It stands to reason that Suzhou City is close to the sea, and there should be ports and trade routes to and fro, but there is nothing except a deserted port and a muddy trade route.

It is also because of this that the already remote town of Suzhou has become more remote.

There was no trade in Suzhou, and there was no market in Suzhou, only a small place at the entrance of the city, a piece of land was enclosed for the hawkers in the city to buy some eating utensils.

Of course, the big families in the city, as well as the restaurants and green buildings, have signed contracts with farmers and delivered them to their homes, so they don't have to brave the cold and heat to go these ways to purchase.

And Li Xiao's purpose in running out this time is naturally not to visit this so-called bazaar, but to the pavilion outside the city gate.

The wide official road outside Suzhou, on its side lies a long river embedded in the mountains and penetrates into the sea, and from a distance, you can see two long snakes, one gray and one green, winding towards the north. Not far away is the pavilion, which appears straight at the head of the official road and in the middle of the long river, like a guard, guarding this pure land.

This place is Li Xiao's favorite to come, since he was a child, when he had nothing to do, he slipped here, listened to the sound of the sea breeze whistling, and smelled the refreshing smell of the mountains.

Standing in the pavilion, looking at the endless river below, facing the oncoming sea breeze, he always has a feeling of "the great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the eternal romantic figures".

It's a pity that he is not a hero, let alone a figure who will go down in history, in his opinion, he is just a coward, a coward.

"Sun, sun." Li Xiao looked at the red sun hanging on the horizon, and the ghost made a god read a sentence.

"Miao Miao, do you say that the young master is very stylish?" Li Xiao, who was in high spirits, posed and said.

"Hmm." The maid's compliment was extremely careless, which provoked Li Xiao to turn around subconsciously.

"What are you doing? Don't look at me chanting poetry, nothing to fiddle with your fingers. Li Xiao walked up to Miao Miao, knocked on the latter's head, and said.

"Ahh Miao Miao screamed in pain and muttered, "Why did the young master beat me, I forgot everything." ”

"It's not good to praise the young master, you said you should fight." Li Xiao sat on the stone bench and said, "What are you counting?" ”

"Miss and young master, your birthday."

"Birthday?"

Indeed, his birthday with Chu Xin'er is approaching. Moreover, the two were born on the same day. No wonder the house has suddenly become busy these days.

Speaking of this birthday, according to the rules of Chu Mansion, it must be a birthday banquet.

Although there were not many relatives and friends at the birthday banquet, most of them were nearby dignitaries, but this could not stop Li Xiao's enthusiasm for his birthday.

I remember the last birthday banquet, he made a cake, although the quality is not good, but the taste is quite good, in this era without ovens, it is not easy to make it.

At that time, whether it was the lord or the people who brought it to the banquet, they all got a small piece, the taste of this cake was very delicious, soft, melted in the mouth, and the tribute fruit on the top, very sweet, unforgettable.

After the banquet, there are still maids who are still unsatisfied and often discuss in private. It's no wonder that Miao Miao is worried about her and her sister's birthday.

"Young Master, can we still eat the thing called cake you made last time?" Miao Miao licked her lips and smirked.

This cake is a rare thing, I heard Sister Xiaocui say that Miss has been out for so many years, and she has never seen any dessert stall sell it, which can only be enjoyed by the Chu family. As soon as she thought of this, the little girl couldn't help but giggle.

Li Xiao glanced at Miao Miao, thinking about how the little girl only knew how to eat, and she couldn't do it well if she let her go, she had to work in the Chu family, otherwise she would have to suffer.

But it's okay, with such a cute girl by her side, she won't be lonely.

"Yo, isn't this our righteous son of the Chu family, how can you play in the cold wind here? Isn't it, the Chu family doesn't want you anymore? ”

A busy muddy carriage stopped in front of the gazebo, and with it, a lewd head peeked out of the window.

This person is the only son of the Pu family in the east of the city, Kamata lineage.

The Pu family in the east of the city is the only medical family in Suzhou City, and even in the surrounding cities, and the red persimmon medical hall under his hand is all over Jiangnan Road.

"What's the matter, our son of Chu Mansion, who likes to tell stories, stopped talking? Oh, you said the wrong thing, you are just the righteous son of the Chu Mansion, not a member of the Chu family. Kamata always speaks in a weird way, and he is very underbeaten, and every sentence will always quietly amplify the word "Yizi".

Looking at the pig's head exposed from the car window, Li Xiao didn't want to pay attention to it. For this son of the Pu family, he doesn't like it very much, this shameless stupid dun, his voice makes people feel very cheap, and this stupid dun is fortunate to see his master practicing medicine a few years ago, so he hyped that he was the heir of the medical saint, and even shamelessly called him a junior brother.

The most critical reason is that this Si actually wants to get involved with his sister, and he wants to go to Yaochi, this is to God, can his sister take a look at this thing.

It's just that the Chu family has a strict family style, otherwise he would have to beat him half to death.

