Liu Bixian's residence is a suite in the back row of the west wing of the front yard, when the group arrived, the maid Xiaocui was washing clothes at the door, and saw Xu Ying and Fan Tongzhou coming, followed by two sergeants with knives and bows, Xiaocui hurriedly got up to salute, and her water-stained hands hung uneasily on both sides of her skirt to wipe it.

"Miss Xiaocui, is Mr. Liu at home?" Xu Ying looked at Xiao Cui calmly, this girl was sixteen or seventeen years old, with a slender figure and beautiful eyebrows.

"Back to the young grandmother, the old man is out......"

"Where?" Liu Ying asked.

"Today, someone invited the master to Youfeng Tower to have a drink, and the master took Liu Asi to go with him...... "Liu Asi is an old servant that Liu Bixian took with him when he left his hometown and went to Beijing, and Xu Ying recognized it.

"Young grandmother—" Picturesque ran from the aisle of the front row of the house, calling as she ran.

"Young grandma, Xiao Yu's cheap billet ran away......" When she arrived, she didn't care about taking a breath, and bowed down to report to Xu Ying anxiously.

"Ran away?" Xu Ying's whole body was shocked.

"Yes. After the young grandmother went out with Wang Xiaogongzi just now, the slave and maid inspected the yard, only to find that this cheap billet ran over the wall from the backyard......"

The wall of the General's Mansion is more than a foot high, and there are cornices on the top of the wall, not to mention a woman, even if it is an ordinary strong man, it is not easy to climb over the wall.

"Young grandma, the slave maid went to the backyard to take a closer look......" Ruhua lowered her head, her eyes secretly looked at Xu Ying, and quickly explained.

Xu Ying's face was pale, and she turned her legs and walked in the direction of the inner house.

Fan Tongzhou hurriedly stopped Xu Ying, "Little lady Xu, it's not a big deal to run a woman in the house, let's find Mr. Liu first......"

"Mr. Fan, go find Mr. Liu and tell Mr. Liu that the general will be back soon." Xu Ying blessed Fan Tongzhou, with a little sadness in her eyes.

Under the candlelight, Wang Cheng's hand holding the pen was trembling all the time, and the ink on the pen was crooked and shapeless. The Linglong beside him was also in a trance, with a little uneasiness in his eyes, and he was not as critical and correct as before.

"Sister Linglong......"

"Wang Xiaogongzi ......"

The two screamed almost at the same time.

"There's one thing I want to tell you......"

"There's one thing I want to tell you......"

At the same time, the two of them looked at each other, trying their best to hide the uneasiness in their hearts.

"You speak first."

"You speak first."

"Let's talk about it!"

"The general is gone......"

"The general is not missing ......"

Youfeng Lou is the most famous restaurant in Shunyi City, and the entertainment banquets between officials and wealthy businessmen in the city are mostly carried out here. The layout of the restaurant is a two-storey building in the shape of a hollow square, with a high base and heavy eaves, a spacious building, with a counter and lobby downstairs, and half private rooms and half guest rooms on the upper floor.

The streets are cold and windy at night, but the restaurant is full of spring. The roof is hung high with the silk palace lamp, the wine courtesans sing on the stage with the silk bamboo chanting and singing, the guests on the wine table push the glasses and change the lamps, and occasionally invite the courtesans to sing a song and throw out a few rewards.

Behind the counter in the lobby, a middle-aged shopkeeper wearing a melon skin hat was dialing the abacus, and his thin face couldn't help but have a smile, as if he was still recalling the interesting things he encountered in the afternoon. Seeing Fan Tongzhou walking into the door with a satchel sergeant, the shopkeeper couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and secretly thought in his heart that this matter that should have been handled by the yamen officer, how could it be a sergeant who came? After thinking about it for a while, he was relieved: whose world this Shunyi City is now in the world, it is indeed difficult to say.

"Mr. Fan is here......" the shopkeeper sang, and walked out of the counter with his fists clenched. For this group of students in the city, how can the shopkeeper not know him, and Fan Tongzhou is not a guest, and Fan Tongzhou is also a figure from time to time when officials and businessmen socialize and scholars gather in the restaurant.

"Mr. Fan, ...... are you" The shopkeeper looked at the sergeant with a knife and bow behind Fan Tongzhou, and asked tentatively.

"Shopkeeper Qian, is Mr. Liu here for a banquet?" Fan Tongzhou bowed his hand slightly, and his tone was calm.

"Oh...... Precisely. Mr. Liu ...... in the elegant room upstairs, and the shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief and replied with a smile.

Upstairs, in the private room, more than a dozen people laughed and chattered around a large table. Dishes such as shark fin, shredded rabbit, donkey whip, roast duck, tiger skin meat, and spring cakes spread out on the table show a tempting luster under the illumination of the palace lanterns. At the head of the table sat Liu Bixian, who was smiling and holding a white porcelain wine glass, signaling to the person standing opposite him to toast.

