Chapter 474

Although the teahouse made by the third child is on the way to Tongzhou Wharf, it is a little far away from the wharf and is in an inconspicuous corner, hidden between several thriving teahouses and restaurants, so the guest officials who choose to come here to drink tea are basically business travelers and locals who stay in Tongzhou Mansion.

Locals can run to the teahouse to drink tea, naturally are more idle people, not only that, even if they come to this teahouse in the business travel, but also mostly in a state of rest, more free time, so generally come to the third work teahouse to drink tea people are in a state of slow life people.

Because of this, the guests in the private room upstairs are particularly special.

I got into the teahouse early in the morning, and as soon as I came in, I didn't go out, staring at the bluestone road outside the window in a daze, how could I not attract the attention of others!

Especially a young man like the third child who does an errand to usher, although he has seen a lot of people, he has never seen such a strange thing, so this is also a belly full of words that want to talk, as soon as these two guests talked, he couldn't wait to open the conversation, and even the words that they were chatting with in private were all said.

Erbao, who was disguised as a porter, raised his hand and scratched his hand with an ignorant expression, pursed his lips in disbelief, and said in a low voice: "Maybe I'm waiting for someone, how can it be so exaggerated as you say." ”

"Guest officer, do you see our shopkeeper......

It was a person who had seen the world in the capital, and even our shopkeeper asked us to pay attention to the guest upstairs, which showed that something was wrong with him. Certainly not waiting for someone. The third child shook his head disapprovingly, pointed to the shopkeeper behind the counter who was fiddling with the account book, and said with pride in his tone.

"Gotta get it. Let's leave that nosy behind.

We came back from the south this time, but we didn't suffer less, we have been outside for many years, and this time we have returned to Tongzhou, we have to rest. Lynch, who was sitting next to Erbao and dressed as a merchant, saw that someone next to him had already noticed the movement on their side. deliberately looked very lazy and leaned back on the back of the officer's hat chair, put his arms on the back of the chair, and stopped Erbao who was about to speak. He said in a dumb voice, "Little second brother, it's the first time we've stopped in Tongzhou, you have to give us a good introduction to what to do." Money is not an issue. ”

said. Lynch also took out a silver ingot from the placket of his shirt like a nouveau riche, and threw it in his hand very conspicuously.

"If you want to talk about the place to play, you actually have to go to the docks.

The newly opened Juyuan Pavilion over there, there are a few good fans who have just come from the south, even if you don't want to mess up those messy things, it's good to listen to the song. The third child said, noticing Lynch and Erbao's displeased expressions. After a while, he talked about the singers who were good at Suzhou minor tunes in Juyuan Pavilion and a few restaurants on the street. As well as the accommodation conditions, the cost-effective inn, it is just a few words to introduce half of the Tongzhou Mansion.

"Little brother, it's a jack of all trades, and it's a shame to have someone like you who is familiar with Tongzhou Mansion to introduce you, otherwise we would really be blind. Lynch got the news he wanted and nodded at Erbao.

Seeing this, Erbao hurriedly took out a piece of broken silver from the burden at hand, stuffed it into the third child's hand, and asked the third child to go about his own affairs, and muttered to Lynch.

"It seems that there is really something wrong with Xiao Yixuan. Seeing the third child walking away, Lin Qicai moved his position, approached Erbao, and said in a low voice.

Erbao nodded approvingly, and muttered with a worried face: "Indeed, it is also thanks to our master's thoughtfulness, let us come with us, otherwise he will really fool him." ”

It turned out that these two treasures and Lynch were both the outer court stewards in the Fourth Master's Mansion.

Since the fourth master got part of the information of Fang Fang and Yuanyuan's parents, he ordered Shuntianfu to help find someone, and Shuntianfu Yin did not dare to slack off, and scattered all the manpower in the house, thinking that he would soon get accurate news, but in private, the fourth master also arranged for spies under Chen Fu and Zhang Bao to find this criminal master from Shaoxing.

It's not that the fourth master doesn't trust the people of Shuntianfu, it's that he cares too much about this master.

First, it was because Erfu had been in a hurry to find Fang Fang and Yuanyuan's parents, and he urged the fourth master several times in a row;

Second, because there is too much shortage of this type of talent around the fourth master, he has the idea of loving talent, and he wants to take this to the house as an errand.

