I'm watching the gate in the jail

Looking at this ingot of silver, everyone was speechless.

As expected, Yang Xiuxian is the only "old Jianghu" in it. He smiled and waved his hand to the tall man, "Meeting is fate. We Han people have a saying, 'It's raining to keep guests away'. Now it's raining like rain outside." , it’s getting late. It’s God’s will to meet the two of you. Friends, if you don’t mind, let’s share a table and let the kitchen make some wine and food, how about enjoying it together?”

The tall man raised his chin slightly, "You can see that I'm not Han Chinese?"

"Your Excellency and the person behind you, at first glance, they are heroes among the Liao people, but I don't know which branch you are?"

The Huguang area is a gathering area of ​​ethnic minorities in the southwest, including Miao people, Yao people, Tong people and so on.There are many branches, and the customs and dress are different.Even if it is the same ethnic group, there are different classifications depending on where they live. Han people generally cannot distinguish between them, so they are collectively called Liao people.

Yang Xiuxian had stayed in Guangxi for a period of time before and interacted with the local residents, but he could only get to know them roughly.

"You have eyesight."

The man greeted Xiao Er, put the two tables together, did not take back the money, and threw it directly to Xiao Er, asking him to serve some good food and wine.

"Oh, there are too many, this can't be broken."

Xiao Er held the silver and said.

"What's broken? Just serve more good wine, don't need to look for it."

The man waved his hand impatiently.

Wanda and Qiu Zijin looked at each other, thinking that this is a local tyrant.

Now that they talked about eating together, the two of them were not polite, their chopsticks dropped like rain on the two dishes Wanda had prepared.One bite of pork and one bite of taro, the mouth is full of oil.

Qiu Zijin looked at it, and was so anxious that he couldn't care less about his demeanor, he desperately lowered his chopsticks, and grabbed the fish and meat with them while he was free.

But with a little effort, there was only a pile of leftovers on the table.

Yang Xiuxian put down his chopsticks in embarrassment.

Just now, he wanted to take the opportunity of the meal to make a cliché and ask them if they were in business or something else.What mountain, what village, who is the leader... The most important thing is to find out if they have anything to do with the rebels.

As a result, people were so excited to eat that they ignored him at all, so that he didn't ask questions and didn't eat enough.

"It's okay, I'll steam you two steamed buns later."

Wanda tugged on his sleeve, dumbfounding.

"My brother can also steam steamed buns?"

Satisfied with food and drink, the two patted their stomachs and burped for a long time.

Hearing Wanda talking to Yang Xiuxian, the strong man in the lead looked at him.

Wanda nodded inexplicably.

"Are you businessmen? From the north?"

The man leaned back in the chair leisurely, lifting his chin lazily.

If tobacco hadn't been introduced to Daming from South America at this time, Wanda would have suspected that he wanted "a cigarette after dinner".

"We run restaurants. I'm the shopkeeper, and they're all my buddies."

Wanda thought: Interesting, we tried to trick him, but ended up being tricked instead.

"Where are you going to open a restaurant?"

It was obvious that the man was very interested.

"Guilin Mansion."

When you are away from home, you can't completely trust people, Wanda thinks this is not a lie.

"Oh?"

The man turned his head and exchanged glances with the tall man.

Yang Xiuxian could clearly see that the corners of the mouths of the two of them were smiling.

"You're good at your craft. Are you a cook?"

"Hehe, thanks."

Wanda scratched her head in embarrassment.

look!This proves that his craft is all north and south.

Since the two ethnic minority brothers all said it was delicious, then he should also be recognized by the local people when he opened a restaurant in Xunzhou.

The man thought for a while, "In addition to steamed buns, can you make Han Chinese snacks?"

"Han people have many kinds of snacks. I don't know which one you are talking about?"

Wanda thought, could this be a foodie too?

"Sweet, beautiful..."

The man scratched the stubble on his chin and frowned, "The kind that women and children will like. It must also be able to last for a long time without breaking."

"Yes, but yes..."

Wanda smiled, "But this is not my restaurant, and I'm just here to eat. When the rain stops, I'm leaving."

"The rain outside won't stop for three days. When you go to Guilin Mansion, you must be on a big ship. Now all the big ships in the port are moored in the dock."

