Chapter Forty-Nine: Cinnamon Porridge Warms People's Hearts (I)
The sky is not clear, and the ink tiles are frosty. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
When the moon shadow was about to disappear to the west, the sweet smell of cinnamon had wafted out in the stove room of the Qujiang Inn.
Mo Zhongqing, who had not slept all night, thought about a lot of things, such as that most of the people who delivered the letter were friends and foes, and they should also be in the same group as the women in the dark room, since they could know their whereabouts, maybe they would still come back at night. Fortunately, the night was calm, and Mo Zhongqing was able to relax his tense nerves a little, and he picked the fresh osmanthus flowers in the inn half an hour ago and boiled a sweet and glutinous osmanthus porridge with white sugar.
Lift the lid, the porridge is fragrant, serve the bowl, and walk upstairs lightly.
When Mo Zhongqing stood in front of Bai Suyi's room with a big bowl, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart, he wasn't sure if he could get Bai Suyi's understanding after an explanation last night, after all, it would inevitably make people feel uneasy when he didn't hear the answer in person about anything.
Knocking lightly on the wooden door, it opened in a moment, and when Bai Suyi, who was dressed in formal clothes, saw that it was Mo Zhongqing, he immediately made a silent gesture and whispered: "Be quiet, Ding Dong has the habit of relying on bed in the morning, let her sleep more." At the end, I noticed that Mo Zhongqing was holding a hot rice porridge in his hand, so he gestured a little embarrassedly and motioned to take it downstairs to eat.
At this point, there were not many guests in the inn hall, so the two of them found a seat at random and sat down. It's just that the atmosphere of this sitting has become cold again, and there is no sound except for the slight collision of the porcelain spoon and the porcelain bowl.
It's not that Mo Zhongqing didn't want to talk, but he quietly looked at Bai Suyi no less than seven or eight times, and found that she didn't seem to have the meaning to speak except for drinking porridge, and he wasn't sure what Bai Suyi's mood was, so he could only sip porridge with his mouth shut.
When Mo Zhongqing tried to spy on the past again, he suddenly found that the other party was looking at him without blinking, and he was in a panic and just wanted to explain, but he didn't hear that the other party had already said: "You didn't sleep last night? ”
These few words sounded like a sudden sensation, Mo Zhongqing's heart warmed, and he responded: "You don't seem to have slept either?"
"Then it looks like we're thinking about it again. ”
Bai Suyi smiled playfully, and her tone was brisk, as if she was in a very good mood. After a pause, he added: "I'm not stupid, the person who delivered the letter and the woman appeared too strangely, I always have to be careful." ”
When Mo Zhongqing heard this, he hurriedly said: "Actually, it was ...... that day."
Bai Suyi interrupted lightly: "I believe you, there were just some small emotions last night, you take care of ......."
"You take care of ...... She told me to take care of me. ”
Mo Zhongqing suddenly heard these three words, and his chest suddenly felt comfortable, the blocks disappeared, and his joy was overflowing.
Seeing his happy appearance, Bai Suyi couldn't help but say with a slight annoyance: "Why are you so happy?" and not ......" In the end, it was as thin as a mosquito and a fly, and only she knew what she wanted to say, but no matter who she was, she could see some clues from her drunken cheeks.
Mo Zhongqing is not a fool, of course he understands it.
And just when the two of them were affectionate and sincere, they didn't know that Ding Dong had already gotten up and dressed neatly and quietly went downstairs. Seeing the two of them like this, he deliberately exaggerated with a small mouth: "Oh-hmph! I don't care if the two of you are in front of me, this little girl, and I am not ashamed to steal food behind my back." ”
Being stirred up like this jingle like this, both of them had shame on their faces, but the man was thick-skinned, and he saw Mo Zhongqing pat his head and said: "As far as you say, whoever is missing can't miss your share, and there is a big pot in the stove for you to keep, go by yourself." ”
The meaning of these words is clearly to break away from the jingle bell, how can the jingle bell not know, but she didn't leave, rolled her eyes, but sat down on the stool and said: "A bowl of osmanthus porridge, this little girl is not rare, I am going to sit here now and stare at a certain wolf, my brother often says that the uncle who can cook and looks beautiful must be a bad person." ”
Mo Zhongqing saw that Ding Dong deliberately pretended to be righteous, and couldn't help but laugh a little: "Your brother is really an afterthought." So, how about a bowl a day?"
