Chapter 7: The Beginning
"I don't want it, you have to go to sleep in my study today! I don't want to see you today! Siwan put on her clothes.
"Are you going to the shop today? Can't go back in a few days? Are you willing to leave me behind? Xie Chen changed the subject and asked her.
Siwan didn't speak, and kept scolding him in her heart, "Thick-skinned!" He rolled his eyes and left Xie Mansion angrily.
Xie Chen thought to himself: "It's over, this aunt is really angry now, and I still have to coax her when she comes back." ”
After getting dressed, he walked to the door, blew a long whistle, and a black masked man came beside him, and the man in black lowered his voice and said, "Young General, what are your orders?" ”
"You heard clearly, Ben Shao wants you to check the details of the shops in the center of the city, and be careful not to be found out about our whereabouts; Follow Madame, protect her secretly, if she is damaged in the slightest, hehe, you know the consequences. Xie Chen stretched his waist and said.
"Yes, Major General, please rest assured."
Xie Chen looked at the direction of General Xie's house and meditated: "If I am so vigilant now, he will definitely attack me or the people around me, but what if the four of me don't learn and don't know how to eat, and wait for death?"
Look carefully at the open window again: the old immortal thing, the old accounts from eight years ago, plus the conspiracy you are planning now, I will slowly settle with you when the time comes! ”
Siwan walked down the street and said to herself, "Dog man, stinky man!" Every day you know to bully me! If I ignore you today, I won't be the upright princess of Nanzhaoguo! Hum...... If it weren't for the fact that you have a little value, you think I am rare for you! ”
A carriage suddenly came not far away, and it ran straight towards Si Wan, and when she was still four meters away from her, she reacted, but it was too late to dodge, Si Wan covered her eyes with her hands and shouted: "Don't! ”
Suddenly, a person jumped down from the roof of the building next to him, he rushed to Siwan's side, stopped her waist with one hand, and pulled her into the crowd with a brisk step, avoiding the sight of the villains in the dark.
After running for a long distance, he stopped, put her down, looked at her in a cold sweat, and comforted: "Girl, girl? Are you okay? Girl? ”
Siwan settled down, and took a closer look at the man in front of him, wearing a half-covered white mask, with a black sword at his waist that he didn't know what sect it was, short inky hair, soft bangs floating in front of his eyes, and meaningful dark blue eyes, from which a trace of bohemianism could be seen, with a straight nose and thin lips, and blood stains on the corners of his mouth.
"Are you hurt? I have hemostatic medicine here, you can take it quickly. Siwan handed him the hemostasis.
"Ah, thank you, maybe I ran too fast just now and accidentally crossed it. Girl, you were scared just now. He took it and took it.
"It's okay, it's okay, I was really scared just now, and I want to thank you for coming to the rescue. By the way, I don't know the name of the benefactor yet. Siwan said.
"This little thing, walking the rivers and lakes, is very common, not to thank you. Well...... If you don't change your name in the downstream, you don't change your surname, your surname is Yun, your name is Qianhong, just call me Brother Yun. Brother Yun said.
"Yun Qianhong, a thousand miles a day soars above the clouds, it sounds good, it's really a good name. Brother Yun. Siwan analyzed.
"Haha, it's over, when I picked you up and ran just now, looking at your clothes, it should be the daughter of a rich and noble family, usually, have you offended anyone?" Brother Yun said.
"Huh? No, why did Brother Yun say this? I don't quite understand something. Siwan looked at him with some puzzlement.
"Oh, just now I was about to go back to Dongguan to run errands, and when I was looking into the distance from the top of the building, I accidentally saw a few Humpty Dumpty people downstairs talking something, and then when I looked at you, the carriage appeared and drove straight towards you. But the strange thing is that the car is unmanned, but it can also find your target, which is really incredible, but fortunately, I didn't leave here in a hurry just now, otherwise, the girl would probably be ......," Brother Yun said.
Siwan showed a frightened look: "Huh? What does Brother Evian mean that someone wants to harm me when there are no people on this street? ”
"In my guess, it should be. Is the girl's home far from here? I'm not worried about you going back alone, do you need me to send you? Brother Yun asked her.
Siwan thought: "Listening to Brother Yun's language and tone, he should be a hero walking in the rivers and lakes, and he is quite righteous, for the sake of him saving me, let's tell the truth." ”
Siwan confessed: "That's not necessary, alas-it's not a secret, I'm Princess Pingle of Nanzhao, Siwan, you can just call me Awan." I just came out of Xie Mansion to help take care of the business in the shop in the center of the city, so what kind of enemy are you talking about, how can I, a woman who only knows how to be idle and carefree every day, have offended anyone? ”
"What? You are Princess Pingle, the princess Pingle who was favored by Mrs. Zhenguo when she married into Xie Mansion? Brother Yun's tone was a little excited.
