Chapter Twenty-Three: Food as Bait
This time, without waiting for Yue Xi to make a move, Zheng Bao rushed forward first!
After kneeling on one leg and pressing on the chest of the innkeeper to lead him to move at will, Zheng Bao slapped him with a dozen big mouths!
After these more than ten big mouths were touched, the innkeeper who was already sleeping in a daze was completely dizzy.
He only felt that his two ears were 'buzzing', and the blurred shadow in front of his eyes was shaking with countless stars, so that he couldn't see the person's face clearly!
But after all, the one who opens a black shop is the one who opens a black shop, not only the heart is black, but also the black hand, although he was beaten dizzy and has no strength to fight back, he still has the consciousness of self-help.
At this time, he stretched out two hands tremblingly towards Zheng Baocai's neck who was pressing on him, like ghost claws, five fingers like hooks on the top of the head to catch it, and Zheng Baocai one leg against the chest of the shopkeeper, one hand pulled his hair bun, the other hand was still fanning the other party's face, seeing those two hands subconsciously dodged back, two people fighting, one carelessly may lose the opportunity to get the lead, the shopkeeper took advantage of this blink of an eye to stand up and sit up, Yue Xi, who had just tied the woman lying on the bed, looked back at this scene and kicked the man who could get up with a side kick.
She is now using Han Yuexi's body, and the strength of her arms is pitiful, so she uses her legs more, so that her strength will be much greater, and her attack will be more aggressive.
It's just that such a big opening and closing action also made her body, which had rarely exercised before, suffer a lot.
After every strenuous workout, muscle soreness and tendon pain at the base of the thighs are unavoidable.
"Dog's day! I want to strangle Lao Tzu! Zheng Baocai spat at the man lying on the ground before remembering what Yue Xi said, 'Act without saying a word', but since the words had already been said, he simply asked again: "Brother, what should I do next?" β
Yue Xi looked up, and the person had already walked out.
After a moment's effort, the unconscious innkeeper was tied to the horse stake at the door of the inn with five flowers, and the shirt of the lower body was also stripped naked by Zheng Baocai, and after blocking his mouth with a trouser leg, the two of them drove the donkey cart back to Xixiang Village in the bright sky.
When the innkeeper was discovered by the early merchants in the store the next morning, he was almost eaten alive by mosquitoes! was red and swollen all over his body, and his face was also swollen by Zheng Baocai, so that people almost couldn't recognize him.
"Can that shit be honest this time?" On the way back, Zheng Baocai drove to the car refreshed and asked Yue Xi, who was tired and almost out of strength.
Yue Xi was sitting on the flatbed car and was using her hands to relax and massage the muscles of her two thighs, knowing that after today, her legs were estimated to be so painful that she couldn't take a step, and after listening to Zheng Baocai's words, she just whispered: "Ming'er will send one more brother to follow the car and bring the guy." β
For people like the innkeeper, the black shop has been open for many years, and bullying people has become a habit. Now that he has suffered a big loss, it must be the power of the nest of fire, Yue Xi estimates that he will spill this fire out, and his own carriage and horse will have to be more careful!
Things were as Yue Xi expected, four or five days later, the innkeeper who suffered a big loss and lost his adult led a few men to intercept the carriage and horses of the Taiping Bureau again, but this guy was bare-handed and thought of forcibly robbing the mule cart to their inn with the strength of the crowd, who would have thought that two strong men with machetes would rush down from the carriage!
As soon as this unexpected scene appeared, the innkeeper's scalp was numb, and he hurriedly took his men back to the inn with a whistle.
That night, the innkeeper, who had been hiding back in the village to stay overnight, was bathing at home when he was knocked unconscious by a washboard by two men in black who sneaked into his house, and was once again tied naked to a horse stake at the entrance of the inn, and a piece of black pig pancreas was stuffed in his mouth.
Before leaving, Zheng Bao felt that his hands hurt, took off his shoes and slapped him a few times.
