There is an endless stretch of saline-alkali land on the riverbank near the East City Gate of Tongzhou, and along the river there are shallows with reeds, wild hemp, triangular grasses and dog's tail flowers.

There are many small winding rivers in this area, there are no bridges, and you have to row small boats to get to and fro. In about ten years of Hongwu, 180 households moved from the south and settled in a place similar to the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

But in recent years, the climate of Hebei has become more and more bad, there is often no wind and three feet of soil in winter and spring, there is no hill outside, there is no city wall inside, it is like standing in the wind and opening your mouth wide, and in summer and autumn, it is three days of rain and five days of sunny, the heavy rain and light rain are endless, and the water level soars.

Half of the causes of climate change are related to the planet, the remaining half is related to population growth and war, the cutting down of all the trees outside the Great Wall that would normally be able to cut down, and the homeless nomads are also a major contributor to the desertification of the steppes.

In short, since the Sui and Tang dynasties, Guanzhong is no longer green mountains and green grass, and the climate near Beiping has gradually deteriorated, but it is much stronger than Beiping hundreds of years later.

In order to cope with the wind and sand, every household began to be in front of the house and behind the house, inside and outside the courtyard, the inside and outside of the courtyard are full of red willow and green trees, which not only lock the wind and sand, but also hold the water, except for the winter, a piece of fragrant grass and grass from afar, flowers and trees are verdant, in the end, the population size of the early Ming Dynasty is not enough to rapidly deteriorate the environment.

Gradually, this tributary is very similar to the Qinhuai River in Jinling, after 30 years of population growth and development, from east to west all over the opera garden, wine shops, grocery stores, clothing shops, fortune-telling and other three religions and nine streams, attracting a large number of merchants.

The locals eat the water of the big river, and the small river is full of laundry and toilets, and because of the river and reed sand dunes everywhere, and outside the city, some outlaws also like to run here.

The population was mixed, law and order deteriorated, and many serious families moved away one after another. However, the population has increased instead of decreasing.

The people here, when the rooster crows on the fifth watch, before the men go out, they come out with buckets to fetch water, and talk to each other.

In the summer afternoon, when the sun is blazing, the women will take off their clothes and stand in the waist-high river, unscrupulous, chatting while washing. Scolding people one by one, one is thicker than the other, and when you meet a man, you are not afraid at all, and a few words will scold people and run away.

The unmarried girl chooses to wash her clothes in the sunset, when the twilight rises on the river beach. In the sunset, they go down to the river like a flock of water birds, playing in the water to their heart's content.

If a man comes, they don't have time to get into the reeds by the river, and hide in the willows on the shore. I could only squat down in a hurry, turn my head, cover my face with my hands and dare not move, and wait for the man to leave. Leaping out of the water again, the crisp and loud laughter echoed across the river again.

Girls from poor families have been breathing the fragrance of flowers since childhood, bathing in water, and most of them have handsome eyebrows and eyes. The waist is soft and thin, not much worse than the Jiangnan woman, very delicate. The temperament is more hearty. When they were about ten years old, they began to grow their heads, and after the age of thirteen or fourteen, they gradually grew up, with a red velvet flower on their sideburns, and a red dress and green jacket, which would be the biggest scenery in their lives when they got married.

However, because of this, the girls who often marry are too young, give birth to several children early, malnutrition and neglect to recuperate, and often become yellow and thin in their early twenties, like frosted eggplants, especially the poorest families.

The most prosperous is Hualiu Street in the center area, where more than a dozen green buildings and several gambling halls have been opened one after another, and a variety of hawkers have also emerged on both sides, selling donkey meat, dog meat, beef, pork, and sheep's head meat; There are also those who sell watermelons, candies, pies, Lantern Festival, and big bowls of tea, shouting and shouting one after another all day long, chaotic and coaxing.

Han Da Fool is in charge of the largest gambling house, and behind the scenes is the boss Da Hua Niang who listens to the government.

In the past few days, Han Da Fool heard that Xiulan's sister-in-law's house had a man living in it, and the person sent to keep an eye on it saw the two hugging each other, which made Han Da Fool unbearable.

