Emperor Kangxi: The First Rule of the Palace

Chapter 79
Wu Ciyou and Mingzhu talked and walked every day, but they didn't feel tired.In about ten days, we have passed Zhangde Mansion and reached the ground of Zhengzhou.After walking for a day this day, I saw a red sunset setting down Cangshan Mountain.Wu Ciyou said with a smile on his horse: "Besides the captain and the general, there are dozens of people on foot. The full man doesn't know the hunger, and the rider doesn't feel tired. It's time to stay." Mingzhu pointed the horsewhip forward. , Said: "There is a big town in the dark ahead, how about going in and fighting?"

Wu Ciyou said: "You are an imperial envoy. Once you enter the town, all the chaotic people come to worship you. I can't stand it! You go to your own, leave me two people to wait on you, and I will rest in this ruined temple outside the town .”

"Brother, how do you say that you are born!" Mingzhu laughed quickly, "Brother, you are the one." After saying that, she got off the horse first, helped Wu Ciyou to get off, and stationed the entourage and soldiers to guard the pass.The two lived in the main hall, and the school captains and sergeants rested in the hatchback stele corridor.The accompanying general Wang Shen placed under the eaves of the main hall, paused for a while, and came in to report to Mingzhu: "It's just that there is nothing delicious, please show me, sir, can you go to the town to raise some vegetables?"

Mingzhu said: "No need, everyone has dry food with them, just eat whatever you want, if you want to disturb the people, I won't obey!"

Wu Ciyou is very satisfied with Mingzhu's disposal.After the people retreated, they took off their boots, put their feet on the altar, let the blood flow back to relieve fatigue, and smiled: "Brother, you don't want to disturb the people in everything, it's very good, I'm happy if I don't eat. Mingzhu giggled and said, "You still have to eat, as long as you don't disturb the people!" As she said that, she took out a bundle from the saddlebag, unfolded it, and found that there were peanuts in it , fried shrimp, dry steamed crab and a pack of bright red beef strips!Wu Ciyou laughed all of a sudden and said, "My dear brother, your ingenuity and ingenuity are truly outstanding."

After the two of them had dinner, it was already dark, and the lonely cold star flickered faintly in the boundless blue sky.Wu Ciyou said with a smile: "Brother Ming, we should break up soon. You insist on going another way. When I reach the Yellow River tomorrow, I will go east. Can you still follow?"

Mingzhu was silent for a long while, but Wu Ciyou knew that he was reluctant, so he smiled and said, "I will send you off a thousand miles away, but I have to say goodbye at last. Why should it be sad? Let's take advantage of this good night and let's go for a walk!" Mingzhu said: "Cheng , let's go out for a walk." Then they didn't call anyone, they changed into plain clothes and entered the town hand in hand.

This town is quite big, and even though it was night, there were still quite a few vendors selling sesame seed cakes, wontons, deep-fried tofu, and roasted chicken and marinated eggs.Mingzhu bought two packs of five-spice melon seeds, handed one to Wu Ciyou, and said, "Brother, let's go inside and have a look." Wu Ciyou asked the old man selling melon seeds, "Old man, what's the name of this town?"

"Oolong Town." The old man replied enthusiastically, "It's bigger than the county town, and it takes half an hour to walk from here to there!"

"How are you going?" Mingzhu asked.

"You can't live without it," the old man sighed. "If you have money, you can live well, if you don't have money, you can't live well."

This is like saying nothing.The two looked at each other and smiled, took melon seeds and ate while walking, thinking that it was time to take a rest after taking a walk to the south of the town and then returning.

After walking through the busiest crossroads, it is dark and dark to the south, and there is nothing to see.Wu Ciyou said: "Tianhan is coming up, let's turn back." Mingzhu nodded and was about to answer, when suddenly she heard the sound of kites from the West Street, which came to her ears, and the sound was leisurely in the late autumn night. The earth is rippling in the sky, but it looks extraordinarily quiet.Mingzhu said: "It seems to be singing Henan Zhuier's book. Nanyang and Dengzhou are the most popular places for Zhuizi. I don't think there are good zither catchers here!" Where is Qu'er.

