CHAPTER XXIII

Uncle Sun has a very virtuous wife, and a twelve-year-old son, who is also smart and clever, and in my opinion, Uncle Sun is already very satisfied in this life. There are three guys in this inn, one is a cook, and two are juniors, and now with me, it seems a little redundant. However, Uncle Sun didn't let his wife do any work, so the sister made some embroidery every day and sold it. My son has to walk a long way to the school every day, so it can be said that there are only three people working in this inn.

One of the two juniors didn't want to run around in the front hall, preferring to wash the dishes every day, so I took on the work he used to run the hall, which was exactly what I wanted.

The inn is not big, but there are a lot of people who come every day, after all, it is in the downtown area, although the inn is small, it makes a lot of profits. There were also a few books in the inn, medical books and poems, which I would pick up and read when I was fine, and finally brought a touch of life to the boring days.

The two juniors, one named Yuan Jian and the other Qian Xing, seemed to have never seen a woman, and they circled around me every day. "Miss Liu, how old are you?" "How old is it, ask Fang Ling!" "Oh, Miss Liu, how old are you?" ……

I just said a few perfunctory words about their questions and went about my own business. Uncle Sun was afraid that they would disturb me, so he often drove them away, which saved me a lot of trouble. After almost a month, I also learned what their temperament was like, and when I went to bed at night, I thought about going out to explore the wind these days.

Although it is a prosperous place, there are no high-status people to stay in the hotel, but this day is different, I only took a nap in the afternoon, and was about to go downstairs, I saw a man dressed in white sitting downstairs, with black sword eyebrows, black eyes, a knife-like face, attached to a thin lip, I have never seen such a face, it seems to be much better than the son in the capital.

"Childe, drink tea." Qian Xing poured tea for the man, the man nodded in thanks, and his slender right hand gently raised the tea bowl and drank it little by little, so elegant that we almost felt ashamed. But I didn't feel anything, I just thought this man was different. Yuan Jian, who had just finished washing the dishes, was curiously observing the man on the side, and Uncle Sun called Yuan Jian not far away and asked him to go away. I slowly descended the stairs, poured a bowl of water and drank it, waiting to wake up.

"Qian Xing, Yuan Jian, come here, tell you something." Uncle Sun exclaimed with a serious face, and then said to me softly, "Xiaoliu, you wait to go to the stove room and bring the dishes." ”

I nodded, Uncle Sun called Qian Xing and Yuan Jian out, I went to the stove room to bring the food, and the man asked for a dish, which was very light, and there was no meat. Although the food is just ordinary steamed buns, it just can't hide the elegance of the gestures.

It's strange to come to eat at this point, it's not lunch or dinner, and I don't know when he last eats. I said, "Childe, if there is anything you ask." With that, he went to the side and flipped through the medical book.

"Master Xuan asked me to call you back."

I froze, and my whole body was stiff.

"Who are you?"

"Tobe Zuo Shilang, Muyang."

"I haven't seen you, I haven't heard of you."

"Yes, I was only recently promoted. Master Xuan said that Master Chang has suppressed your affairs, you can pack up and go back to the capital. ”

"It's too sudden, how am I going to tell them?"

"But I heard Master Xuan say that you are a good liar."

"......," I sighed helplessly, "I just don't know ......"

"If it doesn't work, I'll help you say it."

"What's your reason?"

"It's easy. But I'll wait until I'm done dealing with things in the next few days, and then I'll take you back to the capital with me. ”

"Will it run into ...... Forget it, it's fine. ”

I wanted to speak and stopped, thinking of Lin Han. But after so long, she should have left Xuzhou a long time ago, and Master Jiang didn't want to see her, and he wouldn't keep her for a month.

"You mean Lin Han, she has been taken back to the capital by the person sent by the master. Master Lin is the head of the household, and I am the left servant of the household, and I have occasionally heard of these things. ”

"That's good."

Mu Yang bent his eyes and looked at me with a smile, and asked, "It seems that you don't like Lin Han very much?" ”

"Of course not, I'm just not used to going out with other people."

Mu Yang smiled softly, as if he had seen through my lie. But then again, he is not the son of a famous family, and he looks like he is not a few years old from me, but he has already sat in the position of the left attendant of the household, which really makes me admire.

I didn't ask much, I just thought he was here to pick me up and take me back to the capital. After eating, he said that he was going upstairs to sleep, and he was already very tired after a night's journey.

I took him to an empty room to settle down with his luggage, and at this time Uncle Sun and they also came back, and of course the matter of Duanshui Upstairs was handed over to Qian Xing and Yuan Jian, and Muyang didn't come out until the morning of the second day, and it seemed that he slept quite well.

After that, he went out, and there should be many officials near this prosperous place, and I don't know how many days he will be busy.

Not long after Muyang went out, Uncle Sun sat down at a table and called me over.

