Chapter 8 Chance Encounter in the West Market

Shops were not allowed to open on the streets of Chang'an, and the imperial court set aside two areas for commercial transactions, which were the east and west cities.

Dongshi is a domestic market, with more than 220 kinds of commodities in its hands, all of which are accumulated.

The West Market is an international market, also known as the "Gold Market", with nearly 1,000 shops operating various commodity transactions, and it is the largest and most prosperous international market for international trade at that time.

The Yongle Fang where the Li family lives is close to the East Market, but far away from the West Market, and needs to pass through five squares. Fortunately, Li Zexuan took a group of people to walk towards the West Market, and by the way, he could also admire the original ancient buildings of the Tang Dynasty.

"Brother, Lan'er is tired of walking." Lan'er grabbed Li Zexuan's hand and refused to move any further.

Li Zexuan, who was admiring the ancient buildings on both sides of the road, was speechless, how far had he gone, it was less than two miles away, and the little girl began to cry tired, but now she can't ignore it, who let this be her little sister, she should hire a carriage when she goes out in the morning. "Lan'er hold on, it'll be there soon."

"No, Lan'er really can't walk." Lan'er said with a bitter face.

"In that case, let's go slowly, while walking, my brother will tell Lan'er a story, okay?" Li Zexuan slowly lured it, there is no way, there is no way to hire a carriage in this place, so you can't go to the West Market with Lan'er on your back.

As soon as Lan'er heard that her brother was going to tell her a story, she immediately came to her senses, and her feet were not tired, so she quickly straightened up, came over and grabbed her brother's hand and said, "Okay, okay, brother, tell me quickly." ”

Li Zexuan smiled slightly, took his little sister's hand and walked forward slowly, recalling as he walked: "Legend has it that a long, long time ago, the world was divided into Dongsheng Shenzhou, West Niuhe Continent, South Ganbu Continent, and North Juluzhou. In Dongsheng Shenzhou Aolai country, there is a Huaguo Mountain, there is a fairy stone on the mountain, one day the fairy stone cracks, rolls out of the stone an egg, this egg becomes a stone monkey when it sees the wind, the monkey eyes shoot out a golden light, worship in all directions.

The monkey can walk and run, and when he is thirsty, he drinks some water from the mountain streams, and when he is hungry, he eats some of the fruits of the mountains. Spend all day playing with the animals in the mountains, and have a great time. One day, the weather was particularly hot, and the monkeys ran to bathe in the mountain stream in order to escape the heat. When they saw the water flowing in a tumultuous stream, they went along the stream to find its source......

What Li Zexuan plans to tell his little sister is "Journey to the West", I happened to watch it countless times when I was a child, and I can still remember many plots very clearly, and the story is long, so I can make a long-term serialization for my little sister, so that for a long time after that, I don't have to worry about coaxing my little sister.

Of course, it can't all be told to Lan'er according to the original book, after all, it is the Tang Dynasty now, Tang Xuanzang is still real, Li Zexuan decided to change Tang Xuanzang's vest, let's call it Tang Yin, and the relevant place names have also been changed.

Hehe, I don't know what Tang Bohu will think when he sees "Journey to the West" in the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years later, Li Zexuan thought so wickedly.

When it was said that the Monkey King made trouble in the Heavenly Palace and was imprisoned in the gossip furnace by Taishang Laojun, the West Market had already arrived.

"Okay, let's talk about it here today, let's go, my brother will take you to buy candy man, and take you to see juggling." Li Zexuan is ready to see this ancient bazaar.

"Ah, this is it?" The little girl obviously didn't hear enough, and she was reluctant, and Xiaohe, Xiaoxi, Ah Fu, and Sanbao behind her were also obviously unsatisfied, and they each looked regretful.

"Wait a minute, dare to ask your Excellency which story you said before came from, and the sister likes this story very much."

An eleven or twelve-year-old boy suddenly walked out of him, followed by a six or seven-year-old girl, and said to Li Zexuan.

In fact, Li Zexuan had long been aware that there were two people behind him who had been following them for a long time, after all, the kung fu on his body was not given for nothing. Because he felt that the two of them had no malicious intent, he didn't bother to pay attention to it, and he didn't have the right to restrict where people went, just when they were also going to Xishi like himself, but he didn't expect the other party to follow behind him and eavesdrop on the story.

Li Zexuan's eyes swept lightly towards the young man, and found that there seemed to be more than a dozen good hands pretending to be pedestrians in the flow of people behind him, faintly guarding the young man.

"I guess it's a second-generation official who goes out to experience life." Li Zexuan muttered secretly in his heart. But seeing that the young man was dressed luxuriously and his attitude was quite polite, the little girl also looked at him expectantly, Li Zexuan was not easy to support, and offended others in vain, so he also bowed his hand and said: "I'm afraid that this son will be disappointed, this is not a novel sold on the market, but a story made up blindly to coax his little sister." ”

"Oh." The brocade-clothed boy looked disappointed, in fact, he himself liked this story, and he was about to ask for his name and send someone to buy a copy to come back and take a look.

He arched his hand and said: "Brother Dacai, I am afraid that this story will not be made up without unbridled imagination, junior brother Li Gaoming, this is my sister Li Liqing, my younger brother wants to make friends with Your Excellency, I don't know what Your Excellency will call?" ”

went out on a trip, but he didn't expect to meet two brain-dead fans of "Journey to the West", and Li Zexuan was also helpless. Seeing that the young man didn't look like an arrogant and domineering person, he could make a friend, so he smiled and said: "Little brother is falsely praised, it's just a nonsense story, it's hard to get into the hall of elegance, a certain name is Li Zexuan, and his family lives in Changle Fang, and your friend has also made it." ”

This young man is the current prince Li Chengqian, with a brilliant character, so he is not a liar when he calls himself Li Gaoming, but Li Zexuan was an engineering dog in his previous life, where would he study the history of the Tang Dynasty so deeply, so naturally he doesn't know what Li Chengqian's words are.

The little girl is Li Liqing, the princess of Changle, seven years old this year, as her name suggests, she looks like she is naturally beautiful, and her skin has a sickly whiteness, although she is only one year older than Lan'er, but her height is much taller than Lan'er.

Li Chengqian also saw that his little sister was sullen in the palace all day long, so today he brought his little sister to Xishi to relax, but he didn't expect to meet a teenager, the story told was so interesting, and his sister listened to it with relish, and when his blood was boiling, it suddenly stopped abruptly, and Li Chengqian started to talk.

After the two introduced each other, they chatted with each other for a few more words, and Li Chengqian said: "Brother Zexuan, there must be something behind the story just now." This young man is still thinking about "Journey to the West", and Li Zexuan didn't expect this "Journey to the West" to be so attractive in the Tang Dynasty.

"Of course, what I just talked about is just the beginning, and there is still a long way to go."

Li Chengqian looked happy, after all, he was just a teenager, and he said excitedly: "That little brother will come to the door another day, Brother Zexuan will continue to give me the rest of the story." Li Lizhen looked regretful, the prince's brother can often go out of the palace, but as a princess, she can't ignore the royal etiquette.

Li Zexuan agreed, and then separated from Li Chengqian and took his little sister to go shopping.

Li Chengqian saw Li Liqian's melancholy face, and after thinking about it, he understood what was going on, so he said to Li Liqian: "Little sister, don't worry, I'll come back and tell my little sister the story from Li Zexuan in the future, okay." Li Liqian's face turned from cloudy to sunny at this time, and she smiled happily at Li Chengqian: "Well, thank you, Brother Prince!" ”

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