Later, Yu Xun left.

After he left, Xu Ping'an opened the envelope and wrote on it, "Tomorrow, the Yellow Crane Tower Tianzi No. 1 will be narrated, and it will not be seen or dispersed." ”

The font is neat and neat, and it does not lose a kind of strength, like the heroic spirit between her eyebrows, which is pleasing to the eye.

"Big brother, what is this written?" the demon asked curiously, her eyelashes fluttering cutely.

"Do you want to learn to read and write?" Xiaoyao took the letter into his arms, smiling, looking at the demon child extremely gentle, this little girl finally dared to take the initiative to talk to herself.

"I... Is that okay?"

"I've heard adults say that pen, ink and rice paper are very expensive, and you have to pay a lot of meat buns at one time, and it costs a lot of money to go to a private school. ”

"In the past, only children from large families with fertile land were allowed to go to the demon village. ”

She was a little apprehensive when she spoke, but Xu Ping'an could see some bright looks in her eyes, indicating that she really wanted to learn words.

"Demon child, my brother taught you to read and write, you don't need to pay tuition, a day of cross, a hundred days and a thousand words, in the future, our demon child will also be a scribe who can read and hyphenate!"

"Hahaha!" Xu Ping'an laughed and lifted the demon very high.

The demon opened her little mouth and smiled very brightly, and the sunshine of Yangzhou slanted on the cheeks of this seven or eight-year-old girl, which was so pure and flawless.

"Thank you, big brother!"

As soon as she finished speaking, her stomach was "gurgling" twice.

Instantly, his face was red, and he said in a panic: "Big brother, the demon is not hungry, not hungry." ”

Xu Ping'an and Li Ji glanced at each other, with smiles and love in their eyes.

"Let's go!"

He hugged the demon child, and Li Ji led the horse to follow, and walked into the endless crowd, and the trio seemed extremely harmonious.

At noon, the streets and alleys of Yangzhou City are still in an endless stream, with the fragrance of wine and meat, and the sound of shouting is endless, attracting diners and pedestrians.

In the small shop where Xu Ping'an and the three of them went, a middle-aged man wearing a white cloth was wielding a big knife in his hand, cutting the beef on the board very skillfully. And in the stove next to him was steaming vegetables.

The aroma is fragrant and makes the mouth water.

It seems that Yangzhou City not only has beautiful scenery, but also this diet is very comfortable!

Diners from all walks of life take advantage of the lunch to talk about the world here, and the noise is tight, and most of them are the gossip incidents that happened in Yangzhou City, which makes people laugh and laugh.

The cooked food on the table is full of red and green hues, steaming and blending in the parents, but this small corner has a big scenery, and even in Xu Ping'an's opinion, this is the real "poetry"!

Three bowls of beef noodles were placed in front of the three of them, the rich aroma of the meat and the solid portion were really appetizing, and the demon kept swallowing his saliva, staring at the beef nugget with his eyes.

Xu Ping'an and Li Ji are the same, Li Guiyao has taken good care of the two of them since he was a child, and he has never done a bad job in some aspects, but if you want to say that the only shortcoming, it is food!

Not to mention that it is difficult to swallow, it is definitely about the same, this is the first official meal for the two of them away from home, naturally they have a great appetite, and with Xu Ping'an lifting the chopsticks, the remaining two also began to eat.

Yangzhou City is very large, and the existence of the same name as the imperial capital Chang'an is really not covered, its north and south are nearly ten miles longitudinal and horizontal, and the width is about ten miles, and it is surrounded by a thick city wall of up to six or seven meters.

is like a big chessboard, how many cultures and romances are gathered in it, life is full of flavors, and you really have to enter the WTO to experience it, such as Xu Ping'an and Li Ji.

Suddenly, it was like meeting a new world.

There are divided into the south market and the north market, all the world's rare antiques, or thousands of goods can be found in these two places, its commercial port is active, the abundance of goods, people sigh and marvel.

After Xu Ping'an and the three of them had eaten, they were walking around, appreciating the local customs, and they were a little sluggish in the face of many novelties.

At this time, they were in the North Market, walking in the streets, Xu Ping'an decided to buy two decent clothes for the demon first, otherwise she would really be seen by others as asking for food.

In front of me, there is a shop called "Yangzhou Baijinzhuang", which is full of customers, and the business is a hot mess.

He not only has silk and brocade here, but also many finished clothes, from swaddling babies to old people, with rare silk as high as hundreds of taels on top, and rough linen clothes with dozens of cents below.

In particular, the "white brocade" that was placed at the door to attract guests was the most visible, and the white brocade was made into a long batch of wide-sleeved light shirts, and it was also embroidered with flowing clouds and birds.

"Childe, you must look good in this dress!" he said.

Xu Ping'an glanced at the shirt and said, "This thing should be quite expensive, although it looks good, it is just a cover, and my white clothes sewn by the master are more comfortable to wear." ”

"Don't look at it, hurry up and show the demon the clothes. ”

Suddenly, a voice came from behind, extremely harsh.

"I don't have the money to put a bird's egg, and my clothes are just to cover your body, you can really put gold on your face!"

Xu Ping'an frowned and looked at it, the person who spoke had his nostrils facing the sky, dressed in a gorgeous costume, fiddling with a literati-exclusive feather fan in his hand, and a long knife on his waist, coupled with his very greasy cheeks, it was extremely different!

There are three people behind this person, two men and one woman, the man wears a scarf like an attendant, with a capable figure, quite a bit of a master of the rivers and lakes.

The other woman is wearing revealing clothes, revealing a little smell of wind and dust, although the heavy makeup is a little beautiful, but in Xu Ping'an's opinion, she is pretending to be glamorous, which is a bit vulgar.

