The crowd was crowded on this street, and Xie Yao followed him to the right, peeking at him from time to time.

His steps were not slow, and his red and black clothes made him cold and silent.

Xie Yao followed for a while, hesitated again and again, and finally did not speak.

Along the way, in fact, she wanted to ask him countless times, Yanzhou Liu Rulong, what did he plan to do? On the night of the banquet, Chu Zhao obviously took some delirious medicine, according to his identity and status, how could he easily reveal this matter?

But Xie Yao didn't dare to ask, he didn't say a word about the events of that night, obviously he didn't remember it, if she mentioned these things, she would inevitably have to waste her tongue, and when the time came......

Chu Zhao had already sent Xie Yao to the door of an inn and said, "They live here, you can find out when you go in and ask." ”

Xie Yao said, "Thank you, sir." ”

Chu Zhao glanced at her and walked forward.

Xie Yao entered the door of the inn and asked Xiao Er, knowing that Liu Zhongkui and his party of nine people all lived on the second floor, so he went upstairs to look for it, just approached, only heard the chaos in the house, it seemed to be arguing about something, Xie Yao listened to two sentences, faintly said the day after tomorrow, waiting for the birthday and the like, she pushed the door in, hung a very smile, and asked, "What are you talking about so lively?"

When everyone saw her come back, they were all happy, and they were all coming back from Dao Yaoyao, and they were all out of the house, so they inevitably had to say a few words of greeting, and then Xie Yao asked again, "I just heard you talking about the day after tomorrow, birthdays, etc., are you talking about King Liang's birthday banquet?" ”

"No, no, no, you don't know it yet, we also learned by accident, the day after tomorrow is the seventieth birthday of King Liang, and it is also the birthday of Lord Chu?"

Xie Yao was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had misheard, and said, "Lord Chu?"

Liu Zhongkui saw that she didn't believe it, and said, "It's Lord Chu Zhaochu, who is twenty-three years old, and Brother Wu of the Criminal Department said that we have merit this time, and we have given everyone an extra five taels of silver, a total of thirty-five taels of silver per person, thinking that it is the meaning of Lord Chu, a few of us thought about buying some gifts, congratulated him on his birthday, and then returned to Cangxian." ”

That's what happened.

A few others said, "We're going to go out for a walk, pick up a gift, and buy some more things." ”

"Yaoyao, you can come with us."

Xie Yao ran all the way, covered in dust and extremely tired, and said, "No, I just arrived, and I plan to get a good night's sleep first, so you can go." ”

"Then we're going to play."

Several people laughed and walked out of the house, and for a while only she and Liu Zhongkui were left in the house, and then he asked, "Yaoyao, is the road still smooth?"

"It's smooth, it's finally safe."

Liu Zhongkui led her to a separate room, and said as he walked, "It's okay, after the night was dispersed, we couldn't find it, everyone was very worried about you, and then after waiting for most of the night, I finally got the news that Lord Chu had found you, let us go on the road first." ”

Xie Yao remembered the appearance of her crying wolf alone that night, it was really not glorious to say it, and there was no wave on her face, and said, "Anyway, it's quite dangerous, but fortunately, the danger has been saved, so don't mention it." ”

Liu Zhongkui asked, "What kind of dangerous law?" Are there any injuries? ”

Xie Yao went to push him and said, "You go out, I have to change my clothes and wash, I have been on the road for a few days, and I am about to stink to death." ”

Liu Zhongkui was pushed out of the door by her and said, "Hey, if I go, don't push me!" Also, I'll put your baggage and the bounty on your bed. ”

"Got it, got it......"

Xie Yao was afraid that he would ask, so he hurriedly closed the door with a click.

After taking a bath, tired and sudden, Xie Yao counted the silver, thirty-five taels was just right, then put the burden away, and seeing that the night was dark, he said to Zhongkui to go to bed early, and went back to the house to sleep.

Liu Zhongkui saw that she had slept for too long, worried about her, knocked on the door, and shouted outside, "Yaoyao, are you not feeling well?"

