Husband has a sweetheart

Lu Wei had never heard of this name before, and asked again: "Tell me everything you know!"

"This young man's father was originally a small businessman, literate, and he followed his father to do business since he was a child. Later, the barbarians came in and gave, his mother, to that..." The village chief couldn't help it He said openly, "His father didn't dislike it. Later, his mother gave birth to a girl with green eyes and a high nose bridge, and she was quite pretty."

Lu Wei and Zhang Yuqing looked at each other, and horror flashed in their eyes at the same time.

The experience of this person's mother is very similar to that of Liu Quan's mother.

Did they find this Du Jingyi through Liu Quan, or was there an invisible hand that instigated Liu Quan's so-called friends to find Liu Quan, and then pushed them to find this place?
"What happened next?" Lu Wei asked.

The village rolled up its sleeves and sighed, "Their family is also unlucky. When his father was doing business, he met a barbarian and was robbed by a barbarian. He threw his body in the ravine. When he found it, he was almost eaten by wild animals. Later, he fell ill, and the family was so poor that they couldn’t solve the problem. His mother had no choice but to sell his sister. His illness was cured, and his mother disappeared. Now he is the only one in his family.”

An atmosphere of silence spread among the crowd.

Zhang Yuqing looked back at the shabby black cotton bed, and asked, "Where is he? Do you know where he went?"

The village head shook his head, "Who knows? He has been away for several months, elusive. Someone saw him come back two days ago, but now he has disappeared."

At this moment, Lu Wei sharply raised his head and saw a little boy lying on the courtyard wall.

Startled, the little boy quickly retracted his head.

The village chief hurriedly said, "That's the family next door to the Du family. A widow lives with her son."

"Where's his father?" Zhang Yuqing asked.

The village head hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Several years ago, the master of Baochuan wanted to collect smoke tax..."

A guard asked, "What is the smoke tax?"

Never heard of it!

"Hey, as long as there is a fire at home for cooking and smoke comes out, you have to pay money to the yamen. This money is called a smoke tax!" said the village chief.

Zhang Yuqing was silent in her heart, but it was corrupt officials who cleverly set up a name to collect money and scrape the last drop of oil and water from the common people.There are barbarians invading and looting outside, and corrupt officials inside. No wonder there are only so few people in a place as big as Baochuan.

The common people are really forced to have no way to survive.

"His father said that it was an official collecting money privately. The people in the yamen heard about it, put his father in shackles and dragged him to the county town. His father stood in front of the yamen in shackles and stood in the sun for a few days. He was not given food and drink. It's gone." The village chief sighed, "Thanks to Du Jingyi, a young man who often helps their wives."

Lu Wei was furious, "Which adult?"

The village chief hurriedly said: "My lord, calm down, it happened many years ago, and that lord is no longer in Baochuan! Since you came to Baochuan, the life of our common people is much better than before!"

Lu Wei and Zhang Yuqing went out against the wind and snow, but they couldn't find the legendary shopkeeper, but they couldn't return empty-handed.

After dark, Lu Wei sent people to ambush on the way in and out of the village, and sent people to surround the family. As long as this person entered the village, he would be unable to fly.

The night wind blew fiercely, blowing on people's faces like a knife cut, the snow stopped, and a bright moon hung in the sky.

On Fang Qin and Kou Leguo's side, according to the information provided by Liu Quan, they caught a salt thief, followed the clues, and wiped out all the thieves, and sent someone to report the news.

Zhang Yuqing's hands and feet were numb from the cold, and she sighed: "The winter in Baochuan is too cold!"

After running for a day, he still hadn't caught the "big shopkeeper", and was frozen into a popsicle.It seems that there are always clues sent, but they are always cut off at critical moments.

This made Zhang Yuqing feel like being played by the "big treasurer" in the palm of his hand, and he was very unhappy.

Standing beside her, Lu Wei spread out his cloak to shield Zhang Yuqing from the wind, and said slowly, "It's not as good as Jiangnan."

"Of course there is no Jiangnan!" Zhang Yuqing said.

Is not this nonsensical?If Baochuan was like Jiangnan, would it still be called the Northwest Frontier?

Lu Wei looked at her, and suddenly bent over to approach Zhang Yuqing, and asked, "What? Regret that you didn't marry in Jiangnan?"

Zhang Yuqing looked at him inexplicably.

"If you marry in a good place in the south of the Yangtze River, don't you need to come here with me to drink the northwest wind?" Lu Wei said.

If Zhang Yuqing married to Jiangnan, she would be in harmony with Luo Dan Yangqinse now, and be a carefree lady in the back house.

Zhang Yuqing opened her mouth to drink a mouthful of cool wind, suddenly choked, turned around and coughed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, what kind of nerve is this?

Lu Wei's heart was sour, why Zhang Yuqing's reaction was so strong when Jiangnan was mentioned, it's probably because of the unrequited love!

Yes, the world is impermanent, and there are mistakes!Zhang Yuqing rolled her eyes in her heart.

If it wasn't for the nonsense of the monks in Huangjue Temple, I don't know if she will marry Luo Danyang, but Lu Wei will definitely marry Zhang Yuying, so she won't be reduced to being a country girl forced by the Zhang family.

