The sunset was red, the green willows were like shade, and the eagerly awaited crowd under the city gate looked into the distance in the direction of the shouting man's finger, and at the end of the sunset, sure enough, there was a carriage with a shadow stretched very long and slowly walking towards this side.

The carriage was very ordinary, even the curtain was a little dusty, and the old horse of the trailer walked lazily, as if enjoying the evening scene under the sunset.

The man who drove the car was dressed in a black robe, and the whip in his hand was raised high, but he did not hit the horse.

The little girl with two pigtails stuck out half of her head from the curtain of the car and kept shaking from side to side, and when she saw the crowd under the city gate, she said suspiciously: "Sister, there are many people in front..."

Qiao Yue raised her head, lifted the curtain, looked in the direction of Liu Xing's finger, and said with a gentle smile: "Let's cross our road, it has nothing to do with us, what do you want to eat when you enter the city?" Sister bought it for you..."

Liu Xing's head rubbed in her arms: "Xing'er likes to eat rock sugar gourds, I don't know if I can buy them now?" ”

Qiao Yue lifted the curtain in front of the carriage and said, "Dumb uncle, rock sugar gourd..."

Jiang Hong on the wheel shook the cigarette pouch in his hand, nodded respectfully, glanced at Qiao Yue with a smile, as if he enjoyed Qiao Yue's call to him, and stepped lightly on the wheel with both feet, and the whole person turned into an afterimage and disappeared in the afterglow of the sunset.

The dust flew towards the crowd under the city gate, and the crowd gathered at the gate immediately moved out of the way.

The rich man led by the city gate walked towards the carriage with vigorous steps, and dozens of rich people in silk and satin followed closely behind. The little guy and the subordinate behind him didn't know who was shouting, and immediately knelt down on both sides.

The respectful spectacle was grander than the court's minister's tour, and the shirtless drummer waited for a whole day, his arms raised high and holding smooth wooden sticks glowing with a dark and healthy glow in the setting sun.

The centurion standing next to him was so puzzled that his brows were furrowed, and he knew the steward of a Yunlong firm kneeling on it, named Qiu Dashi, the steward of the largest firm in Liuye City, and he asked, "Who is the person who came?" Half of the merchants in the whole city have been dispatched, and even a steward like you is not qualified to go up to greet customers? ”

There was a faint uneasiness in the centurion's heart, it was obvious. This scene has already illustrated a qiē. I've never seen the real bosses of these businesses before, but today they're all here.

Qiu Dashi didn't look up, still kneeling respectfully, he said: "The person who came is the real boss." We as subordinates. Welcome to the Lord's house. You should do the gift of a servant of your lord! ”

"Boss?" This centurion's heart trembled, when did half of the real boss in Willow Leaf City be his property, if he collectively closed down. Wouldn't it be that the entire Willow Leaf City would not be able to function normally.

He said, "You're just out of business today, aren't you?" Will it open normally tomorrow? ”

The man in front of him didn't answer, because the question was really not something he could answer.

The carriage gradually approached, and although it was only an ordinary carriage, the centurion was so in awe that he did not dare to even look at it more.

Turned around and hurriedly reported to the county commander that he had gone, such a big figure came to Liuye City, as the county lord, he should personally come to greet him in public and private, he thought so, and told the soldiers on both sides to be respectful, and soon threw himself into the city gate and notified the county commander to go.

"Yunlong firm, Baili firm, Liyuan firm...... Greetings to the eldest lady..."

The crowd that greeted them bowed respectfully in front of the carriage, and did the salute of the master and servant, and they did not ask anything, but gave a respectful salute.

Geng Huyuan pulled the reins, a little timid, he looked back at the carriage and said, "Miss..."

Some were speechless, some were shocked, and more were puzzled.

His blank gaze was a little unfamiliar, as if he saw Qiao Yue for the first time, he really couldn't understand why so many rich people would come to visit Qiao Yue, the eldest lady of his family.

"Huh?" Qiao Yue sighed lightly, lifted the curtain, stretched her head out, glanced around at the crowd standing in front, thought about it, and said, "I'm tired, go to the city to rest!" ”

After saying that, he ignored the people in front of him and retreated back into the carriage.

Geng Huyuan was stunned, but he still had to listen to Qiao Yue's words, he straightened his chest, and shouted without confidence at all: "Get out of the way." ”

"Yes..."

