Wu Yunlin said, "Let's go, this Changdefu night market is good, let's go shopping"

Saying that, Wu Yunlin walked out, and Mei Jiding and Zhao Kuo also hurriedly followed.

Speaking of Changde, compared with Beijing, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Liangguang and other places, although it is poorer, Changde "the danger of Dongting on the left, and the key point of Wuxi on the right" should be attacked and defended, and it is famous for its rich rice and cotton, and it is full of military and civilian resources, so it has been a strategic place in the southwest since ancient times; The shore is adjacent to the Yuan River, the port is wide and the water is deep, the boat goes up to the east of Qiandong, goes down to Jiangsu and Anhui, there is a post station in ancient times to connect the provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guizhou, known as the "thoroughfare of the five provinces" and "the gateway of the west of Xiang".

Generally speaking, the night market in Changde Mansion will basically last until the middle of the day, that is, it will be more than eight o'clock, and it will disperse one after another, in fact, it is very beneficial to have a night market, which can not only enrich the people's spare time, but also increase taxes, of course, there are disadvantages, then the night market must be more chaotic than during the day, and there will be more thieves or something, which is also inevitable, where there will be disadvantages if there are advantages.

Because it is not a festival now, the street is not too noisy, but it is not deserted, and there are many vendors on the street, selling all kinds of trinkets, and also selling all kinds of snacks, almost everything.

"Wow, this noodle is so fragrant, young master, I want to eat a bowl" Dumb stared at a stall and swallowed.

"That's not noodles, that's called rice noodles," Wu explained.

"Oh, it was called rice noodles, then I want to eat a bowl of noodles too" looked at Wu Yunlin dumbfoundedly.

"Let's go, Brother Mei, let's eat a bowl after a day" Wu Yunlin sat down helplessly.

"Boss, bring me ten bowls of rice noodles," Wu Yunlin shouted to the stall owner who was cooking rice noodles in full swing.

"Okay, the guest officer needs to wait a while."

The business of this small stall is obviously very good, and all four tables are occupied at the moment, and there are people who have come to this small stall one after another to eat rice noodles.

"Can I sit here, brother?" asked a young man in a brocade robe.

Wu Yunlin looked at the man, and saw that his temperament was that of a scholar, and he should not be a bad person, so he nodded and said, "Brother, please."

"Thank you" The man listened to Wu Yun Lin Ying, and immediately sat down in the vacant seat.

Wu Yunlin originally thought that this man should be quiet, but he didn't expect him to think too much, since he sat down, the man's mouth has not stopped, and after a while, the man introduced the eighteen generations of his ancestors.

It turned out that this young man's name was Ma Mu, he was a Miao man, and he also had the identity of Xiucai, and the most important thing was that he was still the son of a local official, which made Wu Yunlin very surprised

Ma Mu himself talked to himself for a long time, only to find that he was talking all the time, Wu Yunlin and the others were listening, and suddenly felt embarrassed, and after thinking about it, he asked, "What do you call the four sons?"

Wu Yunlin hesitated, thought about it and said, "The younger brother's surname is Wu, his name is Yunlin, and he went to Beijing to catch the exam."

"Oh, it turned out to be Brother Wu, where does Brother Wu's family live?" asked Ma Mu inquiringly.

"My younger brother's hometown is from Tongren, Guizhou, and now he is passing through here when he goes to Beijing to catch the exam, and he lives in the Laifu Inn not far from the front," Wu Yunlin replied helplessly.

If ordinary people see that they don't reveal their real names, they already know that they don't want to have a deep relationship with you, so they won't ask in detail, how can they get to the bottom like Ma Mu.

"Guest officer, your rice noodles are good, objectively satisfied" At this time, the owner of the rice noodle stall smiled and put the steaming rice noodles on the table.

Wu Yunlin was afraid that Ma Mu would continue to dig into the roots, so he immediately changed the topic and said, "This rice noodle is really well cooked, looking at Brother Tao's appearance, I should have eaten this rice noodle before."

