, what are you crying about?

Wu Xiu and Han Dong didn't get up, Wu Xiu said: "We are Huang Er's brothers in the army, Huang Er, when he was dying, we asked us to come and kowtow to you, the fourth brother, he walked very peacefully, and he didn't suffer any offense." Please be relieved by the old man and mourn smoothly. ”

The old woman took out a linen handkerchief from her arms, wiped her tears tremblingly, and nodded vigorously, "Get up, get up, go and go, just go!"

But the girl suddenly began to weep loudly, as if she had lost her soul, and she was so sad and sympathetic to the world that she crouched down, folded her arms on her knees, and rested her head on her arms, and her tears were like raging springs, and she couldn't make a sound, and cried out intermittently, 'Daddy, Daddy'

Wu Xiu and Han Donglai were a little moved, but they didn't know how to comfort them.

The old woman stroked the girl's shoulder and said softly: "Girl, don't cry, get up, your father is on duty, and the spirit of heaven will definitely bless you." "Saying that, I am going to help the girl," the girl is obedient, not crying, not crying. But she herself cried even more sadly.

Wu Xiu and Han Donglai didn't persuade them, it is normal for people to cry anyone.

The girl seemed to be a little numb, so she kept squawing there and sobbing silently, the old woman endured her grief and was busy in the kitchen, and Han Donglai helped light the fire in the kitchen. Wu Xiu sat on a chair in the courtyard and looked around.

The girl suddenly asked, "Daddy, how did he die?"

Wu Xiu thought about it for a while, and said: "That day, we killed the enemy on the battlefield and blocked several waves of the enemy's offensive, and in the end, everyone was exhausted, and without paying attention, we were injured by the enemy. ”

The girl asked again, "Is Daddy's death painful, is it ugly?"

Wu Xiu sighed, "It's not pleasant, it's not ugly." It was like sleeping and went. ”

At night, the four of them sat around the dilapidated Eight Immortals table and ate noodles, Wu Xiu took out Huang Er's military salary and pension from the package and handed them to Huang Mu.

Huang Mu asked, "Why is this so much?"

Wu Xiu then explained Huang Er's military branch and the origin of so much money, and finally asked, "Old lady, hasn't the local government informed you of Huang Er's death?"

Huang Mu shook her head.

Wu Xiu asked again: "Is half of the military salary delivered on time every month?"

Huang Mu still shook her head, "In the past two years, I sent a bag of noodles and a bag of coarse salt every month, which was just enough for our grandfather to eat. However, although I am old, I still grow some crops, raise chickens to lay eggs, go to the town every month to exchange eggs for other things, and my life is still going on. ”

Han Donglai asked: "Huang Er's monthly military salary is eighty taels, and you can eat for several years, why only have a bag of noodles and a bag of coarse salt? Also, our Black Armor Battalion is different from other military branches, and if there are elderly people in the family, the government sends people to send things over every month, and you haven't asked the local government about these things?"

Huang Mu wanted to speak and stopped, but the girl suddenly said: "I asked, but the government gives a bag of noodles and a bag of coarse salt every time, and nothing else." Moreover, we have to pay taxes every year, there is no money and no food, so we come to catch chickens, and when the chickens are gone, we come to pull the crops planted by our grandmother, and my father joined the army, and there is no man in the family, so we are always bullied. ”

Han Donglai hammered the table with his fist and scolded: "These people really deserve to die, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, deserve to die!"

Although thousands of taels of silver were sent to the Huang family, with this money, they will live a good life in the future, and even live the life of a rich family, but Huang's mother said: "Girl, tomorrow with the silver ticket, the people in the village, the family will give one, and they have received a lot of help from them over the years." Then go and ask the second master Huang at the head of the village and ask him to help make a coffin, and your father's body is not there, so let's set up a well-dressed grave for him. ”

The girl nodded and began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Han Donglai got up to help.

