in the edge

Chapter 141
In terms of raising money and food, Prime Minister Jia Wen's arrangements, at least from the beginning, were no problem.

As always, due to the urgency of the matter, Prime Minister Jia Wen apportioned the shares. As for the targets of the showdown, they were naturally civil and military officials, as well as those aristocratic families in the capital of Jiankang.

You usually get so much salary, but now that the court is in trouble, you have to give generously, right?
"Didn't the food and pay for the Northern Expedition be spread out once?"

Although they cursed and cursed, all the civil and military officials and the aristocratic families also simply took out part of it. Everyone paid, not one family, and it was apportioned to each family. The amount was not too much, and they could still afford it.

As for the other part...

"What? Another sign?"

After seeing the notice of food collection posted by the yamen servants, the people in various states and counties in Dachen were all dumbfounded.

"Didn't we collect food and salary for the Northern Expedition before? What? You said this was food and salary for counterinsurgency?"

As a result, the people who had already been taxed once had to pay again.

For those aristocratic families who have been accumulating for hundreds of years, this amount of money and food is only enough to make up for the shortfall, but for the common people who have already been expropriated once, this is even worse.

For a time, there were complaints from all the provinces and governments, and the people were in dire straits.

Even the people are not the only ones suffering.

The incident happened in Yangzhou Prefecture, Huainan Road, a small official in a government office.Although he has the status of an official, it is inevitable that this small official will be expropriated for some money and food. Fortunately, this small official pays more attention to savings on weekdays, so it is not to the point of being injured.

But when the little official rejoiced that he had survived the catastrophe and was about to go home to rest, an accident happened.

"How do you pay back?"

The clerk was very puzzled. He had obviously handed it over before, so why did he do it again?
But soon, the little official knew that things were not that simple.

The soldiers only want money and food when they go to war, but the masters go to war for more than just money and food.At present, there are masters in the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion who are preparing to join the army to put down the rebellion, but they also need some preparations in advance - and the preparations that the master who practices the art of Xuanmin needs is the young official's unmarried wife.

According to that general, his Xuan Min technique has reached a critical moment, and he just needs the help of a cauldron to go up to the next level.But the beauty of this little official's fiancée was already noticed by this general.

"But the technique of the mysterious female..."

The young official was dumbfounded. He had never thought that he would face such a reason - he had also understood the Xuan Ming Art, but no one had ever mastered it. At best, they could only be a couple. It’s fun, so how can anyone really regard this as a cultivation method?
However, no matter what the little official said, no one believed his words.

Just because that general is indeed very capable.

That is far beyond ordinary courage, even beyond imagination. In the past, the petty official had heard rumors that this general could smash grass targets with a knife at a distance of two or three feet, but now, in After seeing his resistance, the general actually swiped his knife and shattered a wall in the air!

This is the strong, and what the strong say is infallible.

The strong don't even need to care what the weak think.

The general came here this time, just to inform him, as for whether the little official agrees or not, this kind of thing is not important.

How could a mere petty official compare to a general who showed his evil spirit?
So that night, the little official learned that the in-laws who had already made a marriage contract had broken off the marriage contract between them, and the fiancee with whom he was a childhood sweetheart and a childhood sweetheart had also been sent to the army. of Fuchu.

The distraught little official instinctively went to the gate of the general's mansion, wanting to ask for an explanation, but the general didn't even show up this time, only the two gatekeepers beat the little official out .

Under a stick, the little official was covered in blood and cuts and bruises all over his body.

On the way home, the clerk's brain had completely come to a standstill. The excessive pain even made it impossible for him to think normally. The pain on his body, coupled with the grief in his heart, made the clerk as good as a dead person at this moment.

It is said that the closer a person is to death, the more the brain will recall those happy images, thereby alleviating the pain of death.

But the scenes that the little official could recall were all related to her.

The first time we met, the first time we talked, the first time we held hands, and the first time we looked at the stars, he still remembered that he skipped his husband's classwork for the first time in order to bring her a rare light lamp cake in Yangzhou, so he was pulled She went to make boards. Similarly, because she used the needles and threads at home to mend clothes for him, she was also scolded by her mother for a long time.

Fortunately, he finally became a small official, and he had a foothold in Yangzhou City. At that time, he was so excited, and after earning some status, he was finally able to come to propose marriage openly.

But what happened later?

He couldn't remember what happened afterwards.

