"Hey, you say you have no knowledge, but you still don't believe it!"
The smart man had a look of disdain on his face, squinting at the questioning person and said: "What do you really think what others say? Marquis of the country, what kind of status is that? Can people come to Yangzhou with nothing? Do you really think you have a lot of land? valuable?
And I’m not afraid to tell you that we also know a little bit about the rules of this officialdom! Look at those ministers in the DPRK. Apart from being released abroad, which one dares to leave the capital? You really left and want to go back? That’s difficult! That's why the fool went to Yangzhou, thousands of miles away, to build a house! "
"Ah? Are you saying that the owner of this house is selling dog meat on the head of a sheep?" The man next to him suddenly turned pale and murmured to himself: "No wonder Sun Shenxian isn't here! But now, are we shielding the sinners? Already?"
The smart man became more and more proud and spat softly and said: "Bah! What nonsense are you talking about? We are just here to eat. We should eat and drink. After a while, we will be full and full! Hum, go to the Yamen and ask again, what is the point? There might even be a reward for it!”
Smart people deliberately describe going to the official as asking questions, so that they can have room for maneuver if they make a mistake.
But others didn't think so much, they just felt that what he said made more sense the more they thought about it! So the flattery immediately started rolling in: "Best brother!"
"Haha, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."
Everyone at the table whispered, and many people looked at Xiao Han with strange looks in their eyes.
This made Xiao Han suspiciously check several times. Didn't he wear the wrong clothes today?
It was a rule of the Tang Dynasty to set up banquets and invite neighbors on the full moon.
At this time, among the neighbors, except for the fact that they were not getting along well, or the outsiders like Xiao Han, no one said they knew each other.
Moreover, no matter what your identity or status is, if I meet you at my doorstep, you will be my neighbor!
Even if you don't meet someone as noble as Fang Xuanling or Du Ruhui, you still have to exchange greetings with a neighbor who is a thousand times inferior in status. Occasionally, if your neighbor has a happy event, you will be invited to sit among a group of peddlers and have a drink. Xunxunran?
The dishes were served like water, and there was no shortage of wine.
Not to mention what everyone at the table thought of Xiao Han, the food and wine really made people reluctant to stop eating. As for the matter of the big robber, they had long been thrown out of mind. Anyway, with so many people, he Nothing can happen.
The atmosphere in the courtyard gradually became lively.
On the road outside Yangzhou City, there was a large group of people surrounding two carriages, rushing into the city.
The city gates of Yangzhou are not as good as those of Chang'an, or even far behind Luoyang.
Although the city gate is not small, there are only three or two soldiers in slanted clothes and hats guarding it at noon.
To say he is a guard is actually not quite correct.
At most, these people just sit in the middle of the road and bask in the sun. Even if they occasionally reach out to collect the city tax, they do so reluctantly.
The sun above his head warmed his whole body, and the city gate guard lowered his head and dozed off without realizing it.
Just when he was dreaming about flirting with the little widow next door and something was about to happen, suddenly, the person next to him shook him hard.
"Head, someone is coming, well, a lot of people!"
"Huh?" The guard was shaken awake, his eyes blurred, and he looked at the oncoming horseshoe smoke on the road.
Perhaps because he had just woken up from a dream, his reaction was too late. The guard didn't wake up completely until the huge horse's hooves were about to step on him!
Before he could scream in surprise, the guard immediately rolled like a donkey into a ditch on the side of the road.
"You guys..."
After finally struggling to get up from the ditch, the guard, who was covered in mud and water, wiped his face and was about to open his mouth to curse! Unexpectedly, he glanced over and saw a bright yellow flag fluttering in the wind among the team. His legs and feet immediately gave way and he fell into the water again.
"Hmph, boy, you reacted very quickly! If you had dared to say the following words just now, you wouldn't have needed the mouth and the head!" At the front of the team, a Qingqi reined in his horse. It was a pity that he was still in the water. said the struggling guard in the ditch.
From the looks of it, it seemed that the guard's head was not chopped off, which made him quite disappointed.
"Thank...Thank you, Master, for your life! Thank you, Master, for your life!"
The guard who was still in the water couldn't care less about this. When he heard Qingqi's words, his whole body was shaken and he stopped struggling and quickly bowed and saluted.
During this period, it was because Zuo Yi was too involved! So much so that half of his body was stuck in the water, choking him and causing him to cough violently. The people in the team couldn't help but laugh when they looked at his embarrassed figure like a drowned dog.
"Ahem..."
Just as everyone was laughing, a sharp voice came from a luxurious carriage in the center of the team: "Don't waste time, ask where the residence of Xiaohou is. Let's go there quickly. We have been delayed a lot on the way. It’s time, it can’t be later!”
Suddenly hearing this voice, Qingqi, who had spoken at the beginning, immediately stopped laughing. He shook the reins, looked at the guard who was still coughing and said, "Hey, do you know where the residence of Lord Xiao is in the city?"
"Ahem, what are you, Mr. Xiao Hou?" The guard was so choked that he rolled his eyes. But when he heard the question, he still tried hard to answer.
Qingqi didn't get the answer, so he immediately frowned and said in a somewhat unkind tone: "What Xiaohou Lord?! How many Xiaohou Lords are there in our Tang Dynasty?"
The guard was really about to cry and said with a hint of crying in his voice: "This military lord, I have been in Yangzhou City for more than 30 years, and I am quite well-informed, but I have never heard of Lord Xiao! Look, Did you remember it wrong?"
"You really haven't heard of it? This?" Qingqi had been staring at the guard. After realizing that the guy's expression didn't look like he was lying, he looked at the carriage behind him with some embarrassment.
"It's impossible to remember wrongly, Xiao Hou is in Yangzhou City!" The voice, so sharp that it was hard to distinguish the male and female, came from the carriage again, but this time, even the guard could hear the coldness contained in it.
His body began to swing involuntarily again. Looking at the flag and thinking of the voice, how could the guard not guess the identity of the carriage?
More than ten years ago, when Emperor Sui went to Yangzhou, the eunuchs accompanying him would kill people if they were a little negligent!
"Father, don't be anxious!"
Just as the guard was sweating like rain, the curtain of the second carriage in the team suddenly opened, and an old woman sat inside. She looked up at Yangzhou City in front of her, then looked at the trembling guard in the water, and asked kindly Said: "Then did you know that Taoist Priest Sun Simiao is in the city?"
"I know it. Naturally, Dr. Sun's family will know it!" The guard nodded quickly as if he was pardoned.
"Then please take us to Doctor Sun's house." The old woman's voice was clear and gentle, with no emotion, but to the guard's ears, it sounded better than the sounds of nature!
"Okay, come with me!"
Not daring to hesitate, the guard quickly climbed ashore shivering and ran to the front to lead the way.
During this period, he did not forget to wink at the dumbfounded subordinates and ask them to hurry up and inform the county magistrate:
Yangzhou City is about to change!
