"Do you confess now, or do you confess again after you see the official? When did you set your sights on this brother? How many times have you done it? Ru Yan asked. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Okay, I'll confess, I'll confess!" , the lean man hurriedly said: "This is my first time committing a crime, really!" I didn't want to steal their belongings. It's just that I saw this husband and wife living in this store a month ago, and when I saw that the little lady was as beautiful as a flower, I couldn't help but ......, I have a habit of this person, that is, ...... That is, I like it...... Like to eavesdrop on other couples...... At night...... Do that ...... at night! ”。

"You...... Shame on you! The woman was already flushed with anger.

"Hmph, I'm shameless?" , The man who was escorted returned to that dead-skinned appearance, "Come on, I can hear what you two say every night, don't pretend to be tall, you were originally a woman in a green building in Yangzhou City." Later, I was taken by the lord of a large family and accepted as a concubine, but you didn't know how to make a private agreement with this nursing home for life, and you secretly escaped ......! ”。

Before he could finish speaking, the man who had lost the money bag punched the lean man in the face, and with a mouthful of blood, the man's front teeth flew out.

"Well deserved!" , Zifeng scolded.

Ru Yan glanced at it, and asked Hazy Moon to tie up the man and send him to the government at dawn tomorrow.

Zifeng turned back to the man and woman and said, "Don't worry, we won't say it!" ”

Unexpectedly, the man said with a cold face: "Thank you, please go out, we are tired and want to rest!" ”

As soon as they went out, the door was slammed shut.

"Eh, why is this man like this?" , Zifeng was a little angry.

Ru Yan smiled and patted Zifeng on the shoulder and said, "Forget it, this is human nature." People always have some secrets that they don't want others to know! ”

Sure enough, early the next morning, the man and the woman were gone.

Four days later, Ru Yan and the others arrived at Yangzhou City.

Yangzhou is indeed the concentration of commodity goods trading in the south of the Yangtze River, and as soon as you enter the city gate, you will feel a prosperous scene.

"Wow, Yangzhou is really prosperous, compared to Yangzhou, the places I have been to before are simply dwarfed!" , a bright light appeared in Zifeng's eyes.

"yes!" Ru Yan continued, "However, Yangzhou was not so prosperous in the past, not much stronger than Zhuxi, and it was not called Yangzhou before, it was called Nanjun before. The state, the water too! Lifter, beauty also! Until the Wu Dynasty, the king of the Wu Dynasty, King Yinfu, in order to attack the country of Goutu. However, the road is far away, the grain and grass are difficult to reach, the so-called soldiers have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and when the soldiers are in war, the most important thing to solve is the problem of grain and grass. Therefore, the Yin Husband King was thinking hard about how to make the grain and grass keep up with the pace ahead, if the grain and grass moved early, the grass would startle the snake. Later, he finally came up with a clever plan, that is, between the South Canal and the Cao River, a canal was artificially opened, which is now the Ye River outside Yangzhou. The King of Yin Fu ordered the grain and grass to be sent down the Ye River, and the water route was used instead of the land route, saving two-thirds of the time, and the result was a complete victory! ”

"So, since there is the Ye River, Yangzhou is called Yangzhou, and it has been prosperous since then?" , Purple Wind asked.

"That's right!" , Ru Yan replied.

"Brother, you are really knowledgeable!" "But, can we find something to eat first?" ”

"Absolutely!" , Ru Yan said with a smile.

The three of them walked into a restaurant called 'Hongyun Restaurant', ordered a large table of delicious food, and made up for all the famine caused by the previous days, especially in Zhuxi.

"Little Er, Little Er, come here!" , Hazy Moon shouted.

"Oh, come on!" , Xiao Er shouted in a long voice, as if singing, "This guest officer, what is the matter with you?"

"Hmm...... Well! Haoyue's mouth was stuffed with food, and her words were a little slurred, and when she swallowed all the food in her mouth vigorously, she asked, "Xiao Er, what other characteristics do you have in Yangzhou?" ”

Zi Feng's eyes widened, "Grandma, this is a big table, do you still want to order it?" Do you think you don't want to give it all for nothing? ”

"I didn't want to order, I just asked about the characteristics of Xiaoer Yangzhou, and I want to know more about Yangzhou!" , Hazy Moon said aggrievedly.

Xiao Er opened his mouth and replied: "If you want to say that there are too many characteristics of Yangzhou, which aspect do you refer to?" ”

"Like playing?" , Hazy Moon asked.

"It's fun, our Yangzhou City is the most fun and the most distinctive, but it's not suitable for you, but it's suitable for this son!" , Xiao Er showed a lewd look on his face and pointed at Ru Yan.

"Why? Is it an antique calligraphy and painting? Hazy Moon asked.

"It's not!" , Xiao Er shook his head.

"Is that an ancient book of war?" Hazy Moon asked again.

Xiao Er still shook his head.

"Then I can't guess what it is, what suits him and doesn't play for me! Don't sell it, just say it! ", Hazy Moon said.

Xiao Er smiled and whispered, "It's Yangzhou Skinny Horse!" ”

Zifeng listened to a sip of tea and almost squirted out.

