Chapter 55: Returning in vain
In Ruixiang Money Village, Shunzi was still talking to a bookkeeper, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Zhao Xiaoba entering him, and suddenly his face changed dramatically, and he hurriedly left the matter in his hand and stepped forward to greet him.
"Zhao Zhao Gongzi"
The sudden abruptness made Shunzi stammer, but his mind was still sober, and he didn't dare to reveal Zhao Xiaoba's true identity in front of people, so he could only call "Zhao Gongzi" awkwardly.
Zhao Xiaobaling looked at Shunzi, a faint smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and patted him lightly on the shoulder.
"What about Xiao Yi? I'm here for him. â
When Shunzi heard Zhao Xiaoba mention the shopkeeper, he suddenly raised his head suddenly, and his expression was a little panicked. glanced at the bookkeeper, and he also retreated to the back room to deal with things, leaving only Zhao Xiaoba and Shunzi in the front hall.
Seeing that the people were far away, Shunzi returned to Zhao Xiaoba in a low voice.
"Back to the prince's words, the shopkeeper went out to investigate the news, and he has not returned yet."
Haven't returned yet?! Hearing Shunzi's words, Zhao Xiaoba couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and said in a cold tone.
"I've given you three days, what day is this? Your ability to do things is really doubtful. â
One sentence suddenly made Junzi's whole body tremble, and he hurriedly knelt in front of Zhao Xiaoba to plead guilty.
"The prince atoned for his sins! The little ones are not good at doing things, and they have to bear your trust. Presumably, the shopkeeper is already on the way back, and I hope that the prince will give him a more grace time. â
"Get up!"
finally couldn't get used to their habit of kneeling at every turn, Zhao Xiaoba scolded Shunzi on the ground with a cold mouthful.
With a nervous twitch on his temples, Shunzi didn't dare to disobey Zhao Xiaoba's words, so he quickly got up from the ground and replied to him respectfully: "Lord Xie is magnanimous." â
"If Xiao Yi returns to Taiyuan Mansion, ask him to come to see me."
"Yes, little leader."
It seemed that it was for nothing, and Zhao Xiaoba had no intention of lingering, so he turned around and left with a lingering brow.
Looking at the back of Zhao Xiaoba leaving in the front hall, the coldness on Junzi's body was flashing over and over again, and cold sweat broke out. I couldn't help but mutter: Shopkeeper, you have to come back quickly! Otherwise, on the side of Prince Rong, we won't be able to eat and leave!
According to the previous agreement with Zhu Xishi, when he left Ruixiang Qianzhuang, Zhao Xiaoba went straight to the teahouse to find Zhu Xishi, and he was also thinking about how to explain to Zhu Xishi that it was in vain.
As soon as I arrived at the "Yunxiang Teahouse", I heard the storyteller on the stage from a distance, telling the story of Taoyuan's righteousness in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
"The next day, in the peach orchard, prepared the black cow and white horse sacrifice and other items, the three of them burned incense and bowed again and swore an oath: 'Reading Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, although they have different surnames, they are brothers, they will work together to help the needy; Report to the country, under An Lishu. I don't want to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but I want to die on the same day and month of the same year. The emperor and the queen of heaven, learn from this heart, betray righteousness and ingratitude, and kill heaven and man together! After the oath, worship Xuande as a brother, Guan Yu as the second, and Zhang Fei as the younger brother. â
The storyteller's relaxed performance immediately won the applause of the audience, Zhao Xiaoba was immediately interrupted by the lively sound and hesitated, and he didn't care whether the storytelling was wonderful or not, and hurriedly stepped in.
Although there are many people listening to books in Yunxiang Teahouse, Zhao Xiaoba's eyes are also sharp, and he saw Zhu Xi sitting in the corner at a glance, leisurely munching melon seeds, with a smile on his face.
A fried melon seed was crispy in Zhu Xi's mouth, and before he could bite into the melon seed kernel in his mouth, he was shocked to see Zhao Xiaoba sitting down next to him.
Suddenly, Zhu Xishi was also stunned. How can it be so fast? I came back less than half an hour after I went, which was a bit unexpected.
"Finished talking so soon?"
When he glanced at Zhu Xi, who was asking, Zhao Xiaoba was not in a hurry to answer, his mouth was dry, and he immediately took a sip of Zhu Xi's tea bowl without politeness.
Seeing that he was a bit wolf, Zhu Xishi also softened his heart, why are you anxious when he just came back from an errand? hurriedly greeted the guys who went to the teahouse to run the hall.
"Little brother, here is another bowl of Pu'er!"
"Okay!"
shouted tea for Zhao Xiaoba, Zhu Xishi turned his head and asked, "The peach crisp here is good, do you want to have some?" â
wiped the tea on the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand, Zhao Xiaoba was a little stunned when she looked at Zhu Xi, when did she become so considerate? After thinking about it, I still refused.
"No, just order tea."
I don't want Zhao Xiaoba to be polite, where has this master been humble when he eats and drinks on weekdays? That's weird. It's just that Zhu Xishi didn't know that Zhao Xiaoba was afraid that he couldn't afford to eat this soft mouth, and this trip would disappoint her.
"Tell me, how are you inquiring?"
Zhao Xiaoba bit his thin lip and said hesitantly: "This is quite smooth" and looked at Zhu Xishi's deep expression of expectation, as if he couldn't hide it, and added: "I'm back." â
Zhu Xishi heard this, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. What do you mean by being quite smooth lĂŹ back?! After pondering for a while, Zhu Xishi, who was half-suspicious and half-confused, seemed to have realized something, and asked in surprise.
"You can't run for nothing, do you?"
Suddenly, Zhao Xiaoba laughed awkwardly, and said apologetically: "Hehe, you guessed really accurately." â
This basin of cold water can be regarded as completely pouring Zhu Xishi! In an instant, a small anger appeared on his face.
"Zhao Xiaoba, aren't you boasting that you have a good way, why is this out of line again? It's really blinding you. I spent two taels of silver in vain to sit here and look forward to you, wasting my expression! â
Looking at her somewhat angry expression, it was really a face-hurting thing for Zhao Xiaoba, and she hurriedly argued.
"I said, why are you so snobbish? Although this trip was in vain, I didn't say that it was yellow. You're a terrible man. â
Glancing at him angrily, Zhu Xishi grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the table and said while snorting.
"It's not the right thing, it's not the right person, whoever asks someone to make a big wish, it won't come true. I only look at the results, but I don't even have an egg, can I not be cold to your little eighth master? â
"Okay, okay, it's a little eighth master's incompetence, let your aunt and grandmother see the joke."
After saying a full smile to Zhu Xishi, Zhao Xiaoba sat next to him with a straight face and said nothing. It was at this time that the guy served tea to Zhao Xiaoba, looking at the bowl of fragrant Pu'er, which was a bit ironic.
Zhu Xishi looked at his childlike appearance, couldn't help but cover his mouth and smile, and asked a very teasing question.
"Good Pu'er, don't you drink it?!"
Learning from Zhu Xishi's white eyes, he glared at her with an eye for an eye, and replied angrily.
"What to drink, it's full early! Went back. â
"Can't help but tease the guy, you don't drink me! Two taels of silver! â
Unceremoniously took the tea bowl, and Zhu Xishi poured it in front of Zhao Xiaoba, so proud!
Looking at her like this for a long time, Zhao Xiaoba still laughed out loud. If Zhu didn't mix up, it wouldn't be her, wouldn't it?
Funny fat woman.