When Li Siye returned to Xinchangfang, there were stalls selling candies and soup cakes on the main street. Soup cakes are actually a kind of noodle soup, and there can't be too many condiments. Green onions and Sichuan pepper are floating on the soup, which makes it taste delicious.
It's quite good. The vendors have been finding the best ratio of ingredients all year round, which is not easy.
He squatted on the ground and ate a bowl, then spent money to buy another bowl for his sister. He was about to go back with the soup cakes, but was stopped by the vendor.
"Lang Jun, it's not that I can't trust you, it's just that this bowl of mine..."
Li Siye turned around and said, "How much does this bowl cost? I'll pay you a deposit first, and you can pay me back when I return the bowl."
The vendor lowered his head and thought, this might be a good idea. He waved his sleeves and said, "Okay, it's up to you."
Although the black porcelain bowl was thick, the soup was too hot, so Li Siye had to use his sleeves to prop it up and go home cautiously.
There was a rough horse-mounting stone at the door. Li Siye put the bowl on the stone and reached out to knock on the door: "Mei'er, it's me, brother is back!"
The sound of his sister's shuffling footsteps came from the yard, the door stop was pulled open, and the door stick was removed. Li Siye walked in holding a steaming bowl, and said with a smile: "Quick, come in and eat while it's hot.
"
Li Siye has a kind of guilt mentality, always thinking that he is a dove occupying Li Siye's body. If it is any other ordinary person, or a short-lived ghost, or there is a crisis that needs to be resolved, he can use his abilities to occupy it.
It would be better to get out of the crisis.
But this one is different. He will be a general in the future and does not need him to resolve the crisis. The only thing he can do now is to take good care of his sister and not let Meier think that his brother's temperament has changed drastically and he has gradually become cold and cold, just like
The green-haired lion who pretended to be the black-bone king in Journey to the West is as ruthless.
He brought the jar with the money over, placed it on the wool felt, and put the hot soup cake on the jar. This way, Li Meier did not have to lie on the ground to lick the soup from the edge of the bowl, making it easier to sit and eat.
Li Meier looked up at his brother, held the chopsticks in both hands and handed them to Li Siye: "Brother, you eat first."
"Brother has already eaten."
She happily took back the chopsticks, lowered her head to fish out the noodles in the soup, and occasionally raised her eyes to steal a glance at her brother, with a rather complicated joy.
The little girl's mind is also quite complex, but she won't tell her brother's changes. It's not easy to tell which one is better between a rough old man who takes everything as it comes and a rough old man who starts to be delicate and caring about people. But it's not easy to judge now.
No matter how he changes, isn't he still her brother?
Li Meier scooped out all the noodles in the soup, leaving only a few chopped green onions floating on the water.
"I'm full." She breathed a long sigh of relief and lay down on the wool felt.
Li Siye reached out to pick up the bowl, walked to the door, put on his shoes, walked to the yard, and poured the remaining soup under the mulberry tree.
He turned around and walked to the door and said to Li Meier: "I'm going out, you just stay at home and take care of the house."
Li Meier nodded silently and poked the bamboo dragonfly in his hand, looking bored.
Li Siye walked out of the courtyard and thought as he walked, she seemed to be eight years old. At this age, she should usually go to school. But now in the Tang Dynasty, many boys from ordinary families could not afford to study, let alone a little girl. If he
If you teach by yourself, you can at most teach a female boxer. You might as well forget about being a teacher teaching cultural classes.
He thought that he should visit Wuhou Shop first, but it was not appropriate to go empty-handed, so he simply went to the wine shop in Jinggongfang opposite and bought a can of wine.
Wuhou Pu is usually built in the four corners of the square wall. Large squares have Wuhou Pu at the four corners. Small squares like Xinchang are close to the two corners of the north and south gates. There are three or four people on each bunk.
, are all managed by the Wu Hou Chiefs in the square. These Wu Hous all wear blue-black cloth back armor and barrier knives, and are responsible for curfew patrols in the square.
Li Siye stood at the door holding a wine jar and looked inside the house. Immediately two people came out and asked with raised eyebrows: "What are you doing!"
He held the wine flask in his hands and bowed, saying: "I am Li Siye, a newly recruited bad guy from Wannian County. I am here to visit Chief Wu Hou."
The two men held the hilts of the barrier swords and walked majestically to Li Siye. They circled around him with a threatening attitude, then nodded and said: "Go in."
