Xiao Qinghuan

From Kunlun to Central Plains, Yan Qing walked for three months last time, this time he only walked for ten days.

Qin Jiu Inn is the largest inn in Xingyuan Mansion. There are countless guests who come and go to the inn every day. There are thirty tables of various sizes in the lobby, which are always full.

The inn has three and a half floors, the first floor is the lobby, the second floor is the private room, and the third floor and the attic are the guest rooms.As soon as October passed in the north, the weather became completely cold. There were half-person-high braziers in the four corners of the lobby, and a thick curtain was sewn on the door. The north wind was howling outside, and the smell of wine in the room was suffocated by the heat. is intoxicating.

When Jing Zhan came down from upstairs, a group of traveling businessmen happened to enter the door, and the cotton curtain was pulled open, and the wind was pouring in.Jing Zhan shrank his neck from the cold, and wrapped the thick jacket around his body more tightly.

With a few pieces of loose silver in his hand, he went to the cashier's desk.

The shopkeeper was settling accounts behind the counter. Seeing that he was wearing high-quality materials, he didn't dare to look down on him, and asked politely, "What orders do you have, young master?"

Jing Zhan threw the broken silver in his hand on the countertop: "Pick up your good dishes and cook a few, and I'll take them upstairs."

The shopkeeper hurriedly put away the silver, and Jing Zhan thought of something again: "No beef, no black fish for fish, no game, no dog meat."

"Yo." The shopkeeper smiled: "Young master is picky enough, but this is a pity, my sauced beef is the best in Xingyuan City."

"There are strict rules at home." Jing Zhan said, "Thank you for the kindness of the shopkeeper. Just arrange some homely and delicious food."

While talking, a few traveling merchants who came in behind had already ordered food and sat at a table not far from Jing Zhan.

The man in the lead had a beard on his face, poured a glass of wine with a sigh, and sighed: "It's really difficult to do business now."

"In the past, it was a good time to do business at the end of the new year. Any new items from outside can be doubled when they enter the capital." The bearded beard said with a sad face: "The young masters and ladies of all families will come out to visit, and the houses of all provinces will also go out. We're going to start shopping for the New Year's Eve. Look at this year, all the goods will be in your hands."

When Jing Zhan heard the mention of the capital city in his words, he kept his eyes open, and sat at a table near the counter, listening to their chat.

The tall and thin man next to the beard filled his wine glass, and advised him: "The worst is these few months, brother, bear with it."

"I can't see it." Another slightly younger man shook his head: "The capital city is in chaos now, didn't you see that the banker's ticket numbers are no longer accepted as pawns?"

He lowered his voice slightly as he spoke: "The banker is an imperial merchant, even they behave with their tails between their legs, let alone us."

Jing Zhan heard all these words in his ears, lowered his eyes, and wiped the table casually.

He traveled with Yan Qing these days and heard a lot of news about the capital.Even the closer you get to the capital, the more rumors you hear.

Yan Qing also took Jiang Xiaohan's jade pendant to the dealer's pawn shop. Although the shopkeeper of the dealer's house saw Jiang Xiaohan's token and received them politely, he didn't know anything about the capital. A few days ago, there was no news about the ticket number in Beijing.

Maybe it was because seeing Yan Qing holding Jiang Xiaohan's token in his hand, the ticket office felt sorry for not revealing anything, and now he had to find the big shopkeeper in their city.It's a pity that the shopkeeper didn't know much, only that the Third Highness, Ning Zheng, had been crowned king in Beijing. I don't know if His Majesty wanted to make up for it or something else, and sealed the Anqing mansion to Ning Zheng as a fiefdom.He didn't keep it for years, so he sent Ning Zheng to Anqing Mansion after urging him.

Counting the time, it was almost not long after Mr. Jiang returned to the capital, so the time was just right.

Anqing Mansion used to be the territory under the jurisdiction of He Liuyun. Yan Qing vaguely remembered that when Jiang Xiaohan killed He Liuyun in Pingjiang, he put the shrine on Ning Zheng's head, and he didn't know if it had something to do with it.

Everyone in Beijing said that there was still a confrontation between the two dragons. Jiang Xiaohan had only returned to Beijing in just a few days, and the world had already begun to tilt towards Ning Yu.

But the shopkeeper also said that ever since Ning Zheng was kicked out of the capital by Feng Wang, the news in the capital has been intermittently incomprehensible, and he can only learn a thing or two from these passers-by.

Yan Qing didn't want to embarrass others, so he never found the dealer's family again.It's just that the closer to the capital, the more rumors about Jiang Xiaohan.

After Jing Zhan thought about it, Xiaoer came over with the food he had ordered.

"Young master, your meal." Xiaoer put a white cloth on his shoulders, nodded and bowed and said: "Look, if there is something not delicious, we will change it."

Jing Zhan glanced around and saw that there was nothing inedible, so he asked people to put the things down.He was not in a hurry to leave, but chatted casually with Xiaoer: "I just heard from the person at that table, what happened in the capital?"

"Oh, I'm asking if you're asking me." Xiao Er immediately regained his spirits: "As long as the customers who have traveled all over the world come into our store, I will remember everything they say."

He was telling the truth, what a waiter needs is eyesight and brains, and Jing Zhan also took a fancy to this before talking to him.

"Just now I heard that bankers in the capital don't do business anymore." Jing Zhan pretended to be curious: "The banker is an imperial merchant, so why do they even divide their business into off-season and peak season?"

"You don't know, the capital is in chaos recently." Xiaoer was afraid that people would hear him, so he deliberately lowered his voice: "I heard that it is the left prime minister in Beijing, who has been involved in people when he sees them recently, and has been charged with all sorts of messy crimes. There is a lot of turmoil in Beijing."

Jing Zhan's heart skipped a beat: "Is it true?"

