I farmed in ancient times

After Qixi Festival, it will be the beginning of autumn. On this day, Father Cen will take a rest again. Cassia has the final say. In ancient times, officials could have more than 100 days off a year at most, and the salary was not low. No wonder everyone wanted to earn their brains to study Scholars.

Father Cen accidentally mentioned that Wang Erhu is going to take the exam this year. If it goes well, he will go to Beijing to take the second exam in winter.

I heard that all my former playmates started to take the exam, and Cen Chaoan was eager to try it. Later, I thought that I was too young and inexperienced, and I hadn’t read those books thoroughly. Going now would be a laughing stock, so I might as well study hard, etc. Re-examination at the age

Thinking about it this way, Cen Chaoan worked harder in his studies. He would often get up and wash himself at dawn, start reading at dawn, and leave school at night.

Jueming looked up to the sky and sighed: The raging Cen Chao'an has grown up.

The big and the small are all busy, and Jue Ming will not be idle. After the house is completely repaired, he will follow Steward Zheng to check the warehouse, record the human relations, the daily expenses of the house, the cook, the maid who washes and mends, and the servants. The children and the nursing home each work for their wages.

When the weather gets colder, there will be more money for charcoal, new clothes, and money for rewards during festivals.

At the beginning, Jueming's eyes were darkened, and he followed Steward Zheng completely as a second hand, and now he is gradually able to take on most of the responsibilities.

The autumn wind is rustling, and the first autumn rain is coming soon.

Jueming sat in the study with a cup of tea in his hand, calculated the income and expenses for this month, and after reconciling the accounts, the ground outside was already wet.

Thinking that everyone in the house hadn't bought cotton-padded clothes yet, after drinking tea, Jue Ming found out the old clothes from last year, took an umbrella, and took his little attendant Zhong Xin to go out to look at the cloth and kapok.

At that time, cotton had not yet been introduced, and it was really hard to survive winter only relying on kapok.

When this winter is over, I will try to leave this place and go to the south to see if I can find crops that are not available in the north.

Due to the rain, there are scattered pedestrians on the street. If they meet, they all rush home in a hurry.

The two held paper umbrellas, and when they walked to the middle of the alley, Jue Ming suddenly smelled the aroma of chestnuts. It was the shop at the entrance of the alley that bought fried chestnuts.

When autumn comes, Li Xiurong prefers to eat fried chestnuts, and he will eat them until his mouth is blistered, but the fried chestnuts are so delicious, Caesar changed his hand to hold an umbrella, and planned to buy a pack when he came back.

The young man beside him stopped suddenly, and Jue Ming turned around in doubt, "Zhong Xin?"

Zhong Xin held down the saber at his waist, and watched the alley behind him vigilantly.

At the other end of the long and narrow alley, a few people in soap-colored short robes and weapons in their hands ran quickly, sandwiching the two of them back and forth.

Caesar threw away the oiled paper umbrella, let the cold raindrops hit his face, and stood side by side with Zhong Xin.

The other party didn't make a move, the leader of a man in black took two steps forward, bowed his hands politely: "Mr. Cen, we have no malicious intentions, please come with us to meet someone."

This kind of formation is not a good thing if you think about it with your toes. Judging by the style of clothes, it is the same group of people who were arrested by Wu Yuan last night when they broke into the yard at night.

Jueming directly refused: "No, tell your masters that I have nothing to do with Shiwenliangpu. If you want to inquire about Shiwenliangpu, then stop thinking about it."

The men in black clasped their hands, and a circle of five or six men in black immediately surrounded them, pressing every step of the way. Jueming had no fear on his face, and only waited for them to make a move, looking for a chance to escape with Zhong Xin.

It will be safe to flee outside the alley, and then someone will call the nursing homes at home and go home together.

How could the man in black give Judming such a good opportunity, the four surrounded Zhong Xin and fought, taking advantage of the opportunity of the fight, the remaining two, together with the man who led the conversation, wrapped the sack around Cassia and quickly retreated out of the alley.

From the corner of the eye, he caught a glimpse of Jueming being taken away. Zhong Xin waved the long sword in his hand anxiously, trying to find a breakthrough to catch up with him. However, the man in black was entangled tightly. By the time he got away, there was no sign of Jueming in the alley .

"These chestnuts are so delicious. Jue Ming likes them. He likes to eat the ones I gave him." Li Xiurong was holding two bags of freshly baked fried chestnuts, grinning his teeth from being scalded, and at the same time, he still didn't forget to brag to Wu Yuan.

The two of them took a shortcut and walked in the alley, but they didn't expect a few men who covered their faces in broad daylight to run up to them. Li Xiurong protected the chestnuts in his hands, and passed them by.

Looking at the men in black like looking crazy, Li Xiurong took the chestnuts and was about to offer treasures, but he bumped into another person head-on.

Wu Yuan took a closer look, and saw that it was Zhong Xin who was staying with Jueming. Seeing that Wu Yuan and Li Xiurong were coming, Zhong Xin said anxiously, "Cen Jueming was taken away by those men in black!"

Li Xiurong let go of his hand immediately, and the freshly baked sweet waxy chestnuts fell to the ground, rolled all over the ground, mixed with the cold muddy water, and gradually lost their temperature.

"Let's go!" Without saying a word, Li Xiurong turned around and quickly followed the footsteps of the man in black out of the alley, followed by Wu Yuan and Zhong Xin.

After the group of men in black came out of the alley, they chose places with a lot of people to jump up. Li Xiurong's intuition told him: You can't just follow that group of people.