"Mr. Liu, this glass of wine must be toasted to you! This time, the major shops in the city, if it weren't for your care...... "The merchant who toasted was flushed, grinning with a greasy mouth, "Mr. Liu, the little one will do it first!" ”

Tilting his neck and simmering the wine in his cup, the merchant raised the glass upside down, and sure enough, there was not a drop left, and everyone at the table burst into applause.

"Boss Chen has a good reputation." Liu Bixian smiled slightly, "This is all the shadow of General Tuo." With that, he raised his glass and took a sip.

"Also, it is thanks to Lao He's ability. If there is no Lao He's abacus, this thousands of pounds of goods, I'm afraid no one can sort it out......" Liu Bixian didn't forget to lift the county treasury clerk He Rushui.

Everyone at the table echoed the compliments.

The old official laughed a few times, and said: "Where is ......?"

After a tour of wine, the guests and hosts rested for a while, and the flower singing group at the side of the banquet began to play music. The sound of silk and bamboo sounded, and the courtesan gently tapped the board with a red sandalwood clapper, singing softly, and the curling song swirled on the exquisitely painted roof beams, floated across the corridor, flew out of the eaves, and dissipated into the endless night sky.

In the innermost room upstairs, Danying is carved and exquisitely displayed. In the quilt, Xiao Yu, who was showing his fragrant shoulders, supported his head with his hands, looked at the sleeping man beside him, and showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Outside the window, there is a lot of wind and rain, but there is a quiet buried in the room, and a wisp of music floats through the corridor, faintly singing:

The pipa is a song of turmoil

The small courtyard is low back

Leaning on the railing alone

The lover is exchanged for a thousand gold

The wild goose flies south

Lovesick gut

……

In this dreamlike singing, Xiao Xi's thoughts returned to the backyard this afternoon.

After a kiss, Yang Ming looked at Xiao Yu, with infinite tenderness in his eyes.

"You haven't eaten yet, have you? I'll take you to eat......" Looking at Xiao Yu's eyes, Yang Ming muttered.

"I want to eat dragon beard noodles," Xiao Yu blinked, "I want to add meat." ”

Dragon's beard? The kitchen of the General's Mansion didn't do that today.

"I'll take you out to eat......" Yang Ming had an idea.

"Get out? How to get out? Xiao Yu pouted, "Do you want to go to the lobby?" ”

"Hey...... Let me move the bricks again......" Yang Ming smiled at the corner of his mouth.

The northwest corner of the backyard is the back door of the General's Mansion, the pavilion lintel, the inside and outside of the double door are all with wooden bolts and locks, extremely strong, it is not easy to get open. Yang Ming picked up the green bricks and built them horizontally and vertically at the corner of the back door, and after a while, he built up a few steps.

"I'm not going, I'm going to go to the big ......" Before Xiao Wei finished speaking, Yang Ming picked her up horizontally and stepped up the steps.

Xiao Yu was lying in Yang Ming's arms, his body was soft, his hands were softly hooked around Yang Ming's neck, and he only felt that the green trees and green tiles above his head and the blue sky and white clouds were spinning, and the whole person seemed to float up, and his heart flew out like a kite......

"I'll jump first, I'll pick you up below......"

Yang Ming has been trained to skydive, jumping over a four-meter-high wooden jumping platform, and a wall of more than three meters is naturally not a problem. He jumped sideways, rolled forward beautifully, stood up with a grin, stretched out his arms and made a supporting gesture: "Come, I'll pick you up ......"

Xiao Yu squatted on the cornices of the wall, holding the rafters in one hand and the skirt in the other.

"I don't jump, I'm afraid of ......"

In the verandah in the backyard, Xu Ying walked hurriedly, and the sound of footsteps echoed in the silent night, startling the birds in the trees. Ruhua followed closely behind with a lantern, his face was terrified, and he didn't dare to breathe.

In the dim light of the lanterns, the blue brick stairs stretched upwards in a staggered manner until they reached under the cornices of the wall. On the other side of the fence, there are long, narrow alleys, where the silence is all over and the night is deep.

Xu Ying looked at everything in front of her and stood quietly, letting the cold wind blow on her face, and two lines of tears rolled down.

Xiao Yu jumped down from the wall, pounced into Yang Ming's arms like a light bird, and the two fell to the ground together, Yang Ming lay on his back, the white clouds in the sky were rolling, and his heart was full of affection.

The alley behind the General's Mansion is less than six feet wide, with high-walled deep courtyards on both sides, with the General's Mansion to the south and the back of the barracks to the north. Yang Ming and Xiao Yu held hands and walked along the long and lonely alley, this scene couldn't help but remind Yang Ming of the famous lyric poem - unlike in the poem, he is now holding a girl like a lilac.

Approaching the end of the alley, noisy voices came from the mouth of the alley, and in front of him was the bustling North and South Streets, Yang Ming looked down at his iconic camouflage uniform, and felt deeply inappropriate.

"I have to buy a dress first......" he took off his camouflage uniform, not knowing where to put it for a while. Xiao Yu reached out and took it, folded a few folds, untied the placket of the jacket, stuffed the camouflage uniform into it, and his belly grew up all of a sudden.

