In Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo, by the Cai River, Zhao Pu staggered a little. The string of money hanging around his waist made him feel particularly heavy.
This heaviness is not in a physical sense, but in a psychological sense.
After discovering Zhenbao'er's gold medal, Zhao Pu also discovered a large number of gold and silver ornaments for wearing in Jiasanku.
These were obviously looted. Although the shopkeepers present did not speak, they all understood where these gold and silver ornaments came from.
This extra amount of money is always a little more than ICBC, which is the silver reward that Daxiangguo Temple sealed their mouths.
As soon as he reached the door of his house, Zhao Pu's younger brother Zhao Anyi rushed over happily. When he saw a bunch of money on Zhao Pu's waist, he even let out an exclamation of satisfaction.
The sick wife, Mrs. Wei, was also holding herself up and waiting for the door. When she saw Zhao Pu's safe return, her face was filled with a gentle smile.
Tingting's sister-in-law, who was fifteen years old and wearing a colorful cloth skirt and jingle hairpin, was also holding his infant son in her arms, and was filled with joy.
Although Zhao Pu felt heavy in his heart, he still had a happy smile on his face when he saw his relatives.
He took his son from his sister-in-law, who naturally followed him into the house with his wife.
His younger brother Zhao Anyi, who has a free-spirited personality, got his orders and was about to buy some refined white flour, mutton, chicken, etc.
"Big brother, I want to eat a bowl of sugar, mung bean and licorice snow."
The fifteen-year-old sister-in-law was the most talkative. When she saw her brother-in-law receiving a huge reward, she immediately grabbed Zhao Pu's arm and started acting coquettishly.
"Haha! Okay! Buy! Buy a big bowl!" Zhao Pu was in a good mood and shouted to his younger brother Zhao Anyi.
Well! There is probably no brother-in-law who can match the coquettishness of a young and beautiful sister-in-law, unless he is abnormal.
The upright adolescent brother Zhao Anyi curled his lips and muttered.
"A bowl of sugar, mung bean, licorice and snow costs several pennies, which can even buy half a sheep's head."
At this time in Tokyo, because the imperial court was monopolizing sugar, the price of sugar was very high. For the price of such a large bowl of sugar water, ordinary people could afford a meal for the whole family.
"You're so mumbling! I'm missing out on your food? Go and cut a whole batch of sheep's heads, buy some prepared pork and badger meat, and get four jiao of wine. You and I will have a drink later!"
Zhao Puke was not so gentle towards his rebellious younger brother, and scolded him immediately.
But Zhao Anyi doesn't care. The cut sheep head is finely chopped sheep head meat, which is his favorite. Although the pork badger meat is cheaper, it is large and filling.
Four corners of wine weighed about two kilograms in later generations, which was enough for the two brothers to have a good meal.
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This meal was the best meal that Zhao Pu's family has had in the past few years. In less than ten years, as the most prosperous city in the Central Plains, Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo suffered three attacks. Most people were struggling to survive.
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Zhao Pu's wife must have some lung problems. Although she is not tuberculosis, her health has not been very good.
She watched Zhao Pu keep picking up food for her sister, her face was not dissatisfied at all, but she was very pleased.
Because her health has gotten worse since she gave birth to a child. Not to mention taking care of the housework and not having others to serve her, even if it is good, she cannot even fulfill the responsibilities of a wife, which is humane.
She knows her own body, and Zhao's wife knows that she will not live long. The only people she cannot let go of are her husband and son.
If after leaving, she can let her husband marry her sister as a sequel, then she has nothing to worry about.
Although it was low-alcohol fruit rice wine, Zhao Anyi still drank too much. He staggered a few steps, and finally fell to the ground and fell asleep directly. Zhao Pu was also a little drunk.
At this moment, his sister-in-law Wei brought out his sugared mung bean, licorice and snow, but she did not drink it immediately. Instead, she clasped her hands together and recited the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra.
"Why are you chanting sutras over a bowl of mung bean soup, Mei Niang? Could it be that you've also eaten too much wine?"
Zhao Pu was lying on his back, looking at his sister-in-law with a red face, and he felt as if a kitten was scratching her.
The sister-in-law didn't want to raise her head anymore, but her eyes were filled with tears. She looked at Zhao Pu with pear blossoms in her eyes and replied.
"This sugared mung bean and licorice snow is Sister Zhou's favorite soup. In the past few years, my sister often invited me to eat. I thought I could treat you back some time, but I don't want to never see you again!"
After saying that, sister-in-law Wei threw herself on the table and started crying.
Zhao Pu felt numb all over, and he woke up immediately after drinking. The blood-stained gold medal with the three characters "Zhenbaoer" engraved on it kept spinning in his mind.
Thinking back to the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra that his sister-in-law had just recited, Zhao Pu felt so bored that he wanted to rush out and yell to vent the anger in his heart.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the door, Zhao's wife lost all color on her face, and her sister-in-law also showed a scared look.
"Mei Niang, hurry up and leave through the back door, that libertine is here again!"
"How dare you, thief! If you go all out today, I'll give this thief a blow from me!"
Before Zhao Pu could speak, his younger brother Zhao Anyi, who was sleeping drunk, suddenly jumped up, and he didn't know when a whistle stick appeared in his hand.
Zhao's wife was unable to stop her, so she was so frightened that she burst into tears and said to Zhao Pu while crying.
"In the past few days when the husband has been away from work, Mei Niang has been attracted by a dandy, and he has been harassing her almost every day."
The wife's cry woke up the sleeping child again, and the infant also began to cry loudly. My sister-in-law Mei Niang leaned stupidly against the corner, her white face full of panic.
