On this moonlit night by the seaside, when a dozen skinny but nimble young women were walking quickly on the official road outside the city gate, a woman was running in the opposite direction to them.
The woman's name was Liu'er, and she originally made a living as a private concubine in this generation. Because of her beauty, the officials in charge of money, grain, taxes and money in the area took a fancy to her, so they built a small yard near the customs and raised her in it.
Liu'er was good at coaxing men, and the official was not stingy. He was happy to be served, and threw the beautiful little ingot on the pillow mat.
Liu'er went to the cheapest shop in the city, bought a bunch of rouge, returned to the slum area at the port, and gave it to her sisters who were familiar with her in the past.
If those sallow faces are painted with a layer of red rouge, they will not look so unlucky. They can often make the owner of the face stand out when meeting customers, and they will have enough food for three days.
Therefore, every time Liu Er came to donate Rouge, she would be admired by all the women in the shack.
Liu'er enjoyed this feeling very much.
This made her seem to have jumped out of the quagmire of her humble past and become on an equal footing with the young ladies from wealthy families in the city who were serving porridge during the twelfth lunar month.
However, yesterday, Liu'er suffered a loss.
As soon as she took out the rouge from the armhole made of mouse fur, her former friend pushed the gift back to her.
"Liu'er, I'm going to the west to join the army. Give such a good Rouge to other sisters."
The partner spoke frankly and sincerely, but after Liu Er learned more about the whole story, she suddenly felt that the excitement and anticipation on the other person's face was clearly more like a proud show off.
"You guys, don't be deceived by others." Liu'er felt very unhappy, but her words were full of concern.
"Sister Liu'er, what you said is right. Look at my old sister, how can I recruit someone at this age? I heard from Li Huaihua that we are here to tinker with firearms. If we are accurate, we will be rewarded with silver. Sister, firearms
, gun, cannon, have you heard of it? There seems to be one on the side wall of Laolongtou in Shanhai Town..."
The more Liu Er listened, the more her chest felt congested.
She couldn't explain what was going on. She had obviously become a canary with no worries about food and drink. Could it be that she was jealous of a few sparrows who went to the battlefield to die?
Liu'er said goodbye from this shack and wandered around the port with a sullen face for a while. Most of the rouge she brought was given away in exchange for flattering gratitude, but she also saw Li Huaihua and Liu Ping'er.
In fact, she had no friendship with these sisters-in-law. She only remembered that when she visited the poor in a shack near them, Li Huaihua watched from a distance and did not come to ask for rouge and gouache.
Liu'er no longer hesitated. After leaving the port, she went directly to the official who supported her.
…
Cheng Xin, carrying his sleeves on his back, hurriedly walked in the moonlight.
Liu Er pushed him up and asked in a surprised tone: "Officer, why, why don't you ask the superior officers to take the person together?"
Cheng Xin stopped suddenly and said coldly: "Are you the one who earns a salary from the imperial court and is sent by the imperial court, or am I? You're a bitch, but you still boss me around?"
Liu'er kept silent.
I felt aggrieved and confused.
What happened to this benefactor?
Since I started following him, I have heard a lot about "beauties" and "sweethearts", and today is the first time that I have been called a "bitch" by him.
Reporting the news to him by himself was obviously an act of merit that would help him ask for his future from the superior officers in charge of military affairs. The benefactor said that he was a commander in Dengzhou a few years ago, in charge of the taxation of sea-going ships in Dengliao.
Silver, wearing a military attache's robe, with a tiger or a tiger embroidered on the chest patch. Anyway, it is similar to the emperor's dragon robe, with a majestic beast on it.
It turned out that he escaped during a firefight with a smuggling ship from the south, and the court almost wanted to punish him. Fortunately, his father-in-law was the richest man in Dengzhou, so he paid a large price to keep him safe, and sent him to the Shanhaiguan Bingbei Road. He was given another place.
The imperial court and its officials collected and sold people's money.