Since he wanted to receive an errand from the house, the fourth master naturally had to pay more attention, carefully probe the identity background and family history of Fang Fang, Yuanyuan's parents, and other information, and specially arranged for the two Erbao and Lynch, who are not often out of the house, to cooperate with Chen Fu and Zhang Bao to search for Fang Fang and Yuanyuan's parents in Beijing, and in less than three days, they found the silk village opened by Fang Fang and Yuanyuan's uncle, and found this couple who were looking for children in a hurry - Xiao Yixuan and Zhao.

But the fourth master found it, but he didn't notify the Shuntian Mansion, nor did he let Lynch and Erbao go directly to these two people, only let Lynch and Erbao disguise themselves as foot-walking merchants, and kept following Xiao Yixuan's left and right, carefully checking Xiao Yixuan's origin.

It was a few days like this, and the two of them were sleeping in the open air, which was very hard, but they didn't gain anything, they thought they were going to end up like this, but they didn't want to go into the night last night, and there was movement in the Xiao family's silk village.

First of all, Xiao Yibo, the head of the Xiao family's silk village, ordered the young man in the shop to go to the mule and horse market to buy a fast horse, and secretly found an old beggar who was begging at the bottom of the south wall, and asked the old beggar to send a message about the whereabouts of Fang Fang and Yuanyuan to the shop, and finally bought off the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and sent his brother Xiao Yixuan out of the city at night.

The reaction of the Xiao family made Erbao and Lynch happy, followed closely behind Xiao Yixuan, and also rode a fast horse, bought off the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and came all the way to Tongzhou Mansion.

This hurriedly chased for a night, and finally came to the vicinity of Tongzhou Mansion before the city gate of Tongzhou Mansion opened, and then fell behind Xiao Yixuan, first going around to the dock. Along the main road, I found all the way back to such an inconspicuous small teahouse.

When they arrived outside the small teahouse, the two of them were afraid to follow too closely. aroused Xiao Yixuan's suspicion, squatted in the corner of the street, and spent an hour, and then followed a few guests who came to drink tea and listen to books, and slipped into the teahouse.

But all the hard work has finally paid off.

This made Lynch and Erbao feel that they had lived up to their worth, and felt that the sins they had suffered these days were worth the ticket price. I can't wait to return to the capital from Tongzhou immediately and send news to the fourth master.

"No, no!

It is still uncertain why Xiao Yixuan came to Tongzhou. Let's still follow Xiao Yixuan, thinking that the Xiao family arranged such a play, we won't stay in Tongzhou forever, we can't just because of temporary gains and losses. I missed the errand given to us by my master. What do you say?" Lin Dong hesitated for a moment, looked at the direction of the stairs, gritted his teeth again and again, and finally smacked his lips, slammed his fist on the table, and said coldly.

"You're right, we can't be reckless. Erbao thought about it and agreed with Lynch's statement. He frowned and said, "It's just." This news still has to be sent back to the master, so as not to delay the arrangement on the master's side, and I don't know if there are any of our people in this Tongzhou Mansion!"

"You're still thoughtful.

Here, I'm staring at Xiao Yixuan here, you go to the Lin family pawnshop in the north of the city, and ask the shopkeeper to send a letter to the head of the capital, and tell the master the news from our side.

Plus, there's one more important thing you need to do.

We are dressed as foot merchants, this trip to Tongzhou, we can't go back empty-handed, go to the dock to purchase a batch of goods from the south, find a dart bureau to hold, and wait for Xiao Yixuan to go back, take a piece back, it can be regarded as a part of our heart to the master. Lin Dong smiled and nodded, put his head to Erbao's ear, and whispered a few words, then sat up straight, picked up the tea bowl with a comfortable face, took a small sip of tea, and watched Erbao leave the teahouse.

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Xiao Yixuan held the wine cup in his hand, stood silently by the window, waited for another hour, and finally saw a big cart and several carriages pulling the coffin, looking at the carriage with the badge of the Eight Masters' Mansion and Ning Jinghui, who was wearing a filial piety dress and sitting on horseback, the look on his face was a little heavier.

"Master, the apprentice is not filial, and he can't even see your last face. Xiao Yixuan slowly sprinkled the wine in the wine cup on the ground, knelt on the ground as soon as he lifted his robe, kowtowed three times in the direction of the cart, and said in a choked voice, "The apprentice has prepared your favorite roast chicken and good wine for you here, you can eat and drink some before leaving!"

