Chapter 71 Parallel Import Guide
In early spring, the weather is still cold, but some greenery has emerged between the sky and the earth.

Villagers in villages and towns who had spent the cold winter finally walked out of their houses and started preparing for the new year's spring plowing in the fields.

There were gradually more merchants coming and going in the city, and the smoke and smoke became increasingly intense.

The soldiers collecting taxes at the city gate carefully watched the people entering the city, selecting targets who could receive rewards or blackmails, so as to make their own pockets a little bigger.

On the official road, a few horses were running slowly from a distance, approaching the city. With a casual glance, the soldiers knew that these were the general's visitors, and they were all riding military horses.

None of these fighting men are good, they don't talk about anything, and they often beat and scold them, so you have to be careful.

The strong man at the head asked loudly under the disdainful eyes of the soldiers:
"What is this place?"

The soldier forced a smile on his face, nodded and bowed and said: "Go back to the army, this is Mengzhou City."

"Mengzhou?" The strong man was stunned, "Didn't he run to Beijing North Road?"

Immediately, he suddenly turned his head to look at a follower behind him, became furious, raised his riding crop, whipped him wildly, and cursed:

"Thieves and birds!"

"You led the way!"

"We ran from Jingdong East Road to Jingdong North Road. How dare we tell someone that you have been to Kyoto?"

The follower didn't dare to fight back. He held his head with both hands and beat him hard. He just shouted:
"Officials, please don't get angry, or you may become angry!"

"The villain used to follow the caravans. He only remembers this road. The caravans always buy and sell along the way. It is inevitable to make some detours."

"We just walked over, then changed the way back, and then we arrived in Kyoto!"

This group of people was Li Gui and his friends. They only stayed on Mangdang Mountain for two days before saying goodbye and leaving.

I thought I would go west from Shanzhou and arrive at Kaifeng Mansion not far away, but I didn't know that the eighty-year-old woman was so confused. This guide turned out to be a parallel importer. After leading Li Gui and others along the way, they went to the wrong place. Direction, somehow, he ran to Mengzhou.

"You little bird!"

"It was just a matter of running to Shanzhou before, and I met a few good brothers, but now they have all passed!"

"The journey from Yizhou to Kyoto is only one month, but it took you two months to travel, and we haven't arrived yet."

"If you mess up grandpa's important affairs, grandpa will chop off your head with an axe!"

Li Gui was extremely annoyed. In order to take care of this poor equestrian guide, he walked much slower on the road. As a result, the path he walked was not straight.

Although he will probably be able to reach Kyoto in the end, I don’t know how much hardship the second uncle will endure during this period.

Whenever he thinks of this, Li Gui wants to kill someone.

The guide also knew that he was wrong and didn't dare to dodge at all. He allowed himself to be beaten and scolded, all he said was begging for mercy.

The group of people's journey was not peaceful. What happened on Mangdang Mountain was just that. No one died in the end, but Li Gui was not so polite to the bandits they met later.

This guide saw with his own eyes that the group of guys in front of him killed people without blinking an eye, just like chopping melons and vegetables, and never showed mercy.

I originally thought they were government troops, but after passing through Mangdang Mountain, the guide knew they were a group of thieves.

However, he had already boarded the pirate ship and had no chance to get off.

Li Gui ignored him and turned to ask the servant: "How should we go to Kaifeng Mansion?"

The guide held his head and carefully interjected: "Once here, the little man will know the path. He only needs to go east to reach Tokyo."

Li Gui ignored him and only looked at the soldier.

The soldier smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying:
"The villain has never left this place, how do you know?"

"This little guy only knows that if you go out from the east gate and go eastward, you will reach Zhengzhou. General, please go there and ask questions!"

When Li Gui thought about it, Zhengzhou and Kaifeng were not both from Henan. They were quite close to each other, so he asked:

"Is there a restaurant on the road in the eastern suburbs of the city?"

"Returning to the general, there is a place more than ten miles outside the east gate called Happy Forest. Merchants from Shandong and Hebei come there to do business. There are hundreds of big hotels and thirty or twenty gambling houses. There are a lot of things to do in the shop.”