Xiulan's sister-in-law sold Miss Liu a basket of live fish, and when she went home, she was blocked by several thugs, Uncle Wang stepped forward and was beaten, and Liu San was also slightly injured, when Liu Er jumped into the water, and then the three of them secretly followed Xiulan's sister-in-law to Hualiu Street.

Da Hua Niang is a legendary woman, and she is the underground overlord of this area, and she has raised Han Da fool for many years.

In the room, Han Da Fool, whose face was white and blue, was dressed very decently, with a flattering and somewhat unruly appearance between his eyebrows and eyes, and his appearance was as handsome as his younger brother, staring at Xiulan's sister-in-law, and forced to ask: "Do you have a wild man?" ”

"You don't care." Xiulan's sister-in-law also stared at him, "You and I have never been a husband and wife overnight, and we have nothing to do with it." ”

"You fart." Han Da fool said angrily: "Ming Media is marrying, even if I divorce you, then you are also my woman." Outrageous! Dare someone want to put a hat on me, see that Lao Tzu doesn't skin him alive, who is that wild man? What is it called? Where did it come from? ”

When Xiulan's sister-in-law thought of Xu Hao's identity, she straightened her chest and held her head high, and said disdainfully: "Yes, I don't do dark things, I am allowed to be the concubine of Dahua Niang, and I am not allowed to sit on the ground to recruit a husband?" ”

"I, I'll beat you to death first,." The embarrassed and angry Han fool pounced on him like a mad dog.

I don't want Xiulan's sister-in-law to take out a sharp fish scraper from her body, and sneered: "If you dare to move one of my fingers, I will stab you to death." ”

"Yo! Who ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall, and dared to roll the lane ditch in front of the old lady's door? ”

I saw the monster-shaped big flower girl who came out of the back room, she is Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old today, but the first nine years were thirty-nine years old, and she did not admit that she was forty years old, wearing gold and silver from head to toe, and her body was full of jewels; Coiled in a high palace bun, gold and silver hairpins are inserted all over the head, and the face is smeared with thick palace powder and bright rouge, if it was nine years ago, it may still be said that there is still a bit of charm, but nine years later, it will be a complete old goblin.

Da Hua Niang is an official prostitute born in the Jiao Sifang, no one knows the family background, redeemed herself at the age of thirty, made a concubine for several officials, and also married a military attache with soldiers, a businessman who did big business, and traveled south and north to see the world.

In the end, because of the old Zhu Huang married the leading uncle here in Tongzhou, the unlucky leading uncle was more than ten years older than her, and his wife died early without children and daughters.

Lifelong preference for wild food, was beaten to death by a bowl of poisonous wine from Da Hua Niang, and she sat on the so-called leading golden chair. recognized eight moth Yizi, known as the Tongzhou Eight Tigers.

In the early years, four tigers died for various reasons, and a few days ago, two tigers were killed on their backs, and they were taken into custody by the government and reported to be decided, leaving Han Dafool and another Jinmao Tiger.

Jin Maohu is responsible for managing the Qinglou, Han Da Fool is in charge of the gambling house, he serves the pillow for the godmother every night, belongs to the henchmen of the henchmen, and it is said that he is the most likely to inherit the incense and industry of the big flower girl.

"Mother!" Seeing that Han Da's fool's anger disappeared in an instant, he trotted over and supported Dahua Niang. "Why did your old man come out?"

Dahua Niang stared at Xiulan's sister-in-law and asked, "Who is this little girl?" ”

Han Da Fool, who lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes, explained: "If you go back to your mother, she, she is the little slut who broke with her son." ”

"Oops! It turned out that the daughter-in-law came. The big flower girl seemed to be very happy, and immediately changed to a smiling face.