It was the height of summer, and there were so many mosquitoes at night that they were pervasive, and the innkeeper had been pouring out skin and flesh and blood outside for a night, and by the time he was found at dawn, he was already dying.
escaped death, this time the innkeeper didn't understand who he had offended, so he didn't want to mess around.
He opened a black shop, and ate the merchants and pedestrians on the official road in front of the inn.
The cars and horses of the Taiping Bureau also relied on pedestrians on this official road to eat.
He repeatedly stretched out his hand to these passing cars and horses, and more or less he was able to squeeze out some oil and water from those passing cars and horses, but he did not take advantage of the cars and horses of the Taiping Bureau.
Now he finally understands: people are prepared, and his two losses seem to have been after provoking his family's mule cart!
Ever since he was knocked unconscious in his own bathtub, and when he woke up with his bare butt tied to a horse-tethered stake, he was really afraid, not afraid that the naked ugly appearance would be seen by others, but that he was afraid of the piles of mosquitoes in the summer and the other party's unaware methods!
was cleaned up twice, but he only saw the shadow of the other party, and he didn't even listen to the sound, he couldn't help but be afraid of such an opponent.
After beating around the bush, he asked someone to bring a message to the shopkeeper of the carriage and horse shop, and the innkeeper wanted to turn the fight into a jade silk with the other party, and talk about it in two times.
However, Yue Xi didn't give him this face at all, and he didn't even show his face.
Only let Chu Yingzhi, who was watching the store in the storefront, say a word to the middleman: Half of the road towards the sky, don't cross the line, eat your own meal!
The shopkeeper of this black shop never thought that people would have such an attitude.
After being despised he could only admit that he was indeed not the opponent of the shopkeeper of the carriage and horse shop, so he died down, although he bullied the merchants on the official road as usual, but he no longer dared to attack the carriages and horses hanging on the Taiping Bureau!
And because of this, slowly, the pedestrians along the way also found the doorway, and there were fewer hitchhikers on the road, but most of them were waiting to take the mule cart between Cixian and the imperial capital
The mule cart between Cixian and the imperial capital has been completed.
The weather in the imperial capital in July is very hot, and even if you stand still, you will sweat all over.
The Zheng family's lady was pregnant hard, the morning sickness did not stop, not to mention the heat stroke, Yue Xi watched her from a sturdy woman who didn't even have the strength to raise her head, and she was also anxious with Zheng Baocai.
She pulled Su Jinyan from the palace to the Zheng family and asked him to check the pulse of the Zheng family's lady.
After looking at the questions and asking them, Su Jinyan walked out of the house.
Just looking at his expression, Yue Xi secretly said that it was not good, but he still asked, "How?" β
Su Jinyan cautiously glanced back at the room before whispering: "This lady is currently unstable, and she has invaded in the summer, please forgive my master, I really can't use medicine." β
"What's not to use? Does it cost more money? Zheng Baocai hurriedly chased out of the house when he heard Su Jinyan say this, and hurriedly said: "My daughter-in-law now has two lives, and she has to be cured with no amount of money!" β
Su Jinyan shook his head, he looked at Yue Xi and said, "It's not a matter of silver, it's not difficult to prescribe a prescription for her, but ......"
"Just say anything about it." Yue Xi glanced at Zheng Baocai and said softly.
"This lady is weak and swollen, and her eyes are protruding...... This is all caused by the woman's lack of qi and blood when she is pregnant and her kidneys are weak......"
Yue Xi waved his hand at Su Jinyan: "I don't understand what you said, just say the result directly." β
"If this continues, it is very likely that the mother and child will not be protected." Su Jinyan lowered his head and said.
"If it weren't for the fact that you were the doctor brought by me and my brother, Lao Tzu really wanted to kill you with a knife!" Before Su Jinyan's words were finished, Zheng Baocai pointed at Su Jinyan's nose with a white face and red eyes: "Lao Tzu invited a doctor to see a doctor for his daughter-in-law, not to listen to you fart in my house!" β
Su Jinyan was well cultivated, and he could understand Zheng Baocai's current state of mind, so he didn't care about him, but said softly: "Treating the disease can't cure your life, if Mrs. Zun didn't want this child earlier, there would still be room for maneuver." But now, even the abortion medicine can't be taken now, so I can only stay up...... Ay...... Hey......"
