Chapter 74 first quarter

This is the first month of the sixth year of Kaiyuan (718 A.D.) of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty.The emperor issued an edict shortly after the Chinese New Year, prohibiting the use of low-quality coins, and copper coins weighing more than two baht and four cents can be circulated.For a moment, the whole country was shocked, and the hearts of the two capitals were floating. "Let's talk about it first, I don't want any idiots like Habayashi Zhonglang, or Wei Wei Shaoqing. My stupid sisters marry them, and their lives are like falling into a cesspit. What's the meaning?"

Princess Jinxian will be eighteen years old in a month. She is the ninth daughter of Emperor Ruizong, known as the "Nine Princesses", and she is also the only one in the Tang Dynasty who dares to defy the current emperor face to face. "Your majesty? Third brother...?" The ninth princess promptly changed her playful toughness into pleading and coquettishness. "Give me another month, and by the time I turn 18, if I can't find anyone else, I'll let you marry me." "But there is one thing, don't come into the palace like a Persian boy playing illusion when you were fifteen years old." The young emperor was only thirty-six years old, he tried his best to hold back his smile and stretched out his right palm.The brother and sister clapped their hands three times, it was a bet that they had made a promise.

Guarding the west gate of Yeting Palace is not a good job for Youqianniuwei, who is on duty at the gate of the palace. The people living there are all old court ladies and confiscated officials and eunuchs.But Lin Songzhi thought he was very lucky, and it was not easy to get such an errand. Lin Songzhi is twenty-one years old this year. He has handsome features and a strong body. He is a master wrestler. Before he came to Youqianniuwei, he had worked as a spy for more than a year in the Zuojinwuwei, which was in charge of public security in the east city of Chang'an. His appearance and figure are outstanding in the Jinwu Guard, a well-groomed guard, but it is still impossible for him to become an official Jinwu Guard soldier who can patrol the streets.The reason is simple, because he is poor, and he cannot afford the gorgeous equipment and expensive horses that the Jinwu Guard must provide.

There was a light snowfall last night, the palace gate was wide open at this time, and it was getting bright, but Lin Songzhi's toes were so painful that they were about to fall off. The salary of Qianniuwei is slightly higher than that of Jinwuwei. Although he has no horses, he is given money to buy military uniforms.However, Lin Songzhi's primary task is to support his mother, younger brother and younger sister, so he has no money to buy himself a pair of black seamed Liuhe boots that soldiers often wear, but instead uses a pair of thin cloth boots to make up for it. "Lin Qiongzhi, what treasure did you pick up today?" A small group of soldiers walked past the courtyard guarded by Lin Songzhi, and the leader grinned to make him happy.Although Qianniuwei is no more composed of high-ranking officials and sons of rich people from the two capitals than Jinwuwei, Lin Songzhi's poverty here also made him suffer from the discrimination of everyone.

Lin Songzhi stopped stomping his feet for warmth, and calmly glanced at everyone's mocking expressions.Poverty is evil, this is the sigh of a founding father of the Tang Dynasty.Lin Songzhi does not want to conflict with these people, he must not give people an excuse to drive him out of here, this is the only way he can change his poor life. Seeing that Lin Songzhi didn't answer, the leader looked around and found that no one was around, so he leaned in front of Lin Songzhi, rushing towards Lin Songzhi with stinky hot air from his mouth. "Poor boy, why are you pretending to be noble? Do you think that if someone throws something at you, you will become a son-in-law? Maybe an ugly sewing maid is in love with you, or you ran into a female ghost, haha... .”

This is not in Chang'an Market, where you can't get your hands on it.Lin Songzhi secretly warned himself. About the time when Lin Songzhi was going to be on duty, he found a small bag made of an apricot-yellow handkerchief on the snow in the courtyard. Inside was a valuable golden step. It had been nearly ten days. It's the third time here.He held the small bag and looked around blankly, but couldn't find the owner. The courtyard has long been abandoned, and there are no maids living in it, so he can't hand it in. When he handed over the jewelry he picked up for the first time to General Zhonglang, what he got was a malicious, seemingly well-rehearsed mockery. make him ashamed.

"Hey, kid." A crisp voice called him from the palace wall.Lin Songzhi looked up and saw two young men waving to him on the wall. "Bring over the ladder and let us go down." "Who are you?" How could there be men in Ye Ting Palace?Lin Songzhi knew very little about the affairs in the palace, so he was a little puzzled. "Stop talking, you have to do something after taking our money." A handsome young man spoke quickly and rudely. "Is this your thing?" Several small packages appeared in Lin Songzhi's hands. "You idiot, can money fall from the sky?"

Lin Songzhi didn't speak to the two of them any more. With a wave of his arm, several small parcels flew over the high palace wall like frightened birds.He turned and left, leaving the boy screaming.