Chapter 5 Asking for incense - pickpockets
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There are many liquor shops on Linbianhe Street, as well as the Daxiangguo Temple where the incense is flourishing, and tourists and pilgrims from all over the world come here. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info The road is bustling with people, endless, shoulder to shoulder, and lively. Siqiao and Baokangmen opposite, although the scale of the bridge market of this "Siqiao" is not as good as the "State Bridge", but it is the second largest, there are small stalls on both sides of the bridge, there are those who sell sundries, there are things that sell, of course, there are food stalls, such as Sun Haoshou steamed buns, Tongji hibiscus cakes, Jiajia porridge stalls, and so on.
Chris was carrying a large bag in his hand, as if he wanted to buy everything, wanted to see everything, walked and stopped, and crossed the bridge.
"Don't miss it, hey, this master, you touch it, you look at this material. The cloth seller muttered in his heart: This man is as white as my piece of satin, and it is estimated that it is as soft as water to the touch. Looking at the official uniform on this body again, it turned out to be a eunuch in the palace, no wonder he looks like a girl.
Chris waved his hand at the vendor, indicating that he couldn't buy anything else.
This is a big buy, and Chris is not spending his own money, but from Xing Yun's purse. She looked at the things in her hand, and the little purse became deflated. The eternal truth is true, "You can't move an inch without money." Now that she has a real feeling for the prices of the Great Song Dynasty, she remembered that the last time she and Lan Yuanzhen went out of the palace, she casually rewarded someone with a gold ingot, which is really a big deal!
was distressed, and suddenly heard a big chaos in the crowd. She turned her head to see three donkeys rushing from the other side of the bridge, and the pedestrians on the bridge were frightened by the running donkeys and avoided them.
On the backs of the three donkeys were three fierce-looking people, and the one riding the white donkey was a bald man, his teeth were black, his teeth were sparse, and his face was constantly shaking, which made people look annoyed. He looked like a pair of brothers, both with wide cakes and big faces, pear-shaped figures, and stupidly riding on donkeys, pressing the two black donkeys to gasp for breath.
The crowd of people who had been happy and orderly was rushed by the sudden donkey, some people lost their belongings, some knocked down the street stalls, and some ran away with their shoes. There was no time for anything else, everyone ran away on their own, and the donkey had no intention of stopping. At this moment, I saw a child in the middle of the road from a distance, obviously frightened, standing still and unable to move, and saw three "flying donkey parties" running over.
In Chris's exclamation, he saw a young man holding a flat pole and stepping forward. The young man was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, his figure was tall, and his eyebrows were shining. He carried the child behind him, and the white donkey in front of him grazed by, but a strong wind wanted to bring the person down. The young man erected his flat shoulder and stood firmly, which was the momentum in the "Taizu Stick Method" to "stand on the ground and reach the sky". This Taizu stick method is said to be the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin created, the stick method is simple and atmospheric, big open and close, at that time there were many people who practiced martial arts, but there were very few teenagers so calm and calm posture.
Two black donkeys followed, and the young man stood in the middle of the bridge, his shoulder swinging from side to side, blocking in front. I saw that his two feet were wrong, and the flat shoulder was picked out forward, which was the "Erlang Danshan" in the Taizu stick method, and I heard the two crisp sounds of "popping", and the two people on the black donkey flew out like puppets with broken strings, and fell heavily to the ground. Many people use this trick, but they only know how to sweep hard, but they don't know that this "Erlang Danshan" should use a force of elasticity to be extremely fast. The young man's move was brisk and agile, and his strength was just right. After shooting down the two of them with one move, the young man grabbed the reins of a black donkey and pulled it hard, and the black donkey slowly stopped. The other black donkey lost its rider and slowly stopped when the crowd stopped him.
Chris saw that the young man was good at sticking, and couldn't help but cheer with everyone, and suddenly remembered that Zhang Ruoshui had promised to teach herself martial arts, she felt an itch in her heart, thinking of when she could also do chivalrous righteousness and punish the wicked!
The bald man who crossed the bridge saw that the two attendants were beaten to the ground by the teenager, and immediately turned the donkey's head, and rushed back with a shout, and the crowd was suddenly in chaos again, and people hid far away. The bald head jerked the white donkey and ran straight towards the boy. The young man was not in a hurry, waited for the white donkey to approach, flashed to the side with a move "Taizu took off his robe", followed by a lift in the front hand, a press in the back hand to press the flat burden in his hand, and stabbed with a chic backhand, and a move "drip gun style" hit the bald man's chest, and the bald head rolled off the donkey's back with a "ouch" sound.
Ning jumped up, rode on the white donkey, and slowly pulled the white donkey.
The bald man was annoyed, rolled over and got up, and threw himself at him viciously. The boy was jumping off the white donkey, and the bald head pounced on him, knocking him backwards. The boy was about fifteen years old, and although he was taller and stronger than his peers, he could not stand the gravity of his bald body, and the two retreated to the side of the bridge, hit the railing, and fell over.
The onlookers exclaimed, and Chris walked in two steps, looking out of the bridge, and breathed a sigh of relief.