"Can there be a fake? There are already three adults in Beijing who are old, and one of them was originally from Sichuan, and he stayed in our shop when he returned to his hometown." Seeing that he didn't believe it, Xiaoer wanted to pat his chest and talk to him. Guaranteed to be true: "I happened to overhear the lord speaking to his entourage."

"Oh..." Jing Zhan elongated his voice: "I've also heard about Mr. Xiang, he doesn't look like this kind of person."

Jiang Xiaohan's deeds are not a secret, and there are countless folk stories, so Jing Zhan said so, and the second child didn't suspect it.

"You're right." Xiao Er agreed, "It's just a human being, there is always a dead spot... I heard that Mr. Jiang finally found the lost Miss Yi, and Mr. Jiang suspected that the other adults did it. There was such a time."

Miss Di, that is Jiang Ling.

Jing Zhan knew what was in his mind, so he didn't ask any more questions, and threw a few pennies to Xiaoer, picked up the dinner plate and walked upstairs.Xiaoer wanted to help him carry it upstairs, but he declined.

This plate of food is not light, but fortunately Jing Zhan has been practicing martial arts for some time, and he is not thin, so it is not difficult to serve it.

Yan Qing's room was the penultimate one on the inner side of the third floor, and Jing Zhan knocked on the door with a dinner plate.

"Master."

There was a rustling sound from inside the door, and a moment later there was a reply: "Come in."

Jing Zhan entered the door in response, Yan Qing just finished meditating, he came to the bed, took the things in Jing Zhan's hand and put them on the table.

"Why have you been here for so long?" Yan Qing asked.

Jing Zhan picked up the dishes from the dinner plate and put them on the table, and replied, "I heard a passer-by downstairs talking about the capital, so I listened for a while."

Jing Zhan told Yan Qing what he heard outside. He had a good memory and learned word for word.

Seeing his unhurried expression, Yan Qing couldn't help but wondered: "Huh? I heard that his child is lost, are you not in a hurry?"

"Don't worry, if Ah Ling is really lost, the adoptive father will definitely go to find it secretly, why make such a big fuss and let the whole city know about it." Jing Zhan shrugged: "If you think about it carefully, you will know that it is probably a reason."

Yan Qing was originally afraid that he would panic, but seeing that he was clear-headed, she felt relieved, patted his shoulder with a smile, and pointed to the food on the table to signal him to eat first.

It's just that he smiled reluctantly, and there was still a bit of sadness between his brows.

When he and Jiang Xiaohan parted earlier, he left too hastily, and took away nothing but a jade pendant.Jiang Xiaohan couldn't be contacted for a while now, but he couldn't do it in a hurry.

"Master, don't worry." Jing Zhan couldn't know what he was thinking, and quickly comforted him: "After passing Xingyuan Mansion, we will not be far from the capital. Let's start early tomorrow, and we will arrive within three days .”

Yan Qing thought more than Jing Zhan.

"He's in a hurry." Yan Qing said suddenly.

A piece of meat in Jing Zhan's mouth hadn't been chewed, so he mumbled, "What?"

"Your adoptive father never did things like this." Yan Qing's expression was serious: "I have heard at least four or five times that he was arrogant in Beijing and bullying others with his power... He is not like that. People, even if Ning Yu's affairs are settled, he would not be so presumptuous."

The more Yan Qing said, the more he felt something was wrong, he stood up from the table and walked around the room twice.

It's fine if Yan Qing didn't say anything, but when he said it, he couldn't hold back his anger: "He is like a madman now, seeing whoever bites someone, didn't he just tell others that he is such a big target standing here, and if he doesn't hit him, he won't hit him for nothing. ."

Jing Zhan was so choked by Yan Qing's words that he swallowed the crispy meat in his mouth whole. He couldn't choke on this mouthful, rolled his eyes to comfort himself, and drank a cup of tea almost even the tea leaves The foam was chewed together.

Standing by the window, Yan Qing didn't pay attention to his movement, and didn't hear an echo for a long time, so she couldn't help asking: "Why don't you talk?"

While slandering you for calling my adoptive father insane, who would dare to talk to you, Jing Zhan forced a smile: "I think...the adoptive father may have his own considerations."

No matter how sensible Jing Zhan is, he is still a child, and he always has inexplicable confidence when he sees adults doing things, but Yan Qing is not as optimistic as him.

The hot potato that Lu Feng handed over to him is still in the bag. It's fine if you didn't know it in the past, but now you know that Lu Feng and Ning Zongyuan had such a relationship, plus Lu Feng's hesitant, avoiding posture , what else does Yan Qing not understand.

It's just that Jiang Xiaohan doesn't know these things.

Yan Qing always thinks of the inexplicable "Dongyue [-]th" these days, and feels uneasy no matter how he thinks about it.He was afraid that Jiang Xiaohan would make a mistake, so he wanted to tell Jiang Xiaohan about these things as soon as possible, but he had no way to contact him.

He took Jing Zhan all the way from Kunlun to the Central Plains without sleep, and when he was one step away from entering the capital, he suddenly felt a sense of being close to his hometown.

When Pingjiang City left, after all, he was the one who left without saying goodbye, without leaving a word or two, and I don't know how Jiang Xiaohan is doing now, and whether he is angry with him.

Yan Qing's heart seemed to be soaked in water all night and then pulled out and wrung dry. It was sore and swollen with a little pain. No matter how wrinkled it was, it felt unsteady. It was really uncomfortable.

Forget it, Yan Qing thought.The soldiers came to cover up the water and soil, and when the messy things in the capital were over, he would go to make a good apology to Jiang Xiaohan.

The author says:

Thank you for the fresh Baixiang Shuangxiang Cannon, the salted fish, and the fish food fed by aya1989~Thank you very much~