Chapter 32: The Turmoil in Chang'an (9)
Xiao Min drank a little wine and found that his old friends were accompanying two beggar-like people, and he was furious and made trouble in the hall.
"Hurry up and call them out, otherwise Lao Tzu will demolish your broken building today!"
kicked over a table, Xiao Min yelled, frightened some of the prostitutes and ran away, and some of them ran away in a hurry without even putting on their clothes.
After all, he is a first-class master of martial arts, full of energy, and deliberately added some internal force exercises to his voice, which is why he seems so domineering.
"Lord Xiao, what are you doing here! Stop. When the bustard heard the movement, he hurriedly walked down from the upper floor and said with a distressed face.
"Okay, you old bustard, you dare to take Autumn Frost behind my back to play with such a person! Don't you know she's mine?! Xiao Min looked angry and responded loudly.
"Lord Xiao, it's not me who said, if you are really good to our family, then redeem her, then I can't instruct him to accompany any man, but unfortunately, you only know how to deceive her with rhetoric, hmph, a stingy person like you is not worthy of her! Although that uncle has a sloppy appearance, he has a good shot, I would rather the autumn frost girl and him than let her follow you! ”
The old bustard was not frightened by him, but fought back with a stern word, Xiao Min was speechless, he was indeed stingy, but this was also caused by his low income, he and Qiushuang had known each other since childhood, and they had a friendship.
Later, because of the hardships of the world, the two went their separate ways, he went to Chang'an in order to test his fame, and finally lived up to expectations and was admitted to the martial arts champion, but when he returned to his hometown, he found that she was a childhood sweetheart, her home was raided, and she also lost her trace, and there was no news.
Frustrated, he returned to Chang'an, he wanted to be an official, to fight for his career and future, and finally did not expect that by chance, the two met in Shuiyuexuan......
That night, the two washed their faces with tears and complained to each other, and in the end, she did not take his money.
In this way, he got used to white prostitution, and Qiushuang gradually recognized his true face - white prostitution!
So he was dead set on him, and he gradually became estranged, but he still kept pestering, which made Shui Yuexuan very bored, after all, he was the leader of He Shangshu's guards, and they didn't really do anything to him, so this matter dragged on until now.
I didn't expect him to be so presumptuous, destroying his business and buildings, the old bustard couldn't help it anymore, and came out to scold him head-on, she also had a relationship with the imperial court, otherwise how could she be able to mix well in the central area of Chang'an?
"Amin, don't make trouble again, I won't care about the accounts you wrote down with me before, in the future, you are you, I am me, we no longer have any relationship, you go."
Qiushuang, a tall girl, heard the movement, walked down, and issued a severance order to Xiao Min, tears soaking her clothes.
"What! Xiaoshuang, do you really want to be so ruthless? Have you forgotten everything we used to be? Xiao Min broke his liver and intestines, and said crying.
"Yes! We don't have a future, you are the head of Shangshu's guards, a big man, what about me? What am I? I'm just a prostitute and a woman who can do everything I can! You said, when you pass the martial arts exam, you will come back and marry me, but I didn't wait; Later, you said, when you become a man of the big men and earn money, come and redeem me and marry me; Later, when you became the leader of the guards, you gradually perfunctory me, you came when you were needed, and you didn't see anyone for a month or two when you didn't have time, and you didn't mention the matter of redeeming yourself for me, you said, you love me? ”
"I ...... I, I'm just too busy. ”
Xiao Min replied unnaturally, he lied, since he knew that the other party had entered the Qinglou, he never planned to marry her, he just came to vent his dissatisfaction in life and his physiological primitive desires, and chatted with her by the way.
"Hehe, yes, you're so busy, even busier than Lord Shangshu!" Qiu Shuang naturally saw through his lie and sneered.
"Beauty, how can such a man tolerate you being here all the time if he never really cares about you and really remembers you? Why wouldn't he come to visit you for a month or two? He Mansion is only seven or eight miles away from here. ”
The brother-in-law walked down, put his arms around her, and said softly.
