Chapter 121: The Eight Words Don't Match
Xiao Jing was taken aback. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info There are so many travelers in such a ghost weather outside? Even the biggest inn in town is full!
He said with a smile on his face: "Shopkeeper, do you still have a reserved room here?" I don't know if I can be accommodating, Brother Qin and I will only stay for one night and leave tomorrow morning. ”
Xiao Jing said a bunch of good things, and the shopkeeper could only say with a bitter face: "This son, it's not that I don't want to be convenient, it's just that there are too many customers right now, and there is really no place for the shop." Why don't you go to another inn and have a look......"
He said a lot of things very sincerely, but when it came to it, the room was definitely gone.
It's really a disadvantage!
If it's summer, if you can't find a place to live, you can still stay out for the night. However, it is a freezing winter, and camping outside can be fatal.
Xiao Jing was a little annoyed, but he couldn't go out as much as at home, so he could only say patiently: "Thank you so much for the shopkeeper, let's take a look elsewhere." There is another thing to trouble you: If someone comes to ask Xiao Jing of the Mirror News if he has lived here, please tell him that I came here today. ”
As he spoke, he handed over a business card with both hands. After the other party took it, he took out another piece of broken silver and put it on the table.
This business card is much bigger than the later generations. A few days ago, Xiao Jing asked Zhang Laohan to carve a plate, and found some hard paper to print dozens of business cards. It's rough to death, but it's better than nothing.
Hearing the word "Mirror News", the shopkeeper's eyes immediately lit up. Looking at the business card carefully, his tone was a little more respectful than just now: "Is the guest officer really President Xiao of the Mirror Daily?" ”
Xiao Jing smiled bitterly: "If you don't change your name, you won't change your surname, it's Xiao Jing below." The president of a newspaper is nothing to pretend to, right? ”
As he spoke, Xiao Jing put the larger one of the two backpacks behind him on the counter and opened it for him to see.
It was full of newspapers, about twenty or thirty copies. These were the ones he had brought with him and prepared them to be distributed everywhere, and there were two large stacks of them piled up on the wagon.
Sooner or later, the newspaper office will have to stretch out its tentacles farther away, and it is better to start in advance than to come to the battlefield to sharpen the gun at that time. Take advantage of the opportunity to go far away to add more popularity to the newspaper, so that more people know that there is such a thing as a newspaper, and it is also a sharpening knife and not cutting wood.
Except for the newspaper people and newspaper sellers, no one should go out with so many new newspapers. The shopkeeper took a closer look, and the young man in front of him was like a crown of jade, with a dignified appearance, and he was indeed as extraordinary as the rumors said, and he believed it in his heart.
"It turned out to be Xiao Gongzi. Wait, wait! The shopkeeper walked up to Xiao Jing and bowed down to apologize: "The villain once heard the Ye Dongjia in the west of the city mention the name of the son. Seeing it today is really a blessing for three lives. You see, this ...... Hey, I should have arranged a place for you to live, but ......"
I thought that people could give special care, but there was still no place. Xiao Jingqiang smiled: "Okay." Ye Dongjia and Xiao have a very good relationship, but because of this, Xiao should not cause him trouble. Full is full, is it full, is it because Xiao is here, do you want to kick the guests out? Let's take a look elsewhere. ”
With that, he arched his hand and turned to leave. Before he could take two steps, the shopkeeper suddenly stopped him and said, "Childe doesn't know, since then the road to the north has been difficult, and there were bandits a few days ago, and now the government is making every effort to arrest him." Our town is not big, and there are many people waiting to clear out the bandits and then go north, and now all the inns and inns are almost overcrowded, and even if Childe goes to look for it, he may not be able to find a place to live. ”
After a slight pause, he said with a slight embarrassment: "Ye Dong's family has a courtyard in the town, and now it will be taken care of by the villain." On weekdays, regular customers who come and go from the north to the south can also go there for a while. If the son doesn't dislike it, the villain can arrange it, but it's just ...... There are not many empty rooms in the courtyard, and the villain is afraid that he will be wronged by the son......"
Xiao Jing was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I am already grateful if I have a place to live, how can Xiao pick and choose?" Please also ask the shopkeeper to help! ”
Half an hour later, Xiao Jing and Qin Ziqian were led to their place of stay.
It's not so much a rich man's house as a high-class guest house. At least as far as Xiao Jing can see, the entire front yard is full of guests, and even some of the rooms in the inner courtyard except for the main room are also inhabited by a variety of characters. If you want to come to the host's house, it is very rare to live here, so you simply use the waste and be a favor.
Looking at the clothes of the guests, you can know that they are all small characters. This courtyard is quite elaborately built, perhaps it is still the handiwork of a famous artist; If you stay in summer, it is really a very elegant thing to enjoy the tea and fish and the moon on the edge of the lotus pond.
Along the way, Xiao Jing even saw a few places suspected of violating the system. However, any feudal dynasty has the greatest rules when it was founded, and in the middle and late periods, the government was relaxed and relaxed, and the Darui Dynasty was no exception. Don't say that the guests won't be nosy, even if the government comes, I'm afraid they will pretend not to see it, hello, hello, everyone.
