Located in the south of the city, the Yuelai Inn is not large, and the innkeepers are an old couple in their sixties, both of whom are from the Great Chu Kingdom.

Today's business was particularly bad, and for a whole day, only a young couple with a child lived in the store.

The man was tall and handsome, but his legs were disabled and limping, and the woman was handsome and spoke in a low voice, and the two men did not come out again after entering the room.

It was nearly dusk when another guest came to the inn, a young woman no more than twenty years old.

The upper body is wearing a goose yellow light sari dress, the lower body is wearing a hundred flower skirts, with a hundred flowers embroidered, a green belt tied to a thin waist, a hanging hair on the head, and a silver grate obliquely.

"Girl, do you want to stay in the hotel? Although my inn is not big, it is very clean, the price is not expensive, only half a tael of silver a night, and a free breakfast, and now there are a few upper rooms, do you want to go and see first. ”

The woman looked around, "I don't live in the store, I just have something to discuss with the shopkeeper, can I take a step to talk." ”

The old shopkeeper looked at the woman vigilantly, "Well..., then let's go into the house and talk about it, if my wife is there, if the girl is in trouble, she can still discuss." ”

The woman nodded, followed the old shopkeeper into the house, and when she saw that there were only the shopkeeper and his wife in the house, the woman fell down and bowed

"The little girl has something to ask for, and I hope that the two old people will help each other!"

The shopkeeper and his wife were a little dazed, and the old woman stretched out her hand to hug each other, "Girl, please sit down and talk about something, it really hurts me and my wife." ”

After the three of them were seated, the woman asked, "There is a young couple living in the store today, with a baby who is still in swaddling clothes." ”

"That's true, but what does it have to do with the girl?" The old shopkeeper frowned slightly.

"Don't hide it from the shopkeeper, it was my sister and brother-in-law, who originally went back to their parents' house to live temporarily, but they were kicked out by my father."

"Hey, what's the family that's hard to discuss? It has to be like this, but what bad deeds does your brother-in-law have or because he has a disability, so that Ling Zun and Ling Tang don't like him. ”

"Well," the woman seemed a little embarrassed, "not because of her bad deeds or disability—" she said, taking out a silver ingot from her sleeve, and getting up and stuffing it into the old shopkeeper.

"This is two taels of silver, and the little girl only asks that if the officials of the City Patrol Division come to the store tonight to check the room, please ask the shopkeeper to prevaricate on her behalf."

The old shopkeeper looked suspicious, "What's the prevarication?" Please also ask the girl to explain. ”

"My brother-in-law has no disability in his legs and feet, he just doesn't want to leave Dachu and go to Ximan, my sister can't bear to be separated from him, and has been hiding this matter.

"Ah...," the old shopkeeper's expression changed, "The prison government has issued a strict order, if there is a Da Chu man who pretends to be disabled and evades eviction, he will be imprisoned at the least, and he will be sent to the army or beheaded for public display." ”

The old woman stood up, "Yes, and once it is verified, all the men in his own family or his wife's concubine's family, whether old or young, will be driven out of Dachu by Zhulian, and they will never come back." ”

"My brother-in-law has no brothers, his father has also died, there is no male in the family, and I only have a sixty-year-old father in my family, so I am not afraid of Zhulian."

The old shopkeeper frowned, "But the prison government has a strict order for the inn, if the person who knows the guilt still stays in the hotel or does not report it, he will be guilty of the same crime as the prisoner." ”

The woman's face changed slightly, and she rubbed her hands anxiously, "Is there still such a strict order?" The little girl didn't know that this was really a bad thing. ”

As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, about three taels or so.

"I only have this silver on me, my sister has a deep relationship with me, I really don't want to see her have something, these silver should all be a reward for the shopkeeper, you should not know about it, and you still get this silver for nothing, why not do it?"

The old shopkeeper was embarrassed, "This is also inappropriate, in case..."

"There won't be a case..., even if I haven't seen the shopkeeper, you don't know that your brother-in-law pretends to be disabled, and the people of the city patrol department often come and go with the shops, and if it is a round, it is a matter of your words."

The old shopkeeper was about to speak, but the old woman quietly kicked him,

"This girl, open the door to do business, the guests who come are also destined people, and they are both from the Great Chu country, we will help as much as we can."

When the old woman heard this, the woman's face soothed slightly, and she thanked her again and again before leaving.

But the woman turned the corner and immediately turned back, went to the back of the house where the innkeeper and his wife lived, and quietly leaned close to the window to eavesdrop.

The old shopkeeper was talking to his wife, "Why should Madame agree to her, if we are implicated in this matter, it will be worth the loss!" ”

"The old man is confused, now the City Patrol Division is not very strict about this matter, if no one reports it, it will be fine."

"Yes, but it's not necessary to take the risk."

"There is an order from the prison government, if you report someone who pretends to be disabled, you can reward twenty taels of silver, see that girl is dressed in ayaluo, she should be a rich family, and she only gave these five taels of silver, so it is really ridiculous to want us to keep our mouths shut."

"What does the lady think?"

"Let this little couple live, wait for the settlement and leave, and then go to the City Patrol Division to report them, so that we can get the silver he gave, and the silver of the government will also be earned, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds!"

