In the afternoon of the same day, Fang Linyuan personally took the men and horses of the 16th Garrison Division to Rongchang Street.

Compared with last night, Rongchang Street is really much more depressed, and many of the vendors in the neighborhood of the burned down shop are closed, and now only the spring flowers are in full bloom on the street.

However, many hawkers who came to clean up their shops gathered up the stalls that had been knocked to the ground yesterday.

Seeing that it was the adults of the Sixteenth Garrison Division, the vendors and merchants lowered their heads one after another, carefully not daring to look at them.

Fang Linyuan saw it all in his eyes, and glanced lightly at the sixteen guards who followed behind him.

Many of the soldiers and commanders who followed him were beaten at noon, and they were limping when they walked.

Fang Linyuan separated their teams at the street entrance.

Some were sent to contact the craftsmen, some went to spread the news that the vendors who had losses yesterday came to collect the compensation with their credentials, and the rest went door-to-door to count and record the losses.

The sixteen guards dispersed on Rongchang Street according to his orders.

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Lou Shuo was sent to collect the vendors.

In order to avoid ten sticks, you have to run to the street to count their worthless rags to these grass people, and you have to spend money to compensate them?

He had never seen him go and clean up the mess for the ordinary people since he was born, and he was reluctant to do it from the bottom of his heart.

But...... This Anpinghou beat people too much, he didn't want to come, but he was afraid that he would really be beaten on the school field so that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, so that his father rushed back to the capital to send the white-haired people to the black-haired people.

Lou Shuo was so annoyed in his heart, his back was still painful, and the expression on his face was gloomy as if he wanted to eat someone.

He led a group of soldiers and stopped at the corner of the street in front of the old woman who was hunched over and collecting broken flower pots on the floor.

A shadow hung behind the old woman.

When she turned around, she saw a group of sixteen guards standing behind her, led by a gloomy face, staring at her coldly.

"How much money did you lose in this mess?" He asked fiercely.

The old woman trembled with fright, and the flower pot in her hand fell to the ground with a thud.

"Master Jun forgives the crime, yesterday there were bandits here who killed people, and the flower shop was knocked down, which soiled the ground! The grass people are already cleaning up, and they will be cleaned up before tomorrow, and they will not teach the military master to worry about it......" She turned around and saluted Lou Shuo in fright.

What is she doing?

Lou Shuo frowned impatiently: "Ask how much money you lost, why are you so strenuous!" ”

The wrinkles on the old woman's face trembled, and her cloudy eyes overflowed with water: "I...... The grass farmers don't know how much compensation they have to pay. The grass people's families are poor, and they ask the military master to raise their noble hands......"

"Tsk......"

Lou Shuo was really impatient, and was about to have a seizure, but the soldiers next to him hurriedly pulled his sleeves.

Lou Shuo turned his head irritably, crossed the crowd, and saw Fang Linyuan holding his arms, standing five steps behind him, looking at him with a smile.

Today, he is wearing a gold-sprinkled sprinkle gift from His Majesty, his waist is tucked into a jade belt, he looks like a little white face who has not been exposed to the sun, his eyebrows are handsome, and he looks really handsome.

But then again, who doesn't look good in the clothes given by the emperor?

Facing his eyes that seemed to be about to beat him on the street in the next moment, Lou Shuo gritted his teeth and turned his head.

Just as he was about to entangle with the old woman again, the soldier next to him hurriedly grabbed him and whispered: "Lord Lou, come down and ask questions, you just have to ......"

As he spoke, he made a gesture of digging out his pocket, and smiled flatteringly at Lou Shuo.

Lou Shuo raised his chin with a slumped face: "Go." ”

Seeing that the soldier stepped forward, he cleared his throat, softened his expression and said, "Our commander hasn't said anything yet, don't be afraid." We are here today on the orders of the general to inquire about the bandits, your shop has been overthrown, and how many taels of silver have you lost, just tell us, and we will compensate you. ”

"This ......," the old woman looked incredulous.

"How much?" The soldier asked.

