There are twenty brothels, large and small, in Bianliang City, and Siguilou is considered one of the more famous ones. The tragic death of the courtesan Yuening, who was both beautiful and beautiful, died tragically in the room, which only aroused moderate public opinion.
At first, some people speculated whether it was related to the haunted incident at the city gate a while ago. They suspected that evil ghosts had entered the inner city to harm people, and people were panicked for a while.
However, the government soon intervened and arrested those who spread the rumors.
However, the detectives in the torture room failed to find the murderer. They only found a few rough hairs in the room, which were suspected to be some kind of wild beast. In the end, the case was dropped.
Even if she is an oiran, she is still a prostitute after all. Even if she has slept with all her benefactors, no man will feel sorry for Yue Ning's death.
However, Xu An, Yue Ning's courtesan's best friend, never came to see her after her death. She was so cold and heartless that not only some people lamented that she was heartless, but most of them were scholars.
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At this time, Xie Changyuan was squatting in an alley in a slum in the north of the city. He was wearing a black cloak to cover his figure, holding a braised pig's trotter in his hand, and his mouth was full of oil.
Next to it, stood Yan Yong, a hawker who was about to go to the east of the city to set up a stall. This lean man was leaning on the cart, looking at the cigarette without taking a puff, but his eyes habitually wandered back and forth on both sides of the alley.
In Bianliang City, where the beef policy was enacted, these little people who set up stalls and run ghosts had to keep an eye on all directions and listen to all directions in order to survive in the hands of the government officials.
Xie Changyuan did not leave the city that night. After getting rid of Lu Heng, he went all the way north and hid with his eldest sister Guan Suzhi for five days in a row.
During this period, Guan Suzhi's subordinate Agou went out to inquire about the news in person, but learned that the government was not looking for Xie Changyuan.
At first, Xie Changyuan thought that Lu Heng was really beaten to death by him, or was seriously injured and unconscious. Otherwise, why wouldn't an arrest warrant be issued for him?
After all, in the Song Dynasty, breaking into the capital at night to kill the Jin Yiwei was a serious crime.
But Agou brought back another piece of news that completely confused him.
Just yesterday, National Master Lu Heng appeared in the arena in the east of the city and brought a new champion. He sat in an arena and competed with those who were dissatisfied with the Twelve Divine Palaces in the past.
And with the emergence of a new champion, half a month has passed since the start of the arena, and people were finally beaten to death on the spot.
It is said that this new champion is ruthless and very capable. He has often used brute force to dismember his opponents alive in several battles. However, anyone who challenges him will end up dead with their whole bodies intact.
Of course, Xie Changyuan was not interested in this. After learning that no one wanted him, Xie Changyuan left Guan Suzhi's house on the fifth day. As soon as he went out, he ran into Yan Yong who was setting up a stall. He took this opportunity to quickly buy a delicious and delicious bottle.
I gnawed on the braised pig's trotters, not to mention how pleasant it was.
"Xie Zhuangshi, if you are afraid of not finding me, just come here from now on. My family lives in the alley next door, and you will definitely come to my door if you smell it." Yan Yong said with a smile.
His words were sincere and he obviously had good intentions towards Xie Changyuan in his heart.
Xie Changyuan nodded, put the last piece of pork leg bone into his mouth and shaved it clean.
"Your craftsmanship is so good, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it after I leave Song State."
After speaking, he took out a dozen copper coins from his pocket and handed them to Yan Yong. The latter took the money with a smile. He was about to say something, but his attention was suddenly attracted by the movement on the street.
The two of them looked at the door of the first house at the end of the alley and saw two government servants with tilted heads and squinting eyes. They were yelling at the men of that house and at the same time they stepped forward to tear up a statue of a god that was stuck on the door.
He got down, turned around and kicked the man again.
Seeing that the yamen servant was still trying to take someone away, the mistress of the house hurriedly ran into the house and came out after a while. She stuffed ten copper coins into the yamen servant's hand. The yamen servant's face looked better now, but obviously ten copper coins were not enough.
Too much.
Xie Changyuan looked at it from a distance and couldn't help but ask.
"What were they tearing up?"
Yan Yong glanced at the side a few more times and then said helplessly.
"This is General Sun Xin, the door god worshiped by the people of the Song Dynasty. He was born three hundred years ago and was the general who defended Bianliang City. I heard that he was quite brave and had a deep friendship with the emperor at that time, so he was recognized after his death.
He was granted the title of Door God."
"What are these two government officials doing?" Xie Changyuan asked again.
Obviously, he was very disgusted with this kind of extortion of people by official business. After all, he saw with his own eyes these two people making things difficult for that family and asking for money.
In this regard, Yan Yong explained.
"I heard that the Song Dynasty will soon seek refuge in some bullshit Twelve Gods Palace. Now the Taoist temples and temples in Bianliang City have been closed down, and all the monks have been arrested. The imperial court has also issued a decree that all the gods privately worshiped by the people must be banned.
It must be revoked and the Twelve Divine Palaces should be uniformly respected."
After speaking, Yan Yong was full of helplessness and resentment, but now that the government servants were coming, he could only silently push the cart away.
Xie Changyuan did not cause any trouble and left with Yan Yong, hiding for five days. At this time, he needed to go back to the ruined temple outside the city.
There is also half a slice of homemade smoked meat.