Chapter 353: A Stranger in Just Two Months (18)
“……。 www.biquge.info After hearing Nangong Xue's words, Dong Zhizhong thought lightly and replied, "Hmm...... Yes yes, but ...... Why is this ......? ”
"Uh......." Nangong Xue looked at Nangong Hai, exchanged glances with him, and continued, "It's not convenient for me to tell you about this now, I hope you can forgive ......." ”
"Hmm...... All right. Dong Zhizhong nodded lightly and replied, and then instructed the two people beside him, "You two also heard what you just said, go out and give me a tighter mouth, don't talk nonsense, do you understand?" Otherwise, don't blame me for not protecting your family's ....... ”
"Yes, it's ......, the little ones won't talk nonsense...... Please rest assured, Lord Dong, please rest assured that Lord Nangong ....... When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly bowed and replied again and again.
"Well......," Dong Zhizhong nodded slightly and said, "Okay, you two go down first to busy your business, I don't need you to serve here...... I will call your ...... if I need to." ”
"Hmm...... Be....... The shopkeeper bowed back to the shopkeeper. After saying that, the two of them retreated. After watching the two of them leave, Dong Zhizhong said, "Come on...... The two of you please go to the backyard of the elegant building to talk, it is always a little inconvenient to talk here...... ”
"...... Yalou?" Nangong Hai shouted lightly, "What about this small imperial court, a subordinate post station, and an elegant building?" This is the first time I've heard of ....... ”
"Yes......." Dong Zhizhong said, "This elegant building is actually not very big, it is just a place for special officials to live, but it is ...... You see the current situation, there will not be any special officials to live here, so I used the Yalou as my daily office for the sake of quietness....... Of course, speaking of this elegant building, not every post station has, as far as I know, the post station in the whole capital is only the post station on the north city gate and the post station on the south city gate have an elegant building, and the post stations in other places are not elegant buildings. ”
"Oh...... That's what happened....... Nangong Hai said suddenly, "What I said, I haven't seen the Yalou at the East Gate and the West Gate Post Station, and I feel that this Yalou is only available in a few places...... ”
"Uh-huh......." Dong Zhizhong nodded lightly and replied, "Then please come with me...... Let's move to the Yalou to talk ....... ”
"Hmm...... Good. Nangong Hai and Nangong Xue responded in unison. As he spoke, he followed Dong Zhizhong and walked towards the elegant building in the backyard.
As soon as she arrived at this elegant building, the careful Nangong Xue subconsciously looked around her, if you look at it according to her understanding, this is similar to an ordinary duplex building, this downstairs is a small reception room, and upstairs is a bedroom. The overall room layout is still very simple, the furniture, the furnishings are not very much, but they are all very practical, seeing this, Nangong Xue secretly said in her heart: "Although this small elegant building is said to be an elegant building, this layout is really simple beyond my expectations." This Dong adult's living habits still seem to be very casual and simple....... ”
Just thinking about it, Dong Zhizhong poured two cups of tea and said respectfully: "I am a little humble here, please forgive me, this is the tea that has just been brewed before, please sit down and talk about it......." ”
"Uh-huh......." Nangong Hai nodded slightly and replied, "It's very good here, it's simple and quiet, and it's elegant." That one...... Lord Dong, don't greet us patronically, please take a seat, it's not appropriate for you to stand like this and we sit. It's not an official meeting now, so why are you so restrained with us? Let's sit down and talk over tea ....... ”
"yes......." When Nangong Xue heard this, she hurriedly echoed, "Come on...... Master Dong, please sit down and talk, you don't have to be so in awe of our ....... ”
“……。” After saying this, Dong Zhizhong hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly and replied, "That'...... All right....... As he spoke, Dong Zhizhong also found a stool and sat aside.
Seeing that Dong Zhizhong also sat down, Nangong Xue said politely: "Lord Dong, our brother and sister are here today, just to rent two horses from your post station to use, and we will ......return them as soon as we finish our work, I wonder if you can agree?" ”
"Borrow a horse......?" Dong Zhizhong asked, "Then can you tell me why you want to borrow a horse?" As you may know, the imperial court now has strict control over each post station, and if there is no slip, it will definitely not easily rent out the horses of ......the post station. Surely you don't want to embarrass your subordinates, do you......? ”
"Well...... this." As soon as Nangong Xue heard Dong Zhizhong's words, she thought for a while and said, "I can't tell you clearly now, but I promise that I will definitely not go back as I said in the announcement, this is definitely not the case, please rest assured on this point...... ”
"But ......." Although Nangong Xue said this, Dong Zhizhong was still a little uneasy, and replied hesitantly, "My little post house steward still has to be the most worthy of the officials above, if I really lease the horses of this post station to the two of you, then the black gauze hat on my head will be ...... It's not guaranteed....... Aren't you just embarrassed? ”
"It's ......." Nangong Xue couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when she heard this, and as she spoke, she looked at Nangong Hai, and then asked, "Brother...... What do you think you can do? If we can't borrow this horse, then we're going to have to get tired...... I'm afraid it'll be too late if it's too late...... ”
"Uh-huh......." Hearing Nangong Xue say this, Nangong Hai thought lightly for a moment, then took a deep breath, looked at Dong Zhizhong seriously, and said, "Lord Dong...... If we told us why, would you lend us horses? And will you keep it a secret for that? You won't talk to anyone until it's over? ”
"Hmm...... Pretty much all I can do is not go out and talk nonsense. Dong Zhizhong looked at Nangong Hai's serious eyes and replied, "Maybe you can't rent it, it depends on what you two are borrowing horses for...... Xia Guan really doesn't want to get into any trouble because of this matter, and you probably should know that sometimes it is not something that can be taken for granted when you are an official in the court....... In any case, I am also old and young, I just want to bring a peaceful ...... to this family. I hope you understand my ....... ”
"......Well," after listening to Dong Zhizhong's words, Nangong Hai showed a very understanding expression and said, "I can understand your intentions when you say this, so I'll tell you simply...... we are going out of the city to persuade an army stationed outside the city to make peace, hoping that they will stop insisting on fighting, and think about the lives of these tens of thousands of people......." I know that you are also a kind person, Lord Dong, and now you have finally relied on your talent to gain fame, but you have always thought about the common people in your heart, so I don't think you will definitely watch these innocent people being drowned by this war, right? That's why I'm here to lease a horse out of town with you, I don't know...... Can you help us? (To be continued.) )