Li Siye followed the two people into the house. The first thing he saw was the bunk bed against the wall. The wooden boards were covered with straw mats, and the bedding was rolled up against the wall. There was a low table in the open space by the window, and he was sitting on the short mat with a standard posture.
, holding a black pottery cup in his hand, tasting the wine sparingly.
The other Marquis Wu gathered around a small clay stove, holding small bowls and drinking water. They sat in a random posture, with their buttocks on the floor and their legs crossed. This was an unruly sitting posture. If a superior came to inspect, they would never dare to do so.
in this way.
Li Siye put the wine jar on Marquis Wu's table with a wink, and tried his best to put on a smile: "Li Siye, a bad man from Wannian County, came here to visit Marquis Wu. This small amount of wine is just a small thought and not a sign of respect."
The Marquis Wu stretched out his hand to rub the wine jar, raised his head and looked at Li Siye: "Your son doesn't look like a bad person."
Hearing this, Li Siye quickly lowered his head and said: "I just went to the county hall yesterday to register for a quota. If Marquis Wu doesn't believe it, he can ask the bad commander Zhang Xiaojing. I am following him now."
Wu Houchang shook his head and said: "That's not what I meant. What I mean is that your child has not had any bad deeds before. It is not easy to be a bad person. If you don't have a reputation in the public, you will not be able to stand up easily."
He thought for a while and then asked tentatively: "I just maimed General Tuqishi in the Western Market yesterday, does this count?"
Marquis Wu raised his head and glanced at him strangely before sighing and saying: "Being able to brag is considered a skill, but this skill is just like bragging, it is easy to break. Alas, the police officers used in the county now are the same.
It’s better to have a new crop.”
Although Wu Hou said this, he was not polite to him. He directly pulled out the seal of the gift, poured half a bowl for himself, drank it down greedily, and then poured half a bowl for Li Siye and handed it out: "Here.
, drink, this is the wine you sent, and you can also get some of your own glory."
Li Siye hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it, holding the wine bowl in both hands and pouring it into his stomach.
"Your son is an honest person. Since Zhang Xiaojing assigned Xinchangfang to you, you can't just visit me. Su Fangzheng also has to visit. As for other things, the residents in this village are quite ordinary, and there are no big officials.
It’s pretty easy to do.”
Li Siye didn't understand what he meant when he said it was easy, so he just bowed his hands and walked out. He went to Jinggongfang to buy some wine, and really went to visit Sufangzheng. It felt like he was paying homage to the mountain.
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In the early morning of the third day, Li Siye fetched cold water with a wooden bucket at the well in the yard, and started brushing his teeth with a willow branch dipped in green salt. This thing was rough and difficult to use, and his mouth was completely bald.
He squirted out the green salt from his mouth and rinsed his mouth with water from the wooden ladle. Just as he was about to turn back, Zhang Xiaojing suddenly barged in and said with a serious look on his face: "Siye, come out with me, we have work.
"
Li Siye quickly threw down the water ladle, went back to the house, put on the turban, picked up the sword standing in the corner, and hung it on his waist.
"Mei'er, take good care of your house."
He accelerated after Zhang Xiaojing and rushed towards Jinggongfang on the opposite side of the street. At the same time, two groups of armored soldiers came running from both ends of the street. These were not the Marquis of Wu, but the street envoys of the Jinwu Guards leading their soldiers. Li Siye was surprised.
It was discovered that they were running in the same direction.
Two more bad guys ran over, and when they came to the foot of the wall of the Zoroastrian Temple, Zhao Lu and Ma Zhiyuan asked breathlessly: "What happened?"
Zhang Xiaojing didn't answer, but looked up at the gray tiles on the door wall with one eye narrowed, and two pieces of it had been kicked down by someone.
The street envoy stood in front of the door wall and pointed to the left and right. The soldiers divided into two teams and surrounded the temple. It seemed that they were just surrounding the temple without any follow-up actions, as if they were waiting for someone to speak.
Zhang Xiaojing didn't move either. His eyes were full of suspicion and he was chewing mint leaves in his mouth.
Not long after waiting, Lieutenant Zhang from Wannian County came on horseback, accompanied by the county magistrate, officials from Jingzhao Prefecture, and officials from Jinwu Guard Youyi Prefecture. This battle surprised Li Siye.
Why are so many officials here?
Even Zhang Xiaojing felt strange and murmured to himself: "Why is Hucao joining the army in Jingzhao Mansion? This matter has nothing to do with household registration and taxes."
Several adults were riding on their horses and stopped in the distance. Only the county captain Zhang Hong got off his horse and seemed to be waiting for the superior officials to make a decision.