Liu'er roughly knew that there were not only camp and garrison soldiers in Shanhaiguan, but also sailors gathered there. Flowers, silk and silver had become a big source of income in recent years. No matter what kind of robe they wore, the gentlemen would definitely keep a close eye on them.
If you go back and intercept those kiln sisters who are about to run away, your benefactor will definitely be rewarded with military preparations.
However, the current situation was somewhat beyond Liu'er's expectations.
Why is it that my benefactor is preparing to go to the meeting alone? I have clearly informed him that the person who came to deceive Li Huaihua and the others is a woman, but it is said that she is also leading troops for the court and is protected by servants.
Liu'er was fuming as she followed Cheng Xin to the city gate where the torch was lit.
There are several city defenses in Shanhaiguan. The one facing Ningjin in western Liaoning is strictly guarded. However, this place faces Beijing, Tianjin and Jizhou, and is connected to the official road for merchants. Unlike the capital, the curfew is very early. At the turn of Xuhai
Then the city gate will be closed.
"Look, officer, they have gathered together." Liu'er pointed to the figure under the big elm tree in front and said to Cheng Xin.
Suddenly she became excited: "That slender one is called Li Huaihua. Hey, the group of people she met must be the female Qiu Ba who came out of the city to take them away."
Cheng Xin narrowed his eyes and told Liu Er with a somewhat stern tone: "You stay here and are not allowed to come over."
"Oh, yes." Liu'er responded obediently.
Cheng Xin put up his sleeves and walked towards the city gate, his steps showing a bit of leisureliness.
He lost his military position and now wore the robe of a tax collector. In places like Chaoguan of the Ming Dynasty, it was more majestic than the military flag of the camp general.
When he appeared in the bright place of the torch, people recognized him immediately, and the voices of "Give me a gift, Mr. Cheng" kept coming and going.
Cheng Xin waved his hand, walked up to the guard who was inspecting the marriage, stared at the young master with a humble expression, then looked at the strong men behind him, and asked with an air of air: "A escort?"
Chang Zhongxin leaned over and saluted: "Yes, sir."
"Where did it come from?"
"Xuan Da."
"There are a lot of carriages and horses. Are the people being held captive or the goods being held captive?"
"Sir, it's goods, ginseng, seafood and skins. The owner paid all the taxes."
Cheng Xin said "Huh", ignored him, and walked straight to the largest carriage.
Sure enough, the strong man who looked like the leader stopped in front of Cheng Xin.
Cheng Xin lowered his gaze and saw clearly the weapon the opponent was holding. He smiled, stepped forward and whispered: "Brother, I was also a military attache in the past, so I still know how to use a spring sword."
Huang Zude looked at Cheng Xin with a sharp look in his eyes.
Cheng Xingong raised his hand and said, "Is that your Shangguan in the car? Is your surname Zheng?"
Before Huang Zude could respond, Zheng Haizhu had already lifted the curtain and said harmoniously: "Mr. Cheng, are you okay?"
Huang Zude did not expect that his wife actually knew the tax collector and called him "Master". He was surprised and took a few steps away.
Zheng Haizhu got off the carriage and greeted Cheng Xin with a smile.
Even if Cheng Xin is a bastard like Cheng Xin, who is neither a man nor a warrior, living on soft food and wearing patchwork official robes, seeing the woman in front of him now is more powerful than when he was dealing with Dengzhou a few years ago, and then think about it.
The more I mess around, the less promising I become, so I can't help but sigh and sigh.
"Hey, Mr. Zheng, no, now I should respectfully address you as Mrs. Zheng. Mrs. Zheng should have noticed when she saw the smile. Is there anyone else who has the post of general manager?"
Of course Zheng Haizhu was a little surprised when he recognized Cheng Xin a moment ago.
She remembered that this man was quite good-looking, and that he was a well-off son-in-law who relied on his wealthy father-in-law, so she had a good impression of him.
