Chapter 15: Lingyan Pavilion

Half a day later, Ning Chen also resigned to the shopkeeper, and before leaving, the shopkeeper specially sent a small ingot, which was the right to be entangled on the road.

Ning Chen looked at the silver in his hand, and suddenly Le's mouth couldn't close, and he threw away the sadness of the morning.

After thanking the shopkeeper, Ning Chen smiled and went on the road, not saying where he would go, because even he didn't know where he could go.

In order to prevent being caught back by the eldest grandson, leaving the imperial city was the best choice, and after Ning Chen weighed it, he finally decided, but before that, he had to go to Lingyan Pavilion again and pay off the two cups of tea.

The bustling streets, full of shouting, Ning Chen is in the mood to walk around for the first time, seeing this curiosity, that is also rare.

It looks like it's not bad to wear a good outfit, wait out of the city, do a small business, marry a gentle girl, give birth to a few babies, as long as you don't get caught by the eldest grandson, life is still very good.

Just when Ning Chen was fantasizing about the better days ahead, at the end of the street, suddenly the gong rang and the bell rang, and in the sound of horses' hooves, a team of gorgeously dressed but somewhat strange people came from not far away, and the pedestrian stalls in front of them got out of the way one after another, so as not to block the road ahead.

"The envoy of this true polar country is so pompous"

In the crowd, there was a lot of discussion, most of them with resentment, obviously not having a good impression of the envoy of this true polar country.

Ning Chen has some understanding of this Zhenji Country, Zhenji Country is located in the northeast of Great Xia, the land is not big, but there are a lot of, shouting all day long that he is the first in the world, and he keeps stirring up trouble, the third generation of Ming Lord after the founding of Daxia is bored, and he directly waved his troops to the northeast, and he didn't dare to let go of the Zhenji Country for hundreds of years.

However, over the years, Great Xia has relaxed its policy towards the True Pole Kingdom out of the idea of peace, but it has made the True Polar Kingdom think that Great Xia is weak and easy to bully, and has repeatedly provoked.

Ning Chen stood in the crowd and looked at the messenger in the carriage, raised his right hand, and immediately made a fierce middle finger, and greeted the latter's family by the way.

After a short period of turmoil, Ning Chen packed up his mood and continued to walk towards Lingyan Pavilion, as for the matter of the envoy, let the eldest grandson have a headache.

In front of Lingyan Pavilion, it was still as deserted as yesterday, but it was normal, it was close to noon when he came, at this time, who would stay in the land of fireworks.

Ning Chen walked over and looked at the gorgeous lobby, only to see a touch of clothes sitting quietly, as if waiting for him to come to the door.

"Childe is here" After Ning Chen walked in, Yue Hanyi got up and said with a smile.

"I'll pay back the money" Although he didn't stretch out his hand to hit the smiling person, and he was still facing a charming woman, the bad feeling in his heart made Ning Chen never laugh, and slapped the exchanged one or two pieces of silver on the table, and arrogantly put down a sentence of "No need to look for it" and turned around and left.

"Childe, please slow down" Yue Hanyi stretched out her hand to block Ning Chen's way, still smiling.

"Huh?" Ning Chen frowned, "Two cups of tea and one tael of silver, enough"

Yue Hanyi smiled faintly and said, "Childe is really a noble person who forgets things, two cups of tea and a tael of silver are enough, but the table, chair and tea set that Childe broke are far from being able to be repaid by one or two silver."

“......”

Ning Chen was stunned, and immediately felt a little weak, he really ignored this matter.

Looking at Ning Chen's expression, Yue Hanyi felt very relieved in her heart, and continued, "Childe doesn't know, the tables and chairs in the Lingyan Pavilion are all made of fine Tiannan wood, and the tea set is also from the hands of famous artists in the imperial city, the little woman has already calculated for Childe, in addition to the tea money that has been repaid just now, Childe is still short of one hundred and ten taels of silver, but seeing that Childe came over to repay the money so happily, I will give Childe a whole number, and one hundred taels can be returned."

