Zhai Le did not leave empty-handed.
Two jars in the left hand and two jars in the right hand, returning with a full load.
With a nimble leap, he easily climbed over the low wall and jumped into the wall. Before he could stand firm, an extremely familiar face appeared in his sight. He almost lost his balance, and the relaxed smile on his face froze slightly, and he stood firmly.
Called the man softly: "Brother..."
Zhai Huan was still dressed like an elegant scholar. Seeing such a big cousin climbing over the wall, he looked calm and was not surprised at all by Zhai Le's appearance.
"Did Xiaofang have a good time out these days?"
Zhai Le smiled broadly and stepped forward boldly: "Happy. Brother, let me tell you, Brother Shen is so funny. I have never seen anyone like him. He is very interesting, very interesting."
Talking about his experiences in the past few days, Zhai Le couldn't stop smiling, and his peach blossom eyes, which were naturally smiling, were even more radiant.
He sat down opposite his cousin.
Happily share the experience of pig slaughtering with Zhai Huan.
Zhai Huan: “…???”
When his cousin said that Mr. Shen could castrate pigs, his expression froze for a moment. But when his cousin said that he had also learned the skill of castrating pigs and had castrated seven females and nine males, a total of sixteen piglets, in the morning... Zhai Huan's years of expression control almost failed.
He rubbed his brow with a headache: "That was fun?"
Zhai Le thought about it seriously and said, "It's not that fun. The pig's screams are too shrill and piercing. But seeing how serious Brother Shen is in butchering the pig, I feel that this job is quite interesting."
No matter how boring the thing is, it will be interesting if there is someone to accompany you.
Zhai Huan moved his lips but didn't say anything.
But Zhai Le understood him, even if his cousin said nothing.
Pig slaughtering is not a high-end job, and it is even dirty and tiring, after all, it is dealing with that thing. But if, as Brother Shen said, ordinary people can also eat delicious meat, what does this little bit of dirt and tiredness matter
only-
There was only one thing that puzzled him: who was the first person to discover that castrated pork tasted delicious? And what was the reason why he castrated his own pig
Seeing that his cousin was silent, Zhai Le thought about his plan with a smile on his handsome face: "If the taste of castrated pork is really good, we can raise more in the future. Brother Shen also said that they can be slaughtered in June or July, so doesn't that mean we can raise two rounds a year? This is better than other meat animals."
He was a little thirsty when he spoke, and then he found the chessboard with the endgame on it, and a cup of lukewarm tea beside him. Even the mat he was sitting on still had some warmth. He looked up and looked around: "Are there any guests?"
Zhai Huan said: "Yes."
"The person has left?"
Zhai Le was embarrassed and hesitated whether to stand up.
Zhai Huan waved his hand to signal him not to get up: "Just left."
"Oh, thank goodness."
If I come back earlier, my cousins and friends will see me climbing over the wall instead of going through the main door, which will easily leave a bad impression on me.
Zhai Huan asked: "Isn't Xiaofang curious about who that person is?"
"Brother, I trust you to make friends."
He has always trusted his cousin and doesn't pay too much attention to his cousin's interpersonal relationships. As long as he knows that his cousin doesn't suffer any loss, that's enough. Just as his cousin doesn't interfere when he makes friends.
Although Zhai Le did not ask, how could Zhai Huan hide it from his best cousin? He said casually, "It's the county governor."
Zhai Le was stunned: "County Governor? County Governor of Sibao County?"
Zhai Huan nodded in acknowledgement: "Yes, it's him."
"He wants to recruit a brother?"
It's not that Zhai Le looked down on people, but he didn't think highly of the governor of Sibao County. His brother was not a poor scholar without a foundation, and his family was not without a foundation in the southeast country. If he really extended an olive branch, it would be a bit funny.
Zhai Huan lowered his eyes and said, "I didn't recruit anyone."
I hinted to him several times but he declined.
Zhai Le muttered, "That's good. I always feel that this person is not very upright. He is scheming and has the despicable manner. Although I believe that my brother will not suffer any loss, if he really does something bad, it is hard to guard against. Is this visit just to visit a friend, or do you have other purposes?"
Seeing his cousin ready to defend himself, Zhai Huan said with amusement, "He has another purpose."
Zhai Le frowned slightly.
I don’t know whether I should ask what the purpose is.
Zhai Huan confessed first: "He said that Sibao County is short of manpower, and the fugitive Gong traitor has not been arrested yet, so he needs to send more people to search. In addition, there are hidden dangers of instability in the county, so he can't mobilize too many troops at the moment... So he wants to ask you and me to help him."
Ask the two brothers for help
What needs this kind of force
What's even more strange is that such a big thing actually requires the help of two young scholars and warriors who traveled here...
It's really a bit confusing.
"What help? Even if Sibao County is in a desperate situation, it shouldn't be difficult to mobilize a thousand men. Where are the troops stationed in the county?"
Most of the warriors would choose to join the army, which is hard to see from the outside world, but it is not uncommon to see them in the garrison. Taking the seventh-class officials as an example, one or two can be picked out from the garrison of Sibao County. If the seventh-class officials are difficult to transfer, what about the fifth-class officials and the sixth-class officials
Why do we need to ask for any external help
"Help escort a batch of supplies..." Zhai Huan paused, and then said, "This batch of supplies is very important. The county governor attaches great importance to it and has mobilized all the troops that can be mobilized. He is just worried that there will be accidents, so he asked us to help... Mostly tax silver."
The county magistrate did not say directly what he was escorting, but Zhai Huan roughly guessed it based on the information leaked by the county magistrate's evasive words.
Zhai Le took a deep breath when he heard the last part.
"Tax silver, this, this—"
His intuition told him not to get involved in this mess.
So he said solemnly: "Even the county governor himself said that the forces in the territory are unstable. If they are really escorting tax silver... This is not a louse on a bald head, an obvious target???"
Why don't you send your own troops to escort them
If you are really afraid of being robbed, you should send heavy troops to escort them!
Zhai Huan's expression was calm at first, but he almost choked when he heard the following words. He couldn't help but asked with a smile: "The bald man's head... Puchi, Xiaofang, where did you learn this witty saying?"
"I learned it from Brother Shen." Zhai Le betrayed Shen Tang without hesitation, "Brother, this is not important. If it is really tax silver, there are so many spies in Sibao County watching... If we take on this hot potato, won't we be asking for trouble?"
Zhai Huan: “…”
It’s this Mr. Shen Youli again.
It seems that these two really get along well.
"I wanted to refuse... but it's really hard to refuse such a kind offer. The escort is a fake team to deceive people, so there shouldn't be any big problems. Besides, wouldn't it be better if something really happened?" After saying this, the young man's dark eyes seemed to have a gleam of light, "This county governor is cunning and cherishes his life. In order to ensure that the tax silver is safe, he will naturally be prepared with all means."
"Fake team?" Zhai Le breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it was a fake team. It wasn't that he was speculating, he was really afraid that they would become "scapegoats". However, his cousin's words puzzled him a little.
It seems like brother is expecting something bad to happen
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