The innkeeper Su Guangju sent the freshly stewed local chicken over at this time, and he hadn't moved the chopsticks yet, the tempting fragrance alone had already made Hu Xiaotian's master and servant salivate, Hu Xiaotian beckoned: "Shopkeeper Su, drink two cups together" He said this is by no means polite, he just came to Qingyun County, he is not familiar with the place, Hu Xiaotian is eager to find a breakthrough and understand the local situation.
Su Guangju said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, there are still three dishes that have not been done, and when the dishes are ready, I will definitely come over to salute Mr.
Hu for two cups." ” Hu Xiaotian said: "Sit down and drink two glasses first."
Su Guangju couldn't stand his hospitality, and sat down politely, this Fulai Inn has always been run by him and his wife, because Qingyun County is located in a remote area, there are not many merchants and tourists who come and go on weekdays, and the inn business can only be said to be barely maintained, as far as it is concerned, there are only three guests in the store, Hu Xiaotian.
Liang Dazhuang helped pour the wine, and after Murong Feiyan bathed, he changed into a blue martial arts outfit, full of heroic spirit.
She came to Hu Xiaotian and sat down, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I've kept you waiting." ” Hu Xiaotian smiled: "I have always been patient with beautiful women. ” Murong Feiyan glanced at him, picked up his wine glass and said, "After all the hard work, I finally came to Qingyun, let's have a drink together."
Everyone responded together, and drank three glasses before giving up, the wine is Su Guangju's self-brewed rice wine, the color is yellow, and it is sweet and silky in the mouth, and the taste is mellow, Hu Xiaotian is full of praise for this, and asked about the origin of this rice wine.
Su Guangju said with a smile: "This rice wine is brewed by me, and the chickens, ducks and vegetables I eat on weekdays are all grown and raised by the two of us." ” Hu Xiaotian came to a sentence that was pure natural and pollution-free, and several people were stunned when they heard it, and the goods quickly changed the topic and asked about the operation of the inn.
Su Guangju said: "Barely make a living, to say that although this Qingyun County is located in a remote area, the land is fertile and beautiful, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and it is also a rich land, and it is located in the embrace of the mountains, located in the middle of nowhere, since the founding of Dakang there are few wars, there are many ethnic groups around, black seedlings, Dongman has been peaceful, more than 100 years ago, the founding of South Vietnam, and the trade route between Dakang just passed through Qingyun, Qingyun County has since become an important transit place on this trade route.
It's just that more than 10 years ago, a group of horse bandits emerged in the south of the Tianluo Mountain, they robbed the house, killed people and set fire to everything, relying on the unique geographical location of the Tianluo Mountain, guarding the throat road to the South Yue Kingdom, and forced a prosperous trade route in the past to make it dangerous, bloody constantly, the merchants had no safety guarantee, no one was willing to risk passing through the Tianluo Mountain, and this trade route was abandoned when they came and went, and the merchants came and went, which naturally affected the prosperity of Qingyun.
Speaking of this, he dropped his wine glass, sighed and said: "When Qingyun was at its most prosperous, there were no less than 200 inns of all sizes in the city, but only six are still operating normally. ” Hu Xiaotian nodded: "In that case, why didn't the government send troops to suppress the bandits?"
Su Guangju said: "It has not stopped all these years, every county order will suppress bandits, but every time the bandits are thundered and rained, the horse bandits not only did not decrease, but more and more, a few months ago, they also sent people to suppress the bandits, it is said that they are still the official army of Xizhou Mansion, but they have been beaten to pieces, and they cannot form an army."
In the past, bandits were only on ancient roads in the mountains, but later because of the detour of merchants, the livelihood of the horse bandits was affected, and the scope of their robbery continued to expand. ” Hu Xiaotian picked up his wine glass and drank a glass of wine with Su Guangju, and Murong Fei said, "I think the county is quite peaceful." ” Su Guangju smiled and said: "Taiping" Murong Fei said: "When we passed by the county government today, we heard that the Qingyun County government has not had a lawsuit for more than a year, and the security of Qingyun seems to be good." ” Su Guangju smiled bitterly: "No one can file a lawsuit, that's because no one can afford to fight, whether it's the defendant or the plaintiff, as long as you enter the yamen, the quasi-guarantee will let you peel off a layer of skin, our Lord Xu has a nickname, the blue sky is three feet high."
Hu Xiaotian has already understood when he hears this, what is the meaning of three feet high in the sky, which means digging three feet into the ground, judging from what I have learned so far, Xu Qinglian is an out-and-out corrupt official.
Su Guangju may have realized that he had said too much, so he got up and said goodbye to cook.
After he left, Murong Fei said: "This county order is not a good person, and it has a very bad reputation in the Qingyun area. ” Hu Xiaotian smiled: "You just went out to inquire about this matter" Murong Feiyan shook his head and said, "Don't you remember the thin man who complained?"
Hu Xiaotian nodded.
Murong Feiyan said: "I just followed him all the way and found that this person is by no means ordinary. ” Hu Xiaotian was stunned in his heart, when he saw the two people in the Qingyun County Ya just now, he thought that the two were just ordinary farmers, listening to Murong Feiyan's tone, it seemed that there was an inside story.
