At noon the next day, Peony woke her up and mentioned the results of Bi Shiyi's early outing.

"The rain hasn't stopped, and the road is too muddy to walk, otherwise the carriage could easily sink into the pit."

"Then just wait, there's no hurry." Ming Jin drank tea to refresh himself, "There are a lot of people below, it's even more lively than yesterday." ”

Now you can hear the noise outside and downstairs.

The originally secluded place suddenly became noisy.

Peony put the food sent from the kitchen away, "Fortunately, we bought all the rooms in this row, otherwise it would be noisy, by the way, I went to get the food just now, and found that there were two families fighting below." ”

"Huh? Because of the room? Ming Jin asked.

"Yes, it's overcrowded now, and I can't leave, but who wants to sleep in the stable, the boss is a good person, and he didn't drive people out."

Not bad? Ming Jin smiled lowly, and told Peony, "If you wait for Boss Jiang to find you, he will be very embarrassed and say that the guests below are too full and unwilling to leave, and he can't bear to let those people leave in the rain, but there is really no place to move people, and if you want us to get out one or two rooms, you can ask him to return twice the money." ”

Peony was stunned for a moment, just when there was a knock on the door, it was Jiang Chunlai, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw that he looked restrained, and he was not embarrassed to say; "Miss Xie? There's something going on below...."

Peony's expression was a little strange, but she restrained herself and said calmly: "The girl is inconvenient now, boss, you can just tell me." ”

The eyes of doing business are poisonous, and I have long felt that this group of people is extraordinary, especially the girl Xie, who always has a bearing that makes people ashamed of themselves, and it is normal for the other party not to talk to him.

"It's okay, it's just that there are a lot of guests below, but there is really no room...."

Peony wants to say that her girl is clever, and this statement is exactly the same.

When Jiang Chun finished speaking, he pretended to look at the peony nervously, thinking that he was all on it, so this little girl should be....

"Yes." Peony agreed, Jiang Chunlai was overjoyed, and was busy praising the peony people for their beauty and kindness, and Miss Xie was even more...

Before she finished speaking, Peony added: "Isn't that a refund?" ”

Jiang Chunlai's expression froze, and he said stupidly: "With so many people placed here, my store is also trading at a loss...."

He wanted to continue to say something, but seeing the little maid's indifferent face, he suddenly thought of several sturdy servants in this group, as well as the young man with a knife, and his heart was stunned, and finally said: "That's natural, I'll refund the money for the two rooms..."

Peony stretched out two fingers and waved, "Double." ”

Jiang Chunlai's face changed, and he was about to accuse the other party of being too greedy, but he saw Peony smile and said, "When I first came up, I heard how much money those people paid?" If I ask now, I can make a deal with them in person, and they will change our room. ”

Those people paid four times the price of the house.

Jiang Chunlai didn't know if the other party knew, and he also knew that they were not easy to mess with, so he could only spit out twice the house money, and he didn't dare to offend, after all, the other party didn't kill the money, and let him make more money.

He could only swallow this breath and did not dare to turn his face.

After Jiang Chun came and left, Peony snorted lightly at his back, and after mixing the door shut, he complained to Mingjin: "It's really blind, this is a profiteer, thanks to the girl, you are smart, otherwise he would have really been fooled." ”

It's just that the people on his side squeezed it, and maybe they agreed to be kind to others, but I don't know how proud this Jiang Chunlai is.

The benefits are all his, and the losses are on himself, why.

"It's not a profiteer, people open the door to do business, and it's nothing for God to help send bowls of rice to eat, but we also paid for it, which is convenient for people and allows people to get room accommodation, and we can't suffer in vain."

Yesterday, through Jiang Chunlai's words and deeds, he saw through this person's heart, but he was not annoyed, Gu Zi flipped through the book, and casually instructed Peony to divide the returned room money evenly among the few people who squeezed into a room.

Peony should go, turned around and went out, Ming Jin only read a few lines of words in the book, and saw that it happened to mention the decrees of these years, and one of the names made her lock it at a glance.

Xie Yuan.

In front of Peony and others, when there is no one and no one, she may not be so strong.

"Father...."She sighed lowly, her eyebrows tightened, she couldn't let go, and suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to tell Peony one thing, and after thinking about it, she got up and went to the balcony.

