In the courtyard, Liu Laoda and others, who were supposed to sell vegetables in the city, were lying on the ground, their faces were full of pain, and they let out a few moans from time to time, and a few of them even had blood on their heads, and they were bandaged with strips of cloth indiscriminately, which made them look even more embarrassed, and the women and children of various families also gathered here, wiping their tears one by one.

"Uncle Liu, what's going on?" Li Xiu trotted into the yard, and squatted down in front of Boss Liu for the first time, just now Su Niang cried and ran to call him, but she couldn't tell what happened, only said that Boss Liu and others were injured, which made Li Xiu also very anxious, and ran here without wearing any clothes.

Among these people, Boss Liu was the most seriously injured, not only bleeding from his head, but also his cheeks were high and swollen, and there were obvious palm prints on it, which was obviously beaten, which made Li Xiu also annoyed, but he had already been able to control his emotions in two lives, and the most important thing now was to figure things out and then make plans.

"Lord, disaster is coming, someone has taken a fancy to our bean sprouts!" Boss Liu said with a sad and indignant face at this time, he didn't take the beating to heart, the key is to see that Zhuangzi was just a little rushed, but now someone wants to take away their lives, this is what makes him feel sad and angry.

Li Xiu was also shocked when he heard this, the most worrying thing finally happened, he didn't expect that a small bean sprout would bring him several times a day, this is still because of the lack of productivity, the supply has not been able to go up, otherwise he must have earned more, such a big profit, he has always been worried that people will be greedy, after all, no matter what era, there are the kind of scum who rely on power or violence to take over, and now he has finally encountered it.

"What's going on, who is the other party, Uncle Liu, tell me in detail!" Li Xiu was silent for a moment and asked again, his voice was also a little suppressed anger, he originally just wanted to be a small landlord who had no quarrel with the world, why did someone take the initiative to provoke him?

At the moment, Liu Boss told the story again, the whole process is actually very simple and old-fashioned, they get up before dawn every day, push the bean sprouts to Chang'an City Gate, and wait until the city gate is opened, they will go into the vegetable market to sell the bean sprouts, but today they have not entered the city, they were stopped by a group of people on the road not far from the city gate, and forced them to ask how to send bean sprouts.

Speaking of the bean sprouts from the market, and after bringing huge profits to Li Xiu, there are also many people who privately study how to grow bean sprouts, and even some people have successfully made beans grow into bean sprouts, but they can only spread the beans in a container to sprout, and if they want to send out more bean sprouts, they need a lot of space, which is not practical at all. And when they pile the beans together to sprout, they find that the beans will rot quickly, and the key is that they have not mastered the trick of watering and cooling, which is worthless to those who know, but it takes a long time to explore for those who don't.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that the technology of sprouting bean sprouts is still monopolized by the people of the Li family Zhuangzi in a short period of time, which is also the reason why Boss Liu was stopped by that group. Boss Liu, they have just tasted the sweetness brought by the bean sprouts business, and they all regard the technology of sprouts as their heart, in the face of this group of people's questioning, they naturally refused to say, but these people did not force the question to do it immediately, without the slightest scruples, Boss Liu, they are all honest farmers, naturally they suffered a big loss, and these people shot ruthlessly, even the twelve or thirteen-year-old half-grown children were beaten.

Li Xiu couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, and he wanted to carry a knife to find those beaters desperately, but in the end, reason prevailed, and he held back his anger and said: "Uncle Liu, how did you come back, and did those other people tell you their identities?" ”

"Those people didn't say their identities, but judging by their appearance, they should be the house slaves of a powerful person in the city, and I still have this eyesight." Boss Liu said with great certainty, and after a pause, he spoke again, "Originally, those people said that they were going to break my leg, but then I had an idea and shouted that we were tenants of the princess's family, which made them a little jealous and didn't dare to go too far, so we took the opportunity to escape back, but unfortunately today's bean sprouts couldn't be pushed back." ”

"Princess? What princess? Li Xiu heard Boss Liu's words, and suddenly asked with some surprise, he couldn't understand why Boss Liu suddenly pulled out a princess?

"It's the princess, why did you forget the main family, almost all of us are the land of the princess's family, if it weren't for our locals, I'm afraid they would think that our Zhuangzi is also the princess's tenant!" Boss Liu spoke again, although his face was full of injuries, but when it came to lying that he was a tenant of the princess's family, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, it was his wit that allowed them to get out easily, otherwise one leg would not be saved.

