Chapter 42: It doesn't seem that simple
The carriage slowly stopped at the door of the brightly lit inn, and the enthusiasm of the female shopkeepers standing in front of the door and by the fence on the second floor came even more, smiling and waving.
Bai Yu casually grabbed a few gold ingots from the box and stuffed them into his sleeve pocket, and coughed lightly.
Chang Jiuyan comprehended, took the lead in jumping out of the carriage, and raised his hand to lift the curtain.
Bai Yu bent over and walked out slowly, stepped out of the carriage, raised his hands and slowly straightened his collar.
The female shopkeepers standing in front of the door and by the fence on the second floor were suddenly quiet, stopped smiling and waving, and looked at him with a little surprise, probably guessing in their hearts about the origin of this boy with extraordinary manners.
Bai Yu said, "You look at the carriage, if you are bored, you can ask someone to accompany you in the carriage." β
"No, you don't."
Chang Jiuyan reached into his trousers and took out a betel nut to chew.
The female shopkeepers were stunned, and then they all looked at each other strangely, Bai Yu's face froze, brother, don't take out betel nuts in front of so many people, my image of a noble son with extraordinary manners collapsed at once.
Bai Yu hurriedly took three steps and made two steps into the inn.
"Yo, Childe is here."
"Yo ......"
At the same time, four half-aged women with heavy makeup greeted them with smiles on their faces.
What is the situation, so many "treasures", is this to compete? Bai Yu looked around and found that there was Qiankun here, and there were four courtyards of "Meilan Bamboo Chrysanthemum".
One of the half-aged "treasures" grabbed Bai Yu stiffly, full of surprise, "Childe, do you still recognize me?" β
Who are you, are you very familiar? Bai Yu looked at her expressionlessly, "I don't know." β
The half-old woman waved a silk handkerchief, her eyes were resentful, "Childe has no conscience, it's me, Linfu County Painting Boat." β
Bai Yu reacted, a little surprised, "Why did you come to the Imperial City." β
Seeing that he still remembered, the half-old woman smiled again, "Thanks to the blessing of the son, our Lanshuang is also angry, and it is famous in the local area, and the headquarters feels that it has the potential to become the Oiran of the Imperial City, so it transferred us together." β
It turned out to be a "promotion...... Bai Yu wanted to say "congratulations", but felt that this place was not suitable to say.
Seeing that Bai Yu had acquaintances, the other three old treasures left in a huff.
"I haven't seen my son for a long time, and Lan Shuang misses my son very much."
The former painter Lao Bao couldn't help but say that he pulled Bai Yu and walked towards the Lan Courtyard, "Lan Shuang just came to the imperial city, and there is no one she knows, so the son accompanies her." β
It's not enough to be wronged once, but also to be a second ...... Bai Yu hurriedly said, "No, no, I won't bother Lan Shuang." β
seemed to understand his thoughts, Lao Bao whispered in his ear, "Although Lan Shuang is a Qing man, sooner or later she will have to comb and become a red man, if Gongzi can win her favor, maybe he doesn't have to bid, and he will be a guest of combing." β
It's okay to comb it up..... Bai Yu's heart was hot, "Actually, I miss her a lot." β
I entered the Orchid Courtyard and saw Lanshuang.
"Childe."
Lan Shuang was a little surprised, and gently moved the lotus step to greet her, with a soft, soft, and unintentional natural voice.
She is still the same as before, seventeen or eighteen years old goose egg face, delicate facial features and white skin, holding a small light Luo fan, wearing an emerald green smoke gauze skirt, slender waist jade belt, this delicate and soft little appearance is pitiful.
The two maids were also happy to see Bai Yu, as if they had met an old acquaintance in a foreign land.
Just like the last time I painted a boat in Linfu County, I just drank tea and chatted.
Bai Yu really couldn't help but ask her when she would comb it up, she always felt uncomfortable without asking, anyway, she had a lot of silver, and she was not afraid of bidding.
Lan Shuangqiu, who was still smiling, had tears in her eyes, and said that the son wanted her to comb it so much.
Bai Yu said affectionately that he just felt sorry for her.
