Xu Mingyuan accepted the token and the account book, walked out of the gloomy room with the bamboo box on his back, and when he walked to the door, he subconsciously glanced back, the back of the old man standing in front of the window was a little gloomy, but the shadow that fell on the ground was extremely tall.

The door closed slowly, and Yi, who was squatting at the door, jumped up suddenly, rushed up in two steps, grabbed Xu Mingyuan's arm, and asked a little nervously: "Xiao Xu, did the old blind man tell you the news of Big Brother Qi?" Did you see what that secret letter said? ”

Xu Mingyuan looked at the young man who was a little expectant and faintly uneasy, and shook his head silently.

Yi slowly let go of Xu Mingyuan's hand, his eyes drooped slightly, he took a few steps out, smashed his fist on a willow tree the size of a bowl, bit his lip and said, "You don't tell me, is it that Brother Qi is dead." ”

"I'm just hearsay, most of the words on the rivers and lakes are fake......" Xu Mingyuan said softly, but in the end, his voice was already low and inaudible, I'm afraid even he didn't believe it.

"Actually, I probably guessed from the time you took out Brother Qi's token, he said that the people of the Yuntai Division, as long as they don't die, will not give the token to others." Yi turned to look at Xu Mingyuan and said slowly: "Since Brother Qi handed over the token to you, it means that he trusts you very much, and you are my friend." ”

Xu Mingyuan nodded, took out the account book from the bamboo box, stepped forward and handed it to Yi, "Uncle Chen asked you and me to collect the accounts, do you know what this is?" ”

Yi glanced at the account book, didn't reach out to take it, nodded and said, "I know, the three-year period is here again." It's really time to collect the bills. It seems that the old blind man has already let you into the Yuntai Division, so let's start collecting it tonight. ”

"So fast?" Xu Mingyuan was a little surprised and said, "I just arrived in Chang'an. Don't be in such a hurry. ”

Yi shook his head and said, "There are a lot of accounts to be collected, and I want to collect them before the New Year." It takes quite a while. ”

Xu Mingyuan flipped through the account book at random, it was full of some green buildings and gambling houses, and the address was written on the back, and he didn't know how these places owed Yuntai Ledger, but there were indeed a lot of them, and they were densely filled with a whole account book.

"You take me to Qi Haobo's house, I'll live with him first during this time, you should know where his house is." Xu Mingyuan put away the ledger and looked at Yi and said.

"Okay." Yi nodded. After taking two steps forward, he stopped again, turned to look at Xu Mingyuan and said, "When you get there, don't say some things first, especially don't take out that token." ”

Xu Mingyuan was puzzled: "Does Qi Haobo still have relatives at home?" ”

"Brother Qi also has a younger sister, and her health is not very good, since the news is still uncertain, don't tell her now, I'm afraid she won't be able to accept it." Yi said a little gloomily.

"Good. I don't say. Xu Mingyuan nodded and said.

Seeing that Xu Mingyuan agreed, Yi seemed to relax a little and took the lead in the direction he came. Compared with the lightness of his steps when he came, his steps had become much heavier when he went out. There is no more leisure in folding willow branches.

The two of them got out of the Yuntai Division, and when they got to the door, they got into Xu Mingyuan's carriage together, for Xu Mingyuan's strange carriage. Yi didn't show too much surprise, and chatted with Xu Mingyuan for a while. The gloom on his face has also dissipated a little.

After all, he was only a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, and such a thing as death was still too heavy for him. Although he may never have put other people's lives at heart.

The carriage drove through several streets, and was about to go around Yongxingfang before it stopped, and here and the Yuntai Division were already almost two opposite corners of Yongxingfang.

Compared with the quiet and uninhabited streets and alleys near the Yuntai Division, the Qingshui Street outside the shadow of the Yuntai Division is much more lively. There are a lot of pedestrians on the road, and there are many teahouses and wine shops on the street, and vegetable vendors pull carts, although there are only a few dishes, they still shout in a tone.

Compared to the gloomy Yuntai Division, this street is full of life.

The carriage stopped in front of an exquisite mansion, the wall more than one person high blocked the peeping eyes of pedestrians on the road, and a corner of the eaves was faintly visible, hanging a string of copper bells, and the autumn wind blew and made a pleasant sound. The plum blossoms that protrude from the courtyard have not yet bloomed, and the creepers on the courtyard wall are only dry vines, so you can imagine how green it must be in summer.

There is no horizontal plaque on the door, there is no stone lion at the door, and there are two shiny copper knockers on the door that are not wide, which look like they should be wiped from time to time.

Yi jumped out of the carriage, walked to the door and buckled the door knocker, and after a while, a rather light voice came from inside the door: "Who?" ”

"I, easy." Yi withdrew his hand all of a sudden, and replied with a smile, but he seemed a little restrained.

There was a sound of pulling the door pin from inside the door, and the door slowly opened, and out came a girl in the prime of her life, with a goose egg face, thin and curved eyebrows, and a rather delicate and lovely look, wearing a moon-white short jacket, a light cyan gown inside, and a white silk skirt below.

The girl walked out of the door, swept her eyes on Yi, raised her good-looking eyebrows slightly, pointed to Yi's armpits, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Your clothes are torn again, and you are asked to climb trees less, always saying that you don't listen, wash it yourself and then send it to me to help you sew, I won't help you wash your clothes." ”

Yi Hehe smiled, didn't refute, shook his hand and let go, as if he didn't know where to put it, and nodded vigorously after listening to the girl's words.

Seeing Yi nodded, the girl glanced at Xu Mingyuan, who was sitting next to the carriage, and said in a softened voice, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Xiao Xu said that he was going to come to stay overnight for a while, he was a friend of Brother Qi, and said that Brother Qi asked him to come." Yi pointed at Xu Mingyuan and said, while looking at the girl's eyes, his voice was a little lighter.

"You're my brother's friend?" The girl looked Xu Mingyuan up and down and asked.

Xu Mingyuan nodded, looked at the girl and said with a smile: "In Xia Xu Mingyuan, I just arrived in Chang'an, bothering the girl, if it's inconvenient, it doesn't hurt for me to ask Yi to find a place to live again." ”

This girl is a little similar to Qi Haobo between her eyebrows and eyes, she is not very old, but she gives people the feeling of being old. And looking at the relationship between her and Yi, it should be a childhood sweetheart, and she completely suppressed Yi, which reminded Xu Mingyuan of the girl in Shuzhou City who took pleasure in bullying him.

The girl looked at Xu Mingyuan's eyes, pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "Which girl from the Qinglou is my brother's favorite?" ”

Xu Mingyuan and Yi were stunned at the same time, Xu Mingyuan thought about it, and said with a smile: "If I remember correctly, it should be the Qiushui girl from Yicui Garden." ”

"Come in, my name is Qi Yueru." The girl smiled and nodded, and turned to walk towards the courtyard. (To be continued.) )