In the two alleys of East Chang'an Street, hundreds of craftsmen are in full swing, and more than a dozen cauldrons of glutinous rice are rolling in the white waves, and hand-pushed wheelwheelers are shuttling back and forth......

In a small courtyard in the east of the alley, two middle-aged men dressed in short coats of coarse cloth covered with paint, wearing jackets and trousers, and straw sandals, are squatting behind a low tree in the corner and smoking dry tobacco with porcelain pipes. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Among them, the green cloth man felt comfortable after taking a few puffs of cigarettes, looked left and right, approached the brown robe, and pretended to be mysterious, "Lao Wang, I heard that the Luan Palace disaster was deliberately set on fire, and he also forced the servant Li Niangniang to follow the Pheasant Sutra, and the eighth sister of the emperor jumped into the well." ”

Curiosity is the source of gossip, and the pipe in the brown robe has burned out, so he knocks the pipe off the green brick in front of him, stretches out the cigarette pouch hanging on the ashtray, and pretends to be surprised and asks, "Is the news reliable?" ”

The Qingbu man knocked on the stretch and said, "The Jingshi has been spread all over the world, it is reported that after the death of the first emperor, the minister begged to move to the Luan Palace, and the selection of the waiter did not follow, and then it was the Jinyi Wei who coerced to start." ”

The brown-robed man called Lao Wang was rejected, but he didn't feel ashamed at all, but said with a straight face, "Nonsense, I heard that the selection of servants took the initiative to move to Fengchen Palace, which is still separated from the Renshou Palace." Furthermore, why are you persecuting your adoptive mother? ”

The man in green cloth was very proud, and said to the brown robe, "Really, it is said that when the first emperor was in the Qing Palace, he chose to serve the Li family and favored Zhang Wei and offended his biological mother, so he ......."

"What are you two muttering over there? If you don't work, do you still want to be paid? ”

The two men in short clothes felt bad when they heard the crisp scolding, and quickly got up and turned around, and found a handsome young man wearing a soft-winged scarf and a round-necked white background auspicious cloud shirt standing not far behind him, next to a little fat man with a hat, a purple cloth placket, and a round-necked armor; Behind him were five or six servants dressed in green stickers, with broad waists and round arms, all of them in their thirties, with white faces and beards.

The two men hurriedly received the pipe behind him, knowing that the little fat man was a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

The little boy pursed his lips, a pair of small dimples appeared on his cheeks, and he said angrily to the two who bowed their heads and said angrily, "You can go to the account office now and settle the wages of the past few days, there is no need for cheating and tricksters here." ”

When the blue-robed man heard that he was going to be driven out, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to plead, "Shaodong, you can spare this time, the mother-in-law at home is still waiting for the rice to go to the pot, and we won't dare next time." ”

The little boy's heart was soft, and his tone was a lot softer, "Since you know how to support your family, why don't you concentrate on your work, don't you know if it will be completed before the New Year's Day?" ”

The brown-robed man also knelt down and quibbled, "We're just tired from work, so we're not lazy ...... take a few breaths to rest."

The fat man saw the dirty appearance on their bodies, and saw that the little boy looked down and had a difficult face, so he leaned in and whispered softly, "Rong Rong, I think they are really tired, so let's spare this time." ”

Yes, the little boy is Ren Rongrong, and the fat man is her follower Hou Guoxing. Ren Rongrong lowered her head and took a step to the side, did not straighten up, tilted her head to stare at Hou Guoxing, and said coldly, "Although they are covered with paint, their hands are clean, do you think this is reasonable?" ”

Hou Guoxing didn't believe it, and walked forward to check only to find that as Ren Rongrong said, he stretched out his leg and kicked it before returning to her, not daring to get closer again, "Okay, even if they lie, but this is their livelihood, and it's almost the end of the year, are you so ruthless?" ”

