The devil is coming

Chapter 396 Gifts
"Guest officer, your face."
"Sir, here are your five bowls of noodles. I will bring you five more bowls of noodles when they are ready."
Jian Maid and Fan Li sat face to face at the noodle shop table.
The noodles are scallion noodles with no toppings, but they are gluten-rich and the soup is delicious. It tastes very satisfying.
And because wontons are also cooked in the big pot of the noodle shop, from time to time you can find a few pieces of wonton wrappers in the noodle bowl. If you are lucky, you can also get a complete small wonton, which is a kind of enrichment.
Fan Li eats noodles very quickly because he has a big mouth. With his chopsticks inserted, picked and turned, basically everything in the bowl is skewered and then put into his mouth together.
Chew and swallow, then pick up the noodle bowl and drink the soup and some remaining noodles together.
"Den!"
Once the empty bowl is put away, move on to the next bowl.
The sword maid eats more elegantly. She eats a small mouthful of noodles and drinks a sip of soup, which makes her look like a lady.
Occasionally,
The sword maid also looked up at the streets outside. Outside was the mule and horse market, which was crowded with people.
Along the way, ever since we stepped out of the snowy customs, it was lonely;
However, the further west you go, the closer you get to Yandi, and the smell of fireworks begins to slowly recover. As you reach the outskirts of Yanjing, you can really feel that the capital is in sight.
Sword Maid is a member of Qian, and she has also stayed in Shangjing of Qian Kingdom. In her opinion, Shangjing of Qian Kingdom must be more sophisticated than that of Yanjing. Whether it is the singing and dancing of orioles on the boat or the poems and songs by the willow forest, they all give people a sense of Freehand and romantic feeling.
Yanjing is filled with a heroic atmosphere, which is not only reflected in the people here, but even the animals here seem to have a sense of arrogance and arrogance when they snort.
My first master once said to me with a smile,
He said that the common people of Qian Kingdom like to appear humble and cultivated on the surface. While smiling at you, they secretly tease you that you are a village unruly person. They are just like the girls in the brothels who cover their mouths with red silk and laugh even though they laugh. In fact, he is calling you vulgar.
As for the Yan people in the Yanjing area, they will not look down on you and think you are a troublemaker, because they themselves are proud of being a troublemaker.
Fan Li has already finished his fifth bowl of noodles.
While waiting for the waiter to bring the remaining five bowls, he looked up at the sword maid and said:
"It's getting cold."
The sword maid lowered her head and continued eating noodles.
After eating noodles,
Fan Li pulled the sword maid out of the noodle shop.
Fan Li tied a small soft pad to his right shoulder.
The sword maid sat on it.
They didn't ride horses this way, the sword maid was just sitting there, and Fan Li ran over.
In Fan Li’s words,
horse riding,
Trouble.
Keep going west,
They entered the capital before sunset at the city gate.
After finding an inn, Fan Li took the initiative to squat outside the door. Inside, the sword maid was taking a bath.
After waiting for a while,
The sword maid opened the door, her hair a little wet and spread over her shoulders.
In the past two years, the sword maid has also grown a lot. In the past, she was not only born with a sword, but also a beauty. Now, she can no longer be called a beauty because she is already a little beauty.
The age is still a little embarrassing, but it is already within the acceptable range of some beasts.
"Going around?" Fan Li asked.
When you come to the capital, you have to go shopping.
The sword maid nodded,
Immediately he said:
"I want to eat roast duck."
……
Quande Building, private room.
Jian Maid took a few bites of the roast duck and then put it down, too lazy to make any more bread.
Fan Li saw this and asked:
"Unappetizing?"
The sword maid nodded and said, "The meat is getting old."
A sword maid can endure hardships. She has followed the Second Sword of Qian Kingdom all over the world since she can remember, often living a life without a meal. After that, she followed Zheng Fan and her life became much better, not to mention Jinyi. Yushi, but if you want to eat chicken, you can eat chicken and if you want to eat fish, you can eat fish.
The roast duck was not delicious. Because I came here to eat it because of its reputation, I was disappointed and didn’t want to eat it.
Fan Li nodded, grabbed a large handful of roast duck in his left hand, and a large handful of pancakes in his right hand, and stuffed them into his mouth one by one.
Subsequently,
The two went downstairs.
The sword maid was still sitting on Fan Li's shoulder,
The little girl likes the feeling of sitting here, because Fan Li is very tall, and she, sitting on Fan Li's shoulders, is the tallest person on the street.
Fan Li asked her if she wanted to eat candied haws.
The sword maid said disdainfully:
"Things only children would eat."
then,
Fan Li also bought the straw stick with the candied haws on it.
Fan Li held the straw stick in his right hand, within reach of the sword maid, and he was eating happily.
The two of them just kept walking,
Except for the candied haws, I didn’t buy anything else, I just looked at it.
And Fan Li is a man who can rely on his legs to run from Xuehaiguan to Yanjing. Naturally, he will not feel sore and numb in his legs at this time.
Baixiang Street in Yanjing City is sweeping water, and red lanterns symbolizing happiness are hung on the eaves of merchants on both sides.
Just say that the wedding of the sixth prince of Dayan will be held here in three days.
