Chapter 50: Encounter

Hearing Li You's shout, Hamid returned to the guest room and asked, "Old Li, what's the matter?" ”

Li You said: "Wait a minute, you sit down and drink some tea first, and I'll talk about it after I've finished painting." It turned out that he had been thinking about roasted sweet potatoes, roast beef with potatoes and chili peppers, a must-have killer weapon for foodies.

Legend has it that Columbus brought these things back after he discovered the American continent, but Columbus was only an official historical figure, and before Columbus, there may have been people who visited the American continent.

Li You thought to himself that if he was looking for cumin anyway, he might as well look for it by the way, maybe he could find these plants. Besides, there are many possibilities, such as birds bringing seeds of plants, or these things are originally available in Persia and other places, but no one pays attention to them.

Soon after, Li You drew the plant forms of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and peppers, and asked Hamid if he had seen it, and Hamid shook his head, saying that he was not impressed.

Li You was a little disappointed, but he didn't give up and said, "Lao Ha, your people will leave tomorrow, and I will send someone to follow your people." ”

After Hamid left, Li You searched for the types of food and plants in the regions that passed through the Silk Road, selected a batch of plants suitable for cultivation in the Tang Dynasty, and drew an atlas with carefully marked the characteristics of plant seeds and storage methods. Then the panther was called.

Li You said: "Black Panther, you are steady, I have a big event to let you go to Persia now, this trip is very hard, maybe there is danger, do you dare to take a trip?" ”

The panther said: "Please give the prince's command, the villain will never give up." ”

Li You said: "Don't mention anything dead or alive, if you die, there will be a fart if you go." You live well, just bring back what I want. With that, he handed the picture book he had drawn to the Panther.

The panther solemnly took the atlas into his arms and asked, "When will the villain leave?" ”

Li You said: "You bring a few guards who can fight, bring more money, go to Lao Ha tomorrow morning, and go with his people." Remember, if it can't be done, you have to come back alive. ”

The black panther was very moved and said, "Don't worry, the villain will definitely complete the task." After saying that, Da Yi walked out.

"Make a good wish and work hard to achieve it, and life will be vivid and meaningful." Li You muttered to himself.

"Lord Wang, you said it so well, is this also a proverb? The slave and the maid are to copy it down. The magpie asked in surprise.

Li You smiled and said: "Follow the good people to learn the good people, and follow the witch to dance the great god." I followed Lao Ha and learned to speak proverbs. Then he said, "Magpie, shall I write it for you?" ”

The magpie shook his head with a smile and said, "Lord, it's not the slave who said you, you can write that handwriting...... It's good, but it's better for the slave to come by herself. ”

Li You laughed: "You little girl, how dare you belittle my calligraphy?" ”

The largest shop in the West Market is only 30 square meters, which is just a sales window, and the goods and residences of the merchants are all in the residential squares around the West Market.

Hamid lives in Guangdefang, east of the West Market, where the orphanage founded by Xiao Wanyu is located. This guy likes Chang'an, and the yard where he lives is not rented, but bought. The yard is not small, covering an area of almost three acres, with three houses in it, and a small garden.

This afternoon, Li You was idle and bored, and took the white tiger out to Guangdefang to find Hamid. When he arrived near Xishi, he said: "Baihu, you go to Xishi to inform Lao Ha, and I will go directly to his house to wait for him." ”

After the white tiger left, Li You rode his horse to Guangde Fang, and when he entered the gate, two purple-clothed young men on horseback came out, extremely handsome. Li You felt that these two sons were very eye-catching, and he inevitably glanced at them.

The two teenagers felt Li You's gaze, glanced at him, and felt that the young man in Tsing Yi looked quite passable, but his behavior was a little impolite, so one chin was slightly raised, and the other turned his face slightly to the side and walked away.

At the moment of passing by, Li You, a foodie's dog nose, smelled a unique fragrance of a girl.

"It turned out to be two Nizi, no wonder they are so handsome." Li You said suddenly.

The two purple-clothed young men were Xiao Wanyu and Du Mei, and they went out of the gate and stopped, as if they were waiting for someone.

Du Mei smiled: "Sister Wanyu, I don't want to go out with you, even if you wear men's clothes, you are so beautiful." Not only men want to look at you, but even women like to see you. ”

Xiao Wanyu smiled: "Don't keep talking about me, you are also handsome in men's clothes." ”

At this moment, a carriage came. The carriage came to a halt before them. A businessman jumped out of the carriage and said to them: "Lady of the Xiao family, the villain has sent the children's summer clothes that you customized. It's the first time I've been here, and I'm sorry for you to lead the way. ”

Du Mei said, "Okay, you can just follow us." After speaking, he walked towards the workshop with Xiao Wanyu.

As soon as I walked through two rows of houses, I saw thick smoke billowing in front of me, and then I heard many people shouting: "Go to the water, come quickly!" ”

Xiao Wanyu and Du Mei were both taken aback, worried that something had happened to the orphanage, so they hurriedly beat their horses and ran in the direction of the fire.

Soon, they rushed to the accident site, and when they saw that it was not an orphanage, they breathed a sigh of relief, and then their hearts became entangled again.

