Cheng Jingling had more than ninety and nearly one hundred silver coins in his pocket, and the ten silver coins given by ancient and modern times were no more or less for him, but they were dispensable, but he finally accepted them.

Half of the reason is because I have already refused twice, and if I insist on not accepting it, I am afraid that it will cause unhappiness in the past and present.

The other half is because he suddenly remembered a point he had seen when he was leveling in a certain world before: if you want to have a good relationship with someone you have just met, especially if the other party's status is higher than your own, giving gifts to the other party and pleasing the other party may not make the other party close to you. And if you find a way to let the other party help you, make a certain amount of effort on yourself, and owe the other party favors, it will make the relationship between the two people quickly closer.

Therefore, Cheng Jingling no longer shirked and accepted the keys and silver coins given by Gu Jinlai.

And sure enough, after accepting the things, Cheng Jingling obviously felt that Gu Jin's attitude towards him was more kind, and the relationship between the two became closer.

After the matter was done, Cheng Jingling said goodbye to the past and the present happily, and left the Wenwu Hall with light steps.

When he went out, there was no king snake to lead the way, but Cheng Jingling, who had memorized the route when he came, would not get lost.

I didn't walk until I walked to the gate of the anti-martial guard, and saw the king snake standing in the shadow behind the gate and was lazy, so I slowed down.

"Brother Snake." Cheng Jingling said hello with a smile on his face, but he was a little embarrassed in his heart, after all, he heard the two quarreling just now, and he came to expose the shortcomings of the king snake in ancient and modern times.

The king snake didn't care, and came out of the shadows, still with the same "don't care about anything and don't care about anything" demeanor, and said lazily: "Gone? Let me guess, did Old Bone give you the yard on West Eighth Street? ”

"Uh...... Be. Cheng Jingling was slightly stunned, and then nodded in response.

Wang Snake had an expression that was not what I expected, nodded and said: "It's okay, let's live, that is the old bone's former home, since he was transferred to Wenwutang, he has lived in Wenwutang, and he hasn't been back for a long time." The old bones are like this, although the mouth is owed and poisonous, but it is still a good person, and he likes to carry the younger generations. Oh, this is my address, and it's also in Xicheng, if you need help with anything, you can come to me. I'm usually either in the hunt for military guards or at home. ”

As he spoke, Wang Snake flicked a folded piece of paper to Xiang Cheng Jingling.

Cheng Jingling took the piece of paper and spread it out, only to see an address written inside: 23 households in Lane 6, West 13th Street.

Hurriedly folded the pieces of paper and put them away, Cheng Jingling thanked the king snake and said, "Thank you, Brother Snake." ”

"Thank you, I haven't helped you yet, I'll talk about it when I have something to help you in the future." King Snake waved his hand nonchalantly, "Alright, let's go." ”

After saying that, he retreated behind the door and was lazy.

Seeing this, Cheng Jingling could only say "goodbye" again, and left the anti-military guard.

Standing at the gate of the anti-martial guard, he raised his head and squinted at the cloudless sky, for a while, Cheng Jingling only felt that life was so beautiful, the sky was bluer than before, and the sun was warmer than before.

And the strange thing is that Cheng Jingling didn't notice it, or didn't care about it, today's weather is so bright and sunny.

Taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling it, Cheng Jingling brought a smile on his face, raised his hand to stop a drum car that was slowly approaching.

"Where's the young man?" The groom who was driving gently pulled the reins of the horse, let the drum car slowly stop in front of Cheng Jingling, and asked enthusiastically.

"Beicheng, the mouth of the alley of the eighth lane of the North First Street." Cheng Jingling responded.

"Five copper coins and one drum, almost seven or eight drums to North First Street." The groom reminded.

Cheng Jingling nodded, turned over into the car, lifted the curtain and got into the car.

The cabin space of the drum car is about the same as that of the flow car, but the interior is obviously a little more refined and cleanly maintained than the flow car.

