140 The Little Girl Who Sells Flowers
In the early morning, the sun and the moon stand side by side in the sky, and a green shirt slashes the sun and the moon.
A knife was handed out, and the white clouds in the sky were cut into two pieces in an imperceptible place with the naked eye.
Xu Tianran put the knife back into the sheath, wiped the sweat off his face, Chihiro took the master's saber, handed over the clean clothes, Xu Tianran finished practicing the knife, bathed and changed clothes, today I need to go to Broken Leaf City to take a look, I can't always nest in the Peach Blossom Building, although there is a boy in white to inquire about the news, but he really wants to take a look at Broken Leaf City in person, and take a look at Chang'an City in his dreams.
Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty is like a glorious picture scroll rising in the air, the prosperity of Chang'an Street Market, and the prosperity of the populated city are the best in the world. There was once a poem: Hundreds of thousands of houses are like a game of Go, and twelve squares are like planting vegetables. Chang'an has a total of one hundred and eight squares, and the Broken Leaf City is naturally not as grand as Chang'an, less than half the size of Chang'an, and the street market is no longer separated by the square market like Chang'an, and there is no square wall, just like a smaller but more open Chang'an.
Xu Tianran walked into the market, only to see that the pavilion was square, staggered, and very handsome. The women in the street are clustered, with high buns and wide shirts, beautiful makeup, and men who come and go with soft heads, round necks and narrow sleeves, and their manners are chic and modest.
Overnight, I dreamed back to Datang.
Suddenly, Xu Tianran noticed that there was someone behind him, and turned around to see that Di Lidar, Lu Xiaobu and the boy in white were secretly following him, and Xu Tianran was also helpless, so he could only take three guys with flattering smiles on their faces. Xu Tianran secretly felt strange in his heart, he had long been accustomed to Lu Xiaobu and the boy in white behaving like this, why the dignified Hami princess Di Lidal was also like this, he couldn't figure it out.
In the blink of an eye, Di Lidar and Xu Tianran walked side by side, the boy in white rode on his neck, Lu Xiaobu had already run to the front, and now he had golden beans in his pocket, and he also had a little confidence in his heart, looking at the dazzling array of novelties on the street, he bought himself a few without blinking his eyes, which was regarded as a reward for carrying a heavy gold bag along the way. didn't forget to buy bamboo dragonflies for the boy in white and rouge gouache for Di Lidar, Xu Tianran just wandered aimlessly on the street, and quietly watched Lu Xiaobu busy with his work. Take another look at Di Lidar who is picking up rouge gouache, maybe women love beauty, who doesn't like rouge gouache and brocade hairpin rings?
Di Lidal regarded it as the rouge gouache that Xu Tianran bought for her, and picked it up, and suddenly, a thin and small figure appeared in front of Xu Tianran, raised his head, blinked his watery eyes, and said pitifully: "Uncle, buy flowers for the beautiful aunt." ”
Xu Tianran lowered his head, and saw a little girl in shabby and thin clothes, even though it was spring, but it was still cold, since he grew up in the deep palace and practiced in the mountains, where had Di Lidal seen such a young girl running around for a living outside, and immediately the heart of the silhouette was overflowing, leaning down, touching the little girl's head, and said lovingly: "Are you cold?"
The little girl shuddered, and said stubbornly: "Beautiful sister, I'm not cold, you can buy a flower, it's not expensive, it's just five cents." ”
Diridar took off her cloak and draped it over the thin little girl, and asked, "What's your name?"
The words seemed to touch the girl's heartstrings, and suddenly, tears welled up like a spring, but she bit her lip and said with tears: "Uncle, buy a flower." ”
Di Lidar's love and compassion were overflowing, Xu Tianran looked at it, the little girl was scarred, looked around, and saw that there were many little girls selling flowers on the street, and he had a score in his heart.
Di Lidal couldn't help but moisten the corners of his eyes slightly, and said softly: "What parent can let such a young girl come out to sell flowers in thin clothes?"
