Let's say that Gong Sheng went all the way back to his small house in Yichun, took off his armor, changed into his daily wide-sleeved cloth clothes and went to the shop on the street to sprinkle a few silver coins, and ate a bowl of wonton and wrapped his stomach first.

After the meal was full, Gong Sheng thought about not being busy and went to report to the Taifu Mansion, after all, the document delivery would not be so fast, and there was nothing to do anyway, so General Gong decided to go shopping.

To the north of Yichun is the small city of Guo in the east of the city, so the small city is only compared with the big city in the west of the city. In fact, the small city is not small at all, guarding the east of Luoyang City, the east of Qing, Yan, Xu, Yang, Hebei, Youyou six states of business travel, especially the Fupingjin Yellow River Bridge built by Du Wuku is also in the east of Luoyang, this small city is not prosperous can not. Of course, the small city is also called the East Market, or from its official name, it is called Chaoyang Street.

Gong Sheng walked all the way and looked, the stone slabs of Xiaoshi Street were still potholes, and the road administration under the rule of Yin Leguang in Henan Province had never been willing to take care of the road surface in Dongshi seriously.

Gong Sheng kicked a stone at will. The stone boneled all the way trotting, snapping, and bumped into a man, a hungry man lying on the side of the road. The hungry man opened his eyes and looked at Gong Sheng, his eyes were full of cloudiness, and then he curled up his legs again, put his arms together, and looked away at the wonton shop on the side in a daze, his eyes were very dull.

O poor man ... Gong Sheng left with emotion.

"Buns are cheaper, cheaper." Xiao Er's shouts rang out from time to time, and the guy spread out the small dining table in front of the store early in the morning, and the plaque hanging behind him reads "Third Brother Bun Shop", Gong Sheng did not stop and continued to move forward.

The teahouse in front of it had not yet opened, and the cloth flag with the words "big bowl of tea" was hanging listlessly on the pole sticking out of the eaves, and the brass ring handle with the lion's head was quietly waiting for the knocker at the door.

On the left is the silk shop, and the plaque has four big characters of "Splendid World", the characters are written a little strongly, like a knife and gun out of the sheath, but ordinary people do not have the eyesight of this calligraphy. In the same closing, after all, the silk business is the same as tea, and there are not many people in the morning.

Continuing forward, there are several small restaurants that make a living, knife-cut noodles from Bingzhou, rice noodles from Ningzhou, wanton from Yizhou, noodles from Yuzhou, dumplings from Yongzhou, ramen from Liangzhou, fried rice from Yangzhou, fire burning in Jizhou, siu mai from Yanzhou, pancakes from Qingzhou, everything is available.

"Ramen Le, Ramen Le", the master at the door of the store shook the noodles with his hands up and down, left and right, while shouting lines, of course, mainly relying on the master's kung fu to attract customers.

The latter family is in the business of knife shaved noodles, and the master holds a long noodle ribbon hanging above the hot cauldron in one hand, and uses a knife to slice the noodles one by one and drop them into the boiling pot.

Liangzhou noodles and Bingzhou noodles are in the ring, and the two masters have already fought against each other many times, and they usually just win and lose each other, and it is always difficult to distinguish between them.

Stop and stop all the way, cross the canal, and come to Dian Lane.

The so-called pawn alley is pawn alley, as the name suggests. At first, it was set up by the imperial court, which was originally to help the people turn over their funds, so the court officials and celebrities set up pawn shops one after another. The Taoists and monks of Luoyang also set up pawn shops here, which can be regarded as accumulating a good result of public morality.

However, things are not harmonious, and gradually this pawn industry has also become a money-making business, and every family is a black shop that eats people and does not spit out bones. The cannibalism opened by merchants, the cannibalism opened by nobles, the cannibalism opened by officials, the cannibalism opened by the imperial court, and the cannibalism opened by monks.

The face of the Bodhisattva is the heart of the king of Yama, and when the son is a daughter and a daughter-in-law, this is the alley that the common people pass on by word of mouth.

