Chapter 206: Child
In the current Ningbo Mansion, the residence mínzhǔ should be concentrated near the north gate and the east gate. So after a short rest at the West Gate, Wang Hai took the convoy to deliver first. And Zhengliang, who had nothing to do, took Liu Le, Mingfeng Xiuzheng and one of Wang Hai's subordinates who stayed behind to lead the way and began to tour around.
Masahiro first went to the downtown of the city.
"Come and see! Nice ornament ......"
"Delicious buns! It's delicious right out of the oven! Everybody, come and buy it! ……”
"Rock sugar gourd! What a sweet rock sugar gourd! ”
The streets are filled with small vendors selling all kinds of goods, including rice, fish, vegetables, and cloth,...... The sound of shouting and bargaining came and went, and there was an endless stream of pedestrians on the road.
Walking through the crowd, you can hear the loud shouts of various businesses on the street. Masahiro seems to have returned to the vegetable market of later generations. It turns out that no matter in that era, this kind of special shouting is always the same. The difference is the clothes of the people around them, the things they sell.
Walking forward, I saw a richly decorated shop not far away. Zhengliang fixed his eyes, and Zhang Ji Pawnshop was written outside the store. Look through the door and look inside. The beams of the rosewood are constantly emitting a faint fragrance, the cargo shelves of yellow rosewood have a strong historical atmosphere, the stairs of ash are irregularly embedded with precious stones, the tables and chairs of mahogany are carved with dragons and phoenixes, and the horns are inlaid with gold. Glazed lampshades, jade screens, vases of Tang Sancai and abacus of white marble. Even the threshold is engraved with a phoenix wearing a peony pattern. It's not gorgeous.
Turning his head and looking again, in a place on the street, a restaurant named "Drunken Country Building" is full of people at the moment. Countless celebrities, rich businessmen, and beauties are drunk and dreaming of death inside.
"Down, be careful" Just as Zhengliang stopped to watch, Liu Le's exclamation came from behind.
Masara was about to turn his head to see what was going on, when he suddenly noticed a dark shadow crashing into his arms. In a hurry, Masahiro's abdomen shrunk, and his feet stood still, ready to block the blow stiffly.
Say it's too late, then it's too fast. When Masahiro was ready, the black shadow hit someone's arms. Zhengliang held the comer with both hands and looked at it fixedly. It turned out to be a little boy who looked like he was only eleven or twelve years old. After the little boy fell into Zhengliang's arms, he immediately leaned on and stood firm with the help of the rebound force on Zhengliang. Then bypass Masato and continue to run wildly.
"Don't run" At the same time, a dozen or so children rushed after him. Zhengliang, who had been prepared, immediately dodged sideways, and Liu Le and the sailors in charge of leading the way were not so lucky, and were knocked down several times in a row by the children who rushed through the crowd. Although it didn't knock it down, it was also embarrassed.
On the contrary, it was Ming Fengxiu who looked like he was not approaching, so that those children all took a detour and were not hit at all.
The group of children was making a fuss on the street, which immediately caused everyone around them to take refuge, and the street suddenly became chaotic.
"Xiuzheng" At this time, Zhengliang suddenly called Mingfeng Xiuzheng to the side and whispered. Ming Feng Xiuzheng nodded, and then walked away quickly.
Liu Lejian, who had just sorted out his clothes, was suddenly puzzled. Immediately saluted Zhengliang and said, "Down." Why is that? Apparently he was asking why Ming Feng Xiuzheng went.
"Hehe, you'll soon find out. But you should check carefully, is everything on it? Masarashi said with a smile, just as the child hit him just now, Masarashi clearly felt the child's hand reach into the place where he had placed the coin. Obviously preparing to steal property. It's a pity that all the silver taels of Zhengliang were handed over to Ming Feng Xiuzheng. So that kid was busy for nothing.
