The prince is very fierce

"Tanghulu——"

"Selling coal...ah,ah,ah, don't hit me——"

The streets were bustling with people. It was already New Year's Eve. The streets were full of dragon and lion dance teams. Brilliant fireworks rose in every corner of Chang'an City, lighting up the majestic capital that had just been shrouded by the night.

Chang'an City has a population of one million. Most of them go back to reunite with their families at the end of the year, but there are always some wanderers who are away from their hometowns, either traveling around or preparing for the imperial examinations. On New Year's Eve, they can only wander around the streets, looking for the taste of the New Year that has accompanied them since childhood.

The Sun family shop in Qingshi Lane never closes all year round. At this time, it naturally becomes a good place for wanderers to warm up a pot of wine and reminisce about the past. The only pity is that there are only three wine tables, and they are gone when they arrive late. Many people came over and saw that there was no seat, so they had to order a pot of Broken Jade Shao and left in disappointment.

At this time of year, Shopkeeper Sun would serve more side dishes. He would chat and laugh with the customers in the shop, and drink two taels of wine, and he would have a comfortable and good year.

In the small wine shop, the yellow wine banner was swaying. Leaning against the wine table in the corner, Zhu Manzhi held a wine bowl that was a little bigger than her face, gulped and sipped, a little listless:

"In the past, during the New Year, my mother would make a lot of delicious food, it was so lively, oh~ I really want to go home..."

There were two days off before the New Year, and Zhu Manzhi changed into a small jacket and pleated skirt commonly seen in girls' homes, and her hair was combed very delicately, just like a newly grown girl next door, well-behaved and cute.

Ning Qingye sat opposite, still dressed as a man of the underworld and wearing a bamboo hat. Hearing the voice, he said calmly: "People of the underworld are like this. If you live through today, you may not have tomorrow. You live by the day, not by the year."

Traveling in the underworld is often a matter of life and death. This is also true, but it is inevitable that it is a bit unlucky to say it on New Year's Eve.

Zhu Manzhi put down the wine bowl, rested his chin on his arm, and looked at the foxy girl in front of him:

"Xiao Ning, you grew up in the Taoist temple since you were a child? Doesn't that mean you can't even see a man..."

Ning Qingye frowned slightly: "Taoist nuns are not nuns. Taoist priests have men and can get married. Besides, I went to Changqing Temple when I was eight years old, and I used to stay in Shu."

Zhu Manzhi tilted his head and made small talk: "Is Shu fun? I heard there are a lot of delicious food there, and I haven't been there yet."

Ning Qingye replied After thinking for a while, he shook his head gently: "I have been living in seclusion in the mountains with my mother since I can remember, and we celebrated the New Year every year. Later, when the Iron Eagle was hunting deer, Zhang Xiang came with the Wolf Guards and chased me along the way. My mother sent me out of Shu, and I was rescued by the people of Wudang and sent to Changqing Temple. I can't remember much about my childhood..."

"Alas~poor..."

Zhu Manzhi sighed faintly, raised the wine bowl and wanted to clink it with Ning Qingye, but Ning Qingye ignored him and raised his eyebrows slightly: "You have caught A dozen little thieves, earn a lot of money, right? "

Zhu Manzhi's listless face froze, sat up straighter, eyes flickering: "Well... it's my duty to eliminate harm for the people... silver and so on, are all monthly salary..."

Ning Qingye snorted lightly: "You changed into a new dress, and used perfume powder that only rich ladies would use. With the salary of the government office, I'm afraid it's not enough..."

"Hehe..." Zhu Manzhi blinked, took out a small box of rouge from her arms and put it on the table: "If you didn't say it, I almost forgot that the government office rewarded some silver, and I also bought you a box of rouge..."

Ning Qingye pushed the rouge box away with the scabbard, his eyes flat: "I should help you work hard, you should know the rules of the rivers and lakes."

