According to the importance of the status of each state and county, the size of the jurisdiction and the number of population, the Zhao Song Dynasty divided the state and county into 13 levels, including auxiliary, Xiong, Wang, tight, upper, lower, etc., of which the county-level construction, "more than 3,000 households are tight", and the level of Lizhou is tight.

The people entered the city, but they saw that the people were vast and the market was prosperous. Qian Tongshen was very happy, and inquired with the locals, and learned that one of the most famous restaurants in the city was called Yuzhen Building, and immediately smiled: "We will go to Yuzhen Tower at noon, everyone has worked hard for days, just go to have a good drink." Kuai Qian and Tu Jiao applauded one after another. Shen Yan snorted slightly and said, "I don't drink." ”

Mulberry Eagle said: "The second brother is reasonable, we still have big things to do, don't drink and miss big things." After a pause, he said with a smile: "Master Qian, Brother Bai, you two have big fish and meat, plus wine, please feel free." ”

Bai Yixue said with a smile: "I am a brother and brother with the head of the Qian family, and it is time to make up for it." ”

Qian Tongshen showed disappointment on his face, his lips squirmed a few times, and he wanted to say something, but he finally couldn't help it, and Kuai Xuan and Tu Jiao were also silent.

Bai Yixue glanced at Qian Tongshen and said with a smile: "Okay, since you still have important things to do, then the junior brother will accompany Qian to have a few drinks." "They said there was still something important to do, but they didn't know what it was, so they would pay attention and observe it." ”

Everyone came to the Yuzhen Building, and the first floor of the restaurant was full of diners, which was very lively. The shopkeeper of Yuzhen Lou led everyone to the second floor, and there were not many diners upstairs, so everyone chose a table facing the street and sat down.

Qian Tongshen took off a jade wrench on his finger and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, if you have any good wine and food in your store, all of them will come up." ”

The shopkeeper took the jade wrench, and there was a sense of heaviness when he started, and then he looked at the obvious stone pattern of the wrench, the color was crystal clear, and the whole body was verdant, and he was also a person who knew the goods, so he couldn't help but be secretly taken aback, and stammered: "All on?"

Qian Tongshen's face sank, and he said, "What's the matter?"

The shopkeeper thought to himself, not to mention one table of your jade ring, even dozens of tables of dishes are enough, and he hurriedly said: "Enough, enough......! That ......"

Qian Tongshen stretched out his hand and slapped the wooden table, which shook the wooden chopsticks in the chopsticks on the table, and said angrily: "It's hard to buy Lao Tzu is willing, you just have to pick the best wine and food, come up quickly!

The shopkeeper was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he hurriedly went downstairs to arrange wine and food. A variety of meat and vegetarian dishes and a whole jar of fine wine are served on the table like flowing water. Mulberry Vulture, Tu Jiao and the others let go of their bellies and ate a lot, but everyone didn't drink a drop of wine. Bai Yixue was already hungry, and she was not polite at the moment, eating the food while drinking with Qian Tongshen frequently.

After a few glasses of wine, Qian Tong suddenly stopped his glass and sighed: "How happy is the world of flowers outside? If Lao Tzu stays in the black prison for another month, if he doesn't say anything else, he will be bored and sick." ”

Bai Yixue said with a smile: "They will lock you up for another ten days and half a month, and when they see that you are the head of the money, they will let you go." ”

Qian Tongshen sneered: "You will say good things for them." Hehe, as long as I don't say it for a day, I won't be able to come out for a day, and if I don't say it for a lifetime, I will have to stay in the black prison for the rest of my life, and I will never see the light of day again. ”

Bai Yixue's smile froze suddenly, and she pondered: "If Qian Tongshen's words are true, Li Jinhua will put me in the dungeon, if there is no Mulberry Eagle and others to come to the rescue, I will ...... Shouldn't I be in prison for the rest of my life?" Thinking of this, a chill rushed to my heart, and I was stunned for a long time, and my heart was inexplicably sad and indignant, I lifted the wine jug, raised my neck and drank the liquor in the jug, "Gudu", "Gudu", "Gudu", "Goo", "Goo",

Qian Tongshen also drained the wine in his cup, and said with a smile: "Little brother, drink slowly, the wine is enough." ”

The two of them were half-drunk, and suddenly heard the sound of "tuk", "tuk", "tuk", "tuk" from the stairs, as if someone had used a hard object to hit the wooden staircase and walked up slowly.

The mulberry vulture remained silent, squinted at the stairs, and after a while, saw a middle-aged man walking slowly upstairs with a thin and long cane. The Mulberry Eagle looked at it intently, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, it turned out to be a blind man who was a performer.

After the man went upstairs, he listened carefully for a while, and went straight to the table where Mulberry Eagle and the others were eating, and said with a smile: "Uncles, do you want to listen to a little song?"