Between life and death, his brain has blocked those too painful memories.

What is left to him at this moment is only the infinite prospect of a bright future.

That's right, he should have married that childhood sweetheart later on. The two of them were childhood sweethearts, and they had endless conversations after being together.During the day, he went to the government office to order, and his wife would cook some at home. After work was over, he would go to the market to buy some vegetables and meat, and he would cook a delicious meal with his wife—as for letting his wife eat alone. Cooking, this is absolutely unavoidable, his wife's cooking skills are far inferior to his, this can be regarded as a little secret between husband and wife.

After drinking and eating, he would read some books, and his wife would occasionally read to him some interesting stories from storytelling scripts. Until nightfall, the two of them would go back to their room to rest and walk on the road of human relations.Although this is to allow the old people on both sides to meet their children and grandchildren as soon as possible, occasionally using some of the mysterious female techniques spread outside can also add a different kind of interest between the couple.

"Yes, that's it, that's it, she's still waiting for me to come back..."

Thinking in this way, the little official stumbled all the way back to his humble house.

The next day, when the official office was called, the little official showed up as usual—but this very ordinary behavior made the rest of the people stunned.

There is no other reason, they already know what happened to this little official last night.

You must know that the servants sent by the general are all big and round, and they have no mercy at all when they are beaten randomly. With the body of this little official, even if he is not beaten to death, I am afraid he will be crippled in this life - but now, look at this little official The official looked like he had nothing wrong with him. How could this be possible?

Something went wrong, and the news spread quickly. Even the general knew about it.

He even came here specially. "He has gone crazy. Get out of here."

The general's face was rather ugly, and the long sword on his waist was unsheathed.

"Be careful, he might deny your relatives and kill you all of a sudden."

"Crazy? I'm not crazy, I'm very sane."

The clerk just shook his head.

"You insulted me yesterday, and I haven't settled it with you yet."

Saying so, the clerk drew out the sword from his waist.

It is said to be a sword, but it can only be regarded as decoration at best. Although the Great Chen Yichao advocated martial arts and most men have the custom of wearing a sword, not all of them will wear a refined iron war sword—just like this little official wears on The so-called precious sword at his waist was nothing more than polished bamboo and wood. It might be able to pretend to be in the sheath, but when it was pulled out, it could only make people laugh.

But at this moment, the general couldn't laugh at all.

"No need, I will return your wife to you. Besides, if you have such a skill, what kind of woman do you want? Why bother?"

"What? What are you talking about?"

The little official frowned.

"My wife is by my side, don't you see?"

"Varied……"

The general couldn't help being stunned for a while.

I saw that the little official was obviously empty, so where did someone come from?
But the clerk didn't think so.

"He said he couldn't see you. Do you think there is something wrong with his eyes?"

After whispering a few words into the empty space beside him, the clerk turned back again.

"Are your eyes broken? How can you turn a blind eye to such a beautiful person?"

"I……"

The general instinctively raised the saber in his hand.

It was at this time that the clerk shook his head.

"If the eyes are useless, then don't use them."

hum-

The old bamboo sword just waved in the air, and the general's eyes flew out.

Together with half of the head.

Seeing that the strong and inhuman general actually said he would die, the entire government office was in a mess. Soon, the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion also learned of the bloody case, and hurriedly mobilized troops to prepare for the incident before the situation escalated. , First kill this little official here.

But even if they surrounded and shot with strong bows and crossbows, they couldn't do anything to this little official.

Whether it was arrows, spears, or the hilts of the swords drawn from the arsenal, they all stopped within a foot of the little official's body, and it was difficult to get an inch.

But this little official was already crying bitterly.

"Why are you blocking the front? It's obvious that these are coming for me...it's you! It's all you!"

When he raised his head to look at those government soldiers, the little official's eyes were already red.

"How dare you hurt my wife!"

With the bamboo sword swung, no one knew how many people died that day.People only know that as the most affluent state city near Jian'an, Yangzhou has changed its flag in just one day.

And this is just one of the flames of war everywhere.

Da Chen Shiwudao, 240 states, unexpectedly reversed more than [-] in one breath.

At present, Yizhou, which was the first to raise the flag of righteousness, has become inconspicuous in this chaos.

After all, unlike those states that were fighting like a raging fire, Yizhou really didn't make any moves.

　The second update was finally done, so I squinted for a while, then got up in the middle of the night and continued to write.

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(End of this chapter)