The fire started in a two-story building near the fence.

The building structure of the Tang Dynasty was mainly civil engineering, and the base and wall were generally cast of rammed earth, and the other parts were made of wood. Such a structure is most afraid of fire, and once it catches fire, it will soon spread.

At this time, the fire was already very large, and the flames came out of the doors and windows downstairs, forcing the people who were fighting the fire to leave far away. A woman's cry for help came from the second floor, as well as the cry of a child.

This is, several Wuhou rushed over.

The security of Chang'an was in charge of the city, and Jin Wuwei set up a Wuhou shop on the street, which was equivalent to a police station, and the soldiers inside were called Wuhou. Another function of Wuhoupu is the fire brigade.

The warriors were brave, and one of them had a blanket over his head and poured water on it, and rushed towards the gate. He had just reached the door, and with a "bang", a pillar fell from inside, smashed on his shoulder, knocking him to the ground.

Several Wuhou hurriedly rescued him. The fire was raging out of the doorway, and it was impossible to get close at all.

By this time, the fire had spread upstairs, and the woman's voice was gone.

"It's over." The hundreds of neighbors who rushed to put out the fire around them, as well as the Wuhou people, were helpless.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "Look! ”

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a young man in Tsing Yi standing on horseback, going up to the fence of the street, jumping from the fence, and pounced on the eaves nearly two meters away.

Everyone's hearts suddenly became entangled, hoping that he could succeed.

I saw the young man leap up high and grab the eaves with both hands.

"Good!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, the young man's body swung because of the momentum, and his right hand suddenly broke away from the eaves.

"Yikes!" The crowd exclaimed.

The young man swung his left hand a few times, and with his right hand he reached out and grabbed the eaves again. Then, with the force of his hands, he pulled his body up and stepped up with his legs.

"Okay!" The crowd cheered.

"Great!" Xiao Wanyu and Du Mei had long been attracted, their hearts were clenched tightly, and they couldn't help but scream until the young man went up to the roof.

At this time, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the roof was already covered in thick smoke. The boy grabbed the placket of his shirt with his hand, covered his mouth and nose, and rushed into the smoke.

At this time, the people downstairs gathered more and more, and there were hundreds of them, but everyone remained silent, staring closely at the fire and smoke, hoping to see the figure of the young man appear again.

Minute by minute, ten, twenty seconds, and still no one was seen.

Then another pillar fell, and the room shook and shook.

"Oops." There was a pang of regret in everyone's hearts.

Xiao Wanyu closed her eyes and didn't dare to look at it anymore.

"It's out, look, it's out!" Someone shouted excitedly.

Xiao Wanyu opened her eyes and saw the figure of the young man on the roof, carrying a woman on his shoulders and a child in his arms, and came to the edge of the eaves.

At this moment, the roof shook violently and slowly fell. The boy made a quick decision, jumped hard, and jumped onto the wall.

The roof collapsed!

"Yes, yes!" The audience applauded thunderously.

Xiao Wanyu and Du Mei's palms were already sweaty, and their palms were red. They had already recognized him as the boy they had met at the gate, and at this time, they didn't have any annoying feelings about him.

The martial marquis came to the wall one after another and took the mother and son and the boy down.

The boy was surrounded by a crowd of people who wanted to know his identity. The Wuhou team was asking, "Excuse me, son, who is in your mansion?" ”

The young man's face was covered with soot, he couldn't see clearly, opened his mouth, showed his white teeth and said, "Don't ask this, hurry up and save people, and deal with the scene." ”

At this time, a martial marquis said: "Lord Zheng, the child is fine, the woman is no longer good." ”

The Wuhou team was asking, "Does anyone know this woman?" ”

An old man came out and said, "My lord, this woman is a widow, her husband died when his family was fighting the Turks in his early years, and it is not easy for orphans and widows." Now, this child is the only one left, alas...... Poor thing. ”

Team Zheng obviously dealt with this kind of thing often, and said, "Take the child back first and report it to Jingzhao Mansion to deal with it." ”

Xiao Wanyu and Du Mei glanced at each other, nodded to each other, and came out and said, "Master Team, leave this child to us to deal with." ”

The team knew them and said happily: "That dare is good, this child is blessed." Xiao Niangzi and Du Niangzi, there will be labor for you, and the villain will handle the formalities of the government. ”

"Xiao Niangzi, Du Niangzi, good people." Many people in the crowd knew them and greeted them.

The young man in Tsing Yi looked at the two beauties curiously. Seeing that there was nothing to do with him again, he walked towards his horse.

The Wuhou team hurriedly stopped him and said, "This son, please leave your name and surname, so that I can report to Shangguan and apply for a commendation for my son." ”

"Yes, yes, please leave your name and surname." Everyone said.

"It's not enough to worry about it, and the reward will be waived." The young man in Tsing Yi said.

At this moment, a young man separated the crowd, carefully identified the young man, and cried "wow": "Lord Wang, you are fine, it's okay." Wow. ”

"Lord Wang?" Everyone was stunned all of a sudden, and the scene was silent.