"Together...... Three, two, four dollars. The old woman said timidly, and hurried around to rummage through the broken cart behind her. The grass people have receipts for buying flowers at the market, so they will show them to the officials. ”

The soldier looked at Lou Shuo, but saw a strange look on Lou Shuo's face.

Three taels of silver, is enough for this old lady to come out and set up a stall at an age? It is a strange thing that these civilians did not starve to death.

He untied his purse, took out ten taels of silver, and laid them on the old woman's cart.

"This ......" The old woman was at a loss and did not dare to pick it up.

"Take it." Lou Shuo said. "By the way, I replaced your broken car."

The old woman was shocked for a long time before she realized what Lou Shuo meant.

She didn't reach out to take the money, but bowed straight to Lou Shuo with tears in her eyes, and choked up: "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" The grass people's grandson was sick the day before yesterday and was waiting for the silver to grab the medicine, and the military master really saved my child's life! ”

Lou Shuo cleared his throat a little embarrassedly and looked away.

The ten taels of silver were no more than a good glass of wine to him, but they became a lifesaver in front of the old woman.

He had rarely been thanked so sincerely and warmly, and for a moment he didn't know where to put his hand.

Before today, he had only seen others worship the Bodhisattva like this.

He never expected to be so cramped in the position of the Bodhisattva, and after dropping another ingot of silver with a cold face, he stepped aside, and asked the soldier in charge of the clerk to step forward to record the old woman's stall, her name, and the amount of loss.

"You have received the money today, and after you have drawn it here, you are not allowed to come again to receive the money, for if you teach us to find it, you will be punished." The soldier said. "If you know a stall owner who hasn't gone out today, tell them as soon as possible that we've been here for the past few days."

The old woman should have been.

I saw that the soldier turned the book in his hand to the last page, which was what Fang Linyuan explained and asked after losing money.

"When you were here yesterday, did you see those bandits? Tell me everything you see. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The grass people must know everything, and they will say everything! ”

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Fang Linyuan knew that this group of sons who were used to being powerful were not so reliable, but for the sake of their more money and more money, they could barely use it.

After he inspected the streets and streets for a few laps, these sixteen guards gradually became honest, and they became orderly by inquiring about compensation from stall to stall.

Fang Linyuan finally had time to take out the casualty list that had been sent to the government last night.

This list is full of people who died yesterday, and it is not safe for the Sixteen Guards to inquire about him. Moreover, these families are concentrated in the place where the fire started yesterday, and the situation must be clearer.

He took a few people and took the lead to the shop where the fire started.

It was a time-honored silk village that had been open for many years, and last night in order to attract guests, a colorful shed was set up outside the door, and a lot of silk curtains and cloths were hung, so a fire broke out at the first time.

The shop of the silk village had also burned down last night, and only people could be seen walking around from the outside. Fang Linyuan walked up the stairs in front of the stairs and saw that the men inside were cleaning the burned door of the shop, and in the innermost part, there were fresh tributes and incense candles on the offering table.

Fang Linyuan's roster said that the first person to die was the head of this silk village.

Seeing Fang Linyuan come in, the guy outside the door hurriedly went in to report, and brought a chair to invite Fang Linyuan to sit down.

"The official, please sit down, and the little one will go and serve tea to the official." The guy said. "We'll be here right away."

"Don't be busy yet." Fang Linyuan stopped him. "Who are you in the family now?"

The guy said: "There was an accident yesterday in charge, and it is our young lady who is in charge now." ”

Fang Linyuan nodded, and said, "Mourning." ”

While the two were talking, a young woman came out from behind with a curtain raised.

The woman's eyes were red, her face was pale, and she looked familiar.

She stopped in front of Fang Linyuan and saluted him, "The folk girl has seen the adult. ”

Fang Linyuan nodded, stretched out his hand to invite her to sit down on the other side, and was about to speak, when he heard the woman ask, "You are the son who saved me yesterday?" ”

Fang Linyuan looked up at the woman in surprise, and saw her and said, "Yesterday, you left a person on the eaves and saved me from the bandits. ”

Fang Linyuan then remembered: "Ah, it's you." ”

"If it weren't for the rescue of my lord yesterday, I still don't know where I am now, please accept my salute again." She raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and leaned over to kneel down towards Fang Linyuan.

