Chapter 4 No Waves, No Waves
He is a veteran of this ten-mile shop, and he is also from a hereditary military family, when Dong Ce's father was the officer of the team, he was the official title of the general banner, and Huang Ji was the most powerful small flag under him at that time, and he was also his housekeeper. The intimacy of the relationship between the two can be seen, both superior and subordinate, but also siblings. He watched Dong Ce and his brother grow up, and only called him Erlang, all these years, thanks to his care, otherwise, Dong Ce would not be as simple as being bullied. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the southern soldiers of the border army are also the guest army, and they have a salary of one or two and a half dollars per month, five buckets of rice in their true colors, and two or three dollars of silver per month, and one stone of silver in the northern army every month.
At the end of the next season, there is no prohibition from top to bottom. Most of other people's salaries are deducted seventy percent, and thirty percent is left for you to come to hand, Dong Ce is a bully, his salary has always been deducted, if it weren't for Huang Ji taking out his salary, I'm afraid Dong Ce would have starved to death.
The so-called loyalty, but that's it!
Dong Ce tilted his head slightly, not letting his tears drip down, and after a while, he said, "Uncle Ji, thank you all these years." ”
Huang Ji's face showed a slight anger: "My own family, if you say anything outside the world, if you are like this again, I will not recognize you." ”
"My nephew lost his word." Dong Ce smiled slightly: "Today's Dong Ce is no longer the Dong Ce of the past. Uncle Ji, it's not convenient to talk here, let's find a chance to talk about it tomorrow. ”
Dong Ce seemed to be relieved of the novel, stood up, and walked towards the castle slowly.
His sturdy body that stands out from the crowd has really attracted the attention of many women, all of whom are secretly watching, although the heart says that this leper dog is stupid, but the tendon meat is really not fake, many people's eyes are moved to his crotch, Dong Ce, who is wearing a pair of nose calf shorts, is also soaked, showing the huge outline of the lower body.
Many women secretly swallowed their saliva, and their lower bodies were already wet when there was that commotion. Thinking in my heart how to hook this afterlife into bed, this bastard boy is afraid that he has never tasted the taste of a woman, right?
This ten-mile shop is a subordinate of Zhenqiang Fort, Zhenqiang Fort is located in the nine sides of the Chong, subordinate to Yang and Wei, and Yang and Wei are under the jurisdiction of the general army of Datong Town, here is the outermost part of the entire nine sides, dozens of miles away, is the territory of the Great Wall. In order to prevent the invasion of the Tartars, the walled forts here are built very intensively, and the medium-sized walled forts are one for three or five miles, and the fire road piers have reached almost one mile.
It's a pity that these projects, which cost tens of millions of taels of silver and almost drained the blood of the Ming Dynasty, are still useless for the Tartars.
There are more than 100 families living in Shilipu, and more than 400 people, which is not small, and most of them are the families of the defenders.
In order to guard against the Tartars, the forts on the nine sides have one thing in common, no matter how big or small, the city wall is towering, only two miles and fifty steps around the ten mile shop, but the city wall is thirteen or fourteen meters high, all of which are made of big blue bricks, and the bottom is the foundation of granite. At this time, there are also people standing guard on the city wall.
The exterior is shiny, but once you go inside, you can find that it is dilapidated, and the main street is potholed and uncomfortable to walk on, and the narrow alleys on both sides are full of low and dilapidated mud houses. There is garbage and chicken, duck and pig manure everywhere, and the sewage on the street is flowing sideways, exuding a stream of smell. Most of the men and women who hurried by had vegetable faces, thin bodies, and numb expressions, and many children didn't even have clothes to wear, just running around with bare buttocks.
Dong Ce couldn't help but feel something, these military households still have military salaries, and the poverty of the people at the end of the Ming Dynasty can be seen.
It is no wonder that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong rose up bravely, and there was a severe drought in northern Shaanxi for many years, and the imperial court was urging to the death, and the Liao salary was levied, and people couldn't survive, can they not rebel?
Along the way, many people shouted that Dong Ce's nickname for the dog was canceled by him, Dong Ce just walked in with a gloomy face, everyone knew about Sun Ruhu's matter, and they all said that he was scared stupid, and he didn't care.
Walking to the corner of the intersection in front, Dong Ce stopped at the door of a house.
There are three steps in front of the house, and the gatehouse is also made of brick, which contrasts sharply with the low adobe houses that surround it. There are also brick carvings of many sons and many blessings on the lintel, showing the unusual status of this family in Shilipu.
This is Sun Ruhu's mansion, the entire Shilipu is higher than it, and the more decent one built is the mansion of Xu Ruji, the manager of the team.
A few years ago, it was Dong Ce's home, and now, the plaque hanging above the gate reads the words 'Sun Mansion'.
Looking at this mansion, a heat flashed in Dong Ce's eyes, he shook his head and forcibly held back.
It's not time to go in yet, and wait and see, it won't be long.
Just as he was about to leave, the door of the mansion was pushed open with a bang, and two big-footed women wearing green cloth clothes with thick faces and flesh walked out escorting a woman.
The woman was about twenty-three or fourteen years old, quite beautiful-looking, her face was pale, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes.
Memory tells Dong Ce that it is Sun Ruhu's woman, but I don't know if it is a wife or a concubine.
He shook his head and walked towards his nest.
It's not a home, it's just a nest.
Since being driven out by Sun Ruhu, Dong Ce has no home, he built a shack with wooden planks and branches and adobe against the city wall, it is really a dog kennel, it is just a square circle, black and dirty, people can just stand upright, piled up with all kinds of sundries, exuding a strange smell.
