In the third year of Datang Tianbao, a breeze blew through Jinshui Town, Yangzhou Prefecture, blowing the small wine banner under the eaves of the tavern. A withered yellow leaf, swaying, swaying towards the tavern counter.

The tavern proprietress Widow Zhao stretched out her hand to pick up the dead leaf, played with it for a while, and glanced at the seat in front of the window with a resentful look.

On weekdays, there is always a head with a head in the seat, wearing a navy blue round-necked narrow-sleeved robe, looking polite and polite, and the owner of the white and clean medical hall is far away. Order a few side dishes, drink two or two small wines, sneak a few glances at the graceful Widow Zhao, and then sit upright without squinting. made Widow Zhao angry and annoyed, but her heart was pounding, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.

Beauty is like a flower, but also afraid of old age and youth. She was only twenty years old, and after four years of widowhood, she was upset and moved.

Glancing at a well-dressed and beautiful girl on the seat, she was concentrating on eating a bowl of cheap soup cakes. Widow Zhao touched her cheek in a trance, thinking that today was the day when the market opened in Jinshui Town. Hurriedly ordered the kitchen to cook a few delicate side dishes, and then poured a small pot of farmhouse brew, it was time to deliver lunch to the busy medical hall owner.

After carefully tidying up his appearance, he walked out of the tavern with a bamboo basket, and saw the little beggar and little pig eating a bowl of oily and watery food contentedly. Widow Zhao smiled, waved to the little beggar, and walked briskly towards the medical hall.

The grateful little pig was dizzy, put down the dishes and chopsticks, picked up a broken bamboo pole and followed behind Widow Zhao. If the blind dog thief bullied her and took advantage of her, his little pig would fight with others.

The two walked to the front street one after the other, but found that the noisy crowd at the street was blocked. When I took a closer look, I found that the four brothers of the richest man in the town, Wang Jiaren, Yi, Lizhi and Zhi, were arguing loudly with several young hunters at the foot of Tianmen Mountain.

Although the four brothers of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and wisdom are not the evil young people who run rampant in the township, they dance with guns and sticks on weekdays, laugh and play, and disturb the residents to do a lot of things.

Shaking his head, he didn't want to pay attention to the bastards of a few bastards, only to find that a handsome young scholar was blocked in the corner by a sturdy and swarthy young hunter, and there was a crying little girl squatting next to him.

Widow Zhao was in a hurry, and hurriedly rushed up to protect the young scholar behind her, and shouted at Orion: "Da Hei, what are you doing!" Don't you know that he is the township tribute in the town, do it to him, and be careful that the county lord catches you to play the board. ”

Before Da Hei could reply, he saw the young scholar with his face upturned and seemed to smile: "Just rely on him, does he dare!" ”

Although Da Hei is the leader of this group of young hunters, he has a sturdy body and some hunting skills. But one is afraid of the identity of the scholar of Xianggong, and the other is that he thinks of this road, less than three years after his father came to Jinshui Town to open a medical hall, he insisted on cleaning up the four little bullies of the Wang family who have some martial arts, and he is willing to be a little brother before and after the saddle. Pair yourself with him. Most of the losses are themselves. But with a bad breath in his heart, he couldn't bow down and beg for softness, and he couldn't stop there.

stared at the road, his eyes were red: "I bullied my sister, I won't just forget it." If you have the ability, you will kill me, anyway, I will not let you go. ”

Seeing that Widow Zhao's face became ugly, she felt extremely annoyed when she passed by, and muttered in a low voice: "How can I bully Miss Xiaolian." Obviously, it was Wang Shouren's guy who bought her mountain goods at a high price, and it was endless, so I teased that guy. She started crying and fell in love with me. ”

The crying little girl raised her head, although the tears had not dried, she could not hide her handsome appearance, and said extremely aggrievedly: "How much money he Wang Shouren is willing to pay to buy my mountain goods is his business, and it is not my reason for him to spend so much money." When you say that, as if I have something to do with him, isn't that a ruin in my reputation? After saying that, he cried sadly.

