Chapter 40 Selling Himself to Bury His Father

After the three of them signed the document for the purchase of the Tuyuhun horse with the shopkeeper Zhou, they walked out of the "Hundred Horses". Because Gu Yuanqing wanted to go back to the "Pujia Poetry Society" with Li Qi to deal with the affairs of the society, he parted ways after saying a few words to Gu Yuanxi.

As for the horse that Fang Cai had bought, he naturally had to wait for the horse dealer to send someone to the Gu Mansion tomorrow, and then pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand before the deal was sold. After all, this is a transaction of 800 yuan, although the ancients often said that the waist is wrapped in 10,000 yuan, and they also wrote the famous sentence "the waist is wrapped in 100,000 yuan, and the crane is in Yangzhou". In fact, a penny is equivalent to about 4 grams, and the usual money is 4 kilograms. If you really want to have a lot of money, then you have to have 40,000 kilograms of money on your body, and you can't carry so much with you even if you are Iron Man.

Therefore, the Tuguhun horse purchased by Gu Yuanxi worth 800 yuan, judging from the price level of this era, the price of this horse is already a sky-high price that countless people can hardly reach in a lifetime. And in this era when flying money, jiaozi, and silver bills have not yet appeared, or silver taels have not yet become a common currency, it is difficult to pay for high-priced transactions like this. Of course, there are exceptions, and you can also ask your subordinates to carry a few large boxes full of copper coins to the scene to repay the loan......

"I remember that 'Flying Money' appeared in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and Jiaozi appeared in the Song Dynasty, can you let them appear in advance? Otherwise, it's too much trouble to buy something. Gu Yuanxi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "However, these can only be born if the commodity or market economy reaches a certain level." At present, a bucket of rice in Chang'an is only more than ten dollars. In this year of drought and famine, even if the seedlings are used to make these jiaozi and flying money, I am afraid that it will be useless. ”

While thinking, he walked around aimlessly, and before he knew it, he walked out of the West Market and walked to the "Qunxian Fang" at the end of the Jinguang Gate next to him.

Qunxian Fang is next to the West Market, opposite to the Gude Square in the north city, and the middle of the two squares is divided by the "Jinguangmen Chunmingmen Street", one of the "Chang'an Six Streets". The so-called "Chang'an Sixth Street" refers to the six main roads that run through the two Guo City Gates in the Chang'an thoroughfare. Among them, the street that connects the east and west of the central part of Chang'an Waiguo City is called "Jinguangmen Chunmingmen Street", which is named after the "Chunmingmen" that connects the east and middle gates of Waiguocheng and the "Jinguang Gate" that connects the east and west gates of Waiguocheng.

Qunxian Fang is located under the "Jinguangmen Chunmingmen Street", next to the "Jinguangmen" as the west gate of Guocheng outside Chang'an, and Chang'an Caoqu is from this direction to enter. From the geographical point of view, Qunxian Fang borders the west city in the east, Guocheng in the west, and Jinguangmen in the northwest, which is naturally a quite prosperous Fangli, and the Zhaorong Shangguan Mansion of Li Xian of the former Tang Dynasty is located in the southeast corner. The so-called Zhaorong Shangguan clan is the famous Tang Dynasty talented woman - Shangguan Wan'er. However, in addition to Shangguan Wan'er who has a special reason, there are very few high-ranking officials and nobles who have built a house here. After all, although this group of Xianfang is close to the West Market, it is naturally very prosperous and lively to say that it is prosperous, but from the geographical point of view, it is too far away from the imperial city and the "three major interiors" of the imperial palace. So from a political point of view, it is natural that few officials would consider building a house here.

Soon after Gu Yuanxifu walked into the square from the west gate of Qunxian Fang, he suddenly saw a large circle of pedestrians on the side of the cross street in the square, and the sound of noisy pointing was endless.

Gu Yuanxi squeezed in with curiosity to take a look, and only then did he poke his head out, and he saw the four big words "Sell yourself and bury your father" written on the ground in the middle of the crowd. A petite and thin woman knelt beside her father's corpse, dressed in coarse cloth and plain clothes, her beautiful face was pale and numb, her red and swollen eyes were hollow and unrefreshed, and she looked pitiful.

"Hey, little girl, why are you crying like this. It's so distressing. Come, the master will give you money, come with the master, the master will love you well. Suddenly, a man's lewd laughter rang out from the crowd.

Gu Yuanxi turned his head with everyone's gaze, and saw a thin man in a dark silk shirt walking towards the crowd. In front of him, there were a few dogs and men who were viciously pushing away the crowd in front of him to remove obstacles. Gu Yuanxi took a closer look, and saw that the man who spoke had small and round eyes like mice, his head small and pointed like a roe deer, shrugging his shoulders like an eagle, and his eyes as fierce as a jackal. The so-called rat roe deer head and iris shoulder jackal are to describe this appearance.

Gu Yuanxi took a deep breath and secretly exclaimed: "This hanging silk looks like a car accident scene, I have seen ugly things, but I have never seen such ugly ones." It looks ugly at first glance, but it's even uglier on closer inspection! ”

When he was secretly frightened, Huo Ran found that the crowd around him dispersed like ghosts after seeing this lewd man. The crowd that had been gathering in front of the girl suddenly dispersed.