This man is fluent in Chinese, with a slight accent occasionally, which is much better than that tall man.

The man pointed outside and smiled heartily, "Three days is enough to make a lot of dim sum."

"Why does our shopkeeper want to help you?"

Qiu Zijin sneered.

Maybe I still have a bit of a grudge about being inexplicably robbed of my food.

"student……"

The man looked at Qiu Zijin's scholarly attire, then at Yang Xiuxian who was also attired as a scholar, and shook his head disdainfully, "Scholars among the Han people are very cunning and have a lot of bad intentions."

Whoops, this guy is still engaging in academic discrimination!

Qiu Zijin was so angry that he almost broke his chopsticks - unfortunately he couldn't.

Yang Xiuxian lowered his head, looked at his scholar robe, and finally understood why these two people didn't want to see him anymore.

Although the two Liao people didn't know what ethnicity they belonged to, they were so fluent in Chinese, and they were still wearing wooden mop boards even though it wasn't winter.

It is very likely that in terms of biting words, I have suffered from scholars, at least people like accounting staff.

On the contrary, an invisible "craftsman" like Wanda can make them feel safer and even give them a higher look.

The strong man glanced at the tall man, who then took out two small ingots from his pocket and placed them in front of Wanda.

Wanda's eyes were about to light up.

"Here, I'll buy you noodles, sugar, and snacks. There's also a reward. Is it enough?"

"Enough is enough, let alone one box of snacks, ten boxes are enough."

Putting the two cute little ingots in his bag, Wanda laughed so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes.

"The shopkeeper!"

Seeing him so spineless, Qiu Zijin was outraged.

"Oh, we also cook for people when we go to Guilin. We also cook for people here. What's the difference? We can't waste three days here. Children's families, it seems that they have never suffered. I don’t know how hard it is to make money.”

Wanda turned her head and put on a flattering expression, "In three days, the two of you will come here to pick it up, and I guarantee your satisfaction."

"Okay, see you in three days."

Seeing that the rain outside was much lighter, the two asked the shopkeeper for an oiled paper umbrella, and they were about to leave.

"Hey, what do you call the two elder brothers? The younger one's surname is Wan."

Wanda shouted at the two people at the door.

"My name is 'You Mian'. See you in three days."

The tall man held up an umbrella for the man beside him, and the two disappeared into the rain.

"You Mian? Is your surname You?"

Wanda said puzzled.

"It sounds like a pseudonym."

Yang Xiuxian smiled, and asked Xiaoer to clean up the leftovers, and asked him to decoct Gao Hui.

The shopkeeper served them a pot of tea, turned around and went back behind the counter, casually making calculations.

"Pseudonym? How do you know?"

Obviously not full, Qiu Zijin took out the bag of candied fruit and stuffed it into his mouth.

Wanda really wants to tell him that you will eat more and more hungry...

"Not only do I know that this is a pseudonym, I also know that they are Yao people."

Yang Xiuxian laughed.

"People from the Jiuli and Sanmiao tribes claim to be descendants of 'Chi You'. So they use 'You' as their surname. 'Mian' means 'human' in Yao language. 'You Mian' means 'Yao people'. So of course it’s a pseudonym, just to deal with you.”

After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.

To put it simply, people ask you: "What's your name".

You answer: "Friend, iamchine color."

"That's just right, aren't we going to inquire about their internal news?"

Wanda took out the two ingots and turned them over.

The words "Wuzhou Mansion Seal" are clearly printed on the silver ingot.

If it is correct, it is very likely that the government bank of Wuzhou Prefecture, which was robbed of the bank bank a few years ago, was exiled to the people.

I just don't know how these Kuyin got to those two people.

Is it because they got it through doing business?

Or... they made it themselves...

"Several, are you worried that the money won't be spent?"

Just when Wanda and his party fell silent, the old shopkeeper put his hand in and frowned with a smile on his face.

"Several, whether it is buying rice, noodles or other materials, the little old man and the boys under him can do it for him."

Wanda has grown up in hotels since he was a child, so he naturally knows what "working on behalf of" means.

For foreigners like them who are not familiar with their place of birth, eggs sold on the market for one penny can be "worked out" for you by ten pennies each.

"Shopkeeper, this is official money, do you dare to accept it?"

Wanda flipped the ingot in his hand, looked at the shopkeeper and jumped up and down twice.

