How many buildings are in the mist

When Feng Zihuan and Cui Xuanji were wrestling indistinctly in wooing and resisting, Feng Zizhang had already set out from Jiankang.Remarkably, she took Zhezhu and a small amount of luggage with her on the road, as well as a considerable amount of money--a lot of change--and her short sword.That sword was given by Feng Zihuan when he was the empress dowager.She said no, but Feng Zihuan didn't give it to me, saying that I would have a family-heirloom sword in the future, but you don't have any, so what can I do.So I specifically asked my companion to find the best materials and the best swordsmith, and forged her a light, thin and extremely sharp dagger.At that time, Feng Zizhang was not tall enough, so how light was it to hold a sword?It wasn't until she grew up that she realized that the sword was just the right length for her calf, and it was suitable for hiding in clothes or tied to her legs.

She and Zhezhu went south from Jiankang to Kuaiji.At the beginning, I walked slowly, always paying attention to the conversations of merchants on the official road along the way.After making sure that no one noticed that they were leaving the capital, and some people even talked about Nankang King staying behind closed doors every day, he quickened his pace to Shanyin County.Surrounding Jiankang, Kuaiji has the best landscape.The two rode in the mountains and forests. Although Feng Zizhang knew that he had a heavy responsibility, he was attracted by the scenery and often stayed on the horse to watch.Not long after the day stopped, Zhezhu jumped off the horse, and came back with a bouquet of flowers from time to time, asking her loudly if she wanted hairpin flowers.She shook her head, "Dian—girl, how beautiful it is, it would be a pity not to wear it."

"How many regrets have you said these days?" The two of them rode forward again, and Zhezhu let go of the reins, and specially took the remaining flowers to make a corolla, "Isn't it a pity? Let's come this way , How many of those big families in Jiankang City have bought properties in the mountains of Kuaiji? There are so many beautiful places, with high mountains, lush forests and bamboos, all of which have been occupied by them."

Feng Zizhang glanced back, but no one followed, "Maybe you like it, but don't allow others to like it, occupying a place to build another business?"

"These big families have a lot of property, and they also have houses in Jiankang. They are not satisfied, and they want to take up space. Isn't it too greedy!"

Feng Zizhang nodded, "Yes, people are like this."

"Girl, don't be greedy."

"How do you know I'm not greedy? I'm just not greedy for these things."

"That girl is also the most non-greedy person in the world, let such a big Nankang—"

Feng Zizhang pretended to hit Zhe Zhu with a whip, "Shut up quickly. Aren't we just the two of us in the official way."

The two of them rested at the inn at night, and set off on the road early the next morning, preparing to gallop to Shanyin County that night.Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one on the official road in the morning, he ran for a while.Take a break at a roadside tea shop at noon.When going back on the road, the weather is hot, so go slowly.The official road has become much wider, the land has obviously been sorted out and become flat, and the farmhouses have also been tidied up.When they walked through the mountains, the big families they saw were nothing more than real estate and few fields.It basically does not help Feng Zizhang's purpose of this trip, everything here is only valuable to her.

She lightly touched Zhezhu's arm with the whip, Zhezhu understood, stopped the horse aside, walked to a farmer who was plowing and asked the field here belonged to Xie's family.The farmer smiled and replied, is this girl from another place?There is no Xie family's land outside Shanyin City. Although the land here is flat, the quality of the rice produced here is average. How could it fall into the eyes of Xie's family?The Xie family's land is all around their family's Shuangluo City{31}.Zhezhu asked again, whose land is this here?The peasants said that most of them belonged to lower families living in Shanyin City, such as Du, Chen, Han, and Chu.Feng Zizhang rode on the horse and listened quietly, secretly thought that he would go to Shuangluo City to take a look, if it was his family property, it might not be easy to get close, I don't know what to do...

Suddenly found that someone was looking at him, it turned out to be the farmer, and Zhezhu was talking nonsense to him about where they came from.The farmer was attracted by her appearance and was stunned for a moment.Seeing this, Zhezhu wanted to beat people, Feng Zizhang immediately thanked the farmer and rode away.Zhe Zhu chased after her, and when she got to a place where no one was around, Fang said to her, "Girl, I don't see much trouble wearing our veil. It looks even better when you wear this veil." Zizhang sighed, "I'm not here to guard against these things. It's good-looking... There's nothing you can do if you look good, as long as you don't be recognized or believe that I'm Li Zhang, that's fine."