In fact, it was consistent with what he thought, one group of people was dedicated to abducting Cassia Ming, and another group of people confused the eyes of the following followers.

After being put into the sack, Cassia kept up and down, and he was about to vomit.

After the group of men in black walked steadily, Jueming thought to himself: Is it because I have a grudge against the sack? This is the second time I have been put in a sack.

This time he couldn't just sit still, Jue Ming struggled to lift the hem of his clothes, took out the dagger from his waist and hid it in his sleeve.

Gradually, Jueming heard the noise of people on the street, and all kinds of inexplicable mixed fragrances could be smelled through the sack.

It felt like the man in black had entered a room, blocking the noise from the outside world. After closing the door, the man in black finally stopped and put down the sack on his back.

Cassia poked his head out of the sack, his hair was curled up, and looked around vigilantly.

Through the heavy bead curtain, there was a dim figure sitting in the back. Jueming untied his hair tie, put it back into a bunch and hung it behind his head, stood up and said loudly: "Come on, let me ask you something."

"Good manner." Unexpectedly, behind the bead curtain was a woman's voice.

Jueming pretended to be calm and said, "It's all here, if I don't say something, I'm going to go out sideways today."

The woman behind the curtain gave a low laugh, and a circle of men in black stood guard at the door and window in case Jueming escaped suddenly.

After a long time, the woman said, "Please sit down."

Cassia sat down on a wooden chair here, looking around unobtrusively.

This is a very luxurious house, utensils made of mahogany are used everywhere, and carpets woven by foreign feudal clans are spread in the house, which is very exotic. There are various porcelain bottles on the shelves, and there is a small case under the window sill. There is an incense burner with smoke curling up.

Even though the door was closed, Jue Ming could still hear bursts of laughter, silk and bamboo orchestras, and melodious sounds coming from outside the door.

This is definitely not a decent place.

The woman behind the curtain said: "Smart people don't speak dark words, this official, I want to know which side is the master behind you."

——What force?

Jueming clenched his fists, "I've left Shiwenliangpu, I don't understand what you're talking about."

Woman: "Oh?"

Cassia's mind was running fast, thinking about how to answer her words without revealing himself.

"Why do I hear that no one else has seen your master except you?" The woman stood up, and as she swayed, a crisp bell sounded.

Cassia lowered his head, "I can't say."

The man in black took out a plate of gold ingots.

This is an attempt to intimidate and fail, do you want to lure?People always lure before intimidating, why does this person do it the other way around?

"I asked, you just need to answer yes or no, this plate of gold is yours." The woman said: "Don't worry - you are the eldest son of the Ministry of Rites, how many eyes staring at you will not kill you. "

Jue Ming thought to himself: only ghosts will believe it.On the face, there was a moment of "hesitation", "extremely entangled", and finally "made up my mind" and agreed to the woman.

The woman asked, "Is he from Kyoto?"

Cassia: "Yes." Now I live in Kyoto, so of course I belong to Kyoto.

The woman asked again: "Are you from the imperial court?"

Cassia shook his head: "No." He was only dressed in white, how could he be an official.

The woman seemed shocked by the answer. After a while, she sighed and asked, "Is it from the palace?"

"Yes." This was the only lie that Cassia Ming told.

The woman was silent for a long time, "Go away, don't mention this to anyone, otherwise..."

The threatening meaning in the words is very obvious. Jue Ming never expected to let him go so easily. Were ancient people so trustworthy?

The man in black was holding a tray and approached Jue Ming to give him gold, but Jue Ming waved his hand: "No, I won't reveal it if I say..."

The man in black shook his hands, and under the wooden tray was a dagger gleaming with cold light.

Jueming had been prepared for a long time, and quickly drew out the short dagger in his sleeve. At this moment, there was a loud noise outside the door, and the mahogany door made of solid wood was kicked down. Li Xiurong rushed in with a long sword, "Jade Ming——"

There are four people behind him, which is equal to the number of people in the room. If there is a fight, not to mention whether it can end the lives of everyone present today, and it is very likely to expose the people behind him.

The woman said decisively, "Let's go!"

The man in black stepped back slowly, opened the bead curtain and led the woman to jump out of a window.

Wu Yuan chased after him with his sword in hand, and said regretfully while holding the window: "They fled far away."

Li Xiurong heaved a sigh of relief, put the long sword back into the scabbard, came over and grabbed Jueming's shoulder and asked, "Are you injured?"

The young man's eyes were burning, his wet hair was stuck to his temples, and his chest was completely wet. It was obvious that he had run all the way here in the rain.

Being so close, Jueming could feel his hot breath, shook his head, and said, "They said they would let me go last, but before they left, they turned back."

"You are so stupid!" Li Xiurong said bitterly, "How can you believe their nonsense!"

"If I hadn't happened to meet Zhong Xin, you would be here today!" Li Xiurong widened his eyes, let go of Cassia angrily, and acted as if he no longer wanted to talk to Cassia.

Jueming put away the dagger and held it in front of Li Xiurong's eyes, "Isn't this still holding the short dagger you gave me? At worst, I will fight them..."

Seeing the short dagger, Li Xiurong snorted, thinking what use this piece of crap could do, while crossing his arms to watch Wu Yuan and the others search the house for any clues.

Wu Yuan came over and shook his head at Li Xiurong, Li Xiurong gritted his teeth: "Don't let the young master find them, let's go!"

Grabbing Jue Ming's wrist, Li Xiurong put down his harsh words: "If you go back and get sick, you will be finished!"

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