The small east city in Jinyang Jingqing Pingfang, the noise of the day is ahead of the major markets, the morning bell rings at three o'clock in the fifth watch, the sky is still hazy, the neon is far away in the sky, there is a flow of people and vehicles, with the footsteps, rolling wooden wheels and the opening of the shops next to the bluestone road, and the eager greetings of the familiar vendors, in an instant, let the long street sober.

There were more small traders pushing simple wooden carts than ox carts and mule carts full of goods, and there were some sturdy men carrying huge baskets on their shoulders, which contained charcoal stoves, black coals, white flour in coarse cloth bags, green vegetables with morning dew, and even chickens and ducks that should have been jumping alive but had become listless because of their wings and feet.

There are also women with blue and white cloth wrapped around their heads and bamboo strips in their hands, and most of them deal in some homemade cloth shoes, headscarves, and coarse cloth dresses.

The stalls are lined up in the market, some set up large umbrellas, make stoves, set up tables and stools, and some just use reed mats to spread on the ground, and arrange all kinds of goods neatly.

Xiaodong City is designed for ordinary civilians, with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, food and clothing, all available.

But of course, there are no extravagant things such as brocade, gold and jade, let alone ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, pianos and pipas.

After a while, as a steady stream of customers wearing cloth clothes came, the vendors were enthusiastic, and the cries of selling came and went, and the noise was very loud.

It was still the beginning of the year, wearing a coarse cloth dress, holding a double-ring bun, and a hairpin ring with no plum girl, holding a bamboo basket, appeared in the crowd of Xiaodong City, picked some fresh vegetables and fruits, and beans and coarse grains, and at the mouth of a small alley, from a breakfast stall run by a couple in simple clothes, but with quick hands, bought two freshly baked white bread, and quietly turned into a relatively secluded alley.

The alleys are deep and narrow, and there is a damp smell, and the roads are lined with mud-walled wooden houses, which can be seen to be inhabited by poor people.

Lamei walked more than 100 steps inside, looked around, and made sure that no one was following, before pushing open a wooden door that was already quite dilapidated, and entered a small courtyard.

An old woman who was old and skinny seemed to hear the door, trembling and majestic, holding a wooden cane, and walked out of the house, looking at it for a long time with a pair of eyes that had been cloudy and godless, until she heard a familiar and clear voice, and shouted "Grandma", and then grinned.

Lamei hurriedly stepped forward, put the bamboo basket on a low pestle outside the house, helped the old woman into the house, and then turned around and took out two white bread buns, and put them in the coarse porcelain bowl above the kang table: "Grandma will fill her stomach first, I will buy some corn today, and I will cook you a bowl of corn porridge to drink later." ”

The old woman took Lamei's hand: "Don't be busy, girl, I've already eaten this morning, for so many years, it's difficult for you and Sanshun to take care of you and Sanshun all the time, so that my old wife is safe." As he spoke, those dry eyes, which were completely radiant, were rarely damp.

The old woman is a lonely widow, no children and no daughters, the man also left ten years ago, she was seriously ill, crying and hurting her eyes, although she did not become blind, but it was not much better, in the past by washing clothes for neighbors, mixed a few coarse meals, but after all, it was not enough to eat, once she was really hungry, went out to the market to beg for noodle soup to satisfy her stomach, but did not want to be pushed to the ground by an unscrupulous trader, and injured her ankle, fortunately met Sanshun, a kind-hearted, chivalrous young man, carried her to the pharmacy for treatment, and sent her back home.

Sanshun saw that the old woman was really lonely and pitiful, so he often came to help, although he could only provide some coarse tea and light rice, but for the old woman, it was already the grace of life, and later Lamei learned, so he often came to visit - Song Mama and Song Manager were on an errand in the Guogong Mansion every day, naturally there was no restraint, and Luo was also a careless person, either leading Song Ming back to her parents' house, or going to the door to chat with people, playing leaf cards, so as long as Lamei rushed back to Song's house before noon, it would not be found that she was staying outside.