After passing by, he glanced at the young fat man Wang Shouren hatefully, if it weren't for this kid saying that Xiaolian was the most handsome girl in ten miles and eight towns, and she must marry her as a daughter-in-law or something, how could such a thing happen. He was still a little unconvinced and underestimated: "What can Wang Fatzi do, I can't say yet." ”

Widow Zhao covered her mouth when she was on the road, how could this child know that there are some things in the world that can be done but cannot be said. This matter is really going to make a big fuss, and when it was sued to the county, a charge of frivolous speech and slandering people's reputation fell. Although there will be no major crimes, it is really difficult to say whether the title of Xianggong can be kept.

Smiled apologetically at the surroundings: "Don't pay attention to the nonsense of children." His face turned pale, and he looked at the road: "If you don't apologize to Miss Xiaolian, the villagers will be in the past." ”

"Is it enough to ruin people's reputations and apologize? Preparing for the eight ceremonies, it is the truth that the central media is responsible for the final. It's a pity that the two most beautiful flowers in our Jinshui Town are cheaper than the father and son from outside. Looking at the lively grocery store owner Zhao Er, he glanced at Widow Zhao and Miss Xiaolian obscenely, and laughed weirdly.

Miss Xiaolian stopped crying, her face turned red, and she squirmed and hid behind her brother.

"No way!" The voices of the young fat man Wang Shouren and Widow Zhao sounded almost at the same time, one firm and the other anxious.

Seeing everyone's huge eyes, Wang Fatzi timidly took two steps back, staring at Zhao Er with hatred.

Although Widow Zhao was a little annoyed that the matchmaker who came to propose marriage a few days ago was a little proud, she was also vaguely proud in her heart, and tried her best to say in a calm tone: "Now many people should know that the Lu family is not as simple as opening a medical hall in Jinshui Town, but a dignified family of imperial doctors. The old man in the family is now sitting in the Tai Hospital to see a doctor for the royal family, and that is a figure that the county lord does not dare to blame. Don't look at the road, now it's just a township tribute, but after a while, I'm going to go back to the capital to study, and when I come out, it's the official master, do you think the daughter of a rural hunter is qualified to be his wife? ”

glanced around, and said euphemistically: "Everyone is a folk, look down and don't look up, why make such an unpleasant fuss for some trivial things." Let's get out of the way, forget about the crime, everyone goes and goes their own way, so let's disperse. ”

Feeling that his sister's hand was grasping his own faint pain, Da Hei's face was a little distorted, and he covered his sister's head and whispered: "Forget it, sister!" Our family is not worthy of him, and we can't afford to offend his family, so let's talk about it. ”

"This hasn't married into the Lu family yet, so I look down on my neighbors." Zhao Er pursed his lips and muttered sourly.

Widow Zhao didn't answer, so she looked at Zhao Er fixedly.

Widow Zhao's husband was killed in battle in the Western Regions, rumored to be to save the life of a general. The general sent a special letter to the county lord to take care of the widow of the Zhao family, but no one in the town dared to provoke her. Although Zhao Er coveted her beauty in his heart, he still avoided her sight after all.

Blinking his eyes to the four brothers of the Wang family, he said coldly: "You bastard boys are getting more and more promising, you don't study hard in the school, but you have learned to flirt with a good woman, see if I don't go to Mr. Xuetang to sue you." ”

The younger Wang Shouli couldn't hold his breath, glanced at the road and a few brothers, and stood up arrogantly: "Aunt Zhao, you are wrong, we didn't do that dirty thing." We're not here to play, we're catching thieves, catching female snitches. ”

Widow Zhao almost laughed angrily, a few bastard boys, and they were about to have a seizure.

Wang Shouyi, the second eldest member of the Wang family, nodded with a serious face: "Last night, our family was hit by a snitch, and Erniang lost fifty taels of private silver, crying so much that she grabbed the sky." After speaking, he sighed "hey", and shook his head with a little adult.

The boss Wang Shouren laughed heartlessly: "Hehe! The snitch not only stole fifty taels of silver from my mother, but also took away the rouge gouache that my father bought in the Ningxiang Pavilion of Yangzhou Mansion. When my brother heard us in the school, he thought that this snitch was mostly a woman, maybe he was still a beautiful female snitch. ”

Seeing that the eyes of several teenagers were about to burst into stars, Zhao Er couldn't help but mock: "A few silly boys, wouldn't that snitch take the rouge gouache and give it to himself." ”

"The stolen rouge gouache is still a man!" Wang Shouren looked at Zhao Er with contempt, and Zhao Er was silent for a moment.

