The ace special forces of the Sui Dynasty

The person who stopped talking was also dressed in brocade clothes, but although the clothes looked clean, they were obviously rather old, and he must be the son of a ruined family.

Those few drunk young men in brocade clothes had already surrounded him, and one of them actually recognized him, and couldn't help but shouted: "Du Ruhui, how dare you spoil my brother's good deeds!"

Hearing the words "Du Ruhui", Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but his heart skipped a beat.This is the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty in history, but now he is so downcast.However, Hua Yun, who was standing beside Liu Ziqiu, saw a few teenagers posing as if they were about to fight, she was furious, and clenching her fists, she was about to rush forward.Hua Yun has no chance to lead troops now, and the only thing she can do is to train a few female guards with Mu Duoli and Tuoba Qianyu.When encountering this matter now, she naturally couldn't hold back and was ready to show her strength.

"Wait, let's see first!" Liu Ziqiu suddenly gave her a hand, he wanted to observe Du Ruhui and see how Du Ruhui would deal with this situation.

Du Ruhui also recognized the young man, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Young master Lu, you are not acting like a gentleman, so I hope you can do it yourself."

The boy snorted coldly and said: "It's just an orchid, it doesn't matter if you touch it twice, but I want you to meddle in my own business!"

His companion had already grown impatient, and shouted repeatedly: "Brother Zijin, why bother talking to him, just beat him up!"

While speaking, more than a dozen big men rushed out of the crowd, screaming strangely and rushing towards Du Ruhui.These people are all small caps in green clothes, and they are the domestic slaves of those young men in brocade clothes.It is quite normal for the young masters of these wealthy families to come out to play and watch the lanterns, and bring a bunch of servants by their side.It's just that it was too cruel for a dozen big men to beat up Du Ruhui, a frail scholar.

Hua Yun couldn't hold back any longer, screamed coquettishly, and rushed over, knocking the two big men to the ground in a blink of an eye.

The team of guards hidden in the crowd rushed forward when they saw Hua Yun making a move, and the situation suddenly became chaotic.Originally, those teenagers beat Du Ruhui unilaterally, but now it has turned into a scuffle.Among the young servants, there are quite a few with high martial arts skills, but the palace guards all crawled out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and naturally have a murderous look on their bodies, and their actual combat experience is far better than those of those slaves. Slaves, the cooperation between each other is much more tacit.In just a few face-to-face efforts, the dozen or so house slaves were all knocked to the ground.

A few teenagers headed by Mr. Lu saw that the situation was not going well, so they turned around and ran away, not forgetting to shout at Du Ruhui: "Your surname is Du, you wait!"

Hua Yun waved his arms and was about to catch up, but Liu Ziqiu grabbed him and said, "Don't chase, let's go, go and see how that Mr. Du is doing?"

Among the crowd, Wang Yufeng had already stepped forward, helped Du Ruhui up from the ground, and said softly, "Thank you, my lord."

Although Hua Yun made a timely move, Du Ruhui still received a beating, his mouth was crooked, his eyes were swollen, and his shabby brocade clothes were covered with footprints, his image was horrible.However, facing the delicate Wang Yufeng, he still cheered up and said politely: "Girl, you are welcome. If you see injustice on the road, let out a yell. This is the duty of scholars of my generation!"

Wang Yufeng covered her mouth and let out a "puchi" laugh: "Those villains just now seem to be scholars too."

Du Ruhui was speechless for a while, before he sighed: "They have disgraced all the scholars in the world."

Liu Ziqiu nodded secretly, cupped his hands and asked, "Young Master Du, is it all right? The old man arranged for some people to take you to see the doctor, how about it?"

Du Ruhui quickly bowed and said: "Thank you for your help, old man. Du can bear this little injury. I heard that there is an orchid dancing outside the front door. If you go late, I'm afraid you won't be able to see it."

Wang Yufeng was a little displeased, and muttered in a low voice: "What's so interesting about Orchid dancing."

Only then did Du Ruhui remember that Wang Yufeng was also an orchid, and hurriedly explained: "Miss misunderstood, Du is not a lustful person. He just reads thousands of books, travels thousands of miles, and learns more about the novelty of the world. Only then can he be a scholar." Duty." At this point, he cupped his hands in the air again, and said: "Since His Majesty issued the world map to the world, Du has realized that what he saw in the past is just the tip of the iceberg. Now he can see all kinds of people in Luoyang City. How can we pass up such an opportunity to increase our knowledge without traveling far?"

In order to encourage the common people to go to sea on their own, Liu Ziqiu published the simple world map he drew and the westward sea chart brought back by Chen Leng into volumes last year, and sent them to the government offices of counties and counties, and the schools of counties and counties for the world. It can be borrowed and sold in bookstores in all counties.Du Ruhui's ancestor had been a high-ranking official in the court since the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but he had recently declined, and his family was getting poorer, so naturally he couldn't afford a picture book.However, he is still a scholar, and he can go to the county school to borrow books, so he can see those sketches of the world.On the map, the majestic Han Dynasty in his mind only occupied a very small area, which shocked Du Ruhui.The nautical chart brought back by Chen Leng has confirmed the correctness of part of the world map, and the differences in races in different regions are also marked on the world map.By observing the dancing orchids, it is also possible to verify the correctness of the map from another aspect.

