"What do you want to do!" Xu Tingfu took a step forward and glared at Liu Ziqiu fiercely. His height of 1.6 meters only barely reached Liu Ziqiu's shoulders, but he was extremely arrogant.
Li Jing persuaded in a low voice: "Xian brother..."
"You two cowardly people, stay away from me!" Liu Ziqiu winked at Li Jing, faced Xu Tingfu, clenched his fists, and shouted sternly, "Let her go!"
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The full house of diners admired Wang Guizhi's beauty. They were both rich and powerful, dandy and brave, but they were all afraid of Xu Tingfu's identity and did not dare to stand out.
Although Liu Ziqiu hated evil, he was not a foolhardy person. When he entered the city, he carefully inspected the terrain and found that the walls of Luoyang Guocheng were built very strangely. They were not only low, but also intermittent. He did not know that the city walls were originally built to build the east coast.
There was a rush of time, a shortage of funds, or Yang Guang was simply indifferent to the safety of the officials and people living in Guocheng.
In any case, such a city wall is of no use to Liu Ziqiu. It is getting late now, and Xu Tingfu has only a dozen followers around him, and most of them are unarmed internal guards. Liu Ziqiu is confident that he can knock them all down within seven moves, and then lead Wang Guizhi
Get away whole body.
The only thing that worried Liu Ziqiu was that doing so would drag down Li Jing and Han Shi'er, so he first angrily rebuked the Li Jing brothers to show that he had drawn a clear line.
"You, don't do this nonsense!" Xu Tingfu has been cheating under the banner of Yang Guang in the past two years, and has accumulated some money. Of course, there is no need to risk his life and go head-to-head with "desperados" like Liu Ziqiu.
He rolled his eyes and suddenly said to the attendant behind him, "Bring it here quickly!"
The attendant was confused, but Xu Tingfu had already snatched the baggage from his arms, threw it in front of Wang Xiaoting, and said: "Look, this is a reward from the emperor, I won't treat you badly!"
Wang Xiaoting opened it and saw that it was all filled with white silver, as much as five hundred taels. He immediately smiled and said, "My dear, don't worry, don't worry."
In the whole world, everything is the land of the king, and on the shore of the land, it is the ministers of the king. This is the dogma that Yang Guang believes in. Everything in the world belongs to him, and he has never known how to show sympathy for the people. He built canals and built the Eastern Capital.
It costs millions to recruit civilian husbands. Nowadays, the draft girls, not to mention the girls who are waiting for marriage, even if they are married, if they are chosen by him, they have to enter the palace obediently. They will not even give a penny as a reward, so where does it come from?
Five hundred taels? The silver in this bag was actually extorted by Xu Tingfu from a family next door.
Since ancient times, there have been many resentful women in the palace. Who is willing to send his daughter to the palace and be separated from her flesh and blood? Yang Guang's selection of girls became a good opportunity for Xu Tingfu and others to make a fortune.
Liu Ziqiu had no choice but to watch Wang Guizhi being carried out by two internal guards. Her father had already agreed, so he couldn't rob a civilian girl by force.
Xu Tingfu glanced at Liu Ziqiu viciously, sneered at Wang Xiaoting, and walked away.
Han Shi'e cupped his hands towards Liu Ziqiu and said: "Brother, good job. I should have beaten him just now to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
Liu Ziqiu shook his head, but walked up to Wang Xiaoting, who was smiling all over his face, and said: "Uncle, pack up quickly and go away. I'm afraid trouble is not far away!"
Wang Xiaoting didn't want to part with this shop. He gave Liu Ziqiu a contemptuous look and said, "Huh, as long as Guizhi succeeds, I will be a relative of the emperor from now on. Who else should I be afraid of?"
Li Jing urged: "Brother, stop talking and let's go. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time."
Poor people must be hateful. Liu Ziqiu glanced at Wang Xiaoting with pity and walked out of the door ahead of Li Jing. He deliberately kept a distance from them, but he heard the yellow-faced young man at the next table asking someone unknown: "Uncle."
, what’s going on with the emperor’s selection of girls?”
"Another infatuated boy." Li Jing sighed, chased after Liu Ziqiu and said, "My dear brother, follow me home."
Liu Ziqiu hadn't found a good place to stay yet, so he didn't show any pretense and said in a voice so soft that only Li Jing could hear it: "Brother, let's go first. I can follow."
Li Jing was a smart man and naturally understood what Liu Ziqiu meant, so he said loudly: "Since the ways are different, let's go separate ways, so brothers can do their own thing!"
Han Shi'e didn't know what was going on and said anxiously: "Cousin, you..."
"Stop talking nonsense and leave quickly!"
Not long after Liu Ziqiu and the others left, a group of cavalry came galloping towards them. The leader, riding a yellow horse with tall legs, shouted sternly: "Surround them up!"
A frail middle-aged scribe happened to walk out of a drunken state, but he recognized the person who came. He quickly stepped forward and asked, "Where is General Qin coming from?"
When the general surnamed Qin saw this man, he quickly jumped off his horse, cupped his hands and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Yu. Qin was ordered by the general to capture the rebels!"
Master Yu shook his head and said: "The general is late, the thief has been gone for a long time!"