"By the way, Pu, Pu Shao, I heard that you are not only good at medicine, but also very knowledgeable, I have a couplet here, I don't know if you can answer?" Li Xiao pinched Miao Miao's tender face and said.

"What's so hard about this, you say it." Kamata listened to Li Xiao's words, and instantly became interested, straightened out his somewhat messy clothes, and said.

"You've heard my Journey to the West story."

"I've heard a little." Kamata said. In fact, at the beginning, I did hear about it a little, but then I listened to what others said a little bit about the idea of knowing myself and knowing that I would win all battles, and I was fascinated by it, so I hid and listened to the whole book.

Of course, Kamata hid from listening to books, how could Li Xiao not know.

"In my story, there is a character named Marshal Tianpeng. Do you remember? ”

"Yes."

"That's good, Pu Shao listens well. Shanglian: It is handsome on the top. ”

"That's it?" Kamata smiled, thinking that this Li Xiao is at this level, and he is not as literary as rumored, what kind of teenager can write poems, they are all blown, and this kind of couplet can also be used?

"Down there's a pig."

——

Just four words, crisp and loud, without a moment of hesitation.

"Haha." After a short period of silence, Li Xiao looked at Kamata with his head held high, and couldn't help laughing.

Immediately afterwards, Miao Miao and the descendants of the Pu family couldn't help it, covering their mouths and snickering.

"Down there's a pig." Kamata read it softly, and reacted instantly. Stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Xiao, speechless for a while.

"Pu Shao, although everyone knows this fact, you don't have to say it, you see, how embarrassing it is. Ha ha. Li Xiao clutched his stomach and smiled from ear to ear.

"You wait for me!" Kamata kicked the snickering driver in front of him, his face flushed, "Don't laugh, go." ”

The coachman who was kicked was naturally unhappy, but there was no way, on the opposite side was a figure with a face in the city, and he was just a driver who was driving, and he dared not speak out. Keep your head down and ride away.

"Walk slowly, there are few pigs." Li Xiao waved his hand and said.

"Young Master, why are you so bad." Miao Miao covered her mouth and said with a smile.

"This is broken, then you haven't seen the young master and I'm even worse." Li Xiao leaned his face over and said with a wicked smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, another carriage stopped in front of the pavilion.

The car is very gorgeous, the lantern with the word "stone" printed on the front of the car is extremely conspicuous, and then look at the wheels, although it is full of mud, but it still can't cover the luxury it exudes - rich.

Behind the carriage were two groups of cavalry, dressed in black clothes and black armor, about a dozen horsemen, but the horses looked tired, but they could still feel the battle-hardened aura emanating from them.

"In the countryside, there is nothing good, it's really uncomfortable." The people in the carriage did not show their heads, but only complained inside. The arrogance of the words is better than the previous Kamata system, and of course, it is also very unpleasant.

"Boy in the pavilion, is there anyone in this city who can heal?" The man in the carriage spoke again, his tone tinged with disdain.

Li Xiao didn't speak, just quietly looked at the two pairs of black-armored cavalry behind the car, and could see that these people were very skilled, each of them was a good hand, but he couldn't see their road number.

"Isn't it dumb?" Steward Zhou frowned and said, "That girl on the side, you say." ”

"Ahh Miao Miao was already frightened when the carriage came, for so many years, this was the first time she had seen such a battle, and Rao was suspicious of the assassination of Lord Shi without such a big pomp.

"Speak!" Steward Zhou is impatient, how can these people in the countryside be so ignorant of the rules.

It was such a sentence that made Miao Miao, who was already sluggish, almost cry.

"East of the city, Pu family." Li Xiao helped Miao Miao, and her tone was flat. A pair of eyes stared directly at those black-armored cavalrymen, but did not look at the carriage, "In the carriage that has just entered the city in front is the young master of the Pu family." ”

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Steward Zhou didn't have any waves in his heart, if he was really a countryman and had never seen the world, he was frightened.

"But the heir of the medical saint?"

"Just ask." Li Xiao replied casually.

"Hmm." Steward Zhou nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Come on, reward money." ”

After speaking, he handed out a box from inside, and the coachman took the box and threw it to Li Xiao. The convoy didn't stop, and left in a hurry after throwing the box, looking very anxious.

Li Xiao opened the box, about fifty taels of silver tickets, waved his hand and distributed the silver money to his subordinates, but Yu Guang saw that the soldiers guarding the city gate stopped the convoy, but it didn't take long to let him go.

"Looks like there's something going on." Li Xiao whispered a word and got up to pat the dust on his clothes, tidied up the corners of his clothes that were a little messy, pulled the frightened Miao Miao, and walked back.

"Young, young master, who are they?" Miao Miao lowered her head, looked at the richly decorated box in her hand, and asked timidly.

Li Xiao didn't answer, just squinted at the distant convoy and fell into deep thought.

It should be, they're coming.