In the south of the Yangtze River in late May, it is the most spring season of the year, and I saw that on both sides of the yellow mud official road leading to the city and county, the soft grass is green and verdant, which is dotted with various unknown wild flowers, which makes this lonely official road more quiet.

Gradually, there was a soft gurgling sound in the distance of the official road, which was the movement of the wheels of a carriage pressing against the yellow mud official road.

"My lord, there is Guangling City ahead!" The groom in charge of the carriage turned back and shouted into the carriage, this man looked to be in his twenties, wearing a gray-brown cloak to protect him from the wind, thick eyebrows and big eyes, dark complexion, bright eyes, and the muscles of his left arm holding the reins were tense.

When the carriage stopped, a man in a flaming red brocade robe came out of the carriage.

Standing on the muddy ground of the official road, he stretched his arms and took a deep breath, with a look of emotion on his face.

This person looks like he is at the age of a weak crown, his face is like a crown of jade, his lips are red and his teeth are white, and his facial features are upright.

There is no doubt that this person is the first powerful person in the Li Shou court in Jijing, Xie An and Xie Yi, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, who was entrusted by Li Xian, the prime minister of the current dynasty, to go to Jiangnan to visit the news about the Taiping Army, and Guangling is the first stop that Xie An intends to settle down temporarily.

"Your Excellency is from Guangling, right?" Following Xie An, a handsome man walked down from the carriage, shook the paper fan in his hand, and looked at Xie An with a smile.

This person is the current Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, one of the four leaders of the former Dongling Clan, [Shadow Snake] Gou Gong.

"Well, sort of...... "Gou Gong glanced back. Xie An nodded slightly, and he really felt a little emotional in his heart, after all, when he took Su Wan to Jijing to sue the emperor four or five years ago, he took this official road, and after many years, he stepped on this official road again, and Xie An couldn't help but feel emotional.

"My lord, it's still a mile or two from the city, and the road is muddy. Why don't you go back to the carriage? ”

Seeing Xie An looking around with emotion, the groom driving the car said kindly, this person is not an ordinary groom, it is a man known as [Ghost Wolf] among the assassins in Jinling, and Xu Jie, who is a subordinate after Gou Gong, is also the head catcher of the six gates of Fusi in Nanzhen. Among the Jinling people, except for Ding Qiu, who inherited the position of Jin Ling'er, they were the two of them with the highest official positions in the imperial court.

"It's free," Xie An waved his hand and said with a chuckle, "After a month and a half of sitting in the carriage, the government is about to get sick, Xiao Li." You follow in a carriage, Gou Gong, Xu Jie, let's slowly walk towards Guangling. Let's move your hands and feet when you are active. ”

Gou Gong smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "Since my lord has this Yaxing, I should accompany you in my humble position!" ”

As soon as the words fell. I saw Xie An suddenly stop and touch his chin. Looking back at the three of them, he said, "By the way, after entering the city, the three of you can no longer call the mansion an adult, this time we are visiting ...... secretly."

Gou Gong suddenly realized, and said tentatively, "Then how to call your lord?" Master? ”

"Am I that old?" Xie An glanced at Gou Gong angrily, snatched the paper fan from his hand, unfolded the fan and fanned it on his chest, posed like a rich son, and said lightly, "It's called Gongzi, understand?" ”

The paper fan was snatched away by Xie An for no reason, Gou Gong was a little crying and laughing, thought about it, and said, "My lord...... No, Childe, since Childe is secretly visiting Jiangnan this time, he is humble...... No, the little one thinks that Gongzi still needs to change his pseudonym, after all, Gongzi's name is too famous in Jizhong, and the Taiping Army must also know it! ”

"It's better for you to be careful," Xie An nodded, praised Gou Gong, then frowned and thought for a while, and said in a deep voice, "Well, since that's the case, the son is called Changsun Wu!" ”

He combined the surnames of his two wives, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, with the names of Liang Qiu Wu, after all, the inscription that Liang Qiu Wu put on the officer's seal on that piece was called Liang Qiu Wu.

