Chapter 476

Lynch and Erbao, who were a little flustered, hurriedly walked towards the "guest house", but they looked more and more like businessmen whose itinerary was disrupted by the sudden rainy weather, and carried baggage with them, probably to find a place to stay and rest.

Xiao Wuzi, a young man who is soliciting customers outside the home, also thinks so.

As soon as he saw the two of them walking straight to this side, he raised a bright and enthusiastic smile without even a trace of hesitation, greeted him, politely handed over the oil-paper umbrella he was holding in his hand, squinted a pair of small bean-sized eyes, and said softly: "Two guest officers, do you want to rest and sharpen? Our inn has good guest rooms and delicious meals, why don't you go in and rest and have a cup of tea!"

Lynch, who was interrupted by the young man and was full of ominous imagination, looked at Erbao behind him, the melancholy on his face was empty, and he looked at the small storefront of the "guest house" with some pickiness, and then raised his eyes to look at the cloudy sky, which seemed to have to choose to stay here and said: "On weekdays, you don't think that you will live in such a small inn, so far from the dock and the warehouse, it is really troublesome." ”

After speaking, he glanced sideways at Erbao who followed behind him, as if he was blaming Erbao for not settling down with this food and accommodation problem before the rain, and followed the little five sons with a happy face to walk towards the "guest house".

"This guest officer, don't look at the appearance of our inn, but the guest room inside is the best one in this Tongzhou Mansion, and the price is also appropriate, and the food is also smooth, not only our authentic Beijing cuisine, but also the chef of Lu cuisine from Shandong is waiting. Make sure you live comfortably and eat well. Xiao Wuzi sent a soothing smile to Erbao while introducing Lynch diligently.

Between words. The three of them had already walked into the lobby.

The lobby is an inconspicuous table of eight immortals and a long bench, which is indeed very ordinary, but it seems that the casual way of talking to the two young men in the middle and the guest officer who is eating in the middle of the conversation confirms Xiao Wuzi's statement, it is an inn that is easy to attract repeat customers, and it should be good.

However, Lynch and Erbao followed Xiao Yixuan. didn't pay attention to these at all, just glanced at it hastily, then withdrew his gaze, and followed Xiao Wuzi to the counter.

Behind the wooden counter. The shopkeeper was looking down and dialing the abacus in his hand to settle the accounts, and suddenly felt that his vision was dark, and he looked up a little unhappily, and met the flattering smile of Xiao Wuzi. Replaced with another kind smiling face. Hunched over, bypassed the counter, came to Erbao and Lynch, and greeted loudly: "Are the two guest officers staying in the hotel or rest......ing temporarily?"

After speaking, the shopkeeper didn't wait for Lynch to speak, so he reached out and poked Xiao Wuzi, and instructed Xiao Wuzi to send the hot ginger tea and handkerchief that had been prepared in the back kitchen to Erbao and Lynch to warm up their bodies, wipe the rain on their bodies and faces. Qi Qi, who attracted the affection of Lynch and Erbao, showed a comfortable smile.

"Give me two upper rooms. Lynch smiled and took out a piece of broken silver from his purse and handed it to the shopkeeper. At the same time, he stretched out his hand to take the hot ginger tea sent by Xiao Wuzi, took a sip, and said softly.

"Okay, two rooms. "Like all the innkeepers in TV dramas, the shopkeeper of 'Kelaiju' shouted like a repeater, and commanded loudly to Xiao Wuzi, "Don't hurry up and send the two guest officers upstairs to rest." ”

After speaking, the shopkeeper turned his head to Lynch again, and said with a smile, "Guest officer, please two of you upstairs, and the hot water will be delivered in a while." ”

This year's inn, there is no 24-hour hot water supply, if you want to take a bath, you need to talk to the Hakka, you have to wait for the inn Xiao Er'er to send water, so that you can take a bath from the guest room, otherwise you have to go to the outside bathhouse to take a bath, Lynch is worried that Erbao will be infected with wind chill after being rained for so long, so before going upstairs, he specially ordered: "Well, send more hot water up."

The rain is so cold, you have to take a good bath. After speaking, he knocked on Erbao's chest heavily, and then followed Xiao Wuzi to step on the wooden stairs and go upstairs.

When Erbao heard this, he seemed to be a little embarrassed and scratched his head with a smile, nodded to the innkeeper again and again to express his gratitude, and then chased after Xiao Wuzi and walked upstairs.