Tu Jiao was full of interest, the sarcoma on his forehead became brighter and brighter, and said, "Okay, the uncles just think it's too quiet here." What tunes do you know?"

The shopkeeper has been waiting by the sidelines, and interjected: "If you go back to the guest officer, our local song in Lizhou is called drum lyrics, and the people in the city like to listen to it. ”

Tu Jiao said: "Okay, then sing a drum song to listen." Saying that, he pointed to the money next to him, and said with a smile: "Sing well, this uncle can't miss your reward." ”

The blind man smiled and replied, "Yes, yes, uncle." The shopkeeper brought a wooden stool, and the blind man sat down, and took out a basin from the large canvas pocket that straddled his shoulder, resting it on the knee of his right leg, and took out the basket and the bamboo board. He held the drum and chopstick in his right hand and the bamboo board in his left hand, and after a burst of fast and slow percussions, he babbled and sang:

Rich as a dragon travels all over the world, poor as a tiger with nine relatives and six relatives. In front of the door, the head of the horse is high, and the door is full of officials. If there is a begging stick in front of the door, the six relatives and nine relatives should not come to the door...... If the poor ghost can become famous, the yellow dog will grow into a unicorn; if the poor ghost has to become a high-ranking official, the mouse in front of the warehouse will ride as a donkey; the tiger on the mountain will carry the flag, and the pebbles on the stream will take off. If the poor ghost can be the master, my pig mother will plow the fields, the monkey will carry firewood when he goes up the mountain, and the dog will call the master......

His lyrics are vivid and straightforward, with smooth rhymes, supplemented by drum beats and board sounds, and the tone is undulating, and the expressions on his face are also very rich.

Qian Tongshen was slightly drunk, his white fat face turned purple, and he muttered: "If the poor ghost can be famous, the yellow dog will become a unicorn ......" slapped his hand on his thigh and shouted: "What poor ghosts, monkeys, and domestic dogs, it's too bad scenery, too bad scenery, it's not good, it's not good." Change a song, hurry up and change a song!"

Tu Jiao smiled: "This uncle doesn't like to listen to it, you can change it to an interesting one." ”

When the blind man heard this, he smiled slightly, and said, "Yes, yes." He sang again:

Born and died in the same grave, I don't want the husband and wife to be separated, I don't want the dragon bed to be covered with brocade quilts, but I want the rice stalks to cover the clothes, I don't want the eunuchs to eat chickens and sheep, and I want to drink clear soup with the Lang family.

Qian Tongshen held the cup in his hand and frowned: "This...... It's too ...... too."

Gao Yu muttered: "'Life and death are the same grave, and I don't want the husband and wife to be separated...... I don't want the dragon bed to cover the brocade quilt, but I hope the rice stalks cover the clothes...... 'This is very good.' Qian Tongshen was stunned when he heard this, so he stopped and drank all the wine in the cup.

Bai Yixue listened to this tactful and lingering tune, and couldn't help but hear the love song sung by Luo Wu in her ears: "Persuade Lang Mo to love the two mountains, sail back to the mountains, and suddenly between the clouds and mist, the slave has a spring mountain eyebrows and small eyebrows, and Lang looks at the night." While listening to the music, I raised my glass again and again, and my mood was difficult to calm down for a while.

At this moment, the stairs "thumped", and several more people walked upstairs. Walking in the front are two old men, one of them has a big bald head with a shiny oil, and his body is burly, giving people a sense of not being angry and arrogant; the other is a short and fat old man with bright eyebrows and a lovely smile, and a long gray beard hanging from his chest, which has a fairy wind and Taoist atmosphere, which makes people look forward to the meaning of intimacy, and the two of them are also in harmony with each other; behind them is a middle-aged monk, with a solemn expression, a pale face, as if he is full of worries; behind him is a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe, wearing a soft foot hood, gorgeously dressed, holding an origami fan in his hand, his expression is very chic, only two long eyebrows drooping obliquely, his face is paradoxical; the last one, is a burly man, bearded halberd, eyes blazing.

The five of them looked around the environment on the second floor, and the scribe casually glanced at the mulberry vulture, grinned and pointed to a table next to him, and smiled at the two old men: "Two old men, let's sit here." ”

When the Mulberry Eagle saw the middle-aged monk, his face suddenly changed, and as soon as his knees moved, he was about to stand up, but he held back, sneered, and sat still. When Shen Yan and the others saw it, they all changed color slightly, and stared at the middle-aged monk in unison. Bai Yixue looked at their situation and thought secretly: "The mulberry vulture was careful along the way, could it be that he had a holiday with these people and wanted to avoid them? ”

The bald old man said "um", and the white-bearded old man smiled and said, "Very good, very good." Several people sat down in turn, and ordered wine and meat to eat. The middle-aged monk ordered a meal of somen noodles, ate two bites, and seemed to have a bad appetite, so he stopped eating.