Two strings of fish weigh nearly 20 catties, and they can be sold for almost 200 yuan at the market price. However, this Chishan Town is close to the sea, but fish is not a rare thing, and the things in the hands of the people have always been sold cheaply, and the person who bought the fish is obviously not an ordinary person, he bid a string of money, which is a hundred yuan, in fact, it is not a forced purchase.

It's just that this fish was originally given to Li Jing by Xiaoshi, and not all of them were given to him, and the other string was to be brought back to Xiaoshi's family. There is another one, that is, the person in front of him, who really has some deep ties with Li Jing's family, so that when Li Jing saw that he was the one who wanted to buy fish, he immediately refuted it.

The person who wants to buy fish is also a young man, about the same age as Li Jing, around 20. But he was dressed in black. In the Tang Dynasty, Xuan and soap were both black, but Xuan was black and red, while soap was ordinary black. However, these two colors of clothing are forbidden to be worn by ordinary people. The dark color is the same as the red yellow, which is the color of the emperor's clothes. The soap color is stipulated to be the color of the clothes of the servants, and all of them have soapy clothes, soap boots, soap heads, etc.

The person who bought the fish was dressed in soapy clothes and soap boots, but he was not from the yamen, but from the Chishan military town.

"Isn't this Li Xiucai, why didn't he read the sage book at home today, but ran to the town. Why don't you come to town to talk to my brother? ”

When Li Jing saw this person, he also knew that he had to delay some time today, so he walked to the city wall and put down his burden, and sneered: "The fish is a small stone that dragged me back to the village, if you have nothing else, I will go back." ”

"What are you anxious about, let's talk about it again. I'm not my sister-in-law, I have to cry and shout that you won't marry, and if you don't agree, I'll hang myself and jump into the well. Wang Liang clasped his hands, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with anger in his eyes.

Li Jing was silent for a while, what Wang Liang said was the truth. The Li family and the Wang Liang family were originally friends for several generations, and they used to be neighbors when they were still in Qingzhou. Wang Liang's grandfather and Li Jing's grandfather were both Pinglu Military Academy, and later they both died in the battle of the imperial court's attack on the Li family in Ziqing, and they moved to Wang Li Village together. Li Jing's father later became a clerk and worked as a county clerk in Tan County, so he invited his father to be an entourage, but both of them died in Qiu Fu's rebellion. Then Wang Liang's eldest brother also went to Xuzhou with Li Jing's eldest brother to deliver grain that year, and they never returned. Two families have experienced the same tragedy.

Wang Liang has a younger sister, two years younger than Li Jing, a few years ago when he was picking wild vegetables outside, he was almost eaten by a wolf, but fortunately, Li Jing, who was passing by, rescued him from the wolf's mouth. As a result, the little sister of the Wang family told her family that Li Jing would not marry in this life, which was originally a good thing. Wang Liang's sister is also upright and has a good character. Li Jing's mother also agreed, but this matter met Li Jing's resolute opposition. Anyway, Li Jing didn't know what the reason was, that is, he didn't want to marry the little sister of the Wang family, maybe he still had plans to participate in the imperial examination at that time and revitalize the family for the official.

This matter was very stiff, and the sister of the Wang family asked the matchmaker to come to the door several times to propose marriage, and the rumors about this matter spread that the reputation of the little sister of the Wang family was very unbearable for a while. The little sister hanged herself in a fit of anger, and the family rescued it in time, and jumped into the well every few days, so five times three times, and I don't know how much it took to persuade the little sister after the most trouble. But now the little sister is eighteen, and no one within a radius of dozens of miles has gone to the Wang family to propose marriage.

At the beginning of this year, Wang Liang's family invited a matchmaker to come to the door, wanting to tell Wang Liang about Li Jing's fourth sister Wanjing. Wanjing didn't say no, she just made a request, and she didn't want the bride price of the Wang family or anything, but she was willing to agree to this family affair if she wanted two stones of corn. The Han family was originally reluctant to attach this condition, but the fourth sister Wanjing insisted again and again, or refused to agree. It is said that two stones of corn are only two hundred and forty catties, and the total amount of money is only four copper coins, or five horses of silk.

But just this little thing, the Wang family really can't take it out. As a result, Wang Liang decided that this was the Li family's insincerity, and the relationship between the two families was completely ruined. Wang Liang, who was angry, and his mother also ran outside Li's house to scold the street several times, and Wang Liang also destroyed two vegetable plots of Li's house.

Regarding Wang Liang's actions, the Han family has always asked the Li family to endure it again and again, but in the bottom of his heart, Li Jing really doesn't have a good impression of Wang Liang.

