old grace

Xie Qinghe and An Ying agreed to allocate [-] wounded soldiers to the Qingzhou government. In fact, Qingzhou's civil affairs and military affairs were completely separated.

Neither An Ying nor Shen Yu had any objection to this.An Ying was busy with military affairs all day long, so she was really too lazy to meddle in the endless nonsense, disputes and trifles. Shen Yu also hated the daily office work and encountered soldiers patrolling the city who couldn't understand the reason, and had to go to the general's mansion to seek An Ying's comment.

Now the General's Mansion and the Qingzhou Mansion are each in charge, with delineated boundaries and clear rights and responsibilities.

After resolving the matter, Xie Qinghe and Bai Zhifeng resigned from the Qingzhou Mansion. Hearing that He Bing and others had taken back Fan Zhen's body and was encoffining it for funeral preparations, he and Bai Zhifeng went to the old Hua family house.

It is unlikely that the Donglou counselors who followed Chen Qi in the Southern and Northern Wars would be short of money. It is pure humiliation for Shen Yu to insist on He Bing and others paying for the funeral.He Bing refused to pay angrily, either because he was short of money or refused to pay for Fan Zhen's funeral, or because he refused to accept the humiliation.

When he was in Qingzhou Mansion, Xie Qinghe stated that the funeral ceremony was arranged by the Chen family, and He Bing was not really poor enough to ask for alms from Mr. Xiaolang.

When Xie Qinghe and Bai Zhifeng arrived at the Hua family's old house, they were busy setting up the mourning hall inside and outside the house, and everyone was in a hurry.

Fan Zhen was not yet 30 years old, so he died young, and the counselors in the East Building who had been friends with him were crying really sadly. Many people didn't even know that Fan Zhen was dead. He Bing came back with his body to prepare For the funeral, this group of people was shocked to hear the bad news, and came to cry for the funeral one after another.

A serious person mourning is to look at the remains and recall the beauty of the old friendship, and those who are talented write a few lines of poems to express their grief.

However, if a person has read two more books and is a professional who teaches warlords how to hack people and occupy territory, his brain circuit is probably different from that of a serious person.When Xie Qinghe and Bai Zhifeng entered the door, they happened to meet Wang Du crying bitterly and poured half a jar of rice wine beside Fan Zhen's body, and agreed to be drinking friends with Fan Zhen in the next life, crying for a while.

After crying, Wang Du wiped away his tears, held the remaining half of the jar of wine, put his arms around the singer he got from somewhere, and went to play happily again.

It was Chu Ai's turn to play.

When Xie Qinghe entered the door, Chu Ai was still very normal, soberly exchanging greetings with Xie Qinghe and Bai Zhifeng.

When Wang Ducai walked out of the door, Chu Ai staggered suddenly, and rushed to Fan Zhen's spirit heartbrokenly, crying dryly: "My dear brother Dechen, you died too early. If I had known you were such a Short-lived ghost, I will give Chunji to you on the day I become a brother..."

Xie Qinghe was well-informed when he asked himself, but he was still a bit overwhelmed by the funeral ceremony at this time.

It just so happened that He Bing came out from nowhere, and Xie Qinghe and Bai Zhifeng came forward to express their condolences. His identity represented Chen Qi, and what he said was nothing more than some polite words of sorrow and hardship: "If there is any inconvenience, just don't worry about it. tell me."

He Bing was gasping for breath when Xie Qinghe bumped into him: "In such a big Qingzhou Prefecture, we couldn't find any white cloth and linen clothes for funerals, and took pictures of several cloth shops one after another, all of which were said to be sold out! Is there such a coincidence?"

"It may not be an excuse to refuse." Bai Zhifeng saw that he was agitated, and she bared her teeth and claws at Mr. Xiaolang, first to calm him down, "Qingzhou private soldiers who died outside the city cannot be buried, and most of the people in the city have relatives who secretly offer sacrifices. Business routes are blocked, all businesses are dying, and it is common for businesses to sell out. Don’t be upset, Zi Che, I will arrange this matter. It’s just a few pieces of white cloth, so there’s no need to cry to Mr. Xiaolang.”

