CHAPTER XXVI
After the people in the teahouse left, Yi Dan was still thinking about what the man at the table had said about Concubine De just now. She muttered to herself: "I don't know if the Concubine De they just talked about is Sister Zihan?" No, I have to find a way to find her..."
At this time, the shopkeeper of the teahouse came over, counted it with an abacus, and said, "Girl, a total of five taels of silver."
Yi Dan originally drank the last sip of tea and still held it in his mouth. But when he heard this, he squirted out a mouthful, and asked with wide eyes, "What? A pot of tea costs five taels of silver? Why don't you grab it?"
The shopkeeper looked at Yi Dan's face and said with a pleasant face: "Girl, this Jiangnan spring tea originally only cost ten cents a pot, but the cup you broke just now is a green and yellow glazed porcelain cup in the Kaiyuan period, and this cup is now worth at least six taels of silver, so I charge you five taels of silver, which is already a lot cheaper for you."
"You, are you clearly cheating people?" said Yi Dan angrily.
"Girl, I don't like to hear what you say, our 'Laiju Teahouse' is a century-old shop, how can you cheat people? You accidentally smashed my cup, how can you say that I cheated you?" the shopkeeper argued.
Yi Dan took out the money bag, looked at it and said, "I only have two taels of silver with me, I'll give it to you."
"How can this be done? If you break something, you will have to pay for it, and I have already given you a discount, but you can't do this," said the shopkeeper.
"But... But I don't have any money anymore, and that's all I have. Yi Dan said aggrievedly.
"Don't you still have a horse, I see that your horse is small and thin, and can be sold for five taels of silver at most, so you can keep the horse and go by yourself," said the shopkeeper
"No, the horse is my foot strength, given to you, how can I go home?"
"You don't want to mortgage the horse, you are so beautiful, it is better to stay here with me for a few nights, and the five taels of silver can also be written off" The shopkeeper coveted Yi Dan's beauty, so he said teasingly.
When Yi Dan heard this, he angrily used his blade palm, and after chopping the remaining teapot on the table, he also smashed, and said: "How can this be reasonable, nonsense, who are you to be this girl?
"Yo, there's kung fu. What's the big deal about having two of them? This is Kaifeng Mansion in the eastern capital, at the foot of the imperial city, not a place for you little girl to go wild. I came to Ju Teahouse to open in the middle of this Kaifeng Mansion, and it would not work without a little origin" As soon as the shopkeeper's words fell, more than a dozen men on the side who were tall and fierce walked towards Yi Dan slowly, and the men all stared at Yi Dan with wide eyes.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Yi Dan also realized that he was too impulsive, so he softened his tone and said: "Forget it, I didn't think I could go back anyway, the matter has come to this, then give you my horse."
"You broke one of my teapots just now, which is worth at least two taels of silver, a total of seven taels of silver. It's not your horse now, you can pay it off, and add two taels of silver," said the shopkeeper inch by inch.
"You, you're too dark, aren't you? I've promised to give you the horse, what else do you want from me?" Yi Dan said angrily.
"You can't do this, you can't do that, we can't open our doors to do business, we can't lose money, right? You either pay the money, or keep people, you choose," the shopkeeper asked.
Yi Dan was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and was in a dilemma, remembering what his master once said: "Half a penny is forcing heroes to death", and he didn't know what to do. The shopkeeper saw that Yi Dan had a difficult choice, so he asked in a flirtatious tone: "How about the girl? Have you thought about it? Do you want to lose money? Or stay here to pay off the debt? I see that you are so beautiful, why don't you just follow me, I promise that you will come here in the future to eat and drink spicy food, and have no worries about food and clothing?" The shopkeeper said with a smile.
Yi Dan ignored what the shopkeeper said, and after thinking about it again, he took out the last remaining two taels of silver from his sleeve and handed it over, saying, "These two taels of silver are for you, and I don't want the horse, you should be satisfied now, right?"
The shopkeeper looked at Yi Dan, but the woman was not fooled, so he had to stretch out his hand and want to take Yi Dan's two taels of silver.
At this time, a hand blocked and stopped the shopkeeper from taking money from Yi Dan's hand. Yi Dan looked up and saw that it was a young man of twenty-eight or nineteen years old. The man smiled at Yi Dan, and then said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I paid this girl's seven taels of silver."
Yi Dan looked at the man in front of him in surprise, and said, "Childe, we don't know each other, isn't this appropriate?"
"You, you have to think about it, this is seven taels of silver?" said the shopkeeper.
"Isn't it just seven taels of silver, I'll give you ten taels" After that, the man took out a large ingot of silver from his sleeve, handed it to the shopkeeper, and added: "No need to look for it"
The shopkeeper shook it with his hand and bit it with his teeth, smiled like a flower, and said, "Thank you, thank you, do you two want to drink something more?"
