There are more and more customers in Lanshang, and many people are flocking there. There are also people who don't hesitate to spend a lot of money, just asking for a little peach. It's just that everyone admires it, but no one dares to move the idea of separation. First, Xiao Tao's prestige is obvious, not only the emperor's gift, but also the people praise it; Second, after the incident of draining salt in Nanchang Mansion, Yin and Xiao Tao. There are also a lot of interactions, and there is even a banquet in Fu Yin's house, and Xiao Tao is a guest. In the territory of Nanchang Mansion, no one dared to touch Xiao Tao's crooked thoughts.

Once the Lanshang people went out to buy something, and came back to bring Xiao Tao a four-ptych New Year's painting, and said with a smile: "Girl, look at who this is?" ”

Xiao Tao took it and looked at it, and each couplet drew a woman, with a light body, a dignified and beautiful appearance, and she was dancing. The common denominator is that every woman has a peach blossom under her neck. It was obvious that it was her who painted it, and Xiao Tao's heart couldn't help but swing, and said with a smile: "The paintings are better than me." ”

The person next to him smiled: "Nowadays, many people like to buy a girl's portrait and stick it at home." It is said that with the blessing of a beautiful and kind-hearted nobleman like the girl, the family is peaceful. ”

Xiao Tao couldn't help but hook her lips and smile. She didn't expect that she could get such a big reward from the people just by doing a little bit. Official prostitutes are a humble status, a plaything for officials, and it is not easy to protect themselves. Xiao Tao never thought that she could walk out of such a bright village on the road of official prostitutes, not only to get a royal reward, but also to solve the difficulties of one party. It's that he looks down on the official prostitute. If you don't experience it, you will never experience it. People can live like this, be needed by many people, and be appreciated by many people. This is a taste that Xiao Tao has never tasted, very happy, and even a little proud.

Xiao Tao thought of Yunwan Village. The people there should also be short of salt. Since salt is a government monopoly. Xiao Tao deliberately went to Nanchang Mansion Yin to ask in person. Fu Yin naturally would not refute Xiao Tao, and ordered someone to go to the salt pond in Lu'an Town to load a cart of new salt, and find someone to secretly send it to Yunwan Village.

The reason why it could not be delivered openly was because the salt in each region was uniformly rationed by the imperial court. Yunwan Village is not under the jurisdiction of Nanchang Prefecture, so Nanchang Mansion cannot bypass the imperial court and directly give or buy and sell salt. The servants who delivered the salt were all dressed in civilian clothes and did not wear official uniforms. Naturally, it will not be said that it is from Nanchang Mansion, but only that it was given by the peach girl. This is what Xiao Tao ordered. In Yunwan Village, if you say that you have sleeves, no one knows who it is. But when it comes to Peach Girl, no one doesn't know.

When the official came back from Yunwan Village, he brought a string of camphor wood beads to Xiao Tao, only saying that a patriarch entrusted them to bring Xiao Tao. Xiao Tao looked at the beads, stunned for a moment, put it under her nose and smelled it, it was very fragrant. There are many trees in Yunwan Village, camphor trees, peach trees, and willow trees, but the status of camphor trees in Yunwan Village is very sacred, and ordinary people cannot cut them down at will. A camphor tree at the head of the village that is said to be thousands of years old is tied with a lot of red silk, and whoever has any wishes will tie a red silk on the camphor tree and kneel to make a wish to the camphor tree. The camphor tree is the sacred tree of Yunwan Village. But now, he cut down the camphor tree and made a string of beads and gave it to Xiao Tao. This is a very precious thought, even if it is not spoken, it is worth a thousand words.

Xiao Tao suddenly understood that Yunwan Village must be very short of salt now, otherwise she would not have cut down the sacred camphor tree to thank her, Xiao Tao couldn't say what it felt in her heart, and put the string of camphor wood beads at the bottom of the box. She was reluctant to wear it, and she couldn't wear it. When she came out of Yunwan Village, she couldn't wear the strings of the sacred wood with peace of mind.

There is a lady in the north, and there is a peach lady in the south, which is not only popular in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but also spread to Wuyue and the Great Song Dynasty. It even reached Zhao Guangyi's ears.

At the beginning, Zhao Guangyi handed over the military power and chose to be the governor of Kaifeng. Zhao Kuangyin originally thought that he was a Fu Yin and couldn't afford any waves. But he underestimated Zhao Guangyi's ability.

From the moment Zhao Guangyi sat in Kaifeng Mansion, he began to make extensive friends with people from all walks of life. There are also many people in the court who have no fame for the time being, but who have plans and skills. Among them, the capable and virtuous people, under the maneuver of Zhao Guangyi, entered the imperial court as officials. At one time, Zhao Guangyi's staff in the mansion were able to produce many people and talents. There are Song Qi, who is proficient in human affairs, Cheng Yu, who can speak well, Jia Yan, Yao Shu and others who are both civil and military.

Kaifeng Mansion has become a candidate imperial court, and the imperial court has not yet reacted to various major events in the court, and there are already several countermeasures in Kaifeng Mansion. And Zhao Kuangyin was also surprised to find that he didn't know when he started, when he went to the court, although Zhao Guangyi's ranking was after the prime minister, the prime minister's proposal would be refuted by the ministers of the court, but Zhao Guangyi's proposal was rarely refuted, but all kinds of echoing voices.

Zhao Kuangyin panicked, he was still good at martial arts, but he couldn't do this brainy Wendou. What's more, now that he is the king of a country, he always pays attention to his image and influence in everything. Even if Zhao Guangyi is suppressed in the court, he must be justified, but he can't find any loopholes in Zhao Guangyi's proposal. This made him distressed and helpless. Asian-inbred.

