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102: Plague(1/2)

In a teahouse in Beijing, Xie Lang was wearing casual clothes and sat in the corner of the first floor. There was a pot of tea and two small snacks in front of him, with Amber and Linglong accompanying him.

In all the high-end teahouses in the capital, there is a storyteller profession. Xie Lang came here to rest in a private visit and happened to meet a middle-aged man with a goat beard who was telling the story, talking about "Journey to the West". At this time, the other party was performing the three-time fight against the White Bone Demon with both emotions.

The guests below listened with relish, and Xie Lang was also interested.

The story is still the same story. Xie Lang also told Xie Chen from beginning to end. After that, she copied the book and sent it to the printing factory. Now she can hear almost all teahouses in Beijing, and there are even people constantly discussing it. The book has its own characteristics at a glance, and the connotation of the book can be thought-provoking, and the writing is indeed very exciting. Those who listen to it dare not be distracted at all.

Who is Wu Chengen? Why hasn’t anyone heard of this person in the Great Zhou Dynasty?

Could it be that the other party has not been involved in the world at all, but a person outside the world?

Otherwise, how could the other party write such a wonderful work?

I just don't know if the other party has any other works.

But it is worth it to be able to write such a good book in your lifetime.

Amber and Linglong were fascinated by the hearing. They were assigned to the Hall of Qinzheng. His Majesty usually told the story to His Majesty before going to bed. They had very little time to serve His Majesty in front of His Majesty, and they didn't need to follow him closely, so naturally they missed it.

Xiaomei is the daughter of a storyteller on stage. She basically follows her father to this teahouse to tell stories every day. She helps make tea and serve water for the guests.

Because the little girl is quite pretty, even her coarse clothes can't cover her smiling face full of youth. Some restless guests always like to take advantage of it.

Those who can come here and touch Xiaomei are basically some slutty men or rich masters. Even if they come in, they will not be able to deal with the shop assistants. After all, ordinary people can't afford to open a store.

Who can open a store in Shengjing, but who doesn’t have one or two acquaintances?

Therefore, when passing a table, the little sister was hugged by a white and fat man with a pair of shrewd eyes.

"..." Xiaomei was startled and looked at her father on the stage reflexively. Seeing that he seemed a little anxious, she hurriedly curbed the scream in her throat, "Master, please let go of the little girl."

The man kneaded Xiaomei's waist a few times. Seeing the little girl's weak look, he was even more lustful. But at least he knew that this was a public place, so he was a little restrained.

"Do you want to come to the master's mansion? The master will buy you jewelry and beautiful clothes, and you will never have to accompany your father to do some servant work here." The fat man looked at the little girl's budding look with lust. She was so tender, and her trembling and weak look made the pervert confused.

When Xie Lang saw the storyteller on the stage, his tone changed a little because his daughter was humiliated.

He looked at the fat man in gold and silver below with his eyes begging, hoping that the other party could let his daughter go.

However, this teahouse is located a little remote, and basically everyone who comes here is an ordinary person with a few spare money. This fat man is well-known in this area and has a lot of assets at home. They are not willing to cause trouble for outsiders.

"Gao Zhen!" Xie Lang looked down at the floating green tea leaves.

Outside, Gao Zhen walked in with extremely light steps, "Girl, what are your instructions?"

"The fat man was misbehaving and openly teased a good woman, sent him to Jingzhao Mansion, detained for fifteen days, and fined him ten taels."

Gao Zhen looked at the fat man. His multi-faceted palace career made Gao Zhen particularly aggressive when facing the eyes of some people.

"Yes, girl!"

After receiving the order, he walked to the fat man, looked down at the stunned person, and then rushed to the outsider to say, "Come on, take it to Jingzhao Mansion."

"yes!"

Two sword-wearing imperial guards came in outside. When they came to the man, they showed half of their swords with a clang.

The fat man was so scared that his whole body shivered, and the fat meat on his face rippled with ripples. "Get up and follow us."

"..." The fat man dared not resist, but the other party had a knife in his hand.

The exposed half of the blade is so bright that it makes people feel trembling.

"There are ten taels of silver." Gao Zhen's voice was a little feminine, but his eyes looked at the other person like a cold light.

"... Give it, give it to ten taels." The other party took out ten taels of silver from his arms tremblingly, carefully placed it on the table, and then was taken away by two imperial guards.

Gao Zhen grabbed the silver and stuffed it into Xiaomei, who was suppressing tears, "Miss, don't be afraid. Our lady is the most shameful man who teases a woman. If you encounter this situation in the future, just go to Jingzhao Mansion to sue the other party, don't swallow your anger."

Xiaomei stared at the white silver in her hand blankly. This was the first time she had seen so much money.

But the money was heavy in her hand, which made her feel sad.

She didn't want such money. Thinking of what the man did to her just now, Xiaomei's stomach was so disgusting that she wanted to vomit bile.

When her mother died of illness, she followed her father to go out in major teahouses when she was very young. Her father was telling stories, and she helped her to do some work in the teahouse. Although the father and daughter didn't make much money, they were enough to support their food and clothing.

I don't remember how many times I was touched by some disgusting people, but at this time she endured it sensibly because she understood that if she rebelled and made the guests unhappy, her father would have lost a storytelling place.

I thought I would still repeat such a nightmare this time, but I didn't want to be saved by the guests.

