After Jiao Didi escaped from the outer room, the prince went crazy

"Su Lang?" The landlady quickly walked up to him, looked him up and down, and then breathed a sigh of relief after making sure he was not injured. She hit him twice with her hand and said angrily, "You come back and do it." What? What should we do if we are discovered?"

The man looked at her, but there was a trace of grievance in his eyes, "Today evening, I saw a large number of government servants entering the forest and passed by the broken house. I was a little scared, so I came back under the cover of night."

After a pause, he said, "Don't talk about me again. Do you know how difficult it was for me to enter the city? I was almost caught by them and I never saw you again."

The landlady frowned and looked serious, "What are they going to do? But they know you're not dead?"

The man pointed angrily at Xie Mingcang and Li Miaoyi, who were sitting in the lobby, and said, "Not long after you left, they two came, and the government servant came right after they left."

After hearing this, Xie Mingcang was stunned and waved his hands quickly, "We are just passing through Fuzhou and have nothing to do with the Yamen."

The man said loudly, "This is impossible. Those government officials must have promised to give you money, so you should lead the way for them. If not, you and I are strangers, why are you coming to me?"

Xie Mingcang stood up and turned around, "Open your eyes and take a closer look. Do I look like someone who is short of money?"

"You look like a playboy at first glance. Maybe you have lost all your family property and have no choice but to do this kind of thing."

After saying this, Li Miaoyi became unhappy and stood up, "I don't know how to judge others. I see that you are also a scholar. How can you judge a book by its cover? Why, your books have been read into the dog's belly?"

"You, you, you..." The man pointed at Li Miaoyi but didn't say a word.

The landlady frowned and pulled the man's hand down. She knew what the two people said was right. They were both extraordinary and generous. The landlady knew in her heart that they would never act like this because of money.

"I'm sorry, you two. My husband was frightened for a moment and lost his mind. Please be patient."

Xie Mingcang nodded, "This is natural. We will definitely not care about him."

"Thank you."

Li Miaoyi asked in confusion, "Madam boss, why did your husband hide in that place and avoid the Yamen? Could it be that he made some mistake?"

The landlady quickly explained, "Both of us are honest businessmen, and my husband is even more so. How can you kill someone if you don't even dare to kill a chicken? You two have misunderstood."

After that, she sighed and said, "It's just that the government officials have been recruiting soldiers for the imperial court in the past few years. My husband only wants to study. If he goes to the battlefield, he will never come back. That's why we came up with this strategy."

Xie Mingcang frowned, "Conscription has always been voluntary. If you don't want to go, just tell the Yamen that you can't go. What's there to hide?"

"You are outsiders. You don't know that we, the prefect, will get a sum of money for sending a group of people to the military camp. After all, we are just ordinary people. Naturally, there is nothing the government can do. This is a helpless move."

Li Miaoyi and Xie Mingcang looked at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes. Li Miaoyi frowned, "This place is not far from Shangjing, and there is something like this at the emperor's feet."

Xie Mingcang asked, "But all the men in Fuzhou were forcibly sent away? Is that why we didn't see men on the street?"

The landlady nodded, "That's not entirely true. If the rich family sent more money to the prefect, they wouldn't go there. But the inn run by the two of us can only provide enough food and clothing, and we really can't afford more money. , that’s all we have to do.”

"It's so disgusting!" Xie Mingcang stood up angrily.

"Who says it's not the case!" came the helpless voice of the landlady, "But after all, our arms can't twist our thighs. If we openly go against the government, we will be charged with being imprisoned." Li Miaoyi frowned, "This matter is so If it’s so serious, no one will care about it?”

"Officials are just a bunch of bad guys!" the man shouted, "none of them are good!"

Xie Mingcang was indignant and asked, "What you said is a bit biased. How come officials are not good people anymore?"

The man snorted coldly and turned away without looking at him, "Nothing is good anyway!"

The landlady patted him gently and signaled him to stop talking.

Only then did the man shut his mouth.

Xie Mingcang rolled his eyes at him, "I want you to know if there are any good things in being a soldier!" After that, he turned around and went upstairs.

The landlady looked at his back worriedly, then turned to look at Li Miaoyi and asked in a gentle voice, "Miss, the two of us have never seen much of the world. If we accidentally angered the young master just now, I hope you can say a few kind words for us."

Li Miaoyi curled her lips and said with a smile, "Don't worry." After that, she turned and went upstairs, walked quickly to Xie Mingcang's door, and knocked on the door.

Xie Mingcang's energetic voice came, "Come in."

Li Miaoyi smiled lightly and sat next to him, jokingly saying, "Why do you care about being like him? He's just a scholar without fame."

Xie Mingcang snorted coldly, "My father and brother are officials! They guarded the border for the people of Dongling. The border officers built the last line of defense with their own flesh and blood for the people. My brother even lost his life for this. In the end, in the eyes of the people, There is not a single good thing from the official!"

Xie Mingcang's chest was heaving up and down, and he was obviously very angry, "There are also Taifu Jiang, and Su... there are so many people in the court! I am unfair to them! I am unfair to them!"

Li Miaoyi was silent for a while, then slowly said, "I know what you mean, and I know what you are angry about. But nowadays, corrupt officials are prevalent in the court, and the officialdom is corrupt. No wonder the people misunderstand it like this."

Xie Mingcang lowered his head, feeling depressed and silent for a long time.

"It's not your fault, it's not their fault, it's the fault of those corrupt officials."

"I think it's the Song family's fault." Xie Mingcang murmured.

Li Miaoyi frowned and said, "Just tell me this, don't let others hear it. Now His Majesty is worried about the Xie family. If it reaches His Majesty's ears, wouldn't it be a chance to deal with the Xie family? ?”

"I understand." He looked serious, "But I will never ignore this matter. I must punish the Fuzhou prefect!"

Li Miaoyi nodded firmly, "I support you, no matter what you do."

Xie Mingcang looked at her steadily, then nodded and said, "Wanwan, thank you."

"What did you say? When did the two of us become so clearly separated?" Li Miaoyi asked with a delicate smile.

Xie Mingcang also raised his head and smiled at her.