Wu Xiu said: "Old lady, my brother and I will stay here for a few more days, tomorrow I will go to the town to ask things clearly, and by the way, invite a few gentlemen in the town to make the fourth brother's legal affairs more solemn." The village is full of their own families, so please come over tomorrow, call a few people to help, go to the town to buy vegetables and sell meat, and everyone will send the fourth brother together in a lively manner. ”

Huang Mu nodded, "Okay, if the people are gone, you can't be reluctant to spend money, hey......"

Wu Xiu was silent for a moment and said, "Even if we are a family, if there is anything, the old lady will order, but we can't see outside." ”

Huang Mu said: "It's okay or not, there is no man in the family, one of us is old and the other is blind, I will be relieved of you here." ”

Wu Xiu remembered something and asked, "When the fourth brother was dying, he asked us to find a home for the girl, what does the old lady think?"

Huang Mu replied, "You call my son's fourth brother and fourth brother, it seems that you are only a year old, why is this?"

Wu Xiu replied: "As for me, I am the commander of the army, the rules of the army, the captain of the five-person team is the boss, and the rest are arranged according to the time of entering the black armor battalion, Huang Er is the fourth of us to join the black armor battalion, so it is the fourth among the five of us." ”

Huang Mu looked at Wu Xiu, "Are you married?"

Wu Xiu shook his head.

Huang's mother sighed: "My granddaughter has nothing to say, but her eyes have been blind since she was a child. Over the years, many people have come to propose marriage, but I am always afraid that she will be bullied, and her father is not there, so I did not agree to these things. ”

Wu Xiudao: "Now, I have some tasks on my body. If the old man takes a fancy to me, he will come back to propose when I finish the task, but what I am doing is very dangerous, and I don't know if I can come back. But my brother Han is fine, he left the army this time and wants to return to his hometown to regain his family business. However, it's just that he lost an arm, and I don't know what the old man thinks. ”

Huang Mu thought about it and said: "If you can't come back, forget it, our Huang family is the only seedling, I don't want her to be widowed in the future." As for that Han Donglai, as long as he doesn't dislike my girl, he can be good to the girl in the future, and it won't be a big deal if he breaks an arm. ”

Wu Xiu nodded, "We still have to ask the girl what she means about this matter, otherwise when the current matter is over, we will discuss it in the long run?"

Huang Mu nodded: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

The girl turned around and whispered, "Grandma, don't always call a girl, my name is Huang Dongmei, I'm nineteen!"

Winter plum. The colder it is, the more the wind and snow are pressing, and the more energetic and delicate the flowers are.

Everyone smiled slightly at this moment.

Dongmei and Han Donglai stood in the courtyard and talked about her father's affairs in the army, and they heard the conversation in the house clearly. Under the moonlight, a tall and thin young man with a broken arm, somewhat feminine, with a long sword hanging from his waist, and a blind peasant girl, like a hibiscus out of the water, not stained with lead, clear and beautiful.

It looks like a good match.

Huang Mu suddenly asked about something, and she asked, "Have you captured the Great Song Kingdom?"

Wu Xiu replied in surprise: "Now that half of it has been captured, the army of Great Wei is almost in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and taking the Song Kingdom is just around the corner." ”

Huang Mu nodded and stopped talking, but her eyes were unusually bright at that moment.

At night, the two slept in Huang Er's room, and the two whispered about tomorrow's arrangement. First, when you go to the town to find the government, you must ask the government to explain the matter clearly, or you will be beaten or killed. Second, ask the practitioner to buy what is needed for the ritual. Third, ask a few people in Huangjia Village to help buy vegetables and sell meat, and the whole village can't be sloppy in eating for a few days.

That's it, nothing to say all night.

The next day, the two got up. Unexpectedly, Dongmei got up earlier than them, and it was still noodles, but in the morning they had an extra yellow, orange and orange egg in their bowl. The noodles were delicious, and Han Donglai asked for an extra bowl. After breakfast, the two set off for the town.

Wei is different from the Song State, in the Song State there is no such thing as a town official, only a county official, called a county order. In the Great Wei Dynasty, there were only three divisions, which were cities, counties, and towns. However, listening to what Cao Jiarui said that night, in the near future, the Great Wei will definitely use the regional organization of the Great Song Dynasty, one is good at management, and the other is good at the arrangement of officials. In Dawei, the parent official of a town is equivalent to the county order of the Great Song Dynasty, but in Dawei, it is called a town official, which also belongs to the seven products.

