[Qin] Qin Shi

Although Yanbei also has its own market, it is much colder than the prosperity and excitement of Handan.

Bai Shu walked in the market with Xi He Le, lowering his body from time to time to answer all kinds of strange questions Le asked.Compared to Xi, he is much quieter, he just looks at it, he doesn't take the initiative to speak up, and he doesn't like Le, who is optimistic about something and then asks for it.

"Xizhen doesn't want anything?" While playing with the snow-white teeth of an unknown animal in his hand, Bai Shu turned his head and asked his younger brother who was holding the other hand, "Today is a holiday, you can ask for anything Oh."

"No, thank you." Xi smiled very reservedly. He seemed to be worried about being misunderstood by Bai Shu, and explained in a hurry, "Brother is willing to take time out of his busy schedule to play with us. What a great gift. Xi hasn't traveled with my brother for a long time."

When Bai Shu dared to receive Xi, he grabbed his fingers hard, smiled and comforted him: "I usually see Xi as a thoughtful elder brother, but I don't think that he is also a child who can't live without his elder brother—" He held Le, Leaning in Xi's direction, "Or is it because Xi also wants my brother to take care of you like you take care of Le, so that's why he takes care of Le like that?"

"I like brother!" Le Ting only heard half of what he said, then turned his head and whispered to Bai Shu and Xi, "I like it the most."

Looking at his younger brother who was yelling in front of him, Xi's voice was shy, and he pretended to be impatient: "Don't meddle, go play with your toys." Xi will detour to Le Yi Push it back to its original position, from a triangle to a line again, "Don't meddle in the affairs of adults."

Considering that Xi is only a [-]-year-old child now, coupled with his reddened cheeks and eyes that dare not look at Bai Shu, these words sound particularly joyful.

"Le is not a child anymore!" Le shook the doll in his hand, "Le will be able to go to school when spring begins."

Speaking of going to school, the shyness on Xi's face quickly receded. He secretly peeked at Bai Shu, and when Bai Shu noticed his eyes, he turned his eyes away, pretending that he had never peeked.

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Bai Shu temporarily let go of Xi's hand, and rubbed the top of Xi's head, "With me, you can say anything."

Xi turned his eyes to look at Bai Shu, hesitated again and again: "After the beginning of spring, can Xi stay in Yanbei instead of returning to Handan?"

"Stay?" Bai Shu didn't expect these words, "Is it not good to be around Lin Xiang?" Although it is more of a display now, Lin Xiangru is the one who dared to threaten King Qin with He Shibi when he was young. In Zhao country, he is also a rare and highly respected gentleman, and a rare good teacher, "Did he treat you badly?"

Thinking of this possibility, Bai Shu frowned slightly, and had already started to think about how he would have a good deal with the other party if Lin Xiangru didn't do what he promised to do.

"No, no, no." Seeing that Bai Shu was about to misunderstand him, Xi hurriedly clarified, "The teacher is very good to Xi, whether it is studies or life, the teacher is very helpful to Xi..." Pause, look up, "...it's just brother, it's because of brother that the teacher accepts Xi, right?"

"What are you thinking?" Wei Wei bowed and took Xi's hand, "If I had such great ability, I would have been accepted by him as a disciple long ago, why would I have to wait until today to be stuck at the border? The days in Handan How wonderful, how can Yanbei compare to Handan, right~"

Holding Xi, continue to move forward: "It was your father who found the person for you, and it has nothing to do with me. If you really want to be grateful, then study hard and wait to come out and become a great official in the future." , How about benefiting the people of the world in return?"

"Senior official?" Le Tingren only listened to half of what he was saying, and he leaned over again, "How big an official is Second Brother going to be?"

"You little cunning," Xi made a gesture of wanting to hit when he saw this, "Why are you everywhere?"

"Second brother, you are really unreasonable," Xiao Huatou shook his head, "you are chatting on the road, and elder brother is still holding Lele, so don't you want Lele to listen to what you say? If this is the case, why should you be called Lele? Little slick, it's obviously the second brother, you want to monopolize the eldest brother, you're out of your mind!"

"That's called intentional testing." Bai Shu laughed, watching Le use herself as a shield and hide behind her legs, "Since you have a good life in Handan, then stay in Handan, Yanbei... ..." Looking away, he looked at the road that was much deserted compared to previous years, "It should be chaotic soon."

Xi didn't understand what Bai Shu meant: "Why did you mess up?"

"There's no reason for this," Bai Shu sighed, "Just look at the prices of rice, salt and oil in Yanbei today. They are about [-]% higher than in previous years, and even the price of cloth has increased."

Yanbei is inland. In this era, most of the salt is sea salt, and transportation is very difficult.This is the case even in Yanbei, let alone the grasslands in the interior.

