always a fairy

Chapter 27

When Bai Yujing woke up, he found himself lying on a soft bed, a smell of sandalwood penetrated into his nostrils, and the bursts of comfort made his mind a little dull.

The clothes were still on his body, and Jinghong hung obliquely on the head of the bed.

He sat up suddenly, recalling that he should be drinking in the inn, why did he appear here?Is this the second floor of the inn?

Pulling Jinghong up, he checked that nothing else was missing, and then he walked out of the room.

This time, he was even more confused.

Although this is an inn, it is not the previous inn. Whether it is decoration or style, it is more than a little bit better than the previous inn in the wilderness. The fence at hand is carved. The high-grade wood is similar to red sandalwood, but not as glossy as red sandalwood, but it feels very good.

"Are you awake?" He seemed to have heard movement in the room next to him. Just as Bai Yujing walked out, the door of the next door opened. Tong Xiaoyun came out from inside, straightened his fox fur coat with a smile and said, " It seems that you have a pretty good capacity for alcohol, and dreamed of spring and autumn for three nights, but only slept for two days."

Bai Yujing immediately understood that Tong Xiaoyun knew what had happened, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"

Tong Xiaoyun waved his hand, "I was too tired from the journey, so I asked some friends to help. Our embroiderers also have many friends in the Jianghu. Although our reputation is not good, there are many people who like to help. We are on our way to the third young master of Shuilongzhai in the south of the Yangtze River, remember, if he needs help next time, he can repay the favor, after all, in this world, it is very beneficial to have the favor of an embroidered envoy."

Bai Yujing seemed to understand, but he didn't know how to operate it. Could it be that he just lay down on the table and they could send him back?So he asked: "We just sleepy and wait for them to send us back? What if they stole our things?"

Tong Xiaoyun patted Bai Yujing's shoulder and said with a smile, "Don't talk about stealing our things, you just kill us. Before you are buried, their first seven have already passed, and it's not just one person's first seven, it's the first seven." In the entire inn, including the surrounding villages of Shuilongzhai, everyone within a ten-mile radius, not one stays."

Bai Yujing's chest suddenly burst into blood, "Really?"

Tong Xiaoyun said: "Although I am not a monk, I never lie."

He smiled and said to Bai Yujing, "Aren't you going to do something?"

Bai Yujing was stunned, "Huh?"

Tong Xiaoyun said with a blank face: "Let's come back, but the magistrate of Yuhang County asked us to do business, have you forgotten?"

Bai Yujing said: "Of course I haven't forgotten, why don't you go?"

Tong Xiaoyun put his hands in his cuffs, and said with a dejected expression: "I am a patient, and it took me a lot of energy to bring you here. I have to rest well. If you have anything you don't understand, please ask me."

After speaking, he was about to turn around and go back to his room. Just after taking a step, he seemed to remember something, turned around and said, "Oh, by the way, you don't have the clothes of the embroiderer, so you need to get a token. Also, the biggest embroiderer in the world You can stop the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Yamen, the Jingzhao Mansion and any departments that block your progress in handling the case, but... the rules are dead, but people are alive. No matter how powerful the embroidered clothes are, you There is no official position, you should understand this, right?"

Bai Yujing understands a hammer?

But he still nodded, "I...I see."

Tong Xiaoyun cupped his hands and said: "Brother, be careful all the way." After saying this, he shouted again: "Just wait!"

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly ran back and forth from the room twice before reappearing with an extra knife in his hand.

Although this knife does not have the aura of Jinghong in Bai Yujing's hand, it can be seen that it is a good knife with very exquisite workmanship. The scabbard looks like a noble color. Tong Xiaoyun handed the knife over and took He patted the long sword on Bai Yujing's waist, and said with a smile: "There is a saying among embroidered clothes envoys that the sword goes to court, and the sword enters the rivers and lakes. If you are dealing with officials and people, you must use this thin gold Puyi knife."

After saying this, he finally disappeared behind the closed door.

Bai Yujing took a deep breath, and he could see that Tong Xiaoyun was fishing for fish, but since he had just entered the embroidery business, he should put in more effort and learn more, but Bai Yujing, who had no experience in handling cases, was like a headless Wouldn't it be a fool for the fly to rush in?
After thinking about it, he should go and see the situation before talking, and he must not reveal his identity unless it is absolutely necessary.

Yuhang County can be regarded as a small capital city. Although this place is a county system, there is an endless stream of high-ranking officials and big households. There are often high-ranking officials who are resting in the court and their families will travel here. There are even disciples of high-ranking officials. When traveling, rich merchants can be seen everywhere. Bai Yujing doesn't want to be suddenly regarded as a thorn in the flesh by someone or a high-ranking official, and there will be big troubles as soon as he enters the capital.

After making up his mind, he walked out of the inn.

The sky in Yuhang County carries a unique moisture, which makes people feel as if they are being caressed by a pair of gentle hands at any time. For Bai Yujing, who was born and raised in the north, it is indeed a new beginning. The breath added a lot of vitality to him.

The streets and alleys are full of people, much more than the people in Fenyang City, and there are many novel gadgets, Bai Yujing was immediately attracted by the lively crowd.

"Candied haws! A string of two pennies!"

"Vegetarian buns are cheaper than candied haws!"

"Candy figurines are made fresh! They are fried, boiled and peeled!"

The cries of selling came one after another, and the joyful laughter immediately made Bai Yujing fall in love with this city.