It's also a coincidence.

Last night, it was the gentleman next door who pushed the door open and saw her.

Today it's the other way around.

"Miss Xie?"

Xu Qiubai, who was standing on the balcony leaning against the railing, was slightly surprised, but raised her hand and returned the salute with a respectful salute, and did not ask him what he was looking at on the balcony, but when she looked at the lake herself, she was slightly surprised.

There is nothing on the lake.

That piece of white... I could see it last night, and it was not small, but it was gone after a night.

Could it be that last night was a hallucination?

Ming Jin laughed and put it behind him, because Xu Qiubai happened to have something to ask her.

"Miss Xie, can't you leave today?"

"Well, the roads in this area are not very good, I'm afraid it's muddy and difficult to walk, if you get stuck in the middle of the road, it's very troublesome, is Mr. Xu in a hurry?"

"No, there is still plenty of time for scientific research." Xu Qiubai denied it, and Ming Jingang saw a problem in the book, and just happened to ask.

Xu Qiubai was relieved, and Ming Jin smiled: "Thanks to Mr. Knowledge, otherwise I would still be trapped in it." ”

Her appreciation for this person originated from the strong recommendation of the old gentleman in the past, and also from the latter's rich knowledge and interesting cultivation.

It gets deeper and deeper.

Xu Qiubai was silent for a moment, and then said softly, "It's not difficult, it shouldn't trap the girl, it's just that your heart is not quiet." ”

The voice was like a cedar, but Ming Jin's heart was like a layer of snow.

Cold, cold.

Yes, her heart is not quiet, her thoughts are not as good as before, so she can't solve the problem, and she is still trapped in it.

It's not because her father wants to kill her, but because he obviously planted people like Bi Shiyi and them around her, but he deliberately hired some people who couldn't kill her at all, and he was so clumsy that he let these people know his identity, and told her when he could beg for mercy when he sent it to her.

What is his heart is worth scrutinizing.

Temptation, vigilance, temptation?

Father and daughter do this, and they are the only ones in the world.

Ming Jin lowered his head and smiled lightly, laughing at himself in his heart, but his fingers tapped lightly on the wooden crossbar, and his eyes swept over Xu Qiubai were more sad than this long rain curtain.

"Sir is wrong, it's not that I'm not quiet."

"It's that there is no wind and rain between heaven and earth."

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After making people sad, she smiled herself, Xu Qiubai hadn't said anything, and there were more people in the courtyard below.

Xu Qiubai noticed that many people were looking this way, glanced at Ming Jin, and suddenly said: "It's still raining, the wind is cool, the girl should go into the house, and there will be time to discuss it another day." ”

Ming Jin withdrew his gaze, answered, and turned back to the house.

Peony pushed the door in, "Girl, I just heard that a group of officials and family members came in the morning, and it seems to be someone from Che Tingsi." ”

"I've seen it."

Ming Jin didn't mention it more, and explained the suspected beasts here, and asked Bi Shiyi to take a look around.

In the evening, just before dinner, Bi Shiyi came back, with a body of moisture, and his face was a little solemn.

Ming Jin thought that there were really any traces of fierce beasts that he had detected, but before he could ask, Bi Shiyi said: "Girl, there are no beasts on the other side of the pond, but I found that there are a few people in this shop, and there are a few people who are not weak. ”

Ming Jin put down the book and thought thoughtfully: "But someone else guards? ”

"No, it's a retail investor, but it's well disguised."

If it is a real martial arts person, there is no need to disguise it like this, if it is disguised, it must have a purpose.

Bi Shiyi suspected that the other party was coming for his own girl.

Ming Jin is not sure, she only knows that the first wave is Xie Yuan, as for whether there will be anything later....

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The hall of the barnyard inn, which was not spacious, was particularly crowded at this time, overcrowded and noisy.

Ming Jin sat in it, eating his meal, and there was always a look around him.

Peony originally wanted to guess which suspicious characters she wanted, but her thoughts were quite direct - in fact, it was simple, whoever kept spying on her girl was the one who was, but when she really got to the place, she knew that she was naïve.

There are so many girls in this hall that I can't see who is suspicious.

