Repay with a spring

In the fifth year of Taihe, October Jiashen, three quarters of Sizheng.

Chang'an, Chang'an County, Xishi Beiqu.

Xuanji walked to the porch of this wine shop and watched for a long time. The front of this liquor store is not large, only a foot or two wide, but considering that it is facing the street, I am afraid that the inside is far more spacious than it seems.

What really makes Xuanji faintly feel that this wine shop is different, what kind of wine shop, no one in front of the store to solicit customers, you must know that the West Market is a land where every inch of land is valuable. Generally, this kind of liquor store is either too good for business, or the store is rich and indifferent.

And this is not an ordinary orchid restaurant, the general orchid restaurant is often located in the city edge of the square, close to the city gate, convenient for people to see off at any time to buy wine in the wine shop to practice relatives and friends, and the price of wine is often twice as high as the wine shop opened by the Tang people. This orchid wine shop located in the gathering place of Hu merchants in Xishi is probably all Hu people.

Xuanji wanted to go into the wine shop to find out, but she hesitated, was it too Meng Lang for her to enter so rashly?

The porch is modeled after a large grassland tent, supported by bamboo rafters, covered with white canopies, and has a bifront door, all painted with the totem on the sign of this wine shop. As she got closer, Xuanji could faintly hear the noise coming from inside the door.

"I'm afraid it's not simple......"

Zhang Yijun's words suddenly echoed in Xuanji's mind, and a thought flashed with it: If the forbidden army that Fang just saw really had something to do with the forbidden soldier who killed Luo Yao yesterday, what should she do?

This thought startled Xuanji herself, and she couldn't help but gasp, and her jade shoulders trembled. The dull sound that Xuanji heard before Luo Yao's death yesterday sounded in her ears again, although she was wearing men's clothes, while avoiding revealing her identity, she also suddenly increased the danger to herself. If the other party is a dangerous person, if he finds that he is being watched, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not take risks......

'Do you want to report to the police?' ’

There is no evidence, it is purely speculative, what is the use of reporting to the official......

Xuanji's breathing became rapid, and her chest rose and fell with the thumping of her heart. Xuanji only felt that her mind was a mess, and the thought of Fang Cai disturbed her.

In this case, what will Brother Yijun do? ’

Thinking of Zhang Yijun, Xuanji felt that her mood had calmed down a little. Her family is poor, and she was sent to the teaching workshop by her family who could not afford to raise her since she was a child, and later entered the Qingfeng Pavilion as Qingqi, from beginning to end, Xuanji has been living for herself. But on that escort five years ago, if Zhang Yijun hadn't stepped forward to block the sword for herself, I'm afraid she would have become a ghost under the knife. Since then, except for Zhang Yijun, Xuanji has no nostalgia for this world, and she has nothing to fear.

The grace of a drop of water is still repaid by a spring, not to mention the grace of saving lives?

If you can help Brother Yijun even a little, even if you only provide a little clue......

Xuanji took a deep breath, mustered up her courage, raised her hand and gently pushed the door, and stepped in.

At the same time, Guangdefang, Zhangfu.

"Brother Yijun, where are you going?"

After Xuanji left, Li Shangyin saw Zhang Yijun walking straight out of the library and quickly rushed to the main hall to change clothes.

"Shanhe Li ......" Zhang Yijun hurriedly pointed to the sketch of Lifang he had drawn earlier, and took his clothes behind the bamboo screen.

"Zenhefang?" Li Shangyin looked at it carefully, and remembered that the red mud sticking to the soles of the black-clothed man's soft boots last night seemed to come from the workshop here, and it seemed to be called Red Dragon Spring? "This is the Lifang next to the Imperial City?"

Zhang Yijun's voice came from behind the screen: "Xuanji Shi just mentioned the name Zheng Zhu, have you heard of it?" ”

"The one who sold the official mantle?"

"This person happens to live in Shanhefang, I'm going to meet him......" Zhang Yijun set up his clothes and adjusted his clothes in front of the bronze mirror, in order to avoid yesterday's embarrassment, this time he not only put on a close-fitting soft armor in the inner lining, but also hung a sharp dagger on the belly, and covered a dark brocade robe in the outermost layer.

"However, Brother Yijun ......" Li Shangyin frowned: "It is said that there are countless people who go to this person every day, how are you going to see him empty-handed?" ”

Li Shangyin is right, if you can see Zheng Zhu, with Zhang Yijun's observation, all problems will be solved. The most important thing is how to meet this person. Zheng Zhu is a person who sees money and has an eye for money, if he doesn't prepare generous gifts, I'm afraid he won't even be able to line up, and even if he does, Zhang Yijun, who has no official character, will probably only eat a closed door.

