Chapter 2 The Thief of the River

The second brother and the two of them saw Xiaoyu and Chen Peng walking back dejectedly, glanced at each other, and laughed secretly. But he didn't ask much.

After another hour of walking like this, Xiaoyu became impatient again. The fifth brother looked up at the sky and discussed with the second brother early: "It's time to go to Yangshao in front, why don't I take Xiaoyu and Starling to the city and book an inn first." ”

The second brother saw that Xiaoyu was nodding frequently on the side, and thought that he would enter the city in just one or two hours ahead, and the road should be too peaceful, so he nodded and agreed.

When Xiaoyu heard this, she immediately followed behind the fifth brother happily, and ran to the front as soon as she slipped away. Haoran is also a young man, although he has been more stable in the past two years, he has not traveled such a long way, so he also begged Mrs. Lu to let him go to the city first.

Mrs. Lu saw that the fifth brother was with her, so she waved his hand and let him go.

Fang Zhun watched them run away as soon as he slipped away, and immediately leaned over and asked Chen Peng: "Old Chen, tell me quickly, what's going on?" Fang Zhun couldn't help but look curious, and even Zhong Min couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw it, but he also looked over with a wink.

Chen Peng smiled, but also spoke generously.

For a while, everyone laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt.

Mrs. Lu said, "Although the 'good deeds' have not been accomplished, this heart is rare. ”

Xiao Xia Pozi also couldn't help but smile and said: "This is a good thing for the world to drop pies, but it's a pity that it fell on someone's feet." ”

For a moment, everyone couldn't help but laugh again.

After laughing like this for a while, everyone fell silent. The more I pondered what had just happened, the more astringent it became, although it was funny, it was unspeakably uncomfortable.

The fifth brother and a few people rode into the city, but it was a small town about the same size as Fengxiang County. I inquired all the way and soon found a medium-sized inn. The fifth brother and Haoran and Starling used to book a room with the shopkeeper and negotiate the price.

Xiaoyu shook her head and looked around, and at this moment, two people dressed as villagers stumbled in from outside, but the two of them were drenched all over their bodies, as if they had just been fished out of the water. When Xiao Er saw it, he hurriedly led the two of them to the back to roast the fire: "Although it's spring, I'm afraid I'm going to get sick when I'm wet." ”。

Xiaoyu wandered around and was about to come over and pretend to meet a good routine by chance, when a few scholars came down from the upstairs guest room, all wearing shirts and dressed as students. Hao Ran saw that it was a group of readers, so he couldn't help but look at it twice.

The scholars caught a glimpse of Haoran and saw that he was a scholar, so they couldn't help but look up and down. Haoran is not tall, with a group face, although he wears a cyan riding suit, he still does not hide his delicate spirit. So both sides bowed their hands slightly, which can be regarded as a courtesy.

These scholars thought that they had just moved into the store, so they called Xiao Er to come over and order some food, and paced to the side to look at the inscription on the wall while waiting. Xiaoyu was a little hesitant, wanting to join in the excitement of these scholars, but also curious about the person who fell into the water. When the starling saw him on the side, he whispered, "You go over there and take a look, and I'll go to the back and ask the two people who fell into the water." ”

Xiaoyu immediately smiled, and said to the starling, "You just wait and see the excitement." ”

With that, he leaned over with three shakes. I heard one of the white-faced scholars say to the other: "Brother Ziqi, look at it, these words are very well written. ”

The one who was called Ziqi was a black fat man, and he held a folding fan in his hand, but he didn't open it because it was still cold at this time, so he just shook it in his hand and replied, "Sure enough, it's a good word." ”

Xiaoyu leaned over to take a look, only to see a cloud of ink flying on the wall, and she couldn't tell what was written.

Haoran saw it from afar and thought: "This little girl of the Xia family is the most eccentric, and every time she has some strange ideas, it makes people cry and laugh." Those scholars are narrow-minded and high-minded, don't offend them. Now everyone is in-law, but it's not good not to take care of one or two. Thinking so, he also walked over to look at the writing on the wall.