Fang Linyuan hurriedly stretched out his hand to support her: "No need, just raise your hands, you sit down first." ”

The woman sat down across from him.

"I don't know what the girl is called?" Fang Linyuan asked.

"The people's daughter's surname is Su, and she is the only daughter in the family." She said.

"Miss Sue." Fang Linyuan nodded. "I know that your family has suffered a change, and you shouldn't have been rude like this. But now that the foreign bandits are gone, the people in the city are panicking, and if they are not found out in time, they are afraid that there will be trouble. ”

Su Niangzi nodded and said, "The folk girl understands, the adults just have to ask." ”

"How did your shop catch fire yesterday?" Fang Linyuan asked.

Su Niangzi said: "Yesterday I was in the store, and my father set up a stall under the colorful shed in front of the door. I heard an argument outside the door, and when I went out to look, two Hu men overturned the lantern shop across the street and lit a fire in front of my house. ”

"Two?" Fang Linyuan asked. "Do you see clearly?"

"It's two." Mrs. Su lowered her eyes and gently wiped the water marks under her eyes with a handkerchief. "The shed is on fire...... My father was about to come to the rescue, but he happened to hit the two of them head-on and was ......"

Her words after that were choked in her throat, and Fang Linyuan hurriedly said, "It's okay, you don't have to tell me these details." ”

Su Niangzi nodded.

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Fang Linyuan pondered for a moment and then asked, "So, did those other people appear long before or after this?" ”

"Until then." Su Niangzi said. "Before the fire caught fire in front of my house, there was a lot of chaos elsewhere."

"But what's the signal? Sounds, fireworks, etc.? ”

I saw Su Niangzi wipe away her tears and said, "Before this, I heard a strange sound in the store, like a bird's call, but it was very loud, it sounded like a whistle. ”

Fang Lin hurriedly asked, "What is the sound, do you remember?" ”

Su Niangzi groaned: "It's very sharp, but it's not smooth, not like the copper whistle that children play." But it was very loud, and the store was moving things, and the guys thought that someone had rubbed the table leg. ”

Fang Linyuan's eyebrows froze.

"Bone whistle ......," he muttered.

He had seen such whistles during his time in the Tiger Prison, which were made from smaller wolf bones by Turkic herders and used to steer eagles and herd sheep. But such a whistle was clumsy and crude, and the Turkic royal nobles had never seen it, and even if they raised eagles, they had special golden whistles inlaid with precious stones.

"Thank you." Fang Linyuan came back to his senses and said to Mrs. Su. "What you're saying is useful to me."

"That's great." Su Niangzi showed a reluctant smile on her face.

Fang Linyuan nodded and stood up: "Girl, wait a while, I'll go outside the door and take a look." ”

The street must be wide, and there were so many people last night that it should be difficult for the lantern fire to attract it.

Su Niangzi also got up.

Fang Linyuan nodded to her, turned around and walked out of the store.

The color shed outside had been burned to the ground, and at this time, the sun was setting, and the warm red sunlight shone on Fang Linyuan's shoulders and hair, illuminating the golden robe shining.

"Your Excellency!" Su Niangzi suddenly stopped him behind her.

Fang Linyuan turned around, and saw Su Niangzi chasing him to the door, and said to him: "Can the bodies of those bandits still be preserved now?" ”

Fang Linyuan nodded.

"The maiden suddenly remembered that although the night was dark, when you left the bandit, the light of the fire illuminated his clothes." Su Niangzi said. "It's a cloth studded with sheepskin."

"Hubu?" Fang Linyuan was puzzled.