This place gradually became the place where she and Sanshun met.

Hearing that the old woman had already eaten breakfast, Lamei was slightly surprised, and was about to ask carefully, but suddenly heard a familiar voice outside the door, low and pleasant: "I can be regarded as earlier than you today." ”

Sanshun was wearing a white-washed green cloth robe, crossed his arms, and leaned on the door frame, although the sun was already shining in the courtyard at this time, the man standing in the backlight, the smile was even brighter.

Lamei suddenly was a little stunned, once upon a time, she longed for such an unpretentious and happy life, got up early in the morning, washed her hands and made soup, and was busy, but she didn't notice the tiredness in his warm smile, sent him out, and waited for him to return home, and talked about the trivialities of the day, what does it matter if the coarse tea and light rice are all she wants.

But Mama Song's high-flying whip always ruthlessly shattered her thoughts, thinking that that kind of life was destined to be destined to be impossible for her...... Until today, she seems to feel that everything may not be extravagant, luck has finally favored her, and the future is really exciting.

Lamei smiled gracefully, the tears in the corners of her eyes were filled with joy that could not be concealed.

In this scorching summer day, which seems to be the same, in the simple courtyard, surrounded by gray walls, under the shade of a tree, the boy and the girl hold hands and look at each other, smiling purely.

seems to know each other, after several years, Sanshun is the first time to see such a carefree smile on Lamei's face.

More joy and relief rushed to Sanshun's chest together, violently cleansed, and as soon as his arms tightened, he took the girl into his arms: "Amei...... I'm finally ...... You don't know, every time you are beaten by that old pious woman, I hate to break her body to pieces, sometimes I simply want to take you out of this hell, wandering the world, but I am still cowardly, not persistent enough, thinking of you living such a life, but I can't do anything, I really hate myself, now it's okay, that vicious bastard doesn't dare to treat you harshly, as long as it takes another two years...... Wu Niang said that she will definitely help you completely get out of the Song family. ”

In this warm embrace, Lamei cried with joy, and did not hesitate to wrap around Sanshun's waist, albeit gently......

Sanshun's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but touch the girl's cheek with his hot lips, but he tasted the astringency of tears, and couldn't help but suck it, gradually, approaching the girl's cherry lips, a slight touch, but the two of them trembled, Sanshun's breathing became short, but Lamei hurriedly pushed him away: "Brother Sanshun...... I ......"

Sanshun raised his palm, stroked his thumb, wiped the tears on Lamei's face, his eyes were gentle, and he reluctantly lingered on the girl's face: "Two years is not long, there is always a hope." ”

Yes, compared to the bleak life before, these two years are indeed not a long time, Lamei smiled with tears: "I never dared to think that there would really be this day...... Yesterday, I saw the eldest princess, she is such a noble person, but she is so kind, she took my hand and talked for a while, and asked me if I would like to enter the national mansion on an errand...... "Speaking of yesterday's meeting with the nobleman, Lamei is still excited.

"The Song family must have been shocked, I can't wait to see the appearance of that old pious woman on the spot." Sanshun laughed heartily.

If Lamei really went to the eldest princess on an errand, she really became a thorn in Mama Song's side, her majestic days undoubtedly had a hidden danger, if that was the case, it would also make her taste the taste of fear, Sanshun just thought about it, and couldn't help but rejoice.

"Although the princess is a good will, but I am just a stupid person, I know that I do not have such a blessing, of course I declined, the princess also praised me for being a good and honest maid, rewarded me with a jade bracelet, and let my grandmother often take me in to talk...... Now it's okay, with the care of the eldest princess, Mama no longer dares to beat and scold me at every turn. Lamei couldn't help but be happy: "It's a pity that I didn't see Wu Niang yesterday, I really want to thank her face to face for her life." ”

"There will definitely be a chance in the future, what are you anxious about." Sanshun smiled.

