Chapter 16: Temporary Residence in Bogu Building
Here is the Bogu Building, also called the first floor, this is the former Qi built, the age is a little old, the upstairs guest room furnishings and furniture display, also mostly the former Qi style, usually there will be some literati to live here.
But because at this time, most of the scholars from other places were blocked at the west gate, and there were not many outsiders from the city who entered the city smoothly like Lin Ling, so for a while, the various liquor stores and inns in Kyoto were as usual.
Because there are not many guests here to play sharp, the shopkeeper went to the backyard early to rest, leaving only a small servant in the front hall to take care of, only to wait for the north gate to come from the sound of thunder drums, the shop is about to close the door.
The shopkeeper's name is Guo Er, who is a native of Fenyang, in the early years, because of the poverty of his family, he came to Kyoto with the elders in the village to seek a living, and later worked diligently, and was appreciated by the shopkeeper on the first floor, so he stayed in Bogulou to study.
For ten years, Guo Er has been working in the building every day, listening to the discussions of Yashi and the affairs of the rivers and lakes in various places, and he has been exposed to it, and he is also a little Leyangtong for the geography of Beijing.
Sometimes even authentic Leyang people, in some more chaotic places, are not as familiar as Guo Er, so sometimes the guests who come to the first floor as guests love to ask Guo Er about the facts, and Guo Er is also happy to show his face, often knowing everything and saying everything.
At this time, Guo Er was in a daze, and when he saw two scholars carrying cages on their backs, he knew that business was coming, and he immediately became energetic.
"Are the two guests sharpened or staying at the hotel? Our service is authentic, in addition to those chaff things, as long as you can mention, our store has everything! ”
The perennial professional disguise has already cultivated Guo Eryi's ability to see what people say, and since he said so at this time, he also saw Lin Ling and the two of them wearing plain clothes, thinking that they were outsiders, so how tall and tall to say.
Compared with Lin Ling's incessant nodding, Guo Quan was much calmer, after all, he was also a well-informed person, at this time, looking at what the shopkeeper said, he knew that most of them were polite words, so he said straight to the point: "Little second brother, is there still a spare room upstairs?" ”
"Ahh Yes, there are some, how many do you see you open? ”
Hearing Guo Quan say this, Guo Er was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, knowing that the scholar in front of him had some insight and couldn't bluff him, so he put away his exaggerated acting skills and replied truthfully.
"In that case, then open two rooms against the street, which is a deposit."
As he spoke, Guo Quan reached out and took out a silver ingot from his arms, which looked like no less than five taels, and was thrown on the counter by Guo Quan with a snap.
"Hey, the guest officer is really bold, you wait, the little one will clean the room for the second master immediately, you can drink tea first to relieve your fatigue."
Guo Er said this, but his eyes were staring at the silver tattoo on the counter without blinking, as if he had been hooked.
"Xianghe, take out your Yun'er tea leaves and soak them to relieve fatigue."
Looking at Guo Er's virtue, Guo Quan hooked the corners of his mouth and spoke to Lin Ling seemingly casually, but his tone was several decibels higher.
Sure enough, Guo Er, who was carrying hot water, heard this, and the whole person almost didn't throw the teapot out, and at this moment, seeing that the scholar really took out a small jar of strange fragrant tea, Guo Er's eyes were straight, and he was guessing the identities of the two in his heart.
"Little second brother, go and tidy up the room, my brothers are already exhausted after a day's journey."
Guo Quan said this, he had already taken the teapot from Guo Second-hand, picked up the teacup on the table, and began to brew Yun'er tea, and the tea just came into contact with the boiling water, and suddenly a strange fragrance wafted out, refreshing the fragrance, which made people fascinated.
"Wait a minute, the little one will do it."
After speaking, Guo Er sniffed the glutinous fragrance of the air again, turned upstairs with a reluctant face, and went to take care of the room for the two.
"Pinzhi, when did you become so pompous? However, there are not many Yun'er tea leaves, and it is a gift from Miss Wang, so you can't waste it like this. ”
Looking up at Guo Quan, who was carefully tinkering with tea, Lin Ling picked up the teacup, put it to his mouth and blew it gently, and drank boiled water leisurely.
"Don't worry, I know how to measure, but I just did this to deter the second little man in the shop just now, don't let him look down on people anymore."
While Guo Quan said this, he had carefully twisted the remaining tea leaves one by one, put them back into the clay pot, stood up, and stuffed them into Lin Ling's cage.
When the two of them drank all the tea in the cup, Guo Er, who had just gone upstairs, also went downstairs in the dust.
"Second master, the room has been cleaned up, please move in."
After speaking, Guo Er also made a gesture of invitation as if he was courteous, but looking at his thief's eyebrows, no matter how he looked at it, he had a different sense of comedy.
Guo Quan: "Very good, the silver ingot just now, except for the cost of the two of us living in the hotel, the rest of the right to be your tip." ”
Hearing Guo Quan say this, Guo Er's eyebrows suddenly danced, ordinary residents still can't spend a tael of silver, even if they add food and drink, it's only two taels of silver, and Guo Quan shook his hand is five taels, at this time, he is alone on duty in the lobby, how can Guo Er not be excited.
"But my brother is very good at eating, and if it weren't for the delicacy, it would be hard to swallow."
Looking at Guo Er's excited look, Guo Quan pulled the corners of his mouth and lightly threw out another sentence.
"Hey, hey, don't talk about the delicious food, even if this master wants to eat dragon meat, the little one also has a way to catch the old dragon king and stew soup with the two masters!"
Listening to Guo Er's increasingly unscored, Guo Quan laughed silently, then ignored him, and went upstairs with Lin Ling, and entered the wing room one left and one right.
The trek lasted nearly seven days, although on the last day, she took Wang Shiya's ride. But the cold wind was blowing along the way, and Guo Quan was a frail person, so he couldn't stand the wind and cold, so naturally he wouldn't rest so comfortably.
As soon as he entered the house at this moment, Guo Quan didn't have the heart to look at the furnishings in the house, nor did he turn on the lamp, so he directly ripped off the heavy cage and threw it on the soft couch on the side, and the whole person touched the side of the bed in a daze, turned around and fell straight on the warm bed.
After a while, there was a slight snoring sound in the left wing, and Guo Quan had already fallen asleep.
The wing room on the right is Lin Ling's room, at this moment Lin Ling is sitting cross-legged on the soft cheek, with a plush silk quilt draped over his body, and he is looking at a book with yellowed skin by the faint candlelight in his palm.
And from the side point of view, I can vaguely see the words 'Xi Gong War', thinking about it, this book must be the Han Xi Gong war strategy that Lin Ling can't put down.