After the Chinese New Year, Chang'an City was a little depressed.
The heavy snow falling one after another outside not only blocked pedestrians, but also made those businessmen who were planning to rush back after the New Year sigh at the snow, and had no choice but to postpone their return date again and again.
And a large city lacking merchants, no matter how majestic and prosperous it was before, looking at it now, it always feels like it lacks some fireworks.
Merchants can't do business, farmers can't farm, and even the few workers can't work.
If this goes on for a long time, the consequences will be: on the streets of Chang'an, there will be countless idle libertines, as well as a bunch of old men and women gathered here and there.
On a normal day, these people would be eager to dig up other people's ancestors and talk about it! Not to mention, in such idle days, they can actually see a team welcoming the bride!
So, the word spread to ten, and the first thing Xiao Han saw when he entered the city was the idlers on both sides of the street, with their hands folded and their feet crossed, ready to watch the excitement!
"Hey, who is this? Are you in such a hurry to get a wife in the first month of the year?"
"Hey, maybe it's because I got pregnant, so I got married in a hurry to cover it up!"
"That's right, if you don't have a decent family, who will welcome the bride in the first month of the year?"
Among the people watching the excitement on the street, a few green-skinned men were mixed in the team, laughing and pointing at the wedding team approaching from a distance. Among them, a green-skinned man who was about twenty years old and had a scar on his face
He rolled his eyes and suddenly smiled maliciously:
"Since we're not serious people, it's okay for me to have nothing to do anyway. Otherwise..."
"Um..." Another older Qingpi looked around and hesitated: "There are too many people, isn't it good?"
"Not so good?" Hearing this, the young Qingpi glanced at him disdainfully: "What's not so good about this? The brothers came forward to ask for some wedding money, and they were just happy. Is it possible that this is a crime?
Wang Fa?"
"The king's law is not violated, but this happy event..." Qingpi, who is older, still hesitates. If there are not many people watching on weekdays, they will blackmail them if they come forward, but there are too many people watching today.
, he is also afraid that if he does something bad, he will cause trouble again.
"If you don't dare, just stay here! Wait for the brothers to get the money for wine and meat, and you can watch from the side! Let's go! Brothers, go and ask for the reward!" The young Qingpi sneered at the man, and then said:
Without hesitation, he was the first to walk towards the approaching team.
Behind him, the green-skinned men immediately became energetic when they saw someone taking the lead. They jumped out laughing and followed, and while walking forward, they did not forget to encourage the people around them:
"Let's go! I want a reward!"
"Yes, yes! First come, first served!"
However, no matter how much these people instigated, the people around them still just watched the excitement with their hands folded, and had no intention of getting involved with these guys who were a stinker on the street.
On the street, Xiao Han and his party also saw this group of green skins at this time. They saw that they had come to the middle of the road and blocked their way. The fool who opened the way for Xiao Han frowned and was about to scold him, but was stopped by the man next to him.
Xiaodong stopped him.
"The Marquis is very happy today! Don't rush into the happy event!"
After whispering something in the ear of the idiot, Xiaodong put on a smiling face, quickly stepped forward on his horse, and said to the leader Qingpi: "Haha, my Marquis is very happy today, could you please make way for me, brothers?"
"Master Hou?"
And when they heard that Xiaodong said that the bride was a Marquis, the few green men who were so arrogant just now were a little dumbfounded, and some of them were so frightened that their calves began to tremble. How could they have imagined that such a girl looked ordinary?
The wedding team was actually from the Marquis’ family!
"etc!"
Seeing that several of the green men's faces turned pale, they retreated! The leader of the green men also shuddered, and reluctantly looked at Xiao Han, who was wearing the groom's official uniform in the team, but with this look, he seemed to have discovered something.
Usually, the heart that was trembling just now will immediately become energetic.
Lord Marquis, this may be a great figure in other places, but in Chang'an City, where a few ministers can be smashed out by just throwing a brick, it is really nothing!
In addition, when he first conquered the world, because Li Yuan generously rewarded the world and created a large number of nominal marquises, there were quite a few shabby households with the title of marquises on the streets of Chang'an. Seeing that Xiao Han was so young, Qingpi immediately became
Think of him as one of those second-generation ancestors who inherited a false name.
"You said today is your Marquis' great joy?" Thinking of this, Qingpi straightened his back again, and said to Xiaodong with a smile on his face: "You guys, you must congratulate me!"
After that, I saw him casually salute to the approaching team, and then stretched out his hand, making a gesture of asking for reward.
Seeing Qingpi's generous look, Xiaodong's anger flashed away, but thinking of today's day, he still took out a few big coins from his arms and threw them over: "Thank you! This little happy money, and
Brothers are very happy!"
Qingpi saw Xiaodong throwing the money, but he did not reach out to catch it. He let several big characters fall on the bluestone at his feet, making a clanking sound.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Looking at the copper coins rolling randomly on the ground, Qingpi squinted his eyes and clucked his tongue a few times: "A man as big as the Marquis is given such a small amount of money to welcome his bride. Are you planning to send it away to beg for food?"
"What are you going to do?"
Everyone said that the clay figurine was still very angry, let alone Xiaodong. Seeing Qingpi in front of him being so disrespectful, Xiaodong's words turned cold.
"Nothing!" Qingpi shook his hands: "You said it was your Marquis who was welcoming the bride, so wouldn't it be too embarrassing for your Marquis to give you a few big coins? Why can't you give someone one or two coins?
Is it consistent with your status as a Marquis?"
"One piece of money? Two pieces of money? Aren't you afraid that if I throw it over, I'll kill you?" Xiaodong was very angry at Qingpi's words. The happy money thing is purely for luck. Whoever throws the happy money will have a lot of money.
Lost a bunch of them?
"Are you looking down on the brothers?" Seeing the wedding team getting closer and closer, Qingpi became more and more proud. He pointed at the hesitant accomplices behind him and said, "You give me two ounces of money each.
Brothers can handle it too!"
"Oh? Can you really catch it?"
As soon as Qingpi finished speaking, a gloomy voice came from behind Xiaodong.
"Who?" Qingpi was startled by the voice and quickly raised his eyes to look forward. Unexpectedly, this sight almost frightened him so much that he sat down on the ground!
Because right behind Xiaodong, unexpectedly, there was a man with flowers on his head, a pale face, and a bloody face!
