Unparalleled Concubine

  Chapter 23 There are wicked people blocking the way

If it weren't for the seventh son, Li Xin was going to find some livelihood in the capital, but after such an incident, Li Xin temporarily gave up the idea of ​​going out to do business. According to the seventh son, there is now a team of inner guards. The prisoners are protecting themselves in the dark, that is to say, their every move is under the supervision of the above, it is better to be calm at this time.

   More importantly, it’s New Year’s Eve.

Li Xin came to this world at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and half a month passed in a blink of an eye. It is now the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month, and the new year is about to end. Although there is no way to spend this new year with his family, as long as it is the descendants of the summer, always Taking the New Year's Day very seriously, Li Xin still plans to celebrate the New Year well.

   Therefore, he is ready to go out to buy New Year's goods.

Before leaving, Li Xin went to see the charcoal seller. At this time, after a few days of recuperation, the old man's injury was no longer a problem, but because his house was burned down, his face was still not very good-looking. , the mental state is also a little sluggish.

   Seeing Li Xin coming, the old man sat up on the bed. After coughing, he said with some difficulty, "Li... Young Master, do you have an enemy in the capital?"

Although the old man lived a very hard life, he had lived for so many years, and he still understood some basic principles. His small wooden hut, in such a remote place, had been neglected for more than ten years, but after Li Xin came, he Someone came to burn the house, which must have something to do with Li Xin.

  Li Xin lowered his head and said, "Father, the fact that the house was burnt down really has something to do with the kid, but don't worry, the matter has passed. At most one year, the kid will pay the old man a house in the capital."

  The charcoal seller shook his head slightly.

   "The old man saw it early in the morning, you are a capable person, but the old man built the small wooden house piece by piece, and no house can compare to it..."

   Li Xin smiled bitterly and said, "The house has been turned to ashes, and the kid has no way to recover."

  The charcoal seller sat up straight and looked straight at Li Xin.

   "So, the old man wants you to promise one thing."

  Li Xin bowed his head and said, "Is the old man asking me to take care of the girl?"

  The charcoal seller nodded.

  The old man stretched out his head and looked outside. After confirming that the charcoal girl was not there, he said, "Li... Young Master is a smart person, you should see that this girl... is not the granddaughter of the old man."

This thing... Li Xin really didn't see it, but the charcoal seller has dark skin, and the charcoal seller often has a dark face, but her face is fair. At first, Li Xin didn't feel anything. No, thinking about it now, this girl really doesn't look like the granddaughter of a charcoal seller.

The old man coughed for a while, his voice hoarse: "Her surname is Zhong, something happened in the family, and was entrusted to the old man. The old man has no skills. She has suffered for all these years. You lost the old man's house. I have to help the old man take care of her."

   "The old man has a life-saving grace for the boy. The boy previously promised to retire with the old man and he will not break his promise. As for that girl..."

   Li Xin was silent for a moment, then smiled softly: "If I have one bite to eat, I won't starve her, my husband can rest assured."

  The charcoal seller let out a long sigh and lay back on the bed. After coughing a few more times, he said, "Shien shouldn't have been pictured, but the old man has nothing to do, Mr. Li, don't mind..."

  Li Xin shook his head slightly and said, "My old man is resting. The New Year will be over in a few days. The boy will go out to buy some things, and then the three of us will get together to celebrate the New Year."

   The old man nodded lightly and coughed a few more times.

Li Xin stood up from the bed and slowly backed out. When he reached the door of the yard, he found that the little girl had picked up a lot of dead branches from outside and was walking towards the house in her arms. Li Xin smiled. Touching her head, she said, "Girl, brother, go out, take care of grandpa at home, don't run around."

  The little girl was wearing a thick cotton coat and nodded awkwardly.

After locking the door in person, Li Xin took out the piece of silver compensation from Jingzhao Mansion from his waist and walked towards the nearest bank. Silver in this era cannot be used directly. , essentially just a hard currency, not a currency.

A small piece was cut from the silver block, and after changing three or four coins, Li Xin walked towards the west city of the capital. All the squares and cities in the capital were divided, and the north city was the seat of the imperial city, similar to that of Yongle Square. These places are all places where dignitaries live, and Datongfang, where Li Xin lives, is located in Nancheng, where ordinary people live.

   These are what Li Xin heard in the capital these days.

   Although Li Xin has some spare money now, he is essentially sitting on the mountain, so he can only go to the West Market to buy things.

It's just that he just walked out of Datongfang, and he faintly felt that someone was following him. This feeling of being stalked made him very uncomfortable, but according to the seventh son, these should be the inner guards of the imperial city, and they have no malice towards him. Li Xin also pretended not to notice, and walked towards Xicheng on his own.

   After he walked out of Datong Square for about a block or two, two burly men blocked his way.

  Li Xin frowned slightly.

   "You two, this is the capital, and the guards of Jingzhao Mansion are still patrolling around. What are you going to do in broad daylight?"

  The two strong men were expressionless, one of them glanced at Li Xin and said solemnly: "Little brother, my son has a request."

  Li Xin smiled.

   "In this world, is there any reason to ask for help?"

   This strong man's expression remained unchanged: "The two of us are also under orders, I hope the little brother will not make us embarrassed."

   Until this time, Li Xin didn't realize that after he came out of Datong Square, it was these two people who were following him, not the inner guard. If the inner guard was following him, he would never have noticed.

  Thinking of Neiweijian, Li Xin glanced back and found nothing unusual, but he still chose to trust the seventh son, so he raised his head slightly and said indifferently, "Lead the way."

   If, as the Seventh Young Master said, there are people from the inner guard behind him to protect him, then no matter what kind of monsters and ghosts he goes here, he should not be able to hurt himself.

   At the feet of the emperor, no one dared to challenge the emperor head-on.

The two nodded, leading Li Xin to turn several alleys on the street, and finally stopped at the entrance of a brothel by the Qinhuai River. Looking at the scale, it is a grade worse than the proud building.

   The brothel of this era is not the same concept as the brothel of later generations. It is more like a bar than a brothel.

   Therefore, in the understanding of people of this era, visiting brothels is an elegant thing.

   Under the leadership of two big men, Li Xin came to the second floor of Ningcui Building. The two big men stopped at the door of a room, bent down slightly, and said respectfully: "Little Marquis, someone has brought it."

   Hearing this name, Li Xin's pupils shrank.

   He knew who was going to see him.

   The door of the room was slowly opened, and Li Chun, the young marquis in white clothes, had a faint smile on his face.

   He glanced up and down at Li Xin with a playful tone.

   "It turned out to be you. The last time I saw you on Victory Street, I thought you were a beggar."

   Having said that, Li Chun smiled even more.

   "I didn't expect you to be my son's younger brother."

   (end of this chapter)