"Since I dare to accept the money from the Yao people, of course I dare to accept the money from the guest officer."

The old man laughed.

"Is there no one in your Yongzhou government? Private use of official bank, it is a felony to be caught."

Yang Xiuxian also pretended to be surprised, "How can this be done?"

"If you guys go to the streets to spend flowers by yourself, you may not be able to spend them. But if you leave it to the little old man, there is no problem at all..."

The old man remembered that the big-eyed brother was also a restaurant owner, and he was afraid that he would be scruples, so he let go and said, "My shopkeeper, if you don't trust me to buy it—how about it, I will pay you with broken silver." Exchange these two silver ingots. You took the broken silver and went to the street to buy it yourself. It’s just that I have to pick my head. It’s only eleven.”

Eleven means that after the ten taels of silver ingots are exchanged for broken silver, he will take away one tael.

"Eleventh? That's too much! The bank doesn't even dare to open such a big mouth!"

Qiu Zijin came from a wealthy family, and his hometown in Jiangxi had money stores and pawn shops, and he knew the way of doing it very well.

What is the concept of eleven?Putting a share of money will not reach this amount.

Xueba's donkey temper came up, and he pointed at the shopkeeper to ask for an explanation.

"Humph……"

The shopkeeper put his hands in his sleeves and didn't speak, just looked up at the ceiling.

"We foreigners, how do we know the rules of Guibao Land? My little brother is not sensible, so don't take it to heart."

Yang Xiuxian gave Gao Hui a wink, and the latter covered Qiu Zijin's mouth, which was about to chatter.

Wanda pushed the two silver ingots in front of the shopkeeper.

"For this ingot of silver, I would like to ask the shopkeeper to help me find the best materials for making snacks. The rest will be our rent for the two nights and the money to borrow the kitchen later."

"There is still this ingot, please help us exchange it for broken silver. When the rain is a little bit weaker tomorrow morning, we will also go to the market to see what we want to take away. Eleven is eleven, this rainy day The road is slippery, the shops outside are closed, and we don’t know where to exchange money, so let’s do things with the shopkeeper.”

Otherwise, it is useless to hold these two ingots of silver and cannot spend them.

Seeing that this "colleague" was so knowledgeable, the shopkeeper finally ignored Qiu Zijin's rudeness, turned around and went behind the counter, and took out a knife, steel scissors and a handful of broken silver.

In front of Wanda, he put the broken silver on the scale, cut off the excess with scissors, and gave them nine taels of change.

Fortunately, although the shopkeeper is greedy, the quality of the silver is still full, so it is not a complete loss.

After Gao Hui drank the medicine, his complexion improved a lot, and it is estimated that he will recover in the morning.

"My lord, really, this old man is too greedy."

After several people went upstairs, Qiu Zijin still felt aggrieved.

"Are you stupid for reading? We didn't come here to make money."

Wanda shook his head and said in a low voice, "Now we can at least see that, first, Han and Liao people live here mixed together, and many of them deal with Han people. The relationship may be closer than we imagined. Second, the people here are , even the government, don't care about the circulation of official bank, they are so used to it. Third, those two people have family members. Didn't you listen to what he said? - 'There are women, there are children'. He asked me Making dry snacks that can be stored for a long time means that women and children are not around. Do you understand?"

Wanda had no choice but to break apart these principles and explain them to him.

It explained how much useful information they had harvested during this meal, which made Qiu Zijin stunned.

Qiu Zijin spent most of his life in the Four Books and Five Classics, some unpopular things.Although he had worked in the Criminal Ministry, it was only three short months.

Hearing Wanda say this, the clever brain immediately turned out of the dead end.

"Oh oh oh! I see."

"It's good to understand."

Wanda turned around and was about to enter the room, when she saw Qiu Zijin take a big stride and follow in.

"What are you doing?"

Wanda and Yang Xiuxian asked in unison.

"I'm sleeping."

Qiu Zijin said, and walked to the bed.

There are no good rooms in this small hotel. There are four rooms in total, plus a Datong shop.

Because of the rain tonight, many people came to lodge.The Datong shop is fully booked, and the other two rooms have also been rented out.

Therefore, the four of them rented only two rooms.

