Dongjiang
Muping City
There are already more and more foreigners wandering around on the street. It seems that they are not professional at all compared with the Dongchu merchants. The Dongchu merchants will never leave their stalls before the end of the market. Doing business is more like visiting for sightseeing.
Foreigners wearing strange costumes in the eyes of Han people looked curiously at everything in Muping City, including streets, buildings, and people. It's like the Muping people are looking at the foreigners curiously, but the eyes of the two people are different. Local people in Muping look at foreigners with the eyes of seeing some strange animals. But foreigners look at Muping people with the eyes of lower animals.
The clothes of the foreigners were secretly ridiculed by the Muping people, not knowing much, especially the swallowtail-shaped top and tight pants, and the big bag bulging on the crotch looked disgusting and barbaric. On the other hand, the female skeletons of foreigners are generally very large, wearing long skirts with bare shoulders, and the two lumps on the chest are bulging like freshly baked white flour steamed buns, swollen to the extreme. When the men in Muping see it, they can't help but think, what does it feel like to touch it
Because there are more and more foreigners, the market is becoming less and less peaceful. The greatest benefit of Eastern Chu merchants is to abide by the laws of the Great Sui, and dare not offend the Sui people. So there used to be so many Eastern Chu merchants in Muping City, and there were no vicious incidents. However, since foreigners replaced Eastern Chu people, the law and order in Mouping has become worse and worse.
A while ago, a foreigner was dragged away by the peddler because he did not pay for the things he took. The foreigner hardly hesitated, took out the short gun from his waist and raised his hand and shot it. The peddler's leg was shot out. A blood hole fell down with howls, and the street patrolling police officers and officers quickly surrounded him. The foreigner had no fear of facing the army but cursed at him. He was restrained by the angry crowd and sent to the government.
According to the previous rules of the Sui Dynasty, foreigners who dared to make trouble on the territory of the Sui Dynasty, no matter where they came from, would be sentenced according to the laws of the Sui Dynasty. For example, in Fangu City in the northwest, the herdsmen from Mengyuan were all extremely tough, but no one dared to make any mistakes in front of the frontier army.
No matter what, Li Xiaozong could still maintain the majesty of an empire. Any Mongolian Yuan people or other grassland people who made troubles would be dealt with immediately as soon as they were discovered.
But this time something is different.
The foreigner who injured the peddler was arrested and taken to the government office. The governor of Muping sentenced him to 30 boards and then went to prison to compensate the peddler. However, before the board was beaten, a group of officers and soldiers from the general's mansion Immediately rushed in, saying that the general wanted to interrogate himself, and took the foreigner away.
The next day, someone saw this foreigner majesticly appearing in the market, and continued to look at the Sui people with that disgusting look, as if, what can you do to me
Angry people surrounded his booth and demanded an explanation from the government. The yamen servants of the Muping Mansion rushed over and were also shocked. At this time, the soldiers of the General's Mansion appeared again and drove away the people surrounding the foreigner's booth with sticks. They even left four guards with wooden sticks on the side until dark.
After this incident happened, such incidents immediately increased in Muping City.
Two days ago, two bearded foreigners blatantly dragged a young girl into a small alley on the street, trying to do something wrong. The girl resisted desperately, attracting the yamen servants who were patrolling the street. The yamen servants were furious and beat the two foreigners severely After a meal. Who would have thought that the next day these yamen servants would be paraded through the streets, charged with destroying diplomatic relations and friendship.
The whole of Muping was filled with a very oppressive atmosphere.
And those foreigners were laughing wildly.
According to the laws of the Sui Dynasty, no matter where they come from, as long as they enter the territory of the Sui Dynasty, they are not allowed to carry weapons. This is the rule of the Sui Dynasty. But in Muping, those foreigners wandering on the street have short guns in their waists, and also carry that strangely shaped long sword, like an extended iron nail.
Zuo Mingchan was sitting on the window seat on the second floor of a tea house. He looked towards the street, and a few shopkeepers carrying bulk goods yelled and passed by. Some of them raised their heads and looked up. Zuo Ming Cicada nodded calmly, and the shopkeeper quickly left.
On the street, the owner of a tavern was punched by a foreigner. The drunk foreigner was beating him while cursing, and the blood on the corner of the old tavern owner's mouth was so bright red. The crowd immediately gathered to point and point, and some angry people came forward to argue but were stopped by their relatives, who lowered their voices and said that you are nosy, be careful that people in the government will arrest you and parade you in the street!
These words wiped out that little thought of being brave.
The tavernkeeper was broken in the mouth, and the assailant walked away.
The foreigner walked unsteadily on the street, picked up a fruit from a nearby stall and gnawed it in his mouth, the fruit seller opened his mouth, and finally endured it.
It's only been a few months, and because of the appearance of the General's Mansion, the pride in the local people of Muping was replaced by cowardice so quickly.
The foreigner pulled a passing young woman into his arms. The young woman screamed in horror, but couldn't break free. Passers-by watched the young woman being dragged into an alley by the foreigner, all with expressionless faces. At this moment, a peddler came over carrying something, and seemed to bump the foreigner accidentally, and the foreigner spit and cursed at the peddler.
The shopkeeper hurried over, helped him up, and then said something with a smile. Seeing the flattery on the peddler's face, the onlookers had angry eyes, which clearly said that the peddler was a shameless scum! But he forgot that he was indifferent when he watched foreigners pulling young women.
The shopkeeper could say a few words about foreigners, and pointed to the alley. The foreigner immediately laughed and dragged the shopkeeper into the alley.
