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The twilight was heavy, and as the sun set over the horizon, the western glow was still bright, reflecting the entire Partridge Pass immersed in a busy situation. With the slow closing of the gate of the checkpoint, the business travelers who did not catch up with the entry had to stay in the small hostel outside the gate, waiting for the next morning to enter the customs, and the streets and alleys in the partridge pass were also full of smoke, and the city looked like the clouds were steaming and foggy, and both ordinary people and inns and inns began to light fires to prepare dinner.www.biquge.info

Partridge Inn is the largest hotel in Partridge Pass, located near the intersection not too far from the field, both the geographical location and the environment are extremely moderate, when a horizontal plaque on the street on the Partridge Inn words are quite ancient, probably some years. The store is not big, but the courtyard behind the store can be a lot, in addition to the spacious main courtyard is divided into two columns, on both sides of the main courtyard there are also a few quiet reading courtyards, which are specially prepared for the gentry of the big merchants and wealthy families in the past, although the price is not expensive, but it is also said to be full.

"Shopkeeper, arrange a small courtyard for our young lady. The middle-aged man stopped next to the desk and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Er has already gone up to take the carriage to the backyard and across the courtyard.

"Ouch, I'm really sorry, guest officer, it's really not a coincidence today, the courtyard is full, can you just rest in the upper room for one night?"

"What's the matter? Shopkeeper, you have to think of a way, money is not a problem. The middle-aged man's face sank, not angry and arrogant, "Or I'll give me more money to see who can let it out." ”

"Yo, uncle, don't say that, we are all out of the house, we don't dare to say this to the guests. The shopkeeper shook his head like a rattle, and refused again and again, this is not a trivial matter, and he gave money to live in the hotel, who would dare to let the first guest move out?

The middle-aged man was also a little anxious, he also knew that it was difficult for a strong man to do this, but he couldn't let the young lady and others be in the same courtyard, "Shopkeeper, you help, you have to think of a way no matter what, my young lady is not in good health and likes to be quiet, or we will pay three times the money, what do you think?"

The shopkeeper had to hesitate for a moment, but something strange happened today, Fang Cai also had a line of three people, a master, a maid and a servant, and the master and servant wanted an internal and external courtyard that could accommodate more than a dozen people, but people were willing to do so, and no one could say anything, but now there was another one, scratching his head, and the shopkeeper was also a little helpless," We will collect the money here according to the rules, and we will not charge an extra one, but the small courtyard is indeed gone, but there are only three guests who have chartered a large cross-courtyard, and it is estimated that they will not be able to live there, so it is better to ask the old man to discuss it over there to see if he can ;;;;;; it? ”

"Okay, then you're in for a treat. If it really doesn't work, I don't know if we can help the shopkeeper find a family to spend the night in the neighborhood, and we will give us more money. The middle-aged man also knew that the shopkeeper was telling the truth, if it was a big family, no one would want to share a house with others.

"Hehe, there is nothing you can do about this old man who is staying outside the country, and now there are regulations in the garrison camp in the Guannai, all those who join relatives and friends in the Guan, and stay in the homes of relatives must be reported and registered for the record. The old shopkeeper shook his head again and again, with a solemn look on his thin face, "If the violation is found out, it will be punished with three days of imprisonment and a fine." ”

"Oh?" the middle-aged man was taken aback, "when is this a rule? I remember how come we haven't heard of it since we were here last year?"

"Shh, the guest officer is quiet, this is the rule that was set after Li Wufeng, the military and political envoy of the Northwest and the governor of Northern Luzon, took over our Partridge Pass, and it was taken to prevent those Taiping chaotic parties from mixing into our pass. The old shopkeeper was obviously in favor of this approach, and although his voice was much quieter, his expression was very pleased.

"Oh, I see. Without revealing the slightest expression, the middle-aged man pretended to be very casual and asked, "Isn't that every night these garrison soldiers have to come to check?"

"Hehe, the soldiers in the big battalion will not come to check, they are only responsible for city defense patrols, and they will not care about these things, but we have a police station in this partridge pass, and the patrolmen will come to check every day. The old shopkeeper thought that the other party was worried about being harassed and blackmailed by the military police in these places, and said with a smile: "Although the guest officer can rest assured, our patrol police here are all directly under the jurisdiction of Bonan Mansion over there, and their reputation is well-known, just a routine inspection, there will be no trouble." ”

"Oh, when did this Partridge Pass change to the jurisdiction of Bonan Mansion again, isn't it the jurisdiction of Longdong?" the middle-aged man asked casually, and he was also thinking carefully in secret.