Su Niangzi nodded: "It is the cloth spun by the merchants of the Western Regions who have settled here in Beijing over the years. They liked to use wool to weave cloth, but Daxuan did not have much wool, so they gradually began to use wool mixed with kapok to weave cloth, which was called Hubu. Because of the presence of wool, the luster of the cloth woven from the cloth is different from that of silk and kapok. ”

She took a deep breath: "Now in the Shangjing City, only the merchant settlements in the Western Regions in the north of the city have Hu cloth for sale. ”

Fang Linyuan's heart was shocked.

"You mean, this kind of cloth was raised in Beijing?" He asked. "Nowhere else?"

Su Niangzi nodded.

Fang Linyuan's eyebrows sank slightly.

Even so, even the clothes of these people are freshly made in Beijing, which shows that they have been entrenched for a long time and are acting for a unified order.

Then, there must be a stronghold in Beijing.

"Thank you, Miss Su!" Fang Linyuan sincerely saluted Su Niangzi. "I will take out those bandits and avenge your father."

"Your Excellency saved my life last night." Su Niangzi said. "My mother specially instructed me today that if I see you, I must thank you very much. My family has no ability to weave cloth and make clothes, if the adults do not dislike it, the folk girl will send some cloth to your house tomorrow to express her gratitude. ”

Fang Linyuan's gaze swept over the dilapidated shop behind her.

Such merchants are all their own workshops, and the storefronts are burned like this, except for losses, it is impossible to open for more than a month. Now that someone has died in her family, it seems that the population is thin, and I am afraid that it will be difficult.

Fang Linyuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

"I'm sorry for you." He said. "Seeing that summer clothes should be made in my house, you bring more colors, if it is suitable, the new clothes of my family will be set at the girl's house this year."

Although the Anping Marquis Mansion is sparsely populated, there are many servants up and down. If they can pick up his family's order, their family will be able to survive these few months.

Seeing that Su Niangzi was about to thank her again, Fang Linyuan hurriedly waved his hand to stop it: "It's okay." I'll say hello when I go back, you just need to send the material to the Anping Marquis Mansion." ”

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When the hour came, the sky began to darken. The vendors are going home to eat, and it's time for these sixteen guards to change their guards and rest.

Fang Linyuan reiterated discipline during the change of guard, and his iron-fisted style today had already spread among the Sixteen Guards.

These people were afraid of him, and they didn't dare to slack off for a while, and after announcing that they would rotate and train troops in accordance with the provisions of the 16 garrison orders from tomorrow, Fang Linyuan also returned to the mansion.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he saw the subordinates of Huaiyu Pavilion waiting for him there, saying that Her Royal Highness the princess had prepared dinner and was waiting to use it with him.

Fang Linyuan happened to be hungry too, thinking that Zhao Pu had ready-made food there anyway, so he went straight to follow the subordinates of Huaiyu Pavilion.

I haven't eaten with Zhao Pu for a long time, but I didn't expect Zhao Pu's taste to change a lot.

As soon as he entered the front hall of Huaiyu Pavilion, Fang Linyuan smelled a warm aroma.

He looked over the table and saw braised pig's trotters, stir-fried chicken with chestnuts, a plate of grapes that were extremely rare in the season, and a dish of roasted lamb with green onions that he had only eaten in Tiger Prison.

The aroma of mutton was fiery, and Fang Linyuan sat down at the table and picked up his chopsticks.

Zhao Pu came out from behind slowly at this time, put on a homely and lazy makeup bun, and Fan Dai only modified his face shape.

Fang Linyuan was busy scolding himself for being rude in his heart, put down his chopsticks and waited for Zhao Pu to sit down.

Zhao Pu raised his eyes and glanced at Juansu, who led a group of maids to retreat and closed the door for them.

Fang Linyuan picked up the chopsticks and took a large chopstick mutton.

"Why didn't I see you like these before?" He said. "Could it be that the rules in the palace are so strict, you can't eat anything with a heavier taste?"

Zhao Pu glanced at him lightly, not saying that the spices and mutton in the small kitchen were all purchased from the merchants in the Western Regions in the north in the past few days.