Ren Rongrong shook her head, "Sun Tzu's topographical chapter says, 'Chaos cannot be cured, such as arrogance, it cannot be used', and you guarantee that his excuse for making a living is true?" Therefore, blame yourself for your misconduct. ”

Hou Guoxing was sleepy when he saw the books, so he knew if his grandson had said this, and muttered in his heart, 'Do businessmen still want to read military books', but still tried to persuade Ren Rongrong, "You have driven away five or six today, will there still be manpower to build like this?" ”

"There will be brave men under the reward, so they must go." Ren Rongrong didn't argue with him, and instructed the servants behind him, "Drive them out." ”

"Yes." A servant walked up to the two craftsmen, legs shoulder-to-shoulder, hands on their waists, and said loudly, "Do you go by yourself, or wait for our family to 'help'." ”

The two men looked up and saw each other standing in front of them like a wall, their hearts were empty, and they quickly got up and staggered out of the door and said, "Go by yourself, go by yourself." ”

Ren Rongrong saw the two of them leave as if they were fleeing, and exhaled lightly, as if they were much more relaxed. She hugged her hands, bypassed the stunned Hou Guoxing, and went out with a few servants.

Hou Guoxing was extremely frustrated, his hands drooped, and after kicking the gravel at his feet, he squatted and sulked, until he heard the shouting sound from outside, and then got up and rushed out like chicken blood.

"Selling newspapers, major news, Liaozuo has killed more than 100 enemies, and Pingliao is just around the corner; Selling newspapers, "Beijing News", flat money four texts; Sell newspapers, look at the causes and consequences of the fire in Luan Palace, sell newspapers ......"

Flat money is a standard copper coin, weighing one coin and two cents, with the marks of the stars and moon, households, and workers, and one is a text; In addition, there are two cents when two cents, ten cents when ten cents, etc. Since the decentralization of money, corrupt officials have colluded with the merchant stove to reduce the proportion of copper and increase the lead content, so although the size has not changed, the weight has declined year by year, and the weight of each coin is only one penny.

Hou Guoxing heard the sound and found the newspaper seller, but found that it was a boy who was more immature than himself, so he didn't let him salute and asked, "Siwen?" ”

The boy is about 1.5 meters tall, with long hair on the back of his head and a small bun, short hair naturally scattered all around, and a thin soapcloth shirt and robe with patches of different colors and fabrics. He was polite and delicate, and instead of handing over the newspaper in his hand directly, he took out a new newspaper from the diagonal black cloth bag and presented it with both hands, "Yes, Master Jun." Would you like a copy? ”

Hou Guoxing took it, took out his purse from his sleeve, took out four documents, and asked after paying it, "How old are you?" Don't you need to go to school? ”

The boy didn't seem to be worried, his face was sunny, and he replied with a smile, "Master Jun, the grass people are twelve this year, and the family has no money to go to school." ”

Hou Guoxing was not in a hurry to open the newspaper, but asked, "How much do you get to sell a newspaper?" ”

"The newspaper office of Pu'en Temple said that for every newspaper sold, the newsboy gets an article, one article for the military expenses of Liao, one article for ink and paper money, and one article for the ......" The boy looked at the sky for a moment, and then suddenly patted his head, "Ah, there is one article left for the reporter to moisten the pen." ”

Of course, Hou Guoxing knew that the newspaper was in the Puen Temple outside the Xi'an Gate, and when he saw that the boy was cheerful, he took out four more articles from his purse, "Another copy." ”

The boy bowed, shook his head and said, "Master Xie, however, the newspaper said that this is the inaugural issue, and each person can only buy one copy." ”

Hou Guoxing smiled when he heard this, took the boy's hand, and put the money in his palm, "Isn't it okay for the military master to bring it to others?" ”

Although the boy didn't understand the big truth, he could tell who was good to him, and seeing that Hou Guoxing wanted to be rewarded like others, the feeling of being respected made him warm, so he took out another one from his shoulder bag and offered it with both hands.

