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Ma Zichen saw that Xu Yang insisted on spending money to entertain him, and he didn't want to have a beautiful meal, so he said embarrassedly: "Then thank you Brother Xu for your kindness." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoI can't believe that it would be a blessing to be able to taste such a fine wine in my lifetime. I heard that this 'Cangzhou Gin' can only be tasted by dignitaries, and this wine needs to be collected in Cangzhou to collect the clear spring in the Wei River and be placed for ten years before it can be called the top grade. This is usually given away, not bought or sold. I didn't think about it, but I can taste it in this restaurant, and I really have no regrets in life! Today, I can make friends with heroes like Brother Xu, and I have no regrets in my life. ”

While the two were talking, Xiao Er sent a jar of wine, with sealing mud on it, and a red paper pasted on the jar, titled "Cangzhou Gin". Xiao Er placed the wine jar on the table, filled the wine jug, filled the wine cup for the two of them, and turned to leave. Xu Yang picked up the wine cup and said, "Celebrate our escape from prison and do a cup." ”

Ma Zichen also picked up the wine cup and said, "I wish us to survive from the bad guys, cheers." After saying that, he took a sip.

Xu Yang picked up the wine jug to pour wine for the other party, and Ma Zichen hurriedly grabbed it and motioned for himself to pour wine. Xu Yang sat down with a smile and didn't compete with the other party. Ma Zichen looked at the wine jar in front of him the size of a watermelon, and immediately judged how much silver it was worth, and said with tears in his eyes: "The living expenses of our poor family are only ten taels of silver a year, but this jar of wine is worth ten taels of silver. The equivalent of our livelihood for a year is such a luxury. As he spoke, the dishes came up one by one.

Xu Yang nodded, understanding that the other party had all kinds of hardships in his heart, took out two silver tickets of one hundred taels from his arms and handed them to the other party, and said: "This money is a windfall, taken from the people, and should be returned to the people." You accept this silver ticket, so that when you meet a clean official in the future, you will be wronged and cleared of innocence for you and your wife. ”

Ma Zichen drank the wine from the wine cup, and was about to refuse the other party, but thinking that he was already poor and white, and had become a complete poor bastard, if there was no money to pave the way, who would be willing to fight a lawsuit for himself? Ma Zichen was overjoyed and surprised, and he accepted the silver ticket tremblingly, and thanked Yunyun to the other party.

Ma Zichen filled the wine cup in his hand, drank it in one gulp, stood up, and saw the surrounding walls inscribed with poems and songs, and suddenly the poems were full of enthusiasm. Seeing that there was a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on a table in the corner of the wall, he immediately stepped forward, filled the wolf pen with ink, came to a wall, and swayed it.

Xu Yang saw what the other party was writing with a pen, stepped forward, and saw a poem written on the wall, reading: "The most difficult city has mountains and forests, and the silk and bamboo sound before the feast is restored." When the wine is a singer's morale, it is timely to enjoy the hearts of the ancients. The sound of the red dress is like a warbler's throat, and the green field marks are dark with the grass. The floating life in the universe is sent, and the smoke scene of the garden is easy to find. When Xu Yang finished reading, Ma Zichen continued to read, then took off the pen and returned to the wine table. When Xu Yang was about to go back, he suddenly found two people looking at him under the stairs.

Xu Yang finished reading the poem that Ma Zichen wrote in the restaurant, and was about to turn around to leave, when he suddenly found two sneaky people at the staircase looking at him, and couldn't help but stop and look at the two of them. I saw that the two of them were tall and short, one thin and one fat, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, with a blanket on their shoulders, and their chests open, revealing black hair on their chests. Just as he was about to take a closer look at the two of them, he saw the two of them go downstairs as soon as they slipped through the smoke. Xu Yang just vaguely remembered that the short and fat man had a scar on his left eye, and when he was about to go down to find out, Ma Zichen next to him said, "Brother Xu, come and drink!"

Xu Yang heard Ma Zichen call him over, and thought as he walked: "Could it be that some of my details have been discovered?" Or has the two of them seen the fact that I was hiding a silver ticket? ”

"Brother Xu, what do you want, why are you so distracted?" Ma Zichen saw the other party sitting down slowly and asked.