The guest room is small and unobstructed, with a bed next to the window, a table next to the wall, and a bench under the table.A brass shelf with two basins for water was placed against the wall.There was only one pillow and one quilt on the bed.

Qiu Zijin hugged the pillow and patted the quilt, "Go to sleep, my lord. Aren't we going to make some snacks tomorrow? It's getting late, let's settle down."

"Ah... you want to sleep with me?"

Wanda pointed to herself.

Yang Xiuxian narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"Do you want to sleep with Gao Hui, sir? That's fine too. Then I will sleep with Master Yang."

Qiu Zijin generously patted the bed again, "Master Yang, come on."

Master Yang squeezed his fist, feeling that his teeth were itching suddenly.

"so be it."

Wanda didn't know why he felt a little guilty, he secretly glanced at Yang Xiuxian beside him, and pretended to close the door.

"Go to the next door, Xiaoqiu and I will rest."

Yang Xiuxian let go of his fist, looked at the expressionless Gao Hui, "Okay..."

Very good, Qiu Zijin, I remember you!

From the moment they entered the door just now, when the hotel manager told them that there were only two rooms left today, someone had been secretly looking forward to it until now.

The result... tsk.

After washing up, Wanda got into the bed and found that Qiu Zijin who was sleeping on the inner side was already so asleep that he started snoring.

Can eat and sleep, is it a Tanhualang or a pig?

Pulling the quilt under her chin, Wanda thought wildly for a while, then fell asleep in a daze.

"My lord, arrange it."

In the next room, Gao Hui held a basin and said to Yang Xiuxian.

Yang Xiuxian looked at such a narrow bed, and then at the height and shape of himself and Gao Hui.

"You're not feeling well, go to sleep. I'll just sit for a while."

For Jin Yiwei, in order to ambush the target, it is not uncommon to stay awake for days and nights.

"There is no reason why the adults sit and the subordinates sleep on the bed."

Gao Hui shook his head, "My lord, go to bed and sleep, I'll just lean on the bench and squat for a while."

"It's all about your body..."

Yang Xiuxian was impatient when he suddenly heard a scream from outside.

"There are thieves! There are thieves who steal!"

The voice was so shrill that it woke up Qiu Zijin who was snoring vigorously.

Without saying a word, Yang Xiuxian and Gao Hui put on their clothes and went out.

When the two came to the stairs, they saw bright lights downstairs.

Except for the shopkeeper and the waiter, all the residents of the restaurant might have come out.Noisy, crowded the whole hall.

Wanda rubbed her eyes, and walked down with everyone to see what happened.

In the middle of the hall, a fat man wearing only white obscene clothes stood beside the shopkeeper with an angry face, pulling the shopkeeper to say something.

"This thief is in your hotel, how can you ignore it?"

The fat man screamed like a castrated rooster, and Qiu Zijin couldn't help but plug his ears.

"Oh, sir, you said that. How can we control where this thief is going to steal? If you lost something, you can just report it to the official tomorrow morning. Why are you holding on to the little old man?"

The shopkeeper yelled, and the waiter kept begging for mercy.

"Tomorrow morning? Tomorrow morning, this thief has gone somewhere. It's useless to report to the police!"

The fat man said reluctantly, "I don't care, if you lose something here, you have to find it for me. If you want me to say... I say that this thief is with you. You are a black shop! Everyone Please comment, I just encountered this incident when I stayed in the store for the first night. It is likely that the storekeeper tipped off the thief."

The crowd listened to it, and there were many differences.

Some said that the fat man was unreasonable, and some said that the shopkeeper might not be clean.

Wanda stood on tiptoe and looked around.

I found that there are people in all kinds of costumes in this group of residents, including Han people, Liao people, and black people who don't know where they came from.From this point of view, they get along fairly harmoniously.

"What did you lose? How do you know it was stolen and not where you left it?"

Yang Xiuxian crossed his arms and asked leisurely.

"Why wasn't it stolen? I have a big bag of silver, which is 50 taels."

The fat man let go of the shopkeeper, and said to Yang Xiuxian bluntly.

He looked him up and down, and found that he couldn't judge the person's route, so he spoke in a slightly more polite tone, "I put this silver on the bedside, and I hugged it to sleep. I just woke up and wanted to drink water, but found that the whole The baggage is gone. What is this not stealing?"

