After the imperial examinations, I grew up by farming

Chapter 12
There are two more days to travel, and they will enter the territory of Pengcheng, which is the territory of Xiaodongjiang Wang Qicheng.

King Xiaodongjiang and Prince Lu have always been at odds, and there has been constant friction at the junction of their territories all year round. Now that there are troubles, it will only be more difficult to pass the border.

The group decided to stay longer and wait until Xu Zhuang was able to walk on the ground before leaving.

On this day, Ning Yu drove an old ox cart to the next village, found the hostess' natal family, and exchanged five taels of silver for a pile of crude medicinal materials, and now she was driving the ox cart back.

"Huh, huh—" the ox cart climbed up the hill, Ning Yu tightened the ox rope and stopped the ox cart.

Looking south, a team of 800 people slowly marched along the flat road at the bottom of the slope, heading towards the village where they stayed.

After seeing the composition of the team clearly, Ning Yu's heart sank, and he flicked the bullwhip, and slammed it at the old scalper's buttocks.

The wheels began to roll, and the old scalper ran towards the village at the fastest speed.

Yan Shi sat down on the kang depressedly, regretting in his heart, why did he have to say the phrase "opportunity and opportunism" to set himself on fire.

He moved his ears, and heard the yelling of the little scholar driving the cattle from behind the house. He put his hands on the kang, lifted his body slightly and slid down, lay back on the kang, closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

"My lord, are you alright? Have you bought the medicine yet?" The ox cart stopped in the front yard, Zhiyi heard the movement and came out to greet her. Seeing Ning Yu looking at the wooden stick in her hand, she took the initiative to say: "Li Qiliu and Li Qiliu The second child just woke up."

Li Qiliu is the name of the male owner of this family, and Li Laoer is Li Qiliu's second son.

In the past few days, one or two members of the family woke up from time to time. Except for the two timid little girls and the eight-year-old son, the rest were fed a few mouthfuls of cold corn soup and then knocked unconscious with a stick.

Zhiyi walked to the side of the cart and reached out to pick up the herb basket.

"I've bought it. You don't need to bring in the medicinal materials. The recruits are almost at the entrance of the village in the south. Let's go now." Ning Yu jumped out of the car, put the ox rope and bullwhip on the shaft, walked quickly into the courtyard, and asked as he walked: " Is Uncle Zhuang awake?"

"Woke up, ate corn porridge, and fell asleep again." Zhiyi followed behind step by step.

Uncle Zhuang finally opened his eyes yesterday afternoon. According to what Doctor Huang said, he saved his life.

"My lord, what does it matter to us when the recruiter comes?" Zhiman leaned against the door of the main room, also holding a wooden stick in his hand.

They were neither locals nor military households, so Zhiman had no idea what the conscription had to do with them.

As for tying up this family, there is no need to worry at all, it was the family who harbored evil intentions first, even if the officers and soldiers came, they would not dare to shout.

"This is not an ordinary conscription, it's a troubled time, I'll tell you later, wake up Uncle Zhuang first." Ning Yu entered the main room and turned to the east room.

When Yan Shi heard about the arrest of a strong man, he realized the seriousness of the problem, and opened his eyes quickly. When Zhiyi woke Xu Zhuang up, he sat up on the kang and asked Zhiyi to hand him the boots.

Ning Yu pushed open the door of the east room, glanced over, walked towards the eldest son of the family, the strongest one in the room, and asked Zhiman to wake him up.

The boss of the Li family opened his eyes in a daze, and shrank his neck in horror when he saw the two plague gods.

Zhiman pinched his cheeks, he thought he was going to feed him corn paste, opened his mouth without much resistance, Zhiman threw a black ball into his mouth, and before he could react, he was fed A mouthful of cornmeal.

"If you take this medicine, you will die of intestinal perforation in at most half an hour. If you don't want to die, just follow my advice." Ning Yu Leng said quietly.

Seeing that he was still in a daze, Zhiman slapped him and shouted sharply, "Did you hear that?"

"I heard it, I heard it, I am obedient, don't kill me, I don't want to die, please forgive me, grandpa, please forgive me—" The eldest of the Li family was terrified, sobbing and crying.

Ning Yu turned around and went back to the Westinghouse, knowing that she was putting on shoes for Xu Zhuang.

"Grand... son..." Although Xu Zhuang woke up, his body was still very weak, he could only lie down and couldn't sit up, and every time he uttered a word, his throat was tingling with burning pain.

Ning Yu raised his hand, signaling Xu Zhuang to lie down properly, "Uncle Zhuang, you don't need to talk."

Xu Zhuang blinked.

Ning Yu and Zhiyi made two trips to spread a thick mattress on the flatbed cart, Zhiman packed up the baggage and called the boss of the Li family into the house.

A group of people carefully helped Xu Zhuang over. The boss of the Li family squatted down and let Xu Zhuang lie on his back. He tried four or five times, but he couldn't carry Xu Zhuang up. The owner is Li Qiliu.

Li Qiliu's head is not as good as his son's, but his strength is much stronger.

Li Qiliu was carrying people, the boss of the Li family, Ning Yu, knowingly helped, it can be regarded as carrying people.

