Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

It's so weird.

However, Guo Ye didn't ask abruptly, in case his elder brother died early when he was young, and he stepped forward to ask again, what is it if it's not a dick?

Perhaps, Cheng Erniu also has his own unspeakable secrets.

The county government is in Dongcheng District, and Cheng Erniu lives in an alley on Zhuhu Street in Nancheng District. You need to pass through Chengdong Street, Chengnan Street, and then turn into several small streets to get there.

Walking down several streets, Guo Yechu, who was wearing a government official uniform and wearing a square head, became acquainted at first, and he also had a general understanding of the area from Dongcheng to Nancheng.

There are many shops along the street, teahouses, wine shops, grain shops, cloth shops, gambling houses, brothels, and vegetable markets, scattered all over the streets from Dongcheng District to Nancheng District.

About half an hour later, Cheng Erniu led Guo Ye to the Yau Ma Hutong on Zhuhu Street.

Cheng Erniu lives at the entrance of Yau Ma Hutong, and the three-bedroom independent courtyard he mentioned is at the innermost part of the alley.

It was also a coincidence that when Cheng Erniu knocked on the door of the small courtyard, the owner of the small courtyard happened to come to inspect the house and met Guo Ye and the two of them face to face.

The owner of the house is a middle-aged man with a certain philistinism. Through Cheng Erniu's introduction, Guo Ye found out that the man's name is Wang Zhi, and he opened an oil shop at the entrance of Yau Ma Hutong. I live above the shop, so this small courtyard is vacant.

When Wang Zhi heard that Guo Ye wanted to rent his courtyard, he was too happy.These days, whoever does business doesn't want to have some relationship with the people in the government. Even a new yamen servant like Guo Ye is worthy of his good relationship.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, last in the business row, and an oil shop owner with no family background, how could Wang Zhi give up such a great opportunity.

In this way, one was willing to make friends, and the other was willing to lease, and the two hit it off immediately, and settled the matter of leasing the small courtyard in a few clicks.

In the end, Wang Zhi directly discounted the rent in half, and the monthly rent was only half a tael of silver, which was really cheap.

Guo Ye knew what was going on in Wang Zhi's mind, so he didn't go into it. Anyway, he didn't have a lot of money in his pocket, so he accepted Wang Zhi's favor, and he should make up for his friendship.

So he took out a small ingot of silver from his sleeve, about five taels, and two pieces of silver from his waist, about one tael, and paid the rent for one year directly.

Seeing the white money, Wang Zhi secretly rejoiced in his heart, hehe, he finally found the right person, how could an ordinary yamen servant be able to find out a few taels of money?It's not easy!

Cheng Erniu, who was on the side, saw that Guo Ye was so generous in his moves, and he could touch a few taels of silver with the flip of his hands, and his eyes were envious for a while.

For a moonlight clan like him who can only receive more than one tael of silver in a month without drought or flood, when has he ever seen five taels of silver?

Cheng Erniu couldn't help sighing in his heart, he is also a government servant, why is there such a big gap in life?

Guo Ye had no time to guess what Cheng Erniu and Wang Zhi were thinking, and after saying goodbye to them, he went straight into the courtyard with the key Wang Zhi gave him.

This is a small courtyard with walls built of loess, with a single door and a single family. There is a rocking chair and a pair of stone tables in the small courtyard. Although it is not big enough, it is better than quiet. Hundred years old tree.

There are three rooms around the small courtyard. Judging from the size, one can be concluded that one is the master room, the other is a small hall for entertaining guests, and the other room is adjacent to the master room. It is estimated that it is a wing room for relatives and friends to stay.

In the upper right corner of the yard, a thatched hut was temporarily built. There was a large stove inside, and the table was full of bottles and cans. It was probably the kitchen.

Guo Ye wandered around the small courtyard, thinking, what a nice place, he didn't expect such a quiet small courtyard to exist in a slum like Yau Ma Hutong.

