Li Hong and Chu Xuan found a remote place outside Lin'an City to land, and only after some modifications did they go to the city without hurrying or slowing.

Li Hong was wearing a white silk straight embellished, a black lacquered gauze hat, black shoes and white socks, only a black silk silk tied around his waist, and his whole body was clean and elegant. Chu Xuan is almost the same, but he is wearing a light blue straight embellishment. The two of them look like they don't have the slightest immortal spirit, very much like the life of mortal scholars. After examining each other, they felt that there were no flaws, and then they walked into the city gate with the bustling crowd entering the city.

The more you go into Luocheng, the more lively you feel.

I don't know what day it is, the streets are full of people. The eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law were all dispatched, ox carts, mule carts, and colorful clothes shook everywhere, and the smell of fragrant powder was so strong that Li Hong sneezed again and again, but he couldn't stand this foul fat and powder smell. Servant women carrying baskets kept going in and out of each shop, each carrying large bags and small things, and their faces were full of heartfelt smiles. Occasionally, a few ragged beggars crouched on the side of the street, and someone always stopped in front of them and threw a penny or two away. After walking a short distance, I saw a beggar squatting on the corner of the street counting copper coins, and he gained a lot of money. The passers-by also threw a good-natured smile, and a small couple of dollars rolled over again and threw it beside the beggar. The beggar smiled and thanked him, and continued to count the money happily.

Li Hong smiled when he saw this, even the beggars had food to eat, Zhao Gou, the emperor, was still sloppy, at least compared with the second entry into Lin'an, the life of the common people seemed to be much better. It seems that the situation in Jiangnan is slowly improving.

Chu Xuan thought for a while, grabbed a passer-by and asked, "The old man is polite." Do you know what day it is? Why is the city so lively?"

The old man looked at Chu Xuan like a monster and said in surprise: "Little brother doesn't know? Today is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, and the day after tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve! Every household is rushing to buy New Year's goods!"

It's the New Year! Li Hong and Chu Xuan glanced at each other, and they both smiled bitterly. There is no time for cultivating immortals, and he was so faint from fighting with the Demon Sect that he forgot such an important day in the mortal world, but when he thought of Yue Fei, he was even more embarrassed. This General Yue also went deep behind enemy lines on the front line to investigate the military situation, and he was afraid that he would not rush back to reunite with his family on Chinese New Year's Eve, no wonder he did not mention it.

The old man also touched his nose that was red from the cold and said: "Strange, the two little brothers Cha Mo are merchants who came from outside the Nanyang? There is a clothing shop in front, a time-honored brand that Bianjing moved over, na, it is the black lacquer gold signboard. In the past, I bought a pair of cotton clothes to wear. Mention my old name, and I will give you a discount. ”

Lao Er arched his hand and continued to move forward, muttering to himself: "What a strange two little brothers, handsome and not afraid of cold ......" He shook his head and left.

Li Hong Chuxuan looked at each other again and smiled bitterly, thinking that there was no flaw, but unexpectedly, a mortal old man saw it. Forget that it is winter in the mortal world, and how can anyone wear such a thin dress as they are.

"Modification?" Chu Xuan looked at Li Hong, although he was asking for opinions, there was obvious eagerness in his eyes.

Li Hong understood in his heart, and said with a smile: "Do you want to change to the prince and grandson to return your original face, but I don't want to pretend to be your family." Or just buy a fur and drape it outside!"

The two walked into the clothing shop, chose a black fox fur and put one on each other, and looked at each other again, feeling that it was not so eye-catching.

The shopkeeper smiled: "This is still the good goods we brought from the Central Plains before we moved over, and the two guest officers have a good eye! One piece is two hundred taels of silver, and two pieces are a total of four hundred taels of silver, depending on the share introduced by Du Lao, you will be counted as three hundred and ninety-five taels." Note 1 is not collected, only cash is collected. The two guest officers must have no money with them, and the little one will go to the inn with you to get it, and the two guest officers will wear it first. ”

Li Hong brought money, but this time when he came out, Lingshizi once again casually threw him a large pile of gold as funds, and he was lying in Qiankun Kuili at the moment.

