"The previous Suichang surnamed Liu, is a good person, three years of Sui, whether it is waiting for the beacon fire, or the sun traces Tiantian, there is no loss, and the Suichu is also good, he is good at riding and shooting, and often shoots yellow sheep on both sides of the water to add meat to the Sui, but he never thought that he was harmed by thieves."
Song Wanxu chattered and talked about the matter of Liu Suichang, sighing: "Liu Suichang and I are in the same township, Lilu is also adjacent, after he is not there, I went to his home to see, the second son is not yet an adult, fortunately, the waiting official determined that Liu Suichang was killed by the Hu people, even if he died in battle, the county will give a pension, and at least some of the 30,000 funeral money can be left, so that his family can last until the eldest son becomes an adult." ”As early as the time of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, it was stipulated in the law: "If the sergeant unfortunately dies, the official will be clothed and coffined, and transferred to his home. ”In the Han Wu era, with the expansion of the border, in order to encourage the officials to defend the border with peace of mind, the pension of the war dead was raised: ordinary soldiers died in battle, and the funeral money was 10,000, and the fighting food officials died in battle, and the money was 20,000.Liu Suichang, a hundred stone officials, died in battle, gave 30,000 yuan in funeral money, and hired one heir as an official, a proper family member of the martyrs.The imperial court treated the bereavement generously, which is also one of the reasons why the Han Dynasty was still enthusiastic about recruiting the army despite the hardships of the border and the high proportion of casualties.After thinking about it, Ren Hong said: "Dare to ask Brother Song, on the day Liu Suichang was killed, did everyone in Suizhong witness the murderer?"
”Song Wan said disapprovingly: "Everyone has responsibilities, I went to Buguang to wait for the official with Zhang Qianren, who raised dogs, Wu Baihan Dangdang and Yin Youqing were cutting grass outside, Qian Luluo and Lu Guangsu were making rice in Suili, Zhao Hu'er went to the east to inspect Tiantian, and met with the Sui pawn of Guanghan Sui next to him, and the other two were ordered by Suichang to fish in Heihaizi that day. ”This means that everyone has an alibi.Speaking of this, Song Wan seemed to know the reason why Ren Hong asked this, and spread his hands and said: "Chief Ren Sui, the history of Ling from the county has been decided, and Liu Suichang was indeed killed by thieves or Hulu, and his family has not investigated it deeply."
If Ren Suichang wants to investigate to the end, what can he do even if the case is overturned?
It will make Liu Sui's family lose a lot of benefits in vain, but they are hated, if they suspect everyone in Suizhong, they will also let the broken Sui go up and down, thankless, if you want me to say, this matter, let it pass" Ren Hong smiled: "After all, it is what happened in Suili, you have to ask, now that I know the reason, I will not ask again." ”Song Wan is indeed reasonable, it seems that even if he still has doubts about this matter, he can't come openly, so he can only investigate secretly.Ren Hong touched his neck, there are many doubts about this matter, if he doesn't figure it out, he always feels cold in his neck, and he may follow in Liu Sui's footsteps one day.The armory book was handed over, and all the questions should have been asked, and the two were speechless for a while, and the atmosphere was a little awkward, but at this time, there were bursts of cheerful dog barking outside.Song Wan stood up: "It's Han Dangdang and Zhang Qianren, who are inspecting Tiantian, who are back." ”"You dog, don't bark, this is the new Ren Suichang."
Zhang Qianren is a young student, not much older than Ren Hong, and he is holding the black earth dog in his hand at the moment, looking embarrassed.The same as the "Lian Shan" used by the Beacon, this dog is written in the book of guarding the Imperial Weapon, although the Beacon said that people should be arranged to watch it at 16 o'clock a day, but people always have a time to doze off, but the dog is different, even if it is locked in a dog cage, once someone approaches in the dark, its dog bark can resound throughout the Beacon!
Generally speaking, each beacon should raise two dogs, and the chief will inspect each beacon once at the beginning of each month.But there is only one black dog in Po Sui at present, and Ren Hong will have to ask Chen Pengzu to apply to the Buguang Houguan for another one tomorrow.As for the other person, the position is "Wu Bai", that is, Han Dangdang, who is the chief of the army, is a man over forty years old, wearing armor, his head is covered with a curtain, and a ring knife on his waist never leaves his body, and he is the main force of the Broken Sui, at this moment, he handed over the token "Riji Han chóu" that he took back from the inspection of Tiantian to Ren Hong, and reported to him: "Dare to tell Ren Suichang, there is wind and sand at noon today, so Wu Baihan dares to be with the Sui pawn Zhang Qianren, and only after the evening eclipse will he inspect the five miles east of the Sui, take the traces of the sun and return, and no one will cross the Tiantian in and out of the traces. ”Although there is a Great Wall in the middle of the beacon, the height of these Great Walls is far from being comparable with the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, the high one is only two zhang, and the short one is not more than one zhang, and it has been exposed to wind and sun for decades, and even has to be reduced and collapsed.The Great Wall of Dunhuang was built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, mobilizing 180,000 people in the inner county, and now most of them have left, the population of Dunhuang County is only 30,000, it is difficult to repair it at any time, and it is impossible to watch it every day in a hundred steps, so if the fugitives and the Saiwaihu people want to cross the block, they can climb over it.Therefore, each Sui needs to spread a layer of fine sand with a rake outside the boundary of the Great Wall that he is responsible for, in those places where the defense is weak, called Tiantian, and inspect these sand areas every day to see if there are any footsteps, so that they can know whether there are people who have crossed secretly, and the number of people and horses is clear.In order to prevent the patrol flints from being lazy, they also have to insert a piece of wood called "Rijihan" at the border of the jurisdiction, and those who go today must retrieve yesterday's one, and so on, to ensure that Amada is not boring and hard, but this is the life of the border guards.After Ren Hong took the "Riji Han" decently and put it away, he smiled and said to everyone: "Since everyone is together, let's eat night food."