"Which princess the hell?" Li Xiu asked again, and at the same time a little helpless, Boss Liu only cared about being proud, but he didn't answer his question just now.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Boss Liu and the others were stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other before speaking: "How did you forget, the princess is naturally the famous third lady, and only her name can scare those people away." ”

"Three ladies?" Li Xiu was also stunned when he heard this name, he felt very familiar, and then shouted with a sudden expression, "Women's Army, you are talking about Princess Pingyang!" ”

"Yes, yes! The title of the third lady seems to be Princess Pingyang! Boss Liu also nodded immediately, usually they are used to calling Princess Pingyang the third lady, but they rarely mention her title.

"I'll go, I didn't expect me to have such a awesome neighbor!" Li Xiu was so shocked that even the swear words came out, if there was someone who made him feel admired in the early Tang Dynasty, Princess Pingyang was definitely one, this seemingly weak woman rebelled against her father and brother, but she was in the enemy's territory, she actually relied on her own strength, in just a few months to raise tens of thousands of troops, and in the heart of the enemy to lay a vast land, and when Li Yuan's father and son crossed the Yellow River into Guanzhong, they found that their daughter had prepared such a big gift for him, It is estimated that Li Yuan also had a feeling of pie falling from the sky at that time.

However, compared with Princess Pingyang's legendary military exploits, Li Xiu is most interested in her subsequent experience, because according to the records in the official history, in addition to the record of Princess Pingyang during the attack on Chang'an, there are very few records of Princess Pingyang after that, only that she once led troops to guard Niangzi Pass, and the name of Niangzi Pass also came from her, and then died suddenly in the sixth year of Wude.

Although the official history does not record the age of the princess when she died, according to the age of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, Princess Pingyang at that time was only in her twenties at most, so many people think that Princess Pingyang may have died in battle, but some people think that she died of illness.

"Six years of martial arts, isn't that next year!" Li Xiu suddenly thought of the deadline for Princess Pingyang's death, and couldn't help muttering to himself at the moment, and then said with a look of regret, "It's a pity!" ”

"Master, it's a pity that the third lady is not in Chang'an, otherwise we can go to her to shout grievances, the third lady is righteous, and hates the powerful to oppress the people, she will definitely help us uphold justice!" At this time, Boss Liu also had some pity to say that Princess Pingyang established a strict discipline in the women's army at the beginning of the army, and she did not commit any crimes against the people under her rule, which also made her prestige among the people extremely high, even after being named a princess, the people were more willing to call her "Three Niangzi" or "Li Niangzi".

Hearing Boss Liu's words, Li Xiu's heart suddenly moved, and he thought of something, and asked Boss Liu again: "Uncle Liu, do you know that there is a middle-aged man surnamed Ma by the Yellow Canal, who fishes by the river every day, what does that person have to do with the princess?" ”

"Master, you are talking about Ma Ye, that Ma Ye is amazing, don't look at him as the princess's house slave on the surface, but in fact he is still a great general in the imperial court, even His Majesty praises him, but his temper is a little weird, and it is difficult for ordinary people to talk to him." When Boss Liu heard Li Xiu's description, he replied almost without thinking about it.

"A house slave? It's still a big general? Li Xiu couldn't help but feel the urge to pick out his ears when he heard this, wondering if he had heard it wrong, did these two identities contradict each other in the first place, since he was a general, how could he be a house slave?

"That's right, I heard that this Ma Ye was a house slave with the princess when she was very young, and later the princess rose into the army, and Ma Ye also made a lot of contributions, and was named a general by the imperial court, and the princess had already been removed from his nationality, but he still regarded himself as a house slave in the princess's mansion, and usually lived in the princess's mansion to take care of the princess, so I said that he had a strange temper." When Boss Liu said the end, his voice also became very low, as if he was afraid that others would hear it.

"A great general who calls himself a house slave? Interesting! Li Xiu suddenly touched his chin at this time with a thoughtful expression, and after a while, he said to Boss Liu again, "Uncle Liu, you will stay at home for the past two days to recuperate, don't sell the bean sprouts first, as for those who beat you, I will make them pay the due price!" ”