Instead of taking the official road or the main street, we chose this very narrow road.
Compared to the prince's interrupted wedding, the grandeur and scale were beyond comparison.
There are rumors in the capital that the sixth prince of Dayan has never been favored by His Majesty, which is why he is treated like this. There are even rumors that the sixth prince is marrying a daughter from a private family.
Look, look, if you are really lovable, how can you marry an ordinary girl from a private family?
Most of the people in the capital would not feel that the prince marrying a daughter of a civilian family made them proud. Instead, they would pity the prince.
Fan Li and Sword Maid also came to this street.
The sword maid has already eaten the candied haws of sugar.
He took out a smooth fish bubble-like thing from the bag that Fan Li carried on his back and took it out.
To the mouth,
Start blowing.
The fish bubble was blown up and turned into a ball.
The sword maid held the bayonet position with her fingers and asked while playing with the ball:
"What is this thing for? It's just fun."
Fan Li replied:
"Tadpole catcher."
"Catching tadpoles? How? Then come and catch tadpoles with me, okay?"
Fan Li shook his head and said:
"I can't catch him."
"It's okay, I'm here to help you."
Fan Li frowned slightly.
Then he shook his head firmly,
Road:
"Need not."
With a little girl, explaining the usage of the ancient version of Biyuntao and popularizing physiological knowledge such as science is really a huge project for Fan Li.
Since it is troublesome, Fan Li is not going to explain.
"What are you bringing this thing for?"
The sword maid knew that in Fan Li's luggage, one bag carried some gadgets, and the other bag was filled with money.
"It's for the Sixth Prince." Fan Li replied.
"Sent from the Lord?"
"Yes."
Then,
Fan Li replied again:
"Now, there's no need to send it away."
Because of the long distance between Yanjing and Xuehaiguan, there was a big time difference in correspondence.
When Zheng Fan received a letter from Xiao Liuzi saying that he was getting married, he sent Fan Li to go to Yanjing to attend the ceremony on his behalf.
Because the infrastructure construction work of Xue Customs has come to an end, A Ming is busy with the workshop, and other demon kings also have their own work, only Fan Li is currently free and was sent out.
The sword maid clamored to come together.
Finally came,
It is said that the Master Sword Master was very angry after discovering that his apprentice had been kidnapped.
However, what Zheng Fan didn't expect was that the daughter of the He family was pregnant. In that case, this special fish bubble would be useless.
"Speaking of which, the Lord just gave you money to buy gifts in the capital. Isn't it too casual?"
Fan Li nodded and said:
"The Lord said that they have a good relationship, so we can do whatever is convenient."
Xue Customs could send a gift-delivery team and come beating gongs and drums, but it's really not necessary.
Firstly, it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble, and secondly, the journey is long and very uneconomical.
Fan Li came here by himself, brought the money, and bought it in Yanjing City. It was really convenient and fast.
"Then what should we buy? We are going to give gifts tomorrow, right?"
"Ah."
"Buying antiques? Buying calligraphy and painting? Buying jade?"
Fan Li shook his head and said:
"The Lord said to buy something grounded."
"Grounded?"
"Yes, the Lord also said that sincerity can be seen at a glance, and it must be eye-catching and stand out from the crowd."
"Well, what do you want to buy?"
……
A new pork shop opened on Baixiang Street. The owner is a foreigner. In fact, it is not really a foreigner because Nan'an County is also in Tiancheng County. But in the eyes of locals in the capital, outside the east, west, north and south gates, even if you live in Those in the farms outside the city are also outsiders.
The stall owner's surname is He, and his son works as a helper.
The small business has just opened and is far from prosperous, but the stall owner is friendly and knows how to do business.
"Hey, hey, Chu, that lantern is a little further to the right, right, right, right, hang it right, hang it right."
Lao Hetou was instructing his son to hang red lanterns.
The shrewd widow proprietress of a shop selling dried goods nearby leaned against the door panel, eating melon seeds and jokingly said:
"Oh, Lao He, you are so thoughtful. You don't know. You thought His Highness the Sixth Prince was marrying your daughter."
He Chu, who was hanging the lantern, smiled silly when he heard this.
Lao Hetou said:
"When outsiders come to Beijing, it's the first time they see this kind of royal excitement. They have to join in the fun. In the past, they couldn't encounter such big events in my hometown."
"That's true, but slowly, I'll get used to it, and it will be a long time in the future."
"That is, that is."
Lao He turned around and was about to sharpen his knife again when he saw a figure like an iron tower appearing in front of his stall.
Lao He raised his head,
My neck hurts a little,
Because the person in front of me is really too tall.
The widow boss next to her immediately widened her eyes and subconsciously licked her lips with her tongue.
This tall man just stood in front of the stall.
On his shoulders, there was a young girl sitting.
"Um, sir, do you want to buy pork?"
Lao He asked with some fear.
Fan Li nodded and turned to look at the sword maid sitting on his shoulder.
The sword maid threw out a small bag of silver, and it landed on Lao Hetou's chopping board with a thud.
"Buy three big fat pigs, tie them with red ropes and wear them with red flowers. We will give them as gifts."
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good night.
(End of this chapter)