23. Market rumors

The world's scholar, wave ten thousand words, drink a thousand bells

Drunken singing and dancing, sword walking dragon

Celebrate the third year of the calendar, at the end of November, Dengzhou Prefecture.

People in the streets and alleys are talking about one thing about the wooden horse that shuttles through the market.

The steamed bun stall in front of the big teahouse is full. People are chatting while eating steaming steaming steamed buns

"Morning, it's hot like sitting in a steamer."

"Oh, aren't you stupid because of the cold? It's as cold as lying on the ice edges. Where is it hot?"

"Hey hey," the man smiled and said, "Oh, the snow has been flustered at home these days, and my mouth is itchy, so I can't stop talking and say whatever I think."

"Bear by the way, serious, have you heard of the wooden cattle and flowing horses running all over the street?"

As soon as the people next to him heard someone mention the wooden cow flowing horse, they immediately cheered up and immediately hugged the porridge bowl and came over to see what they said.

"Well, you really asked me, there is one opposite my house."

"Ah, if it's true or not, you will lie to people"

"Bullshit, I Wei Caiyuan is famous for saying and trustworthy. When did I lie to you?"

"You also said that in the first few days, let's go to Cuiyun Building to find a girl to drink flower wine. You said it was a treat, but what's the result?"

"Ah, that thing." Wei Caiyuan smiled awkwardly, "Don't mention it. It's all my family..."

"Ok, let's get back to the story. What kind of wooden oxen horse opposite your house?"

Wei Caiyuan laughed and raised his elbow and said, "It looks like a cow in the distance. If you look closely, it's wood. Reach out and touch it. It's really love and sad."

"What's the matter?" the man asked.

"Oh, rhyme, it's purely for rhyme." Wei Caiyuan waved his hand and then said, "The wooden cow flowing horse in front of my house is really magnificent. It's as big as a scalper, as strong as a tiger, with horns on the head, wheels on the legs, and two round and bright bull's eyes in front of the forehead. Whenever the black lamp is blind, the wooden cow flowing horse is There will be a bang, and then there will be a golden light in his eyes, followed by a beam of bright light into the night, shining brightly around, like a small sun, and then the knight will fly over the cow, grasp the horns, and suddenly step on it, and run out like an ox arrow..."

Everyone listened with relish. The steamed buns ate one after another. The owner of the happy steamed bun stall leaned forward and backwards and said to himself: Fortunately, Wei Caiyuan made a lot of money today. After a while, when he finished eating, he discussed something with him. Every day, he came here to talk about the anecdotes and strange things in the imperial army. Take advantage of the Spring Festival to make more money during the Spring Festival, and then find an opportunity. I also rent a shop to make the business bigger.

Besides, Wei Caiyuan said while eating. After talking about the wooden cow and flowing horse, he said a kind of sky-shock cannon carried by the imperial army. Everyone didn't know what the sky-shock cannon was, so they asked, "Say it quickly, what does the sky-shock cannon look like? How to shock the sky"

Wei Caiyuan said, "It's not only shocking the sky, but also shaking the sky. Listen, that's what it is."

Almost at the same time, the picture turned to Yuntai Street in front of the Cuiyun Tower in Dengzhou Prefecture.

People come and go on Yuntai Street, which is very lively. Many people are stepping on the snow, either selling along the street, wandering around, or having fun, or walking around.

There are many shops on both sides, and the heights are staggered. It's not antique. It's really unforgettable to be in it.

Zhao Ze walked on the street in a cyan cotton robe and suddenly became cheerful. He turned his head to Shangguan Mei, who was dressed in men's clothes, and said, "Look, Deng Zhoucheng is really extraordinary!"

"Humph!" Shangguan Mei glanced at him angrily, took a few steps, ran to the front, and was about to disappear into the crowd.

Zhao Ze quickly caught up with him. He didn't wait for the entourage behind him to follow up and disappeared into the crowd with Shangguan Mei.

"It's broken, where are you going, my lord?" When Ouyang Chun found out, it was too late. He led Zhang Hu, Zhao Cing and others to lose the people.

"What can I do?" Ouyang Chun was worried, but he heard Zhang Hu say, "Don't worry, it's really not good. Let's go to Cuiyun Building first. Didn't the adult say that he would go there for business later?"

After Zhang Hu's reminder, Ouyang Chun immediately remembered, and then quickly led a class of entourage to separate the crowd and look at Cuiyun Tower.

And Zhao Ze is pulling Shangguan Mei to hang out in a silk shop opposite at this time. By the way, he wants to say a few words to comfort her, "It's my fault. Why don't you call that poor Yonger to be your maid?"

Shangguan Mei stretched out her hand and touched a roll of silk with Persian patterns and said leisurely, "I already have a maid, isn't it?"

"It doesn't matter if there is one more," Zhao Ze said.

Shangguan Mei smiled faintly: "I said my husband, you said that you just like me. If this Yonger becomes my maid, you won't have the opportunity to take advantage of it."

Zhao Ze did not answer directly, but shouted: "Shopkeeper, wrap this roll of satin for me."

The middle-aged shopkeeper quickly came over with a smile, gave a slight salute, and praised, "The guest officer has good eyesight. This Persian brocade is the best in our store. You are satisfied!"

"Well, that's good." Zhao Ze looked at Shangguan Mei happily. Seeing that she reached out to touch another roll of cyan brocade, he said again, "That roll is also wrapped."

"Yes, guest officer, this roll of green mountains and green water is also top grade. The top brands of Cuiyun Building like this." As soon as the store said, Shangguan Mei suddenly withdrew her hand and said, "I don't want it even if the girl Cuiyun Building likes it."

"This..." The shopkeeper was speechless for a moment, and he said in his heart. He blamed me for opening his stinky mouth and saying something bad. Look, this man is easy to break his sleeves. Hey, how can I forget this stubble?

Zhao Ze nodded: "Okay, then don't have that roll of green mountains and green water."

Shangguan Mei gave him a white look, and then turned to the other end to look at some elegant brocade. After picking it for a long time, she suddenly turned around and asked, "Shopkeeper, do all the girls in Cuiyun Tower like the brocade here?"

"Ah?" The shopkeeper opened his mouth and said, "That's not, that's..."

"Is it or not?" Shangguan Mei asked.

The "that" storekeeper glanced at Zhao Ze in embarrassment, and finally said brazenly, "No"

"Okay," Shangguan Mei said, "In this case, I want all the brocade on this wall."

"Ah?" The shopkeeper was shocked and said that the owner was not crazy. The brocade on this wall is worth at least tens of thousands of taels. I think this old man will not spend tens of thousands of taels even if he is very rich. And what's so good about this beautiful young man? He can make this old man like that. Is his masculine style really so good?

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ze didn't say anything and wanted it all. He also made a guarantee on the spot and asked the shopkeeper to hire a car to send all these brocade to the military camp in the Northern Song Dynasty, and then pay the bill there.

The shopkeeper was shocked and thought he had heard it wrong. He hurriedly asked, "Speaker, please forgive me. Do you dare to ask your last name?"

Zhao Ze told him with a cheerful smile, "Some is..."

At this moment, the outside suddenly became a mess, shouting and scolding one after another, and then several war horses ran over with the cold wind and knocked over several passers-by. It seemed that they were going towards Cuiyun Tower.