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Hou Guoxing hurriedly returned home, and ran to the east chamber and knocked on the door angrily, "Rong Rong, are you back?" Rong Rong. ”

Squeak, the door was opened from the inside, and Ren Rongrong, who had changed into a collared emerald blue robe, looked at Hou Guoxing who was wiping sweat with her sleeves with red eyes, "What are you doing?" ”

Hou Guoxing sent a newspaper that was still fragrant with ink, "Father-in-law, no, the newspaper from Father-in-law Wei." ”

"My father-in-law has sent someone to send it, so keep it for yourself." Ren Rongrong's face was indifferent, and after speaking, she ignored Hou Guoxing's embarrassed expression and closed the door again.

Hou Guoxing took two steps back, almost fell off the steps, stabilized his body, and looked at the door with the doors and windows closed in a daze. After being told many times by Ke Yinyue, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, but since he knew that the Son of Heaven was going to get married next year, Ren Rongrong locked herself in the house. Today, I finally coaxed her to East Chang'an Street, and I never saw her smile all the way, but I took advantage of the problem to drive away a few craftsmen.

"Guoxing, didn't you accompany Rong Rong to East Chang'an Street? Since he came back, he was studying at home, and his mother wanted to go to the palace, and Mr. Tu came back from outside the customs to take the teaching test. ”

Hou Guoxing saw that it was his mother's guest Yin Yue, so he automatically ignored Wen Xi and asked, "Mother, why are you entering the palace?" ”

Ke Yinyue crossed her waist with one hand and fanned the wind with the other, and said angrily, "Niang just heard from the Drum Tower that the Jingshi has recently talked about the disaster in the Luan Palace two days ago, saying that it was done by the emperor and forcing the eighth sister of the emperor to jump into the well. It really makes sense, the emperor was brought up by his mother, how can he be a ruthless person, he has to hurry into the palace and tell His Majesty to let the factory guards find out who is maliciously slandering without evidence. ”

"Oh."

"You," Ke Yinyue nodded Hou Guoxing's forehead with her hand, and when she saw the newspaper in his hand, she asked, "This is the newspaper run by Jinzhong?" ”

"Yes."

How could Ke Yinyue not know his son's thoughts, believing that he was measured, seeing his current behavior, he nodded Hou Guoxing's forehead again, "Give it to me." ”

Ke Yinyue took the newspaper, opened it in the courtyard, and read it hastily.

The newspaper is A2 size after folding, and the upper right corner of the home page is written vertically with two big characters of "Beijing Daily", and there are "inaugural issue" and "October 26 of the first year of Taichang", and then the inaugural word:

[This newspaper chronicles today's current affairs, using common sayings to explore the reason, the original source, readers can go up to the prince, down and the farmers and businessmen, all families, countries, military and politics, customs and people's feelings, all-encompassing, with newcomers to hear, distinguish the truth of things......]

The title on the front page is "Liaozuo Xiaosheng, Beheading More Than 100 Others", followed by "The Cause and Consequences Before the Disaster in the Luan Palace" and "Jingshi is a latrine??? "Money Law: Seven Disadvantages of Drum Casting Money", "Private Academy Lectures = Rebellion", "Sweet Potato, Corn Shu" ...... and more than 100 articles.

In "The Cause and Consequences Before the Disaster in the Luan Palace", it is said that the former emperor's widow chose to serve the Li family and the eight daughters who have been living in Fengchen Palace, and have been well supported by the Fu family and others, and they are all safe and sound; The cause of the fire was negligence and was not intentional; The recent rumors in Jingshi are all hearsay and speculation by Jia Jichun, the imperial history of Huguang Province, and the rumors made the Dongchang prison, and Jia Jichun was removed from the eternal name.

Ke Yinyue breathed a sigh of relief after reading it carefully, dispelled the idea of entering the palace, and saw that her son was still staring at the door of the east wing stupidly, and stretched out her finger to his forehead.