He smiled: "Do you accept the gold?"

The shopkeeper's small eyes immediately lit up, and he smiled: "Of course I took it, but it was just ......" He looked at Li Hong's thin clothes hesitantly, and couldn't figure out where he put the money.

Li Hong pretended to be mysterious: "Please ask my husband to take me to a separate dressing room, I have my own way to pay you." ”

The shopkeeper thought he had suddenly realized. He looked at Li Hong's wide and straightforward embellishment, and secretly shouted confused, this guest officer is only afraid that he is really full of thousands of miles!

Li Hong walked to the dressing room and closed the door, and immediately pulled out a handful of heavy gold leaves from Qiankun Kui, estimated that these should be worth four hundred taels of silver, and opened the door in his hand.

The shopkeeper was waiting outside, and immediately his eyes were full of yellow and clear gold, and his waist was bent lower and lower, and he let Li Hong go outside with a low voice and a smile on his face, and quickly ordered his men to take the balance weight and weigh the handful of gold leaves.

One said, but there are more than fifty taels of gold leaves. The shopkeeper carefully weighed out more than twenty-six taels from the inside, and carefully held the rest to Li Hongdao: "Take it away from the guest officer, be careful of being remembered by thieves." ”

Li Hong scratched his scalp and looked towards Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan said, "Needless to say, the price of gold must have risen again." He asked the shopkeeper, "How much silver do you get for a tael of gold now?"

"Oh, it turns out that the guest officer doesn't know the price of gold! Fortunately, we are a time-honored brand in Bianjing, and there is no deception, otherwise the guest official will definitely call people to go black! Now one or two pieces of silver are exchanged for two pieces, and one or two pieces of gold are worth fifteen taels of silver, which is thirty miles! These two pieces of fox fur are three hundred and ninety-five taels of silver, and when they are exchanged for gold, they are twenty-six taels and three dollars, and the small ones are according to the weights, and they are not deceived at all!" The shopkeeper smacked his tongue, but he felt a little remorseful, he knew that it was two young sheep, and he should slaughter them a little, but the idea of reading the full text of this super mechanical civilization was fleeting. His eyesight is not bad, although these two guest officers are young, but they are extraordinary in appearance, and they are a good fox fur for each person, and they must be people with backgrounds.

Xiao Jiujiu was spinning in his mind, and his smile became more and more sincere.

Where did Li Hong know what he was thinking, he really sighed in his heart, sure enough, it was Tong Suo, a time-honored brand in Bianjing, so he pointed to a few brocade robes at random, and ordered him to make a package, which was regarded as taking extra care of his business.

The shopkeeper smiled widely, and personally sent the two of them outside the door before returning with a sigh. When I walked into the store, I saw the curtain of the back door lifted, and the owner slowly walked out with his hands behind his back.

This is a middle-aged man, about forty years old, wearing a brown gold world halo brocade robe Note 2, a valuable Lantian jade belt around his waist, but his appearance is ordinary, with a round face and a kind look.

The shopkeeper chuckled in his heart, his store had indeed moved from Bianjing, but it had already changed hands, and the owner in front of him was the current chief butler of the pavilion, and behind him was the Qin Xiangye. He seems to be kind, but in fact, he is a character who is famous in front of the saint, and his heart and eyes are very unusual.

The old shopkeeper hurriedly bowed: "When did the master come?"

"What is the origin of those two?"

The old shopkeeper thought about it and replied: "Listening to the accent, he is from the Central Plains, and he is generous, and other villains don't dare to inquire more." ”

The chief butler replied noncommittally. Two big men walked out from behind him and quickly chased them out of the store.

"In the future, don't just buy and sell copper coins in your eyes, but also have more eyes. The chief housekeeper of the Qin Mansion instructed lightly and walked out of the store with a carriage on the corner of the street.

