At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 217
Not long after, Cheng De and his party came to a rather unusual street.

On both sides of this street, there are almost all food vendors. The air is mixed with various aromas, which makes people drool.

Chen Liuyi looked left and right, his nose twitched subconsciously, and he swallowed wildly.

Cheng De looked at this scene and thought it was a little funny.

Cheng De approached the street on the left, and as far as he could see, there were barley soup, Maqi porridge, glutinous rice noodles, roasted shiitake mushrooms, Beaulieu vegetables, and broiled clams
The stall owners standing next to the vendors all stretched their necks and yelled at the passers-by on the street, which also attracted many passers-by to come closer to their favorite stalls.

Witnessing the smile on the face of the stall owner and the pedestrians standing in front of the stall, a breath of life rushed over.

"My lord, smell it. The fragrance from the right side of the street penetrates into my nose. It's really fragrant!" Chen Liuyi looked at the right side of the street intoxicated, his eyes full of anticipation.

Almost as soon as Chen Liuyi finished speaking, Cheng De also smelled a more fragrant and stronger smell on the right side of the street than on the left side of the street, and hooked the glutton in his stomach. "Gululu" sound.

Chen Liuyi's ears were extremely sensitive. When he heard the sound, he unconsciously looked at Cheng De.

Cheng De looked calm, as if he didn't see Chen Liuyi's gaze.

But at the next moment, Cheng De walked towards the right side of the street with light steps.

Chen Liuyi and other soldiers closely followed Cheng De, protecting Cheng De from the crowd to the right side of the street.

On the right side of the street, there are obviously more types of food.

As you walk and look, there are: fried prawns, frog legs, bamboo shoots and chicken breasts, three things, boiled puffer fish, wine lees cockles, roasted venison, stuffed belly, frozen ginger vinegar fish, raw beef, flower pearls, and cooked tiger meat
After Cheng De looked at all the spies on the right side of the street, he turned back to the stall of fried prawns.

In front of this stall, there were only two tables lined up left and right in front of the stall, and the tables were already full of people at the moment.

There was an aisle empty for two tables, just big enough for one person to stand.

What's more, there are all kinds of customers standing around the table. They are all immersed in the delicacy of fried prawns, as if they can't extricate themselves.

Cheng De looked at the queue in front of him - two tables were vacant and the formation of people on the alleyway, he couldn't help frowning.

Chen Liuyi knew how to read words and expressions, and immediately said in a low voice: "My lord, do you want to drive these people away?"

Cheng De turned his head to look at Chen Liuyi, his eyes were extremely calm.

This calm gaze made Chen Liuyi's heart tremble, and he lowered his head subconsciously.

He realized that he seemed to have said something wrong, and he began to feel a little regretful.

"Don't say this kind of thing in the future. When you go back, copy "The Analects" for me ten times."

Chen Liuyi's expression was extremely depressed, he wished he could slap his mouth twice.

For him, this copying of books was a matter of extreme pain.

After all, he didn't even know the words.

However, he didn't dare to refute, he was afraid that Cheng De might make him copy more.

Therefore, Chen Liuyi simply kept his mouth shut and remained silent.

Cheng De didn't care about Chen Liuyi's expression, he just waited patiently in line.At the same time, his ears were pricked up, listening to what the people around him were talking about.

"In Nanjing City, since King Huai arrived, our life has obviously become much better."

"Yes! For me, after not having to pay taxes for various reasons, my life has hope."

"This Duke Huai is really a god sent by God!"

"I also heard that Duke Huai had a reputation for benevolence and righteousness before, especially for us people."

"Fushou treats us like livestock, and only Duke Huai treats us as human beings. For this reason, this Duke Huai is worthy of our trust. Moreover, I think that one day in the future, this Duke Huai will definitely be able to win the world. I remember There is a saying, whoever gains what wins the world?"

"He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world."

"Yes, that's the sentence. From now on, we are the people of Daming, and we are no longer the people of Dayuan."

"I just hope that Duke Huai can keep doing this. Only in this way, we common people will have a way to survive."

It's just that after hearing these remarks that seemed to agree with him, Cheng De heard other remarks that were contrary to them.

Those who said these words were the four people sitting on the table on the right side of the booth.

Judging by their clothes, these four people are all dressed in brocade clothes, and their expressions are somewhat arrogant.

Looking at them from the brows, it seems that there are four scholars, all of them are very young, they seem to be about the same age, they are all around 20 years old.

"Hmph, listen, these people's remarks are simply ridiculous!" One of the people in purple brocade clothes spoke first.

The man in yellow who was standing opposite the man in purple answered the conversation: "Even if King Huai seized this Jiqing road, if we didn't have the support of people like us, then this Jiqing road is at our discretion. "

The blue-clothed man on the left of the yellow-clothed man was a little flustered: "Careful, don't say such remarks on such an occasion. This Jiqing Road is what Dayuan said. Now, if we want to live comfortably , we have to follow everyone to call Nanjing. Unless Dayuan fights back sometime, we can call Jiqing Road. Also, King Huai has soldiers in his hands. If we want to live a stable life, I always think it is better to obey , don't be hostile to Duke Huai, otherwise, no matter how reasonable you are, you won't be able to tell."