Since the death of Liu Suichang, the second and third sons stick to the beacon without loss, it is really hard, Ren Hong has just arrived, there is nothing to reward the monarchs, only some food and wine, and the wine will be happy tonight!
”Although ordinary people only have two meals a day in these years, there are exceptions, the border guards on duty at night, and the postman pawns who rush overnight, have the right to add a meal, so it becomes customized.At night eclipse, it was already dark, Chen Pengzu said that he was tired and went to bed early, and the people of Po Sui sat around the courtyard, lit a fire, and shared the food brought by Ren Hong.Although it has been a naan for several nights, as long as it is heated on the stove, it will be soft again, although it is not as crispy as when it first comes out of the oven, but it is better than the grit rice that the soldiers eat every day.The green onion naan exudes a burst of fragrance, which makes people have a great appetite, and the meat naan is the most popular, and everyone tears and eats it with their hands and feet, and eats it wolf.There is also the preserved mutton marinated in Xia Dingmao, sprinkled with peppercorns, the salt taste is also enough, worn on the red willow wood roasted, the mutton fat is sizzling, salty and fragrant and hot.Take a bite of preserved mutton, swallow a mouthful of naan, and then take turns to drink a sip of light rice wine brought by Ren Hong from Hanging Spring, the feeling of fullness is full of heart, and the fatigue of the day is swept away.In the past six months, everyone has heard more or less about the reputation of Hanging Springs, and they are full of praise, and even Song Wan, who has some opinions on Ren Hong's coming here, also pointed his fingers, and he was still unsatisfied.Among the many foods, only goat's milk naan is not cared for.Ren Hong likes this kind of naan very much, it is smaller than ordinary naan, thick, round, empty in the middle, brushed with a layer of goat's milk before roasting, not as hard as ordinary naan, dense and milky."
What, can't you get used to it?"
He handed over the goat's milk naan in his hand, but everyone shook their heads and refused."
I can't stand the smell."
Lu Guangsu refused again and again."
If you eat it, it will hurt your stomach."
Qian Luluo had palpitations, and talked about the past when he first came to Hexi 20 years ago and ate some milk wine given by the Guiyi Hu people, but he vomited and diarrhea for three days and almost died.This is obvious, the native Han people, most of them are intolerant to lactose, after leaving childhood, the lactase in the stomach and intestines is getting less and less, so that adults in the Han region drink a bowl of hot milk and goat's milk, ninety percent of them will have abdominal pain.Ren Hong's body does not have such a strong sense of rejection, according to Xia Dingmao, probably when he first came to Hexi when he was young, there was a period of time, because the land was scarce and grain, and the old and the young could only rely on goat's milk to survive.But not everyone has this experience, because of the dual reasons of physiology and chemistry, the people of the Central Plains have a natural fear and contempt, feeling that this is what Rong Di eats and cannot touch.So even though Ren Hong told them that only a little goat's milk and roasted milk naan would be fine, everyone still shook their heads and didn't dare to try it.Only Zhao Hu'er, who was the father and mother, did not refuse, and took a few pieces and chewed them silently."
It's worthy of Hu'er, drinking buttermilk is like drinking water."
Wu Baihan dared to have a little holiday with Zhao Huer, so sarcastic.Zhao Hu'er didn't say a word, but said: "I will stay in the middle of the night today." ”Then he continued to carry the hard bow on his back, and the upper beacon guarded, although there was a wall above, it was colder than below.Ren Hong saw that he was wearing thin, so he went to take out a thick sheep fur of his own, and asked Yin Youqing to go to Suishang and ask Zhao Hu'er to put it on."
The night is cold in mid-autumn, and the person who will be responsible for guarding the flint in the future will take turns to wear this fur.""
Thank you, Chief."
Yin Youqing, who was in charge of guarding the flint in the second half of the night, was very happy, but Zhao Hu'er on the flint didn't say a word, just nested on it silently, like a lonely wolf under the moonlight.Ren Hong stretched out his hand and smashed the fire with a fire stick, and said to Han Dangdang and Zhang Qian: "I have heard the origin and director of other people's hometowns and directors, and there are only two of you left." ”Even if Zhang Qianren was by the fire, he hugged his big black dog, and immediately responded: "My family used to be from Chang'an, and I raised dogs for Emperor Xiaowu in Shanglin Yuan!"
”Then his voice was low: "Later, I accidentally let the Hu dog bite a noble person close to His Majesty, and the noble man fell ill and died, so the family was exiled to Dunhuang" rabies!
In contrast, Ren Hong felt that the people who died of illness after being bitten were more miserable.Ren Hong smiled: "Coincidentally, I was also tired of my grandfather's imprisonment and moved from Chang'an, and you and I are fellow villagers." ”Zhang Qianren was a little surprised when he heard this, and pointed to Han Dang, who was next to him, and said, "Han Wubai is also from Chang'an!"
”"Oh?
Why did Han Wubai come to Dunhuang?
”Unlike Ren Hong and Zhang Qianren, who were exiled to the border by their ancestors and fathers, Han Dare was in his forties, if he was not an immigrant, could it be that he had made his own mistakes?
Ren Hong looked at Han Dangdang, but saw that he was still wearing armor, cutting naan little by little with a knife to eat, raised his head when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Ren Suichang, I am indeed from Chang'an, thirteen years ago, when I was involved in the witch incident, I was unfortunately involved, and as a criminal pawn, I was exiled to the border of Dunhuang!"
”PS: Chapter 2 needs to be revised, and it will only be available at noon.