When Li Qin left the house, he heard He shouting from behind: "Son, be careful when you go into the city, and you will hide when you see the scoundrel..."

He heard Li Tian say again: "Don't worry, what is a scoundrel? Why should I hide from them? If my Li family's son wants to suffer even the scoundrels' losses, how can we shine in the future? Son, don't listen to your mother. If you see a scoundrel when you go into the city, don't be ruthless when you hit them. At worst, what's so great about not living here anymore!"

Li Qin turned around and shouted: "Don't worry, father and mother, your son has lost his face once, and he will not lose it again!" He raised the wooden stick in his hand and turned around and left.

After walking a short distance, we arrived at the Zhao family. Zhao Bajin had been waiting at the door. When he saw Li Qin coming, he carried the dead sheep on his shoulders and left the village with Li Qin. Fujiao Village is in the north of Fuping County, and they walked all the way south.

On the way, Zhao Bajin said, "Nephew Li, you should go to see your sister first when you go to the city? Then I will go to the market to sell sheep, probably to sell it in stock. After you meet your sister, come and find me. Let's go back to the village together."

Li Qin shook his head and said, "I have to stay at my sister's house and help me do some work, like chopping wood and carrying water. Only after I have settled it can I go home."

Zhao Bajin nodded and said, "It's good. I have pity for your sister. She married a man and had clothes and food. But after she married Jia Wenhu, she didn't even have a good day. At the beginning, I advised your father not to find scholars to be his son-in-law, but he just didn't listen. What a filial and honest woman, I think it's the same as his surname, it's fake."

Li Qin frowned. His Li family was dissatisfied with Jia Wenhu, the son-in-law, but he was unwilling to listen to others say the same. He said: "My brother-in-law is a filial and honest man, and his future is naturally bright, so he should come back soon. My sister stays at home to take care of her in-laws. Even if her brother-in-law is prosperous in the future, she will still pay tribute to her three points. This is what makes me feel happy."

Zhao Bajin said, "I haven't sent a message back for two years. It's not peaceful these days. Maybe he's dead outside... Bah, look at my mouth, don't be angry, nephew Li, I'm not going to curse your brother-in-law!"

Li Qin smiled, not caring about it, but felt that his brother-in-law was not very popular, otherwise why would anyone say nothing good when others mentioned him?

Ten miles away were not far, and soon they arrived at Fuping County.

Fuping County was originally the first county of the northern county, and the county was under its jurisdiction. However, because it was located in the border, the imperial court ordered the rich households in the county to move in. The rich households were afraid of their property losses, so they were naturally willing to move in. But whoever cares about the poor still stayed here. With fewer local people, foreigners moved in in large numbers, and even many Hu people came here to settle their homes. As a result, the public security was worse and the government could do nothing.

It would be fine if Fuping was in chaos, after all, it was just a county. However, since it was once the county seat, the county magistrate moved inward and went to the mainland to be a short-seller. This caused the Beidi County to lose the county magistrate, leaving only one Fuping County Magistrate, but it was unable to order the whole county. The county magistrates were autonomous, and the county magistrates did not interact with each other and only cared about their own territory. As a result, the Husband was even more invasive and bandits were rampant.

But although the Beidi County was in chaos, the warriors were far behind. Like the warlords at the end of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others all started from Xiliang, and their main elites were selected from Beidi County. It is said that Liangzhou's big horses are rampant in the world, and if they encounter the Beidi County, they all retreated. Xiliang is strong, but the strongest one is the soldiers of Beidi County.

During the reign of Emperor Ling, the eunuchs were dictatorial, and the ministers were busy with internal struggles. They were all short-sighted people. No one cared about the lives of the people on the frontier. They would not have expected that a few years later would burn a fire from north to south, burning the entire Han court to ashes. The source of this fire was the place where Li Qin was now trampled on.

Li Qin stood in front of the city gate and looked at the dilapidated city wall. He sighed, is this the county town? It's really disappointing!

He thought Fuping should be a giant city, after all, it was once the county seat, but he never expected that the city wall in front of him was no higher than the traffic lights on the roads in later generations, and it was not a brick wall but an earth wall. How could such a city wall withstand the enemy's attack? No wonder Fu's house moved inside and the county magistrate ran away. When he saw this city wall, it would be strange if the Hun soldiers on the grassland did not come!

Several soldiers were squatting lazily at the gate of the city, leaning against the wall to bask in the sun. When they saw Li Qin and Zhao Bajin coming, they ignored them, as if they hadn't seen them. After entering the city gate, the two separated. Li Qin went to his sister's house, while Zhao Bajin went to the market to sell sheep.

Before we parted, Zhao Bajin said, "Nephew Li, after you meet your sister, you come to the market to find me. I recognize the tax collector, and I will give him two alcohol money. In this way, after we sell the goods, we will save the tax money. Otherwise, if we get one tax money for two, it will be unfair to pay it!"

Li Qin agreed to say goodbye to Zhao Bajin and follow the vague memories to find his sister's house. He remembered that it seemed that he was in a small alley, not too far from the city gate.

After walking for a while, he turned two turns and the familiar alley appeared in front of him. Li Qin looked into the alley and saw a wooden door at the end. Through the wooden door, he could see three broken thatched houses in the yard, which was the residence of his sister Li Jia.

Li Qin strode to the door and shouted through the wooden door: "Sister, Li Jia, Jia Li, are you at home?"