Guo Ye walked slowly to the edge of the rocking chair and sat down, creaking and shaking, closed his eyes and meditated and praised: "The winding path leads to a secluded place, it looks like a fairy house!"

As the night slowly fell, Guo Ye went out of the small courtyard and found a small food shop to fill up a few mouthfuls, bought a bed quilt at a nearby market shop, and then quickly returned to his new residence while the sky was still dim.

One is because I am really tired from tossing and tossing today, and I am a little sleepy, and the other is because I have to get up early tomorrow to go to the Yamen to take up my duties. Being late for work for the first time is a big taboo in the workplace.

Therefore, after returning to the small courtyard, Guo Ye spread the quilt for the first time, went directly to bed, and fell into a drowsy sleep.

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From one night to early morning, the sky was gray and the rooster hadn't crowed yet. Guo Ye woke up early because he was excited about his first day as a yamen servant.

Just about to get up and take a shower, suddenly——

"Tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk..."

A sudden knock on the door sounded at the right time.

Guo Ye quickly put on his coat and got up hastily, while putting on his shoes, he ran out of the room and shouted, "Who is it?"

As soon as he finished yelling, he heard Cheng Erniu calling outside: "Brother Guo, are you up yet? Let's go, I'll take you to a good place while there's no one around in the early morning."

Guo Ye muttered, "It's early in the morning, and I have to go there while there are not many talents. Is there any good place to go?"

But he went straight to the courtyard gate and opened it for Cheng Erniu.

Chapter 15 Tofu Xishi Zhenniang

"Oh...yawn..."

Guo Ye rubbed his eyes and yawned as he followed Cheng Erniu on the street leading to the Yamen.

What time is it now?

The sky was just a little bright, and the pedestrians on the road were like three or two kittens. Occasionally, hawkers rushing to the morning market would pass by, and they would say hello to the two of them from time to time.

Can small businessmen disrespect Cheng Erniu and Guo Ye?

You know, Guo Ye and his soap squad are in charge of maintaining market order, collecting grain and paying taxes, and they often deal with these small traders.

On Guo Ye's first day as a yamen servant, he was not used to the humility of these people, and waved his hands unhesitatingly, but this idiot Cheng Erniu had long been familiar with the strangeness, and accepted it calmly with his head held high and his chest upright.

After walking for a long distance, Guo Ye couldn't help but think about what kind of place Cheng Erniu said to take him to a good place, which deserves Cheng Erniu's praise.

Then he asked, "I said Er Niu, where are you taking me?"

Cheng Erniu smiled mysteriously, and said softly: "Don't ask, you will know when you arrive."

After finishing speaking, ignore Guo Ye and continue to lead the way.

But just by smiling at him just now, Guo Ye saw the lewdness in Cheng Erniu's eyebrows, and his heart suddenly jumped, is this kid going to take me to a brothel?

But this thought disappeared in a flash, this is not reliable, which brothel opens early in the morning.

Just as he was secretly speculating, Cheng Erniu in front suddenly stopped and shouted, "Here we are, this is it!"

As he said that, he pointed with his right hand to a small shop ten meters away from the two of them.

Guo Ye's eyes were good, and he took a closer look at a signboard made of coarse cloth hung on a bamboo pole at the entrance of the small shop. It fluttered in the wind, and the five characters "Zhenniang Douhua Shop" were written vertically.

At first sight, Guo Ye really wanted to raise his middle finger to greet Cheng Erniu's family, your sister, you were nagging so early in the morning, what I thought was such a big deal, it turned out to be this?

Isn't it just a shop that sells tofu brains?What about you kid?

Just when he was about to go forward and accuse Cheng Erniu of acting mysteriously, Guo Ye suddenly froze, and stared at the bean flower shop without blinking, his eyes were already looking straight.

A woman suddenly appeared in the store, without any makeup or jade pendants, with her plain face facing the sky, busy going back and forth with a trace of fatigue.