After all, when Zheng Haizhu took Xu San and Wu Bangdang to Liaodong on the Liaohai Road, after revealing his identity as a guest of Prince Lu's palace, Mr. Cheng, who was extorting money from maritime merchants on behalf of the patrol, immediately reduced the protection fee to
One percent.
Zheng Haizhu quickly judged that Cheng Xin probably committed the crime in Dengzhou, but the friendship between his father-in-law and the official men was still there, so he was brought to Shanhaiguan to avoid the wind and the errands he handled were still good.
Immediately, Zheng Haizhu felt something was wrong. How did Cheng Xin know that he was leaving the city at this moment?
"Mrs. Zheng," Cheng Xin looked around and said proactively, "to make a long story short, if madam still needs to take dozens of pieces of goods, she should leave as soon as possible. It was just a coincidence that Cheng heard that madam was passing through Shanhai Town.
, I came to say hello to my old friend. Madam, have a good trip, Cheng also went back to rest, and tomorrow he has to count money for the court."
Zheng Haizhu was silent, staring at Cheng Xin with a vague hint of research.
How come this guy who eats soft food looks a little different from the lazy and greasy guy who gave orders to the maritime merchants in Dengzhou?
Cheng Xin touched his nose, suddenly took on a joking tone, and said with a smile: "Madam, now that you are traveling in all directions, you don't have to let Prince Lu's horse butt show up like you did back then."
Zheng Haizhu was convinced that there was no malicious intent on the beautiful face opposite him.
She also pursed her lips and said modestly: "Master Cheng is too praised, that is, it depends on 30% courage and 70% luck."
Cheng Xin sighed: "Actually, the seven points of luck are not difficult, but the difficult part is the three points of courage. When my wife came to buy the flag, I was blind and thought that she was just a businessman. I never thought that in the spring and summer of the next year,
The merchants from Liaodong who came to Dengzhou talked about the great victory of Fushun, and that the wife must have done extraordinary things to be rewarded by the court. Cheng Mou admired it. Cheng Mou would not embarrass his wife's ship in the first place, and he will not embarrass his wife's carriage and horse now.
Madam, please leave the city on your way, don’t lose the goods under the elm tree over there.”
As Zheng Haizhu listened, his mind kept spinning.
A moment ago, Li Huaihua had found her. After getting on the carriage, she tremblingly reported that a total of twenty-three women had arrived at the port, all of whom were going to join the army.
Before Zheng Haizhu could express his position, Cheng Xin showed up.
If Cheng Xin wants to pick someone up, Li Huaihua is in the car a few steps away, so he doesn't have to pretend to be greeting him for so long.
Therefore, Zheng Haizhu estimated that someone should have reported it to Cheng Xin, but Cheng Xin decided to turn a blind eye, either out of genuine admiration or because he was aware of Zheng Haizhu's relationship with various forces.
Zheng Haizhu then stopped delaying and said in a deep voice: "Thank you, Master Cheng. See you later."
Cheng Xingong handed over his hands, turned around and left, still strolling leisurely with his sleeves on his back.
The noise of the people and horses, and the shouts of the guards gradually became quieter. Cheng Xin walked to the wild fields outside the city gate, illuminated only by the moonlight, and said to Liu'er, who was eagerly waiting for the show, "I can't afford to offend you."
The Bodhisattva."
Liu'er was so shocked that she didn't dare to ask any more questions, but she was unwilling to do so.
Cheng Xin took her and returned to the city gate.
Don't stay in a corner of the city. It's time for this meddling canary to return to its nest.
No, it's not just a "good thing". Cheng Xin secretly thought in his heart that Liu'er, a woman, turned out to have a vicious temperament and was not an economical person. He had to find a way to get rid of her so that nothing would happen to her in the future.
Give him Cheng Xin some points too.
Liu'er walked quietly beside Cheng Xin. As far as her eyes could see, she could see clearly that a large group of men and horses surrounded the women under the elm tree in the distance.
Suddenly, in the city ahead, officials shouted from the cross streets: "Daotai is patrolling the city, disperse, disperse."
Liu'er's heart moved.
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