Chapter 4: The Capital
Before the outer city gate was fully opened, Cao Ning hurriedly walked out with Xiao Hai, but what caught his eyes was an endless crowd of people walking around, which made the two of them a little wrong, especially when all eyes were gathered.
"Hurry up!" Cao Ning didn't see the surrounding situation clearly, so he hurriedly took Xiaohai through the guards and blended into the crowd, just now, he felt as if he was being stared at, as if he was the prey, the hunter was in the crowd, and he didn't quite know why he felt this way,
I don't know how many streets and alleys they crossed, and the two of them couldn't run anymore, so they stopped, leaning against the wall next to them and gasping for breath.
"Third Highness, why are we running!" Xiao Hai sat on the ground, gasping for breath.
"It felt like someone was staring at us. Cao Ning said.
"Ah, Third Highness, let's hurry back to the palace, don't have any accidents!" Xiao Hai persuaded.
Looking at the surrounding buildings, "I just feel, I feel that it is basically inaccurate, don't worry! These are the same as in the palace, but there are too many people here." Cao Ning said, there is still a bluestone road under his feet, the only difference is that there are more buildings, and the style is not the same, compared to the palace is too lively.
"Then Third Highness, what if your feelings are accurate, only the two of us, and no one to protect us, wouldn't we die a miserable death!" Xiao Hai was still a little worried.
"Call me the third prince! Finally, correct you this time, you can call me the third highness in a place where there is no one, I am a little hungry, but I have eaten some peaches and haven't eaten yet, so go eat first!" Cao Ning stared at the relatively imposing three-story building on the opposite street, with "Good Taste" hanging on it is a winery
persuaded Cao Ning not to move, Xiaohai could only follow behind.
There were a lot of people on the whole street, and the streets were lined with stalls and shops selling everything they wanted, and the two of them made their way through the flow of people into the winery.
It was noon, and although there were many people eating, there were many empty seats in the hall on the first floor, and the interior of the restaurant was all wooden, giving the impression that it was carved out.
Cao Ning and the others, who entered the restaurant, casually found a place and sat down.
Maybe they were too small, and the guy didn't notice the two of them, or they thought they were the children of a Hakka family, and they didn't come to greet them after waiting for a while.
"Come on, order food! You're so hungry that my third son!" Xiao Hai shouted when he saw this.
Cao Ning gave an approving look. Although Xiao Hai is very timid, he knows how to read words and feelings, which makes him very satisfied.
"Come on!" a guy shouted first, and hurriedly ran over, "Two little boys, what are your orders!"
"Bring the best food here to our third son!" Xiao Hai slapped the table.
Cao Ning on the side nodded his head in approval.
"Well, two little boys, the specialty of our store is roast duck, or pizza, and the cooking is also good......!
Xiaohai glanced at Cao Ning, and Cao Ning kept nodding, "Mmmm, I want them all!"
"What else do you have to drink?" Cao Ning asked
"The 100-year-old wine of the small shop is the most popular among the guests!"
"Two altars! That's all!"
"Two little boys, is the adult of your family here?" The guy doesn't care if the two of them can finish eating, what he cares about is that the two children may not have the money to pay the bill, maybe it's just that these two children are messing around here, and the adults don't have time to watch, so it's okay for him to cooperate, in case the other adult is happy, maybe he will give him a reward.
"Are you afraid that we don't have any money?" Cao Ning knew that the other party was treating them as children, and motioned to Xiaohai.
Xiao Hai nodded, took out a stack of silver tickets, drew a silver ticket of 1,000 taels, and asked Xiao Er, "Is one enough?"
"Enough! Enough!" Xiao Er has never seen this kind of scene, he has seen rich, but he has never seen two children carrying huge sums of money.
"Remember to find money!" Cao Ning said again.
"Don't worry, little boy, I will definitely find you a point!"
Cao Ning didn't know how to spend money, and the sentence just now about finding money was just that.
Soon a large table of dishes was served, and Cao Ning didn't care if he finished eating, it was enough to eat happily.
In a moment, the men found silver tickets and silver, eight of a hundred taels, two ingots of twenty taels, and some broken silver.