Lu Wei felt that his heart was colder and desolate than the northwest wind that was raging at the moment. He couldn't help but said: "There is nothing good in Jiangnan. Jiangnan... Jiangnan has more people and less land, more sour literati, and more rules!"

Zhang Yuqing managed to stop her coughing, and said with a frown, "What happened to Jiangnan? Do you have such a big opinion on Jiangnan?"

Lu Wei gritted his teeth with hatred, hated Zhang Yuqing for being incomprehensible, and hated her for pretending to be someone else. In anger, he grabbed Zhang Yuqing's shoulders with both hands, facing her, and said with a bit of anger, "I just don't like Jiangnan. !"

The two looked at each other, one high and the other low, the bright moonlight reflected the white snow on the ground, reflected in Zhang Yuqing's dark eyes, the rippling glimmer in those eyes made Lu Wei indulge in it silently.

Looking at the bright red lips, Lu Wei couldn't help but lower his head.

At this moment, a guard ran over creaking on the snow.

Zhang Yuqing shook off Lu Wei excitedly, and walked forward, "How is it?"

"Someone has entered the village!" the guard said in a low voice.

Lu Wei's face was livid, and he looked at the guard expressionlessly.

"Okay, don't startle the snake." Zhang Yuqing urged.

The guard was terrified by Lu Wei's murderous eyes, and he cheered up, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, my lord and madam, as long as he enters the yard, we will arrest him! Keep him safe. !"

Zhang Yuqing smiled and nodded, "Go!"

A dark cloud gradually covered the bright moonlight, and the whole land was plunged into darkness, only the faint light refracted from the snow.

Zhang Yuqing and Lu Wei hid in the backyard when they heard the chai door creak open.

There was silence all around, except for the creaking of someone's feet stepping on the thick snow.

However, at this moment, a heart-piercing scream suddenly came from the yard next door, "Brother Jingyi, run!"

Zhang Yuqing's complexion changed drastically, and before he could utter the word "arrest", Lu Wei had already drawn out his long knife, tapped his toes lightly on the snow, and rushed over like a roc spreading its wings.

In the blink of an eye, the man also showed his weapon.

The sound of the blade hitting was particularly ear-piercing in the silent night. The man obviously lost to Lu Wei, and was immediately impacted by the force of Lu Wei's knife, taking a few steps back and falling to the ground.

The guards who had already ambushed in the yard rushed up and subdued the man on the ground.

It was dark, and Zhang Yuqing couldn't see clearly at all. He only heard a few whizzing sounds of piercing the air. Every time there was a sound of piercing the air, a guard who was holding down the man jumped up screaming, as if every shot Didn't fail.

The accompanying people quickly lit the torches, and Zhang Yuqing saw a ten-year-old boy riding on the courtyard wall, holding a slingshot in his hand, aiming at the guards and firing.

Immediately someone pulled him down from the other side of the wall.

Zhang Yuqing quickly ran over with the torch. The guards who were hit by the slingshot were all holding their noses, and blood was dripping from their noses.

The person who was crushed on the snow raised his head.

He was a very young man in his early twenties, with delicate features and a kind smile.

Being suppressed by so many people and becoming a prisoner, instead of being afraid, he even smiled calmly at Zhang Yuqing.

Zhang Yuqing looked at him condescendingly.

At this moment, the village chief brought the little boy under escort, and apologized to Lu Wei and Zhang Yuqing in panic, saying that he was careless and missed the boy, which almost caused him to ruin a big event.

The boy wriggled vigorously, trying to break free, and cursed loudly: "You are all lackeys of the government! You will be punished!"

The village head cursed angrily, "This Lord Du Si is different! Our life is much better after he comes!"

"They caught Brother Jingyi! They are the bad guys!" the boy yelled.

The village chief said in a low voice: "If your Brother Jingyi hadn't done anything bad, could Master Du Si arrest him?"

Not to mention him, who in the village doesn't mutter what Du Jingyi does outside for a living?What a crime it must be to be able to arrest Mr. Du Si personally!

Zhang Yuqing looked at the slingshot in the boy's hand, and then at the bloodied noses of the guards, secretly frightened.

The sky was dark, with only a little gleam of snow, and it was impossible to see clearly, but the boy was able to hit the guards' noses with precision from such a far away place!
The reason why he slapped his nose was because everyone was wearing thick clothes, and it was useless for him to slap the place covered by cotton clothes.

Such astonishing eyesight and aim, as well as keen observation skills, even the archers who have been trained in the barracks for many years can't match it!
Zhang Yuqing became short of breath, looked at the little boy with golden eyes, and ordered the guards, "Take him away too."

The village chief was startled, and smiled apologetically, "Ma'am, he's just an ignorant child..."

A woman next to her burst into tears and knelt down to kowtow to Zhang Yuqing, "Madam please spare him! He is not sensible, I will beat him to vent your anger!"

The person who had been silent on the ground spoke with a helpless smile, "I said Mrs. Du Si, didn't you come to arrest me? Now that I have been arrested, why bother with a child?"