Gong Sheng strolls in the alley, the pawnshops on both sides are large or small, but most of the systems appear simple. The signboard reads "Purify all sentient beings, compassion for the heart", which is opened by Buddhists; Those signboards that say "borrowing and borrowing, blessings and misfortunes" are, of course, opened by Xuanliu characters; If the plaque has the words "Ze is born by the common people, righteous and bright", then it should be a time-honored brand opened by the imperial court. All of this, to name a few, the pawn industry in today's prosperity, worthy of the prosperity of the first industry.

Early in the morning, Gong Sheng had already eaten very much, but in this prosperous era of the Great Jin Dynasty, there were always some people who couldn't open the pot early in the morning. At the door of a pawn shop not far away, a good show is being staged.

Gong Sheng walked over and saw a young man tall and thin, with an obscene face, wearing a washed white coarse cloth coat, standing at the door of the pawn shop and handing over to a guy in a gray coat.

The young man took out a jade item and asked the man, "Master, look at my ancestral jade talisman, how much do you think this can cost?" ”

Gong Sheng saw that the shoes on the man's feet were torn, and the family must have been very embarrassed.

The guy crossed his arms and tilted his head to look at it, then shook his head and said, "Well, this is really, it's really not good, the quality is there, it's almost the same money." ”

The man shuddered for a moment and asked the guy, "Big brother, can you see if you can have more?" ”

The man shook his head and said, "Brother, just your jade, you go to someone else's house, at most you will give you 800, I see that you are okay, so I think you can pay it back, I will give you 1,000 at a price, otherwise you go to other people's houses to see, you see how much they estimate for you." ”

The guy was thinking: Hey, it's all mixed up on the road, why don't you still think about raising the price, and don't look in the mirror, damn, give you the same money, and Lao Tzu will make a steady profit if you sell it for two or three taels of silver. (One tael of silver = consistent money = one thousand dollars)

The man looked at the jade talisman in his hand, gritted his teeth and asked the guy, "Can you pawn people?" ”

The guy was stunned for a moment, this kid went up, and then changed his smile and said, "It depends on who you pawn." ”

The man gritted his teeth and continued: "My mother-in-law, seventeen, just passed the door last year, and she has never given birth, brother, how much do you think you can press?" ”

The man's expression was calm, but there was an inexplicable smug look in his eyes, and he said to the man: "Of course, the young lady can be pawned, but it depends on the color, generally the top grade is one or two hundred taels of silver, the middle grade is forty or fifty taels of silver, and the lower grade only has ten or twenty pieces of money. ”

Of course, the little lady can be pawned, and it is not a loss to sell it to Yichun Courtyard. Even if it is redeemed, eat and use me when the quality is pressed, why can't I use the body of a little lady? Even though the meat has to be eaten by the boss, I can still drink the soup myself. The man looked at the visitor's eyes and softened naturally, and mentally calculated how his mother-in-law was in condition and how the bed was arranged.

The man trembled again: "Fifty taels? ”

The guy smiled: "If the middle and upper grades are the fourth grades, there will only be a price of fifty taels." ”

Hey, the goods of the four products are one hundred taels when they change hands, and you can have fun by yourself in the middle, and the guy laughed secretly in his heart.

Tingting, don't blame me, our family is poor, I owe so much money, how can you pay it back if you don't sell it? You are really in good health, and you are docile, but I can't afford to support you, the dowry you brought is only twenty taels of silver, which is not enough for the family to spend, it's not my fault, I have to sell you for money!

I only heard the man say, "Brother, you wait for me, I'll go home and bring my mother-in-law, you show me what price she is worth." ”

I just heard the guy say, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, you should be on duty as soon as possible, and others may not give you such a fair price." ”

The guy smiled darkly, thinking: Hurry up and bring your woman, I really want to inspect the goods in front of you and see what you reflect, hahahaha.

At this time, Gong Sheng had already walked away, he didn't look any further, he was going to sell his wife left and right, which was not uncommon in the prosperous era of the Great Jin Dynasty, the real people were like this, the so-called virtue and politics of Tang Yu advocated by celebrities and scholars, anyway, he Gong Sheng had never seen it in the world for 20 years.

At noon, Gong Sheng, who had returned home to relax, heard the sound of the door being slapped.

"Ying Long, Ying Long, are you there?"

