Mrs. Liu's son, Liu Tong, is waiting outside the Xue Mansion!

In fact, his reputation in Jianzhou is not good, he is good at studying in Chengdu, in fact, he is looking for flowers and willows all day long, chasing famous prostitutes, and he is addicted to gambling, and he changes his way to ask his mother for money every once in a while.

Chengdu Mansion is next door to Jianzhou, and what he did in Chengdu has long been spread to Jianzhou, and the eunuchs and gentry in Jianzhou are not willing to marry their daughters to him at all, otherwise his brother is two years younger than him, how can he be engaged before him.

It was also because the Xue family had just come to Jianzhou and didn't know his situation, so his mother Mrs. Liu tried every possible way to settle this marriage, but Xue Tao had a lover in his heart and didn't take him seriously at all.

Liu Tong is indeed good-looking in appearance, with fair skin and a handsome face, he also boasts that he is better than Pan An, and has his own set of amorous means to please women, and he is also determined to win Xue Tao.

Liu Tong took more than a dozen family members to wait for his mother's news at the gate of the Xue Mansion boredly, and at this time, a family member hurriedly said: "Son, look, is that the little lady of the Xue family?" ”

Liu Tong was in high spirits, and hurriedly sat up, only to see a graceful little lady coming out of the house, who is not Xue Tao? There were only two little maids by her side.

Liu Tong's eyes rolled, and he suddenly thought of a heroic plan to save the beauty, which was the most suitable to conquer the little lady's heart.

Xue Tao was upset in his heart, he didn't want to stay in the house, so he came out to relax, the people of Jianzhou were simple and orderly, and Xue Tao often went to the river to take a walk and enjoy the scenery.

Her father Xue Xun went to Jinshui County yesterday to inspect, and she was afraid that her father's road would not be safe, so she asked Kang Bao to accompany her father, and she just had Xiaoyu Niang by her side.

Xiao Yu Niang said to Xue Tao: "Girl, I have inquired, that Liu Erlang is lustful and gambling, he is a complete loser, and he has a very bad reputation in Jianzhou, and no one is willing to marry his daughter to him at all." ”

A trace of annoyance flashed in Xue Tao's eyes, and he said unhappily: "Don't mention that person again, it's bad for me, what kind of person is he, what does it have to do with me?" ”

"That's right, what kind of person he is, it has nothing to do with us at all."

Xiao Yuniang was very happy, Xue Tao was resolute, and it was not in vain that the son had some affection for her.

Yang'an County is close to Zhongshui, which is today's Tuojiang River, which was clear as blue in the Tang Dynasty, with picturesque scenery on both sides, and small villages are distributed in the lush woods.

Outside the east city is the wharf of crossing the river, people come and go, quite lively, there are all kinds of stalls on the side of the road, mainly sell all kinds of local local products, Jianzhou bamboo ware is very famous, there are a lot of ingenious craftsmen, they not only use bamboo to weave all kinds of daily utensils and furniture, but also use bamboo to weave all kinds of small handicrafts, delicate and cheap, a few pennies can be bought, Xue Tao is tired of reading, and often comes here to shop.

"You help me find it, I didn't buy that bamboo-woven pony last time, and I always regret it!"

The three of them look around, looking for the bamboo pony they missed last time in the stalls.

At this moment, a few angry little ruffians stepped forward, "Yo! Whose little lady is this, she looks like a fairy, Lao Wu, how about we pinch her face? ”

It was the first time Xue Tao had encountered this kind of scoundrel in Jianzhou, her pretty face sank, and she shouted: "Little Fish Niang! ”

As soon as Xiao Yuniang turned around, her apricot eyes suddenly widened, and she took out her short sword and shouted: "What do you bastards want to do, get away!" ”

The surrounding vendors fled one after another, five or six scoundrels surrounded them, Xiao'e was so frightened that she hid behind Xue Tao, Xue Tao was also a little scared, but she didn't want to use her father's name to oppress people, so she counted on Xiaoyu Niang to suppress the other party.

The leader of the man looked the little fish girl up and down, "Tsk! Tut! Tut! There is also a little tigress, but unfortunately Lao Tzu doesn't like spirits, prefers fairies. ”

He didn't take the little fish girl to heart, and reached out to pinch Xue Tao's face, at this time, Liu Tong, who was hiding in the bamboo forest, cleared his throat and was about to shout, 'Stop!' ’

His lines and script are ready, 'Under the bright and clear world, how can you wait for you to do nonsense?' Then he rushed over and stopped in front of Xue Tao, and said in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner: "Unless I die, I will never allow you to be rude to Miss Xue!" ’

Then several scoundrels punched and kicked him, but he insisted on not backing down, and finally fell, and then several scoundrels kicked him a few times and left, he was bleeding from his mouth, and said affectionately to Xue Tao: 'Unless I die, I won't let you suffer the slightest grievance!" ’

And then he completely conquered the heart of the beauty, by the way, what about the blood sac? He hurriedly felt the blood sac from his arms, pinched it in his hand, and when he fell, he stuffed it into his mouth and bit it when he was unprepared.