Ding Dong's eyes lit up, and he said quickly: "Add some more pastries!"
Mo Zhongqing crossed his hands to his chest and deliberately straightened his face: "That's up to you." ”
Ding Dong said: "Deal!"
The two hit it off, ignoring the main owner at their side, but Bai Suyi was not angry, but joked with a smile: "Ding Dong, my sister treats you well, but you sold me in front of me?"
Ding Dong looked aggrieved and said obediently: "Good sister, I'm not here to help you train your future husband." ”
When Bai Suyi heard this, his face was even redder and he was about to fight, but Ding Dong was smiling, and immediately slipped into the stove room, and Mo Zhongqing on the side looked at Bai Suyi's blushing cheeks and couldn't help but be moved.
At the turn of Tatsumi, the three of them went out of the inn, not because they deliberately rubbed but couldn't figure out when the patrol lord would get up, if it was early in the morning to visit it didn't seem to be polite, and during the discussion of the case, Bai Suyi proposed whether to act separately, while going to the county government to report the case, asking someone to salvage the body as soon as possible, and at the same time to visit the patrol adult, so that it can save a small half a day.
Mo Zhongqing naturally knew that this was the most reasonable method, but he vetoed Bai Suyi's proposal. There is no other reason, after experiencing the last incident, Mo Zhongqing said that he didn't want the three of them to be separated again.
When they came, they already knew that the residence of the Inspector was not in the county office, but in a post house in Qujiang County. The size of the post house is comparable to that of the county government, but the guards here are not strict, and there are only four guards outside the door. ”
Mo Zhongqing said respectfully: "The three of us are criminals who were wrongly convicted by the Wang County Order, and we bothered the guards to spread the word, and said that we have something important to tell you." ”
Saying this, Mo Zhongqing stuffed the silver that had been prepared from his sleeve to the guard, but instead of accepting it, the guard glared at him fiercely, and said in a lukewarm tone: "You wait, I'll go and spread the word." ”
Mo Zhongqing watched the guards enter the hall, but he secretly admired it in his heart.
Originally, I heard that the patrol press came and beheaded the local Wang County Order, although the Wang County Commander was more than innocent, but if his own law was not mistaken, this patrol envoy should not have the right to execute, at that time I was secretly worried that although this patrol press was aimed at eliminating violence and peace, but some swords were biased and unkind, and now from the look and style of a small guard, it is not difficult to see that this patrol press has his own set of royal ways, and his official character should not be much worse.
Thinking like this for a while, he heard a sound of footsteps coming from inside the door, Mo Zhongqing looked up, and was suddenly stunned, and saw that the person facing him was warm and jade, his eyebrows were like distant mountains, his black hair was pulled into the jade crown, and his brocade clothes were lined with silver armor, which looked majestic in the sun, and the silver dragon black sheath on his waist was particularly eye-catching.
And this person is none other than Mo Shaoying, the second senior brother who hasn't seen him for a month.
The reason why Mo Zhongqing looked at him in a daze was because of the second senior brother's outfit at the moment, and also because the second senior brother suddenly appeared here, but also because of the look that looked at him as a stranger.
"Is this still the second senior brother I know?"
Mo Zhongqing hesitated, he didn't even know which tone to use to talk to the second senior brother.
But Mo Shaoying didn't have this scruples, and said lightly: "Zhong Qing, I haven't seen you in the tenth month, why haven't you grown?
Mo Zhongqing's heart sank but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this person was indeed the second senior brother, but he had changed, and he no longer called the master Mo Zhangmen, and he seemed to have an estrangement from himself.
At this moment, he couldn't wait to immediately say all the doubts in his heart, but he knew that now was not the time to say this, so he said: "Second senior brother, it's great to meet you, in fact, I came this time..." ”
Mo Shaoying intercepted: "I no longer belong to the Cloud Trace Sect, you don't have to call me Second Senior Brother anymore, okay, don't let the Inspector wait for a long time." ”
As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Suyi beside him and nodded slightly, and turned to look at Ding Dong. Ding Dong greeted him with a smile on his face, and it was obvious that he had recognized this uncle who was given sour plum soup by Yunji Mountain, but Mo Shaoying frowned lightly but didn't say anything, and led the three of them into the post house first.