The sky had already brightened, and the bright sunlight was shining all over the small courtyard, and the stone table that had been filled with snacks had been cleared, and in the middle of the table was a thick, dark blue covered account book. Guo Chengsi was carefully flipping through the pages one by one, and Duan Ling was standing behind him like a javelin, with a very serious expression on his face.

Although the small courtyard is not large, there are many green vegetables planted, and the wooden shelves next to the wall are densely crawling with green vines that bear fruit. Zhong Ziyuan squatted on the edge of the vegetable patch, with a bamboo basket at his feet, which contained freshly picked leeks, courgettes, eggplants and other vegetables.

She straightened her waist and raised her hand to block the bright and somewhat scorching sunlight in front of her, and then looked at Guo Chengsi's straight and thin back, feeling extremely comfortable in her heart. It's a great feeling to be able to control yourself and not have to be afraid at all.

Yu Ji walked over with a straw hat in her hand and said with a smile, "It's too sunny, I helped you find a straw hat, put it on!" ”

Zhong Ziyuan took it with a smile, buckled it directly on the top of his head, and said, "Thank you!" I'm feeling a little hot! After a pause, she asked curiously: "After a night of interrogation, is that Second Master Qi still alive?" ”

"There's still a breath of air! But such a traitor, it's too cheap for him to die like this. Yuji reached out and pouted a tender cucumber with a small yellow flower on the vine trellis, wiped it on the side of her sleeve, and then clicked and bit off the small half.

Zhong Ziyuan sighed and said, "Fortunately, I found the account book on this Second Master Qi, if I was one step late." It is estimated that this account book will be sent to Mr. Mu's hands, and our hard work will be in vain. I really didn't expect that he used to be a guerrilla general in Juchong Pass, and I didn't expect that he would be willing to hide incognito in Beijing to be a gangster leader. ”

"What's so strange about that." Yuji clicked and bit again. While chewing, he said vaguely: "The Khitans will also send a lot of fine works, turn into various identities, and ambush in Chang'an City to find out the news." This Second Master Qi is a good man, but unfortunately the object of his allegiance is not to the emperor, but to the inexplicable Mr. Mu. ”

Zhong Ziyuan said with doubts: "This Mr. Mu is really powerful, and I don't know what benefits he promised to Second Master Qi." Let him not do it with a good guerrilla general, but run to Beijing to be a beggar gangster. ”

Yuji shrugged and said, "Who knows! After all, you can't escape the word fame and fortune. Yu Ji took two bites and solved the tender cucumber in her hand. Then he rolled up his sleeves and helped Zhong Ziyuan continue to pick beans in the vegetable field.

Zhong Ziyuan held the basket and drilled under the carob vine trellis, specially picking the longer beans to pick, and when he looked up, he saw Guo Chengsi standing on the ground and looking at him with a smile. Through the green carob leaves. She waved cheerfully at him.

Yuji pursed her lips and smiled. took the basket in her hand and said with a smile: "Leave it to me here, you can go quickly!" ”

Zhong Ziyuan ran to Guo Chengsi with a straw hat on his cheeks, looked left and right, and said, "Where is Duan Ling?" How did it disappear in the blink of an eye? ”

"He wants to go back to Chang'an, and he has already left first." Guo Chengsi looked at her from head to toe, and then flicked his fingers on the brim of her hat. smiled: "When did you stop being a doctor and change your career to be a peasant girl." ”

Zhong Ziyuan wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead. smiled: "These two identities don't seem to contradict each other. By the way, I picked a lot of fresh beans, eggplants and leeks just now. I want to make a roasted eggplant with beans and scrambled eggs with leeks. It's a pity that there are leeks, but there are fewer eggs, what do you say? ”

Guo Chengsi smiled: "I haven't eaten the dishes of the Central Plains for a long time, and I drool when I listen to it." He thought for a moment and said, "There are very few herdsmen here who raise chickens, and I'm afraid that these eggs will be difficult to find." Why don't you change your clothes, let's go to the grocery store on the street. ”

"Great, I haven't had a good visit to the capital yet!" Guo Chengsi's suggestion made Zhong Ziyuan overjoyed.

Zhong Ziyuan and Guo Chengsi both changed into the most ordinary Ge cloth robes and walked hand in hand on the not so smooth road in Beijing. Without being chased by others, and not in a hurry to flee for his life, Zhong Ziyuan finally had the opportunity to get to know the real Shangjing carefully.

This newly built capital city, although not as prosperous and exquisite as Chang'an City, is not as clean and tidy as Chang'an City. But the summer sun here is just as bright and dazzling, and the residents walking the streets, although most of them are dressed simply, are still smiling. You can often see an old man with a vicissitudes of life, guarding his own sheepfold and leisurely playing the horse-head piano in his hand.

Zhong Ziyuan looked up at the blue sky like washed water, and then looked down at the hands of the two clasped together, feeling extremely peaceful and down-to-earth.