The shopkeeper made a gesture when he turned around, and several shopkeepers who were with him immediately stepped into the alley first. Not far away, several yamen guards patrolling the street looked at this side, and one of the yamen guards whispered something in the catcher's ear, the catcher nodded slightly, and then led the people to the other side.
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In the alley, a group of shopkeepers beat and kicked the foreigner to the ground. Because his mouth was blocked with rags, the foreigner could only cry for help weakly. These shopkeepers moved very quickly. After knocking down the foreigner, they punched the foreigner a few times, and the foreigner passed out immediately.
On the other side of the alley, a few yamen servants who walked around watched this scene happen. The yamen servant who reminded the head arrester turned around and asked, "Do you want to catch it?"
The head catcher gave him a hard look: "Fuck you, I didn't see anything."
After finishing speaking, he turned and left. Several other yamen servants looked at each other, and then one by one either looked at the sky or at their own feet: "I heard that there was a baby at Lao Chen's house yesterday, and we will go to his house after a while Look happy?"
"Okay, okay, bring a few catties of eggs."
"One more big cock!"
"Count me in."
The usually serious and rigid head catcher turned around and said something, but his expressionless expression was not a little scary as before. The yamen servants froze for a moment, then burst out laughing. Catcher took out a money bag from his pocket and handed it to one of the yamen servants: "Buy some more red dates, don't buy big roosters, buy some black-bone chickens, and then go buy some crucian carp."
"Hey, boss, you are an expert."
A servant said with a smile.
The head catcher gave him a hard look, and then he burst out laughing: "Street Patrol! ,understand?"
"understood!"
The yamen servants nodded neatly.
In the alley, the salesmen watched the yamen servants leave and smiled, then put the foreigner into a sack, and the two of them carried the foreigner out of the alley.
Zuo Mingchan stood up from the second floor, settled the money and left. He first wandered the street for a while, passing by Yang Shunhui's General's Mansion on purpose, and found several carriages parked outside the General's Mansion. From the expressions on the faces of the drivers, it was obvious that the people who hired them were not very good. Being treated by others, Zuo Mingchan guessed that he must be a foreigner.
He wandered around the street seemingly aimlessly for a while, and then returned to the shop of Hutong Tianxiahang. Zhou Mingli, the shopkeeper, saw him coming back, and immediately ordered people to close the shop early: "Close early today, and there is not much business to do."
The little guy quickly closed the door, thankful that he could rest earlier.
Zuo Mingchan and Zhou Mingli looked at each other and walked into the backyard one after another. In the woodshed in the backyard, the foreigner who had been beaten almost without human figure woke up after being poured with a bucket of cold water. He watched the big men in front of him shrink back involuntarily, with fear in his eyes.
Zhou Mingli walked in separately, looked at the foreigner and frowned: "Why did you fight like this?"
Without waiting for his subordinates to explain, he said solemnly: "It's so light!"
The subordinates laughed immediately, and someone went up to make up for it immediately. The foreigner was kicked in the chest and suffocated, he could hardly breathe. The foreigner shrank back vigorously, fearing that he would be beaten again.
"Your name is Dekeli, from the Opru Empire, right?"
Zhou Mingli asked, what he really didn't expect was that his foreigner's words were so good. However, as a steward in Muping City, he is naturally unstable if he is incapable.
"Now I give you two choices. First, you can answer truthfully whatever I ask, and you live. Second, you don't have to answer whatever I ask, and you die."
Decker's face was as white as paper, and he nodded immediately.
"Did Dong Chu be destroyed by your Opulu Empire?"
Zhou Mingli asked.
Decker froze for a moment, then shook his head vigorously: "I don't know."
puff
Zuo Mingchan, who was standing on the side, pulled out the horizontal knife from the waist of Xiaoqi school beside him as fast as lightning, and chopped off Dekeli's left hand with one blow. Before he could wail, a young cavalry schoolmaster quickly covered Decker's mouth with a rag, and the wailing turned into a muffled grunt. Blood sprayed out from the wound on his wrist, and Decker passed out from the pain in the next second.
It was another bucket of cold water, and the first thing Decker saw when he woke up was the shining knife.
"Yes!"
He saw the knife shake again, and immediately replied before anyone could ask: "The army of the Opulu Empire has invaded Eastern Chu. If there is no accident, Emperor Leman is now standing in the palace of Eastern Chu." gone."
Zhou Mingli's face changed: "How many troops have come to attack the Eastern Chuaopuru Empire?"
"I really do not know."
Dekeli looked at Zhou Mingli with pleading eyes: "We are only following the order of Grand Duke Hurons to confuse your Han army, making you think that we really just want to do business. I don't know about the military, but … If you don’t kill me, I’ll tell you who knows!”
"good."
Zhou Mingli agreed very simply: "Tell me, I will let you live."
"Marquis Cleo is in Yang Shunhui's mansion. He is the representative of the Duke of Xiulunsi. He knows it very well! He is a man in his sixties, with a hunchback and wearing glasses. If you have seen him, you will know that I am not lie!"
After saying this, Decker suddenly realized something. He said a little too much.
Zhou Mingli turned and walked out, and then a Xiaoqi school drew a knife and walked towards Dekeli, who wailed: "You promised not to kill me, you can't be unreasonable!"
Zhou Mingli glanced back at him: "Stupid man, do you think I will reason with the enemy? If you bite to death and don't tell what that Marquis of Cleo looks like, I will not kill you for the time being. It's all my fault." You are stupid... cut off his hands and feet, and then throw him into the sea, there will be some greedy fish coming over."