Chapter 18 Secret Thoughts(1/2)
Although people like to watch the fun, it is still terrible if there is a turmoil around them.
"I still remember the past..." A man at another table heard his head turn and whisper, "When the late emperor just passed away, the capital was in chaos. People were caught every day, and there were often dead bodies on the road. By the way, there were also you like..." He pointed to the tea shed, "The tea shed restaurant on the roadside, the towns inexplicably rushed in and killed a group of people, and then were implicated... dead innocent."
The woman in the tea shed seemed to be frightened, and her already timid face turned pale, muttering what to do but this can't survive.
"Don't scare the aunt." Another man at the table couldn't stand it and leaned forward with a smile, "Madam Ge, it's not that scary. As if I'm here today, I can't mess up."
While talking and laughing, someone came over again and threw a straw rope on the table with a snap. There were a few fish skewed on it.
"Hey, do you couple want fish today? I just got it." said the female voice.
Several men sitting by the table laughed: "Miao Madam, you have a better attitude towards selling fish." Obviously they all knew each other.
The woman took off the basket and smiled at the men: "Sister Ge won't bother with me."
The woman in the teahouse just smiled, picked up the fish and said, "I'll get you money and then turn it to the stove. The woman selling the fish here leaned against the corner of the table and talked to the men, waving her own hands."
"...It's getting colder and colder, and it's hard to catch fish." She sighed, "I've been tired for a day today and haven't had a sip of hot soup yet."
Then a man hurriedly sang to the woman on the stove: "Aunt Ge, come and have a bowl of mutton soup." He smiled and looked at the woman leaning against the corner of the table, "How about adding another steamed cake?"
The woman nodded at him: "I want meat."
The man laughed and sang again, and Madam Ge answered.
"Miao Madam, sit down quickly." The men giggled and invited.
The woman did not refuse and sat down with her waist twisted.
"Oh, I saw that I was rough when I was fishing with my hands."
"Miao family lady sells fish every day, and there is no smell of fish on her body..."
In the twilight, in front of the simple table on the roadside, vulgar villagers talked and joked vulgarly to add some fun to the vulgar life. People who walked on the inside and outside were not surprised.
The dusk gradually faded away. The night was shrouded in the tea shed, lanterns lit up, swaying in the late autumn wind, and the guests inside and outside the tea shed also dispersed. The city gates were closed and no one rushed into the city, and there were only a few guests left in the tea shed.
The fish-selling woman leaned on her head and ate melon seeds, looking at the stove: "Brother, don't be busy anymore, come and sit down."
There was a black shadow shaking beside the stove fire. Someone stood up. It turned out that besides the woman, there was a man working.
The man came over.
"The soldiers and horses on all sides are moving." The man with firewood piled under his feet in front of another table said first, "The black armor guard intercepted and killed many people."
The man sat down beside him, probably with a dark face, his eyes shining in the night, and said, "Mr. Qin Tan was locked up, not the end, but the beginning."
The woman standing aside clenched her hands: "Isn't Qingzi very dangerous?"
"Sister Ge, Young Master Qingzi is protecting many people. I can't get close to you in daily life. Don't worry." said the peddler who was raising firewood.
Gechuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Miaomiao twisted her waist and stepped over and sat down here, saying, "Mr. Du, what are we going to do? Everyone is ready to gather to help fight against the Black Armored Guard?"
Du shook his head and said, "Of course not, we will enter the city."
Going into the city.
It was okay for others to do so, but Ge Chuan, who was standing under the light, looked up and took a step forward.
"At this time, we are approaching Young Master Qingzi. If you are discovered, it will cause trouble for her." The peddler whispered, otherwise they would not have been entrenched outside the city and avoided Xue Qing from afar. The identities of their five worm soldiers were too familiar to those of Qin Tan Gong.
Du said: "The city is now in chaos, but it is convenient." He looked at the few people, "We don't get close to staring outside the guards of the prime minister and the others. We are more familiar with the methods of the black armored guards."
The peddler and others never objected to his decision.
Ge Chuan couldn't hide his excitement and murmured: "That's great."
Sister Miaomiao covered her mouth and smiled: "Sister Ge misses Young Master Qingzi, I haven't seen you for almost a year."
Ge Chuan smiled and said, "Yes." He sighed again, "I don't know how difficult it is to eat this year. Didn't Xiaokang say that he often goes out to the restaurant and kitchen to steal food?"
Miaomiao giggled: "Oh my sister Ge, what's the point of this? You actually think about this."
Ge Chuan said: "Eating and drinking are trivial matters, but they are also very important. The hardships you can live day by day, and you can feel more comfortable if you can eat."
Kang Nian waved his hand and said, "You women, you all have food and clothing at any time, I'll leave first." After that, he picked up the pile of firewood and disappeared into the night.