Still unsure, Hazy Moon asked, "Since it's a horse, how can I play with it?" Don't look at people in the cracks of the door, don't say it's a skinny horse, it's a sweaty BMW, I've also ridden it! ”

Xiao Er's face was embarrassed, "Girl, the Yangzhou thin horse I am talking about is not a horse!" ”

"Skinny horses aren't horses?" , Hazy Moon looked puzzled.

Ru Yan saw that this little second child was not responsible, and said this to a little girl, so she said sharply: "Little Er, if you don't leave, I can go and tell the shopkeeper that you are stealing and playing tricks here!" ”

The little second hurriedly smiled and said, "Yo, I'm sorry, I'm sorry to disturb the guest officers, I'll leave now, I'll leave now!" ”

After Xiao Er left, Haze Yue was still asking, "This Yangzhou thin horse is not a horse, what is it, is it for food or play?" ”

"Oh, don't ask, Hazy Moon, be obedient!" , Zifeng replied.

The more this happened, the more it aroused Hazy Moon's curiosity, and she was willing to let it go.

After being asked too much, Ru Yan replied: "Yangzhou is beautiful to be thin, so most women diet to lose weight, and finally take pride in their waists and their waists to be able to hold and dance when the wind blows." People call those slender women with good faces Yangzhou thin horses! ”

Ru Yan said half of this, and also hid half of it, she said the general reason, and hid some of the content that was inconvenient for Ha Yue to know.

"Oh, then I see, I see!" Then, Hazy Moon lowered her voice again and said to Ru Yan and Zifeng, "In that case, I think Sister Ru Yan is also a thin horse in Yangzhou!" ”

This time, Zi Feng's sip of tea squirted out completely, and sprayed Haze Yue on the opposite side.

"Sister Zifeng, what are you doing?" , Haze Yue angrily took out a handkerchief to wipe her face.

"And ask me what I'm doing, be careful of the guy next to you who tears your mouth!" , Zifeng still couldn't stop laughing.

"What's wrong? Am I wrong? Isn't Yangzhou Skinny Horse a thin and beautiful girl? Hazy Moon asked rhetorically.

Ru Yan couldn't cry or laugh, so she could only tell the truth, "Hazy Yue, it's true that this Yangzhou thin horse refers to a thin and beautiful woman, but this specifically refers to the woman in the Qinglou Joy Field!" ”

"Huh?" , Hazy Moon was taken aback, and immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I don't know!" ”

Zifeng smiled and said, "Sample, now you know that you were wrong, right?" ”

"It's okay, those who don't know are not guilty!" , Ru Yan said, and then, she sighed slightly, "Actually, this Yangzhou thin horse is really pitiful, many of them are not voluntary, but because of the poverty of the family, they were sold into the Qinglou since they were young." Some are even women from large official families, just because someone in the family has committed a crime, they have suffered from sitting together, and they have been sold into the green building. In order to increase their value, the bustards in the Qinglou will not let them be hungry since they were young, and they practice dancing day and night, in order to make them grow up to become Yangzhou thin horses and become the playthings of those rich and powerful men. Those who were favored by rich men, redeemed themselves, and brought back to be concubines are already considered lucky! ”

"The woman of the man and the woman we met in Zhuxi that day may be like this!" Purple Wind added.

"Yes!" , but most of them still have to stay in the Qinglou and become the playthings of the men, until they are old and sick, they will be abandoned by the bustard, and finally fend for themselves. Moreover, some of them can't wait to grow into Yangzhou skinny horses, because they will starve to death before they grow up. ”

"Wow!" With a bang, Hazy Moon cried loudly.

The people around looked over to this side.

At this time, Ru Yan and Zifeng panicked.

"Grandma, don't cry, okay? That's a big deal! Zifeng said anxiously.

"Woo woo, I don't care if I cry, I have nothing to eat, it's so miserable to starve to death! I know how bad it feels to be hungry! ”

"Okay, okay, you cry, I won't stop you, you'll talk after you cry!" , Zifeng said helplessly.

After crying for a long time, Hazy Moon was still sobbing and saying, "The old bustard in the Qinglou is really hateful! ”

Ru Yan said: "Once upon a time, there was a king who liked to wear purple clothes, and later, the whole country came to imitate the king's preference, and the people of the country were proud of having purple!" The whole country was purple at a glance, and even the wine flag hanging in front of the liquor store was purple. Then there was a sharp increase in the price of purple dye, and other prices were also out of balance. Then there was a panic in the whole country, and the people were struggling to make a living! ”

"Brother, what do you mean?" Hazy Moon asked.

Ru Yan continued: "The birth of the miserable profession of Yangzhou thin horses is also based on the preferences of powerful men. Gradually, the skinny horse ceased to be a symbol of people, but a symbol of the status of those powerful men. It's the same story I told about the purple clothes! ”

"Then let's go save the girls!" , Hazy Moon said.

Ru Yan shook her head, "It's useless, you can save people from fire and water, but you can't save people from obsession." The hardest thing in the world to change is the concept in people's hearts. It is precisely because everyone thinks that thinness is beauty, and in Yangzhou City, there are many daughters of large families who also voluntarily diet to lose weight, so as to achieve beauty and slimness! Some even starved to death and did not give up. This is the deep-rooted obsession in people's hearts, and it is difficult to change! ”

"I seem to understand, just like those villagers in Kao Village firmly believe that peony is the king of flowers, and peony is the devil!" Hazy Moon replied.

"Clever!" , Ru Yan said with a smile. (To be continued.) )