The old shopkeeper clapped his hands, "Madame's clever plan, that's it." ”

After listening for a while, the woman left quietly, turned a few streets and saw that no one was following, and then got into a carriage on the side of the road, where Xu Jinrou was chatting with Qingluan.

"Princess, everything is according to your orders, and everything that needs to be said has been said." The woman is none other than Fangruo.

Then Fang Ruo also talked in detail about the conversation between the shopkeeper and the couple that she overheard, Xu Jinrou nodded, she had already guessed the result.

In her previous life, she knew that the shopkeeper couple were not good people.

In another year or so, they will be expelled from Kyoto Castle by the Inspectorate of the Imperial Prefecture for greedy for the money forgotten by the guests.

At that time, Xu Jinrou happened to pass by at the door of Yuelai Inn and heard about it. And in this life, Song Heng and Wan Niang just lived in this inn.

It was getting dark, and it was almost time for the officials of the City Patrol Division to come out and make their rounds.

"Qingluan, it's your turn." Xu Jinrou commanded softly.

After it got dark, the old shopkeeper of the Yuelai Inn lit the lamp, and suddenly a black shadow appeared in the shadow of the lamp, and the shopkeeper turned around to see that it was a little beggar who was not tall, with a dusty face and a handkerchief on his head.

The beggar was dirty all over his body, and the old shopkeeper frowned, "Hurry up and leave, I don't have any money for you." ”

The little beggar's eyes were very smart, he looked at the old shopkeeper, and stretched out his hand with a smile.

"I know you have silver, and I want fifty taels of silver."

The old shopkeeper's eyes widened, "You are poor and crazy, don't you leave, see if I don't break your legs." ”

The little beggar was not in a hurry, "If the shopkeeper wants to go to jail, give me the silver." ”

"It looks like if you don't beat you, you'll keep talking nonsense." The shopkeeper turned around and picked up a stick that supported the door.

The little beggar didn't run, "But a man and a woman holding babies live in your store today?" The man walked with a limp, but his leg was not disabled. ”

The wooden stick that the shopkeeper had just raised did not fall, "What a bunch of nonsense, how do you know?" ”

"Today in a remote place, I watched him walk neatly across a puddle of water, and followed him all the way to your shop. But if you don't give the money, when the officers of the city patrol pass by, I only have to shout that you have deliberately taken in the guilty, and you will be guilty of the same sin. ”

The stick in the old shopkeeper's hand fell to the ground with a "snap", "Little brother, please sit down first, there is something to discuss." ”

"There's nothing to discuss, hurry up and bring me the silver." The little beggar sat down on a chair in the doorway.

"Okay, little brother, wait a while, I still have to discuss this matter with my wife."

The little beggar didn't care, "Okay, I'll wait for you, but hurry up, the official of the City Patrol Division should come out soon." ”

When the shopkeeper returned to the house, the old woman quickly closed the door, "I heard what the beggar said." ”

"I'll blame you, if I just drove the man who pretended to be disabled away or reported it to the official, it would be fine."

The old woman was not flustered, "Old man, don't worry, I have a way." ”

"What's the solution?"

"For today's plan, the only way to go to the city patrol division in front of this beggar is to denounce it, not only can you get twenty taels of silver, but also avoid being coerced by this beggar."

The old shopkeeper rolled his eyes, "Madame's plan is very good, I think this beggar is a chick, you go out later to stabilize him, I will go back when I go." ”

The shopkeeper and his wife walked out of the house and brought some dishes to the little beggar, the old shopkeeper said that the business was not good today, there was not so much cash, and he wanted to go out to find a friend to borrow some, the little beggar stared at the food on the table, his eyes lit up, and waved his hand to let the shopkeeper go back quickly, and then he ate a lot.

Fang Ruo, who had been hiding outside the house and eavesdropping, saw the old shopkeeper come out, quietly followed behind, and saw the shopkeeper enter the yamen of the city patrol division, so he immediately turned around and made a gesture to Qingluan, who was pretending to be a beggar, outside the door.

Qingluan stood up and patted his stomach, and said to the old woman: "I'm too full to eat, I have to wander around, where does the person who pretends to have a leg disease live, I'll go and see, don't let him run away, you can't give me money." ”

The old woman thought to herself, as long as she could stabilize the beggar, and when the city patrol came and took the man, she would settle accounts with the beggar.

The woman pointed to the backyard with a kind face, "The matter of silver, little brother, rest assured, that couple lives in the first upper room on the left." ”

Song Heng was discussing with Wan Niang in the house how to inform the queen tomorrow morning, when someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Song Heng got up and came to the door, and listened attentively, "What's the matter with the store at such a time?" ”

"There is a life-and-death matter, you open the door quickly, your life will be difficult to protect if it is too late!"

Song Heng was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly pushed open the door, only to see that the person talking at the door turned out to be a dirty beggar.

Song Heng frowned and said, "Why do you say this, don't you want to play tricks on me?" ”

The beggar stretched out his black hand, "Give me five taels of silver, and I will tell you, otherwise you will not know that the disaster is coming." ”

Wan Niang's voice came, "Husband, who is outside?" ”

"If a beggar from nowhere wants to blackmail, I'll drive him away."

"Your legs are fine, why pretend to be lame?" The beggar's words made Song Heng freeze instantly.