Xie Qinghe also comforted: "This will make people go to the Fu family to inquire. His family has lived in Qingzhou for a long time, and the streets are familiar, so it is easy to distribute some funeral cloth."

The matter of the funeral cloth is easy to settle, Xie Qinghe babbled, and then asked: "I see that Mr. Fan is still lying in the hall, is the birthday material ready?"

Good coffins are not easy to come by, and most families will prepare birthday materials for the elderly.Fan Zhen's death was too unexpected, and He Bing and others were newcomers, so how could it be possible to bring the coffin with them?Most of the time, you have to ask someone with a head and a face to come forward to help borrow the birthday material.

Qingzhou is the accompanying capital of the Qin court, and there are many big families living here. Chen Jiacai is the new owner of Qingzhou, so it is easy to borrow a coffin.

"The Hua family has longevity materials in stock, and people have already sent them to carry them." He Bing said.

While talking, Xie Qinghe suddenly saw Chu Ai pulling a beautiful woman to cut someone's throat in the mourning hall, but there was no one around to stop her!

"What is Mr. Chu doing?" Xie Qinghe entered the door in twos and twos, and stopped Chu Ai at the last step, "Who is this? Why did you want to execute Mr. Fan before his soul?"

There was a trace of expectation in the woman's originally numb eyes, and she quietly hid behind Xie Qinghe's thin figure.

Chu Ai also held a short knife in his hand, the handle was inlaid with precious stones, it was a rare and gorgeous treasure.He didn't bother Xie Qinghe, and explained: "A few days ago, Dechen and I met this woman on the road. I admired her beauty and told me to take the first step into the room. Dechen was newly mourned, and his back was simple. I sent this woman down. Jiuquan and Dechen are companions, chatting with each other."

Xie Qinghe probably knew what was going on, he asked Chu Ai in the hope that he would restrain himself, how could he know that Chu Ai was so righteous!

Wang Du poured wine in front of Fan Zhenling, and Chu Ai murdered and buried him in front of Fan Zhenling!The euphemistic name is, talk about your heart!

Human life is really worthless these days, the Chen family still has a common practice of killing soldiers' wives and concubines for burial, Chu Ai wants to kill a concubine to be buried with his colleagues, it is similar to slaughtering sacrifices, ordinary untouchables are not even worth as much as cattle and horses.

Xie Qinghe couldn't stand the atmosphere of this era, but he didn't have a status that could change customs with a single edict.

"I see this woman is pitiful, so let her be spared." Xie Qinghe said.As long as he can save people, he doesn't mind being tough or soft.

Among all the people present, only Bai Zhifeng knew that Mr. Xiao Lang sympathized with women and children the most.

When Chen Qi went mad when he was assassinated and Xie Qinghe went to the east building to ask Zhan Xuanji to save him, Bai Zhifeng was playing chess with Zhan Xuanji.

He knew that Mr. Xiao Lang spoke softly, but he was afraid that his attitude would be very firm, and he was also worried that Chu Ai would not know the severity of the quarrel with Mr. Xiao Lang, so he said in a sweeping manner: "It's not good to splash blood in front of the soul. Mr. Xiao Lang Since you like this woman, take it back."

Chu Ai didn't quite understand why Mr. Xiao Lang wanted to prevent him from "sending" a woman to Fan Zhen, but after hearing Bai Zhifeng's words, he suddenly realized that Mr. Mr. Xiao Lang had taken a fancy to her? ——No one stipulates that a yellow-haired child cannot yearn for a woman, right?

Chu Ai didn't insist on giving the person to Fan Zhen anymore, put away the short knife and smiled, and said, "What Xianrui said is true, I was reckless."

