The street near the gate of the city is a downtown in the city of Kyoto, and there are traders living on both sides.

Set up a stall at sunrise and close at sunset, every day. This street is not small, and there are quite a lot of carriages coming and going, so the people on the street don't pay too much attention to the three carriages that just came from the city gate, and just consciously make way of a way.

There are many vendors from all over the world, and the streets are filled with all kinds of cries and shouts of some fancy performances, which is extremely lively.

The three carriages were moving very slowly, Xu Sheng, who was driving in the front, seemed to hate the noisy atmosphere in the city, and was busy hiding in the car, urging the little eunuchs to hurry up from time to time, but there were many people on the street, and the feet of the Son of Heaven could not make a mistake, so the little eunuchs had no choice but to run to the front early to drive away the pedestrians who passed by.

And then Lu Yunlu liked this kind of excitement very much, poked his head out, and kept buying all kinds of food from the vendors, Young Master Lu was also arrogant, and he had a silver ingot in his hand, so that the hawkers were busy leaving the stalls and had to run to deliver that little food to Young Master Lu in the middle carriage.

Speaking of this Young Master Lu, he was also very unlucky, originally he thought that Xu Sheng's arrival meant that he could go home, and he was just about to leave with great interest, but when he turned around, he was told that his sister at home was infected with a cold, and asked him to go to Wan'an Temple to pray for blessings and incense, and said that if he didn't go, he would break his leg directly, without mercy.

Looking at the carriage in front of him, Li Xiao couldn't help but sigh at the low status of this prince of the Hou Mansion and the humble status of his family, and was glad that his sister was so gentle and amiable.

Thinking about it, I smiled.

Chu Chu squatted aside, seeing that Li Xiao was no longer expressionless, he was very happy, tilted his head, and deftly cleaned up the books that Li Xiao threw everywhere.

The sun at the beginning of May scorched the earth, and through the gaps, Li Xiao looked at the people on the roadside, busy figures, running for a day's livelihood.

Some of them are skillfully introducing goods, some are rubbing their chins and thinking carefully, the old man is walking down the street with his waist bent, the child is running around with small steps, the boy is shaking the folding fan and thinking about something, and the girl in the green coat is looking at him and smiling, waiting for the opportunity...... Everything is so harmonious.

"The taste of Kyoshi." Li Xiao looked at the harmonious and peaceful people around him, and took a deep breath, "Slow life, kind people, gentle young men, and beautiful girls, right......"

As if thinking of something, Li Xiao hurriedly lifted the curtain and was about to stop the coachman from advancing, but it was already too late.

The sun on the horizon shone on the earth as always, shining on the street at the gate of Jingshi City, steaming. On the street, the shouts that had filled the ground were gone, leaving only a dead silence.

Closer, you can see a woman in a green shirt lying on the ground, her loose hair covering a few red stains on her face, and at a cursory glance, her clothes are stained with a lot of dust. In front of her was a simple carriage that could not be more modest. And on the carriage was squatting a clean boy.

The son squatting in the carriage was Li Xiao, and at this time, he looked at the woman who fell to the ground in front of him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Just now, he noticed this girl, and it wasn't because of anything.

It's just that this girl looks at herself smiling and ready to go, like the old aunt and uncle who caught blind people on the side of the road in her previous life, especially the smile, like when the hunter has locked on the target, it is terrifying.

Rubbing his head, sitting on the carriage at will, it is also a coincidence, three carriages, the first luxurious one can be recognized at a glance, and the second one does not go with the sound of silver money at all times, but chooses the third car, which is really wonderful.

"Girl, it's cold on the ground, get up early, don't get sick." Holding down Chu Chu, who wanted to come out a few times, Li Xiao said with a smile. The current situation is not suitable for the little girl who has not been seen by the world, this kind of bad atmosphere, if Chu Chu is allowed to learn, won't it ruin my Li Xiao's reputation?

The woman in the green shirt didn't speak, just lay down, swaying and rolling from side to side, and a few "miserable" cries came out of her mouth from time to time, looking extremely miserable.

More and more people gathered in the street, gathering around the carriage and talking incessantly. The carriage of Xu Sheng and Lu Yunlu in front also noticed what was happening behind and stopped, but no one got out of the car to help. Lu Yunlu was quite righteous, poked his head out to take a look, but then immediately retracted and saw no movement.

"Why, isn't it a test given by the emperor? But I'm just here to heal the disease, and I'm trying to test something. Muttering, Li Xiao shook his head and jumped out of the car, and took a closer look, although the woman was a little dirty, but she did not lose a kind of delicateness, if she dressed carefully, she should also be a lady.

When the woman on the ground saw Li Xiao coming over, she was not panicked, and lay in front of the carriage by herself, her expression and posture were extremely skillful.

Li Xiao didn't care about her, went straight through the crowd, and jumped into the carriage on Lu Yunlu.

When I got into the car, I saw that Mr. Lu was sitting upright, his hands closed, and he was muttering something.

"Brother Lu, what are you doing?" patted Lu Yunlu, Li Xiao took a string of sugar gourds, took a bite, tasted it carefully for a while, and said.

"No, nothing."

Lu Yunlu was a little stumbling when he spoke, absent-minded, and he could see that something was wrong.

