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"It's too much!"

Li Shimin watched the whole process in the corner, and his lungs were irritated. Just now, when Fang Yiai scolded Li Chengqian, he could still hold back his anger, but when he saw the old woman treating Li Chengqian like this, he couldn't help it. He gritted his teeth and said, "Hao Ken, have you seen it? This is a shrew! Is he bullying Chengqian like this? Is he bullying him young?"

The high-ranking officials were from poor families, otherwise they would not have been eunuchs. When they were young, they were wandering among the markets. No one had ever seen anyone. In his eyes, the old woman was just as good as she was. Seeing Li Shimin furious and was about to rush up, Eunuch Gao quickly grabbed Li Shimin and thought to himself, if the emperor fought with an old woman, it would be a bad thing if it was written in history books. No, she would have laughed for thousands of years!

Li Shimin was not aware of this problem, but seeing Li Chengqian standing in front of the old woman at a loss, Li Shimin was still very uncomfortable. He gritted his teeth and said, "Can you not be able to rectify these troublemakers?"

"Your Majesty, you can't do it yourself," Eunuch Gao glanced at Li Chengqian and said, "Your Majesty, maybe it's a good thing. After all, the prince is the prince, and it's not that true outside the palace. Maybe after this setback, he will no longer linger in the scenery outside the palace."

"Oh..." Li Shimin sighed and said, "That's how it is, but... I can't bear it-" Before he finished speaking, Li Shimin suddenly said "eh" and asked, "Who is that person? Why do you seem to have seen him somewhere?"

Eunuch Gao glanced carefully and said, "Your Majesty, this man is called Ergou. He is a gang under Li Mu and is highly valued. He is now in charge of the Sihai Gambling House in Pingkangfang. He saw it when the gambling house opened last time."

"Oh, no wonder I look familiar." Li Shimin frowned and said, "Why is he not in Pingkangfang, why are he here for?"

How could Eunuch Gao know? But he could guess that he could not help but laugh and said, "How could Zhulu Hou not care about the prince at all. He must have been looking for someone to take care of him. Seeing that the prince was bullied, wouldn't he send someone to rescue him? Your Majesty, there must be a good show, let's see."

Eunuch Gao guessed that Ergou did come for Li Chengqian today, but he didn't know that it was not for this stall. He got Li Mu's instructions and asked him to see how Li Chengqian was doing as an urban management officer. Unexpectedly, he encountered this incident.

Ergou has been living in the West City for many years. Although he has not been very good before meeting Li Mu, he has eyesight. He can tell what this old woman is. If it were in the past, he might not be able to hold the old woman, but now what is his identity? The east and west markets, the rascal didn't call him Dog Master when he saw him? In the city of Chang'an City, he is also a famous person. It's not that he is very powerful, but because he is Li Mu's "dog". In the eyes of the people in the market, Ergou is a person who is in a sensible way. He is not as strong as him and dares not provoke him. Those who are stronger than him still dare not provoke him.

However, Ergou is also a self-aware person. He has always been very low-key and rarely has any conflicts with others. However, if there is a conflict, he is also a cruel and ruthless person. He has also thrown a lot of fish food under the Ba Bridge!

Ergou just turned around the street and saw such a scene, his pupils shrank. He thought to himself that this old woman was really seeking death in a different way. The person in front of him was the prince. Sooner or later, he would be his country. How dare you humiliate him like this? Even if he was about to rush over, his steps moved, and his mind suddenly moved. He was thinking, what would have done if Li Mu was here.

If you take action directly, it is easy to accidentally expose Li Chengqian's identity. Li Chengqian is willing to conceal his identity and also wants to be a small urban management officer, which means that he wants to do this. If he fails to do it, he will offend him if he doesn't give up this favor.

If you fail, you must not do bad things with kindness.

Ergou changed his mind and took the plan to heart. He coughed for a moment, took the people out of the street and came to the front of the soup cake shop. The younger brothers pulled away the onlookers. He went out and looked at the woman who was still crying, and he slapped his mouth and spit thick phlegm in front of the old woman.

"I said, what are you doing? I don't want to do business anymore, right? I heard that the soup cakes here are delicious, so I specially brought my brothers to try them. Why did we make a waste of time?"

