Chapter 040: Strange Neighbors
Sending Guan Lingsi home, Qin Fei, who was alone and had nowhere to go, unknowingly, stepped on the moonlight and returned to Caishi Street, in front of the old house where he had lived for many years.
The house had been burned to the ground, and there was nothing of value left in the first place.
Chengxin is not what it used to be, after tonight, there will be a well-known 'Yiyantang' on the underworld in the Eastern Capital, and naturally he will not be sad about those reprinted books that have not yet been sold.
There are also many officers and errands of the fire brigade who are busy cleaning the fire scene. Qin Fei sat down on the stone pier at the entrance of the alley, quietly watching them pack up their belongings, and naturally they couldn't find much valuable anything in the rotten house after the fire and water. The disappointment of the firefighters was palpable.
Qin Fei has been in the Inspection Office for so long, and he knows that people in the government ask for money to do things. If there is a fire in an ordinary person's house and the fire brigade arrives at the scene, the first thing to do is to pay for the fire. Then he entered the fire, and while fighting the fire, he also had to search for valuable antiques, gold and silver that could not be burned. This time, when I came to save the rotten houses in the vegetable market street without oil and water, I naturally didn't have any interest, and I didn't contribute to the work, so I just used a water hose to put out the fire.
In the ruins, which were still smoking, a fire brigade officer almost didn't know what he had found and shoved it into his pocket. Qin Fei's face turned cold, and the wind rushed over, his arm was long, put it on the man's shoulder, and shouted, "What are you hiding?" ”
"What's the matter with you?" The official turned his face and saw that it was an inspection, his face couldn't help but ease a little, and a smile appeared on his dusty face: "The old rules of our firefighting team, what you pick up is your own." This patrol brother, you ......"
Qin Fei spread his palms: "Bring it." ”
"Hey, even if it's an inspection, you can't break our rules. If everyone expects the court to eat, everyone will starve to death. Hey, don't rob ...... Brothers, there is an inspection to rob ......" What the official said, in Qin Fei's ears, he was thinking that he was farting, and his big hand directly touched his pocket.
The official was also a smart man, seeing that Qin Fei was young and strong, and he was by no means an opponent when he fought, he immediately shouted. More than a dozen firefighting officers gathered around with cold faces!
Qin Fei's mood was obviously not so good, he didn't raise his head, he volleyed out with his backhand, and a fierce energy swept by, and in the crowd, an official spurted blood and fell out.
"This house is mine, get out of here!" Qin Fei shouted loudly, and those officials who knew that they were kicking on the iron plate were terrified, picked up their injured companions, picked up the water dragon, and quickly left the alley.
Qin Fei sat on the ruins, spread out his palms, and carefully looked at the thing he had snatched from the official's pocket. It was a dusty gold lock the size of the bottom of a bowl.
Qin Fei's brows furrowed, the family was almost poor before they couldn't eat, how could there be a golden lock? Looking along the place where the official was standing, I saw a faint depression in a broken wall, put the golden lock in his hand, and fit it tightly!
Qin Fei suddenly realized that this golden lock had been sealed in the wall, if it hadn't been set on fire this time, maybe no one would ever know that there was still a golden lock in the wall.
The thumb wiped the dust on the top little by little along the golden lock, and a line of small words "Hundred Days of the Moon" was engraved on it. Qin Fei's heart moved, it was his mother's thing.
Although this gold lock is old, the workmanship is extremely exquisite, and the cloud moon engraved on it is known at first sight that it is from the handwriting of a famous artist, and it is lifelike. Even the four words '100 days of the moon' are all vigorous and powerful, and the structure is rigorous. My mother was born in a rich family back then, maybe she was still some kind of aristocratic lady! The corners of Qin Fei's mouth curled slightly, smiled indifferently, and put the golden lock close to his body.
Since the house has burned, you can't spend the night on the road. Fang Cai had already rejected Guan Lingsi's invitation to keep him in the guest room of the Guan Mansion, so now he would go to an inn and deal with it casually for one night.
At the end of the street, there is a dim lantern hanging in the dark vegetable market street, and a small flag is obliquely held next to the lamp, and the three big characters 'not homesick' are written on it.
It is the only inn in Caishi Street, the inn is not big, there are fifteen or sixteen rooms in the courtyard. Each room has only simple beds and tables.
The rent here is cheap, and it's only a hundred dollars a day. The Liuying in the vegetable market street often brings guests to open a house here, and there are also some who are angry with their wives and refuse to go home to live here. Therefore, the business of the small inn is not bad, and it is often full.
Qin Fei stepped into the homesickness, and the little second brother who was yawning immediately put on a professional smile, hunched his waist and greeted: "Brother Fei'er, why is he not homesick today?" ”
The shopkeeper gave him a slap on the door of his head with a straight face, and then said with a smiling face: "Brother Fei'er, there are unforeseen circumstances on this day, and people have good fortune and misfortune, and the family is gone, I hope you are relieved." Today, the shop happens to be empty. If Brother Xiaofei doesn't dislike it, he will stay for one night. ”
"Well, it might be a few days away. I'll move out when I've found a place to settle. Qin Fei took out a piece of broken silver from his pocket and was about to enter the account.