Walking about half an arrow away, I saw a teahouse in front of me, with only two rooms on the front, and a bookstore inside, with six or seven Eight Immortals tables neatly placed, and more than thirty people sitting there drinking tea and listening to books.There is an old man and a young man on the desk, the old man is blind, playing the three-string accompaniment.What is missing is a young woman with plain clothes and light makeup, holding a long zither and singing while playing:
〖Since the Three Kingdoms, wars have continued, and Cao A concealed his power and wanted to fight for the imperial court.There is an uncle of the emperor, whose name is Xuande, who went to Nanyang to ask Zhuge Qi Wolong three times...〗

As soon as Mingzhu heard it, she knew that the book had just passed the cap, and the main story had just begun, so she quietly picked two seats at the back and sat down.The clerk came forward and made two cups of tea, and put a porcelain pot in front of them and said: "Everyone makes ten coins, you just drink, I will refill the water for you."

Mingzhu smiled and said: "Okay!" She took out a silver coin from her pocket and threw it to the clerk, "Here is your reward!" The clerk nodded and bowed to thank for the reward, and after a while handed over two wrung hot towels, " Please use a towel, both of you!"

But Mingzhu didn't answer, she just stared at the desk.Wu Ciyou waved his hand and said: "No need to wait, you are busy with your work, we still have to listen to the book!" Then he turned to Mingzhu who was in a daze and smiled, "This word is not bad, but you are fascinated as soon as you enter the stage. " Mingzhu gently pulled Wu Ciyou with her hand and said, "Brother, who do you think this girl looks like?"

"Huh?" Wu Ciyou looked carefully, "I can't tell."

"Does it look like the dead Cuigu?"

Wu Ciyou took a closer look and found that although she had the same eyebrows as Cui Gu's, with Chunshan's eyebrows and eyes full of amorous glances, there was no Cui Gu's heroic spirit between her brows, and she definitely didn't look like Cui Gu.He sighed and said: "Brother, this is called wishful thinking, I look like—" Before the end of the sentence, Mingzhu smiled and said: "Brother said this, I don't look like it anymore."

The next book is [-]% off "The Meeting of Heroes" and "Sacrifice to the East Wind" in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".Although they are very familiar with the set, but the old and the young are sometimes tense and slow, talking and singing, sometimes singing like a cracked rock, sometimes sighing like a long chant, they really have the power to seduce the soul, and no one retreats first until the end of the performance.Wu Ciyou sighed: "In such a small place, there is such a wonderful sound. Tonight's trip is worthwhile!"

While speaking, the old man came up to collect the money with a small gong in his hand, and many people hugged him and walked out.Only the first few people rewarded some copper coins casually, which looked like dozens of coins.The old man Fang was sighing, Mingzhu went up, put five taels of silver in it gently and said: "This silver can be used to change the girl's outfit, singing well alone is not enough."

At this time, the guests were almost gone, so the old man pulled the girl away, said two blessings deeply, thanked him a lot, and then went to clean up the place.Mingzhu lost her interest, dragged Wu Ciyou and was about to leave, when suddenly a big man with a beard like a hedgehog came in from outside, his robe was tied up around his waist, Wu Ciyou and Mingzhu walked to the desk without looking at him Before him, he grinned and said, "I caught a big turtle tonight and made a fortune!" Then he took the silver, squinted at the pearl, threw it half a foot high and took it in his hand again, weighed it and put it in his arms.

The old man had already recognized who it was, and hurriedly bowed, and apologized in a low voice: "Second master! This little money is given by the two guest officials to reward the little girl as an outfit. If you earn money, it's not your old man? This time... this time Once..." He stammered for a long time, not knowing what to say.But the woman pulled back the old man and said: "Father! Don't talk about it, you can still warm up if you have breath!"