Murong Fei said: "He was beaten ten boards above the public court, and began to see him struggling, this person was also quite vigilant, and when there was no one around, I saw him walking like flying, it seemed that the ten boards did not cause any trauma to him at all, I looked at his steps and movements, he must have martial arts, I followed behind him, and watched him go out of the south gate and enter a place called Hongliuzhuang three miles away. ” Liang Dazhuang said: "Maybe people live there." ” Murong Fei said: "He entered a very large mansion in Hongliuzhuang, and two people came out to greet him, and they all seemed to be armed with martial arts. ” Hu Xiaotian said: "Could it be that this thin man and fat man are deliberately cheating?"
Murong Feiyan nodded and said, "I think so too, that fat man should have deliberately angered Xu Qinglian and asked him to send himself to prison, it seems that there should be secrets hidden in this cell." ” Although Hu Xiaotian just came to Qingyun, he found that this small Qingyun County was much more complicated than he imagined, he came here to serve as the county leader, and Xu Qinglian was pressing himself on his head, from what he learned, he had basically concluded that Xu Qinglian was a corrupt official, and Hu Xiaotian naturally came up with the idea of bringing this thing down.
It is not only to eliminate harm for the people, but also to clear the obstacles for oneself, and to take care of one's own interests while conforming to the interests of the people After lunch, Hu Xiaotian asked Murong Feiyan to go to the city to hang out, called hanging out, but in fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to understand the local customs, Qingyun because of the geographical location, the ethnic group is more complex, and the black seedlings and cave barbarians can be seen everywhere in the city, although the market is not as prosperous as the capital, but those goods with local characteristics also opened their eyes.
Murong Feiyan stopped in front of a black Miao stall and was quite interested in the handmade silver jewelry placed on the stall.
The local ethnic groups live together, and they have always been safe with each other, and the black seedling stall owners are also quite friendly to the Han people.
Murong Feiyan played with a pair of Miao silver bracelets repeatedly, picked them up and put them down.
Hu Xiaotian saw that she liked it so much, but he wanted to pay for a few pieces to give to her, but when he touched it, there were only a few taels of silver left in his pocket, and he was shy in his pocket and lacked confidence.
Despite this, this product still slapped his swollen face and became fat, and said to Murong Fei: "I will buy it and give it to you if you like it." ” Murong Feiyan shook his head: "I don't want it" When Hu Xiaotian was about to inquire about the price, he heard someone shouting in front of him: "Grab the marriage, rob the marriage" looked up, but saw five black horses galloping in front of him, immediately five strong and sturdy black Miao men, the first one had a dark complexion, sharp facial features, and on his saddle lay a woman in red, the woman was wearing the silver jewelry common to the Black Miao people, lying on the horse, and her delicate body kept shaking with the bumps of the horse.
The four black Miao men protected both sides, but the shouts of snatching relatives were made by them.
Hu Xiaotian was still a little stunned at the beginning, and said that it was the first time he had seen such a blatant kiss, but he immediately remembered that this should be people's national customs, and many ethnic groups have the custom of snatching relatives.
Looking at the crowd around them, most of them smiled and flashed to the side to watch, and they became more and more sure of their thoughts.
Hu Xiaotian was about to say something to Murong Feiyan and let him watch the excitement, but when he turned around, he found that Murong Feiyan was gone.
Hu Xiaotian secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, and searched everywhere for Murong Feiyan's shadow.
A blue shadow had already risen into the air, flying towards the black Miao man led by him.
Hu Xiaotian guessed right, robbing marriage is the traditional custom of the local Black Miao people, after young and middle-aged men take a fancy to unmarried girls of the same race, they can use the way of robbing home, and then find a matchmaker to say yes, in fact, before robbing relatives, men and women have already known and fallen in love, just in accordance with national customs in front of people to perform, but also swear sovereignty, showing the meaning of male charm, otherwise his four companions will not blatantly shout to rob marriage.
Murong Feiyan didn't know the local customs, and when he heard that someone was robbing the people's girls in broad daylight, he suddenly couldn't hold back his anger and rushed out first, and by the time Hu Xiaotian reacted and wanted to hold her, it was too late.
The worst thing was the black Miao man, who was kicked off the horse without figuring out what was going on, his face hit the ground first, and he fell to eat, Murong Feiyan landed steadily on the horse's back, snatched the horse, and then picked up the red-clothed black Miao girl on the horse's back, jumped down, and said with concern: "Girl, are you okay?"
The red-clothed black Miao girl was stunned, looking at the handsome boy in front of her, she didn't know what to say for a while, although the black Miao woman was cheerful and generous, but she felt shy and embarrassed to be held in the arms of this man of the opposite sex in front of everyone, and her pretty face suddenly turned red.
Murong Feiyan is usually dressed in men's clothes, and it is reasonable for others to misunderstand that she is a man, before she can say a few words, the four black Miao men have already rushed to the horse, and it is their friends who rob the relatives, and these four people have made a special trip to support the part-time escort.
Qingyun County has always been a mixed ethnic group, everyone has lived here for a long time, and they are basically clear about each other's living customs, and the locals are aware of the customs of the Black Miao people to grab relatives, so most of them are laughing and silent when they see this situation, and they are not strange, and they have a fresh attitude of watching the excitement.
Murong Feiyan is purely nosy, and this can stab the hornet's nest.
Even the Black Miao people who were originally surrounding to watch the excitement also surrounded them, and Murong Feiyan pushed the Black Miao girl to Hu Xiaotian: "Take her first, I'll break it later."
Hu Xiaotian really couldn't cry or laugh, my stupid sister, isn't it okay to find trouble The black Miao girl was pushed to Hu Xiaotian's side, and a pair of wonderful eyes glanced at Murong Feiyan reluctantly
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