Chapter 477

Xiao Wuzi struggled to carry two wooden barrels filled with hot water, and slowly walked up the stairs like a snail, but as soon as he stepped up the last staircase, he saw the two guest officers who had just checked in were sitting at the round table one left and one right, looking at him stunned, and couldn't help but speed up his pace a little shyly, and simply trotted all the way to Lynch.

"The guest officer is in a hurry, the little one will go and get cold water for you. Xiao Wuzi put the two wooden barrels at his feet, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said with a smile.

Erbao received Lynch's small hint, got up with a smile, came to the side of the little guy Xiao Wuzi, handed a handkerchief to Xiao Wuzi, and then leaned over and carried the two buckets of hot water, and walked to the small clean room behind the screen as he spoke: "Don't worry, why don't you let people help you." ”

"Alas, there are three guys running in this inn, except for the small one who is the flat-headed common man in Xiaowangzhuang in front of him, one is our shopkeeper's brother-in-law, and the other is a distant relative of our Tongzhou prefect......" Xiao Wuzi nodded at Lynch, who was sitting at the table and posed, and hurriedly caught up with Erbao, while taking a bucket of hot water and carrying it, he said as if complaining.

"That's really hard for you, no wonder when I accompanied our lord's house just now, I saw that you were the only one out to solicit customers. Erbao continued his disguise as an honest and honest person, and poured hot water into the bathtub like Xiao Wuzi, while showing a warm smile to Xiao Wuzi and softly comforting.

"Whew...... As long as you are paid, you can work without effort.

Again. Our shopkeeper is not bad, not only with food and accommodation, but also with two taels of silver a month. Sometimes you can still receive rewards from guests, so it's better than farming and eating in the sky at home!" Xiao Wuzi poured another bucket of water into the bathtub and said with a smile while fiddling with the direction of the screen.

Erbao nodded understandingly, showed a wry smile as if empathy, and said in a low voice: "Don't talk about it! Although farming at home seems to be more comfortable." But in the end, it is not easy to watch the sky and eat.

This took advantage of the slack time to come out to find an errand. It's good to help make up for the family. ”

After speaking, Erbao followed Xiao Wuzi out and said to Lynch, and then followed Xiao Wuzi downstairs to fetch water. lest Xiao Wuzi be too busy to work alone. By the way, you can also get close to Xiao Wuzi, and ask Xiao Yixuan which room that kid lives in, so that he and Lynch can keep an eye on it.

I have to say that Erbao paid a little effort, so he successfully found out which room Xiao Yixuan lived in from Xiao Wuzi's mouth, and asked Xiao Yixuan to enter the guest room, and only hurriedly wiped the rain and played the oil-paper umbrella provided to him by the innkeeper. Leaving the inn, he seemed to be in a hurry.

"Thankfully staying at the top of the stairs. We just need to be vigilant to see when Xiao Yixuan is back. Lynch gave Xiao Wuzi a dozen coppers, sent away Xiao Wuzi, who was smiling, and whispered to Erbao.

After speaking, he showed a shallow smile, turned his head and walked to the inner room to wash.

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Just when Erbao and Lynch returned to the room and washed up, Xiao Yixuan also found the traces of Ning Jinghui and his party in an inconspicuous alley, and smoothly connected with Ning Jinghui.

It turned out that Ning Jinghui planned to take a boat back to Shaoxing directly today.

But this sudden drizzle made it impossible for the big ship provided by the Eighth Master Mansion to leave the port, so they would rest in Tongzhou Mansion for the night, and set off again tomorrow, and there would be an opportunity for Xiao Yixuan to make incense, otherwise I am afraid that when Xiao Yixuan chased after him, he could only see the scene of Ning Jinghui and his party boarding the ship directly from the dock.

And Ning Jinghui and his party, who were carrying Ning Lao's coffin, naturally couldn't stay at the inn.

Finally, with the help of the steward arranged by the eighth master, he found this small courtyard rented to merchants to store goods near the wharf, and when Xiao Yixuan came, Ning Jinghui and his party had just settled down.

"Master's matter, what the hell is going on. Because of the problem of identity, Xiao Yixuan couldn't stay here for too long, and he was close to Ning Jinghui, so he didn't make any more detours, and as soon as he entered the room and sat down, he asked urgently.

