Zhao Xingde used to know the history of the Song Dynasty, only a few people such as the white-faced Qin Hui, Jingzhong Yue Fei, and the brave general Han Shizhong.

The big man who has been admired for a long time is in front of him, Zhao Xingde immediately stopped his cup and got up, pushed open the pavilion door and walked out, Chen Dong, Zhang Bing and other students were afraid that he would suffer a loss by theorizing with others, so they also got up and followed him.

The sound came from the scattered seats on the ground floor, and the scholars looked down against the railing, only to see a fierce-looking officer pressing a fat breasted ~ buttocks old ~ bustard on the table, he rolled up his sleeves and smashed his fist on the woman's face, banging, until the nose and tears were bleeding, mixed with fat powder eyebrows, and the flower face just seemed to open a soy sauce shop.

The old ~ bustard is also fierce, his nose is already blue and his face is swollen, and he is still screaming and scolding. There were several idlers standing nearby, showing their tattoos, but they were afraid to step forward because of the officer's fierce spirit. Next to her, there was a singer in a red dress with a waist who was looked at by the three turtle princes with an anxious look. There are more and more crowds watching the excitement outside.

Meng Yuan used to mingle with a group of nobles in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, born with a good-looking and lively habit, immediately ran downstairs to find someone to inquire about the ins and outs of this dispute, and it didn't take long for him to come up, and said to Zhao Xingde and others: "The beating soldier is a good friend of the girl next to him, and recently made a small fortune, planning to redeem the girl, who knows that the old ~ bustard saw that he actually got the money, and he repented about it, and immediately increased the price of the redemption tenfold, and the two sides argued, and the military man was angry, so he started to do it." He said with his eyebrows fluttering, and as he spoke, he looked down the street, muttering, "The backer of this Gonglou is Li Bangyan, and when the officials of Kaifeng Mansion arrive, it will be even more enjoyable." ”

Zhao Xingde muttered while carefully looking at the situation downstairs, although the officer seemed rude, he was measured, and his fist hit the old ~ bustard was only a flesh wound, and did not take her life, the old ~ bustard also seemed to have no fear, while crying and shouting, all kinds of tricky and vicious curses were endless, although the idlers next to him did not dare to step forward, but they all shouted loudly. "Kill the Iron Cavalry!" "Someone's killed!" "Let's do it together!" "Grab someone!" One after another, some stood on tiptoe and looked out, as if waiting for help. And the red-dressed singer's expression became more and more nervous, and she opened her mouth several times to tell the man to leave quickly, but the beaten old ~ bustard became more and more arrogant, relying on the military man who did not dare to ask for her life, and when she arrived, her mouth was full of threatening words.

Seeing that the situation seemed to be becoming more and more unfavorable to the soldier, Zhao Xingde had become a difficult situation to ride a tiger, so he secretly breathed a sigh and shouted loudly: "Stop!" "Step by step, go downstairs. The officer saw that someone was persuading him, looked up at him, Zhao Xingde smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Forgive me, general, peace should be valued in everything, little Zhao Xingde, can you be a peacemaker for the two families?" ”

Han Shizhong spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm on the face of the old ~ bustard, and shouted: "It's easy to talk about peace, let this old slut follow the previous promise, and let me redeem myself for Hongyu!" ”

The old ~ bustard suddenly cried and grabbed the ground, "Thieves and robbers, 1,500 yuan is about to take away the girl with a red card, you might as well kill me." The officer's hand loosened a little, and she fell to the ground, and rolled around.

Han Shizhong beat her just now because he was just angry, but now that he calmed down, he didn't bother to pick up this old woman from the ground and beat her again, but he was unwilling to give up, he only stared at a pair of bull's eyes, looked at the old ~ bustard viciously, and looked at the few idle men and turtles around him viciously, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he was panting heavily, as if he was a trapped beast.

Zhao Xingde sighed slightly, Bianjing Seventy-two Zhengdian, every family has a backstage, the backer of this Gonglou is the privy deputy envoy Li Bangyan, Han Shizhong wants to forcibly take people away from here, unless he is left behind, it is absolutely impossible. He pondered for a moment, and said to the old ~ bustard: "The red jade girl has a strong temperament, if you forcibly separate the two of you, I am afraid that you will have both people and money." ”

What he said was in the heart of the old ~ bustard, who was still splashing on the ground, so he sat up and weighed the gains and losses. Even Hongyu was stunned, although she had the idea of seeking death, but she had never met Zhao Xingde, how could this person not only speak to help, but also seemed to know a little about herself, thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Zhao Xingde more.

