Kunzhou, tea shop.
Chathouses and taverns have always been a gathering place for news.
Shen Tang’s personal expedition was not concealed.
Before she led her troops to the frontline battlefield, there were already discussions in the market. The frontline area received news that the local government asked some people to stay behind to maintain the local basic farming progress. Some old and weak people were transferred to other places in advance to reduce the risk of the outbreak of the war. War losses: "It's strange to say."
Three or three tea guests gathered in the tea shop to chat.
One person suddenly made a sound of doubt, which attracted the attention of his companions.
asked: “Have you heard anything strange again?”
The person who started the topic in the first place shook his head.
The companion said angrily: "Then why are you suddenly saying something strange?"
"Why isn't it strange? Think about it. In the past, when we talked about how the royal court was doing, and how the Lord was doing, there were always people who told us the opposite. We said this year's harvest was good, and some people said that local taxes were high; let's say which one When the officials were punished, some people said that the officials in the royal court protected each other, and they were punished because the person above them fell; when we said that the royal court was better than before, they said it was just pretending. What do we white people know about the current situation... Hiss, it’s strange, today Why didn’t you hear these words?”
The companions were reminded and looked around.
Confused and confused: "It's true. Not only are there no such sounds, there are also many fewer people in the tea shop. Could it be that they all went to apply for the army after hearing that there was a war? This is also unlikely."
In the past, those people were most interested in sitting in teahouses and other places to chat with others, or they would angrily insult the royal court for its banditry and seize other people's ancestral property.
【Today the royal court can seize our family's land in order to win people's hearts, how can we know that someone named Shen will not seize your family wealth in the future? It is true that etiquette has collapsed, and there is no one in the world. It is hateful to teach such greedy and immoderate gangsters to occupy the throne and fool all living beings! 】
Most common people admire learned people deep down, not to mention those scholars who came from farming and reading backgrounds. They were always concerned about the country and the people, and had a good reputation in their hometown. Their ideas are simple and pure. How can local scholars harm their fellow villagers? In the eyes of ordinary people, those people talk more, read more, travel more places, and meet more people than themselves, so what they say must make sense.
I think it’s fair and reasonable when I hear it!
There are always inspiring sighs.
As a result, the common people had a very good impression of the rebels.
In addition to the exchange of trade with Beimo in recent years, many fellow villagers from this township who dared to work hard went to Tuocheng to do business, and one by one they became rich and became wealthy new people from all over the country. These people returned to their hometown and secretly brought back a lot of information about the Northern Desert area.
The Northern Desert is not as cruel and brutal as the rumors say.
They are also ordinary people with two eyes, one nose and one mouth. They look similar to them, and they are not monsters. What sinister intentions do the previous northwest kingdoms and the current court of King Kang have in slandering Beimo several times?
Therefore, even if someone knows who has joined the rebels, they will not report it, and some people will even take the initiative to help the rebels escape. Since the rebels are knowledgeable people, what good thing can the royal court do to encircle and suppress the rebels? The royal court acted perversely and labeling them as rebels is really hateful!
In the past, whenever there was any disturbance, the tea shop would be filled with smoke.
The scholars each held their own opinions and often drew their swords at each other.
In serious cases, it can escalate from a verbal dispute to a fight in a crowd. If you can't hold back, you can kill someone if you use severe force. In the past, when was it not so noisy that the sky was filled with noise and the voices were hoarse?
Today, there is inexplicable harmony.
The harmony and quietness are so eerie.
No, it didn’t start today. There was this tendency a while ago, but there were no controversial topics at that time, and people who often hung out in tea shops couldn’t quarrel. The news I got today was exciting and controversial, but the result was an amazing harmony in the teahouse!
It was not only the companions who were awakened, but also other people.
Everyone looked at each other.
You look at me, and I look at you.
The big eyes stared at the small eyes for a while, and finally the atmosphere in the tea shop was too peaceful, which made the scribe who went out to sharpen the edge of his sword with a whetstone feel even more bored. After sitting for a while, we paid for the tea and then dispersed: "Let's go, let's go, it's boring."
There is no conflict and there is no quarrel.
Some people also went to inquire about the whereabouts of those familiar old enemies. Why haven’t they been seen recently? They missed them.
hey-hey-
You won’t end up in jail again behind their backs, right?
The tea shop that was supposed to be lively was much deserted.
As everyone knows, this is because Bei Mo Hua spent a lot of money to plant internal agents in Kunzhou that were almost completely eliminated, and the rebel forces were also wiped out. Some of the people who were exploited went to eat in prison, but there were also people who quickly reincarnated and drank. Serve Meng Po soup.
The tea shop proprietress put away the tea cups one by one.
