The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

In the first month of summer, unlike the continuous plum rain in the south, the sun is shining brightly in the north where Huyou Township is located. The wheat in the fields has bloomed, and the saplings, wild trees, and flowers in the countryside are blooming. Birds are busy feeding and singing to each other.

In this bright season, the Qin soldiers in the Qin army garrison camp outside Huyou Township are no longer nervous as they were when they first arrived. Although they still have to stand guard and patrol, everyone's expressions have relaxed a lot.

They have been stationed in Huyou Township for half a month. As the patrol and the local village tycoon Zhang's "increasingly friendly", the soldiers' vigilance against the locals has gradually been removed. Seeing the Wei people approaching with farm tools, they are no longer nervous, and even greet them in a dialect that they can't understand.

Although usually when you ask him if he has eaten, he will answer you that the weather is nice...

Several squad leaders and platoon leaders were assigned their own tasks. Xiao Tao took several archery talents to guard the south gate of the township.

Bu Cheng was responsible for finding medicinal materials to treat the headaches, fevers and indigestion caused by the soldiers' acclimatization. When marching outside, the most terrifying thing is not resistance and conflict, but infectious diseases. When Hei Fu made orders and prohibitions, he also warned everyone not to drink raw water, just like he asked his mother, brothers, nephews and nieces at home! You must boil it before drinking!

Although this move attracted some complaints, everyone still obeyed and did it.

Gong Ao and Li Xian took turns to lead people on patrol, and they did not go far. They went around the township twice in the morning and afternoon to declare the presence of the Qin army. Hei Fu's troops could only control the township, and could not go from point to line and then to surface as they did in the Qin mainland. Troops are weak when they are scattered, but strong when they are united. Heifu has no interest in the vast roads, pavilions, and villages outside the city.

Ji Ying, who used to be a postman, is responsible for maintaining contact with Daliang, Waihuang, Jiyang, and Yangwu. The day before yesterday, he personally rode to Daliang and came back to tell Heifu that the water attack strategy of "General Xiao Wang" has begun to be implemented.

Starting from mid-February, Zheng Guo, a great engineer from Xianyang, personally ditched the route, and Wang Ben had people break the bank defense of Xingyang to allow the river water to flow into the Honggou. The rushing river water mixed with the ditch water, and then rushed to the low-lying Daliang City along the newly dug deep ditch in the north of Daliang...

"Except for the military camps on higher ground, Daliang City is surrounded by river water and ditch water. I asked the prisoners in Nanjun, and they said that the water has been flooding for a month and a half. Although the city wall has not collapsed, there must be no place to stay in the city..."

Hei Fu breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that Daliang will fall within one or two months."

Once Daliang was broken, Wei could be declared dead, and Hei Fu's job in Huyou Township would also be over.

Although he felt that he could not stay in Huyou Township for too long, the soldiers could relax, but Hei Fu himself could not relax. Not all Wei people surrendered. He could feel that there were still many unfriendly eyes staring at him in the dark.

So Hei Fu gave Zhong Ming, who had a language advantage, a new task, to go to the township market whenever he had something to do, ostensibly to monitor transactions, but actually to get information. There is a large flow of people in the market, and useful and useless information converges and circulates there, which helps Heifu grasp the local public opinion and guard against undercurrents.

On this day, Heifu personally led the team out for patrol, and went to the fork in the road to pick up Dongmen Bao and two Qin soldiers who were recuperating in Waihuang. Chen Wujiu's golden wound medicine is indeed effective. Dongmen Bao has recovered after being raised for half a month. Although he can't run yet, he can already walk fast. Heifu can't help but sigh that this man's vitality is really strong.

When everyone returned to the camp, it was getting dark, but they saw that Zhongming, who went to the town to inquire about the news, had returned. He was sitting in the tent, talking to Ji Ying and laughing...

Heifu didn't need to ask, he knew what the two were laughing at.

