Chapter 71: Hou Yi, who claims to be a wealthy businessman
When the two arrived at the inn, it was already a little dark, and the shopkeeper in the store was burying his head in the accounts, and immediately raised his head after hearing the voice, with a little smile on his face.
After seeing the person clearly, the expression on his face paused slightly, and then his smile deepened, and his tone was a little cautious, and he asked, "Why is Childe free to come over today?" Recently, there have been a lot of customers, and our inn has been making a profit. β
Si Linche didn't have time to talk to him about this, he raised his hand and knocked lightly on the counter, and said in a cold tone, "Is there a beggar living in today?" β
The shopkeeper frowned and recalled carefully, before he cautiously replied, "Beggar? Recently, during the rainy season, there are many refugees from the countryside, and there are a few who look like beggars. β
"What rooms do those people live in?"
"They all live on the third floor, by the way, there was a person who didn't look good before, and he looked a little like a beggar, but as soon as he came, he took the entire second floor, and asked the little two in our store to go to Fumanlou and order a lot of signature dishes, it shouldn't be the beggar that Gongzi said." The shopkeeper's memories came out again after a while.
"Ragged, but rich?" Si Linche curled the corners of his lips and asked with a sneer.
The shopkeeper nodded busily when he saw him, and finally raised his hand to wipe the sweat beads from the corners of his forehead.
Si Linche still had that inexplicable expression on his face, and said to Si Yi sideways, "Let's go separately, you look for the room on the right, and if you find that person, call me loudly." β
After saying this, he turned around and walked directly to the second floor.
The two of them started to search at one end respectively, Si Linche pushed open the door one by one, and when he saw that no one was there, he directly skipped it and rushed to the next room.
On the other side, Si Yi quickly pushed every door open, and finally saw a person in one of the rooms.
The man was sitting at the table eating elegantly, richly dressed, and with a handsome face, Si Yi couldn't tell if he was the beggar he was today.
The door was suddenly pushed open, but the noble man did not panic at all, slowly put down the chopsticks in his hand, and looked at him with raised eyebrows to express his doubts.
Si Yi couldn't pay attention to it in his heart, his eyes rolled, he jumped in, said "offended" and directly raised his hand to attack the door in front of him.
If he didn't fight back, Si Yi's fist wouldn't really hit him, and if he fought back, he would definitely be able to recognize him as the beggar today.
What did not disappoint him was that this noble man immediately raised his hand to dissolve his fist, and the other hand attacked him unceremoniously.
After exchanging a few moves, Si Yi was sure that he was the person he was today, so he stopped fighting, quickly retreated backwards, and shouted outside the door, "Childe, count the eighth room on the right." β
After saying this, he confessed to the noble prince in the house, "It's really offended, I just want to make sure if you are the one who fought with me today." β
The noble prince showed a somewhat playful smile on his face, and said with a slight bow, "It's me." β
As soon as his words fell, Si Linche walked in with his hands in his hands, looked at him with a smile on his face, and then smiled, "I just heard that the shopkeeper said that Gongzi had covered the second floor of my inn, so I specially came to pay a visit. β
The noble prince smiled heartily and replied, "It's true that I'm not a native of Qingyuan, but a businessman from the capital." β
Si Linche raised his lips when he heard this, and said with a smile, "It's rare to come from the capital, I'm the owner of this inn, named Si Linche, I don't know if I can make friends with my son?" β
"That's nature, under Hou Yi."
"Childe seems to have a little misunderstanding with my guard today, and he made a move in Fumanlou, right, let's say no to him here first." After greeting each other, Si Linche turned the topic to the purpose of his visit today.
"I'm ashamed to say that I came all the way from Beijing to meet a lot of people with bad intentions, in order to avoid trouble, I simply pretended to be a beggar, and today it does look a little inappropriate in Fumanlou." Hou Yi was a little helpless on his face.
Although his tone was sincere, Si Linche didn't believe it at all, this person acted without rules, if he was afraid of revealing his wealth, it would be impossible for him to be so generous when eating, just afraid that he would come from the wrong way.
Thinking of this, Si Linche lowered his eyelids, covered the look in his eyes, and asked with fake curiosity, "Are the inns in the capital still the largest merchants now?" β
The merchant is a well-known goods dealer in the capital, and if he is not from the capital, he will definitely be misled by himself.
"Oh, could it be that Childe has still been in the capital? Although I don't know what you said about the merchant inn, but I know the merchant freight, and his family has been carrying goods for generations, and now it is indeed the largest cargo operation in the capital. β
Hou Yi had a shallow smile on his face, and there was no problem with his answer, which made Si Linche not say anything more, and after thinking about it, he spoke again.
"Si Gongzi is the fiancΓ© of the shopkeeper of Fuman Louyun? It seems that it is really extraordinary, and it is a very good match with the cloud shopkeeper, if there is a chance in the future, I will definitely cooperate with you and your husband and wife. Hou Yi was already clean, and he smiled very sincerely when he said this.
Although these words made Si Linche feel a little useful in his heart, he didn't forget everything Si Yi said today, so he just pursed his lips and smiled slightly.
After a few words of greeting, Si Linche led Si Yi to say goodbye to him, and when he went downstairs, the smile on his face disappeared, walked to the counter, and instructed the shopkeeper with a cold expression, "Keep an eye on the guest on the second floor, and if the cloud shopkeeper of Fumanlou meets him alone one day, he will immediately go to the Sifu to inform me." β
"Don't worry, Childe, I will arrange a guy to keep an eye on him." The shopkeeper should respond seriously.
After finding out Hou Yi's identity for the time being, Si Linche was still a little uneasy about the relationship between him and Yun Genggeng, stood at the door of the inn and thought for a moment, and then said to Si Yi, "There should be a vendor who wants to deliver to Fumanlou in the evening, you go and stop him, and inquire about her relationship with Hou Yi from your sister Geng Geng." β
Si Yi should not delay any longer, and left quickly after beating the horse, Si Linche saw him go away, so he led the horse back to the Si Mansion.
After returning to the Si Mansion, he stayed in the study for half an hour, and Si Yi was late.
As soon as he entered the door, he shouted with a smile, "Childe, I asked Fan Tong, and he said that Hou Yi went to Fumanlou for the first time today, and then I went to grind Sister Geng Geng for a long time before she said her relationship with Hou Yi." β
"Sold off." Si Linche urged with a slight squint.
Si Yi smiled, then pinched his throat and said, "That's a proud beggar who gave me a silver ingot, and I'm waiting for him to take care of it again in the future." β
Hearing him like this, Si Linche's hand holding the book loosened slightly, and the corners of his lips raised a small arc invisibly.