In September of the golden autumn, the tax official arrived in Liang Province with menacing men.

Before he had time to sneer at Liang Sheng for being able to survive until today, the tax officer was taken by the sheriff to a treasure house that was heavily guarded by soldiers, and saw the mirror as smooth as glass, as if it were a godsend.

Looking at the haughty figure in the mirror, the tax officer was so excited that his fingers trembled.He didn't dare to touch the treasure, turned around and showed a greedy face to the sheriff, and began to ask for it verbally, expressly hinting.

The county guard understood and was very kind.The two chatted happily in the warehouse, and the tax official didn't mention anything about tax increases. Those things are not as important as such treasures that can be handed down for thousands of years.

All he wanted was to present the mirror to the emperor in exchange for rewards, he ordered a group of his subordinates to carefully deliver the fragile treasure to the car, fearing bumps along the way, he personally followed the team and rushed back to the capital immediately.

The sheriff looked at his extremely cheerful back, snorted coldly in his heart, turned around and straightened his clothes on the larger mirror in his bedroom, feeling the pleasure of indirectly crushing the emperor.

Yes, he is so useless~

When the master of ceremonies came back, he saw the sheriff and the others looking triumphant.

This summer, a locust plague occurred in a certain county of Qu Province. In order to prevent other counties from being affected by the flying locusts, the master of ceremonies led people to rush there.

According to common sense, locust plagues occur once every few years. What needs to be done is to detect and prevent them in advance in the spring, so as to nip the disaster in its infancy.

Thanks to Qiu Chao's warlocks, Qiu Chao has not seen this group of overwhelming mobile natural disasters for many years. The common people don't have the concept of this at all, so naturally they don't remember to take precautions.

Now the locusts are swarming in, gnawing the grain that has been cultivated in the fields for several months until only a piece of grass is left. The people who witnessed this scene collapsed.Looking at the dense swarm of insects, they didn't know what to do. They could only watch helplessly as their future rations were eaten up bit by bit.

The local officials jumped anxiously and asked the court for help, and the result can be imagined.

Isolated and helpless, Mr. Si (disciple) who had heard countless times in the rumors arrived with manpower and food. This is more touching than sending charcoal in the snow.

Afterwards, before he had a banquet to receive the master of ceremonies, the master of ceremonies said that he would leave immediately, because the locusts that ate this field would soon fly to other counties along the road, so preparations had to be made in advance.

The county magistrate gritted his teeth when he heard that the swarm of locusts were alive after eating their food, and even wanted to harm the food in other places.

He subconsciously asked, "Is there anything I can help you with?" The master of ceremonies nodded very bluntly: "It would be great if you could help."

As a result, a group of chickens, ducks, and even the leprosy in the field were taken by the righteously indignant people of the county, and they rushed to the next county town, which shocked the county magistrate there.

Fortunately, Si Qi's reputation is still very wide. The dignitaries in the capital don't care about who helps those remote people survive, but the people living here care very much.

Hearing that the locust plague in Lin County might come to his side, the county magistrate hurriedly opened the city gate, invited the master of ceremonies in, and asked him how to deal with it.

The master of ceremonies asked the county magistrate to take people to the fields to find the whereabouts of locust eggs, and then put the borrowed chickens and ducks on the edge of the field, and asked the county magistrate to tell everyone not to kill birds during this period, and then let the county magistrate in Different places set up ignition sites, preparing to use the phototaxis of locusts to burn them.The county magistrate saw that the master of ceremonies was so confident and orderly, even though he didn't understand why the master of ceremonies did this at first, he still followed suit.

When the people heard the request sent by the county magistrate, they felt a little dazed. They looked at the chickens and ducks that had been sent to the rescue, and even planned to secretly catch two and eat them.

Later, the people who came from Lin County were sent to various places to help. While wiping their tears, they told others how loathsome the locusts were, and vividly described the scene of the fields devastated by the locusts. The people were all frightened. With a cold back, he went to the field to look for locust eggs without any delay.

Then, the locusts arrived unexpectedly, covering the clouds and the sun like the incarnation of a nightmare.

But the strange thing is that instead of increasing the size of the locust swarm this time, it was smaller than what appeared in Lin County, which shows that the master of ceremonies' prior work was effective.

