Chapter Seventy-Six: A Battle of Wits and Courage
Plans change at short notice.
The dark stake, which was originally mixed in with the guests and was about to start in Prince Li's Mansion, had to be temporarily abandoned because he suddenly couldn't find a target.
After Mo Ziqi pulled Jiang Mengyun to quietly retreat, they originally followed quietly behind, but they didn't know if the other party found them or how, so they suddenly used their kung fu.
In the blink of an eye, the man was gone.
King Qi and Jiang Mengyun can come and go freely here, they are different.
If you stalk too much and expose yourself, you will lose your head.
They can only lie dormant again and wait for their time.
There was a dark tide surging in the noisy palace of Prince Li.
A few of the servants whispered quietly, and soon each stood back beside his master and regained his composure.
Mo Ziqi took Jiang Mengyun all the way out of the palace, Qilin Street was not far away, the two walked side by side, and soon reached the land boundary.
"This way." He pulled her into a teahouse.
The shopkeeper of the teahouse was originally fiddling with the abacus, but when he heard the movement, he raised his head slightly, and almost pulled out the abacus directly.
He glared, and couldn't help but raise his hand and rub it, only then did he confirm the identity of the person who came, and he couldn't believe it for a while: "You, you...... Are you here? ”
In fact, he wanted to say "why are you here", but when the words came to his lips, he changed his words.
This was originally King Qi's shop, and it was normal for the master to come and see it.
Although he didn't think it was normal.
The shop has been open for half a year, and it has always been Yuanbao who has come to hand over to him, and His Royal Highness King Qi has never been there.
And he only saw King Qi from a distance in the side hall of the palace when he was hired, it was winter, the door in the house was closed, the light was not very good, and he didn't dare to take a closer look, only roughly knew the appearance of the main house.
It's the first time I've seen him so closely.
No wonder outsiders say that His Royal Highness King Qi looks better than Pan An, although he doesn't know what Pan An looks like, but the young man in front of him in a blue robe is really magnificent.
Not to mention those women, even a big man like him can't help but admire when he sees it.
King Qi has white skin, but his appearance is delicate and tough, so he does not have the fat powder that is usually brought by beautiful men.
How to put it, it just looks very handsome.
There is only one word to be found in the limited adjectives of the shopkeeper.
Mo Ziqi didn't know that his appearance was judged by others in his heart, so he only nodded to the shopkeeper, and said, "This king will go upstairs, and you will bring some signature dishes." ”
The shopkeeper is a little stupid, no, if I remember correctly, today should be King Qi's birthday.
What's the matter with his host running out of the birthday banquet?
He tilted his head, and then he saw the small Jiang Mengyun behind King Qi, and his eyes suddenly widened.
Oh, my God! Did he discover some little secret that no one else knew?
His Royal Highness King Qi, this is ...... Is the gold house hidden?
He hurriedly covered his mouth, nodded again and again, and led Mo Ziqi and Jiang Mengyun into the private room upstairs, before he hurriedly withdrew, and said to Xiao Er, who was watching: "Go quickly, let the kitchen prepare signature dishes, what are you going to do!" ”
"No...... Xiao Er looked confused, "Who is that?" ”
The shopkeeper consciously had the heavy responsibility of protecting King Qi's reputation, and raised his foot to kick the little two out of the way: "What's the matter with you?" Hurry up, pass the food, is this your business? ”
If it comes, it will be safe.
Jiang Mengyun was dragged by Mo Ziqi to sit down, and then began to look around.
The design of the houses here is not the same as most of the teahouses in Daliang, although she has not been out of the palace much, but she has seen a lot of them on the road last time.
The teahouses were usually a square hall with a table in the middle and a stage in front of it.
Sometimes, in order to attract guests for tea, they will also invite some famous opera troupes to sing.
But the shop opened by Mo Ziqi, although it is a teahouse, is more like a restaurant.
On the first floor, there are screens separating each seat, and on the second floor, there are small private rooms, which look very similar to Ning Guo's.
No wonder he said it was for her.
There is a person who is silently paying for you behind your back, this feeling makes Jiang Mengyun a little unfamiliar, but the original cold heart gradually has a temperature because of this.
The shopkeeper moved quickly, and soon brought the food himself.
Jiang Mengyun originally thought that King Qi would rarely open a restaurant, and he would probably take the extravagant route, but as soon as the food came up, it made her index finger move.
