The banks of the canal are the most prosperous places in the imperial capital, with various workshops such as dyeing mills, oil mills, and mills, as well as grocery stores, pawnshops, hotels, jewelry shops, medicinal herb shops, fungus shops, and so on. Not far away, the mountain goods store street specializes in selling thick and thin summer fans transported from Beijing, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Yang and other places. There are also tea houses, paper shops, silk shops, as well as lettering, brushing, weaving workshops, selling lacquerware, bambooware, and pasting calligraphy and painting.

Three streets and six markets, strange vegetables and vegetables, dense and continuous. In this way, the most prosperous place is formed.

Prosperity and natural "prostitution" are prosperous, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, no exception. The two banks of the canal have formed the most prosperous entertainment and base in the whole Han and even the whole world. The girls who go out from here, when they go to any city in the world, will have a much higher salary than other places. No way, brand effect!

Although it is not as mixed as Gui Street, it is also the three religions and nine streams that are omnipresent, and there are few dignitaries and nobles going to the kind of place in Gui Street, so the quality of public security can be discussed, but this is a place where famous nobles often come and go, and Luoyang Mansion naturally attaches great importance to the security problem here.

The third class of officials, all levels of inspection, patrolled around here all day long, for fear that something would happen to the traitor department. Although the cost of work intensity and various supporting facilities will be much more, after all, it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in case it provokes Long Yan's anger, it is not something that can be solved with this money.

Tang Mo is in charge of the security patrol in the area of Miao Miao Residence today. The assassination of Bohai Hou last time made him work hard, although he didn't catch the real murderer in the end, but he, a small person, would not be implicated.

During this time, I have lived a fairly leisurely life. The security of the imperial capital did not have any major incidents, which made him very relieved. Although I have been a little uncomfortable recently, the people in the yamen naturally hope that the world will be stable, the country and the people will be safe, and no one thinks that the world will be in chaos and thieves will be flying all over the sky.

It had just snowed, and the green tiles and green willows were covered with a layer of crystal white, and although the snow on the road had been swept away, it still looked a little wet. Tang Mo walked down the street wearing a cotton mantra, feeling the prosperity from the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty. Watching the Han people around them live a peaceful and prosperous life. It's just a small inspection. But there is also pride in my heart.

With the cold air in his mouth, Tang Mo finished patrolling a few nearby streets, and then came to the gluttonous Xuan opposite the ethereal residence, ordered a few delicious side dishes, drank a few sips of warm hot wine, and looked at the crowd on the street, not to mention the beauty in his heart.

Gluttony. Although it is not as famous as Hongqing Building, it is good to make the name of "gluttony" here. Gluttony is the most delicious foodie among the nine sons of Longsheng, and there is nothing it does not eat in the mountains and seas, gold jewelry, and heaven and earth, mountains and stones. And Gluttony Xuan took this name because there is no distinction between high and low here, as long as one silver coin is paid. The food placed in the pavilion can be ordered and eaten as you like, and there is no time limit, no matter how good or low.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a buffet, but this method is a great innovation in this era.

Of course, although it is only the price of a silver coin, it is not something that everyone can afford. Therefore, it also invisibly limits the quantity and quality of diners. Most of the people who eat here are from the middle class. The income will not be very high. But it won't be low, of course. It is not excluded that the poor ghost who slaps the swollen face and fills the fat man.

Tang Mo saw such a poor ghost.

A middle-aged man with an expensive fox coat on the outside, but a torn padded jacket at the hem, was smiling at a fat man with a round face at the table, nodding his head from time to time, full of flattery.

Far away, Tang Mo couldn't hear what they were saying, but he knew this man who pretended to be rich. After a while, the round-faced fat man was full of food and drink, and he was the first to leave with a smile. The middle-aged man took out a paper bag from his closet, and took advantage of the inattention of the cousins around him, and kept stuffing the leftover things into it, ready to take it away, and the painful expression on his face made Tang Mo really funny.

"Qi Guanyi, come here!" Tang Mo couldn't help but shout.

This middle-aged man is the team leader of the Grade A Prison of Dali Temple, and he is timid and cowardly. Since the theft of the gold coins from the Imperial Bank, Shen De, the head of the Grade A Prison of Dali Temple, was transferred back to the palace to take up an idle position, and he was naturally removed from the prison's management team. The man he flattered was the prison director of this term, called Lishu, who was said to have followed Shen De before, and when Shen De fell, he filled the position. This Qi Guanyi didn't know where to find a relative, and he got into a relationship with Lishu, and recently often took the initiative to accept Lishu's "blackmail", the purpose of which was nothing more than to return to the Grade A prison of Dali Temple.

