After a while, an old woman came from the inner hall, carrying a plate with a small stove on it, and a teapot on it, and a few cups and a cloth beside it. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The old woman slowly put the plate on the stool, and then smiled at Pang He and Su Ying, "The tea is here, you can talk." After speaking, he was about to go in, and the old man said, "Old woman, you go and see what else is at home, make more tonight, and let the guests have a meal together." ”

Pang He hurriedly said: "Uncle, how embarrassing is this, let's go back." ”

Su Ying also nodded again and again: "Yes, let's go back." ”

At this time, the old man looked a little unhappy: "It's not early, you don't even know where to buy things, let's have a meal here with me, besides, I haven't met and talked to Zhou Jiaotou for a long time, and I also take this opportunity to say a few words to his apprentice, can't you fulfill the wish of this old man like me?"

Pang He sighed: "Okay!" Then he seemed to realize something again, and said to Su Ying: "Lady, we will bother the old man tonight and ask him to invite us to a meal." ”

Su Ying was stunned for a moment, and immediately nodded: "Well, I'm sorry, I'm sorry to trouble you." ”

The old man smiled and said, "Don't bother! Old woman, you go get busy first, I'll talk to them here." ”

The old woman nodded and left.

At this time, the stove that had already been burned was already hot, accompanied by the boiling tea, the teapot made a "poof" sound, the old man walked to the stove, picked up the cloth, put it on the handle of the teapot, slowly picked it up, poured three cups, and then handed it to Pang He and Su Ying, Pang He and Su Ying said thank you.

Returning to the stool, the old man asked Pang He and the others, "Do you know what this street is called?"

Pang He said, "Is it called Wangfeng?"

The old man said "um", and said: "Actually, this street was called Qifeng Street as early as the Taizu period, which connected the school field, and it was also generally inhabited by people who had positions in the school field. Sometimes, when there was a small war, Emperor Taizu would send troops on this street, that is, where you see the word Wangfeng. Although Taizu used a glass of wine to sell military power, firmly grasped the military power in his own hands, and began to attach importance to civilian officials, it does not mean that Taizu did not attach much importance to the military. Because Emperor Taizu personally came to point out the troops, many people are proud to live here, which not only symbolizes a certain right and status, but also a symbol of Taizu's recognition, which is naturally very prosperous. It's a pity that after the death of Emperor Taizu, Taizong ascended the throne, and Emperor Taizong, who was far inferior to Taizu in military ability, also followed the example of Emperor Taizu in Qifeng Street in order to show that he had outstanding martial arts. At the beginning, there were no accidents, until again, Emperor Taizong went to the point to order troops, and in the middle of the street, an assassination incident occurred, causing Emperor Taizong to block the street and strictly investigate. It is rumored that there were fifty or sixty people who were assassinated at that time, buried in various corners, and all of them were dead soldiers, and some of them first led Emperor Taizong's cronies to protect them, and then another part of them carried out the assassination. In the end, the assassination failed, and the gang all died. Emperor Taizong was furious, and the street began to decline. I heard that after about a month of investigation, the news of the investigation turned out to be that the assassins were actually Taizu's cronies, Emperor Taizong was afraid that this matter would get bigger and bigger, so he ordered the news and this street to be blocked, and ordered all the people who lived on this street to move out, and the emperor who ascended the throne after that did not disobey Emperor Taizong's will, and there was no one living in this street. ”

Pang He listened, "oh".

Su Ying asked: "Since the news is blocked, how did the news come out, like this street, the emperor should have investigated in advance before he walked by, so many people mixed in, it should be impossible." Legend has it that Emperor Taizong murdered Emperor Taizu in order to ascend the throne, and then wantonly killed Emperor Taizu's descendants to enthrone him, but after all, this is just a rumor, I don't know if it's true or not. What year was Emperor Taizong's assassination, and how long after he ascended the throne? And after Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, there were only some rumors, and there didn't seem to be any political and military **** ・・・・・・・."

The old man looked at Su Ying in surprise and interrupted: "You are right, these are indeed rumors, those who have experienced this incident have already died, as for what happened, no one can say, but the only thing that is certain is that Emperor Taizong must have happened on this street, so that this street has gone from the prosperity of Emperor Taizu to the deserted now." ”

At this time, Pang He asked, "Then why was this street renamed?"

The old man replied: "That's right, after this street has been closed for many years, gradually no one cares, no one cares, and no one cares. Gradually, it became a place where beggars gathered in the capital, and there were good houses here to shelter from the wind and rain, even much better than other places. Ordinary people don't dare to swagger into living here, but beggars are different, they don't even have a place to live, sometimes they don't have a meal, they don't even know when their lives are gone, they are dead, so they come here every night and stay. Later, they got together more and more, divided into gangs, and then divided and merged, and kept making small noises. But later, I don't know why, there were two groups of beggars who fought and it was said that many of them had died, which made the matter bigger, so the street was brought up again, and the beggars were forced to drive them all out of the street. There was a little general, who probably did not know the original name of the street, and when he saw the wind running down the straight street, he carved a word with his sword on the stone, and told his men to put it where you saw, and then it has been there ever since. ”

"I see, no wonder I look twisted, it looks very casual and doesn't look like carving. Pang He asked again, "Then how does this street have anything to do with my master?"

The old man smiled: "Don't worry, listen to me slowly." ”

The old man took a sip of tea and began to talk eloquently: "Speaking of this, let me introduce myself first, the old man is also surnamed Zhou, and he is a fellow villager with your master, and he is nearly twenty years older than your master." I like literature, your master likes martial arts, but it's a pity that I'm only shallow in my studies and have repeatedly failed to get it. Your master often came to my house when he was a child, and our relationship has always been quite good, and then I came to the capital to find a clerical job, but I was not accepted. At this time, your master studied under Tan Zhengfang, who made rapid progress in martial arts, and was appreciated by Bao Zheng and Bao Gong, and since then he has been an official in the court, and after helping Jintai win the Liao War, he was appreciated by his superiors and promoted to the head of the forbidden army. ”