Some people who had never seen such a horrific scene were stunned on the spot, and the chicken and duck army who had been muttered about wasting food by some people didn't care about the horror of the insects rushing towards the insects in the ground. A person who eats very happily, and his efficiency is even stronger than that of a local farmer who is in a hurry!

Only then did everyone understand the role of the army of chickens and ducks, and they admired the wisdom of that little gentleman in their hearts.Self-proclaiming that they would not be inferior to a chicken, they rolled up their sleeves and rushed to the field to hunt and kill locusts frantically.

After working together day and night, the locusts suffered heavy casualties in the ignition field. After the master of ceremonies taught the method, he was busy going to the next county to inform.The local people witnessed the scene of the master of ceremonies fighting against the locust plague with their own eyes, and they were extremely grateful to him in their hearts. Since then, there has been another story about the master and apprentice.

After working so hard for a whole autumn, the master of ceremonies can be regarded as fulfilling the entrustment given by her husband, and returned to Liang Province without shouldering the heavy responsibility.

He saw mirrors in the bazaar there.

The master of ceremonies doesn't like mirrors, this thing can easily remind him of his own ugly appearance, and let him understand how unsuitable he is standing next to the ethereal and fairy-like gentleman.

In particular, he would still think of the man who was as handsome as a god on the drawing paper given by his husband.In his eyes, the corners of the other party's lips were curved like a sarcasm, as if trying to make him retreat.

The master of ceremonies casually put down the "worth a thousand gold" treasures placed in the market, and he didn't look like the emperor who was far away in the capital couldn't put it down.He first went to his own yard to take a bath and change clothes. He changed into clean and beautiful clothes, sprayed on some refreshing and pleasant perfume, and carefully trimmed the overgrown nails.

After confirming that his attire was absolutely fine, the master of ceremonies went to Mr.'s courtyard not far away with the expressions of "you are so beautiful" on the faces of his subordinates waiting outside the courtyard.

Si Qi was leisurely leaning in the yard having afternoon tea.

Others have taught the apprentice to starve to death of the master, but Si Qi has taught the apprentice that he can be a hands-off shopkeeper.

The busy apprentice did not dislike the tedious tasks given by the master at all.He was away from home for several months, he was so busy that he never touched the ground all day long, the exhaustion accumulated all over his body disappeared instantly the moment he saw Si Qi, his whole body seemed to be flying lightly in the air.

He floated in front of Si Qi as if he was sleepwalking, and said "Sir" in a low voice, his dull appearance was enough to surprise those who knew him outside.

Si Qi looked at his apprentice, told him to sit down, poured him another cup of tea, and stuffed a snack into his hand.

The little guy's ears covered by the mask were red as if they were about to burn, and he couldn't hold back a word for a long time.

Only the eyes exposed outside the mask are extraordinarily bright, filled with love and longing that are ready to come out.

"What happened after you went out, did you gain anything?" Si Qi asked softly.

Once the little guy has a topic, he is free from the constraints of not knowing how to speak.He removed all the angry, sad, and unhappy things, and specifically picked out the happy things to talk about. His words were vivid and funny, which made Si Qi laugh too.

His smile is cold and casual, like a fairy who is far away from the world, he does not eat the fireworks of the world, and his every move is full of charming charm.

The master of ceremonies stared at the gentleman in front of him obsessively, and didn't know how to move for a long while.

Si Qi raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand and flicked the young man's forehead.The little guy groaned in pain and covered his head, as if complaining or acting like a baby.

"gentlemen!"

Si Qi glanced at him: "If other people look at me like that, sir, it's not as simple as just playing it."

The boy was overjoyed: "Students are really special to Mr.!"

Si Qi looked at this aggressive man: "Do you still want me to send you out again?"

The master of ceremonies had no choice but to give up resentfully: "Sir, please don't..."

Seeing Si Qi completely ignoring him, the emcee felt jealous, and said in a low voice: "Why do you like that person so much, sir? What's so good about him?"

"The person I like is naturally good in everything." Si Qi snorted.

"For example?" The master of ceremonies was not convinced.

"Like he looks good."

The master of ceremonies froze, subconsciously touched his masked face, dejectedly: "Sir is used to bullying people."

Obviously knowing his biggest pain, he deliberately poked up.

Immediately, he quickly became happy: "But my husband only bullies me and never bullies other people. Sure enough, my husband still likes me."

Si Qi: "..."

Si Qi squinted at this person: "You have grown not only in size, but also in face over the years."