Xu Tianran didn't say anything, took all the flowers in the little girl's hand, and said, "I bought them all." ”
The little girl burst into tears and laughed, and jumped up on the spot, and her long cloak fell to the ground. Diridar picked up the cloak again and put it on the little girl.
Lu Xiaobu paid for the copper plate, and the little girl counted it twice, returned the extra copper plate to Da Heitan, and said with a smile: "Thank you, brother blackface." ”
Lu Xiaobu was rarely called an elder brother, scratching his head happily, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.
Di Lidal looked at the little girl who was getting away, and couldn't help but shed tears, and saw several little girls selling flowers on the street, Di Lidal was at a loss.
Xu Tianran handed a large bouquet of roses to Di Lidar, and then his figure flashed, and on a roof, he watched the little girl with a long cloak walk into the alley. The boy in white lazily basked in the sun on the roof and watched the excitement.
Diridal was momentarily distracted while holding the flowers, but quickly followed.
As soon as the little girl turned into the small alley that was inaccessible, the little girl immediately became trembling, took off her warm cloak, folded it gently, and hid it in the pyre. Then, holding the copper coin in the palm of his hand, he cautiously walked towards a strong man.
When the strong man saw the little girl coming, he couldn't help but say that he slapped her in the face, and said viciously: "Cheap things, dare to hide secretly, don't think I don't know, bring me the cloak, look at the fabric is worth a lot of money, I don't know how many times more expensive than the money you sold." Also, how many times have you said that the guest will receive more money from you, and today you will return more money, why don't you remember it for a long time. ”
Before the words fell, a long whip appeared in the strong man's hand, and a whip was swung out, if it hit the little girl, I am afraid it would be a shocking scar.
Diridal covered his mouth, he couldn't believe the scene in front of him, he kindly put a cloak on the little girl but brought disaster to the little girl, and blamed himself.
The little girl glared at the strong man viciously, the strong man was a little panicked in his heart, but his face became more and more fierce, the green tendons in his hands burst out, and a whip was about to fall on the little girl's thin body.
The little girl didn't blink her eyes, and looked directly at the whip raised high, among all the little flower girls, he was whipped the worst, and the most stubborn, never admitting defeat, the more he was whipped.
With a bang, the whip was grabbed by a large hand, and the little girl turned her face and saw the uncle who bought the flowers.
The strong man wanted to pull the whip back, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it out, and his expression was already twisted to the extreme, and Diridar fell lightly from the roof and took the little girl in his arms.
The strong man knew that he had hit a hard stubble, and dropped the cruel words: "Don't meddle in the foreigners, do you know what you are doing?"
Xu Tianran said coldly: "I naturally know." ”
As soon as the strong man whistled, suddenly, there was a lot of movement around, and it seemed that a companion was coming. A meaty-faced man with a pig-killing knife shouted, "Who dares to make trouble on the territory of my town in Guanxi?"
Di Lidal glanced at "Zhen Guanxi", and thought to himself, who is it, who has such a big name?
Xu Tianran had a sensitive nose, and the familiar smell hit him, and he couldn't help but smile: "The butcher in the west of the Broken Leaf City also dares to be called Zhenguanxi?"
The strong man with the whip simply abandoned the leather whip and said to "Zhen Guanxi": "Big brother, you are a ruthless character, be careful." Could it be that he is a monk, otherwise where would he dare to do something to us?"
Zhen Guanxi laughed and said: "Er Mazi, what are you afraid of, the monk is an immortal on the mountain, where will he care about our human affairs, our brothers have dominated this street for three years, and there have been monks who have interfered in our business." It's just two outlanders who are dazed and dare to mess around in Broken Leaf City, don't you know whose territory Broken Leaf City is? If you dare to make a move on the residents of Broken Leaf City, you will be punished by the Sword Sect. ”
Xu Tianran couldn't help laughing and said: "It turned out to be Uncle Guanxi of Zhenguan, who is backed by the Sword Sect, it seems that the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, I have a fate with this little girl, and I want to redeem this little girl, I don't know how much silver Uncle Zhen thinks this little girl is worth?"
