The young man looked at Tianfang and blinked his eyes and said, "The guest I mentioned to you is the guest of our Chef Ding who learned new dishes with him!" ”

As he spoke, he watched the reaction of the person in front of him.

It's a pity that Tianfang's face is covered by the hood, and his true face has never been revealed.

Of course, the young man couldn't see the look of the sky at this moment.

"You can't imagine it!"

After the young man finished speaking, he smiled and said to the sky.

Seeing clearly did not prevent him from making up his mind, and the guest in front of him showed a surprised look.

As the young man guessed, the latter replied in a gentle voice after a moment: "Oh, I didn't expect it. ”

It seems that there is some kind of tacit understanding between the brothers and sisters.

Heaven is relieved to say in the dark.

Or to put it another way, when they look at the same problem, there are some similarities in perspective.

I went north and stayed in the same inn in Nanhua Town.

He said almost the same thing to the same guy.

It's no wonder that everyone thinks it's too coincidental!

A thought suddenly flashed in his mind, could it be that this was the reason why the master accepted the little girl as a little disciple in the first place?

Master, he has read countless people, and he must have seen that guy's personality.

After all, there are some similarities with the most favored self in the past.

The master must have his considerations when he chooses the apprentice, it is incredible, why did he accept Xiaoling in the first place?

Tianfang thought that when he had the opportunity to see the master again, he would definitely take this matter out and talk about it.

When the time comes, you'll have to listen carefully to his old man's answer.

Let's see if it's what you guessed

Tianfang stood in the courtyard for a long time. Retracting his thoughts, his gaze shifted as he looked at the young man who was slowly approaching with an empty bucket.

The latter has already made a trip back to the big kitchen.

I went back and said a few words to the master who lit the fire inside.

Then the young man came out again, and he came to the well with an empty bucket to fetch water.

The big jar in the big kitchen is afraid (10) dǐng (10) diǎn (10) small (10) said, .≦.⌒os_ (); It took several runs to fill the water.

The young man looked at the guest in front of him with a stunned look. couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Guest, I didn't ask you just now, are you planning to go to the north?" ”

Tianfang looked at him, pondered for a moment, and then replied in a low voice, "Yes." ”

The young man thought for a moment and continued: "Recently, a lot of guests have been going to the south, but not many have gone north. ”

He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Guest, do you know that the war in the Northland is about to begin?" ”

The young man could tell from the accent in which he spoke that he didn't seem to be from this area.

Therefore, he thought that Tianfang might also come from the south.

Stay away. Could it be that you still don't know about the recent tensions in the Northland?

The young man had considered it before he spoke, thinking that if the guest did not understand, he would have to beat the side drum.

So that the family knows the dangers of the road ahead. You can also be mentally prepared.

"A few days ago, there were some people from Wang Shi in our town who came," the young man looked at Tianfang, paused and continued. "I heard that Wang Shi was stationed in a mountain in the southeast of the town, near the official road."

"It's about a dozen miles away from our Nanhua Town."

The young man paused again. With a smile, he said, "The king doesn't seem to be marching very fast!" ”

"The yamen in the town also recruited new recruits to supplement the vanguard battalion of the Wang Division."

"I've heard"

The young man said a few words in succession, and stopped to look at the sky.

Tianfang turned his head to look back at the young man, and heard him say a few more words about Master Wang.

It's a pity that at this time, Tianfang's mind is focused on his little junior sister, and he only listens to half of those words.

The other party is nagging, and Tianfang's interest is less than finding the whereabouts of his junior sister.

It wasn't until the young man arrived in the team of the king division that he heard that there was a deserter, and Tianfang's attention immediately turned around.

"I heard that some of the soldiers who went to the pioneer battalion were missing, and they couldn't find them even after searching for them overnight."

The young man said in a mysterious tone: "They shouldn't be worried that the sword has no eyes." There's no turning back when you go to the battlefield and shoot a bow, right? ”

"But such a thing, even if you can escape. There will definitely be no good fruit to eat when you catch it, and maybe you will have to affect your family! ”

"Those people don't know what to think."

The young man's tone was emotional, and he sighed as he spoke.

"True or false?"

Tianfang listened intently, and after a while, he frowned and looked at the young man and asked.