"Who's your daughter-in-law?" Xiulan's sister-in-law's tone was not so strong, after all, this was a big man with a name and surname in Tongzhou, and she couldn't afford to offend, so she said: "Grandma Hua, you are highly respected, I beg you to let him write a letter of resignation." From now on, it will be truly cut in two. ”

Dahua Niang smiled and persuaded: "You two are a husband and wife with three media and six certificates, why are you so troublesome?" ”

Xiulan's sister-in-law said excitedly: "I won't be with him if I die, and I can't die." ”

"Alas!" The big flower lady sighed, "There is no feast in the world." Since you insist on this, let's cut it in two. Let's go, let's go into the house, and the ugliness of the house should not be publicized. ”

Wait until you enter the house. Dahua Niang immediately turned her face and said: "Strip her naked, tie her up in the kiln, and give it to a shameless slut." ”

Han Da Fool hurriedly said, "Mother." What if this news reaches the government? ”

"Don't be afraid!" Dahua Niang chuckled and said: "She is your daughter-in-law, she raised a wild man, and the government can't control you to sell her to the kiln." ”

Fortunately, Uncle Wang found Liu Da, came with a few brothers, and knocked on the door, which made Xiulan's sister-in-law escape.

But Aunt Hua is not a vegetarian, a few soldiers can't help her, they don't even let the door in, they are blocked by a group of thugs, and many people soon gather on the street.

At the time of the stalemate, a few horses came from a distance, and people turned their heads to look over, and the white horse was a handsome, upright and elegant person, wearing a Bashu cool hat, wearing a snow-blue silkworm robe, and behind him were all Tsing Yi warriors.

"Uncle Wang, are you in there?" Xu Hao, who was on the horse, asked.

Uncle Wang said with tears in his eyes: "Da Hua Niang and Han Da Fool are going to sell her to the fire kang, Xu Ye, you can save people." ”

Xu Hao looked over with a sneer, and saw that Liu Da was separated by the high courtyard wall, and his voice was already hoarse, and he shouted: "Release my sister-in-law, otherwise I will fight with you." ”

Xu Hao just wanted to kick the door on his horse, but suddenly, the gate opened, and Da Hua Niang rushed out with a group of fierce hands, surrounding Liu Da and several brothers.

"Liu Da, you dare to kick my field?" Da Hua Niang looked disdainful, "Your boss is Han Lao'er, and he tied them up and sent them to the barracks." ”

The horse bell rang, Xu Hao rode over on a horse, and asked condescendingly, "You are the big flower girl?" ”

Dahua Niang hurriedly looked up, it turned out to be a richly dressed rich boy brother, looking at the pie, he knew that he was not an idle person, so he first habitually smiled and said with a smile: "Son, please come to the house for tea, don't be nosy." ”

This time, Xu Hao came with the young family member Li Ming, who was Li Dong's nephew, who had never experienced anything and couldn't hold his breath, so he raised his hand and showed the short gun, and shouted: "Hand over Xiulan's sister-in-law!" ”

In addition to shotguns, the control of muskets in the interior of the Central Plains is extremely strict, and it is a felony for the people to possess guns without permission, so they can't frighten the well-informed big flower girl, pointing to their hearts, and saying provocatively: "Shoot!" ”

I want to shoot the last time Xu's family shot, but Xu Hao personally entered the palace to plead guilty, and even handed over all the guns in the house.

Liu Da didn't bring a musket when he came out, and Li Ming was also stunned all of a sudden, not knowing what to do. Xu Hao stretched out his hand, snatched the gun, and with a snap shot, broke up the big flower girl's high bun full of golden hairpins.

"Mother!" Han Da Fool screamed in fright.

The big flower girl didn't blink her eyelids, and unbuttoned her clothes without changing her face, revealing a touch of pink bib, and shouted: "There is a kind of fight here!" ”

Xu Hao smiled and said, "When I don't dare? Big Flower Girl, my name is Xu Hao! ”

"Xu, Xu Hao?" Dahua Niang's face turned white, cold sweat immediately trickled down her sideburns, and her legs trembled.

The shadow of the famous tree, Xu Hao's prestige in the north is known to women and children, how can Dahua Niang, as a well-informed local snake, not know? Besides, he was born in the sect, how could he not even know Xu Sanye on Qin Huai?

"It turned out to be Xu Sanye." Da Hua Niang knew that she could not afford to offend the other party, and was just about to give in, but she saw that some officers and soldiers were rushing here, and immediately changed her mind. (To be continued......)