To his surprise, the crowd in front of him really respectfully moved away, and their faces were very sincere, and there was no reluctance at all.

Liu Xing's head was still sticking out of the car window, and she asked suspiciously, "Sister, who are these people?" Why did they come to meet us? ”

Qiao Yue replied: "I don't know, it's the first time I've been here, maybe I recognized the wrong person!" ”

Yes, Qiao Yue was also a little inexplicable, but this time she was too shocked to show it, with the matter of Tibetan Medicine Village, as long as she thought about it, maybe it must have something to do with the mighty Hou Feng Chun, who heard her name and didn't see her.

An army of 100,000 men! Hidden in the mountains of the Shun Dynasty, it will not be so thorough to think about, the appearance of these people Qiao Yue naturally classified them as part of the 100,000 people, the ancients, the small hidden in the wild, the middle hidden in the city, and the big hidden in the court. Perhaps these people belong to the second category.

Qiao Yue's carriage moved forward slowly, it was not that she was rude, it was that she didn't know this legendary Feng Chun at all, she had no reason, no qualifications, and she was not willing to come and enjoy this one that belonged to him.

The carriage left, no one cared, they waited hard under the scorching sun for a day, and they didn't even wait for Qiao Yue's words of comfort.

The wheels brought up a puff of dust, and after the dust passed, there was no shadow of the carriage, and none of the rich men who greeted him were angry, nor resentful, but on the contrary, they all showed guilt, deep guilt.

The men under the city gate did not dare to get up, because their lord did not let them get up, and the carriage had already entered the city, but the wooden stick in the hand of the drummer next to him was still held high in the air, because he never received the agreed signal. So the drum music of this welcome never played.

The sun was still sinking in the west, the night was slowly sweeping over the land, the tired birds flying overhead, the willow-clustered river began to hear a frog chirping, and the cicadas followed suit, which was the noise of the silent night.

The crowd standing in front of the city gate to greet Qiao Yue still stood there quietly, and the soldiers guarding the city were a little embarrassed, because it was already time to close the city gate.

The centurion came out of the city with the county lord in a hurry, and the quiet crowd made the county lord unclear what the situation was.

With a wisp of green beard, the county magistrate walked over to the crowd of rich people and said, "It's all back." The official prepared a little wine in Juhualou tonight. Thank you for your contribution to the development of Willow Leaf City over the years..."

The county magistrate invited the merchant to dinner, thinking that it should be an unprecedented treatment, so the county magistrate's posture and tone of speech seemed a little arrogant. Or rather, some disrespect.

When the first man with a dark face looked up at him. The thick disdain in his eyes was written directly on his face. He said, "Is there a place where you can speak?" Where did you come from, go back to where you go. ”

Yes, the words of this man have indicated the meaning of all, following his gaze. It can be seen that everyone's faces are very ugly, and no one cares that he is the county magistrate of Liuye City, and there is even some mockery in his disdainful eyes.

The county commander's arrogant face stiffened, and he was about to get angry, but the centurion just now quietly pulled the corner of his clothes, leaned into his ear and said: "My lord, these are a number of wealthy businessmen in Hanzhou, but it is difficult to appear once in our Willow Leaf City, can you..."

"Hmph..."The county commander was dissatisfied, and said loudly without hesitation, "A merchant is always a businessman, what's the big deal, there are still people in Willow Leaf City who can be bigger than this official..."

Yes, officials have always looked down on businessmen, just as scholars who are so poor that they starve to death look down on businessmen, they have their own pride in their bones.

"Really?" A slightly taller man came out of the crowd, took out a token in his arms and said, "I thought about it, today you are no longer the county commander of Willow Leaf City..."

His words were light-hearted, and he never glanced at this arrogant county magistrate even when he spoke.

The night breeze blew, and he lifted up his wide sleeves and swayed with the wind, and by the dim moonlight, he was frightened by the somewhat reflective token in his hand, and he said, "The secret spy division... Big... My lord... The lower officials don't know that it's you... Get... offended..."