This time, Zheng Baocai directly pushed Su Jinyan out of the courtyard: "Brother Yue, this doctor can't speak human words!" β
"......" Yue Xi glanced at Su Jinyan outside the door, and then said to Zheng Baocai, who was already out of order: "The words of the family, you really can't believe it all, please ask a doctor again, don't feel sorry for the silver." β
As she spoke, she took out a few silver tickets from her bosom and stuffed them into the hands of the man, who was already trembling, and patted him on the shoulder.
"Brother......" Zheng Baocai raised his head helplessly and looked at Yue Xi, the corners of his bearded lips trembled, and there were two bubbles of tears in his eyes: "The imperial capital is so big, everything you can think of, the famous doctor brother has taken your sister-in-law to see it......"
"They all say the same thing as the brother you brought!"
She has known Zheng Bao for so long, Yue Xi has fought with him, and even experienced life and death together, this is the first time she has seen a seven-foot man crying like a child......
The deep sense of powerlessness that couldn't be resisted floated up endlessly, and Yue Xi's heart was also indescribably uncomfortable.
There are too many things in this world that cannot be solved with money and power, such as life and death in front of you, which is a hurdle that no one can cross!
"Isn't my sister-in-law still lying in bed?" Yue Xi squatted down, took out a piece of rice paper and handed it to Zheng Baocai, who was crying and tearful: "It's not dead, let's continue to think, the uncle and children in the house are listening, you still look like a gentleman!" β
"Is there a way?" Zheng Baocai raised his head and looked at Yue Xi like a savior.
"Gotta try." Yue Xi got up and walked quickly towards the outside of the courtyard.
"Hey, brother, don't blame me for not listening to what I say......" Zheng Baocai lifted the hem of his robe, wiped the snot and tears on his face, and hurriedly chased him out, and said to Su Jinyan, who was following Yue Xi: "I'm in a hurry, I can't even speak to people!" β
"It's okay, it's not good at medicine." Su Jinyan stopped and returned the salute, and after a little thought, he said: "Now this is the time of summer heat, and the patient is also struggling. First dissipate the heat in the house, and then wipe Mrs. Zun with warm water with a cloth towel, whether she wakes up or not, I have to send her some water in every half an hour. For the rest, just wait for my master to hire another doctor......"
"I see." Zheng Baocai nodded, and then made amends to Su Jinyan: "Are you tired......
Seeing Yue Xi and Su Jin leave in a hurry, Zheng Baocai, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, rubbed his two swollen eyes: "People come from afar, why didn't I even give people a consultation fee......
"Daddy." The sound of milk sounded, and he quickly turned around, and saw the dirty and undeserving son staggering towards him with a few crumpled pieces of paper in his hand: "Give!" β
The child looked up at him with a small face like a civet cat.
Zheng Baocai stretched out his hand to take the things in his son's hand and saw that it was the silver ticket that Yue Xilin stuffed into him before going out, and there were as many as five hundred taels when he counted them!
"Alas!" Picking up his son, he kissed his son's little dirty face, and then went back to the yard: "Dad, you look at him for a while, I'll go out and buy a piece of ice for the child's mother, the doctor said, the heat in our house will drop......"
"You can play in the yard with the children, and bring back food outside when I come back!" put the donkey Baoqi in the car, and before going out, Zheng Baocai instructed his father again.
Father Zheng stared at his grandson and sighed silently......
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Let Su Jinyan go to the courtyard of Xixiang Village to stay for a night, and he could follow the mule cart back to Cixian early the next morning, and Yue Xi entered the city alone.
For more than a month, she has deliberately avoided this huge imperial capital and the person who lives in this imperial capital and sits at the top of power, such as
That person, now for the sake of the Zheng family's lady, she still didn't want to enter the city.
