Chapter 31: The Imperial Scenery

Leng Yuhu and Ye Mucui walked side by side, entering the city from the south gate, the city gate was majestic, guarded by soldiers, and the two entered the city smoothly.

There are three streets and six alleys in the city, the houses are lined up one after another, the shops are lined up, the traffic is busy, the pedestrians are rubbing shoulders one after another, the voices are boiling, the sweat is like rain, and the clouds are raised, and Kyoto is prosperous and incomparable. Leng Yuhu and the two entered Beijing for the first time, and their eyes were not enough, so they just looked around.

After passing through several lively streets, I found a "Qisheng Hotel" and stayed. The owner of this shop, surnamed Huang, is a southerner, but he pretends to be from the capital to speak, he is shrewd and hospitable, he hurriedly greeted Leng Yuhu and the two, and arranged two clean rooms for the two to live.

After dinner, Leng Yuhu came to Ye Mucui's room. Sitting in front of the window, looking at the street, the lights are bright, and there are still people coming and going, very lively. Tonight, the two are rarely together, hugging their soft shoulders, gossiping, looking at the stars in the night sky, brilliant and bright.

Ye Mucui said: "It would be nice if we lived in the capital for a long time. ”

Leng Yuhu said: "I'm afraid that the northerners will bully us southerners." ”

Ye Mucui smiled unconsciously: "Who dares to bully the famous king of justice." ”

Leng Yuhu said: "This capital is a place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden, and I don't dare to be arrogant." He smiled again, "The imperial capital is prosperous, you didn't see you enter the city, and your two eyes are not enough." ”

Ye Mucui smiled: "You don't see what you look like today, it's the first time a countryman has entered the city." ”

Leng Yuhu asked rhetorically: "It's the first time I've come to the capital, is it your second time?"

Ye Mucui said: "Okay, okay, we're all for the first time." Wake up early tomorrow and go shopping. ”

The next day, after eating, Leng Yuhu and the two went shopping. They came to the clothing store first, and walked in, the boss hurriedly came over to greet the two, and a kid waited for Ye Mucui to put on a new dress. Ye Mucui was wearing new clothes, and sure enough, the whole person changed his appearance by relying on his clothes, looking charming and delicate. Ye Mucui also loved this outfit, and he was reluctant to take it off.

Zhang Guangzhen's family is rich, and this time he entered Beijing and gave Leng Yuhu and Xu Wentao a lot of silver taels. Today, Leng Yuhu was also generous to others, and said: "Sister Cui, you just wear it on your body, don't take it off, this dress is so beautiful." ”

Leng Yuhu paid, and the two walked out, Ye Mucui blushed, but he couldn't stop laughing and didn't speak. Leng Yuhu said curiously: "What are you laughing at?"

Ye Mucui said: "I'm laughing at you, you were in the clothing store just now, why are you so good at talking, your mouth is like smeared with sugar, this is not our cold hero's style." After walking a few steps, he turned his head and asked, "Brother Yuhu, do you say that these clothes are good-looking, or are the people who wear them good-looking?"

"It's nice clothes. ”

Ye Mucui grabbed his pink fist and was about to hit Leng Yuhu, Leng Yuhu took her fist, pulled her, and walked forward with a smile.

I saw an old man with a goatee in front of him, holding a wooden stick made of wheat stalks, which was full of rock sugar gourds. Ye Mucui said with a smile: "Speaking of sugar, I really met someone who sells rock sugar gourds." ”

Ye Mucui ran to the old man, pulled out two strings of rock sugar gourds, took one for himself, and handed the other to Leng Yuhu's mouth.

The two of them ate rock sugar gourds, laughing and walking forward. Ye Mucui pointed with his hand and said, "There is a clothing store there." ”

Leng Yuhu said: "Aren't you wearing it?"

Ye Mucui said: "Buy one for you too, you see me wearing new clothes, you are wearing old clothes, what do people think?"

Leng Yuhu said: "I'm wearing new clothes, and it's weird." ”

is not as strong as Ye Mucui, and the two came to the clothing store. Ye Mucui took a piece of clothing and tried it on Leng Yuhu, and finally chose one for Leng Yuhu to wear.

The size is appropriate, the style is new, and the color is also matched with people, Ye Mucui is very satisfied. Leng Yuhu saw that Ye Mucui was satisfied, so he paid the bill and walked out of the store.

The two walked on the street, and Ye Mucui tilted his head and couldn't stop looking at Leng Yuhu. Leng Yuhu said: "Why am I embarrassed if you look at me like this?"

Ye Mucui said: "Wearing new clothes, I look like a rich son, but what are the shortcomings? Is there still a folding fan missing, just like Yuan Gongzi." ”

turned around and bought a folding fan for Leng Yuhu. Leng Yuhu held the folding fan, and Ye Mucui taught him to take it this way and that. Leng Yuhu smiled: "I'm used to holding a sword, and I really don't know how to hold a fan." ”

Suddenly, a figure flashed from Leng Yuhu's side and ran to the front. Leng Yuhu looked at her back, and suddenly remembered, this is not the woman who was looking for a husband in the restaurant in Leng Ji Town, she also had a fight with a monk, and finally went to the Tuguanya cottage? Regardless of anything else, just talking about his infatuation with Xianggong is enough to make people admire.

