Chapter 218: Buying a Life
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The table was overturned by the two of them, and the big pot of braised roast pork with oil soup was all buckled on He Xiaoran's body, and Zhuang Rou's clothes were also splashed a lot, and the smell of meat made her jump away immediately, and she shook the soup on her clothes in disgust.
He Xiaoran sat on the ground like a chicken, his white hair was dyed yellow by the broth, and a palm-sized piece of meat just hit his head, and as he looked up, he shook and fell down.
He was stunned, only to feel that there was a burst of fragrance coming to his face, which made him feel very uncomfortable when he had always only liked to eat vegetarian food.
And he has never experienced this kind of dirt, he has gray hair, as long as he is dirty, it is obvious, since he was a child, he has been used to taking care of himself extraordinarily clean. Looking at the fat and oil all over his body, He Xiaoran couldn't bear it anymore and was about to get angry.
Sun Zhiling couldn't see it, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Bai Gongzi, there should be hot water in the kitchen, hurry up and wash it." โ
He Xiaoran endured it, he really couldn't stand the stains on his body, stood up and sighed, "If you can't get married, there's no need to do it." Besides, the brother's family affairs are not manageable by a younger sister, so Miss Zhuang will think about how to compensate for it. โ
"Don't worry, I'll give you a good calculation." As long as the people who beat my brother's idea are all bad people, since they want to use money to make up for it, then dig up a piece of meat from him Zhuang Rou raised her eyebrows and snorted, she was already planning to beat him hard.
Seeing that the two of them went to the back, Zhuang Rou thought about it and took out two hundred taels of silver and put it on the counter, looked at Yu Luo'er and said, "Shopkeeper, are this Sun family and Fengxi Villa very powerful?" โ
Yu Luo'er accepted the silver ticket beautifully, and when she asked this, she made a fuss and said: "Of course, the Sun family's ink jade swordsmanship is quite famous in the rivers and lakes. As for Fengxi Villa, it's amazing, everyone is a master, and there has been a martial arts alliance master. Especially Bai Gongzi, he is so elusive that he can kill people without even seeing it, a first-class master. โ
"He's so good?" Zhuang Rou asked suspiciously, and seeing that Yu Luo'er nodded affirmatively, she raised her eyebrows, "That means that this Bai Gongzi is a murderer, and there are many lives under his hands, it seems that he is a heinous person." โ
Yu Luo'er looked at her speechlessly, and laughed dryly, "Sister, when you say this, it sounds so awkward to make us mess around." There are also good people in the rivers and lakes, and those who kill are all bad people, those who oppress the people or burn and rob. โ
"In other words, it also saves a lot of trouble for your government, otherwise these big villains will run to kill the people, and if the government can't beat them, won't they lose their lives in vain."
Zhuang Rou stared at her several times, and asked curiously, "Are Bai Gongzi and Miss Sun a chivalrous warrior or a wicked person?" โ
Yu Luo'er pursed her lips and smiled: "I haven't heard of the notoriety of the two of them in the rivers and lakes, on the surface, Sun Fu has always had a good reputation, and he has also rescued and eliminated bandits." As for Fengxi Villa, they don't care about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, so they are relatively cold, but they haven't done anything hurtful. โ
"Oh, that is to say, Fengxi Villa has its own ability, so it looks down on ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, and is very arrogant and lazy to pay attention to people." Zhuang Rou nodded in response.
"Sister, you are really straightforward, but your official errand is really different from what I have seen before, as long as it is not those people from the Falcon Gate, ordinary officials will run away when they meet us." Yu Luo'er looked at her and looked at her differently from ordinary government people, so she almost said.