"Chai rice sauce, vinegar and salt?" Eyelids twitched, Xi raised his head and looked at the surrounding shops, "Don't tell me you haven't noticed yet, is Yanbei a bit too deserted?"

Bai Shu knows the reason for the desolation of Yanbei now: "Because winter is coming, barbarians will go south in winter in previous years, and those families with some strength have left Yanbei to seek refuge. Or hide in small villages or ravines. One winter, come back in spring."

In previous years, with Li Mu or Lian Po sitting in the town, the people still had some confidence in Yanbei's defense, but this year Lian Po's departure was too sudden, and there has been no news from Handan, so it is reasonable to lose confidence—— You can't stop people from saving themselves.

Xi followed Lin Xiangru, the former Xiangbang of Zhao State, and naturally understood the people's livelihood of Zhao State: "What should the people do with such a high price." Come up with any effective ideas, "Does the local magistrate not care?"

"Care?" Bai Shu sneered, "Xi, if one day you can only choose one to be happy with all living beings in the world, which one do you choose?"

This disguised version of the question "Who do you save when your girlfriend and your mother fell into the water" stumped countless people in later generations, and it also stumped Xi: "Ah?" Compared with the world? And why can he influence the world?"

This novel entry point made Bai Shu laugh: "It's just a metaphor. In this way, if you want Le or, then Zhao Guo will perish. If you want Zhao Guo to continue to exist, Le will die—assuming that Le is Zhao Wang What about the bloodline that is the only one left?"

Because it involved a rebellious metaphor, Bai Shu lowered his voice to ensure that only he and Xi could hear it.At the same time, his eyes were fixed on Xi, and when he made the metaphor, he quietly tested the other party.

Xi didn't notice this: "Probably, it's the world?" He thought about it for a long time, and when Bai Shu almost forgot that he asked Xi this question, he gave the answer, "Although Le is my younger brother, if Compared with the thousands of people in this world, he is really just an insignificant person."

"Then Le will be very sad~" There is never a right or wrong answer to this question, so naturally there is no way to judge right from wrong, "Wait for Future Xi to grow up, and he will be a very good parent."

He has already been able to foresee Xi's future: "Xi will marry a wife who may not be virtuous but will definitely love you enough, and will have several children, including sons and daughters. He will become a parent official loved by the local people, with mediocre political achievements but also There won't be any great danger, and then watch the son and daughter get married and have grandchildren."

This is the most ordinary life in this era, but it is also an extremely rare life in troubled times.

"What?" Xi noticed the price of rice marked on the side of the road which was more than four times higher than the rice price in Handan, thinking about something in his heart, but he continued to quarrel with Bai Shu, "Then what if I choose music?" ? If I choose Le, what should my life look like in my brother's eyes?"

"It's nothing if." Bai Shu smiled and shook his head, "Since Xi chose Tianxia, ​​then there is only one answer, otherwise it is considered cheating."

As he said that, he looked down because he heard his name, and then looked up at himself and Xi Le again.

In this regard, Xi pursed his mouth and changed a new topic; "It's fine if you don't want to talk about it. It's just that the price of rice in Yanbei is so high?" The price really shouldn't be so high, "Can't we open a position?"

"It's already opened." Thinking of the news I overheard a few days ago, I slowly shook my head, "It's just that Yanbei has been infested by barbarians all year round, and the crop yield is not high, and it needs to be enshrined in Handan every year. There is not much food in China, but the four times now is the result of General Yanbei doing his best."

Speaking of which, it actually sounds sad.

"Then what should ordinary people do to improve their homes?" He was puzzled, "Wait, if the rice warehouse has been opened, then the rice placed in the store..."

Looking at the old rice piled up in the basket, he was puzzled: "Where did it come from?"

"Who knows," Bai Shu said, but intentionally or unintentionally, his eyes glanced at the strong men standing outside the shop, "Maybe it's the surplus food of the landlord's family."

"Surplus grain from the landlord's family?" This overly precise metaphor is easy to understand, but at the same time as he understands what Bai Shu is referring to, a wave of anger and dissatisfaction lingers in Xi's heart, "We are also the people of Yanbei, why do they use this Selling at a high price? These are obviously old grains, and they are embarrassed? No one will take care of them!"

"It's nothing to be embarrassed about," Bai Shu said hilariously, sounding very indifferent, without any trace of anger, "There is no order to stop doing this, since doing so does not violate Zhao's law—juanren Getting rich is tantamount to killing your parents—and it’s true.”

Bai Shu glanced at Xixi: "Even if you know, what can you do?"

"Brother isn't angry at all?"

"Why am I angry?" Bai Shu said indifferently, "I haven't lived my own life clearly, so I don't have time to care about others. What's more, I am not from Zhao. It doesn't matter at all."