"Wow, it turns out that kissing can really ......get pregnant," Yang Ming said with emotion. Before the words fell, he snapped his fingers on the head.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was almost no ready-to-wear industry, and the ancients made clothes by buying cloth in the cloth village or asking tailors to do it. However, there are many used clothes sold in the market, and one of the important turnover materials of pawnshops is the old clothes pawned by customers. With so many refugees in Shunyi City at once, the used clothes market suddenly became booming, and even some irrelevant shops were engaged in the sale of used clothes.

Out of the alley, under the surprised eyes of passers-by, Yang Ming took Xiao Yu to find a tailor shop. The tailor's shop had only half a façade and hung a few rolls of fabric, a few new clothes that had been made, and a few old robes. The old tailor stood behind the counter, and when he saw Yang Ming and the others coming, his eyes straightened in surprise.

"Take that robe and try it on me." Yang Ming looked at it and picked out the largest robe.

"Guest officer, this is a new ...... made by someone else" The old man's tone was a little ugly, and he seemed to be very unkind to see these two guests.

"I'll give you money......" Yang Ming reached for his trouser pocket, and a strange expression suddenly appeared on his face.

From the time he crossed over to the present, he hadn't used a penny, and he was standard penniless.

Xiao Yu looked at Yang Ming, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, rolled up his sleeves, took off the silver bracelet on his wrist, and threw it on the counter.

"No, ......no," the old man waved his hands, as if frightened.

"What's wrong? Isn't that silver? Yang Ming asked strangely.

The people on the street came over and circled behind Yang Ming and Xiao Wei, pointing and pointing.

The old man threw his hands at the crowd of onlookers outside and said, "Neighbors, be a witness, trade fairly, and don't involve other ......."

After that, he turned back to Yang Ming and said, "This green cloth jacket is worth four dollars and five cents of silver......

※ A green cloth jacket is worth four dollars and five cents, which is a record of the Ming Dynasty novel "Awakening Marriage", according to the original text, it seems to refer to old clothes.

"Four dollars and five cents is four dollars and five cents, I'm afraid we have two taels of this bracelet......" Yang Ming said impatiently.

The old man picked up the bracelet and weighed it with his hand, looked at it carefully, took out the chisel and chiseled it down, cut it off, and used a scale with a penny, which was exactly four dollars and eight cents.

Putting aside the hammer and the severed bracelet, the old man took out the box from under the counter and counted the coins for change.

"Don't look for it, give me the clothes quickly, there's something ...... to do" Yang Ming urged the old man.

"Why don't you look for it? More than 30 copper coins, you can buy a lot of things. Xiao Yu said.

The old man counted thirty-six copper coins and placed them on the counter.

"Shopkeeper, do you have any champas?" Xiao Wei looked at Yang Ming, "My handkerchief wiped your sweat and got dirty......"

The old tailor turned back and said hello inside, and a girl with pigtails came out with a box of all kinds of champas on the counter.

Xiao Yu picked a white handkerchief.

"Fifteen Wen", the old man quoted the price.

"It's so expensive, the store is cheaper......" Xiao Yu bargained with the store.

"Thirteen texts, a minimum of thirteen texts."

The money and goods were cleared, Yang Ming put on a green cloth jacket, took Xiao Ming's hand and went along the street to find a restaurant, and the crowd behind him chattered.

"Alas, the world is going down...... This monk did not abide by the rules, and he didn't know which family's little daughter-in-law he kidnapped...... And pregnant with a big belly......"

"Let's go to the lieutenant chief and report to the official......"

There is only one possibility for the millimeter short hair on Yang Ming's head in this era, that is, a monk who has not shaved his head for half a month.

In the surprised eyes of everyone on the street, Yang Ming took Xiao Yu all the way, and finally found a clean noodle restaurant to sit down, ordered two bowls of dragon beard noodles, and the two of them ate deliciously.

"Shopkeeper, what kind of meat is in this side?" Xiao Yu picked a few chopsticks noodles, "It tastes good." ”

"Horse meat, fresh horse meat." The shopkeeper said with a smile on his face.

"Horse meat? Where does horse meat come from? Yang Ming felt a little strange, it is said that in this era, people generally eat pork and beef and mutton, and this horse meat is relatively rare.

"Horses are slaughtered every day in this barracks...... The horse meat that was just slaughtered today was stolen by the sergeants and sold......"

Xiao Yu looked at Yang Ming, the corners of his eyes picked, and Yang Ming couldn't help but blush.

Yang Ming knew that in the next battle in Shunyi City, there were many injured horses, and those who could raise them well would continue to serve, and those who could not raise them would be slaughtered and eaten meat. But the sergeant secretly sold horse meat, Yang Ming heard about it for the first time, and it seemed that he had to go back and treat it well.

"Shopkeeper, where is the best inn in the city?" Yang Ming asked.

"Naturally, there is a phoenix tower......