Chapter 6: Red Makeup (1)

Bianjing is still prosperous.

On the streets extending in all directions, there was a lot of noise and shouting, one after another, and several boys were holding willows and frolicking to chase each other.

In the crowded bazaar, there is no trace of the depression and gloom of half a year ago, and people are accustomed to forgetting, accustomed to enjoying a moment of peace in the troubled times.

A few months of gold and silver rain are enough to wash away any blood. The turbulent times that lasted for more than 70 years have also made people accustomed to the changing royal flags on the city. Whether the Zhu family has become the Li family, or the Liu family has become the Guo family, it will not cause too much shock, and few people feel sorry.

The firewood, rice, oil, and salt on the ground are not yet guaranteed, and who has the extra effort to taste the turbulence in the sky? For ordinary people, which emperor does not collect taxes, and the labor of the court can escape? Who is the fucking emperor, who usurps whose throne, and what does it have to do with Lao Tzu?

"Hurry up, hurry up, this is ten baskets, that, that, and that, ask the shopkeeper how much he still has, and send them all to the house!" Among the crowd of people coming and going, there was a group of people who were particularly conspicuous, the leading butler kept pointing out the surrounding goods, and several burly strong men kept moving the goods to the carriage, which was not at all like an ordinary day of purchase, but a large-scale hoarding of materials before the army set out.

"Who are you going to fight?" someone secretly glanced at the strong men's straight backs, bent down, and whispered to his companions.

Although the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty has not been a year old, in the past seven or eight months, there has been no shortage of battles. The sons and daughters drove in groups with knives and guns, which was not a scenery at all in Bianliang City. Thankfully, these battles were won. The Khitans temporarily gave up their ambitions to go south, and the soldiers and horses of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Western Shu were also driven back to their hometowns. As for the several major rebel forces led by Murong Yanchao, they were even more annihilated, defeated and defeated, and could no longer pose any threat to the imperial court.

"It's not about a war, look at the goods they bought, this is clearly the appearance of whose family is going to do a happy event!" An old man from the tooth shop who came to Bianliang to help people buy goods responded with his hands in his hands and envy on his face. "It's a pity that this family has a high threshold, and it refuses to use us ninth-rate people at all. Otherwise, if anyone can rub it up to help, they won't have to worry about it for the next two or three years!"

"Yes, yes!" On the roadside tea stall, several people dressed as merchants, holding tea bowls, nodded frequently.

"Well, indeed! I don't know which noble person it is, but it's really generous! How many times have these people been going back and forth since the morning? Look at this posture, as if they would not give up until they finished moving the things in the market!" A man who had just sat down drank a mouthful of coarse tea, biting the hard tea stalks, and shaking his head incessantly.

"A few guest officers have just arrived in Bianliang, right?" Xiao Er of the tea stall is obviously a person who can't hide his words. While carrying a teapot to fill the guests with boiled water that does not cost money, he asked with a smile.

This kind of opening statement has never needed a response from the other party. Sure enough, without waiting for everyone to admit or shake their heads, he spoke again, "They are the people in the Zhenji Jiedu Envoy's Mansion to prepare for the wedding of the Champion Hou." ”

"Zhenji Festival Envoy?"

"Champion Hou?"

"Which town is the envoy of the festival? Why have we never heard of this official title?"

"Didn't you give him the whole of Hebei......?

The tea guests were immediately whetted and asked.

However, Xiao Er suddenly became cautious again, just laughing and groaning and continuing to fill everyone's bowl with boiled water that didn't need money, but refused to confide in half a word more.

At this time, all the tea customers were itchy and scratchy, and one by one they held the residual tea that had long been drunk, and the expression on their faces was more uncomfortable than that of a cat who smelled fish but couldn't eat it.

"Let's have another pot of dragon balls! Settle my account, and I have a relationship with a few brothers!" or the old master of Yaxing reacted the fastest, and suddenly had an idea, took out five white coins from his pocket, and gently placed them on the table.

The white money was minted by the previous dynasty, and although the fineness was very poor, it was also hard currency. Suddenly, the "seal" on Xiao Er's mouth disappeared. He first shouted highly, "Haole!", followed by collecting money with dazzling movements, making tea, pouring water, and in a moment, he changed all the guests at this table with new tea, and then he didn't even breathe, and quickly added: "Of course, it is the newly sealed envoy of the Zhenji Festival, the champion Hou, Zheng Ziming and General Zheng! Several guest officials are unlucky." If you come to Bianliang for half a month earlier, tsk...... , the scene when the prince and General Zheng returned to the court, tsk...... , the entire Bianliang City has opened its eyes!"

"Oh!" the tea guests nodded frequently with their mouths half-open.

In this troubled world, if you don't know some current affairs, you will definitely suffer a big loss. Therefore, they don't feel disgusted by Cha Xiaoer's "mouth-selling" behavior. Instead, they're willing to spend a small amount of money to quickly make up for their lack of being "well-informed."