Wang Liang failed to propose marriage at the beginning of the year, and later asked someone to go into the town to find an errand. It's not a serious errand, it's just to be a servant for the warehouse official in Chishan Town, that is, a personal servant, who usually runs an errand to deliver a letter to buy vegetables on the street or something.

"Xiucailang, today our family treasurer is going to hold a banquet at home to invite Zhao Zhiya, the celebrity next to Liu Zhenjiang. Zhao Zhiya likes to eat the fish in this river if he doesn't like seafood, your fish are very delicious, Zhao Zhiya must like it. In this way, they are all in the same village, and I don't owe you anything. You sell me these two strings of fish, and I'll have someone give you a bucket of sorghum later, and that's it. ”

Li Jing saw that Wang Liang took a step, but he didn't want to insist too much, and immediately said: "I'll give you my string of fish, and I don't need any money or food, just give it to you." But there is another string that I promised to give to Xiaoshi's family, but I can't give it to you. My string of fish also has nearly ten catties, which is enough for you, what do you think? ”

As the two were talking, a man with a big belly, a fat brain, and a green round-necked official robe shouted at Wang Liang in the distance: "You Tianshe Han'er, you have been rambling for so long when you buy a fish." ”

The man came over in a few steps, his face was arrogant, his eyes didn't even look at Li Jing, and he threw down a string of money in front of Li Jing: "That man, this is your fish money." As he spoke, he turned and walked away.

Li Jing recognized at a glance that the string of money on the ground was less than 100 yuan, and this kind of string of money was often only 70 pieces, and it was called a Mo by the people. One Mo is less than 100, and it is often commonly used by those large official families when buying ordinary people.

"This official, when he heard that there was a banquet in the house today, was specially willing to offer a string of fish to the official. The other string is entrusted by someone to bring a little, and please forgive me for not being able to sell it to officials. Li Jing said to the treasurer.

What he said was very reasonable, and in Li Jing's opinion, he shouldn't embarrass himself after giving that person a string of fish for nothing. It's just that he obviously underestimated Tang's officialdom this night.

The green-robed little official stopped and turned his head to look at Li Jing, and after a moment of silence, he said: "You will take the money that the official gives you, and the official wants all this fish, so there is no need to say more." ”

"Big official, this is really difficult for some strong people." Li Jing is still discerning.

Unexpectedly, the green-robed official immediately turned his face and shouted angrily: "Toast and don't eat and drink, you are a good boy." Come, tie him up to his own officer, and bring him back. ”

"Great official, what are you going to do here?" Li Jing was shocked, he didn't expect this fat man to turn his face and read more than a book.

"What am I going to do?" The fat man sneered twice, and said to the onlookers on the side: "In the third and nineteenth years of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court twice "forbade the world to harvest carp"; There was a stipulation that "carp should be released even if it is obtained, but it is still not allowed to be eaten", and some carp sellers were given 60 rods. This is a law, and you, a small commoner, have disregarded the laws of the land and openly preyed on carp, and you still don't know your sin? Come, bring it back, and weigh sixty rods. ”

With the sneer of the fat man in the green robe, everyone present took a closer look, and sure enough, they found that among the two strings of fish in Li Jing's hand, there was a copper carp with red scales.

Tang Xuanzong did issue an edict prohibiting the eating of carp, but the reason was not simply to avoid the meaning of the national surname. "Tao does not eat carp" was originally a Taoist rule. Taoists believe that the carp can become a dragon, there are 36 scales on the body, and there is a black spot on each scale, and the carp is worshiped by the sun, so it is called "red carp male", and if you eat the carp, you will be sent by heaven. The Li Tang Dynasty said that he was a descendant of Lao Tzu Li Er, and Li Er was worshiped as the leader of Taoism. As a result, the Li Tang Dynasty not only forbade the people to cook carp, but it is said that anyone who caught carp and sold it would also be beaten with sixty sticks.

However, although there was such an edict prohibiting carp fishing in the world, it could not really be banned by the people. Especially in the late Tang Dynasty at this time, this decree basically became a dead letter, and the people still preyed on carp. It's just that at this time, when the treasurer wanted to arrest Li Jing on the grounds of this decree, everyone suddenly found that they couldn't even come up with a reason to object.

Li Jing naturally knew that what the fat man said was not false, but he knew that this decree had long been an empty letter, and the people had never really forbidden fasting carp. But at this time, it is impossible to use this as a matter to offset his "guilt".

There is a way to break the county order, and the order to destroy the door Yin, right now, a small town treasury officer can make Li Jing unable to move. In the face of this sudden disaster, he couldn't help but regret it, knowing that this was the case, he just sold the two strings of fish.

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