Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 323 The Thief
The largest inn in Nanyang County, Laifu Inn.

In the backyard of Laifu Inn, there are two exquisite independent small yards, five guest rooms, two clean rooms in the northwest corner, one for men and women, and one kitchen room in the northeast corner, complete with pots, pans and stoves.There are three carriages parked in the open space behind the house, and there is still some space left.

Seasonal flowers and plants are also planted in the courtyard. A tall pomegranate tree grows in the east courtyard, and the other half falls to the west courtyard. This is the time when the branches are flourishing and the flowers are blooming.

The east courtyard, which costs five liang of silver a day, was booked two days ago, and until this evening, there were only two carriages, one in front and the other in back, coming to the back door of the Laifu Inn.

"Master Qiu, you are here."

The clerk of the inn trotted over courteously, and hurriedly opened the gate of the east courtyard.

"We clean the yard and the house here every day, and the bedding has just been washed and dried. It's clean..."

Before he finished speaking, the man saw a maid in a carriage behind carrying out two quilts.

The little guy stopped talking behind him, and immediately turned around, pointing to a room in the east courtyard and said: "Here, this room is the largest, and there is a separate clean room inside, it's a little smaller, but Easy to wash."

Wan Zhao carried the quilt into the biggest room the boy said, and looked around: "Go out, we will call you if there is anything to do."

"Hey, I see, you can call me if you need anything."

The little guy turned around and went out the door. However, when he left the yard, he still turned his head and took a look. When it was confirmed that the maid had already started making the bed in the largest room, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

The two courtyards are built side by side, and the backyard of the inn is just outside the courtyard gate. Because there is a wall, it is separated from the front of the inn, so it is very quiet.

Wanzhao tidies up the room, and Qingkong attends to Lu Yange to freshen up in the clean room next to her.

When Chunhua and Qiushi moved some necessary things out of the carriage, Zhexue had already come back from outside.

The eyes of the three people met, and Zhexue's eyes stayed in two places for a while. After Chunhua and Qiushi nodded calmly, she turned around and entered the room by the east courtyard gate and never came out again.

At night, the east courtyard was brightly lit, and I saw two maids and two chauffeurs coming in and out of the courtyard.

The guy who helped to open the door stood in the corridor on the second floor of the inn and looked back. After confirming that the young man lived in the middle room of the east courtyard, he tiptoed downstairs.

The shopkeeper was doing calculations behind the counter, and when he saw the young boy leaving the house, he hurriedly shouted, "Second son, what are you going to do?"

The little boy raised his voice and said, "Cousin, the master chef in the canteen told me to go outside to see if there is any firewood for sale, and let me buy two loads of firewood and come back?"

"Is there no firewood?"

The shopkeeper frowned suspiciously, it wasn't that the ten loads of firewood had been delivered just two days ago, and they were all used up so quickly.

The young man was a child of his distant cousin's family, and his hands and feet were fairly nimble, and he was also a relative. The shopkeeper didn't think much of it, and waved her out.

When he walked out of the inn, the young man approached a man wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a load of firewood, and deliberately asked loudly, "How do you sell this firewood?"

The man replied in a rough voice: "Three Wen and a load of money."

"Is this firewood useful? I don't want it if I don't."

The young man bent down and turned over the firewood, and said in a low voice, "They live in the east courtyard, and Mr. Tsing Yi lives in the room in the middle of the east courtyard, with two maids and three servants."

"Yes, I see." The man snorted softly, stretched out his hand and pulled the firewood in front of him, and his voice became louder, "My firewood is very dry, so I can use it when I go back."

Only then did the boy straighten up: "Okay, come with me."

The man hurriedly picked up the firewood, and followed the boy into the firewood room of the inn.

When it was dark, the man came out of the woodshed. He had already changed into black clothes, covered his face, and quietly hid behind the flowers in the backyard, near the corner of the east courtyard.

In the courtyard, Wanzhao and Qingkong were busy in the room in the middle of the east courtyard. They cleaned the house and scrubbed everything to make sure it was clean before going to the stove to burn it.The dinner was eaten at the second girl Lu Xiaoli's house, so there was no need to cook.

When they came out and closed the door and went into the next room, they could still hear the voices of two people talking to the boy: "The fourth son said that there is no one to wait on at night, you should also go down and rest, you have to go on your way tomorrow."

When Chunhua and Qiushou heard the words, they responded, and they entered the room in the east courtyard near the wall of the west courtyard, while Wanzhao and Qingkong went to the second room in the east.

Soon, the lights in the house were extinguished one by one, and when the moon was in the middle of the sky, several dark shadows came in from outside the wall.

Under the moonlight, the big knife in his hand flashed with light.

The leader asked: "Where are people?"

The firewood bearer came out from the dark corner and pointed to the small courtyard in the darkness: "The boy lives in the middle room of the east courtyard, the two servants who drive the carriage live in the room next to the wall on the west side, and the two servant girls live in the second room on the east side. There is another room, and there is a boy who lives in the room next to the gate of the examination hall."

A group of people quickly disappeared into the dark night, and within a moment, they heard a few dull cries of pain.

In just a quarter of an hour, the two courtyards became quiet again, and there was no more sound.

When Lu Yangge woke up, it was already daylight, she stretched in the warm quilt, and rubbed against the soft quilt.

"Is the princess awake?"

Xu Shi heard movement inside, and Wan Zhao, who was guarding outside, called softly outside the door.

Lu Yange didn't move, nor did he respond.

Wan Zhao held his breath and listened for a while, then whispered to Qing Kong to prepare the meal.She prepared a hot water handkerchief and waited for about a quarter of an hour before opening the door and walking in.

"Six thieves came last night." Wan Zhao put down the hot water, rolled up his sleeves and waited for Lu Yange to get up, while explaining what happened last night in detail.

Six thieves came, and a boy from the inn.

Things didn't go so smoothly, and it didn't end so quickly.

Seeing that the matter was exposed, these people wanted to set fire to the house, but it was the people sent by General Zhou in the next courtyard to help them, and they caught all seven of them.

"Did the princess hear anything last night?"

"No."

"I didn't hear it either, but sister Qingkong did, and she didn't call me."

Wan Zhao was dexterous, and quickly tied a bun for Lu Yangge, and picked out a delicate hairpin ring for Lu Yange to wear.

Qingkong entered the room with the freshly baked chicken shredded noodles, and asked, "Is the princess going back to Jiangjiaba today?"

Lu Yange: "No, since General Zhou has sent someone, I just want to trouble them. Let's go to the county government to meet with Shen Xianwei. We will return to Jiangjiaba when things here are settled."

Qingkong put away the bowls and chopsticks: "Okay, then I'll go out and talk to Chunhua Zhexue."

Lu Yange dressed herself gracefully and luxuriously according to the evening photo. The girl in the mirror was originally delicate and charming, and the luxurious hairpin ring made her even more dignified.

There are too many things to do today. First of all, she will be able to meet the local snake in Nanyang County as a princess.

(End of this chapter)