Si Tian Guan

At noon, the sun was rising overhead, and although it was not yet summer, it was scorching hot.

Many caring shopkeepers set up sheds outside their shops, put out tables and chairs, and can drink tea and rest in the shade.Looking around, there are many customers sitting on a street.

"Miss Boss!" A man's thick voice resounded in the street, attracting many people to look over with dissatisfaction.

The proprietress who was busy in the shop wiped her hands on her apron, and came out to respond: "Hey, Manager Wu! What a good day today, attracting noble people like you?"

"Why are noble people not noble people? Madam Boss, your mouth is so sweet."

Steward Wu made a gesture to tease him with his fingers, but the proprietress stuffed a shortbread in her hand and prevaricated.

"You came at the right time. It hasn't been long since it came out of the oven. It's hot. You can try it."

Manager Wu was thinking of something good in his heart, so he didn't bother with her, and took a bite: "Give me four."

"Okay, four shortbreads," the proprietress yelled, wrapped four sesame shortbreads in oiled paper deftly, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter with Manager Wu? Your face is so red."

Steward Wu chuckled, he always took the romantic affair as a topic of conversation, he was proud, and never concealed it: "Change the shortbread to something new, do you think it's a good thing?"

The proprietress cursed in her heart for not cultivating yin virtue, and she smiled awkwardly, but she couldn't stop the other party from talking freely: "Guess who? It's the little monster in Qisheng Building under the name of our shopkeeper Du, called Qu... what is it, yes Alright, Qu Chenzhou, that's a pretty good name."

Under the shed next door to the sesame seed shop, a young man was cracking melon seeds with a pot of tea. When he heard their conversation, he turned his face slightly.

"Brother Qu."

"That's right, he insisted on eating sesame shortbread, so I bought it for him right now, and when I get back, I'll just... hehe."

Not far away, the proprietress has seen it before, thinking of the child with clean and silent eyes, and then looking at the obscene man in front of her, she didn't know what it was like: "That child..."

Before she finished speaking, she heard screams from the streets.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Liu Chongming was a little drowsy by the comfortable rhythm.

Regarding the invitations and entertainments of the princes, I can't say that I like it, and I can't say I hate it. The left and right are the same routine every time, pushing and pushing and saying some superficial things.

It's no wonder that sometimes the Bai family brothers think he's boring, and they live their seventeen or eighteen years old like seven or eighty.

He was blanking his mind for a while, when the rhythmic shaking stopped suddenly, he hurriedly held on to the wall of the car so as not to be thrown from the front.

"My lord," the butler who was always at the side returned to the car window after a while, and said softly, "I stopped in front, and said that something happened before, and the street is very ugly. Do you want to take a detour?"

"What happened?"

"It is said that a cart delivering firewood was startled by a horse, and when it overturned, it crushed a person who was buying shortbread next to it. It is also because the man's life was short and he did not dodge. A few sticks of firewood pierced through the person, and the blood flowed on the ground. There was a big beach of red, red, white and white. People from Jingzhao Mansion came to surround the scene yesterday, and they haven't let go yet."

Liu Chongming frowned, thinking about that scene was very ugly.

"Let's take a detour."

He hadn't planned to arrive in front of King Qi, this detour made him arrive later, when Xiao Er opened the door of the wing room for him, almost all the people inside had arrived, except him.

Qi Wangmu Jingde was sitting directly opposite the door. When he saw him enter the door, he couldn't help laughing: "Chongming, why are you here so late again? I haven't seen you not being late a few times? Could it be that you do this on weekdays? Business?"

"Doing business is one thing, coming to eat is another," Liu Chongming replied with a smile: "I'm afraid I came early, the prince said that I ate too much, and put all the bills for this table on my head." Come on, that's bad."

Mu Jingde laughed loudly: "As long as you are shrewd, you are afraid of suffering some disadvantages, so hurry up and fine yourself three glasses of wine, and you will not be blamed for this."

Others came over with wine glasses, Liu Chongming drank three glasses in a row, endured the burning feeling in his throat, sat next to Bai Shiyan, took a few sips from the glass, and managed to wash away the uncomfortable taste.

"Why are you here so late?" Bai Shiyan asked him.

"Something happened on the way, so we took a detour." Liu Chongming replied, "It's just over there on Ronghua Street. Didn't you meet it when you came?"

"No, I didn't go that way."

The person sitting on the other side put down his teacup and interjected, "Is there a firewood stabbing someone to death on Ronghua Street? I found out yesterday."

"What's the matter?" Mu Jingde originally planned to start a topic, but when he heard what they were talking about, he asked curiously.

"I only listened to the housekeeper's simple words, but I didn't see the truth, what about Brother Xing?"