"I have my own way to ......," Zhang Yijun said, and a name came to mind:

Xue Yuanxian......

When he was in Xichuan, it was Xue Yuansheng who reached out to Li Deyu and sent someone to inform Zheng Zhu, and then Zheng Zhu sued Wang Shoucheng, thus successfully turning Li Zhi's confession into a piece of waste paper, and taking this opportunity to completely purge Xichuan and let the party in Shuzhong solve itself.

Before leaving Xichuan, Xue Yuansheng also mentioned to Zhang Yijun that if he needed to use some dishonorable means to "dot" after returning to Beijing, he only needed to mention his name, and it would never be wrong to find Zheng Note. Although Zhang Yijun didn't care about this at the time, he didn't expect to use it today.

I hope it's worth it......

Zhang Yijun thought so, slowly walked out from behind the bamboo screen, he looked at Li Shangyin for a long time, and found that he had no intention of changing his clothes at all, so he couldn't help but pause and asked, "You're not going?" ”

Li Shangyin snorted: "Yishan...... I won't go......"

Zhang Yijun felt strange, he was still in high spirits a few days ago, and he couldn't wait to stop him from being too Meng Lang, what happened today?

Li Shangyin's eyes rolled, he stretched out an index finger, shook his head and said, "No, time is not waiting for me." After half a month, it is a scientific examination, and you have to prepare for the exam seriously and practice your pen. ”

Zhang Yijun couldn't help but smile: "Why didn't I see you in a hurry a few days ago, but today I remembered that I came to Chang'an to take the exam?" However, he was not prepared to really force Li Shangyin to go with him, after all, the case was becoming more and more dangerous, and perhaps it would be wise to let Li Shangyin prepare for the exam in the mansion.

Zhang Yijun said: "I'll be back in an hour." ”

At the beginning of noon, the north of the western city.

As soon as Xuanji Fu entered this porch, the noise of all kinds of languages intertwined entered Xuanji's ears, she walked along the porch, and as soon as she opened the green cloth curtain at the end, a beautiful orchid immediately came over with a trademark smile, and was so enthusiastic that Xuanji was startled.

The orchid said in fluent Tang dialect: "This son, the new arrival of the dragon jade syrup, come and taste it?" ”

Xuanji nodded sobly, the bright candles on the first floor and all kinds of wine and drinks reflected each other, the lights were bright and green, and it was very different from what she imagined, and the first floor was full. Most of the tendrils of colors who come here to drink and feast, people are staggered, and they drink freely, which is extremely noisy. On the left-hand side, there is a staircase that folds up to the second floor, and I wonder how many people will be on it.

It's no wonder that this wine shop doesn't need orchids to attract customers in front of the store, I'm afraid that the Hu people of the entire Xishi Beiqu will come here to feast.

Xuanji was led by Orchid to the only vacant seat on the first floor and sat in the corner of the restaurant.

She hadn't planned to come to such a place, so she didn't have much money with her, and she couldn't afford to buy alcohol, so she asked Orchid for a large glass of buttermilk. Hu Ji, who was still smiling at her, realized that the "childe" with the hood on her head was shy, and lost interest in her for a moment, and ran to take care of the other customers in the store.

It was time for lunch, and in addition to the rich aroma of wine, the store was also filled with the aroma of roasted mutton, which was mixed with each other, making Xuanji a little breathless.

She looked around silently, noticing a few Hukes glancing into her corner, but not paying much attention to them, and continuing to talk loudly in Huifu. This wine shop doesn't seem to have opened the back door, so the forbidden soldier who came here is afraid that he has gone upstairs, maybe he has made an appointment with someone to meet here? If that's the case, Xuanji just needs to wait here, at least not afraid of losing it later.

A handyman in the wine shop brought a large glass of buttermilk to the table, the buttermilk was served in a wide-bellied enamel cup, and it didn't smell fishy, so Xuanji took a sip of it, and the sweet goat's milk eased her nervous mood a little.

Xuanji listened to the hustle and bustle of the store, and felt that she was in this place as if she was in a different world. She wanted to sort out her chaotic thoughts, if Brother Yi Jun encountered this situation, would it be best to wait here for the forbidden soldiers to come down? What would he do when he came down? Do you want to follow along? But when is it the end?

Or, if the man hadn't been on the second floor at all, but had gone somewhere, or had left the liquor store while she had just been distracted, would she have to wait here all the time?

Xu was so absorbed in her mind that she didn't even notice for a moment that someone had walked to her table with a wine cup.

"This son, can you sit here?"