Judging from the reception of the shopkeeper, Xiao Jing is still quite a distinguished guest. What he was given was the only room left in the inner courtyard.
Fortunately, this house is inside and outside, and Xiao Jing politely gave the inner room to Qin Ziqian, avoiding the embarrassment of the two being in the same room.
As soon as we settled in, it was already dark. Xiao Jing and Qin Ziqian walked into the courtyard, as if they deliberately didn't go over with the two of them, and the snow that had already seen it was heavy again. The snowflakes are flying all over the sky, making people a little unable to open their eyes.
"You say, are we two guilty of eight characters?" Xiao Jing sighed: "Not to mention all kinds of stumbles on the road, what the hell are the bandits in front?" God really doesn't open his eyes. If I had taken Xiao Pan with me, I might not have done this. ”
Qin Ziqian gently kicked up the snow foam on the ground, and said with disdain: "What you say is what you say, anyway, it's not Xiao Pan who came out with you, and you can't drive Qin back." As for the eight characters or something, you and I will not use the eight characters to get married, even if the eight characters are not compatible, what does it matter? ”
This girl is cheerful enough. Xiao Jing laughed dryly twice, and said, "Speaking of which, your cousin is not too young." Can anyone in the Xia Mansion give her a marriage? ”
Although he didn't know Miss Xia's age, Xiao Jing estimated that she should be seventeen years old. According to his observations, the Da Rui Dynasty was quite lenient in terms of marriage, although the legal age of marriage was 16 for men and 14 for women, but it was not uncommon for men to marry at the age of 20 and women to marry at the age of 18 or 9, so as not to be looked down upon. However, if you are older, it is a different story.
Even if Xia Hanxue hasn't been promised to anyone at the moment, she has entered a dangerous period where she may be married at any time. Driven by a sense of crisis, Xiao Jing had no choice but to inquire about relevant news from Qin Ziqian's channel.
Don't ask Miss Qin, who is close in front of you, do you want to inquire with Lian'er?
The two have worked together for nearly a year, and they can be regarded as having some friendship and tacit understanding. However, after all, what he asked was about other people's family affairs, and it was inevitable that he would be suspicious of being superficial.
Having said that, Miss Qin seems to have some less firm support for his pursuit of Xia Hanxue. This is also an important factor for Xiao Jing to dare to summon up the courage to pretend to be stupid and use tacit understanding to ask questions.
Qin Ziqian glanced at Xiao Jing: This guy wouldn't have deliberately led the topic over, right?
A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she said lightly: "President Xiao cares so much about his cousin, it's really grateful." If it is her big day, Qin must invite the president to drink a glass of water. ”
As soon as the words fell, Xiao Jing's feet staggered. He had always thought that no one had found the Xia family to tell Xia Hanxue about his family, and judging from all indications, this judgment was very accurate. However, why did Qin Ziqian say this? Don't...... Things have changed?
Witnessing the moment when Xiao Jing lost his mind, Qin Ziqian's eyes softened a little. She looked at the trees next to her and said absentmindedly: "However, as far as Qin knows, no one has ever talked about her cousin's family." ”
Xiao Jing almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. Can you speak without panting? I'm scared to death by you, you know?
His appearance of happiness for the rest of his life after the catastrophe was so funny that Qin Ziqian, who was still tense just now, finally couldn't hold back his laughter.
What to laugh at? Deliberately embarrassing Lao Tzu, do you dare to laugh?
Anger rises from the heart, and evil grows to the guts. Xiao Jing slowed down slightly, bent down and grabbed a handful of snow and a snowball. As soon as Qin Ziqian turned around, the snowball exploded on her.
Of course, Xiao Jing, who knows how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, did not use any force at all when he was throwing the snowball, and the soft and loose snowball did not hurt anyone, this was just a symbolic protest.
Qin Ziqian was stunned. When she saw the smile on Xiao Jing's face full of revenge pleasure, she was not calm.
Xiao Jing was still proud, and a snowball hit him in the stomach.
Qin Ziqian showed no mercy to his subordinates at all. Somebody wears a thick coat, but it's useless; After being struck by this crumpled snowball, the pain made him feel like he had been punched.
Just as he was about to protest, a second snowball flew over.
This power, this speed...... If Nizi, surnamed Qin, had been born in my time, she might have been an athlete!
"Stop fighting, I'll throw in the towel! Oops! Tell you to stop fighting, how can you still ...... Damn, where are you throwing it, do you want me to be happy in my future life? ”
The situation of the battle gradually became clear: Qin Ziqian chased, and Xiao Jing was responsible for screaming while running. It's not night yet, most of the guests in the courtyard are busy with their own business, and this snowball fight is not Meng Lang.
Suddenly, Xiao Jing stopped as if he had been immobilized.
At this moment, he happened to run to a door. In the room, there was a woman with white skin and snow who was contemplating and painting, very focused.
The girl is very beautiful, but Xiao Jing is staring directly at something around her.
Finally waiting for you, fortunately I didn't give up!