He rushed out of the woods and was about to shout when an accident happened.

I saw a flash of cold light, the thumb and index finger of the scoundrel were cut off together, the blood burst out, the scoundrel screamed, squatted on the ground, but was kicked in the chest by Xiao Yuniang, flew out a foot away, and three ribs were kicked off.

Liu Tong was stunned, and the line he was about to shout swallowed back.

Xiao Yu Niang is like a fierce little tigress, she fights, she has been trained as an assassin since she was a child, and she is very ruthless, and the ears of three scoundrels were cut off by her, their faces were covered with blood, crying and fleeing, Xue Tao was terrified.

The leader of the scoundrel fell to the ground and shouted: "Childe save me!" ”

Xue Tao saw Liu Tong standing next to the bamboo forest on the left, she suddenly understood, and scolded with shame and annoyance: "What a scoundrel!" ”

Liu Tong was full of regret in his heart, and waved his hand again and again, "It's none of my business, I don't know them!" ”

The little fish lady picked up a pebble from the ground and struck him with a wave of her hand, she couldn't use a throwing knife, but she didn't want to spare this bastard.

'Smack! The pebbles hit the bridge of his nose, Liu Tong screamed, covered his nose and stumbled into the bamboo forest, and the blood sac in his hand was also pinched by him, mixed with the blood flowing from his nose, which was extremely hideous.

"Let's go!"

Xue Tao didn't want to stay any longer, so he hurried back to the city with Xiaoyu Niang and Xiao'e.

For a few days, the Liu family did not move, Xue Tao asked Xiao Yu Niang to inquire about the news, and soon Xiao Yu Niang brought back the news, the second son of the Liu family packed up his things and went to Chengdu Mansion that day, it is estimated that he was also afraid that his family would know about it, Xue Tao put down his heart at this time, and continued to write to the lover in the distance.

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There was also a light rain in Chang'an after autumn, and the business in the West Market was also a lot colder due to the rainy day, but the business of Meishou Wine Shop was as hot as ever, and since the launch of high-quality wines, Meishou Wine quickly established a reputation in the minds of wine customers.

There is a long queue before dawn every day, and there are already four shops in the West Market Wine Shop, with more than 40 people, one big shopkeeper, four small shopkeepers, and three independent accounts.

Meishou wine not only occupies half of the share of Chang'an's high-end wine, but even the low-end Meishou spring wine and Shuofang wine are also selling very hot, of course, there are many counterfeits, almost every restaurant says that they sell Meishou spring wine and Shuofang wine.

But there is basically no counterfeit high-end Meishou wine and Meishou wine, mainly because the channel is fixed, and everyone knows that only the top ten restaurants in Chang'an and the main store in the West Market can buy the real Meishou wine, and what you can buy in other channels is fake.

This is also the cleverness of the decision-makers of Meishou wine, for many years they have insisted on selling Meishou wine only in the top ten restaurants, not tempted by small profits, and gradually established the reputation and reputation of Meishou wine.

What is reputation, just like Moutai in later generations, if you drink Moutai and feel bad taste, you will only scold you for buying fake wine, and you will never suspect that Moutai is not good, this is reputation.

At the door of the liquor store, more than a dozen warriors from the West Market Martial Arts Hall were maintaining order, and at this time, a group of Hu people came from a distance, making a loud noise, which suddenly broke the rare tranquility of the West Market, and made the people in line look sideways.

"It seems to be a Hui people!" The crowd whispered.

For more than ten years, the guards of the Hui mission have been rampant in Chang'an, bullying men and robbing women, making the people of Chang'an hate them to the bone and afraid of them like tigers.

More than a dozen Uighurs were soldiers stationed outside the city, and although the court spent a lot of money to serve them, they still often went into the city to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and every time they entered the city without making a little trouble, they would not be willing to leave the city.

The group of Hui soldiers was obviously coming for the liquor store, and the crowd immediately fell silent, and someone hurriedly reported to the chief treasurer.

Last year, more than a dozen Hui people came to the wine shop to make trouble, smashed dozens of vat of wine, and in the end it was useless to report to the official.

The big shopkeeper was so anxious that he immediately ordered his men to move dozens of jars of good wine to the backyard, and he couldn't provoke the Hui people, so he could only avoid them and minimize the losses.

More than a dozen Uighur soldiers had already arrived in front of the wine shop noisily.