The secret spy department is the royal spy department, which belongs to Liu Wude, in addition to not listening to anyone's orders, it has a lot of power, it can be cut first and then played, and it is similar to supervising the imperial history, but one is in the light and the other is in the dark, of course, the nature is completely different, because there is only one boss on their heads, that is the emperor, so when this county order sees this token, he will be frightened out of his soul, and if he offends the people of the secret spy department, he will definitely not have a good end, this is something that the entire officialdom knows.

The man holding the token slowly put the token into his arms, and didn't care what the county magistrate of Willow Leaf City said, he turned around and walked into the crowd of these rich people again, and the scene quickly became quiet again.

The county order that came over was like a buzzing mosquito, and after being slapped by someone, it disappeared directly, and the centurion pulled him as if he had seen a ghost and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

I don't know how long it took, but someone in the crowd sighed and said, "Why don't we take the blame?" ”

The crowd was quiet, and someone replied: "But the eldest lady still refuses to see us, can it be useful to bear the guilt?" ”

"Hey!" Someone sighed again, with a thick voice of concern: "Our Hanzhou branch shouldn't go out of the mountain, what's wrong with us staying in the mountains, what can we do now?" Mr. Guan came out of Nanhu, if he blames it, we will no longer be Wuhou Army, as you all know, breaking a promise is like betraying Wuhou, that is, the enemy of 100,000 Northern Wu Army, who can bear such consequences? ”

The crowd was quiet again, and the fear spread like a plague in the crowd, the croaking of frogs resounded throughout the night sky, and Qiao Yue's silent departure made these people begin to feel afraid.

I don't know how long it took, someone in the crowd paced and stomped his feet and said: "Horizontal and vertical are death, what is there to be afraid of, our lives are Hou Ye's, when he wants it, he will take it when he wants, I, Xun San, will go to the eldest lady to take the blame, if you are afraid of death, don't follow." ”

This is a rich man who is not tall, but has a big belly, he said, his face is firm, and he does not know where to find some wicker, he came out of the crowd, took off his shirt, and asked the subordinate to tie the wicker to his back, and resolutely went to the city.

I'm afraid that there will be the first one, and the people behind will follow suit, although the people don't understand what these big bosses who can't usually see are crazy tonight, but their own masters have done it, and the crowd behind them also took off their shirts, tied wicker, and asked Qiao Yue to take the blame...

Tonight in Willow Leaf City suddenly became unpeaceful...

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Thousands of miles over, I don't know whose foot always walks in front of Qiao Yue, from the day when half of the shops in Liuye City are closed, followed by Hanzhou City, Lishi City, Dongyue City, Lin Cao City, Snow River City... Finally, the plague finally reached the capital.

Of course, it is normal for shops to be closed, but it is certainly not normal for half of the shops in the city to be closed, and rumors are always spread in many cases that they are going to change their taste, and when half of the shops in the capital are closed, the people who don't know what the situation naturally begin to panic.

A gorgeous carriage slowly drove in at the East Gate of the capital, the surrounding gauze tents danced in the wind, and the carriage pulled by three horses was not like a carriage, more like an imperial chariot, of course, the chariot could not be said nonsense, especially in this place in the capital, there would be a catastrophe of cutting off the head if you were not careful.

The carriage stopped at the gate of Tianxiu Palace on Baifu Street, and the little guy who drove the carriage knelt respectfully on the ground, using his body as a stool to get off the car.

Out of the carriage came a woman in palace clothes, red and green, very good-looking. This woman is tall, but a pair of slender legs and a round face have an unusually noble temperament, she stepped on the back of the little maid out of the carriage, walked a few steps forward, looked up at the closed door of the Tianxiu Palace, and suddenly her face was not good-looking.

She said: "This palace came to choose gifts for the queen mother, and you dare to close the door..."

The woman pouted and said to the guards holding the waist knives on both sides: "Knock the door open for the palace, without the consent of the palace, they dare to close their business!" ”

A young guard next to him had a cold face, and when he heard this woman's words, he stepped forward suddenly, waved his hand, and was about to smash the door with three or five guards.

At this time, a general patrolling the city passed by in the distance, hurried over and said, "Princess, slow down! ”

The woman in the palace clothes turned around, her face dissatisfied: "What? You, a little city patrol general, dare to stop this palace? ”

The general saluted and replied: "The last general doesn't dare, it's just, it's just that this Tianxiu Palace is the property of the mighty Marquis family, Her Royal Highness the princess thinks twice!" (To be continued......)