The young man lowered his voice, leaned closer to him and said, "It's true, the news I heard is very reliable!" ”

As if he was afraid that the heavens would not believe it, he added again: "You also know that this kind of news can't spread rumors casually." “

"Especially in the Northland, morale is very important, if it is known by the people of the government, but it is necessary"

The young man made a gesture of wiping his neck as he spoke.

He does it a little exaggeratedly, and his movements are also diǎn funny.

Tianfang stared at him and couldn't help but smile: "Since it's a matter of interest, how can you talk casually to the guests of the inn!" “

"Aren't you worried about the guest babbling?"

Tianfang still had a smile in his eyes when he asked him, curious about his answer.

When the young man heard this, he immediately replied, "Yes, you can't talk nonsense. ”

He looked at Tianfang with a stern expression, straightened up and said, "But it depends on who it is, you will definitely not leak out." ”

Tianfang laughed when he heard this.

The diǎn depression in his heart was dispelled by the young man's words.

"Not necessarily, people can't be good-looking!"

Tianfang said with a smile as he spoke.

"Hey, I still have this diǎn eye for looking at people, and I'm very relieved of you."

The young man immediately patted his chest, looking determined.

"You can't even see the hard work of people who do chores to fetch water, and when you mention the affairs of the agency to me, how can a person with such a good heart as you harm me?"

The young man's tone was affirmative.

"I think we could use a more effortless way. Bucket after bucket of hard work, it's really too tiring. ”

Tianfang couldn't help but laugh and said.

Turning his head to look at the large kitchen with the door open, Tianfang retracted his gaze and asked the young man, "The cook of your inn has been working here for a long time?" ”

"I think I heard you just say someone is looking for him!"

"You ask Master Ding?"

The young man followed the gaze of the sky and looked towards the large kitchen. He answered: "That's right, he's been doing things for a long time. ”

"What I just said is true, Master Ding has a relative who lives alone in Nanhua Town."

The young man explained to Tianfang: "Master Ding's relative lives alone and is old, so Master Ding often visits him. ”

"Sometimes it's late and I stay at his house."

The young man said to the sky: "Hurry back to the inn the next day, as you know, some guests have to be in the inn when they go out in the morning." ”

Tianfang diǎn head said: "Understood." ”

"Last year was quite risky. The old man fell in the yard and fainted, if it weren't for Master Ding just in time to see him. It may be possible to "

The young man scratched his head and continued: "Since then, Master Ding has gone more often, mainly because he can't rest assured, for fear that something will happen to him." ”

Tianfang turned his head and glanced towards the lobby of the inn. Retracted his gaze to the young man and asked, "You have been at the inn for a long time?" ”

"I see you're very good at greeting guests!"

Tianfang said to the young man with a little compliment in his words.

The young man smiled. Then he said sincerely: "Compared with Master Ding, I definitely don't have as long as him." ”

"Guest, Master Ding and I are from the same village."

Tianfang couldn't help but glance at him, and subconsciously asked, "Do you have any relatives in the town?" "No," the young man's expression looked diǎn uncomfortable.

After speaking, he paused, thought for a while, and then looked at Tianfang and said helplessly: "At the beginning, my mother stopped me from coming to the inn to do things. ”

"Why?" Tianfang asked.

"My mother, she didn't worry about me leaving the village, saying that I was young."

"If only there were relatives in the town who could take care of Diǎn. My mother won't stop me from coming. “

After listening to the young man's words, I don't know why. Tianfang's expression was in a trance for a moment.

After a few seconds, he asked, "Why haven't you seen your shopkeeper since you came in?" ”

Tianfang felt a little strange.

Generally speaking, you can always see the shopkeeper when you arrive at the inn, but I didn't expect it to be dark at this time, and the innkeeper never showed up.

Tian glanced at the young man in confusion.

"Oh, our shopkeeper has gone out to find a friend who has known him for many years, who lives far away and has to travel a long way."

"It is estimated that it will take a lot of effort to come and go."

The young man looked at the heavens and said disapprerovingly: "Otherwise, how could I say so much to you?" ”

"If the shopkeeper sees it, he will definitely think I'm lazy!"

