late Qing Dynasty arrest

Li Guolou and Na Bazi broke up at Wangji Shave Shop. Li Guolou rented a western-style carriage from Maji Carriage Shop. Today he was on holiday and wanted to burn incense and pray to Buddha.I miss Chen Xiangfang in my heart. The Temple of the Reclining Buddha is obviously in the southeast of the capital, but he is heading northeast, deceiving himself and others that he is on the way.If Chen Xiangfang is not free, even visit Huang Qiying.

After an hour, the carriage came to the alley of Dung Beetle. Li Guolou jumped out of the carriage. Before he could stand still, a ragged child, holding a broken bowl, knelt on the ground and cried, "Grandpa, give me a reward."

Li Guolou glanced at the child, and twitched the corner of his mouth. The children of the beggar gang can't afford to offend, and he doesn't know how many such children he will meet in a day.Some children are accomplices of the theft gang, and he was hit by such a child, and then the money bag was stolen. Fortunately, it was a copper money bag on his waist. If the wallet in his underwear was stolen, he would suffer a big loss.

As usual, Li Guolou threw three copper coins, and there were three clangs, but the copper coins were still bouncing on the ground, and the child shouted: "You are auspicious, you have many sons and grandchildren."

It was probably a beggar's code word, and four children in ragged clothes surrounded him. A woman with a baby in her arms ran over quickly, panting heavily and crying, "Master, I have nothing to eat for a day, please!" With a splash, the woman was already kneeling on the ground.

Li Guolou had no choice but to be chased by a group of beggars in the dung beetle alley just because he came here in a carriage today.This is the treatment of the rich. Fortunately, I was prepared to throw another handful of copper coins.

These beggars are all fake, people who make a living by begging.It's true that foreigners have no money, and they will starve to death if they live in the capital.There is a porridge place outside the capital city to allow them to survive the cold winter.Most of these porridge places are run by princes in the capital. Those who can still beg in the capital are members of the beggar gang, and they have to pay protection fees. Every site is occupied by people, like begging in front of a Buddhist temple. The monthly income of beggars is quite good, much higher than that of ordinary people.

After finally dispelling the entanglement of a group of beggars, Li Guolou stepped into the gate of Baozhilin, and Zheng Lingling came to him and gave him a big hug.

Zheng Lingling yelled anxiously: "Did Xiaolou bring it today?"

Li Guolou asked, "Lingling, what did you say?"

Zheng Lingling happily said: "Small buildings are the most deceptive, what's in the bag? Is it a music box?"

Li Guolou smiled and said: "Lingling is smart, is your mother here?"

Zheng Lingling got the gift, jumped up and down, and shouted: "Mom, don't put on makeup, Xiaolou is here."

With a big belly, Chen Rou blocked Li Guolou's way, and raised her voice, "Where is the road money?"

Li Guolou nodded again and again and said, "Yes, yes! The snuff bottle drawn by Guo Sheng, I gave it to Master Huang."

Chen Rou said happily: "From now on, you will come to Xiaolou often, so don't come empty-handed." She moved out of the way and made a gesture of invitation.

Huang Qiying gave the pulse in the living room, and Li Guolou nodded to him, without disturbing him to see the patient, and went directly to the east room, where Chen Xiangfang and Zheng Lingling lived.

Li Guolou touched his nose at the door, and a smell of French perfume came over his face. Chen Xiangfang put on the perfume, which made Li Guolou very happy. This was a gift from him to Chen Xiangfang.

Chen Xiangfang glanced and said, "Come in, what are you doing at the door?"

The room is very small, except for a dressing table, a stool, a wardrobe, and a big bed, there are no other items.

Zheng Lingling dragged the stool and said softly, "Sit in the small building."

Li Guolou felt hot all over and was a little out of breath. The room was too small with so many people crowded in it, making him even more cramped.

Zheng Lingling lay on the bed, opened the music box, western music came out, and Li Guolou stared at the two women in front of him.

Sitting by the bed, Chen Xiangfang said, "Oh, I forgot to pour you tea, just wait, I'll pour you a cup of tea right now."

Li Guolou said urgently: "No need, the carriage is still waiting outside. I'm free today, and I want to burn incense, so I can take Lingling out to play. I wonder if you are free?"

Zheng Lingling turned to face Li Guolou, and interjected, "I'm free, but mom isn't. I'll go with you."

Chen Xiangfang replied: "I agreed with Nabazi, I will go to Baozhi's room at noon to see the progress of the project."

Li Guolou chuckled and said, "I met that bastard yesterday, so don't go to Dongfulai Lane."

Chen Xiangfang nodded with a smile and said, "Well, Lingling and I will accompany you to burn incense today."

It was the slowest thing for a woman to change clothes. Li Guolou watched Huang Qiying treat three neighbors in the living room, and Chen Xiangfang and Zheng Lingling came out.

Li Guolou took a look and saw that both of them were wearing new clothes and their hair had been combed back. Chen Xiangfang had hairpins on her head.Li Guolou shouted: "Grandma, you are so slow, we went to the Reclining Buddha Temple not to burn incense, but to eat vegetarian food."

Chen Xiangfang twisted her hips and waist, and retorted: "What's the hurry, there's still an afternoon."

The dozen or so neighbors who lined up to see the doctor finally knew that Chen Xiangfang's girlfriend was a little boy, watching their every move with wide-eyed eyes, whispering and mockingly watching Li Guolou.

Li Guolou bowed to them and fled from Baozhilin. He no longer cared what other people said, and pursued someone he liked openly and aboveboard.

Walking out of Baozhilin, there were still two beggars standing outside the door who hadn't dispersed yet. When they saw Li Guolou coming out, they obeyed the rules and didn't reach out to ask him for begging.

