After an autumn rain, the weather is a little chilly.

Li Mao, the gatekeeper of the East City Gate, walked down the city gate, but instead of riding his horse home as usual, he changed his official robe, put on his homely clothes, and urged the horse to go out of the city.

There are a lot of pedestrians on the road, but as the distance from the city gate gets farther and farther, the people not only do not decrease but become more numerous, and the hustle and bustle in front of them is like setting up a grass market, and the shouting and selling are constant.

"Why is there a grass market here? It's not far from the city, it's not close, and it's a grass market three miles to the west. ”

There are still many passers-by who ask questions, both curious and puzzled.

"There is no Maoyuan Mountain tomb in the west three miles." Someone explained.

These words surprised the passerby even more.

Not only is there a grass market, but also in front of a tomb!

Are the living so unshy away from the dead now?

Before his surprise was gone, he heard the sound of crying, a cry of grief.

He turned his head to look, and sure enough, an older man was beating his chest and crying in front of a fenced tomb over there.

"Going to the grave?" He couldn't help but say.

"No, it's another stupid one." The guy who was setting up a stall next to him said with a familiar expression.

Look at the words?

Passers-by turned their heads again to look at the weeping man, and saw that the weeping man was wearing a long gown, obviously dressed as a scholar.

"Guest officer, I have a good pen, ink, paper, inkstone here, and a newly expanded five-person calligraphy, but I personally carved it down from the tombstone..." ”

The passers-by didn't understand yet, and the others next to them didn't do it.

"....you don't brag less. Now the tombstones are fenced off and guarded, and they are not allowed to come close. How did you get it down..."

“… You can't compare that. My brother-in-law's brother-in-law, the grandson of my third uncle's grandson, was on an errand in Taipingju, and asked for permission from the owner..."

“… Fuck your mother's balls..."

Seeing that the scolding was about to rise here, the passers-by became more and more confused, forgetting to urge the horse, and looking at the old scholar who was still beating his chest.

"....I have lived for so long, I have studied the elders of all families, and I have boasted that I have achieved a good book, and I heard that everyone has heard that the second line of books in the world has come out after Lanting. I'm still not convinced...," the old scholar said while crying.

But this is nothing new for the people around them, not only can they hear it every day, but they have also said it, and they are all just looking at the tombstone, fascinated.

But there are also many people who never get tired of watching the gaffes of these scholars and literati.

"Are you crying because you're ashamed of yourself?" Someone asked.

"It's natural to be ashamed of myself, but I'm crying because I'm sad to see." The old scholar said with tears in his eyes, "I am sincere in my feelings, I sigh at the impermanence of the world, I am sad and angry, and my heart is in the book." Books are human souls, books are not books. It's a word, it's not a word. ”

There are a lot of people who have heard this kind of crazy talk, some giggling, and some ignorant.

The old scholar's voice just fell, and a scholar sitting on the ground over there clapped his hands and jumped up.

"I get it, I get it." He shouted loudly, dancing with his hands, "It's a book not a book, it's a word not a word, and it's really wonderful to forget the palms of your hands." ”

He laughed and stumbled away.

Onlookers shook their heads.

"Another enlightenment."

"Maybe it's another crazy one."

There was a lot of talk.

Li Mao stepped aside, looked at the scholar who was going crazy, and hesitated to step forward.

"Don't come near, don't come near." There were two grave guards in front of the tomb who hurriedly scolded.

Li Mao stopped, and someone on the side recognized him.

"General Li, are you also obsessed with this word?" A guy at the stall shouted.

A voice of General Li made everyone around look over, as a prison officer, although most of the businessmen who came in and out did not recognize it, they were also familiar with each other, and they were all surprised for a while.

"It turns out that General Li also likes this."

"If you don't become a big man, you're going to be a scholar?"

"What is the future of being a great general, and the future of a civil servant is the future..."

"I shouldn't be reading words, I guess I'm here to smell wine."

"Now the tomb is surrounded by these scholars, not to mention the smell of wine, even the loud noise here has caused them to be dissatisfied..."

"These scholars are also annoying, they can make them read, why don't they let others smell alcohol."

"Hehe Liu Si, do you want to borrow light to sell wine here."

The scene was noisy, Li Mao was a little embarrassed and hurriedly turned away, rode back home, and was called over by his father.

As the concubine of the family, he has a good temperament, and he can't speak as well as other brothers, and he can't play in the field, and he can't do crafts, and the secret recipe of Li's fireworks can only be passed on to the eldest son, Changfang, he can't be a laborer.

Therefore, it is not good to be high or low, fortunately, my father found an opportunity to donate some money to him to find a martial arts, and he also wanted the family to rely on him more, but at present, it is impossible to expect him to make achievements.

"I heard you frequent the workshop?" Father Li said straight to the point with a calm face, "I also adjusted the recipe privately, what do you want to do?" ”

"I, I just want to try," Li Mao said hesitantly.

"Try? What to try! Father Li shouted, and took a few cases, "Since you are your general, you will be your general wholeheartedly, can you take care of the affairs of the workshop?" ”

"Father, do you remember the fireworks on that day in Maoyuan Mountain? But it's much better than ours, the child thinks..."Li Mao said busily.

Father Li looked at him coldly, and Li Mao's words were small.