"This merchant from the south is really a good man. The shopkeeper noticed Lynch's concern for Erbao, looked at the backs of the two, muttered with a smile, and beckoned another idle young man to go to the back kitchen to get hot water, so as not to delay the two guest officers upstairs to wash up and rest, and let go of such a repeat customer with a good temperament and big hands and feet.

On the other side, Xiao Wuzi had also led Lynch and Erbao upstairs.

"Kelaiju" is a standard inn, although it also entertains guests staying here for dinner, but there are no private rooms in the restaurant, and the lobby is not deliberately high and empty, so go up the stairs, it is two rows of north-south directions, almost the same opposite guest rooms, leaving only a corridor that can accommodate three people walking side by side, except for a small window at the end of the corridor that can shed a little light, the lighting is all by the two translucent cowhide lanterns hanging on the roof of the corridor, which looks very dark. Narrow, and it was raining outside today, the light was even darker, and with the faint yellow candlelight from the guest rooms on both sides, it was like a horror movie scene.

Xiao Wuzi was talking, and pushed open the doors of the two opposite guest rooms near the staircase, "Guest officer, you came here a little late today, those rooms inside are occupied, I can only be wronged that you live on this side of the stairs, it may be a little noisy, please forgive me, if you still live here tomorrow and then change to it, do you think about it?"

After speaking, Xiao Wuzi was a little embarrassed to look at Lynch and shortened his body, and led Lynch into the guest room.

Lynch entered the guest room without saying a word, but he didn't put down the small burden on his shoulders for a long time, and Xiao Wuzi's heart trembled a little, for fear that Lynch would feel that he was being treated slowly, and he didn't live here, so he chose to go downstairs to order some food and wait for the rain to stop, and then go to other places to stay.

In this way, the guest rooms of the inn are not full, and the shopkeeper will definitely let him continue to go outside to collect customers in the rain. So he was busy talking about the benefits: "Look, guest officer, although this is close to the stairs, the doors and windows are closed." It won't be too noisy, and most of the people we live here are regular customers, and there won't be too noisy guests, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

Besides, it's close to the stairs, so it's easier to get in and out, so let's come up and wait. It's also easy to get a shout from below the staircase, and the two rooms are right across the door. You two guest officers live, and you happen to have a care. With that, Xiao Wuzi also walked to the window and opened a window comparable to a floor-to-ceiling window. Step over a threshold that is less than calf high. Or the windowsill, pointing to a small balcony hung with bamboo curtains, and introducing with a smile, "Look, this is just on the corner of the street, and there are beautiful people leaning on, if it doesn't rain, you can just sit here and drink tea and bask in the sun." ”

Lynch looked out at the small balcony. As if he was a little interested, he stepped forward to take a look. Only then did he nod a little hesitantly, took out a few copper coins from his purse for a reward, and said in a low voice: "Okay, look at what you said for a long time, if you don't stay, I'm really sorry you spent those spitts, lead him to the opposite guest room."

Just remember to bring hot water to you as soon as possible. As he spoke, he left the little five sons to the back and walked straight to the innermost side of the guest room.

Xiao Wuzi thanked the reward, thoughtfully closed the door for Lynch, smiled and led Erbao into the north-facing guest room, and from the big key ring in his hand, he removed two keys that seemed to be used to open the copper lock hanging on the side of the door, and handed them to Erbao, leaving a sentence "The hot water will be delivered later, you rest first." He turned around and went downstairs.

Seeing Xiao Wuzi leave the room, Erbao glanced at the guest room.

The layout of the two rooms, except for some small knick-knacks, looks almost the same, all of them are divided into two rooms, inside and outside, and the middle is divided by a Bogu shelf with fake antique vases and other ornaments.

Outside, there are small sittings, a round table for entertaining guests, embroidered piers, and a long flower table by the window.

The inner room is divided into two parts irregularly by a black lacquered screen and hangers, one is a clean room near the window with a bucket, a washer, and a bathtub for bathing, and the other is a bedroom with a wardrobe and a lacquered bed, and near the corner of the wall, there is also a dresser inlaid with a small copper mirror.

Erbao looked at the small guest room with all the organs, casually touched a handful of washed and faded azure blue muslin bed curtains, put the burden on his shoulders on an embroidered pier on the side, and muttered with a smile: "This Xiao Yixuan is really good at finding a place, this place is really good." ”

After saying that, he hurriedly took off the robe that had been soaked by the rain, threw it on the ground, took out a set of dry clothes from the baggage and changed it, and went out to Lynch's room.

