The general went out again at night

The kitchen of the Fuyuan General's Mansion was fully fired, and the cooks showed the most serious attitude in their lives and made several dishes that were delicious in color, fragrance and taste.

Xia Qingshu chewed the sweet and crispy pork ribs, then picked up a piece of torn leg of lamb and stuffed it into his mouth, eating with a look of satisfaction.After taking two mouthfuls of wax gourd and clam soup, she began to gorge on the rice in the bowl.The housekeeper Liu Qi and his subordinate Liu Yan waited at the side, watching with delight.

"Aunt Ding, add another bowl of rice." Xia Qingshu handed the empty empty bowl to the old servant beside him.

Aunt Ding took the bowl, waved her hand and said, "The general didn't eat much in the past few days, but today I have an appetite, so don't overeat, or my stomach may feel uncomfortable. The general's food intake today is already higher than before. There are too many, why don't you take a rest first? If you are still hungry, order the cook to make some refreshing snacks in the afternoon."

Xia Qingshu nodded, picked up the silk handkerchief and wiped the juice stains on her lips.

After a full meal, all the vigor and energy came back, but the feeling of satiety immediately surged after this pause, Xia Qingshu said: "Come on, Liuyan, let's go around the street to digest food."

Bringing three or five attendants, Xia Qingshu came to the bustling market in Nanjing City.

Today is the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it is getting closer and closer to the end of the new year. The stalls in the market are gradually replaced with New Year's department stores, and they are all red, which is very festive.

Xia Qingshu and Liu Yan walked to a firecracker shop, bent over and scanned.The shop owner who sells firecrackers is an old man over fifty years old, surnamed Wang, his hair is half gray, but his body is still strong.A few days ago, he joined in the fun on the main street, caught a glimpse of Xia Qingshu's face, and had a good memory, and today he recognized her at a glance, and said respectfully, "General Xia, are you here to buy things yourself?"

Xia Qingshu straightened up and smiled: "Come out for a stroll, do these firecrackers have names?"

"Yes, this one is called Huolihua, and this one is Overlord's Whip..." Uncle Wang introduced enthusiastically.

Xia Qingshu was fascinated by it.She went out to study martial arts with a teacher since she was a child, and the teacher's school was strictly controlled, and she tossed and tossed all kinds of weapons, unlike the children in this city, who had so many interesting things.Later, he joined the military camp and fought and killed. These things are even rarer.

Now that he has a leisurely mind, Xia Qingshu just feels that it is very novel. In the past, the Fuyuan General's Mansion mostly set off firecrackers during the New Year's Eve. This year, there should be more tricks.She grabbed a firecracker in the shape of a God of Wealth and put it in her hand to watch, thinking about what kind of firecrackers to buy.

Suddenly, the sound of porcelain falling to the ground was heard not far away, followed by several screams, Xia Qingshu hurriedly turned his gaze to the source of the sound, and saw many people running out of a building a few meters away.

"Come on, Liuyan, let's go over and have a look." Xia Qingshu put the firecrackers back in their place, and led Liuyan towards the noisy place.

The closer they got, the more obvious the sound of fists and feet became.Xia Qingshu's lips were tightly pursed, sullen, Nanjing city is the capital of the emperor, who is so bold, dare to make trouble in the capital!

The people who escaped from that building surrounded the outside of the building, standing with their arms folded, looking at lively smiles of various colors on their faces.They were mostly disheveled, drunken men.

Xia Qingshu glanced at the house number, "Yichun Building" is a place where the people of the capital look for flowers and willows.

Xia Qingshu approached the crowd, patted a scholar in an indigo gown on the shoulder, and asked, "What's going on here?"

The scholar's eyes were glued to the room, and he stood on tiptoes from time to time, with a very excited expression on his face, without even turning his head, he replied perfunctorily: "Young Master Zhao and Young Master Zhou are fighting for the No. 1 The whores are fighting."

Xia Qingshu asked: "Who is this young master of the Zhao family?"

"You don't even know this, the son of the Zhao family is Zhao Xuexin, the grandson of Zhao Yanyuan, a scholar of the Wenyuan Pavilion."

"Then who is the son of the Zhou family?"

"Zhou Bi, the son of Zhou Louxing, Minister of the Household Department."

They are all dignitaries in the capital, no wonder they are so rampant!