Gu Yuanxi frowned, but found that the lewd man had already walked up to the girl and said, "I said chick, it's been so many days, haven't you scraped together enough money to bury your dead ghost father?" I said it all, this group of virtuous fangs is my world, even if you kneel for a few more days, you will not use anyone to dare to give you money! Or obediently obey me, go back to be the master's concubine, and follow the master to eat fragrant and drink spicy food, isn't it better than guarding the corpse of your dead ghost father here and drinking the northwest wind? ”

After the lewd man finished speaking, he wanted to pull her with his five fingers, which were like monkey claws, and the attendant behind him also let out a flattering lewd smile.

"You let go of me, you go away!" Seeing this, the girl's face changed drastically, and her originally pale face became even more bloodless at this time.

"." How could such old-fashioned and vulgar plots as 'selling one's body to bury one's father and 'heroes saving beauty' appear alive in front of my third brother Gu. Gu Yuanxi paused in his heart, he pointed at the lewd man and shouted: "Wu that beast, let go of that girl, let me come!" As soon as he said this, he suddenly realized the mistake in his words, and immediately changed his words: "Stop! In broad daylight, how can you do such an evil thing that violates morals and bullies men and women! ”

"Beasts?" The lewd man's face changed, and then he walked around the group, and then realized that Gu Yuanxi was scolding himself, and he said angrily: "You dare to scold me? ”

"The beast doesn't mean you, can you still refer to others?" Gu Yuanxi smiled when he heard this: "I have to say, your appearance is very refreshing!" MMD, I've never seen anyone of such archaeological value. I asked weakly, when you were a child, were you bitten by a pig, or were you caught in a door? What a brave ......."

When the lewd man heard this, he was furious. A few small servants next to him rushed to Gu Yuanxi's side, and scolded arrogantly: "In this Qunxian Fang, no one dares to offend my family Wei Suo Wei Gongzi, who are you, dare to pull out your beard in front of the tiger!" ”

"Wei Suo?" Gu Yuanxi smiled dumbly when he heard this: "This Wei Gongzi, your parents gave you a name that is too good!" The name is as good as it is, it's really obscene. Frankly speaking, when I saw you, I really sighed at the magic of nature. You are really earth-shattering, and you were born with a landslide and a water, and scared a few cows to death. I want to ask, which kind person gave birth to you? ”

When Wei Suo heard this, his eyes suddenly split, obviously extremely angry. He is very ugly, but he can't tolerate others saying that he is ugly, but the person in front of him keeps saying that he is ugly, and he says that he is ugly and that he is very bad! He said, "Good boy, do you know who your Grandpa Wei is?" Do you know how to die if you offend me? ”

"I'm sorry, lewd boy. I've always refused to answer ugly people's questions. Gu Yuanxi showed a look of "guilt" and sighed: "What a lewd son, your personality looks the same as yours, you are so unscrupulous and fearless!" ”

"Presumptuous! Do you know the identity of our son-in-law? A small guy beside Wei Suo scolded sharply: "Our son-in-law is-"

"What nonsense! Call me! Wei Suoyun was angry, and directly gave this mouthy little guy a violent shudder, and he said aggressively: "Give me a beating of this kid!" Fight to the death! ”

The little guy was beaten and counted all his hatred on Gu Yuanxi. He commanded a few other small servants beside him, and said angrily: "Let's fight together!" Fight to the death! ”

"Childe-" The girl next to her, who had been silent, also showed a look of horror at this time and said, "Childe, go quickly." There is a lot of trouble behind this villain, you must not be affected by me~"

"It's okay!" Gu Yuanxi waved his hand indifferently and said: "I am such an old-fashioned and warm-hearted, so chivalrous, and courageous. The people of Chang'an say that 'righteousness and courage are heroic knights, and the countrymen are unparalleled Gu Saburo' is what they are talking about. Just like heroes such as Monkey King, Lu Zhishen, Batman and Iron Man, it is my innate nature to draw a sword to help when I see injustice. Girl, don't thank me, don't promise yourself, I will refuse you sternly! ”

The girl's face turned red when she heard this, and then she shook her head again to show a look of worry, and she begged, "Childe, let's go quickly." This Wei Suo is the younger brother of Wei Ruren, the concubine of Li Yan, the fourth prince of Di, and he bullies and dominates the market in this group of virtuous people on weekdays, but with this identity, who dares to punish him? The power behind this villain is extremely powerful, and it is not something we can offend. The childe was kind, and the little woman understood it. It's better to ask the son to get away quickly, otherwise it will be too late. ”

"The Four Princes? Li Yan, the king of Di? Gu Yuanxi was depressed and said, "Why am I so unlucky? On the first day of crossing, he beat An Lushan's seventh son, and finally God was merciful and arranged a plot for me to save the beauty of a hero, but I don't know how his mother got involved with a fourth prince. ”

He glared at Na Wei Suo with a sad and indignant face, and scolded in his heart: "The brother-in-law of Li Yan, the king of Di? Are these four princes blind or blind, this Wei Suo looks so obscene and so sorry for the audience, how beautiful can his sister be? Damn, these four princes must be heavy people. ”

Wei Suo saw Gu Yuanxi glaring at him viciously, he was stunned at first, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, it's the first time I've met someone who is more rushing than Lao Tzu." Death is on the verge of death. Dare to stare at me! What are you guys doing in a daze? How many times have you said it, call me! ”