"That's not true, it's just that our Longdong Mansion City has now been occupied by the Taiping Rebellion, and the original garrison officers have run out, or Lord Li's army came and fought with the Taiping Rebellion Army to keep our peace here, and no one is here for a while, so some patrol officers will come from Bonan to help clean up the order here. The old shopkeeper is also quite talkative, and he talks endlessly.

"Oh, by the way, the old man still has to go to help the guest officer find a great discussion over there, and the guest officer sits slowly. After shaking three times, the old man remembered that there were still things that had not been arranged, and while beckoning the junior who ran to the hall to hurry up to make tea for a few visitors, he also hurried to go.

After some twists and turns, the girl in the snowcoat and her entourage finally lived in the big cross hospital. I didn't think about it, although the other party could see that it was not an ordinary person, but it was a good talker, and it was also a young female guest, and the other party readily agreed to the request after a little inquiry.

After dinner, the girl in the snow-clothed girl was also breathable accompanied by the green-clothed maid, and happened to meet the guests who lived in the same courtyard and also went out to come back, looking at each other, although the two girls were covering up their true faces, but the function of mutual exclusion between the same surname still made the two girls feel the pressure brought by each other to themselves, especially the demeanor and momentum of each other could not be hidden by the disguised drugs and face towels used to cover the outside, and for a while, the entire courtyard was so quiet that even a needle could be heard falling on the ground, and the eyes of each other were like shapes, and they swept over their bodies for a while, The air in the entire cross-courtyard also seemed to ripple one after another because of the squeeze of the second daughter's momentum.

"Is this Miss Mu Er?" The clear and mellow and slightly magnetic voice heard the indescribable pleasantness in the human ear, as if an iron was ironed next to the pores, unusually stretched.

A little surprised by the proficiency of the other party's Tang language, the girl in the snow-clad raised her eyebrows slightly, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, and a seductive chuckle rippled on her face: "Little sister is exactly, I don't know what my sister is called?"

Although the other party wore a veil and couldn't see his face clearly, it can be determined from the color of his exposed eyes that it is at least not pure Tang blood, but after hundreds of years of ethnic integration in the empire, thousands of immigrants from the Chinese and Western continents came to settle in the empire because of their admiration for the frequent cultural and economic exchanges of the empire, so in fact, the number of Caucasian and mixed-race residents who have settled in the empire has reached about thirty percent, and it is not unusual to be able to speak fluent Tang Chinese. However, although the woman in front of her was proficient in Tang, her accent obviously had a foreign Chinese accent, which surprised her a little.

"Little sister Fia. Sophia, who was dressed in purple, glanced deeply at the girl in snow and replied with a light smile. Cleverly missing a word in front of her name, Sophia smiled and groaned.

"Oh, Sister Fia, I have to thank my sister for her urgency, otherwise my little sister really doesn't know what to do. The snow-clothed girl also chuckled and bowed deeply.

"My sister is too polite, I'm all out of the house, who doesn't have an inconvenient time? Sophia's eyes wandered, and she took two steps to help up the snow-clad girl who saluted, and the slender body of the other party looked a little thin.

"I can't sleep for a long night, my sister feels that I fell in love with my sister at first sight, and I want to talk and chat with my sister, why don't I go to my sister's room and sit down?"

"Well, okay, it's been a long journey, and I haven't met anyone who can talk, and my sister wants to talk to my sister. Sophia readily accepted the other party's invitation, and the two daughters humbled each other and entered the room of the snow-clad girl.

As soon as the fish candles on the four sides of the wall were lit, the room was immediately reflected, and under the warm light, the two girls smiled and whispered, looking extremely tacit.

"Where did the girl come from?" The bright lights seemed to close the distance between the two at once, Sophia looked at each other carefully under the light, and when the shopkeeper talked to her about having a group of people like herself who hoped to live with her across the courtyard, it aroused her curiosity, in this chaotic season, there were actually female guests like herself who stepped on this war-torn westbound business road, which could not help but make her feel strange, so she had the idea of seeing each other, so she readily agreed to the shopkeeper's request.

"Oh, the little sister lives in Jiangchuan Mansion, Sanjiang County, this time I was entrusted by my father to celebrate the birthday of a family uncle in Gaochang Kingdom, my father is old, and his health is not good, he can no longer withstand such a bumpy journey, and my brother is doing business in Milan, and it is difficult to return home, so only the little sister came to run this trip. The girl in the snowcoat had already thought of her words, and quietly said the purpose of her trip, "Sister?