Stir-fried greens, chicken mushrooms, honey-glazed pumpkin, blanched cauliflower, almost all of them are vegetables-based, and I haven't seen a few pieces of beef and mutton that I want to vomit these days.
Before the shopkeeper had time to withdraw, Mo Ziqi had already looked at her with a look of "praise me" and asked, "How is it, okay?" ”
"Yes, okay." Jiang Mengyun nodded.
Mo Ziqi suddenly showed a bright smile.
Although this smile was very beautiful, it was so frightened that the shopkeeper's face turned white, and he hurriedly retreated.
The old man leaned against the door and took several deep breaths, and couldn't help but beat his head and muttered to himself: "What's the situation, my eyes are going blind!" ”
He was chattering, and Xiao Er, who was holding the dish, walked up and became more and more inexplicable: "What are you doing here?" ”
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and suddenly made a straight face again: "It's none of your business, go work!" ”
"Oh," Xiao Er nodded, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, there is a little girl downstairs, let me help bring this to His Royal Highness King Qi." ”
He was a little baffled: "Shopkeeper, do you think this is a strange thing......
handed over the wooden box in his hand, Xiao Er scratched his head helplessly.
"I explained to her for a long time, saying that we don't have King Qi here, if you really want to find King Qi, I asked him to go to Prince Li's Mansion to find it, but she didn't listen, so I had to find you who was the shopkeeper!"
"Na," he touched in his arms for a long time, and took out a silver ingot, "I don't want to take it either, but she gave me this, saying that she kept it for us to drink tea." ”
The shopkeeper frowned.
Who was looking for King Qi to find here, but he acted quite carefully, and did not call out the identity of the main family, only replaced it with "you".
But King Qi himself called himself "this king", was it heard by others?
What's more, his appearance is too outstanding, and his body is tall, and it is not impossible to be recognized.
The shopkeeper thought of a possibility, could it be that some woman who admired King Qi secretly showed favor and wanted to take this opportunity to get His Royal Highness's favor?
This is not possible!
His Royal Highness came with a little beauty, and just looking at it, it was clear that he was very good to the other party.
If this box is sent in, what will happen if the beauty will be jealous at that time?
Xiao Er muttered again: "Shopkeeper, isn't this enough, His Royal Highness King Qi has come to our store?" That's a terrible thing, the little one has grown so big, and I haven't seen a real royal relative! ”
"Nope!" Before the words fell, he was interrupted by the shopkeeper's sudden voice.
"Huh?" Xiao Er was stunned for a moment.
The shopkeeper's face immediately straightened, and he said seriously: "Where did the stinky girl come from, who ran to our store and wanted to use silver to embarrass people?" Who is His Royal Highness King Qi, how can he come to our store, you really listen to her nonsense! ”
He snatched the silver ingot from the other man's hand and walked downstairs with great vigour.
There were still many people drinking tea and chatting in the hall, and a young woman was sitting at the counter, and when she saw him, Tingting immediately got up and asked urgently: "Shopkeeper, did you send it to me?" ”
"Nope!" The shopkeeper made a face and returned the silver ingot and the wooden box to her, "You little girl is really interesting, looking for King Qi not to go to Prince Li's mansion, and come to our small shop to make trouble." It's easy for you to give us a piece of silver, where can we find King Qi for you? ”
"No," the woman was stunned, and couldn't help but raise her eyes to look upstairs, "but I just saw His Highness go upstairs with a woman from afar......
"What woman," the shopkeeper was shocked in his heart, and subconsciously denied it, "Don't talk nonsense, others know that you have ruined King Qi's reputation, be careful of causing trouble." ”
"But ......" The woman glanced upstairs again suspiciously, looking down at the shopkeeper, the other party looked upright and unwilling to back down, she had to sigh, "Okay, maybe I was wrong, that one is really not His Royal Highness King Qi." ”
The shopkeeper's face was cold, and he didn't say a word.
The other party nodded, seeming disappointed, and slowly left the shop.
The young woman walked slowly after going out, and only when she reached a corner did she suddenly quicken her pace, and soon she stepped a little and climbed over the wall to a courtyard.
Several men in black are all gathered here.
Seeing her arrive, Ying Si hurriedly took two steps forward and asked, "How is it, have you found it?" ”
"If your guess is correct," the woman said coldly, "it's probably in a new teahouse on Kirin Street, and I look at two figures who look like them." ”
"I pretended to be King Qi's admirer and asked Xiao Er to help me send him something, but the shopkeeper quickly came down and didn't admit that the other party had come."
