The Sui army's detailed operations were rampant in the territory of Chen State, and many officials from Chen ** were assassinated successively, causing great and small officials under Chen ** to be in panic all day long.

What made Chen Guo even worse was that a large number of granaries were damaged by Chen Jun, and bad businessmen took the opportunity to hoard food, which led to the shortage of food in various places and soaring prices.

The grain prices in Jiankang, the capital, rose three times a day, and people rushed to buy grain. People queuing up to buy grain can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, and many treacherous grain merchants even set prices on the ground and made money wantonly.

Seeing the rice jar bottom, Xiao Jing couldn't help but sigh, and the head of the company realized that the firewood and rice were expensive.

After searching for large bags and small boxes, there are fewer and fewer things that can be used for pawning.

Although Xiao Yi repeatedly persuaded his sister to do some small business or some manual work, and it would be better to cultivate fruits and vegetables in the back garden. But Xiao Jing ignored it at all, and the feudal hierarchy concept had already penetrated into her heart. Although she was a down-and-out noble, she would rather starve to death than touch the so-called "unpreiences" than encounter the so-called "unpreiences".

Xiao Yi didn't care about the so-called dignity of the gentry, but he could understand his sister's class position.

"Please use this jade pendant."

Seeing that his sister was worried, Xiao Yi took the initiative to take off the pendant he wore around his neck.

It was a piece of crystal clear and well-made high-quality Hetian jade, which should be used as a lot of money.

Seeing that my younger brother is so sensible, he is naturally full of relief as an older sister. Xiao Jing returned the jade pendant to Xiao Yi and said gently: "This jade pendant cannot be lost at any time, because it is left to you by my mother, do you know?"

Only then did Xiao Yi realize that the jade pendant was actually left to him by his mother, and he turned it over and took a closer look. He didn't pay attention to it before, but suddenly he found that the two seal characters Mingyue were engraved on it.

"Why are the words "Bright Moon engraved?" Xiao Yi asked her sister Xiang, but her sister didn't seem to know. So she asked again: "Mom will give her sister a jade pendant!"

"No!" Xiao Jing said angrily: "I don't know how biased I am. I have been asking for this jade pendant for a long time but I left it to you."

Xiao Yi suddenly laughed. He was always jealous of his sister getting too much maternal love, but he didn't even get his mother's milk. Now he finally felt a little more balanced.

"Look, you are so proud." Xiao Jing smiled disdainfully.

Seeing that it was getting late, I sent Xiao Yi to school.

When passing by the door of the grain shop, I saw a long queue outside the door, and people rushed forward, for fear that the grain prices would rise again the next moment.

"The man in front paid two stagnant of a dou of rice, why can I only buy half a dou of rice when I get there?"

"I blame you for your fault, it just so happened to increase the price."

"Please, give me more."

"Gogun! If you like to buy it, next one!"

"No, no! Can't I buy it yet?"

When merchants start prices, ordinary people can only accept their fate. The people behind them are worried about the price increase and are eager to line up, but no one comes forward to argue with the merchant.

Xiao Jing opened the money bag and took a look. The money was only enough to buy three dou of rice. Then he looked at the back of the line, and people kept queuing up. The merchant smiled sinisterly, and the meaning was obvious that he was about to prepare for a price increase again.

Xiao Yi saw that his sister was thinking. She didn't have much money at all. If she didn't queue up early, she would probably not be able to buy rice.

"Sister, let's line up to buy rice first."

"How can that work? I'll be late when I go to the academy after buying rice. The Master will punish you."

Xiao Yi immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry! I am the master of the Master, so he is reluctant to punish me. Besides, I have learned the class I want to learn today."

Xiao Jing was immediately overjoyed and told Xiao Yi not to leave her sight and play nearby, but she hurried over to line up.

It was Xiao Jing's turn to come after an hour, but the price had risen to six cents per Dou.

The grain sales boss took Xiao Jing's twelve stagnant money, and saw that Xiao Jing looked familiar, he hurriedly took out a portrait from his arms to compare it. The person in the portrait looked very similar to Xiao Jing.

The grain shop owner then put away the painting and reduced the original two dou of rice to one dou.

When Xiao Jing saw that the owner of the grain shop gave her only one dou of rice, she immediately asked, "Isn't it a six-ton ​​one dou? Why are you only giving me one dou?"

"It's soaring!" The grain shop owner slanted Xiao Jing and said impatiently: "Now it's a twelve stake!"

"Twelve Knife? You'll just grab it!" Xiao Jing was immediately in a state of great atmosphere when she heard this.

When the people waiting to buy food heard the rice price rise to twelve jin, they suddenly started to yell like a stir. Complaints and curses suddenly started.

"What are you yelling at? Do you still want to buy it? If you don't buy it, you'll get out!"

The grain shop owner didn't care at all. Obviously, he didn't have to worry about not being able to sell high-priced grain, or someone would support him behind his back. It is an indisputable fact that Jiankang has severe food shortage, so the crowd quickly calmed down.

The grain store owner snorted to Xiao Jing in protest, and then snorted: "It's okay if you don't buy it! I don't want to sell it to you yet!"

The grain shop owner planned to return the money to Xiao Jing. However, Xiao Jing was anxious to take the rice home and put it into the pot. He was ashamed to argue with the profiteer, so he scolded the profiteer and turned around and left with a dou of rice.

Looking at Xiao Jing's back as he left angry, the grain shop owner smiled sinisterly, and then lowered the grain price back to Liuguan.

Xiao Yi saw all this, and it turned out that the other party did it on purpose.

Could it be that Liu Shijing is making trouble behind the scenes?

