Chapter 195: Small money stumps a good man
Su Qin saw that Wu Jing had an opinion on going to Yanguo, and persuaded him: "It seems to be a marginal place, but there may be more opportunities. ”
He said bitterly: "If others don't go there, we will." If we succeed and have a foundation, we will move back to the center and step by step towards the desired goal. ”
Su Qin reassured everyone and talked about the past: "Don't worry, I have traveled there and met the monarch of Yan Kingdom. In fact, it is not isolated at all, and it is even more prosperous than the small countries in the Central Plains. ”
Wu Jing was still staring at a pair of ringed eyes, his eyes full of doubt.
Ning Jun was already at odds with Wu Jing, and he said to Wu Jing impatiently: "You are still half-hearted, as if you have been wronged a lot. Since you feel that you are guilty of coming out, who is rare for you to follow. ”
Wu Jing's eyes widened with anger, and he said: "Do you think I am willing to follow you, if it weren't for the compulsion of my master, I would rather die poor in Luoyang City than follow you, and pursue any kind of joint merit that has no shadow at all!" ”
Su Qin saw that the two of them were arguing again, so he glanced at Ning Jun and motioned him not to say any more, Ning Jun turned around and went to pack his luggage.
Wu Jing sat there huffing and thinking about his thoughts. Su Qin urged him to sort out the items he was carrying, and Wu Jing went slowly.
After Su Qin and the others packed up their things, it was already past noon, and the three of them had lunch and immediately left for Yan Kingdom.
In the evening, the three of them arrived at the banks of the Yishui River. After crossing the river and going about ten miles, they found a makeshift inn by the roadside, where they lodging.
At dinner, Wu Jing and Ning Jun had another quarrel. Wu Jing always chattered and complained endlessly, and Ning Jun couldn't help but scold, saying that he was blind, dumbfounded, and uninformed.
Wu Jing was stupid and couldn't keep up with Ning Jun's speed, so he suffered a big loss in the quarrel, and tears were about to fall.
Su Qin saw that Wu Jing was always complaining endlessly, and he was also very dissatisfied with him, so Ning Jun scolded Wu Jing, and he didn't bother to interfere anymore and let the situation develop. After the last, Ning Jun scolded enough, and then stopped.
The next day, before Su Qin got up, Ning Jun knocked on the door vigorously outside, Su Qin hurriedly got up to open the door, and Ning Jun rushed to the room in a panic.
Su Qin saw that he was not dressed properly, and he was very embarrassed.
Ning Jun said to Su Qin anxiously: "Mr. Su is not good, Wu Jing is gone, and Bacheng has sneaked away." ”
After hearing this, Su Qin couldn't completely believe it, he said: "Maybe he got up early to feed the horses or put the carriage away, how could he just run away?" ”
Ning Jun was very sure: "I saw that kid was wrong yesterday, he was so reluctant to follow you to Yan Kingdom, how could he actively feed the horses?" It must have taken the opportunity to slip away. ”
Su Qin hurriedly got dressed and went to the place where the carriage was parked with Ning Jun to see. When they got there, both of them were dumbfounded: where was the shadow of the carriage.
They went outside the inn again and looked around, but there was no trace of Wu Jing and the carriage nearby.
Ning Jun slapped his thigh and regretted it: "It's all to blame for not taking good care of this kid, I already suspected that he was leaving yesterday, but I still let him run away smoothly." ”
Su Qin persuaded him: "Just leave, let him follow us, he suffers, we also suffer, it's okay not to follow." ”
Su Qin suddenly thought that Wu Jing was in charge of the logistics of the two of them, and the money was kept by him, and he left, was the thing still there?
The two hurriedly ran back to the inn again, searching for the money that Wu Jing was responsible for keeping, where was it still in the inn! Probably all of them were swept away by Wu Jing, including the hundred gold rewarded by Zhao Yu. Ning Jun was so angry that he scolded Wu Jing for lacking morality.
Wu Jing slipped away with the money, and Su Qin and Ning Jun searched through the clothes and found more than 20 copper coins, all of which were not enough to pay for the inn's room and meals.
Both of them were dumbfounded, it was really a few pennies that stumped the heroes, even if they had strong skills and ambitions, but they just couldn't cope with the current small predicament.
Su Qin and Ning Jun went to the account office of the inn, found the shopkeeper, negotiated with him, and asked him to open the net, reduce the room fee, and allow the two to make up the room fee and meal money in the future.
The shopkeeper saw that they were not dressed like people who could not afford to pay the room bill, and he was worried that the two would deceive, so he turned a deaf ear to their request and easily did not let go.
Su Qin and Ning Jun were trapped in the account room of the inn like this, their luggage was packed and stopped, and they took it with them, as long as the shopkeeper loosened his mouth, the two of them left as soon as possible.
However, the shopkeeper just did not agree to the reduction. Su Qin and Ning Jun were also unwilling to forcibly slip away, how could that be done by a righteous man and a gentleman.
Su Qin had no choice but to reopen the baggage, took out a splendid robe, handed it to the shopkeeper, and asked him to give him an estimate to offset the inn fees owed.
The shopkeeper stared at them, and found that there were other valuable things in the baggage, so he became greedy and said, "I'm afraid that one robe is not enough, and I have to add some more." ”
Ning Jun was furious, and scolded sharply: "Even you are not a good thing, this splendid robe needs hardware to say the least, it is enough to pay for your room and meal for ten days, you are too greedy." ”
The shopkeeper waved his hand and said, "Then you can pay for the money, I have no other way." ”
As he spoke, he turned his face away and pretended to sort out the accounts.
Su Qin and Ning Jun understood that this inn was originally built on the side of the road for people in a hurry to rest temporarily, and there were no other shops around, even if they went to sell their belongings, they couldn't find a suitable place.
Su Qin let out a long sigh, bent down to pick up his baggage, untied the rope, and prepared to take out another thing to pay off the debt.
However, they did not know how many things the shopkeeper needed to be satisfied.
Ning Jun was about to attack, his hand had already touched the hilt of the sword, and Su Qin stopped him with his eyes. Because they are not robbers or hooligans after all, it is only natural to pay for the hotel.
If they draw their swords against each other this time, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not play reckless accounts again in the future, then they will not even lose the most reckless principle.
The purpose of practicing martial arts is to strengthen one's self-defense, and it must not be used outside of morality.
Therefore, Su Qin tried his best to endure the disrespect of the shopkeeper, and still had to settle the troubles in front of him peacefully. Ning Jun was so angry that he stomped his feet, but there was nothing he could do.
Su Qin and Ning Jun's predicament was seen by a coachman who was also in the account room, and he was originally going to settle the expenses and leave the inn, but Su Qin and the shopkeeper were at a stalemate and couldn't solve the problem for a while, so he waited next to them.
When the coachman saw that the shopkeeper was insatiable, he was also very angry and unhappy.