Xu Yang thought that those two people were sneakily plotting against him, but he couldn't tell Ma Zichen about it, otherwise the other party would ask questions again, and he would be scared. Xu Yang drank the wine from the wine cup, sandwiched the dishes, and then chatted with the other party. Naturally, both of them were also hungry because their chests were pressed against their backs, so they swept away all the things on the table in an instant.

After the two of them had eaten and drunk enough, Xu Yang paid fifteen taels of silver, which frightened Ma Zichen's mouth wide, wondering how it could cost so much money for a mere meal? Ma Zichen was very distressed when he saw that he had drunk the Cangzhou gin, and estimated that two sips would cost one or two taels of silver, although he had to admit that this wine was very rare and wonderful, but this was drinking money! Ma Zichen saw that the little second was going to take the wine jar away, stopped the other party loudly, and then snatched it from the other party's arms. The little second glared fiercely at the poor sour Xiucai, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.

Ma Zichen held the empty wine jar and smelled the aroma of wine wafting from it, still very intoxicated. Xu Yang saw that the other party was intoxicated by it, and said with a smile: "If you like it, it doesn't hurt if I buy another jar for you." ”

Ma Zichen heard that the other party was going to buy such a valuable wine again, so he hurriedly waved his hand to stop it, and said, "I ate such a sumptuous meal today, it's like a dream, so don't break the bank anymore." Besides, you gave me two hundred taels of silver, and I didn't know how to thank you so much!"

"Brother Tai is polite. If there are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, what is it to give you a mere two hundred taels of silver. Xu Yang said.

Ma Zichen stood up, bowed, and said, "In this world, in addition to my mother, mother, and teacher, it is Brother Xu who takes the most care of me." I have nothing to report, but in the future, I will report on Brother Xu again. By the way, Brother Xu, if you don't dislike it, you might as well stay in my humble house for a few days, otherwise, I don't want your silver. As he spoke, he took out two silver tickets from his bosom.

"Good, good. I'll just go, you have to take this silver ticket well. Xu Yang said.

Ma Zichen was overjoyed when he saw that the other party was willing to go to his home, and then said sadly: "I have been imprisoned for two months, and my mother must be very worried about me. ”

Xu Yang thought about it and said, "Why don't we leave for your house now!"

"It's still half a day's walk from my village. It's afternoon, and I guess it's already evening when we get home!" Ma Zichen nodded and said. After speaking, the two walked downstairs one after another.

When the two walked downstairs one after another, Xiao Er hurriedly laughed at the two of them, saying that they would often come and wait for polite words in the future.

Ma Zichen thought that his elderly mother was looking forward to himself at home, and suddenly burst into tears, and walked towards the city gate in three steps and two steps. Xu Yang saw the other party walking like flying, and said, "Do you want to go back empty-handed? And this is the first time I have gone to your home, so I should bring some gifts if I say anything." ”

So, under the pull of Xu Yang, Ma Zichen walked around the nearby shops and bought a cloth for making clothes, as well as various snacks, meat and other things. Because although Ma Zichen has two hundred taels of silver tickets on his body, this silver ticket is a whole ticket, and it can't be broken for a while, so the money is naturally paid by Xu Yang. On the way around, Xu Yang always paid attention to whether there were people following him nearby, but he still didn't find anyone with suspicious appearances, let alone the two short and fat people.

The two of them bought good things, walked out of the south city gate, and set foot on the way to Anning Village.

When the two of them walked along the winding path to a three-way intersection, the sky had already darkened, and they were about to continue their journey when they saw a tea stall at the three-way intersection. Xu Yang saw that it was getting late anyway, so it was better to rest here for a while, and then it was not too late to hurry. Ma Zichen thought about it, so why rush at this moment.

Xu Yang saw that this stall was a simple straw hut, with several tables and stools placed in the open space on one side, and only merchants and residents were sitting. After Xu Yang and Ma Zichen chose a table and sat down, the surrounding people may have seen that it was getting late, fearing that the city gate would be closed or that they would miss the trip, so they hastily ate and drank, and scattered one after another. Xu Yang looked towards the grass shed, and saw an old man and a young man busy, and asked, "Boss, is there anything to eat here......

