Chapter 204: A Man Hangs on the Beam
Heping Square is located in the southwest corner of Chang'an City, facing the city wall in the west, and the three sides are Chang'an, Guiyi and Yongyang. In terms of location, it is almost two opposite corners of Chang'an City, far apart.
Because it is far away from the imperial city, there is no special place to go around, so most of the people living in the peace square are ordinary people. Those who have a little money will buy a mansion in the fang market near the imperial city, where will they live in this kind of fang market where even shops and restaurants are rare.
Xingfeng Inn is the only inn in Heping Fang, a two-storey building, and there are more than 20 guest rooms, although it is not elegantly decorated, but it is not shabby.
However, there have always been few guest houses in Hepingfang, so there are only two young men in the store except for a shopkeeper.
Today, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there is a young man who has gone back, in addition to the shabby guest upstairs in the inn, there is only the fat shopkeeper standing behind the counter, slowly playing abacus and the young man wearing a gray jacket, who is sleeping on the table.
A gray carriage stopped at the door of the inn, and a young man in a blue and white robe got out of the car, which was naturally Xu Mingyuan, who came all the way with Yi and walked for more than half an hour.
The shopkeeper is such an elite character, although he was a little surprised that there was business on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but when he saw Xu Mingyuan wearing a brocade robe, his eyes were already bright, and he picked up a chopstick and threw it to the little guy who was sleeping on the table, and greeted the door with a smile.
"This son, but you want to stay in the hotel?" The fat shopkeeper stepped forward with a smile, looked at Xu Mingyuan and said.
Xu Mingyuan nodded with a smile, glanced sideways at Yi, who had parked the carriage and walked in the door with a package on his back, took out a piece of silver from his arms and threw it to the shopkeeper, and said quite arrogantly: "My son has always liked to be quiet, and we can't afford a big inn." If you want to book a few days in this small inn, there has always been no problem.
Shopkeeper, I see that you can cast a net to catch sparrows at this door, there should be no guests in the inn, right? I'm going to keep this inn for three days, do you think the silver is enough? ”
The fat shopkeeper hurriedly took the piece of silver and let it go. Not to mention, there are three or four doubles, and if you want to put them in other places, it is not enough to ask the Qingqi people to sing a little song in Pingkangfang.
But this is not Pingkangfang, this Xingfeng Inn can earn ten taels of silver a month is already the top of the sky, it has to be those scholars who enter Chang'an to catch the exam, in those places in Pingkangfang squandered the silver almost, there is really no place to live, will come to these remote places to find cheap inns.
Like during the Chinese New Year, there are only two or three guests scattered in the inn. There is only one in these two days, dozens of Tongbao a day, and even the wages of the two young men are not enough.
Xu Mingyuan was dressed in brocade clothes, and the fat shopkeeper knew countless people, so he could naturally see that the clothes on Xu Mingyuan's body were of the best materials. And the shot is three taels of silver, although the tone is a little big, but there is silver to earn, and I like this kind of guest.
In the opinion of the fat shopkeeper. Xu Mingyuan is the kind of boy who came from a small place, and spent about the same amount of money on the beds of those girls in Pingkangfang in a few days.
Silver wants to earn. But after all, it's a business to welcome customers, and if there are no customers in the store, it's fine, and if someone comes to the door and says that there is no room in the store to deal with it. But there is still a customer living in this store, and he is a little unhappy to let the shopkeeper go to catch up on the first day of the new year.
But the silver in hand didn't want to be sent back, and the fat shopkeeper laughed. He looked at Xu Mingyuan with some embarrassment and said: "This young master, you see that this inn is small, but in fact, it is not small, there are twenty rooms upstairs, and you and this little brother occupy two or three rooms by one person." That's more than enough.
But there is a guest upstairs, who lives in the first room on the west side, and you said that this is the New Year's Eve to drive people away, and our business of opening the door to welcome guests is really not good for this kind of thing.
You say you like quiet, so I'll give you the two easternmost rooms, and promise that there will be no more guests in for three days, what do you think? ”
Hearing this, Xu Mingyuan frowned slightly, revealing a little dislike, and pondered for a while, before he reluctantly nodded and said: "Okay, since the shopkeeper said so, this young master will forget it, this is a big New Year, it is not easy for everyone, so let him live." But the shopkeeper said it yourself, if someone comes to stay in the hotel in the future, you have to stop it. ”
After Xu Mingyuan finished speaking, he walked in the direction of the stairs, and the young man who woke up early was busy bending down to meet Xu Mingyuan and walked upstairs, opening the first and second rooms in the east, and letting Yi and Xu Mingyuan enter the door.
Xu Mingyuan and Yi entered the first room together, Xu Mingyuan threw a broken silver to the young man, and asked him not to disturb him to read, and he would go downstairs to eat when the meal was ordered.
The young man got the money, and with a smile on his face, he went out of the room, and closed the door.
Xu Mingyuan listened to the footsteps outside the room and went downstairs, then walked quickly to the window, opened the window, and looked outside the inn, pressing a certain felt hat, squatting at the foot of the wall, Wuya, stretched out his finger to the right, and stretched out another finger.
Wuya stood up, nodded slightly towards Xu Mingyuan, and walked slowly towards the west of the inn, making two gestures with his right hand hanging down at his side, and a figure on the roof of the inn walked quickly towards the west.
Xu Mingyuan softly closed the window, glanced at Yi Xiang, nodded slightly, and the two of them softly opened the door, walked out of the room, and walked towards the first room in the west.
Xu Mingyuan and the others had met once outside the Peace Square, and the plan was undecided, Xu Mingyuan and Yi Lai determined the room where Yang Xiao lived, and then acted together to ensure that Yang Xiao could be captured, instead of committing suicide like the six fingers of the torture.
Xu Mingyuan and Yi walked lightly outside the first room in the west, Yi put his ear to the door and listened for a while, then turned around and shook his head at Xu Mingyuan.
Xu Mingyuan showed a little puzzled, listening to the meaning of the shopkeeper, there should be someone in this room, why is it easy to signal that there is no one in the room.
Yi took out a dagger from his waist, reached into the crack in the door, and moved the door to the side, Xu Mingyuan held his breath, while being vigilant, he reached out and gently pushed the door of the room.
Yi flashed into the room with a dagger, and at the same time, the window was gently kicked open, and a figure wearing a grimace mask and holding a long sword jumped in, it was Chu Yue's daughter.
Yi stood against the door and did not continue to walk inside, Chu Yue also stopped, stood at the window, and did not speak.
Xu Mingyuan stood at the door and looked in, his eyes condensed slightly, revealing a little surprise.
A strip of cloth ran through the beam, and a middle-aged man in an old gray jacket hung over it.
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