In the afternoon, Zhuang Yi took a nap, and while Zhao Qiuling was away, he immediately went to the yard to find the pot of shandan flowers that had grown verdant and the fiery red buds were about to open, and ran out like a thief, and asked Steward Zhao to prepare the carriage and get into the carriage.

At this time, Steward Zhao was still on the side, and the coachman asked, "Where is my uncle going?" ”

Zhuang Yi thought about it and said that it was definitely not appropriate to go to Duxue Tower, and he didn't want to go there anymore, so he replied: "Let's go to the West Market!" There's a Huren jewelry store there, did you know? ”

"There are three or four Huren jewelry stores in the West Market, which one is my uncle talking about?" The coachman asked again.

"Go over there, I'll tell you when it's time!" Zhuang Yi said that the last time he went, he didn't look carefully, and he really didn't know what the name of the jewelry store was.

The coachman said nothing, shook his hand and raised his whip with a "snap", and shook a loud whip, and the horse pulling the cart was suddenly startled when he heard this sound, and immediately spread his hooves and ran. Walking fast on the road, passing the West Market Gate, the driver deliberately slowed down.

Zhuang Yi looked at the car window, all the way was a familiar scene, I remember some shops, he took Mei Xiang to go last year, and when he thought about it, he didn't feel like a dream.

Suddenly, he saw the familiar shop, and was sure that it was this one, so he hurriedly asked the driver to stop and wait on the side of the street. Holding the pot of shandan flowers, I got out of the car and looked up, and saw a black-bottomed gilded signboard hanging on the door of the store, with four golden characters of "Tuozhi Jewelry" on it.

"Tuozhi ......" Zhuang Yi muttered, feeling that these two words were a little familiar, but he couldn't remember them for a while.

Seeing someone wandering outside the store, the fat young man hurriedly greeted him, he glanced at Zhuang Yi a few times, suddenly laughed, and greeted warmly: "Ouch...... This guest seems to be a regular customer! I look familiar, you should have been to the shop! ”

Zhuang Yi smiled and said, "Is your shopkeeper there?" I have something to say to him......"

"In the ...... Guest inside please! The fat guy smiled and narrowed his eyes, flashed to his side, and asked Zhuang Yi to go in.

Zhuang Yi slowly walked into the store, the light inside was a little dim, and he turned his head to look behind the counter, the thin old shopkeeper was leaning his head and leaning on the high couch behind him and fell asleep, his mouth open, saliva dripping down the placket of his white beard, still unconscious.

Zhuang Yi couldn't help grinning, the fat guy laughed a little embarrassed, stepped forward to wake up the shopkeeper, and said, "Uncle Shamul!" Wake up...... There's a guest coming! ”

The thin shopkeeper woke up, didn't come back to his senses for a long time, rubbed his sleepy eyes, wiped his beard, then stretched his waist, got up and said, "Is this guest?" What are you going to buy? ”

"Shopkeeper! Let me ask you something, I know your proprietor Lei Niang well, and we are all friends! Is she available today? Zhuang Yi asked expectantly.

"Not there! What are you looking for Lei Niang for? Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper jumped up and asked vigilantly.

Zhuang Yi was a little strange, and smiled gently: "Hehe...... That's the case, I have business dealings with Lei Niang, and I came to talk to her about some business today, and you tell me honestly, is she not there? ”

"Not there! It's really not there, so let's come back next time! The skinny shopkeeper said.

"Is it really not there? Is it in the Twilight Tower? Did she say when she would be back? I came here last year, the shopkeeper should know, I am indeed a friend of Lei Niang, you are so secretive, is Lei Niang in trouble? Zhuang Yi was a little annoyed, his eyes stared at him coldly, and he asked carefully.

The guest laughed, how could my host be in any trouble. To tell you the truth, we are just Lei Niang's domestic servants, where is she going, how can we ask so much as subordinates? The thin shopkeeper said, the old guy is old and fine, and his tone is very tight.

Zhuang Yi's mind turned sharply, and he slowly put the pot of shandan flowers on the counter, and said very seriously: "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, I am the current Yingzhou soldier and horse envoy, surnamed Zhuang Mingyi, you just reply honestly, otherwise do you know the consequences?" ”

"Guest, you're embarrassing me...... I can only tell you that Lei Niang is out of the house, and she is indeed not in Yuyang! The old shopkeeper said.

"Where have you been, give me a rough name!"

"This ...... I can't say, I won't say if you kill me......"

"Damn!" Zhuang Yi was greatly annoyed, slapped the counter fiercely, and said helplessly: "That's it!" You bring a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and I will repair a book and leave it, as well as this pot of shandan flowers, you take good care of it, and when Lei Niang comes back, I will hand it over to him together, can you do this? ”

"That's okay, I'll do it!" The skinny shopkeeper agreed. Immediately asked the fat guy to bring a pen and paper, Zhuang Yi quickly wrote a simple letter, folded it after the ink dried, handed it to the shopkeeper with the pot of flowers, and said goodbye.

The coachman drove the carriage over at the right time and asked Zhuang Yi to get into the carriage. Zhuang Yi sat in the carriage in a trance, and Lei Niang's voice and smile appeared in front of him from time to time, which made him feel a little confused. He thought of the grove outside the city, of the place where they were separated, and of the Twilight Tower......

"Go to Dusk Snow Tower......" Zhuang Yi suddenly shouted, comforting himself in his heart: That damn shopkeeper must have lied to me, it must be ...... It's almost five and a half months now, and it's the time when the shandan flowers bloom, and Lei Niang won't lie to me. But is he there, or is he not, is it deliberately avoided...... No! That's impossible!

"Uncle! It's not suitable for daylight! Qi Niang is at home! You're going to ...... now" The coachman obviously misunderstood, and was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly persuaded with great difficulty.

"If you are told to go, you will go......" Zhuang Yi was in a bad mood and shouted angrily.

The coachman still wanted to persuade something, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to silently drive forward, bypassing a few streets, and arrived in front of the main entrance of the Twilight Tower. It was not yet hour, and the door was closed.

Zhuang Yi glanced at it and reprimanded, "I'm talking about the back door...... Turn around! ”

"Alas...... This young man! I don't want to take care of my wife at home, so I want to come out to sleep with prostitutes...... "The coachman was very aggrieved, and sighed secretly in his heart. He was a slave of the subordinate, and he didn't dare to say more, so he had to drive the carriage to the back door, Zhuang Yi quickly got out of the car, turned his head and left a sentence of "wait", and ran forward quickly, slamming the vermilion gate loudly.

After a long time, the door finally opened, revealing an old face with a beard, only glanced at Zhuang Yi, and then dropped a sentence: "It's not time!" Come back in the evening! ”

Just as he was about to close the door, Zhuang Yi pulled the door open, grabbed the collar of the old handyman, dragged it out, raised his big fist and gestured twice on the old handyman's nose, and then asked, "Where did Lei Niang go?" ”

Before he could fight, the handyman screamed. "Hey...... My mother, alas! Who you ask is bad! I want to ask this...... Eat with your good fruit! You hit! You hit! ”