When Qi Guanyi heard someone calling him, he shrank his neck in fright, quickly stuffed the paper bag into his arms, and then turned around tremblingly, and found that it was Tang Mo in an official uniform.

In the etiquette of the Han people, there are many kinds of this practice. It is not that you bend down and arch your hand is called a bow, according to the angle of the bend and the position of the arch hand, the bow is mainly divided into heaven, earth, time, special and travel, side three and so on. And what Qi Guanyi did to Tang Mo was the most solemn Tianyi in the ceremony!

"Brother Gongren, it's a great honor to meet here! I don't know what I'm calling? Qi Guanyi had a flattering smile on his face. Now it is not what it used to be, he can only be regarded as an ordinary person now, and he is naturally a little cautious in the face of people in the public family.

Tang Mo is one of the "black and white impermanence" in the imperial capital, and ordinary people will be stunned when they see his black face, but Qi Guanyi knows that Tang Mo is honest and fair, and he will not bully people like him casually.

Tang Mo waved his hand at him and motioned for him to sit down. Qi Guanyi hurriedly picked up the expensive fox fur coat, sat down cautiously, and saw Tang Mo looking at him with a funny look, Qi Guanyi also smiled embarrassedly and said, "Don't blame the duke, this dress is ...... Hehe, I rented it from Peak Re, and I'm going to have to pay it back when I go back, so ......"

Peak Re is one of the most famous ready-to-wear stores in the imperial capital, specializing in all kinds of winter clothes, but Tang Mo has never heard that Peak Re also has a rental clothes business. However, he didn't care about this, but pointed to the paper bag in his arms and said, "You don't have much there, I still have some vegetables here, you can take them all together!" ”

"Huh?" Qi Guanyi was stunned at first, and then nodded a little choked.

Tang Mo and Qi Guanyi are actually neighbors on the same street, so he knows Qi Guanyi's situation very well.

Qi Guanyi's ancestors are also imperial dignitaries, but unfortunately, the wealth is not more than three generations, the year Qi Guanyi was born, his father died in an accident, and the family property was divided among several uncles and uncles, leaving only an old mother and a three-entry house, and the life was very hard.

His mother brought him up with hard work. Ben hoped that he would be able to glorify his ancestors in the future. Restore the glory of your ancestors. But this Qi Guanyi is too cowardly, and he is a little opportunistic in terms of personality, and he doesn't want to think about how to cut the wall and steal the hanging beam and thorn stocks, but thinks about cheating, and as a result, he was ordered to drop out of school for cheating three times in middle school. His mother was angry and fell ill on the spot. If it weren't for the help of the neighbors, he might have died of illness.

I finally survived to the age of eighteen. Qi Guanyi was finally able to serve in the military. When his mother saw that he couldn't write well, she hoped that he could break out of the world in the army, and specially sold his only jewelry, so that he could have a good relationship with the officials in the army. Unexpectedly, Qi Guanyi, who was originally going to serve for four years, was forced to retire from the army by Shangguan for unknown reasons in the second year!

There is a difference between compulsory discharge and voluntary discharge. Compulsory dischargers are not eligible for tax exemptions. Moreover, the Ministry of War will not give you a position. Only for soldiers who are automatically discharged, the Ministry of War will give them a certain position for them to choose whether to join the army.

Qi Guanyi's mother was almost angry with her own son, and she had no choice but to marry him first, hoping that he could quickly give birth to a promising son for Qi Guanyi's family.

It's strange to say that Qi Guanyi has been married for almost ten years and has given birth to four children, but each child is a girl. The situation of this room of girls can no longer bear it. Depression becomes a disease. Now he is blind in both eyes, and he can only stay in the house every day and sigh.

Arguably. The family is supported by Qi Guanyi. Now that he has lost his errand, he doesn't dare to tell his family, and he wants to find something to do all day long. His wife Zhao is still a virtuous wife, and she keeps the house in order, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and no matter how skillful she is, she can't help her husband make money to support the family.

Six or seven mouths up and down, all relying on Qi Guanyi to feed, in order to find an errand as soon as possible, Qi Guanyi went everywhere, and filled the little savings he had saved in the past few years into the stomach of the dead fat man, but he didn't get a word of truth.

Tang Mo and Qi Guanyi are the same age, they also played together when they were children, and their mother was also very good to Tang Mo, remembering that the Tang family was very poor when they were children, and the Qi Guanyi family was better, so Qi Guanyi's mother had some food, and she would call Tang Mo to eat together. So now Tang Mo is also trying his best to take care of Qi Guanyi.

"Yaozhi, it's really not good, how about you come to the Luoyang Mansion to be a fast hand? I'll go and tell Lord Shangguan that he will ......" Tang Mo looked at his choked appearance, his black face relaxed, and he said in a low voice.