When the two arrived in the town, the gate of the yamen was closed, which was obviously not in accordance with the laws of the Great Wei. However, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and no one is idle and bored to report these little things to a higher level of government, so the two of them began to wait, until the sun was on their heads, and no one opened the door, and when they saw the two of them opening the door, they lazily asked: "Are you here to tell your grievances?" or are you here to do something?"

Wu Xiu and Han Donglai glanced at each other, Han Donglai was better at these things, so he replied: "Both." ”

Wu Xiu didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he took out the military book, and after the man took it, he immediately led the two into the door, and he said respectfully: "The two generals are in the main hall later, I will go and inform the master." ”

After a while, a bloated middle-aged man walked out, who was undoubtedly the town official, and he asked, "Are you two here to issue a conscription notice?"

Han Donglai shook his head, he didn't bother to say anything at all, so he got straight to the point and said, "Does Huang Er from Huangjia Village know?"

The town official shook his head and called the man who looked like a housekeeper over, "Paperwork, bring the town's household registration book, and look for Huang Er from Huangjia Village." ”

The document flipped through for a while, and read: "Huang Er, Huangjia Village, Qianfang Town, Dawei Xuanwei was conscripted into the army one year. ”

The townsman sat up straight and asked, "Are you looking for him?"

Han Donglai sneered and said, "I'm not looking for him, I'm looking for you! Let me ask you, why didn't Huang Er's military salary be sent to their homes on time? Why did he only have one bag of noodles and one bag of coarse salt every month? Why didn't he even send noodles and salt all these years? Did you covet his military salary? Honestly explain how much you have been greedy over the years?!"

The town's scalp was numb by Han Donglai's questioning, and cold sweat broke out, but he still said with a straight face: "You are just a captain, an ordinary soldier, why do you question me." ”

Wu Xiu said lightly: "Then have you seen it, our army book has three big characters written on the Black Armor Battalion? If I remember correctly, the soldiers of the Black Armor Battalion of the Great Wei Dynasty are Zhiguo lieutenants according to their military positions, and the army commander is the Zhiguo captain, and the Zhiguo lieutenants are the seventh grade, and you and I are of the same rank." ”

Han Donglai was about to draw his sword, "Boss, what do you say to such a corrupt official, stabbing him with a sword, I don't want those military salaries, it can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people!"

Wu Xiu waved his hand, meaning to ask Han Donglai not to act rashly, and he said again: "Why?

The bloated townsman wiped his sweat, lowered his head and asked, "This Huang Er is also a soldier of the Black Armor Battalion?"

Han Donglai snorted coldly, "Coincidentally, yes." ”

The town official immediately stood up, walked down the hall, and suddenly knelt down, "The general spares his life, I say, I say, I say everything!"

The town officials poured beans like a bamboo tube, and 1510 told the reason for the incident. If this is the case, Huang Er's military salary is indeed greedy for him, but due to layers of exploitation, Huang Er's military salary is only eight or nine taels of silver a month, but it is also a huge amount of money, enough for a medium-sized family to eat a month's worth of white flour steamed buns.

This kind of officer should be damned.

But now you can't kill it, Han Donglai said: "All the families who have joined the army in Qianfang Town, you have to make amends for each family, and then return the money you have been greedy for all these years." If you don't have money, you have to borrow it. Give you seven days, and we'll come back then. ”

The town official nodded again and again, and sent Wu Xiu and Han Donglai to leave.

When he walked out of the gate of the yamen, Han Donglai turned around and said, "Don't take what we say as a deaf ear, I will ask when the time comes." He took a few steps forward and then turned back, "Also, the bad things you have done over the years, as long as we hear about them, we will come back to you." After crossing the threshold, Han Donglai seemed to think of something again, so he turned around again and said, "By the way, I forgot to tell you, we are very idle and have a lot of time, and some of them have time to play with you." ”

At this time, Wu Xiu thought of something again, turned around and said: "The matter between us has not been resolved, and when you finish your business, I will settle accounts with you." ”

The town official was stunned by what the two said, and cold sweat broke down one by one.

