Cicada Yue saw Mingyun standing by the door, frowned, hurriedly took out a handkerchief from her arms, and stepped forward to wipe the desk. As soon as I wiped it, the light-colored veil turned black. Cicada Yue's face also became ugly, and she said, "This store is also lazy, why is it so dirty, master, I'll go to the same store to ask for some water and clean the house." ”

Mingyun nodded, no objection.

Cicada Yue summoned Chang Fei and the others into the room and said, "You guys stay by the master's side, I'll come when I go." ”

The room was too dirty, and Mingyun had no place to sit, so he stood by the door and sighed in the palm of his hand. Chang Fei saw that the master was cold, so he took the initiative to light the brazier, but the charcoal in the charcoal basin was too inferior, and it emitted choking smoke as soon as it was ignited. Mingyun coughed so much that he covered his mouth and nose and walked out of the house.

The guard hurriedly said to the master: "It's really difficult to find a good place on the outskirts of the city, so please take care of it, don't be surprised." ”

Mingyun coughed a few times, waved his hand and said, "I'm fine." When you go out, it's good to find a place, and it's good to go into the city tomorrow for the night. The smoke drifted through the crack in the door to the door, and Mingyun had to go downstairs and breathe heavily in the open area with the two guards.

The light in the room is dim, and wearing a draped hat all the time really affects the vision. Mingyun was just about to lift the drape in front of her face, when suddenly, she heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the door. The windows of this shop are very old, they are not closed tightly, and they are a little ventilated, and the position of Mingyun Station is just right to see the outside through the gap.

I saw a team of light riders outside the store stop in front of the door. The leader is a tall and vigorous man, with a short beard, sharp eyes, he rides on a horse with his head held high, his temperament is cold and solemn, he wears a neat dark blue brocade robe, his clothes are embroidered with silver thread with beast patterns, and a piece of beast-shaped white jade around his waist.

She knew the man.

Mingyun's brows were tightly knotted, and he quickly put down the drape.

At this time, a guard outside the door came down and knocked on the door. The shopkeeper was busy in the kitchen at this time, and heard a knock on the door from afar. Mingyun took advantage of this vacancy, and quickly turned his head and walked upstairs and entered the house, followed closely by the guards.

Chang Fei had already extinguished the brazier, but the smell of smoke in the house was still not gone, and it was very pungent. He saw Mingyun enter the house again, and said, "Master, there is still a smell in the house." ”

Mingyun booed at Chang Fei, pointed downstairs, and said in a low voice: "General Xia Fan is suddenly visiting, let's be careful." ”

Chang Fei also suppressed his voice and asked suspiciously: "General Xia? Why did he suddenly come here, it stands to reason that he should be in the royal capital guard camp. ”

Mingyun shook her head, she didn't know. "I've seen this General Xia at the palace banquet, I'm not sure if he can recognize me, be cautious."

Chang Fei and the others all nodded seriously.

There was another impatient knock on the door downstairs, and the old man of the store trotted out of the house in a thick cotton jacket, shouting as he ran: "Oh, don't shoot, don't shoot, if you shoot the door panel of my store again, it will be smashed!" ”

The old man still carried a lantern and squinted through the crack in the door for a long time, only to see many people outside riding tall horses, and the leader sat on the horse. Can't offend, can't offend, he meditated in his heart, and hurriedly opened the firewood door and welcomed people in.

Xia Qian entered the store first, he was different from the soldier who knocked on the door just now, he was a lot more polite, and said to the old man: "Old man, how many rooms are there here, there are many of us, is there enough room?" ”

"It was enough, but a few people came today, they asked for two rooms, and now it is not enough, there are so many of you, you will definitely not be able to live, but the firewood room is empty, if you want, you can lay on the floor." The old man said with a hunched body.

When the soldiers heard this, they were furious, grabbed the old man's collar, and shouted: "What are you talking about, you dare to let our adults shop on the ground!" ”

The old man trembled with fright, and said in a trembling voice: "Little old man is not lying, there is really no empty room." ”

The soldier said viciously: "If there is no vacancy, vacate the vacant room." ”

The old man stammered in fright, and asked tremblingly, "How, how, how?" ”

The pro-soldier smiled and said, "How do you say it's going to be Teng?" ”

"Wei Nan, that's it." Xia Qian stopped, he motioned to his subordinates to let go of the old man, and said with a pleasant face: "We have been on the road for a long time, and we have not eaten in the wind and snow, so we have lost our temper. If there is really no room, it doesn't matter, as long as there is a place where everyone can take shelter from the wind. Now, could you please arrange a few more tables for us? ”

The old man was still frightened, and he did not slow down, and his answer was a few beats slower.

"Did you hear that, hurry up and arrange the food first." Xia Xiang's personal soldier took out a half-dime silver nugget from his arms, threw it into the old man's palm and said: "Hurry up, our lord is hungry, you should do your best, serve well and there will be a reward." ”

That's half a penny!