"What are you smiling at?" There was Guo Chengsi's teasing in his ears. Zhong Ziyuan was shocked to realize that the corners of his mouth had been unconsciously upturning, and the joy from the inside out could not be hidden at all. She coughed lightly and disguised, "Are you familiar with Shangjing?" I don't seem to have many grocery stores! ”

Guo Chengsi smiled dotingly: "Don't worry, I will let you eat scrambled eggs with leeks today." ”

There are not many shops on either side of the road, but you can see stalls everywhere, most of them selling mountain goods, ceramics, medicinal herbs, knives and daggers, and cheap fabrics. Zhong Ziyuan no longer cares about buying eggs, like all girls who love to go shopping, she let go of Guo Chengsi's hand, surrounded those stalls with interest, and carefully looked at the goods on sale.

Guo Chengsi followed her patiently, he was originally tall, with resolute facial features, and he was a little more delicate than those rugged Khitans. Coupled with the majestic momentum that can't be concealed, walking on the street, I don't know how many interracial girls are shy and admired.

Along the way, Zhong Ziyuan had a lot of fun, and he didn't notice anything unusual around him. Until an enthusiastic Qiang girl suddenly squeezed out of the crowd and blushed to bring a freshly knitted wreath for Guo Chenghe. There was a good-natured laugh from the crowd, and Zhong Ziyuan came back to his senses, and his man seemed to be remembered.

Zhong Ziyuan's little face immediately fell, she immediately took out a piece of silver horn and threw it into the arms of the Qiang girl, and then took Guo Chengsi's hand, and hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd in a burst of laughter and cheers.

When he arrived at a place where there were few people, Zhong Ziyuan threw away his hand and whispered dissatisfiedly: "Don't you know how to hide!" Just let her put a garland on you. ”

Guo Chengsi slowly took off the wreath with water droplets on his neck, suddenly grinned, and said, "I never knew that you also had a day of jealousy for me." ”

Zhong Ziyuan stomped his feet in annoyance, threw down his sleeves violently, buried his head in walking, and refused to pay attention to him.

An old man with a weathered face sells skins in a corner of the street. This place is far away from the bustling streets, it is very deserted, and no one wants to look at the stinky skins in the hot weather, and he will not shout and sell, but silently guard the stalls, and no one will patronize them at all.

Zhong Ziyuan had already walked over, but her eyes saw a bright red tail faintly revealing from the pile of dusty skins on his stall, and her heart moved, and she immediately turned around and walked back.

Zhong Ziyuan squatted down, pulled through the mountains of various colored skins, and finally found three extremely beautiful fox skins. They are fiery red from end to end, with no variegation at all, like a burning flame. Gently stroke the palm of your hand and you can immediately feel their softness.

Zhong Ziyuan's eyes couldn't help but light up, she couldn't put it down, she couldn't put it down, she found that these pieces of fire fox skins were not only soft but also had no scars on them, which could be regarded as the best in fur. She couldn't help but secretly think in her heart, it seemed that such a fire fox fur was too little to use for fur, but it was excellent for making a leather collar on a winter jacket.

I have been out for a long time this time, I want to come to my father, and my mother is also **** worried at home. If you can give these fire fox skins to your mother, you will definitely win her heart. Thinking of this, Zhong Ziyuan showed a satisfied look on her face, and she asked happily: "Old man, how can these three pieces of fire fox skins be sold?" ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand again and again, and said, "No, no, no, other skins are sold, but this fire fox skin is not sold." Who knew that his hand was only halfway shaken, and he took it back as if frightened, and muttered: "Sell, sell, don't sell!" ”

Zhong Ziyuan's curiosity suddenly rose, and she said puzzledly: "Did the old man encounter something difficult?" ”

The old man sighed and began to babble. It turned out that the old man had been hunters in the nearby Kashgar Mountains for generations, and he lived by hunting all day long. The Kashgar Mountains are endless, and there are many wild animals on the mountains, so the old man will save so many skins, especially these three best fire fox skins are the treasures of the old man.

The old man had a grandson who depended on him for his life, but yesterday while hunting in the mountains, he was stabbed in the chest with its fangs by a wild boar struggling wildly. Although the old man quickly used herbs to stop the bleeding for the child, slowly, the child felt out of breath, and now the child is lying at home in extreme pain.

The old man hurried down the mountain to Shangjing to find a doctor to save his life. It's a pity that he ran several medical clinics in a row, and those doctors either refused directly and asked for too high a price. The old man really had no choice but to take out the skins he had accumulated in the past and sell them, preparing to raise enough silver taels to find the doctor. It's a pity that on this hot day, no one will be interested in these things, and not even a piece of skin has been sold in the morning.

Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly asked: "Old man, your grandson is now pale, his limbs are clammy and cold, his chest is stuffy and painful, he is short of breath, and he will vomit blood clots when he coughs?" ”

"Yes, yes, exactly! How could the girl have seen it with her own eyes! The old man's eyes lit up at once. (To be continued.) )