Listening to the voice, I knew that it was Gongsun Ce, who was engaged in Gongsun Ce.

Gong Sheng opened the door, and sure enough, it was Gongsun Ce.

"Have you eaten it?"

"No, I'm worried about what to eat."

Gongsun Ce hooked Gong Sheng's shoulder with one hand and said, "Let's go, together, we have already made an appointment with Yiyuan." ”

Gongsun Ce and Gong Sheng said as they walked, "I heard that you captured Jia Nanfeng last night", Gongsun Ce said and gave Gong Sheng a thumbs up, "Amazing!" ”

Gong Sheng smiled: "Hey, this is true, but you said a great achievement?" He shook his head, which obviously meant that the credit was not to be discussed.

"Why, didn't you move the nest? The benefits fell on someone else's head? ”

"Moved, don't worry, hey, I've been kicked out of the Yi barracks."

"Unload the mill and kill the donkey, where were you kicked?"

"Bi Ma Wen, how is it? It's a big official. ”

The two chatted all the way, entered a medium-level restaurant on Chaoyang Street, chose a private room to sit in, and served a plate of side dishes with wine. After a while, a man entered the hall and said, "Wait for a long time, sin and sin." ”

It was Tai Shiyu who came, and the three of them sat down, and let the guys start preparing the dishes, which was not very luxurious, but they ordered two taels of beef, a plate of garlic, a plate of cabbage, a plate of cucumbers, and a jar of half-aged Du Kang old wine.

The three of them are all military backgrounds and heroes in the world, and they never pay attention to the demeanor of any famous family, they all have the temper of drinking in a big bowl and eating meat.

Tai Shiyu also asked Gong Sheng: "Ying Long, I heard that you captured Na Jia Nanfeng?" Is it true or false? ”

Gong Sheng couldn't cry or laugh, but said: "It's true that Jia Nanfeng was captured, but there was really nothing you thought about to pay homage to the marquis." Then he put down his glass and continued, "Now I have been kicked out of the guards and changed to a groom. ”

After listening to Gong Sheng's story, Tai Shiyu was also embarrassed: "I and other children of the poor family always make wedding dresses for others, don't talk about it, drink, do it!" ”

"!" "!" The three of them staggered, and they were not happy with each other.

During the banquet, Gongsun Ce proposed: "How about calling the little lady to sing a little song?" ”

Gong Sheng and Tai Shiyu said yes. So he called a man, and Gongsun Ce said to the man, "Man, you go and invite an artist." "The so-called artists are the little ladies who sell their arts in these restaurants, claiming to be selling their arts but not their bodies, so everyone is called artists, but in fact, there are many people who sell their bodies and do not sell their bodies in private.

The guy rushed back after a short time and led two people into the door, an old man and a woman, the little old man first confessed objectively to the hall, and then found a place to sit on the side and squeaked up with an erhu.

In the piercing and desolate sound of the strings, the little woman held the lute and sang along with the strings.

A sycamore and an autumn, a little banana and a little sorrow, after the dream of the third watch, the lights fell, the volume was not collected, the world was cold and warm, the pillow was ten years old, and the wake up was half a life of worry, all to the heart.

The little woman sang a small song sadly on the side, and Gong Sheng, Tai Shiyu, and Gongsun Ce drank and laughed in the sound of the erhu.

Gongsun Ce: "King Zhao and King Liang led the mutiny, and I'm afraid that the next step is not to roll heads." ”

Tai Shiyu: "Yes, Yang Jun fell and killed thousands of people, Sima Liang fell and killed thousands of people, and this time is no exception." ”

Gong Sheng: "There is great chaos and great governance, maybe the world will be peaceful next." ”

Gongsun Ce: "That's not necessarily, with the temperament of these powerful people in the first place, how can you hope?" ”

Gong Sheng: "It is rumored that when Sima Yan returned to heaven, the old gentleman Nangong, who was known as an iron-clad man, said that the catastrophe would start from Xiao Wall, and sure enough, the Yang Party was eradicated. ”

Gongsun Ce: "Well, later, when Sima Liang, the king of Runan, was the assistant government, the enemy of Nangong asserted that it was difficult to last, and then sure enough, the king of Chu killed Sima Liang in chaos, and as a result, the praying mantis caught the cicada and the yellow finch was behind, and he was killed by Jia Nanfeng. ”

