Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 23 Tie Yi Yuan Shu worked hard for a long time

"The previous Sui Chang's surname was Liu, and he was a good man. He had been in charge of Sui for three years. He was not wrong with the beacon or the sky field, and he was not bad for Sui Shu. He was good at riding and shooting, and often went to Jiduans to hunt yellow sheep on both sides of Jiduanshui to add meat to Suili, but he never thought that he was harmed by the thieves."

Song Wan talked about the matter of Liu Sui and sighed: "Liu Sui is my hometown and is also adjacent to the village. After he is not around, I went to his home to see it. The second son has not yet grown up. Fortunately, the waiter decided that Liu Sui was killed by the Hu people and was considered to be killed by the Hu people. The county will give him pensions. At least 30,000 yuan of burial money will be left, so that his family can last until his eldest son becomes an adult."

Ren Hong nodded. The treatment of the Han Dynasty for the deaths of the officials and soldiers was relatively high. As early as the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Han, the law stipulated: "If a soldier unfortunately dies, the officials will keep clothes, quilts, coffins, and transfer them to their homes. The temple will be sanctuary and the officials will be buried."

In the Hanwu era, as the border expanded, in order to encourage officials and soldiers to guard the border with peace of mind, the pension for those who died in battle was raised: ordinary soldiers were killed in battle and were given 10,000 yuan in burial money, and the food officials were killed in battle, and the money was 20,000 yuan. Liu Suichang, who was killed in battle, was given 30,000 yuan in burial money, and hired one descendant as an official, and he was definitely a family member of the martyr.

The court treated the pension well, which was also one of the reasons why the border guards were suffering and the proportion of deaths and injuries was high, but the enthusiasm of the whole Han Dynasty to join the army and receive recruitment was still there.

After thinking, Ren Hong said again: "You dare to ask Brother Song, did everyone in Sui witness the murderer on the day Liu Suichang was killed?"

Song Wan said disapprovingly: "Everyone has a duty. That day, I went to Bu Guanghouguan with Zhang Qianren, who was raising dogs. Wu Baihan Gandang and Yin Youqing were cutting grass outside, Qian Kuotuo, and Lu Guangsu were guarding Suili to make meals. Zhao Huer went to the east to inspect Tiantian and had a meeting with the Suimen in Guanghan Sui next to him. The other two were ordered by Sui Chang to fish in Heihaizi that day."

This means that everyone has evidence of absenteeism.

Speaking of this, Song Wan seemed to know why Ren Hong asked about these questions and spread his hands and said, "Chief Ren Sui, the Lingshi from the county has decided on the case. Chief Liu Sui was indeed killed by thieves or barbarians, and his family has not investigated it in depth."

"If Ren Shui Chang wants to investigate to the end, what can I do if the case is over? It will make Liu Shui Chang's family lose a lot of pensions in vain and instead be hated by him. If he suspects the people in Shui, he will also make Polu Shui stand up and down, which is thankless. If I ask me to tell you, let it go..."

Ren Hongxiao said: "After all, it's something that happened in Shuili, so you have to ask. Now that I know the whole story, I won't ask anymore."

Song Wan's statement is indeed reasonable. It seems that even if he still has doubts about this matter, he cannot do it openly and can only investigate it secretly.

Ren Hong touched his neck. There were many doubts about this matter. If he didn't figure it out, he would always feel cold in his neck. Maybe one day he would follow Liu Sui's footsteps.

The weapon book was handed over, and everyone who should ask asked, the two of them were speechless for a moment, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. Fortunately, at this time, there were cheerful barking of dogs outside.

Song Wan stood up and said, "It was Han Gandang and Zhang Qianren who inspected Tiantian who were back."

...

"Don't bark, you dog, this is the new chief Ren Sui."

Zhang Qianren is a young man, not much older than Ren Hong. At this moment, he was holding the black earth dog in his hand, showing embarrassment.

Like the "single" used to guard beacon towers, this dog is written in the guard tool book. Although it is said that people should be arranged to watch on the beacon tower at 16 a day, people always dozing off, but dogs are different. Even if they are locked in a dog cage, once someone approaches in the dark, its dog barking will resound throughout the beacon tower!

