Chu Tianxiu walked on the cold streets of Changle, a little sad and lonely.

Through 2,000 years.

Some people cross over and want to change their destiny and become high-ranking officials from a grass people.

Some people travel through and want to change the vast history and point out the country.

And he, by luck, crossed over to become a little marquis, and before he had time to think clearly about what he was going to do, he was demoted to the son-in-law of the Ping Wangfu by a holy decree of the emperor, and he was controlled by others.

Life is not free, and I don't think about changing history and times. As long as he can live a comfortable life in this life, he is already satisfied.

It's not like now, it's hard to go back home.

I walked on the cold wind street for a long time, and now I am cold and hungry.

Fortunately, there is a silly girl Zu'er, who follows him one by one, and accompanies him to be cold on the street in the middle of the night, which makes him feel warm.

Chu Tianxiu glanced back at Zu'er, her face was flushed, frozen in the cold wind like a shrunken little pink mouse, cute and pitiful.

Chu Tianxiu tied her windbreaker to her with pity, took her nephrite hand, and warmed it in her palm.

Zu'er's little face suddenly turned red, and she lowered her head astringently... Uncle is so caring!

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Changle Street is one of the most prosperous neighborhoods in Jinling City.

Today is the winter solstice, and the winter solstice is as big as the year.

Most of the ordinary people in Jinling City celebrate the festival at home. The snow did not stop, the streets were cold and windy, and only a few business travelers and travelers who braved the snow walked around the city.

Chu Tianxiu and Zu'er were walking on the streets of Changle, and he soon saw a tall and magnificent Hongmen Inn.

Speaking of this Hongmen Inn, it is also famous in Jinling City, and it is the property of the descendants of Xiangzhuang. The descendants of Xiang Zhuang often call the "Hongmen Banquet" is the turning point of Emperor Taizu Xiang Yu's hegemony, so he named his own inn after it.

Nearly 100 years after the establishment of the Great Chu Dynasty, famous literati lived in Jinling City, and they would leave a commemorative memory of the ink treasure in this inn, so it attracted many vassal and elegant people to gather here for a banquet.

Although it was a winter night, the hall of the Hongmen Inn was brightly lit, gathering some business travelers and scribes who had not returned home and lived in Jinling City.

The voices of the people are boiling, groups of three or five are calling friends, exchanging cups, jokingly talking about several major events that have happened in Jinling City recently, like what kind of imperial court year, the little faint marquis is in the red, so lively.

"That's it! Let's go, go buy a glass of warm wine to warm up. ”

Chu Tianxiu was overjoyed and pushed the door into the inn.

Walking on the snow, a cold wind whistled into the hall.

The hall of the Hongmen Inn was originally full of people, and all the guests were frozen by the cold wind, and when they turned their heads to see people coming late at night, they suddenly stopped abruptly.

"Hey, little dusk!"

"Didn't he be rewarded with a holy decree by the emperor and sent to the Pingwang Mansion to be his son-in-law? Why did you come to Hongmen Inn in the middle of the night!"

The merchants and travelers held their breath one by one, their faces all showed strange expressions, and they didn't want to provoke this number one gentleman in Jinling.

"Could it be that the little dusk marquis couldn't stay angry in the Pingwang Mansion, and brought a beautiful maid to the guest house?!"

"Haha, I didn't expect this big gentleman to have this fate!"

"It's a good time to taunt him!"

But the groups of Confucian scribes were extremely bold, looking at each other, their eyes were full of playfulness, ready to "go to war"!

The reputation of Xiao Duhou in the Jinling Imperial City is too loud, mixed with the world, no one can control it, so that no one in the city knows, and the child smells the color change, and it is one of the little ancestors who have the most headache for Yin in Jinling Mansion.

But the Confucian students in Jinling City are not afraid, they are all natural guardians, as long as they meet Xiao Duhou on a narrow road, they will definitely start a scolding war.

I only hate that Xiao Duhou is thick-skinned, can carry scolding, and has extremely strong combat effectiveness, and they rarely can take advantage of anything.

Today, the emperor suddenly issued a holy decree to degrade the faint marquis into the palace of the prince, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the market were all excitedly discussing this matter, as if they were going to recruit a son-in-law.

"Oh, are you talking about me? I'm here to listen, and you go on! ”

Chu Tianxiu smiled at the guests and literati in the inn, and picked an empty table in the hall and sat down.

At the door of the inn just now, he vaguely heard the discussion in the hall, mixed with a lot of "how is the little dusk marquis, how is the emperor", and he couldn't hear it clearly.

He didn't care.

The marquis's entry into the redundant is an unprecedented thing, and it is normal for this matter to cause a lot of discussion among the people.

No one is talking about it, but it's strange.

Chu Tianxiu rubbed his hands and feet that were about to freeze, and said to the big shopkeeper at the front desk of the inn: "Shopkeeper, this little marquis is resting in your store tonight." Give Ben Xiaohou a table of good dishes and a pot of hot wine! ”

The big shopkeeper of Hongmen Inn is a side branch of the Xiang Zhuang family.

For some reason, he was very unhappy when he saw Xiao Duhou, stepped forward and bowed his hand, and said politely and coldly:

"Little Hou Ye, the old dusk marquis used to entertain guests in this store, and he paid thousands of taels of silver on credit. You are now the son-in-law of the Ping Wangfu, and it is not easy for the little one to ask you for this credit. ... However, whether you want to stay in a small shop tonight, drink wine and eat meat, you must pay in cash, and you will not pay on credit! ”

Chu Tianxiu was stunned.

