Tiansheng six years of winter Yangzhou

There is a beef alley in Yangzhou, which is named after the many beef shops in the alley. The winter night is cold, and the beef shops in the alley have all closed, but at this time there is a noodle stall at the mouth of the alley.

The noodle stall has a large cauldron, a few simple tables, a few horizontal benches, and a few noodle eaters sitting sparsely and sparsely.

On a lonely and cold night, the fragrant and steaming noodles, accompanied by the sound of snoring and eating noodles, attract young men passing by.

This young man is Zhao Xian, who recalled her past life on the bridge before, she came all the way from the 24th bridge, admired the moonlight before, recalled the past, and finished sighing. Passing through here, I smelled the enticing fragrance and felt a little hungry.

She looked hesitantly at the grease-stained table, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of the scent, found a spot that looked fairly clean, and sat down peacefully.

"Would you like a bowl of hot Qingbo noodles?" Seeing a customer coming, the noodle stall owner immediately stepped forward to greet him warmly.

"Okay, let's have a bowl to try." Zhao Xian's voice was slightly hoarse.

"Do you want to cut a plate of beef? This yellow beef is cut from the most famous pasteurized beef shop in our beef lane, and it is the most delicious to eat with my green wave noodles. The boss introduced quite smugly.

"Let's have a plate." Zhao Xian looked at the boss with interest.

After a while, a bowl of noodles with green soup and clear noodles was served, with greens and chives floating on top, and the mere sight of it was mouth-watering. The noodle stall owner said in his heart, although this young man looked very hungry, he still ate this Qingbo noodles unhurriedly, and he was obviously quite educated.

The moon is bent like a hook, the cold moon is bleak, reflecting the quiet people eating noodles at the noodle stall at the entrance of the alley, and the picture is indescribably harmonious.

At this time, footsteps sounded in the distance, and the sound was getting closer and closer, so that several people who were eating noodles silently couldn't help but raise their heads to look at the sound.

"What happened in the middle of the night?" A diner asked curiously.

The messy footsteps were getting closer and closer, and several people put down their chopsticks, stopped eating noodles, and curiously waited for the arrival of the owner of the voice.

"Quick, quick, run, Xin Niang, you tighten me. They came after them. One man hurriedly grabbed the other woman and whispered as she ran.

"Fu Lang, I really can't run, how is this good? Let's rest. The woman's hair was disheveled, her steps were disheveled, and she was stumbling as she was dragged away by the man.

"Don't run, I'm welcome to run again." The shouting voices from behind were already close.

The man and woman were running, when they suddenly saw this alley, they stopped, took a big breath, opened up into the alley, saw that the alley was dark, and could not see anything, they were overjoyed, and prepared to run towards the alley.

Then they saw the noodle eater in the alley, so they stopped and were stunned. It seems that in the middle of the night, there are still people eating noodles.

They looked at the noodle eaters with pleading eyes, and they seemed to immediately understand what the man and woman meant, and there was a flash of clarity in their eyes, and then they continued to eat noodles silently with their heads bowed.

Seeing this, a flash of joy appeared in the eyes of the two men and women, and without saying much, they pulled each other and ran into the alley. Where did they know the road, but this alley was a dead end, and there was no exit to escape.

Not long after the men and women ran into the alley, the people chasing after them arrived, and they were several men who looked like family members, all of whom held torches in their hands, but the one who led the way was a burly man.

The big man chased people here, and suddenly found that the man and woman were gone, and he also stopped, looked at the people eating noodles at the entrance of the alley, and looked at the dark alley, but he didn't ask, waved his hand, and chased people into the alley.

A few guests who were eating noodles put down their chopsticks again, brushed their heads and looked curiously into the dark alley, although they only saw shadowy figures.

The two groups of people who chased each other aroused the interest of the rest of the noodle eaters, but Zhao Xian was indifferent and continued to eat noodles with her head down, without even raising her head.

"Ahh Steward Jiang, please let us go, please. The pleading voice of the woman in the alley, known as Xin Niang, came out.

"Brother Jiang, you and I have no grudges or hatreds, so why bother chasing each other." It seemed to be the voice of a man surnamed Fu.

"Acting as ordered, as a matter of course, Brother Fu, you better go back with me, so as not to suffer from the flesh and skin." A loud voice came.

This kind of conversation made everyone even more curious, and they all stretched their necks and stretched out their mouths in the alley, eager to go in and watch. They all speculated in their hearts, "Isn't it a young lady from a big family who eloped with her lover in the middle of the night, and the family disagreed, so they sent a housekeeper to chase them back?" ”

"Ahh Steward Jiang, please" Xin Niang's miserable crying voice came.

"You. Don't catch me, Steward Jiang, if you let me go today, in the future, you will definitely offer a thousand taels of silver tattoos on both hands. This is the voice of the man surnamed Fu who is forced to calm down, but trembles slightly.

"Sorry for offending." A loud and deep voice.

