Although Qiaoya was excited, she remembered Aunt He'an's warning and didn't dare to run around at will, but a pair of eyes couldn't stop dripping and wandering, and she looked very clever and cute. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Dong Xun clutched Xue Ying's sleeve tightly, looking a little nervous, but after all, it was rare to have such an opportunity, and his eyes were also full of excitement and yearning. Even Xue Ying was infected by this lively scene, cheering with the people beside her from time to time.

I didn't expect that there would be so many novel and interesting things in this "backward" era, not to mention anything else, just the strange lanterns were enough for her to be amazed, not to mention the performances with their own styles and flowers on each stage, which really opened her eyes.

As the crowd became more and more crowded, and the children gradually could no longer see the situation on the stage, Zhao Zhuangtou and his wife had to take them away from the main street and into a less crowded place.

The main street is dominated by theaters, while the diagonal street next to it is more populated by vendors selling all kinds of small things and food. Lian'an City is not far from Anjing City, and taking advantage of the opportunity to hold the drama competition, many mobile vendors from Anjing City have also rushed over, so there are many things on the street, and there are even overseas goods that can only appear in large shops.

Xue Ying had also learned before that Dagu had advocated expanding trade with overseas countries since the beginning of the dynasty, especially Empress Wuren was extremely enthusiastic about overseas trade, and the capital Anjing City was even set up at the mouth of the river not far from the sea, just to facilitate the expansion of exchanges with overseas countries.

Unfortunately, since Emperor Ying's accession to the throne, the scale of overseas trade has been reduced due to a conservative foreign policy, but with the foundation laid in the previous decades, this commercial activity is still vibrant. Judging from the fact that overseas goods can appear on street vendors, it should not be far off for these things to enter the homes of ordinary people.

Qiaoya and Dong Xun were happily picking out some colored beads, when a figure suddenly rushed over from the crowd, and in the process of running and pushing, Dong Xun just pushed her, making her stumble and almost knock over the stall.

Qiaoya first reacted quickly and grabbed Dong Xun, then turned around and chased after the man: "Don't run!" ”

After this commotion, Xue Ying hurriedly went over to support Dong Xun and asked repeatedly, "How are you?" Are there any injuries? ”

Dong Xun shook his head in horror and asked, "What happened?" ”

Xue Ying looked up, and Qiaoya had already chased the man and drowned in the crowd, and she couldn't find it.

"Zhao Zhuangtou?" She hurriedly turned around, but only saw Zhao Zhuangtou standing behind them to block the flow of people for them, but Aunt He'an didn't know where to go.

Xue Ying immediately thought that Aunt He'an should have chased Qiaoya, and immediately let go of half of her heart and breathed a sigh of relief: "The person who passed by just now is so familiar." ”

Because it was night, the man flashed by again, and she only saw the back, but she inexplicably felt like she had seen it somewhere.

"It's the 'thief' young master I saw in the evening." Zhao Zhuangtou was still calm after this change, and asked gently, "The color of these beads is quite good-looking, do you want to buy some back?" ”

Dong Xun settled down and replied: "Yes, I want to buy more and go back to save beads, but Qiaoya said that she wants to buy big ones and go back to play with marbles." There was a sense of helplessness in the tone.

"Then buy them all." Xue Ying picked up a bead and looked at the light, and said with a smile, "How beautiful it is to put it in a pot for raising daffodils." ”

"......" This idea is even worse than Qiaoya's! Dong Xun glanced at her speechlessly, lowered his head and picked it up.

Xue Ying took advantage of this to glance at Zhao Zhuangtou, and Zhao Zhuangtou shook his head slightly, reassuring her.

Xue Ying sighed secretly - it seems that she was not mistaken, when the "thief young master" ran over just now, there was a smell of blood on her body.

Qiaoya is really reckless, she chased after her like that, it seems that she was arrested by Aunt He'an this time, and she had to be punished severely.

Sure enough, when she returned to the house where she had temporarily settled, Qiaoya was walking in the yard with a large basin of water, her little face was flushed, and it seemed that she had been squatting for a long time.

"Qiaoya, what's wrong with you?" Dongxun asked in surprise.

"I've been punished." Xue Ying gloated a little, "She deserves it, who made her old and not have a brain." ”

Qiaoya pursed her mouth, looking like she wanted to cry but couldn't cry, and she didn't dare to be distracted with a basin of water on her head, so she could only continue to support herself.

"Miss, I'll feed the horses." Zhao Zhuangtou said hello and walked to the backyard.

Xue Ying knew that he was going to find Aunt He'an to understand the follow-up situation, so she pulled Dong Xun: "Let's go, let's see what good things we bought tonight." ”

In the end, Qiaoya was the only one left in the deserted courtyard, which was very desolate.

In the middle of the night, Qiao Ya was tired after being punished, and Dong Xun was too excited and nervous before, but now he relaxed and fell asleep with Qiao Ya. Xue Ying got up, lit the lamp, and walked to the room of Zhao Zhuangtou and his wife.

As soon as I entered the door of the backyard, I heard Aunt He'an's voice: "Who?!" ”

"It's me." Xue Ying walked to a lighted room and pushed open the door.

"Miss, why haven't you slept yet?" Zhao Zhuangtou and Aunt He'an asked in unison.

"Let's see what's going on." In the dim light, I could barely see a person lying on the kang by the wall, it was the "thief young master" who had a relationship today. "How's he doing?"

"The injury is not serious, but I am frightened, and I am afraid that I will not wake up for a while." Aunt He'an replied.

"Who is chasing him?"

"This ......" the Zhao couple looked at each other, hesitating.

"Rivers and lakes, or temples?"

"It's a matter of rivers and lakes. Miss, this matter has nothing to do with you, we will deal with it tomorrow and leave no trace. Zhao Zhuangtou replied.

"Jianghu?" Xue Ying walked over, and then the light in her hand wanted to take a closer look at the person's appearance, but Aunt He'an got up and blocked her intentionally or unintentionally.

"Miss, more is better than less."

"I've rescued everyone, I should have a rough idea." Xue Ying was a little helpless - she didn't want to suddenly become a fool one day.

"What does Miss want to know?" Aunt He'an asked directly.

"I didn't look at it in detail today, but ......" Xue Ying crossed Aunt He'an and took a picture of the shoes placed under the kang. In the light, the dark lines that are not clear during the day are more obvious. "The dark pattern on these shoes is the symbol of the Tongge War Zone, right?"

Zhao Zhuangtou smiled bitterly: "Yes." When she saw Gu Dachun for the first time before, Xue Ying also recognized the logo of the Northern Xinjiang Theater embroidered on his shoes at a glance - Xue Ying seemed to be particularly sensitive to this kind of thing. Forget it, since you can't hide it, it's better to confess.

"Just now you said that this is a matter of the rivers and lakes. However, isn't the Tongge War Zone the territory of the Marquis of Wuyang? ”

"The Hou Xiang family of Wuyang is from a martial arts family, so it has always been inextricably linked with the rivers and lakes, and it can be regarded as an intermediary who maintains a balance between the imperial court and the rivers and lakes."

"Oh." Xue Ying seemed to finish asking, got up and walked back.

The Zhao couple were just about to breathe a sigh of relief, when Xue Ying, who walked to the door, suddenly stopped and asked, "Since someone is now chasing and killing the children of the Hou family of Wuyang, does that mean that the balance between the imperial court and the rivers and lakes is about to be broken?" ”