When Qiu Niang saw the man, her eyes turned red: "What are you doing?" ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself that it seemed that this man should be Qiu Niang's husband, but this man was not an ordinary civilian's clothes, with a round neck and wide sleeves, and a belt tied around his waist, but he looked like a person in the public gate, and he was surprised, secretly thinking that if this person was really Qiu Niang's husband, he was also a man in the public family, how could he let his daughters come out and show up.

"Let's go home." The man was calm and calm, and he spoke slowly: "It's okay." ”

Qiu Niang was a little annoyed and said: "It's okay now, but the gang just now deceived people too much, and my boat was overturned." ”

The man glanced at the surface of Luoshui, still calm: "If the boat capsizes, it will capsize, and you won't come out to support the boat in the future, let's save some more." ”

"To put it simply, if you don't support the boat, let's drink the northwest wind?" When Qiu Niang heard the man's words, she was angry: "Your monthly income has been spent, and if I didn't earn this bit of silver, we would have starved to death." ”

The man was a little embarrassed, touched his chin and said, "Save some in the future, don't spend money indiscriminately." ”

"How have you ever done that?" Qiu Niang sighed, and finally looked at Qin Xiao and said, "Thank you for today's guests, but you still listen to me and leave quickly, they won't give up." ”

Qin Xiao just smiled slightly, the man finally looked at Qin Xiao, a little puzzled, Qiu Niang had already said: "If it weren't for this guest's help, I don't know if I would have been able to see you alive." ”

"Oh?" The man immediately bowed his hand to Qin Xiaoyi: "I am looking at the white clothes, thank you brother Tai for coming to the rescue." ”

Although he is a public person, he is polite to Yijie Buyi, although Qin Xiao has helped Qiu Niang, but this person's cultivation is really not bad.

"This is my brother." Qiu Niang said on the side: "He is on an errand at the public gate." ”

Qin Xiao was stunned, and immediately knew that he had a misunderstanding before, and thought that Gu Baiyi was Qiu Niang's husband, but it turned out to be her brother.

Gu Baiyi looked two or three years younger than Qiu Niang, it should be her younger brother, and she arched her hand and said: "It's not about saving each other, it's just happening, no matter who encounters such a situation, they won't turn a blind eye." ”

"Not necessarily." Qiu Niang said: "Those bastards in Tsing Yi Hall are arrogant and domineering, if other guests encounter them, they dare to come out if they can't avoid them." ”

"Sister, I still have some things to do." Gu Baiyi said: "It's okay if you're fine, I'll go back to the yamen first, and I'll go home early later." He said to Qin Xiao again: "Brother Tai's surname? ”

"Qin Xiao!" Qin Xiao said: "The carefree Xiao." ”

"Brother Qin, I live in Kushui Lane, Gray Clothes Fang, not far from here, and you can find it as soon as you ask." Gu Baiyi was a little anxious: "Please come over for a light meal in the evening, thank you for your help, don't shirk no matter what, see you in the evening." Without waiting for Qin Xiao to speak, he turned over and got on the horse, bowed his hand to Qin Xiao again, turned the horse's head, and urged the horse away.

Qin Xiao was a little dazed, Qiu Niang glanced at Qin Xiao, and said, "Don't take what he says seriously, if you ..... If you really have something, you don't have to. ”

Qin Xiao didn't expect Qiu Niang to say this, she didn't seem to want to go by herself, if it was a weekday, Qin Xiao would only laugh and wouldn't really run over, but thinking that this Gu Baiyi was a person in the public family, and she was worried that she had no way in the official mansion, if she could use Gu Baiyi's door to inquire about Han Yunong's news, it would naturally be better.

Although Gu Baiyi may not really be able to find out anything, looking at what he is wearing, he is just an ordinary official, not a high-ranking official, but even if there is a glimmer of hope, Qin Xiao does not want to let it go.

"If you have free time, you should visit." Qin Xiao didn't say death, and said, "Sister Qiu Niang, do you want me to send you back?" ”

"No, no, no." Qiu Niang hurriedly shook her head, stuffed the cloth bag containing the silver taels into Qin Xiao's hand and said, "I took the money from the boat, and you can take the rest of the silver." ”

One hundred taels of silver is really nothing to Qin Xiao, but for a boat lady who can only earn one tael of silver a month, it is an astronomical amount, it is very strange why Qiu Niang didn't accept it, seeing Qiu Niang carefully put away that little bit of silver, she suddenly understood.

The boat lady didn't pay Tsing Yi Tang, but because she didn't want to be exploited for her hard-earned hard-earned money, but in her bones, she must be afraid of Tsing Yi Tang.

It's okay to get back your own boat money, but if you really take this cloth bag, it will be a tiger's mouth, and the silver will definitely be a hot potato.

The people of Tsing Yi Tang have suffered such a big loss, as Qiu Niang said, it is impossible to give up.

If you take away the money bag, it will be a trouble, but if you only take the boat money, even if you face the people of Tsing Yi Tang, Qiu Niang is easy to argue.

He wanted to understand Qiu Niang's thoughts, and he didn't force it, he took the money bag himself, nodded slightly, and said, "Then you go back first, I won't send you." ”

Qiu Niang didn't say much, wrapped in the outer robe, holding a kitchen knife in her hand, owed to Qin Xiaowei, didn't say a word, and left in a hurry.

Qin Xiao watched her figure walk away, and shook his head with a wry smile.

He helped today, although it was chivalrous and righteous, but in Qiu Niang's eyes, he may not be very grateful to himself.

