Jinling Chapter 114 Stone City Division
The three black-clothed men chased nearly a cup of tea along the back street of the tavern, and they couldn't help but be very surprised when they didn't see Liu Ningshi's figure.
"Big brother, this girl should not be able to escape far after being drunk for a thousand days!" one of the dark shadows looked at the empty street and said to the man in black who was the leader.
"Didn't she go far?" another dark shadow looked around: "Shouldn't it, I didn't find a place to hide people all the way?"
"There's a grass hut over there, let's go over and have a look?"
The three of them walked into the straw shed in a menacing manner, and kicked at the haystack, and for a while, the straw in the shed flew.
"Oh, who are you?" suddenly sat up in a raged beggar in the haystack, rubbing his eyes with his hands: "It's all this hour, and you still don't let people sleep?"
"Cut! It turns out to be a stinky begging for food?" one of the dark shadows spat out, "What a fucking bad luck." β
"Little Hanako, have you seen a woman passing by?" another dark shadow yelled at the beggar.
"What woman?" the beggar looked at the black shadow with contempt, and then lay down on the haystack by himself: "I don't know. β
"You're really arrogant to ask for food, look at grandpa and meγγγγγγ Before the black shadow could finish his sentence, he was stopped by the man in black who was the leader.
"Friend, if you can tell the woman's whereabouts, the ingot will be yours. The man in black at the head threw a shining silver in front of the beggar.
"Well, it's this friend who is still on the road!" the beggar who lay down sat up again, put the silver in his hand, shook it, and said with a smile: "The woman looked like she was stumbling and unsteady on her feet, and ran in the southeast direction. β
"Let's chase!" the three men in black glanced at each other, nodded and hurried away.
"Sister, they're gone!" The beggar was the one who had received alms from Liu Ningshi in the tavern.
"Little brother, thank you!" Liu Ningshi, who was propped up on the wall with her hands on the wall, saw the three of them walking away, and jumped down, her face turned blue.
"Sister, is your face so ugly that you are poisoned?" The little beggar was very smart, and when he saw Liu Ningshi's face, he guessed a thing or two.
"I've been drunk for a thousand days, and I need to use my skills to drive away the poison!" Liu Ningshi sat cross-legged, and the breath in the dantian roamed over the limbs and hundreds of remains, fighting against the poison: "Little brother, my sister still doesn't know what your name is?"
"My sister just calls me Xiaoliu. The little beggar scratched his head and said with a smile: "I don't know what my sister's name is?"
"Liu Ningshi, you just call me Sister Ningshi. Liu Ningshi smiled at Xiao Liu, she seemed to have the same composure as Tong Bo.
"Sister Ning Shi can rest assured to drive away the poison, and Xiaoliu will help you protect the law. Little Six cleverly stood guard in front of the door of the grass hut, watching everything in the night.
The change of day and night was a common thing, and soon the hour came, and the shifts of the street watchmen were also changed.
Li Chuan heard the rooster crowing and got up from the couch with a yawn, but he still felt that his body was fluttering and his feet were shaking, and he didn't listen to the call.
"Brother Li, Huang San is here to visit. Tong Bo, who was disguised again, made a loud voice in front of Li Chuan's door.
"Please come in. Li Chuan took off the cloth towel from the wooden shelf, wiped his face, straightened his collar and arched his hand towards Tong Bo who entered the door: "Brother Huang came really early!"
"There are still many unclear things to ask Brother Li for advice, how can you be rude. Tong Bo also bowed to Li Chuan.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Li Chuan hung the cloth towel on the wooden frame and stretched out his hand towards Tong Boyi: "Brother Huang, let's go to the errand room first." β
"Brother Li goes to the errand room so early every day?" Tong Bo followed behind Li Chuan to find a topic: "Why don't you go to breakfast?"
"Hey, it's not so early every day, but it's already late today!" Li Chuan shook his head and sighed: "On weekdays, you have to go on a errand at three o'clock. β
"Hey, it seems that you still have to be restrained when drinking with Brother Li in the future. Tong Bo heard what Li Chuan meant, and said with a smile.
"I don't know if Brother Huang has breakfast?" Li Chuan had already come to the door of the errand room and opened the copper lock.
"Like Brother Li, I haven't used it yet. Tong Bo responded to Li Chuan's words in his mouth, but kept thinking about the meaning of the words "three days, fire seal, and take out" in his mind.
"Brother Huang,
Then you and I can only eat together in the errand room!" Li Chuan couldn't help but smile when he saw that Huang San didn't have breakfast.
"Brother Li is still thoughtful, so it is better to be respectful than to obey his fate. Tong Bo also smiled, he had long thought that this Li Chuan was a smart person and not easy to deal with.
The two entered the errand room, Tong Bo took a cloth towel and gently wiped the long table in the errand room, while Li Chuan put out the account books, wolf hair and other items from the shop one by one.
"Brother Chuan, the breakfast you asked for has arrived. A gray-clothed guy took a tray and put it on the long table, and the fragrance of the buns wafted around, instantly adjusting the tastes of Li Chuan and Tong Bo.
"Alright, you go out first. Li Chuan smiled and stretched out his hand towards Tong Bo: "A bowl of light porridge, two steamed buns; β
"Where, this breakfast is very suitable for the next taste!" Tong Bo saw that the delicious meal would not be polite, he grabbed the bun and took a bite and nodded frequently.
