Teahouses and taverns have always been places where news gathers.
Shen Tang's personal expedition was not concealed.
Before she led her troops to the frontline battlefield, there was already talk 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, and 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."
Tea-goers in groups of three or three gathered in the tea shop to chat.
One person suddenly made a confused sound, 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 asked angrily: "Then what's so strange about you suddenly saying something?"
"Why is it not surprising? 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, that's weird. Why haven’t you heard these words today?”
The companion was 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 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 their banditry and seize other people's ancestral property.
[Today the royal court can seize our family's land just to buy people's hearts. Who knows that someone named Shen won't seize your family property in the future? It's really a ruin of etiquette and music. There is no one in the world to teach such greedy and immoderate gangsters to occupy the throne. It’s hateful to fool all living beings!】
Most of the common people admire learned people in their bones, not to mention that those scholars are from farming and reading backgrounds. They are always concerned about the country and the people, and are quite famous in their hometown. Their ideas are simple and pure, how can the scholars in this hometown harm their fellow villagers? In the eyes of common people, those people talk more, read more, and meet more people wherever they go, so what they say must make sense.
I think it’s fair and reasonable even after listening to it!
Every time there is a deafening sigh.
As a result, the common people had a very good impression of the rebels.
In addition, these years of trading with Beimo, many fellow villagers from this hometown who dared to work hard went to Tuocheng to do business, and one by one they became rich and became wealthy upstarts from all over the country. These people returned to their hometowns and secretly brought them with them. A lot of information about the Northern Desert region came back.
The Northern Desert is not as ferocious and cruel 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 former northwest kingdoms and the current Kang King's court have to slander Bei Mo several times?
Therefore, even if someone knows who has joined the rebels, they will not report it, and some 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 killed them. It's really hateful to be called a rebel!
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 group fight. If you can't hold back, you can be violent and you can kill someone. In the past, when has there not been a quarrel that filled the sky with shouts and made you hoarse?
Today, there is inexplicable harmony.
The harmony and quietness are so eerie.
No, it didn’t start today. I had this tendency a while ago. It’s just that there were no controversial topics at that time, and people who often visited the tea shop couldn’t argue. The news I got today was exciting and controversial enough, and as a result, the tea shop
The harmony up and down is amazing!
It was not only the companions who were awakened, but also others.
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. Finally, because the atmosphere of the tea shop was too peaceful, it made the scribes who went out to sharpen their swords with a whetstone feel very boring. They sat for a while, paid for the tea, and then dispersed: "Let's go, let's go."
No, it’s boring.”
If there is no conflict, there will be no quarrel.
Some people also went to inquire about the whereabouts of those familiar old enemies. They hadn't seen them recently, and 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 some were reincarnated quickly.
I drank 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 outside the door. Judging from his figure, he should be the son of Lian Jiazi. The few remaining tea guests heard the movement and moved their eyes. They guessed that this person had heard about the war and wanted to join the army.
Warriors looking for 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.
Most of the brave warriors in Kang State were concentrated in Zhechong Mansion.
There are not many folk activities, let alone none.
The proprietress put away the tea cup, and as soon as she straightened up, she saw the person coming, her pupils moved slightly, and 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, "I'm here to sign."
The proprietress Fu Shen agreed: "Go and prepare now."
He turned back to the compartment 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 look at what's going on right now.
Do you still dare to come here?"
Gong Cheng said: "Boring."
He just came out to relax.
The lady boss 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 guards and travel between two places without alerting the defenders, how capable you are! Why didn't I kill you?
?You will implicate me later and bury me with you?"
Gong Cheng seemed to be used to her sharp tongue.
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 tea shop 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 the method of a brave warrior, who could make a person appear in two places at the same time, killing
It's hard for people to solve crimes.
Because business was not good, the boss lady closed the shop early.
Gong Cheng was sitting in the backyard drinking tea.
The landlady looked at him and felt really depressed.
When passing by, he raised his foot and kicked his feet, put his hands on his hips and said: "You look like a bitter gourd, which makes people unappetizing. You are from the Northern Desert now. If you fight, you fight. If you win, you live. If you don't, you live."
Death, it’s such an easy thing, why are you so bored?”
Gong Cheng raised his eyes and looked at the landlady.