Tsing Yi Tang looked for Qiu Niang to collect cash, and killed a hundred examples, which is nothing more than to let other boat girls know that Tsing Yi Tang is indispensable to live on a boat in Kyoto, even if Qiu Niang resists, Tsing Yi Tang can't really treat her well, it's just to teach her a lesson.

But as soon as he made a move, and beat the bald Li in the middle, things became complicated.

At least in the eyes of Tsing Yi Tang, he has become their enemy, Qiu Niang's expression was not very good when she left, and there was an obvious worry between her eyebrows, naturally she was worried about Tsing Yi Tang's autumn queen.

In other words, his righteous action may have brought Qiu Niang more trouble, just before Qiu Niang said that she had a life-saving grace for her, but she didn't necessarily think so in her heart, I am afraid that she was still thinking that she offended Tsing Yi Tang by beating the bald Li Tang, which was involved in him.

Qin Xiao didn't bother with what he had done.

He hung the money bag on his waist and walked slowly along the bank of the Luoshui River, every time he walked a while, he saw someone staring at him not far away, Qin Xiao remained silent, and was amused in his heart, knowing that it must be the eyeliner of the Tsing Yi Tang School.

To deal with such eyeliner, Qin Xiao had a way, deliberately pretending not to see it, wandering around the east of the city, the two people behind followed at first, staring at Qin Xiao, but following Qin Xiao around a few times, in a daze, he had already lost Qin Xiao's trace.

Of course, Qin Xiao didn't go far, and saw the two of them leave with a depressed face, so he turned back to the place where he had tied his horse before.

Qiu Niang was right, the horses were tied to the bank of the Luoshui River, but there was really no one to take them away, and the horses were turned around the street for a while, and when they saw that it was getting late, they looked for it

People inquired about the location of the Gray Clothes Workshop.

The gray clothes shop is not far away, Qin Xiao asked where it was, so he walked towards the gray clothes shop, and saw a dim sum shop on the way, thinking that he would ask Gu Baiyi to help inquire about Han Yunong and Du Hongsheng later, so he bought two packs of dim sum and brought them.

Kyoto is measured in workshops.

Each square is like a small town, self-contained, Kyoto one hundred and eight squares, but also a combination of the number of heaven and earth, the closer to the imperial city of the city, the more expensive the house price, the residence is also some high-ranking officials and rich people, and the closer to the periphery, the more humble the identity.

The gray clothes shop is actually not a periphery, but it definitely belongs to an ordinary market, and dignitaries disdain to go to such a market.

Each square is separated by a high wall fence, and there are not many exits from the market, and each has soldiers to take care of it.

During the day, the people of Kyoto were allowed to move freely, but at night, they were not allowed to go out of Kyoto, and if they were discovered, they would be whipped or imprisoned.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Qin Xiao knew that he might not be able to leave the Gray Clothes Workshop tonight, and he could only find a place to rest in the Gray Clothes Workshop when the time came.

Before the hour, although there were soldiers guarding the fangmen, they would not ask, unless they were sneaky and aroused the suspicion of the soldiers, Qin Xiao was young, his face was harmless to humans and animals, and the soldiers did not care much, Qin Xiao asked about the location of the bitter water lane of the gray clothes workshop, but the soldiers were also very easy-going and pointed out the place.

Enter the gray clothes workshop and find Kushui Alley, which is a very narrow alley, and the courtyards on both sides are also quite dilapidated.

On both sides of the alley, there were about a dozen households, and Qin Xiao didn't know which one was Gu Baiyi's residence, but he happened to see a fat woman walking out of a courtyard, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Auntie, ask where Gu Baiyi lives?" ”

The fat woman glanced at Qin Xiao, looked left and right, and then whispered, "Who are you?" What do you do with his house? ”

"It's a friend, come and visit." Qin Xiao said with a smile.

"They still have friends?" The fat woman saw that Qin Xiao was still carrying an oiled paper bag wrapped in snacks in her hand, and said angrily: "Have you been deceived by them?" Their house is only in and out, and that spicy goods are slamming the door tightly, which is not a good thing, so don't have anything to do with their house as soon as possible. ”

Qin Xiao was stunned, thinking that this woman was so unkind, after all, it seemed a little inappropriate to talk about people behind her back like this, and she didn't know what contradiction this woman had with the Gu family, so she heard Qiu Niang's voice sound: "Yo, which chewing tongue is farting behind your back?" It's ugly and fat, even the heart is broken, and he likes to spread rumors and make trouble, and one day he annoys the old lady and cuts her mouth with scissors. ”

Qin Xiao heard the sound coming from the opposite side, turned around and looked back, only to see that the two courtyard doors on the opposite side that were already damaged were closed, and there was a figure behind the crack in the door, which was naturally Qiu Niang.

"Yes, some shameless people think they have a bit of a posture, they dress up like a goblin every day, and run out all day long." The fat woman didn't show weakness, and said in a loud voice: "Who knows if you went out to find a wild man, it was fine before, but after some shameless things moved here, the smell of the commotion can be smelled in the whole alley." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a "crunch" sound, the courtyard door opened, Qiu Niang had already stood up with a kitchen knife, crossed her waist with one hand, raised her arm holding the knife, and pointed the kitchen knife at the fat woman and scolded: "Dead fat pig, who are you talking about?" "She has a soft figure and a delicate appearance, but she holds a knife at her waist, which is very spicy, and Qin Xiao is gentle and delicate when he first saw her in Luoshui.