"Sugar gourd—"

"Selling coal...... Ahh

The city was full of people, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the streets were full of dragon and lion dance teams, and brilliant fireworks rose in the corners of Chang'an City, illuminating the majestic capital that had just been shrouded in night into daytime.

Chang'an City's millions of people, most of the New Year go back to reunite with their families, but there are always some wanderers far from their hometowns, or travel to the rivers and lakes or prepare for the imperial examination, and the Chinese New Year's Eve can only go around the streets, looking for the taste of the year that has been accompanied since childhood.

The Sun family shop in Qingshi Lane never closes all year round, and it has naturally become a good place for Jianghu guests to reminisce about the past with a pot of warm wine. The only pity is that there are only three wine tables, and they are gone when they come late, and many people come over to see that there is no place, so they have to put a pot of broken jade and leave in a huff.

At this time of year, the appetizers will be more sumptuous, talk and laugh with the guests in the shop, and drink two or two small wines, which can be regarded as a comfortable and comfortable New Year.

In the small wine shop, the yellowed wine banner swayed, leaned into the corner of the wine table, Zhu Manzhi held the wine bowl that was bigger than his face, and took a sip, a little listless:

"In the past, during the Chinese New Year, my mother would make a lot of delicious food, but it was lively, alas~ I really want to go home......"

After two days off at the end of the year, Zhu Manzhi changed into a small pleated skirt common to his daughter's family, and his hair was combed very delicately, just like the girl next door who had just grown up, and she was very cute and well-behaved.

Ning Qingye sat opposite, still wearing a hat in the clothes of the Jianghu people, and said calmly: "Jianghu people are like this, if they live today, there may be no tomorrow, and the days will pass by the day, not by the year." ”

Walking the rivers and lakes is mostly licking blood from the knife edge, which is also true, but when you say it in the Chinese New Year's Eve, it is inevitable that it will be a little obscure.

Zhu Manzhi put down the wine bowl, rested his chin on his arm, and looked at the fox in front of him:

"Xiao Ning, you grew up in the gym since you were a child? Wouldn't it be impossible to even see a man......"

Ning Qingye frowned slightly: "Daogu is not a nun, Taoist priests have men, and they can get married." In addition, when I was eight years old, I used to stay in Shu. ”

Zhu Manzhi tilted his head, and had nothing to say: "Shudi is fun, isn't it?" I heard that there are a lot of delicious foods there, but I haven't been there yet. ”

Ning Qingye thought about it and shook his head lightly: "I have lived in seclusion in the mountains with my mother for as long as I can remember, and I also celebrate the New Year every year. Later, the iron eagle hunted the deer, Zhang Xiang took the wolf guard to find the door, chased and killed along the road, my mother sent me out of Shudi, was rescued by the people of Wudang, and sent to Changqingguan, I can't remember anything when I was a child......"

"Alas~poor ......"

Zhu Manzhi sighed quietly, picked up the wine bowl and wanted to touch it with Ning Qingye, but Ning Qingye ignored it, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "You have caught more than a dozen little thieves these days and earned a lot of silver, right?" ”

Zhu Manzhi's listless little face stiffened, sat up a little straighter, and his eyes flickered: "Hmm...... It is my duty to eliminate harm for the people...... Silver or something, it's all moons......"

Ning Qingye snorted lightly: "You have changed into a new skirt, and you have used the incense powder that only the ladies and ladies of wealthy families use, just with the little money of the yamen, I'm afraid it is not enough ......."

"Hehe...... Zhu Manzhi blinked, took out a small box of rouge from his arms and put it on the table: "Don't you say that I almost forgot, the yamen rewarded you with some silver, and I also bought you a box of rouge ......"

Ning Qingye pushed the rouge box away with the scabbard, and his eyes were flat: "Help you do something, you should know the rules of the rivers and lakes." ”

"We are like sisters, and it hurts our feelings to raise money......"

"Who's your sister?"

"I'm your sister...... Oh no, you're my sister......"

Zhu Manzhi vaguely began to pretend to be drunk, and fell silent as soon as he lay on the table.

Ning Qingye took a breath, and after the New Year, he finally dispelled the idea of doing something and took a small sip of wine and food.

As the night darkened, the two people far from their hometown seemed to be spending Chinese New Year's Eve outside.

Ning Qingye grew up in a gym, in addition to revenge, he was actually quite interested in the bustling Chang'an market, and wanted to wake up Zhu Manzhi, who was pretending to be drunk, to go around the street together, and a burst of conversation suddenly came from the alley:

“…… It is this wine shop, which is very famous in Chang'an, and many predecessors have been here before......"

“…… Hmph—I've heard Master talk about this place before, when I went to find a liar to help me paint, and I went all the way here to buy a pot ......of good wine and send it over, but the liar used the excuse that 'the beauty in the world is so difficult to be picturesque', and he reversed his word."

Ning Qingye's willow eyebrows frowned lightly, and he looked back quietly. Outside the small wine shop, four people in exotic costumes walked together, led by a woman in red, leading a white camel, wearing a hat covered by tulle, and her figure was very outstanding.

Shopkeeper Sun naturally heard this conversation, looked at the four of them curiously, and opened his mouth and air:

"The girl is talking about Xu Danqing's prodigal? Alas~ That kid has never believed his word, and when he was entangled, he asked the girl to come to buy wine, and when he went back, he disappeared...... Who is your master? I might remember ...... old man."

The four of them paused, obviously showing a bit of caution.

Zhongli Chuchu and Hu Yanjie just talked casually, and when they saw the shopkeeper Sun, in order to prevent their identities from being exposed, they just said casually: "The shopkeeper doesn't know each other, come to the pot of wine." ”

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Sun didn't ask much, there were always inconvenient times in the rivers and lakes, shaking his head and chuckling and drinking.

Zhongli Chuchu felt that this place was not suitable for a long time, so after taking the wine jug, he quickly left the Sun family's shop.

After Ning Qingye looked at the costumes of several people, he recalled a little, then got up with his sword and walked out of the wine shop, following him.

And Zhu Manzhi, who was pretending to be asleep on his stomach, raised his head at this time, and was relieved after making sure that Ning Qingye was far away, and when he got up to check out, he saw that Shopkeeper Sun had a strange expression, and asked curiously:

"Uncle Sun, do you know the woman in red just now?"

Shopkeeper Sun laughed: "I don't know, hmm...... You must have heard of your friend's Master, right? ”

Zhu Manzhi has said a lot of words from Ning Qingye's mouth in the past few days, so he naturally nodded: "Duqiu Zhenren, I heard that he was also a big fox before...... The big beauty, who was supposed to be the queen, escaped from marriage and was chased and killed before leaving home. ”

Shopkeeper Sun sighed: "If you are a monk and have the protection of Taoism, you can escape the investigation of the court and the Tang family, but you can't escape the jealousy of the flowers and butterflies, and you don't even dare to go out of the door when you hide in Changqingguan every day, and there are people who come to the door to stir up trouble......"

Zhu Manzhi was curious about these rivers and lakes gossip, and blinked his big eyes and said: "Ouch~ It's so pitiful, Xiao Ning is estimated to be similar in the future, and he doesn't dare to show his face when he goes out now......"

"That's natural, the four words 'Tianxiang Guose' are the same as 'the first in the world', and they are not so easy to do. But I wish the girl definitely not to have this trouble, so she doesn't have to worry about it. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Manzhi nodded, felt a little wrong, and said with wide eyes:

"Shopkeeper, why do you scold?"

"Hehe......" Shopkeeper Sun pouted: "The old man is saying that the girl is still young and has not grown." ”

"That's pretty much ......"

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