The capital division of Layue is extremely noisy, and the streets that are so wide that they can be used for running are all blocked. Compared with the previous time Han Gang went to Beijing, it was more than twice as lively.

Han Gang came in from Xinzheng Gate and followed the route he had taken at the beginning of this year to the south of the city. There is still half a moon to be the New Year's Festival, and the heat wave of purchasing New Year's goods has reached its climax. The market was bustling with traffic, and peaceful carts pulled by more than a dozen horses were shuttling back and forth in the streets and alleys.

The carts were piled with all kinds of goods, from jars and jars of wine, oil, vinegar and salted vegetables to large and small wooden crates of cloth and silk. In addition to these ordinary trucks, there are also vehicles that carry coal, vegetables, and salt. But I didn't see it, Han Gang heard that only charcoal is used to make fires in Beijing, and it seems that this is really the case.

Riding on a horse and trudging through the crowd, although Han Gang was anxious, he could only slowly move forward patiently. Since he left Chang'an, he has been rushing all the way to the east. Originally, I was scheduled to visit the Cheng family in Luoyang City - although Cheng Hao was serving as the judge of the Zhenning Army Festival in Lanzhou at this time, Cheng Hao's father Cheng Jue had just passed away the day before yesterday and should be at home now.

Han Gang planned to thank Cheng Hao for taking care of and teaching him the day before yesterday, and to get in touch with the Cheng family. However, since he heard from You Shixiong that he was going to be transferred to Yanzhou, he lost his mood for a while and was in a hurry to rush to Tokyo City, so this plan was abandoned.

Looking at the crowds on the road, Han Gang felt that the millions of soldiers and civilians in Tokyo City had all taken to the streets today, otherwise the streets were crowded with people.

Li Xiaoliu was also shocked by the flow of people in front of him, the last time he followed Han Gang to Beijing, he was already shocked by the prosperity and congestion of Tokyo City, and this time it was several times more than the previous time, "Crowded like this, how can this place be inhabited?" ”

"It's not easy to live in Chang'an! Tokyo City is also average. As long as it is the capital, there is no one who is good to live in. Han Gang smiled slightly, of the two capitals he had experienced in his previous life and later life, none of them could make it easy for people to settle down. Whether it's north, or east.

Han Gang's master and servant crossed the crowded royal street, passed through the street full of shops, and walked in the direction of the Seongnam Station, which was getting closer and closer.

Behind them, a cute little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old ran out of the rouge shop on the side of the road. She crossed her feet and looked at the back of Han Gang riding on the horse and gradually moving away, tilting her head cutely, her eyes were first filled with doubts, but they soon turned into surprises.

"Little lady! Little lady! The shopkeeper of the rouge shop chased after him at this time, panting and shouting at the little girl, "You haven't paid the bill yet......

The little girl blinked her big eyes in a little confusion, looked up at the shopkeeper in her anger, and looked down at her hand, still holding a luodian rouge box, and suddenly suddenly. She pursed her lips very unhappily, and stuffed the rouge box back into the shopkeeper's hand: "It's not that I don't buy it, even the rouge of Hangzhou Pingyunzhai that I just saw is wrapped up and sent to Xiao Zhou Niangzi in Anrenfang." ”

"Anrenfang Xiao Zhou Lady?" The shopkeeper asked as if confirmed. The words 'Little Zhou Niangzi' are now very famous in Tokyo, and I don't know if Lu Dao is the one that the little girl said.

The little girl snorted angrily and asked, "Is there a second little Zhou lady in the Jiaofang Division?" ”

"Hurry up and send it, don't forget." Dropping these words, the little girl beckoned to the side of the street, and a large man who seemed to be taciturn drove a car over. The little girl jumped into the carriage, and with a whip sounded, the carriage was far away in a blink of an eye.

The shopkeeper of the rouge shop watched the carriage and horses go away, and the owner of the mirror seller next door came over and raised his chin at the carriage that was going away, "Second Brother Zhang, is the little Zhou lady you just talked about, is it the little Zhou lady who showed her dagger and scared Gao Mihou away?" ”

"Probably yes." The rouge extravagant shopkeeper nodded, "Li Dajing, you haven't heard of it, Gaomi Hou Qiang wants to comb Xiao Zhou's lady, I can't imagine that the little lady has a strong temperament, and she lights up the dagger, saying that if you come strongly, you will change your life for a life, and you will scare Gao Mihou away!" Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. This matter spread from the mouths of the ladies of the Jiaofang Division, and it is said that Gao Mihou has not been seen coming out for several months. ”

"Gao Mihou didn't think about revenge?" The shopkeeper of the silk shop next to the rouge shop also came over.

The face of the shopkeeper of the silk shop who squeezed over was full of pockmarks, like baked cakes sprinkled with flax. He also did business on this street, ranking fifth in the family, originally nicknamed Ma Pi Lao Wu, but he became Ma Lao Wu when he screamed. Now outsiders think that his surname is Ma, but few people know his real name.

"Does he have that face? According to the law, the people in the workshop do not accompany the night. Shopkeeper Zhang scoffed.

Li Dajing also said: "Forcing official prostitutes to accompany the night, if this matter is about to go out, Gaomihou will definitely go to Dazong Zheng Temple to take a walk." ”

"What's more, this matter has spread all over Beijing, and Gao Mihou doesn't have the courage to do it."

