Volume 1 Chapter 2 The Basket of Eggs Incident
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came quickly, and all the crowds in the street immediately flashed to both sides and stood on the side of the road. "Childe, quick, bow your head!" Xiao Tong softly urged Wang Gongzi to say.
"Got it, long-winded." Wang Gongzi said unhappily, and had to lean down, because he had promised Xiaotong before that after he came out, he had to listen to his arrangement in everything, otherwise, he wouldn't want to come out again next time.
The child's real name is Liu Changlin, and his father is Liu Tingwei, the current secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Therefore, the Queen Mother also recognized Liu Tingwei as her godson, and his children and grandchildren can naturally enter and exit the backyard of the palace with their waist cards, of course, they can't move around at will, and they can only go to meet the Queen Mother and the emperor. The emperor saw that Liu Changlin was quite knowledgeable and had the style of his father, so he allowed him to enter the palace to read with the princes. Don't look at the emperor's requirements for the harem, which are charming, lively, and bewitching, but the requirements for the former courtiers are diametrically opposite, the more he can understand the rules and take care of the overall situation, the more he will be pleased.
The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and it turned out to be the ruling Jingo who was responsible for the defense of the capital, and they had the privilege of being given by the Holy Lord, and they could walk freely inside and outside the capital, and if necessary, they could gallop through the streets and the official yamen for 800 miles. In Yunmengguo, ordinary people, from the third-grade officials to the pawns, have special regulations on what to wear and what to ride when they go out, for example, military attaches must ride horses, civil officials must ride sedan chairs, and ordinary people can ride donkeys in sedan chairs; For another example, the prince and grandson can wear brocade clothes and jade belts and silk and satin, but the merchants must wear cloth clothes and rough clothes on foot. On the street, whether riding a horse or sitting in a sedan chair, you must walk through the official yamen, let alone gallop through. That's why when people hear the sound of horses' hooves, they know to take a quick refuge, because no one can whip their horses on the street except the Holy Governor.
Zhijinwu has always been under the control of Concubine Shu's father, on call 24 hours a day, for the Holy Lord's dispatch at any time, and often do some private affairs for the emperor, such as the urgent transportation of fresh and tender lychees from the south to the palace to the Holy Lord's favored little lord in summer, and the urgent escort of precious and warm fox fur mink from the northern grasslands to the harem concubines in winter. Therefore, Concubine Shugui's favor in the palace has a certain relationship with Zhi Jinwu's always clean and neat work and good at greeting people.
The sound of the horse's hooves was getting closer and closer, and when it was too late, I saw an old man who was dressed plainly and had just come out of a shop selling eggs, and he didn't know why he didn't hear the sound of the horse's hooves, and he couldn't dodge, and was whipped down by the leader of the Jinwu, and the poor basket of eggs instantly fell to the ground, and all of them were broken into a puddle of yellow and white things.
"You don't walk long! Tell you to go sideways! Tell you to delay your time! The leader of the leader, Zhi Jinwu, slapped the old man's face and body several times before viciously leading the group away.
"It's so hateful, if you break someone's eggs and don't apologize, forget it, why are you still beating people on the street?!" Wang Gongzi quickly ran to the other side of the road, wanting to help the old man, but Liu Changlin had to follow.
The old man sat down on the ground, not busy checking the wounds on his body and arms, but he looked around and cried loudly. "Uncle, does it hurt?" Wang Gongzi picked up the old man and prepared to send him to see Langzhong.
"Oh my God! How is this good for me? "The old man is still crying loudly, and he doesn't want to go to the medical office." The family is still waiting for eggs to make a banquet, and this is gone...... Woo woo ...... "Under the comfort of Liu Changlin and Wang Gongzi, the old man successively said the reason behind the matter: it turned out that today is the 100th day of the daughter-in-law giving birth to her grandson, according to the custom, a 100-day banquet will be held, the old man's family is poor, and he got up in the morning and went to the street government to open a voucher with his own salary, and received 100 eggs with the ticket as the main dish of the birthday banquet. Because of the happiness in my heart, and because I have been too busy recently, the salary for 100 eggs was earned by the old man who had recently gotten up early and worked late to repair a long pavilion for the government to receive foreign envoys, and did carpentry for 10 days. Last night, the pavilion was just completed, and I received the salary and exchanged it for a voucher for the purchase of 100 eggs, but now the voucher is used up, but the eggs are gone, and the 100-day banquet at home cannot be held. When I thought of going home and couldn't make a deal, where could the old man care about whether it hurt or not, whether the wound bleed, just the broken eggs on the ground with a heartache.
Hearing this, Wang Gongzi and Liu Changlin looked at each other, they don't have this certificate, what should they do? "Changlin, it's your turn." Wang Gongzi squeezed his eyebrows at Liu Changlin and said.
"What? Why am I again? Liu Changlin shouted involuntarily. Damn Prince Zhao (note: The thirteenth prince of Yunmengguo, the only son of the queen of the dynasty, every time something happens, he asks Liu Changlin to find a way). Liu Changlin muttered in his heart, looked around, and after identifying the direction, Liu Changlin and Wang Zizhao helped the old man to another market.
Suzaku Street in Yunmengguo is divided into East Market and West Market. The East Market was a market for the Imperial Palace and dignitaries, while the West Market was a market for low-ranking officials and ordinary people. First, it is easy to manage, and secondly, it also prevents idle people from taking the opportunity to mix into the East Market, in case they do anything to the goods in the East Market, then whether it is a merchant or an official in charge, they will not be able to eat and walk away.
When he came to the gate of Dongshi, Liu Changlin asked Wang Zizhao to accompany the old man to stand in front of the archway and wait, and he went in to buy eggs alone. After about half an hour, Liu Changlin had already walked out with a basket of eggs in his hand. "I knew you had a way." Wang Zizhao handed the egg to the old man, and the old man thanked him and left. I don't know why, looking at the back of the old man who walked away, Wang Zizhao remembered the storyteller's story again: "The front of the high temple is full of all kinds of items...... People can tell the stall owner what they need, and then use the money to buy what they need......"
Yunmengguo is not without currency, but these currencies must go to the government and exchange them for vouchers with the government's measurement method to buy what they need.
"Hey, what are you in a daze, it took me a lot of effort to get the eggs from a cook who was familiar with my father, why didn't you even say a word of thanks. Ungrateful! Liu Changlin looked at Wang Zizhao who was in a daze and complained dissatisfiedly.
"Okay, okay, thank you for your help, Xiaosheng is polite." Wang Zizhao said with a hippie smile. He knew that Liu Changlin was only scheming with him on the surface, but in fact, he had never taken it to heart. As soon as I looked up, I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the servant dress Liu Changlin was wearing, in order to get out of the palace today, in fact, Liu Changlin took his clothes to Wang Zizhao to change into, and he was wearing the clothes of a subordinate.
"Let's go, go back to the palace, it should be the envoy of Taibai Country who has arrived." Wang Zizhao put his hand on Liu Changlin's shoulder, and the two began to walk in the direction of the palace.