He wandered around, took out a few taels of silver, bought two baskets of steamed stuffed buns, inquired about the location of the gate of the Yuhang County government office, and inquired whether there had been any major cases recently, and found that what the common people said was nothing The terrible incident of murder and arson made me feel a lot more comfortable at the moment.

The appearance of the Yuhang County government office is much larger than that of Fenyang City. This may also have something to do with the location. After all, this is the Yamen Gate under the foot of the emperor. It is said that this Yuhang County is the stepping stone to enter the capital of Lin'an and become prosperous. ,.

The six doors of the county government yamen are closed, only a small door is open on the side, and there are two yamen servants standing at the door. They look strong and have strong arms in their hands, which is enough to scare the surrounding people.

Bai Yujing didn't even have the idea of ​​going up to say hello. He has been a commoner for more than ten years, and of course he understands how the yamen servants at the gate of the county government treat good people. Send the money in, if you don't have money, you can't guarantee to get a set of whole body Shujing vital bones and a set of butt sticks.

After much deliberation, he still sat at the tea stand outside the county government office, ordered a piece of butter cake and a bowl of cat ears, and gave Xiaoer three copper coins more, after all, this guy can open at the gate of the county government office so far with both hands and feet , it’s impossible to have no skills, so he asked vaguely: “Little brother, how is business these days?”

Xiaoer thought for a while and said, "It's okay, what's the matter? I hear your Hakka accent, and you're from another place?"

Bai Yujing hummed, "I just came from the market in the north, this time the shipment went smoothly, I got some idle money, and I don't have many relatives in the family, so I thought about taking root here."

Xiao Er smiled and said: "Hey, guest officer, you don't go to the capital, why do you want to settle here? This place is no better than the capital. If you want to do business in the capital, as long as you have the capital, you can buy a store and go to Jingzhao Mansion for filing. You can do business, but if you are here, there are no three halls and nine seals, let alone open the door to do business, even if you buy goods, you will be checked again and again."

Bai Yujing was puzzled and said, "Oh? Why?"

Xiao Er shook his head and sighed: "It's not the three thousand Buddha incense and little Buddha brewing."

At this moment, his chatterbox was opened, and without wiping the table, he sat in front of Bai Yujing, and said with a posture that I knew everything: "There are four treasures in the capital city of Shaoyang, the official fragrance of scholar tea, Sleeping wine and heavenly meal, you know this, right?"

He didn't care whether Bai Yujing knew it or not, and went to the store immediately: "Shi Xiang is talking about the scholar-bureaucrat family. The biggest family in Shaoyang likes tea, and the better the tea, the more they are looking for it. Guan Xiang is talking about it." Officials love incense, and the way of incense is even more comparable to tea, and the two complement each other, becoming the most fashionable thing among the upper class."

Bai Yujing was not stupid, and immediately deduced: "I understand this. Mianjiu refers to the people of Shaoyang. No matter who they are, if they don't drink something before going to bed, they can't sleep at all. Tianshan said that food is the most important thing." , anyone will be looking for a delicious bite. I have been doing business here for so many years, of course I know what can make money."

Xiaoer said: "That's right, but this is also the reason why business has become more and more difficult in the past few years. In the past few years, these three thousand Buddha incense and small Buddha wine appeared, one is incense, and the other is wine. Appearing to become the top class in Shaoyang, this thing is not only liked by the people, but also by the officials of the dynasty, and no matter His Royal Highness or Princess, they will accompany incense and drink every day, accompanied by these three The fragrance of a thousand Buddhas is drunk from this little Buddha brew."

Bai Yujing said: "Isn't this a good thing?"

Xiao Er said: "But these two things are only from our Lingyin Temple, and other places don't sell them at all, but the common people can't sit in the temple to drink and burn incense, so the nearby transactions have to be bought at high prices. Then put it in the store to sell, and after going back and forth, the price will naturally rise, and now that jug of wine... is already 20 taels of silver, and a stick of incense is 30 taels of silver."

Bai Yujing was taken aback, he had never seen such an expensive thing in his life.

Xiao Er took a deep breath and said: "In this way, the business of the store with these two treasures will naturally be prosperous, but some people do not have these two treasures, so they can only make crudely, sell dog meat on the basis of sheep's tricks, come and go again and again, open the shop strictly, enter Shipping is more stringent, and now it’s hard to open a store if you want to.”

Bai Yujing pretended to sigh and said, "Hey, so that's the case. Brother, I wonder if there is any major event in Yuhang County recently?"

Xiao Er immediately changed his face and said in a low voice: "Of course there is..."

He bent over to Bai Yujing's ear, pointed to the sky and said, "Did you see it? Although the opening in the sky is much smaller, you still have to pay attention. The opening in the sky may come from bad people, and it is an ominous sign. Because of this, many women and children have died for more than ten days in a row!"

"Women and children died unexpectedly, why should I be careful?" Bai Yujing asked puzzled.

"I heard... the first red-clothed envoy of the Tianxia Pavilion has arrived!" Xiao Er said, trembling all over his body.

"The number one red-clothed envoy of Tianxia Pavilion? Who is it?" Bai Yujing asked.

Xiao Er shook his head, "I don't know what it's called, but he is one of the five purple-clothed emissaries, the red-clothed emissary that Mr. Feng received for the first time in ten years. He was the first envoy under him when he started, and the other red-clothed envoys are above him. There are people in charge, but he is the only one who performs the entire purple-clothed testament alone, do you think he is the number one red-clothed emissary in Tianxia Pavilion?"

Bai Yujing suddenly said: "Oh~ that's it."

cough cough.

(End of this chapter)