"I can find justice for my sister, and I can ...... with you In this life, I don't want anything more. ”

"Really?" Sanshun raised his eyebrows: "Don't you want to grow old with my children in the future?" ”

Lamei's eyes suddenly turned red, and she turned sideways slightly: "Flim mouth and smooth tongue." ”

The corners of Sanshun's lips trembled, and he only felt that such a day was truly called comfortable, and of course, their future life was worth looking forward to.

Lamei's expression was solemn again: "Wu Niang treats you and I have great kindness, I am humble and incompetent, I really can't repay each other, Brother Sanshun will try his best to help Wu Niang, only then can I repay my kindness." ”

"Don't worry, I'll save all of this." Sanshun's eyebrows stretched, remembering the master who was in the cardamom years, although he still looked like a weak girl, but he didn't waste his efforts to let Song Mama plant his heels and rescue Lamei from the sea of suffering, he was really full of admiration: "I don't say that I know countless people, but I have some vision over the years, and I have never seen a noble girl like Wu Niang, I know that people don't say anything, and they are witty and cautious, the master is only twelve years old, and he has such a means, and he will be able to achieve great things in the future." ”

He didn't notice at all that Wu Niang was just a boudoir girl, but now in his mind, she was not weaker than those kings and generals, so he blurted out words that could achieve great things.

"The eldest princess is a heroine, and Wu Niang has to be trained by her, so she is naturally unparalleled in intelligence." Lamei has no doubts.

According to this, the two of them, plus Xia Ke in Luqing Garden, are already loyal to Wu Niang.

It wasn't until the middle of the day that Sanshun reluctantly left this humble courtyard, passed through Xiaodong City, and walked quickly for a while, but went to Dongxingfang.

Different from Qingpingfang, although the shops here also operate grain, tea and wine, they are more inn restaurants and gambling houses.

Although it is early in the morning, the chicken farm is already full of people, on the side of the wooden fence in the courtyard, there are both brocade clothes and sleeves shouting loudly, and there are cloth gamblers stamping their feet on the fence to cheer, all of them have round red eyes, staring at the loess field in the fence, two tall feet and long necks, wings and black tails of fighting cocks, a group of people and two chickens, are the same eye.

Sanshun looked around, and approached a man in his twenties who was wearing a fuwen silk robe, and he also learned from the gamblers around him, rolled up his sleeves and shouted for a while.

The two fighting cocks come and go, flap their wings and peck at each other, raising yellow dust like fog, down feathers all over the ground, a moment passes in a blink of an eye, and the winner is divided.

"What a obscurity!" The man in silk slapped his palm on the wooden fence, glared at the defeated fighting lying in a pool of blood with a broken neck, and spewed out a mouthful of spit.

Apparently, he made the wrong bet.

A string of angry words of scolding also erupted all around, only a few people won the money, took the wooden chips handed by the chicken farm guys, and prepared to re-bet, and two more lively fighting cocks were thrown into the field.

"This time, I'm bullish on the first chip." Sanshun did not hesitate to throw down a wooden chip and hung it in a basket with the word A hanging in the field.

Someone on the side immediately raised an objection: "This is a variety introduced in the Western Regions, the wing feathers are reddish-brown, the most ferocious, won two games in a row three days ago, and became famous in a battle, today is the first game, where is the reason to lose!" With that, the man did not hesitate to throw the wooden chip into another basket.

The man was apparently a regular at the chicken farm, and many people followed him to bet.

Sanshun smiled silently, and only watched with his arms crossed.