Xie Qinghe couldn't teach Chu Ai that he shouldn't treat people like livestock and slaughter them for life sacrifices.People in this era all think like this, Chen Fu and Chen Qi both act like this, it is very difficult for Xie Qinghe to correct the evil deeds of others when his father's generation committed crimes.

Bai Zhifeng was talking nonsense when he said that he liked that woman, but these words were also the easiest way to solve the matter.

"Like" just like it.A mere woman can't live in such a huge palace.

Xie Qinghe didn't linger too much in the mourning hall, he didn't have much friendship with Fan Zhen, he showed up to appease people's hearts, as long as he was interested.On the way back, a crude ox cart came along, and Chun Ji, who had escaped from Chu Ai's knife, followed her back to the other palace.

Seeing that she was well dressed, Xie Qinghe thought that Chu Ai had treated her well, so he casually asked her about her background.

If you don't ask, you don't know. If you ask, you will explode.This woman named Chun Ji turned out to be the girl who worked in Yang Lin's family before Qingzhou!

Yang Lin had intended to surrender to Chen Qi very early on. After Hua Pu led the troops out of the city and was wiped out, Yang Lin led the remaining houses in Qingzhou City to surrender in Kaesong.It was An Ying who came to Qingzhou to accept the surrender at the beginning, and Yang Lin cooperated with An Ying in various handover tasks in the early days.

However, Chen Qi doesn't like Yang Lin.After Chen Qi entered Qingzhou, Yang Lin was stripped of his official uniform and completely lost power.

The Yang family couldn't protect themselves, let alone the married Chunji.

——This is the point of the matter, Chun Ji is not a lowly slave, her natal family has lost power, and her husband's family has not been convicted.

"I received news that day that my mother was seriously ill. I want to post Anmin's Ten Articles in the market. As long as it is still early in the daytime, take less followers. First, you will not violate the night ban. Second, you can only travel with three people. Go early and go early." Come back, nothing will happen..." Chun Ji said very pitifully, she firmly insisted that she abided by the Ten Rules of Anmin, as a obedient citizen, she never violated the law, and it was others who did wrong.

"On the way, I bumped into some gentlemen who were returning home drunk..." Chun Ji wiped away her tears.

There was no suspense about what happened next.

Chunji usually takes a car to go out. Anmin Ten Rules strictly limit the scale of travel for the people of Qingzhou. They cannot travel by car or sedan, and cannot travel with more than three people. Chunji is anxious to go home to visit her sick mother, and only brings two humble The house boy—even the healthy servants dare not take them to the street, for fear of being regarded as spies with ulterior motives by the soldiers patrolling the city—ran into Fan Zhen and Chu Ai, two lustful hungry ghosts.

Fan Zhen took off Chun Ji's veiled hat, and Chu Ai was also deeply moved by Chun Ji's beauty.

The two of them never asked Chun Ji's wishes, nor did they ask Chun Ji's background. In a newly descended city, all the beautiful women were sacrificial lambs, and they did not refuse to be devoured. Qualifications.

Chun Ji was so powerlessly stopped on the street, watching Fan Zhen and Chu Ai playing boxing games in the street, decided her belonging.

Xie Qinghe paused for a while holding the hot soup, and asked after a while: "Have you visited home?"

Chun Ji shook her head tearfully.

"Uncle Li, ask two people to send Chun Ji home to visit her mother." Xie Qinghe ordered.

Without waiting for Chun Ji to thank her, Xie Qinghe told her again: "You can go straight back to your husband's house. If you are afraid that someone will cause trouble again, you can come and live with me. I have no selfish desires for you, so don't worry."

Chun Ji's eyes moved slightly, and after thanking her a thousand times, she respectfully resigned.

Xie Qinghe changed to a more comfortable position and nestled under the warm quilt, thinking of this chaotic world, he sighed deeply.

