Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 54

Restricted by the transportation and communication technology of this era, Qin Fa, who is too strict and meticulous but also too cumbersome, is indeed a bit of a cheater. In the case that Shan Youwei has abandoned his job and fled, Shan Youwei's family Ji Jiao has been forced to confess Even when the truth came out, the officials of Xiaxiang and Lingxian counties still spent a lot of time and unnecessary energy investigating the case, which led to the fact that Kang, who was the first to report this case, went to the official temple of Xiaxiang many times. It wasted a lot of time to testify during the trial, and it also seriously affected Xiang Kang's plan to train the militia, as well as the operation of the Shilingting blacksmith shop, and suffered considerable losses in all aspects.

In the end, it was not until mid-June that the Xiangguan Temple convicted Wang Ju and the other three members of Shan Youwei's family, and the Ling County Official Temple also arrested several implicated servants of Shan Youwei's family and subordinates involved in the case. , officially ended this implicated case.And at this time, there was less than one and a half months left before Xiang Kang and Yu Miaoge officially got married.

The marriage period is getting tighter and tighter. No matter how busy Xiang Kang is, he has to spare time and energy to make some preparations for his marriage. Although there are two aunts who help to worry about the cutscenes of Najib, Nazheng and asking for a date, Xiang Kang lives The small courtyard is really too dilapidated, not to mention the old Yu's house, even the two aunts can't stand it, and urge Xiang Kang to either hurry up to renovate the small dilapidated house, or hurry up to build a few new houses as wedding houses , don't be too wronged Yu Miaoge who married from a rich family.

The dilapidated small courtyard is Xiang Kang's new weapon research institute, and it is also the place where Xiang Kang hides his weapons. Of course, Xiang Kang does not want to take the risk of leaking secrets to renovate, and building a new house is too expensive and time-consuming, so Xiang Kang decided to rent one for the time being. A relatively decent small courtyard is used as a new house, and the issue of building a house will be considered later—although Xiang Kang knows very well that he probably has no such opportunity.After finally persuading the two aunts to agree to do this, the second aunt told Xiang Kang: "Kang'er, you have to tell the Yu family about this, and let them know that you plan to wait until later." A new house, lest they misunderstand."

Of course, the woman's family should know about the matter of living there after marriage. Xiang Kang had to find time to go to the Feng family's old house that the Yu family was currently renting. Unfortunately, Yu Jian and Yu Zhi and his son happened to return Went to Yan Jiting to check the growth of the crops, only Yu Miaoge and sisters Yu Cong were at home, and Yu Cong's little girl was deliberately avoiding Xiang Kang, so only Yu Miaoge came out to see Xiang Kang.

Yu Miaoge is indeed virtuous. Before Xiang Kang finished talking about the situation, Yu Miaoge said shyly: "It's okay, just rent a house. If you think renting a house is troublesome, my son, you can live in your original house." Okay, anyway, it can also shelter from the wind and rain."

"My place is too dilapidated. As long as there is heavy rain outside, it will rain lightly inside. I really can't bear to let you live in it." Xiang Kang smiled wryly and said, "It's better to rent a house, Miao Ge, you like to live in Shiling Pavilion Where?"

"Anywhere is fine." Yu Miaoge said with even more embarrassment, "My lord, you decide."

"Then I have to choose a yard with a bigger house." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "At that time, my brothers will definitely come to our house to eat and drink every day, and they will definitely spend the night at our house often. Ge, don't be annoyed."

"No, they should." Yu Miaoge answered this question very straightforwardly, and even summoned up courage to say: "They are your brothers, son, and I should receive them when they come to your door."

Speaking of this, Xiang Kang, who actually didn't have much experience in love, couldn't find anything to talk about, but Yu Miaoge took the initiative to speak again and said, "My lord, can you go in and have a look at my little sister?"

"What's wrong with her?" Xiang Kang raised his head subconsciously.

Keenly aware that Xiang Kang's reaction was a little nervous, Yu Miaoge inevitably felt a little uncomfortable, but he still said: "She hasn't been able to eat or sleep well these days, and she has lost a lot of weight. She seems to have something on her mind. Can you Can't you persuade her?"

Xiang Kang hesitated, then shook his head after a while and said, "Forget it, I'm inconvenient. You are her sister, so you should persuade her."

Knowing that Xiang Kang was deliberately avoiding suspicion, Yu Miaoge did not insist, but said truthfully: "I tried to persuade, but it was useless, I just hope she can figure it out as soon as possible."