A hoarse and rough voice came from behind the three of them. Shopkeeper Zhang and the others looked back, but saw a thin man who had shrunk like a pickled radish. It is a splash that has been swaying on this street all the year round, but this splash skin does not interfere with the river water of the businessmen who do business on the street, and the two sides can talk. "It's a tall monkey."

Gao Monkey shook over and squeezed into the middle of the three gossip parties: "How many officials who are too idle to do anything have heard of her, and many people admire her chastity, and there are those who compose poems." If Gao Mihou dares to harm Xiao Zhou's lady, someone will definitely come forward. ”

Ma Lao Wu sighed: "The clan can't look down on it, this little Zhou lady's vision is really high." ”

"It depends on what clan it is. The next generation of Gaomi Hou has already come out of the five suits, and the Zongzi Law set by Prime Minister Wang Cheng the year before last, after the five suits, it is not considered a clan, no name, no official, except for the surname Zhao, it is a flat-headed people. Who can look down on such a clan? ”

"Having said that, no matter what else it is, Wang Xianggong has really done a good thing in the clan. I heard from the aunt and nephew of my brother-in-law's father-in-law who worked in the Sansi Yamen that in the first year of Xining, the 3,000 clans in Beijing would pay 70,000 guan a month, and the more than 2,000 officials would only need 30,000 guan, and the 200,000 Beijing camp would be 110,000 guan. Think about it, don't do anything and get what you want. Li Dajing's tone was indescribably envious.

"That's right." "That's right." "The clan really has too much."

After listening to Li Dajing's words, although it was not the first time he had heard of these numbers, he still made Shopkeeper Zhang and Ma Lao Wu nod their heads again and again, agreeing from the bottom of their hearts.

But the high monkey was unhappy, he hadn't said anything about the secret of his stomach, and now he was blocked, which made him more uncomfortable than constipation: "Where did you go?" I'm talking about the little lady Zhou......"

Ma Lao Wu asked rhetorically: "What's wrong with Little Lady Zhou, her reputation has gone out again, and Gao Mihou doesn't dare to embarrass her, isn't it very good?" ”

Gao Monkey sneered, "She ignores Gao Mihou." But now that the clan is eyeing her, she can't ignore it......"

"Which clan is it?" The three of them asked in unison. They are typical Tokyo people, and hobbies such as gambling and drinking are just commonplace, and the secret of the palace is their favorite.

A mysterious smile appeared on the high monkey's face, and he shook his head with the shelf.

"Founding County Prince?" Li Dajing asked. The title of Marquis of Gaomi is the first level of the founding marquis. The clan that is stronger than him should be one level or two levels higher than the founding marquis.

The tall monkey continued to shake his head.

Ma Lao Wu opened his mouth and asked: "The founding county prince?" ”

Gao Monkey still shook his head, and glanced at Ma Lao Wu, his eyes full of ridicule.

"Could it be that he is the founding father?"

"It's higher than the founding prince, that's the county prince?!"

"Isn't the county duke?! No way...... It is a national ?!! ”

Shopkeeper Zhang, Ma Lao Wu, and Li Dajing reported the twelve knighthoods one by one, but Gao Monkey was shaking his dry, skinny, skinny head from beginning to end, and he just refused to open the golden mouth.

Shopkeeper Zhang had already opened his mouth, if he didn't know Gao Monkey's temper that he didn't like to brag, he would have snorted and laughed a long time ago. But now, because of excitement or nervousness, his back has been soaked with sweat. Even the prince is not high, and the following is the prince. "It can't be a county king, right?!" He asked cautiously.

"Uh, the king of the county?" Gao Monkey raised his chin and snorted disdainfully with his nose, "What is the county king?!" The tablets in the east corridor of the Taimiao, the upper three floors, the lower three floors, are all painted in gold for the county king, and the fourteen or fifteen offering tables can't be arranged," he snorted again, "What is the county king!" ”

The rouge shopkeeper and the other two were shocked by the disdainful attitude of the tall monkey from his nose one after another. The county king is not qualified, so there is only one answer left.

There was an expression on their faces that they wanted to hear but didn't dare to listen, and the three of them hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to ask. But in the end, it was the people of the capital who had the upper hand in court gossip. Li Dajing came out, a tongue that could speak well, as if it had been soaked in rice milk for three days and three nights, so stiff that he stiffened, and stammered and asked, "Yes...... Be...... Which one is the king? ”

The tall and thin man approached, lowered his voice, mysteriously stretched out two fingers, and spit out two words:

"King Yong!"

It turned out to be the second brother of the Son of Heaven - Zhao Hao, King of Yong!

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Han Gang didn't know that he had become a rival in love with his younger brother today. Still calmly and calmly, he arrived at the south post of the city.

As soon as he got off the horse and informed Yicheng of his identity, Wang Shao had already hurried out to greet him.

Now that it is hot, Wang Shao, who is being favored by the Son of Heaven, personally greeted him, and in the hall of the Chengnan Station, there was a buzzing discussion. Everyone wants to know what kind of identity this tall young man is?

It's just that Han Gang had just met Wang Shao, and a middle-aged man dressed as a servant squeezed in front of the two, and his words made the hidden waves in the post house suddenly turn into stormy waves: "The villain is ordered by the prince to invite the Wang Guanren and Han Guanren to come over the house." ”

And Han Gang's reply even added fuel to the fire and turned the waves into a tsunami: "The dust is not clean, and I dare not meet the prime minister." Wait for a while, and wait for Han to take a bath and change clothes. ”

After speaking, Han Gang turned around and entered the hall, and actually hung the servants of Wang Anshi's family aside.