Chapter Eighty-Six: Battle of Maple City (Preparation)
"That person, the shopkeeper of this inn, the elder brother, bought this inn with a lot of money. ”
The wolf child leaned aside, glanced at Sikong Chen, and said to Xu Tiancai.
"This, senior brother, we can't afford to buy an inn here, and we don't want to live here permanently, so it's useless to buy it. ”
Xu Tiancai thought that Sikong Chen had rented the inn as a temporary residence for the group in Fengcheng, but he didn't expect Sikong Chen to actually buy the inn, so he immediately stood up and looked at Sikong Chen with a shocked face and said.
"Senior Brother Jiu, don't be so excited, I'm just doing this to reassure him. ”
Sikong Chen knew what he was thinking when he saw Xu Tiancai's reaction, to be honest, he wanted to find a remote place to do things at the beginning, but after all, he was in the name of going home with ice cores, and if he did that, it would be as if he had done something wrong.
It is said that businessmen are interested in profit and see money, who knows that they will meet such a businessman who eats 'hundred meals', and the interests and reputation of people did not hesitate to choose the latter, or if he was fooled away, he would really not be able to live in.
"Leave other things aside for the time being, senior brother, for the sake of the same senior brothers, we won't ask you to make a note, remember to return it to us later. ”
The third Fangxin looked at Sikong Chen with a smile and said, some of the gold and silver jewelry and materials are not needed by themselves, and it doesn't matter if they are given to Sikong Chen, but some of them are treasured by themselves, and Sikong Chen wants to take them for nothing, so he is the first one who is not allowed.
"Second Senior Sister, can you make up for it with something else?"
Sikong Chen didn't expect that the third Fangxin would mention this stubble, he thought that staying in the hotel was a matter of five people, but now it seems that this fee must be paid by himself.
"Of course you can, but the value of things just needs to be high, not low. ”
Seeing Sikong say this, the third Fang Xin glanced at the ice core, and said to Sikong Chen with a smile.
I don't know why, Sikong Chen always has a feeling of falling into a trap, but he still needs so many plunder points, just buy some things from the mall to play them, so Sikong Chen did not refute the third Fangxin's suggestion of compensation.
"That's okay, if there is nothing else to say, then everyone will clean up their rooms first, and then disperse out to find out the news, focusing on the news of the four major families in Fengcheng, if there is anything special, pay attention to it, and exchange information tomorrow morning." ”
Sikong Chen got up and stretched his waist and said to the others, after saying that, a few people scattered, seeing this, Sikong Chen also planned to leave, but as soon as he looked down at the dishes and chopsticks on the table, he suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Shopkeeper, we don't need to clean up these things, we're residents. ”
Sure enough, the corners of the third Fangxin's mouth rose, and she said to Sikong Chen with a wicked smile:
"Of course, if the elder brother is willing to live in the garbage heap, I haven't said that. ”
After speaking, the third Fangxin pulled the ice core and left with a smile on her face, Sikong Chen had no choice but to look at the wolf child and Xu Tiancai, hoping that they could lend a hand to help him.
But obviously, Sikong Chen was thinking too much, and the moment his eyes looked at the two of them with his pleading eyes, the two glanced at each other, and turned around without hesitation, leaving a cold back.
"Senior brother, forgive my brother for being ruthless, I am really physically and mentally tired from inquiring about intelligence just now, so I don't need to take action for this 'trivial matter'. ”
"What about you, Seventh Senior Brother, you haven't gone out to find out information, why can't you come over and help me?"
There is no loose cultivation in the city for a long time, and it is estimated that the people who know about the matter have either gone out to take refuge, or they have stayed at home and not come out, Xu Tiancai must have spent some means to find out the news, so he has no way to refute his words.
But the wolf child is different, he is the only one who does not have to worry when he encounters a car accident, and Sikong Chen and several people came to the inn on foot, and he came on horseback, and he did not do what he was told to do, so what reason is there not to help him do some work.
"Senior brother, I told the second senior sister that I will do the chores in their room, and as a junior brother, I can't refuse the invitation of the senior sister, so ......"
Before the wolf child could finish his words, the voice of the third Fangxin calling him came from upstairs, which made him look at Sikong Chen with an apologetic look, and then turned around and walked upstairs directly.
In the lobby of the Ming family, the Yan family and other small families did not come here as guests today, so it was unusually quiet, and of course it could also be affected by the frost on the face of Ming Yingshi, the head of the Ming family.
Ming Miaorong, who was captured, knelt down in front of him, his handsome face was full of grievances, and even a trace of unconvincing taste was mixed in it, seeing his daughter like this, Ming Yingshi said to her with a look of hatred that iron is not steel:
"Miao Rong, you are also not a small boss, so you can still do such a thing as running away from home? ”
"Isn't this better? Anyway, I haven't met him, you don't know the rules of the Yan family, I am bound to be wronged when I get married, can you really bear to let your dearest daughter go to their house to be wronged?"