But before Xiao Yi could come and think too much, he saw a short and fat young man dressed in brocade clothes blocking his sister's way forward with two vicious servants.

The fat young man had a face that was worthy of beating, and there were several large black moles hanging on his excessively colored and pale face. What was particularly impressive was that there was a tuft of black hair on the mole. At this moment, his thief eyes were staring at Xiao Jing with an evil light, looking up and down.

"Oh, who is the big girl from this family looks so sad that I feel sorry for my brother."

The black mole man stepped forward to chat with him, his two subordinates guarded him from left to right, and also looked at Xiao Jing up and down.

When Xiao Jing saw the tyrannical behavior of the master and servant, he couldn't help feeling disgusted. He ignored them and walked straight to his younger brother.

The black mole man was obviously experienced, followed by a stern face and introduced his identity.

"Do you know who this young master is?"

The black mole man immediately winked at the two servants, and the two of them knew each other and started singing and reconciling.

"I'm sorry, even a woman, don't know!"

"My young master is the only son of Mr. Kong Long, the Minister of the current dynasty, and he is also the one who is Kong Long, the young master."

Xiao Jing stopped immediately after hearing this, turned her head and looked at Kong Long up and down, and asked curiously: "Your father is Kong Fan?"

Kong Long's eyes lit up. Every time he lifted out his father's identity as Shangshu, he was basically enough to embrace the beauty. This trick was tried and tried again and Kong Long immediately said with a gentle voice: "Miss, it turns out that she knows the name of her father. How much is this year?"

Xiao Jing sneered and said, "The two big friends from Dachen, Mr. Jiang and Kong Fan, Rong Zhidu, are elegant and elegant. They are originally role models for students of the Southern Dynasty. However, whenever the emperor complains about mistakes, they will play the songs and praise them. The traitors of the dynasty are the two of them. You are his son, and you are a kind of person."

Kong Long was embarrassed when he heard this. The two servants on the side reacted and quickly asked Xiao Jing boldly.

Unexpectedly, Kong Long was really a veteran of flowers. He immediately scolded his two subordinates, then changed into a flattering smile and said, "Miss is so scolding! My angry pretty look really makes me feel itchy in my heart!"

Xiao Jing snorted coldly: "I didn't expect that there were people who like to ask for scolding! What a shameful bone!"

Kong Long looked angry at all, and continued to circumvent Xiao Jing with a smile and said, "That's right! A man doesn't slut or a woman doesn't love her. Brother, I'm just a slut."

While talking, Kong Long planned to touch Xiao Jing's butt while she was not paying attention. Unexpectedly, Xiao Jing had already been on guard against the sixth place.

Seeing Kong Long reaching out his hand, Xiao Jing suddenly flashed and shouted angrily: "Dog courage!"

Xiao Jing was about to teach her a lesson, but unexpectedly, an egg-sized stone suddenly flew from afar, hitting Kong Long's butt. Kong Long screamed, covered his butt and looked around and scolded: "Which bastard throws me?"

The person who threw the stones was not someone else, but Xiao Yi, who was sitting on a wooden stake waiting for his sister. Seeing that his sister was entangled and teased by a hooligan, Xiao Yi was naturally furious. He found a few stones and hit Kong Long.

Bang!

Slap!

Several stones hit him one after another. Kong Long dodged one, but was hit by another. He jumped up in pain and quickly rubbed the place where he was beaten with his hands.

"It's that child!" One of the servants noticed Xiao Yi with sharp eyes.

Kong Long's eyes seemed not very good. He squeezed a pair of pea's small eyes before he saw the "murderer". He suddenly roared like thunder: "The little boy dared to throw the stone away from me. I must be impatient to live. I will catch him over. I will teach him a lesson."

Xiao Jing was watching his younger brother teach Kong Long happily. When he saw two servants going to catch her younger brother, his female power burst out and shouted and jumped in front of Xiao Yi.

"Dog courage! I see who dares to touch him!"

The two servants were at a loss and turned to Kong Long. Kong Long was confused and was about to ask questions, but he heard Xiao Yi call out sister.

Kong Long immediately reached out and wiped his face, and his originally dark face was immediately filled with flattering smiles.

"Who am I so bold? It turns out that I am our brother-in-law."

"Bah!" Xiao Yi immediately spat at him and cursed: "Who is your brother-in-law? The toad wants to eat swan meat, and he doesn't piss on his own. You, a dead hooligan who is not a human or a ghost, deserve it?"

If he could scold someone to death, Kong Long had been scolded by Xiao Yi a thousand times at this moment. Kong Long's face quickly turned into a pig's liver, and he was already angry and embarrassed.

Seeing that his younger brother scolded Kong Fan and spitting out his head, Xiao Jing felt extra happy. However, she did not like to argue and strictly educated her younger brother not to attack people with vicious verbal attacks because it was not in line with the identity of the children of aristocratic families.

"Yi'er stopped talking, there is no need to be as knowledgeable as a frivolous boy. Let's go, Master should be anxious."

As he said that, Xiao Jing wanted to take her brother away.

"Stop! Do you want to leave after hitting someone? Do you think this young master is so stupid?"

Kong Long shouted angrily, and the two servants quickly blocked the way for the siblings.

Xiao Jing was immediately alert and said coldly: "What are you going to do?"

Kong Long snorted coldly and said with a lewd smile: "If you don't want your brother to be beaten by a lawsuit, it's best to come and ask me now. As long as you feel comfortable serving me, you will give up today's affairs. In the future, you and your sister will also enjoy endless wealth and glory."

Xiao Jing snorted disdainfully and said, "I'm not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue! Why did you go to the government? You are the first to provoke me. Are you afraid that you will not be able to do it if my aunt is right?"

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Chapter completed!