Chapter 90: Xiaocao Enters Beijing (14)
Zhou Xiaocao said goodbye to his newly accepted disciple Bai Qingzhi, and embarked on the journey again with his wife Yan Qixia.
A few days later, I came to the capital.
The capital is worthy of being the most prosperous place, with a full flow of people, all kinds of merchants shuttling back and forth, and the cries of selling are repeated. Some powerful or wealthy people, or riding horses, or sedan chairs, or cars, walked through this wide street, and they did not dare to spoil the atmosphere here at will. When today's Emperor Tianze is working hard, although he is not much stronger than the previous emperor, it is because of his limited personal ability, it is not that he does not do it. Now less than sixty years old, he looks like an old man in his last years. Although there is a lot of relevance to the method of "burying blessings" created by Master Xing created by Liu Minghui, it cannot but be said that this is caused by hard work day and night.
Emperor Tianze is the best at observing public opinion, and is generous to the people, but he is strict with hundreds of officials. For example, if you hit someone and injure someone, ordinary people will lose money; However, if an official commits a crime of arson, once it is verified, he will be demoted to a pariah, his property will be confiscated, and he will be beaten into equal disabilities. Although such a law has never been seriously enforced due to the protection of officials and officials, Emperor Tianze's starting point is always good, which also makes him popular with most people.
Most of those riding horses were young men; Most of the people who ride the car are elderly; Most of the people who sit in the sedan chair are beautiful girls or noble ladies. Occasionally, someone lifted the sedan curtain and looked out, revealing half of his face, with cloud temples and golden hairpins, which also made Zhou Xiaocao look excited. Although there is a beautiful woman with a peerless face by his side, men always like to try new things. Where are cats that don't steal? If you don't steal, it's either because you're poor or you're ugly. Therefore, there is a saying in "Zengguang Xianwen": "The pink beauty is retired to make the old, and the wandering son is not to teach the poor." He also said: "The weakness of horses is due to thinness, and people are not romantic, but they are poor." "It's all the same thing.
As for Zhou Xiaocao, he now has money, eight thousand taels of silver; There are women, and there are beauties like Yan Qixia around her.
What else is he missing? What is missing is sexual encounters, continuous sexual encounters.
However, will such an ideal be realized?
Yan Qixia rode on a horse, her waist tightly wrapped around Zhou Xiaocao's arms, and the two of them still rode together on a horse, walking together. For the ridicule of the crowd on the side, with Zhou Xiaocao's cheekiness comparable to the city wall, it was like a breeze blowing, and he couldn't bring up the hair on the monk's head.
"Ouch, ouch, you bumped into someone, you have to compensate, you have to compensate!"
The two of them were looking around, experiencing the prosperity of the capital, who knew that they were immediately experienced by the prosperity of the capital.
Tightening the reins, the legs were slightly sent, and with a "hoo-" sound, the horse stopped. The two looked at each other, but it turned out to be an old woman lying down in front of the horse, who was holding her knees and calling "ouch, ouch".
Zhou Xiaocao poked her head out from behind Yan Qixia's ass and asked, "What's wrong?" β
The old woman said in a miserable voice: "Oh, you damn it, you broke my old man's legs, and I won't be able to walk in the future!" β
Before Zhou Xiaocao and Yan Qixia could speak, a few big men immediately popped out of the crowd of onlookers. Some shouted mother, some shouted aunt, anyway, there was everything, and even one accidentally shouted leaky mouth and shouted grandpa, was kicked by the people around him, and quickly changed his mouth and shouted grandma.
I didn't expect that when I traveled to this time and space, I could meet the common porcelain touching in later generations!
In the face of this situation, what will our great and noble actor Zhou Xiaocao do?
To the disappointment of all of us, Zhou Xiaocao only grabbed the horse's mane with both hands, slipped away, and got off the horse. Then he thrust into the crowd of onlookers, waved his hand, and said, "This horse belongs to this woman, and she is the driverβoh no, it's Sima." If you want to hit someone, she hit it, it has nothing to do with me, I don't know her. β
The onlookers had black lines on their faces, and even the guys who touched porcelain blushed for him. You don't know her? Don't you know her and teach you to stick behind her and put your hands around her?