The man in black on the right side of the man in yellow smiled lightly and said, "We're just talking casually, because of the crime of speech, I'm afraid we won't know the Lord."

"What, according to what you mean, do you want to seek refuge with Duke Huai?" The man in purple looked at the man in black with a hostile expression.

The man in black looked into the eyes of the man in purple with a hint of sarcasm: "When Fushou was here, we recommended ourselves many times and wanted to show off our ambitions. But, you all know the final result. This Fushou didn't He has taken a fancy to us, and even despised us. Now that King Huai is occupying Nanjing City, and King Huai has a reputation for benevolence and righteousness, I want to observe secretly for a while, and after confirming that King Huai is the Lord of Ming, I will go to seek refuge. The so-called learning of civil and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family. Could it be that you are all willing to continue wasting your time like this?"

The words of the man in black immediately silenced the others.

This scene, falling into Cheng De's eyes, aroused his interest.

Through some observation just now, he found that among the four people, only the man in black can be cultivated.

However, the man in black seemed to be extremely proud in his words and deeds.Even if he wanted to use this person, he would have to beat him a lot.

Of course, Cheng De did not engage in any active solicitation.

In Cheng De's view, although the man in black was talented, he hadn't reached the point where he should treat him sincerely, and he didn't need to consider the intention of burying a thousand gold.

In other words, in Cheng De's eyes, this person can be regarded as an official at best.

Thinking of this, Cheng De stopped paying attention to these people, but turned his attention to other places.

In a blink of an eye, it was the turn of Cheng De and his party. Cheng De and the others each bought a portion of fried prawns. Of course, this was all done under Cheng De's behest.

Afterwards, Cheng De and his party left the stall, preparing to leave the snack street.

To Cheng De's surprise, a purple-clothed girl walked up to him, followed by a servant beside her.

When Cheng De saw the girl in purple walking towards him, Cheng De frowned and gave Chen Liuyi a look.

Chen Liuyi understood immediately, and immediately stepped forward, lying directly between Cheng De and the purple-clothed girl, with a ruffian-like expression on his face.

After Cheng De glanced at it, he led the rest of his soldiers around and headed back towards the General's Mansion.

The girl in purple looked at Cheng De's figure getting further and further away, her face immediately darkened.

The girl in purple looked at Chen Liuyi who ruined her good deed in front of her, her eyes flickered with coldness, and she thought: I'm so mad, I blame this person, if it wasn't for him, I would definitely be able to talk to Cheng De.

When Chen Liuyi turned around and looked behind him, he found that Cheng De and his party had long since disappeared, and felt aggrieved in his heart.

While pondering, Chen Liuyi immediately chose a direction and headed towards the General's Mansion.

This was something Chen Liuyi could see based on Cheng De's expression just now. He believed that Cheng De, the Prince of Huai, should have returned.

The girl in purple looked at the back of Chen Liuyi leaving in a hurry, her gaze was extremely cold.

Before, she planned to surprise the horse in the street, intending to talk to Huai Wang Cheng De, and then wanted to go further, but failed in the end.

Just now, she happened to appear in front of Duke Huai Cheng De, and she thought of it carefully before coming to the snack street, and the purpose was also to talk to Duke Huai Cheng De.

It's a pity that Huai Prince Cheng De was deeply wary of her, before she even approached, Huai Prince Cheng De sent someone to stop her, but he withdrew and left.

For a moment, the girl in purple felt unconfident about her beauty.

"Uncle Ma, am I ugly? Why did that man turn a blind eye?"

The servant next to the girl in purple was stunned, and his expression was a little cramped.

Because he didn't know how to answer the purple clothed girl's words.

Seeing his silence, the girl in purple sighed softly in her heart.

Wanting to be that Cheng De's woman, or even the Empress Wudi in history, this first step made her feel desperate.

Is there any hope for her ambition?

Moreover, she also heard that Cheng De's first wife, Ma Xiuying, is a good wife.

This made the girl in purple feel extremely uncomfortable.

She had some doubts about the words of the divine fortune teller who passed through Nanjing City before.

The celestial master said that she would be the second emperor of Wudi, but she had to become Cheng De's woman first, and she naturally looked down on ordinary men.When she knew that becoming Cheng De's woman would give her a chance to become Emperor Wudi's second, she was moved and took active actions.

However, the actions one after another failed, and she began to feel very discouraged in her heart.

On the way back to the General's Mansion, Cheng De asked his own soldiers to investigate all the circumstances of the purple-clothed girl.

From Cheng De's point of view, the purple-clothed girl he just met seems to have plans for him.

He wanted to figure out what the girl in purple wanted to do.

On the front foot, Cheng Degang returned to the general's mansion.

Later, there was an urgent report about Dangtu City sent by Li Sanqi.

Cheng De received the soldiers who reported the letter in the study.

The soldier who reported the letter respectfully handed over the letter box sealed in his hand to Cheng De.

Cheng De took it and spread out the letter paper to read it. He read it very slowly, almost line by line, with a look full of disbelief.

"How is this possible?" The entire study room was filled with Cheng De's doubtful words.

The soldier lowered his head and stared at the ground, not daring to look Cheng De directly in the eyes.

(End of this chapter)