With a sullen expression, Xia Qingshu summoned two followers, and immediately ordered them to go to the Jingwei Commander's Department nearby to call for some help.

The lobby on the first floor of Yichun Building was in chaos. Two young gentlemen in fresh clothes stood facing each other, their faces had been injured in several places, and their expressions were a bit grim.There were more than a dozen domestic servants lined up behind the two of them, all of them were furious, pressing the handle of the knife on their waist, ready to move.

Lying on the ground were three or two servants from some unknown family and a boy servant who came to persuade Yichunlou. They all had bruised noses and swollen faces, foaming at the mouth, and were lying on the ground screaming in pain.

Zhao Xuexin clenched his fists and said, "Come on, give me a fight. If you win, you will be rewarded!"

The servants of the Zhao family pulled out their knives and held them up in front of them in unison, and there was another scream in the Yichun building.

Zhou Bi said angrily, "Come on, call me!"

The servants of the Zhou family also drew out their knives, but both sides dropped the sharp swords in a tacit understanding, picked up the scabbard and charged forward.

Although they are the sons of the rich and powerful, the capital under the emperor's feet did not dare to kill anyone, and usually dealt with them with fists or scabbards.

The sound of scuffling, smashing and smashing porcelain continued, and more and more people ran out of Yichun Building.Xia Qingshu walked in against the flow of people, only to see that the lobby on the first floor of Yichun Building had already been messed up by these two young masters.

Xia Qingshu shouted loudly: "Stop it all!"

As a result, no one paid any attention to her.

Xia Qingshu was out of breath, picked up a thin stick on the ground and rushed towards the scuffling crowd.Those who hit someone with a scabbard should hit the back of the wrist, and those who kicked with a cross-leg should hit the knee.

According to Xia Qingshu's method, within a cup of tea, the group of people who were fighting each other would be dispersed by her.But at this time, there was a group of people howling outside the door, and it was the helpers called by the two young masters who had arrived.

Three or forty people poured in from outside the door of Yichun Tower, and scuffled again, and the situation became uncontrollable again.Xia Qingshu was going to die of anger.

"It's too small here, let's go out and fight!" Someone yelled, and the servants of the two families began to rush out the door.

The people who were watching the excitement outside hurriedly retreated, leaving a large open space for the two young masters and their servants to learn martial arts.Xia Qingshu couldn't stop her and hurriedly followed her out.

It wasn't just the domestic servants who fought violently, the two young masters also fought together.Most of Zhao Xuexin's family were civil servants, who were not strong enough to use force, and danced around with hands and feet without any moves at all.Zhou Bi has learned some kung fu, like a three-legged cat, but it is more than enough to deal with weak scholars.

Zhao Xuexin was mostly pressed and beaten by Zhou Bi, and looked embarrassed whether there were servants around to protect him.

The meddlesome people onlookers booed, "Young Master Zhao can't do it."

"Yeah, it's too weak."

"I think the girl Yan'er in Yichun Building today is none other than Mr. Zhou's."

Although Zhao Xuexin was a little weaker, but at his young age, how could he not be angry when he heard these contemptuous words.

He gathered the strength in his hands and punched Zhou Bi's face.Zhou Bi was unprepared, and was staggered by the punch.

Zhao Xuexin seized the opportunity, stepped forward quickly, and kicked Zhou Bi hard on the chest.

Zhou Bi's footsteps were unsteady, he took a few steps back, and fell on the firecracker shop where Xia Qingshu stayed just now.The small wooden shop fell sideways, and the firecrackers tied with thin wires fell one after another, hitting Zhou Bi's face.

Old man Wang, who was guarding the stall, let out a scream, and said with great distress: "Hey, my stall, my firecrackers!"

Zhao Xuexin's eyes were reddened, and his sanity disappeared. He saw Zhou Bi lying in the firecracker stand, and saw firewood under the stove next to him. The table bent down and drew a flaming log.

Sensing his intentions, Xia Qingshu jumped in front of Zhao Xuexin, kicked the burning firewood off his hand with a flying kick, and stomped on it twice to extinguish the flames on the firewood.

She had thought that Zhao Xuexin would restrain himself after the firewood was kicked away, but she never expected that these aristocratic princes were used to doing evil, and they would not give up until they let out the gloom in their hearts.