"Miss Liu, although our inn is small, but after so many years, I have read countless people, and I can see what kind of person you are. But you say too little, I often can't know some truth from what you say, and I haven't learned any poetry, to put it bluntly, I want to know who you are, but you don't want to say it, I won't force you, but if you have any purpose, don't hurt my people, otherwise I will fight hard. ”

I smiled and said, "Uncle Sun is also an understanding person, knowing that I am not an ordinary person, and he chose to take me in and let me be a runner." ”

"Don't look at us as civilians, but my relationship with those guys has long been better than that of my relatives, and if you hurt them, I will not let you go."

"Uncle Sun, don't worry, I'm just here to hide from people, and when the time comes, I'll leave, and I won't trouble you."

Uncle Sun nodded and said, "That's fine, I also believe in you, just being an inn, you should understand this." ”

"Understand, Uncle Sun bothered."

After saying that, Uncle Sun asked me to get busy. Muyang only came back in the afternoon, I don't know how many places he ran, but I think he is an official who went to inspect the place anyway, and it is estimated that people will give him a lot of benefits, and he should not be very tired.

After the hour, there were a few high-ranking guests chatting downstairs, and I sat in the corner, lighting an oil lamp, and a few fruits in front of me. I told Uncle Sun that I would lock the door every day, and I especially enjoyed the feeling of sitting alone downstairs listening to people from all over the world, and no one came to disturb me. After Muyang entered the house, he walked out again, went downstairs and sat opposite me, and poured a small half bowl of water.

"Did you sleep well?" I asked.

"Walk around, get used to it, where it's not the same as sleeping."

"But the inn is not as good as home, I haven't heard of Mu Mansion......"

"I'm just a child of an ordinary family, this time thanks to the emperor's promotion, I have the honor to be the left waiter, but I am not suitable to stay in the officialdom for a long time, and I guess I will go to the show again soon."

"You turned out to be a showman?"

"I'm a violinist, and I've been in Qingjiang Yuan for a while, but as long as people want women, I'll be kicked out. Fortunately, once I don't know which prince went to Qingjiang Yuan and heard me playing the piano, and then arranged for me to go into the palace to play for those concubines. ”

Muyang lowered his eyes and took a sip of water, but I felt a palpitation. Although Mu Yang said these words lightly, only he knows what kind of difficulties are behind this. A child of an ordinary family, no one helps, no means, can only rely on his own efforts to go up to the left servant of the household, if he can be sent to the palace as a pianist, the piano skills must be very powerful, but if he goes to the palace, even if he is a violinist, he must not be able to escape the open and secret fighting.

"It's not early, I'm going back to sleep, you can rest early, and I'll take you away the day after tomorrow."

"Okay."

After Muyang went back, I sat downstairs alone for a long time, until all the guests downstairs went to rest, and the night was silent again, I blew out the lights, locked the door, and went upstairs.

After another busy day, Muyang came back in the evening, and after there were many fewer guests in the evening, he stopped Uncle Sun and said, "Shopkeeper, Liu Qiqi is my cousin, I came this time to pick her up." ”

The shopkeeper gave me a meaningful look and asked, "Okay, when are you leaving?" ”

"I'll leave early tomorrow morning, thank you for the shopkeeper's care of Qiqi these days."

"She also helped us a lot, and she didn't need any money, but I should thank her."

The two politely exchanged words for a while and then dispersed. Muyang returned to his room, and Uncle Sun said to me, "Since you want to leave early, it's better to go back early to rest." ”

"Thank you, shopkeeper."

I went back to the house and counted the silver, I helped Uncle Sun here these days, but I regained some of the silver, and the travel expenses were there, but I don't know if Muyang had enough money. But a person of his kind of official character will not be short of money no matter what, right?

When it was time to leave on the second day, the guys were very puzzled why I was about to leave suddenly, and Uncle Sun said, "Miss Liu is not the one who followed us all the way, and she will leave sooner or later, so don't ask more." ”

Muyang stepped forward and said to Uncle Sun: "Thank you Uncle Sun for taking care of you, let's go first." ”

"Okay, if you come to Xuzhou in the future, you must live here with me."

"Definitely, definitely."

Muyang looked at me and said, "Let's go." ”

Muyang also rode a horse, and we returned the same way one by one.

"Why do you keep wearing white?" I asked.

"White makes people feel calm, and besides, I don't only have white clothes, but I only brought white clothes when I came out this time."

"If some people see it, they will think that you are going to mourn."

Mu Yang smiled faintly and said: "Caring people will always come up with many ways to frame me, and unintentional people will praise me for my clean clothes, which is very easy to distinguish." ”

“…… Miss Lin, did you ask me where I went? ”

"She doesn't care about you, she's just curious why you're going out alone. In their eyes, if someone is willing to help them, it must be to seize some benefits. ”

I don't know what to say, I can only take it as his complaint. For this kind of person who has already been in the officialdom and the palace, I better be careful.

"But it's certain that Lin Han is a little interesting to Xuan Lone."