When Wu Ciyou heard this, he couldn't help but get angry.Seeing that Wu Ciyou was going to come forward to argue, Mingzhu hurriedly stopped him, motioning to listen and talk.

"Okay!" the man laughed, "The wings are hardened, do you have someone to back you up? Let me tell you, even 500 taels of silver can't buy that fifteen acres of land, but you..." He walked up to the girl Beside him, she smiled obscenely, stretched out her hand and twisted her face: "Play with the second master for three years, huh? The land belongs to you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, there was a "slap", and the man slapped the girl on the left cheek, "What kind of doorman are you? You were ten times cheaper than us back then! Your brother bought it with your mother's joke money." As an official, you just flaunt your wings and bully others!" After speaking, he pulled his father up and left, but was stopped by the big man with his hand.Wu Ciyou and Mingzhu hurried forward to break up.The man glared and said: "It's related to you (I'm begging from the corpse), get out!"

Mingzhu turned pale with anger.He also met such a person when he was down and down at the entrance of Xifeng, and suffered a big loss.One look at this thing and you can tell it's a bully. If you want to let him escape today, is there any reason?Thinking of this, Mingzhu's blood surged, and she tore off the buttons of the cloak outside with a "chick", slapped the table with her right hand, and said with a horizontal look: "Who are you relying on to bully people like this?"

"Speaking out will scare you to death!" the big man roared, "the governor can't control it, and the officials can't touch it. Zhengzhou's five hundred miles from east to west and three hundred miles from north to south are under his control!" A man with the appearance of a soldier, staring at Mingzhu eagerly.Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, the old man walked over tremblingly to persuade them to fight. The girl saw that the two of them were going to suffer, so she also persuaded from the side: "Guests don't make it wrong to get angry with them, go quickly!"

Mingzhu was furious at this time, and when she was about to explode, she held back and said: "You are powerful, and you are not fair, I will not afford to offend you!" Pulling Wu Ciyou up to go, but the big man stretched out his arms and said: " What, are you afraid? Where did the energy to fight just now go?"

"Are we not allowed to leave?" Wu Ciyou asked with raised eyebrows.While speaking, he touched the man's arm with his hand.Unexpectedly, the other party had a lot of physical strength, so he didn't move at all.

"If you have money to buy laughter, why don't you have money to buy anger?" The big man sneered, "Since you offended the second master, you can't go in vain. You have to put wine to calm the second master!"

"It's a bit of a coincidence!" Ming Zhu patted her body, and suddenly changed her smile and said, "I happened to bring five taels of silver, and I gave them away. Let's go back to get the money, and how about calming down for you?"

"Well," the big man smiled triumphantly, "It's still like a person's words!" After speaking, he pointed to Wu Ciyou and said, "This one is keeping the wine with you, you can go back and get the money. It doesn't need much, 20 taels is enough. Already!"

After hearing this, Mingzhu let out a long sigh, winked at Wu Ciyou, and walked away.

After crossing the street, it was already past midnight.The long street was dark and quiet, and there was no one there, Mingzhu couldn't help but feel a little hairy.As soon as he turned the corner to the north, he saw general Wang Can and a dozen school lieutenants coming with torches—they had already unpacked and went to bed, and they heard that Mingzhu and the two were going out, so they only wanted to take a walk by the road outside the temple. Didn't come back until midnight.General Wang Shen was in a hurry and hurriedly led people into the town to look for it.Seeing Ming Zhu coming back alone at this time, he couldn't help but startled and said, "My lord, where is Mr. Wu?"

"I met some small thieves." When Mingzhu saw the people coming, she immediately became energetic, and ordered sharply: "Go and capture all the people in the teahouse over there and let me punish them!" After finishing speaking, she only brought two slaves People, without looking back, headed north.

In the tea shop here, Wu Ciyou knew that Mingzhu was going to rescue the soldiers, so he put his feet up and sipped the tea calmly, while scanning the five men sitting beside him.The old man and the girl huddled under the desk, their faces pale and silent, not knowing what was going to happen.The shop owner and Xiaoer stood aside with their hands down, wanting to persuade but dared not, just apologized and added tea, and then ordered Xiaoer: "Bring some melon seeds for the masters to eat!"