As a result, some people took out the money to buy boiled soybeans, pickled cabbage and other snacks that are affordable and popular in the market, and asked the tea guests at the same table to share. The tea Xiaoer accepted the money, and the conversation became more and more excited, and he gently twitched it in the palm of his hand with a hand towel, and continued to add loudly, "Let's say that our Marquis Zheng is the closed disciple of Chen Tuan Ancestor." Not to mention the invincible martial arts, there is also a magical medical skill, which can live and die, and the flesh and bones are ......"

"Oh, I remembered. Are you talking about that Shi, the young heroic Zheng Ziming who blocked the 100,000 Youzhou army with a thousand township bravery, and attacked and killed the Khitan Xiao Tianci?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I remembered!"

"It must be him, it must be him!"

"No wonder, apart from him, who is worthy of the title of Champion Hou. Last ......"

Far from being annoyed, the tea guests stroked their palms and slapped the case, all of them were inexplicably excited.

Other people's families are promoted and rich, but they don't do everyone's business. But the crown prince Guo Rong and this Zheng Ziming and Zheng Sanye have been everyone's peers, and they feel close when they mention it. Moreover, since this Zheng Sanye debuted, he has killed either bandits and rogues, or Khitan Qiangliang, and the blade has never pointed at his own people, so no matter how big the official is, it is natural to deserve it.

"A few of you are talking about the old emperor's calendar, our third master Zheng has done an earth-shattering thing recently! Otherwise, how could he have just sealed the envoy of the Henghai Festival, and in the blink of an eye, he was promoted to the envoy of the Zhenji Festival!" Xiao Er was unwilling to be robbed of the limelight by the tea guests, and knocked his palm with a handkerchief, adding mysteriously with a face.

"What's the matter?" the tea guests were once again tickled, stopped talking, and whispered for advice.

"Of course, he sneaked into Liaodong and turned the Khitan Kingdom upside down! Haven't you heard that the Khitan Emperor is scared out of illness, and he sends people around every day to look for Langzhong!" Cha Xiaoer raised his head, his hands on his hips, as if he had once followed Zheng Ziming's saddle and horse, "A few months ago, the prince ordered someone to raise the banner of Zheng Sanye to attract the attention of the Khitan people in front. Behind his back, he ordered Zheng Sanye to take more than a dozen heroes and heroes to sneak into the Khitan people's lair. Then he killed people and set fire all the way, killing the Khitan Kingdom to the point of blood. The Khitan Dog Emperor was so frightened that he couldn't even sleep well, so he had to transfer the army that had been sent to the south to fight for the world back to escort him. Guess what?"

"What's the matter?

"Add another plate of soybeans!"

"A plate of vinegar parsley!"

"Lotus root, lotus root, and anything else, you just have to look at it!"

......

The tea guests were so anxious that they slapped the pocket money in their pockets on the table one after another.

Cha Xiaoer's eyes quickly swept and felt that the number was about the same. He bent down with a smile and said in a very low voice: "Zheng Sanye took more than a dozen heroes and heroes to go around the grassland for nine days and nine nights, dragging the 100,000 army of the Khitans to exhaustion. Then he patted his ass and got on the boat and went straight down the big river to the sea. Hundreds of thousands of Khitan dog thieves, but they can only stand on the shore and watch, and no one can do anything about them!"

"This ......" The answer was really incredible, and the tea guests blinked their eyes for a long time before they slapped their chests and sighed, "Whew! It turns out that Zheng Sanye still has this trick hidden." I just say, his Cangzhou sailor can't just fight whales!"

"Fighting whales, I guess it was also for training. Our Third Master Zheng really has one more eye on his forehead than others!"

"Hey, that's a good move. From the sea to fight the grass valley of the Khitans. Treat others the way they do!"

"Well, well, this time, it's okay, in the future, the Khitans will go south to fight the grass valley, and our Zheng Sanye will immediately set sail to the sea and go straight to the Khitan people's nest......"

"Drink!"

"Drink!" "Drink!" "Drink!"

While supplementing the heroic posture of heroes killing enemies in their minds, the tea guests replaced the wine with tea and drank happily.

"I don't know which girl has the favor of God to marry such a young hero?" After a round of hot tea, someone turned his head to look at the carriage that was moving goods, and sighed with envy on his face.

"Of course it's Chang Jiedu's daughter? Haven't you heard of it? The two of them were originally brothers and sisters, and they grew up studying art together since childhood, and the two of them have no guesses!"

"It should be the third daughter of the Tao family, right? Didn't it mean that in the few times when they fought the Khitans, the three daughters of the Tao family once personally carried a shield to shield him from arrows?"

"Maybe it's the one from the Huyan family, who married the daughter of the Huyan family, and then took the soldiers and horses to find the father-in-law for a dowry, haha, look at the old horseman of Huyan......"

The discussion started again, and the tea customers and the surrounding small merchants and vendors, all with kind smiles on their faces, sketched a picture of the newlywed auspicious picture of a talented woman for the hero in their hearts.