Chapter 220 (Encounter in Chang'an)
Since Ling Xiao and Zhang Yu separated, he has not slackened at all, crossed Shandong and Henan, and came to Shaanxi in less than a day, and went straight to the direction of Huashan after determining the direction.
On this day, I passed by Chang'an City ("Chang'an" has a long history, is the capital of the most dynasties in Chinese history, the most influential, the first of the four ancient capitals of China, and the name of "Chang'an" has changed many times due to the change of dynasties, and the current "Xi'an" is called from the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, has been used to this day, due to the artistic conception of this article, still use the name of Chang'an)
Ling Xiao is tired from a long journey for many days, so he wants to stay in the city for a night, and then set off to Huashan tomorrow, and also take a look at the humanistic customs of the "ancient capital of Chang'an" by the way.
After entering the city, it really opened its eyes, the dazzling streets, the endless flow of people, the sound of the shouting was very noisy, such a prosperous scene, no less than the emperor should be Tianfu.
Just looking at the Xing, he was suddenly hit by someone, and he was hit two steps back, and the person fell to the ground with an "oops" at the same time, and Ling Xiao said secretly: "Who is so short-sighted"
Looking at the ground, I saw that the person who was hit was wearing a rag hat, his face was dirty, and he was also wearing tattered clothes, and his face was covered by a torn hat, and he couldn't tell his age, but he looked like a little beggar.
Without waiting for Ling Xiao to open his mouth to scold a few words, the little flower hurriedly stood up and said: "Oh, Uncle Yo, I'm really sorry, it's all strange that the little ones don't have long eyes" Ling Xiao listened to the voice of the little flower, he shouldn't be very old, and saw that the little flower was quite pitiful, so he smiled and said: "It's okay, you have to pay attention next time" While speaking, the little flower got up and nodded, and she didn't want to speak, and ran away without looking back.
Ling Xiao shook his head when he saw this, but he didn't take this matter to heart, he traveled from the street to the end of the street, it was noon, the sun was in the sky, and he also felt hungry, and he just stopped in front of a house called "Qingfeng Inn", there was already a young man standing in front of the door, the guy was only in his early twenties, but he had a bit of eyesight, and when he saw Ling Xiao stop, he greeted him with a smile and said: "Yo, master, are you playing the top or staying in the hotel"
Seeing that the guy was so enthusiastic, Ling Xiao also smiled and said: "Live in the hotel" The guy said: "Okay, please come in" Seeing Ling Xiao leading the horse, he stretched out his hand to summon another companion and said: "Lead this guest master's horse to the backyard and take care of it."
The guy answered, and led Ling Xiao's horse over, the guy let his body out, made a gesture and said, "Master, please come in"
Ling Xiao walked into the inn, it was dinner at this time, the table was full, there were people who talked and laughed, and there were also people who talked about it, Ling Xiao saw this and asked the guy next to him: "Is there still a seat?"
The guy smiled and said: "Master, please upstairs, there is a private seat upstairs, and it is quiet" Ling Xiao nodded, and the guy led Ling Xiao to the second floor, although there are a few tables of guests on the second floor, but it is much quieter and cleaner than the first floor, and the tables are isolated from each other, although it is not as good as the big restaurant, but it does look a little more elegant.
The guy led Ling Xiao to the window facing the street, and when he saw Ling Xiao sitting down, he said, "Master Ke, what do you think you use?"
Ling Xiao said: "Two taels of soju, a plate of beef, a plate of peanuts, and two signature dishes"
The guy smiled and said: "Okay, you wait, I'll come right away" As he spoke, he was about to quit, Ling Xiao saw that the guy in the store was attentive and attentive, and he had the heart to reward him, so he shouted: "You wait, Lord is happy..."
While speaking, his hand was stretched out to his chest, and when he touched his chest again, he was stunned, and the twenty taels of silver that he was carrying in his arms disappeared, and at this time, the guy had turned around, looked at Ling Xiao and smiled: "Master... What else do you have... Commanded"
Ling Xiao was quite embarrassed to see this, and he didn't care about being embarrassed in front of a shop partner, and reached out and touched the pocket of his sleeve, where was there half a cent of silver, the guy saw this and thought: "This person can't be without silver taels, is it possible that he wants to eat overlord meals."
Thinking like this, it was a little weird, and he looked Ling Xiao up and down a few times, seeing that although he was not dressed richly, he was full of pride, and thought again: "I can't see it" and glanced at the long sword behind Ling Xiao a few times, and couldn't help but suddenly become vigilant.
