(Volume 1) Chapter 3 The Alley
Mu Qinghan looked at Tang Mingyin and said, "After the excitement is over, let's go too." ”
Tang Mingyin sighed and continued walking. Mu Qinghan also praised all the way: "Brother Tang, you are so powerful, you can see at a glance that it is a girl." Tang Mingyin only said: "I have seen a lot of people." I don't know how many steps he walked, Mu Qinghan only heard him mutter: "I also saw such a girl on the street many years ago. Then he raised his voice again: "This feels familiar." ”
After a while, the department store arrived, unlike other places, the Xiyue City department store is not limited, and the Nanxun Chun Yu family started by the shipping merchant Jia, so it is not like other places in the Central Plains that will restrict all kinds of night markets. Merchants and hawkers gather here, and the voices of people are boiling. The Xiyue government specially set aside a workshop for trading here, and the Shangli School is here. Mu Qinghan saw that the market was still early, so he sent Tang Mingyin to Shangli School first, and then traded in the market.
But at this time, I heard someone shouting: "The city patrol soldiers are here to collect taxes again!" The two of them didn't know what was going on, but they saw the vendors packing up their things at great speed. Mouth shouting and running and complaining.
Tang Mingyin originally saw the gathering of merchants, and wanted to praise it, but when he saw that these merchants were afraid of soldiers, he said: "I still think that the Chunyu clan is not without merit, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that." Mu Qinghan was annoyed, and said in his heart that it would be good to come earlier, but it seemed that he couldn't buy anything today. Of course, he couldn't say this to Tang Mingyin, he could only say it himself, and he had to scold: "Why are these debt collectors so annoying, they only came here a few days ago." ”
Hearing this, Tang Mingyin shook his head and pointed to Fangkou: "I'm afraid I'm not here to collect taxes." Mu Qinghan looked in the direction and found that a team of city patrol soldiers was chasing a person, and when he looked closely, it was the girl who had just beaten the rich and young man.
The girl was very fast, and she was running according to the two of them. As soon as Tang Mingyin said that the rich and young were really efficient, he was pulled away by Mu Qinghan, for fear of blocking the girl's way. But though he tried to avoid the girl, he was tired by the firewood on his back. Before he could push Tang Mingyin away, the girl had already arrived, and she easily pulled out two yellow pear branches from Mu Qinghan's back, turned around and ran towards Bingyong.
The wood was tied together with a strand of rope, and two of them were pulled out, and the others fell through the gap. Mu Qinghan originally wanted to bring these woods and find a wood dealer to exchange some silver, although he is a generous person, but the wood on his back is also worth hundreds of Wen, especially the two Huanghuali branches, before the Liao Dayuan in the east of the city wanted to make a batch of Huanghuali wood tables and chairs everywhere to collect the wood and branches at a high price, according to his price, you can buy a few days to enter, Mu Qinghan will not give up easily.
He doesn't like to cause trouble, but you can't mess with him. Seeing that the wood fell to the ground, he didn't care about the pursuers, so he quickly kicked the wood aside first, stepped forward to catch up with the girl, and didn't say much, grabbing the back to recapture the branch. But after all, Mu Qinghan didn't know martial arts, although the girl was locked in her shoulders, she lowered her head and turned around to get rid of it, and turned around and punched.
Mu Qinghan was repelled by this punch, but shouted in his mouth: "Return me the branches!" The girl was about to speak, but was surrounded by the patrolmen who caught up with her.
"It's the one in yellow!" Listen to the first sentence of the big shout. The soldiers around him wanted to go up. The beautiful woman's beautiful eyes glanced at her, and she didn't know what idea she had in mind. He said to Mu Qinghan: "Hey! Carrying wood! After saying that, he threw a branch to him, and then said, "Help me solve the trouble in front of me, and the other one will be returned to you!" ”
After speaking, she picked up another branch and took the soldier bravely, a small yellow rosewood, but in her hand it was like a sword, making it very smart.
But the kid next to him didn't appreciate this girl's martial arts, this was a secret scolding in his heart, aren't you leading to trouble! And the little girl, can you start lightly, it's not easy to sell the branches when you turn around.
But at that time, the situation did not allow him to scold for too long, just like he thought, when he heard the girl's words, Bing Yong thought that the two of them were together, so they came to fight one by one. Mu Qinghan didn't have the skills of that girl, so he had to dodge.
