Chapter 31: The Night Will White
There was no curfew in the Song Dynasty.
Li Kou only learned about it when he entered the inner city.
He saw that the door of the inner city was closed, but the barricades were erected on both sides, and the soldiers were not embarrassed by him, so he felt strange, and asked Zhu Wen when he entered the inner city, and Zhu Wen told him that if it were not for the border city of Weizhou, such as Jingshi and other metropolises, he could not help but come and go late at night.
Zhu Wen said enviously: "I have been from Beijing, at that time I was only three or five years younger than Da Lang, I still remember the prosperity of Beijing, the night is like day, the romantic characters swagger through the market in the middle of the night, the wine shop is not closed until dawn for two or three hours, the lights of the restaurant are not extinguished all night, that is the first good place for real people." β
So what is there to envy? When the Sprinkle family was in the magic capital, they were still looking forward to martial law.
Li Kou said in his heart.
As he was heading to the inn, he suddenly had a soldier checking on him.
This is an elite soldier who is different from the people and horses of the three capitals he has seen, wearing leather armor, hanging a bow and knife from his waist, looking at that face, there are all scars, and there are still lame old soldiers, faintly spread out in a fan shape around the two.
The leader was a thirty or forty-year-old pawn, who looked dressed up and looked like a head, and pressed the handle of the knife and asked, "Walking around at night?" I don't know if this is a military state? β
Zhu Wen hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Here is Yao Hengxing's card order." β
Li Koqi said: "When did that guy give the card order?" β
Zhu Wen said with a smile: "He only said that Da Lang was not happy, but he was not embarrassed, and issued a number plate to us." β
The old man checked the number plate, looked at Li Kou with his eyes, and pointed to Zhu Wen again: "What is the reason for the blood in your clothes?" β
At this moment, a horse came galloping, and the man shouted on the horse: "There is a decree here, and there is no need to embarrass the two of them." β
The rider approached, jumped off the horse, and rushed forward for more than a dozen paces to a halt.
Li Kou looked at the man twice, and it turned out to be a strong man.
The man was wearing armor and looked like an officer.
He held a banner and shouted: "Those two are to help Gongzi and Yao Pingkangsheng seize the Iron Whip Temple, there are many thieves under them, they are two strong men, don't embarrass him, teach him to go." β
The old pawn said happily: "The son has also returned?" But do you want to be on an errand in our Weizhou? β
The strong man said: "I don't know this, the son came back in a hurry, and only taught the Sprinkler family to take the token and quickly catch up, only saying that he should not be embarrassed, I am afraid that there are two capable ones." β
The old man said: "It's a trivial matter, why is it so fanfare?" β
The strong man said: "Then I don't know." β
Li Kou and the others passed the inspection, and when they walked out of the ten zhang, he felt strange.
That's the son of the envoy of the strategy, how could he treat him so meticulously for no reason?
"Don't think about it, it's just to use this time to destroy the Western Thief Spy Station to win some people's hearts with Zheyan." Zhu Wen was surprised and said, "The Zhe family now has eight generations - Zhe Yanye is only afraid that he already has a small family, so it is counted as eight generations." They have been in the army in Jingyuan Road and Yanyan Road for generations, and these generals have been striving for popularity since childhood, so that once the main army is like a finger in the future, these generals are arrogant, and they still disdain to deal with us homeless people. β
Li Kou felt a little more peaceful.
When I went to the main store of Zhang Yuanwai's house for a long time, I saw the shopkeeper napping against the counter outside the door.
Li Kou went straight inside and knocked twice on the counter.
The shopkeeper looked up, hurriedly put on a smile on his face, made a deep sigh, and shouted: "The master has just sent someone to say, Mo Ke has neglected the two strong men, I'm afraid I'm hungry?" Good wine and good food have been conditioned later, why not take a hot bath and rest for a while before eating? β
Li Kou and Zhu Wen glanced at each other, and they both shouted "so fast" in their hearts.
The two of them were not slow all the way, and only paused for a moment during the investigation, but the fact that the Iron Whip Temple was a thief and spy from the West had spread all over these inns, which showed how powerful the hands of Yan Zhi and Yao Pingkang were.
I'm afraid this is the handwriting of the person who folded the scriptures, otherwise no one would have been able to spread this matter all over Weizhou so quickly.
Is that guy already in such a hurry to send his son to a high position?
Li Kou was suspicious in his heart, he knew that these generals could not cover the sky and everything at will in the Song Dynasty.
Not to mention that he heard......
"Yes," Li Kou was clever and vaguely heard the conversation between Zhi Yanzhi and Yao Pingkang in the temple. He suddenly realized in his heart, "Zheyan said that his family was not in good health, and he was called by the imperial court, Xu is to encourage, Xu is also to determine, and it is estimated that the fold is only afraid of ......"
This makes sense why he is in such a hurry to push the quality and win people's hope.
He is the son of Zhe Keshi, he already has prestige in the army, looking at the look of those old soldiers who learned that he returned, he can also know that this understanding is right, and now he is coercing the prestige of destroying the Xixia spies of the Iron Whip Temple, even if he can't take a step forward this time, in the end he still has a benefit, once Zhe Yanzhi comes to govern Weizhou again in the future, it will be able to have more people.
Li Kou smiled, he could understand this.
His father also did everything possible to accumulate network resources for him.
He looked at the shopkeeper's diligence and guessed that this guy not only had the heart of admiring the strong man of the Western Thief, but also had the intention of befriending the military department where the envoy was located.
