123 The landlady of the inn
The former capital of Xiliang City has long been in ruins, and because of a major earthquake a few years ago, house collapses, landslides and dammed lakes, etc., part of the capital has been buried deep underwater, so when Qi Shangyi and the others walked to Wajiang Town, which was still half a day's trip away from the Xiliang capital, they did not continue to move forward.
"We'll stay here for one night tonight, and I'll have people prepare dry food and water for ten days," Mo Qi said to everyone while standing at the door of the post station, "Wajiang is a border town, there are not many people, only some caravans that stay again, so there is no official post, so everyone will stay at this post station for one night." ”
Everyone didn't make a sound, after all, when they went out, they couldn't force themselves to eat well and live well, only Princess Leping frowned at the post station in front of her, picked up a handkerchief and covered her mouth and said: "How can there be outsiders in and out of this post station, wouldn't it be good if you give more silver to wrap up here," Princess Leping said and glanced at Mo Qi, who had arranged it for everyone, and said arrogantly: "If you don't have enough silver, the palace can reward you some, you hurry up and let the people inside go." ”
Mo Qi glanced at the chattering Princess Leping, and turned his head to Zifeng Xiqi and Qi Shangyi. Gesturing to the inn, "Let's go in." ”
"Hmm." Zifeng Xiqi nodded, and didn't go to deal with Princess Leping, Tongqi Shangyi followed Mo Qi into the inn, Leping saw that Zifeng Xiqi had already entered, deflated his mouth, stomped his feet, and quickly helped the palace maid on the side to follow, and the two brothers Kang Jiang and Kang Yang looked around and followed in.
There are quite a lot of people in the post station, looking at the dress, it should be all caravans, noisy, and a little noisy.
Although it is a private inn, because there is no official post in this Wajiang Town, the largest inn in Wajiang Town has become a half-official and half-private, that is, the imperial court will give some money every year, and it will be requisitioned once necessary.
The shopkeeper saw the waist card in Mo Qi's hand, and quickly turned upstairs to invite the shopkeeper, unexpectedly, the owner who managed such a mixed inn turned out to be a graceful and beautiful woman.
Her dress is very border-charming, there is an embroidered wrap in it, with a purple-red background, embroidered with a big peony in red, proudly blooming in the middle, the pleated skirt below, not very long, can reveal the goose-yellow peony embroidered shoes below, and a long piece of satin is tied around the waist, which hangs down the skirt. The wrap was worn very low, and there was no outer shirt, but a light purple light veil was gently placed on the shoulder, which naturally revealed a white light under the neck.
With a horsetail on his head and a peculiarly shaped silver step, he walked down from the upper floor, and with each step, the step shook and swayed, and the bells with the size of the two little fingernails on the pendant made a crunchy sound.
"It's a good day." The female shopkeeper went downstairs as she spoke, put her hands in her arms, and bent down with a smile to salute, "Peony is polite." ”
It turned out to be called peony, no wonder the clothes and shoes are big and gorgeous peonies.
"I've already asked someone to clean up the room," Peony saluted and looked at herself, "Four upper rooms, one medium room, how about it?" ”
Mo Qi nodded slightly, this woman is really powerful, just one glance, you know the status of the few people standing here, the four upper rooms are naturally for Qi Shangyi, Zifeng Xiqi, Leping and himself, then Kang Jiang and Kang Yang can only live in general.
"Let's go upstairs and sit down with a cup of tea and rest." Peony smiled and stood at the top of the stairs and let go, and led everyone upstairs, "As the saying goes, it's better to come early than to come by chance, there are many caravans on this road in summer, and the guest rooms are full every day. ”
As he spoke, Peony led everyone to a private room upstairs, and quickly ordered someone to serve tea and fruit first, and he personally waited on the side.
The people who drank in the lobby downstairs saw that Peony, who never paid much attention to them on weekdays, was so attentive to these sons and young ladies, so they curiously went to the staircase and looked up, but they were seen by Peony who came down to get something, and gave several white eyes, but the man was already used to it, and still leaned behind Peony with a dead face, "Peony shopkeeper, what kind of guests are these upstairs?" ”
Peony ignored her, told the guy at the counter to come over with two jugs of wine, then looked back at the man behind him, raised his eyebrows and said, "You drink your wine, don't be inquiring about nothing," said and glared at the man, "I know too much, be careful of losing your life!" ”
"Hey...... Know, know. The man looked at the peony's expression, although he knew that this peony was scaring himself, but these people upstairs were definitely not caravans, and they were really from the imperial court! Thinking of this, the man smirked twice and hurriedly ran back to drink.
Peony smiled, took the wine upstairs, and prepared the dishes for everyone before retreating with a smile, and did not forget to close the door when he went out.
Qi Shangyi waited for her to leave before he smiled and said, "This boss must be a powerful person!" ”
"How?" Mo Qi had already lifted the wine jug and poured it full of wine for Prince Xi and himself, he knew that Porcelain Ji couldn't drink, and he didn't dare to give him wine to drink, but Leping's appearance of no one in his eyes made him lose the desire to pour her a glass too. Hope, hearing Qi Shangyi say this, my heart was happy, when did Porcelain Ji become alert, and she could see that Peony was a powerful person?
Qi Shangyi smiled and said proudly: "This inn is a mixed bag, she is a female streamer, and she can take care of such a big restaurant, of course she is a powerful person." ”
"Cut ......" Mo Qi heard her say, quickly smiled, picked up the wine glass and touched it with Prince Xi, "I thought you saw something!" ”
"Huh?" Qi Shangyi was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zifeng Xiqi and Mo Qi, "Then what clues should I see?" ”
Zifeng Xiqi glanced at her sister, who was sometimes shrewd and eccentric, and sometimes stupid, and put down the wine glass in her hand, "In vain, you always say that you are a spiritual cultivator now, and you don't feel that the shopkeeper has a very powerful spiritual power?" ”
Qi Shangyi's eyes widened, to be honest, he didn't think of detecting her spiritual power at all, so he said a little nervously, "Then she won't do anything to us, right?" ”
"Don't worry," Mo Qi shook his head with a smile, and picked up the wine jug to pour wine, "In such a wild place to open a shop, some spiritual power is not to be afraid, although this post station is not an official post, it will not attack the people of the imperial court, but ......" Mo Qi said and raised his head, "But there are many caravans in this place, and there are often bandits and bandits who have robbed the caravans, so you can't take it lightly." ”
Qi Shangyi quickly nodded. (To be continued.) )