"Look at it, believe it or not, Lao Tzu gouged out your eyeballs!" said the man who had just spoken, hugging the woman's buttocks.

The demon was frightened again, hiding behind Xu Ping'an, and then he slowly spoke, and said, "Gouging out your eyes?"

"Well, I don't believe it. ”

When the words fell, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the street seven or eight meters wide suddenly heard the sound of discussion, as if hearing something new.

"Who is this, he dares to argue with Liu Er, his Liu family is well-known and powerful in Yangzhou City, but in all officialdom and rivers and lakes, his eldest brother Liu Yuanna eats very openly!"

"That's right, looking at this young man's fine skin and tender meat, I'm afraid I will inevitably be beaten today. ”

"Alas, what a pity!"

.........

Liu Er looked at Xu Ping'an with a sneer, and said, "I don't believe it, I'll give it to me, Lao Tzu doesn't want to see blood today, first dismantle his bones and then ask this kid if he believes it or not!"

"Wait!" Xu Ping'an shouted, with a smile on the corner of his mouth,

"What's the matter? Now you know you're scared?"

"Do you know who Lao Tzu is, my eldest brother is the famous Liu Yuan, the third brother Liu!"

As he spoke, his voice changed, and an arrogant smile appeared on his face,

"It's okay not to beat you, so as not to frighten the beauty in my arms, but you have to drill under Lao Tzu's crotch, otherwise I will beat you up every three days and every seven days, so that you will live in punches and kicks for the rest of your life!" Liu Er's mouthful of big yellow teeth even sprayed saliva as he spoke.

"Hahaha!" the attendant behind him and the dusty woman were laughing, as if the foul language would give them pleasure.

"Drill, drill, drill!"

At this time, there were also bad intentions in the crowd of onlookers, and the guys who wanted to see the excitement were agitating the atmosphere.

"Do you drill or not?!" Liu Er's eyes narrowed step by step, enjoying this majestic feeling very much, and the whole person was fluttering.

"Since Liu Gongzi likes to drill his crotch so much, why don't we make a bet?" Xu Ping'an said in a loud voice.

"Gambling? I Liu Erping only gambles with beauties in my life, but why should you bet with me, unless you kid can take out thousands of family fortunes, or be a peerless beauty. ”

"Otherwise, your bones Liu Ye still have to loosen for you!"

Xu Ping'an said: "Wanguan has no family wealth, and neither does the peerless beauty, but I think this knife should be worth your gamble." ”

As he spoke, he took the ingot knife from his horse and threw it on the ground with a "clang". This is Wang Hu's saber, and he originally wanted to hand it over to the yamen or Yu Xun as evidence of the crime.

But Yu Xun's words made this knife meaningless, and listening to his tone and handing over the knife would scare the snake and make it more difficult for the Assassin Mansion to do things. So I stayed.

The iron ingot knife is specially made by the government, and the holder is generally an existence that eats imperial grain, and a powerful bully like Liu Er recognized it at a glance, and his expression was slightly restrained.

"Yours of the knife?" he asked.

Xu Ping'an smiled and nodded, "I don't know if this knife is enough?"

"Hmph, don't use these means to intimidate me, Liu Ye doesn't eat that, my brother is the famous third brother Liu in the rivers and lakes, not to mention the means in Yangzhou City, but he can still talk to some big officials!"

"A broken knife can be worth a few dollars, any soldier in Yangzhou City can wear it, you don't use chicken feathers as arrows!"

Liu Gongzi laughed, what kind of character Brother Ling is in Yangzhou City, he naturally doesn't dare to provoke him, and he just wants to show his identity when he shows his saber, hoping to gamble with Liu Gongzi. ”

"Otherwise, how can the ordinary people be qualified to bet against you, do you say?" Xu Ping'an pretended to compliment.

That Liu Er was superficial, he enjoyed such a pursuit, and he rolled his eyes and said loudly, "Okay, Liu Ye is happy today, make an exception and bet with you!"

"Tell me, what to bet on, and what is the bet?"

Xu Ping'an said: "I lost the knife to you, and from then on, after listening to your Liu Gongzi's dispatch, you lost and bought this long batch of wide-sleeved light shirts for me." ”

"And what are you betting on, it's better to look like this, Brother Ling is famous in the rivers and lakes, and the Liu family is a martial arts family, presumably everyone in the Liu family knows martial arts. ”

"In this case, we will let our men stand up and fight each other, and whoever retreats will lose, how about it?"

Liu Er sneered, how did he think that the person in front of him was looking for his own trouble, he was not a fool, this long batch of wide-sleeved light shirts cost a hundred taels of silver at worst, it was an absolute luxury jewelry!

In the whole Yangzhou City, except for those rich businessmen, who can afford to wear it? Even if those big officials have thousands of dollars in their pockets, they can buy this shirt, but no one dares to buy it on the surface, isn't that looking for a hole for themselves!

In the second year of Yuanzhen, in order to rectify the imperial court and restrain the rivers and lakes, the emperor adopted the legalist thought of Su Lisi, the imperial master of the dynasty, and promulgated a series of laws and regulations.

It was a great change, which basically erased the Taoist idea of "Taoism is natural, and nothing is done", which is recorded in the history books as "Gusu Change".

It is also this method that has made many people and things that have not seen the light have been restrained a lot, and the dignitaries and dignitaries are not pretending to be grandsons in front of people, delicacies and delicacies after people, beauties warming beds, and singing songs every night.

Although he Liu Fu is not a person in the officialdom, once he is investigated by someone with a heart, the problem will be big.