Chapter Sixty-Eight: Fighting for Trouble
The burly man glared at Uncle Qi, his face was unswerving, and he threw a silver ingot on the counter.
What he hates the most is dealing with these cunning and money-obsessed Central Plains people.
If it weren't for their generals, who hadn't had enough reserves and destroyed the forces of these Central Plains people, they still needed to keep a low profile, how could they be so aggrieved?
On the day they wave the Central Plains, hmph, look at him with a knife, cut off an arm of this annoying Central Plains man, look at this Central Plains person, do you dare to blackmail him so rampantly!
"The younger girls said that later in the evening their brother would bring his men over, and let the younger ones help them keep ten rooms and prepare wine and food."
picked up the silver ingot, gritted his teeth, and made sure that it was true, and Uncle Qi's face was flattering again.
He leaned over to the burly man, and as he put the silver ingot in his sleeve pocket, he lowered his voice and "told" him.
"How many rooms are available in your inn?"
The burly man was disgusted, took half a step back, and distanced himself from Uncle Qi.
These Central Plains people always love to make themselves smell grassy, and they are not as pleasing as the cattle and sheep they raise, I really don't know how their young master can stand it and get along with the Central Plains women day and night.
"There are five upper rooms left, and three porter rooms."
"Master, if you want to order, you have to order it as soon as possible, otherwise, later, if there are any more merchants, there will be nothing left."
The burly man's retreat gave Qi Boru a pardon.
Just like a burly man who doesn't like the incense of the Central Plains, Uncle Qi also feels that the fishy smell on this burly man's body is so strong that he is disgusted.
"Five upper rooms."
The burly man thought for a moment, then took out another ingot of silver and put it in front of Uncle Qi.
"Clean up, don't smell like you!"
"Okay, master!"
"The small ones make people open the windows to ventilate!"
Like Uncle Qi's in charge, the inn opened next to the official road for merchants to stay, even if it is a room, the asking price will not be as high as the inn in the city.
One ingot of silver is enough to pay for the accommodation of five rooms for three days, and those who stay in the house want to eat and drink chicken, duck, fish and meat, and it is impossible to spend it in one night.
But people are divided into groups.
Like this burly man, if he has bad thoughts about the two young ladies of their family, Uncle Qi, he doesn't plan to be "polite" to them.
"When will the people who are traveling with you arrive?"
"Eat and drink, but do you have to prepare in advance?"
"In our shop, we just invited a good cook from the city to roast the whole sheep, which is also done."
"If you want it, let the small one slaughter the sheep!"
As Qi Bo spoke, he rubbed the three fingers of his right hand again.
This burly man has a strong smell of mutton fat.
It can be seen that they are accustomed to eating roast mutton.
But here, located in the south of the Yangtze River, people's diet, most of them tend to be light, to find a cook who can roast the whole sheep, not to mention that it is as difficult as ascending to the sky, and it is also extinct, it is not easy.
"Slaughter two sheep."
"It's on the shelf as soon as possible."
"My young master will be here later."
Hearing Uncle Qi say that there was a roasted whole sheep to eat, the burly man instinctively sucked his saliva.
Since following their young master, looking for people from the Central Plains, and food, it is not as good as when he was in Ningxia.
It's not that the young master of their family is reluctant to give up the money and treats them badly, but that the chef of the Central Plains can't make food that calls their taste at all!
Reaching into his arms, he planned to touch another ingot of silver and come out and smash it to Uncle Qi, a native of the Central Plains who made him look unpleasant.
He never thought that the money bag he used to hold the silver was empty, and there was not a single piece of silver ingot, or a piece of loose silver.
"You will make people slaughter sheep, send your money, and when my young master comes, he will naturally settle the account for you."
The burly man coughed, and turned around to go out with some unbearable faces, but he thought in his heart that when he came out to do errands next time, he had to follow the account office in advance and carry more silver with him.
Seeing the burly man's back disappear into the distance of the official road, Uncle Qi hurriedly called Xiao Er to guard the counter for him, and himself, three steps and two steps, ran upstairs.
He had already tried his best to tell the people who were traveling with the two Miss Sun.
But even so, the person who came to inquire about their whereabouts still did not show the look of retreating in the face of difficulty, which shows that they are determined to have an attitude.
In the letter Shen Hongxue wrote to him, he specially explained that if there is something undecided, he must discuss it with Miss Qingxin as soon as possible.
Is this the situation he can't decide?
After a day in the carriage, it is false to say that you are not tired.
Because she promised Yu Yan, before she returned to Yanjing, she slept in the same bed with her, and told her bedtime stories, Liu Qingxin simply ate some light Zhou soup, carried Yu Yan to wash up early, and went to bed.
Knock Knock Knock –
But before the story began, there was a slight knock outside the door.
"What's wrong, Lixia?"
Stretched out his hand and rubbed Yu Yan's head, which was regarded as appeasing her depression when she was interrupted and couldn't continue listening to the story.
Liu Qingxin leaned sideways, took the long jacket that was placed on the shelf next to him, and put it on himself.