"Boss, I have two yellow-haired girls here, you can make a price and take it!" Xu Yang had just finished asking, when suddenly a voice interrupted his questioning.

Xu Yang looked at the man, it was okay not to look at it, but he was startled when he saw it. I saw that the man was all over the body, wearing a coarse cloth shirt and shorts, barefoot and barefoot, with an ugly face and a pockmarked face, pulling two ropes with his left and right hands, and a girl was tied to each end of the rope. The man came not far from the hut, and then the old man came out of the hut. The old man walked up to the two girls, lifted their heads with his hands, stroked something on the two girls, and shook his head dissatisfied.

The person who pulled the two girls saw that the other party shook his head and said nothing, stomped his foot fiercely, and said, "Then you can make a price." ”

The old man looked at the two girls carefully, pouted, and said disdainfully: "Take the two taels of silver, otherwise you can leave!"

"Two taels of silver? What are you kidding? I bought these two girls for eight taels of silver. Look at these two girls again, they are not hungry. That's fine, I'll suffer a loss, how about seven taels of silver?" said the man who pulled the girl.

The old man looked at the two girls as if they were chickens, and then looked at the person who was pulling the girls, and said, "It's too expensive, it's too expensive." Now there is a shortage of people, there are a lot of displaced people, and you are not the only one who sells people. I can buy four more people with six taels of silver, you like to sell or not, if you don't sell, leave, don't delay me to do business. As he spoke, he was about to walk towards Xu Yang and the others. And the young man in the grass shed was still busy with the things in his hands as if he hadn't seen Xu Yang and the others.

"Wait, there's something to discuss! Six taels of silver like that?" said the peddler. After speaking, he still didn't see the old man turn around, and said, "Forget it, forget it, five taels will be given to you." We're old friends, and that's the lowest in the market. Still not seeing the old man turn around, he shouted, "Do you want me to go bankrupt?" You should know in your heart that these four taels of silver really can't buy such a good girl. ”

As soon as the voice fell, the old man turned around, slowly approached the human trafficker, took the rope from the other man's hand, and then tied the two girls to a stake, and returned to the hut. Not long after, the old man came out again, weighed the money in his hand, and gave it to the trafficker. The trafficker took the silver, weighed it carefully, grinned, put it in his arms, and took out two more death deeds (eternal slaves).

Just as the old man was about to come to Xu Yang, the trafficker hurriedly stole a few pieces of baked cakes from a wooden box under the grass hut and ran away with a smile. The old man was furious when he saw that he had stolen his flask, picked up a stone from the ground, and threw it at the trafficker. I only heard two "oops" sounds, and then the trafficker ran away with his head in his arms and disappeared.

The old man scolded and came to Xu Yang and Ma Zichen and asked, "Guest officer, we only have tea and baked cakes here." But you have come at the right time today, and I have the best meat here. ”

Xu Yang saw that the old man was about fifty years old, with wrinkles on his face, and his left leg was a little lame when he walked. When Xu Yang was about to ask for the fine meat that the other party said, Ma Zichen next to him pushed himself and said first: "Just bring us two bowls of tea and ten baked cakes, and don't want the rest." ”

"The guest officer waits slowly, and it will be delivered in a while. The old man finished and left.

Xu Yang saw Ma Zichen staring at the two girls tied to the stump without blinking, constantly sighing and shaking his head, and was about to ask what the situation was, when he suddenly saw two people from the north, one short and one tall. The two of them sat not far from Xu Yang and Ma Zichen one after another, first glanced at Xu Yang and the two with a smile, and shouted at the grass hut: "What is there to eat here?"

The old man was about to deliver baked cakes to Xu Yang and the others, but he didn't expect another guest to send him to the door, so he hurriedly limped over and said, "Guest officer, we only have tea to buy here now." The two guests over there just bought the last ten baked cakes, and they were really embarrassed and neglected. ”

When the tall and the short heard that Xu Yang had bought everything, they slapped it on the table and bounced up, and the short man shouted, "It's really unreasonable." How can we have the strength to work just for tea?"

The old man saw that the two of them were angry, pointed to the two women tied under the straw shed, and said with a smile: "The two guest officers are angry." We just got the meat delivered, do the two guest officers eat it?"