The door of the house creaked open, Li Jia walked out and said in surprise: "Brother, why are you here? Your injury is healed? I am planning to go home to see you tomorrow."

Li Jia is only in her early twenties. For example, in modern times, she is in her prime and is loved by all kinds of people. However, due to the hardship of life, she aged prematurely. She is tall but slightly hunched. She originally has a pretty appearance, but because of her excessive dishes, she looks like she is in her thirties.

She had a hard time living in the city and had to take care of her parents-in-law. She didn't work for a day and couldn't eat for a day. Yesterday, she finally saved a day's food and planned to resettle her parents-in-law and go home to see her younger brother tomorrow. But she didn't expect her younger brother to come, and it seemed that her injury was healed.

Li Jia trotted over, opened the wooden door, and said, "Good brother, let me see, your injury is healed?" He grabbed Li Qin's hand and looked up and down.

When Li Qin saw her, he naturally felt close and smiled and said, "My wound was not heavy at all, and now it's all healed. Look, there's no scar at all." He turned his head and asked Li Jia to look at the back of his head.

Li Jia opened her hair and nodded, "It's really a scar left. It's good that you're fine. If you see the rogue again in the future, just hide." Her words were the same as He's.

While talking, two old men came out of the room, and they were her in-laws.

Jia’s father, Jia’s mother and Li Tian, ​​are about the same age as Li Tian, ​​and they are both in their fifties. Jia’s mother is also very old. But when Jia’s father saw that he was from a rich family, he was always old enough, but he was quite big, stroking his white beard and said, “So it’s Li Lang. How can he be fine, are you doing well?”

Li Qin was slightly stunned and was a little uncomfortable with the title of Li Lang. He said, "Good good luck with your father and mother, I wish you goodbye to Uncle Lauja!"

Li Qin raised the things in his hand and said, "I'll bring you some things..." He told him about what happened last night, and gave Li Jia the ribs and flesh he brought.

Li Jia was very surprised when she heard this, but couldn't help but be afraid, and warned Li Qin not to do this next time. Jia Mu also said the same thing. The old lady cared about Li Qin very much. The two of them were even more surprised when they saw the ribs and meat. They both said that they had given too much.

But Jia's father said, "Li Lang is very capable, and he is not too close to your brother-in-law. When your brother-in-law becomes rich in the future, you will not lose my Jia family's face when you do things for him."

Li Qin frowned. No wonder everyone annoyed my brother-in-law. Judging from his father's appearance, he knew that his brother-in-law was not very good. He said, "Then you guys are busy first. I'll sell the leopard skin at the market. I'll spend the night here tonight. If there are heavy work at home, I'll keep it for me to come back." He carried the stick, and the package on his back tightly, and was about to go out.

When he arrived at the door, he stopped and was very unhappy with Jia's father's words. His son didn't know where to go and brag like this. He was so bored. He turned around and asked, "Everyone in the village called my brother-in-law Jia Wenhu, is he very popular?" After that, he turned around and left without waiting for an answer.

But Jia's father behind him said angrily: "The country people can talk nonsense, what is Wenhu? It is a good name for your brother-in-law. Xu is the name of Xu, and Xu is the meaning of Zhang Da, and he is a good name. The country people do not understand etiquette and can only speak nonsense. It is really beyond help!"

Li Qin whispered, turned around and said, "Jia Xu, my brother-in-law is Jia Xu? Is Uncle Jia from Wuwei?" He only knew that Jia Xu was from Wuwei, Liangzhou, but he didn't know if his brother-in-law was the famous poisonous man in history.

Jia Father nodded and said, "The ancestors are indeed from Wuwei. Don't you know, why do you ask?" After pausing, he said, "Since we came to Fuping, the weather has been good here and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Is it because our Jia family moved here?"

Jia Mu sighed and said, "Old man, why do you say this? We came from fleeing famine. Others don't know. Besides, the drought here last year, where is the weather going well?"

Jia Father said angrily: "What old man, you want to call your husband, the older you get, the less you don't have any memory..."

Li Jia hurriedly pushed Li Qin and said, "Aren't you going to the market? Let's go!" She didn't want Li Qin to see her parents-in-law quarrel.

Li Qin yelled and said, "My brother-in-law has the reputation of being a filial and honest person, and his future will be bright. I believe he will return home in glory soon. Then my sister will be happy, but remember to call her brother-in-law as her husband!" Haha laughed, she left the yard and went to find the market.

Jia Father praised behind, "Li Lang has knowledge and knows that your brother-in-law will return home in glory. When your brother-in-law comes back, he will definitely promote and cultivate you!"

Li Jia and Jia Mu were very embarrassed, afraid that Li Qin would hear this and laugh at them. Jia Xu had been away from home for more than two years, and did not bring him home in a word. He also said that he would return home in glory and be nice to be able to come back alive.

Li Qin left the alley and turned to the road, thinking to himself: "Jia Xu was in trouble and married my sister. His parents also said that they had been fooled before they married her sister. This was not a fool... Well, even if they were fooled, but this one was quite good at being fooled. Among the celebrities in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, only Jia Xu could live a lifelong wealth and a good death!"

Although he didn't remember the road in the city, he walked along a crowded place. After a while, he came to a vacant land and saw many people shouting loudly. Isn't it Fuping's market?

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Chapter completed!