The young man chuckled: "Not only that, the respect and love of the students for the teacher is also growing day by day."

Si Qi shook his head amusedly.

Seeing that Si Qi didn't show any displeasure, the master of ceremonies completely settled down.

I just hope that Chu Yan can show up later, so that he can get in touch with the husband more and boil the frog in warm water.

When he becomes the master of the world and wields the greatest power, he doesn't believe that besides Mr., there is no one else in this world who is better than him and more worthy of Mr.

Mister will definitely soon forget the old man who has been missing for many years, and fall in love with such a young and outstanding young talent like him.

……

The glazed mirror appeared on the court hall, and the courtiers who watched the delicate picture in the mirror boasted countless beautiful articles.Everyone in the capital city has known the existence of the glazed mirror through their endless praises, and they only wish that they can have a glimpse of the face of these treasures in this life, so as to fulfill their wishes.

Along with the article, there are also caravans traveling to and from various places in the Autumn Dynasty.

Because the remote areas are barren and difficult, and there is not much income, caravans that travel to and from the capital all the year round do not like to go to such desolate places.In case the money is not earned, but is robbed by dirty and rude disaster victims.

This year is slightly different. The cold winter has just passed, and the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. It is the time when the weather is pleasant, and the caravan from the North City came to Liang Province leisurely.

They didn't carry much cargo in their team, but their tall and stalwart followers brought a lot.

Mr. Xiao Lang and his eldest brother, who followed the team, muttered to each other: "I see the dilapidated scenery here, I must be very unlucky, why come here to do business."

The eldest brother smiled and explained to his younger brother: "Lands with lush vegetation are rich in luck, so you should choose such a place with good geomantic omens to do business. However, although the area around Liang Province is dilapidated, there are still people living there. As long as there are people, there will be business to do."

The younger brother retorted: "But they can't even afford to eat, how can they have money?"

The eldest brother laughed: "Why buy it with money, do you know that human life is sometimes cheaper than a blade of grass?"

The younger brother was at a loss: "Brother, I don't understand."

The elder brother tapped his younger brother on the head lightly with a fan: "You will understand later."

The further we walked, the drier the land was, and the more barren the vegetation became. After walking for dozens of miles, we couldn't even find a small stream. It was hard to imagine that there were any living things that could survive here.

Looking at this dilapidated scene, the whole group couldn't feel better, but the elder brother showed satisfaction, and said to the younger brother: "There have been years of famine in Liang Province, and the imperial court has been receiving news of help. I can't go on."

The little brother murmured in his heart, only thinking that what the big brother said sounded like he was in a good mood.

"Later, you should check for the eldest brother, whether there are beautiful girls, and tall men who are quick to do things."

The little brother was startled, "Brother?"

The eldest brother smiled and said, "I took them out of the sea of ​​suffering, fed them and clothed them warmly, and sent them to a place where they have no worries about food and clothing. They have to thank me."

The younger brother suddenly understood what his elder brother meant, and stammered: "Yes, but you want to sell them as..."

"Prostitutes and servants can at least have enough to eat," the elder brother said as a matter of course, "You don't know how uncomfortable it is to be hungry. I will take a piece of dry food and send them to a place where they can live a good life, and they will definitely fight for it." Get down on your knees and beg me to accept them."

The little brother lived in a place where there was no need to worry about food and clothing all year round. When he suddenly heard such words, his heart beat extremely fast, and he always felt a little panicked.

"Okay, you have to know that if they sell themselves as slaves, they can at least be regarded as human beings. If they are captured by the court, they will end up like pigs and dogs." The elder brother taught the younger brother with a smile on his face: "We are completely different from them. , born in the capital area, you are naturally noble, so don't show kindness indiscriminately and cut off your brother's fortune for nothing, or your parents will be disappointed in you."

The younger brother's throat was dry: "Does Mom and Dad think the same way?"

"Everyone is like this, otherwise why we have no worries about food and clothing, but they have constant disasters." The elder brother educated the younger brother: "Do you think that luck is just for nothing? If you want to live a good life, you always need other people." Suffering."

The younger brother pursed his lips, as a young man, he only felt that his three views were broken.

Just at this time, the attendant walking in front shouted, saying that he saw the city wall.Everyone speeded up a little, just thinking about entering the city quickly and finding a place to rest for a while.