In the second year of Qiande, Zhao Kuangyin replaced Wang Pu and Fan Qian, the prime ministers of the former Hou Zhou, with Zhao Pu. Now in the DPRK and China, only Zhao Pu has the ability to compete with Zhao Guangyi. As a result, two major political groups headed by Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi were formed in the imperial court, and they fought tirelessly. At this time, Zhao Kuangyin breathed a sigh of relief, and sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight leisurely. also helped Zhao Pu suppress Zhao Guangyi from time to time. There are two factions fighting each other like this, Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor, is relaxed, and he doesn't agree with which faction, he just needs to go along with the other faction. You don't have to rack your brains like you used to.

The first time Zhao Guangyi heard Tao Niang's name was when the staff in the palace talked about the Great Song Dynasty's reduction of salt to the Southern Tang Army. The word Tao Niang made Zhao Guangyi's heart jump inexplicably, and he couldn't help but let the man talk about Tao Niang in detail.

So the man told him how the girl with sleeves danced to raise money to drain salt, and sighed: "There are still such strong and ambitious women in Nantang, and they are still very smart. ”

Zhao Guangyi couldn't help asking: "Isn't she the official prostitute who Li Yu gave the title?" Why is it called Peach Girl? ”

The man replied: "Tao Niang is the name given to her by the common people, and there are also people who call Tao Niangniang." It is said that it is because she likes to draw a peach blossom on herself. This is also common, and the girls in the brothel like to give a flower name and paint on their bodies. ”

Zhao Guangyi's brows furrowed, and from the description, he couldn't see the shadow of Xiao Tao. His Tao Yi is not so capable, nor is he so smart. She's just a little delicate, a little weak, and a little stubborn. What's more, she maybe, is already dead. Thinking of this, Zhao Guangyi's heart began to cramp again. But thinking of this woman named Tao Niang and who can dance, Zhao Guangyi has an inexplicable feeling in his heart, and if he doesn't see it, he is unwilling after all. But the road to Kaifeng in Nanchang Mansion is far away, and it is difficult not to be discovered by Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Guangyi asked, "How can I meet this peach girl?" ”

One of the staff members said: "Your Majesty's birthday will be soon after the year, and the Southern Tang Dynasty will definitely send an envoy to come with a birthday gift." mentioned to His Majesty in advance that there was a dancing girl in the Southern Tang Dynasty who danced a peerless dance, and asked the Southern Tang Dynasty to bring the peach girl to dance and offer her birthday, thinking that Your Majesty would not object, and Li Yu did not dare to disobey. ”

Zhao Guangyi nodded slightly.

After the Spring Festival, Li Yu received Zhao Kuangyin's letter of state, all of which were high-sounding greetings to the country, in addition to the letter of state, there was also a codex, which was to ask the famous girl with sleeves in the Southern Tang Dynasty to go to the Great Song Dynasty to dance and celebrate her birthday. Li Yu looked at the codex and frowned.

Zhao Kuangyin has never paid attention to singing and dancing, but now it is really strange to suddenly make this request. And the name is to have a sleeve, and the sleeve is Xiao Tao, Xiao Tao has stayed in Kaifeng, and is very familiar with Zhao Kuangyin or Zhao Guangyi. If Xiao Tao is allowed to go, then Xiao Tao's fake death back then was a big crime of bullying the king; You can send someone else to replace it, in case it is exposed by others, it is also a crime of deception. How good is that? What's more, who can imitate Xiao Tao's dancing skills? Or the third way, Xiao Tao doesn't go, find an excuse, get sick? He's dead? This is too coincidental to be believed.

Li Yu called the head of the workshop and asked if there was anyone whose dancing skills were comparable to those of the girl with sleeves. The head shook his head: "The skill of the girl with sleeves on the high platform is like a microwave, and Weichen has really never seen anything that can match it." If there is still a "palm thing to stop." There is another person who is the lady of the kiln, but how dare he say it.

Li Yu had already understood what he meant, and waved him down. Let the lady replace the little peach? It's also adventurous. After thinking about it for a few days, there was no good way, Li Yu looked at the lady who was sleeping, and lost his mind for a while.

The lady looked at Li Yu and knelt down: "If Your Majesty has any worries, you can tell the lady that the lady is willing to share one or two." ”

Li Yu smiled clearly: "No." ”

The lady paused, and boldly asked again: "Is it for Xiao Tao to go to the Great Song Dynasty to dance and celebrate his birthday?" ”

Li Yu's brows furrowed, and his voice was a little cold: "How do you know?" ”

The lady lowered her eyes and said, "Your Majesty doesn't need to know how I know." The lady is only willing to share her worries for His Majesty. Little Peach's dance, I will too. What's more, dancing on a high platform, I'm used to it. As long as you cover your face then, it won't hurt. ”

Li Yu didn't speak, his expression was a little solemn. The lady said slowly: "There is no other way." Xiao Tao naturally couldn't go to the Great Song Dynasty. Other dancing girls, there is no one who can dance on the high platform, and when the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty blames it, I don't know what kind of earth-shaking it will be. The concubine has only danced in the palace, except for the important ministers and royal relatives of the Tang Dynasty, no one else has seen it, and the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty have never seen it. So Your Majesty doesn't have to worry. "The lady was worried about Xiao Tao and Li Yu on the other, and she just wished that she could go and solve the crisis of Nantang for Xiao Tao. Therefore, she didn't dare to say that before she entered the palace, she had actually seen Zhao Guangyi. It's just that she figured out that more than ten years have passed, and it was just a hurried side, and Zhao Guangyi will definitely not remember it. Just like Li Yu didn't remember that she had seen Zhao Guangyi in Yizhuang in the past. It's just a matter of urgency.