Chapter 11: Clever Smile (I)
"Hehe, in charge, I didn't expect this old man Bai to have a good birthday for us, and the money earned in the past few days has caught up with the previous month! Hey, hey, hey. Early in the morning, the proprietress in a tea shop hanging "lotus leaf wine" on the side of the official road outside Hangzhou counted the silver coins in the money cabinet and blossomed.
"Oh, you old woman, counting money is a kung fu count, quickly pack up your things and call the guests!" The boss is also flushed, the old man of the Bai family has a big birthday these days, there are more people coming and going, and their small shops are also stained with a little light, looking at the money bags that are full of one day at a time, the mood is too good, I heard that the girls in the Spring Pavilion are all like flowers and jade, why don't you find a time to take a look? Of course, you have to hide it from the tigress at home, the boss smiled weirdly, and he didn't know where to go.
On the official road, a group of three people galloped from afar, and the front in the middle was Ning Qi, who was planning to go to Hangzhou City a few days ago, no need to ask, he was naturally surrounded by Liang Jing and Song Yi. The three of them planned to get up early to come here, but they didn't want to be stumped by something before leaving, but fortunately, Suzhou City and Hangzhou City were not far away, so they hurried to finally arrive today.
"Master, there is Hangzhou City in front, why don't we go to the nearby tea house for a short rest before entering the city." Song Yi rode on the horse and asked, they have been driving for a long time, even if the people are fine, they are afraid that the horses will not be able to bear it, not to mention that the weather is cold, and it is not a comfortable thing to say.
"That's right, Pavilion Master, the banquet only started at noon, and I'm not in a hurry to do it." Liang Jing echoed.
Ning Qi looked back at the listless two, and said with a smile: "You have complained after just rushing so much, which shows how lazy you two are on weekdays." As he spoke, he tightened the reins in his hand, turned his horse's head, and walked towards the shop in the distance.
Liang Jing and Song Yi saw that he was relieved and hurriedly followed.
Coincidentally, Ning Qi's horse just stopped in front of this shop with "lotus leaf wine", he didn't care, he neatly turned over and dismounted, walked in and picked a fairly clean stool to sit down, and Liang and Song naturally followed.
It is said to be a shop, but in fact, it is just a grass shed built outside a few rooms, and a few tables and stools are placed. The proprietress who was cleaning up saw that a guest was coming and hurriedly greeted her, and when she saw the appearance of the three of them, her whole face smiled.
"Hey, guest officer, you're early, our shop is the cleanest one within a radius of ten miles, you have come to the right place, hurry, how many of you are sitting", the proprietress greeted the three of them warmly, she is here all the year round, and there are many people who come and go, such a handsome and majestic son is the first time to see it, if he is twenty years younger...... Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be a little more enthusiastic, "Old man, come out and serve tea to the guests, hurry up, call you, what's the effort?" The guests are in a hurry."
"I heard you, I heard you, what are you yelling about?" The boss was dreaming of nowhere, and was suddenly interrupted by a shout from the boss's wife, naturally unhappy, but when he came out to see the three of them, he instantly put on a very enthusiastic smile, and couldn't help but marvel at whether he changed his face quickly from a famous Sichuan and Shu family.
"Do the guest officers eat noodles and wontons or steamed buns? The beef is freshly cooked and hot! Also, our lotus leaf wine here is an authentic Hangzhou flavor, which cannot be drunk elsewhere, the weather is so cold, do you want the guest officer to warm up your body? He is so enthusiastic not because of the appearance of several people, but because several people from the clothing and temperament to the horses they ride, are not ordinary things, such guests will naturally not be stingy, thinking that they can make a fortune later, the boss is naturally very enthusiastic.
"Blanch a pot of wine, three bowls of noodles, six buns, and a plate of beef, hurry up!" Song Yi commanded, and casually threw a tael of silver to the boss. The boss was naturally happy, and thanked him again and again, and hurriedly prepared to eat.
After a while, when the meal came up, the three of them did not rush to move the chopsticks, but poured wine and drank it slowly.
"Pavilion master, but something happened in the capital?" Liang Jing asked, they were about to leave early the morning before yesterday, but they happened to meet someone from the capital, and they had something important to see the pavilion master, so it was too late, and usually speaking, things from the capital would not be a good thing.
"Not bad", Ning Qi nodded, Liang Jing and Song Yi were brothers to him, not outsiders, so his affairs were not hidden from them, "This matter has nothing to do with the rivers and lakes, you don't have to interfere." ”
"What the hell is going on? If you have already made your mind clear to that man, why is he still chasing you? Song Yi asked indignantly.
"No matter what, he's still my father, and as long as it's not too much, there are some things I can't shirk." Ning Qi said lightly, without a trace of expression on his face, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, "You should know that the north is using troops."