The man who raised his hand bowed to Xie Lang to thank him, but his storytelling behavior did not stop. However, his speech speed, which was originally anxious and worried, returned to normal again.

Xiaomei and Gao Zhen thanked him, went to the back hall to make a new pot of tea, and came to Xie Lang's side, "Thank you, little girl, for your help."

Xie Lang nodded and said nothing. This was a trivial matter for her. After all, this girl was a citizen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and she was not meddling in other people's business.

Amber stepped forward and took the teapot from Xiaomei with a smile, and said with a smile, "Miss must cherish herself in the future, and don't be humiliated for nothing. When encountering such a thing, when you go to Jingzhao Mansion, the yamen will not ignore it."

"The little girl has written it down, thank you for your advice." If what the other party said was true, Xiaomei would not be so scared.

What she was afraid of was that even if she sued the government, the other party would spend money to settle the matter. At that time, not only would she not be able to quell the injustice, but would be sentenced to slander by the yamen.

She is the most ordinary person, and she is most afraid of when she sees an official. Isn’t there a saying that “the word “official is open and you don’t have money, don’t come in if you have any reason or not.”

After listening to a passage of "Sun Wukong fights the White Bone Demon three times", the father and daughter packed up their own things and left. They had to go to the next house to continue their storytelling. There were several venues to rush every day, but they could earn two or three days before meals in one day.

Judging from Xiaomei's age, the man who whispered like this was probably to save a dowry for his daughter so that he could marry her grandly.

However, before leaving, the two of them came up to kowtow to Xie Lang. If it weren't for the fact that she had sent her family slaves to protect her, Xiaomei might have been bullied like what she would have been bullied.

The next storyteller tells the story of a scholar and a wealthy family's daughter. Xie Lang is not interested in such books that fantasize. These books are all products of the fantasy of some of the failed bookstores.

The general idea is nothing more than the story of a scholar meeting a wealthy daughter with both talent and appearance, and falling in love with the other party at first sight, but she was opposed by the other party’s parents. Then the scholar studied hard day and night, and finally won the honor of the toad palace, and then came back and slapped his daughter’s parents in the face and married the beautiful girl.

Please, this kind of thing is not only in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but even in other countries, it is very rare.

You are a poor scholar, with no status or wealth. Your parents have carefully raised their daughter for more than ten years and have been deceived by a few sweet words like you. Which pair of parents will they have a good impression of you?

If you didn't beat you to death on the spot, you have to thank your ancestors for your blessing. Why do you think that people look down on you?

Even if you really look down on me, it is understandable. Aren’t you seducing the ladies of other families in front of you?

Such a person can even win the toad palace, and Xie Lang couldn't help but want to complain.

She doesn't want this kind of thing to be seen in the court in the future.

"Let's go." She stood up and left the teahouse without any nostalgia.

Linglong took out half a tael of silver from her purse and put it on the table, and almost left with Xie Lang.

When she stepped out of the teahouse, Xie Lang stopped and looked back at the shop clerk who was lazily lying on the counter, saying, "It's better to say less of this kind of book in the future."

The shop assistant looked up at Xie Lang with sleepy eyes, and then lay on his arm and yawned again.

Amber wanted to go up and say a few words, but was stopped by Xie Lang, "Let's go, keep walking."

After walking a long distance, Amber said angrily, "Miss, that shop guy is so angry."

"It's midsummer now, and it's normal to be lazy and tired." No matter how big it is, you can't do whatever you want just because she is the emperor.

Besides, she just reminded the other party to stop saying such books, but it did not prohibit them.

If some scholars listened too much and really put their ideas on some daughters in the boudoir, wouldn’t they harm many young women?

She has long since left the stage of generating electricity by relying solely on sweet words, but the women in this era basically cannot contact the man before leaving the house, and are easily bewitched by sweet words.

Even in modern society, some girls who are just beginning to fall in love in junior high school also talk about love.

Any boy who looks three-point handsome, can stir up the girl's heart that is ready to move.

Of course, this also needs to be divided into hierarchies.

The officials' daughters have received the upbringing from their families since childhood, and they know more than the merchants' daughters. After all, in the future, they will marry into a family of equal families. If they have no opinion on their daughters, they will be suppressed when they go to their husband's house.

Seeing that Xie Lang didn't care about this at all, Amber didn't say anything anymore.

If you say too much, Your Majesty will not only not praise her, but may even annoy her.

Your Majesty is a person who likes quietness. Many times you don’t have to do anything, just stay quietly aside.

The construction of Nancheng District was the latest, but it was basically completed before winter. In less than two years, nearly 100,000 people were mobilized throughout the journey and finally the Shengjing was completely renovated.

It is not real to see it in it, but if you stand on the city tower and overlook the entire Shengjing, you will find how beautiful and magnificent the scenery in the city is.

He was wandering around almost, so Xie Lang took his people back to the palace.

Just as he sat down and was about to have tea, the little fat man rushed in with his breasts in a hurry.

"Second sister, I'm back."

“How did the exam work?”

The little fat man grinned and smiled happily, "It's great. I'll be able to enter the third grade as soon as school starts."

"Well, then start in the second grade."

"..." He realized after a while, "Why isn't it in the third grade?"

"You are still young, and you can learn and play while you are in the second grade. At a young age, you must know how to combine work and rest."

He nodded in a daze, but he always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out.

Half a month later, the test results came out, and Xie Chen did not exaggerate it. This time he took the exam very well, but he was not the best.
To be continued...
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