Among the many foods, no one cares about goat milk naan.

Ren Hong likes this kind of naan very much. It is smaller than ordinary naan, thicker and round, with an empty middle. Before roasting, it is brushed with sheep milk. It is not as hard as ordinary naan, dense and milky.

"Why, can't you get used to it?"

He handed over the goat milk naan in his hand, but everyone shook their heads and refused.

"I can't stand this taste." Lu Guangsu refused repeatedly.

"It will ruin your stomach after eating it." Qian Weituo was still scared. He talked about the past when he first arrived in Hexi twenty years ago and ate some milk wine given by the Hu people in Guiyi, but ended up vomiting and diarrhea for three days and almost died.

This is obvious. Most of the native Han people are intolerant of lactose. After leaving their childhood, the lactose enzyme in the stomach becomes less and less, making 90% of the adults in the Han area suffer from abdominal pain after drinking a bowl of hot milk and goat milk.

Ren Hong's body did not have that strong sense of repulsion. According to Xia Dingmao, it was probably because when he first arrived in Hexi at a young age, there was a period of time when he was not allowed to live on goat milk because of the lack of grain in the land.

But not everyone has this experience. Because of the dual reasons of physiology and culture, people in the Central Plains all have a natural fear and contempt, thinking that this is what Rong Di eats and cannot be touched.

So even though Ren Hong told them that it would be fine if they only brushed some goat milk and roasted milk naan, everyone still shook their heads and did not dare to try it.

Only Zhao Hu'er, who was Hu's father and mother, did not refuse and took a few pieces and chewed them silently.

"It's worthy of being Hu'er, drinking butterfly juice is like drinking water."

Wu Baihan dared to be a little quarrel with Zhao Huer, so he was so sarcastic.

Zhao Hu'er didn't say a word, just said, "I'll stay for the middle of the night today." Then he continued to carry a hard bow on his back and guard the beacon tower. Although there was a wall above him, it was colder than below.

Seeing that he was wearing thin clothes, Ren Hong took out a thick sheep fur and asked Yin Youqing to go to the fire and asked Zhao Huer to put it on.

"Midnight in the middle of the autumn, the people who were responsible for guarding the fire took turns to wear this fur."

"Thank you, Chief Shu." Yin Youqing, who was responsible for guarding Shui in the second half of the night, was very happy, but Zhao Hu'er on Shui said nothing and just nestled on it silently, like a lonely wolf under the moonlight.

Ren Hong reached out and pounded the fire with a fire stick. He said to Han Gandang. Zhang Qianren: "I have heard from Song Zhuliu that the other people's hometowns, director, that's all you left."

Even though Zhang Qianren was next to the fire, he held his big black dog and immediately responded: "My family used to be from Chang'an, and raised dogs for Emperor Xiaowu in Shanglinyuan!"

Then the voice fell: "Later, the Hu dog I was raising accidentally bit the nobleman close to His Majesty. The nobleman died of illness and exiled to Dunhuang..."

Rabies! In comparison, Ren Hong felt that the people who died of illness after being bitten were miserable.

Ren Hongxiao said, "Come on, I was also tired of being imprisoned by my grandfather. I moved from Chang'an, and you and I are also considered fellow villagers."

Zhang Qianren was a little surprised when he heard this, and pointed at Han Gandang, who was next to him, and said, "Han Wubai is also from Chang'an!"

"Oh? Why did Han Wubai come to Dunhuang again?"

Unlike Ren Hong and Zhang Qianren, who were banished by his ancestors and fathers, Han Dandang was in his forties. If he hadn't been immigrants, could he have made a mistake?

Ren Hong looked at Han Gandang, but saw that he was still wearing armor and cutting naan bit by bit with a knife. He raised his head and smiled:

"I don't care about Ren Shui Chang. I am indeed from Chang'an. During the witchcraft incident thirteen years ago, I was unfortunately involved in it. As a criminal, I was exiled to the Dunhuang border!"

...
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next