"Get out! You rotten beggar, let me go, or I'm welcome!" ”
Xiao Min's eyes were about to split, and he threatened fiercely, scaring his brother-in-law so much that his legs were a little weak, and he was about to let go of his hand.
"Hmph, what right do you have to threaten people here! Who are you? I just like him, he can give me money, what about you? It's you who want to roll! Qiu Shuang hugged her brother-in-law with her backhand.
"Yes, Lord Xiao, I don't want you to compensate for these chairs and other things that were damaged by you, I hope you don't come again in the future, I don't welcome an iron rooster like you in Shui Yuexuan." The old bustard interjected, and the sarcasm was overflowing.
"That is, if you want to play, you have to spend money, I know this truth as a poor person, what is the truth of white prostitution? It's really not at all, and it's still a martial champion, I'm bah! The younger brother also took the opportunity to strike on the side, he rarely experienced the feeling of a gentleman, how can he do it without breathing?
"It's too much of a deception! Don't go too far! ”
Xiao Min was drunk, and with endless sadness and infinite anger, the last shred of his sanity was about to collapse.
"Haha, you're still fierce, it's really unreasonable, you smashed other people's fields, disrupted other people's business, and said that others deceived people too much, is this still reasonable?" The younger brother is more bitter and mean, and he is also more witty, and he once again speaks to the other party, which makes him very comfortable and happy.
"You beggar-like people don't deserve to talk to me, get out of here! Otherwise, be careful that I will kill you! ”
"Yo Yo Yo, what a great majesty, Lao Tzu is rich, you are a beggar, your whole family is a beggar!"
The younger brother is rich, and his courage has also come up, plus there are many guards here, he is not afraid, he is indeed very inflated, and he has also floated.
So he died.
"Murder! Killed! Someone! The bustard shouted, and the crowd panicked and ran wildly, and the situation suddenly became very chaotic.
Xiao Min could no longer control the anger in his heart, a sword pierced his heart, ending his miserable life, and the little brother couldn't believe that he had just died on the first day he became a rich man.
"Little brother, what's wrong with you, don't you die! What should I do if you die? ”
The brother-in-law hugged the closest person lying in a pool of blood and cried bitterly.
"Brother-in-law, yes... Right... Don't... I... I... Liared... You. The little brother still took his last breath and said with a broken smile.
"I'm not sorry, you're not sorry for me." The brother-in-law was overwhelmed with grief and tears rained down.
"That day, I found a hundred taels of silver on that guy, I hid under the big rock in the local area, I was originally going to keep one person to use in the future, but now I don't need it, you go and dig it up, I'll go first, this world is really not a place for people......"
As if returning to the light, the younger brother suddenly looked peaceful and spoke smoothly.
"I know, in fact, I know that every time you let me go on an expedition to take the lead, I know your intentions, but I haven't debunked your tricks, I only have one relative to you, and I don't want to have conflicts because of these little things." The brother-in-law replied.
"It turns out that brother-in-law, you are the real smart person, I used to be too selfish and despicable, I'm sorry ......"
After speaking, the little brother completely choked his breath, and his head hung weakly on his neck.
"Little brother!" The brother-in-law yelled.
"Thief! Give back my little brother's life! I'm fighting with you! ”
The brother-in-law stood up and said ruthlessly, he was ready to die, as the younger brother said on his deathbed, "This world is really not a place for people", he was deeply touched, from an honest farmer to an unprofessional robber, he went through all kinds of hardships, saw the world's deep malice towards them, and now that the little brother who depended on him died, he had no desire to live anymore.
"Hmph, I don't know if I'm alive or dead! Then I will fulfill you! Xiao Min didn't have any mercy, he clenched his sword again, ready to stab the other party to death.
"Don't, ah, stop!"
Qiushuang covered her eyes and screamed loudly, she was still kind, she wanted to save his life, he was an innocent person after all.