After sending the Bodhisattva away, the town official gradually calmed down, and the clerk next to him came over and asked, "Master, what should I do?"

The townsman paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his eyes gloomy, and after a long time, he turned around, frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Please, Huang Xianshi." ”

The clerk grinned, "Gotcha!"

When the two of them went out of the yamen, they inquired about the gentleman who did the work, as long as he had money, he would do things well, and tomorrow morning, the gentleman would go to Huangjia Village with the blowing music class, and the things that would do the work would also be brought over at that time. It was past noon, and the two of them casually found a restaurant to eat, and after eating, they had to wait outside the town gate for a few people from Huangjia Village to help buy vegetables.

There were three people in Huangjia Village, and a mule, two middle-aged men and a Huangkou child who was about seven or eight years old, and the child called Uncle one by one when he saw Wu Xiu and Han Donglai, obviously taught by adults on the road, but these countrymen are simple and kind, not like those deliberately flattering words, even if they are, it is understandable. Wu Xiu took out a piece of broken silver and gave it to the child, and asked the child to buy some snacks to eat, one of the middle-aged men didn't let the child pick it up, so you came and went, the child was a little unhappy, Han Donglai saw that there was no way, so he went to buy a sugar gourd, which made the child burst into tears and laughed, and finally resolved the embarrassment.

I bought a lot of vegetables, the mules were full, and the baskets behind the two middle-aged men were also full. These dishes cost more than 20 taels of silver, and looking at Wu Xiu and Han Donglai's lavish spending, the two middle-aged men were a little embarrassed.

After buying the vegetables, Han Donglai asked the three of them to go first, saying that he could catch up with them, he took Wu Xiu to a tailor shop, saying that he was adding a few clothes to the old lady and Dongmei, Wu Xiu joked that he didn't like Dongmei, Han Donglai didn't want to say. On the way back, Han Donglai asked Wu Xiu, "Boss, you said that if Dongmei is really willing to marry me, what should I do?"

Wu Xiu thought about it but shook his head, "I don't know, that's your business." ”

Han Donglai shook his head on horseback, "I don't know if Dongmei is willing to leave her hometown, if you can go back to Hanshan County with me, it would be the best, if you take her, you have to bring the old lady, this is okay." But if she doesn't want to leave her hometown, then what can she do, when will I go home and revive our Han family?"

Wu Xiu rolled his eyes, "You thought of this step now, I don't know if Dongmei has taken a fancy to you!"

Han Donglai said: "That's for sure, besides, she can't look at it." ”

Wu Xiu suddenly remembered something, so he said, "Do you know what the fourth brother said about you when he was dying?"

"How?"

"He talked about me first, saying that I was introverted and calm and a good candidate for a son-in-law, that the third child was honest and honest was also a good candidate, and that Ping'er and Dongmei were of the same age, which was not bad. said that you talked about the flower wine that time, and said that if it was really as Ping'er said, with you, his Huang family would really become a desperate person. ”

"Damn, why is this fourth child also messing around! I drank and didn't control myself that time. ”

"What, what?"

"Boss, you don't believe their nonsense, do you?"

"Then tell me the truth, is there such a thing?"

“...... Yes, but that's really uncontrollable!"

"That's it. ”

Wu Xiu sighed, "Second brother, to be honest, if you marry Dongmei, I hope you don't visit the Qinglou anymore, you must treat her well." ”

Han Donglai nodded seriously and stopped talking.

The two chatted and chatted, and caught up with the neighbors of Huangjia Village who were helping to buy vegetables. So Han Dong grabbed the horse's belly, rushed out, and shouted: "Hey, that kid, wait a minute, uncle brought you a sugar gourd......

Back in Huangjia Village, it was already evening, and Han Donglai personally cooked tonight, four dishes and one soup, as well as wine, the old lady also drank a few glasses, and Dongmei also wanted to drink but the old lady didn't let it.

It's nice to be a family together.