The younger brother thought it over even more. Later, he would see a group of skinny, dying guys lying on the ground like dead dogs, smelling all over his body and stretching his arms to ask them for food. He covered his mouth and nose with his hand one step ahead.

However, after the city gate was opened, before the eyes touched the scene ahead, the bustling and lively voices could be heard in the ears.

The group of people standing at the door were all taken aback.

The gatekeeper in armor and holding a weapon frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Seeing the scene ahead, the elder brother was at a loss, and asked, "Isn't Liang Sheng here?"

The gatekeeper was speechless: "Of course this is Liang Xing, don't you even know where you are going?"

Brother: "No, but..."

"Can you come in yet?" the soldier urged.

"Here, come in, come in..."

"It costs one penny per person to enter the city, and three pennies per truck to transport goods."

"So cheap?" The scheming younger brother muttered, and was glared at by the shrewd older brother.

Although it is still in a foggy state, it is still necessary to take advantage of what should be taken advantage of.

The younger brother stuck out his tongue.

A group of people walked into the city gate, staring wide-eyed at the passers-by.

It's not that they can't believe that the people here are still alive, and they are all alive and well.

The point is, what do these people wear and step on? ?

The soldiers guarding the city saw their shocked faces, felt pity in their hearts, and asked a lot: "Where did you escape from?"

Merchants from the bustling capital city: "Ah, ah?"

"I knew it when I saw it. It must have been difficult before." The soldier said with a comforting look: "Okay, you will be fine when you come here, you go in."

Everyone was speechless and felt a little offended.

"We didn't come here to escape, we came here to do business!" The younger brother shouted with a blushing face.

The soldier froze for a moment, observed the appearance of the crowd, saw that they were full of muscles, and they really didn't look like they hadn't eaten enough, and then looked at the robes and linen clothes, and vaguely realized something in their hearts.

The voice was unknowingly indifferent: "So it's for business, what are you going to buy and sell?"

"We..." The younger brother was suddenly at a loss for words, and looked at his elder brother with a guilty conscience.

In other words, do they really want to use those dry and hard-to-eat noodles to make these people work like cows and horses for themselves, make them willingly serve others as slaves, and go to brothels to make fun of others?

If I say this, I am afraid that I will be beaten to death.

The eldest brother's face turned red, and his voice came out of his teeth: "It must be some good things from the capital."

Although it is a defective product that was eliminated by the dignitaries over there, it is also a good thing that such untouchables will never see in their lifetime.

When the guarding soldiers heard that this was a good item from the capital, they became more or less interested.

They have not encountered a caravan from the capital for many years.

The eldest brother guarded the city soldier with yearning looks on his face, first he was proud, then he became nervous, he was already prepared to be blackmailed by the opportunity.

However, the other party just looked at the truck one more time, and didn't even move his footsteps, and he didn't say any hints.

Big brother:? ?

Why not play the cards according to the routine.

Seeing his brother staring at him, the soldier thought he understood what he meant, and said, "If you want to sell something, go to the market in the west. There are many people there, and things are easy to buy."

The eldest brother felt awkward in his heart, thinking that this person was waiting for him to take the initiative, so he smiled, took out the money bag and stuffed it to the other party, so that the other party would not trip him secretly later.

However, the man didn't know what he was going to do at all, something was stuffed in his hand suddenly, and he shook his hand away vigilantly, asking him what he wanted to do.

He was speechless, so he could only open the purse, and said with a smile that it was his wish.

The soldier finally understood what he meant, and his expression was very strange. The reaction was really unforgettable for the eldest brother in his life: "Don't you know that accepting bribes is against the law?"

Big Brother: "..."

The eldest brother was really speechless, so he could only cup his hands sullenly and beckon his subordinates to leave.

It seems that since he came to Liang Province, nothing happened as he expected.

On the way to the market in the west, they observed the passers-by along the way.Seeing that this group of people had ruddy complexions and plump skin, they did not appear to be suffering from hunger as imagined.Comparing the barren scenery seen along the way, the more I think about it, the more weird I feel.

The younger brother tugged at his sleeve: "Brother, it's not that the grass and trees are barren, the luck is already dead, this group of people..."

The elder brother also didn't care about his elder brother's face, and said frankly: "I don't know, this place is weird."

The little brother was startled: "Then we must have entered some kind of ghost town! This place is full of phantoms evolved from ghosts!!"