"A hundred... Two" Ning Chen stretched out a finger and stammered.

Yue Hanyi nodded, and her smile became more and more charming, calling you arrogant and rampant.

Ning Chen trembled, stretched out his hand and took out all the belongings from his arms, and stammered, "But... I have less than four taels of silver left on me."

The shopkeeper gave him a small ingots of five taels, he bought a baked cake, spent two yuan, and the rest was here, thinking that it could be used for a long time, how could he think of paying off such a huge debt of one hundred taels.

"Childe can go home and get it, the little girl will be waiting here" Yue Hanyi smiled, "kind" reminded.

"I can't go back" Ning Chen was extremely frustrated, if only he could go home.

"Really out of money?" Yue Hanyi asked with a twitch at the corner of her mouth.

"I'm really out of money," Ning Chen nodded and sighed.

The smile on Yue Hanyi's face disappeared immediately, and she said lightly, "Then stay here to pay off the debt."

"Pear, take him back to the back hall to wash the girls' clothes"

"Yes" The words fell, and a pretty little girl about twelve or thirteen years old walked out, and walked towards the back hall with Ning Chen, who had not yet come back to her senses.

"I... I..."

Being pulled by the little girl's sleeve, Ning Chen turned back as he walked, not wanting to follow in, what is going on, he is still in a hurry to run away.

"What am I, you dare to be so arrogant when you owe Sister Yi money, Sister Yi has been waiting for you for a long time" Li'er let Ning Chen struggle, pulled the latter's sleeves with both hands, and dragged him to the back hall.

"Aunt Liu, Aunt Zhao, you should rest first, these clothes are handed over to him to wash"

As soon as I entered the courtyard of the back hall, I saw two women sitting next to a large pile of clothes and busy, Li'er stepped forward to explain a few words, and then looked at Ning Chen, who was stupid, and shouted coquettishly.

"So much!"

Seeing the stacks of clothes like a small mountain, Ning Chen almost didn't jump up, stretched out his fingers and said slightly.

How long is this going to be washed, and... And there is no washing machine yet......

"Hurry up, or I won't have anything for you to eat at night," Li'er crossed her waist and said fiercely.

"Wash it, wash it, what is fierce"

Ning Chen muttered, and walked beside his clothes slowly, while comforting himself in his heart, good men don't fight with evil women.

After sitting down, Ning Chen was about to start work, but when he looked left and turned over, he always felt that something was missing.

"Pear, don't you have soap?"

Ning Chen searched for a long time, and finally found that something was missing, raised his head and asked.

Li'er raised her eyebrows and said, "Soap, what soap, do you mean soap, that's used by rich and noble people to wash their hands, who is willing to use it to wash clothes?"

"Then how do you wash it?" Ning Chen's head was big, he looked at the little girl, and wondered, what age is it, why hasn't the soap come out yet!

"Stupid," Li'er muttered, stepped forward and took the stick next to the clothes, and pounded the clothes on the wooden board hard, "See, just wash it!"

"I... "Ning Chen felt that he was suppressed, if he finished washing his clothes like this, he would basically be useless.

"Wash well, I'll come over and check before dark," Li'er said a word, and then left humming a little song.

Ning Chen looked at the mountains of clothes, sighed lightly, and said, "I would have known that I would continue to be a eunuch, and I went out of the wolf's mouth and into the tiger's mouth, it seems that I still have to find a chance to run away, my head is big!"

The scorching sun traveled westward, and there were fewer and fewer hills around Ning Chen, and finally, before the sunset ended, the last piece of clothing was also washed and dried, and together, he was in severe pain, dizzy, and almost fell to the ground.

"It's done, it's pretty fast."