The old woman looked at Ergou and looked at the group behind him. She knew it was not easy to mess with, but since the trouble started today, she had to make some money from Li Chengqian. How could she give up so much? She was careful and said, "My master, if you encounter something today, I won't do business anymore. You will do it for you tomorrow."

"Bah!" Ergou suddenly turned his back and pointed at the old woman and cursed, "You old guy, dare you scold me?"

The old woman was a little panicked, "Master, I didn't scold you. Everyone listened, I didn't scold you!"

"Oh, didn't you scold me?" Ergou snorted and said, "You're doing it for me, why? I'm like a free meal? Ergou pulled out the gold chain hanging around his neck. This was all the rewards Li Mu gave him. He exchanged it for gold and made such a "dog chain" to prove his identity. After all, it's not anyone who can be a dog in Zhuluhou.

As soon as the gold chain was thrown, the people in the market knew who the person was. Zhulu Hou’s lackey, Zhao Ergou, who is known as Dog Master, the world! The old woman’s face turned pale and spread on the ground, unable to speak. The old man who had been standing beside him had to stand up and smile with tears in his eyes, saying, “Gou Master, the villain is blind and didn’t recognize you. Don’t be angry, you want to eat soup cakes, right? Let’s do this for you.”

As he said that, he pulled the old woman up, and the two of them quickly boiled the soup cakes, served one bowl after another on the table.

Ergou glanced at the onlookers and grinned his teeth, "What are you looking at? Didn't you eat? Haven't eaten together. I, Ergou, treat you today!"

Who dares to eat it!

The spectators were all scattered, and only Li Chengqian did not leave. Of course, he recognized Ergou. He looked at the old couple with a different attitude than before, and said to Ergou, "Did your master ask you to come?"

Ergou whispered, "Reply to your words, the marquis told me to come and have a look. Don't worry, leave it to me." After that, Ergou slapped the table and cursed, "Why are you so slow? The man is starving to death, can you bear it?"

This is just a deliberate search for trouble. The old couple is already very fast, but they dare not say it. While laughing, they try to speed up as fast as possible.

Soup cakes are actually simple. If you add soup and add some seasonings to it, you can make it. The most important seasoning is salt. The salt from the Tang Dynasty Salt Industry has not yet started mass production, and even if it is mass-produced, it will not be the people at the bottom to eat fine salt in a short time. The coarse salt added to the soup cakes is not good salt. But for the bottom layer, it is indeed indispensable. Because of salt, they have the strength.

This soup cake costs five cents per bowl, and at least one cent is costly on salt. In order to save money, the old couple used the salt in fine ways and put it less if they could. But today they met Ergou, the old man, and they dared not lose it. They added the amount for three days at a time. If they were given to ordinary guests, they would have to be euthanized. But Ergou came to find fault today, so it was naturally another situation.

"Puff!" Ergou took a sip of the soup and spit out, threw the bowl on the ground, cursing, "Damn it, I want to suffocate me? I'll say a few words to you, hold a grudge, right? Why don't you put some arsenic to poison the man?"

The old woman cried, "Everyone, let's put more salt for you, and there's something wrong!"

"You dare to talk back?" Ergou sneered, stretched out his hand and said, "Brothers, this black-hearted bullying has reached the head of the man. What do you say?"

"Smash it!"

A group of ruffians screamed, and some of them had already pulled up the bench and were about to start smashing after Ergou gave the order.

"Then just smash it-" Before Ergou could wave his hand, a voice suddenly sounded "Enough! Stop!"

Ergou was stunned and looked back at Li Chengqian who was talking, squeezing his eyes to him, wondering, we are standing up for you, why are you wrong?

Li Chengqian raised his chest, and the four words "Urban Management Brigade" embroidered on his chest were shining brightly. "I am under the jurisdiction of the Jinyiwei of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Urban Management Brigade, number 49. I cannot allow you to beat people in the street. This is my responsibility. If you leave now, I will not hold you accountable, but if you dare to hurt others, you will weigh the consequences yourself."

Some rascals don’t know Li Chengqian. When they heard this, they felt harsh and cursed, “What are you doing? How dare you talk to our dog master like this?”

