Chapter 15: Invitation
After breaking his doubts about Roche that day, Zige did not continue to study further, but put the booklet away and locked it in the box with other materials. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info The landlord of the Xuanwu Mafang store, Mr. Liu, came to the door after a few days, holding the title deed in his hand, and smiling so much that his face was wrinkled.
"My fellow didn't talk enough to forget to tell me about it. Miss Lin is a close friend of Lord Liang, so why is it difficult to rent this small place......"
Zige carefully looked at the title deed he handed over, and saw that the paper was broken, knowing that he was a little old, and had changed hands several times.
"The shopkeeper of Xuanwu Mafang is really cunning, he is actually disguised as a thief who has been in exile for a long time, and he is bent on collaborating with the enemy and treason, and even the prince of Chengjiang has fallen for him" He deliberately got close to Zi Getao, shaking his head and sighing, "If I knew this, I should have agreed to Miss Lin's request early ............ ago."
Zige listened silently with a smile, and took the title deed into his arms: "In this way, then thank you Mr. for your kindness." ”
"To be polite, a friend of a friend is a friend of mine...... It is a pleasure to have friends from afar. Shopkeeper Liu said nonsense, but his eyes flashed with the shrewdness of a businessman, "It's just that the prices in the city have risen again in the past few days, girl, look, do we have to talk about this price again?" ”
Seeing Zige's eyebrows smiling, he thought he was a bully, so he asked tentatively.
"It's not a problem to raise prices, it's a good land after all...... It's just ......" Zige raised his eyebrows, his expression slightly disdainful, "I don't want to spend my money on someone like you who hides filth and dirt." ”
Miss Lin said this...... Why don't you understand below? He forced a laugh. Song Qingshu, who was standing quietly on the side, suddenly stepped forward and threw a thick ledger on the seat, which scared him all over.
"I had nothing to do last night, and I looked at the account book of Shopkeeper Liu." Zige snorted coldly and said, "Xihe Tea House, Fengtaifang, Lutang cuisine...... I'm not surprised that there are a lot of shops in this city that are in your hands. It's just that you have a fixed amount of money every month, which is transferred to this son named 'Yuwen'......"
Zige pointed to the small lines of words that appeared repeatedly in the spread out accounts, which could easily be confused with other odd expenses unless he looked closely. Among the barbarian surnames in the north, although 'Yuwen' is not common, it was also a big surname, but it later declined with the destruction of the Xianbei country, which is well known to passers-by.
The autumn wind was slightly cold in October, but fine beads of sweat slowly oozed out of the white face of the shopkeeper Liu.
"Miss Lin...... There is something to discuss......" He stared at Zige, but could only hold back these two sentences.
"If Xuanwu Mafang is treason against the enemy, then the crime you have committed is worse than it." Zige met his gaze, rolled up the account book slowly, and put it aside, "I'll take this hot potato for Shopkeeper Liu, and after I go back, don't do such a bad thing again." ”
"You ......" He seemed to want to get up and snatch back the account book, but Song Qingshu was one step ahead of him and put the scabbard on his chest. Sen Sen's cold air escaped, and he couldn't help but shiver.
"Shopkeeper Liu, please go back. If you don't make a mistake, Ange will not let the ledger fall into the hands of others. She replied lightly.
"My ledger is clearly kept in top secret...... How could you possibly get your hands on it......" He walked out the door dejectedly, still muttering in a low voice.
"But the mirror of the hanging pavilion is there, and the smoke and rain are in the hall. Shopkeeper Liu, fairness is in the hearts of the people. ”
Zige sent him away with sharp eyes, and when he was about to close the door, he saw a slender figure walking up the stairs. He was dressed in a flamboyant golden robe, the corners of his mouth were playfully raised, and on his well-defined face, his deep eyes were fixed on Zige, as if he could see through people's minds.
"Why are you here?" Zige leaned against the door and watched him approach step by step, with a slight joy in his eyes.
"There are some things that need to be said to you in person." He turned around, gently closed the door, and looked back at Song Qingshu looking at him vigilantly, and couldn't help but smile.
"Jun Jun is gone, where did you find an attendant?"
"Qingshu is the son of my father's former guard, and I was accepted by my aunt in the Qingluan newspaper for a long time, and we have only known each other for a short time." Zige smiled comfortingly at Song Qingshu and introduced, "Prince Mu is the son of Nanzhao, an old friend in the family, and he has been secretly helping Ge'er before. ”
Song Qingshu looked at him for a moment, and bowed his head.
"Since the two of you have something important to discuss, Qingshu will leave first."
Zige nodded, and he turned over and walked out of the window easily, without making a sound. There were only two of them left in the room, and it was so quiet that the sound of red candles could be heard.
"Why do you still call me 'Lord Mu'?" Mu Lixuan asked suddenly, he sat casually beside Zige, and took out a few plates of pastries from the food box on the side, among which there was a 'welcome cake' that Zige had eaten for several days.
Seeing that he was asking casually, Zige also had the heart to joke: "Someone is so frivolous and changes the pastries of his ancestors without permission, turning the original intention of looking forward to the triumph of the army into the love of men and women, such a person, shouldn't I stay away?" ”
"What Ge'er said, Li Xuan thought it was true." He pursed his lips and smiled, but he took it seriously, "I will definitely tell Lian'er when I go back, saying that you don't like the name she chose for the pastry, and you want to cut off contact with her...... The woman to be married should not be so frivolous, she is really out of the Xuan's teaching......"
Zige couldn't cry or laugh for a while. I think it was Lian'er who came up with this poem from somewhere, and used it on this pastry. You don't have to talk nonsense to her when you go back. ”
"She's been so unsettled these days, I'm afraid I won't be able to listen to what I say." The smile on Mu Lixuan's face narrowed a little, and there was a faint worry in his eyes.
Zige had doubts, but he didn't open his mouth to ask.
"I heard that the shop in Xuanwu Mafang was seized by the government, and the title deed can be obtained?" He asked with concern. Zige took out the title deed from his bosom and put it on the table.
"I just met Shopkeeper Liu today. It's just that the shop still needs to be repaired for a while. Zige sighed. Living in nature for a long time, although it is a good idea, but it has to be done. If she can move to a more accessible place, she will be able to use her skills better, but it's a pity......
"Why don't you move to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion and live with Lian'er?" Mu Lixuan asked suddenly, looking at Zige's eyes that were bottomless. Xiaoxiang Pavilion is a special post built by Daqi for the reception of the envoys, standing by the palace wall, and it is convenient to come and go. "Your store still needs to be renovated, and recruiting relatives in Beijing may be able to add a little fame to you."
When Zige heard this, he groaned slightly, and then happily responded: "If I can share my worries for Lian'er, it will be a favor for me." ”
The two talked happily until the time when the red dress returned in the evening.
Mu Lixuan said goodbye and left. When passing by the lobby, the shopkeeper of the natural residence greeted familiarly: "Childe, don't you drink a pot of wine today before leaving?" ”
He shook his head, his gaze seemed to skim over Zige's lintel, and there was a faint tenderness in his oblique eyes.
"No...... Today, I have heard the sound. ”