After the father and son of the Qiu family and Shi Kangxian's father and daughter left Pingding County, they hired a carriage and a horse to stay day and night, but after more than ten days, they arrived in Chang'an.

Qiu Weng entered Beijing this time, and his heart was also mixed, one did not know what crime Qiu Qian would sentence, and he was worried, and the other made friends with Shi Dangxian and Cao Xun, but he was happy.

The Qiu family originally had a house in Chang'an, at that time it was deliberately low-key, the house was remote and narrow, and now they plan to live in Chang'an for a long time, so they feel that the original house is not enough, and they bought a large mansion on Zhangtai Street before coming.

The group entered Chang'an, crossed Hengmen Street, and went straight to the newly purchased house. Chanel was very curious about everything here, and ran in and out of the yard excitedly, and when he saw that the backyard was spacious, he pointed his hand and said, "I'm going to build a kiln here." ”

Shi Dang looked at it first, it was a low slope full of flowers and plants, although he didn't appreciate any flowers and plants, but Chanel's idea still made him feel that there was a bad scenery, so he reprimanded: "This is Chang'an, you treat it as a courtyard in the countryside, you can do it as you want." Chanel pouted, twisted his body, and ignored him.

Qiu Weng didn't care, his eyes were doting, and he said with a smile: "If she likes to make pottery, let her do it, this yard is spacious, you can build a pottery kiln, and the flowers and plants can be removed." ”

Qiu Qian was originally a master who was unwilling to be lonely, but when he arrived in Chang'an, he was like a fish in water, and after only half a day's rest, he was going to play on the street.

When Chanel first arrived in Chang'an, he wanted to go with him, but he was too embarrassed to speak, so he lingered at the door.

Since Qiu Qian was deceived by buying the night pearl, she has been teased by this little girl, and she has a psychological shadow. He guessed that Chanel wanted to go out with him, but he pretended not to know, walked to the door, and shouted, "Hey, hey, don't get in the way." As he spoke, he squinted his eyes, catching a glimpse of the little girl's disappointed expression, and his heart was dark.

When he went out, he was still smug, and when he turned around with a smile, he found Chanel standing at the door, his hands crossed on his hips, his eyes wide open, and his pretty face was tense.

Qiu Qian walked around the East Market for a while, bought some cooked food, and ate while walking, and suddenly found that the open space in front of him was full of people, noisy and shouting, very lively.

He wiped his mouth and squeezed in, only to see clearly that it was a venue for cockfighting and fighting. Qiu Qian was originally a child of a rich family, and he liked things like cockfighting, lackeys, hunting and games, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't move his feet immediately.

The cockfighting ring was fenced with a rope wrapped around a wooden stake to enclose an open field. The north and south ends are spread with guan seats, and each has a cockfighting man sitting. The cockfighter wears a virtuous crown, a wide-sleeved robe, and a fighting in his arms, with a solemn expression.

At this time, the casino's chicken head house roared around the cockfighting ring to call for spectators to place bets.

Qiu Qian had the intention to bet, so he carefully observed the two fighting cocks. These two fighting cocks have long faces, large eyes and small crowns, thick and short beaks, slightly curved and sharp tips, burly bodies, well-developed muscles, thick claws, hard and sharp claws, and thin and thick feathers on the whole body.

The feathers of the fighting at the northern end are jujube red, and the sickle feathers are black with white spots. In the arms of the cockfighter, he was quite restless, stretched his neck and glared at each other, giggling and demonstrating.

The fighting's feathers at the southern end are shiny like black satin, the belly feathers are white, and there are two white sickle feathers on the tail. It snuggled into the arms of the fighting, closed its eyes slightly, and turned a blind eye to the provocation of the red-feathered fighting, as silent and indifferent as a wooden chicken.

Qiu Qian was amazed, and thought to himself, it is worthy of Chang'an, even cockfighting is different from other places. He liked the red-feathered fighting at the northern end and felt that this fighting was fierce and competitive, while the black-feathered fighting in the southern section seemed to have no fighting spirit. When he was still hesitating, he heard the chicken head family loudly announce the end of the bet, and he couldn't help but be annoyed. After a while, the front row was occupied by the punters, and he had to crane his neck in the back row to watch.

Liu Xun was also hanging around in Dongshi at this time. Somehow, he has been depressed for the past few days, and when Shi Gao saw this, he led him to Jiushi to relax.

Liu Xun traveled among the people when he was young, liked cockfighting, and was also interested in cockfighting. Shi Gao focused on his front arms, pushed left and right, and squeezed a slit out of the crowd and let Liu Xun stand in front.

The two fighting cocks have already ended the fight. The red-feathered stretched its neck, its feathers were raised, its eyes were blazing at its opponent, it couldn't stop clucking, and it pecked forward. The black-feathered fighting was quite calm, opened its claws, took square steps, and when the red-feathered pecked, it flew up and fought back. Soon, the two chickens were entangled in each other, their feathers flying. The people around them held their breath, and the air seemed to freeze with so much tension.

Liu Xun was still in high spirits at first, but when he saw the two chickens fighting bloody and fluttering all over the ground, he suddenly felt a sense of interest in his heart.

He turned around and withdrew from the crowd, and found that Shi Gao was not around, so he looked around, and accidentally found a child in scruffy clothes next to a young man, and he didn't look at the cockfight, only stared at the money bag hanging from the child's waist.