At this time, another thin bamboo pole continued: "This word is good, but it is slightly inferior to Brother Ziqi's. ”

Haoran looked at the words on the wall, strong and chic, which was already considered to be at the level of the upper middle. Even if it was his own cursive handwriting, he didn't dare to hold it up like this, and when he raised his eyes to look at that Ziqi brother again, he only smiled and bowed his head, and his expression was disapproving. But he said modestly: "Brother Heming praised it falsely, Brother Heming and Brother Luanyi's hairpin flower is a must." ”

The white-faced scholar named Luan Yi on the side warmly asked Xiao Er to prepare pen and ink: "Brother Ziqi's wild grass and strange changes, be sure to say a few words on this topic, let me and others also open their eyes." ”

Chen Heming also said helpfully: "Brother Ziqi, your wild grass is done in one go, and it is always consistent, like the edge of a sharp sword." It's rare that this small town also has such elegant things, Brother Ziqi, you can be sure to add icing on the cake. ”

As soon as these two sang and harmonized, Brother Ziqi no longer shirked. Dipped in the ink, after a little silence, he picked up a pen on the snow-white wall and wrote: "Jiang Xinfu." Seeing that these three words were written magnificently, Luan Yi and Heming were about to open their mouths to praise a few words, but Xiaoyu clenched his fists with his hands on the side, and coughed softly against his mouth. Because he wanted to tease them, he read aloud: "Good words, good words, good thieves." ”

For a moment, several scholars were stunned, and the three of them looked at each other and didn't know what to say.

But a group of customers who had just entered the store shouted strangely, "Which one is scolding?"

Xiaoyu was worried about the other end and couldn't take care of this head, so she hurriedly turned around and took a look, but it was a few people dressed as boatmen, led by very tall and burly, with a thick beard.

Xiaoyu smiled slightly, her face was not red, and she pointed to a few scholars and said, "A few of them, write Jiang Xin thief on this wall." ”

A few scholars were not wary, and looked at Xiaoyu's gaze, and they were facing each other with the reckless man who was headed, and the bearded man immediately stared at the scholars with round eyes.

The scholars looked embarrassed and embarrassed.

Haoran hurriedly said on the side: "My brother is not very literate, don't blame you." These people are written as 'Jiang Xinfu'. ”

When Xiaoyu heard it: "Oh!?" and leaned over and stared at the word for a long time before saying, "Although it is a rich word, it has a bit of a thief shape." Then he pointed to one of the people in the group and looked at Sven a little and said, "Look at this literate and hyphenated person, you don't see if it is." ”

The man hesitated for a moment and then stepped forward, tilting his head and looking at it for a while: "Sure enough, there are some thieves." ”

For a while, the person named Ziqi was red-faced, but these few people were illiterate when they looked at it, and they couldn't understand the theory. It just so happened that the meals were also ready, so I simply stopped writing and a few people sat aside to eat.

Xiaoyu also felt bored when she saw it, so she went around to the fifth brother and listened to the fifth brother's small talk with the shopkeeper.

At this moment, the starling came over, sat down and sighed, "Do you guess who those two were just now?" and replied to himself, "The fat one is the rich merchant from the south, and the thin one is his buddy." ”

Xiaoyu was drinking tea, and when she heard this, she choked on the tea, and coughed for a while before she said, "The south is already poor like this?

Starling shook his head: "You listen to me slowly." He took another sip of tea and said, "He and his buddies heard about the war in the north, so they wanted to come over and see what business they could do. ”

The fifth brother also came over curiously when he heard them talk.

"They are also old rivers and lakes who often go to business, thinking that the north is constantly fighting, and the people are inevitably fierce. If it is known that he is a wealthy businessman, it will inevitably cause people to worry. Just act like a toiler, don't mess with people's eyes. ”

The fifth brother, Haoran and Xiaoyu listened to it, and they all nodded again and again.

"Na Cheng thought, the boat went to the center of the river, a big wave hit, and the rich merchant fell into the river because he couldn't stand steadily. ”

"Huh!?" a few people exclaimed.