As for why it's not called Liangqiu Xiangyu...... In fact, there is no need to mention this kind of problem, firstly, this name is too feminine, and secondly, the surname Liangqiu is only one of the Liangqiu family in Jijing, as for the eldest grandson, in addition to the eldest grandson family in Jijing, there are not no other places, after all, Duke Yin was also from a poor family back then.

"Do you remember them all? Eldest Sun Wu! Xie An glanced around at the three of them.

Xu Jie was the most clever, and when he heard this, he hurriedly ran to Xie An, nodded his head, and said with a smile, "The little one has seen the eldest grandson!" ”

"Hmm!" Xie An nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly raised his hand and said, "By the way, since Gongzi has changed his name, the three of you have to change it too, remember to come up with a good name, evil servant A, evil servant B, evil servant C......" When he spoke, Xie An pointed to Gou Gong, Xiao Li, and Xu Jie.

"Evil ...... Evil servant? Gou Gongjunxiu's face was full of stunned expressions, and he asked cautiously, "Childe, what do you want to do, can you talk to Xiao Yan in advance?" ”

"Stupid!" Xie An snapped the folding fan in his hand, knocked it on Gou Gong's shoulder, and said with a wink, "Do you remember what happened to us on the stone bridge on Guangqu Street during the Shangsi Festival three years ago?" ”

"Remember...... Gou Gong showed a painful expression, after all, at that time, the two of them were severely despised by the daughters of the family who came and went from the stone bridge, which was the most humiliating thing he felt so far.

"Then you still can't guess?" Xie An winked at Gou Gong, then licked his lips, and said with a smile, "Childe is free now......

may have heard the deep meaning of Xie An's words, Gou Gong said with a wry smile, "Childe, I haven't done anything wrong with women from good families for many years......

Also, he is a dignified Shaoqing of the Prison Temple, and if he wants a woman, he still needs to find it himself? It's not when I was in Hongshan Mountain.

"Phew! ――You've tasted enough, Childe hasn't tried it yet! Xie An glared at Gou Gong angrily, after all, his original dream was to be a powerful squire one day, leading a vicious dog and taking a bunch of evil servants to the street to tease other girls, but unfortunately the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, since he got acquainted with Liangqiu Dance, Xie An's dream was shattered, after all, it was impossible for the upright Liangqiu Dancer to condone his husband so recklessly.

And now that Xie An has come to Guangling, there is no preachy Liangqiu dance by his side. Where can I still resist wanting to realize my long-cherished wish?

"Cooperate well, you know?" Xie An looked at the three people beside him with a serious gaze.

Seeing that his adult had made up his mind, Gou Gong sighed with tears and laughter, he really didn't expect that he, who had been good for a long time, would one day be forced to return to his old business.

Next to him, Xu Jie and Xiao Li glanced at each other, nodded with a smile, revealing a full evil slave style. At first glance, it is the kind of domestic slave who bullies the soft and fears the hard.

"Good, by the way, look at this!" Angry at the three of them, Xie An tilted his head and squinted at the sky. The left leg stepped forward, the right leg stood upright, and the whole person swayed and swayed, posing like a complete ruffian.

"Like it? Childe doesn't look like those so-called gentlemen? Xie An squinted at the three servants.

Gou Gong, Xiao Li, and Xu Jie looked at each other, feeling that they couldn't keep up with the thoughts of the adult in front of them.

Seeing that the three of them did not react, Xie An was a little impatient and said angrily. "Let's just put it this way, doesn't Childe look like he's underwhelmed right now? - Gou Gong, you say! ”

The corners of Gou Gong's mouth twitched, and he forced a smile. Reaching out and touching his nose, he said, "Hmm...... It's really a bad ......."

"Okay, that's it!" Xie An was overjoyed when he heard this. The folding fan in his right hand pointed to Guangling City in the distance, and shouted loudly. "Little ones, let's go!" With that, he swaggered towards the road ahead.

