It's snowing, the vast land is white, the adults who put on thick fur clothes are preparing for the New Year, the railway line that usually transports coal and goods is now occupied by people who come and go to pay New Year's greetings, saying that it is a New Year's greeting, in fact, it is to ask for debts, Liguo iron ore coking coal, daily use of rice, flour, meat, eggs and fruits, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, most of them are located in the south of the iron factory eighty miles of Xuzhou merchants to provide, the southern luxury goods through the canal to Xuzhou Mansion in a steady stream, and then sent to all places, as if it is the transportation center, the thoroughfare of the four provinces, Although there is also a saying that soldiers must fight for the place, but with the northward movement of the war, coupled with the heavy guards of Xuzhou Mansion, this place can be called a resort in troubled times.

The merchants of Xuzhou Prefecture obtained the contract of the iron factory through bidding, supplied these daily necessities on time, settled the accounts every once in a while, and the pig iron, steel, various iron products and weapons produced by the iron factory were also sold to all parts of the south through the merchants. Walk the door and give gifts.

The second lady decided to go to Xuzhou Mansion for a visit, the iron factory is full of mud, soot, black smoke, vulgar and barbaric men, for girls, they must change the environment every once in a while to cultivate their mood.

After the last gladiatorial competition, the second lady never let Liu Ziguang go down, and moved him out of the gladiatorial camp and lived in a house with wooden beds and futons, and he could eat white rice every day. Enjoying the treatment of a family, he hasn't slept on a serious bed for more than a year, Liu Ziguang is very emotional, although the living environment has been improved, but he is still always worried about running away, helplessly guarded, and he doesn't know anything about the outside world, so it's better to find a chance to escape with his three brothers, he thought to himself.

The second lady lacked a role that could fight, although the gladiator could win money and be fun, but she was suddenly a little reluctant to let this young man die in the gladiatorial arena, so she gave Liu Ziguang the identity of a family member. It's not bad to let him fight with him and be in the limelight.

Let the Ministry of Communications hang a special train, the second miss took a few Ding Yahuan to Xuzhou Mansion to purchase New Year's goods, Yu Xiaolong was busy with official business, can not be accompanied, in order not to lose face at the necessary moment, the second miss specially brought the red-clothed general with love. What is the necessary moment, of course, it is a fight, the second lady's favorite.

Liu Ziguang changed into the clothes of ordinary families, black cotton robes, corrugated hats, and three other family members took shelter on the plank road outside the carriage, the second lady took the maid to rest in the greenhouse, the train arrived at Xuzhou Fu Station after an hour, the station has a transfer office of the iron factory stationed all the year round, the office prepared a small green sedan chair, the sedan chair man carried the second lady, the rest of the people walked, and the group walked to the city.

The second lady did not go to the rouge water shop and the silk village, but first went to the iron shop opened by the iron factory to inspect it, the iron factory has a workshop specializing in making steel knives and long swords, the name is "Lianfeng", there are semicolons everywhere, the weapons of the Lianfeng are made of 100 refined steel, the price is expensive, but the dart bureau and the martial arts hall are still rushing, and the heroes on the rivers and lakes are also proud to have a steel knife of the Lianfeng. Swords belong to short soldiers, and the government does not prohibit them from wearing them, as for spears and halberds, of course, Lian Feng is also produced, but they are customized for the army, and ordinary people can't buy them at all.

The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man with a scar on his face, seeing the arrival of the lady of the owner, he was busy making tea and entertaining, and the second lady made trouble in the Lianfeng for a while, extorted a few hundred taels of New Year's money, and took his subordinates to go shopping on Mashi Street, which specializes in dogs and horses.

Mashi Street is Xuzhou Mansion was originally the place where Xuzhou Mansion specialized in selling horses, and then gradually evolved into dogs, horses, owls, monkeys, starlings, everything is sold, and it is the favorite place for children in several surrounding cities to go in addition to Flower Street and Willow Lane.

There are a lot of people on the street, the second lady gets off the sedan chair and walks, the sixteen-year-old girl wears a brocade cloud satin ground jacket, covered with a feather cloak in a white fox with a veil of flowers and feathers, pinched gold and digging cloud suede boots under her feet, with a silver mouse on her ears to warm her ears, holding a rock sugar gourd in her hand, gnawing while walking, and the two frozen reds on her pink little face are extremely cute, and it seems that she is the rich businessman's Miss Jiao.