After walking this way, the originally soaked nasal calf shorts had been steamed dry by body heat, Dong Ce casually pulled out a piece of tattered clothes from the pile of garbage and put them on, and then searched hard, and after a while, he finally found what he wanted.
It was a waist knife, and Dong Ce was the weapon of the border army.
The waist knife, which is three feet long and weighs one pound and ten taels, is a little light and fluttering in his hand, and has no sense of weight.
With a clang, the waist knife was unsheathed, and a snowy light flashed. The finger belly gently scraped on the blade, Dong Ce nodded lightly, this waist knife is still well maintained, made of pure steel, with a thick back and a sharp blade, it can be called a killing weapon.
Just sit down on the dirty ground.
The Xiaoice period is not without benefits, at least there are many fewer mosquitoes in summer, it does not rain for a long time, and the ground is not cloudy.
In this kind of environment, Dong Ce in his previous life was absolutely unbearable, he had always been a person who loved cleanliness, but at this moment, he was sitting here quietly.
The reason why I want to go back to this squalid hut is because here, ten paces away on the right-hand side, is the East City Gate.
Once it is revealed, Dong Ce has the confidence to rely on this knife to fight his way out of the encirclement.
He sat quietly in the dark, listening carefully to the movement outside, and held his waist knife tightly in his hand.
It's like a wolf hiding in the shadows and watching its claws sharpen.
"What, Sun Ruhu is dead?"
The most central position of Shilipu Castle is a courtyard covering an area of acres, a three-entry courtyard, a brick wall, a high gatehouse, and a small square at the door. Directly opposite the gate is a wall, one foot high, built of green bricks, which is quite dilapidated and withered, and there are still a few weeds growing on it. On the outward side of the wall were many tattered notices, already yellowed and making a soft noise in the wind.
If it is in the rich Central Plains or the Jiangnan region, the mansion of an inferior rich family is much more luxurious than this, but in this nine-sided side, this is already the most luxurious and atmospheric building in Shilipu.
This is the mansion of the hundred official halls, the highest military and political chief of Shilipu, and the official of the management team.
Since Shilipu is a military fort, not a civilian fort, the administrative affairs here are not under the management of the county, but are directly responsible for the team officer, which is the military and political control. Therefore, in front of this house is the lobby, where the prisoners are interrogated and where the office is located, and behind it is the family house.
In the flower hall of the back house, Xu Rujian was drinking tea by himself, and after the person who came to report the news said the news, Xu Rujian wrinkled his brows and said, "You tell me the process in detail." ”
After the man spoke carefully, Xu Rujian waved his hand and stepped back.
"Sun Ruhu is dead?" Xu Rujian sat there wrinkling his brows and pondering for a while, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he patted the table lightly: "Haha, it's a good thing!" Good thing! ”
"It's a little weird." A man standing behind him said in a deep voice.
The name of the person who opened the mouth was Zhang Han, about thirty years old, wearing a scribe's robe, and his appearance was quite thin, this was Xu Ruji's henchman, but also his brain, and Xu Ruji's deep trust.
"What do you mean?" Xu Ruji's face froze, and he asked in a deep voice.
"The death of this Sun Ruhu is a bit weird." Zhang Han said: "According to the person who reported the news, that Sun Ruhu is strong in martial arts and is also strong, and that Dong Ce is a wasted character. There are three doubts about this. ”
"First, he was beaten by Sun Ruhu, why did he run? Don't you know that if you run away, you will be beaten harder? It's human nature. ”
"Second, if you run, why don't you go to other realms, you have to get into the forest, you must know that the forest is not big, but you can't hide people, and you will be caught soon."
"The biggest doubt is, why did Sun Ruhu die!" Zhang Han said slowly: "Dong Ce went ashore, he seemed to be scared stupid, he didn't know what people asked, and he didn't say anything. only said that Sun Ruhu fell down, but what about the details? What does it look like? ”
When he said this, Xu Ruyu also felt that something seemed to be wrong. They are already used to the fact that Dong Ce is a wretch and a fool, so they don't take it to heart, because Dong Ce doesn't dare to do it at all! But Zhang Han hasn't been here for a long time, and he hasn't heard much of Dong Ce's reputation, so he deduces Dong Ce as a normal person, plus he is delicate and meticulous, so he sees a lot of doubts.
Xu Rujian groaned: "What does Mr. mean?" ”
It can also be seen from his words that he also respects and relies on Zhang Han.
Zhang Han smiled faintly and said, "This Dong Ce is not simple!" Either you're bold enough to get into the unblinking, or you're a lucky fool. In the end, the adults took it and asked it, and they knew that under the so-called Miki, there is no brave man, and those torture instruments in our prison are not decorations. ”
Xu Ruyu nodded, and was about to raise his voice to greet someone, but he shook his head again and said, "It's not appropriate." Now is a critical time, but it is not appropriate for something to happen. And wait, it's just an ant-like figure, and when that is over, I stretch out my fingers and strangle to death. ”
"Well, I understand." Zhang Han nodded clearly, but he chuckled: "This Dong Ce is a bit interesting, if I kill someone in the future, I will also pretend to be crazy and stupid." ”
He spoke very funny, Xu Ruyu couldn't help but hear this, but he was already thinking about how to embezzle Sun Ruhu's family property, and an undisguised greed flashed in his eyes.
Zhang Han glanced at his expression, snorted slightly, and looked extremely disdainful.