Sister Miaomiao sighed and waved her hand: "You couple will close the stall, I'll leave too." She swayed and walked.
Du called her.
Sister Miaomiao turned around happily and said, "Oh, do I want to stay too?"
Du pointed to the backpack next to the table: "I lost something, Miaomiao, you must be careful in doing things."
Ge Chuan had already picked up the basket, Miaomiao reached out and asked her to put it on her back, waved her hand again and said, "I know, I know."
Ge Chuan picked off the hanging lanterns from the tea shed and handed them to her.
"I still use... Oh, I forgot about it." Miaomiao smiled, took the lantern and walked away in the night.
Du said: "Let's clean up too."
Ge Chuan responded to the sound of it.
With a few light sounds, the stove fire went out, and the tea shed stall on the roadside instantly submerged in the night.
The lanterns swayed on the road in the night, shining light under your feet. A small step suddenly paused, and then continued to move forward. Serenade hummed, probably because it was because it was afraid of the darkness and the voice was trembling, and the song became trembling and sounded very terrifying.
A black shadow like a black tower jumped out of the roadside, and the trembling little song suddenly rose and screamed, and then disappeared.
"Stand." He shouted in a fierce voice, grabbed the woman's shoulder, and the lantern in her hand shone coldly under the illumination of the woman's hand, and a knife was handed over to the woman, "Hey?"
Before he finished speaking, he looked down at his hands and was empty.
Where is the knife?
Under the lantern, the knife still shone with cold light, and did not fall on the woman, but in her hands.
There was a silence in the night.
In the past, robberies were all told to hand over the money. Is it said to hand over the knife this time?
The thought flashed, the knife was stuffed back into his hand, and the woman smiled embarrassedly.
"Sorry, I forgot, I'm right." She said, "You keep going."
What, what the hell! The big man just felt confused. The way to dispel his confusion was... "Ha! Hand over the money." He shouted fiercely, holding the knife in his hand tightly against the woman's neck.
Miaomiao raised her head and hid back, saying, "Brother, I am a fish seller, so where is there any money... Look, my basket is empty."
The female voice was timid, and the shoulders she was holding were plump and soft... I had no money, the big man's eyes were shining, and a grim smile appeared on his face.
"It's okay if you don't have money, then let's accompany you..." he said with a lewd smile.
After the words came, the woman held his hand and stood up straight, almost touching his face. The fragrance blew over her face, and the woman's voice was also heard.
"That won't work."
No? You can't help! The man was so fierce that he wanted to reach out his hand, but suddenly his neck cooled. What, he looked down and with the light of the lantern that the woman was still carrying, he saw the knife that was originally in his hand, and it entered the woman's hand again, and pierced his neck, and then stroked it down...
The big man made a dry uh, his eyes widened and his breath suddenly disappeared, and the person fell backwards.
Miaomiao shook the knife and shook her sleeves.
"It's really troublesome. The world is so chaotic now." She sighed and complained. "Mr. Du always said that I'm not careful. You insisted on me killing you. Isn't this a mess? You have to deal with your body... Sister Ge is unwilling to sell human meat buns now..."
He murmured and sighed, bent over and picked up the body that fell to the ground. Under the dim light of the night, the woman's figure became more petite. She was carrying a basket on her back, holding a lantern in one hand, and carrying a man who was larger than her standing horizontally, swaying and moving forward easily.
After walking a few steps, she realized that it was too inconsistent and waved her hand to extinguish it.
The night covered everything.
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Although the inspection of entering and leaving the city gates is strict, it cannot prevent people from traveling. In the late autumn sun, a group of scholars say goodbye at the city gate.
As mentioned earlier, the imperial court had a major event that accused Duke of Qin Tan and Duke Duke Dumen of Qin Tan and Duke Dumen of Qin Tan had a major event, but this was a major event for the big figures. For the new Jinshi and other small figures, they completed the court examination and distribution safely. The six ministries also operated as usual. They were constantly assigned to various prefectures to observe the government and wait for the county magistrates and other Jinshis who were in full leave the capital and bid farewell in autumn. They were both bleak and energetic.
It is naturally necessary to recite poems. I don’t know when the next time I get such a lively party. As a fellow student, I am very close in the officialdom.
"Ah, Xue Zhuangyuan is here."
With this shout, the excitement became even more lively.
"I'm going to call Mr. Hanlin."
"Xue Hanlin, it's rare."
Xue Qing did not go through the government office, turned over and dismounted, looking hurried, took the initiative to pick up a glass of wine and said to several Tongkes who left Beijing: "A good journey."
Everyone was busy drinking together.
"Xue Hanlin, maybe write a poem." Someone said.
When Xue Qing heard this, and the people who were sent away showed strange expressions, he wrote poems.
Farewell poems are the most common, but...
"This, how are you going to Dali Temple again?" Xue Qing said apologetically.
To be continued...