She asked Concubine Duan to borrow this veil, which was all in the style of the Longxi area, especially the silver ornaments and chains hanging on both sides, which fit Li Zhang's identity.But the bad thing is that she wears a veil to avoid being recognized by people who have seen her-even if she doesn't see many people all year round-but she attracts frequent glances from strangers. Although she is not gorgeous in her attire, the veil It is truly a rarity.

Although it is not a bad thing to think about it, it is not a good thing either.

Zhezhu talked to herself for a long time, and finally said: "Girl, you are so beautiful, no matter how you dress up, there is no way." Feng Zizhang shook his head and smiled bitterly.

It was almost dusk, and as far as the eye could see, the gate of Shanyin County could already be seen in the distance.The two were about to ride their horses and run quickly, when suddenly a group of people grabbed together in front of them, and it was not clear how many people were there against the light.When the two heard the noise getting louder, they immediately rushed to catch up.It was heard that some wealthy farmers outside Shanyin City came to the poor peasants to press for debts.The creditor forced the poor family to repay the debt agreed to be repaid next month. The amount is quite large, and the interest rate has already doubled several times. They also gathered a group of village ruffians, three surrounded the farmers here, and five guarded the farmhouse. Front door.The creditor was very angry, but if you listen carefully to his words, it is nothing more than a fake tiger's prestige.He first scolded the poor family, accusing the other party of repeatedly failing to repay the debt on time, which caused his family to be affected—Feng Zizhang rolled her eyes when she heard this, although she had heard more ridiculous and shameless things than this— Then he scolded the poor family for lending you money out of good intentions, and if you don’t pay back the money, you’re repaying your kindness with revenge.Just as Feng Zizhang was about to ask his surname and name, how could he have such confidence in his ability to reincarnate, the rich man said again,

"You know, the land I gave you belongs to Mr. Chen! You plow Mr. Chen's land and take my money. My money is Mr. Chen's money. This is all Mr. Chen's kindness to you. You can't pay the rent, I covered it up for you, but I can't keep you anymore, I can only tell Mr. Chen that you owe him kindness! Let him deal with it! You know, I All of them belonged to Mr. Chen, and it was the Chen family who thought highly of me that they let me be his tenant! I dare not do what the old man wants me to do!"

Feng Zizhang understood.This person took refuge as a tenant under the Chen family's family, exempted part of the corvee and part of the tax paid to the state, and then gave the benefits to the Chen family, and then rented out his land to these poor peasants. After all, he was still a landlord, and even more bullying capital.

The poor households have explained that they will pay next month, but this month is really not enough, so please accommodate.The creditor was furious and said that I had accommodated you three times!No more flexibility this time!As he said, he would let the village ruffians force their way into the house to plunder items and take away their wives and daughters.Feng Zizhang shook his head, and waved Zhezhu to come forward, while he slowly parked the horse on the side of the road and tied it up.

Zhezhu uttered a voice to stop the village ruffian, but the village ruffian ignored her when she saw the little girl alone, and ran away after being whipped.The creditor was startled, and seeing Feng Zizhang approaching, he shouted, "Who dares to interfere with my business!"

"How much does he owe you?" Feng Zizhang walked forward slowly, "Huh?"

"What's your business?"

"What does it matter to me? Of course it's none of my business, it's the government's business. The imperial court has repeatedly ordered usurious loans not to be allowed. He lent you six hundred cash {32} in the twelfth lunar month last year, but now it has become five thousand cash? Gunli, send it to the government, I don’t know how much it will be punished? You also want to rob property and people, so you know this is the crime of exile!”

A group of people were at a loss when they saw her beautiful figure but ice-cold eyes, slender voice but terrifying aura.The creditor was taken aback and didn't know what to say for a while.Zhezhu took the opportunity to drive back the village ruffians surrounding the farmhouse.The village ruffians backed up step by step until they knocked down the creditor who was grabbing the farmer's collar, and then woke up the fat, big, bearded idiot in fright.

"I belong to Mr. Chen's family! What are I afraid of! Call me!"

Several village ruffians swarmed up, Feng Zizhang felt annoyed, and didn't want to touch the sweaty and dirty hands of the village ruffians, so he whipped her a few times with a horsewhip, and the faces and chests of the ruffians who besieged her were covered with scars, and they backed away again and again .Those who were beaten by Zhezhu over there were not so lucky. Five people fell down one after another, either covering their hands or hugging their legs.

