If it weren't for the Seventh Prince, Li Xin would be ready to find some livelihood in the capital, but after such an incident, Li Xin temporarily gave up the idea of going out to do business.

What's more, it's the New Year.

Li Xin came to this world at the beginning of the lunar month, and most of the month has passed in a blink of an eye, and now it is the twentieth month of the lunar month, and the New Year is about to end, although there is no way to spend this New Year with his family, but as long as he is the descendant of Zhuxia, he always takes the New Year very seriously, so Li Xin still plans to have a good New Year.

Therefore, he is ready to go out to buy New Year's goods.

Before leaving, Li Xin went to see the charcoal seller, at this time, after a few days of recuperation, the old man's injury was no longer a problem, but because his house was burned, his face was still not good-looking, and his mental state was also a little sluggish.

Seeing Li Xin coming, the old man sat up on the bed, and after coughing, he said with some difficulty: "Li ...... Childe, there is an enemy in the capital? ”

Although the old man has lived a very hard life, but he has lived for so many years, some basic principles are still understood, his small cabin, in such a remote place, no one has cared for more than ten years, but after Li Xin came, someone came to the door and burned the house, which must be related to Li Xin.

Li Xin bowed his head and said: "Uncle, the burning of the house does have something to do with the boy, but don't worry, the matter has passed, at most a year, the boy will compensate the uncle for a house in the capital." ”

The charcoal seller shook his head slightly.

"The old man saw early in the morning that you are a capable person, but that small wooden house was built by the old man himself piece by piece, and no house can compare to it..."

Li Xin smiled bitterly: "That house has been reduced to ashes, and there is no way for the kid to restore it." ”

The charcoal seller sat up straight and looked straight at Li Xin.

"So, the old man wants you to promise something."

Li Xin bowed his head and said, "Does my husband want me to take care of the girl?" ”

The charcoal seller nodded.

The old man stretched out his head to look outside, and after confirming that the charcoal girl was not there, he said, "Li ...... Childe is a smart person, you should be able to see that this girl... Not the old man's own granddaughter. ”

This thing...... Li Xin really didn't see it, but this charcoal seller has dark skin, and although the charcoal girl often has a black face, her face is fair, at first Li Xin didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but now that I think about it, this girl really doesn't look like the granddaughter of the charcoal seller.

The old man coughed for a while, and his voice was hoarse: "Her surname is Zhong, there was an accident in the family, and she was entrusted to the old man, the old man has no ability, she has suffered all these years, you have lost the old man's house, and you have to help the old man take care of her in the future." ”

"The old man has a life-saving grace for the boy, the boy promised to die with the old man before, and he will not break his promise, as for the girl, ......"

Li Xin was silent for a moment, and laughed softly: "With me to eat, she won't be hungry, and my husband can rest assured." ”

The charcoal seller let out a sigh of relief, lay back on the bed, and after coughing a few more times, he spoke: "Shi En shouldn't have tried to repay it, but the old man has no choice, Li Gongzi don't mind......"

Li Xin shook his head slightly, and said: "My husband is resting, the New Year will be over in a few days, the kid will go out to buy some things, and then the three of us will get together for the New Year." ”

The old man nodded lightly and coughed a few more times.

Li Xin stood up from the side of the bed, slowly retreated, and when he walked to the gate of the yard, he found that the little girl had picked up a lot of dead branches from outside, and was walking towards home in her arms. ”

The little girl was wearing a thick cotton coat and nodded a little awkwardly.

After locking the door in person, Li Xin took out the silver nugget compensated by Jingzhao Mansion from his waist and walked towards the nearest bank, the silver of this era cannot be used directly, and it needs to be exchanged for copper coins before it can be circulated normally, in essence, it is just a hard currency, not currency.

After cutting off a small piece of silver and exchanging three or four pieces of money, Li Xin walked towards the west market of the capital, the various markets in the capital are divided, the north city is the location of the imperial city, similar to the place of Yongle Fang, where the dignitaries live, and the Datong Fang where Li Xin lives is located in the south of the city, where ordinary people live, as for the market, there are two cities, east and west, of which the things in the west market are cheaper.

These are all things that Li Xin has heard in the capital in the past few days.

Although Li Xin has some money to spare now, he is still sitting on a mountain of empty food, so he can only go to the West Market to buy things.

It's just that as soon as he walked out of Datongfang, he faintly felt that someone was following him, and this feeling of being watched made him very uncomfortable, but according to the Seventh Prince, these should be the internal guards of the imperial city, and he had no ill will towards himself, so Li Xin pretended not to find out, and walked towards Xicheng by himself.

After he walked out of Datongfang about a neighborhood or two, two strong men with strong bodies blocked his way.

Li Xin frowned slightly.

"Two, this is the capital, and the patrols of Jingzhao Mansion are still patrolling around, in broad daylight, what are you going to do?"

The two strong men were expressionless, and one of them glanced at Li Xin and said in a deep voice: "Little brother, my son-in-law is invited." ”

Li Xin smiled.

"In this world, there is still a reason to block the road and invite people?"

The strong man's face remained unchanged: "The two of us are also acting on orders, and I hope that the little brother will not embarrass us." ”

It was only at this time that Li Xin understood that after coming out of Datongfang, it was these two people who were following him, not the internal guard supervisor, and if it was the person from the internal guard prison following him, it would be impossible for him to notice it.

Thinking of the Inner Guard, Li Xin glanced back and didn't find anything unusual, but he still chose to believe in the Seventh Prince, so he raised his head slightly and said indifferently: "Lead the way." ”

If, as the Seventh Prince said, there are people from the inner guard prison following him to protect him, then no matter what kind of demons and monsters he goes, he should not be able to hurt himself.

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, no one dared to argue with the emperor head-on.

The two nodded, led Li Xin to turn several alleys on the street, and finally stopped at the door of a green building on the edge of the Qinhuai River, this green building is called Ning Cui Building, which is not very far from the proud building, but the scale is a grade worse than the proud building.

The Qinglou of this era is not the same concept as the Qinglou of later generations, it is more like a bar than a brothel.

Therefore, in the understanding of people in this era, visiting the Qinglou is a kind of elegant thing.

Under the leadership of the two big men, Li Xin came to the second floor of Ning Cui Building, and the two big men stopped at the door of a room, bent down slightly, and said in a respectful voice: "Little Hou Ye, the person brought it." ”

Hearing this name, Li Xin's pupils shrank.

He knew who was going to see him.

The door of the room was slowly opened, and Li Chun, the little marquis dressed in white, had a faint smile on his face.

He glanced Li Xin up and down, and his tone was a little playful.

"It turned out to be you, the last time I saw you on Victory Street, my son thought you were a beggar."

Speaking of this, Li Chun's smile was even worse.

"But I didn't expect that you are the younger brother of this son."