The man known as "Brother Xing" was only just at the age of the weak crown, with long eyebrows and fine eyes, and his eyes seemed to be smiling from time to time. His smile was seven points refined and three points joking.

"I just happened to catch up. When the firewood cart overturned, I was having tea not far away. If I moved a little further, I'm afraid that I would be the one who was pierced right through."

The audience was in an uproar. If Liu Chongming hadn't mentioned it, no one would have known that Jiang Xingzhi would encounter such a danger, so they hurriedly asked.

Jiang Xingzhi clicked his tongue and said: "It's really scary. It happened so suddenly. The man was picking up the shortbread with one hand, but the firewood poked through it. The whole person was nailed to the wall, and the lady boss fainted from fright."

He just said this to this extent, which made people get goosebumps.

Someone asked with a wry smile: "Well, you are also bold. Seeing that with your own eyes, you can still eat now?"

"What is this? You guys underestimate what you can do," Mu Jingde said with a smile, "When we came back this trip, we ran into rioters in Los Angeles, and Xingzhi led people out to seek help from the officers and soldiers. When we came back, the same Such a calm appearance, even the hair is not messed up."

Jiang Xingzhi stood up and cupped his hands: "My lord praises you."

Speaking of this, everyone became concerned.

"My lord met rioters in Los Angeles, were you injured?"

"Why is it so good that there will be riots?"

"Has it calmed down now? Will it affect the capital?"

"Yes, after all, Los Angeles is so close to the capital."

"Don't panic," Mu Jingde raised his hand and suppressed the surrounding voices: "It's just a small group of mobs. I have already ordered Luocheng Mansion Yin to dispatch troops to suppress it. It will not affect the capital. Don't panic."

Jiang Xingzhi also nodded: "Master Fu Yin said that these people are actually thugs running around outside the city. They must have seen the prince's car driving luxuriously, so they pretended to be good people and wanted to take advantage of the fire. He has already sent people to suppress the bandits in all directions. There is an explanation for this."

"That's good," someone slapped his heart with lingering fear: "In this peaceful and prosperous age, these people don't think about how to work hard to support their families, but only think about doing such unreasonable things, they should be killed."

Many people nodded their heads in agreement, and someone said courteously: "My lord, your body is your blessing, as long as you are safe and well."

"It's not my king's blessing, it's my father's sage, the world is peaceful, and this kind of young people can't run rampant." Mu Jingde stood up and drank a cup with everyone.

"With this cup, I wish my father and emperor the virtues of heaven and earth, and the blessings will last forever."

After the wine glass was put down, people at the banquet inevitably talked about the sudden murder case on Ronghua Street and the unexpected raid in Los Angeles, and someone suddenly asked.

"My lord, before you set off this time, didn't you ask Si Tianguan to do a divination for you?"

As soon as these words came out, the wing room suddenly fell silent, even Jiang Xingzhi put down his wine glass and looked at the man with a half-smile.

Being stabbed under the table by the person beside him, the person who spoke immediately realized that he had made a slip of the tongue.

The previous Sitian official was executed by the emperor four months ago, and in the subsequent contest for this position secretly, King Qi still failed to win against the queen's descendant Ning Wang Mu Jingzhao.

Now the person in the position of Si Tianguan is a member of King Ning.

How could it be possible for King Qi to ask Si Tian Guan to do a fortune-telling for him before he set off? Whether he can get the job at that time is secondary. I am afraid that if he is not careful, the emperor will be angered somewhere.

It was Jiang Xingzhi who broke the embarrassing atmosphere: "The emperor ordered the prince to leave as soon as possible, and Mr. Sitian is also busy, so he didn't bother Zheng Sitian."

With the steps, everyone avoided the topic knowingly, but Jiang Xingzhi turned his head with a smile.

"My lord, I don't know if you've heard that there was a sign for divination here where we drank. I visited once in the early years, but I didn't expect to come again this time. I didn't find the name plate."

Mu Jingde naturally didn't know such a trivial matter, but Jiang Xingzhi often said very interesting things, so he responded casually: "What's so rare about this, I heard that there are signs for divination on every street in the capital. If the business is not good, it is normal to withdraw.”

He joked, "You should ask Chongming about doing business."

Liu Chongming also laughed: "It's a pity that I never do this kind of business that loses my heart and loses money. It's all right to say something good. If I say something bad and annoy others, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?"

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Not long after Mu Jingde returned to Beijing, he didn't hear any rumors, so he asked puzzledly: "What are you laughing at? The person Xingzhi said is famous?"

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"I also heard that shopkeeper Du beat him to death and took him to plead guilty to Eunuch Pan. Unexpectedly... poof..."

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Mu Jingde sounded interesting: "I really haven't seen anyone so bold, isn't Pan He going crazy?"

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He tilted his face and asked, "I heard that he was rescued by Chongming?"