"Take it. Get lost." Feng Zizhang threw a piece of silver from his pocket, "The extra few hundred cash will be used as medical expenses."

The creditor was annoyed, but he was short of manpower, so he had to leave first. When he was about to spit at the end, Feng Zizhang said, "Don't you think it's not enough, and want me to give you some money for the funeral?"

The creditor had no choice but to swallow his saliva.

The farmer was saved, knelt on the ground and kowtowed.Feng Zizhang has a bad impression of kowtowing: since she was a child, someone praised her for being smart and chaste, saying that she is much better than Feng Zihuan's enthusiasm and impulsiveness, and she should be the successor.She has always been very against this kind of statement. Although she doesn't think her sister will be suspicious of herself, such remarks that set people on fire are presumptuous and dangerous.When someone kowtows to her, she subconsciously feels that the other party has bad intentions.

"Get up. It's okay. Go and see your wife and children." She helped the farmer up, and walked with him to the door of the farmhouse.It took a lot of effort to open the door, but when I went in, I found that the peasant woman had bolted the door several times, and the young daughter was huddled in a corner and weeping silently.She asked Zhezhu to get some candied fruit to appease the little girl, asked the farmer about things nearby, and left some money for the farmer's family.Before leaving, seeing the worried faces of the couple, he asked about it and found out that he was worried about being retaliated, Feng Zizhang thought about it, "I think they hate me even more. If they come, you should lock the door and let them Just find me in the city." The couple yelled no, Feng Zizhang said with a smile: "You are afraid, but I am not. Don't worry."

Zhezhu brought the horse, Feng Zizhang's dagger was still hanging on the saddle.

The two left the farmhouse and calculated that the city gate was closed, so they had to find a small inn beside the official road to rest.Just as I put down my things in the room, before I had time to take a sip of water, I heard someone yelling downstairs.Listen carefully, it is the creditors and village ruffians I met just now, who got angry and came over to drink and took the opportunity to bully the shopkeeper.

"Yes, I still want money for the funeral." Zhezhu said, "Your Highness, shall we?"

Feng Zizhang picked up the dagger, "Let's go."

One of the most frustrating things in the world is being bullied by someone who initially thought he was inferior to him.What's more aggrieved than this, if there is one, is that when you scold the person who bullies you behind your back, this person appears in front of you, and you still can't beat her.

Such an unlucky thing happened to this Mr. Fat Head Catfish.He brought people with him, and was about to find the owner's best wine to drink, and he might not plan to give the full price—but he felt that he was already very moral, after all, he had money today, and he was going to give money, but he would not give it on weekdays. Money.Unexpectedly, the brothers sent to bully others were frightened and loosened when they saw the hands of the two women.Fortunately, he also brought a few brave ones, he thought, call me!

As a result, they were all knocked out of the store within a few blows. The thatched store door was still in good condition, and none of the tables, chairs and benches fell down.The younger girl came up and kicked him, and he flew out with his mouth full of blood and his few good teeth scattered all over the ground.

The veiled girl came up, she smelled fragrant, more ecstatic than the best private prostitutes in Shanyin City, it was a high-level enjoyment that he had thought about for a long time but had no money to go to, and only existed in dreams; But what she said was terrifying—especially with a cold, unsheathed sword pointed at him:

"How much coffin do you want? I will give you whatever you can use."

He tried his best to squeeze out a sentence, killing people for no reason is also a violation of the king's law!

"Don't be afraid, I'll collect your evil deeds and send them to the government. It's enough to kill your head, but it's not enough to search your house."

After the group fled, Feng Zizhang and Zhezhu sat down to eat and drink in peace.The vegetables and vegetables in the farmhouse were scarce, and in order to thank them for their righteousness, they brought out chickens and ducks. Feng Zizhang asked Zhezhu to pay the bill tomorrow.Before going to bed at night, she thought that this matter was not a long-term solution.Bullies run rampant and must be dealt with.Otherwise, after he left, what would the farmhouse do?But how to report to the official?Regardless of whether the Shanyin government can be trusted, or whether it has a relationship with the Chen family that has to be sheltered—as far as she knows, Chen Bo’s father, Chen Tongyuan, is the prefect of Yulin County, and his son is here. It is understandable to be willful, but I don't know if I have any intention to make friends with the government—if I report to the government, I will say that I am Li Zhang?It takes a long time to recount the old days, and it is inevitable to have some entertainment.No matter how familiar she is with Li Zhang, she doesn't know anything about the Li family.It is inevitable not to wear clothes.