As soon as he heard the name, Li Gui knew where he was going. He immediately threw out a handful of copper coins as a reward and rode towards the east of the city.It's a journey of more than ten miles, but it's only a cup of tea away.

I saw only a forest in the distance, and from behind there were faint noises of people, neighing of cattle and horses, wind and string instruments, and other sounds, and I knew I had arrived at the place.

Sure enough, as they walked around the woods, they saw a lot of traffic here, with all kinds of merchants coming and going. It looked like a prosperous scene, even more so than in Mengzhou City.

Several people slowed down their horses and moved forward slowly with the flow of people, and soon they arrived in the forest.

I saw a large hotel at the T-junction ahead. There was a viewing pole standing in front of the eaves, with a wine grape hanging on it, which read in four big characters: "Heyang Fengyue".

When I turned around to take a look, I saw two gold-pinned flags on the green railing in front of the door. Each flag had five gold characters on it, which read: "The world is vast when you are drunk, and the sun and moon grow long in the pot."

On one side are the meat tables, anvils, and chefs, and on the other side are the kitchen stoves that use firewood to steam and make steamed buns.

Go inside and there are three large wine vats lined up on top of each other, half buried in the ground. Each vat contains half a vat of wine.

There is a cabinet in the middle, and sitting inside is a young woman, who I think is the bartender's wife.

There were seven or eight bartenders in the building, twenty or thirty customers, and three or two young ladies who sang songs.

When Li Gui saw this place, he knew that it was the property of Di Fu Xing Jin Yan Biao Shi En, who was later taken away by Jiang Menshen. He immediately reined in his horse and stopped in front of the store.

The bartender in the store saw it and hurriedly grabbed it and greeted him with a smile.

"Guests, please come in and take a seat."

Li Gui and the others dismounted and entered the store, finding a seat by the window and sitting down.

While the bartender was laying out the vegetables and fruits and enjoying the wine, he asked: "How many of our guests have something to eat?"

"If there are any local specialities, please bring one of each. If you have any good wine or meat, just bring it over. You won't have any money."

The bartender smiled happily and went to the kitchen to give orders. The woman came up with another jar of wine, poured wine for everyone, and asked with a smile:

"Would any of our guests want to listen to some music?"

"There are a few prostitutes from Kyoto who are passing by here to earn some money and stay in the shop to serve wine to the officials."

Originally, Li Gui was not very interested in these things, but suddenly he thought that it was a pity that he had not seen the romance of this life since time travel. He might as well listen first to see how far he is from the young ladies of later generations, so he simply nodded in agreement. :

"Then call for a good singer. If he sings well, he will be rewarded."

The woman smiled and said: "My lord, please rest assured. This was once the top name in Fengyue. If it weren't for the old age and loss of sex, and no one to rely on, I wouldn't be reduced to this small restaurant to sing."

She turned around and left the restaurant, and after a while, she came back in with two other people.

A woman in her 30s in the front and a man of indeterminate age in the back came to us with a string of clappers in their hands and a fishing drum in their arms.

Look at that woman, although she doesn't have a very good appearance, she still has some moving color.

From the perspective of future generations, this woman is quite mature and cannot be considered old. However, in this era of rogue control, she can already call herself an "old woman".

The two of them bowed, and the man pulled a stool and sat down, then began to play music. The woman, holding her handkerchief, sang in a pretentious manner.

This woman has an excellent voice and sings really well.

But just like most performers, all the hard work is just for the blind to see.

Li Guisheng could barely tell that it seemed to be Liu Yong's words, but the others were completely confused.

However, throughout the ages, most people who listen to music care about not the music, but the person singing it.

There is a wife in this cottage, and these personal guards have all tasted femininity. This time they followed Li Gui out, and they had never been to a prostitute along the way, so they were already exhausted.

Now when I see a woman, my eyes are almost green.

Several people ate meat with large mouthfuls and drank from large bowls. From time to time, they glanced at the woman with their rogue eyes and penetrated three-thirds of the meat.

The woman and the man behind her just didn't know, they were focused on making a living here.

Until a certain man couldn't hold it back and reached out to grab a handful of the woman.

(End of this chapter)

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