"Tell me the real price, how much money does it cost to redeem oneself? If Brother Han doesn't have enough money, I can still make up for it, instead of dying and breaking the net, why not be an adult? Zhao Xingde stared at the eyes of the old ~ bustard, and said word by word: "After this village, there is no such shop!" ”

The old ~ bustard's eyes rolled, looking at Zhao Xingde and a group of Confucian students behind him for a while, and looking at the red jade that bit her lips white, and turned to Han Shizhong, Han Shizhong glared viciously, as if he wanted to kill his eyes, stabbing the old ~ Bustard's body shrank, she didn't dare to look directly at everyone's eyes, and finally said: "The old body bought this child for a lot of money, and what she has eaten over the years is the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and she wears silk and satin, and asked Mr. to teach her to know books and etiquette, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the cost is really a lot, If the prince took pity on the two of them, he would have paid the 15,000 yuan of redemption money. ”

"Fifteen hundred guan said yes, you should be a fart!" Not only Han Shizhong scolded angrily, but Zhao Xingde also had a look in his eyes, to this point, this old ~ bustard will not let the price, is it really impossible to admit money or fate? At this time, Meng Yuan also leaned over and whispered in Zhao Xingde's ear: "Yuan Zhixiu wants to be deceived by her, this red jade was not a red card girl, but now in the market, it is only five thousand yuan to buy a virgin who is beautiful and well-versed in literature and ink as a concubine." ”

Zhao Xingde hesitated for a while, the scene cooled down, and the idler next to him began to coax, and even the turtle slave shouted uncleanly: "My girl, how much you sell is wishful thinking, you can't afford the money, don't take care of this idle matter as soon as possible!" ”

Hongyu's face darkened slightly, she only knew that Gonglou's backing was extremely hard, even if Han Shizhong was an officer of the forbidden army, if he wanted to come hard, he would definitely not be able to please him, and she was in a hurry, only to hear Zhao Xingde shout angrily: "Shut up!" He turned to Chen Dong and the others and said: "I hit it off with Brother Han and this red jade girl at first sight, and I was moved by compassion, but it's a pity that I am shy in my pocket, and now I can only get a thousand yuan, can you help me, everyone got together and collected all the money for redemption, even if it was borrowed by me Zhao Xingde, it will be returned in the future!" ”

The scholars looked at each other, and said in their hearts that Zhao Xingde only met with this soldier today, no matter how he saw each other, it was impossible to repay him tens of thousands of dollars. If Zhao Xingde was originally worth a lot of money, it would be easy to say, but he was able to take out a thousand yuan, which has already made everyone fall through the glasses. Meng Yuan said in his heart, isn't it that Yuan Zhi saw that the military man was beating people and fighting happily, so he made a friend first, and then asked him to solve the trouble in the future? He has always been a person from all over the world, and he also thinks about it, so he took out two hundred guanjiao from his body, and said with a smile: "The little brother has always had a hole under the money bag, and it is forbidden to accumulate wealth. ”

Several other scholars saw that someone was taking the lead, and they also helped one after another, but 15,000 guan was really a huge amount of money, and the scholars made up and made up, and only beat more than 2,000 guan, plus 1,000 guan of virtue, Han Shizhong originally had 1,500 guan, a total of less than 5,000 guan silver. The official of Kaifeng Mansion finally arrived at this time, and the old ~ bustard saw that everyone couldn't make up the money, and his arrogance became more and more arrogant, and he kept saying that he wanted to drive Han Shizhong out of the store.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Chen Dong asked Xingde in a low voice: "Yuan Zhi, you met this military man for the first time, why did you make such efforts to stand up for him?" Zhao Xingde replied: "It seems that the red breeze is running at night, and the bearded guest and Li Zhang have never met, but they are just sympathetic to each other." Chen Dong was stunned for a moment and said in a low voice: "I see, I hope this military man is really a hero like Li Jing." After speaking, he raised his head and said loudly: "Slowly," he said and took out a jade pendant from his arms, shook it in the light, the color was pure white, the whole body was crystal clear, it was the best jade, and now it was cool and good gold and stone, so that the price of jade in Beijing has been soaring, and the best jade in the jade is a priceless thing, and the value of this jade pendant should be more than 10,000 yuan, "Mother Li, this jade pendant is a quality, and allow me to turn around for a few days, and then send the money, do you think it is good?" ”

That old ~ bustard's face changed, the Chen family is a maritime merchant on Fujian Road, Chen Dongku is easy to travel, and he has also spent a lot of money in Gonglou, if not, he Lao Tzu will not cut off his financial route, and he will report the money spent every month. If you don't accept this jade pendant as a hostage, everyone present is afraid that they will not take a break easily, and the old ~ bustard's face was cloudy and uncertain for a moment, and finally relented: "With Chen Gongzi's words, it is okay, and after a few days, the silver money will be ready, and the prince will take the red jade away." ”

"It's a deal!"