At this time, a tall and burly figure walked in from the door. Judging from his figure, he should be the son of the Lian family. The few remaining tea patrons heard the commotion and turned their eyes, guessing that this person was a warrior who heard about the war and wanted to join the army to seek a future. Since a while ago, more and more foreign warriors have appeared in Kunzhou. Most of them are men, but there are also a few female warriors.
The brave warriors in Kang State were mostly concentrated in Zhechong Prefecture.
There are not many people involved in folk activities, not to mention none.
The landlady put away the tea cup, and as soon as she straightened up, she saw the person coming. Her pupils moved slightly as she watched the latter sit down in the corner.
“Sir, what kind of tea do you want?”
The visitor took off his bamboo hat and said, "Here comes the sign."
The landlady Fu Shen agreed: "Go and prepare now."
He turned back to the booth where the tea was prepared and made the tea. As soon as he turned around, he saw the person standing quietly in the corner. He was startled. He wanted to curse but was afraid of attracting others: "Gong Yunchi, don't you even look at the current situation? Do you still dare to come here?"
Gong Cheng said: "Boring."
He just came out to relax.
The landlady was speechless and couldn't say the rest of her words.
He cursed in a low voice: "Are you bored, why do you come here to have fun? You are a brave warrior, you are powerful, you can ignore the border defenses and travel between two places without alerting the defenders, how capable you are! Why didn't I kill you? ? Will you implicate me later and bury me with you?"
Gong Cheng seems to be used to her sharp tongue.
He said: "No."
The landlady suddenly pushed the tea cup into his arms.
From here, she could see the movement in the main hall of the teahouse through the gap in the curtain. There was Gong Cheng in front of her, and there was also one in the corner. She knew that this was a method used by brave warriors, who could make a person appear in two places at the same time, making it difficult to solve the case even if he killed someone.
Because business is not good, the boss lady closes the shop early.
Gong Cheng was sitting in the backyard drinking tea.
The landlady looked at him and felt really depressed.
As he passed by, he kicked his feet and said with his hands on his hips: "You look like a bitter gourd, which makes people unappetizing. You are from the Northern Desert now, so when we fight, we fight. If we win, we live. If we don't, we live." Death, it’s such an easy thing, why are you so bored?”
Gong Cheng raised his eyes and looked at the landlady.
The landlady’s eyebrows are somewhat similar to the same person.
That person, he met a few years ago.
He looked down at his calf and secretly thought that the landlady had put in a lot of effort. If it were an ordinary person, wouldn't he get bruises from being kicked by her?
The landlady said: "I can't even **** you with these two kicks."
Gong Cheng said: "Nothing."
Seeing that he had returned to his melancholy and sullen look, the landlady got very angry and said, "It's a good thing I didn't marry you back then... Your half-dead look makes people angry!" Shaking unsteadily is worse than walking in the dark. Annoying.
How could she not know that the husband of the Gong family was so indecisive?
Gong Cheng: "If it were you back then, I'm afraid you would have died on the way. You are right not to get married. At least you can save your life."
“Whatever is right, I would rather go with it.”
The landlady changed from her lively and aggressive manner and fell into silence.
She did save her life, but she also paid a heavy price for her youthful willfulness and lost almost everything she could.
After a long while, he took the initiative to bring up a topic that he had always avoided: "I'm curious, who is that person? How did she survive the exile that even you could barely survive?"
The leader of Kang State, Shen Tang, also known as Youli, has an unknown origin. The outside world only knows that she was a survivor of Xin State and was an official. She was implicated by the violent tyrant Zheng Qiao and her whole family was sent into exile as a young girl. There is controversy among the people about "official origin", but there is no such thing as exile.
Because, Shen Tang has a tattoo behind his ear.
Convicts who were sent into exile, the men had tattoos on their faces, and the women had ink on the backs of their ears. She did not cover the tattoos behind her ears with earrings. It is said that she often leaves the palace and goes out among the people, so many common people can see the prison mark behind her ear up close.
This is also the point where Kunzhou rebels often attack her.
She is just an exiled female prisoner with a shady family background and reputation. What qualifications do she have to occupy a high position? What qualifications do you have to be a democratic monarch of a country and to command the civil and military forces?
Why don’t you feel ashamed and commit suicide to give up your position?
I heard that there is still quite a stir in public opinion. An official suggested that the doctor Xinglin erase the tattoo marks.
She should not have such a mark of shame for the common people to talk about.
Shen Tang, however, waved his hands carelessly: "The sage said, 'When heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this person, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his skin, and deplete his body.'" Past experiences, good or bad, happened before and cannot be changed. Just like this tattoo, what's the point of erasing it? Erased, it never existed? It should not be a shame, it should be glory, merit, and capital. If you really want to define it as a shame, it would also be a shame for those defeated generals. They didn't say anything. What did I want to do? 】
When the scholars heard this, they praised him for his open-mindedness!