It is not just the Chen family that is doing the kidnapping of women as concubines and slaves, other princes and warlords are also doing this, even the king of the Qin court took the lead in doing it.The root cause is that neither the imperial court nor local aristocratic families are able or willing to pay rewards to soldiers.

After a big victory, it should be rewarded for merit.People's desire is very simple, get promoted, get rich and marry a wife.

Qin Ting was still able to promise officials and titles, but local warlords like the Chen family didn't even get officials, they could only reward money and beauties.Where does the money come from?Where does the beauty come from?The enemy city is ahead, and everything can be beaten down.

This matter has been accumulated until now, and it is very difficult to solve.

Everyone else does it, but you don't, how can the people below figure it out?If you can't figure it out, you will rebel.

The only hope is to end this troubled world as soon as possible.

Xie Qinghe moved the small tea table out, huddled under the blanket and continued to do copywriting homework.

With Shen Yu, the god of agriculture, sitting in Qingzhou, Xie Qinghe planned to prepare some agricultural materials for Shen Yu.

Now that Chen Qi is out of his mind, Xie Qinghe intends to move the iron smelting workshop and try to get some farm tools - now that there is a war, there is a shortage of iron everywhere, and the control is extremely strict everywhere. Xie Qinghe really didn't dare to move a few years ago , I'm afraid Chen Qi will turn his face.As for whether he would "accidentally" come up with some more durable and unbreakable weapons when making farm tools... It all depends on Xie Qinghe's determination to end the troubled times as soon as possible.

In addition, he has to worry about Enzhou Shijuan who will come sooner or later.

Bai Zhifeng hasn't left yet, so she shouldn't be here so soon?

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At noon the next day, Chun Ji returned to the other palace with an infant baby in her arms.

Xie Qinghe doesn't like children very much, but the other palace is really big, Chunji brought a child back to raise, as long as he doesn't hang around in front of Xie Qinghe, he doesn't care about raising another child.

"Is this your child?" Xie Qinghe asked again.

Chun Ji hugged the child lovingly: "Yes, this is the youngest child of my concubine, born when the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant."

Xie Qinghe didn't ask any more questions, and comforted Chun Ji a few words, allowing her to live in peace in the other palace.

Chen Li was originally worried that Chunji would live with Xie Qinghe. This girl has a good background, what if she takes the opportunity to take revenge on Xiao Langjun?This made Chen Li quite anxious.Now that Chunji came in with the child in her arms, Mr. Xiao Lang really let her live far away, and Chen Li was quite satisfied.

All of a sudden, I heard Xiao Langjun asking: "After Yang Lin resigned from office, the Yang family is still in the city?"

Chen Li replied: "The Yang family lived in Qingzhou, and there is no other branch. It is said that there is a lot of silver in his treasury. When the Lord was there, he only stripped his official clothes, and never copied his property. How dare he leave at this time?" ?”

This is why it is difficult for a large family to move.The family hoarded too much money and food, and it was impossible to take them all away.

"Did someone go to his house to grab something?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Chen Li was silent for a moment, and said: "The Anmin notice was posted by General An Ying, no one dares to visit the door with great fanfare."

This is a very spiritual answer.

Before An Ying posted the Anmin Ten Rules, the whole Qingzhou was a fat sheep at the celebration banquet, and the soldiers and horses of the Chen family who entered Qingzhou could plunder the city of Qingzhou swaggeringly.At this time, even An Ying herself was the leader of the bandits.However, as soon as An Ying posted An Min's notice in the streets and alleys, the lawless celebration party was over.

The only ones who were out of control were the Donglou staff who followed Bai Zhifeng to Qingzhou, they didn't take An Ying seriously at all.

Just like Chu Ai robbing Chun Ji on the street, it's not that there is no order in Qingzhou City, but that some people are not in order.

"Is Chun Ji's mother still alive? What's wrong with her?" Xie Qinghe asked again.