Horses are now rare and valuable, passers-by have understood, and quietly pointed to the big "Qin" character in the carriage and said: "Look, the people of Xiangye's Mansion ......"

The old shopkeeper watched the carriage drive away in a low voice, but for some reason, he sighed softly.

Li Hong hung the package on his shoulder at will, and said to Chu Xuan: "Let's go! Go to the store!"

"Oh?" Chu Xuan was also relieved, and the two of them walked to a needlework shop on the side of the street and pretended to be a player, but their senses leaned back.

They are two big men, but they are just ordinary mortals, not people in the cultivation realm.

Since he is a mortal, Li Hong should not take it seriously, but this time he has a mission to enter Lin'an, but it is not good to have a tail behind him. He glanced at Chu Xuan, and the two walked into a remote alley.

The two big men sneaked out of the corner, but found that the alley pen was at the bottom, and they could see that it was empty at a glance, and the two of them were gone!

They touched their heads, and they were really puzzled, and they obviously saw them enter the alley!

But I didn't know that I was being followed by someone who was following.

Li Hong Chuxuan saw the two of them walk into the back door of a big mansion, so he went around to the front door to see whose house it was. This mansion is so big, with more than 20 deep mansions and courtyards, and countless pavilions and pavilions. Before arriving at the front door, Li Hong already knew in his heart.

The main entrance was closed with a vermilion lacquer gate, and a long line of officials was lining up at the side door to hand over the name thorns.

Chu Xuan said: "It must be the private residence of a big official in the court." ”

Li Hong looked at the lintel plaque thoughtfully. The plaque was covered by a piece of golden dragon embroidered brocade, and mortals could not see what was written on the plaque. However, Li Hong is not a mortal, and he has long seen that the plaque is written with the words "Poetry Heirloom". The words are not unusual, but they are blindfolded, which means that this plaque is the pen of the current emperor.

There were whispers from those waiting officials in my ears: "Xiangye went to the palace today, but I am afraid that I will not be able to come down until Shenshi." ”

"Let's hand over the notebook first, and wait for the prime minister to come down and wait for the meeting. ”

There are two Xiangye in this dynasty, one left and one right, Zhao Ding on the left, and Qin Hui on the right.

At this moment, someone shouted: "Qin Xiangye has returned home!"

Li Hong and Chu Xuan looked at each other, it turned out to be Qin Hui! He was the traitor in Yue Fei's mouth, and he was the backbone of the staunch Lord and Harmony faction.

"Silence-avoidance-" There was a sound of sifting gongs in the distance, and the soldiers of the Xiangfu who held the deacon card and the black and red water and fire sticks gathered around the green sedan chair and walked quickly.

The atmosphere of the whole street has changed. The sedan chair drivers brought by the officials were already kneeling on the side of the street, bowing down deeply and lying on the ground. The officials also hurriedly lined up, put their hands in their sleeves and bent down deeply.

Only two people at the scene held their heads high and did not move. Many people found out, or looked at Li Hong Chuxuan with curiosity or warning.

Li Hong stood tall and did not even owe half a point to his waist. Not to mention, Chu Xuan coldly glanced at the eight-lifted green sedan chair that had arrived in front of him, and said to Li Hong: "Let's go." ”

The two of them left Shi Shiran in the midst of many surprised eyes, and the elegant figure disappeared into the corner of the street in a blink of an eye.

Qin Hui had already seen the appearance of the two in the sedan chair, and wrote it down deeply, his inverted eight-character eyebrows trembled, and he secretly sneered: "Where did the two pretentious readers come from! It seems that I don't want to lift them in this life!" He straightened his crown, made a calm expression, restored the so-called prime minister's bearing, and walked out of the sedan chair unhurriedly.

The sycophants from all sides immediately surrounded Qin Hui.

Note 1: Jiaozi, the world's earliest banknote, was first issued in Chengdu in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Note 2: Song Dynasty famous brocade, that is, lantern pattern brocade. It is usually a gift from the Emperor.