"You've thought enough." He said, "How many times have I said it, you don't need to think much about family affairs, you just think about how to get promoted, how many years have you been, those who are earlier than you have been promoted, and those who are later than you have also been promoted, only you, is it possible to be a gatekeeper for the rest of your life?" ”

Li Mao lowered his head and stopped talking, listening to his father's scolding.

"You think of this, can't we even think of it?" Father Li said again, looking at Li Mao with a little warning, "To be a man is to do your duty." ”

Li Maocai had to bow his head and respond. I felt the ground shake. At the same time, a violent sound was heard not far away. When the commotion arose, the people in the house hurried out to look west, and saw smoke rising from a courtyard.

That was the direction where the storehouse of the Li family's home was located.

"Oops."

Father Li and Li Mao's faces changed.

"You don't have to think about how to get promoted." Father Li looked at Li Mao, his face pale, "Think about how to ask for guilt!" ”

The sound of gongs and drums on the street and the noise alarmed the entire capital.

Gao Lingbo, who had just returned home, was also taken aback.

"On fire?" He asked, looking up at the thick black smoke rising from the west.

As if worried about something, he stood in the courtyard and stopped.

"Don't worry, sir. It can't burn us here. Said hurriedly.

Gao Lingbo squinted.

"This fire is really sudden, I'm afraid that Your Majesty and the Queen Mother will be frightened." He said.

Gao Lingbo thought well, the capital caught fire and was quickly reported to the palace.

The emperor, who had just finished his political affairs and was about to take a break, was startled and got up again.

It is not uncommon for the capital to catch fire, but it is a fatal thing every time, and it has not been long since the last time a concubine burned half a street in order to hide a few pieces of money privately.

"Your Majesty rest assured, it has been saved, and there are not many casualties." The attendants said busily.

But the emperor didn't believe them, and the fire hadn't been extinguished yet, so he knew what the casualties were, and the servants were getting more and more stupid. Comfort people will not.

He simply walked out of the palace to the highest palace in the palace and looked into the city, but saw that the queen mother and the concubines were also there.

"I heard that the Li family's fireworks exploded?" The Queen Mother asked.

Naturally, the people from the Imperial City Division had already inquired about the report. There was nothing to hide, the emperor nodded.

"If you say that those things are not good, how can you keep them at home? How many people have been killed? The Queen Mother clasped her hands together and chanted the Buddha and said again and again.

"I didn't keep it at home in the past." The emperor said, "What's going on, the soldiers and horses of the five cities are inquiring. ”

"We must punish the crime." The Queen Mother said.

The Emperor nodded.

The crowd stopped talking and looked out of the city, but fortunately the fire gradually subsided, the smoke faded, and more detailed information came.

"It's urgent, my subordinates brought him in to pay back, and Your Majesty will answer in detail if she has anything to say." The person from the Imperial City Division said, pointing to the officials of the Five Cities Terracotta Division who followed behind him.

In the harem, non-summons are not allowed to enter.

The Emperor nodded.

"The Li family said that they were very careful in the past, the shops were outside the city, and today it was the children of the family who were not good, and the ingredients were added in violation of regulations, and the family took them to question them, and the result was that the self-detonation ignited the pile of wood and paper and other things in the family warehouse before it was burned, and the children have been tied up and are waiting to be dropped." The official said.

As he was talking, the king of Jin'an County over there also hurried over with his attendant.

"What's wrong with the mother?" He asked hurriedly.

"Wei Lang." The Queen Mother saw that he hurriedly stretched out her hand to hold it, and said in a low voice, "The mourning family is about to ask someone to call you...."

As soon as these words came out, I saw that the face of the king of Jin'an County changed, and before he turned his head, there was a scream behind him, and the sharp cry of a child also sounded, accompanied by the screams of the palace people, tearing half of the court.

Everyone was stunned, and the king of Jin'an County pulled his feet and ran back.

"It's a little princess!" A concubine recognized her child's voice at once, and ran away without losing her manners.

The official who was replying was naturally stunned, or the people from the Imperial City Division came back to their senses first, how to show the affairs of the harem to people, he was busy pulling the official and leaving.

Other things can be curious, but the officials of the harem are not curious at all, and they immediately turned around when they came back to their senses, but they were still a step late, and there were palace people running in a panic, holding two little princesses in their hands, one was crying, and the other seemed to faint, and the palace people were screaming and crying, and there was a strange cry behind them, and a pair of raised hands could be seen from the gap of the running people.

That is the former second prince who hasn't appeared in front of people for two years, and now King Qing.

The official thought in a daze, looking at the figure that was getting closer and closer, the fat body was grinning and salivating and a face shining in the sun.

"....The princess was stunned..."

"....Niangniang, I'm looking for Niangniang..."

“… Shuning, Shuning, what's wrong with you? ”

“… Call the doctor, call the doctor..."

King Jin'an passed through these noisy screams and cries, and stood beside King Qing, who was dancing more and more excitedly because of the large number of people.

"Hold him down!"

The voice of the Queen Mother came from the front.

"Tie him up! Tie him up! ”

King Jin'an looked up, looking at the queen mother who looked stunned and couldn't hide her anger, and finally the emperor who fell on the princess who was hugged by the concubines, he closed his eyes slightly, turned around and clamped King Qing who was still running.

With unprecedented strength, King Qing was firmly pinned to the spot, and the sudden pain of being tied and strangled made King Qing scream loudly.

"Don't be afraid, sixth brother, my brother won't let others humiliate you."

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Today's two watches, let everyone wait for a long time, sorry sorry. (To be continued......)