"I can't tell which room Xiao Yixuan lives in, how can this be good?" Erbao knocked on the door slightly, then casually pushed open the hidden door, and asked in a low voice to Lynch, who had not yet changed his clothes.

"Wait, that little guy will come up to deliver water in a while, and then you can cooperate with me to talk to me." Lynch replied as he turned around as he tied the straps on his mid-coat.

"Okay, I'm afraid that Xiao Yixuan is really looking for something as we guessed, and he may have left this inn. Erbao nodded slightly and continued.

"Even if he's looking for something, or meeting someone, he's already out, but he's always going to come back to rest.

I don't believe he'll curfew and not come back, or stay overnight with the person he's looking for.

Judging from the news we have observed these days, the Xiao family is very cautious, and even Xiao Yixuan came to Tongzhou and specially found an old beggar to send a fake news to outsiders, which proves my statement.

Since he came here under the pretext of looking for children, then he had to think like that, how could the two children be found here now in the master's mansion, and when he came here, he didn't go to the home of an acquaintance or deceased for the first time, and chose to spend time in the teahouse, which means that he wants to do this play to the end.

So he can go around in the name of looking for a child, to meet someone, but he won't rush to other people's homes to live, which is why I choose to live here knowing that Xiao Yixuan may not be in this inn. Lynch picked up the empty teapot, shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile, and whispered.

"Then you can't, he'll find a different inn to stay in. Erbao nodded first, then thought of a possibility, his face changed, he twisted his eyebrows, and asked Lynch.

"Then we'll have to resign ourselves to our fate.

Although Xiao Yixuan was found suspicious, he still missed the master's errand, and the two of us went back to receive the punishment. Lynch motioned to Erbao to open the door, lest anyone eavesdropping outside could not find out, and when Erbao opened the door and sat back on the embroidery pier, he smiled and said casually as if teasing.

"You ......" Erbao smiled angrily at him, but still nodded resignedly, "I hope what you said is right, so that we can keep up with Xiao Yixuan, otherwise we will really have to go back to receive the punishment."

When I think of Gonggong Chen's torture methods, I feel that my legs and stomach are weak. ”

As he spoke, Erbao suddenly remembered the strange attitude of the shopkeeper of the Lin family's pawnshop towards him, and seeing that the young man who delivered the water had not yet come up, he hurriedly came to Lynch's ear and recounted it in a few words, waiting for Lynch to solve his doubts.

"Are you saying that he is very courteous, and even has some intention of flattering you, and still uses your words?" Lynch asked rhetorically in disbelief.

After all, this Lin family pawnshop is not an ordinary place.

That is the master in order to monitor the movements of some people in the capital, specially arranged a secret place in Tongzhou Mansion, the big shopkeeper in the pawnshop, is not on the house file at all, but a native of Tongzhou Mansion, is the master wasted a lot of effort to dig out the capable people, the purpose is to keep an eye on the ships on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Merchants and other information can be said to be the most important secret in the house, even he was only known by Chen Fu Chen Gonggong when he was about to leave the house, his status in the eyes of the master, I am afraid that it is more important than Su Peisheng Su Gonggong, how can he please them, these little minions who came out to run errands, this is indeed very strange.

Because of his understanding of the details, Lynch was more suspicious of the shopkeeper's attitude than Erbao, and even began to suspect that the shopkeeper's currying favor with Erbao was to find out about their errand this time.

Erbao was blackened by Lynch's rhetorical question, and said with a glare: "You still don't believe what I said, although I am not smart, but I feel that in this regard, I have never made a mistake, and even our master has praised me a few times for my intuition is very good!"

"I just can't believe it because I believe it. Lynch smiled wryly and waved his hand and whispered.

"Hmph. Erbao snorted unhappily and twisted his body.

"The message you sent back this time was written according to the code set by Gonggong Chen?" Lynch couldn't care about comforting Erbao's injured little heart, and asked a little anxiously.

"That's natural, not only that, but I also specially left a vermilion lacquer wax seal as a precaution. Erbao also realized that Lynch's tone was a little anxious, and knew that it was not the time to lose his temper, so he frowned and said.

"Fortunately, we'll talk about this later, let's not rush to conclusions. Knowing that Erbao was writing a letter according to the code, Lynch's heart was relieved, and he listened to the sound of movement on the stairs and made a closing remark.

(To be continued.) )