Tianxi Town was originally Beiqi Town, Linxi County, moved east during the Tianxi year, and was assigned to Anyang County, so it was named Tianxi Town. It is an important post station from Luzhou to Xiangzhou, which is particularly prosperous. From Lin to Anyang County, which is attached to Xiangzhou, it is necessary to rest here for the night.

When Du Zhongxiao and his entourage arrived here, it was not yet dark and they were very bored, so they took Thirteen Lang and Tao Seventeen out to hang out.

After walking a short distance, I saw a wine shop on the edge of the town, and a wine wangzi was showing in the wind, and business was booming. Du Zhongxiao said: "There is nothing to do left and right, let's go there and drink a few glasses of wine and go to the cold." It was only the end of September, and it was bitterly cold. ”

Thirteen Lang and Tao Seventeen applauded together, and walked quickly to the shop, one occupied a table, and the other went to ask for wine and food.

Du Zhongxiao then entered the door, saw Shisanlang wiping the table there, and stepped forward to sit down.

After a while, he asked for wine and food and Tao Seventeen to come back, and said, "Official, there is no good wine and food here, so I have to settle for it." The small one asked for a large plate of beef, a plate of sweet lotus root, and some soup cakes. ”

Thirteen Lang said: "Is the beef here eaten?" If it's an old dead cow, forget it. ”

Tao Seventeen said: "Brother doesn't know, there are many iron smelters in this area, and cattle are mostly used. Although the meat is harder, it rarely dies of old age. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Let's use some wine and food casually, why bother? This kind of small country shop has nothing to eat. ”

The three of them sat down around the table, and after a while, the little guy served up the food and drink. A large plate of meat, a plate of lotus root, and a bottle of wine.

The wine at this time, unlike the ancient times in Du Zhongxiao's impression, was mostly bottled. Of course, it is not a glass bottle, but a clay bottle, which is generally two catties per bottle. Most of the bottled wine is for official liquor business, which is convenient for pricing and taxation. The sake brewed in the store is usually made in a large jar.

After pouring wine, drinking a glass and tasting beef, Du Zhongxiao said: "This meat is tender, and the taste is acceptable." ”

Tao Seventeen said: "There is a lot of iron smelting here, and cattle charcoal and ore are commonly used, which is different from many old beef in other places, and it can still be eaten." ”

The three of them drank wine, ate meat, and talked about their respective situations over the years.

At this moment, three big men came in from outside, one in front carrying a burden, and the two in the back carrying a thing covered with a cloth, I don't know what it was, it looked extremely heavy.

When the little guy saw it, he hurriedly greeted him and said to the three of them: "Second Brother Meng, what treasure did you find today?" Dare to make a fortune! ”

The man with the backpack in front of him was full of vigilance, looked at Du Zhongxiao and the three people on the side, and whispered to the little guy: "Are you doing death?" Noisy and noisy to ruin our business! Three portions of soup cakes, a large plate of meat, one person in a bowl of wine, we have to eat and go on the road! ”

The little guy stuck out his tongue and ran to the back as fast as he could, fetching food and drinks for the three of them.

The three of them came from the ground next to an empty table far away from Du Zhongxiao and the three of them, put the things they carried on their backs under the table, and gasped for breath.

Thirteen Lang looked at the three of them and whispered: "Official, these birds are not good roads, I'm afraid they are not thieves?" They were unlucky to be bumped into by us, and I went up to interrogate them. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "We are pedestrians, what do we care about?" They are criminals and have their own local government to deal with them. ”

Thirteen Lang looked eager to try, pointed at Tao Seventeen and said, "Isn't he a local official?" Why can't you control it? ”

Tao Qiqi waved his hand again and again: "Brother, I am a prison official, and I am in charge of cannon casting, and I can't control other things." ”

Thirteen Lang was stunned, and saw that Du Zhongxiao was not allowed, so he had to give up.

The servant came out with wine and meat and put it on the table of the three men. Seeing that the three of them were not good-looking, they didn't dare to speak anymore, so they hurriedly turned around and left. The action was a little hurried, and I didn't want to touch the thing covered with a cloth next to me.

The man surnamed Meng said: "Don't you have eyes? If you break my stuff, you can't afford to sell it! ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly covered the cloth that had been opened again.

Tao Seventeen's eyes were sharp, and before the things inside were re-covered, he looked at it and whispered to Du Zhongxiao: "Official, this group of people are tomb robbers!" Since we bumped into it, it is not good to judge the government. ”

Du Zhongxiao said strangely: "How do you know that it is a tomb robber?" ”

Tao 17 lowered his voice: "I saw that the cloth covered it was a copper tripod. There are many tombs in this area, and bronze objects are often excavated. Some disdainful people dug up the grave privately, secretly turned the excavated bronze vessels, recast them and sold them for money. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said to Tao Seventeen: "Have you seen clearly?" Is it really bronze? ”

Tao Seventeen nodded: "These small eyes are used to seeing the heat, nine times out of ten, they won't be mistaken." ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded slightly and was silent for a while. What is this place? Anyang County, Xiangzhou. Later generations are famous, and it is where Yinxu is located. At this time, bronze artifacts were often unearthed nearby, but people at this time did not think that this was the capital of Shang, but the royal city of Shang King Hejia. Therefore, the state name is Xiangzhou, and the county name is Anyang.

The things unearthed in this place are of extraordinary significance for the study of ancient Chinese civilization. A piece of bronze or even a small piece of bone tortoiseshell has the potential to unravel a historical mystery. Since it's encountered, it doesn't matter.

After pondering for a while, Du Zhongxiao said in a low voice: "We are watching here, Seventeen, you go to the official mansion quickly and come to arrest you." ”

Tao Qiqi hesitated a little: "Official, there is only one supervisor in the town, more than a dozen errands, and there are no soldiers and horses. These thieves all have the same party, and if one is not careful, they gather their accomplices and make trouble, but they are afraid that it will not be good. ”

Thirteen Lang said: "A few thieves and birds, what soldiers and horses do you want to capture?" If there are few officials, I'll meet them! ”

After speaking, he stood up. Du Zhongxiao was about to stop it, and Thirteen Lang had already strode to the table of the three people.

When he arrived at the table, Shisanlang slapped the table suddenly, pointed to the man surnamed Meng and said, "You guy entered the door by himself, his eyes were rolling around, looking at us with bad intentions. Say, isn't it a thief?! Didn't you hit us with the idea? ”

The man surnamed Meng is most afraid of hearing the word thief, and when he hears this, he will riot. As soon as he lifted it up, he saw that Thirteen Lang was tall and had infinite strength, and he was not easy to provoke, so he took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed his anger and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?" Let's eat and drink, don't look for trouble! ”

Thirteen Lang picked up a wine bowl on the table, raised his hand and poured the wine on the man's face, and said: "You provoked grandpa first, the thief head and thief look like a thief, when I can't see it?" If there is a kind, come out and fight with me! ”

The man surnamed Meng wiped a handful of wine on his face, where could he still bear it? Suddenly burst out, took out a wrist-unwielding knife from his body, stabbed Thirteen Lang in the chest, and said: "It's you bird man who is looking for death, don't blame me when you get to the underworld!" ”

Shisanlang laughed loudly, raised his hand suddenly, grabbed the man's wrist, and flipped him to the ground with a single lift.

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