His Majesty once married me

Zhu Bian's trip today is not just to confirm whether Yang Dejiang's family has arrived in the capital.

Today was not Xiu Mu, Zhu Bian left the office of the Ministry of Criminal Justice under the banner of going to Huangzhuang for a private visit, and then "just in time" when Yang Dejiang's family entered the city, and "watched" them.

Now that people see it, it is time for Zhu Bian to do "business".

But what Zhu Bian didn't know was that the guy who got out of his carriage went around the city and went to a property owned by Jin Daowei, and told Jin Daowei what happened just now. Pan Wuchun, the governor of sword guards.

After listening to this person's report, Pan Wuchun immediately recorded the matter and reported it to His Majesty the Emperor.

At this time, Zhu Bian had just arrived near Huangzhuang.

Today's Huangzhuang is completely different from that at the beginning of the year.

The periphery of Huangzhuang is full of fruit trees. Although they are not thick and luxuriant enough, they are enough to block the vision of ordinary people, making it impossible for people to see through the scene on the other side of the forest at a glance.

As soon as Zhu Bian's carriage approached this fruit forest, it was stopped by the patrolling guards, and he told the driver coldly: The front is a royal forbidden area, and outsiders are forbidden to enter without permission, so he turned around and turned back.

The attitude is very rude, but that's all.

Zhu Bian got out of the carriage, came to these sergeants wearing the robes of the imperial army, and told them with a smile that he was here to visit relatives, but as soon as he said the words, these sergeants looked at them with contempt like idiots.

Zhu Bian immediately realized that there was something wrong in his words.

Zhu Bian was trying to find a way to justify himself, but these sergeants didn't want to waste time on him and hinder the patrol, leaving two people to deal with him, and the rest continued to advance along the established route.

The two people who remained did not talk nonsense to Zhu Bian, and said bluntly: "Zhu Shangshu, don't make up nonsense to fool us. If you want to enter Huangzhuang, just go back and ask His Majesty for the imperial edict. Why make things difficult for us."

Zhu Bian couldn't help being taken aback, "Do you recognize me?"

The two sergeants laughed without saying a word.

Seeing their expressions, Zhu Bian felt that this should not be a coincidence, so he simply said: "Since you all know me, then I will speak directly - I don't need to enter Huangzhuang, but I have to ask clearly about some things .”

"Zhu Shangshu, what is being implemented here is a military order. Even if you ask me about some things, I will not be able to answer them." The slightly taller sergeant cupped his hands and said, "You should go back and ask for an imperial edict, and we will know everything for sure." Words, words are endless."

"I just want to ask, is the person who disappeared around here recently captured by you?" Zhu Bian pretended not to hear.

Since the beginning of summer, people have been missing from time to time in the outskirts of the capital. After investigation by Jing Zhaofu Yin, it was found that almost all the missing people disappeared near Huangzhuang.

Jingzhao Fu Yin felt that this matter was not easy to handle, and he didn't want to alarm the emperor without knowing whether the situation was serious, so he approached Zhu Bian and asked him to help investigate.

Zhu Bian was also curious, and the informant just informed him that Yang Dejiang's family was about to arrive in the capital, so he did two things together, covering each other, and skipped work in a fair and honest manner.

Hearing Zhu Bian's question, the two sergeants didn't say yes or no.

The shorter one directly raised his hand and pointed to the fruit trees on both sides of him, "Have you seen this forest? Like you, we stopped them outside the forest and drove them away; if you don't listen Persuasion, I went into the woods privately, and even went to the other side of the woods... Hehe, then we can’t blame us."

Zhu Bian was slightly taken aback, then frowned, "Wouldn't it be the same as breaking into the palace?"

Breaking into the palace privately is a capital crime, and there is no mercy for killing.

The two sergeants did not answer, but once again emphasized their responsibilities, and asked Zhu Bian to go back and ask His Majesty the Emperor for permission.

Seeing that the two sergeants spoke very strictly and the matter seemed not so simple, Zhu Bian suppressed his curiosity and prepared to go to the palace to ask His Majesty the Emperor for clarification.

But before he turned back to the carriage, three fine horses galloped out of the Huangzhuang, on which were three eunuchs, the leader of which was the youngest, only fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Hey, Zhu Shangshu!" The young eunuch at the head immediately pulled the reins as soon as he saw Zhu Bian, stopped, then got off his horse, came to Zhu Bian, and saluted him.

"You are..." Zhu Bian felt that this person looked familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he met him.

"Our family surname is Huang, and we have the same character as Peng. We work beside Jiu Qiansui." The little eunuch Huang Peng replied with a smile.

"Huang's servant." Zhu Bian thought about it, and indeed he had seen him several times behind Ouyang, but he was short, young, and inconspicuous, and did not leave a deep impression on Zhu Bian.

"Zhu Shangshu." Huang Peng responded half-jokingly.

This sound was slightly impolite, but Huang Peng was young, his appearance was not unpleasant, and his status was quite special. Zhu Bian didn't like to care about such trivial matters, so when he heard Huang Peng's response, he just laughed it off.

Huang Peng continued to ask: "What wind brought you here? But what's the matter?"

"Do you know that people often go missing near Huangzhuang?" Zhu Bian's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked.

"Missing?" Huang Peng was taken aback for a moment, and immediately showed an expression of enlightenment, "Is this why you came?"

"Exactly." Zhu Bian nodded.