Zheng Bao is her brother, and when her brother has a difficult matter, she can't do what she can't do on the sidelines.
Still cautiously entered the city from Nancheng, Yue Xi went to the Jinguan Hall, and only rolled a hundred taels of silver tickets with a note and handed it to a strong man at the door who knew that his kung fu was not weak: "Thanks, give it to King Chengping." β
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'Cyclamen' is a very ordinary restaurant.
No matter what kind of place you have, there are so many of them that you can forget just one glance.
When Ying Fei found the cyclamen in the south of the city, Yue Xi was sitting on the side of the wall and patiently eating a duck wing.
Her way of eating duck wings was very special, so that Ying Fei stopped and stared at her when she saw it, only staring at her thin and slender hands.
The tip of the duck wing in Yue Xi's hand had been broken off by her, and she used the thumb and index finger of her right hand to stagger the joints on the wings, and then used her thumb to push the piece of meat on the wings into the wing bones under her hand and break the joint where the wings were connected to the tips of the wings, and a clean small bone was taken out of the duck wings.
As concocted, the two wing bones on the duck's wings were taken out by her, Yue Xi used her thumb to push against the thin piece of duck meat on the wings, and broke the connected bones casually, and a whole wing meat appeared conveniently and neatly in her hand.
Putting the duck wings that had just fallen off the bones in a small plate, she raised her head and smiled at Ying Fei, who was standing not far from the table: "I invite you to eat duck wings, do you want to eat them?" β
The deboned duck wings were placed in the scallion pancakes, Yue Xi dipped the noodles in the sauce with chopsticks and smeared them on the meat a few times, and put a few white and tender green onion shreds and rolled them to Ying Fei, who was already sitting down: "This restaurant is a good place that I just discovered, you see that its faΓ§ade is inconspicuous, and the food is serious and good!" β
The scallion pancakes on the fingertips are still slightly hot, and Yingfei can even smell the rich green onion. He still looked at Yue Xi, with a bewildered look in his eyes.
This person is obviously a woman, but she can't see a little weakness in her thin body. Yingfei always has a hint of illusion, as if Yue Xi was originally a handsome and thin teenager.
I haven't seen her for more than a month, and her face has improved a lot. Although it is still white, it is not a distressing paleness when you see it.
It seems that her hair has also grown, and she is tied to the top of her head like a man, pinned with only one of the most common ebony hairpins.
With bottomless eyes, black clothes, a smooth forehead, and no makeup, who would have thought that the young man at the table in the corner would have such a prominent identity?
"Eat! Eat this while it's hot! Yue Xi raised his eyes and said to him.
"Okay." I opened my mouth and bit down on the cake roll in my hand, and the 'click' sound of biting off the scallion pancake with my teeth was clear and audible when I entered the mouth, and after chewing two bites, Ying Su was simply amazed by the crispy taste with the flavor of meat and sauce!
"I still want to eat!" The one in his hand hadn't finished eating, he had already raised his eyebrows at the duck meat on the plate, Yue Xi smiled, took another scallion pancake and concocted a cake roll according to the law and handed it to him.
Three duck meat rolls in a row, Ying Fei still feels unfinished, but Yue Xi no longer rolls, but pushes a bowl of thick white soup to him: "Taste, duck soup." β
The duck soup was as thick as cow's milk, with dots of yellow on it, which was unskimmed duck fat.
Finely chopped coriander is sprinkled on top, and the white and rich green are pleasing to the eye.
I put a spoonful in my mouth with a spoonful, and the hot soup tasted more than pepper, and then I ate the duck meat roll and served it with such a bowl of duck soup, which was so delicious that I wanted to chew my tongue together!
I have never tried to eat something so hot when it is so hot that people can't breathe, and the always refreshing Ying Fei actually saw sweat on his forehead, and his body was also that hearty pleasure!
"Then, the mouth of the eater is short, and the hand of the taker is short, you can eat the meal I invited today, then you have to promise to help me do something!" Yue Xi said to Ying Fei with a hippie smile, his eyes were treacherous like a cunning fox!
