Cao Miao had long heard of the saying that dragons (filth), lying (filth), tigers (filth), and knew that many grassroots heroes came from the market, but today this is the first time they experienced it themselves.

He came to Yangshi to find Qingtao's younger brother, but he didn't expect to meet Han Long and Zhang Wei's two old subordinates here. Moreover, these two people seemed to be the real bosses of Yangshi, and even the government had to hide away.

After a moment of conversation, Cao Miao knew why Han Long and Zhang Wei appeared here. They were recruited by the court and sent to the battlefield. They soon discovered that the court wanted to sacrifice them intentionally or unintentionally, and they both became deserters and settled in Yangshi. The court implemented the scholastic family system. Once the fleeing soldiers were caught, they would undoubtedly die, and even the family would be implicated, so they could only hide their names, and the market was the best place to hide their hiding place.

They were young and strong, and experienced the real battlefield, and crawled out of the dead. They naturally were not their opponents, and they were soon taken over by them. Zhang Wei was not old, but had rich experience. He had been the governor of Cao Zhang before and was familiar with how to deal with the government.

The officials in Yangshi were threatened and tempted by Zhang Wei, so they pretended to be deaf and dumb, and Zhang Wei and Han Long actually controlled Yangshi.

After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he looked at Qingtao. "Auntie, do you still remember me?"

Qingtao stared at Zhang Wei for a while, and said uncertainly: "Are you Wei Zai?"

Zhang Wei's eyes were filled with tears. "The aunt still remembers me. This is great. Let me tell you one thing. Xiao Lang is still alive, and he is in Yangshi City."

Qingtao's body trembled slightly, and she woke up like a dream. "You saved him?"

"Yes." Zhang Wei nodded and said, "I took advantage of the chaos to save Xiaolang. The school affairs were pursuing me so hard that I had nowhere to go, so I fled into the Yanling Marquis' Mansion. The Yanling Marquis is a fierce man and does not dare to provoke him. He has only been safe for two years. Unfortunately, he was also poisoned to death."

Qingtao stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Wei's arm. "Where do you have a younger brother?"

Zhang Wei lowered his head, bit his lip, and said nothing.

Qingtao understood, and tears fell down. "Weizai, from now on, you will be my brother, and Zaizai will be your brother."

"I can't do it, I can't do it." Zhang Wei was startled and shook his hands repeatedly. "I was raised by the Lord and Marquis, and it is my duty to serve the Lord and Marquis and son. I just regret that I was incompetent and failed to save more people..."

"Stop talking." Qingtao patted Zhang Wei's shoulder hard. "The Zhang family just listened to me and Zaizai. How old am I older, I will be in charge. If you don't dislike me, you will be with us sisters and sisters in the future, just like a family, without distinguishing each other."

"It cannot be used, it cannot be used." Zhang Wei blushed and refused repeatedly.

At this time, a black and thin boy walked in. It was the person who had just stole Cao Miao's purse. He stood on one side, rolled his eyes, looked at Zhang Wei, and then looked at Qingtao. Qingtao walked over, squatted in front of him, grabbed his arm with both hands, looked at him and sobbed.

"Baby, can't you remember your sister?"

"Sister?" The young man was a little panicked and looked at Zhang Wei for help. Zhang Wei nodded. "Xiaolang, I didn't tell you before that you are not my younger brother, nor are you a slave in the Xuanwei Marquis' Mansion. You are the youngest son of Xuanwei Marquis. This is your elder sister."

"Sister?" The young man was at a loss. Seeing this, Qingtao was even more sad and hugged the boy and cried bitterly. The young man gradually reacted, hugging Qingtao's neck, sobbing. "Sister, sister." Tears and snot rushed out of two grooves on his dark face.

"Oh, I can't help it." Ah Hu turned his head and wiped his tears.

Cao Miao didn't say anything, watching all this quietly. He has seen many scenes of separation from life and death, although most of them are in the play. But for him, he has already developed the ability to get into the play at any time and will not be easily taken away by other people's emotions.

He was wondering, Yin Mo used an old file to attract him here, did he know that Zhang Wei and Han Long were hiding here? Zhang Wei and Han Long did not hide it, and even made some public. It was not difficult for the school affairs to receive news. These two names are very common, but both of them are old generals of the Yongqiu Palace. Appearing here at the same time will inevitably lead to associations among those who are interested.

No matter how you look at this, it doesn’t seem like a chance, but it’s more like someone pushing it behind the scenes.

But who is this person?

In a dangerous place, Cao Miao dared not be careless at all. If he had known in advance that he would meet Zhang Wei and Han Long, he would never be so arrogant.

He is still young after all.

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Zhang Wei held a banquet to entertain Cao Miao.

There are no delicacies, but in the mutton market, there is naturally no shortage of meat. Not only mutton, but also horse meat, chicken and other meats. However, the high-end meats in this era are still mainly beef and mutton, and the others are slightly inferior.

Cattle are plowing animals, and they cannot slaughter mutton for no reason, so they become the most common meat, and the meat market is also named after sheep.

Boiled lamb, grilled whole lamb, grilled skewers, and mixed various internal organs together to cook. Looking around, most of them are related to sheep.

Cao Miao put it down after taking a few bites. Although this mutton is fresh, it does not have enough seasonings, especially without cumin, and the mutton will have no soul. Moreover, these rough men only know how to drink alcohol, but don’t know how to drink tea. They eat greasy mouths, and they don’t have tea to relieve greasy food, so they will feel uncomfortable for the whole day.

He was not short of nutrition during this period. Not to mention anything else, on the way to Luoyang, they slaughtered eight old cows, and they had meat every meal, and they were a little tired of eating it. Of course, the crime of slaughtering beef and eating meat was reported to the emperor, but the emperor had not expressed his opinion, and this matter was still hanging.

Cao Miao doesn't care. It's true that slaughtering cattle for no reason is guilty, but Cao Zhi is not an ordinary person. How to investigate whether he or not? In fact, it is only in the words of the emperor Cao Rui. If the law is really strictly enforced, how many powerful people in Luoyang are clean?

In this era, whether you are guilty or not depends on whether you have really violated the law, but whether the emperor wants to deal with you, whether he can deal with you, and whether he dares to deal with you. When Cao Pi wanted to deal with Cao Zhi, just relying on Guanjun and Wang Ji and a few unfounded words, he could make a dignified royal family humble into the soil. It is useless to have dignity, either make yourself become a thorn in the body, so that the other party dare not touch it. Or make yourself turn into shit and make the other party unwilling to touch it. Cao Zhi also understood this and agreed with Cao Miao's suggestion to kill beef and eat meat.

In this evil old society, it is so difficult to be a good person quietly.

After drinking and eating, Cao Miao asked about the serious matter. "How many people like you are still there in Luoyang?"

Zhang Wei thought for a while. "If Prince is talking about me and Han Long, there are only us in Luoyang. If Prince is talking about deserters, then there are a lot of people. As far as I know, at least nearly a hundred people."

"Didn't the court investigate?"

"I have been investigating, but I don't dare to investigate too much. I may have seen it on the way to come. Although it is the capital of the capital, the surrounding area of ​​Luoyang is still full of wild trees and vast land and sparsely populated. It is not difficult to find a place to hide. The court has been in trouble for more than two years and is unwilling to cause trouble easily. As long as we are not making too much trouble, they will turn a blind eye."

Zhang Wei smiled and said, "Otherwise, how could a person like Cui Jun become a Sili Captain?"
Chapter completed!