"Thieves." He suddenly became excited, thinking that there was a good show to watch. He took two steps forward, and suddenly felt that he would alarm the thief, and quietly took a few steps back, pretending to be waiting for someone to look left and right, and peeking from time to time out of the corner of his eye.

The boy had a leather belt around his waist and a money bag, which was heavy.

Completely absorbed by the cockfight, he stood on tiptoe, sometimes clenching his fists to himself, sometimes shouting. The two fighting cocks did not give in to each other, fighting to the death, and his emotions fluctuated, and his eyes never left the two fighting cocks.

The sloppy child looked around vigilantly, noticing that no one was paying attention to him, and quietly approached the side of Childe's money bag to block the view of others.

Liu Xun is also very curious, this money bag contains copper coins, which has a lot of weight, and the little thief will definitely notice it after he distracts it.

He wanted to find out how the thief had stolen the money, so he pretended to be watching the fun. The child was very alert, and when he saw Liu Xun coming over, he glared at him fiercely.

Liu Xun was a little annoyed by his glare, and was about to pretend not to know, but then he suddenly played with his heart, and glared back at him fiercely, and made a movement of turning the copper coin with his right hand, sneering on his face.

The child was stunned for a moment, then turned around and ran away.

Liu Xun smiled, turned his head and glanced at Brother Gongzi's waist, the money bag made of blue cloth was still hanging well.

He looked at the back of the child running away, and thought to himself, just mixing the child's work like this, but he also felt a little guilty, and couldn't help but glance at the child's brother's money bag again.

At this glance, an unbelievable expression appeared on his face, and he moved a few steps closer, and now he could see it completely. The blue cloth money bag was rough, obviously not the original one, and the mouth of the bag was tied to a thin branch, hooked to the belt of the son. Judging from the uneven shape of the pouch after it fell, it seems to contain small stones.

Liu Xun suddenly realized that the child had prepared a similar blue cloth money bag, and while untying the money cloth bag, he quickly hung up the cloth bag containing small stones, and Brother Gongzi didn't notice it. "Li Dai Tao stiff." He muttered, smiling dumbly.

He thought that this little thief was not very old, but he was a habitual thief, and if he did not teach him a lesson, he might grow into a big thief in the future, so he looked around to find the thief, where was there still a trace, and shook his head helplessly. At this time, when he saw Shi Gao carrying the thief's collar and dragging him over, he couldn't help but laugh and asked, "How did you catch him?" ”

The thief writhed and struggled. Shi Gao was annoyed, grabbed the thief's shoulders with both hands, lifted him up with force, and then pressed him down to the ground, made him squat, turned around and smiled at Liu Xun: "I'm not far from you, this thief escaped, just in front of me." ”

Liu Xun walked around the thief with his hands behind his back and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The thief reluctantly replied, "Ouye." With that, he was about to stand up, and Scoop patted him on the top of his head and pressed him down again.

"Ou Ye? You're wild enough. Liu Xun said.

"My name is the same as that." Ou also muttered.

"If you read some sage books, will you still be a thief?" Scoop said and patted him on the top of his head again.

Ou also squatted on the ground, stroked his head, and shouted with a crying voice: "Why are you beating me?" ”

Shi Gao said: "You are a thief and stealing money, who will you fight if you don't beat you." He raised his hand and struck him again.

Liu Xun waved his hand, asked Shi Gao to step aside, bent down slightly, looked serious, and said, "How can you be a thief at such a young age." But your father and mother will punish him for the sin of having no way to teach his godson. ”

Ou Ye simply sat on the ground and said, "My parents are dead. ”

Liu Xun was stunned when he heard this, and his expression was gloomy for a moment. Shi Gao knew that this orphan had touched the emperor's heart, so he did not bother, and waited silently by the side.

Liu Xun touched the scene, immersed in the memories of his childhood, and it took a long time to calm down, looking at Ou Ye's eyes with softness, smiling slightly, and said: "You should also read some books, learn crafts, and have a future career." Let's go. ”

When Ou Ye heard that he would let him go, he immediately jumped up, dusted off his clothes, and said casually: "It's so easy to learn a craft." If you don't teach me, I'll call you Master. ”

"You call me Master?" Liu Xun couldn't help grinning.

"What's your craft?" Ou also muttered, turning his head to run.

"Wait." Liu Xun stopped him, pointed to the money bag he tied around his waist, and spread out his palm. Ou also pretended not to know, stretched out his hand to high-five him, and said, "I'm leaving." "Just run. After only running a few steps, he was caught back by Shi Gaoyi and said, "You still have to run, leave the money." ”

Ou also said with a crying voice: "I'll give you half of it." Shi Gao laughed: "Half of it." ”

Ou was helpless, crying with a sad face, and slowly untied the money bag.

Shi Gao snatched it, and Ou was so distressed that he stomped his foot and ran away. Scoop shouted at his back, "Don't be a thief in the future." ”

Liu Xun and Shi Gao looked at each other and smiled. Liu Xun sighed: "When we were young, we weren't as clever as him. As he spoke, he took the money bag from Shi Hand and checked it: "That idiot doesn't know that the money bag is lost." He handed it back to Scoop.

At this time, the cockfight has already divided the winner and loser, and the spectators have dispersed, some of them have their eyebrows flying, they are laughing with joy, and some are shaking their heads and sighing, with a depressed face.