Li'er came over on time to check, looked at the clothes fluttering all over the courtyard, nodded with satisfaction, and said coquettishly, "so-so"

"Let's go, I'll take you to dinner"

Li'er said a word and was about to leave, but found Ning Chen standing there, motionless, and immediately lowered his waist, "Didn't you hear what I said?"

At this time, Ning Chen could still control the little girl's mood, raised his hand, and beckoned, "Pear, come and help me, my legs are numb"

"It's really fake" Li'er walked over in disbelief, and said "You don't want to take advantage of me, do you?"

“......”

Ning Chen was almost choked to death by the little girl's words, and his eyes subconsciously glanced at the latter's chest, not to mention, it was not peaceful.

When the "pervert" saw Ning Chen's gaze, Li'er's face turned red, and she raised her foot and stepped on Ning Chen hard, but she left with a red face.

"Ahh

was stepped on, Ning Chen gritted his teeth and gasped a few breaths of cold air, it wasn't that the little girl stepped on it hard, it was stepped on when the main leg was numb, it was really uncomfortable.

"Wait for me!"

Seeing that Li'er really didn't mean to hold him, Ning Chen limped along by himself.

When I entered the kitchen, there was no one there, so I took two steamed buns and brought a plate of vegetables back to the yard, sat down on a small stone bench, and ate silently.

Li'er couldn't bear it, walked over, touched Ning Chen's shoulder with her little hand, and said kindly, "Hey, you still apologize to Sister Yi, Sister Yi is very talkative."

Ning Chen raised his head and grinned, and spit out three words, "Impossible".

"You"

Li'er was very angry, stretched out her hand and pointed at the person in front of her, I really have never seen such a bad person.

"Li'er, where are your parents?" Ning Chen didn't care about the little girl's puffing appearance, but asked softly.

"Parents?" Hearing this, Li'er was stunned, what a distant and unfamiliar title it was for them.

Looking at Li'er's gradually gloomy face, Ning Chen sighed in his heart, got up and gently rubbed the little girl's head, in his world, a girl as big as Li'er is still a little princess held in the palm of her parents' hands, but here she has to be a slave and a maid for her livelihood, and even her own innocence is not something she can decide.

Thinking of this, Ning Chen's disgust for Yue Hanyi became more and more serious, and he didn't even let go of such a young girl, she was really a wolf with a heart like a snake and a scorpion, and a human-faced beast.

"Li'er, do you want to leave here" Ning Chen tried to ask, he knew that his ability was limited and it was impossible to help everyone, but he believed that if he tried his best, there was still hope for saving a little girl.

Li'er thought for a long time, shook her head gently, and said in a low voice, "I don't want to"

She grew up in Lingyan Pavilion since she was a child, and she has regarded this place as her home, even if she can leave here, what can she do, how to live, not to mention, she is a slave, and she can't get rid of this fact wherever she goes.

Ning Chen looked at Li'er's expression, and after careful scrutiny, he knew what was going on, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I was reckless."

"Don't get in the way, you can eat quickly, I'll take you to your residence in a while" Li'er sorted out her mood a little, and pretended to be happy.

Ning Chen didn't say anything more, and continued to eat the food in his hand, making up his mind that he must find a good home for this kind-hearted little girl.

After eating, Ning Chen followed Li'er to his house, fortunately, it was not as bad as he imagined, except that it was smaller, there was no other inconvenience.

After Li'er left, Ning Chen took out the golden paper that he had kept close to him, and he was even curious about this mental method that claimed to be able to "strengthen the body".

"The Scroll of Life?

Looking at the name of the scroll on the opening of the paper, Ning Chen didn't see the reason, and continued to look down, fortunately, the body he was able to read in his memory, and he didn't have a lot of trouble.

After ten breaths, Ning Chen was silent......

A quarter of an hour later, Ning Chen continued to be silent......

Half an hour later, Ning Chen was still silent......

An hour later, a frantic cry rang out in the room, "I don't understand!"