Ning Jinghui also knew that Xiao Yixuan's feelings for his father Ning Lao were no less than him, so he didn't ask him why he was here with a stupid question, and said with a wry smile: "The eighth master said that it was the one in Prince Yong's mansion who did it, but I don't look like it, and I heard the little eunuchs in the mansion talk in private, but I was a little suspicious of the two staff members in the Eighth Master's mansion, so I planned to send my father's coffin back to Shaoxing to settle down, and then go back to the eighth master's mansion to find out the truth." ”

Regarding the fact that he was going to find his father's murderer in person, Ning Jinghui did not hide it from Xiao Yixuan, and he really needed Xiao Yixuan's help.

After all, he has always been a scholar who studies behind closed doors, although he is full of four books and five classics, but he doesn't know anything about being a staff member, and the only one who can guide him is Xiao Yixuan, who follows his father on the staff journey.

"Then you don't plan to participate in the imperial examination again?

Master's greatest wish in this life is to be able to see Brother Ning, the title of your gold list!" Xiao Yixuan's face changed when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice.

"Useless is a scholar.

Even if I can successfully get into the Jinshi after three years, but with the power of the Eighth Master's Mansion, how can I, a newcomer who has just entered the career, find out the cause of my father's death, and as my father's son, I can't let my father go so confused. "Shinong Gonggong, although Ning Jinghui doesn't like to read very much, but he is not willing to let go of the dignity of a scholar and become a staff member, but when he thinks of his father's death, he can't do it casually and follow the Yangguan Road arranged for him by his father.

When Xiao Yixuan heard this, he nodded very heavily, then sighed, and said with a bitter face: "Since Brother Ning has made up his mind, then I won't say more."

It's just that if you want to become a staff member in the Eighth Lord's Mansion, you still need a suitable opportunity. Otherwise, it will inevitably arouse suspicion, and besides, you also need to study the books and records left by the master, just by your careful thinking. You must not be a competent staff member. ”

"Well, I've thought about all of this, and as for the opportunity, I'm afraid I still need your help. Ning Jinghui was not stupid, he also knew that what Xiao Yixuan said was for his good, and it was also to remind him that the road ahead was difficult, but since he had already made up his mind. It will not be changed arbitrarily.

No matter how big the price is, he will find the real murderer who killed his father.

Before that, of course. Not only did he have to enrich the knowledge he needed to master as a staff member, but he also had to settle down the family, so as not to show any hindsight in the future, not only did he fail to avenge his father's revenge. It also affected these relatives in the family.

The two talked for a long time. Xiao Yixuan looked at the gradually darkening sky outside the window, and said goodbye with some reluctance, "When you go back this time, I will help you keep an eye on the movements in the capital, if I can successfully complete the master's request, when you come back, I can also provide some help."

In order to make it easier for us to communicate in the future, we need to set some codes. He said. Xiao Yixuan chose the most common 'Analects' as the code for the two to communicate, and also set a safe word. If someone encounters unforeseen difficulties, they can report to them in a simple sentence.

Ning Jinghui sent Xiao Yixuan to the mouth of the alley, watched his figure, disappeared into the rain, and then slowly paced back to the courtyard.

"Husband, it was Brother Xiao who came just now, why didn't you leave him here for one night. Ning Jinghui's wife, Wang, served Mrs. Ning with some porridge to rest, and when she saw that Ning Jinghui was standing under the porch, she hurriedly put a cloak on his shoulders and asked softly.

"Well, he came to put incense on my father. Ning Jinghui didn't tell Wang about his and Xiao Yixuan's plans, not that he didn't trust Wang, but he didn't want Wang to be scared with him.

Wang always felt that Ning Jinghui seemed to have something on his mind, but the men's affairs, she was not easy to ask about the women's family, so she could only pretend not to know and endure it, and now seeing that Ning Jinghui was even fooling her vaguely about such a trivial matter, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, twisted his eyebrows, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Xiao didn't enter Beijing a year ago, how could he go home!"

"My father had found him an errand before, and he didn't want his employer to know about his relationship with the eighth master, so he didn't let him go to the house to talk, and he didn't know the news of his father's death, so he hurried over. Sensing the unhappiness in Wang's tone, Ning Jinghui turned around, grabbed Wang's shoulder, and explained in a low voice, "I didn't tell you before, but I also think it's not a big deal, don't think about it, you've worked hard these days." ”

"Let others see it. Wang Shi was blushed by Ning Jinghui's sudden movements, and hurriedly tore off Ning Jinghui's arm, and said coquettishly, "I am your wife, the daughter-in-law of our Ning family, and it is my duty to take care of my mother-in-law, so what is the hard work."