Ergou was so scared that his face turned pale. He quickly covered his slutty mouth and glared at him fiercely. He had acted in the play. Although he no longer needed him to play Zhang Lu'er in the second version of Dou E in the past few days, his skills were still there. He knew what he wanted and said, "People from the Ministry of Internal Affairs? OK! I can't afford to offend you, so I'll give you a face today!" He turned his head and looked at the old couple, bared his teeth and said, "I can't afford to offend him, but I can't afford to offend you two. He can't stay here all the time. You two have heard it clearly. What's going on today is not over. Please wait for you, and come to you again if you have time!"

After saying that, he left with a group of thugs.

The old couple was so scared that they were trembling all over and didn't dare to say a word. To them, people like Ergou were much worse than officials. The old woman who was just as powerful as Li Chengqian, actually started to cry at this time, "Oh, this is the evil wind that has gone, why did you get into these masters? It's over, it's over..."

Li Chengqian helped the two of them up, without complaining, and said, "You guys can lie to me. He is right. I can't stay in your shop all the time. Besides, I'm not sure if I'm still a member of the Urban Management Brigade tomorrow. If I'm not here tomorrow, you can do it yourself."

After saying that, Li Chengqian took out another two cents, and the five cents he picked up and placed them on the table just now, which happened to be seven cents, the price the old woman wanted.

Putting the money next to the soup cake he hadn't eaten, Li Chengqian walked away silently. The old couple looked at the seven cents on the table, and their faces were sore. Since the first day they met Li Chengqian, they have not taken this twelve-year-old "father" seriously, because he is too young and he believes everything he says. Unlike the servants at the yamen, they are all difficult little kids.

But today, he still has his love.

The two of them wanted to return the seven cents to Li Chengqian and beg him to protect his shop, but they were really shameless and had to watch him silently and disappeared at the end of the street.

Li Shimin felt a little moved, and said to himself, as if asking Eunuch Gao next to him, saying, "I feel uncomfortable when I see Chengqian being bullied by this old woman. But when I see these two dogs bullying the old woman, I feel uncomfortable. Why is this? Why can't I figure out the heart of this person!"

Eunuch Gao held back his laughter and said, "Your Majesty, there is a saying among the people that evil people will be beaten by evil people. That Ergou is born in a thug and knows the best of what these people think and fear, and naturally he will be able to rectify them easily."

Li Shimin looked at him and said, "The wicked will be beaten by the wicked, so who will beat the wicked ones?"

"Uh..." Eunuch Gao was speechless for a moment, and thought for a while, and said, "It's a good thing for someone like Zhuluhou."

Li Shimin asked again, "Who will fight Li Mu?"

"This..." Eunuch Gao didn't dare to answer and laughed.

Li Shimin curled his smile, looked at the direction where Li Chengqian left, and sighed and said, "Go back to the palace. If Chengqian comes back today, let him see me. If he doesn't return, he will go with him. The child will grow up sooner or later, and I will not be able to teach him much!"

Eunuch Gao sneaked into Li Shimin's expression and saw that he was in a bad mood, but he couldn't tell whether Li Shimin was in a bad mood because he just asked who would take care of Li Mu or Li Chengqian's matter.

"Did you hear me?"

Eunuch Gao quickly responded, "Listen, I've recorded it."

...

valley.

"Your Majesty, do you recognize it? Yes, cold melon!" Li Mu was leading Li Yuan to visit his "Crystal Palace", which is the greenhouse. The seeds of the big watermelon he drew in the system lottery were also planted by him, and now the melon eggs have been produced.

Li Yuan, a man who is an emperor, has never seen anything. Although watermelons came from the Western Regions and were rare in Chang'an City, he did not lack watermelons when summer came. But this time was wrong. Watermelons were eaten in summer. Now the New Year has just passed, and it is still winter. Where did the watermelons come from?

Li Mu laughed and said, "This is the ability, old man! Look, look around. It has been thousands of years and counting... Well, it's my first portion anyway. I'm growing green vegetables in winter. Isn't this ability? I guarantee that you will be the first to eat this year. I'll send it to you when it's ripe!"

Li Yuan responded with a smile, looked around and said, "Li Mu, if you want to say that you are really capable, you have the ability. How much does it cost to build such a large glass house?"

"Not much." Li Mu pounced on the soil in his hand, and as Li Shimin said, "After my improvement, the cost of glass is cheaper, equal to silver. This glass house is only about 50,000 yuan!"

Datang Technician @B
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