In the eyes of the Central Plains people, the Turks, Xianbei, and the local ethnic groups in the Western Regions were all regarded as Huren, and Persia, which bordered the Western Regions, and people from the farther West were also regarded as Huren.But in the Central Plains, the most common Hu people were Turks and Xianbei. With Liu Ziqiu’s vigorous development of commerce, the number of Hu people from the Western Regions and Persia gradually increased, but Hu people from the more distant Byzantine Empire were very rare.Wang Yufeng's appearance is very similar to a Persian, but the orchid dancing in front tonight is said to be from far away Byzantium, which attracted Du Ruhui's attention.

When Wang Yufeng heard him mentioning the new map issued by the emperor, she couldn't help but glanced at Liu Ziqiu.

Liu Ziqiu nodded with a smile, and said: "Since Mr. Du thinks it's okay, I won't force you anymore. I have nothing to do with you, why don't you follow Mr. Du to see what is different about this dancing orchid."

At this time, several police officers came to find him.Watching lanterns on the Lantern Festival is a grand event, and it is also a period of high incidence of various cases.On this day, the Governor of Luoyang sent out almost all the guards in the mansion, but the scale of the lantern festival was getting bigger and bigger, and the strength of the guards still seemed too weak, a bit exhausted.These servants rushed over when they heard that there was a fight. However, when they arrived, the fight was over, and there were still more than a dozen people who looked like domestic slaves lying on the ground.

Naturally, Liu Ziqiu didn't need to deal with this kind of trivial matter. A guard had already quietly stepped forward and showed his badge.When the guards saw the badge, they didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately summoned their companions, arrested the dozen or so house slaves, and put them in the prison of Luoyang Mansion.As for whether to strictly interrogate them and find out the person behind them, it depends on the decision of Fu Yin.

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Tonight is the night of carnival. The eight city gates of Luoyang's inner city were all opened, and the soldiers guarding the gates were replaced by Mo Dao soldiers, the most elite of the Han infantry.Of course, these Mo Dao soldiers did not carry the gleaming Mo Dao in their hands, but replaced them with thick wooden sticks.Their task is not to kill the enemy, but to maintain order.Mo Dao Bing seldom appears in front of the world. They are all tall and strong, standing there like a mountain, and they have become a rare sight on the Lantern Festival.Many people went in and out between the inner city and the outer city just to see the demeanor of Mo Dao Bing.

However, today's situation is a bit special. Many people rushed from the south gate of the inner city to the outer city, but they didn't have time to take a look at the Mo Dao soldiers standing there like iron towers.These people are all rushing to Waiguo Nancheng to watch Orchid dancing.

Seven or eight years ago, during Yang Guang's reign, Luoyang's Waiguo City was still a place where civilians lived together, with low thatched houses everywhere, garbage and sewage everywhere, just like the shantytowns of later generations.However, today's Luoyang Waiguo City has changed greatly.Except that the city wall of Wai Guo City is still just a circle of low short walls, the streets of the whole Wai Guo City have become wide bluestone roads. There are also many shops on both sides of the street. Some big families and merchants who come from south to north also choose Buy land and build a house here.Moreover, the gates of the Outer Guocheng City are open all night, and it is convenient for people to enter and exit, which also makes the Outer Guocheng City of Luoyang more and more prosperous, and it has a tendency to catch up with the inner city.

At this moment, Outer Guocheng is also decorated with lights and festoons, and it is full of joy.Not far from the south gate of the inner city, you can see a tall lamp mountain.Yes, it can indeed be described as a mountain of lights.It was a shelf made of wood, which was more than five feet high. The shelf was covered with all kinds of lanterns. From a distance, it was colorful and bright as day. The lamp oil consumed during the night alone was countless. .

Under the lamp mountain, there is a sea of ​​people, forming a big circle.It can be vaguely seen that in the middle of the large circle surrounded by the crowd, there is a platform that is as high as two people.The stage is still empty now, but the people under the stage are looking forward to it, and even the huge lamp mountain next to it has lost its attraction.

Hua Yun knew that the high platform must be the place where the so-called Hu Ji performed dances, so she couldn't help but took Liu Ziqiu's hand, and said with a smile: "Husband, let's squeeze in and have a look."

"There are so many people, not to mention whether they can squeeze in or not, even if they squeeze in, I'm afraid they won't be able to see clearly." Liu Ziqiu frowned, looked around, and suddenly pointed to the roof of a tall storefront next to him, and said , "Come on, let's go up to see, how about?"

Wang Yufeng became anxious, and said repeatedly: "Master, madam, how can you get up so tall?"

Hua Yun smiled and said, "Silly girl, I'll take you up there."

Du Ruhui was a little hesitant, and said in a low voice: "Old man, Wansheng should go to the front and try his luck."