Chapter 20: Suspicion
Yu Shuang thought a lot all the way, there was really not much silver on his body, most of it was used on his sister, if this Pan Mansion really couldn't get in, where should he take his sister? It was really a headache.
Yu Xueying naturally didn't have so many worries, and when she saw the indifferent look on her brother's face, she said, "Brother, what do you want?"
Yu Shuang came back to her senses, glanced at Yu Xueying, and muttered, "Why don't we just spend the night in a humble inn, and talk about everything until tomorrow." ”
Yu Xueying shrugged her shoulders and said with a smile: "Where my brother lives, Ying'er will live." ”
Yu Shuang twisted lightly on her blown-up little face, gave her a blank look, and a smile leaked from her face. He looked sideways and looked around, only to see the pedestrians on the street hurrying, and the shouting of merchants and travelers was mixed, looking like a market.
In the end, Yu Shuang set his sights on an inn not far ahead, called "Wandering Son". From the outside, this inn is quite small, and the rooms are expected to be shabby, and the prices are naturally cheap.
He pointed to the inn and said to Xue Ying, "Why don't we stay there." ”
Yu Xueying glanced in the direction he was pointing and nodded in agreement.
As soon as the two brothers and sisters entered the door, they were greeted by a warm shopkeeper, and greeted with a smile on their faces: "Two little guest officers, please come here, do you want to stay in the hotel or eat?"
Yu Shuang looked at the scene in the store, but did not expect that although this inn is small, but the decoration is simple, at first glance, the six or seven tables inside are crowded with people, everyone is dressed plainly, gossiping, so lively.
Fortunately, a small table in the corner was still empty, Yu Shuang turned her head to look at the shopkeeper, and said with a smile: "Little brother, both eat and live in the store." ”
The shopkeeper warmly beckoned the Yu Shuang brothers and sisters to sit down, and said with a smile: "What kind of dishes do you two order?"
Yu Shuang thought for a moment and said, "Just have a pot of tea and two plates of your specialty dishes here." ”
"Come on, please sit down for a moment, and the one you want will be brought to you later. The shopkeeper greeted him warmly and walked away.
There was an uproar in the store, Yu Shuang and her sister sat down at the table in the corner, and were soon attracted by the chatter of several people at the next table.
He looked sideways, and a man in yellow clothes was squatting on a stool, looking gorgeously dressed, about thirty years old, holding a bowl of wine in his hand, and said to a few people around him: "Brothers, in tomorrow's battle, who do you think has a better chance of victory?"
A long-bearded man sitting next to him took a sip of wine, his eyes flashed, and he said categorically: "It must be that Pan Gongzi is victorious, since the Nie City Lord set up a battle for twenty years, Pan Gongzi has fought more than seventy battles, how can he have been defeated?"
At the same table with them, a middle-aged man wearing a hat took over the conversation, his sallow face was wrinkled, and he said slowly: "The 'Yulin Four Heroes' are also characters whose strength should not be underestimated, and the four brothers of the Huang family are all outstanding talents. ”
The man in yellow clothes put down the wine bowl in his hand, sneered, and said to the three people beside him: "Pan Gongzi is profound, but he really hasn't fought with the four brothers of the Huang family, but I heard that he has been in poor condition recently, it seems that his master has passed away, and the whole mansion is wearing linen and filial piety for his master, and I don't know who his master is?"
Yu Shuang's body suddenly trembled when he heard this, and the tea he had just drunk was as burning as a spirit, and his face was white and bloodless.
Yu Xueying saw it in her eyes, stroked his back, and said with concern: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Yu Shuang waved her hand, her mouth was full of bitterness, and she shook her head and said, "I'm fine, the tea is a little bitter." ”
At this time, there was a chatter on the table next to him: "No matter what the victory or defeat is, I heard that in this competition, the loser will donate 1,000 taels of silver to relieve the victims in the city, but then again, there seem to be a lot more victims in Yulin City than last year." ”
Yu Shuang looked sideways, but saw that the person who spoke was the yellow fir man squatting on the stool.
The man wearing a hat sitting next to him suddenly sighed and sighed: "The world is sinister, the people's hearts are not ancient, in addition to our Yulin City today, where is there a peaceful place?