On the girl's side, it was a different scene, but a branch of a tree performed such a smart swordsmanship, and the soldiers could not win for a while. In contrast, Mu Qinghan only relied on his strength to snatch a red tassel spear and wield it indiscriminately, which could only bluff people and not retreat from the enemy.
At this moment, a ball was thrown from a distance, and everyone did not pay attention, but the ball hit the ground and immediately spewed a large amount of mist. It turned out that Tang Mingyin was coming, and just after seeing the pursuers surrounding the two, he ran to the tea stall not far away and didn't know what he was doing. At this time, there was this ball, Tang Mingyin hurriedly said: "Hurry up!" ”
Mu Qinghan just wanted to run, and then thought of another yellow pear branch, but he went into the fog and groped, but the branch was not touched, but he touched the girl's hand, the girl's hand was slippery, Mu Qinghan felt slightly excited by this touch, and immediately withdrew his hand. But then he grabbed the girl and pulled her out.
The three of them ran out of the fog, and the pursuers behind them also chased after them. Tang Mingyin led in front, while Mu Qinghan grabbed the girl's hand, to be precise, through the girl's hand to grasp the Huanghuali branch.
I saw that there was a gap between the two blue brick houses in front of me. Tang asked the two of them to hide in one after the other, but found that there was no place for a third person here. So he brought some firewood and grass to cover it. One by one, he turned over and crossed over to the back of the roof eaves.
Because the firewood and grass sealed the entrance of the alley, Mu Qinghan inside was outside, and the girl was inside, the space was a little narrow, and the two were a little close to each other. The girl didn't know that her identity had been revealed, and although there were hundreds of reluctances, she didn't dare to show much, but unconsciously tilted her head back a little. But looking at this man, he always held his hand, ignoring the chasing soldiers outside, and scolded in a low voice: "Can you let go of your hand!" ”
Mu Qinghan hurriedly pouted and booed, because he was holding one hand on the wall behind the girl at this time, and holding the girl's hand with the other, he couldn't spare his hand to boo. But his pouting face is more like a hooligan who is molesting a woman from a good family on the street. Let the girl move back even more, but unfortunately there is a wall behind her, and she can't move anywhere.
Mu Qinghan looked behind him and listened carefully, feeling that the soldiers walking around outside had not yet discovered because they couldn't find anyone. He whispered, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Then he let go of his hand and said, "I am afraid that this branch will be lost." ”
The girl looked at the branch in her hand, couldn't cry or laugh for a while, and asked with a puzzled expression, "What?" That's it. Mu Qinghan nodded in affirmation, and the girl said, "You dragged me for three streets with a broken branch!" How can you be so good at this? ”
Hearing this, Mu Qinghan also sneered in his heart, and he didn't know which rich lady didn't know how expensive firewood and rice were. But he also said more, and only said secretly: "Yes, I haven't seen any girl dressed like this and fighting in the streets." ”
When the girl saw him say this, she was a little angry at first, and then immediately reacted that the other party had discovered her identity. He asked, "How do you know?" ”
Mu Qinghan added fuel and vinegar to Tang Mingyin's words before, and after running the hall for a long time, the words of flatterers are also very slippery, and there are a lot of words that are very useful when describing the girl's appearance. He didn't know that when he said this, a contemptuous gaze from the roof had already fallen on him.
Of course, at this time, the girl who listened to the words lost most of her anger, and when she looked closely, she saw that Mu Qinghan was handsome. Then he started to be joking, his neck was straightened, and he leaned towards Mu Qinghan: "Is the little brother in Xiyue City so sweet?" ”
This time, it was Mu Qinghan's turn to retreat, this kid is the eldest brother on weekdays. Always have to maintain his brother's tall image.,Sometimes I love to joke.,But things have always been in order.。 The beauty's face gradually approached, Mu Qinghan could already feel the sound of breathing, and faintly felt a trace of warm exhalation, and suddenly his face was a little red.
When the girl saw him like this, she was even more interested, and said, "What's the matter, it's too narrow here, isn't it comfortable?" Hearing this sentence, the one on the roof almost laughed, the chasing soldiers outside had already gone away, but this was such a good show in front of him, Tang Mingyin naturally didn't want to disturb.
However, for Mu Qinghan, a boy who has not yet been in personnel, he did not understand the ambiguity in this, so he hurriedly responded: "Comfortable...... Comfortable. He turned his face sideways as he spoke.
Tang Mingyin is an old man, and he can't help but sigh in his heart when he sees this, and he doesn't know who took advantage of whom. What kind of tiger and wolf words are they?