"That's not it, but that was a few years ago, I've been traveling abroad for the past two years, and I'm coming back, often in Defu, seeing that this rice noodle stall is still there, I came here to try it" So Ma Mu unceremoniously pulled the rice noodle bowl in front of Wu Yunlin, and ate it with a look of enjoyment.

This man is really familiar enough

"Help, help" At this moment, an abrupt cry for help sounded, the owner of the voice should be a little teenager, and the sound should be about twelve or thirteen years old.

"Little miscellaneous pieces, you stop for Lao Tzu, you dare to steal Lao Tzu's Dongzi, Lao Tzu will kill you today" At this time, a big man with a beard on his face shouted loudly.

When Wu Yunlin turned his head to look, he saw that this big man had already chased the little boy, and kicked the thin little boy with a flying kick.

Passers-by were so frightened that they ran in all directions, and of course there were those who were bold enough to secretly watch the trouble on the side, and from time to time they would talk a few words.

The little boy was already thin and weak, and when he was kicked like this, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and then he fell to the ground motionless.

"In broad daylight, I don't talk about the king's law," Ma Mu put down his chopsticks with a snap, and then rushed to the man, pointed at the man, and scolded angrily.

"Boy, you mentioned the king law to Lao Tzu, it's really ridiculous, in this Changde Mansion Lao Tzu is the king law, and Lao Tzu hates being pointed at the most in his life, you are dead today" Before Ma Mu could react, the big man raised his foot and kicked Ma Mu's mouth.

This kick is hard enough, although Ma Mu is a Miao person, but he is a real scholar, and he doesn't know any martial arts, so his bones are not very strong, and he was suddenly put on the ground and howled.

"Boy, this is a lesson for you, remember it in the future, not everyone can take care of their idle affairs" The man didn't forget to look at Ma Mu after kicking Ma Mu and said.

Wu Yunlin glanced at the man, then walked to Ma Mu's side and helped Ma Mu up.

"Brother Ma, are you okay?"

"Ahem, it's okay, it's okay," Ma Mu said as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Yo he, another one with fine skin and tender skin, you don't want to be nosy, right" The man looked at Wu Yunlin, and suddenly a little squinting smile appeared in his eyes.

"That's right, this matter, I'm determined today" Wu Yunlin took out three copper plates from his arms, pinched them in his hand, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Yo he, seeing that you are not very old, your tone is not small, today I will treat you well, uncle, I will treat you well, see that you look so white and clean, uncle, I will not hurt you, I will wait for the uncle to warm me tonight, if I am comfortable serving the uncle, maybe I will forgive you, uncle" At this moment, the big man's face became more obscene, and he swallowed his saliva.

Wu Yunlin really couldn't bear it, the big man not only hurt people on the street, but also "teased" him, which made him a pure man how could he bear it, with a whoosh, three copper coin darts were thrown, and they hit the man's jaw, hands and feet, the big man who was very arrogant a second ago, but at this moment he didn't move, and he couldn't say a word.

Ma Mu and a few people looked at Wu Yunlin dumbfounded, what kind of spell is this

The bold passers-by had been secretly watching the trouble, and at this moment, seeing that the big man had been stopped, they immediately gathered around as if they were making trouble.

"Hey, this son, you've caused a big problem, this big man is from the Li family's village, I heard that he is still a cronie under the Li family's local official" A kind old man bent his waist and reminded carefully.

Ma Mu squatted down and went to help the little boy who was kicked to the ground, but after helping him up, the little boy was motionless, Ma Mu was a little nervous and probed the little boy's snort with his hand, and immediately panicked, "Wu, Brother Wu, this child is out of breath"

Wu Yunlin was angry, what could be wrong with a teenager, it was worth such a dead foot

Wu Yunlin clapped his hands, and five or six Miao soldiers including Long Yi and Long Er walked out.

The man couldn't move or speak at the moment, but at this moment, he saw five or six big men coming around, and his eyes were a little flustered.

"Long Yi, pull this person down and report to the official," Wu Yunlin said coldly.

