Night to the third watch, there was a sudden cry outside the house, it turned out that someone died of illness, the shopkeeper sighed, only said that he was unlucky, Qingmo likes to be lively, ran to watch, came back and said: "It's miserable, the husband and wife are both from Haozhou, doing small business in Chang'an, the husband let Wufang Xiaoer beat, the wife is ignorant and ran to Jingzhao Mansion to sue the official, let the Taoist King beat out, the couple was full of injuries, seeing that the business could not be done, they sold the property and returned to their hometown, never wanted to go out of the city and were beaten by Wufang Xiaoer at the gate of the city, The husband was seriously injured and vomited blood again and again, and died last night when he couldn't hold on. Giving Power Literature Network"

The notoriety of the Taoist king Li Shi, Li Mao had heard of it as early as Yunzhou, this person was in the position of Jing Zhaoyin, greedy and tyrannical, very unpopular, but although this prince was not treated by the people, he had a good relationship with the eunuchs in the palace, and the eunuchs covered it up for him in every possible way, so the Son of Heaven not only did not blame him, but was very trustworthy to this person.

As for the ugly and absurd things that Wufang children did, Li Mao even heard the cocoon in his ears, and it was really not enough to write about the evil of Nanshan Bamboo.

Li Mao got up and walked out, he wanted to see what kind of three-headed and six-armed woman who was not afraid of power and dared to go to Jingzhao Mansion to complain.

Li Mao did not see her people, only her corpse, and saw her husband vomit blood and die, and the woman crashed to death on the bolted horse stake in front of the small shop.

The four-year-old child cried heartbreakingly, everyone cried when they heard it, but they felt helpless, the shopkeeper scolded and scolded, straight and unlucky, the store made two lives in a row, and the local officials did not know how to blackmail him.

Li Mao can't say anything about him, after all, his life is not easy, those who open shops pay attention to auspicious wind and water, if the small shop he has worked so hard to support has a bad reputation, he doesn't know how to live in the future.

His two sons were both yellow-skinned and skinny, and looked like the reincarnation of a hungry ghost.

Soon after the incident, the local village was rushed over, and not long after Li Zheng also arrived, two lives were lost, Li Zheng and Cun Zheng did not dare to slack off, and reported to the government overnight. When it was dawn, the officials in the county came, shouted and shouted, called the shopkeeper to the house, and blackmailed the shopkeeper in every way, and the shopkeeper was miserable.

Li Mao asked Qingmo to come forward to identify himself and testify for the shopkeeper that the couple died of illness or committed suicide, and had no interference with the shopkeeper. Xu inspected the Qingmo talisman, but he was unlucky, so he had to deal with it as an accident.

Sending off the officials, the shopkeeper thanked Li Mao for his kindness, Li Mao took out the usual money to the shopkeeper, and said: "It is a great misfortune in life to die in a foreign country, but the matter has come to this, so we can only enter the soil first, and then move back to the homeland when this child grows up." Giving Power Literature Network"

The shopkeeper said: "Don't work to serve the royal more orders, the villain knows how to do it." ”

When I asked the child what his parents' names were, the child was young, but he was frightened and didn't say a word. Li Mao took out two pieces of money and handed it to the shopkeeper to let him temporarily foster him in the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper said: "Please show the waiter, if this child is raised by no relatives or friends, will he send it to an orphanage, or will the waiter raise it himself?" ”

Qingmo interjected: "How can there be a decent orphanage today, where good children are sold to beggars at a discount, and they are used to win people's sympathy and earn benefits." The shopkeeper said, "That's hearsay, you can't get one out of a thousand." He added: "But the current year is not good, and it is true that there is a lack of food and clothing." Even if they grow up, most of them are soldiers and thieves, and few can be good families. ”

Li Mao glanced at the tiger-headed child and said, "When I come back from Chang'an, I will take him back to Ziqing, and if I can't find relatives in the future, I will raise him." The shopkeeper thanked him so much, beckoned people, and went to Zhang Luo.

Don't pass the shopkeeper and continue to move forward, out of seven or eight miles, on the official road, not far away, a team of knights came over, fresh clothes and angry horses, walking like the wind, galloping back and forth on the official road, such as entering the realm of no one, the horrified road travelers have dodged, for a while people turned on their backs, complaining bitterly.

When the people passed, everyone spat and cursed, and some old people persuaded: "That's an angel going out on patrol, wait for the young man to speak quickly, be careful that trouble comes out of the mouth." ”

Qingmo said to Li Mao: "In Ziqing, the military envoys go out on patrol, and it doesn't seem to be so pompous. Before Li Mao could answer, a person beside him said: "That's natural, every time the Ziqing military envoy goes out on patrol, there must be a striker to block the road, and the people are not allowed to approach, so naturally it is not so lively." ”

This is true, every time Li Shigu travels, the inner courtyard army must clear the road, and idlers are not allowed to approach, how can there be such a bustle. Li Mao turned around and looked at the man, less than twenty years old, wearing a round-necked shirt often worn by scholars, with a leather belt tied around his waist, riding a short horse in Shudi, his appearance was ordinary, the only pair of eyes were bright and scary, although his mount was shorter than Li Mao, the momentum was clearly to overpower Li Mao.