Seeing Mu Qinghan so embarrassed, the girl had already smiled secretly in her heart, but her expression on her face remained unchanged, and she only spit out a sentence lightly and softly: "Huh? This sentence is raised in a high tone, extremely provocative but trying to pretend to be innocent. Mu Qinghan has already retreated to the firewood behind him, and if he retreats, he may be discovered by people outside. So he stabilized his mind and exhaled, knowing in his heart that the girl in front of him was simply teasing him. Although he has little experience in this, he is not a person to be bullied by others. Then he said, "Girl, it's almost done." ”
But the girl said, "But I don't." Mu Qinghan couldn't bear it when he saw this, and only said: "Then don't blame me for offending!" "Look at the right time, with the hand supporting the wall, the body pressed over. Then he took advantage of the situation to support the girl's slender waist with his other hand, and his face came closer.
Tang Mingyin watched all this from the rooftop and said, "It's okay, it's not too wasteful." Mu Qinghan seemed to take advantage, but he was actually panicked. Always thinking that there is a cheap advantage, I don't take advantage of it, and I slowly stretch my head to the side of the girl's neck. The girl was startled at first, and then her face remained unchanged, but she slowly stretched her hand to her waist and grasped the dagger hidden behind her back.
Mu Qinghan breathed rapidly on the side of the beauty's neck, and the breath of breath brushed the girl's ears one after another. The girl was tickled, but she heard Mu Qinghan say: "Everyone is gone, we can go out." "He's still a man of rules.
After hearing this, the girl felt that she was the one who was teased, and she was not interested for a while, so she pushed Mu Qinghan away and walked out of the gap with a look of anger. Tang Mingyin also flew off the roof. The girl looked at them, clasped her fists and said, "Thank you." Then he turned to leave.
Seeing that the beauty was leaving, Mu Qinghan hurriedly stopped her. Tang Mingyin on the side also had a teachable expression.
Mu Qinghan said, "Give me back my branch." The girl and Tang Mingyin both looked at Mu Qinghan with incredible eyes at this time, and Tang Mingyin even wanted to work together to be a waste of firewood. The girl looked at the branch of the yellow pear tree in her hand and threw it over.
Mu Qinghan took the branch and took a closer look, for fear that it would be difficult to sell if there was anything. But when he looked up, he saw Tang Mingyin's extremely disdainful gaze. I just wanted to ask what was wrong, but was interrupted by Tang Mingyin's sigh. Seeing the girl walk away, Tang Mingyin stopped her again. She also looked back impatiently and said, "What's the matter?" ”
Tang Mingyin pointed at Mu Qinghan and said, "This kid wants to ask your surname." Mu Qinghan looked at it with a surprised face, and the beauty thought for a while and said, "The surname is Meng, Meng Zhichu." Tang Mingyin nodded and said, "His name is Mu Qinghan." Mu Qinghan nodded, suddenly realized something, and his slightly red expression was pushed back by Tang Mingyin with his eyes. Tang Mingyin saw that he had no experience like this, so he had to say, "Miss Meng walks slowly." Meng Zhichu didn't know why she had to fly away, because she didn't know what to do with it again, and what embarrassing things could these two brothers ask.
After Meng Zhichu left, Mu Qinghan then accompanied Tang Mingyin to Shangli Academy, and asked the ball that produced fog along the way. Tang Mingyin said that it was a drug on his body when he walked the rivers and lakes, used for self-defense, if this thing was added with water, it would have no medicinal properties, but the bag wrapped and smashed on the ground could generate a comparative water mist to get out.
The two arrived at the place after a while, but said that this place was in the middle of the city, but it was built very magnificently, and there was a three-door school between small square inches. There are two stone lions at the door, there are eleven steps in the middle, and a wood carving couplet is handwritten at the gate. The upper link is: "Elegant and elegant, literary and talented are all beautiful", and the lower link is "Etiquette and righteousness, thousands of years of heroes", the middle is a lacquer door, and the plaque above reads "Shangli School" four big characters.
The two walked up to the door and knocked on it. After a while, the person who opened the door was a living disciple. Asked: "What do you two do?" ”
Tang Mingyin reported to his home and said, "My surname is Tang, and I am here to visit the head of the hall." Mu Qinghan secretly said in his heart, obviously he was fleeing, and he said such a courtesy.