"Brother Chuan, all the fire seal silver recovered this year has arrived. A small guy hurriedly entered, and arched his hand towards Li Chuan, who was eating steamed buns, and said, "Do you want to put it in the warehouse immediately?"
"Hmm! Is everything counted?" Li Chuan tilted his neck and drank the porridge in the bowl clean.
"It's all right. The gray-clothed guy replied respectfully.
"Okay, then let's put it in storage. Li Chuan nodded.
"Yes!" The little guy handed the list to Li Chuan with both hands in his arms, and hurried away.
"This fire seal silver seems to be in charge of Sanshun Qianzhuang, how can the household department also have it?" Tong Bo took the opportunity to ask Li Chuan.
"This fire seal silver comes from Sanshun. Li Chuan looked proud: "Brother Huang doesn't know anything! Although these three Shuns have assumed the responsibility of printing silver, this fire seal can only be branded by the household department." β
"What do you mean by this?" Tong Bo also gently put down the porridge bowl in his hand and looked at Li Chuan with a puzzled expression.
"How can the imperial court hand over its lifeblood to the people's money bank?" The smile on Li Chuan's face suddenly disappeared, and he was very serious: "In fact, the most important part of this fire seal silver is the fire mark on the silver ticket, which can only be printed by the master of the household department; β
"I see, the household department is really thoughtful. Tong Bo nodded, but thought of an important question: "Isn't the imperial court afraid of civil fraud and printing this kind of silver?"
"Brother Huang asked a good question!" Li Chuan summoned a small servant and put away the dishes, chopsticks and trays that the two of them had eaten: "This fire seal silver ink is specially made by the master of the household, and it is impossible to imitate it at all; β
"I see, this court is really meticulous. Tong Bo arched his hand towards Li Chuan: "With a talent like Brother Li, why can't you strengthen the household!"
"Haha, Brother Cheng Huang Jiyan. Li Chuan was slapped by Tong Bo, and laughed out loud: "Come on, Chuan and my brother will talk about this errand room." β
In the grass shed, Liu Ningshi's hands were slowly lowered from the front of the dantian, although she still looked very haggard, she was much better than before.
"Sister Ning Shi, let's drink some porridge first. Xiao Liu also didn't sleep all night, he took a black bowl from another little beggar and handed it to Liu Ningshi.
"Little Liu, thank you so much yesterday. Liu Ningshi took the black bowl and took a sip, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for your help, Ningshi would probably fall into the hands of these little people." β
"If it weren't for my sister's meal, how could Xiao Liu sleep here?" Xiao Liu sent another little beggar to guard the grass hut, but he sat on the straw.
"Then are we even?" Liu Ning straightened out her slightly messy long hair, even in such a harsh environment, she couldn't hide her unearthly temperament.
"Sister Ning Shi is really a cheerful person, then let's settle it. Xiao Liu smiled and said, "Sister must have something important when she came to Stone City, right?"
"Little Liu, why do you think so?" Liu Ningshi was a little inexplicable, could others still guess what they wanted to do.
"Sister Ning Shi, the people in this stone town are very xenophobic!" Xiao Liu seemed a little tired after guarding it, so he found a wooden pillar and leaned on it.
"Xenophobia?" Liu Ningshi frowned slightly: "Little Liu! Sister doesn't understand what you mean?"
"The people who live in this stone city are except the soldiers of the army
their dependents. Xiao Liu seemed to know the situation in the city very well, and talked eloquently: "And the city is divided into five major forces, in addition to the Shenwei Army guarding the city, they are the Xuanwu Army, the Xiao Cavalry Army, the Long Jie Army and the Shence Army, and the sister and the two people who are traveling with him are not from the city, so Xiao Liu will say this." β
"Divine Guard?" Liu Ningshi suddenly thought in her mind: "Isn't Zhang Ye the commander of the Divine Guard?"
"What's the matter?, sister, know General Zhang?" Xiao Liu looked at Liu Ningshi with a puzzled expression: "What is the relationship between my sister and him?"
"Hey!" Liu Ningshi thought of Zhang Ye and sighed lightly: "Even if I know it, I don't know it very well." β
"Hehe! Sister Ning Shi's words are insincere!" "Xiao Liu is a person who has been in the rivers and lakes all the year round, and he has already perfected his observation of words and colors; he saw Liu Ningshi's stunned expression, so he diverted the topic: "Sister, do you know that you have been targeted as soon as you enter the city?"
"Just because we're not from Shicheng?" Liu Ningshi has always had this feeling faintly in her heart, and now that Xiao Liu said this, she strengthened her thoughts in her heart.
That's why my sister and the two people who traveled with me were very eye-catching. Xiao Liu paused and smiled: "And my companion saw the handsome brother next to my sister last night jumping out of the window with a stunning woman." β
"Brother Dafang, stunning woman, what the hell is going on?" Liu Ningshi was also very puzzled: "By the way, have you seen another girl who is walking with me?"
"Not really, this girl hasn't been seen since she entered the Tavern. Xiao Liu shook his head.
"Little Liu, are you willing to help your sister find them?" Liu Ningshi didn't know why, but felt that this Little Six was as credible as her own brother.
"Sister Ning Shi may rest here!" Xiao Liu patted his chest: "I'll let my companions look around." β