Qi Guanyi, the word Yaozhi. He didn't wait for Tang Mo to finish speaking, and then hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't, don't, Gongren, I understand your kindness." You have also helped our family a lot these days, and it is really inconvenient to trouble Lord Tang again...... What's more, I also know that Yamen Kuaishou must be a veteran, so I'm ...... Alas, it's okay, I told the manager just now, he will help me find another errand in prison the next day, and it will be fine when the time comes! ”

The yamen is divided into patrol inspectors and inspectors, and there are fast catchers below the inspectors, and each fast catcher is also equipped with three to five fast hands. The inspector is the lowest level of the yamen, and the fast arrest can only be regarded as "poor", not "official", which is different in ancient times. And Kuaishou is just a supernumerary. But it's an errand. That's all Tang Mo can do. didn't think about it, but Qi Guanyi refused without hesitation.

Tang Mo was not discouraged, and persuaded: "Yes, Kuaishou does require that he be a veteran, but there is no stipulation that he cannot be a soldier who is forced to retire." Yaozhi, you have been a soldier for a year, and you still know the basic discipline, right? What Kuaishou has to do is not to charge into battle, but more to do auxiliary work in the back. I don't know how the manager is like him, but looking at his expression just now, most of the people who are perfunctory to you, you can't fill it in like this every day and every night, right? My younger siblings and several nieces are waiting for you to earn money to support your family! ”

Qi Guanyi was a little depressed when he said this. He didn't know that the manager was just perfunctory to him, but Tang Mo is now an inspector, a partner who has played since childhood, and now he is getting ahead, but he still has nothing to do, and he can't even support his family.

After thinking about it for a long time, Qi Guanyi still hesitated and couldn't make a decision. Tang Mo also knew that Qi Guanyi had always been cowardly and indecisive, and it may be because of this that he was forced to retire from the army, so he said: "That's it, you don't have to answer me in a hurry about this." There's an application form, so if you'd like it, fill it out and give it to me. I'll arrange it for you! Luckily? ”

Saying that, Tang Mo handed over a blank form, Qi Guanyi had an emotional expression on his face, and said: "The so-called icing on the cake is easy, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow." Gongren, I must keep this kindness of yours in my heart. It's just that it makes no difference whether I fill in this form or not......"

Tang Mo was stunned and said, "What do you mean by this? ”

Qi Guanyi smiled bitterly and said: "I committed a great crime in the army back then, so I was forced to retire from the army, this form is filled, as long as you hand it in, as long as the officials check the file, I will be dismissed, and then I will have to burden the public to bear the sin of not knowing anyone, I, how can I bear it?" ”

Tang Moqi said: "I have never dared to ask you, Yaozhi, what did you do in the army back then?" Why can't I enter the yamen? ”

Qi Guanyi's face was red and white for a while, and he said in a whisper: "I, I disobeyed the order in battle, if it wasn't for Shangguan protecting me, I would be blamed for being in the local formation......"

"Hiss" Tang Mo gasped. He also served as a soldier, so he naturally knew how much of a sin it was in the Han army to "disobey orders in battle". When the Holy Ancestor founded the Yulin Army, he made a clear decree: "Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and those who disobey orders in battle will be punished as treason." ”

This is a great sin that will involve the nine clans. And another question involuntarily popped up in Tang Mo's mind: "Yaozhi, I remember that you were serving in Bingzhou, and there seemed to be no war at that time, how could you disobey orders?" ”

Qi Guanyi opened his mouth and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard an uproar outside the gluttonous Xuan. The crowd was running at a rapid pace, as if something big had happened.

Tang Mo's heart sank, and he rushed out of the gluttonous xuan without listening to Qi Guanyi's words, grabbed a passer-by and shouted: "You can't make a lot of noise at night, why are you running around in such a hurry?" ”

The passer-by was already terrified, and pointed to the side and shouted, "Great, kill, kill!" There are thieves in the Ethereal Residence! ”

At this time, a person next to him pointed at the ethereal residence and shouted: "Fire, go to the water, go to the water!" ”

Tang Mo was startled, looked at the misty house, and saw that in the middle of the stacked houses of the misty house, several plumes of smoke actually rose, the smoke was gray and black, and it was extremely dazzling in the white snow around him. There are also countless people who have fled from the ethereal residence, and many of them are even wearing only close-fitting clothes, and they don't even have time to put on their coats. Of course, those scantily clad women are not excluded.

The fire had not yet fully ignited, but a faint glow appeared in the night. Tang Mo didn't hesitate anymore, jumped to his feet and shouted: "Quickly find the City Patrol Division and call the Water Dragon Team!" With that, he rushed to the ethereal dwelling, which had gradually become more and more aflamed. (To be continued.) )