Xie Yao responded in a daze, Liu Zhongkui pushed the door in, although there is a difference between men and women, and the girl's house cannot enter when sleeping, but he and Xie Yao have played since childhood, and they have been friends for more than ten years, like brothers, so they naturally don't care about these. When I pushed the door open, I saw Xie Yao turning over on the bed, holding the quilt between one leg, facing him, his eyelids opened, and then closed again, very sleepy, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"I said Grandma, what's the matter with you? I slept all night and a half day. ”

"One night, half a day......" Xie Yao repeated half-asleep, and then came back to her senses a little, opened her eyes, and was quiet for a while, she finally sat up, sleepy-eyed, and said, "The road is bumpy and tired, and now when I get the opportunity, I can't wait to make up for my previous sleep, and after sleeping for so long, I don't even feel hungry......"

"Get up, it's past noon, it's rare to come to the capital, don't you plan to go shopping and then go? And everyone gave gifts, so we have to pick a gift to give. ”

There is a point in that.

Xie Yao sat on the bed for a while, turned over and got out of bed, and said, "You wait, I'll clean up and we'll go out." ”

Xie Yao is a very fast person, she got up and got dressed, she thought the hair accessories were too troublesome, so she learned Liu Zhongkui to tie a half-high ponytail, after grooming, took some silver taels from the baggage, and went out with Liu Zhongkui.

The two went to eat first, and then walked around the market for a long time, Liu Zhongkui picked out a pair of calligraphy and paintings, and asked her for reference, "Yaoyao said, wouldn't it be too strange to send calligraphy and paintings to Lord Chu?" ”

"What's so strange?"

Liu Zhongkui said, "Lord Chu doesn't look like a person who can dance and write, I think only those who are full of talents like this kind of thing." ”

As he said this, he asked, "Boss, how do you sell this painting?"

"It's easy to say, six taels of silver."

Liu Zhongkui bargained with his boss.

Xie Yao's eyes fell on the long wooden box next to Liu Zhongkui, she took a closer look, this is a dark wooden box, about two palms the size, the box is carved as if it is plum blossoms or something, it looks very textured, Xie Yao couldn't help but reach out and open it, inside is a fan, white jade as the handle, gold wire edging on both sides, just look at it and make people feel very good.

Xie Yao picked up the fan, and the shop owner saw her eyes hooked on it, and immediately smiled and said, "Girl has a good eye, this fan is a good thing, you take a closer look at this jade handle, and then look at the fan, but ......"

Before he finished speaking, Xie Yao said, "How much?" ”

"It's easy to say...... shopkeeper gestured with a smile, "Eight taels of silver!" ”

"What!" Xie Yao's eyes widened, "Eight taels!" ”

She immediately put the fan back in its place, "don't buy it, don't buy it......

She went to pull Liu Zhongkui and urged, "Let's go, let's go shopping elsewhere......"

Liu Zhongkui immediately put the picture scroll away, and made a gesture to go with her, but the boss hurriedly went to pull the road, "Hey guest, don't worry, don't worry, you can negotiate......"

Xie Yao was stopped by him, his face was helpless, and the two of them were arguing, "At most, four taels, no matter how much I can't afford it." ”

"Four taels is not good, girl, seven taels! Seven taels are sincerely sold to you. ”

"Don't, don't." Xie Yao waved his hand and refused, and wanted to leave again.

"Six taels! Girl, I can't be less, no matter how small I lose! ”

Xie Yao said, "One price, five taels!" I bought it along with his painting. ”

The boss's face was suddenly embarrassed, as if he was cutting meat on him, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and slapped his thigh, "Okay, let's sell it to the two of you at a loss, and you will be happy." ”

Xie Yao and Liu Zhongkui suddenly looked slightly happy and smiled at each other.

The boss packed the fan and the picture scroll separately, and when he handed it to Xie Yao, he couldn't help but sigh, "The girl is so eloquent at bargaining, it's a pity not to do business, and the little old man wishes the girl, and her wish is done." ”

Xie Yao glanced at him suspiciously, paid the money, and thought to himself, buy a fan, what does this boss say that his wishes come true? Could it be that all the people in the capital who do business are like this?