For ease of wear, she didn't tie the straps on her long jacket very tightly.
After all, when you're away from home, there's no guarantee that there won't be anything unexpected.
Even if this is a shop run by the Shen family, it is the same, and you can't be less vigilant.
"The innkeeper and the young master Hongxue sent the little guy who accompanied him, and I have urgent matters to discuss with you, madam."
Lixia's voice was a little nervous, obviously, he already knew that the matter was urgent.
"Wait a minute."
Liu lightly agreed, turned around, and glanced at Yu Yan, who had already put on all her clothes with lightning speed.
Only then did he move lightly and walked towards the door.
She didn't want Lixia to be on duty at night.
But Lixia was stubborn and refused to go into the room to rest at all, she had no choice but to arrange Lixia and Fifteen, one for the first half of the night and the other for the second half of the night.
"Come in and talk about it."
Uncle Qi and Shen Mo both concealed their nervousness very well.
But for Liu Qingxin, a person who is good at observing words and feelings, there is no possibility of concealment.
She stepped aside and motioned for Lixia to come into the room with the two of them.
She never had the heart to hurt others.
But the heart of guarding against people has to be saved.
"Two young ladies, on the way here, did the wealth be exposed, which caused anyone to worry?"
Signaling Shen Mo to close the door, Qi Bo stepped forward and took out the three ingots of silver that the burly man had thrown to him from his sleeve pocket and placed them on the table one by one.
"Just now, a man who doesn't look like a native of the Central Plains came, and I asked the little one, the two young ladies, are they staying in the inn."
"The little one deliberately bluffed, saying that there were more than 30 people accompanying the young lady, but listening to that person's tone, it was still like he didn't mean to retreat in the face of difficulties."
Speaking of this, Uncle Qi swallowed lightly, raised his head, and looked at Liu Qingxin, who was standing opposite him.
"Before, Young Master Hongxue wrote a letter saying that if there is a problem that you don't know how to decide, you should discuss it with Miss Lightheart."
"Miss Lightheart, look at this, but what should I do?"
"It doesn't matter."
Quietly waiting for Uncle Qi to finish speaking, Liu Qingxin smiled, sat down next to the table, stretched out his hand, picked up a silver ingot from the table, and turned it over to the back.
It's treasury silver.
It was allocated by the imperial court and paid to the military salaries of the large battalions in various places.
Judging from the date of minting, it should be the batch that was delivered to the barracks last autumn.
"You send someone to take this and go to the city to find a leather shop named Gu Ji."
"Tell their shopkeeper that your young lady will borrow ten people from him to use."
Putting down the silver ingot, Liu Qingxin took out a bamboo tube from the purse on his waist and handed it to Uncle Qi.
"Remember, don't open it, or you'll be killed."
The bamboo tube that Liu Qingxin handed over to Uncle Qi contained the poisonous scorpion that she had taken from Gu Luochen last year.
The scorpion is different from ordinary scorpions, it will hiss like a snake when it is angry, and it is impossible for people from the Heavenly Gate not to know their pets.
"Ten people, will it be too little, sister?"
"In case, the other party comes prepared, we're going to suffer!"
Hearing Liu Qingxin say that he only borrowed ten people, Yu Yan hurriedly stopped, took the bamboo tube, and prepared to turn around and go out Uncle Qi.
"It doesn't matter if they're prepared or not."
"As long as we're not the ones they're looking for, wouldn't we?"
With two hands, moving away Yu Yan's arm blocking Qi Bo's way, Liu smiled lightly and winked at her.
Go to war.
These are the words in the military book that Ling Jun told her before.
Today, she plans to take these guys who don't know who they are entrusted to make trouble, and try their knives.
Yu Yan is a smart girl, and she has been with Liu Qingxin for many days, and when she said this, she immediately understood her plan.
The disguise technique of the Heavenly Gate is unique in the world.
Although, Liu Qingxin has never practiced, and she can't change her appearance anytime and anywhere like her.
But if it's just used to fool a layman, the "collection" in her purse is enough.
"That's a good idea!"
Thinking that the people she hated would be played by them, Yu Yan couldn't help laughing, and immediately let Uncle Qi leave.
There were six of them in total.
In addition to her and Liu Qingxin, there are also her father Shen Wenlei, Shen Mo, the little girl sent by Shen Hongxue, and Lixia and Fifteen sent by the "nasty ghost".
Just now, when passing through the city, his father Shen Wenlei went to the city, saying that he wanted to buy it for her and Liu Qingxin, what kind of dim sum in the city, let them take the first step and go to the inn to rest.
It's almost time.
Since there are annoying guys who don't give her a chance to go to bed early, then she can only eat the snacks that her father bought for her "reluctantly" and play a group of fools!
"Give everyone in our company a different look."
"Just in case, let them recognize someone and become suspicious."
Stretching out his hand, he lifted Yu Yan's chin and reminded her to put away her saliva, Liu Qingxin smiled and turned around, and asked Shen Mo, "Has my father arrived?" ”