"Don't admit it...... Ying Si couldn't help frowning, "Don't admit it, how can you be sure it's them, we can't make any mistakes this time." ”
"Stupid." The woman sneered, "Not knowing and not admitting are two different things, the teahouse in the city, no matter which one I rashly asked about King Qi, I would definitely feel inexplicable and surprised, but he is not." ”
"If I can't even tell this, what else can I talk about the first person next to the second prince?" She raised her head slightly, "If you want to listen, you can listen, if you don't want to listen, you can find a way to ask yourself." ”
"It's all your own brother and sister, what are you doing here?" Ying Er on the side couldn't stand it, so he stopped him, "I've always been smart, so I'll listen to you." ”
Several men in black received the order and immediately took action.
However, the shopkeeper in the teahouse stood for a moment, and he really couldn't guess who the woman was, he felt strange and a little uneasy, and couldn't help but go upstairs.
Mo Ziqi was already helping Jiang Mengyun peel shrimp at the moment.
Jiang Mengyun was originally going to do it himself, but he couldn't grab it for a long time, so he could only give up resistance and let this noble Liang's first beautiful man work for him.
Anyway, the other party is drunk, and even if she eats, she eats with peace of mind.
It's a big deal that when he wakes up, she will help him peel shrimp again.
The shopkeeper opened the door with a full stomach, just in time to see Mo Ziqi put the peeled shrimp into Jiang Mengyun's mouth, and he was immediately frightened even more, and almost didn't scream.
No, his little heart can't stand this kind of stimulation anymore.
Why! The shopkeeper was in tears, why would His Royal Highness King Qi get this kind of golden house to hide in his small teahouse!
He's scared to death, okay?
Jiang Mengyun was also startled, Mo Ziqi drank too much, everything she did at the moment was different from usual, it was just a matter of being seen by her, if she was seen by outsiders, she would have to gossip in the future, and it was nothing to her, but she didn't want King Qi to become a laughing stock in the mouths of others.
She silently swallowed the shrimp and simply signaled herself not to eat it again, before she raised her head and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The shopkeeper had only entered the door to deliver food before, and stayed for a short time, but this time he came empty-handed, and he insisted on standing and not leaving with a frightened expression, obviously having something to say.
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether he should report the problem to an unfamiliar little beauty.
Jiang Mengyun felt that he probably needed to give the other party a little explanation: "King Qi drank too much, and he is not very sober at the moment. Don't worry, Emperor Fang Cai has decreed that I will be married to King Qi, and if you have anything to tell me, it will be done. If you really don't want to say it, then don't say it. ”
When Mo Ziqi heard this, he raised his head and looked at her with a red face: "Mengyun, I didn't drink much, I'm very sober." ”
"......" Jiang Mengyun had already been tempered by him at this time, coaxing him like a child, "Yes, you are very sober, I am not talking about you." ”
"Oh." Mo Ziqi answered, turned his head and asked the shopkeeper, "What's the matter, you say." ”
King Qi wouldn't have been drugged by this woman, no matter how you look at it, it's not normal!
The shopkeeper really wanted to cry, but the matter of the woman downstairs should still be reported to the master's house, so he had to bite the bullet and explain Fang Cai's matter concisely.
Mo Ziqi "oh" the whole time, and there was no other reaction.
Jiang Mengyun frowned slightly: "After you finished saying this, she left?" ”
"Yes." The shopkeeper nodded.
Jiang Mengyun stood up suddenly: "Not good! Do we have guards here? ”
"Guards?" The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "We're just a small teahouse, where are the guards......
"His Royal Highness King Qi," Jiang Mengyun glared and turned his head to look at Mo Ziqi, "Let's open a shop in the future, remember to arrange guards, okay?" ”
As soon as the words fell, a dart suddenly shot outside the window, Jiang Mengyun's body was avoided on one side, and the shopkeeper's stupid standing on the spot, the dart happened to pass by his ear, so frightened that he hugged his head and yelled: "Ah, help, there are assassins!" Help me! Yes! ”
Jiang Mengyun pulled him over, threw him to stand by the wall, and said coldly: "Okay, don't roar, bring cold water and pour it on King Qi's face!" ”
"What, what......" the shopkeeper's legs shook, "pour whom?" ”
"Pour him," Jiang Mengyun pointed at Mo Ziqi, "Hurry up, don't wake him up, I'm not an opponent alone, or do you want to die here now?" ”
"No...... shopkeeper wanted to cry without tears, "Then I poured the prince, will I die miserably when I turn around?" ”
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