Li Guolou glanced at the two beggars, took out the policeman's badge around his waist, and said, "You don't want to come here, you know? Stay away from here."

Li Guolou had already seen that they were a group of thieves, and he took a fancy to the medicinal herbs drying in Baozhilin's yard.Thieves can steal everything, some medicinal materials are very expensive and valuable, and there are also thieves among those who see the doctor, and Li Guolou has seen through the work.

A beggar raised his lowered head slightly, glanced at Li Guolou's waist badge, and said, "Oh, it's a member of the Tianzi brigade, why did you come here? Catcher Li, we'll show you face." , please give us another ten big copper coins." After speaking, the two beggars stretched out their hands to Li Guolou, as if they were benefactors, and Li Guolou owed them money and should pay them back.

The big copper coin is equal to the value of fifteen small copper coins. The thief gave the arrester Li Guolou face, but because Li Guolou is not in charge of this area, it is also the rules of the world to let Li Guolou spend money to buy Taiping.

Chen Xiangfang wanted to scold the two beggars, but Li Guolou shook his head and winked, telling Chen Xiangfang not to speak, and paid out the two thieves pretending to be beggars.

On the carriage, Li Guolou and Zheng Lingling sat in the carriage, and Zheng Lingling sat in the middle seat.

Li Guolou said: "Xiao Fang, don't worry about the small money. It's not worth offending the beggars. They won't come here in the future. Master Huang's Baozhilin is safe and the business can flourish."

Chen Xiangfang said: "Everyone will come to open the door. Baozhilin's business is better. I didn't expect that the thieves have already found the door. I don't know if you don't tell me. I thought Baozhilin's business was good, but those beggars They will flock to the door to beg."

Li Guolou said with a smile: "I only know the rules after entering the six gates. There are all kinds of gate rules in the capital. You don't know how the gangsters grab the territory. The murders are all in the east of the city." When there is no rest, the money earned by spending the whole building, you can open three Baozhi houses, and you can’t earn as much as one of their singers. There is a singer, Prince Gong Yixin, who spent 1 taels of silver for her. Redemption."

Chen Xiangfang scolded coquettishly: "The small building is dirty, Lingling is here, don't talk nonsense."

Zheng Lingling said softly: "What are you talking about, I can't understand a word."

Li Guolou stroked Zheng Lingling's head, smiled and said, "It's okay if you don't understand, otherwise your mother will scold me to death. I'll take you to the theater this afternoon."

Zheng Lingling said in a childish voice, "Xiaolou, I don't want to listen to opera, I want to watch acrobatics."

Chen Xiangfang said: "Xiaolou, is there time?"

Li Guolou said: "It's too late, it's next to the Reclining Buddha Temple, we'll go play after burning the incense."

Zheng Lingling said softly, "I won't go back until after dinner."

Li Guolou picked up Zheng Lingling, let her sit on his lap, and said, "Okay! I will give Lingling a big house to live in, and you don't want to go back. Okay?"

Zheng Lingling nodded and said, "Okay! But I want to sleep with my mother, Xiaolou, you sleep alone."

Li Guolou was so angry that he didn't answer Zheng Lingling's words. If so, why would he marry Chen Xiangfang.The small face stared at Chen Xiangfang, their eyebrows were expressive, and love flowed in their eyes.

Li Guolou and Chen Xiangfang's every move, and Zheng Lingling's words and deeds have been written down, and she will report to Chen Rou when she returns home that her mother is in spring!It was too obscene, so I reached out to Xiaolou.Huan Xiaolou performed well and did not make too many moves.

The three of them finished burning incense in the Temple of the Reclining Buddha and ate a vegetarian meal together. Li Guolou had a red-headed rope around his neck, and a piece of jade was hung on it. Chen Xiangfang tied it up for him to hold his heart. .When you come to Tianqiao, it is the busiest place in the capital, where people from all corners of the country sell tricks, and there are all kinds of opera performances here in the capital. track list.People from all over Tiannan can find their favorite programs, and it is also the favorite place for ordinary people to come to play.As for those teahouses, they are full of people, and there are all kinds of storytellers in them, and the one who talks the most is Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Zheng Lingling wandered along the way, mostly held by Li Guolou, with a windmill in one hand and cotton candy in the other. After listening to "Zhao Zilong Changbanpo save Adou" in a teahouse, she started looking for new friends again. A theater theater that Cheng Lingling is interested in.

Chen Xiangfang actually likes to listen to operas, but Zheng Lingling just doesn't want to go in to listen to operas. The mother and daughter are fighting in front of a theater.Li Guolou was angry at both ends, and didn't know what to do?It is useless to persuade anyone.

Li Guolou rolled his eyes and said, "Lingling, don't fight with your mother, come with her to play rock-paper-scissors, and whoever wins will listen to whoever wins."

Zheng Lingling said angrily: "Okay! Mom, don't play tricks, if you come out slowly, it doesn't count."

Chen Xiangfang retorted: "Who is playing a scoundrel? Let's say that one person chooses once. I have the final say this time, and it's your turn next time." Even so, Chen Xiangfang accepted the guess and Chen Xiangfang won. , The three of them entered the theater building without any dispute to listen to an excerpt.

Li Guolou and Zheng Lingling were not interested at all in the opera performed upstairs, and could not understand anything. It was a Cantonese opera, a southerner opera. No matter how beautifully they sang, they were singing birdsong. .Fortunately, what Li Guolou wanted was a private room upstairs. He and Zheng Lingling drank tea, ate candy, and ate melon seeds to pass the boring time. Only Chen Xiangfang saw Li Guolou and Zheng Lingling from the beginning to the end.