Water Margin official

"Beyond the mountains, there are towers outside the mountains, when will the singing and dancing of the West Lake stop? Tourists drunk by the warm breeze only call Hangzhou Bianzhou!"

Zhang Zhengdao pulled out a poem, then put his hands behind his back and strode into the city of Hangzhou with his head held high.

The people following him, except for Zhang Liu who was following the white horse at the back, were all curiously looking at this famous city in the south of the Yangtze River. They followed Zhang Zhengdao one after another, striding forward, looking around, feeling like they were seeing everything.

Fresh.

After a long and tiring journey, it finally took less than half a month to reach the border of Hangzhou without stopping.

After getting off the boat at Liupu Ferry Pier and dismissing the boatman, everyone entered the city through Jiahui Gate.

As the saying goes, the southeast is the best, the three Wu cities, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times.

This ancient city of Hangzhou was founded by Yang Su, the Duke of Chu in the Sui Dynasty who has long since passed away. The city has a circumference of thirty-six miles and ninety paces, and has twelve city gates: Dongyue Bianmen, Baoan, Cuixin, Dongqing, Genshan, and Xin.

The gate is called Qianhu, Qingbo, Fengyu and Qiantang in the west; Jiahui in the south; Yuhang in the north. There are five water gates: Bao'an, Nanshui and Beishui in the east; Tianzong and Yuhang in the north.

As soon as they entered the city of Hangzhou, everyone felt the spirit of "the first state in the southeast", where houses, wine shops and teahouses, art workshops, posthouses and hotels were all lined up in rows and rows.

Since the eighth year of the founding of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizu defeated Li Yu, the later lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Several generations of officials have sent famous ministers to govern. Today, this important and prosperous town in the southeast has more than 200,000 households.

Population of 500,000 to 600,000.

Along the way, I saw taverns like clouds, businessmen like rain, and the world's fine wines are as abundant as those in Hangzhou.

In addition, silk weaving shops, printing and paper shops, porcelain shops, tea shops, etc., showed the prosperity of the entire city to Zhang Zhengdao and others one by one.

"What a big city." Ruan Xiaoer praised.

Ruan Xiaoqi saw a snack shop on the roadside, wiped her saliva and said: "It smells so good!"

When this honest man left home, he left his ten taels of silver to Ruan Xiaoer's wife, letting her use it to take care of his mother.

Zhang Zhengdao took off his money bag, handed it to him, and said, "Brother Seven, go buy it. Everyone has a share."

Ruan Xiaoqi took the money bag and went straight to the stall with a smile on his face. Wang Sanguan also followed Ruan Xiaoqi, going to see what delicious food there was.

Everyone stopped and waited for them.

But at this moment, they suddenly heard the sound of a clapper. Everyone looked around and saw a handsome young man standing in an open space, banging the clapper in his hand so loudly that it attracted the attention of passers-by.

Attention.

Zhang Zhengdao looked carefully and became interested. This young gentleman was actually a woman disguised as a man. Even when he was dressed, he acted like a man, but the way he walked and the voice he shouted made him obviously a woman.

Just listen to her shouting loudly: "Uncles, uncles, eldest brother, we brothers and sisters... the two brothers have lived here from their hometown and have no way to make a living. As a last resort, they have to borrow precious land temporarily and sell some of their skills. If they are good at it,

Okay, my little brother is shameless, and I beg you to reward me with a few copper coins, so that my two brothers can have a full meal."

When passers-by saw the excitement, they gathered around it, and the open space was filled to the brim with people.

"Let's go over and have a look!" Zhang Zhengdao said with a smile, then squeezed in from the crowd and stood at the front, watching with interest what kind of crafts this woman dressed in men's clothing had to sell.

Wu Song and others also squeezed in, looking at the young gentleman in the field, quite curious.

Zhang Liu was holding the horse, but it was inconvenient and he couldn't squeeze into the crowd. In desperation, he came up with an idea, got on the horse, sat on it, and looked down at the scene.

But when the woman saw that she had attracted a large circle of people, she smiled slightly and her dimples were quite pretty.

Zhang Zhengdao smiled brightly and couldn't help but sigh to himself, what a lovely girl.

At this time, the woman said again: "Please, please make some room for my two brothers to have a place to perform."

After everyone heard this, they all stepped back. Only Zhang Zhengdao did not move, and he was suddenly revealed. It seemed that he was also a performer in this scene.

Seeing that Zhang Zhengdao was not retreating, the woman stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master, please take a few steps back."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "How many steps back?"

The woman saw that he looked like a fool, so she patiently coaxed him: "Ten steps back."

Zhang Zhengdao shook his head and said: "Ten steps is too many. My mother told me that I will never look back until I hit the wall, so I will only walk forward, not backward."

The woman saw that he was really a fool, so she was not angry. She just thought he was just a kid playing around, and said with a smile: "Then did your mother tell you that your head will hurt if you hit the south wall?"

Zhang Zhengdao was happy, this woman was quite interesting, so he replied to her: "My mother said, just knock down the wall and it will be fine."

After saying that, he pretended to be a fool and bumped into the woman.

The woman was startled by his sudden movement, then reacted, stretched out her arms, grabbed Zhang Zhengdao, twisted his waist, and turned him around to face the onlookers.<

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The woman was on his lower back again, and with a gentle push, Zhang Zhengdao couldn't help but rush towards the crowd gathered together.

The woman also shouted behind him: "Go home and tell your mother not to let her stupid son run around by himself."

The onlookers burst into laughter and pointed at Zhang Zhengdao.

Zhang Zhengdao didn't take it seriously, stopped, turned back, and said to the woman: "My hands are so soft, and my body smells so good."

The woman's face turned red with embarrassment, and then she realized that this fool was not stupid. He actually found out that she was taking advantage of her by pretending to be a man. She frowned, widened her eyes, looked angry, and wanted to step forward.

Beat up this libertine.

At this time, a tall and sturdy man stopped her from behind.

"Sister...brother, business matters!"

Hearing the strong man's voice, the woman glared angrily at Zhang Zhengdao, then turned around and helped the big man prepare for his business and start performing.

Zhang Zhengdao did not pretend to be stupid and was stunned. He stood in front of the crowd with his hands clasped behind his hands, watching the brother and sister working there, wanting to see what crafts they wanted to sell.

I saw this big man, first he took out a wooden board, which looked like a door panel removed from some ruined temple, and stood it on the ground. Then he used a broken table and a broken chair to hold it up to prevent the door panel from falling down.

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The woman stood in front of the door with an apple on her head. She also held an apple in each hand, spread her arms, and stood quietly.

The big man took out a bow. Although it was not a treasure bow, the bowstring made a "thumping" sound when he pulled it empty.

Everyone realized that since this big man knew how to bow and arrow, he probably wanted to shoot the man standing in front of the door to pieces on his head and the apple in his hand.

The big man didn't say anything. He just looked at the distance. It seemed that it was not far enough, so he stepped back dozens of steps. Everyone made way for him. The strong man retreated straight to the street, and he was hundreds of miles away from the woman.

Step, just stopped.

The passers-by who gathered around saw him walking so far to shoot arrows and didn't know how good his archery skills were, so they all took a few steps back, forming a fan shape, away from the door panel and the woman holding an apple in front of it.<

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The big man didn't take it seriously. He just glanced at his sister. He didn't bend the bow to shoot. He just put down the bow in his hand, took out a black cloth from his arms, turned his hands to cover his eyes, and then bent down to pick up the bow.

, took out three arrows from the quiver hanging on his waist, and put them on his bow.

He just lifted it up without hesitating, and actually shot three arrows towards the woman.