The apprentice glanced at it and only said, "The hall master went with Liao Daguan, and I am afraid that he will not come back within three or five days." Tang Mingyin then asked: "Then I don't know who is in charge of affairs in your hospital?" The student replied, "Deputy Inspector Chen." ”
When Tang Mingyin heard this, he said: "Then please turn to Mr. Chen Huance, and Tang Mingyin in Youzhou asks to see him." Listening to the words, both the apprentice and Mu Qinghan were surprised, and the apprentice returned a flick and turned away.
Mu Qinghan asked, "How does the eldest brother know the names of the inspectors of these schools?" Tang Mingyin said: "After listening to your description before, brother, I already knew that this was the place I was looking for, and it was normal to know people here." Mu Qinghan heard that this was indeed the case, but he felt that something was wrong, and he always felt that this person was not fleeing.
After a while, the disciple came out and made a firm gesture: "Please come in with me." As he spoke, he stood on his side and led the way, and the two of them followed forward, passing through the three gates, and in front of them was a small courtyard. In the middle is a bluestone path, there are two small meadows on both sides, a row of small holly is planted on one side of the path, and there is a small rockery on each side of the grass. On the left and right sides of the courtyard are two rows of separate wings. At the end of the path, there is a red-walled tile house, which is flattened, and the bookcase inside can be faintly seen in the open door, which should be the lecture hall.
In front of the lecture hall, a teacher in his thirties stood in front of the door. Dressed in a pleated blue cloth robe, his head was tied with a square scarf, but a silk silk silk was tied around his waist, and a Yingluo was hung on it. Thin eyebrows and thin lips, the beard on the mouth is twisted into a strip on the left and right, like two thin ropes hanging from the mouth. The beard of the chin is also tied together with a string at the end, which is very special. But his expression was solemn, not smiling, and when he saw Tang Mingyin and the two approaching, he said: "Senior brother came from afar, and he worked hard all the way!" ”
Tang Mingyin returned the salute: "I haven't seen you for many years, Senior Brother Chen is unharmed." Only then did Mu Qinghan know that the two of them really knew each other. The gentleman nodded, pointed at Mu Qinghan, his expression still did not change, and he only asked, "Who is this little brother?" ”
Tang Mingyin explained Mu Qinghan's identity and said: "If it weren't for my brother to save me, I wouldn't be able to come to see my senior brother at this moment." But ask Senior Brother, is there any surplus of grain and rice here? Chen Huance just wanted to thank Mu Qinghan, but he didn't know why when he heard this, and also said: "Thanks to the supply of Liao Daguan, there is still wealth." ”
Tang Mingyin immediately told him about being hungry and fainting in the Gu family's restaurant, and said that the Gu family needed to borrow rice on credit because of him, and the market was closed again today, hoping that the school could help him. Mu Qinghan excused himself and said, "How is this embarrassing? Tang Mingyin said: "In troubled times, it is not easy for everyone to make a living, I see that you have been running for your family's livelihood for the past two days, how can you bear it alone." ”
Mu Qinghan saw this, and could only say okay, okay. Chen Huance also thanked him and asked the apprentices to take Mu Qinghan to receive food. Tang Mingyin said: "Thank you for sending me here, if you have the opportunity in the future, I will often come to the school to have a drink." ”
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."
After that, he went to the storehouse with the disciples to receive the grain, rested and sorted out for a while, and then prepared to go back. It was already afternoon, and Mu Qinghan thought that it was still early, and he could make a bow for Xiao Gu when he rushed back. Thinking of this, my steps became faster and faster.
But when he returned to the restaurant, the scene in front of him was so frightened that he threw the rice on the ground, the bag broke open, and the rice was scattered all over the ground.
I saw that the tables and chairs in the whole room were all overturned, several wine tanks were also broken, and the counters were kicked over. It's like someone robbed of it. The second elder of the Gu family was standing in the lobby, and Gu Gu on the side was squatting and crying.
When Mu Qinghan saw this, he hurriedly rushed over and asked, "Daddy, Auntie, what's wrong?" What about Xiaowei? ”
Aunt Wang said: "You can be counted as back, we don't know, just now I went out with your father to run errands, only half an hour back and that's it, Xiaowei is gone, the tables and chairs are down, just look at this kid hiding in the wine vat shivering, don't ask questions, just cry there." ”
When Mu Qinghan heard this, he thought that he was afraid that he had been robbed, so he was in a hurry, squatted down and touched Gu Gu's shoulder: "Xiao Gu, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the eldest brother is back, back." As he spoke, he took him in his arms and patted him lightly on the back. Gu Gu sobbed and said, "Big brother..... Just...... Just now, a group of robbers ran into our restaurant and said they wanted to ....."