"Let's think about it, this female snitch has just received so much money, and she has met a market in our town, can you bear not to spend money? Most of the copper coins used for trading in the town are used, and how many are used in silver? We're keeping an eye on the market, and maybe the snitch will let us find out. The young fat man talked proudly, but everyone knew that this was not an idea he could come up with.

"Miss Xiaolian is a native of the country, what is the matter with you catching the female snitch and catching her?" Zhao Er glanced at Widow Zhao unwillingly, and began to coax again.

Wang Shouren waved his hand: "Miss Xiaolian naturally has nothing to do with the snitch, it was an accident, don't care!" Don't care. ”

Seeing Widow Zhao's unkind face looking at herself, Zhao Er was a little weak-hearted, and muttered a few words to himself: "Even if you find the girl who makes the money, and the silver is not engraved with the name of your Wang family, do you dare to say that it is your family's silver?" ”

Before Wang Shouren could speak, Wang Shouli jumped out: "Who said that silver does not have the mark of my Wang family, every small piece of silver of my mother has the tooth marks she has bitten." ”

Before Wang Shouli could be triumphant, he was slapped a few times by the brothers. Only then did I realize that I had leaked my mouth, and the matter of catching the female snitch was a soup.

Widow Zhao paused for a while before she realized how dangerous what the teenagers were doing. stared at the road where he shook his head and sighed.

Lu Lu muttered a few words disapprenorantly: "Isn't it just to catch a female snitch, I caught it, it's not a matter of three punches and two feet." ”

Before he had time to talk about the hard way to educate him, he saw Wang Shouzhi, who had been silent, holding a small piece of silver horn in his hand, grabbing the little beggar and the little pig with one hand and shouting loudly: "Wild boar, where did the silver you just secretly throw away come from?" ”

has been happily watching the lively little pigs, after hearing Wang Shouli's words. Subconsciously groped for a small piece of silver horn in his arms, and when he saw the subtle tooth marks on the silver horn, his face turned pale, and his hands trembled involuntarily. looked around, and threw the silver on the ground in an extremely hidden way, but he didn't think about it, but he was discovered by the treacherous Wang Shouzhi.

Under the gaze of everyone, the little pig was almost crushed.

"I didn't steal the silver, I woke up today and found a small piece of broken silver in the bowl, and I put it away in a moment of greed, I really didn't steal it." As soon as he finished speaking, the little pig's legs went weak and he collapsed on the ground.

"Hehe" Zhao Er smiled gloomily: "What was thrown to the wild boar was actually broken silver, it turned out that this snitch was still a thief who robbed the rich and helped the poor." ”

"I stole fifty taels of silver from the Wang family's aunt and threw less than two dollars of silver to the wild boar, this is called robbing the rich and helping the poor? A thief is a thief, and there is no good or bad where there is. Lu glanced at Zhao Er contemptuously, and walked in front of the little pig with a gentle face:

"Little piggy, you have always been timid and vigilant, have you ever seen the appearance of the person who threw you silver?"

The little piggy's wandering eyes swept around, and finally lowered his head and replied softly, "No, I didn't see anything." ”

Seeing Xiao Zhu'er's reaction, he was willing to believe it when he was on the road, and glanced at Wang Shouren.

The young fat man walked towards the little pig with a cruel smile and grabbed him: "Wild boar, if you don't report it, you will be treated as a snitch, you have to think clearly." If you want to die, my brothers have no choice but to arrest you and go to the official. ”

"Stop!" As a crisp voice sounded, a beautiful figure flashed out of the crowd, reaching out and gently pushing on Wang Fatzi's shoulder.

Wang Shouren's chubby body took a few steps back, sat on the ground, looked at the beautiful girl in front of him in amazement, and was speechless.

The girl's face was like frost, she was angry, and pointed to the way: "You are a few evil, not to mention the good family girl for no reason, even the poor little beggar has to bully, and there is no Tianli Wang Fa!" Don't you want to see the officials? Let's go to the official judge! ”

Seeing that things were out of control, Widow Zhao stood in front of the road that suddenly became stupid, accompanied by a smiling face and mud, and secretly kicked Wang Shouzhi.

The brothers stopped the way, and disappeared like a gust of wind.