Plugged in March, although it can't be as long as the warbler flying grass in Jiangnan, it is also full of novelty, and there are young beasts infested with spring lambs from time to time. Chu Qingliu and Qu Lingyu were one person and one horse, and they went north along the western foot of Helan Mountain.

Qu Lingyu ran a few miles on his horse and said to Chu Qingliu: "Senior brother, what should be said, we finished talking last night. You have to promise me that from now on you will not talk about these two months again. Helan Mountain, Naoshui Dagou, this is not hidden, and that is not hidden, I am annoyed when I think about it, from now on, I never want to hear these people's names, these place names. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "Even if I agree, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it." You think, from now on, these days are too long, and too many, for me not to mention these names. Even if it's you, you can't guarantee that you won't mention it again. ”

Qu Lingyu said: "That's right. Then you promise me that before we return to Yanyun Ruzhou, before we return to Qujia Dazhai, we are not allowed to talk about the past two months. The two of us, go through this journey happily. You haven't seen the scenery of the Northlands yet, and I'll tell you everything about it. ”

Chu Qingliu smiled: "It's not too difficult. Even if you take a detour from Liaoguo, it won't take many days to get to Ruzhou, and I still have this memory, so I won't say it. ”

In this way, the spring flowers all the way to the vicinity of Datong Mansion in Xijing Road, Liaojing, where it is less than 300 miles away from Qujia Dazhai in Ruzhou. As he was walking, Qu Lingyu said, "Senior brother, the scenery on this road is not bad, right?" Chu Qingliu said: "There is a lot of sand, a lot of grass, and there are more cattle and sheep than people, so you can see it." Senior sister, I think of two people. ”

Qu Lingyu said: "You think of Miss Mei Zhanxue Mei. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "Last spring, I went to Wutai Mountain to meet Master Kushui, but I didn't meet him. When I went south, I first met the third sister in Hedong, then the eldest brother, and finally you. In just one year, I really didn't expect to give birth to so many things. ”

Qu Lingyu said: "Thinking of them, this is also human nature. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "What I thought of just now, one is the third sister, the other is Liu Qichan and Liu Daochang, but I didn't expect the eldest brother." ”

Qu Lingyu said: "Why these two people?"

Chu Qingliu said: "One word, money, two words, silver, three words, gold leaf." ”

Qu Lingyu said: "It turns out that Chu Shaoxia wants to use silver. Liu Daochang has a lot of money, he is here, you can still ask for some money. Miss Mei has fourteen dart boards in her house, and she is not short of money, but she is not a person who walks with money, so what is the use of her coming?"

Chu Qingliu said: "I went south with my third sister, and when I walked to Zhengzhou Mansion, I only had twenty or thirty taels of silver left in my hand----"

Qu Lingyu said: "Twenty or thirty taels, it's not a lot." At the moment, we only have less than ten taels of silver left in our hands. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "There are twenty or thirty taels of silver left, and the third sister still wants to buy a horse." ”

Qu Lingyu said: "Thirty taels of silver, in Zhengzhou Mansion in the Song Realm, you can only buy two horseshoe." I really don't know how to ride a two-legged horse, so please teach me my brother. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "I also said this, these two-legged horses can't be ridden. She made trouble with me, saying that if I couldn't think of a way, she would throw all the silver, swords, and belongings into the Zhengshui River. ”

Qu Lingyu said: "Did you come up with a way later? What kind of method did you come up with?"

Chu Qingliu said: "What good way can there be? ”

Qu Lingyu smiled: "It turns out that you want to be a thief." If you want to be a thief, you will be a thief, and if you want to rob the rich, you will rob the rich. Wanghaizhuang is a den of thieves, where a big thief surnamed Wu and a thief surnamed Chu live. The Dazhai of the Qu family is also a den of thieves, where there is a big thief surnamed Qu and a small thief surnamed Qu. If you want to rob the rich and help the poor, why don't you tell me directly? Am I an official? Not far in front is Datong Mansion, and there is no shortage of gold and silver in the city, so you can rob as much as you want. ”

"Let's not go, let's split up tonight, let it go, and see who robs more. I go to the northern half of the city, you go to the southern half of the city, and you don't have to go to the western city, where there are many poor households and few rich households. There is a white mountaineering mountain outside the east gate of Datong, there is a three-sheng hermitage on the mountain, and we will meet in the three-sheng nunnery tomorrow morning. ”

Chu Qingliu said, "You don't want to know what I want the silver for?"