It was still the old woman who had a lot of experience, and she was the first to come back to her strength, and said loudly: "The neighbors here have all seen it, no matter who hit it, if you hit someone, you have to lose money for treatment, right?" My poor old wife was killed by a horse! At that time, the old men of the government were in charge, but they lost us 90,000 taels of snowflakes and silver."
Ninety thousand taels? That's enough to buy your wife a hundred and ten lives, right?
Obviously, this old woman is asking for a price all over the sky, and she is waiting for Yan Qixia to sit on the ground and repay the money. As long as you are willing to lose money, then it is easy to discuss; Unwilling to lose money, hehe, it's outsiders like you who are bullying. Into the Yamen? I see if you're afraid!
Zhou Xiaocao hid to the side to watch the play, and suddenly changed back to a supporting role from the protagonist, and poor Yan Qixia was suddenly promoted to the protagonist and director, which was very stressful.
Yan Qixia also got off the horse, her movements were much stronger than Zhou Xiaocao, beautiful and practical. Yan Qixia got off the horse, and instead of looking at the old woman who kept wailing, she patted the horse and said, "My horse is the most weird-tempered." Sometimes it will go crazy inexplicably, people block and step on people, Buddha blocks and steps on Buddha, oh no, this horse is about to go crazy, fellow neighbors, let's quickly avoid it, otherwise we will be trampled to death by the horse! β
Yan Qixia stretched out a finger and poked it hard on the horse's buttocks, the horse was in pain, the man stood up, neighed, and raised his two front legs high, and he was about to run away. The surrounding crowd was frightened and shouted, "Hula" to get out of the way of the avenue where four-wheel drive vehicles could be crossed. That's right, who is not afraid of death! Watching the excitement and losing one's life, no one wants it.
The old woman and her sons and relatives were also in a mess, and the old woman was under the horse's hooves, and she was already frightened. The horse's hooves hung above her head, and she was scared half to death, and she got up and ran. That's as fast as Usain Bolt.
Yan Qixia held the horse's neck with one hand, and just controlled the horse that was about to gallop wildly, which made the surrounding crowd cheer.
"Lang Jun, let's go, the problem has been solved."
Zhou Xiaocao immediately squeezed out of the crowd, waved at everyone, and said with a smile: "Ahaha, this beautiful hero is my insider, right?" β
Yan Qixia got on the horse, stretched out her left hand, picked up one of Zhou Xiaocao's hands, and lifted it hard, and pulled him onto the horse. As soon as Zhou Xiaocao got on the horse, he immediately hugged Yan Qixia's small waist, for fear of falling off.
The two of them slapped their horses and left, leaving a few people who were glaring at each other, and loudly condemning Zhou Xiaocao's despicable behavior of relying on women to live. While condemning, I also thought selfishly, when can we have such a heroine who "attaches equal importance to beauty and wisdom, the embodiment of hero and chivalry" as a confidant of Hongchen?
Zhou Xiaocao's horse was stopped again.
But this time, it's not porcelain.
A middle-aged man who looked like a well-dressed butler, with a greasy face and a smile on his face, looked like a smiling Maitreya in the temple.
Xiao Maitreya arched his hand and said, "This must be Zhou Xiaocao Zhou Gongzi, right?" My lord is invited, and I hope to go to talk about it. β
Zhou Xiaocao tilted her head and looked behind Yan Qixia and asked, "Can you not go?" β
Laughing Maitreya didn't speak, but the six big men standing behind him were all angry, as if they wanted to choose someone to devour.
Zhou Xiaocao immediately changed his words and said, "Ahaha! The so-called meeting is fate, so please ask this friend to lead the way! β
Xiao Maitreya smiled happily, led Zhou Xiaocao into the restaurant on the side, and went up to the third floor.
In ancient times, almost all the houses were wooden structures, and the beams were also logs, and it was already remarkable to be able to build up to the third floor. All the masonry structures, I'm afraid there are only the palace or the gate valves.
The third floor is divided into private rooms, each with a nice name. Laughing Maitreya led Zhou Xiaocao and Yan Qixia to a private room called "Hongchen Drunk", and as soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the voice of a man inside: "Is Zhou Gongzi here?" Come in! β
Zhou Xiaocao and Yan Qixia pushed the door in, not noticing at all that a girl's head poked out from the "Yang Liuyi" private room diagonally opposite the door, and looked over here with interest