The Golden Age

Biquge www.xbiquge.cc, the fastest update of the latest chapters of Sun Moon Fenghua!Before noon, Qiuniang had already cooked the food.

A bowl of water tofu, a bowl of pork head meat, nothing else.

There is a small table in the hall, which is the place to eat on weekdays. The table is very short, and the two pony stools are shorter. After the food is on the table, Qiuniang immediately closed the door, and the courtyard door is gone. She ate in the main hall. One just needs to turn his head to see.

Although Qiuniang didn't let down the wind in front of the fat woman, it was absolutely unacceptable for Qiuniang to let the neighborhood see herself eating with a strange young man.

Once the door was closed, the hall was quite dim.

With the door closed during the day and staying with a man, Qiuniang seemed to feel a little embarrassed. When she was eating, she was too embarrassed to raise her head, she just sipped her rice bowl and ate, but she was obviously worried, a few grains of rice in her mouth Chewed for a long time.

Qin Xiao was amused in his eyes.

Although Qiuniang lives with her younger brother and seems to be unmarried, Qin Xiao is not sure that Qiuniang was not married before. After all, she is almost 30. In the lobby there are many married people at the age of 13 or 4 Yes, it is really unreasonable to have never married at this age.

But watching Qiuniang's performance, Jing didn't really seem to get along with men.

It stands to reason that Qiuniang is much older than herself, so she shouldn't be so cautious.

He picked up the chopsticks, took a piece of pork head, stretched it over and placed it in Qiuniang's bowl, Qiuniang raised her head, a little surprised, Qin Xiao said softly: "You have not eaten vegetables, is there something on your mind?"

"No... nothing." Qiuniang smiled reluctantly.

She only feels that the atmosphere at the moment is really embarrassing. If Gu Baiyi is at home, there will be nothing wrong with it, but she is a woman's house and gets along with Qin Xiao alone. The key is that Qin Xiao, who only met yesterday, is not very familiar. Sitting at the same table for dinner with this young man, it always seemed a little absurd.

She was in a conflicted mood.

I hope that Qin Xiao will leave as soon as he finishes his meal so that the neighbors in the neighborhood will not make irresponsible remarks, but I think that Qin Xiao's injury is still not healed, and it is difficult to drive him away when he first arrives in Kyoto.

Qin Xiao only thought that Qiuniang was really honest.

I asked her to buy groceries, mentioned pork head meat, and specially gave a few taels of silver. It is more than enough to buy a table of good wine and good food, but this beautiful lady really just bought a pound of pig head meat back, that water tofu It is the cheapest dish and the most common dish on Gu's dinner table.

Although she values ​​money very seriously and does not spend money indiscriminately, she does not take advantage of others, and all the money left over from grocery shopping is returned to Qin Xiao.

"Is Sister Qiu Niang from Kyoto?" The two of them did not speak when they were eating. The atmosphere was how embarrassing and embarrassing, Qin Xiao asked without words.

Qiuniang shook her head and said softly, "I am from Tanzhou, but I came to Kyoto when I was very young. At that time, I was only four or five years old, and my father was a tea merchant...!"

"Tea merchant?" Qin Xiao said hurriedly, "Sister Qiu Niang must know tea well?"

"I don't understand." Qiuniang shook her head and said, "Father died of illness only half a year after he came to Kyoto. Only my mother and my siblings were left. Later...!" At this point, she didn't go on, her expression Somewhat sadly.

Qin Xiao thought to himself that Gu's sister and brother had lost their father when they were young, and couldn't help but said: "Then Ms. Qiu always... has been living with Brother Gu?"

Qiuniang was also clever, smiled softly, and said: "You

Is it to ask if I have been married?I'm poor and ugly, but no one looks at me."

"Sister Qiu Niang is not right." Qin Xiao said immediately: "Silver is something outside of the body. Today, you are ashamed, but tomorrow you may be full of gold and jade. This is not a problem. If you look ugly, if you are ugly, there is nothing in Kyoto. Beautiful woman."

He just wanted to compliment Qiuniang, but when he uttered these words, he felt a little inappropriate. He was alone with a woman and praised her for her beautiful appearance, but it seemed a bit frivolous.

Qiuniang was startled, and smiled: "The beauty of Kyoto is like a cloud. They can't spare you if they know that you compare an ugly like me to them."

Qin Xiao could see clearly at this time. When Qiuniang smiled, there were small dimples on both sides of her mouth, and the small red mole on her lower lip was even more charming.

Although she is no longer young, she is like a ripe fruit, with a mature charm that a young girl can't match.

Qiuniang saw a trace of admiration in Qin Xiao’s eyes, knowing that it was a man’s reaction to women’s interest, she was a little unhappy in her heart. She thought to herself that this guy was young, but she thought about herself, and asked aside the topic. : "By the way, what happened last night? Why...why did anyone want to kill you?"

"I don't know who it is." Qin Xiao said: "I rode through an alley. Someone shot an arrow in the dark. I couldn't dodge and was shot in the shoulder. Then...then the horse rushed over."

He didn't deliberately deceive Qiuniang.

When Qin Xiao was attacked last night, not only did Qin Xiao kill the giant man, but also the giant man broke his stomach. If Qiu Niang knew about this, he would have scared this beautiful girl to death.

If Mei Jiao Niang sees herself in the future, she will think of the scene of a broken stomach, and even think of herself as a murderer, naturally afraid of herself, and it will be difficult to get along.

