Chapter 6 Red Makeup (I)

Bianjing, prosperity remains the same.

On the streets with wide connections, there were noises and hawking sounds one after another. Several boys were holding thin willows and chasing each other.

In the crowded market, there is no depression and gloom that was half a year ago. People are used to forgetting and enjoying a moment of peace in troubled times.

The golden wind and silver rain for several months are enough to wash away any blood. The chaotic times that lasted for more than 70 years have also made people get used to the changes in the royal flag on the top of the city. Whether the Zhu family became the Li family or the Liu family became the Guo family, it will not cause too much shock, and few people feel sorry.

Life always has to go on. The firewood, rice, oil and salt on the ground cannot be guaranteed. Who has the extra effort to taste the turmoil in the sky? For ordinary people, which emperor does not collect taxes, can the labor of the court escape? Whoever became the emperor, who usurped his throne, and what does it have to do with me?

"Hurry up, hurry up, this one comes ten baskets, that one, and that one. Ask the shopkeeper how much they have, and send them all to the mansion!" Among the crowds, there was a team of people who were particularly conspicuous. The leading butler kept guiding the goods around. Several strong men with burly figures kept moving the goods to the carriage, which was not like buying them normally, but rather a large-scale hoarding of supplies before the army set out.

"Who are you going to hit again?" Someone secretly glanced at the tall backs of the strong men, bent down, and murmured to his companions around him.

Although the Great Zhou Dynasty was established for less than a year, there were many battles in the past seven or eight months. The men drove in groups with swords and guns, which was not a scenic spot in Bianliang City. Fortunately, all these battles were won. The Khitans temporarily gave up their ambition to go south, and the troops of the Southern Tang and Western Shu were also driven back to their hometowns. As for the major rebellious forces led by Murong Yanchao, they were even more destroyed. They were defeated and could no longer pose any threat to the court.

"It's not about to fight, you see the goods they bought. It's clearly what the family wants to do weddings!" An old man from Yaxing who came to Bianliang to help people buy goods, stood up and responded with envy. "It's a pity that this family has a high threshold and is unwilling to use the lowest-ranking ones of us. Otherwise, if anyone can help with a favor, he won't have to worry about the next two or three years!"

"Yes, yes!" On the tea stall on the roadside, several people dressed in merchants, holding tea bowls, nodding frequently.

"Well, indeed! I don't know which noble man it was, but he was so generous! How many times have these people been back and forth since the morning? Judging from this attitude, it seems that they will not give up until they have moved the things in the market!" A man who had just sat down took a sip of coarse tea, biting the hard tea stem, and shook his head constantly.

"A few guests have just arrived in Bianliang, aren't they?" The waiter at the tea stall was obviously a person who couldn't hide his words. He asked with a smile while holding a teapot to fill in the boiled water for the guests.

This kind of opening remark never requires the other party to respond. Sure enough, before everyone can admit it or shake their heads, he spoke again, "They are people in the residence of the Zhenji Jiedushi, and they are the ones who prepare for the wedding of the Champion Hou."

"Zhenji Jiedushi?"

"Champion Hou?"

"Which Zhenji Jiedushi? Why have we never heard of this official title?"

"Didn't this conferring the entire Hebei to him? What a great official..."

The tea guests were immediately attracted to the appetite and asked in a lingering manner.

However, the waiter suddenly became cautious and cautious again. He just smiled and continued to fill the boiled water in everyone's bowls, but refused to say a word more.

Now, the tea guests were so itchy that they couldn't scratch them. They held the tea that had long been drunk, and the expression on their faces was even more uncomfortable than the cat who smelled fishy but couldn't eat their mouths.

"Let's have another pot of dragon ball! I'm going to count my accounts and I'm destined to be with my brothers!" The old master Yaxing reacted the fastest, and suddenly had an idea, took out five white money from his pocket and placed it gently on the table.

The white-skinned coins were cast by the previous dynasty. Although the quality was very poor, they were still hard currency. Suddenly, the "seal" on the waiter's mouth disappeared. He shouted high, "Haol!", and then he collected the money with dazzling actions, brewed tea and poured water. In a moment, he changed all the guests on the table to new tea, and then he did not even breathe, and quickly added: "Of course, it is the newly enfeoffed Zhenji Jiedushi, the champion Hou, Zheng Ziming General Zheng! Several guest officials came unfortunately. If they had come to Bianliang for half a month earlier, tsk..., the scene when the prince and General Zheng returned to the court, tsk..., the entire Bianliang City was opened!"

"Oh!" Zhongchakes opened their mouths half open and nodded frequently.

In this troubled world, if you don’t understand some current affairs, you will definitely suffer a big loss. Therefore, they don’t feel disgusted with Cha Xiaoer’s “mouth selling” behavior. On the contrary, they are willing to spend some small money to quickly make up for their shortcomings in “well-informed”.