But Li Xiao didn't have the heart to pay attention to it, stretched out his hand to grope in his arms, took out a few heavy silver bags, and then got out of the car amid Lu Yunlu's shouting and scolding.

Not far away, the woman on the ground was still lying down, and her posture had not changed, which made Li Xiao sigh at her dedication, smiled bitterly, walked to the woman's side, half-squatted down, and handed out a silver bag, "Nong, can you get up like this." ”

first glanced at Li Xiao in surprise, and then immediately took the silver money bag in his hand, but he still didn't speak, just stared at the few money bags in Li Xiao's hand through his messy hair with those bright eyes.

Li Xiao saw that the woman didn't move, and thought that she was really injured, but soon noticed the woman's gaze, which was quite greedy. Don't say much, this kind of thing that can be solved with money, just use money, why bother asking for trouble and asking for boring.

He handed the woman a few silver bags, kept one for herself, waited for the woman to take it, smiled, got up, and went back to the carriage.

said lightly, "The girl's family, it's not good to do this kind of thing." ”

In the car, Chu Chu clenched his hands tightly, and his face was anxious and wanted to poke his head out from time to time to see what was going on, but he was afraid that the young master would be angry, so he could only hesitate and be at a loss. It wasn't until Li Xiao returned to the car and saw the smile on his face that he breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Xiao, who got into the car, smiled, not for any reason, but because he felt that the operation of the green-shirted woman just now was very similar to the way he was blackmailed by the old lady on the street in the past, but at that time, there was no rich man like Lu Yunlu, and he spent the little salary he earned from his hard work.

"What happened to the young master?" Chu Chu poured a cup of tea and handed it to Li Xiao.

"It's nothing, it's just a very interesting thing."

"Interesting?" Lu Yunlu rolled over the curtain and got in, "If you are pitted, only you will find it interesting." But yes, it's not your silver taels that are spent, you are naturally interesting. ”

Through the car window, the woman who had fallen to the ground had disappeared, and the human marks left on the ground were scattered by the scattered people. "Lao Lu, the two of us have been getting along for so many days, dozens of taels of silver, why worry about it."

"A few dozen taels, you are also arrogant." Lu Yunlu crossed his hands, a little sullen, "This time she can meet you, a good money boy, I guess she can't stop smiling by now." ”

"Why, what do you mean, do you know the woman just now?"

"The county lord of the palace of the king of Yu, Gao Changyu." Lu Yunlu took the tea brewed by Chu Chu, moistened his somewhat hoarse voice, and said.

"County Lord?"

"It's not something to be seen with." Lu Yunlu put down the teacup, leaned forward, frowned slightly, squinted at those translucent eyes, thought about it, and said:

"This is all known to everyone, when King Yu was still the emperor, she was born, and the original princess was also a princess's life, but it is a pity that King Yu died of illness, the first emperor was restored, and the court was transformed. It was also the first emperor who remembered the royal bloodline and saved this Gao Changyu's life, so that she would then become the lord of the palace of the king. ”

"But it is said that it is the county lord, but everyone knows that it is just a vacant position, without any rights, and His Majesty will naturally not give any attention, but the palace is still the same as the original, and has not reduced its own etiquette system, and the palace will also send some tribute during the New Year's holidays. It is inevitable that you will be subject to some difficulties and some daily deductions. And now in the palace of the king of Yu, there are two maids and a county lord who live. ”

is considered normal, a girl's family with neither real power nor backstage can live in Beijing safely, which is already rare. Besides, as the county lord, he can give up his position and show his face to beg for a living, although the means are a little unbearable, but it is not easy, I can't say anything, anyway, those coins are not my own.

"Indeed." Li Xiao put down the teacup and thought for a moment, "But it seems that you are very afraid of her, doesn't it mean that you have no power and no power?" ”

Lu Yunlu shrugged his shoulders and smiled helplessly, "No matter how powerless it is, it is also the blood of the royal family, and the person who is falsely accused by her will consider himself unlucky, anyway, he only needs to give a little bit, few people will give so much like you, besides, we also have a gentleman's temperament, and we can't afford to deal with a weak woman, just give it, and lose it." ”

Speaking of which, Gao Changyu does have some ability, although it is because of his royal bloodline that he has fallen to this, but he also takes advantage of this to get some silver taels, and every time he doesn't make many mistakes, those dignitaries and nobles will also look at the face of His Majesty the Emperor, and don't care, even if they maintain their lives, they also have a bad reputation, and dispel the emperor's idea of marrying her, "This Gao Changyu is interesting." ”

"Interesting?" Lu Yunlu stuffed Chu Chu's cut pastry and swallowed it hard, "You shouldn't be stupid." ”

Li Xiao didn't answer, just looked around through the crack in the window, and didn't see Gao Changyu's figure again, presumably back to the palace.

"The two sons are coming, it's time to pack up." In front, Xu Sheng's sharp voice swept in.

The three people in the car rubbed their somewhat numb ears and lifted the curtain in front of them.

In the distance, the golden glow of the temple glistens in the sunlight, and below, the brand new temple door opens to welcome every believer who comes to worship the Buddha.

"Here we are."

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