"Huh?" "Huh? Zhengliang heard two exclamations in a row, apparently from Liu Le and the sailor. …,
"Down. My silver is gone", "My lord, mine is gone." ”
"Don't panic. I'll get it back soon," Masarashi said.
"What do you mean is that the property of the subordinates was stolen by the group of children just now?" Liu Le is not a stupid person. Combined with Zhengliang's words just now, he quickly knew who was the culprit of the loss of property.
Zhengliang nodded to show that Liu Le's guess was right.
"What?" Before Liu Le could make a move, the sailors behind him were the first to shout angrily, "See if I don't beat them up." Originally, he didn't have much money, this time it was rare to be able to come to Ningbo Mansion, he almost brought the whole family, in order to go to Yicuilou at night to find a beautiful girl to be happy for a night, but now it was stolen by those children who stole the money, and he was not angry. If it weren't for the fact that he hadn't gotten permission from Masaara, he would have chased the children in the direction they had fled.
"No need to do this, we'll get our stuff back soon," Masari said indifferently.
Seeing that Masashi was so calm, the sailor had to temporarily hold back the anger in his heart. No matter how you say that the other party is a nobleman in charge, you will even become your own master, and the other party's orders must be obeyed.
After about two quarters of an hour, Ming Feng Xiuzheng finally hurried back.
"Next, I found it," Ming Fengxiu said in a low salute to Masahiro. After all, he was speaking rì at the moment, so in order to be mistaken for a widow by others, he had to keep a low profile.
"Let's go" Zhengliang didn't talk nonsense, and immediately instructed Ming Fengxiu to lead the way in front.
Under the leadership of Mingfeng Xiuzheng, the group gradually walked out of the noisy market, and then continued to go in the direction of the city gate. Since everyone was walking, the speed was much slower than the speed at which Ming Fengxiu was trotting to track the group of children just now. Half an hour later, everyone walked into a small alley that was a little dark. Along the road, looking at the more and more dilapidated houses, Zhenglai Zhilu Road has come to the slum area of Ningbo Prefecture.
"Next, they're in the innermost courtyard," Ming Feng Xiuzheng whispered.
Hearing this, Zhengliang nodded, and softly approached the courtyard where Ming Feng Xiuzheng had discovered.
I saw that the two walls of the courtyard were already covered with moss and even weeds, and when I looked through the gap in the courtyard wall, I only saw a collapsed tiled house, and only the north side had a corner that had not completely collapsed. Obviously, it was a deserted house. The housing prices in the Ming Dynasty were not cheap, a simple tiled house generally cost 50 taels of silver, which was still a slum, so no matter in that era, the house was always the stuff of the rich and noble, and it was just a luxury for the poor.
"Sister, wake up, look, the eldest brother has come back with something delicious" At this time, a childish male voice came from the abandoned yard. Hearing this, Zhengliang couldn't help but stop and listened carefully. The people at the back also stopped.
"Brother, I miss my mother," a voice as thin as a thread sounded. Listening to the sound seems to be sick.
"Well, come and eat this. The mother-in-law will be back soon," the immature male voice sounded again.
"No, my brother lied to me, my mother doesn't want us anymore," the girl's voice cried again.
"And the big brother. Big brother will take care of you, good, eat this quickly. ”
"Hehe, my brother met a few big guests today, and he will soon raise enough money to buy medicine, and then he can buy medicine to cure his illness."
"Brother, I don't want to be cured."
"What can you say, how can you not cure the disease?"
"No, I'm not curing anymore. Woo woo ...... "A girl's cry rang out in the courtyard.
After a long time, the boy's voice sounded again: "Good, eat quickly." ”
"Did my brother eat it too?"
"Eat enough, you see" the boy seemed to pat himself on the stomach to prove that he was full.
"No, my brother lied to me again. Brother, let's eat together," the girl said weakly.
"Okay, let's eat together," the boy said in a slightly choked voice. (To be continued......)
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