"What do you want that Lao Shizi to do?" The second master said with a livid face, "Tell them to pay for a table of food in Desheng Building, and I will drink and listen to music here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of tables being overturned and chairs being overturned. General Wang Shen and his people rushed in, drew his sword in his hand with a "swipe", and shouted: "Tie up everything!" Hearing this order, they dispersed with a "wow", and two against one were about to strike.Wu Ciyou saw that they were foolish enough to tie up the father and daughter who were singing singers, so he hurriedly stopped and said, "Don't be reckless! The shopkeeper, Xiaoer and these two buskers are innocent!"

"Who are you?" The big man had been tied tightly like a cold duck, and his neck was still stuck. He asked, "Dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head! You will regret it when you are young!"

Regardless of how violent he was, Wang Shen returned the sword to its sheath and said, "Who am I? I can't be compared to a filthy bastard like you! Take me away!"

Mingzhu was already standing outside Guandi Temple, wearing a crimson red shirt with braids coiled around her neck, holding a broad-faced broadsword in her hand, pacing up and down waiting for someone.It's like a king of the mountain style!Several military academies are also plainclothes, standing casually on the steps with bright torches attached to them.Wu Ciyou almost didn't laugh.

"You catch me two turtles, and I catch you five bastards!" As soon as Mingzhu saw the big man, she walked down the steps with firelight, pointed his nose with her hand and cursed: "What's your name, how dare you bully me like that?" ?”

When the big man saw that there were officers among the people who took him, and saw this battle, he suddenly became furious, and said eagerly, "Don't be angry, you have something to say! I have only a few lands for Feng Yinglong. If you want to make money, let him go." This brother, let him go back and get..."

"Okay!" Mingzhu giggled, stepped forward to cut a servant's rope with a knife, and said, "Go, you want to play tricks, look at his appearance!" While smiling, she came to the bound man, raised her hands When the knife fell, "噗噐" cut off two ears and threw them on the ground. "Go back and get 3000 taels of silver!" Wu Ciyou didn't expect Mingzhu to attack so hard, so he couldn't help taking a breath.

Seeing this, the big man became more and more convinced that it was a robber kidnapping the ticket, so he gave him a wink and said, "Go back and tell the old man that a friend urgently needs 3000 taels of silver, so hurry up and bring it. If it's not enough, go to the elder brother to exchange some. Do you hear that?" The man only replied "Zha!" and left in a hurry.

"You take me as a robber!" Seeing that the servant had left, Mingzhu laughed heartily, and said to Wu Ciyou, "He thought brother was a robber!" Then she turned to Feng Yinglong and said, "I'm an official!" The man took out the card of quiet avoidance, and said loudly to the people who watched the bustle: "I have visited and found out that this Feng Yinglong is the tyrant of Wulong Town. You go back and put the card here tomorrow. complain!"

Unexpectedly, when the common people heard that this was an official, they looked at each other, discussed in private for a while, and knelt down together and said: "Master Feng is not a bad person, please forgive me and let him go!" Then they kowtowed.

This intercession surprised not only the captains, but also Mingzhu and Wu Ciyou.Feng Yinglong raised his head at this moment, triumphantly.Seeing his appearance, Mingzhu smiled coldly and said, "What a 'Master', you are still an official! What kind of fame do you have to bully the people of this side into such a state?"

"Chief Qian of the Zhengzhou Imperial Guard," Feng Yinglong rolled his eyes and said, "How is it?"

"Since you are President Qian, why are you not in Zhengzhou, what are you doing in this small town?"

"I asked for leave to come back to recuperate. Why, no?"

"Hmph! You are very ill!" Seeing him stubborn, Mingzhu gritted her teeth and said with a smile, "Why did you rob this woman of five taels of silver?"

(End of this chapter)