Besides, if it weren't for my father-in-law and mother-in-law to stand out for me, I'm afraid that I would have been sold to a big family by my ruthless stepmother to make a small one, and now my father-in-law has just passed away, and these people in the family are in a bad mood.

It's you, I've been looking at you these days as if you have something on your mind, maybe you can tell me?" Xu was infected by Ning Jinghui's tenderness, and Wang Shi also said the words that he pressed in his heart, and lowered his head with a little annoyance after speaking, for fear that he would be rejected by Ning Jinghui, which would ruin the atmosphere between the two.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, but I always think about my father's previous teachings, and I blame myself for being too selfish, and I don't have a good feeling in my heart. Ning Jinghui's heart softened, although he wanted to say everything in his heart, but when he thought of what he would face in the future, he still forcibly suppressed the words that came to his mouth, reached out and grabbed Wang's hand, and lowered his head with red eyes and said.

"I want to open some, I don't want to see you like this. Wang Shi had experienced the grief of his mother's death, and he also understood that this kind of grief could not be soothed by words, but could only be calmed down slowly by the passage of time, so he didn't say those words of consolation, he shook Ning Jinghui's big hand with his backhand, rubbed a small calloon on Ning Jinghui's knuckles, and said softly.

"I know. Ning Jinghui sensed the comfort in Wang's tone, and also clenched Wang's hand, raised his eyes to look at the sky, and said softly, "It's not early, we have to take a boat tomorrow if we get up early, let's go back and rest early." ”

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"Look, is that person Xiao Yixuan. Lynch, who had been half-lying on the rattan chair on the beauty's back since he finished washing, looked at a figure hurriedly coming in the rain, pushed Erbao next to him who was half-squinting and was about to sleep, and said in a low voice.

Erbao rubbed his sleepy eyes, squinted, looked and looked, and nodded, "It seems that your guess has come true, this Xiao Yixuan really wants to come back here to rest, and I don't know if he will go out this time." ”

As he spoke, Er Bao looked down at the loose middle coat on his body, wondering if he should go back to change his clothes, lest Xiao Yixuan go out again after a while, and he had to go back to change his clothes, delaying the time and losing someone again.

"It's been a long time, I guess he's already seen someone. Lynch pursed his lips disappreciatively, pointed to the teahouse that had been put on the board opposite, turned his head and said to Erbao.

While the two were talking, Xiao Yixuan had already walked to the door of the "guest house" with an umbrella, and after a while, there was a creaking sound on the stairs, and it seemed that this person did not stop downstairs and went upstairs directly.

"Guest, wait a while, the little one will bring you what you want. Just as Lynch and Erbao were hesitating whether to go out and set up words with Xiao Yixuan, Xiao Wuzi's somewhat familiar voice sounded from downstairs.

"Let's just wait, it's time to go down for dinner. Lynch pointed out the door, pursed his lips and smiled, and whispered.

After saying that, he went straight into the inner room and got dressed, and planned to go down to eat.

Erbao also took advantage of this gap to go back to the room to change clothes, and when he passed by the corridor, he also walked with Xiao Wuzi who came up with a food box, "You are ......"

"When I heard the lord's house call me, I passed in a hurry, and I didn't even bother to put on my clothes. Erbao pulled the gray shirt he was wearing and said with a smile.

"The guest officer is in a hurry, so I'll go first. Xiao Wuzi was about to say something, but he saw Xiao Yixuan probing from the room, waved his hand hurriedly, smiled and carried the food box in his hand, and walked around the side of Erbao as he spoke.

Erbao happened to have his back to the end of the corridor, heard the sound of the door behind him, and then contacted Xiao Wuzi's expression, he also thought that Xiao Yixuan was urging him, and nodded with a smile, half sideways, and returned to his own room, without letting Xiao Yixuan, who might still be standing in the corridor, see his face.

After a few moments, footsteps sounded in the hallway again.

Erbao, who was half-clothed, opened the door again, "That one didn't blame you, it's all because I pulled you to talk in the corridor, which delayed your errand." ”

(To be continued.) )