"This matter, it can't be explained clearly in a few words." Huang Peng scratched his head, "Why don't you come in with me and have a look, and I'll explain it to you slowly?"

"Can you go in?" Zhu Bian couldn't help being a little surprised, and turned to look at the two sergeants beside him, only to find that there was no surprise on their faces, as if it was a matter of course.

"Of course, you have to go through some formalities." Huang Peng added with a smile.

The procedures Huang Peng mentioned were an entry and exit registration and a confidentiality agreement.

In the entry and exit registration, besides signing Zhu Bian's name, Huang Peng, the leader of the entry, must also sign as a guarantee for Zhu Bian. The reason for the shock - not everyone is qualified to be the leader and guarantee for others.

As for the confidentiality agreement, in Zhu Bian's view, it is more like a warning, letting the signatories know what kind of punishment they will suffer after leaking the secret.

"There are still secrets here?" Zhu Bian signed his name, raised his head and asked Huang Peng.

"There is no small matter in the Tian family." Huang Peng's answer was specious.

The place where Huang Peng led Zhu Bian to sign was a house in the fruit forest.

This house is built on the side of the road, and there is nothing special about sitting north and facing south. The gate of the main hall faces the road, and there are two wing rooms on the left and right. It's a few sergeants.

The two groups seem to be very relaxed, which makes Zhu Bian feel that this place seems to be a place to rest on duty.

After signing and signing, Huang Peng left the two eunuchs he had brought along with Zhu Bian's carriage and coachman in the forest house, and led Zhu Bian himself to walk through the forest to the other end of the road.

Soon, the farmland like a picture scroll came into view.

Seeing that the autumn harvest is coming, the farmland in Huangzhuang is already full of harvest, and the growth of the crops is far stronger and taller than Zhu Bian's impression.

After just a little observation, Zhu Bian found that only a small part of the crops in the farmland were grain, and the rest were vegetables and unknown crops.

"What's growing over there?" Zhu Bian asked immediately.

"Over there?" Huang Peng glanced at Zhu Bian's pointing, and quickly replied, "Beets can be eaten, and can also be made into sugar."

"What kind of vegetable is beet?" Zhu Bian asked.

"Excuse me, Zhu Shangshu." Huang Peng chuckled, "You can ask any question, but our family can't answer it casually. However, you should know that it is a good thing just because it can make sugar."

"New crops?" Zhu Bian's heart skipped a beat, "That's why it's kept secret?"

"More than that." Huang Peng said, "There are more than one new crops planted in Huangzhuang, and some of them are not suitable for sale. But there are always some people in the world who want to take advantage of the cheap things, and want to keep them for themselves when they see good things. Of the disappearances you mentioned, at least half of them wanted to come in and steal the seeds back to grow them privately, and a quarter or a third of them wanted to steal the fruit trees back to be used as firewood, and the rest... huh, that’s it His heart can be punished."

"These people...where are they now?" Zhu Bian asked tentatively.

"Don't worry, they're all alive!" Huang Peng said, "There are many places to employ people in Huangzhuang, so they won't waste their lives at will."

"..." Zhu Bian's mouth twitched.

Just a word, why is this guy saying it so strangely?

Human life is not a thing, how can it be related to the word waste?

Zhu Bian secretly cursed that Huang Peng had already led him through the farmland, towards an area surrounded by high walls.

The defense here is obviously tighter than that of the fruit forest. The entrance and exit gates have to be registered and marked again, and there are sergeants wearing imperial robes standing guard on the high wall.

But after crossing the high wall, what Zhu Bian saw was not a military camp, but an ordinary... town.

That's right, it's Zhenzi, not Zhuangzi.

The people living inside the high walls are all ordinary people, but the houses inside are all tile-roofed houses, and there are even many two-storey buildings standing neatly on both sides of the road, among which there are shops. Nothing like what a farm should look like.

There are two main roads that intersect in a cross in the town, and the most intersecting point in the middle is a small square that can be used for gatherings.

Zhu Bian followed Huang Peng and walked along one of the streets.

However, as soon as he stepped on this road, Zhu Bian felt that the touch under his feet was a little weird. It was neither soil nor masonry, but it was harder than soil and smoother than masonry.

Looking down, Zhu Bian found that the road under his feet was gray, which looked like dried mud at first glance.

"This way..."

"Don't ask." Huang Peng laughed again, "If you ask, I can't tell."

Zhu Bian twitched the corners of his mouth, put the question back in his heart for a while, and continued to walk forward with Huang Peng.

While walking, Zhu Bian noticed another thing.

His surroundings seemed to be a little too quiet, with hardly any human voices or figures in sight.

"Is there no one living here?" Zhu Bian asked hesitantly.

"This is not a residential area." As soon as Huang Peng said that, he realized that what Zhu Bian wanted to ask might not be what he answered, and quickly explained, "Do you think there are few people here? It's working hours and everyone is busy. How can you have time to wander the streets!"

"Everyone is busy?" Zhu Bian became more and more confused, "No matter how busy you are, you can't even miss a woman or child, right? Or is it that there are only men in Huangzhuang now?"

"Women and children are busy too!" Huang Peng took it for granted, "Women have to work, children have to study, even the elderly, as long as they can walk, they have things to do right now."

"It's not time for the autumn harvest yet, is it?" Zhu Bian looked at Huang Peng in surprise, but immediately remembered what Huang Peng said just now, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and asked, "Study? In Huangzhuang?" Your child also wants to study?"