"Yes, it's me, I didn't expect you Dongguan people to be quite well-informed." Siwan said with a smile.
Brother Yun said to her: "Oh, Awan, you don't know, Mrs. Zhenguo is the heroine of our Dongguan people, the people of Dongguan are very supportive, respect her, since you are her favored person, that is my friend with the people of Dongguan, if you have time, I will take you to Dongguan to go around, the human touch there is not worse than Nanzhao's." ”
"Okay, Brother Yun will tell me where your family lives first, and I will definitely go to Dongguan to play with you when I have time." Siwan said. I thought: "Listening to him say this, Dongguan City seems to be pretty good, and after a year and a half, I will run away to Dongguan to play." ”
Brother Yun said happily: "Hahaha, that's good, my family lives in Fuyun Lane, Chengbei District, Dongguan, if you go there to play, remember to write to me, I will go to the river to pick you up." ”
"Okay, I made a note of it, I still have to go to see the business, so I lost the loss first, and I said goodbye!" Siwan turned and walked towards the center of the city.
"Awan, be careful on the road!" Brother Yun's voice came from behind. Siwan didn't look back.
I walked to the side of the shop and saw a restaurant, and touched my stomach: "I was in a hurry to go in the morning, and I haven't had time to eat breakfast, since this restaurant is so close to the shop, then I'll go to fill my stomach and then look at the shop." ”
As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Xiao Er, bring a pot of hot tea, I want two more signature dishes of your store, money is not a problem!" ”
"Hey! Okay! ”
Half an hour later, Xiao Er came over with a pot of hot tea and two plates of dishes: "Oh, this girl looks at the noodles, is it the first time to come to our store?" ”
"Your eyesight is pretty good, I'm here to see the shop, I left too much in the morning, and I didn't have breakfast at home, so I came to your restaurant to consume." Siwan said as she picked up the dishes.
Xiao Er pondered: "Shop? Girl, are you talking about the shops next to our restaurant, selling clothes and jewelry? ”
"Yes, exactly, what? Where did your lady go to spend money? Siwan poured a cup of hot tea and said.
"Hey, look at your young age, at first glance, it's the new shopkeeper, you don't know, there is no man in the shop next to it, usually, because the business is bleak, no one has ever been, so now the door is closed every day, you don't come today, I thought these shops would not open." Xiao Er looked around and said to her.
"Huh? No, you say that business is miserable, why do you mention in the middle of the sentence 'There is no man in the store,' what does it mean? Siwan said.
"Look at it, look at it, I'll just say you're here for the first time, and you don't even know that someone in the shop had an accident a while ago."
"What? Someone has an accident? What's wrong? Siwan shouted.
Xiao Er hurriedly covered her mouth: "Oh, my aunt, can you be quiet?" There are some big people in this restaurant, so be careful to alarm them. ”
"Tell me clearly, what did you turn yourself in?" Siwan asked a little anxious, but also a little curious.