"......" Gou Gong, Xiao Li, and Xu Jie looked at each other and followed closely.

After paying the city gate tax and entering Guangling City, Xie An and his party first found a nearby inn to settle down, after all, they needed to store the carriage and their luggage.

Then, Xie An led the three people under his hand, Evil Servant A, Evil Servant B, and Evil Servant C, and walked to the far side of the street in a big way.

Along the way, Xie An held a folding fan, swaggering, full of the appearance of a gentleman, behind him, Gou Gong, Xiao Li, and Xu Jie in order to cooperate with their own adults, their faces showed a bit of fierceness, and sometimes used their eyes to intimidate passers-by, and the residents who came and went on the street lowered their heads to avoid it.

Suddenly, Xie An's eyes lit up, because he saw a woman carrying a bamboo basket walking across the street, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, although she was not as good as any lady in his house, but she was also a Jiangnan person.

Hehe smiled, Xie An stepped forward to block the woman's way, pointed at the woman with a folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile, "Little girl, where are you going?" ”

The three of Gou Gong were dumbfounded when they heard this.

The woman looked up at the weird smile on Xie An's face, her pretty face was slightly red, and she lowered her head and wanted to leave from Xie An's right side, but saw the folding fan in Xie An's right hand raised, blocking her way.

"What are you doing in such a hurry to go?" Xie An said with a grin.

The woman's eyes showed a faint look of panic, and she changed her route and wanted to turn away, but Gou Gong and Xiao Li glanced at each other, blocking her way one step ahead of her and surrounding her.

Seeing this, the look of fear in the woman's eyes became even more angry, and she looked at Xie An pleadingly and said, "This son, the slave family already has a husband's family......

"What are you afraid of?" Xie An grinned, and the end of the folding fan in his hand gently lifted the other party's chin, and finally said the most memorable words.

"Chick, give Uncle Le?"

The woman tilted her head, panicked like a rabbit, desperate to escape from these four guys who seemed to her to be complete villains, but she didn't know that the three who looked like evil slaves, who were assassins with top-notch martial arts, could not be handled by her as an ordinary woman?

At this time, the pedestrians on the street had already seen this scene, and a few young people who were not used to seeing it seemed to be planning to come over to help the suffering woman, but unfortunately Xiao Li's eyes were glaring, and his fierce gaze scared those people away.

Also, look at Xiao Li's five big and three thick figures, those scholars who are so thin that they can be compared with Xie An, where do they dare to step forward?

Seeing that she couldn't escape, and seeing that the pedestrians on the street didn't come to the rescue, the woman knew that she couldn't be spared, her eyes turned red, and big tears couldn't stop falling.

"So unfunny?" Xie An was stunned, and hurriedly motioned to Gou Gong, Xiao Li, and Xu Jie to get out of the way.

When the woman saw Xie An and the others take the initiative to get out of the way, she didn't have time to think about it, and left as if she was fleeing with a bamboo basket.

Looking at the back of the woman fleeing far away, Xiao Li whispered to Xie An in a puzzled voice, "Why did the adults tell her to leave?" ”

Xie An rolled his eyes, knocked the folding fan in his hand on Xiao Li's head, and said angrily. "If you don't let her go, will you take her home? -- Molestation is molestation, and if it rises to violence, then it's not interesting, understand? ”

"Oh......" Xiao Li nodded as if he didn't understand, and he didn't know if he understood.

From the side, Gou Gong watched this scene with a smile, in his opinion, Xie An just wanted to be a villain who molested a woman from a good family on the street, not that he really planned to do anything to that woman.

Think about it too. This dignified scholar of the criminal department of the imperial court, will there be a lack of women around him? It was nothing more than a relief from boredom, or else would this lord secretly signal for the woman to let her go when she was crying out of fear?