Because there is no need to "pick up people" everywhere like a flow car, the seats are not like the flow cars are densely packed with small stools, but only a few chairs fixed on the board, and there are cushions on the chairs, which are much more comfortable to sit on than the flow cars.

As the car was slowly pulled, Cheng Jingling found that the shock absorption of the drum car was also better than that of the flow car, and it was very stable when traveling, and it was not as bumpy as the flow car at all.

Leaning comfortably on the chair, lifting the curtains of the car, and watching the noisy and noisy people on the street outside through the window, Cheng Jingling's heartstrings, which had been tense for so many years, finally relaxed.

Just sitting and watching, Cheng Jingling's thoughts were flying, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and after a while, he fell into a deep sleep.

When he was woken up by the coachman, the drum car had already stopped at the mouth of the alley in the eighth lane of North First Street.

"Young man? Young man, why did you fall asleep? Did you hear the drums? There were eight rings, forty copper coins. I didn't tell you, old man, it really rang eight times. The coachman's black and red face full of ravines and ravines filled Cheng Jingling's field of vision, and his expression was a little deep and vigilant, as if he was afraid that Cheng Jingling would miss the fare.

Cheng Jingling rubbed his sleepy eyes, stretched his waist, and felt comfortable for a while, only feeling that he had never slept so sweetly.

Regarding the coachman's vigilance, Cheng Jingling just smiled, didn't care, and took out his money bag from his arms, which contained the change he brought out and the ten silver coins that Gu and Jin came to give him.

He counted exactly forty copper coins from his money bag, handed them over to the coachman's relaxed and smiling face, and then got out of the car.

The courtyard where Cheng Jingling lives is in a household, and you can see it as soon as you enter the alley.

And as soon as he walked into the alley, Cheng Jingling's face couldn't help but change - he saw that the gate of his yard was open! And the degree of damage to the courtyard door was completely violently kicked open from the outside! Through the open courtyard gate, you can also see the yard full of broken debris!

Cheng Jingling's heart was beating loudly, and he remembered the silver money he had hidden under the floor tiles at the foot of the bed in the bedroom, and hurriedly walked into the courtyard in three steps and two steps.

didn't care about the mess, Cheng Jingling went straight to his bedroom.

Standing outside the bedroom door, looking at the toppled bedboard in the room, and the floor tiles that had been lifted to hide his money, Cheng Jingling's face sank like water, and anger rose in his heart.

He knew that it was definitely not a thief who did it, but ......

"Yo, Liu Xiaomeng is back? What are you looking for? Brother help you find it? A high-pitched and arrogant voice suddenly sounded from the gate of the courtyard, followed by the sound of "bang-bang-bang" coins.

Cheng Jingling turned around and saw a group of people blocking the gate of the courtyard, and the leader was throwing a cloth bag in his hand again and again, which was the bag he hid at the foot of the bed to hold money.

"Liu Wei, is that you?" Cheng Jingling raised his eyebrows and said unexpectedly.

"That's right, it's Lao Tzu and me." Liu Wei responded, then turned around and said to the others beside him with a smile: "Look? What do you think? I'll just say, this little rabbit cub is timid, how dare he run? I'm sure I've got to come back, how about it, we're blocking it! ”

Liu Wei, the foreman in the Liu family's private slaves, also lives in this alley, and is the number one horse boy under Liu Qiang, the steward who came to Cheng Jingling's trouble before, and has been acting as a powerful man in the private slave group with Liu Qiang's appreciation and care.

Liu Qiang has been scared away by Brother Nag, why did this Liu Wei bring someone to the door again?

And directly broke down the door and smashed the house upside down, obviously looking for money, deliberately took the money away and waited for himself to come back, there must be someone behind it...... Is it Liu Qiang? No, looking at Liu Qiang's attitude of sending money before, it doesn't look like a hypocrisy and a snake. And if it's Liu Qiang, he can come by himself, it's someone else...... Someone else instructed Liu Qiang's number one brother to deal with him? Then there is only one possibility......

Cheng Jingling stared at Liu Wei with fierce eyes, and his thoughts were racing.