Peony was annoyed in her heart, but she didn't dare to expose anything on the surface, but Ming Jin was much calmer, and asked Bi Shiyi in a low voice when he drank the soup: "Are there the three people at the table in the upper left corner and the two people at the second table on the right?" ”

Bi Shiyi didn't ask Ming Jin how he saw it, because in those years in Beizhuang, Ming Jin couldn't leave, but she was not limited to letting people collect many books, including wealth and connections, some martial arts cheats can be obtained, not to mention that she has some connections with martial arts, and the original identity of Mrs. back then.... It's no surprise that she's been exposed to it.

"Can you beat it?"

"Yes."

Ming Jin thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "Then he didn't send it." ”

Knowing that she can't beat it, she still gives away people's heads, and repeats clumsy things, her father won't do it.

Bi Shiyi vaguely heard her words, but didn't say anything.

The two were about to continue talking, when suddenly....

Two groups of passengers sat next to each other, and for some reason there was a conflict, and a fight broke out immediately.

Fearing that his inn would be demolished, Jiang Chunlai hurriedly ran around.

In the midst of chaos.

Bang!!

The door was suddenly pushed open, and everyone was startled, only to see a few yamen servants who kicked the door stride in, Ming Jing noticed that Jiang Chunlai's face became ugly, and he was also very nervous, so he hesitated for a moment before smiling and going over to greet him.

People generally don't lie about their physical movements at the first time, so nervous?

Ming Jin's fingers unconsciously turned the small bowl, the soup in the bowl shook slightly, but the errand who suddenly arrived there just posted a notice, but it was actually looking for someone.

"This man?" Jiang Chun came to see the notice, denied seeing it, and asked where the other party was....

He inquired in detail and was very enthusiastic.

Timid, greedy for money and calculating, why not.

Ming Jin looked at it twice, and there seemed to be a flash of lightning in his mind, and a thought came to mind.

She laughed a little again.

What's wrong with her, she has such thoughts.

The messenger was a little impatient, and said a few words casually before leaving, ignoring the room full of passengers, but someone stopped him and asked how the road ahead was.

"Of course, it's hard to walk in such a heavy rain, so why ask? Alright, you can still sit here and have a hot meal, and we still have to run errands in the rain. ”

Impatient to be entangled by these ordinary people, a few officials were vicious, scared off many people, did not dare to entangle anymore, and the servants left.

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went upstairs, Bi Shiyi and Peony still wanted to mention the matter of those suspicious characters.

Ming Jin suddenly said, "Peony, you find a chance to look at the notice." ”

Peony was surprised, but agreed, and immediately went out.

Now that everyone is curious, it is not surprising that she leaned in to take a look.

"Girl, this is....?" Bi Shiyi didn't understand why Ming Jin turned his attention to this matter.

Ming Jin didn't say anything, but asked Bi Shiyi: "I remember that you have an excellent sense of smell?" ”

Since ancient times, there are many outstanding things that can be cultivated for scout hunters.

Her father has always been picky, and it is not only his martial arts roots that value Bi Shiyi in the early days, but also this talent.

She walked over to the tub and tapped her finger on it, "You come here to smell it." ”

Then she turned and walked.

Bi Shiyi didn't ask anything, and when he passed, he noticed some ants on it, frowned slightly, sniffed twice, and looked strange.

"It's a little faint fishy."

It stands to reason that this is an ordinary camphor wood, if you take a bath, soak in water all year round, where does it come from such a fishy smell.

This is not a fish.

And this kind of fishy smell is most familiar to a warrior like him.

Ming Jin, who had just walked away, walked over, holding a snow-white cotton towel in his hand, and poured some water on it to moisten it.

The wet part of the cotton cloth was pressed against the crack of the barrel, and the thin fingers of the green onion squeezed for a while, and he also carried the kettle and gently poured some water into the crack.

The water slowly seeped into the cracks in the wood, and after a while, she took out the cotton cloth and looked at it, her usually gentle gaze instantly condensed a little.

And Bi Shiyi saw the blood red that seeped into the moisture in the snow of the cotton cloth, because he had suspected that this bath bucket had hidden secrets, and now it was undoubtedly verified, his face flashed with cruelty, and asked: "This bath bucket was given by him?" ”