The second lady saw a bunch of people around what was going on, her curiosity rose, and she opened everyone and got in, it turned out to be a merchant with a mouth full of northern dialect selling dogs, the merchant was dressed in a sheepskin robe, and two fox tails hung down on both sides of the leather hat on his head, and his dress was very different from that of the Central Plains, and it seemed that he was from outside the Guan.

There were two dogs in front of the merchant, medium in frame, covered with thick gray fur covering the whole body, a pair of blue eyes in the shape of an apricot kernel, ears raised high, looking like a wolf, but as docile as a pug, not afraid of life at all, friendly licking the hands of the surrounding crowd stretched out to caress them, compared with the stubborn and vicious dogs at home, it was simply too beautiful and cute. The second lady's eyes immediately straightened, stroked one of the dog's heads, and generously fed the sugar gourd in her hand to the dog.

The merchant spat and splashed: "This kind of dog, whose name is Husky, comes from the Rakshasa country thousands of miles away, and only the royal nobles can afford to raise it in Dajin and Daliao, and it can be used to have fun in normal times and can be used to pull sleds in winter." Tame and cute, can understand people's words, don't say that it is the Central Plains, even the Yanyun area is very rare, these two are still from the mansion of the six princes of the Dajin Kingdom, the cost is huge, so I want to sell it at a good price today, I heard that the Xuzhou Mansion is rich and rich, presumably everyone will not let down the next place. ”

"Okay, no need to say any more, Miss Ben wants it, you can make an offer." The second lady hugged the dog's head, and was reluctant to let go, so she waved her hand to let Yahuan come over to pay the bill.

"If Miss Hui, the price of two Husky Gong Dogs is two thousand taels of silver." The merchant bowed his head humbly and replied.

"Autumn fragrance, give silver." The second lady's tone seemed very casual, as casual as buying stinky tofu for two pennies on the street.

The surrounding spectators exclaimed, 1,000 taels of silver to buy a dog, it is simply too expensive, an ordinary yamen official is only a hundred taels of silver a year, and this 100 taels of silver can make a medium-sized family's life a year very nourishing and comfortable.

Liu Ziguang stood behind, and changed his expression in surprise when he heard such an outrageous price, you must know that the price of buying these slaves from the iron factory was twenty-five taels of silver, and forty slaves could be combined in exchange for a dog.

Surprised and surprised, the visitors are experts after all, this kind of husky tribute dog is indeed rare, rare is expensive, the asking price is reasonable, this little girl is not simple, it seems that she doesn't understand, the sky-high asking price, the truth of sitting on the ground to pay the money, brows are not wrinkled and agreed, it seems that the wealth is certain.

Qiu Xiang is the second lady's carry-on ring, and it is also a picture of everyone's style, and she also casually took out two silver tickets with huge face value from her purse, and she had to pay the bill.

"Wait, this tribute dog is the first thing our son fancies, whose girl are you, dare to fight with our son?" A domineering butler-like guy among the spectators said that a young man behind him, dressed in a fox fur and a square scarf, was staring at the second lady's white and red face with two obscene eyes.

Qiu Xiang is worthy of being the second lady's personal maid, and her gestures are as arrogant as the second miss, "Just a few of you, are you worthy of my family?" Not to mention the price that my young lady asked first, that is, let you buy it, can you afford it? ”

The housekeeper had to open his mouth, and the lewd boy stretched out his hand to fold the fan, stopped the housekeeper, and said with a smile: "What a pretty girl ring with sharp teeth and sharp teeth, Xiaosheng will fight for it today, not for Xiaosheng's own face, but also for my father's face." Prosperous, take silver, three thousand taels. ”

"Oh, son," the housekeeper named Wangcai took out three silver tickets, triumphantly, and threw them on the counter of the northland merchants, "My son-in-law is from Haizhou, surnamed Huang." I advise you not to fight. ”

There are many salt merchants in Haizhou, the richest of the salt merchants is rare in the sea, the richest of the salt merchants is surnamed Huang, the housekeeper is playing tricks, one wants to suppress the other party, win without a fight, and the other is to deliver a message to the other party for his master, which sister does not love money, not to mention such a handsome and dignified son.