Scenes of the treasure being snatched away like a kitten, the neighbor's clerk having his neck cut off, and the bloody gold medal were rolling through Zhao Pu's mind.
I don’t want to escape the Khitans, but I still can’t escape the Hexi people!
At this moment, Zhao Pu, who had been worn away by life, his anger and fear reached the extreme, and he shouted.
"A man cannot protect his wife and children while he is alive. This world is as dark as ink with no light at all. What's the use of leaving this body behind?"
Suddenly, he also picked up a whistle stick in the corner and ran out the door.
However, Zhao Pu, who rushed out of the house, was stunned by the sight in front of him.
Unlike the dandy he imagined who was fighting with horses and fighting dogs with his servants and thugs, there was a group of ordinary people standing in his yard.
Some looked like grooms, waiters and clerks, but they deliberately opened their skirts to reveal the brocade clothes underneath.
A name crashed into Zhao Pu's mind like a thunderstorm.
The messenger in brocade!
"Hahaha! You kid, a certain family told you the day before yesterday that your stick skills are not practiced correctly. If you still don't believe me, I'll beat you all over the head!"
The most speechless scene appeared. A man who looked like a royal envoy in imperial robes was fighting with his younger brother Zhao Anyi with a whistle stick.
After a while, the whistle stick was knocked out of Zhao Anyi's hand, and then the man bullied him and struck him with a stick, which made Zhao Anyi cry like a ghost and howl like a wolf.
Zhao Pu grinned, but did not go up to stop him, because he could see that the Shangguan had reserved his hands.
The sticks were all directed towards fleshy areas such as the buttocks. Although the beating made Zhao Anyi scream, it actually did not cause any serious injuries.
Zhang Lieming had a good time. In terms of force, he was a scumbag in the Zhang family. Anyone could torture him. Now it was his turn to torture the vegetables. It was like a tiger descending from the mountain.
After waiting for a while, seeing that Zhang Lieming still had no intention of stopping, Zhao Pu could only wave the stick and let out a fierce and angry shout.
"The emperor broke three arrows at Xinzheng Gate and made a three-law agreement with the people of Tokyo. As the emperor's minions, officials are the emperor's minions. Do you know that the law is strict?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Lieming immediately took back his whistle stick, looked at Zhao Pu with a look of contempt and said.
"You man, don't talk nonsense. Now, your young man wants to rush out and harass a certain family. This certain family doesn't have any leverage to bully others. If he really wants to commit an attack, will there be anyone alive in your family?"
Before Zhang Lieming finished speaking, there was a squeak, and a young lady in a cloth skirt and jade hairpin jumped out of the house. She knelt on the ground with a thud. It was none other than Zhao Pu's sister-in-law, Mrs. Wei.
Wei took a deep look at Zhao Pu and then at Zhang Liecheng, with a look of determination on her face.
"Please let me go, sir. I am willing to go with you!"
When Zhao Pu heard this, veins popped up on his forehead, and a look of extreme pain suddenly appeared on his face.
Zhang Lieming looked at the brother-in-law and sister-in-law, smacked his mouth twice, and showed a look of disgust on his face.
"Who do you think Ye Ye is? Ye Ye is the nephew of the emperor and the son of the Zhang family in Shazhou. How could he do such a thing as robbing a daughter of the people?
Yeah, there is never a shortage of women. Just having a skin and thinking that others want to enter my house and have sex, are you dreaming?"
When he said this, Zhao Pu and his family were all stunned. This dude was not here for the beautiful Wei family, then who was he for?
Zhang Lieming snorted coldly, then lowered his voice, "This Zhao Dalang, do you really have nothing to talk to a certain family?"
As he spoke, Zhang Lieming opened his clothes a little more, deliberately displaying the brocade clothes he was wearing underneath for a tactical display.
Zhao Pu's mouth opened slightly. He had been thinking about protecting his sister-in-law Wei, and did not even think of the identity of the person opposite him.
Now that I think about it, what does the Jinyi Messenger do? Isn't it just to detect evil spirits?
After a few moments of the battle between heaven and man in his mind, Zhao Pu quickly made a choice. Today's Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo has no power, so how can it protect his wife, children, children and family?
"Servant! Zhao Pu of Changshan has something important to report! I am willing to serve the officials!"
Zhang Lieming chuckled and walked up to Zhao Pu who bowed to him to the end.
"Let me tell you first. If you want to serve the Jinyi Messenger, you can't just do ordinary merit."
Zhang Lieming is right. The assessment of a yamen like Jinyi Messenger is not as strict as usual. It is indeed not easy for ordinary people to get into it.
But when Zhao Pu changed his mind and told the story, Zhang Lieming's eyes straightened and he blurted out uncontrollably.
"Damn it! This Samana in Tokyo is more ruthless than those murderous monks in Shanzhou! Follow a certain family quickly."
After telling all the secrets, Zhao Pu felt much more relaxed and subconsciously asked: "Where are you going?"
Zhang Lieming patted Zhao Pu on the shoulder and said, "You farm slave is in great luck. If you go with someone to see the commander, you may not even be able to meet the emperor."
Meeting the Emperor! Zhao Pu, who had always suffered from his lack of power, suddenly felt dizzy, as if he had stepped on cotton.
Zhang Lieming didn't care about Zhao Pu's appearance. Let alone ordinary people, he was extremely nervous when he saw Zhang Zhao.
"Children, this little lady is really strong. Let's go! Take it back to someone."
The envoys in brocade clothes also laughed loudly on purpose, "Congratulations to the official for finding a beautiful woman! I will snatch her back and send her to the official's room."
This chapter has been completed!