The most important thing is that Qin Xiao really doesn't want Qiuniang to be involved too much, the more he knows, the less good it is for Qiuniang.

"Thank you for riding a horse." Qiuniang had a lingering fear, and she frowned, and whispered: "After you entered Beijing, you offended Tsing Yi Tang. That group of people is not a good thing. They oppress the people, do bad things, and rely on someone behind them to support them. The person you hit them, they are not your opponent on the face, so they secretly attacked."

Qin Xiao nodded and said, "Sister Qiu Niang is extremely true. I also held that the people from Tsing Yi Tang were secretly making ghosts."

"Hey, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't offend them." Qiuniang said with some regret: "I shouldn't stop the boat next to you that day."

"Don't say that." Qin Xiao smiled and said, "I heard people say that ten years of cultivation can be done on the same boat, and a hundred years of cultivation can be shared...Well, I can get on Qiu Niang's boat. Ten years, without the practice of the previous life, there is no fate in this life."

Qiuniang said "Oh" without comment.

"But Tsing Yi Tang deceived people so much. People in Kyoto dare to behave like this. If you go elsewhere, you will not do less murder and arson." Qin Xiao thought that if Tsing Yi Tang sent someone to assassinate last night, he and Qing Yi Tang would not He will give up and ask quietly, "By the way, Sister Qiu, Brother Gu said before that there is a backer behind Tsing Yi Tang, but I didn't explain it. Do you know who the backer behind this group of people is?"

Qiuniang shook her head and said: "I don't know. I only heard people say that behind them are high-ranking officials and powerful people. Tsing Yi Tang is relying on the backing behind to dare to behave in Kyoto. People in the government see Qing Yi Tang people, As long as you don’t kill anyone, you turn around and leave without interfering."

Qin Xiaoxiang

By the Luoshui River that day, the officials clearly saw Tsing Yi Tang bullying the people, but did not pay attention to it. It can be seen that Tsing Yi Tang can survive in Kyoto because the backers behind it make their foundations solid.

"Those people in Tsing Yi Tang used to be gangsters on the streets of Kyoto, extorting them for a living in Kyoto." Qiuniang sighed softly, "But at that time, if these rascals deceived people too much and reported to the government, the government would also come forward to kill them. I was caught in jail for a while, anyway, I didn’t dare to be too rampant at that time. Later I didn’t know when I came out and gathered all the rogues in Kyoto together. These people seemed to be more regular than before. They are easy to get into trouble, but if they offend them, they will be more fierce than before. In Kyoto's shops, shops, waterways, and many other places, they have to collect money, saying that they can do business safely if they pay them. People are making trouble all the time, and guests are afraid to come to the door."

Qin Xiao frowned, and Qiuniang continued: "The government has to collect taxes, and these people have to collect money. Doing business in Kyoto is like paying two taxes. Fortunately, because of the large population in Kyoto, the business is prosperous. Places, these shops have been closed long ago."

"Those businessmen don't join hands to complain to the government?"

"In the beginning, many merchants really sued Tsing Yi Tang." Qiu Niang said, "But the leading merchants disappeared somehow, and the government ignored them. Everyone felt that those merchants were secretly murdered by Tsing Yi Tang. If you die, you don’t dare to file a complaint again."

Qin Xiao sneered: "At the feet of the emperor, it is so rampant. This is not only the fault of Tsing Yi Tang, but those in the temple are more at fault." I wondered what identity the man behind Tsing Yi Tang was. No one dared to provoke Tsing Yi Tang.

"There is more than Tsing Yi Tang in Kyoto." Qiuniang said softly, "There is also a Taiping Hui, just like Tsing Yi Tang. They are not good people. The two groups fight each other and seize the territory in Kyoto, just to get their own hands. Money is collected from controlled places. There are three rivers in Kyoto, Luoshui, Gushui and Raoshui. The Gushui channel belongs to Tsing Yitang, and Raoshui is returned to the Taipinghui. The remaining Luoshui was formerly the site of Tsing Yitang, and later the Taipinghui appeared. Tsing Yi Tang took half of it."

Qin Xiao was startled and found it more interesting.

This Kyoto is not only a court battle, but also a gang battle in the city.

He knows very well that the dispute between the market gangs is nothing but an extension of the court party disputes. Behind the Tsing Yi Tang and the Taiping Hui, there are the shadows of court officials.

"I was punting in Rao Shui before. They asked me for silver, so I ran to Gushui." Qiu Niang said angrily: "When I arrived at Gushui, they also asked me for silver. I went to Luoshui again, and they were chasing afterwards anyway. I want money, and I hide from them. When I reach the Taipinghui, Tsing Yitang can't control it. The Taiping will look for me, so I ran to the Tsing Yitang and hide and seek with them." At this point, the corners of my lips could not help but appear. A smug smile.

Qin Xiao knew that Qiuniang's living environment was really bad.

It is not easy for a woman to support her family by punting. It is really hard to avoid those rogues to collect money. She asked: "How long have you been punting?"

"It didn't take long, less than two years." Qiuniang said: "I was in...!" Halfway through, she smiled faintly, but did not continue to say the rest. Qin Xiao saw that she didn't say anything, either. It was inconvenient to ask questions, picked up the chopsticks, and put a piece of pork head in Qiuniang bowl.

Qiuniang said hurriedly: "Don't don't, you eat yourself, I...I don't like meat."

At this moment, a man's voice suddenly heard from the courtyard: "Dare to ask Qin Xiao, Master Qin is here?"