The corners of Xie Jinlan's mouth hooked slightly, but he said, "Friend? My friends can't control me! ”

Ruan Yezhen stared at a pair of almond eyes, bit her lip slightly, and said, "You are really ......."

But he couldn't bear Xie Jinlan's smiling appearance, and he was inexplicably a little weak-hearted, so he couldn't help but run away directly.

Xie Jinlan chuckled and retracted his gaze, and after picking up the wine glass again, Ruan Yezhen's previous words suddenly sounded in his head, and somehow, he suddenly didn't want to drink......

When she came to the lobby of the inn and gradually calmed down, Ruan Yezhen realized that Xie Jinlan had done it on purpose before, just so that she would not ask about it again.

"Shopkeeper Zheng, this is more than enough for my five-day room."

A low, but somewhat natural voice came from his side. Ruan Yezhen subconsciously blocked her ears, frowning.

The smell of this sound is also unpalatable! It's sour and smelly, like rancid water! It was the first time she had heard such an unpalatable sound!

After relieving herself, Ruan Yezhen raised her eyes and saw a young man dressed as a scholar standing in front of the counter, gently pushing a picture scroll placed on the counter in front of the shopkeeper Zheng.

The man's clothes were washed white, and he could barely see the original blue of his clothes. If you look closely, you can see that there is a slight tear in the cuffs. His expression was very haughty, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his actions.

Shopkeeper Zheng is a middle-aged man with a slender figure and a short beard.

I saw him put down the abacus in his hand, and glanced at the scholar very embarrassed, his mouth opened and closed, and he didn't know what to say.

The scholar looked stunned for a moment, then clenched his fists on the counter, glared at the shopkeeper Chen, and said something reprimanding in his mouth.

Ruan Yezhen approached the scholar, looked him up and down, and a name suddenly appeared in his mind - Zhang Xi!

For a moment, she didn't care how unpleasant this person's voice was, and quickly let go of her hands covering her ears.

At this time, I only heard the shopkeeper Zheng say:

"Zhang Xi, it's not that I look down on you. Our Kazama Inn opens its doors to do business, if everyone is like you, and takes their own calligraphy and paintings to pay for the house, then how will our business continue? ”

Zhang Xi tilted his chin slightly, and said proudly:

"How can others compare with me! A talent like me will shine one day sooner or later, and at that time, my calligraphy and painting will be hard to find. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the little two who were busy in the lobby, a little contempt flashed in his eyes, and then he retracted his gaze:

"Shopkeeper Zheng, could it be that even you are like those little two, a person with a small eye of a mouse?"

Shopkeeper Zheng took a deep look at the proud Zhang Xi, but he directly pushed the scroll to his side, smiled gently, and said:

"I'm really right, I, Zheng Cheng, am a man with a mouse's eye. In the past, I accepted your calligraphy and paintings, not because I was optimistic about you, but because I thought that you were a scholar, and you were so down-and-out, I thought that I would help if I could. ”

After a pause, he directly sank his face:

"Who knew you were an ungrateful person! Even if I have a dog for such a long time, it will still wag its tail at me! ”

Zhang Xi's face turned red instantly, and he glared at Zheng Cheng angrily: "You ......"

Half a ring, but it was a flick of his sleeves and a sentence: "Hmph!" I don't know what to say! I don't care about vulgar people like you! ”

Then he left the inn by himself, not even caring about the picture scroll on the counter.

Zheng Cheng was very disgusted and flicked the scroll to the corner.

As soon as Zhang Xiren left, a junior two approached the counter and gave Zheng Cheng a thumbs up:

"Shopkeeper, what you say is really gratifying! Such a cheeky person, if you don't pierce the window paper for him, he will play stupid with you. ”

Zheng Cheng glanced at Xiao Er and waved his hand at him: "Go, go, hurry up and get to work, don't leave here and talk about something." ”

Xiao Er smiled and left.

His eyes swept roughly into the lobby, and then, Ruan Yezhen's eyes couldn't help but fall on Zhang Xi, who had not gone far outside the door, and decided to follow at the moment.

Approaching Zhang Xi, I saw that his face was particularly angry, and words such as 'I don't know what to say, rat-eyed, and shallow' popped out of his mouth from time to time.

Ruan Yezhen said in her heart: It seems that he is a narrow-minded person. Such a person, if he really gains power one day, will inevitably take revenge on those with whom he has had unpleasantness.

Follow Zhang Xi to a remote alley. Just when Ruan Yezhen was curious about what he was doing here, he saw him looking around vigilantly, and when he saw that there was no one around, he immediately rushed into a very dilapidated looking house.

Ruan Yezhen was slightly stunned, and then followed him into the house.

But I don't want this house to have a hole.

Looking up, there was only a narrow aisle in the room. On the right are small cubicles, some of which are tightly covered by black cloth.

Some black cloth is flipped to one side. But I saw that there was a bookcase and a wooden bench built into the compartment, and pen, ink, paper and inkstones were neatly placed on the bookcase. There are also several books stacked on top of each other in the upper left corner.

Other than that, there is nothing else.

Seeing that Zhang Xijing entered a compartment by himself, put down the black cloth, Ruan Yezhen immediately followed.

I saw Zhang Xi casually take the top book, and after opening it, he took the brush and began to transcribe it.

Seeing him so skillful, this must not be the first time.

A moment later, Ruan Yezhen heard movement next door. Glancing at Zhang Xi, who was engrossed in copying books, she immediately decided to take a look.

When Ruan Yezhen went over, she happened to see a slightly chubby young man next door holding a stack of rice paper full of handwriting, and was squatting in the corner of the wall with his back to the bookcase and knocking lightly three times.

Well?

Ruan Yezhen was puzzled in her heart, and couldn't help but get closer.

The next moment, there was movement in the corner of the wall, and then a boxy gap slowly appeared, and there was a little light penetrating through the gap.

It looks like someone on the other side of the wall has pulled the piece of wood away.

The man shoved the rice paper into the gap, and the rice paper was immediately taken away by the person on the other side.

A moment later, the person on the other side of the wall threw a string of copper coins in.

The man picked up the copper plate and counted it carefully, then left the cubicle satisfied.

Ruan Yezhen immediately understood what this place was for. also understood why Zhang Xi was so sneaky before.

I'm afraid that this person feels that copying books to make money loses his identity as a reader, but he is forced to do a job that he disdains because of his livelihood.

There was no one to receive him, and the design of the cubicle made it much less likely for him to meet people. No one would know what he had done here, but it had satisfied his pride.

Back in Zhang Xi's cubicle, Ruan Yezhen looked at him while copying the book, pursing her lips, as if someone forced him, she suddenly felt bored and left the place.

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