"Commanded"

The man couldn't move, so he could only let the mermaid go, and was dragged away by the dragon.

"Brother Wu, I didn't expect you to be so powerful, what did you beat the person just now, why didn't that person move" Ma Mu pulled Wu Yunlin and asked with a curious look on his face.

"Copper coin" Wu Yunlin replied simply.

He doesn't have time to pay attention to Ma Mu now, and now Wu Yunlin is a little worried, now that something like this has happened, will it affect the matter of going to Beijing to take the exam.

Wu Yunlin leaned down and tried it with his hand, this little boy was indeed out of breath

"Long Yi, carry this young man to the yamen, and then check which family this child belongs to, and want to contact his parents" Wu Yunlin sighed and said, if he could stop this big man the moment he raised his foot just now, maybe this child would not have died, but unfortunately there is no what if

Wu Yunlin got up tiredly, forced a smile to himself, looked at Mei Jiding and Zhao Kuo and said, "Let's go back to the inn."

Mei Jiding is a scholar after all, and he was a little sad when he heard that the little boy was out of breath at this moment, and several people just nodded, didn't say anything more, and even the dumb who had always laughed quieted down.

"Hey, Brother Wu, you want to go home, where is your home, I'll go to your house to sit as a guest, by the way, who are those people just now, they seem to listen to you very much" Ma Mu pulled Wu Yunlin and asked curiously.

I kept pulling and pulling to the door of the Rifle Inn.

.....

"I didn't expect Brother Wu and Brother Mei to be a big man at a young age, oops" Ma Mu's face was full of shock, can he not be shocked, after all, looking at the age, Wu Yunlin is a few years younger than him, and he is probably fifteen or sixteen years old, so he became a lifter at such a young age, what kind of concept is that

However, Ma Mu was shocked, but he would not have any stammering heart because of this, after all, he was also the son of a local official, and he simply wanted to make this friend when he intersected with Wu Yunlin, and he would never cause the relationship between the two to change because of Wu Yunlin.

"Brother Tao doesn't have to be polite, uh, Brother Tao want to sit on top of me" Wu Yunlin thought for a while and said, no way, this has already arrived at the door of the inn, it's not good not to invite someone in to sit down, it would be too rude.

"Then for my brother, I might as well be respectful, it's better to obey my fate" Ma Mu was no longer polite, and he pushed the door first and walked in.

Wu Yunlin and Ma Mu found that Ma Mu is still very good, straightforward and not too scheming, except for talking more, he is a little similar to Wan Fatzi, and he is a person worth making friends with as a whole, and Ma Mu is the son of a Miao native official.

I just don't know if Ma Mu has a large scope of his father's jurisdiction, of course, even if Ma Mu is just an ordinary Miao person, Wu Yunlin is willing to make friends with him.

"Lord Xu, Wu Yunlin and others have appeared in Changde, you should think of a way, otherwise they will leave Xiangxi" Master Leng said with a little worry.

"Brother Leng, don't be impatient, wouldn't it be better if Wu Yunlin and the others left Xiangxi and had an accident," Xu Yong said confidently.

Master Leng looked at Xu Yong's calm and calm look, and hesitated and asked, "Do you already have any countermeasures?"

Xu Yong smiled coldly and said, "Brother Leng doesn't know yet, just now that kid caught the official of Li Jiazhai's cronies, Li Jiazhai's power must be known to Brother Leng too, you said that if we add fire to this matter, do you say that this thing can still be done?"

Xu Yong's eyes were cold, Master Leng couldn't see so far, but he Xu Yong could see that this Wu Yunlin couldn't move in Xiangxi now, whoever moved would die, after all, it was a person from the entrance of the Eighteen Mountains and Thirty-two Caves.

Master Leng listened to Xu Yong's words, laughed and said: "My lord has arranged it so quickly, it seems that I am too worried, but what do you want to do, I am afraid that a cronie of Lijiazhai Da Tusi is not enough to make the surname Wu what to do."