Thinking of this, Gou Gong smiled knowingly. glanced around, suddenly angrily pouted in the direction of the city gate, and said with a smile, "Childe, look over there!" ”

Xie An turned his head and happened to see a woman walking in the direction of the city gate, about seventeen or eighteen years old. Carrying a bamboo basket on his back, he seemed to have just returned from outside the city.

[Coordination point!] ]

Glancing at the three of them, Xie An responded with a thief smile, blocking the woman's way. Grinning and shouting, "Chick! ”

The woman glanced up at Xie An, a trace of disdain flashed in her eyes, and she ignored it. was about to leave from the side, but was blocked by Xiao Li, who suddenly jumped out.

"Chick. Give Uncle Le one! Xie An said with a grin.

Glancing around at the three people surrounding her, the woman raised her head, stared at Xie An with a look of hidden anger, gritted her teeth and said, "Get out of the way!" - Otherwise, don't blame me for being unkind! ”

Interesting......

Seeing the other party's attitude, Xie An was stunned, and then said with a smile, "The little girl is not happy, that uncle ......" Before the words fell, I saw the woman raise her right hand, and the wooden stick in her hand was slammed on Xie An's head.

Suddenly, blood poured down Xie An's forehead.

Not to mention that Xie An was dumbfounded, even Gou Gong and the others were stunned, they never noticed that there was a wooden stick hidden in the sleeve of the woman's clothes.

Seeing that the woman was grabbing Xie An's shirt with her left hand, and the wooden stick in her right hand was slapping her forehead as if she didn't want money, Gou Gong and the three of them suddenly panicked and hurriedly stepped forward to pull the woman away.

"Good...... What a spicy woman......" Holding the wounded head, Xie An looked at Xiao Li, who was chased and knocked by the woman with a wooden stick, in disbelief.

Is that woman a martial artist? Of course not, it's just that Xie An warned the three of them in advance, don't show your martial arts, especially to the women in the city, after all, those three are all assassins with strong martial arts, and if you kill the other party by mistake, it won't be good.

You must know that Xie An just thought about the addiction of molesting women from good families on the street, but he didn't think about how to harm them.

As a result, Xiao Li, the assassin of Jinling, who was named [Ghost Wolf], was now beaten by the woman, holding his head.

"Get out! - Next time you dare to hit your aunt's idea, your aunt will interrupt you and wait for the dog's legs! The woman shouted angrily with a blood-stained stick.

In the applause of the pedestrians around them, Xie An and the four of them got out of the way, can they not get out, after all, the blood on Xie An's head couldn't stop gushing out.

As for whether to teach the woman in front of him a good lesson, Xie An didn't think about it, after all, he was the one who went to tease others first, and he deserved to be broken by others, otherwise, any one of the three evil servants around him could subdue the other party casually, but it would be boring.

Half an hour later, he came out of a medical shop and touched the bandage on his head, and Xie Anxin was speechless.

Good guy, aren't Jiangnan women all gentle as water?

Recalling Yiyi and Jin Ling'er in his own house, Xie An muttered to himself, but he forgot that Jin Ling'er was an extremely fierce woman before marrying him.

Looking at the bandage on his adult's head, Gou Gong couldn't help but smile and said in a low voice, "Childe, there is a tea stall not far ahead, let's eat something first, shall we?" ”

"Hmm......" Xie An replied depressedly.

Came to the tea stall, asked the guy to have a pot of tea, and ordered some local snacks in Guangling City, Xie An was depressed while eating, and said in his heart What is this called, I haven't enjoyed the fun of flirting with a good woman, this is broken, it's really terrible!

With a casual glance, Xie An's eyes suddenly widened, because he saw that the woman who had beaten him was sitting on the side of the street not far away, selling fruit to passers-by.

The three of Gou Gong also noticed. Xiao Li lowered his voice and said, "Childe, do you want to teach that barbaric woman a lesson?" There was a hint of anger in his words, after all, it was a small matter to beat him, and it was a big matter to beat the master of his family, and that was the husband of their eldest sister Jin Ling'er in Jinling.