The young man in silk looked at the basket that was gradually full, and thought that he had lost a few games in a row, so he squeezed the gambling chip tightly, hesitated for a while, and still asked Sanshun: "Brother is sure?" ”

Sanshun glanced at him, was silent, blocked his mouth with his palm, and said to his ear: "Although Yichou is a famous species, looking at today's state, it seems that he is too excited; You look at the first chip, the feathers are tight, the body frame is neat, this body type is the best, the color of the coat does not say, a look is the dark cloud covering snow, and then look at its crown, small and meticulous, and finally look at the leg claws, seven-petal legs, cross big climbing claws, the so-called small head and big body frame, thin leg line climbing claws, the first chip does not match, the combat power should not be underestimated, there must be a vicious fight, that the B chip at the beginning or can take some advantage, but when encountering such an excellent opponent, the back plate will be exhausted, eight or nine times out of ten will be destroyed. ”

When the young man in silk heard what he said, he couldn't help but be secretly convinced, and he made up his mind to get back the money and silver that was exported in one go.

It attracted a lot of smack, but it was the majority of those who despised it.

In fact, how can Sanshun have such a vision, it is really that among the brothers with different surnames he met, there happened to be cockfighters in this chicken farm.

In order to make profits, most of the gambling houses will use some selfish means, so there are so many people who have suffered miserably, and they have lost their fortunes.

Sure enough, the Western Regions fighting was majestic at first and had the upper hand, but after two moments, it gradually lost its strength, and finally was jumped by the local unpopular, grabbed its eyeballs with one claw, and was hoarse and paralyzed in a pool of blood.

The young man in silk was very excited - in this game, he not only won back all the losses he had lost today, but also earned a full thousand wen, although it was not much, but it was better than losing.

The young man in silk was overjoyed, and he no longer gambled, but took Sanshun's arm, and had to invite him to drink.

It is in the middle of the three shun arms.

The two of them went out of the chicken farm one after the other, and a little beggar bumped into his head coldly, and threw the young man in silk clothes into a stumble, and he had to be supported by three obedients so as not to fall, the young man was furious, and wanted to punch and kick the beggar, prejudice that he was full of mud and stench, and he really couldn't find a clean place to start, and Sanshun persuaded him on the side, saying that he should not be discouraged by a beggar, and the young man gave up.

I found a wine shop nearby, I want to serve wine and meat, the two of them drank freely, they were very similar, the young man borrowed the power of wine, almost had to make friends with Sanshun and eight worships, and exchanged names, but the young man was surnamed Shi, only said that he was a slave of the Wang family.

"I'm doing four things at home, if you don't dislike it, just call me Fourth Brother Shi." Shi Si patted Sanshun's shoulder, very refreshing.

Sanshun immediately followed the good and said his origin.

"Are you on an errand in the Patriotic Mansion?" Shi Si Si is a surprise.

"It's just an errand boy, my sister was recently promoted to a first-class maid, and she was rewarded by her master, so she had some spare money to try her luck." Sanshun is extremely humble.

"I don't know which master your sister is waiting for?"

"It's the daughter of the Duke of Weiguo, the fifth mother of the Su family."

Shi Sisi smiled: "There is such a coincidence, and it is also the fate of the two of us, I can't say that we will become relatives in the future." ”

Sanshun was ignorant on his face, as if he wanted to ask carefully, but Shi Si waved his hand, indicating that he didn't want to talk more, and the two raised their glasses again and drank for a round.

"Alas, in the end, it is still not as much oil and water as those who do the housekeeping, and the spare money in their hands is limited, so they don't even dare to go to Qianrao Pavilion...... Don't hide it from the fourth brother, what the younger brother wants in his life is to be able to take a look at the girl in red and be hooked by her. Sanshun's eyes were full of peach blossoms, and he tried to lead the topic to the brothel.

It turned out that he was instructed by Yijing to find out if the three princes often went to the hook fence, where to go, and who they saw, this task was not easy, and Sanshun wasted some effort to find out that this Shi Si is the nephew of the chief of the palace, and now he is the eldest companion of the three princes, and he knows that this Shi Si Su likes to fight cocks, so he arranged a coincidence.

I didn't want Shi Si to be very cautious, and when I said it, he didn't admit that he was the descendant of the third prince, so Sanshun had no choice but to lead the topic to the girl in red.

Who taught him that he had only been to Qianrao Pavilion and seen the girl in red dance?