I can only think of a way after entering the city.After entering the city, you can find a post station to send the letter back.Otherwise, wait a little longer and send a report to my sister when there is more news?

The next day, the two rode their horses and prepared to enter the city.It started to rain at noon, and the rain was quite heavy. The two first went to the woods to hide for a while.Unexpectedly, as soon as the rain stopped, a large group of people gathered around as they were packing up and getting out of the woods.Feng Zizhang took off his dagger vigilantly, and Zhezhu also took out a pair of knives from the saddle.There were about forty people, all of them carrying weapons, such as machetes, hammers, and even spears.Feng Zizhang saw the swollen catfish in the crowd.

Really don't give up.

"Two little bitches, today is your day of death!"

He finally got rid of the habit of talking too much nonsense, and directed the crowd to surround the master and servant.It's not that Feng Zizhang can't fight back these three-legged cats, she just doesn't want to hurt people.Because once fighting with this group of people, in order to quickly and accurately incapacitate the opponent's resistance, she must draw the sword and stab the opponent. She didn't want to do this.Although she threatened the fat catfish like that, she would not really take his life.

Just a bunch of hooligans, is it really a capital crime?Injury leads to reporting to the police, and the matter is endless.

But if the situation is going to turn into an either-or situation, she really—

Suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes in the distance, and the opposing sides looked together, and a bearded man riding a tall mottled horse rushed in front of everyone.He was followed by a dozen men and women on horseback, all wearing improved trouser pleats {33}, carrying bows and arrows, and hunting dogs, obviously out for hunting.Just as some village ruffians were whispering, the bearded man immediately shouted: "The city lord is here, who is making noise!" Everyone fell silent.The last one to come out behind him was a man riding a black horse, wearing blue pleated white trousers, and a white shirt over his outer cover.Feng Zizhang saw that her face was like jade, her eyes were like ink, her nose was straight and straight, the corners of her mouth were upturned, and her black hair was only tied on the top of her head with a hairpin. She was naturally friendly and chic.The man glanced at the crowd of village ruffians in front of him, and smiled nonchalantly; he saw Feng Zizhang in the crowd, and was stunned for a while, staring at Feng Zizhang for a second, then felt rude, and moved away out of sight.He waved to the bearded man and let him deal with it.

The man's voice is loud and full of energy.He asked who was the leader, and everyone pushed the fat catfish out.He asked what was the matter, but Catfish couldn't tell.The man asked the two girls again, and Feng Zizhang asked Zhezhu to answer for him.After she finished speaking, the man glanced at the owner of the black horse, who nodded, and the man sternly said: "It's already a thing for you to run rampant in the countryside and lend money without permission! Today, it's even more abominable to besiege a chivalrous man with weapons! Hurry up and throw away the weapon, go home!"

Someone among the crowd stood up for Fat Catfish, and the man yelled: "The city lord is here, so you don't have the right to speak!"

Feng Zizhang looked at the owner of the black horse, and said humanely: "Needless to say, take this money lender to the government office first; the rest of you, please go home quickly. It's lucky that you didn't lose your life in what happened today."

This person's tone is not serious, and his voice is not loud, but he is not angry. It seems that he does have a lot of influence here.

The village ruffians dispersed in a hurry, and the bearded man escorted the fat catfish to the official first.The owner of the black horse got off his horse and came over, saluted Feng Zizhang's master and servant, and said, "The two girls are shocked. I'm Xie Yan{34}, it's a pleasure to meet you. I don't know where you two came to Shanyin?"

Feng Zizhang thought to himself, it's really terrible, but it's also great.

The author has something to say:

{30}Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Collection Preface"

{31}This is a fiction.

{32} Regardless of the actual purchasing power and monetary value in history, it is all fictitious.

{33}It was originally a Hu suit, but later it became a military uniform because of its simplicity.Probably the jacket is shorter than the robe, not reaching the knee, with wide sleeves and trousers. "Three Kingdoms·Wu·Lu Fan Zhuan·Note·Jiang Biao Zhuan" says: "Fan came out, then he released the scorpion, wore the hakama pleats, held the whip, read the notice of your Excellency, and claimed to be the governor."

{34} There was indeed Xie Yan in history, who was Xie Anzi, a famous prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.I have always liked this name very much. It is borrowed here and has nothing to do with the characters in the official history.