"Change the flavor once in a while." As he spoke, the tooth cuff in his hand picked up a piece of steamed fish that looked bland.

Fang Linyuan only cared about eating meat, and didn't pay attention to what Zhao Pu was clipping, and only nodded approvingly when he heard this.

"How are you in the Sixteenth Garrison today?" Zhao Pu asked again.

"A group of gentlemen, I am like herding sheep this day, more tired than training." Fang Linyuan said.

"There are few major cases in Beijing, and places like the Garrison Division will inevitably raise idlers." Zhao Pu saw the complaint on his face, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously hooked up a soft arc.

Fang Linyuan nodded: "But at the end of the day, there are some results." ”

"Huh?" Zhao Xuan looked at him.

"The people down there have collected a lot of information, I'll see it later." Fang Linyuan said. "But when I asked to-day, they had made clothes together in the north of the city, and they must have lived in the city for some time, and they already had a stronghold. They want to live and raise horses, and the stronghold will not be small, and there is a good chance that it will be in the north of the city. When the matter of Rongchang Street is over in the past two days, I will take someone to investigate. ”

"I still have some of them." Zhao Pu said. "You take it and use it."

Fang Linyuan waved his hand: "No need." Now the Hu people are no longer allowed to enter or leave the city, and there are many people in the Sixteen Guards, which is enough to investigate openly. The merchants of the Western Regions living in the north of the city are all registered, and the houses and courtyards also have their own families, so they must be looking for a stronghold, and they must be looking for merchants to respond. There are only a few Hu merchants with large courtyards in the city, which is easy to check. ”

Zhao Pu nodded when he heard this: "It's good that you decide." ”

saw Fang Linyuan looking at him with a smile: "However, there is really one thing to trouble you." ”

"You say."

"Tomorrow I guess a girl will come and deliver cloth." Fang Linyuan said. "The surname is Su, and it is from the silk village on Rongchang Street. Her family suffered, her father was gone, and she was afraid that life would not be easy after that. ”

Zhao Pu picked up the chopsticks again and stopped in mid-air, raising his eyes to look at Fang Linyuan.

Fang Linyuan didn't realize it, and then said: "I'm going to order some ready-to-wear clothes at her house." Tomorrow, you see, if her family materials are average, make a few for the maids in the house, and if there are good materials, you will buy a few more. ”

It's really a big event like a new outfit that can't be the master of the year, and his eldest sister-in-law's eyes are not good, so she can only trouble Zhao Pu.

But Zhao Pu asked for a long time: "...... Girl? ”

yes, what's wrong with the girl?

Fang Linyuan looked puzzled, and when he raised his eyes to look at Zhao Pu, he saw him holding chopsticks with his eyes down, no different from usual.

That's it, Zhao Pu sometimes asks some inexplicable words.

"Yes, I happened to save her yesterday, and she wanted to repay the favor, so she wanted to send me material." Fang Linyuan patiently explained.

"But she really helped me a lot today, I can't take her things, and I see that her family's losses are really serious. Anyway, I can order clothes anywhere, so I thought that I should only save people's lives and help them tide over a difficult time. ”

He is now facing Zhao Pu a little more relaxed than a few days ago, and he is gradually talking a little more.

But he didn't see it, Zhao Pu's eyelashes hung a shadow, and he sat there quietly, his eyes falling on the plate of grapes on the table.

His shipyard was going to start construction in the near future, and a lot of timber was brought in from the south. It is rare for the supplier in the south to receive such a large order, and he sent him some grapes stored in the ice cellar.

He remembered that Fang Linyuan liked it, and he left it to him.

But unexpectedly......

Zhao Pu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and the sour feeling that appeared in his heart out of nowhere.

But unexpectedly, he didn't look at the grapes more, and his mouth was full of chatter, and he was bent on taking care of the girl who came from nowhere.

…… Girl.

The pronunciation of these two words seems to be very tricky, and every time Zhao Pu thinks of it in his heart, the sourness becomes more and more sour.

It's particularly boring. ：，，.