Ignoring her shouts, Xiao Min's sword was still fast, and just as the tip of the sword was about to pierce his brother-in-law's heart, a knife flew outside the door and knocked his sword away.
Han Jin, who was passing by and heard the movement, came to the scene very quickly, saved his brother-in-law and the rest, and blocked the crazy Xiao Min.
"Okay, I didn't expect you to be not only a sinister and despicable villain, but also a coward who can only oppress the weak and kill innocents! People like you have been beheaded eighteen times by Lao Tzu on the battlefield! ”
Han Duan saw a few people lying on the ground, his heart was extremely angry, he made up his mind to eliminate the harm for the people today and kill him!
"Hmph, don't brag, I'm not afraid of you, if you want to fight, then fight!"
Although Xiao Min was a little afraid of the terrifying killing intent exuded by the other party! However, he had the experience of successfully subduing the other party once, and at the moment when he was angry and lost his mind, his fighting spirit was high, and he confronted him-for-tat.
"Hmph, then you can take a good look at what kind of master you really killed in the sea of corpses and blood, and you are only worthy of playing well on the stage." As always, Han Duan hit his opponent first in terms of language aura.
"Talking nonsense, your subordinates will judge the high and low!"
Xiao Min was a little flustered, the pressure that Han Duan gave him was huge, and he knew how terrifying and powerful it was when the other party really let go of his hands and feet to fight with him! But he had no way out, so he had to go up.
The battle began quickly and ended quickly, Han made all his moves fiercely, beating the opponent hard in three or four rounds, and completely subduing the opponent in seven and a half rounds, aiming the long sword at the opponent's throat.
"See? What a real gap between you and me! Now you can go to death! Han Duan was a little proud, stimulated the other party, and was about to kill him.
"Lord Han spare your life, spare your life, you have eyes and no beads below, you dare to offend your lord's might, you are really blind, your lord spares your life, I will definitely say a lot of good things for you in the future in Lord Shangshu."
Xiao Min decisively begged for mercy and put himself very low.
"Hmph, you didn't offend me that I killed you, but you killed someone else, this is a capital crime! Do you ask the souls who died at your hands if they would say yes? Han Duan scolded coldly.
"My lord, they are all damn little people, not to be ashamed, not to die. I am the head of He Shangshu's guards, and I may be able to help you in the future, it's different. ”
"Really? I don't care who you are! If you break the law, you will be punished! Kill people to pay off their debts and pay off their debts! This is a matter of course. ”
Han Duan still wanted to kill him, and Xiao Min kept crying and begging for mercy, and he didn't let his sword stop advancing, and just at the last moment, Qiu Shuang spoke.
"My lord, let's let him live, hand him over to the court, whether he is dead or alive will be dealt with by the court, so that you will not offend He Shangshu, and those who died innocently can also get justice."
Han Duan thought about it and felt that she was reasonable, after all, he was now a high-ranking official of the imperial court, not a general on the battlefield, and the procedures of the imperial court still had to be followed.
So he put away his long sword and ordered the Jinyi guard behind him to tie up Xiao Min and take him to the Jinyi Wei prison to wait for the final judgment.
PS: It took some space here to describe the two characters of brother-in-law and younger brother, which is really touching, and the main thing I want to express is that the hard life of the poor people living in the Great Lie Empire at that time, the tragic fate of the little people and the bad habits of the people living at the bottom, of course, were forced by the society at that time, but they were at least pure, clean and kind.
Their names are not written here, and they are also intentional, their names are not important, they are just a few representatives of many small people, even if they die, no one knows, and it does not affect the overall situation.
However, the big men play with the government, squander a lot of resources and enjoy luxurious items, insidious and vicious, and eat people without spitting out bones......
The comparison between these two clearly shows the decay and decay of the Dalie Empire at that time, and the people were struggling to make a living.
Oh, by the way, and I also want to explain that the bureaucratic system of the Great Lie Kingdom is roughly based on that of the Ming Dynasty.