"Lessons? How? Kill her? Glancing at Xiao Li, Xie An said angrily, "Stay here obediently and see how the son finds the field!" He said. He stood up and swaggered towards the woman, followed by Gou Gong and the other three.

"Chick, uncle is here again!" With a full underwhelming appearance, Xie An looked at the woman with a smile.

The woman looked up at Xie An. There was a little anger on her face, but after noticing the bandage on Xie An's head, a trace of hesitation flashed in her eyes, and she turned her head away and ignored Xie An.

"Chick, give Uncle Le!"

“……”

"The chick is not happy, the uncle will give you a pleasure!" As he spoke, Xie An's face was full of smiles.

"......" looked at Xie An's smile that seemed hateful to her. The woman's forehead was tense, and her right hand slowly stretched out to the wooden stick beside her.

Seeing this, Xie Anxin was taken aback and hurriedly said. "Wait! ――Uncle is here to buy your fruit, is it a guest? If you are rude to your guests, you can't do this business! ”

The woman was stunned, and hesitantly glanced at the fruit peddled at the shop. Holding back the anger in his heart, he gritted his teeth and said. "What does this boy want?"

I saw Xie An smiling, revealing a greedy look, looking at the woman's appearance wantonly, and said with a smile, "Childe wants you ......"

The woman was furious when she heard this, and subconsciously grabbed the wooden stick, but saw Xie An slowly add another half sentence.

“…… of fruits! - Huh? Why do you look at Childe like this? ”

Knowing that she had been tricked by the hateful guy in front of her, the woman's pretty face turned red, and she glared at Xie An as if she were looking at an enemy who did not share the same sky.

Looking at her slightly trembling shoulders, Xie An knew that she was trying her best to restrain the anger in her heart, so she stopped teasing, after all, if he said a few more words, maybe this woman would have to jump up and give him another stick.

"Hmm......" Holding the folding fan in her right hand, she used the front end of the folding fan to pluck several fruits on the shop display, and then gently tapped a red and bright mountain fruit, and when the woman showed impatience, she asked lightly, "Is this mountain fruit sweet?" ”

"Sweet!" The woman said angrily.

"Brittle?"

"Crispy!"

"Is it delicious?"

"Delicious!"

"A pound of cherries!"

“……”

Seeing that the corners of the woman's forehead were tense and her face was flushed, Gou Gong, Xiao Li, and Xu Jie couldn't help laughing.

"You're kidding me?" The woman glared at Xie An viciously.

"How so?" Xie An looked at her innocently, dotted the fruit on the paper fan, and pretended to be puzzled, "Childe is really here to buy fruit!" - Big guy, look at it, is there any such business? ”

The three of Gou Gong immediately shouted and shouted for their own adults, causing pedestrians on the road to turn their heads to watch.

"......" stared at Xie An intently for a long time, the woman took a deep breath, nodded and said, "A pound of cherries, right?" ”

The woman plans to settle the matter, after all, if the reputation of this hateful guy in front of her is ruined, she will not be able to do this business in the future.

For this reason, she picked the best cherries for Xie An, and wanted Xie An not to pick out any thorns, after all, she also saw that this gentleman in front of her had come to trouble her.

It's a pity that she underestimated the shamelessness of the gentleman in front of her.

Who is Xie An? The criminal department of the Jijing Imperial Court, what dirty things have you never seen? What filthy people haven't seen? A few tricks are enough to deal with the little girl in front of you who has never seen the world.

"Wait!" Gently tapping the woman's white lotus-like arm with the folding fan in his hand, Xie An pretended to groan and said, "You can grab a handful for Childe casually, Childe doesn't buy it!" ”

Just grab a handful? I've chosen them for you!