At this time, Ling Xiao, where is he in the mood to pay attention to the careful thinking of the shop guys, recalling the loss of the silver two, thinking for a moment and suddenly remembered, Fang was hit by a little screaming flower, nine times out of ten was the little screaming flower to go away, and suddenly I couldn't help but feel angry and a little funny, if this is passed into the ears of people in the rivers and lakes, the famous swordsman was actually taken away by a thief, and it is strange not to be laughed at.
But now, to solve the current embarrassment, is the first thing, suddenly remembered that in the package, there seems to be a lot of ingots, this ingots are when they went down the mountain, their teacher Qingyang Dao people left the coiling, after going down the mountain has not been used, and now it is solving the urgent need.
Thinking like this, he hurriedly opened the baggage, and after lifting a few pieces of clothing, sure enough, a golden ingots were lying in it, Ling Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, and when the guy saw this, he also showed joy and thought: "I really guessed right, if this ingot is given to me, it will be enough for me to spend a lifetime."
Ling Xiao smiled and threw the ingots to the guy and said: "Xiao Er must have been afraid that I wouldn't be able to pay for the meal just now" The guy sighed in his heart and then laughed: "The guest master sees that you are dignified and extraordinary, and you know that you are an extraordinary person at a glance, and you will not have this idea if you kill the little one."
Ling Xiao waved his hand and said: "Okay, there is no need to say these compliments, the master is really a little hungry, hurry up and serve the food, change the ingots, and leave one or two rewards for you."
The guy was overjoyed when he heard this, he couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, thank you for the reward" Ling Xiao waved his hand again, and the guy retreated.
Ling Xiao took down the sword and bag on his back and put it on the table, turned his head to see the crowd of people coming and going on the street, and thought to himself: "This kind of carefree life is not what I want"
There was not much time, the guy had already sent the meal with a smile on his face, and after putting the food down, he took out a money bag from his arms, handed it to Ling Xiao and said, "Master, you count it"
Ling Xiao nodded and poured the silver taels on the table, and actually exchanged nine silver ingots of ten taels, and ten ingots of broken silver, Ling Xiao smiled and threw one tael to the buddy, the guy was busy thanking him, and said some compliments and good words, and then retreated.
Ling Xiao thought secretly: "This little second is a little smart" He took care of himself, and called the guy again, saying that he wanted a room, and the guy led him to a rather elegant guest room, seeing that Ling Xiao looked quite satisfied and smiled: "What do you command, the one who is in charge of calling the little one is" Ling Xiao nodded, and the guy took the door and retreated.
"Bells. . . Bell.." Ling Xiao rubbed his eyes and woke up from his sleep, at this time the room had been swallowed by darkness, but there was a faint light, shining in the room from the window, and he could vaguely see the things in the room.
Ling Xiao thought to himself: "Fang just lay on the bed for a while, and he fell asleep unconsciously" stood up and muttered: "In the middle of the night, where did the gong sound come from" muttered quietly, opening the window, although it was night, the streets were brightly lit, the crowd came and went, noisy, and the popularity was not at all daylight.
Following the source of the sound just now, what caught his attention was a thin man riding a big red horse in the middle of the street, he was wearing a big red coat, a square red hat, red soap boots, and a glittering bead on the top of the hat, which seemed to be of great value, and not only was a big red flower tied diagonally around his waist, but the top of the red horse's head was also tied with the same red flower, and he couldn't stop smiling at the crowd around him.
The front and the last person of the crowd, each holding up a mahogany card that is eight feet high, look carefully, only to see that the wooden card is engraved with a few big red characters, although it is dark but under the red lanterns on both sides of the street, look particularly clear, the card of the first person is written "郤诜高第", and the archway of the last person is written "Laurel in the moon".
He was followed by a dozen servants, also dressed in red, and in the middle of the servants were two big men, carrying a large gong that was more than three feet high, and there was another person beside him, holding a gong hammer that was more than a foot high.
Ling Xiao said secretly: "Presumably the sound of the gong, it was made up by this group of guys" The servant was arrogant, and he couldn't stop shouting angrily at the crowd around him, I don't know what he was saying, as if he was opening the way for the people on the horse.
Ling Xiao muttered: "Could it be that this person is marrying a marriage, but who will greet him at night, but what does the words written on the archway mean?"