Tai Shiyu: "I don't know what the fortunes of the country will be after this mutiny?" ”

Gong Sheng: "Maybe after a while, there will be a joke about the old man of Nangong cursing King Zhao again." ”

Gongsun Ce: "The devil knows what's wrong with this world. ”

Tai Shiyu: "The ghost may not know, but I know that the purge of the forbidden army is certain." ”

Gong Sheng: "Well, King Zhao must seize power, military power and political power." ”

Tai Shiyu: "Ying Long, you go first, it's hard to say where we will stay." ”

Gongsun Ce: "When a monk pretends to be a clock for a day, how can I care so much." ”

Tai Shiyu: "Drink, dry!" ”

Gong Sheng: "I'll tell you a wonderful thing." ”

Gongsun Ce: "How?" ”

Gong Sheng: "When I first entered Jia Nanfeng last night and pulled the slut up from the window, there was still a man in her bed. ”

Tai Shiyu: "Not a eunuch?" ”

Gong Sheng: "Of course not. ”

Gongsun Ce: "Is she committing adultery?" ”

Tai Shiyu: "That's a fake eunuch?" ”

Gong Sheng: "It's like a fake." ”

Gongsun Ce: "It turns out that the eunuchs in the harem can really have seventy-two concubines in three palaces, six courtyards." ”

Tai Shiyu: "Envy? Swing a knife from the palace to find out? ”

Gongsun Ce: "Don't, I'll leave such a good position to you." ”

The three of them chatted and ate, eating and drinking, and their interest became more and more high, but the female artists in the hall sang gradually and mournfully, and they wept unconsciously.

Gongsun Ce saw the female artist's inexplicable disappointment, so he shouted, "What song are you singing?" Entertain us? ”

The female artist stopped her tears and said, "The guest officer can't help it." The slave thought of some of the past, his heart was sad, he didn't hold back the tears of indisputability, swept away the interest of the guest, and the slave made amends to the guest. ”

Taishi Yudao was interested, and he asked: "What sad past do you have as an artist, and you want to cry when you sing?" ”

The female artist saw the guest asking, so she replied: "Returning to this guest officer, the slave is called Zhang Qian, and this is the father." The slave family was poor, so he had to be sold to the rich man Liu's house on Dongwang Road as a concubine. ”

"Originally, it was okay, although it was a concubine, but my father got the money, and the slave family had a settlement, how could I think that the rich man Liu's mother-in-law was fierce and jealous, and she humiliated and beat the slave every day, and finally drove the slave family out."

"When I came out, I realized that the money I gave to my father was also empty talk, and my father and daughter had nowhere to go, so they had to sing here to earn some money. As soon as the slave thought of the rich man Liu's betrayal of the slave's family, he felt sad in his heart, and he was really sorry for the guest officer. ”

Gongsun Ce put down his glass and said, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Gong Sheng put down his chopsticks and said, "It turns out that there is no capital to buy and sell like this? ”

Tai Shiyu said while drinking: "It's really better than a beast!" ”

The three of them spat again for scolding the small injustices in the world, and the wine went faster.

When the wine arrived, I only heard Taishi Yiyuan raise his glass and chant a poem, "A cup of old wine talks about life, the ambition of a strong man has never been rewarded, and the three-foot sword Lingyun is at the top of the clouds, and he will not swear to kill demons!" ”

So all the pride and spirit were dissipated in the wine in the glass.

Note: The list of figures in power in Jia Nanfeng's party is as follows

Zhang Hua - Sikong, Zhongshu Supervisor, Shizhong

Pei Yan - Shizhong, Shangshu Zuo Servant Shooting, Left Army General

Jia Mi - Waiter, Loose Cavalry Attendant, Rear Army General

Guo Zhang - General Wei, Mincao Shangshu, and a regular attendant

Zhao Jun - the Central Protector

Shi Chong - Tingwei (historical facts are Wei Wei)

Pan Yue - Huangmen Shilang

Man Fen - Lieutenant of Si Li

Meng Guan - General of the Right Guard