It turned out that the young man was in a hurry, and hooked the railing post on the bridge with a hook, and hung it on the side of the bridge dangerously. In a panic, the bald man grabbed the young man's feet with one hand and hung it in the air. He weighed too much, struggled hard, and eventually slowly slipped down. The young man suddenly stretched out his hand, and the bald man subconsciously wanted to grab his hand, but the young man retracted it and grimaced, and the bald man glared at him with resentment, and fell into the Bianhe River with a thud.
All three of them are gangsters on this street, and they love to cause trouble the most on weekdays. The bald brother-in-law is the owner of the Yuyu Company, and this donkey must have been rented from the Yuyu Company for no money. The young man also knew that the bald water was not bad, and his life would be fine, so he watched him climb ashore and leave in a daze, and the two followers had already fled in disgrace. The surrounding pilgrims and tourists applauded the little boy's righteous deeds. The boy hugged his fists and greeted him well.
Soon the bridge was back to its original bustle.
The young man's name is Ning Yifei, his father is a forbidden army leader, his mother died in childbirth when he gave birth to him, his father raised him alone, and his father also died of illness a few years ago. With the help of his neighbors, Ning Yifei started his home early and supported himself by relying on a small noodle stall. He is an upright person, easy to fight, and the neighbors like him. The only thing his father left him was this set of "Taizu stick method", he had already practiced perfectly, and his movements were naturally more free and elegant.
Ning Yifei's noodle stall is opening at the bridge, when he makes noodles, the noodles are flipped up and down in his hands, and there is only one noodle in the last big bowl, which is a veritable "Yifei noodles", although his noodles taste simple but very affordable, there are many repeat customers. At this moment, he went back to his stall and put the pole away. He put away the bowl and wiped the table with a rag as if nothing had happened just now.
"Brother Xiaofei, so heroic!" a pleasant and beautiful voice came.
Ning Yifei looked for the sound, lifted the tablecloth, and found Yue Yu'er hiding under the noodle stall.
Yue Yuer and Ning Yifei are neighbors, and the two can be described as childhood sweethearts. The girl is in the age of the golden hairpin, born delicate and slender, her face is not powdered but it seems to be goose fat, her lips are like cherry blossoms, and she is wearing a tight Luo shirt embroidered with apricot yellow and green bamboo, taking advantage of her light and dusty temperament, combing a simple double screw bun, adding a sense of vitality. Now she is so slim and elegant, and she has a beautiful appearance, and she doesn't know what kind of peerless beauty she will grow into in the future.
At this moment, she was staring at Ning Yifei with big eyes and gave a thumbs up.
"What are you doing crouching down there?"
"Brother Xiaofei, don't look at me, don't care about anything. Yue Yu'er stuck out her tongue at him.
Ning Yifei shook his head, put down the tablecloth in his hand, and thought: It must be that he got into trouble again.
Seeing that Xiao Fei didn't care about her anymore, Gu stall went, Yue Yu'er took out the purse she had just won from her arms, opened it and saw that there was so much silver in it!
After counting and waiting for a while, Yueyu'er came out from below, looking left and right but didn't know what she was touching.
"Why are you reluctant?" Ning Yifei had just met a few customers, and when he turned his face, he saw Yue Yu'er.
"Brother Xiaofei, how is business today?"
"It's okay. ”
Hmph, Brother Xiao Fei is too honest, I will secretly put a few pennies in the money jar for him in a while, and I can't put too much, he will find out. Ahh
Yue Yu'er saw the prey in the crowd again, she always called these people big white fish, fat and big, and it tasted very delicious, hehehehehe.
The "big white fish" in Yue'er's eyes is none other than Chris.
Now that she has a waist card, she can leave the palace at any time in the future, thinking that she should return to the palace at this time. Seeing a few donkeys parked on the side of the street, when I was watching the excitement just now, those gangsters were riding donkeys, and then looked up at the door of the "Yuyuxing Branch", and she walked in.
Sure enough, Yuyuxing is equivalent to the "car rental company" of the Song Dynasty, and the branches of "Yuyuxing" are all over Bianliang City. Chris rented a grey-backed and white-bellied donkey, and she was very good at riding horses, but she was riding a donkey for the first time. Seeing the donkey and her wide eyes, Chris shrugged and comforted himself: Riding a donkey and riding a horse should be similar.
The shopkeeper helped her put a burden on the donkey, she took the reins, and easily stepped on the donkey's back, but this donkey is not like riding a horse, there is a saddle and a horse pedal on the horse's back, but the donkey's back is only covered with a felt, to rely on the legs to hold the donkey's body, Chris stepped on the air, lost his balance, and flickered to the side.
"Oops!" Thankfully, someone held her shoulders and helped her sit upright.
"Be careful. She was helped by a cute girl who winked playfully at her.
After thanking the girl, Chris paid attention to the donkey, and soon mastered the trick of control, and the donkey walked smoothly and steadily, and she went back to the palace along the street.
Yue Yu'er was very happy, and she didn't have any precautions against this big white fish, and she was so easy to get it.