"How's it going?" took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat beads on his forehead, and Yingfei picked up the feather fan placed on the side of the table and shook it gently.
"Knowingly asked." Yue Xi gave him a blank look, not wanting to talk about his current situation at all.
A person like Yingfei, in his position, the person who is noticed by him will definitely not escape his sight.
Yue Xi can hide himself well in the huge imperial capital, but he can't hide Zheng Baocai, who is running around all day long, and he can't hide the mule cart that goes back and forth between Cixian and the imperial capital every day.
There is only one reason why she has been able to spend more than a month quietly: Yingfei really has no intention of disturbing her!
Ying Fei suddenly smiled, as the owner of the Elimination Gold Pavilion, he saw all kinds of people, but he had never seen a 'prisoner' like Yue Xi, who was so arrogant when he knew that all the details were known to him.
"So, you can tell me what you want me to do, right?" Shaking the fan twice, he caught a glimpse of a duck wing left in the plate on the table, he couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks and wanted to clip it, but the duck meat that reached his mouth was snatched away by Yue Xi's fast hand: "This must be eaten while it is hot, as long as it is a little cold, the duck will immediately have a fishy smell, and then eat it at this time, the taste is very different from Fang Cai!" β
"Huh!" Putting down the chopsticks, Ying Fei smiled sideways, and said softly with crooked eyebrows: "I also have conditions!" β
"Deal!" Yue Xi opened his mouth to respond, and the speed was amazing.
"Why don't you ask me what my conditions are?" Ying Fei put a fan in front of her mouth and nose, staring at her with only a pair of phoenix eyes.
"What can there be, since I came to beg you, the prince of the county, I must do what he likes." Yue Xi chuckled proudly: "After you want to make things happen, I must treat you to another meal, right?" β
The feather fan was put down gently, and Ying Fei lowered his eyebrows, one
Eyebrows, a look of remorse: "Oh, I want to change my mind, do you say okay?" β
"Can you save someone for me first? Only when you save people can you have the confidence to negotiate. β
Now is not the time to eat, the cyclamen is only their table of guests, in the small storefront, not even a guy can be seen, Yue Xi and Ying Fei are still talking in small voices.
"But everyone has been saved, what should you do if you want to repay the debt?" If you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter an eagle, and you won't let go of your mouth when you win a shelf.
"Okay, as long as I don't want to kill people and set fires to do things that anger and resentment, I will agree!" After several contacts, Yue Xi has an inexplicable trust in Yingfei, which is not impulsive but intuitive.
"Then tomorrow, we'll see you here." Sweating profusely, he was slimy now, if it weren't for her sitting opposite, Ying Fei would have found a place to bathe.
"It's a deal."
After the matter was agreed, the two of them came out of the cyclamen one after another, standing in front of the carriage, Ying Fei suddenly turned around, and said to Yue Xi, who was standing at the door: "He ......"
Yue Xi immediately raised his hand: "I don't want to hear it!" β
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Walking aimlessly on the streets of the imperial capital, Yue Xi's eyes also looked around aimlessly, but her heart was chaotic and lost her peace.
She knew who Ying Fei was talking about, but she really didn't want to hear a little bit about Ying Su......
Just hearing from the rumors in the public can vomit people to death, so why should she listen to it again?
Don't think about things that don't come to fruition, Yue Xi said to himself again through gritted teeth in his heart.
It's just that...... What's going on?!
Yue Xi, who stopped outside the wall of the Chu family's old mansion, touched his head blankly, suspecting that he had forgotten his brain in the cyclamen: ", how far has Lao Tzu gone from Nancheng to Xicheng?" β
Turning around and not saying a word, Yue Xi just wanted to leave this place of right and wrong quickly.
It was only two feet that she took a few steps, she turned around again, ran quickly uncontrollably, kicked on the courtyard wall, and gently and skillfully climbed the courtyard wall of the Chu family's backyard, and jumped into the courtyard.
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