Chapter 6: The Jackdaw Inn
"Xiaobai, you're fine, it's really good!" Ah Sheng's eyes were mixed with surprise and worry, and moved from her face to her shoulder, "Your shoulder...... I found the fourth uncle overnight yesterday, and then I went to the mountain temple, and you are no longer there, I thought you were ......."
Ah Sheng had changed into a neat and tidy white robe at this moment, and he and Bai Chu stood together at this moment, as if they were worlds apart.
Bai Chu shook her head: "I'm fine," she just wanted to quickly find the Jackdaw Inn that Shi Mingxuan said, and ask about her brother's whereabouts, so she said goodbye to Ah Sheng, "I still have something to do, go first." ”
Ah Sheng anxiously took out a bottle of medicine from his arms and handed it to Bai Chu: "This is the best Jinchuang medicine, you apply it to the wound, change the dressing every day, and after two days, the wound will be fine," he raised his eyes and saw a teahouse, the owner was sitting behind the counter, holding a pen, counting the accounts, he said to Bai Chu, "You wait for me, it will be fine soon." ”
Bai Chu hesitated for a moment and took the medicine he handed over.
Ah Sheng trotted into the teahouse, paid a few copper plates to the boss, borrowed his pen and paper to write a letter, and came to Bai Chu with this letter: "You take this, this is my handwritten letter, if you need help, take it to Chuan Yunxuan in Zongcheng to find me." ”
Bai Chu didn't take the letter, and said in a low voice: "There is no need to be like this, you must not tell others that you have seen me, otherwise, it will be dangerous to you and the people around you." ”
Ah Sheng took her hand, stuffed the letter into her hand, and said seriously: "My father taught me since I was a child, and I should know how to repay my kindness. Xiaobai, you have repeatedly saved me, I can't help but report it. You can take this. Don't worry, I didn't tell your identity, and even the fourth uncle next to me didn't know your identity. ”
After speaking, he turned around and rode on the white horse, and said goodbye to Bai Chu: "There will be a period later!" and left with the old man.
Bai Chu held the letter in his hand and watched his back, but after seeing him riding a horse and walking a few steps, he turned around and said loudly to her: "I was born on the bank of the Qinhuai River, so my name is Qin Huaisheng, and you must come to me in the future! Remember my name, Qin Huaisheng!"
Ah Sheng's fourth uncle glanced back at Bai Chu and asked suspiciously, "Who is this beggar, how can the young master know him?"
Ah Sheng said: "A friend I just met, let's go, Uncle Four, go home." ”
The two rode away, and the white-clothed young man riding his horse gradually disappeared from sight.
For a year, her heart had been as hard as ice, but at this moment, she clearly felt a faint fire at the bottom of the ice, warming her heart.
Bai Chu put the letter in his arms and continued to walk forward, finally stopping in front of the door of the Jackdaw Inn.
The inn is a two-way courtyard, the gate erected on the left leads directly to the backyard, the right side is a two-story restaurant, the plaque of "Jackdaw Inn" is hung above the door, and an arch bridge stands on the back side of the second floor, leading directly to the housing in the backyard. The four corners of the restaurant are adorned with delicately carved yellow silk lanterns, each of which has two large characters written in black ink - jackdaw.
Xiao Er in the restaurant saw a beggar enter the restaurant, and was about to step forward to stop him, but was stopped by the bookkeeper next to him. Xiao Er was puzzled, but the bookkeeper just smiled, pointed to a room on the second floor, and said, "You forgot, yesterday the escort instructed that if someone who looks like a beggar comes to the store, don't stop it." ”
At this moment, it was breakfast time, and the building was full of thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys and girls, they were sitting on chairs, and they all looked at the beggars who came in with a strange look.
It was a richly dressed young man who was accompanied by two well-dressed guards, and the young man said to one of the guards behind him, "Go, get this beggar out, I can't eat when I see this kind of person." ”
A girl next to her sneered: "Who should I have such a big mouth, it turns out to be the little young master of Songyu Villa," she stood up as she said and walked towards Bai Chu, "It's just a beggar, and if you give two money, you will be sent away, as for doing it?" she said as she took out a few copper plates from her arms, stretched out her hand, and handed them to Bai Chu. However, her hand stood in the air and did not receive a response for a long time.
Seeing that she was unmoved, the girl's face immediately darkened: "Hey, you guy, don't toast and don't eat and drink." ”
The young man said to the guards behind him, "Don't go quickly, get him out of here." ”
The guard stepped out from behind the boy and pulled up his sleeves, revealing his strong arms. He stood in front of Bai Chu, the horizontal flesh on his face was tense, revealing a very fierce expression, but Bai Chu just looked at him, and there was disdain hidden in his unfazed eyes. The guard was uncomfortable to look at by her, obviously he was a beggar, how could he have such a look?
He yelled: "Look at what, if you don't go out again, don't blame me for being unkind." As he spoke, he raised his fist covered with green tendons.
Bai Chu had no intention of backing down, and was still standing in front of him, but with his hands behind his back.
The guard's fist was mixed with the strong wind, and it hit her face at an extremely fast speed, and the broken hair on both sides of Bai Chu's cheeks was carried up by the fist wind. Her head tilted slightly to the left, and her fist pressed against her right ear, dodging the blow.
She glanced around at the tables and chairs, which looked like they were all fine wood, extremely precious, and it was better to start with a little light. So, she slammed her right leg to the ground, her left leg raised high, and kicked him firmly in the chin at a suitable angle, ending the short duel with a single move.
The guard's body was kicked up and flying, flying up in the air in an arc and then landing, perfectly avoiding the tables and chairs behind him, and landing in the aisle, clutching his chin and groaning on the ground.
Everyone was surprised to see it, the young man was stunned for a while, and when he reacted, he turned red, and he felt that he couldn't hold his face, so he immediately slapped the table and got up: "Okay, you, it turns out that it is hidden deeply, look at how I clean you up, master." ”
"Stop!" a deep voice sounded from the second floor, "Shi has been waiting for a long time, girl, please go up to the second floor." ”
This is clearly Shi Mingxuan's voice.
At this time, the young man had to sit back in his chair in a daze, and the people around him were talking:
"This beggar is a woman?"
"Who is she, who can actually get the personal meeting of the Governor of the Western Realm?"
"Just so fast, do you see clearly, how did she do it?"
......
Bai Chu silently walked past them and stepped on the stairs to the second floor.
The shopkeeper patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the tables and chairs were not dismantled." This batch of tables and chairs has just been shipped from the Central Plains, made of good pear blossom wood, and it has just been smashed by the Shura Temple last time, and if it is smashed again this time, it will cost a lot of money. ”
Mr. Bookkeeper's abacus snapped: "Last time the Shura Temple smashed the shop, a total of 1,252 taels, and then the Jiufeng Protector went on a mission to kill the spurs who smashed the shop, earned 2,000 taels of silver, took 1,500 taels to the store's account, and repaired the destroyed tables and chairs." If this girl smashes the store, it is strange that the Jiufeng Protector will not be angry. ”
Jiufeng stood on the second floor, lifted the bamboo curtain of the room for Bai Chu, and led her into the house.