Yue Yu'er slipped back to Ning Yifei's noodle stall and hid under the tablecloth. She took the purse and looked at it, the green cloth was embroidered with pink lotus, and she grinned disdainfully, the men in this palace not only looked feminine, but also used the same objects as the little girl.
"Why are you stealing again. Ning Yifei burrowed his head under the table, and when he saw the purse in Yue Yu'er's hand, he blamed her and said, "Didn't you promise Brother Hong that he wouldn't steal anymore, if he found out, what would you do?"
Hearing Xiao Feige say herself, Yue Yu'er pouted unhappily.
Ning Yifei knew that Yueyu'er had a miserable background, she and her mother were orphans and widows in the capital, her mother was riddled with old diseases, and Yueyu'er became a pickpocket to steal people's money at a young age in order to treat her mother. Later, he stole Jiang Shiti, the former leader of the beggar gang, and when he saw that her mother and daughter were pitiful, he not only did not blame Yueyuer, but also accepted Yueyuer as a righteous daughter. A few years ago, the old gang leader passed away, and the Hong gang leader took over, and he also treated their mother and daughter very well, with no worries about food and clothing, and a happy life. It's just that for some reason, Yueyu'er can't change her habit of being a pickpocket, so the gang leader once severely reprimanded her.
Ning Yifei is also a child who grew up with hardships, knowing the hardships of life, he can understand Yue Yu'er, seeing her crying and mourning face, he sighed and said, "You hurry up and give it back to others, I won't mention it to Brother Hong." ”
Although Yue Yu'er was not happy, she still nodded.
Ning Yifei wanted to tell her a few more words, but she didn't know that Yue Yu'er had already hurriedly squeezed into the crowd and left.
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Chris, who returned to the palace, did not return to Baoci Palace, but first arrived at the Qingxin Palace, in fact, in the past few days, she has come here every day to report and chat with the princess. Liang Huaiji didn't say anything more to drive her away, occasionally showing his face, but he just watched from a distance and was silent.
"Get up and see what I bought you. ”
Princess Fukang sat up from the bed and said with a look of dependence, "Huaiji." ”
Chris opened the baggage, and there were only some fragrant candy seeds, candied cakes, and dumpling shortbread. To be honest, he didn't know which one was delicious, so he just bought some of them, and it seemed like a lot together.
Gong took the initiative to move his fingers, but suddenly became scared again, and hurriedly withdrew his hand: "This is for me?"
Chris guessed that she wanted to take the lychee paste, picked it out with his own hands, and put it on the princess's mouth: "Of course, I finally sneaked out of the palace and bought it for you." ”
The princess obediently opened her mouth to eat, and although she didn't say anything, Chris knew that the princess was in a better mood.
Chris took out a small bag from his arms, opened it and saw that it was mostly beaded flowers, handkerchiefs, sachets and other things that the girls liked. The top is inlaid with three peach blossoms blooming side by side, which is lifelike. Hanging with silk threads underneath are more than 20 multicolored beads the size of rice grains, which are colorful. She carefully inserted it into the princess's bun, and the black hair was shaken by this peach blossom hairpin, and it became vivid and bright, and the beads fell on the temples, and it was brilliant.
Chris smiled and said, "It's so pretty!"
Women are born to love beauty, and Princess Fukang's empty eyes seemed to be a little clearer, and she asked, "Why are you so good to me?"
"Because I like you, I'll be nice to you. ”
Chris let out a sympathetic sigh cautiously, she was not a person who had a strong interest in other people's lives, but now she was drawn by the story of the princess, and most of the people who would go crazy in her opinion were because they were too smart. Caressed her hair lovingly, "Then you have to be good for me." ”
Princess Fukang didn't speak, but gently shook Chris's hand.
When Chris left the bedroom, the Imperial Medicine Master, whom she hadn't seen for a few days, was standing outside, as if she had been waiting for a while.
"Yuan Xiao. The boy called to her softly.
Chris bowed down and said, "Lan Yuanxiao has seen the king of Le'an County. ”
Hearing Lan Yuanxiao talk back to him like this, the smile on his face disappeared, and the Imperial Medicine Master sighed and said, "After all, I let you know who I am." ”
"Little prince?"
"After you know that I am the prince, we can no longer really fight. ”
Chris deliberately teased him: "This is true, in case there is a good one, my head will be gone before it 'clicks'." ”
The Imperial Medicine Master was frustrated.
Seeing his sullen appearance, Chris felt funny and discussed with him: "Although you can't really fight, Master Zhang has a way, saying that it is a real kung fu, it depends on whether you are willing to compare with me." ”
"What's the method?" the Imperial Medicine Master immediately became interested.
After listening to Chris's explanation, the Imperial Pharmacist clapped his hands and smiled: "This method is excellent!"
To tell the truth, Chris was competing with the Imperial Pharmacist at the beginning, just because she wanted the fish bag, but now that she has a waist card and can get out of the palace by herself, in fact, the competition has become meaningless. But she still wants to follow what Zhang Ruoshui said, and if she wants to win the other party, it should be said that the belligerent gene in her Celtic blood is at fault.
The day of the competition was decided, and the two said in unison: "Death date, see you or break up!"