Chen Li sent people to follow Chun Ji all the way, and when the guards came back, they had to report the situation to Chen Li. After hearing the report, Chen Licai still had an impression, and replied, "I'm still alive. It's a cough, and it's hard to breathe. I probably won't survive either." How long."

Xie Qinghe looked at the sky and said, "I want to visit the Yang family."

Chen Li didn't think the problem was too big: "Go and set up the car."

The Yang family's mansion is an old mansion, quite a distance from the other palace. Xie Qinghe bumped past in the car, and after all, he sighed with emotion that Qingzhou is prosperous—the road in Qingzhou is ten times smoother than that of Xiangzhou, so the carriage is not so unacceptable .

It was already mid-afternoon when the car arrived at Yang's house.When Xie Qinghe got off the car, he happened to meet a few patrolling soldiers coming out of Yang's house.

The two sides met face to face, and the soldiers patrolling the city were a little flustered.

"Why did you patrol the house? Did you find something inappropriate?" Xie Qinghe asked seemingly casually.

The servants of the Yang family were seeing off the guests. Although they didn't know Xie Qinghe, they knew that Xiao Langjun, who was escorted by hundreds of elites, had an extraordinary background. Seeing the panicked expressions on the faces of the soldiers patrolling the city, he came forward and explained: "It's snowing in the sky, a bitch! I boiled a pot of ginger soup, and invited several military masters to drink a bowl to drive away the cold."

"Yes, yes, Chengqing drank a bowl of ginger soup!" The soldiers patrolling the city hurriedly continued.

Before Xie Qinghe could speak, Chen Li's horsewhip slapped the soldier's cheek, and reprimanded him: "Listen to your motherfucker! Mr. Xiao Lang, don't hurry up and tell the truth in person! You have to invite General An to come to tell the truth?!"

The clever old soldier Youzi understood Chen Li's hint, and immediately took out a few pieces of horseshoe gold from his pocket, put them on the ground, kowtowed and said: "The villain is guilty, I came to the door today and asked for a few pieces of gold. Other than that, there is no bullying anymore!"

Chen Li's eyes swept away, and several other soldiers patrolling the city also took out the gold in their arms and kowtowed.

These years, the Chen family raised soldiers without giving money but only food. When encountering difficulties, even the food was not available, and the soldiers had to eat when they were hungry.

At this time, the soldiers patrolling the city threatened some money by using their duties, which was also tacitly approved by the superiors. If this matter was to be banned, the soldiers had to be paid in full - the reality is that there is not so much money to be distributed at all.

Since there was no massacre and only asking for some gold, Xie Qinghe couldn't deal with it too harshly: "Tell General An that I have already handed over the gold I asked for, and just punish him with a few sticks as an example. Go."

Several soldiers patrolling the city repeatedly kowtowed to thank them, and retreated scramblingly.

The servants of the Yang family had already knelt down on the ground, welcoming Xie Qinghe into the house tremblingly.With their identities, they are not qualified to speak to Xie Qinghe, nor worthy to talk to Xie Qinghe, Chen Li came forward to explain a few words, and soon the master of the Yang family came out to greet them.

"Servant Yang Yi, meet Mr. Xiao Lang." Yang Yi is a middle-aged man in his early thirties with a small beard. He is thin and elegant, with a few blisters on the corners of his mouth. He couldn't help holding his lips when he spoke. , as if worrying about tearing the bubble at the corner of his mouth.

He bowed his knees in the cold courtyard: "My father was ill and couldn't get up. This servant bows to Mr. Xiao Lang on behalf of my father."

Xie Qinghe took a serious look at him, did not ask to visit Yang Lin, and said: "I have lived in Xiangzhou for a long time and have little knowledge. The new government of Qingzhou Prefecture is eager for talents. I wonder if I am lucky enough to get acquainted with all the talented people of the Yang family?"

When these words came out, not only did Yang Yi have a complex expression, but even Chen Li felt that what he said was a bit too hypocritical.