Zhen Guanxi first listened to the tone of the outsiders, first Yile, but when he heard the town uncle, it didn't seem quite right, his surname was Wu, and he was changed to the surname of the boy in the green shirt.
"Zhen Guanxi" grinned and said: "The kid knows current affairs, but I don't have the surname Zhen, my surname is Wu, you can call me Wuda." ”
Wu Da is a businessman, and immediately the small abacus crackled, "The little girl can earn five taels of silver for our brothers by selling flowers a year, and thirty taels for six years." This son's vision is really good, according to my opinion, this little girl is a beautiful embryo, six years later she grew up to be a beautiful girl, it turns out that our brothers want to play with themselves first and then sell it to Goulan, how can it be worth fifty taels of silver, I am also a cheerful person, since the son likes it, I will not count the money, a price of one hundred taels, how?"
Diridal was dumbfounded, there are such crazy people in the world, not only rely on these little girls as cash cows, but also want to occupy their virgin bodies, sell them to the hook fence, squeeze all their value, and the most hateful thing is that they can still say these things as if nothing happened, without any shame.
Xu Tianran nodded and said with a smile: "It's really not expensive, there are a few little girls under your hand, all of them are called for me to take a look, and I can buy them for a hundred taels." ”
Wu Da smiled, yo he met a big buyer, he was going to make a fortune, and he wanted to have three or five hundred taels to buy a small house in the Broken Leaf City, where every inch of land was expensive, and he could settle down here.
Er Mazi immediately called the little girls who sold flowers, and Di Lidal counted them, a total of seventeen little girls, all of whom were thinly dressed, ranging from seven or eight years old to thirteen or fourteen years old, and the older ones had been sold to the hook bar.
Xu Tianran looked around and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Wuda, I have business dealings with Hami City Qinglou and Goolan in Xia, and I need a large number of girls, I don't know if Wuda can have channels to introduce one or two, I am willing to pay a lot of money to cooperate with you." ”
Wu Da came over and said mysteriously: "This is a big business, and the son has the capital." ”
Lu Xiaobu appeared at the right time, took out a small bag of golden beans from his arms, blinded Wu Da's eyes, and Er Mazi also smiled flatteringly: "It turned out to be a distinguished guest, I can't imagine that I don't know each other if I don't fight, the little one will compensate Gongzi first, and I hope Gongzi will forgive me." ”
Di Lidal touched the little girl's head, looking at the viciousness in the little girl's eyes, he originally thought that the boy in the green shirt was a good person, but now he found that there was a nest of snakes and rats, and he couldn't wait to cut the boy in the green shirt and Er Mazi and Zhen Guanxi together.
Dilidar asked softly, "What's your name?"
The little girl bit her lip tightly and said nothing, her beautiful eyes reflected a green shirt and talked happily with Wuda and Er Mazi.
Xu Tianran paid a hundred taels of silver first and bought the little girl back, which can be regarded as a preliminary business, and he will come back tomorrow to discuss in detail, and Wu Da promised to take him to meet the head of the underworld in Broken Leaf City.
On the way back to the Peach Blossom Building, suddenly, a white shadow appeared, riding on Xu Tianran's neck, the little girl looked strange, this group of people and thieves didn't look like good people, and they didn't look like bad people.
Diridal looked at the little girl with concern, but the little girl still didn't want to speak, or even look at the group. Xu Tianran and Di Lidal walked side by side, and went to a shop together to buy clothes for the little girl, even though the little girl ignored them, Di Lidal still loved her tightly.
On the corner of the street, a green shirt suddenly raised his head, a white shirt came into view, the corners of the green shirt's mouth were raised, full of smiles, the white shirt pouted, and glared at the green shirt.