"50 taels? Going out with so much money alone."

Wanda's mouth widened when he heard that.

Good guy, the two who had dinner tonight are local tyrants, and this one is also a local tyrant.

What is the number of roads in this hotel? It is so dilapidated, why is it hiding a dragon and a crouching tiger...

"My lord, this is a eunuch."

No one expected that Gao Hui would speak out at this time.

Seeing Wanda and Qiu Zijin's eyes nearly falling to the ground, he said softly, "Look at him, he is very old, but his chin is smooth and he doesn't have a beard. Then look at his legs..."

Wanda and Qiu Zijin looked at the fat man's legs together.Although he was only wearing a white unlined jacket and tight trousers.But on the knees, there is a pair of fur knee pads wrapped around them, which looks extremely weird.

Wanda's father, Wangui, also tied the knee pads.

He has been standing guard on the city gate all year round, and his waist and legs have problems standing up, and he will have seizures when it is cold.His sister-in-law Zhang made several pairs for him, both cotton and fur.

However, ordinary people can only carry this thing in winter, and don't even look at how many months it has been...

Besides, the south is much warmer than the north, so it should have been put away long ago.

"Eunuchs have to kneel down from time to time. Once they get old, their knees will have problems. So older eunuchs are tied to this all year round."

Coupled with his wailing voice just now, his status as a eunuch is even more confirmed.

"Aren't eunuchs not allowed to leave the palace at will?"

Wanda still knows this rule.

"My lord, all the armies in various places have eunuchs as their supervisors."

Gao Hui frowned.

Since Ming Chengzu, eunuchs have been distributed as supervisors in army regiments in various places in Ming Dynasty.Compared with the generals who may have great achievements and may rebel at will, the emperor trusts the eunuchs who serve him more.

Sometimes, the power of the supervising army even surpassed that of the commander-in-chief and could dictate the direction of the war.For example, the most tragic one, which can be said to have affected the entire Ming Dynasty's national fortune, was the result of the eunuch's single-handed leadership.

Civil servants lead the army, and eunuchs supervise the army, which can be regarded as a major feature of the Ming Dynasty.

The port where they are now is located under the rule of Yongzhou Mansion, which is under the jurisdiction of the Youjun Governor's Mansion, so there are naturally garrisons there.So it is not surprising that there are eunuchs here.

Having said that, even an eunuch cannot leave the camp and run around at will, not to mention that he put so much money in the store by himself... There must be a big problem for this dead eunuch to run out alone.

"If the silver was really stolen, it means that the thief probably also recognized his identity as an eunuch, and maybe even watched him early in the morning, doesn't it?"

Qiu Zijin covered his mouth nervously, rolled his eyes, and immediately figured out the hurdle.

"So he will definitely not report to the official."

After hearing this, Wanda scratched the back of her head.

What kind of luck is this for us? We can find so many things by finding a hotel for dinner and lodging.

Sure enough, just as Gao Hui and Qiu Zijin speculated, the eunuch might have sneaked out and could not report to the officials. He cursed for a long time, but just held the shopkeeper's hand.

"There's something wrong with this thief. He steals when he steals, and he writes and draws on the wall."

The fat man pulled the shopkeeper by the collar and dragged him all the way upstairs.

"This must be a sign of communication between them, everyone, go up and have a look and be a witness!"

When everyone heard this, they all became interested, and followed upstairs noisily, to see what was on the wall.

Wanda and the others squeezed along with the flow of people.

With the tall and stalwart of Gao Huiren, he just got to the front row.

Walking into the room, it is also the same simple layout.

The window at the head of the bed was open, and there was nothing but a pillow on the head of the bed.The quilt was messy, and there was a coat at the foot of the bed that I hadn't had time to put on.

"What does it mean?"

Putting aside the crowd, Qiu Zijin pointed to the blank wall on the other side and asked.

The wall is also in disrepair for a long time, and the white wallpaper that was pasted on it has peeled off.Coupled with the heavy humidity in the south, blue mildew spots have grown on the corners of the walls.

But that's not the point.

The point is, in the center of the wall, a flower was painted.

On the white wall, there is a bright red five-petaled plum blossom.

The author has something to say: an important supporting role is about to debut! !

Qiu Zijin: Come on!Be merry!