After putting Xu Zhuang on the flatbed, Li Qiliu's legs trembled and went limp, and he sat down on the ground: "My God, it's too heavy, it almost broke his waist!"

Among the three injured, Xu Zhuang was lying on the left side of the scooter with his head facing forward, Yan Shi was lying on the right side, and Zhiman was sitting at the back of the scooter.

Zhiyi pushed up the tailgate of the bullock cart, fastened the bolt, hung the bag containing fine soft silver coins to the hidden hook at the bottom of the cart, and sat on Ning Yu's left hand side, with another bag containing broken silver and copper coins on his shoulder. and dry food.

"Don't have bad intentions, the poison in your body won't break out." Ning Yu turned to look at Li's father and son, and drove to the entrance of the North Village.

The gut-piercing poison is just a lump of steamed potatoes, rubbed and coated with pot bottom ash.

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The team that Ning Yu saw earlier walked outside Li Ge Village, a small group of soldiers escorted back the strong men captured from the previous village, and the other part entered the village from the south village entrance of Li Ge Village, and knocked on doors from house to house according to their household registration.

The strong men who were captured were tied up with hemp ropes, tied into strings, and sent to the nearest guard for exile.

After the leading officers and soldiers entered the village, they arranged for people to guard the other exits, allowing them to enter and not leaving.

Ning Yu and the others walked to the entrance of the North Village, and the six soldiers responsible for guarding the entrance of the North Village had just arrived.

Seeing the bullock cart approaching, the six soldiers hurried to the middle of the road. The soldiers pulled out their sabers and shouted loudly: "Du Si Zheng Ding, you are forbidden to go out, stop!"

"My lord, the younger ones came to visit relatives in Li Ge Village, they are not from Li Ge Village, so here is the account post. Please take a look, my lord—" Ning Yu pulled the ox rope to prevent the old scalper from running into the ditch next to it. .

She wanted to charge directly, but when the old scalper saw the long knife, she stopped her hooves and did not leave.

The soldier who drew his sword winked, and a soldier next to him stepped forward, Zhiyi hurriedly unfolded the account post and guide, and handed it over.

The soldier walked back after seeing Lu Yin, and held a string of copper coins that he felt filial to the soldier with both hands, and said in a low voice: "It's from Shu, and it's in stock."

The head of the soldier said "hmm" and walked over.

"There is an order from above. All males who have reached the age of [-] will be required to pay as much as they want. If their household registration does not belong to the Chief Secretary of Shandong, there is no clear instruction from above. I will not be sure." Bingtou weighed the copper coins and looked them back and forth Ning Yu and others.

"Officer," Ning Yu took the money bag from Zhiyi's hand, jumped out of the car, and walked around to the other side.

"Since the adults didn't mention it, they must not include people from other places. What do you think, my lord?" Ning Yu pressed the money bag into the hands of the soldier, with a faint smile on his lips, showing respect without being overly obsequious.

The soldier's head weighed the heavy wallet, feeling a little fond of Ning Yu, who had a friendly smile.

"It's true that the superior didn't say it," he relaxed a little, and took two steps towards the back of the cart, glanced at Zhiman with his head down, and his eyes fell on Xu Zhuang's face with his eyes closed, "What's going on? thing?"

"Returning to the official, he is the younger brother. A few days ago, he met bandits when he went out. The younger ones rushed back to Sichuan just to treat the injuries of the elder brother." Ning Yu cupped his hands and said.

The soldiers lifted the quilt next to Xu Zhuang, "Who is he? What is he doing covering his face?"

"He is the younger second brother. He was injured together with the eldest brother. Unfortunately, he hurt his face. The doctor said he couldn't see the wind." Ning Yu replied calmly.

Several other soldiers lifted the mattress to unpack the burden, and the soldiers watched from the sidelines, picking up the corners of the quilt or the burden cloth with the tip of their knives from time to time.

"Are you a scholar? Did you get the honor?" Bingtou opened the pen case and asked Ning Yu.

Of the three brothers, the eldest brother is stronger than a cow, the second brother has a bruised nose and a swollen face, and he doesn't look like a gentleman. He must be a scholar, and the youngest who talks is somewhat decent.

"Returning to the official, I went to school when I was young. It's a pity that the little one is stupid by nature. After ten rounds of exams, he is still just a boy. The little one's family is poor. The elder brother and the second brother gave up the opportunity to study to the younger one to do the precarious business of escorting."

It turned out to be a dart walker, no wonder he was injured like this.A few soldiers understood.

"...The little one is really not enlightened. After reading the next sentence, he forgets the previous sentence. He can't remember a poem after reading it for a whole day. He is really ashamed of his elders and his two elder brothers—"

"Okay!" Bingtou waved his hand to stop Ning Yu from continuing.

Who wants to hear the history of blood and tears in the examination room of an old boy.

After the other soldiers dug through, they found four hanging copper coins and a few pieces of silver.

"Let's go!" Bingtou accepted the spoils in satisfaction, and took two steps back.

"Thank you, Guanye." Ning Yu hurriedly pulled up the quilt to cover Xu Zhuang and Yan Shi, jumped into the cart, picked up the cattle rope, and was about to throw out the cattle driving whip when the soldier suddenly spoke again.

"Wait a minute, bring me the account post and road guide and let me have a look."

(End of this chapter)