I don't want to, but I hit it crookedly.

Shi Si leaned forward and leaned back with a smile, and patted his thigh again and again: "You kid is not small, the Oiran of Qianrao Pavilion is not an ordinary person, and the nobles of Kyoto are vying for it, if there is no hundred gold, don't really think about it." ”

Sanshun lamented again and again.

Shi Si shook his head: "But in my opinion, it's nothing, it's just that there is some Hu blood, and the figure is really wonderful." ”

Sanshun's eyes widened: "Fourth brother has seen it?" "Dengshi's face was full of envy.

Shi Si's vanity exploded, and he also relaxed his vigilance: "My master is not an ordinary person, and he has also gone to Qianrao Pavilion with him a few times and invited the girl in red to accompany him for wine." ”

Sanshun hurriedly asked about the style of the red clothes, and he praised it again, and he was naturally surprised in his heart - this is ...... Does it count as a victory in the first battle? The victory came too coincidentally, right?

Shi Si Dao Sanshun didn't know who his master was, he was unguarded, and he spat and described the style of the red clothes, but he didn't notice anything strange.

When the wine was exhausted, Shi Si waved his hand to call the checkout of the hall, touched his waist, and was stunned.

"What's wrong with the fourth brother?" Sanshun was immediately concerned.

"The beggar!" Shi Si gritted his teeth: "It turned out to be a thief, a good thief, if I meet him again, he will definitely be beaten all over the ground looking for teeth." ”

So, Sanshun settled the account very diligently, patted his chest and said that it was a great blessing to meet the fourth brother, but some small money, he could still afford it, Shi Sisi was grateful, and asked Sanshun's residence at the moment, patted his chest and promised that he would come to the door another day to thank him.

Sanshun smiled with white teeth, and he looked honest.

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In the Sui Yuan of the Chu Palace, the little servant sat listlessly on the pestle inside the door, watching the swaggering under the scorching sun, like a black-faced impermanence of the gray crossing, staring angrily at the two lantern eyes - he was jealous!

When the prince was still studying in Yizhou, no matter where he went, he accompanied him, and he was edified in the academy for several years, and the clear sky also learned some words, and his conceit was slightly better than those nobles.

This little guy has a wide range of vision, and when he heard others talking about the talent and appearance of the Su family's five mothers, he was extremely curious, and he wanted to see the demeanor of the talented woman, and it was easy to look forward to the return of the prince to Beijing...... He didn't want to be a son of the world, but he was ruthless and deprived of his entourage.

On the contrary, it is the guy who is still inseparable from the world, but he is unwilling to tell him the talent and appearance of the Su family's five mothers.

The sky was clear and depressed for many days, and the resentment against the gray ferry increased day by day.

In order to regain the qualifications of his entourage, he even proposed to compete with Ash Du with poems in front of the son.

How do you know that if you want to decide the winner, it is better than the sword...... The prince of the world even agreed!

Knowing that he is a "genius" who is polite and powerless, how can he dare to compete with the well-developed limbs of Gray Du!

Eccentric, too eccentric!

Clear sky's eyes erupted with rage, almost throwing ashes into ashes!

Gray Watari stared at the clear sky expressionlessly, and Guri grinned strangely, and his steps did not stop, and he went straight into the courtyard, but he broke a branch and threw it back.

Right in the middle of the clear sky brain!

With a scream, the clear sky jumped up: "Du, why are you beating me?" ”

Ash Du turned around and said seriously: "I'm so far away from you, where can I beat you?" ”

Clear Sky was furious, and a small face bulged higher, like a polite ...... Bun.

"When you practice your skills, you will only have one or two roles by your side, what is the empowerment of poetry? Shizi is outstanding, do you still need your help? Gray Du grinned again, and Qingtian realized that his expression was actually smiling.

Will Grey Cross laugh?

Clear Sky was dumbfounded.

Gray Du had already walked away and went straight to the study where the son of the world was.