The Huangshan man drank a bowl of hot wine when he heard this, and said slowly: "That's right, our Nie City Lord is kind-hearted and can keep the peace of the party, and the Pan Gongzi in the city and the four Yulin heroes of the Huang family are all indispensable, and speaking of which, it is also a blessing for the people." ”
The white-bearded old man stroked his beard, groaned for a while, and said lightly: "I don't know where the venue is tomorrow? ”
The Huangshan man glanced at him and said with a smile: "Brother Cai Gaoyi, the ring is set up in the city's 'light platform', tomorrow morning's competition, I will also go to see it." ”
The white-bearded old man bowed his head slightly and said: "This is very good, it is better for me to wait for tomorrow to go together, if Pan Gongzi wins, I will donate one hundred taels, speaking of which, if it was not for Pan Gongzi ten years ago, the old dog would not have survived today." Although Lao Yu is not a cultivator, it is natural for him to talk about his meager financial resources. ”
The Huangshan man shook the wine jug, and when he heard the sound, he knew that there was not much wine in this pot, he groaned for a while, slowly stood up, and said slowly: "The wine has been drunk, I will talk about it here, tomorrow morning, we will go to the east of the city 'Dianguangtai' to watch the competition, I am the same as Brother Cai, if Pan Gongzi wins, I will donate one hundred taels of silver to relieve the victims who moved here." ”
"That's great!"
"Brother Wu is also a righteous person, admire!"
"Admiration, admiration!"
The four of them walked out of the inn door as they spoke.
After those people left, Yu Shuang slowly retracted his gaze, from their chat, Yu Shuang already had a little understanding of Pan Xincheng, at least in Yulin City, he acted frankly and was deeply popular with the people, which was somewhat similar to his father's status in Yancheng.
Yu Xueying naturally listened to the conversation of those people, but she didn't pay attention to it.
She put a piece of chopsticks of fat meat in her mouth, chewed it and asked Frost, "Brother, is Uncle Pan really as good as they say?"
Yu Shuang's face was expressionless, and he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know, since the people of the city say so, maybe Uncle Pan is really a great person." ”
Yu Xueying snorted, rolled her eyes, her mouth flattened, and she looked incredulous.
Yu Shuang smiled bitterly, but didn't care. When I picked up the chopsticks and wanted to pick up the vegetables, I suddenly felt that I had no appetite, my mouth was full of bitterness, and I couldn't help but put down the chopsticks in my hand again.
He looked at his sister eating happily at the moment, and his heart couldn't help but feel warm, so he looked at it stupidly.
Yu Xueyingying's lips were full of greasy, but she didn't care at all, seeing her brother looking at her in a daze, she pouted, "Huh", and said strangely: "Brother, why don't you eat? ”
Yu Shuang looked at her and smiled slightly, reached out and gently wiped the greasy side of Yu Xueying's mouth, and said softly: "I'm not hungry, you eat quickly, eat more to grow taller." ”
"Liar!" Yu Xueying's small mouth flattened, gave him a blank look, picked up a piece of fat and sent it to Yu Shuang's mouth, and said with a smile: "Open your mouth quickly, I'll feed you." As for people, you can't get along with anyone, you can't get along with your stomach, you know?"
Yu Shuang smiled bitterly, opened her mouth and ate it, the entrance was indeed fat but not greasy, fresh as the tip of bamboo shoots, which could slightly relieve the fatigue caused by the fatigue of the whole day's journey.
At night, the sky is full of stars and the night breeze is frivolous.
Yu Shuang's brother and sister stayed in this inn called "Youzigui", which was really a people-friendly inn, and the restaurant only received less than one or two silvers when eating and staying in the hotel together.
The boss saw that the brother and sister were both foreigners, and they came here in the dust, and he wanted to do his best to open two rooms for the two of them, but Yu Shuang was grateful, so he strongly excused himself, and finally the two only occupied one room.
In Yu Shuang's heart, he faintly felt that the ordinary people in Yulin City were very kind, and there was no intrigue, and there was no intrigue at all.