Qu Lingyu smiled: "Yes." But if you don't tell me, I won't ask, and I'll know what you want the money for. With a wave of his whip, he beat his horse and galloped, without looking back, and said, "Don't follow me!"

Chu Qingliu smiled and saw that Qu Lingyu had run away, so he drove his horse slowly and entered the west gate of Taiyuan City. It is planned to pass through the city, take a look along the road, and then go to the south of the city.

Although Datong is the Xijing of the Liao State, it is dominated by Han Chinese. Even the Khitans, in order to trade with the Han people, most of them can speak Chinese, just looking at the market style, compared with the Xingqing Mansion of the Xia Kingdom, they already feel much more cordial. In fact, it is not only this Xijing, but also Nanjing Xijin Mansion, which is also the same. The so-called Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, that is, from Datong in Yunzhong in the west, to Yanshan in the east, and into the Liao Realm less than a hundred years.

It is not difficult to rob the rich, but the difficult thing is to rob the peace of mind. Trampling to the bottom, all have to be done carefully, this is not something that can be done with high martial arts, and there must be a little bit of luck, which is very different from the semicolon borrowing silver from the Kainan Dart Bureau before. Chu Qing flowed into a small restaurant on the side of the road, asked for food, and went to Nancheng to go around if he wanted to eat.

After the meal was finished and the dishes were eaten, he reached into his pocket and pulled it out, and then he screamed badly. Along the way, all the silver was on Qu Lingyu's body, and she was so busy that she forgot to give him a few taels of silver. After thinking about it again, I knew that she must have deliberately not mentioned the silver, and wanted her to look good, so she couldn't help but hate it.

Chu Qingliu called the store and said, "I have run out of money, and I don't have any money." But don't worry, I won't eat you for nothing, I still have a horse, and I will give it to you. ”

The store has nothing to remember about the age, appearance, clothing, etc., and only the word "store" can be encompassed. He patiently listened to Chu Qingliu's words, and said, "You have eaten less than two dollars of silver for this meal, but you want to give me a horse, no matter what, I can't ask for you." Unrighteous talents, take ominous. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "I will leave Datong tomorrow morning, and it will be difficult to come back in the future, I don't want to miss your store in the future because of these two coins." If you don't want a horse, do me a favor and get me a mule broker. The shopkeeper said: "What is a broker?" Chu Qingliu said: "It is the middleman who buys and sells livestock."

The owner of the shop said, "It's easy. As he spoke, he called a guy in the store and ordered him to lead Chu Qingliu to find a mule and horse broker.

The guy listened to the shopkeeper's instructions and did his best. led Chu Qingliu, led the horse, zigzags, walked through the streets and alleys, came to a small courtyard, knocked on the courtyard door, and told the owner of the courtyard the ins and outs.

The man was over sixty years old, with a charitable face, easy speech, no smiling or talking, even when listening to people, there was a smile on his face. Not only to people, but also to horses, it is also gentle.

He patiently listened to the shopkeeper explain the situation, took out two small pieces of broken silver from his bag, handed them to the shopkeeper, and said, "Big brother, these two pieces of silver, one for three coins, and one for four coins." Three dollars, please take it back to the shopkeeper Xiao and settle the meal money for this guest. The four dollars are my thank you gifts, and there is not much, so you can only buy a pair of shoes to wear. If you have a business in the future, you still have to be me, my old Ye is not a person without conscience. ”

The two exchanged pleasantries for a long time, and the shopkeeper said goodbye, and Lao Ye turned around to talk about business with Chu Qingliu. In Chu Qingliu, as long as this horse can be sold for more than two cents of silver, he is willing to make a deal, so that he can get out and go to trample on it and do the business of robbing the rich.