"That's a long story, I'll keep it simple, a long story short. Some time ago, there was a person who claimed to be the emperor's uncle and nephew, who came to buy things in the shop next to him, and then closed the door and didn't hear anything, but the movement was very big, I saw that day, he was pierced by a hairpin on his hand a lot, and the blood that flowed out of the store was terrifying, and he also went out with a woman named Su Jiuming in the store, who was disheveled, and the woman cried pear blossoms with rain, and no one knew what was going on. The surrounding crowd was talking, some people said that the man's character itself was not good, and some people said that he seemed to have seen this woman in Zuichun Building. All of a sudden, everyone on the street knew about it, and the man was still shouting something before leaving, and if he didn't give him a result, he wouldn't let this shop go down. People on the street were afraid of getting into trouble, so they didn't dare to make too much noise. ”
Siwan recalled Xiao Er's words: "The fish dies and the net is broken, and they will die together?" Oh! This is clearly the man's fault in the first place! ”
Xiao Er also shook his head and expressed helplessness: "Then who dares to care about this matter?" Besides, the people are living at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and whoever dares to take care of the affairs of the Son of Heaven is killing himself! ”
Siwan thought about it carefully: "From childhood to adulthood, my father will take me to meet all the royal relatives at the beginning of each month, although there are many people, and I am very annoyed to meet them, but over time, I will also remember their names and faces, but I have heard from me about my father's uncles and nephews, if not, it means that this farce can be self-defeating in the end, as for that man, since he has the courage to do this, then the backer behind him must be not small, maybe it is in those powerful families in the court, The children of the spoiled people who came out to make trouble. But now that I think about it, he's a little pitiful, because, this kind of bullying of women was caught by me, I'm afraid of him, if you have a life, you will end up with a life! ”
"Hmph, you don't dare to care, then I may not be able to take care of it, if it is really his fault, this kind of rotten person, I will never spare it!" Siwan walked to the counter after eating breakfast and paid for the meal first, and then took out another ingot: "If you wait until the day when the truth is revealed, I hope you can come forward to help." ”
"Huh? Girl, what are you doing here? Am I the kind of wallgrass who takes money to do things? Don't worry, as long as it's the man's fault, I will definitely help you. But, that's not because I want to protect girls, but the current Nanzhao, more or less have the existence of this kind of relationship, so it leads to the country's politics is not as clear as some time ago, although I am a shopkeeper, but I also care about the direction of the country, the trend, if it is really the man's fault, to the day of the case, I will go to watch the people who are fully understood, in order to warn those who are lazy all day long, and make trouble. Xiao Er returned her money: "Don't worry, I'll work here every day, come to me at any time if there is a situation, I will do my best to help you find the truth." ”
"Okay, thanks for the help, farewell!"
"Walk slowly, welcome to the next time."
As she approached the shop, Si Wan saw a thick layer of ash on the door, and when she pushed the door open, the smoke filled the air, as if a sandstorm had just passed. There are also rats and spiders sleeping with webs in the corners.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem, a Then I looked at a few other shops, and they were so gray.
"What now? Although there are cleaning tools, I can't bend down to clean now, it hurts when I bend over! It's all to blame Xie Chen, who made the old lady's waist hurt so much...... Ay? By the way, I can ask someone else to clean it up for me. Siwan thought.
He took out a bamboo whistle from his sleeve, walked to the door, and saw that there was no one on the street at noon, so he blew it, and in an instant twenty guards came down from it, and they shouted in unison, "What does the princess command?" ”
"Actually, it's nothing, it's just to test your hands-on ability, whoever can clean these shops within three hours, and put out the jewelry and clothes, the palace will approve it, so that he can go back to his mother's house for seven days from tomorrow and rest. This request from this palace is not too much, right? Siwan said as she stood and looked at them.
"It's not too much, the subordinates take the order."
She looked at the blue sky at noon: "While there is no one now, I don't have anything to do, it's better to go to Zuichun Tower first, Su Jiuming is not there, let Hou ask again." ”
As soon as she entered the door, the proprietress came to Zhang Luo: "Yo, how many have you been lying down, and you are still dressed as a man?" By the way, why do you have time to come to me today, in other words, which male pet do you want to wait for you? ”
Siwan bowed her hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, boss, I'm not here to spend time drinking, I'm here to find someone, do you have a girl named Su Jiuming here?" ”
"Yes, yes, but you have to be qualified enough to meet her." The proprietress looked at the money bag in her hand, and her eyes straightened.
"What do you mean? I'm here, are you still worried about running out of money? Oh, count, there are three gold ingots in total, is this enough for you to eat here for three months? Siwan threw the money bag to her.
The big teeth of the proprietress smile were exposed: "Okay, okay, I'll take you there, come on, come here, please." ”
When he walked to the innermost box, the proprietress whispered in his ear: "Don't say that I called you here when you go in for a while, just say that you will come in and have a look." ”
"Got it, got it, you go first." Siwan waved her hand at her and motioned for her to leave.
Siwan was entangled at the door: "If I speak directly in a girl's voice, will people think that there is something wrong with my sexual orientation?" Will it scare her? Why don't you try it without a boy's voice...... By the way, when you enter a girl's room, you should open the door first, and this rule can never be touched. ”
She knocked on the door first: "Jiuming girl, Jiuming girl, are you inside?" Can I leave the door open? ”
The door was slowly opened a crack, and Siwan thought, "Could it be because I don't do this often and I'm shy?" Just as she wanted to see through the crack in the door, who knew that in the next second, the spike of a sword almost pierced her eye, but fortunately it didn't hit the point.
As soon as Siwan was angry, before the other party could react, she pulled out the long sword that she had worn on her waist in advance, and kicked the door: "Who is so bold and daring to stab Ben Shao?" ”