Taking advantage of Xia Qingshu's turning around, Zhao Xuexin went to the bottom of the stove to grab a burning firewood, and threw it vigorously.

By the time Xia Qingshu realized it was too late, the firewood was still in the air, and the flames had extinguished a little, but the remaining sparks were enough to ignite the firecrackers.

"Crackling——" In an instant, the sound of firecrackers exploding came from the street, as well as the panicked screams of the people.

Zhou Bi, the son of Hubu Shangshu, lay in the firecracker stall, and he was the most terrified. Those lit firecrackers sprayed flames mercilessly on his hair and clothes.

Seeing this, Zhou's servant stopped what he was doing, and rushed into the firecrackers to save people.

The firecrackers were ignited one by one, and sparks began to fly into the crowd.

"Ah, run!" The street, which was still bustling just now, fell into panic, and the people fled in a hurry, pushing and stamping on them.

The old man who sells firecrackers is the closest to the stall, and he was trapped by the stalls on the left and right. After the firecrackers were ignited, he couldn't escape, so he had to hold his head in his hands, curled up and hid under the stall, his body was sprayed by the sparks flying everywhere. several times.

Xia Qingshu clenched her fists and shouted, "Liuyan, follow me to put out the fire."

"Yes!"

Xia Qingshu tore off a piece of cloth at the entrance of the cloth shop next door, soaked it in the water tank of the noodle stall, put it on his body after getting wet, and then rushed towards the firecracker stall with a bucket of water.

Liu Yan imitated her movements and quickly followed behind her.

All kinds of firecrackers are complicated, some fly to the sky after being ignited, some twirl after being ignited, and some have indistinguishable trajectories.In the process of approaching the firecracker stand, sparks continuously sprayed towards Xia Qingshu's body.

The servants of the Zhou family rescued Young Master Zhou with all their might, and were helping him to walk to the side.Xia Qingshu jumped up and poured the water in the bucket onto it, followed by Liuyan.

With this pouring, most of the firecrackers on the stall surface were extinguished, and the sound of firecrackers suddenly became quieter.

Liu Yan and a servant of the General's Mansion quickly went to fetch water again. Seeing that the fire had subsided, Xia Qingshu rushed into the back of the small shop, and put the wet cloth on Old Uncle Wang.

"Go, come with me!" Xia Qingshu shouted.

The old man waved his hand, and what he said was covered by the sound of firecrackers, so he couldn't hear clearly.

The wooden stall has already been burned, and it will collapse in a short time. It is very dangerous for Mr. Wang to hide here.

Xia Qingshu didn't care so much, she stretched out her hand directly to pull Old Uncle Wang's arm, but at this moment, Old Uncle Wang shrank back a little, and she fled to nothing.

Xia Qingshu stretched out his hand again, and the two fireworks sticks facing inward were ignited, and hot flames sprayed towards Xia Qingshu's palm.Regardless of the pain in her hands, she kicked down the half-burned wooden stall, grabbed Old Uncle Wang by the collar and ran outside.

People from the Jingwei command and envoy department came, carrying wooden barrels filled with water to extinguish the firecrackers.

After a stick of incense, all firecrackers, fireworks and burning stalls are extinguished.

Xia Qingshu was out of breath, her hair was disheveled, her body was covered with water stains, her palm was bruised and blistered.She stood in the middle of the street, her eyes quickly scanning the block.

People who were closer to the firecracker stand were seriously injured, some covered their faces and arms, and wailed loudly.

The flames from the firecrackers set fire to the adjacent stalls on the left and right, and now only charcoal is left, which is pitch black.The owner of the stall surrounded the ruined stall, crying loudly.

Looking at Mr. Zhao's family again, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, it was a smile of victory.He staggered to Zhou Bi's side, looked down at his weak appearance, laughed fiercely, then tidied up his clothes, and prepared to go back home.

This scene made Xia Qingshu's liver explode with anger.She suppressed her anger and shouted: "Where is the leader of the Jingwei commander?"

A person came out from the crowd, bowed and said: "The humble job is Feng Dahai, a thousand households in the inner city of the Commander of the Jingwei, who has met General Xia."

"Immediately arrest Zhou Bi, son of the Zhou family, Zhao Xuexin, son of the Zhao family, and the servants of the two families who fought and put them in jail!"

"This..." Hesitation flashed across Feng Dahai's face.