"The silver ticket is collected, the silver will reward you!" Cao Ning waved his hand, he had a rough idea in his heart, and he smiled very happily on his face, 500,000 taels seemed to be enough to spend a long time.
The guy has never received such a rich reward after working for so long, and the two in front of him are two children, and they don't dare to take it if they want to!
Gulping down the roast duck, he glanced at the tangled guy, "What are you afraid of?" Cao Ning saw the embarrassment of the guy, "Let you take it, I never want to come back when I reward other people's things!"
"Well, I testify to that. Xiao Hai echoed on the side, but his hands and eyes were busy on the dining table.
"Thank you, two masters! The two masters eat and drink well!" the guy was overjoyed to pack up the silver taels.
"Come, try this hundred-year-old wine, I have long wanted to taste what wine tastes like, but unfortunately, there is an age limit in the palace, even I, the third highness, can't do it!"
Cao Ning poured himself a large bowl with the jar, and then took a sip of the bowl.
"Poof!" Cao Ning spit out the hundred-year-old wine that had just been imported, and then breathed the air through his mouth.
"Third son, you're okay!" Xiao Hai originally wanted to pour himself a bowl, but when he saw Cao Ning's appearance, he put down the wine jar again.
"This wine is too spicy!" Cao Ning stuffed some food into his mouth again and again, and it took a while to ease up.
"I really don't understand, why my father, uncle, and ministers are so happy when they drink!" Cao Ning shook his head and said he didn't understand.
After eating, the two of them leaned on the stool, which was too supportive.
"It's still delicious in the palace!" Cao Ning wiped his mouth, complained, stood up and walked out, Xiao Hai followed behind.
Not long after they went out, there was a table of four people, three men and one woman, who hurriedly followed.
The two of them walked around the bazaar, watched plays, listened to books, and approached evening, when they just walked out of a teahouse.
"It's going to be dark soon, let's go back. Xiao Hai looked at the sky and said.
"What's the hurry, I listened to the book just now, and I was the happiest you called, and I went to so many places, and I didn't find the music I liked to listen to. Let's go, go to the Qinglou, they say that the girls there sing very well!" Cao Ning had already inquired about the location of the Qinglou.
"Third son, it's all places for adults to go, and it's still a bad place, let's go!" Xiao Hai hesitated.
"Have you been there?" Cao Ning turned his head to look at Xiao Hai and raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Nope. ”
"Then how do you know it's bad?"
"I heard from the guards that it was a happy place. ”
"Since it's a happy place, how can it be a bad place? If you go, you'll be happy, which means that the music there must be good!" Cao Ning said.
Xiao Hai was speechless for a while, so he could only follow behind Cao Ning. The people on the street have all dispersed, and there are a few passers-by occasionally.
When they came to a slightly remote alley, three men and one woman appeared and surrounded Cao Ning and the others.
"What are you going to do?" Xiao Hai asked with a wary face.
"What are you doing, when the little brother was in the restaurant, we saw that you had a lot of silver tickets in your arms!" the woman said softly to Xiaohai with a smile.
"Then you mean, robbery?" Cao Ning asked, looking up at the four people in front of him
"Little brat, you can't say that, we see that you are still young, so much money is not safe for you, we can keep it for you, and come to us when you need it!" said the man in question.
"Oh, it's true that we're three-year-olds! Haha! I'll tell you, I'm eight years old! Don't deceive people, just rob money! Say so much, what are you doing!"
The man at the head was Cao Ningzhen's face turned red all of a sudden.
"Yes, we're just robbing! Little brat, hurry up and take out the silver ticket!" The man in charge stared at Cao Ning and Xiao Hai a little impatiently, it was really Cao Ning and Xiao Hai who had too much cash on them, and it was enough for them to be chic for a long time after finishing this ticket.
"Yes, is 10,000 taels enough!" Cao Ning said as he looked at the man.
"Boy, I'm afraid you haven't figured out the situation yet! It's all!" the man in the lead scolded.
"Third son, or... Give them the silver ticket!" Xiao Hai's body trembled a little, obviously scared.
"They want it all, no! I still want to go to the Qinglou, I am the third highness of Cao Guo, give me a face, okay!" Cao Ning stared at the man in charge, and wanted to fight again, he really wanted to go to the Qinglou to listen to music.