Tianfang laughed again when he heard this!

"That's right, that's right."

Tian let go of his hand, restrained his smile and said seriously to the young man.

"The shopkeeper is not here, you can just be lazy."

"That's not too lazy," said the young man, frowning, "I still have a lot of things to do, and as you can see, I've been fetching water." ”

"Yes, I saw it, it's hard!"

The young man smiled slyly at Tianfang and said, "Okay, I have to hurry up and bring these two buckets of water, Master Ding will say it." ”

He took a few steps, looked back at Tianfang by the well platform and said, "Guest, if you want to see Master Ding's craftsmanship, you can come to the big kitchen to have a look!" ”

"It's too cold in the yard, and Master Ding in the big kitchen has made a fire, which will be warmer."

The young man looked at Tianfang and was not too thick, and he was very considerate.

Tianfang was stunned, and then replied calmly: "Okay, I want to see what kind of dish that guest's diǎn son is?" ”

The two of them returned from the courtyard to the large kitchen.

The young man glanced sideways at Tianfang and said, "Actually, it's not a dish, he makes diǎn like a snack." ”

Tianfang was stunned and looked at the chubby figure in the big kitchen who was busy with his back to them.

He couldn't think of what Xiaoling would cook, or what the little guy said, uh, his little junior sister?

The sound of chopping vegetables came to my ears.

When they walked into the big kitchen, it was the busiest time for Master Ding.

Tianfang glanced over and saw that Master Ding had already put the ingredients on the table.

After washing, the ingredients are served on different plates and placed neatly.

Tianfang swept the ingredients on the plate one by one, and saw ham, old tofu, radish and so on.

One of the most eye-catching is naturally those dried mushrooms.

It looks as if they will be the protagonists of this dish.

Because when I met him at the inn, the cook was a little frustrated because he didn't buy the ingredients, and then coveted the mountain goods he bought.

The knife in Master Ding's hand was extremely fast, and Tianfang watched him cut the ingredients into small pieces.

He glanced at it and saw the young man Lehehe standing not far away watching him busy, and suddenly said with a straight face: "The shopkeeper is not here, you are lazy, right?" ”

Master Ding shouted at the young man: "You are idle, come and help, see how long it takes you to carry water!" ”

"You're too grinding!"

Master Ding was not very happy.

Contrary to his appearance, the young man did not show the slightest displeasure, and immediately walked over obediently.

Tianfang saw him kneading dough on the stove, and looked at him a few steps closer.

"The last time the guest had very little strength, and I wanted to get it for him when he kneaded the dough, but he refused and asked me to help chop the vegetables."

The young man whispered, and saw that Tianfang had a smile on his face again.

He began to concentrate on his own work, and both people in the large kitchen had something to do.

Tianfang stared at it for a while, and after a while, he quietly retreated

Tianfang walked through the backyard and down the wooden stairs to the upper floor of the inn.

It's quiet in the hallway right now.

As he walked all the way, he met only two guests, who were walking together, and seemed to be going to the lobby of the inn.

They lowered their voices and spoke, looking as businessmen.

The day was put in the house where he lived, and the guards were sent by him to spy on information in the alley, so there was no one in the next room.

Tianfang returned to the house, closed the door gently, and then his eyes swept around the room, and there was nothing unusual.

He walked to the window, opened the window and looked out, and there were not many pedestrians on the long street south of the town.

After another hour, it is estimated that fewer people will pass by.

Think of the Zhenbei Market I visited before, it is much more lively, and there may be many people who come out to eat and drink in the evening.

Tianfang stood at the window, looking out all the time, and sometimes saw a few guests from the guest house returning.

Those people were carrying a burden and looked heavy, probably going to the town to buy something.

Tianfang looked at it for a moment, then withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes.

He then walked over to the table on the clinical side and sat down.

He will lean back in his chair and wait for the next message.

The guards who went to the mountains were much earlier than them, and if Xiaoling was in the mountains at the moment, maybe there would be a chance to meet them.

Tianfang knew the speed of the guard's search, and there was a glimmer of hope in his heart.

The window of the room was still open, and the cold air outside blew in with the mountain breeze.

Tianfang sat there alone, and did not move for a long time. (To be continued.) )