After the meal, Zhou Ping followed Tie Niu back to the blacksmith shop, while Liu Xunxiang closed the door of the shop and continued to go out for a walk.

Maybe it's because ten years of life in the world are coming to an end, I want to see more of this mundane, maybe I'm lonely for too long, and I want to find a lively place to make myself feel less lonely, in short, compared to two years ago, Liu Xunxiang now prefers to go out and walk around.

At the corner of Qingyun Street to the end, there is a book review hall, this place in the past two years, it can be regarded as Liu Xunxiang to go to the most land, every time the weather is good, he likes to go over to drink two glasses of wine, listen to the commentary, this is also his mortal life, the only, one of the few fun.

Every afternoon and evening in the storytelling hall is the most crowded time, and it is also the most lively time, Liu Xunxiang doesn't like to be lively, so every time I go, I will choose to go in the morning.

The shopkeeper and Liu Xunxiang are also old acquaintances, when the hall first opened, because the store rent was short of silver, he also came to Liu Xunxiang to borrow silver, so every time Liu Xunxiang came, the little two in the store treated him as an ancestor.

"Yo, the shopkeeper is here, come, please come inside, the seat has always been reserved for you. A young man dressed as a small guy greeted Liu Xunxiang warmly.

Liu Xunxiang looked at this little guy and said, "You don't have to be enthusiastic about me, I don't have any money to reward you." ”

"Yo, look at what you said, you are a distinguished guest of our cousin, and the shopkeeper has personally explained, what silver is not silver, it is the honor of our cousin that you can come. The little maid skillfully wiped a table against the window with the white towel on his shoulder, and then made a pot of fine tea for Liu Xunxiang.

Liu Xunxiang said with a smile: "Your shopkeeper Zhang is so blessed to have found such a good guy as you who can speak well." ”

The little guy scratched his head and said, "It's all the shopkeeper Liu, you said." ”

Liu Xunxiang shook her head and looked out the window, this little guy didn't bother when she saw this, and quietly retreated.

This storytelling hall is a two-story small building, sitting on the second floor window can not only see the storytelling desk on the first floor, but also see the people coming and going on the imperial capital street outside the window, so the position of the second floor against the window, its price is also more expensive than other seats, and there are few seats on the second floor, often want to sit here, but also book in advance, gradually, people who can sit in these seats, often represent, not only a seat, more, but also a symbol of status.

Liu Xunxiang sat here, drinking wine, listening to the commentary, looking at the fragmentary lives of these secular people on the street, and her thoughts drifted away again.

In front of the storytelling hall, a group of gorgeously dressed young people walked over.

"On weekdays, this prince is a singer of the Qinglou, a beautiful woman and a beautiful wine, so that the queen mother scolds me every day for not being a weapon, and for a long time, I will definitely have no chance with the position of this prince, so today, this prince decided to take you to this storytelling hall to be down-to-earth, experience the life of the people in the market, and change the luxury of your body. A young man dressed in rich clothes walked into the hall with a folding fan.

"Yes, yes, or Your Royal Highness, you are wise, wearing civilian clothes to come to this vulgar market to listen to the commentary, without an entourage, without putting on a show, if this spreads, it will also be a beautiful talk. ”

"It makes sense, among these princes, only our four highnesses have such courage. ”

The people behind the young man scrambled to say, although his words were full of words, but the young man with the folding fan enjoyed listening to it very much.

"Low-key, low-key. The young man with a folding fan said to the dozen or so people behind him.

In the past few years, he has never seen any kind of people in the small house, from the clothes worn by the few people who entered the door, he knew that these people were all big masters and could not afford to provoke them, so he hurriedly put down the work in his hand and greeted him.

"A few masters, please come inside. ”

The young man with the folding fan nodded with satisfaction, and took the lead and followed the little guy in.

As soon as more than ten people entered the city, they immediately looked around like village men entering the city, shouting five and six, and their voices were so loud that they even faintly suppressed the storyteller on the stage.

In fact, this is also to blame these people for such a look of never seen the world, starting from the leading folding fan youth, these more than ten people are all prominent family members, in and out on weekdays, eight or nine times out of ten are the famous kiln restaurants in the imperial capital, which will come to this kind of noisy and noisy street, and drink a big bowl of tea with these vulgar untouchables to listen to the commentary.

This storyteller doesn't look very old, only about 20 years old, he looks very handsome, and he is a bookish person, if a man sees it, he may be a little jealous and disdainful, but if those big girls and little girls see it, the deer in his heart is estimated to be killed alive.

"This storyteller should be a poor scholar from Chengnan Academy, who comes here to tell stories without classes on weekdays and earns some money. ”

"No way, you should be like us, your family is illustrious, and you will reward him with some silver later, which can be regarded as doing some good deeds. ”

"I think Chen Gongzi is fake for doing good deeds, and it's true that I fell in love with this little scholar, hahaha. ”

A group of young people behind you glanced at me, and the content of the words was full of filthy words that were touting and showing off, and the storyteller above was pale, and his body trembled slightly.

