Chapter 42: The Idol Base
The sky is dark at night.
The bright starlight reflected the white moonlight and floated on the old streets.
There was already a fire in the vicinity of the inn by the river, and many people came with buckets to help put out the fire, but the fire spread to the guest rooms, so that the guests abandoned the rooms and fled overnight.
Young Master Jiang Cheng helped the innkeeper and Xiao Er to extinguish the fire in the room, and said to the three beauties: "Just leave this matter to our men, you three women should hide in a safe place!"
Lan Sheng quickly brought a big bucket from the tired person next to him and extinguished the flames that were rushing up: "I think I can still help a little, so wait for the two beautiful girls first." Look at their clothes are also very expensive, but don't burn them. ”
Gu Nianxi grinned embarrassedly, wiped his smoked face, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Yes, look at my clumsiness, I can't help much, and I don't have much strength, so I can only hide here with Thirteen Qing." ”
Thirteen Qing didn't agree with her, she tried her best to take a small bucket from the person next to her, panting, and said: "Although it can't help a lot, a small favor can still help." Then he extinguished the small fire next to him.
With the concerted efforts of everyone, the fire in the inn was quickly alleviated, and everyone brought the spreading fire under control, and then someone came over with more buckets, and the fire was finally extinguished.
But half of the guests had fled, some of the furniture was broken, and the innkeeper had lost a lot of money.
Young Master Jiang Cheng saw that the innkeeper was sitting on the threshold very disappointed, and he couldn't raise his head tiredly, so he gently patted him on the shoulder and said, "Boss, let it be, and earn back these losses in the future." ”
Lan Sheng straightened his messy hair that he had just hurriedly put out the fire, and then echoed and said, "Yes, you see, at least everyone is safe." You'd better be happy!"
The innkeeper said with a sad face: "I don't care too much about other things, there are a few statues of gods in these rooms, and they are also burned! This is what I have worked so hard to find someone from Shanghai to make, and now there is only the base left, alas, this thing is not worth much, it turns out that it is priceless, and it brings me how much good luck." ”
Young Master Jiang Cheng could see that the boss had placed a statue in the guest room, and this person must be a superstitious person, so he wanted to comfort him, so he took out a little money and said, "These bases are good, I like them, or sell them to me now." ”
Lan Sheng gently pulled his arm, went to the side and whispered, "You are crazy, what do you want these broken copper and iron to do? ”
Gu Nianxi could see that they each had difficulties, so she also wanted to repay the kindness she had in the past, took out a beautiful hairpin from her hair, and said, "This thing of mine is also worth some money, so let's exchange this for your bases." ”
Thirteen Qing also took off a bracelet at random and gave it to the boss: "Take me in exchange." ”
Young Master Jiang Cheng knew that the two of them wanted to repay their kindness and didn't want them to be entangled enough on the road and make it difficult, so he quietly said to Lan Sheng: "When we left the Jiang family just now, the saddle that our mother changed for us was full of money. ”
Lan Sheng understood, so he stood on Jiang Cheng's side and said, "Inn owner, you better accept this money, it's several times better than throwing scrap copper and rotten iron on the street." ”
The innkeeper immediately took the money bag handed to him by Jiang Cheng with tears in his eyes, and handed the idol base to Jiang Cheng: "I hope you can keep these objects well, after all, I have worked hard to make them, although only the base is left." ”
Young Master Jiang Cheng immediately smiled and said perfunctorily: "That's natural! Boss, you think it's important, how can I lose it casually?" In fact, he planned to quietly throw away these heavy items after he walked out of the inn.
Lan Sheng seriously helped him put these items in his pocket: "Young master, since it is a god statue, he has told him so much, if there is any mystery, maybe it will be." ”
Gu Nianxi couldn't hear the whispers of the two of them clearly, and said with a hint of jealousy: "Look at how sweet the little couple is, they whisper behind our backs." ”
Thirteen Qing saw that the innkeeper walked out, and then she sat next to the bed and rested: "We don't have such a good life, you, don't be envious." ”
Gu Nianxi's eyes rolled, as if he was thinking about something.
Young Master Jiang Cheng saw that the bedding in the guest room had been burned, so he immediately took off his cloak and wrapped it in Lan Sheng: "It's inconvenient to walk at night, let's set off tomorrow morning." ”
Lan Sheng looked at the dilapidated guest rooms, and saw that the two beauties had even burned down their futons, and the innkeeper didn't seem to be able to take out more futons for the time being.
The two beauties sat together, as if they were warming each other, but it was inconvenient to speak, so Lan Sheng asked them with concern: "Is there really no place to go? Have you looked for the original place in the past two days? Or is there any other place, and the boss is willing to take you in?"
As soon as the words ended, the innkeeper ran upstairs in a panic and said to them, "No, no! The Japanese have come to patrol the streets." They like the girl's house the most, there are three beauties in your house, hurry up and hide!"
Young Master Jiang Cheng sneered: "Isn't there a national army, what is Xiao Bai's team doing?"
Lan Sheng shook his head at him and didn't let him continue, looked at the other two beauties, and said, "There are boxes and cabinets in this house, you guys should hide quickly." ”
Gu Nianxi immediately hurriedly opened the largest cabinet, and saw that the items inside were not burned, she grabbed such a large cabinet, and was proud, when she suddenly heard movement outside, and hurriedly got in: "After everyone hides, no one should squeak, so that the Japanese may be able to pass." ”
Thirteen Qing had nowhere to hide, so she hurriedly got into the box, she was worried about Lan Sheng, and she didn't know where she could hide? So she opened the closed box again, pointed to the cabinet and said: "The cabinet that Miss Gu is hiding from is quite big, it shouldn't be a problem to go in more, Miss Lan go in quickly." ”
Seeing her hesitation, Young Master Jiang Cheng knew that Lan Shengsheng definitely didn't want to be with Gu Nianxi, after all, Gu She was a woman who came out of the fireworks, but at this moment, he had to hide without delay, so he pushed Lan Shengsheng to the front of the cabinet a few times.
Unexpectedly, Gu Nianxi was very reluctant to open the door for her, she just wanted to be able to ensure her safety.