In this half month, Zhongming didn't get any useful information, but he heard a lot of gossip and rumors in the market. Either A and B were openly swearing at each other in the market because of bargaining and almost got into a fight, or C and D were arguing about separation and became enemies...

If it were in the Qin mainland, the laws would even cover these trivial matters, but now Huyou Township has just surrendered and is still governed by Wei customs, without the conditions to implement Qin laws. So Heifu didn't want to get involved. As long as it wasn't murder, injury, robbery or theft, he wouldn't ask about anything else.

But this was only in Yangwu Huyou, which surrendered peacefully. According to Ji Ying, the Qin officials who took office in Chenliu and Waihuang, which were captured by force, were particularly strict, especially for the knights who had resisted the Qin army. Almost all of them were arrested and imprisoned, causing many bloody incidents of resistance...

In response, Heifu only strengthened the patrols in the south of the township to prevent the escaped knights from Waihuang from causing trouble. The Qin army's garrison is a responsibility system. As long as you take care of the three acres of land in front of you, you will not be implicated if your neighbor catches fire. So at this time, everyone is cleaning up the snow in front of their own door, so how can they have the leisure to care about other people's roof frost?

After the two stood up to greet him and greeted Dongmen Bao, Hei Fu smiled and asked: "What did you find out today?"

There are not many entertainment programs in the army. Several military officers listen to Zhong Ming's gossip every night. It has become a regular program to kill boring time.

Zhong Ming immediately became excited again: "Youjiao, I heard two interesting things in the city today. Do you want to listen?"

"Go ahead."

"The first thing is related to the third elder Zhang Fu."

Hei Fu raised his eyes.

Zhong Ming said mysteriously, "Just yesterday, the fifth man that Zhang Fu's granddaughter married died!"

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"Zhang Fu's granddaughter, the daughter of Zhang Zhong who came to deliver grain a few days ago, is said to be very beautiful and a famous beauty in the village."

"A few years ago, after Zhang's granddaughter came of age, she was married to a grandson of the Wei State in Daliang City by Zhang Fu. This was originally a good marriage, but who would have thought that on the night of the wedding, the grandson had not had time to enter the bridal chamber. Because he drank too much at the banquet, he tripped over the threshold as soon as he entered the door, broke his head, and never woke up again..."

After hearing Zhong Ling's words, Dongmen Bao, who had just arrived, widened his eyes: "So, the woman was still a virgin at that time?"

"Yes."

"What a pity, what a pity."

Dongmen Bao clicked his tongue and said that the grandson was too unlucky. He had to die on the bed anyway, which caused a burst of laughter among the crowd. At this time, except for Gong Ao who was guarding the camp gate, the rest of the people also gathered around to listen to the gossip.

"The latter few people are also unlucky."

Zhong Ling continued to say that Zhang Fu's granddaughter married several husbands.

The second husband was a county tycoon in Yangwu County. Only three months after she married, the village tycoon had an argument with a light knight in the market and was stabbed to death with a sword...

The third husband was a fellow villager in the same village. He was in good health, but he died of tuberculosis a year after Zhang's granddaughter married.

At this time, Zhang's granddaughter could no longer marry a good family, so Zhang Fu could only find her a merchant, hoping that marrying her cheaply might be better, but unexpectedly...

"She was married only five months, and the merchant was on a business trip when he encountered bandits, his goods were robbed, and he was killed."

Hei Fu shook his head slightly. Confucianism was prevalent in Wei, but although Confucian scholars liked complicated etiquette, they did not restrict women too much. It is normal for women to divorce and remarry, and they will not be condemned by public opinion at all. But Zhang's granddaughter, who married four times and her husband died, has reached the point where no one dares to marry her.

But she is only 20 years old, in her prime, she can't stay single forever, so Zhang Fu found her a son-in-law...

Son-in-law is not only a synonym for low status in Qin, but also in Wei. It is clearly stipulated that people are not allowed to set up households. When encountering hard labor such as garrisoning, they must be treated first.