The two joked and returned to the Qisheng Hotel.

In the afternoon, Leng Yuhu and the two came to the Dragon and Tiger Teahouse. The owner of Zhang Zhuang and the owner of Huang Zhai were already sitting at the table near the window, and there were still two empty seats. Leng Yuhu pretended not to know, raised his hand and asked, "Are there any guests here?"

The master of Huangzhai said: "No one, you can sit." ”

Leng Yuhu and the two sat down. After being polite to each other, they pretended to be familiar. After some gossip, Leng Yuhu asked Zhang Zhuang in a low voice: "Have you found Ling's nephew?"

Zhang Zhuang said: "I inquired that he was working in Jinyiwei, so I went to Yamen." The door said he wasn't there and told me to go back in a few days. ”

Drank tea for half an hour. Check out on both sides and leave.

On the afternoon of the next day, Leng Yuhu and the two went shopping. The street was very lively, and the voices of people were deaf, and only the shouts of "yes, yes!" were heard in front of them.

Leng Yuhu knew that there was a bustle to see in front of him, so he hurriedly pulled Ye Mucui forward. I saw a circle of people in front of them, and the two of them hurriedly walked closer and squeezed into the crowd to see. The last show has ended, and the entertainer is selling dog skin plasters. After the sales were finished, at this time, I saw a middle-aged man pick up a bamboo pole several zhang long on the ground, let it stand on his left shoulder, and shake it back and forth so that the long pole would not fall. A girl ran a few steps, flew onto the man's shoulder, grabbed the bamboo pole with both hands, and climbed up.

The girl on the bamboo pole, about fifteen or sixteen years old, although she was a peasant girl, although her clothes were old, could not hide her pretty face, exquisite figure, and exposed skin as white as frost and snow. She climbed to the top, hooked the bamboo pole with her left hand and left foot, and stretched her right hand and right foot to the side to make a "windward flag". There was a cheer below. I saw her twisting the bamboo pole with her feet, leaning forward, putting her hand on the awning, and making a move of "Jade Monkey Exploring the Sea". There was constant applause at the bottom. The girl climbed to the top, sat cross-legged, put her hands together, and made a "Guanyin Sitting Lotus", and saw her hooking the bamboo pole with her feet, leaning down, spreading her arms, and making a "Ziyan Flying" ......

The audience in the next circle praised loudly:

"At this young age, he has a lot of kung fu!"

"One minute on stage, ten years of work off the stage, I don't know how much work this little girl has done and how much sweat she has shed. ”

When the girl heard the praise of her, she became more and more pretentious, flashing and moving on the bamboo pole, and making several thrilling movements. Suddenly, as soon as the hand was loosened, the whole person fell like an upside-down onion. The audience below, opened their mouths, and before they could scream, the girl had already fallen to the bottom of the bamboo pole, and her hands had already grasped the bamboo pole, and an upside down bucket fell to the ground.

The word "ah" in everyone's mouths finally came out, and the heart that was beating in the throat tube fell into the stomach, and it was still beating wildly. It was only then that everyone burst out and shouted, "Good!"

The middle-aged man put a long pole on his shoulder with his left hand, and stretched out a straw hat with his right hand. Leng Yuhu threw a handful of change in his pocket into the straw hat, and the middle-aged man hurriedly said, "Thank you, son!"

The girl had already seen it, and a pair of beautiful eyes couldn't stop looking at Leng Yuhu.

Leng Yuhu pulled Ye Mucui away. There were a lot of people around in front of me, only to hear someone shouting: "Look at the beautiful snake, look at the beautiful snake." A penny. ”

Ye Mucui said: "Brother Yuhu, let's go in and see." ”

Leng Yuhu paid two cents and walked into a small house, only to see a wooden table in front of him, surrounded by a thick black curtain. One shouted, "The beautiful snake has come out." I saw the tail of a large python sticking out of the black curtain behind the table, winding and circling, and the three or four people who were standing in front couldn't help but take a few steps back. At this moment, a gorgeous beautiful woman's face emerged from the black curtain, rested on the wooden table, and smiled at everyone.

This is the beauty snake.

Someone asked, "Can a beautiful snake talk?"

"She can sing little songs. ”

The beautiful snake lightly opened her cherry lips and sang a Jiangnan song, although she couldn't understand what words were singing, she only felt that the singing was charming, and the Chinese were drunk.

After reading the beautiful snake, Leng Yuhu and the two walked out. Ye Mucui asked, "Is this beautiful snake a beautiful woman turned into a snake, or does a snake become a beautiful woman?"

Leng Yuhu said: "I didn't see this clearly. ”

Ye Mucui said: "Otherwise, when they close the stall in the evening, we will go and ask." ”

Leng Yuhu said: "Let's go to the front first, and then come back to see what is going on with the beautiful snake." ”

The two of them continued to walk forward, wondering what else was interesting in front of them?