Everyone was frightened by this remark, and their hairs stood on end. The elder brother bristled with veins on his forehead, and hit his younger brother on the head with a fan: "Then are you awake now?!"

The younger brother screamed in pain, covered his head and looked around with teary eyes, seeing that the scenery hadn't changed, he said innocently, "If it's a dream, you should be awake."

"Then it seems that you were not dreaming just now." The eldest brother said angrily.

The little brother felt wronged, and saw a little girl about six or seven years old looking at him with a candied haws in his hand, felt ashamed, and said to her, "Are you a ghost?"

The little girl looked blank, and the little brother was full of tongue: "I mean you are good-looking, like a ghost in a dream."

The woman with the little girl on the side smiled, hugged her daughter and said, "Little brother, you are not ugly either, with red lips and white teeth, just like the little fairy boy in the New Year pictures."

The little brother had never been praised like this before, and his face immediately turned red.

The elder brother squinted at the woman, saw that the woman was well dressed, but there was no servant behind him, just talking to the outsider casually like this, scolding a word of disobedience in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and asked with a smile : "Madam, I see that the fabric on your body is very delicate, and the color is even brighter. I don't know where you bought it from?"

The lady had already seen that the people in front of her were dressed in ordinary clothes, but she didn't mean to laugh at them at all, and said with a smile: "This is cotton cloth. If you want to buy it, you can go to the market over there to buy it."

After finishing speaking, she asked curiously, "Where did you escape from?"

The people who come here are basically unable to survive, and come here to seek a way out.In the city, if you meet people wearing linen clothes without Liang Sheng and other special accessories, you can basically tell that they are outsiders at a glance, and they are the ones who have just arrived.

Everyone was shocked and felt humiliated again.

The eldest brother suppressed his anger: "We are not fleeing, but a caravan from [the capital]!" He added an accent on the word "capital".

"Wow, the capital!" The woman's expression suddenly became shocked, and she looked at everyone with a little awe in her eyes: "I was just outspoken, please..."

"It's good that you know." The eldest brother looked unhappy, interrupted the woman's apology with a cold face, turned and left.

The younger brother looked at the panic-stricken woman, and then at the older brother with a bad face, and always felt that the woman did not intend to offend.He wanted to mediate, but he didn't know how to speak, so he hurriedly bowed slightly to apologize to the woman, then turned around and quickly followed his brother.

"Brother, don't be angry, she said she didn't mean it..."

"Things with long hair and short knowledge." The elder brother was not good at speaking, "I see the women here are casually walking on the street and chatting with the men around them at will. It is estimated that they have not had enough to eat these years and have done everything. That’s why I don’t shy away from my reputation.”

The little brother's expression froze, he understood what his brother meant, and felt very uncomfortable: "Why do you..."

How could his brother, who was always gentle and courteous and always smiled when he saw people, be so harsh on the people here.

The other party kindly explained the origin of the cloth on his body and showed them the way, but he was just curious about where they came from.

The elder brother warned with a stern face: "Have you forgotten what the elder brother said to you before?"

Those who live here are all untouchables, they are doomed to be desperate, they are different from them.

"...Little brother knows."

The boy had a sad face, carefully apologizing, and accidentally caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye, his body tensed up suddenly, and he ran over quickly.

"You!" The eldest brother was angry, and hurriedly chased after him: "I just scolded you a few words, why are you so ignorant?"

"No." The boy was so excited that his face was red, he carefully picked up something from the stall, and said to his elder brother, "Brother, look, is this a glazed mirror?"

The eldest brother paused, and his eyes touched the man in the mirror.

He reached out and grabbed what was in his brother's hand, his fingertips trembling slightly.

The face of the person in the mirror was excited, and even the slightly trembling eyelashes on his eyes could be clearly seen, and they were indeed as delicate and smooth as jade as the rumors said.

He quickly hid the things carefully in his arms, and shouted to his younger brother: "Go!"

"Hey! What are you doing!" The stall owner who was guarding the stall hurriedly called out, "Are you robbing things?!"

The people passing by all around looked at him, but the elder brother stopped in his footsteps, showing a bad look on his face.

The accompanying servants subconsciously wanted to draw out their weapons, and just killed a bloody path like this, but the younger brother saw that there were many such glass mirrors on the booth, so he quickly pulled his elder brother's sleeve and shouted: "Brother, look!"

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