The fourth prince with a folding fan stood in front of the stage, looking at the storyteller on the stage in a posture that he thought was very elegant, and nodded slightly while listening, not knowing whether he really understood or not.

There are a lot of seats on the first floor, and there are not many people in the morning, so there are still some empty seats, the little guy saw that they didn't go, worried that standing here blocked the viewing of the guests behind, and after a little hesitation, he stepped forward and whispered: "Guest officer, why don't you find a place to sit down at will, and the small one will serve you some drinks and snacks, how about you sit and listen slowly?"

Before the fourth prince could speak, a prince who followed behind him said, "Do you let us sit in the lobby, do you have any eyesight!"

The little maid's body trembled, and he hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare, a few masters will go up to the second floor with me." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly led the way in front and led the group to the second floor.

Because the second floor is not full of floors, but like an arc against the wall, the middle is empty, you can directly see the platform on the first floor, so the seats are much less than the first floor, the small house with more than ten people upstairs, upstairs there will be only Liu Xunxiang sitting there drinking.

But it just so happened that the seat where Liu Xunxiang was sitting was the right seat on the second floor, and these more than ten people sat down, they must not be able to sit together again, the little guy didn't think of this, but the people behind him frowned a little dissatisfied.

"Little Er, we have chartered this second floor. Before the fourth prince with the folding fan could speak, one of the attendants behind him had already taken out a gold ingot and said.

The little guy is a little difficult now, this storytelling hall is not a luxurious place, so even if it is chartered, only thirty taels of silver is enough, and the lord in front of him is fifty taels of silver, obviously the owner of the gold, but the man sitting there is also a distinguished guest of their hall.

On the one hand, he is a generous financier, and on the other hand, he is the creditor of the cousin and the benefactor of the boss, so it is very difficult to choose.

"Guest officer, look, if you don't sit down, the table where the guest sits will not affect your view, what do you think?" asked the little guy with a bitter face and a smile.

The young man who had taken out the gold stepped forward and said to the servant, "I'm adding an ingot of gold." ”

After speaking, he really took out another ingot of gold and put it in front of the little guy.

Two ingots of gold, a full hundred taels, are enough to cover this hall for three days.

The little guy struggled a little in his eyes, but he still said with a glimmer of hope: "Guest officer, it's not a matter of gold or not, it's mainly that the guest officer came first, you see..."

Syllable!

Before the little guy could finish speaking, the young man raised his hand and slapped the little guy in the face.

"The people in the market, stubborn!" This young man was pale, the reason why he took the initiative to ask for a charter was to please the four princes in front of him, so he did not hesitate to take out two ingots of gold, but this little guy still didn't give himself face, let himself lose face in front of the four princes, and even fell into an adverse influence, how could he not be angry.

The little guy was slapped in the face, but he also knew that the person in front of him was not something he could offend, so he could only cover his face and stand here motionless, the young man with the gold saw that he didn't know what to do, and his anger rose again, and when he was about to slap him, the fourth prince with a folding fan frowned and said, "Okay, Yu Hao, you stand down." ”

The young man with the gold had no choice but to retreat aside.

The fourth prince looked at Liu Xunxiang who was sitting by the window and stepped forward.

At this time, Liu Xunxiang didn't know that there were so many things in front of him, he looked at the traffic outside the window, his thoughts had already gone thousands of miles away, the flowers on the street and the coldness of him sitting alone on this high platform, a hustle and bustle, a quiet, between the movement, let him seem to feel a trace of the Tao.

The fourth prince saw that he had walked to him, but the person in front of him was still looking out the window, and the dissatisfaction in his heart had gradually turned to anger.

In this imperial capital, what kind of magnate he has never seen, what kind of noble status can be more noble than him, even if it is the eldest prince and the second prince, his status is just on an equal footing with him, and this vulgar pariah in front of him actually dares to pretend to be noble in front of him.

The fourth prince did not speak, but carefully folded the folding fan in his hand, and then knocked twice on the table where Liu Xunxiang was sitting.

Knock knock knock....

The sound of the table knocked Liu Xunxiang's thoughts back instantly, he came back to his senses, his eyes were still vaguely dazed and looked at the young man standing in front of him, the fourth prince saw him come back to his senses, frowned slightly, and said: "This seat, we want it, can you go and sit down and listen?"

Liu Xunxiang glanced at him, didn't pay attention to it, and continued to twist her head out of the window.

"Presumptuous!"

"You pariahs are looking for death!"

Liu Xunxiang's attitude angered the people who followed the four princes, how could anyone in this imperial capital dare to be so rampant and dare to have such an attitude in front of the prince.

Liu Xunxiang frowned slightly, a few people were here, and he couldn't continue to calm down to understand the way of movement outside, so he got up and prepared to leave, but when he just walked in front of these people, these people stopped the corridor directly, this posture obviously did not intend to let Liu Xunxiang leave.

"I just let you go, you don't go, and now you want to go, I'm afraid you have to ask us if we agree or not!"