The master and servant came to the room, and each prepared two sets of clean clothes for washing, and prepared a few hundred taels of silver tickets and some fragments of silver, all of which were folded neatly in a flower cloth bag! Closing the door, he inserted the note on the door knocker, and secretly went out with the maid Yun'er from the west gate of the Taishi Mansion, which was deserted by pedestrians.

The two doormen knew that they were going to say goodbye, and they thought that they were going out to go shopping casually as usual! It was not until the evening when Mo Sijiang, the commander of the cavalry, brought people to inquire that several doormen were shocked.

The master and servant walked out of the west gate, and they walked along the north-south road, all the way to the north, and just walked on, the last time they were on the road where Shen Kuo escorted She Gang to the capital prison. It's just that when they turned into the third intersection, it was just the opposite of the road to the capital prison. And they walked along the road under their feet until they reached the area of Hanmen Lane, where Alai rented a house.

The streets and alleys here have an obvious characteristic, that is, there are many beggars in tattered clothes, many passers-by with sad faces, and the sour atmosphere of poverty and destituteness. And the fact that their master and servant were dressed luxuriously, wore gold and silver, and walked in such a poor place with jewels, which was obviously very eye-catching! At the same time, the target was already discovered by a group of sharp-eyed little beggars.

So a little girl with a grizzled face and tattered clothes, carrying in her hand a broken bowl that she had picked up near the rich man's house, ran forward and said:

"Two young ladies, okay, give me some money to go have a meal! I haven't eaten for three days!"

Where did Xu Zixuan know the methods of beggars, dressed herself up in despair, and told her life and family that her life and family were full of disasters and bad fate, and finally made those who heard it sad, and those who saw it wept, and it became natural to pay for it; however, the truth is often the opposite. It's just that most of these people are lazy and greedy for pleasure, and they only think about things that they don't work for. Seeing the pitiful appearance of the little girl in front of her, Xu Zixuan's master and servant were really sad, so they said to Xiang'er, the maid who was carrying the burden:

"Xiang'er, you see how pitiful this little sister is, hurry up and give her a little silver and let her go for a meal!"

Xiang'er also grew up in the Master's Mansion since she was a child, and she has never been to the colorful world outside to spend money and experience life. Therefore, like the young lady's master, she didn't know how much money to give to the poor little girl in front of her. She squatted down and opened the baggage, and from among the three or five hundred taels of silver tickets and a dozen gold and silver bills, she picked out the smallest five taels of silver bills and gave it to her.

The little beggar, but a veteran of the rivers and lakes, had very sharp eyes, and he could see the situation in her baggage clearly with a single drop. So, secretly remembering it in his heart, he said a few words of gratitude, and ran back with a cigarette.

Who would have thought that this little beggar had a lot of background! She was the illegitimate daughter of a prostitute in Cui Sanye's inn. After this girl was born, her mother continued to work hard in Cui Sanye's Full Moon Inn after her confinement, so she was handed over to a good pickpocket to take care of, and she regularly gave the pickpocket a dozen taels of silver every month. And when she is free in business, she often satisfies the **** that is difficult to place for pickpockets. In this way, prostitutes and pickpockets came together and created a beggar next generation for the society of the time.

The little beggar ran home excitedly, handed over the five taels of silver bills that he had begged from Xu Zixuan's master and servant to the pickpocket, and made a detailed report to the pickpocket about the situation of the two benefactors. Immediately, the enthusiasm of this pickpocket was mobilized. He greedily put the silver coin that the little beggar had given him into his pocket, and took from the wall a brocade gray coat that he had stolen from the guest room of an inn on a cold winter night, and draped it over his body, and said to the little beggar:

"Let's go, take me to pack up that prey!"

The two of them rushed out into the street.

Winter nights always come early, and the sky is hazy when you are not aware of it. In this prosperous capital city of Luoyang, night is another charming gesture for her, and in the blink of an eye, the lights on the street will make the heart of the street as bright as day, but it is more dazzling and charming than day.

The two girls, who had never walked out of the house alone, walked side by side, walked street after alley, and saw that the night was late and the lights were on, so the maid Xiang'er said:

"Miss, looking for it all the way, it's really hard to meet two benefactors in the vast sea of people, seeing that it's getting dark, we should find an inn to stay!"

"That's right," Xu Zixuan said, "Let's hurry up and find an inn to live in." ”

Along the way, the two of them also saw more than a dozen inns, but finally because the furnishings inside were not satisfactory, and then they wandered around, and jumped into Cui Sanye's Full Moon Inn, seeing the magnificent momentum of the inn, Xu Zixuan said:

"That's it! I guess the furnishings won't disappoint us. ”

Seeing the two girls walk in, a flowery waitress came out with a smile and greeted her:

"Two young ladies, are you here for dinner or accommodation!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the guests and the ladies in the hall turned their heads in surprise, for it was rare for two girls to come to such a bustling inn for accommodation and dinner at such a late hour. It makes people feel that it's unusual, it's incredible.

And everyone also heard these two girls say:

"Eat and stay!"

The people were even more surprised, so the two of them followed the hostess into the hall to attract curious eyes all the way.

The waitress led the two girls to an empty table, invited them to sit down, and then asked:

"Two young ladies, what kind of food should you eat!"

"First serve a bowl of dragon whisker soup, then a puffer fish wing, a stewed pheasant with winter bamboo shoots, and a stewed alpaca with wild mountain mushrooms......" Xu Zixuan was about to say something, but she was interrupted by the reception, and the other party smiled gently and said:

"It's the first time I've heard these names, I think there's no one in our inn!"

Xu Zixuan was stunned for a moment, so she asked her:

"And what kind of dishes do you have here?"

"We have all fried and stir-fried here, stewed, fried, steamed, and roasted," said the hostess, naming a dozen dishes to them. And the names of these dishes are also unheard of by Xu Zixuan's master and servant, so they are curious and want to taste the deliciousness of these dishes.

So, Xu Zixuan frowned and said:

"Okay, then bring up all the dishes you just mentioned!"

The hostess thought they were joking with her, and said:

"Dare to love, the two young ladies are going to invite a big guest!

And what Xu Zixuan said surprised her even more, she said:

"I don't invite any guests, it's just that I haven't eaten any of the dishes you just mentioned, so tonight, we sisters just want to taste these good dishes of yours!"

At that time, the waitress thought to herself, these two girls are not only smart-looking, but also well-dressed, and even spend money on money, it seems that their origins are really not small! )