So someone took out money and bought soybeans, shepherd's purse and other affordable snacks, and invited tea guests at the same table to share them. The waiter collected the money and became more and more excited. He gently twitched his hand towel in his palm and continued to add loudly, "Let's talk about our Marquis Zheng, a close disciple of Chen Tuan's ancestor. He has a martial arts skills that are beyond the reach of thousands of men, and he also has a superb medical skill that can lead to life and death, flesh and bones..."

"Oh, I remembered it. Are you talking about the stone, the young hero Zheng Ziming who blocked the 100,000 Youzhou army with a thousand village braves and attacked the Khitan Xiao Tianci?" A tea chef suddenly realized and slapped the table hard, shaking the teacup on the table for several inches, and splashing water.

"Yes, yes, yes, I remembered it too!"

"It must be him, it must be him!"

"No wonder, except him, who deserves the title of Champion Hou. Last time..."

The tea guests were not angry, but instead stroking their hands and clapping their hands, slapping the table, all of them were inexplicably excited.

Others are promoted and wealthy, but they don’t do anything to everyone. However, the prince Guo Rong and Zheng Ziming, Zheng Sanye have been friends with everyone, and it makes people feel close to each other when they mention it. Moreover, since his debut, Zheng Sanye has either killed bandits or Khitan strong men. The blade has never pointed at his own people, so no matter how high the official position is, it is natural.

"A few of you are talking about the old emperor's experience. Our Master Zheng San has done something earth-shaking recently! Otherwise, how could he have just been appointed as the governor of Henghai Army and was promoted to the governor of Zhenji in a blink of an eye!" The waiter was unwilling to be stolen by the tea shops, and then knocked his palm with a hand towel, and added mysteriously on his face.

"What's the matter?" Zhongchakes were once again itchy, and they stopped talking and asked in a low voice.

"Of course, it was sneaking into Liaodong and upset the Khitan Kingdom! Haven't you heard that the Khitan Emperor was scared and sent people to look for a doctor every day!" Cha Xiaoer raised his head, put his hands on his hips, as if he had followed Zheng Ziming's saddle. "A few months ago, the prince ordered people to take the banner of Zheng Sanye to attract the attention of the Khitan people in front. But behind his back, he ordered Zheng Sanye to sneak into the Khitan's nest with more than a dozen heroes. Then he killed people and set fire to kill the Khitan Kingdom so much that he couldn't sleep well. He had to transfer the army that had been sent south to fight for the world back to protect the enemy. Guess what the result was?"

"What's wrong? Tell me quickly!"

"Add another dish of soybeans!"

"A plate of vinegar celery!"

"Lotus root, lotus root, and what other things you have, just watch and add it!"

...

The tea shoppers were so anxious that they took the pocket money in their pockets to the desktop one after another.

Cha Xiaoer quickly swept his eyes, feeling that the number was almost the same. He smiled and bent down and said in an extremely low voice: "Mr. Zheng San, with more than a dozen heroes, first walked around the grassland for nine days and nine nights, and dragged the Khitan army to exhaustion. Then he patted his butt on the boat and went straight to the sea along the river. More than 100,000 Khitan dog thieves could only stand on the shore and watch. No one could do anything to them!"

"This..." The answer is really incredible. The tea guests blinked for a long time before slapped their chests and sighed, "Huh! It turns out that Master Zheng San still hid this trick. I'm just saying it? His Cangzhou navy cannot just fight whales!"

"I guess it was to fight whales to train soldiers at the beginning. Our Master Zheng San really had one more eye on his forehead than others!"

"Hey, this trick is great. Go to the Khitans' grass valley from the sea. Use his own way to cure his body!"

"Well, well, this time, the Khitans go south to build grass valley in the future. Our Master Zheng San immediately set sail and headed straight to the Khitans' nest..."

"Drinking!"

"Drinking!" "Drinking!" "Drinking!"

While the tea guests were supplementing the heroic posture of killing enemies in their minds, they used tea instead of wine and drank happily.

"I don't know which daughter can marry such a young hero with God?" After a round of hot tea fell, someone turned his head and looked at the carriage that was moving goods, and sighed with envy.

"Of course it's Chang Jiedu's daughter? Have you never heard of it? They were originally brothers and sisters, and they grew up learning art together. They were all young!"

"It should be the three girls of the Tao family? Didn't it mean that in the few times when they fought against the Khitans, the three girls of the Tao family once personally carried a shield to cover the arrows for him?"

"Maybe it was the one from Huyan's family who married the daughter of Huyan's family, and then took the troops to ask his father-in-law for a dowry, haha, look at that Huyan's old man..."
Chapter completed!