The furnishings in the rooms are also simple, except for a bed, there is only a wooden table, on which is placed a copper teapot and a few iron teacups, I don't know if it is because of the shabby furnishings, the house looks extraordinarily spacious.
Yu Xueying was lying on her side on the bed at the moment, looking at Yu Shuang who was standing in front of the window with her hand on her head, and said after a while: "Brother, what are you looking at?"
Although Yu Shuang was staring downstairs at the moment, her mind had already flown out of the clouds.
Hearing this, he came back to his senses, only to see that the lights downstairs were bright, the number of people coming and going was still endless, and the shouting came and went, and there was an uproar, and suddenly he felt a sense of boredom, and raised his hand faintly, closed the window, and isolated these noises from the window.
He turned around and sat down at the table, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of hot tea, and said after a while, "I wonder who Uncle Pan is, if he is really like the people of the city, then his daughter is not like him at all." After that, he took a sip of the teacup, only to feel that the tea was silky and moisturizing, refreshing and moisturizing, although it was a little bitter, but it was also a good tea, and the effect of refreshing the mind was really immediate.
Yu Xueying said lightly: "What do you want to do so much, aren't you afraid of being tired, you look at Ying'er, you never think about unhappy things in your mind." ”
Yu Shuang looked at Yu Xueying and smiled faintly, he was indeed envious of his sister's ability, but how could his heart be self-controlled?
He drank another cup of hot tea and said with a wry smile: "What Ying'er said is that my brother hopes that you will always be like this, the world is bleak, there are many unsatisfactory things, and the justice of heaven affects the pond fish, and even Yusi, you are still young, and there are some things I can't tell you." When you grow up, you will understand. ”
Yu Xueying's eyebrows furrowed, and she heard her brother's words in a fog, and muttered: "Ying'er has grown up, if my brother has something to say, tell Ying'er, Ying'er can help my brother share his worries." ”
Yu Shuang smiled faintly, quite pleased, sighed slowly, and said: "Brother has been growing up, what secrets have you hidden from Ying'er? You are the pearl of my brother's palm, even if my brother has nothing, as long as you are there, my brother will be satisfied." ”
Yu Xueying laughed and said categorically: "Brother is also the pearl of Ying'er's palm, even if Ying'er has nothing, as long as she has her brother by her side, she will be satisfied." ”
Yu Shuang knew in her heart that one day, her sister would know the news of her father's death, and she couldn't bear the pain, so how could she force her sister to let go?
When he said this, he just wanted his sister to be able to give his sister a firefly warmth when she heard this bad time in the future and fell into the ice cellar physically and mentally.
Yu Shuang glanced at Yu Xueying, her heart was filled with warmth, and she suddenly said, "I'll go get a basin of water and wash your feet." ”
Yu Xueying sat up happily, nodded and smiled: "Thank you, brother." After saying that, he stuck out his tongue and grimaced.
Yu Shuang glanced at her, turned around and walked out of the door with a smile.
After a while, Yu Shuang walked in with a basin of hot water, put the basin in front of the bed, helped Yu Xueying take off her socks, put her pair of jade-like little feet in the water, and said in a low voice: "Is the water hot?"
Yu Xueying said with a smile: "It's not hot, it's just right." ”
Yu Shuang also helped his sister wash her feet more than once, but he suddenly felt that this seemed to be an opportunity, and if he washed it once, he would have to wash it once. How many people or things are there in front of him that are worth cherishing and keeping? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a pang of confusion in his heart.
"Is it fragrant?" Yu Xueying suddenly took advantage of Yu Shuang's inattention, lifted her foot from the basin, put it in front of her brother and shook it, and jokingly said: "Brother, do you smell it?"
Yu Shuang suddenly came back to her senses, stood up suddenly, twisted her sister Yuye's face, and said angrily: "How long has it been since you washed your stinky feet?" Is it that if your brother doesn't help you wash it, you won't wash it yourself?"
Yu Xueying laughed happily, his eyes were bright, and the autumn waves were rippling, and he stuck out his tongue at his brother and grimaced.
On the moonlit branches, in the small guest room, there was a playful laughter of the brother and sister.