"We are like sisters, mentioning silver hurts our feelings..."

"Who is your sister?"

"I am your sister... Oh no, you are my sister..."

Zhu Manzhi began to pretend to be drunk vaguely, and fell on the table and fell silent.

Ning Qingye took a breath. It was New Year's Day, so he finally gave up the idea of ​​taking action and ate his food.

The night was getting darker. The two people who were far away from their hometown seemed to have to spend New Year's Eve outside.

Ning Qingye grew up in the dojo. In addition to revenge, he was actually quite interested in the prosperous Chang'an market. He wanted to wake up Zhu Manzhi who was pretending to be drunk and go for a walk on the street together. Suddenly, a conversation came from the alley:

"...This is the wine shop. It is very famous in Chang'an. Many seniors in the martial arts world have been here before..."

"...Humph—I heard about this place from my master before. When I went to find a liar to help with painting, I came here from afar and bought a pot of good wine to send over. As a result, the liar used the excuse that 'there is no beauty in the world like painting' and went back on his word..."

Ning Qingye frowned slightly and looked back calmly. Outside the small wine shop, four people dressed in exotic clothes walked together. The leader was a woman in red, leading a white camel, with a thin veil covering her face and a hat, and her figure was very outstanding.

Shopkeeper Sun naturally heard this conversation, looked at the four people curiously, and said in a friendly manner:

"Miss, are you talking about Xu Danqing, the playboy? Alas~ That kid never keeps his word. When he was entangled by someone, he asked the girl to run to buy wine, and then he disappeared after returning... Who is your master? I, the old man, may still remember..."

The four people paused, obviously showing some caution.

Zhongli Chuchu and Huyanjie were just talking casually. Seeing that Shopkeeper Sun was talking, in order to prevent exposing his identity, he just said casually: "Shopkeeper, I don't know him, give me a pot of wine."

Shopkeeper Sun didn't ask much when he saw this. There are always inconvenient times in the martial arts world. He shook his head and chuckled while drinking.

Zhongli Chuchu felt that this place was not suitable for staying for a long time. After taking the wine pot, he quickly left Sun's shop.

After Ning Qingye looked at the costumes of several people, and recalled a little, she stood up and left the wine shop with her sword in hand, and followed them.

Zhu Manzhi, who was lying on his stomach pretending to be asleep, raised his head at this moment. After making sure that Ning Qingye was gone, he breathed a sigh of relief. When he stood up to pay, he saw shopkeeper Sun looking strange and asked curiously:

"Old man Sun, do you know the woman in red dress just now?"

Shopkeeper Sun chuckled: "I don't know, um... who is your friend's master? You must have heard of it, right?"

Zhu Manzhi had gotten a lot of words from Ning Qingye in the past few days, so he naturally nodded: "Zhenren Duqiu, I heard that he used to be a big fox... a beautiful woman who was originally going to be a queen. She escaped from marriage and was hunted down. Out of the house.”

Shopkeeper Sun sighed: "Being a monk and being protected by the Taoist family can avoid the pursuit of the court and the Tang family, but it cannot avoid the jealousy of Baihuaqundie. I hide in Changqing Temple every day and dare not even leave the door. There are also people who come to stir up trouble... …”

Zhu Manzhi became curious about these gossips. He blinked his big eyes and said: "Oh~ It's so pitiful. Xiaoning will probably be the same in the future. Now he doesn't dare to show his face when he goes out..."

"That's natural. The words 'Heavenly Fragrance and National Beauty' are the same as 'Number One in the World', which is not easy to win. But Miss Zhu definitely doesn't have such troubles, so she doesn't need to worry about it."

"Yeah." Zhu Manzhi nodded, but felt something was wrong for a moment, and said with wide eyes:

"Shopkeeper, why are you swearing?"

"Haha..." Shopkeeper Sun curled his lips: "The old man said that the girl is still young and has not grown up yet."

"That's pretty much it..."

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