The general surnamed Qin said "Oh" and walked in. The restaurant was sparse, and indeed there were only a few people left. The bustling scene of the past was long gone. It turned out that these diners came for Wang Guizhi. Since Wang Guizhi has already
After entering the palace, what are they still doing here? They dispersed in a hurry, and even the yellow-faced boy disappeared. Those who stayed here were waiting for the settlement of accounts.
Wang Xiaoting, who was settling accounts, suddenly saw a large group of soldiers rushing in. He hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "General, what are you..."
The general named Qin ignored him and waved his hand: "Search for me!"
The soldiers shouted and rushed in, rushing to every corner of the restaurant. After a while, someone pulled out a heavy baggage from under the counter, which was full of silver coins. They couldn't help but get excited and shouted: "Principal Qin
Lieutenant, all the stolen goods are here!"
Wang Xiaoting became anxious when he saw it, rushed over to grab the baggage, and said loudly: "General, this is not stolen goods, this is, this is, this is my daughter's money for selling herself!"
One of the soldiers laughed and said, "Is your daughter made of gold? Can she be sold for so much money?"
Some soldiers also knew the details of this wine shop and said: "His daughter is the famous Yunli Xishi in Dongdu City. Isn't she made of gold? If she sells well, the price will be more than this."
All the troops laughed.
Wang Xiaoting's face turned red, and he didn't know whether he was anxious or ashamed.
At this time, the man named Yu walked back from outside, raised his hands and said, "General Qin, what he said is indeed the truth."
However, Wang Xiaoting recognized this person as Secretary Lang Yu Shinan, and said hurriedly: "Master Yu, please give me a few words of kindness. I didn't lie."
The general surnamed Qin frowned and motioned to the soldiers to loosen the baggage, but then asked: "Does the thief have any accomplices?"
Wang Xiaoting was about to say Li Jing, but when he thought of Han Shi'er, he quickly shut up and shook his head. He was also a famous young master from aristocratic family in Dongdu, and he was not someone he could offend.
"That's it. Qin said goodbye!" The general bowed his hands to Yu Shinan, and then said to Wang Xiaoting, "You can take care of yourself!"
Seeing this group of soldiers hurriedly coming and leaving in a hurry, Wang Xiaoting was stunned. After a while, he came back to his senses and asked Yu Shinan: "Who are these?"
"He is Qin Shubao, the commander of General You Xiaowei who comes to protect children. He is also a hero!" Yu Shinan glanced at Wang Xiaoting and suddenly sighed and said, "I'm leaving too, please take care of yourself. The emperor will not be here for another month.
return."
Yu Shinan's last meaningless words made Wang Xiaoting think about it for a long time without understanding what it meant. When he looked up, he saw a few customers in the shop, and he immediately stopped caring about him and said repeatedly: "Come on, come on.
, Accounts will be settled, accounts will be settled.”
Two streets away from the wine shop, there is an inn called Yue Ke Lai, which is owned by a couple. The man's name is Shi Shun, and the woman's surname is Wang. The couple did not have a daughter until they were middle-aged, whose nickname was Huiniang.
She was born quite handsome, and her love was like the apple of her eye. The business in the inn was light, and she could barely make ends meet. There was only one guest from the south in the inn today, and it was the yellow-faced young man Liu Ziqiu met when he was drunk.
The yellow-faced boy got drunk and went straight to the inn. Before he even knocked on the door, he heard faint sounds of crying coming from inside.
After a while, the door of the inn opened, and Mrs. Wang came out with red eyes and choked with sobs: "Guest, you are back."
The young man asked in shock: "Auntie, what happened?"
It was okay if he didn't ask. When he asked, Wang said "Wow" and burst into tears. Shi Shun heard the sound and ran out of the room, also with a sad look on his face.
It turned out that a chamberlain came to the door just now and informed Hui Niang to go to the palace tomorrow to apply for election. Wang Guizhi had a good reputation, so Xu Tingfu took the initiative to come to the door and took him away directly. But Hui Niang was different.
It was the flower season, so I informed her to participate in the selection with the others the next day.
With Huiniang's appearance, it is not a problem to pass the preliminary election, but in the harem where there are so many beauties, it is difficult to stand out. Her best ending is to be a servant in the palace until she dies alone.
The family of three hugged and cried bitterly.
The yellow-faced boy suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said: "Uncle, aunt, don't be anxious, I will go on behalf of sister Huiniang tomorrow!"
Shi Shun said miserably: "Little brother, don't be joking."
The yellow-faced boy didn't say anything. He opened the door and entered the room. After a while, he walked out again. He was still wearing the same clothes, but his face became as white as snow, his eyebrows were smooth and his pupils were watery. He was clearly a stunning beauty.
The beauty!
It turned out that this yellow-faced young man was disguised as Gao Xiuer. She came to Luoyang one day earlier than Liu Ziqiu. She came to Luoyang after a drunken trip because there were many people there, so she could gather information, and she thought of the same thing as Liu Ziqiu.
Wang was shocked and said: "What are you..."
Gao Xiuer smiled and said: "I am a girl, and I am traveling alone. The journey is inconvenient, so I pretend to be a man. Uncle, aunt, sister Huiniang, how can I enter the palace like this?"
"It's worth it, it's worth it. For a girl like me, it's no big deal to be a queen!" Shi Shun got this savior, so he nodded repeatedly and called his daughter, "Hui Niang, come and thank your benefactor!"