Hongzhou, Tianxin Hall

This Tianxintang is a time-honored brand, passed to the hands of the current shopkeeper, it is already the seventh generation, the business is still booming, I heard that the Tianxintang shopkeeper has a very interesting rule, you must marry a woman from the north as a wife.

I heard that this rule was set by the ancestors, and the reason for this is mainly because Tianxintang lives in the south, and the dishes are all southern dishes, mainly light, and marrying a mother-in-law in the north is to introduce northern cuisine, and the combination of the two is probably one of the reasons why Tianxintang has been prosperous.

Today, a young guest with a sword on his back came to Tianxin Hall, his clothes were very shabby, and he was the most inferior material for three or four cents on the stall outside, and there was a smell of bleaching on his clothes, but fortunately, he was newly bought, so he would not be regarded as a beggar.

Besides, this person also has a sword on his back, it is said that those masters who wander the rivers and lakes like to wear this appearance the most, and it is called chivalrous demeanor, anyway, the shopkeeper doesn't know much.

It's just that the governor of Hongzhou was killed more than a month ago, and the whole city has been under martial law for a month, which has made the people of Hongzhou panic, not to mention carrying a sword on his body, even if he buys a kitchen knife and carries it in his hand, he will be arrested and imprisoned by the officers and soldiers who search the city, and he will not be released if he is not locked up for more than ten days.

It seems to have been a little lax in recent days, but there are still very few people who wander the streets with swords on their backs like this, after all, no one wants to go to prison to suffer.

Thinking about it like this, the shopkeeper didn't dare to slack off at the young man in front of him who was dressed ordinarily, but he didn't look bad, and beckoned to find a table to sit down, and then instructed Xiao Er: "Serve this guest officer to order." ”

"What do you want to eat, we have dishes from all over the world, a stack of stir-fried pork liver and steamed sea bass in our store, which is a first-class signature dish, do you want to have one?"

The sword-carrying guest swallowed and asked, "How much is a perch?"

"It's not expensive, two hundred yuan. ”

"Where's the pork liver?"

"One hundred and fifty wen, guest officer, this price is unique in Hongzhou, and it will cost you at least twenty wen if you go to other stores. ”

"Oh!" the sword-carrying guest pondered for a while, took out a few copper plates from his pocket, and counted only seven words.

"You see what you can buy for seven pennies. ”

Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face suddenly froze, and he said tentatively: "Guest officer, you... It's not a joke, it's seven cents... A bowl of rice in our store costs five cents!"

"Oh, let's have a bowl of rice. The sword-carrying guest picked up two copper plates from the table and stuffed them into his pocket, and said seriously.

"This..."

Xiao Er saw that the guests in front of him didn't look like a joke, so he really classified them as poor, but the shopkeeper has always admonished that no matter what kind of guest they are, they must greet each other with a smile, so Xiao Er calmed down and put on a smiling appearance.

"Guest officer, in fact, you might as well buy a few steamed buns on the opposite side, these five cents are enough to buy five steamed buns, even if you buy steamed buns with filling, you can buy two and a half. ”

"No, just give me a bowl of rice. ”

"Okay, then you wait a minute!" Xiao Er touched his head and retreated, thinking to himself that this person is strange, how to eat a single bowl of rice? How good it is to buy a few steamed buns or steamed buns, so that you will not be full of this meal without a meal.

"Hey, Xiao Xu, what were you doing just over there?" "Oh, the shopkeeper, the guest over there only has seven cents, as long as a bowl of rice, I kindly reminded him that he can go to the opposite side to buy steamed buns, but he is still unwilling. ”

The shopkeeper stopped what he was doing, thought for a while and said, "Maybe I'm not used to eating steamed buns." ”

"It's all like this, what else is there to eat. Xiao Er muttered.

The shopkeeper's face was displeased: "How can you speak!

"Well, you ask the kitchen to make a stack of side dishes, add a bowl of rice, and give it to the customer, and say that we will give it away for free. ”

"Good Lak, shopkeeper, small ones go. ”

"Wait!" the shopkeeper called Xiao Er back again.

"If he doesn't take it, don't force it, these people in the rivers and lakes value face the most, don't slander others. ”

Xiao Er should carry to the back kitchen, and after a while, he came out with a stack of fragrant side dishes and two bowls of rice, and when he was placed in front of the guest with the sword, Xiao Er said a few words to him, and then the man glanced at the shopkeeper twice, hugged his fist, and did not pretend to squirm and shirk.

Not long after, two guests walked in from outside the door again, and the shopkeeper took a look at them, and was taken aback, and hurriedly ran out from behind the counter, and was about to kneel.

The young man was about to kneel, and he waved his hand not to make such a big gift.

"I didn't know that the adults were coming, so I would have asked the back kitchen to prepare the food and drinks, so the adults wouldn't have to wait for a long time. ”

"It's okay, I'm going back to Beijing in a few days to resume my life, I am hungry for a bowl of cinnamon soup in Tianxintang, and I want to feast on it today. ”

"The little one will go and order, and the rest of the wine and dishes will be served as usual or try the other dishes?"

"Business as usual!"