Zhao Xingde was worried that the old ~ bustard would go back on his word again, and asked the idle man to find a pen and paper, and set up a word on the spot, and asked the public of Kaifeng Mansion and the neighborhoods to do the certification, so he and Han Shizhong and others went out of Gonglou. Han Shizhong was favored by others in vain, and his face was not very good-looking, so he only said that he would return the amount of money owed to several scholars in the future, so he hurriedly left.

"Today's matter, thank you Shaoyang for your help!"

Chen Dong stood up and watched Han Shizhong's back disappear into the Qulu market in Bianjing, and sighed: "Although there are only a few words, I know that he must not be a person who has lived below people for a long time. "How to make money, but he didn't say a word, although he is quite tight on weekdays, but when it comes to real money, there are always some ways that Zhao Xingde does not have.

At this time, the Gonglou was still in a mess, the tables, chairs and dishes that Han Shizhong had broken and overturned were everywhere, the servants kept cleaning up their hands and feet, and the old ~ bustard with a blue nose and swollen face only hid in a room in the backyard with a few henchmen in the housekeeper, and found a few eggs and tea cakes and the like to cover her face over and over again, she also thought she was a beauty when she was young, and after being an old ~ bustard, she climbed Li Bangyan as a backer, and she was arrogant and arrogant, and now she was beaten by Han Shizhong, and the resentment in her heart can be imagined.

"I didn't expect that Chen Gongzi would be willing to be the unjust man, fifteen thousand, it's enough to buy a hundred clever little girls, is it possible to make that red jade good?"

"Even if he gives ten times the amount of silver, it will be difficult to resist today's humiliation, and it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred of the old man's body!"

"However, the deed written in black and white, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion are all witnesses."

"Lord Li once asked us to prepare a group of girls to go to Hebei to camp to treat those bian'er on the border, the old man originally only planned to find some stupid and ugly fillers, hum, now send the red jade over! This is the king's order, even if it is Kaifeng Mansion Yin, he can't stop it. There was a hint of resentment in his voice, and even the few stewards next to him shuddered.

The night is getting darker and deeper.

In the White Jade Palace, the official Zhao You woke up in a burst of coolness, after the ministers retreated, Zhao You felt a little sleepy, so he did not go to the concubine's bedroom, but rested directly in the bedroom of the vertical arch hall, he looked out of the window, the white window ridge paper clearly reflected a black figure, looking at the silhouette is the squad guard on duty, although it is late at night, the figure is still straight, "So diligent, I want to encourage him well." Zhao You's sleepiness had already dissipated, so he simply got up in his clothes and slowly pushed the door out. When the guard heard the sound, he turned around, so much to Zhao You's surprise, it was actually the commander of the imperial shift, the envoy of the Wukang Army, Zhu Bernard, who personally guarded outside his bedroom.

"Bocai, you are also a second-grade master, a person who is nearly fifty years old, why are you still on duty in person?"

"The old minister didn't feel sleepy, so he simply came to watch the night for the official's family, and the old minister was there, and the official family just had to rest peacefully."

"Alas, if my courtiers were as loyal as you, I would have peace of mind, and the world would be peaceful."

"By the way, Bocai, I heard that you have an unmarried daughter, who is well educated, and has a good reputation in the capital."

"Your Majesty has praised it! It's all disciplined by Neiko, and speaking of which, thank Your Majesty for the marriage. ”

"Both of your daughters are married to my sons, but unfortunately they have not been made concubines, and I have never been happy in my heart. The day before yesterday, the prince came to ask me to marry you, an unmarried girl, as a concubine, I didn't immediately agree to him, and when he came back from Hebei, after experience, if he is really a person who can entrust the Great Song Dynasty, he will make the grievances work hard, and he will serve the world for my Great Song Dynasty in the future. ”

"The ministers are all given by His Majesty, and everything is according to the orders of the officials."

Outside the window, several jackdaws chirped, a few branches swayed, and the waning moon gradually sank in the west, and the night deepened. The Bianjing market, which has no curfew, is gradually quieting down, and even the hardest street vendors have begun to close their stalls.

Zhao Xingde of Taixue Huazhang Zhai House tossed and turned, unable to sleep, it seems that a lot of things have happened today, and it is like a floating cloud, nothing has happened, and finally after a few rooster crows, he gradually sank into a dream.