The boss's wife's eyebrows are somewhat similar to the same person.
He had met that man 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 be bruised by her kicks?
The landlady said: "These two kicks can't cripple you."
An ordinary person like her doesn't have this ability.
Gong Cheng said: "Nothing."
Seeing that he had returned to his melancholic 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!"
Wandering is more annoying than going down a dark road.
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. I was right not to get married. At least I could have saved my life."
"What's right? I'd rather go along with it."
The landlady changed her attitude from being lively and aggressive, 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 lose.
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 the Kang State, Shen Tang, also known as Youli, has an unknown origin. The outside world only knows that she was a survivor of the Xin State and was born in an official. She was implicated by the tyrant Zheng Qiao and her whole family, and the young girl was sent into exile. There is controversy among the people about her "official origin", but the exile
There is no such thing.
Because Shen Tang has a tattoo behind his ear.
A prisoner who was sent to exile, the man had his face tattooed, and the woman had her tattooed behind her ears. The tattoo behind her ear was not covered with earrings. It is said that she often left the palace and went among the people, so many common people could see the tattoo behind her ear at close range.
Prisoner's mark.
This is also the point where the Kunzhou rebels often attack her.
She is just an exiled female prisoner with an unfair birth and a reputation. What qualifications does she have to occupy a high position? And what qualifications do she have to be a common democratic monarch of a country and to command the civil and military forces?
Why not be ashamed and commit suicide to give way?
I heard that there was quite a stir in the public opinion. Some officials proposed to have the doctor Xinglin erase the tattoo marks.
She shouldn't have such a mark of shame for the common people to talk about.
However, Shen Tang waved his hands indifferently: [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 body and skin, and deplete his body'. Past experiences, good or bad, have all happened before. It cannot be changed. Just like this tattoo, what is the point of erasing it? If it is erased, it will never exist? It should not be a shame, it should be glory, merit, and capital. We really want to define it as a shame , that is also the shame of Gu’s defeated generals. They didn’t say anything, what do you mind doing?]
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 is home! Old man Zhu started with a bowl, and I started with an exile. Hahahaha, the enemy lost to me, what’s the difference between this and being squatted on top of your head to urinate on?]
The female companion beside him sighed.
【This 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 explode them.] Well, there is another one. Qiu Fumiyan's grave.
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.
Hiding it and not mentioning it is enough for others.
This man drank a lot and his speech was slurred.
[Because your defeated generals also include Uncle Qian and the general.] Let Qian Yong know that being defeated by Shen Tang is the same as being pissed on. This old boy can make endless troubles.
If civil servants make trouble and quarrel with each other, the North Korean meeting can continue to be held; if the military attachés end up fighting, the foreign court will be humiliated 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 break. I invite Tunan to come out for a drink. Let's How about not talking about these trivial matters?]
[You, you should be more restrained at ordinary times.]
Since word spread that she was proud of the tattoo behind her ear, 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, with tattoos on their wrists, necks, fingers and other parts, and their heads braided in the same style as Gong Xiqiu'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 shit, let alone the censor will come to persuade you to be polite, Qi Zhongshu will also get angina if he knows it. 】
Qishan has not given up on his plan to cultivate a gentleman so far. His indomitable 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 proprietress only treats them as anecdotes. She has never really contacted anyone who has met Shen Youli, except for 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 would not be alive today.
The proprietress casually patted the moss on the stone steps and sat down with her skirt on her back: "You have seen her, how could you not understand her?"
Gong Cheng: "We meet by chance and have a brief conversation."
Understand what a person can do in two aspects.
He is not good at discerning people's hearts.
These eyes are often shrouded in mist.
Even if it was a friend he had been in contact with for a long time, he couldn't 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 marriage was a life. After that, it was a life to escape the war and live in exile. It was also a life to take root with one life. If Kunzhou had not been pacified, would I still be able to open this tea shop safely?"
She was originally the daughter of an official, a queen from a famous family.
She was protected by her family when she was young, and she developed an innocent and inexperienced character. 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 got acquainted with a young man from a similar family background. His family background, status, and talents were indeed as good as anyone else's. Finally, she, who refused to admit defeat, breathed a sigh of relief.
In just a few months, things were divided 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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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 was still there, but Tangmei didn't care.