After speaking, he reached out and carried the jar of wine, poured a full jar of wine from the window, and poured it into the street, and put the plate with the roast chicken to the window, and then leaned against the window, muttering something that no one could hear.

Xiao Yixuan's two brothers, since the death of their parents when they were young, living a precarious life, worrying all day long in order to fill their stomachs, when they were most difficult, it was Ning Lao who gave their brothers a bite to eat for them to study, and it was also Ning Lao who asked him to marry Zhao as his wife, and also gave him two silver and connections to open such a big silk village in the capital, for their brothers, it can be said that they are reborn parents.

Although he also knew that Ning Lao's reputation in Shaoxing Mansion was not good, but those who said to him were like a passing cloud, and never went to his heart, in his mind, Ning Lao was the best person in the world, so this time Ning Lao asked him to come to Beijing to assist the eighth master, and he didn't even hesitate to take his children and wife to Beijing in a hurry.

I thought that there would be many opportunities to get along with Ning Lao in the future, but who knew that a few years ago, it would become the last meeting between them, and he couldn't even go to the spirit to put a stick of incense, so he could only pay tribute across the street, the wall, and the window, Xiao Yixuan's heart hurt so much that he cried unconsciously.

The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but he hasn't reached the sad place.

Xiao Yixuan didn't know how to describe his current mood, he wanted to yell unbridledly, venting the depression in his heart, but he was afraid that the last plan of the deceased master Ning Lao would fall through, so that Ning Lao couldn't feel at ease underground, so he could only endure it bitterly, pounding the sharp window frame with a fist, letting the flesh and blood on his hands blur, and letting a little scarlet blood bead drip on the floor, dyeing a white robe.

"Master, no matter who harms you, the apprentice will never let him go. Seeing Ning Jinghui and his party disappear into the corner of the street, Xiao Yixuan wiped the tears on his face that blurred his vision, and said with hatred like an oath.

Tongzhou and his party, Xiao Yixuan came to see Ning Lao on his last journey, if it weren't for his brother Xiao Yibo to keep an eye on the movements of the Fourth Master's Mansion, Xiao Yibo would have come, even so, Xiao Yibo also asked him to bring a handwritten eulogy and let him be burned in front of Ning Lao's coffin.

It's just that just looking at Ning Lao's coffin, he was so immersed in his emotions that he forgot his brother's entrustment.

"Brother, I'm sorry, my brother lost his temper.

However, the master has not gone far, so I will burn the eulogy and send it to the master to see. Xiao Yixuan pulled the handkerchief and wiped his hands, took out the tear-stained eulogy and fire fold from his arms, lit it, and slowly put it in the empty wine jar.

The faint smell of ashes lingered between Xiao Yixuan's mouth and nose, causing him to think of the tragic situation when Ning Lao died, and sat on the ground as soon as he lifted his robe, looking at the eulogy that was still gradually burning, and wept again.

Crying and crying stopped, and after tossing for another half a time, Xiao Yixuan finally sorted out his mood, walked out of this small private room, walked along the bluestone paved road, walked along the bluestone paved road, and he was too depressed, until he walked near the dock, and did not find Lynch who fell behind him.

"This guy is overwhelmed. Lynch, who fell behind Xiao Yixuan and walked with wooden legs, looked at Erbao who suddenly turned out of the corner of the street, and felt like he had found a savior, and came to Erbao with joy in his eyes, and complained repeatedly.

"What's wrong?" Erbao asked with a blank expression.

"What else could it be, this guy...... Not long after you left, he came out of the teahouse with this dejected look, isn't this ...... It's all going around the docks, it's going to get dark!" Lynch pressed most of his body on Erbao's shoulder, pounding his numb and stiff leg with one hand, muttering vaguely.

"If you find a place to rest for a while, I'll follow first, lest he notice you." Erbao was a little staggered, pointed to a tea shed on the side of the street he had just walked by, and whispered.

"In his state, I guess he won't even look at me if I go to his eyes twice and run two laps, but I do have to rest, and after riding the horse for so long, and walking so much, I don't think my leg is my own......

You follow first, and I'll follow you down the road in a moment.

However, I don't think he will be walking for a while, he is also made of meat, and he is always tired, if you follow him to the inn, you can leave a code directly according to the old method, and you don't have to come to me!" Lynch really couldn't walk, especially when he saw the long stool in the tea shed, a pair of eyes were on it, his eyes stared at the tea shed in a daze, and he said a lot of words, and then walked to the tea shed without looking back.

(To be continued.) )