The old dusk marquis took a thousand taels of silver on credit at the Hongmen Inn?

Must be cashed?!

I couldn't help but instinctively reach out and touch my waist.

His heart pounded.

Xiao Duhou goes out as if he never brings money? It's all minions carrying big silver bags on their backs, and sprinkling silver behind their butts!

Chu Tianxiu glanced back at Zu'er.

Why are you still stunned?

Pay for it!

Isn't paying the bill a maid's business?

Zu'er suddenly looked aggrieved, and took out the embroidered money bag around her waist for a long time, and finally took it out... Two poor little brass plates came.

She was miserable and cried, "Uncle, I thought you would go home at night to save your relatives, how could you stay in the Hou Mansion for one night." Tomorrow, when you are angry, you will go back to the Pingwang Mansion, and you will come out without any money. ... These two coppers are still leftover from the chestnuts I bought before. ”

The county lord was afraid that his uncle would have money, so he would spend all day drinking outside, and he would not return to the Pingwang Mansion if he was happy, so he had already taken her money away in advance.

The two copper plates fell into the pockets and were not taken away.

Zu'er didn't expect that her uncle would suddenly have a whim and stay at the inn.

It's over, my uncle has lost his face, and Pingwangfu has lost my adult.

Chu Tianxiu took the two copper plates, and his face stiffened.

Xiao Duhou used to use more than one tael of silver, and never used copper plates.

What can you buy for two copper plates?

Buy two small bean sprouts to plug between your teeth?

What to do tonight?

Can you still stay at the guest house?

Chu Tianxiu saw that Zu'er was about to cry, and couldn't bear to talk about her, and sighed in her heart.

The experience of running away from the family and failing!

Xiao Duhou's face is lost here, next time... At least run away from home with tens of thousands of taels of silver to get face back.

"The big shopkeeper has only two copper coins... Can you have a glass of warm wine to keep you warm?! ”

He could only smile helplessly.

"Little Hou Ye, you can only buy a glass of cold wine for two cents!"

Xiang Da's shopkeeper was full of disgust.

However, it has never been easy to receive money from the Duhou Mansion. How many years have passed, and finally received two copper plates from the hands of the little marquis.

"Little Er, give our little marquis a glass of bad wine... Mix more water and don't lose money! ... Without heating, charcoal fire is too expensive. Our store operates on a small budget, and it is a little bit to save a little. Save the interest owed to us by the Duhou Mansion. ”

Xiang Da's shopkeeper took the two coppers in Chu Tianxiu's hand, and shouted loudly, hoping that the whole inn could hear it.

"Cold wine is also wine!"

"Xiang Da shopkeeper is generous! I owe so much money, and if it were me, I would have coaxed him out a long time ago. ”

In the hall, all the merchants and scribes saw that Xiao Duhou was so embarrassed and ridiculed by the big shopkeeper, and they immediately burst into laughter, and they were extremely happy for a while.

Chu Tianxiu glared at everyone, extremely depressed.

Suddenly I miss the modern age!

Order a takeaway for a few dollars at home, and the takeaway brother will work tirelessly to deliver it to the door, and he will politely ask for five-star praise.

Who would dare to show him a face?

Through two thousand years of antiquity, he was actually despised by a group of Tumao. The shopkeeper actually dared to give him a face, and ridiculed the marquis with a gun and a stick.

Bad review!

Tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, nothing more than this!

But right now, under the fence, he and Zu'er still rely on this inn to escape the cold wind... Don't worry about these poor acids for the time being.

Xiao Er quickly came over and dropped a glass of cold wine.

Chu Tianxiu took a small sip, it was cold and light, and the smell of wine couldn't be smelled at all... It's colder, this can't be a glass of cold water, right?

He glanced at the many Confucian scribes in the hall of the inn who were laughing loudly.

I feel unhappy.

But his mind spun quickly, and he soon came up with an idea to use these Confucian students.

In ancient times, Confucian scholars and scribes were all clear streams, and they always boasted of being "pillars of the country" and "upright", and liked to criticize the maladministration of the imperial court and scold traitorous ministers.

A gentleman like Xiao Duhou is the object of their usual scolding.

But he was given marriage by the emperor this time, and he was obviously framed by the traitorous ministers. Perhaps, with the help of the power of these Confucian scholars, they can write a protest to the imperial court.

As long as all the Confucian scholars wrote to persuade them and denounce the traitors, the emperor might understand right and wrong.

As soon as Chu Tianxiu thought of this, he immediately raised his glass and said to the Confucian students: "All Confucian scholars are righteous and moral people. Yesterday, a traitorous minister made a slanderous speech to the emperor, and actually demoted me to a dignified marquis to a son-in-law.

This is the absurd and mediocre thing of the eternal world, and it will definitely leave a stigma in the history books! I also ask you to write to the court with me, and I am willing to ask the Holy Lord to revoke the holy decree, change course, and withdraw the holy order! ”

Chu Tianxiu bowed his hand to the Confucian scholars and said righteously.

Suddenly, a stone smashed into the lake, and the entire inn hall, the Confucian scribes were all boiling, jumping up one by one and glaring angrily, and the scolding war broke out instantly.