Lao Ye said: "Guest, there is no fixed price for such things as mules and horses, which is like marrying a daughter-in-law." Some people spend thousands of dollars to marry a daughter-in-law, and some people don't need half a catty of salt to marry a daughter-in-law. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "You don't need to say much, I'm not a red rabbit horse, nor a sweaty horse, it's just a very ordinary horse, you just give an ordinary price." ”

Lao Ye said: "I'll give you five taels of silver." ”

Chu Qingliu blurted out: "Even if the horses in the north are cheap, even if this horse is not a good horse, five taels of silver is too little." If you give me fifteen taels, you can still earn ten taels of silver from it. Standing at the gate of someone's small courtyard, this kind of situation is not an occasion to talk about horse prices at all, and Chu Qingliu has no intention of talking about horse prices, but he still talks about prices.

In retrospect, I can only say that from the first time I saw this old Ye, I felt that this person was very unusual, and the smile on his face was uncomfortable to look at. Whether the price of horses is fair or unfair is still secondary.

Lao Ye said: "I'll give you six taels." Chu Qingliu said: "Not for sale." Lao Ye said: "Seven taels." Chu Qingliu said: "Not for sale." In this way, all the way to nine taels, Chu Qingliu still said "not for sale".

Lao Ye smiled: "It seems that you have teamed up with them to set up a game, and I fell into your trap." I've spent seven cents of silver, and although it's not a lot, after all, I've fallen into a trap, but you're not very clever in this trap. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "Who says that you are not clever? Even if you can get back the seven coins of silver, you will have to spend a lot of words." If you dare to ask for the money, you will annoy the shopkeeper, and he will publicize your shameful deeds. Businessman, you can lose money, but you can't be embarrassed, if I were you, I would have suffered this dumb loss. Farewell. "Lead the horse and go.

Lao Ye put away his smile and said, "What you said is, what you say is." How much silver do you want for this horse?"

Chu Qingliu said: "No matter how much silver you give me, I won't sell this horse." "He said goodbye and didn't sell, but his footsteps never moved.

Lao Ye said: "To sell or not to sell, don't say dead first." Guest, please come in with me and sit down and have a cup of tea. As he spoke, he walked into the courtyard.

Chu Qingliu said: "It's nothing to go in and have a cup of tea, but be quick, I still have things to do." ”

After entering the small courtyard, Lao Ye covered the courtyard door, let Chu Qingliu sit down in the east wing, made two cups of tea with his own hands, and sat opposite Chu Qingliu. He picked up the teacup and said, "Please." ”

Chu Qingliu picked up the teacup and said, "Old Ye, are you Han or Khitan? ”

Lao Ye said: "I invited you in, I invited you to drink tea, not to invite you to chat, the two of us have nothing to say." ”

Chu Qingliu said: "No, I came to your courtyard to speak, not to drink tea." If you don't want to speak, I'll have to go. You can also see that I have a sword on my back, I don't sell horses, and I can be a sword, and there should be no shortage of pawnshops in this city. ”

Lao Ye said: "This horse, I will give you fifteen taels of silver." Chu Qingliu shook his head.

Lao Ye said: "Twenty taels." Chu Qingliu still shook his head.

Lao Ye said: "Thirty taels." I've already lost money, and your horse, when it comes to heaven, can't sell it for twenty-six taels of silver. Chu Qingliu still shook his head.

Lao Ye was stunned and said, "Then how much do you want?"

Chu Qingliu said: "It depends on how much money you have." When he said that, he was immediately very happy. The business of robbing the rich and helping the poor did not expect to open from this mule and horse broker surnamed Ye. "Let me ask you, how much is your little courtyard worth? You can be careful, if you want to say less, I will buy it at the price you said, and then it will be too late for you to regret it." ”

Lao Ye couldn't calm down anymore, slammed the teacup on the table, got up and said hatefully: "This horse, how much do you want?"

Chu Qingliu said: "This horse, I want to sell you two hundred taels." If you can exchange it for a gold page, I will give you a little more discount, and I will only charge you ten taels of gold. ”

Lao Ye said: "I don't have a tael of gold, and I only have thirty-five taels of silver at home." Take them all if you want, and ride away the horses, and I consider myself unlucky. If you are too little, you will have to arrest me and sell it for money. ”