After all, Yu Miaoge, who already knew why his sister became like this, sighed softly, very distressed how to untie the knot in her sister's heart, and Xiang Kang, who had already accepted his fate, was afraid of being seen by his fiancee Still peeping at his sister-in-law, he hurriedly bid farewell, but Yu Miaoge didn't keep him, but sent Xiang Kang out of the house in person, repeatedly asking Xiang Kang to take care of his health and not to be too tired.

"Hey, I didn't expect that little girl to be so sad. What should I do in the future? Am I too selfish to abandon her for the Yu family's money?"

Leaving Feng's old house with a lot of worries, Xiang Kang originally planned to go back to the blacksmith's shop to check the situation there, but he never thought that half of the way, but encountered Feng Zhong riding a horse back from the direction of the county town, Xiang Kang was out of He went up to greet him politely, but found that Feng Zhong was dejected when he dismounted to return the gift, his face was full of sorrow, and his mood was much worse than his own. Xiang Kang asked curiously: "Brother Feng, what happened? Why are you so worried? "

"Brother, I'm sorry." Feng Zhong forced a smile and said, "When you get married, I can't help. I can only wish you and your siblings a happy marriage in advance, and grow old together."

"What? Brother, what happened to you?" Xiang Kang asked suspiciously.

Feng Zhong pursed his lips, looked to the left and right for no one to eavesdrop, and then said dejectedly: "Just now I went to the county with the villager, and the county asked us to count the number of people who went to the garrison for the fourth round. The garrison list, let them gather and set off on the fifth day of July, and go to the northern frontier to serve in the garrison, and I have to go too. So brother, I can't attend your wedding. "

"Recruitment of the fourth round of guards?" Knowing that the fourth round of guards is to recruit all adult men whose household registration is the left neighbor, Xiang Kang was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Then my brothers, don't some people have to go?"

"At least four or five have to go." Feng Zhong said with an extremely frustrated expression, "There are also your militia and apprentices from our blacksmith shop, and about half of them have to go."

Xiang Kang was completely dumbfounded, while Feng Zhong forced a smile and comforted him: "Don't worry, your household registration is Youlu, and you belong to the fifth round of soldiers. You don't need to go this time, and it won't affect your marriage."

"I'm not worried about me, I'm worried about my brothers." Xiang Kang said hastily: "With their temper, it's impossible to go to the military service willingly?"

"No way, you have to go if you don't want to." Feng Zhong replied with a sad face, and then said: "Also, brother, you have to keep this matter a secret for me first. If it gets out, it will definitely be like last time. If you run away, you won’t be able to handle the errands in the village.”

Xiang Kang, who was waiting for Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to raise the anti-flag for the first time, was in a state of confusion. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Brother, why don't we find a place to have a drink, and discuss carefully how to plan this matter."

"Okay, but we have to find a place where there are no outsiders, otherwise it will be troublesome if someone overhears our conversation." Feng Zhong replied.

"Then let's go to Mrs. Chen's to buy some wine and drink at my place. There are no outsiders there." Xiang Kang suggested, and Feng Zhong, who was feeling extremely bored, nodded in agreement. At that moment, Feng Zhong went back to the pavilion and returned the horse, and then went with Xiang Kang again. They bought two jars of wine and a little food at the wine shop in Shiling Pavilion, and then went to Xiang Kang's dilapidated courtyard to drink and talk together.

While drinking, Xiang Kang naturally asked if there was any way to prevent his brothers and militiamen from being recruited this time, but Feng Zhong shook his head and said, "No way, the laws of our Great Qin are too strict, except Elderly, children, and disabled, no one can escape corvee and garrison service, and whoever dares to cover up will be exiled."

"But if everyone is conscripted to serve, what will happen to the crops in the fields? Who will fight the iron wares? Who will suppress the bandits all over the mountain?" Xiang Kang asked a little angrily: "The autumn harvest will be coming soon, on the side of Maling Mountain I heard that bandits gathered again to make trouble, and the militiamen and farmers were conscripted to serve in the frontier, who will collect the grain? Who will suppress the bandits?"

"We have a good emperor." Feng Zhong sighed and answered irrelevant questions, drank another bowl of mulled wine, and then said: "Do you know? I heard that some time ago, our emperor killed him ten times in one breath in Xianyang." A few brothers, and broke ten of his sisters in the busy market, he is so vicious to his own brothers and sisters, let alone us, the people in Qianshou?"

"It's no wonder that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were forced to rebel. It's no wonder that when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, the whole world followed suit." Xiang Kang finally understood why so many people rebelled in the troubled times at the end of Qin Dynasty, and after drinking a bowl of stuffy wine like Feng Zhong , Xiang Kang simply told the truth to Feng Zhong, and said: "Brother, it's not that I don't help you, it's that you know the temper of my brothers. If you conscript them to serve in the garrison, they may flee. Can't live."

