Chapter 71: Plain and Simple

"That, Second Brother Zhao, you kick it down a little more, turn around and dry it, and stew white fungus soup to drink."

"White fungus soup?" Zhao Er was extremely surprised, and looked Jian Qing up and down, "Can you afford to drink?" ”

Jian Qing wanted to kick Zhao Er to death, and glanced at him. Fortunately, Zhao Er was also playing with Jian Qing, so he really made a lot of effort and kicked Jian Qing with a dustpan, and the two of them went back to the room located on the east end of the second floor.

The inn is in the shape of a mouth, the north-south direction is longer, the east and west are narrow, the direction is not good, the guests do not like it very much, and the price is slightly lower.

After a while, the inn said that the food had been arranged, Jian Qing and Zhao Er were eating noodles in the hall on the first floor, two kinds of snacks, the noodles were topped with meat foam, and Jian Qing ate very happily.

There was a long "hoo" sound at the door, and then, a middle-aged man wearing a blue feather satin coat and foundation soap boots came in with a horsewhip, followed by a man in a green cotton robe. ”

At this time, it was dark, and there was only a hotel.

The man looked around, and his eyes fell on the table of Jian Qing and the two, "Two upper rooms, two bowls of lo mein, just send them to the guest room!" ”

The man went up with his entourage, and Jian Qing asked Zhao Er in a low voice, "Second Brother Zhao, guess the identity of this person!" ”

"How can you guess that?" Zhao Er turned his head to look at the person, and only saw the back of the person, so he guessed the identity of the person based on a one-sided friend? Zhao Er shook his head, "I don't know." ”

"I know!" Jian Qing tapped his fingers on the table and pondered for a moment, "If I guess correctly, Second Brother Zhao will invite me to eat donkey meat roast tomorrow, but I heard that the donkey meat roast here is particularly delicious." ”

"Done!" Zhao Er felt that this request was not difficult.

"This person has two Jinshi, and his official residence is seven grades."

"How do you see that?"

He was wearing a jade-colored undershirt, which could be seen from the collar, a cyan and green-edged belt, and a dark cyan cotton robe. The whip he held in his hand was new, not the old one, and a seasoned military attache running in the north must have two things that would be regarded as life, because they would be used all year round, and they would look old and heavy. ”

"Whips and weapons?" Zhao Er is also a veteran who often runs in the Northland, he guessed correctly, and he also admired Jian Qing, who was young and had a vicious vision.

"Not bad. His horsewhip is very new, which shows that he doesn't ride much on weekdays. As soon as he entered, he first looked around, obviously wary. He was obviously hungry, but he didn't know what to eat, and when he saw us eating, he asked for the same food, which only shows that he is not from the Northland. What kind of court official will not do accounts at home in recent years, seek a good performance appraisal for himself, and do not drill camps everywhere, but run around? ”

"Imperial History, Supervise Imperial History!" Zhao Er gasped, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really couldn't figure it out, a person who only took one side could see so many mysteries from the other party's clothes and whereabouts.

Zhao Er was in admiration, got up and gave his hand, "Brother Jane, you have learned!" ”

Jian Qing waved his hand, "This is not the most important thing. Now that you have guessed that he is the superintendent of the imperial history, you should know that he also followed us and came from Shanxi. ”

"How do you know that? Isn't it from Baoding Mansion? ”

"He has the peculiar smell of Qingbei goat's milk, and the foundation soap boots he wears have the kind of large particles of red clay on the edges of the shoes. Second Brother Zhao still remembers the goat milk we drank when we went down? There are also two characteristics of red clay still stained on the wheels, Qingbei goat and red clay, which can only be found in the place of Xiaguan nearby. ”

Jian Qing added, "If you travel a long distance, your boots will be covered with other mud, and the literati are not comparable to military generals, at least you have to change your clothes once every two or three days, or if you ride a horse and wind for a long time, the smell of smell will dissipate a little, and it will not always be so strong." Therefore, I analyzed that he came from Shanxi like us. ”

Zhao Er admired more and more, and Jian Qing reminded, "If it is the supervision of the imperial history in Shanxi Province, this person should be Ye Xiping, I guess he will not be peaceful this way, if I am the acting king, in order to plant the blame, I will definitely kill Ye Xiping in Baoding Mansion, so that the charge of stealing mines can be blamed on the head of King Yan." ”

Zhao Erteng stood up, he hurriedly walked out, Jian Qing grabbed him and pointed to the counter, "Or, Second Brother Zhao will pay the bill first and then go to find the prince?" ”

Zhao Er only then remembered his task, but this matter was extraordinary, no matter whether Jian Qing's inference was right or wrong, since he heard it, he couldn't help but report it to the prince. Zhao Er took out the ten taels of silver in his hand and stuffed it to Jian Qing, "Brother Jane, I'll come when I go!" ”

Jian Qing let him go, she came out this time, and only brought five taels of silver, which her mother had to give her. Originally, it was fifty taels, but she didn't want it to live or die, and in the end she only took five taels. Jian Qing also instructed her mother to send a red envelope of ten taels of silver to Li Pu when she and Li Pu were separated, as a congratulatory ceremony for Li Pu and Dong'er when they got married in the future, and her mother agreed.

Since Zhao Di arranged a personal surveillance person for her, how could she let people spy on her in vain? And just now, she also sold a lot of favors to Zhao Di, and the news can't be free.

Jian Qing threw away this big ingot, a proper official silver, she stuffed it into her pocket, turned around and went upstairs.

When the second class in the shop saw that she had silver in her hand, although they still wore a shabby sheepskin jacket, they did not despise her so much, and became enthusiastic about her, and diligently brought hot soup for her to bathe.

As soon as Zhao Er went out, he met the person who came to look for him, it was his brother Zhao Yi Zhao Yao, one of the brothers was called Zhao Yao, and the other was called Zhao Yuan, both of which meant "far", and this name was quite knowledgeable.

"Is the prince here?"

"Well, follow me!"

On the city gate street, there is a silk shop in the middle facing the entrance of the county government, the door face is quite large, there are three rooms in total, and some groceries are sold. The fabrics are all transported from the south of the Yangtze River, and the new materials have always been very popular in the north, and the big plaque with gold paint on a black background reads the words "Splendid Jiangnan".

It was getting late, there were no more customers in the store, only one door was left, and Zhao Yi took Zhao Er directly in.

The shopkeeper was settling accounts under an oil lamp, and when he heard the movement, he only glanced up, nodded, and went back to work. Zhao Er didn't have time to look at the storefront, he had already passed through the store, passed through the hall, bypassed a stone interstitial, a courtyard, and the main room behind the small three-room hall.

There are three main rooms in total, the lights are on, and two large red gauze lanterns are hung on the left and right under the eaves of the porch, which illuminates the courtyard all over the ground.

Shen Cang was standing at the door, and when he saw the two brothers, he lifted the curtain cage slightly, poked his head in, and shouted, "Master, someone is here!" ”

"Call him in!"