A burst of broken steps came towards the entrance of the alley, only to see that Xinniang stumbling towards the few people eating noodles, she was full of panic, looked at these people, and knelt down with a "snap", "Please, save us, who can save us?" ”

The few noodle eaters couldn't sit still, they all looked unbearable, they looked at each other, hesitated for a while, and one of them shouted into the alley, "You wait for the middle of the night to chase people, what is the matter, don't you know the laws of my Great Song Dynasty, and you are not allowed to abuse lynching?" ”

The people in the alley didn't pay attention to the questions of these diners, and twisted the people into the alley by themselves.

Seeing this scene, Na Xinniang became more and more anxious, and pulled the diner who was questioning in front of her with a crying voice, "Engong, help us." ”

"Eun Gong?" Hearing this, Zhao Xian, who lowered her head and ate noodles, couldn't help but laugh, "This is all a favor in the blink of an eye." ”

The person who was called to be a benevolent father, but when he heard this, he seemed to have strength, only to see him straighten his chest, stand up, and stretch out his hand to stop the housekeeper surnamed Jiang who wanted to leave, "What kind of servant are you waiting for like this?" Aren't you afraid that I will wait to report to the official? ”

After listening to the questioning, the housekeeper surnamed Jiang ignored the man, and with a wave of his hand, the rest of the family surrounded the woman.

Xin Niang timidly looked at the Engong in her mouth, and hid behind the Engong in a flash.

The rest of the diners also helped the man and woman with a lot of chatter, and accused the housekeeper surnamed Jiang and others.

Some said to report to the officials, while others said to call the master of the housekeeper.

Seeing this, Zhao Xian shook her head, she finished the last bite of noodles, took out a dozen pennies and put them on the table, and then stood up and walked out of the street without interest.

"This brother is really cold, and he is indifferent when he sees injustice." After walking a few dozen paces, a male voice suddenly came out of the shadows of a room, and then a man dressed in white walked out.

When Zhao Xianzi in front heard this, his footsteps paused, and he replied without looking back, "Injustice? How do you know that the foot is uneven? It doesn't seem that there is any inaction at the moment, so why blame me at this time? ”

"Oh? What does Brother Tai think? The man in white slowly walked up to Zhao Xian.

The long body is jade, the white clothes are better than the snow, and under the background of the cold moon, its cold temperament can be seen at a glance.

When Zhao Xian saw the man in white, her heart moved, and her eyes narrowed slightly, "When you meet in Pingshui, why bother to talk deeply?" ”

The man in white looked at the ordinary face of this young man, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart, but he didn't know where he had seen it, or his unique temperament made people look out of the ordinary.

"Under the surname Liu, how can you call Brother Tai?" The man in white stared at the young man, and then said slowly.

"Brother Liu, it's too late at this time, you need to take the first step." Zhao Xian arched her hand.

The man in white didn't move, still looking at the young man, "How do you call Brother Tai?" ”

"Under the surname Xiao" Zhao Xian saw the insistence of the man surnamed Liu, so she had to report her surname indiscriminately.

"Brother Xiao, can you tell me that the pair of men and women were chased just now, why is it not unfair?" The man surnamed Liu continued the topic just now.

Seeing this Brother Liu asking relentlessly, Zhao Xian sighed in her heart and said secretly, "It seems that you won't be able to leave if you don't make it clear today." What is this for? ”

"That pair of men and women are obviously not rich girls and poor people running away for love."

"How so? Look at the pair of men and women who match their looks and are of the same age, so why don't they elope with men and women in love? Brother Liu asked puzzled.

"Look closely at the woman, but she is in a woman's bun, and she must be a married woman. Imagine, if she is an unmarried woman, she will not comb her hair, and this is one of them. Second, an unmarried woman must be shy and shy, how can she know how to find a noodle guest when her lover is caught, and hide behind a strange man? As she pleaded, her eyes wandered, and it was evident that she was thinking about how to take advantage of the person who did not understand the situation, and the cunning of this woman was evident. ”

Zhao Xian paused and said, "Third, the eloping man, dressed in brocade clothes, opened his mouth and promised the housekeeper a thousand taels of silver, how could he be a poor man?" I boldly speculated that the woman may be the concubine of a large family, and she first had an adulterous affair with the man, and then eloped. How can such a thing be an unfair thing, the inner secret, outsiders don't know, how can they take the liberty to save each other? ”

The man surnamed Liu flashed a touch of admiration slightly, and a smile appeared on his cold face. "Brother Xiao is really observant, what kind of livelihood do you make now?"

Zhao Xian secretly had a headache, "How can this person have so many problems, it's good to find a way to get out." ”

While he was thinking, there was a sound of horses' hooves from far to near, he looked up, but saw a carriage running towards them from afar, and stopped beside them after a while, at this time the carriage door opened, and the people in the car did not come down, and the voice had arrived, "Brother Liu, don't come to harm?" ”