Lan Shuang burst into tears and laughed, saying that it was not necessarily combed, just to see if she could become an Oiran in the imperial dynasty, if she did, she might be able to attract the attention of high-ranking officials and nobles, and it was also possible to take her as a concubine.
Bai Yu understood, this was SchrΓΆdinger's combing.
Drinking tea and chatting until midnight, he rested next door, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, it was strange to be able to fall asleep.
Following.
Bai Yu took out a few ingots of gold from his sleeve pocket and put them on the table, left listlessly, and left the imperial city in a carriage.
went home and looked at Tao Yulian, Bai Yu felt that it was better to be Yulian, as long as he wanted to do it at any time, he was already in the bowl but not in a hurry.
From home to the workshop, according to yesterday's recipe to start boiling medicine, the recipe has not changed, the herbs have become higher vintage, should be effective.
After a few hours, the medicine was boiled, and it was switched to the tiger character card, and I swallowed it bowl by bowl.
[Character Card 1 Advanced: 1%, 2%, 3%, ......]
When the experience bar reached 54%, it was no longer moving, and Bai Yu stopped taking drugs.
Take out the "green light" meat rack and grill it over a charcoal fire, brush with a layer of oil and salt.
The roasted outer layer is golden brown and crispy.
It's very ...... fragrant Bai Yu feasted heavily, eating meat is more comfortable than taking medicine.
[Character Card 1 Advanced: 55%, 56%, 57%, ......]
The experience bar continues to rise.
At 98%, the experience bar doesn't move again.
It's not that the "glaucoma" meat has no effect, but that the meat is finished......
Test! Bai Yu smashed the bones into the fire, just a little, just a little.
It's not that he was stingy and didn't buy more yesterday, but the meat that reached the "Qingguang" quality on the black market was just this one, and the other meats were a little worse.
"It's hard to get higher vintage medicinal materials, and it's hard to get high-quality demon meat, when will the Tiger Character Card be completed?"
"He Zhiyu's role card is also good, it is difficult for the secretary of the Zhengjiupin Criminal Department and the man of Qifeng County to be promoted again, how is it good?"
Bai Yu felt his head big.
His dream of "Emperor Character Card" and "Beast Emperor Character Card"!
"Idle is idle, go see Lin Ping'an's kid."
Bai Yu switched the character card and walked the courtyard.
Rode his horse and left the workshop.
On the street, I bought a piece of soap, a dozen pancakes, a few bottles of bone-setting wine, and two cotton clothes.
After leaving Qifeng County, when he arrived in a place where there was no one, he switched to the Huling character card, which was his original handsome appearance.
"There is only one imperial mausoleum under construction, that is, the mausoleum of the old emperor today, which is easy to find."
Bai Yu galloped on horseback.
After running for dozens of miles, I arrived at an area with beautiful mountains and rivers and excellent scenery, and saw that many people were working against the cold wind.
"What are you doing?"
As expected, Bai Yu was stopped by the guards.
Fortunately, Bai Yu was prepared, and when he went out, he put some gold leaves in his sleeve pocket.
He smiled and took out a few gold leaves and stuffed them to the guards, "I have a fellow villager Lin Ping'an working in it, please call the official to come out, and I would like to invite a few officials to drink tea." β
Seeing the golden leaf, the eyes of several guards lit up, and they hurriedly divided them to prevent other guards from seeing them.
"You wait here."
The guard said and left to help him find it.
It took a long time for the guards to come out, panting, "It's not called Lin Ping'an, are you misnounning." β
No? Bai Yu explained, "I didn't mistake the name, didn't I escort a group of exiles here a while ago, and they were among them." β
The guard was inexplicable, "Here are all people recruited from all over the country, where did the exiles come from." β
No exiles? Bai Yu frowned for a moment, and had no choice but to leave first.
When he returned to Jingzhao Mansion from Jinhe County, he specially asked Zheng Yan'er about the exiles in Linfu County Prison, and Zheng Yan'er said that he had been sent to build the imperial tomb, but there was not a single exile here.
Where are the more than 200 people?
Walking on the way back, Bai Yu felt that something was wrong.