Zhuang Rou said puzzledly: "It should be that you saw us running, why did it turn around, but the Falcon Gate is really majestic." โ
Those guys from the Falcon Gate, not to mention how annoying they are, Yu Luo'er felt annoying as long as she thought about it, so she said with a smile: "My sister is really temperamental, when I meet my sister in the future, we can be closer and closer, and we can be regarded as acquaintances." โ
"This ...... I don't have a good reputation, and if you don't dislike it, it's okay to be close. Zhuang Rou said with some embarrassment, her reputation in Hongzhou can be regarded as stinky, and I am afraid that there will be no villain in a hundred years.
Yu Luo'er felt that the official was bad, and she was a woman, how bad could she be, at most, she would loot some of the people's silver, and she couldn't rob the people's daughters.
She smiled and was about to make a few jokes, when a guy in the back kitchen rushed out and shouted: "Shopkeeper, they said that the hot water is not enough, and they want us to take the water for steaming steamed buns." โ
"My little ancestor, the steamed bun water looks clean, but it tastes good. Let him wash out the smell of steamed buns, smashing the store is still a trivial matter, if it is fatal, it will be repaid! Yu Luo'er was anxious when she heard this, it was really two young ladies who didn't know anything, she hurriedly ran to the back kitchen.
Zhuang Rou didn't leave immediately, she really found a chair and sat down and waited for the two of them, since the two of them are good people in the rivers and lakes, it is better to wait for Miss Sun Er to come out and go to Beijing together.
Moyu swordsmanship, if it is really as famous as this shopkeeper said, then when he meets Qin Qiu, he can also do more.
As for Bai Gongzi He Xiaoran, let him write an IOU after compensation, and send him away. Listening to the tone of the shopkeeper, Fengxi Villa should be the kind that does not distinguish between good and evil, and acts according to his mood, this kind of person is very difficult to say what he will do, so it is better to let him get out of the house as soon as possible.
If he is either in vain, or if there is something wrong with his body, and his martial arts are not very good, he will be injured and lame. This kind of useless baggage is useless to carry around.
After thinking like this, she sat here in a special mood, waiting for the two of them to come out.
After a while, Yu Luo'er ran out again, ran upstairs to get something, and hurried down to the back after a while, busy like a big girl.
And Sun Zhiling also walked out, looked at Zhuang Rou, who was sitting outside and waiting, and explained: "Bai Gongzi is a man, I can't stay inside, I came out after appeasing him." However, the jade shopkeeper is enthusiastic and willing to help, otherwise this boiling water will not be. โ
"Sister Sun has a really good heart, when I write a bill to Bai Gongzi, we will go to Beijing to find medicine." Zhuang Rou asked his buddy for paper and pen, and wanted to write an IOU for He Xiaoran to sign and draw.
Sun Zhiling's face was a little embarrassed, and he smiled curtly: "Miss Zhuang, there is something that I really have trouble talking about, and Bai Gongzi wants to go with me." However, he didn't go to Beijing, he just left when he stopped by Guantao Town, so he walked a little way. โ
"Could it be that he likes Sister Sun and wants to go with you to gain affection?" Zhuang Rou thought shamelessly, she didn't want to take this kind of person away, he was useless when Qin Qiu came, and he was also very bad, now he was just pretending, and he was so decisive when he threw himself down yesterday.
Even if it is a child of the rivers and lakes who does not follow the details, Sun Zhiling, who is wearing a hat, is also a little embarrassed, she took off the hat to reveal a bright and charming face, and said apologetically: "If it weren't for Bai Gongzi to say it, I wouldn't have gone to the capital with my sister, although it was a coincidence, but without Bai Gongzi, I wouldn't have such good luck." โ
"If you can find the medicinal materials, Bai Gongzi has made a lot of contributions, since he wants to go with us, how can I refuse, this is not sorry for my sister."
He Xiaoran must have been seriously injured, and his purpose was the same as himself, which was to coax Miss Sun to accompany and protect him. In this way, I can only take him with me, but in addition to Qin Qiu, I have to beware of the inexplicable people of the Heavenly Gate.
"Okay, just follow Sister Sun." Zhuang Rou nodded, took a pen dipped in ink, and began to write quickly on the paper.