I heard that I was going to fight for money, and the second lady was interested. Within a radius of 100 miles, including the Qunwang Mansion, there are very few people who can compete with the iron factory in terms of funds. Since the lewd boy in front of him wants to play with an axe in front of Lu Ban, then play with him.

"Qiu Xiang, take five thousand taels of silver tickets."

"Wangcai, take six thousand taels."

"Qiu Xiang, eight thousand taels!"

"Wangcai, 10,000 taels!"

The onlookers clapped their hands and applauded, followed by coaxing, Qiu Xiang's little face flushed, and approached the second lady and said: "Miss, this Haizhou guy is in touch with us, look at his eyes, he is looking at you, Miss, he is so obscene..... do you want to ask the red-clothed general to cut him off?" ”

The lewd boy unfolded the folding fan with a chic bang, his style was elegant, and he glanced at the second lady with small eyes.

The second lady waved her hand with the demeanor of a general, "Take them all." ”

Qiu Xiang handed over a thick stack of silver tickets, and the second lady took it and slapped it on the table, "One hundred thousand taels, the Rishengchang ticket number is a silver ticket to pay for silver, I don't believe you can take out so much." ”

The lewd son's face changed, and he also waved his hand at Wangcai, and there was no movement for a long time, Wangcai was close to the child's ear: "I brought 30,000 taels today, they seem to be not small, be careful." ”

"Dog minion, what do you know, no matter how big you are, you can be bigger than my uncle? After a while, look at the way I look. ”

The lewd Huang Gongzi laughed dryly, folded the folding fan, took two steps forward, arched his hand and said: "The little lady really has a lot of money, and she spends money like dirt, which is admirable." I want to ask the lady to move to the restaurant near the left for a light meal, and please appreciate your face. ”

The second lady snorted in her nose; "I don't have money to learn from other people's music, and Miss Ben doesn't deal with poor acid." didn't care about the Northland merchants who were looking at the silver tickets in a daze, and they were about to leave with two huskies.

"Hey~~~, I have to go today, I have to go if I don't go, I have to go if I don't go, from Haizhou Mansion to Xuzhou Mansion, no one dares to refute our Huang Gongzi's face! Little ones! Wangcai saw the son's signal, stepped forward and stretched out his hands to stop the second lady, a few big men lined up behind him, carrying steel knives in his hands, playing lanterns in the blue sky and daylight, two pairs of lanterns one pair of Haizhou salt patrol deputy history, the other pair of Xuzhou Mansion Hall, idlers to start grabbing people, Hula flashed out a big open space.

"Ah, the main hall of Xuzhou Mansion, you are ......" Qiu Xiang is very suitable for acting, pretending to be at a loss, it seems that it is not the first time to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger like this, and the second lady also pretended to be timid, covering her mouth with her little hands. The performance of the four family members was very amateurish, and they sat stiffly and surprised. Only Liu Ziguang looked angry.

Huang Gongzi laughed and said, "Put the knife away, don't frighten the little lady." He said to the second lady: "Today is the little lady, I also want the dog, both the human and the dog, haha, obediently go to the son and have a happy life." ”

As soon as he raised his hand after speaking, the wolf-like family pounced on the second miss and Qiu Xiang, and without waiting for the second miss to wave, Liu Ziguang, who was already angry, greeted him.

After a few heavy punches, the family members turned into panda eyes.

"It's the other way around, it's the other way around, it's the street, get on it!" Huang Gongzi was furious.

The rest of the family rushed up, where are these bullying guys Liu Ziguang's opponents, they were beaten by him, crying dad and calling mother. Huang Gongzi saw that his family did not have an advantage, and quietly retreated with Wangcai.

When the street brawl feels different, you can smash the things around you by the way, there is no time for half a cane, a few family members lie on the ground, humming and chirping, blood flows all over the ground, the people on the street are hiding from afar, the second lady is done watching, she clapps her hands unsatisfied, shakes off the melon seed shell on the cloak, hides the leftover melon seeds in her purse, and greets the thugs and actors.