Walking outside, Li Mao didn't dare to be careless, raised his hand and asked, "Has Brother Tai been to Ziqing?" ”

The young man replied: "I've been there, Datang 300 military states, I've been to most of them." Qingmo listened to his arrogant tone, and sneered unconsciously: "Look at your age, you have really traveled so many places, are you a businessman or an official?" The young man smiled and said, "I am neither an official nor a businessman, I am a tourist." Qingmo said: "Learn from Li Taibai to travel around the landscape, so you are either full of talent, or you are the son and grandson." ”

The young man's eyes lit up and he said, "What do you mean by this?" Qingmo said: "This is not clear, if you are not as famous as Li Taibai, you have food everywhere, and you are not a prince and a grandson, you have a lot of money, you don't worry about food and clothing, and you don't worry about your future, why can you wander around?" Don't you sleep all day long in the open like us, just to eat a mouthful? ”

The young man laughed and said in a loud voice: "Gao Jian, Gao Jian." "Exchange names with Li Mao, claiming to be Li Jie, a person from Chang'an. Qingmo smiled again: "I said that it is the grandson of the prince and the king, your surname is Li, and you are from Chang'an, maybe you are a noble man of Tianhuang." Li Jiedao: "So Maohua is also a relative of the Tang Dynasty, and he is also surnamed Li." Li Mao said with a smile: "The two of you can't make fun of the Tang royal family, this is disrespectful to the Son of Heaven." ”

According to Li Jie, his father held an important position in Beijing, with no real power, but great fame, and he had many brothers and sisters, and it was not his turn to do what was to get ahead, so he had a lot of leisure time to travel around the world, for which he was reprimanded by his father more than once, but he still did his own thing.

Chang'an is the foundation of the world, the land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, how deep the water is, Li Mao didn't dare to think about it, and when he heard Li Jie say this, he didn't ask questions, just got along as ordinary friends.

Although Li Jie has a son-like temperament, he is quite easy-going, he has been taught strictly since he was a child, and he has learned a lot of miscellaneous things, and he has traveled around all these years, has seen and heard a wide range of things, and has a lot of witty words when he talks, which is quite an appetite for Li Mao.

As for Li Mao...... Naturally, he has seen and heard a wide range of things, and he has more whimsical ideas, from the iron flying "chicken" in the sky to the steamer in the sea, the imagination is all over the place, which makes Li Jie reverent.

The military rebellion in Zhengzhou City has been eliminated at this moment, but the burned houses on both sides of the street can still be seen everywhere, hundreds of dead people in the military rebellion, and people wearing linen and filial piety can be seen everywhere.

Li Jie was obviously very familiar with Zhengzhou, so he led Li Mao into a square on the second day, found a clean inn, and went back to his room to wash. Li Mao was the fastest, changed into clean clothes after washing, and walked to the front hall to arrange tea and dinner.

In the middle of this, he found a notice posted on the wall of the lobby, on which the head of a person was painted, which looked a little familiar at first glance, and when he looked closely, he was taken aback, the person on this notice was the old woman he saw outside Hujiazhuang.

Looking at the notice carefully, I was taken aback again, and there was a merchant named Hu Dalang in the city who offered a reward of 1,000 yuan to find out the whereabouts of this old woman.

As for the relationship between Hu Dalang and this old woman, there is not a single word in the notice.

Li Mao frowned, pondered, and arranged tea and dinner for the shopkeeper, came over to report, and said when he saw this: "The guest came from outside, have you ever seen the old lady?" ”

Li Mao said: "Who is this old lady, who is this Hu Dalang, and what is their relationship?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "This, the villain doesn't know." ”

Li Mao said: "That's it, if you don't say it, I won't say it." ”

Hearing this, the shopkeeper grabbed Li Mao and said happily: "So the guest knows the whereabouts of her old man?" Li Mao smiled but didn't answer, the shopkeeper looked around, pulled Li Mao aside, and whispered: "It's not a secret, this old lady is the mother of Hu Yuchun, a big man in the city, and the Hu family is afraid of being retaliated against by the gangsters because of its many enemies, so it didn't dare to point out the mother-son relationship." ”

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper said with enthusiasm in his eyes: "If the guests know, they will see a great fortune, and even the small shop will be stained." ”

Li Mao said disapprerovingly: "It's just a thousand yuan, you and I add five to two-one, and one person can get five hundred, and I can't die." ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "The guest doesn't know, this Hu Dalang is very cautious, he is afraid that people will learn the truth and ruin his mother's life, so he set the reward at 1,000 yuan, he released the wind in private, if anyone can find his wife, he will thank 100,000 yuan!" ”

"100,000!"

Li Mao stood up unconsciously, not to mention how filial piety this Hu Dalang was, how could anyone take this 100,000 yuan reward casually?

Seeing that he was excited, the shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Shhh ”

Li Mao smiled and said: "Whether it is coaxing him or not, he will know when he listens." ”

The shopkeeper said happily: "So...... The villain accompanied the guests to meet Hu Dalang. Although he was in a hurry, he still went back to the house and changed his clothes, so he called Li Mao to go out, and the magic power of Mo Qi fed the horse back, and when he saw that Li Mao was going out, he followed along, and at this moment Qingmo and Li Jie were still washing.

The three of them went out of the workshop, walked a mile along a street and arrived in front of a gatehouse on the street, the person who opened the door on the street must be a rich and noble family, Li Mao saw more than a dozen Tsing Yi servants guarding in front of his door, and muttered in his heart what kind of person Hu Yuchun was. (Dissertation College)