"This Zheyan is also an interesting person, and after receiving the credit for giving him for free, he can also repay a little convenience, this person is interesting." Li Kou thought about the prefect he had seen, but he glanced at the high quality of the Zhiyan.
For a while, there were two helpers, fearful and cheerful, and asked Li Kou and Zhu Wen to go to the backyard.
There is a building in this era, when Li Kou entered the door, he saw that "Zhang Yuanwai's main store for a long time" was a square box enlarged with a lantern, placed on the side of the main store, a lamp was lit in the first light box, and the six words "long lived in Zhang Yuanwai's house" were written on the white paper, and the light box was a big "Zhengdian" on the light box, and the light box shone on the scene before going out, which surprised Li Kou.
In front of the door, there is a mountain shed of various colors of silk other than the yellow color, the height of the mountain shed is three stories high, and there are half of the pig-like hanging on it, and the doors and windows are imitated on the top, all of which are decorated with red and green and other five-colored silks, and the inn gate is hidden behind the mountain shed.
When Li Kou entered the door, he saw that there were three floors in the building, the first floor was the hall, and there were more than a dozen tables arranged in order outside the counter.
"Except that there is no electricity, the main store of this hotel and inn is no different from some hotels in later generations." Li Kou thought about it and added, "It's just that there are a lot of girls who greet people, but it's neat." β
Since the first time I entered the courtyard, after passing the door, I saw a small square, the square was finally blocked by a wall, and after the wall, I saw a pool in the yard, but there were seven or eight small courtyards on both sides, all carrying lanterns, but there was a smell that Li Kou was very familiar with in the air.
That's pollution from the burning of coal.
The help smiled and said: "The main family respects the strong man, and specially arranges a courtyard, please here." β
There is a small courtyard on the west side, and there are five rooms in it, one room against the door to the west, and four rooms in two rows opposite to the north and south, and there is a relief area and a kitchen.
Not bad.
Li Kou asked Zhu Wen: "How?" β
Zhu Wendao: "No less than 500 yuan a day. β
He paused and said, "You have to make your own fire and cook your own food." β
Li Kou stepped into the courtyard, and the snow in the courtyard had already passed his feet.
The helper didn't go in anymore, and stood outside the door with a smile: "If you have any orders, just say it at the shopkeeper in front, and the little bottoms will come soon." Then he said, "The hot soup is ready, but the clothes are not prepared, and when the washing is clean, the wine and the food are ready, either in the house or in the hall, just say a word." β
Li Kou said: "There is no need for hot soup," he handed over a bill of Dangqian Wenfei, and said, "I'm afraid that I will have to stay for two or three days, and the store money will be accepted, and the food will be delivered to the lobby." β
The helper didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he had to take the flying money and go outside.
Zhu Wen chuckled and said, "I'm afraid that I deliberately want to have a relationship with the military secretary." β
Li Kou said: "Regardless of him, if he doesn't interact with him for a few days, that big family will die, and we just need to spend money to live in the hotel." β
Zhu Wen persuaded: "If you want to wash, you need hot soup." β
Li Kou said: "I'm used to taking a cold bath, so I just need to wash my hair today, so as not to catch a cold - oh, it's cold." β
He didn't know how popular this plane would be with him, and if he took a bath and got seriously ill, he had heard that the Traveler was a source of poison in ancient timesβalthough he didn't believe it, after all, he was studying medicine, but there was nothing wrong with being cautious.
Zhu Wen's Hun family came out to meet, she and the old woman had already eaten, just waiting for Zhu Wen to come back, at this time also relieved, Li Kou arched his hand to her, turned around and went to the house in the north and west, where the lights were dark.
After entering the door, I heard Zhu Wen and the Hun family in the courtyard say a few words, nothing more than to ask for auspiciousness, the door creaked, and they all went to wash, Zhu Wen only ate a bucket of instant noodles a day, he was hungry.
Li Kou entered the room, subconsciously reached out to find the switch on the wall, suddenly remembered to be in the Northern Song Dynasty, stunned for a long time, sighed, he reached out and took it out of his pocket.
He doesn't have the habit of carrying fire, and it is really useless for a person who doesn't smoke or drink to carry fire in this year.
But there was a lighter in the store, and Li Kou took one early in the morning and put it in his pocket.
"This can also be sold for money." Li Kou thought to himself.
The firelight was weak, Li Kou didn't have time to look at the furnishings in the room, and saw that there were candlesticks on the table that he had seen in costume dramas, and sure enough, he found a candle and lit one, Li Kou couldn't bear the dark, so he simply lit three in a row, and the light in the room made him less depressed.
A brazier had already been lit in the room, and the smell of soot was a bit strong.
Li Kou searched for a while to find the window, but it was lifted from the bottom up, and there was a wooden stick standing under the window, which supported the window, Li Kou supported it easily, and when he looked back, the candle only shone a little bit of light the size of a palm, and what tables, chairs and stools in the room were not familiar to him, and there was no mobile phone to remind him that there were red envelopes on WeChat, and the superior had voice prompts for instructions, and the huge room was deserted and empty, making it unbearable for him to be a person who prided himself on being happy and quiet.
It's too quiet, and he doesn't get used to it.
"What if you're not used to it?" Li Kou knew in his heart that the most important thing to do now was to survive.
He remembered Robinson Crusoe.
It also reminded him of a sentence.
"When you come to a strange time and space, your historical points and beliefs will determine what you do." I don't know which writer of a famous history channel said it, but in Li Kou's opinion, this statement does make sense.
So what about his historical points and beliefs, that is, his ability to settle down?
Li Kou needs to think about it carefully.