"Let's go, let's eat."

There is a hill in the south of Mashi Street, because the ancestral house of the former dynasty Hubu Shangshu is on the mountainside, so it is named Hubu Mountain, there is a hotel under the mountain, called Tongrenju, it is a large restaurant in Xuzhou Mansion, the second lady won the street brawl today, and she was happy and ready to feast on Tongrenju.

The person who ran the hall saw that there were distinguished guests coming, and hurriedly greeted him, "A few guest officers upstairs, please"

"What a seat! Our lady wants a private room! Qiu Xiang's nostrils turned to the sky, threw out a silver ingot or two, and caught it in the hall, "Okay, Tianzihao private room, eight guest officers, please, hey, no, are your two noble dogs leashing our backyard first?" Sir. ”

"Open a private room for my two dogs." The second lady said, Qiu Xiang threw out another ingot of silver when she heard this, and she caught the silver in the hall, but she didn't dare to put it in her arms, and said dangerously, "This.... The name is a small shop to entertain VIPs in the private room, if you entertain your two dogs today, I am afraid that we will not be able to do the business of this private room in the future. ”

"What nonsense, call your shopkeeper." Akika said.

The group walked into the Tianzihao private room and sat down, and the shopkeeper walked in with a smile on his face, and before he could speak, the second lady put a gold ingot on the table, "Two private rooms, two good banquets on the table, I don't want to listen to other nonsense." ”

Looking at the gold ingots that were heavy or two, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up, "Okay, what kind of dishes do you order, well, Xiao Er, take two special guest officers to the private room." ”

Dried fruits, candied fruits, and Pu'er tea were put on the table, and the second lady took the menu at a glance and ten lines, pointing and poking, this. This, and this, ordered more than 30 dishes, two jars of good wine, and went down the hall.

Downstairs noisy, a sound of kicking upstairs, the door curtain was raised, Huang Gongzi walked in, two people behind him were dressed in Fusang samurai uniforms, with three long and short knives pinned to their waists, the three of them walked into the Tianzi private room, sat down, the two warriors were too short, and the long knife touched the ground a little awkward after sitting down, so he slammed the knife on the table with a majestic bang, which was majestic.

Huang Gongzi smiled evilly, ready to speak. Qiu Xiang said first, "Miss, it turns out that this person surnamed Huang is still walking with our family, and he sells knives, you see those two short men, their waists are full of knives, hehe." There was a burst of laughter.

Huang Gongzi slapped the table and said: "Little lady, don't toast and don't eat and drink, you and Ben Gongzi will just grab the tribute dogs, but you instructed your subordinates to injure my family, this matter is a big deal." The Huang family in Haizhou has heard of it, and today ....."

The second lady waited for the food to be served, very impatient, and before Huang Gongzi finished speaking, a plate of dried fruits smashed head-on, "What nonsense, bring someone to find the field, don't you, just start fighting." ”

The Fusang ronin was furious when he heard this, and before he could do it, the knife on the table had already been held by Liu Ziguang first, and the Fuso warrior reached out and only grabbed the scabbard, Liu Ziguang pulled it, and the snowy long knife was unsheathed, and the Fuso warrior hurriedly pulled out the waist flank, after all, it was a step slower, the knife flashed, and one of the arms of the Fusang warrior was chopped off.

"Baga" Another Fusang ronin saw his companion being cut down, and swung a knife to cut Liu Ziguang, and the two slashed across the table.

At the same time, the second miss had already copied the stool and smashed it at Huang Gongzi's head, and suddenly Huang Gongzi was bleeding all over his face, and he couldn't stand on the ground, the second miss stomped on Huang Gongzi's face with her foot fiercely, and turned around to see the Fusang ronin with a broken hand picking up her arm, the second miss smiled evilly, and gave Qiu Xiang a look, Qiu Xiang understood, ran over and kicked the broken arm out of the door. The two wanted to repair Huang Gongzi again, but found that he was gone.