Fortunately, this son-in-law was protected by Zhang and was not involved in the Qin-Wei war, but there are unexpected events. Yesterday, he went to work in the fields and was bitten by a poisonous snake in the bushes. When he was sent back, his legs were swollen and he was dead. Today, the funeral is being held in Xi Zhang's mansion...

After Zhong Ming finished speaking, everyone sighed, and most of them felt that the five men were really unlucky. How could they find such a woman?

"This must be the wrong day to get married." Only Bu Cheng, who came out of nowhere, thought that it was because those people didn't choose the right day.

Then, Bu Cheng talked endlessly to Hei Fu and others about the marriage taboos in the "Daily Book".

"It is unlucky to get married on the days of Wushen and Jiyou. You ask me why? Because it is said that the Cowherd married the Weaver Girl on these days, but they failed to marry her three times. The first husband of Zhang's granddaughter probably chose such a day."

Bu Cheng also said that in addition to looking at the day, whether the couple can live together after marriage also depends on the constellations... uh, constellations?

A wife who is married on the day of "Jiaoxiu" will be jealous and stare at you every day. You can't even say a word to other women.

A wife who is married on the day of "Xinxiu" will be fierce and beat you up if you don't agree with her!

The wife who is married on the day of "Ji Su" is a gossiper. She will nag about the neighbors every day and cause trouble because of her words.

The wife who is married on the day of "Xu Su" is not a good wife at all because she will definitely run away from the marriage!

Everyone listened very seriously and looked at the almanac to see the date. It is better to believe it than not to believe it. After all, marriage is a lifelong event. If you don't choose the right month and day, your parents will always feel uncomfortable even if you are fine.

Ji Ying, who was already engaged and was going to get married after returning, asked with concern: "Wait a minute, from what you said, it seems that every day is unlucky, but is there a lucky day?"

Bu Cheng said proudly: "Those who are not married yet, remember that the day of Bixiu is the best day. If you marry on this day, you must have two wives! Not only one wife, but also a concubine as a dowry!"

Hei Fu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This was crazy thinking of buying one and getting one free. Ji Ying smiled and said that he would ask Bu Cheng to help him set the date after returning...

After being interfered by Bu Cheng, Lou didn't know where to go. Only Li Xian was still sighing, saying that Zhang Xienusun could not escape the fate of being a husband killer, and no one would dare to marry her in the future.

Ji Ying nodded: "Unless he is a lowly servant."

Li Xian said: "You Jiao, Zhang Fu is the elder. He has been mediating the relationship between us and the local tyrants in the past half month. His grandson-in-law died. Should we go to pay our respects?"

Hei Fu immediately patted his thigh and praised Li Xian: "You are still careful." So he asked Li Xian and Ji Ying to take some money and go to Xi Zhang's residence to pay their respects on his behalf.

After the two left, Dongmen Bao was still asking Zhong Ming: "You said the first thing, what about the second thing?"

Hei Fu sat down and took the pottery bowl handed over by Bu Cheng. While drinking the warm water in it, he listened casually.

Zhongming had already finished talking about the most gossipy "One woman kills five husbands". He was a little bored when talking about the second thing. He just said lightly: "The second thing is that Chen Bo from Kushang Village in the county divorced his wife."

"Who is Chen Bo?"

"An ordinary commoner from Kushang Village."

Dongmen Bao immediately lost interest: "Isn't it just a commoner divorcing his wife? I often see it in Anlu County. What's so strange about it."

Zhongming laughed and said: "Not only that, after Chen Bo divorced his wife, some rumors spread that Chen Bo abandoned his wife because his brother Chen Ping wanted to do something improper to his uncle and his wife, and Chen Bo had no choice but to let her go home..."

"Puff..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Heifu sprayed a mouthful of warm water, and his entire front was wet. He didn't bother to wipe it off, and asked Zhongming: "You just said, what's the name of Chen Bo's brother?"

Zhong Ming didn't know why the usually calm You Jiao was so excited. He was a little stunned. After a while, he said: "The man who stole my sister-in-law? His name is Chen Ping..."

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