"Drink your size, don't get out of here," Yi Dan scolded.
"No, you can go," the man chimed in. The shopkeeper happily went downstairs, and the thugs on the side also withdrew.
Yi Dan couldn't hold back the joy on his face, he didn't expect to meet such a chivalrous person who was righteous and squandered money when he went out, so he pressed his left palm and right fist and bowed deeply to the man and said: "Thank you Gongzi for your help, I am really grateful."
The man said: "You don't have to be polite, it is my duty to draw a sword to help when I see injustice."
"It turns out that Gongzi, you are also from the martial arts, disrespectful, disrespectful" Yi Dan asked with a look of surprise.
"I've also learned kung fu for a few days, so I can be regarded as half a martial arts person," the man replied.
"Childe is humble, Childe is so righteous, I am very grateful," Yi Dan said.
"I see that the girl's skills just now are extraordinary, I don't know which sect the girl belongs to."
"There is no door and no faction in the next place, there is an idler in the rivers and lakes, and I hope that the son will not laugh," Yi Dan said.
"Girl, there are a lot of scams in the rivers and lakes, you should be more careful when you walk in the rivers and lakes in the future, don't be easily deceived by bad people," the man said.
"In the past, I always heard Master and Master say that the rivers and lakes were sinister, but I didn't pay much attention to it. I didn't expect to walk alone, only to know that it was difficult, and half a penny forced the hero to death, but I didn't expect it to be so," Yi Dan said with emotion.
"It's called a hundred days at home, it's hard to go out for a while," the man echoed.
"Oh yes, under the surname Yi Ming Dan, I don't know that Gongzi has a high surname, Gongzi helps each other, Yi Dan will be returned to the original silver in the future" Yi Dan said.
"My surname is Mother, my name is the same as Fei, I just came to Kaifeng not long ago, I see that the girl is so embarrassed, you should have just arrived in Kaifeng, right?" the man replied.
"It turned out to be Brother Tongfei, disrespectful! Disrespectful! That's right, I just arrived in Kaifeng today, I didn't expect to meet Brother Tongfei and you help each other, it's really impossible to repay, and when I have money in the future, I will definitely return the original amount of ten taels of silver" Yi Dan said gratefully.
"You don't have to pay it back, just think that your mother made you a friend," Mu Tongfei said.
"How can this be done? Please tell me where you live, and I will definitely go to the mansion in the future to return the silver taels," Yi Dan asked.
"I said no, I really don't need it, it's all a robbery anyway..."
"Brother Tongfei, what are you talking about robbing?"
"I mean, anyway, there is a fate to get together, and we are all brothers in the four seas," Mu Tongfei quickly explained.
"I didn't expect you to have such a broad mind, Brother Tongfei, I really admire and admire it! Then thank you, Brother Tongfei," Yi Dan said.
"I don't know what happened to you going to Kaifeng alone, girl?" asked Mu Tongfei.
Yi Dan hesitated and didn't know how to answer. Mu Tongfei said: "Since it is inconvenient for you to tell Miss Yi, it doesn't matter, if you are willing to appreciate your face, I don't know if you are willing to follow you to a place?"
"Brother Tongfei, what do you mean?" Yi Dan asked.
"Come with me to a place where you can get what you want, would you like to go?" asked Mu Tongfei.
"What do you mean?"
"That's right, I know what you're thinking, why don't you go with me and have a look?" replied Mu Tongfei.
"What is in my heart, how do you know?" Yi Dan asked.
"Of course, since we are all from the rivers and lakes, let's be refreshed, I know you have a grudge in your heart, right?" Mu Tongfei said.
"Yes, don't be angry..."
"And hatred, right?"
Yi Dan raised his head, looked resolutely into the distance, and said, "Yes, deep hatred"
Mu Tongfei looked at Yi Dan's resentful expression, thinking of the words she had shouted out in front of those people before. Then he said in an ambiguous guessing tone: "Your enemy's status is too high, your ability is too great, you sigh and can't do anything, so you are depressed and troubled by this, right?"
"Brother Tongfei, you are really a god, how do you know what is in my heart?" Yi Dan, who was originally smart and clever, had been blinded by hatred at this time, and he completely believed what the person in front of him said without speculation. In addition, the man in front of her, named Mu Tongfei, made a generous gesture just now, which made her full of good feelings for this person.
"I invited the girl to go to a place with me, maybe it can help you realize your wish, girl, you will fully understand after you go" The mother and Fei saw that Yi Dan trusted him very much, so he continued.
"Okay, just ask Brother Tongfei to lead the way."
Yi Dan didn't care about what to think about, she hated her, and followed this person who didn't know anything without thinking. At this time, on the street, a man carrying a burden and shouting to sharpen scissors and sharpen knives was staring at Yi Dan and this man named Mu Tongfei, quietly following them.