These two people are Tang Mingli and Wang Ge, since Zhizhou was killed, there was finally a holy decree in the capital, ordering Qin Cha Tang Mingli to catch the remnants of the ink pool within a month, and deal with the big and small matters in Hongzhou Prefecture, now that more than a month has passed, it is time to go back and resume his life.

At this time, Tang Mingli really knew the strategy of Wang Ge, although the death of Hongzhou Zhizhou made the saint very unhappy, but seeing Tang Mingli wrote in the compromise that he killed the two main culprits on the spot, and also laid a big net, the remaining remnants were also unable to escape, I heard that the emperor also praised Tang Mingli in the court, saying that the merit can be offset.

For Tang Mingli, this is the best news.

"Master, go back this time, and let my father-in-law go to the emperor to say a few good words, and the position of the Ministry of Rites should be firmly in my hands. ”

Wang Ge took a sip of wine and said disdainfully: "That's all you want?"

"This pursuit can't satisfy your apprentice. Tang Mingli smiled slyly.

"It's just that the saint has said that the merits and demerits are compensated, and he can't give me a Shangshu order in front of the civil and military officials, so ah, it's worth it to be in charge of a ritual book. ”

Wang Ge said 'um', at this time, Xiao Er replaced the original pot of wine on the table, and refilled a pot of warm wine, Tang Mingli saw that Wang Ge's cup was empty, and hurriedly lifted the pot to the full, and said with a smile while pouring: "This time thanks to Master." ”

Wang Ge looked at the hot air coming out of the mouth of the pot, and then inadvertently caught a glimpse of the young man with the sword back in the corner who was mouthing rice into his mouth.

"Huh?"

Hearing Wang Ge's astonishment, Tang Mingli put down the wine jug and asked puzzledly, "Master, what's wrong?" "The rest of the remnants of the ink pool have been ambushed, but the kid who went to ventilate and report the news was not found, but he didn't expect to meet here. ”

Tang Mingli was taken aback and looked at the young man: "Master, are you saying that he is the remnant of the ink pool?"

"Hmm. ”

"Shall we call some guards and arrest him?"

Wang Ge pinched the wine glass with one hand and said indifferently: "Don't worry, let the old man take a good look, what is so special about this kid, he actually let Yao Sanming pass the sword to him!"

Wu Sanqi, the 'remnant of the ink pool', was eating at this time, and he didn't notice the strange look on the other side at all, and put the last grain of rice in the bowl into his mouth, feeling great satisfaction in his heart.

After a short rest, he got up and walked to the shopkeeper and said seriously: "Thank you, he will repay you one day." ”

"Don't worry about it, let's go. ”

"Alas!" Wu Sanqi agreed, then shrugged the white dew sword behind his back and strode out of Tianxin Hall.

There were many pedestrians on the street, Wu Sanqi burped, looked at the sun that seemed to be big above his head, but there was not much warmth, and then looked at the thin clothes on his body, and sighed: "Hey, I just thought that I was on the ink pool without worrying about food and clothing, but I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, Lao Tzu was left alone, it seems that I, Wu Sanqi, am really a cheap life, and I don't deserve to live that kind of good life without worrying about food and clothing." ”

"But I'm used to it, there is always Bai Lu with me, so I don't even have a friend!" Wu Sanqi smiled self-deprecatingly, shrugged his shoulders, and said to Bai Lu behind him: "Isn't it, friend?"

Bai Lujian didn't respond, in the ink pool for more than half a year, and learned some introductory swordsmanship under the teaching of the third child, Wu Sanqi sometimes can't figure it out, the third teacher taught him some murderous sword moves, according to the third child's words, they are all ruthless moves that are not easy to see through, but he always feels that the third child's movements are too slow, according to him, who is still a layman, he can be faster.

I often say that the fastest and best-looking sword move in the ink pool must be the third.

And in less than a year, he has been able to use his sword qi, according to the old one, he is a rare genius in a hundred years, which Wu Sanqi has always been suspicious.

But it doesn't matter, it's always right to learn three or two life-saving kung fu.

Wu Sanqi thought like this, only to feel that his eyes suddenly darkened, and he looked up to see that the two of them were just blocking the way ahead.

Wu Sanqi didn't take it seriously, and planned to bypass the two, but he didn't expect the two to move in front of him again, he frowned, and couldn't help but say, "Don't get in the way, okay?"

"Hehehe. The older man on the other side smiled, not impressed, but stared at Wu Sanqi in front of him again and again, until he saw the vertical line on his forehead, the old man frowned inexplicably.

"Two, don't you understand?"

Being maliciously blocked in the way, and being stared at by an old man without scruples, Wu Sanqi felt a trace of anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice.

"Little brother, do you remember me?"

When Wu Sanqi heard this voice, he felt very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, so he asked suspiciously, "Have you seen me?"

"Yes, Zhizhou Mansion, isn't that young man lying on the roof of the house you?

"You are..."

Wu Sanqi was shocked, and almost at the same time, his hand was placed on the hilt of the sword behind his back, and the whole person took a few steps back, looking at the two people in front of him vigilantly.