Feng Zhong didn't answer, and drank two more bowls of mulled wine, and then said with a gloomy expression: "Run away, anyway, there must be more than a few of them. I don't care if there are too many debts, and if there are too many lice, I don't care." Not so much, and this matter is mainly the errand of the villager, I just ask that when I escort people to the border, no one will escape on the way."

"Then what if someone runs away on the road?" Xiang Kang asked.

"Then I have to serve in the military service instead of them." Feng Zhong's voice was a little choked up, and he said while drinking: "Unless I can catch them back, or my relatives can help me catch them back, otherwise I have to take their place. Serving in the military service, you have to suffer. Do you know why Wu Youjiao went to Yanmen and never came back? In fact, he was convicted because he ran away with two soldiers on the way when he was escorting people to Yanmen to serve in the military service. Detained in Yanmen."

"I mean, if someone runs away on the road and you can't catch him, brother, what are you going to do?" Xiang Kang continued to ask.

Feng Zhong obviously couldn't answer Xiang Kang's question, and drank two more bowls of wine before saying in a hoarse voice: "Accept your fate, who told me to be unlucky to be put on such a hard job? Do you want me to be like that Liu Ji in Pei County?" , take people to Maling Mountain to become robbers?"

Before he finished speaking, tears welled up from Feng Zhong's eyes, and slowly fell into the wine bowl. After drinking another bowl of stuffy wine, Feng Zhong, who had never been able to drink very much, simply cried out, crying He said from the bottom of his heart: "I really don't want to go! Those recruited in the fourth round are all from my hometown, and some are relatives with me. I can't bear to tie them up with ropes! If any of them run away , I have to suffer for them! I don’t want to be together, but I can’t come back for a few years, my children are still young, what will they do when I leave?”

While crying, pouring wine into his mouth desperately, Feng Zhong couldn't help but get drunk, he even grabbed Xiang Kang's sleeve and begged: "Brother, you have a lot of ideas, can you think of a way to help me?" Escape this time? My children are all your nephews and nieces, you can’t leave them alone and no one to take care of them! If I die in the frontier, what will they do?”

Knowing that Feng Zhong was talking drunk, Xiang Kang ignored him, but while drinking sullenly and pondering in his mind, he thought to himself: "What should I do? Although my brothers can run away, what about my militia? They run away or I went to the frontier, so why should I rebel? Alas, if Chen Sheng and Wu Guang could quickly rebel, then I could follow suit and help my brothers and militiamen escape this garrison. Damn Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, you guys When did I rebel, why can't I remember at all?"

When Xiang Kang was thinking quickly, Feng Zhong had already started to go crazy with alcohol, crying and shouting, "...I really drove me into a hurry. I will learn from Liu Ji and let everyone go. I will take some obedient ones to Ma Ling Mountain, and then take my mother-in-law and baby together, if the government catches me, I will arrest it, if they can’t catch me, I will be a robber for the rest of my life! Even if I die, I will die with my mother-in-law and baby!”

"If only you had the guts." Xiang Kang snorted, knowing that Feng Zhong dared to say such things when he was drunk, and when he was sober, he would not dare to really imitate Liu Laosan even if he borrowed his courage .However, after he finished muttering, Xiang Kang suddenly felt a move in his heart, thinking: "This can be used. Even Feng Zhong, who has already become a tourist, dares to say that he is imitating Liu Laosan, let alone me. Those militiamen who are not afraid of wearing shoes with bare feet? If they are pushed into a hurry, can they not bite people when they are in a hurry?!"

Thinking of this, and after careful consideration for a long time, Xiang Kang suddenly became angry from his heart. He filled himself with a bowl of wine, raised his head and drank it all, then threw the bowl heavily on the ground, blurting out He said: "Why wait for Chen Sheng and Wu Guang? They are not in a hurry, but I am! I will be Chen Sheng and Wu Guang first!"

It was also a coincidence that just when Xiang Kang had just made up his mind, Xiang It suddenly knocked on the door outside the courtyard and called Xiang Kang to go to his second aunt's house for dinner. Zhong, opened the gate of the courtyard and said to Xiang Ta: "There is no rush for food, Xiang Ta, go and call your uncle Ji, something serious has happened."

"Uncle Ji, what happened?" Xiang it asked suspiciously.

"The Tyrant Qin court is going to recruit the fourth round of guards." Xiang Kang said word by word: "About half of our Xiang family's children have to go to the frontier to serve in the army. Go and call all your uncles. Let's discuss what to do!"

"Recruitment of the fourth round of guards?" Xiang Itu, who had been worrying about this for a long time, suddenly turned pale, staring at him and found that Xiang Kang didn't seem to be joking. Second aunt's house.

(End of this chapter)