"What's up?"

"I heard that the court recently issued a grace edict to pardon the world, and even the sinners in the disaster sixteen years ago were pardoned. Is that true?"

Li Zheng was obviously stunned for a moment, a light flashed through his eyes, and then he smiled again. "I don't know much about the trick. You might as well go to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion to see. If there is such a kind edict, there will definitely be an announcement at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Thank you, my uncle." Liang Xiao gave a bow again and turned around and left.

After leaving the stone, Liang Xiao did not go to the nearby area to inquire about Huan Sheng. He dragged Tu Niu'er through the streets and alleys, running all the way to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was located in the old city, above the Shugang, the highest terrain of Guangling. Originally, the Prime Minister was under the dual leadership of the imperial court and the kingdom, and his status was still under the king. After the Wu and Chu rebellion, the royal power was suppressed and deprived of the right to govern the people. The Prime Minister's Mansion became the most powerful official in the kingdom, and the Prime Minister's Mansion became the most intimidating place in the minds of the kingdom's subjects.

Even the naughty boys like Liang Xiao and Tu Niuer dared to go to the front of the Prime Minister's Mansion. If they annoy the Prime Minister, they might be killed on the spot. Therefore, when they saw the halberd guards and support in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, not only Liang Xiao slowed down, but even Tu Niuer became a little restrained.

"What are you doing?" Seeing Liang Xiao and the others approaching, two guards holding halberds came up, and the cold halberd pointed directly at Liang Xiao and the others' hearts.

"Look at the announcement." Liang Xiao stopped quickly and pointed to the place where the announcement was posted.

The guard looked at them with contempt. He did not put down the halberd in his hand, but instead put it closer. "Look at the announcement? Do you know the words?"

"Don't look down on others." Tu Niuer blushed and said loudly: "We..." He thought about it and pointed his finger at Liang Xiao. "A Xiao has also read books and knows words."

"Is that?" The guard held back his laughter and wrote a word on the ground with a supagus. "Tell me what the word is. I recognized it and let you go and read the announcement. If you can't recognize it, go as far as you can. Go away as far as you can. Let's go somewhere else, don't look for trouble here."

Tu Niuer looked at Liang Xiao with hope. When it comes to fighting, he was not afraid of anyone and rushed forward. However, when it comes to reading, he was completely disgusted and could not even write his own name.

This cannot be blamed for this. In this era when books were still copying, the literacy rate was so low that it was an extremely low. Accepting education was only the right of a very small number of people. Ordinary people may live their entire lives and will not have the opportunity to write. Official education has not yet developed, and later village schools do not even have a shadow. How much education can be exposed to depends on the conditions of each family.

Liang Xiao knew the words because his mother Liang Mama knew how to read, and he seemed to know a lot. However, Liang Xiao was similar to Tu Niuer in the past, and he was not a person who liked to read. He was beaten up by his mother for the sake of reading. If it were the Liang Xiao in the past, he would definitely not know this character.

Fortunately, he had a soul from the 21st century and had some ink in his stomach. In order to study knowledge from the Han Dynasty, he read a lot of Han bamboo slips. Even if the guard wrote traditional Chinese characters and a different character, he could not stop him.

He was about to tell the guards the answer, when there was a sound of horse hooves in the distance. A young man in brocade was surrounded by more than ten riders, riding a snow-white tall horse. Seeing Liang Xiao from a distance, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Why are you not dead yet?"

Liang Xiao looked up and saw that this man was about sixteen or seventeen years old. His face was pretty good, but he applied too much powder, like a hangman, and deliberately raised his eyebrows, looking tall and low. He was wearing a brocade dress, but he showed an indescribable ruffian.

The guard holding the halberd quickly saluted and said respectfully: "I have met Mr. Hu."

Tu Niuer had a gloomy face, squinted her eyes, staring at the young man tightly, as if she was ready to pounce on him and fight. Liang Xiao understood at a glance that this young man Hu Jun should be just a fool to hit him.

I really didn't read the calendar when I went out, so why did I meet this star of the Desolation? Liang Xiao secretly regretted it, but there was no flaw on his face.

"Actually, I'm dead." Liang Xiao rolled his eyes with difficulty, his knees remained moving, and he jumped towards him in a gloomy tone, saying, "I'm here to find you specially."

Hu Lai was originally angry, but when he looked at Liang Xiao's appearance, he could not see his eyes, his pupils, and his legs were not bent, and he couldn't help but shiver.

Liang Xiao smiled in a hoarse voice again, "Haha, you are here too. It's so hard for me to wait for you. The water here is so cold."

His appearance was already a bit scary, and now he spoke in this gloomy tone, which made him feel like he was a ghost during the day. Although Hu Lai was naughty, he was a teenager after all. In addition, he felt relieved after doing something bad. Seeing Liang Xiao like this, he suddenly felt his scalp numb, and he strangled his horse and took a step back.

Taking advantage of the surprise of Hu Lai and others, Liang Xiao quietly pulled off a piece of clothes, quickly pinched it into a ball, and stuffed it into the nose of Hu Lai's mount. The white horse's nose was blocked, and it was very uncomfortable. He shook his head and tried to shake the ball off, but he couldn't succeed. He became more and more anxious, and kept shaking his head and tail, frequently squirting his nose, turning around in circles.

Hu Lai was shocked and strangled the reins hard, trying to control the white horse, but it was counterproductive. The tighter the reins were, the more anxious the white horse was, and the more anxious the turn it was. Hu Lai used all his strength to sit firmly on his saddle, so he could only lean on his body, hugged the horse's neck with both hands, and screamed.

Liang Xiao looked around and saw that people's eyes were all on Hu Lai. No one paid attention to him, so he secretly took out a crossbow arrow, held it in his hand, hid most of the arrow shaft in his sleeves, revealing only the arrow. When the white horse turned around and turned his back to him, he saw the white horse's anus and stabbed it hard. The white horse suffered a pain, neighed, spread its four hooves, and ran away wildly.

"Help! Help!" Hu Lai was so scared that he screamed, holding the horse's neck tightly, and did not dare to let go. His followers did not dare to be negligent, but Gu Buliang Xiao hurriedly chased after him, and disappeared without a trace in a moment.

"It's a pity that a good horse will meet a knight with such poor riding skills, it's a fate." Liang Xiao sighed for a few words, and looked at the stunned guard of the halberd with a smile. "What's the word "pronounced? Hu Jun has already performed it for you. Now I can go and read the announcement, right?"

The guards holding the halberd looked at Liang Xiao, suppressed their laughter, lowered their halberds, and nodded: "Go, go, hurry up after watching, don't cause trouble."

Liang Xiao understood that Hu Lai's horse was shocked. Hu Lai was likely to be injured. People from the Hu family could come back to cause trouble at any time. The longer he stayed here, the more dangerous he became. He took a big step, ran to the announcement, and quickly browsed in several announcements of different new and old.

Soon, Liang Xiao found the latest announcement: Those who pardoned the seven states of Wu and Chu lost their treasury to officials.

Liang Xiao smiled in his heart, sure enough.

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Chapter completed!