Sun Zhiling looked at those words, and the more she looked at them, the more frightened she became, and she was afraid that she would have to fight again. However, what is this mentioning, looking at the strange appearance, could it be that this Zhuang girl's family has opened a shop?
After a long while, He Xiaoran walked out with a gloomy face.
The two girls immediately laughed when they saw it, he was wearing unbearable clothes with red flowers and green backgrounds, and his hair was still wet. swept away the elegant atmosphere of the previous breeze, and lived like a pampered young master in the village.
And Yu Luo'er, who was laughing more ugly than crying next to her, carried a bamboo basket with white clothes that were still dripping after washing the oil stains.
He Xiaoran looked at the two of them smiling so happily, endured and hugged his fists and said, "This ugliness makes the two girls laugh." โ
"No, it's all right." Sun Zhiling blushed and said quickly, I want to know where the white clothes came from here for him to wear.
And Zhuang Rou stepped forward and handed the paper directly in front of him, "Bai Gongzi, this is what you said, I want these things." Give you a month, and all of them are ready to be sent to Hongzhou Yamen. โ
He Xiaoran couldn't marry his sister, so he took the paper and looked at it, frowning a little stunned, "1,000 cotton clothes and cotton pants, 1,000 pairs of cloth shoes, 1,000 quintals of rice and 1,000 quilts, 1,000 catties of charcoal......"
Zhuang Rou clicked on the paper and said, "Yes, it is all the compensation I want, although this thing looks like a lot of money, it is actually not worth a few dollars." I think Bai Gongzi will be able to do it as soon as he goes back, now sign his name and press a handprint. โ
"Why do you want these things, can't I just give you the silver?" He Xiaoran felt that his head was big just by looking at it, and he hated this kind of trivial thing the most.
"The 30,000 taels of gold, I will buy it back in the capital myself." Zhuang Rou said with a big mouth.
No matter how elegant and cold He Xiaoran was, he was forced to get excited by this crazy price, "Thirty thousand taels of gold? You're worth it too! โ
Zhuang Rou raised her eyebrows and said confidently: "Then you will give things, and those things will be counted as ten thousand taels of silver." But I will pay 30,000 taels of gold to buy it myself, and the rest is the errand fee. โ
"Why do you want so many things!" He Xiaoran threw the paper on the table and said disdainfully.
"As soon as summer arrives, autumn is cool, and then winter, and several counties have been affected by disasters this year, and they have all gone out to be disaster victims. Some will come to our county, and when the time comes, we will have to prepare some food and clothing, what is the use of just distributing a thin porridge. You can't let them die of cold and starvation, but it's not easy to buy a large amount, so I'll buy more gold if you give me gold, or you can help me buy these things. โ
Sun Zhiling looked at her in surprise, she didn't expect these things to be used for disaster relief, this girl is really a good official.
He Xiaoran looked at her righteous face, and couldn't answer the words, he had never had such thoughts. Thinking about it, the government always has to take care of the food and drink of the victims, and it is true that the idea is different from theirs.
Well, leave this kind of stuff to the housekeepers, and they'll have no problem buying it.
He picked up the paper again, "It's just a small thing, but it's so troublesome, and these things shouldn't be a small amount when you count them." โ
Zhuang Rou really couldn't stand him, so a big son was generous, and muttered endlessly. Just as he was about to speak, there was a sound of footsteps at the door, and a group of people came in.
She glanced up, quickly took off the summer crossbow and released an arrow, which flew out with a whizz and plunged straight into a person's forehead. The man's eyes widened and he fell directly onto the person next to him.
"Bai Gongzi, two thousand pieces of each, buy your life." Zhuang Rou said after releasing the arrow.
The people at the gate were obviously stunned for a moment, and before they entered the door, they were killed. They stared at the man who was dressed like a village boy for a long time before he shouted, "The surname is white! โ
"Say it hundreds of times! My surname is He! He Xiaoran shouted angrily.