It's just that no matter how insincere Xie Qinghe's words were, the Yang family didn't even dare to offend the soldiers patrolling the city. They honestly took out horseshoe gold to bribe them for entertainment, so how could they dare to offend the mysterious new master of Qingzhou?

Yang Yi bowed and invited Xie Qinghe into the main hall for guests, served soup and snacks, and summoned all the men from the Yang family to accompany him.

Xie Qinghe didn't find the person he imagined, but found a young man with strange bones, and asked, "Who is that?"

Yang Yi glanced at his instructions, and said, "It's the seventeenth brother of the servant, named Xi." He immediately called out, "Zi Nu, come here."

Xie Qinghe didn't know which "Xi" it was at first, but Yang Yi called the young man Zinu, and Xie Qinghe probably understood.This boy is most likely born of a concubine, and he is not very respectable, otherwise, how could his own father name the child "Xi"?

Yang Xi was originally sitting quietly in the distance, but when he heard the words, he quickly got up, kept a bowed posture and trotted all the way over, taking advantage of the situation to bow down.

Xie Qinghe looked at him quietly.

Yang Xi Fu didn't react on the ground, and Yang Yi, who was by his side, gradually began to feel uncomfortable.

——Yang Xi's body was gradually soaked with blood.

Xie Qinghe watched the wet bloody patch on his body grow bigger and bigger, and didn't ask any questions.

But Yang Yi couldn't ignore it, so he had to explain: "Zi Nu is pure filial piety. My mother has been ill for a long time, and it is difficult to sit and lie down. Zi Nu is very worried. He heard that the folk remedies in the countryside, making soup with son's butt meat, can heal parents' serious illness. I'm sick, I insist on cutting my shares to serve my relatives..."

Xie Qinghe couldn't help laughing and said: "Is he from the Lingtang? Born with your compatriots?"

Yang Yi also knew that this matter was absurd, and he was ashamed to say it: "Zi Nu is born of a concubine's mother, and has the same father as a servant, but a different mother."

Xie Qinghe didn't know what was going on in this family. Maybe Yang Xi was a "pure filial piety" who voluntarily cut off his thighs to treat his aunt's illness. ?”

Yang Yi nodded and said, "Except for the few brothers who died long ago, the brothers and cousins ​​of the servant family are all here."

"Okay, I'll go back first." Xie Qinghe only looked at the person, saying that he was looking for talents for the Qingzhou government, and he didn't do anything to test his talents and knowledge. He patted his butt and stood up without giving any explanation to Yang Yi, "This pure filial piety Yang Zinu, I took it away—can I take it away?"

What else could Yang Yi say besides apologizing?

Nodding and bowing, Yang Yi helped his younger brother up, told him to be sensible and serve his life, and sent Xie Qinghe outside the door.

Chen Li disliked Yang Xi's bleeding legs, so he got into the carriage, took off Yang Xi's trousers and applied hemostatic ointment on him. Because the wound was too big, a long piece of thigh flesh was cut off on both legs. Chen Li The hemostatic ointment I brought was not enough.

On the rickety carriage, Chen Li poked his head out to ask for hemostatic cream, while Xie Qinghe looked at Yang Xi's pale face and asked, "The family forced you to cut off your thigh to treat your mother?"

Yang Xi bowed his head and remained silent.He dared not admit it, nor did he want to deny it.

Just thinking that Mr. Xiao Lang wanted to press him further, he didn't know that Xie Qinghe asked an irrelevant question: "Do you know anyone who has a good relationship with Chunji and who just gave birth to a child not long ago?"

Yang Xi raised his head, opened his mouth, and said after a while, "Sixth Sister."

"Where is your husband's family?"

"Hua Li."

Xie Qinghe nodded.

He knew that the child Chun Ji was holding was not born to her, so he thought it was the Yang family's orphan, but he didn't see the child's father when he visited the Yang family.

It is not surprising that he is a child of the Hua family.