"Not bad", Liang Jing nodded, "In recent years, the Turks have repeatedly violated the border, and this year it is even more blatant to raise troops to invade, is it related to this matter?" Liang Jing has a calm and resourceful temperament, and he has already guessed a little when he says this.
"Not bad......" Ning Qi was about to explain, but was interrupted by a shrill voice from the side.
"Oops! I'm exhausted! It's really infuriating to have to rush in this weather! ”
The three of them looked back, and then they found that there were four more people next to the shop at some point, one woman and three men, all three men were wearing uniform dresses, looking like disciples of the same sect, but the woman was wearing a light purple dress, melon seed face with a pointed chin, a pair of peach blossom eyes and cheeks with pink, undyed and dizzy, red lips and white teeth, extremely coquettish.
"Hangzhou City is in front, and it is better to rest here, and it will naturally be better to enter the city." An older-looking man said, looking like the leader of the crowd, and went to the boss to order food.
"Humph! What can be delicious in this kind of broken place! The girl seemed extremely dissatisfied, and pouted.
"Senior sister, don't talk about it, if you didn't have to go to Suzhou, how would we have arrived now, besides, if you didn't say that you were tired and didn't want to go, we wouldn't have used it here!" The other disciple who looked at the younger one said with some resentment, and seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with the girl.
"You! Are you blaming me?! The girl slapped the table and asked loudly.
"I, I didn't say it, I just know that I didn't say that I couldn't walk with the sixth junior brother just now." The younger disciple muttered quietly, but apparently it didn't escape the woman's ears.
Seeing that the two of them seemed to have a tendency to quarrel, the youngest person next to him who had been silent had no choice but to speak to persuade at this time: "Little junior sister, fifth senior brother, don't quarrel......
It's just that before he finished speaking, the two people who were arguing turned around and yelled at him: "Don't care." Then, the argument continued.
The three of them watched from the sidelines, Ning Qi didn't care at all, he didn't see many women, but there were also a lot, so naturally he was not interested, but there were other people present, and what he wanted to tell Liang Song and the others before had to be postponed. Liang Jing just chuckled and shook his head, it's not like he hasn't seen a brutal and willful girl, but it's a pity that she has a good skin.
And Song Yi was used to being romantic, and couldn't help but speak: "I said girl, why are you so rude as a girl, a girl should look like a girl, you have to be well-behaved and gentle to find a good husband, like you, who dares to marry?" "It's not wrong for him to say this, but it also depends on who he says it to, not to mention that he is used to being a child, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he is in a romantic tone.
Sure enough, when the woman heard this, she immediately turned her head and shouted, "Who are you?" Miss Ben speaks, when is it your turn to teach a lesson! ”
As soon as Liang Jing saw that Song Yi was about to cause trouble again, he hurriedly glanced at him, but Song Yi didn't pay attention to it at all, but continued in a leisurely manner: "I'm not a person, I'm just a passerby, a passer-by who can't get used to it. After speaking, he seemed to think that the woman opposite was not angry enough, yes, and glanced at her defiantly.
"Since it's a passerby, eat your meal well and be nosy!" The girl replied with a glare.
"Oh, alas!" Song Yi shook his head exaggeratedly, took out a fan out of nowhere, unfolded it with a "swish", and seemed to enjoy it a few times, his actions can be called graceful if he does it in spring, summer and autumn, but at this time, it is really a bit nondescript to speak in this season, "I also want to eat quietly, but who knows that on this cold day, there is actually a nasty mosquito that has been flying and flying in my ears, which has disturbed my interest in eating at all, what do you say about this?" ”
"You! How dare you say that Miss Ben is a mosquito! The girl in green was furious.
"Did I say that? Did I say that? How did I not know? Nerd, did you hear me? Song Yi shook his fan and asked Liang Jing next to him, Liang Jing has the word "Jing" in his name, and he likes to read, so Song Yi calls him a nerd on weekdays.
Liang Jing saw that he was so helpless and shook his head helplessly: "You didn't say it." ”
"Hey, girl, this is your fault, you see I didn't name me, even if everyone knows it's you, you don't have to rush to admit it?" Song Yi continued.
Ning Qi on the side didn't care about the quarrel of several people, but suddenly frowned slightly, put one hand on the long sword beside him that made a soft sound, and at the same time, looked up in a certain direction.
"You! Who the hell are you! Do you know who this girl is! This girl is the eldest lady of the Tang Sect in Sichuan, who are you to dare to be so disrespectful to me! The girl was poor in words, so she had to move out of her identity.
"Forgive me!" Song Yi pretended to arch his hand, obviously not taking the girl's words seriously.
"You! Toast without eating and eating penalty wine! Hum! With that, he suddenly burst out, and a silver needle flashing blue light flew out of his hand, heading straight for Song Yi and the others.