The old man's eyes widened when he saw Yinzi, and he was immediately in great spirits like a crowing rooster, and immediately trotted to the back kitchen and hurried to Zhang Luo. With the power of this half-horn silver ingot, a table of good dishes was quickly served one after another.

Smelling the smell of rice, Mingyun's stomach screamed.

Cicada Yue threw the rag in her hand onto the desk, and whispered with anger: "This is the meal we want first." ”

Mingyun pursed her lips and didn't speak. At this point, she remembered an incident from the past. Thinking about it, she shook her head and began to deny it, only to feel that she was thinking too much.

Inside the royal capital

In the night, Fan Ming personally welcomed Xun Li at the door.

Xun Li is the youngest son of the Bank of China's doctor's family, and he is also a slightly chubby boy, but he is tall, and his fat is hidden under his clothes, and his face is square and long, so he doesn't look fat, only strong. He has very fair skin, thick eyebrows, big nose and thick earlobes, and the elders have praised him for being blessed since he was a child. The Bank of China and the Fan family have always been world friends, and there is frequent movement between the two families, Xun Li and Fan Ming are of the same age, and they have often played together since childhood. But what makes him different from Fan Ming is that Xun Li's eyes are more shrewd and cunning, and when he laughs, he always picks up the right corner of his mouth first.

"Ah Ming, your complexion looks good lately, look at your belly, it's fat again." Xun Li is one year older than Fan Ming, more than a head taller, he half-jokingly put on Fan Ming's shoulder, looking cynical, and said that he was going to pull Fan Ming to play Liubo chess.

Fan Ming didn't feel very happy when he woke up in the morning, and he liked the game he liked quite a lot on weekdays, but he lacked interest in playing today, and he couldn't lift half of his spirit.

Xun Li threw the chess pieces behind him, put his left leg on his right knee, crossed his arms, pouted and said, "Eh, I said that you are the person you called me here, since I came, you put on a stinky face, which makes people so boring." ”

"Is it so obvious?" Fan Ming smiled embarrassedly, and raised his hand to make amends to Xun Li.

"It's all written on the face, of course it's obvious. Ah Ming, you have always been the happiest, what makes you so unhappy? ”

"It's not unpleasant." Fan Ming paused, threw away the white jade chess pieces in his hand, and said again, "Hey, it's still a little unhappy, but there's nothing worth saying, it's all a trivial matter, I originally thought that you would come today and introduce a few friends to you, but they didn't return, and they couldn't help but feel a little pity." ”

"Oh? What friends are so important? Xun Li asked curiously.

"I expect you to fall in love, and you'll know when you see each other next time." Fan Ming sold it first.

Xun Li laughed, and also touched his scene, and called him to introduce him next time. He had been thinking about Fan Ming's cousin in his heart, and he couldn't help but put down his coiled arm, leaned forward and asked with interest: "I heard that your cousin is very beautiful, is it true?" When Xun Li asked this, his eyes lit up.

"Where did you hear that?" Fan Ming looked at Xun Li's shining eyes, and suddenly felt even more unhappy.

"Ah, I listened to my mother, and my mother listened to your mother. Xun Li said with a grin.

"My mother?" Fan Ming asked rhetorically with a frown.

"A few days ago, Princess Shouchang was in swing, didn't your mother go too, the eldest lady and my mother praised your cousin vigorously, saying that she had white skin, big eyes, and was very beautiful." Xun Li smiled and showed the upper and lower rows of small white teeth, he knocked on Fan Ming's chest with the back of his hand, and raised his chin at him, "Eh, Ah Ming, you say, who is beautiful between your cousin and my aunt?" In Xun Li's impression, Fan's three-room slender is also a beautiful little girl, fair-skinned and delicate, sweet and silky appearance, anyone who sees it likes it, although her temperament is too delicate and willful.

"How can that be compared? Yun Mei is 10,000 times more beautiful than Miao Miao, is it good! Fan Ming was not used to bullying his sisters all day long, and when he heard Xun Li ask like that, he went back without thinking about it, but after reading Xun Li's expression, he felt that he shouldn't say this, and he gave himself a fist in his heart.

"Is your cousin at home today?" Xun Li asked expectantly.

"No, I'm going to the villa." Fan Ming replied angrily.

"It's a pity, I just saw your aunt's carriage on the road a few days ago, and I don't know if Sister Yun is also sitting in that car." Xun Li recalled the jingle of the golden bells of the carriage, and his heart was a little itchy. It's a pity that I haven't had a chance to see the truth.

Not refreshing, not refreshing. Fan Ming became more and more absent-minded. Later, Xun Li took advantage of the banquet to ask him to let Chen Yuan's words go, but he didn't react for a while, "Who are you talking about?" Who did you put it? ”

Xun Li repeated it again.

"Who is it?" Fan Ming couldn't remember it for a while.

Xun Li glanced at him and clapped the table with the four knuckles of his fist, "That bastard who offended you in the horse market that day." ”

"It's that bastard!" Fan Ming finally matched the person with the name, slapped the table with both hands, and looked at Xun Li with doubts, "Brother Li, do you mean that you want me to let him go?" ”