In fact, there is a weird and outrageous rumor among the people.
It is said that someone unexpectedly saw a man who looked like the king of the country laughing loudly in a wine shop: "...what a shame, what a shame. Carrying this mark until now, I am like a mother cow opening the door for a calf. The cow has come home!" Lao Zhu started with a bowl, and I started with an exile. Hahahaha, if the enemy loses to me, what's the difference between this and being squatted on top of your head to urinate on? 】
The female companion next to her sighed.
【This word cannot be spread. 】
【Why can't it be spread? Is Tunan worried that the graves of Huang Xiguang, Zhang Yongqing, Tao Shenyu and others will explode? Don't worry, except for Tao Shenyu, the other two have no graves, but Zheng Qiao can do it. 】Well, there is also a grave of Qiu Fumiyan.
Others can make fun of her, but Qiu Wenyan is the righteous Lord of Bai Yueguang, and she doesn’t want to get into trouble with him because of this person.
Hide it away, it’s enough for others.
This man drank a lot of wine and his speech was slurred.
【Because your defeated generals also include Uncle Qian and the general. ] Let Qian Yong know that being beaten by Shen Tang is the same as being **** on. This old boy can make endless troubles.
The civilian officials were sprayed with each other, and the DPRK could continue to open; the military officers ended their dry frames, and they could be raised by them.
Of course, that hasn’t happened yet.
The Lord’s force can slap each of them before they take action.
But it is an indisputable fact that military attachés are incredibly destructive.
【Ahem, Uncle Qian and... Ahem, Old Qian's mouth is more broken than the meat stuffing used to make dumplings...You think I didn't say anything. Today is a rare day off. If you invite Tunan out for a drink, why don’t we talk about these trivial matters? How's that? 】
【You, you should be more restrained at ordinary times. 】
Since the news that she was proud of the tattoo behind her ear spread, some people were puzzled, and some passionate young people followed suit.
On her way to the wine shop, she met seven or eight young men from Kang Guo who were strutting around in the street. They had tattoos on their wrists, necks, fingers and other parts, and their heads were braided in the same style as Gongxi Qiu's.
Ning Yan also saw the daughter of a certain censor among them.
I don’t know if her censor father saw it and his eyes darkened: [Words like peeing and peeing, let alone the censor will come to persuade you to be polite, Qi Zhongshu will also get angina if he knows about it. 】
Qishan has not given up on his plan to cultivate a gentleman so far. His perseverance is truly unparalleled.
【Ahem, I call it leading the trend. 】
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Regardless of whether these unreliable rumors are true or false, the landlady only treats them as anecdotes. She has never really come into contact with anyone who has met Shen Youli, except Gong Cheng in front of her. His reply may be more objective and fair.
Gong Cheng thought for a while and shook his head: "I don't know, it's hard to judge right from wrong. In short, he should be a person with great perseverance."
Without this perseverance, I wouldn’t be alive today.
The landlady patted the moss on the stone steps casually and sat down with her skirt on her back: "You have seen her, how could you not understand her?"
Gong Cheng: “We meet each other by chance and have a brief conversation.”
Understand the three aspects of a person that can be achieved.
He is not good at discerning people's hearts.
These eyes are often shrouded in mist.
Even if he is a friend who has been in contact for a long time, he cannot fully see clearly. What's more, that person didn't dare to make a conclusion.
The landlady said regretfully: "I really want to meet him. Anyway, he gave me two lives and he is also my benefactor."
Even if the other party doesn’t know about it.
“Two lives?”
The landlady's smile was a bit bitter: "Back then, being exiled as a substitute for a wife was a life. After that, it was also a life to escape the war and move around and take root with one life. If Kunzhou was not pacified, could I still open this tea shop safely?"
She was originally the daughter of an official, from a famous family.
At a young age, his family was fully sheltered, and he developed a personality of innocence and unawareness. She always felt that no matter what she did or what big mistake she made, she would be forgiven.
It is very common for women from aristocratic families to have a blue complexion before marriage.
The landlady was young at the time and didn't know anything about love. She only knew that she could have what other women from aristocratic families had, so she followed suit, just not to lose out to others.
Soon, she met a young man of similar family background. The other party's family background, talent and talents were indeed as good as anyone else's, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief as she refused to admit defeat.
In just a few months, we are separated and reunited.
The two of them never cared about the precarious Xin Guo being slashed in the neck by Zheng Qiao, and they didn't know the position of their elders.
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It’s the end of the month, please vote for me and I’ll update more tomorrow.
There will be a temple fair here tomorrow. This is my first time to attend a northern temple fair.
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The tattoo is still there, but Tangmei doesn't care.