The sound of kicking a string of hurried downstairs turned out to be Huang Gongzi taking the opportunity to slip away, and in less than a moment, a team of people dressed in green clothes and hats with sticks rushed upstairs, and the two gangs fought in the private room, the second lady and Qiu Xiang hid aside, and threw a stool, plate, vase or something into the crowd from time to time.

A few runners of the hotel shopkeeper wept and begged at the door: "Ladies and gentlemen, please give the shop a few thin noodles, don't fight, don't fight." A rosewood stool flew out, and the shopkeeper hurriedly dodged it, seeing that it was not a problem, he grabbed a guy and whispered a few words, and the man went out of the store to find a rescuer.

In less than a moment, a big man with a group of men with knives and sticks rushed into the door, purple bald, cold winter Layue's open arms, exposed waist huge copper plate leader, a chain hammer in his hand, into the door to see a dozen people playing lively, the room smashed almost, now hit the lobby, the shopkeeper leaned over and said: "Zhen Ye, the small shop is your old man's cover, look at this...."

"stop, Zhennanguan Zhenye is here!" Lord Zhen's attendant yelled.

A vase flew out of the warband in response. The town lord asked the shopkeeper: "What road?" ”

"I don't know, both groups of people are very angry." The shopkeeper wiped the sweat on his fat face.

The strong dragon still doesn't suppress the head snake, dare to spread wild on the ground of my Zhennan Pass, small ones, give me a fight.

Zhen Ye wielded the chain hammer and led his ruffians to join the warband.

Liu Ziguang fought very happily, this kind of street brawl is not as life-and-death as in the gladiatorial arena, it is not fierce, it can only be regarded as lively, it is similar to the Jackie Chan movie, the Fuso warrior is jumping around, like a big horse monkey, but it is a little prickly, and the other ruffians and family members are ordinary minions level. You cut all the weapons into the gaps, but you didn't kill a few people.

The shopkeeper of Tongrenju wanted to cry without tears, seeing that the store was smashed to pieces, and the guests had run away, and wanted to chase out to catch the guests who had not paid the bill, but saw fifty or sixty officials hurrying over with expressions on their faces. The shopkeeper hurriedly grabbed the errand officer who took the lead: "Official, come and take a look, it's messed up inside." ”

The leading errand officer pushed the shopkeeper away, and shouted at the officials behind him: "This is it, everyone do it, don't run away to kill and injure the official and the key criminal!" ”

Huang Gongzi saw that the reinforcements had arrived, and his heart was settled, covering his bleeding head, and pointing at the second lady from afar: "Grab that little hoof for me, and my son will reward me with a hundred taels of silver." ”

With the arrival of the officials, the ruffians were a little timid, and planned to take advantage of the chaos to slip away, but the officials couldn't figure out who their own people were, so they fought all except for Huang Gongzi's followers, Liu Ziguang was entangled by the Fusang warriors, and he had no chance to slip away.

The second lady brought the few family members, two of them have been cut down, the other one is missing, the officials are many, and gradually have the upper hand, the second miss and Qiu Xiang each picked up a knife, the four of them retreated to the door, while fighting and retreating, the people of Xuzhou Mansion like to watch the lively, there have been a lot of spectators on the Hubu Mountain, children climbed to the tree, young people climbed on the roof, and the hawker took the opportunity to peddle small benches, melon seeds and peanuts.

The crowd suddenly dodged a passage, and a hundred and ten men ran over panting, and half of them were covered with all kinds of armor, scale armor, chain mail, mountain pattern armor, and steel swords in their hands, which looked much more professional than the ruffians of the government servants.

The second lady and her group were surrounded by the middle of the gangs, and the two groups of people began to confront each other in the square where the carriage was parked in front of the colleagues, and a dense array of swords pointed at each other, and there was a sound of abuse, presumably the officials usually fought with the Lian Feng, and they already had beams with each other, taking advantage of this opportunity to come out for the master, they simply ended the new and old hatreds together, and with the rich vocabulary of the two sides greeting each other's female relatives, the weapons that were intertwined together began to cut to one place. Colleagues have become a battlefield in front.

As the battle was in full swing, there was a sound of clean footsteps, and a large army wearing red cherry blossom felt hats drove over, divided into two teams and surrounded the brawling crowd, spears stood out, and Qingqing shouted "Kill!" ”