The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward, stopped Qin Fei stubbornly, deliberately pursed his lips, and his two beards shook vigorously on his lips: "Brother Fei, they are all neighbors of the same street, if you give money, you will look down on people." ”
His eyes were extremely round, his beard was blowing high, and he looked like he was puffing and puffing. Qin Fei said with a smile: "Okay, you can not give the house money, this is the food money." Without saying anything, he stuffed the broken silver into the shopkeeper's pocket.
The two put it off for a long time, but the shopkeeper finally accepted the silver, lit the oil lamp himself, carried the kettle, and sent Qin Fei to the guest room.
The house is indeed very simple, Qin Fei was lying on the bed, covered with a clean quilt specially exchanged by the shopkeeper, and took out the gold lock in his hand to play with. Suddenly, I heard a small moan next door.
It's not weird to hear moaning in the inn, and if there's a firefly next door picking up customers, you'll hear even more wonderful things. But Qin Fei heard it very clearly, that sound was a man's moaning in severe pain.
Qin Fei held his breath and his thoughts slowly unfolded. When I killed Ji Xing two days ago, my mind was greatly consumed, and I still had headaches from time to time in the past two days, and I have not been able to recover completely. However, it is enough to listen to the movement next door.
The invisible telekinesis was like a storm, silently surging towards the next door, but strangely, nothing could be seen. Qin Fei immediately retracted his thoughts, there was only one possibility for such a situation. The person living next door was not an ordinary person, and he didn't want his privacy to be visited by Qin Fei. However, this person didn't make any counterattack, just guarded the gods and hugged the yuan, blocking Qin Fei's visit!
Since the other party was prepared, Qin Fei didn't want to rashly provoke a master. Although he was curious, he couldn't compete with the tiredness of running all the way back to the Eastern Capital from Luming Mountain and doing so many things. Soon, Qin Fei held the golden lock and fell asleep grogily.
The sky was just bright, and Qin Fei, who woke up from his sleep, carried the empty basin and pushed the door out to wash. As soon as the door opened, as soon as I stepped out, I almost hit a person. Qin Fei hurriedly took a step back and said repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I didn't see ......"
The man didn't answer, and was about to walk past Qin Fei with his head down. Qin Fei suddenly felt that something was wrong, and there was a faint commotion. The smell rushed into the tip of his nose, and after sniffing it carefully, it turned out that the smell came from the person in front of him.
No matter how he looks, he is also an adult, looking from the side, his face is white, he is about twenty years old, his body is slightly rickety, and he looks quite thin. He was wrapped in a blue robe, crumpled as if he hadn't been washed in a long time.
Qin Fei couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother Tai, let's change your clothes." It's not good to pee on the kang and go out with the smell. ”
The man's footsteps stopped, and he glanced at Qin Fei obliquely, his gaze cold. He has a beautiful face, but when he stares at him, it seems that people feel that there is a great grudge in their hearts, which is very uncomfortable. He glared, then walked away quickly. Qin Fei looked at his slightly arched back in surprise, shook his head with a chuckle, and went to wash his face with water.
By the well, the shopkeeper also came over with a kettle, and Qin Fei asked casually: "The young man who just passed by, I have never seen it, why does it smell strange?" ”
The shopkeeper suddenly complained: "Brother Fei'er, you said him, he came to stay the day before yesterday, and he was in a commotion." The shopkeeper didn't want to keep him staying, but he was really shabby and gave him a tael of silver. During the dinner in the past two days, the little one also knocked on the door and asked him if he was out of the lobby to eat, but he ignored it. I don't know what to do in the room. He went to check out just now, and he still smelled like that. Fortunately, I stayed for two days, otherwise, I am afraid that the room will not be rented out in the future! ”
"It's weird." Qin Fei took out a few copper coins from his pocket and rewarded them to Xiao Er: "I have to clean up my room well, and I have to live for ten days and half a month." ”
Xiao Er took the money and left happily. Qin Fei ate something indiscriminately and went out on the street. The atmosphere on the street was a little weird, a large number of Imperial Guards took to the streets, and there was a heavily guarded scene everywhere. The vendors who set up stalls in the vegetable market street talked a lot, saying that when they entered the city in the morning, the city gate was closed, and they were only allowed to enter but not leave.
A group of brightly armoured, armed Imperial Forest Soldiers passed by Qin Fei. The Imperial City is only three miles away from Caishi Street, and looking at the direction of the Royal Forest Army's departure, it is obvious that the inner city and the outer city are all closed. How big of a thing has it to alarm the Guards of this size? In particular, Emperor Chu was still hunting in Luming Mountain......
Qin Fei stood on the side of the road and watched the Royal Forest Army pass by one team after another, his heart was full of questions, and he was about to go to the inspection office to have a look, when suddenly an old acquaintance beckoned to him in the distance, and looked at it, it was actually the Mazhen Office of the Caishi Street Inspection Office.
"It's early in the town!" Qin Fei hurriedly greeted him.
Ma Zhen's face was bitter, and he looked at Qin Fei in horror and said, "Brother Fei'er, you are still a member of the Inspection Bureau, right?" This time, we are in trouble with the Royal Guards, and if things are not done beautifully, hundreds of heads may fall to the ground at any time. It is said that all the officials in the town will be withdrawn to the end......"
"What the hell is going on?" Qin Fei asked suspiciously.
Ma Zhensuo's face was even more bitter: "The difficulty is here...... I didn't even know! ”
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