Ming Miaorong looked at Ming Yingshi with tears in his eyes, the Yan family is most famous for the Yan family's family law, the whole clan is pressed to death by the family law, the baby born in the Yan family, just after being able to walk, he will be baptized from hell, and he has been instilled with the view that backwardness is death since he was a child.
Once the people of the Yan family rarely moved in society, they could also rank among the four major families in Fengcheng, if they threw away the others, only the combat effectiveness of the Yan family could be the first of the four major families.
"As a member of the Ming family, you should understand what this matter means to the Ming family, you were born in the Ming family and enjoy the treatment of the Ming family, so you should assume the responsibility of the Ming family. What's wrong with the other party, you have to have strength and strength, you have to look good, and we are also the right people, what are you not satisfied with. ”
Ming Yingshi persuaded hard, wanting Ming Miaorong to understand his good intentions, but how could Ming Miaorong let herself marry someone who had no feelings at all, and even said that she had never seen it, hearing her father keep nagging in her ear, she couldn't bear it and immediately roared at Ming Yingshi:
"Father, what is the daughter going to do, the daughter knows in her heart, you have seen each other but I haven't seen him, and I don't know the bottom of him, can I be happy when I marry? Also, you keep saying that your family, the Ming family, was born in the Ming family that I am willing? If you give me life, can you wantonly deprive me?"
Hearing this, Ming Yingshi was silent for a long time, and when Ming Miaorong thought that his words had moved him and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Ming Yingshi said slowly:
"You're right, it's not your intention to be born in the Ming family, but this matter has become a fact, no matter how much you resist, you can't change the fact that you have the blood of the Ming family flowing in your body, so in this matter, you are the same, don't-no-choose-choose. ”
The last four words of Ming Yingshi smashed on Ming Miaorong's heart like a stone, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Ming Yingshi with an expressionless face, the one in front of her was her biological father, so she married herself to someone else by the way.
For a moment, Ming Miaorong felt that the father in front of him was so strange, and he was no longer the father who would coax and care about him when he was a child.
Now in his eyes, he is no longer the pearl in his palm, but a chip that can be exchanged at any time, a chip that can be exchanged for the glory of the Ming family for a hundred years.
"Come, send the young lady back, she is not allowed to step out of the door without my order, and no one is allowed to see her without my order. ”
Looking at Ming Miaorong, who was distracted, Ming Yingshi commanded expressionlessly, and then ignored Ming Miaorong, who was kneeling on the ground, and walked out alone.
After Ming Yingshi left, the two maids walked behind Ming Miaorong, bowed and said to Ming Miaorong:
"Miss, don't embarrass us, please move. ”
Ming Miaorong didn't know how she walked back in the end, and she didn't remember when the door to the room was locked, and a carriage slowly appeared in her mind now, and there were two black shadows on the carriage.
"It's all you, if it weren't for you, I would have escaped from the clutches of the devil a long time ago, how could I fall to this fate, I will avenge this revenge no matter what, no matter what. ”
"Ah, why is there a sudden coolness. ”
Sikong Chen walked on the streets of Fengcheng, looked at the crowds coming and going, and said to Xu Tiancai beside him:
"Senior Brother Jiu, don't you feel it?"
"No, someone may be cursing you behind your back. ”
It has always been Qu Jiazhen who has accompanied him to act, and after replacing him with Sikong Chen, Xu Tiancai felt a little awkward, and after sending away Sikong Chen's useless speech at this time, his eyes kept searching for places where information could be found.
It was the first time for Sikong Chen to personally investigate the situation, so with a little excitement in his eyes, he followed closely behind Xu Tiancai, thinking that he might be able to use it in the future.
Following him left and right, he came to the bottom of the city wall of Fengcheng, looking at the flower child who was resting in the shade of the city wall, Sikong Chen looked at Xu Tiancai blankly, as if he was curious about what he was doing here.
"Don't underestimate these people, they are numerous, and there are some things in the city that cannot be hidden from them. ”
Xu Tiancai may have seen Sikong Chen's doubts, and immediately explained, then walked up to an older-looking man named Hanako, took out ten copper plates from his arms, threw them into the bowl in front of him, and then whispered something in his ear, seeing that the man named Hanako nodded, and then closed his eyes.
"Is this the end?"
Sikong Chen saw Xu Tiancai coming over, looked at him with a surprised face and said, this surprised expression made Xu Tiancai look at him with disdain and said:
"Wait, there's almost news tomorrow. ”