Holding back the anger in her heart, the woman gritted her teeth and said, "Do you want to buy it or not?" ”

"Of course you have to buy it, but, Childe, your cherry is sweet or not, sour or not, it is not yet known, if it is light and tasteless, what will Childe do when he buys it? - Besides, you have a very bad attitude towards Childe, and looking at you like this, it seems that you are eager to dismantle Childe...... What if you poison the fruit? ”

"You're messing around, how do you poison cherries?" The woman said angrily.

Before Xie An could speak, he walked out of Gou Gong behind him, and said with a smile, "That's not right, why can't cherries be poisoned?" -- Take a needle as thin as a hair, dip it in poisonous juice and poke it into the root of the fruit, and keep it without seeing it! ”

The "......" woman was speechless, too, how could she be compared to Gou Gong, a master of using poison.

"Look at it!" Xie An looked at the woman with a [I was right] expression, and secretly gave Gou Gong an approving look, which the latter gladly accepted.

"I'm not selling! My aunt and grandmother are no longer sold! The woman stood up and pointed at Xie An angrily.

Not for sale?

If you don't sell it, you can't do it!

Laughing secretly in his heart, Xie An deliberately pretended to have a frightened expression, pointed at the woman in disbelief, and said in a trembling voice, "You...... You can't really poison the cherry, do you? Who are you going to poison? ”

Hearing this, the pedestrians on the road gathered around, pointed at the woman, and talked about it in private.

The woman was so anxious and angry that she stomped her feet again and again, and hurriedly defended, "No, no, I didn't poison the fruit......"

It's no wonder that she's not in a hurry, after all, if this matter spreads, who will dare to buy her fruit in the future.

Looking at the woman's angry appearance, Xie Anxin snickered, and said with a straight face, "There is no basis for what you say, you taste it yourself first, and let the big guy prove it!" As he spoke, he picked up a cherry in his right hand and held it to the woman's mouth.

The woman was about to pick it up with her hand, but when she saw Xie An raise her eyebrows, she frowned and said, "What?" Want to take advantage of the opportunity to rebag? This is not possible! - Just eat it! ”

"Yes, just eat it!" Gou Gong, Xiao Li, and Xu Jie were on the side to help.

I saw that in front of everyone's eyes, the woman's face was flushed with shame, her red lips opened slightly, and after a few hesitations, Xiao Xiao took a bite of the cherry in Xie An's hand, and when she bit it, she was very slow and careful, after all, she didn't want to touch Xie An's fingers.

I have to say that admiring the woman's white teeth and slowly biting off the half of the cherry, this process is very pleasing to the eye in Xie An's opinion.

"Satisfied, right?" Swallowing half a cherry in her mouth, the woman said angrily.

"That boy has to take a look and see if you really swallowed it...... Open your mouth! ――It's not a fake, right? ”

"Yes!" Gou Gong and the others took the lead in shouting, and even some good people in the crowd were idle and had nothing to do to support them.

Now, in fact, the surrounding people have also seen it, it must be that this woman who sells fruit has offended the boy in front of her, so this boy brother made a special trip to find her trouble.

As for whether to help the woman or not, after all, the boy brother has never been rude, even if some people want to come forward to help, they can't find a suitable opportunity, after all, people do it according to business procedures.

Of course, most of them are just watching a good show, after all, like Xie An's means, Guangling City is not easy to see.

"Hurry, what are you waiting for?" Xie An urged.

In desperation, the woman bit her lip and opened her mouth, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Xie An looking in her mouth with her head down, and her pretty face suddenly turned red.

After a few breaths, she closed her mouth, glared at Xie An viciously, and said angrily, "Is it enough?" Satisfied, right? ”

With the woman's pink and slightly trembling tongue in mind, Xie An nodded with some regret, and then, under the woman's incredulous angry gaze, he casually threw half of the cherry in his hand into his mouth, chewed it deliciously, and then winked at the woman.

"Well, it tastes really good...... Right? ”

At this time, the woman was already trembling with anger, staring at Xie An and unable to say a word.

Little girl, fight with your son, you are still tender!