"A cronie can't do anything, but presumably it won't be long before the big Tusi of Lijiazhai will know about the arrest of his cronies, and when he knows the news, he will definitely find the government to ask for someone, according to the character of this Wu Daju, it will definitely be impossible for people to hand it over."

"But my lord, so what?" asked Master Leng, who didn't understand it.

Xu Yong said with a ruthless look in his eyes, "Then according to the temperament of those natives, they will inevitably make a big fuss about the political envoy Yamen, but this is nothing, it is normal for local officials from all walks of life to come to the Yamen every year to make trouble, but when the people of Lijiazhai have made enough trouble, after leaving, what will happen if the boy surnamed Wu is suddenly assassinated"

"This, my lord, you don't want to" Master Leng didn't continue in the middle of his words.

"Brother Leng, don't worry," Xu Yong said with a sneer, his eyes full of madness.

"My lord, it's really tall," Master Leng said, patting his horse.

After a few drinks with Ma Mu, and after arranging a place for Ma Mu, Wu Yunlin went back to the house, and sneeze several times in a row as soon as he entered the house.

......

Early the next morning, Wu Yunlin got up early, but he didn't expect Ma Mu to get up earlier than him

"Morning, Brother Wu" Ma Mu saw Wu Yunlin out of the room, so he greeted Wu Yunlin with a smile.

Wu Yunlin also smiled and said hello to Ma Mu, after last night's drink under the moon, and a long talk, the relationship between Wu Yunlin and Ma Mu has entered another level, of course, the friendship between life and death is absolutely not to talk about, but the two are now friends.

"Brother Wu is planning to go to the yamen after eating for a while?" asked Ma Muxiao.

"Well, naturally I'm going" Wu Yunlin nodded noncommittally.

"I really envy Brother Qian, I am fifteen years old, and I am now twenty-one, and I am just a showman, let alone a jinshi, and in the end, I am afraid that I don't even know if there is any hope of being admitted to the position of a person in this life" Ma Mu sighed and said, of course, there is absolutely no jealousy in Ma Mu's heart.

Wu Yunlin smiled and said, "Brother Tao is the son of a hereditary local official, and it is very easy to be an official even if he does not pass the imperial examination, but the younger brother is even worse than Brother Tao."

The Great Qing Dynasty gave preferential treatment to the local officials, and in order to facilitate the management of the local people, Xiangxi had never participated in the imperial examination, and the sons of the local officials who did not know a word served as the magistrate and county magistrate.

"That's not the right way after all, such an official position is okay here in Xiangxi, it is impossible to be transferred, and at most it is the end of being a magistrate, and it is impossible to be promoted, and although I am the son of a local official, but Brother Qian, you also know, my father has so many sons, and the position of a native official will definitely not be my turn in the future, and my father just wants to give the family an activity to a magistrate or something, and he has to come with my buddies first, and it will definitely not be my turn first" said that Ma Mu's hippie smiling face was gone, With a hint of sorrow.

"Brother Ma is only twenty-one years old this year, and he already has a reputation for showing talent, which is already stronger than many people, and the younger brother believes that it will be a matter of time before Brother Tao enters the court as an official with his talents" Wu Yunlin smiled and patted Ma Mu's shoulder.

In fact, Wu Yunlin also understands Ma Mu, according to Ma Mu, he has more than a dozen elder brothers, and he is the youngest one in the family, is his father's old son, although because of the old man's sake, he is at home and favored by his father, but now his father is almost eighty, he is only twenty-one years old, and because of his dissolute and uninhibited character, he has no prestige in the tribe.

"That's a must, I will definitely be promoted to the court as an official, oops, then I will be able to be an official with Brother Qian, maybe Brother Qian will enter the cabinet, and I will have to be promoted to brother when the time comes, haha" Ma Mu said with a smile.

Ma Mu was born an optimist, no matter what worries him, he will be uncomfortable for a while, and he will soon get better, and he laughed heartlessly at the moment.

After breakfast, Ma Mu said that he hadn't been to Changde Mansion for a long time, and he wanted to have a good look, and he also went shopping with Dumb.