After New Year's Eve, the bustling scene in the Capital City did not diminish, but increased.
Before New Year's Eve, the ordinary people in the Capital City were busy celebrating the New Year. The officials who came from other places did not dare to slack off in the slightest for the first day of the imperial court. After New Year's Eve, they would visit their relatives and friends for a few more days.
At the very least, he would leave after the Lantern Festival and tour the capital from top to bottom once.
It was no wonder that the foreigners had not seen the world. Today's Capital City was changing day by day. It was very different from what they remembered in the past. There were many interesting places, but they could not see enough.
In these few days, the big and small shops in the Capital City, as well as the peddlers and merchants, made a lot of money. The ready-made clothes and underwear shops were often sold out as soon as the goods were put on display. The brothels were overcrowded every day.
If it was only the Capital City, the demand for goods would not be so great. Among them, there were many businessmen from other places and even foreign countries. They would transport the goods they bought from the Capital City back and resell them to make a profit.
This also made Li Yi increasingly feel that he should not stay in the Capital City. As long as there was a brothel, the family's shops would flourish everywhere. He would not give the black-hearted middlemen a chance to make a profit.
Li Yi sat on the bed and carried the little guy who was about to fall back.
After two months, the little guy became active. He crawled around on the bed and wanted to grab anything he saw. When he cried, his voice became louder. Ruyi and he were tortured at night.
Ruyi had just coaxed him to sleep in the morning and was forced to the room by Li Yi to rest. After a while, the little guy woke up again. He was full of energy and seemed to be full of energy.
Li Yi just sat on the bed and thought about something. The little guy did not know when he fell asleep again. He asked Xiao Huan to come over and look after him. Other than Ruyi, only Xiao Huan hugged him and he would not cry no matter how long it took.
When he walked out of the door, he happened to see the sloppy old man limping in from the outside.
Although Xu was older, he was still a guru. The number of people in the world who could hurt him could be counted on one hand. It was even more impossible for him to sprain his ankle while walking.
It was because he had made some progress in martial arts recently. It seemed that he had made a small breakthrough in his realm, so he excitedly challenged his second granduncle. After he came out of the courtyard, he became like this.
Li Yi looked at him and said, "Xu should rest at home today. I'll ask Fang to go out with me."
The old man was already in such a state, yet he still wanted to trouble him to accompany him. It would be suspicious if he was abusing the old man.
"It doesn't matter." The sloppy old man shook his head and said, "The path of martial arts has always been bumpy. This small injury is nothing …"
Li Yi leaped up and landed steadily on the carriage. The sloppy old man glanced at him and said with some surprise, "You've made some progress recently?"
Li Yi lifted the curtain, turned around and said with a smile, "I ate well, slept well, and was in a good mood. I accidentally entered a little …"
…
There was never a lack of topics in the capital city.
As the people under the feet of the emperor, the people of the capital city had pride and confidence that people in other places did not have.
They cared about the state affairs, the gossip of the officials and nobles in the capital city, whether the soldiers on the front line had enough to eat, and they were also curious about how the third master of the Cui family was better than the first master of the Cui family …
Especially for some people who had a strong sense of national pride, although they were just ordinary people, they cared about the country no less than the officials in the court.
However, it was also because they were only ordinary people who could not participate in the state affairs that some news could not be obtained.
Therefore, the brothel became the favorite place for these people.
In the past two days, the contents of the stargazing meeting that had been widely spread were what people were most interested in.
On the stage, an old storyteller was describing with great emotion how His Highness had wittily dealt with the Imperial Astronomer that night, and how the wronged Imperial Astronomer had pestered him endlessly. Below the stage, many people were intoxicated by the story, and there were also people who lowered their heads and discussed in whispers.
A young man said in surprise, "What? Two pieces of silver with a huge difference in weight fell from the same height and fell to the ground at the same time. Shouldn't the heavier one fall first? This is too unimaginable …"
A young man beside him smiled and said, "If this brother doesn't believe it, you can take out two pieces of silver and try it. You will immediately know whether what he said is true or false."
"Brother, what you said is reasonable." The young man nodded and took out an ingot of silver and a silver fragment from his waist. He stood up, raised them to the same height, and let go at the same time.
The two pieces of silver fell too fast, and he could not see which one fell first.
But this was far from what he had imagined, that the silver ingot should fall earlier than the silver fragment.
An expression of disbelief appeared on his face. "It's actually true …"
The young man beside him picked up the two pieces of silver on the ground and put them in his bosom. He said, "Although it's a little unimaginable, seeing is believing. We have always been wrong."
"Yes, I didn't expect that we would be wrong for so many years when we could easily verify the truth …" The young man nodded and sighed inwardly. He then looked at him with a frown. "That's my silver."
"What yours? I clearly picked it up!"
…
In another restaurant, a green-robed scholar was talking loudly, attracting the attention of the onlookers in the restaurant.
"What stargazing meeting? They actually said that the earth under our feet is a big ball. This is ridiculous, a bunch of nonsense!" The green-robed scholar spoke passionately. He drank a cup of wine and said again, "The Heavenly Dog swallows the sun and the Heavenly Dog swallows the moon. The sages have long explained this. Could it be that we scholars have been reading the sages' books all along have been wrong?"
"Since ancient times, there has never been a woman in charge of the government. She abandoned the moral principles and ignored them. That's why there are bewilderment guarding the heart and warning the celestial phenomena. Now, someone actually wants to use such a twisted theory to cover up the past. What is his motive? What is his motive?"
"If Her Majesty insists on doing this, the country will fall, the country will fall. We scholars …"
…
In the restaurant, some people listened excitedly, some people looked thoughtful, and some people's eyes flashed with suspicion …
Fang drank a mouthful of wine and said angrily, "Young master, this guy is full of nonsense. Why don't you arrest him and put him in prison?"
Li Yi shook his head and did not speak. The sloppy old man tore a chicken leg and said lightly, "The Jing Kingdom does not convict people based on words. The emperor is muddle-headed, and the officials and the people can be scolded. These scholars are the most united. If you arrest one of them, countless more will appear. In this way, the world will be in chaos …"
Fang slapped the table and said, "Is there no way to deal with him?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a noise at the door.
"Hey, where did the beggar come from? You can't go in here …"
"I want to find my husband. My husband is inside …"
"What do you mean by your husband? Go, go, go. I'll give you a bun. Go quickly …"
"My husband will be the top scholar in the future. I want to see him …"
…
"Top scholar?" The waiter was slightly stunned when he heard the ragged woman's words. The woman took this opportunity to break in. She quickly walked to the green-robed scholar, grabbed his sleeve, and said excitedly, "Husband, I finally found you!"
She pulled out a five- or six-year-old girl behind her and quickly said, "Young Man, hurry up and greet Daddy!"
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