When Hunjun begins to make elixirs

Chapter 8 In the Folk

A Ming, the waiter at Junlai Inn, was walking on the street carrying the food delivered by Chengxi Gongjia. He dishonestly reached into the food box with one hand to grab a piece or two of pig head meat to satisfy his craving.

The people who can afford to eat meat these days are officials, aristocratic families, and wealthy people.The people don't even have enough food to eat, so how can they have any leftover food to raise pigs and chickens?But on the contrary, wine sales have increased a lot.In this regard, food seems to be inexhaustible.

The harder life gets, the more people need alcohol to anesthetize themselves.In particular, distilled high-strength liquor has a spicy taste and is not as smooth as brewed liquor, but it is enough for a few sips and does not consume much food. Even many people who work in the yamen will choose it.

The streets today are a bit strange, with many new faces.A Ming is a very observant person.He found that these strangers always intentionally or unintentionally isolate the old and the young from others.

A person with such a big battle is definitely not a simple person.So when he was about to pass by them, he deliberately went around to avoid them.If people want to avoid getting into trouble, they have to control their curiosity.But when he came to the entrance of an alley, he was almost frightened into incontinence by the scene in front of him.

In the hidden place, there were actually more than a dozen people wearing jade toad-shaped moon suits and knives hiding.

How could we encounter these evil spirits?
Compared to the Jinwu Guards, who are legitimate royal guards, the common people have much more opportunities to come into contact with the Divine Machine Guards. One of the responsibilities of the Manufacturing Office is to collect folk mysterious items, which involves the practice of plundering, killing and expropriating goods.

Someone once said: "The jade toad and the golden toad hold copper coins in their mouths, and it is difficult to see tomorrow when the moon rises and sets." It can be seen that the reputation of Shenjiwei in the hearts of the people is not much better than shit.However, Shenjiwei's style of behavior is relatively hidden.

Kingo Wei was mostly a sergeant. Although he was engaged in intelligence work, he was very disciplined internally.In addition to forming a team from the Jinwu Guard at the beginning, the Shenji Guards recruited mostly strangers from the folk, who used unscrupulous means to do things. They rarely even wore official clothes, and often dressed up in ordinary clothes, like a poisonous snake in disguise. When you open your mouth, you bite.

Now A Ming is in a dilemma. If he turns around and goes back, he will definitely be considered to have a guilty conscience. When they are surrounded, he will have to shed his skin even if he doesn't die.If he walked over regardless, he wouldn't have the guts.

Now, he seemed to be encountering a pack of vicious wolves in the dark night, unable to escape or defeat them.Fortunately, a divine machine guard stepped forward to break the awkward confrontation: "Stand facing the wall and put down what you are holding."

The divine machine guard searched his body and food box, and when he saw that there were no suspicious items, he asked, "Where are the things sent?"

A Ming replied tremblingly: "The Gong family in the west of the city."

The divine machine guard's expression condensed, and he drew his sword: "Why don't you take the main road to go to Gong's house, why go through the alley?"

A Ming has a hard time saying that he still doesn’t understand what’s going on with this posture?This group of magical guards also protects the two important people on the street. If you tell them, you will inevitably be suspected, but if you don't tell them, it will be even more suspicious.

"My sweetheart lives across the street and I want to go see her first."

"Really?" The divine machine guard was doubtful. If it was normal, forget it, but now it was about the safety of the emperor and Eunuch Zhao, and he did not dare to take it lightly.

"Someone, take him to verify!"

A Ming didn't expect them to be so serious, and immediately fell to his knees: "Sir, spare your life, I lied. I saw a big shot going out on the street, and was afraid of bumping into the noble, so I took a detour here."

When the divine machine guard heard this, he kicked him over and put the knife on his neck: "There is indeed a problem! Tell me! How did you know!"

A Ming's crotch became hot and he peed. Tears and snot ran down his face: "Sir! It's unfair! Those two people had strange faces. They were walking on the street, but no one could approach them. They looked like big shots at first glance! The younger one is the waiter at Junlai Inn. He is not a bad person. If you don’t believe it, you can go and check." Shenjiwei looked at each other. He didn’t expect this to be the reason. Seeing how timid he looked, it didn’t look like he was lying: "Temporarily imprison him for now! Send someone there. Verify your identity and report it to Eunuch Zhao before proceeding."

The unlucky A Ming regretted it to death. Why did he covet the reward money and come to deliver this single suohuang (takeaway)? Now he has entered the wolf's den, and a disaster is imminent!
He still wanted to beg for mercy, but his mouth was strangled with a piece of cloth, tied up like a pig, and taken away.

Naturally, Li and Zhao on the street didn't know about this trivial matter.Li Shun, who was out of the palace for the first time, was full of interest in everything outside. He couldn't care less about the scorching sun above his head and went shopping happily.In fact, his physical fitness is no longer afraid of cold and heat. The reason why he uses ice and fans is that he likes to pretend, and he can be more comfortable. There is a difference between not being afraid of heat and liking heat.

However, after walking around for so long, he saw that Zhao Zhongxiao was still in high spirits, not tired, not even a drop of sweat, and he couldn't help but wonder, is there something special about this old guy?
The doubts were buried in his mind for the time being. His main interest now was in the surrounding houses.The entire building of the Imperial Palace of Yin State is mostly made of wooden structure, with strict planning, simple and elegant, and grand atmosphere, with uneven eaves and brackets.Folks have also inherited this style, but the difference is that there are many sculptures and paintings between the eaves and corners, which are elegant and a little interesting.

Judging from the architectural style and national character, the people of Dayin should be hard-working, simple and love life.But now, most of the carvings are incomplete, the paintings are missing, and there is no replacement. To match this, the people generally have a disheveled look, which is caused by long-term malnutrition.His red face looked so out of place among them.The whole empire can smell the twilight in the air.

"Is this my country, my people?"

At this moment, Li Shun felt for the first time a long-lost sense of responsibility. This was not brought to him by the dragon chair or the need to maintain the rule of one family, but by the expectations of life.

A person who has seen the light cannot bear the darkness.

If he doesn't do anything, this bundle of dry wood that has been exposed to the scorching sun for a long time will be ignited at any time and burn the entire empire.

"Zhao Zhongxiao!" Li Shun's tone suddenly became serious.

"The old servant is here."

"Find a place to rest."

I don't know if it was fate, but Zhao Zhongxiao found the Junlai Inn where A Ming worked. It was neither big nor small, so it was easy to control.Li Shun stopped Zhao Zhongxiao's idea of ​​evicting the residents and only booked the three adjacent Tianzi rooms.

"Sir, I'm sorry. The waiter in the shop went out to do some business and hasn't come back yet. If you need anything, just tell me." The shopkeeper took a few people to the room and expressed his apology.

Li Shun took a 50-tael silver check from Zhao Zhongxiao and handed it to the shopkeeper: "For this amount, bring up all the special dishes in your store."

This was the first time the shopkeeper saw such a proud guest, and he quickly advised: "Guest, this is too much money, I can't finish it."

"Don't worry, just do as you're told."

The shopkeeper also kindly reminded me that if the customers don’t buy it, do I still think I’m making too much money?
"Okay, guest, wait a moment, I'll make arrangements right away."

(End of this chapter)