Xia Zhaoyi asked Wang Changqi to stay here and think about it carefully, she would come again.
The jailer came in person to release him. Before leaving, Zhi Changle still looked fierce and ferocious, and no one dared to offend him. Xia Zhaoyi turned back into a bad old man, with his back bent and his body stooped.
Many people in the cage looked back at Wang Changqi out of curiosity, but no one dared to come forward and talk to him.
Wang Changqi looked a little dull. Hearing the sound of the cell door being locked, he felt it was not very real, but the heartbeat in his chest was very clear.
From the beginning to the end, the girl's tone was gentle, unhurried and eloquent. Even though she said threatening words before leaving, Wang Changqi did not feel disgusted.
There seemed to be a very strange attraction about her, which had nothing to do with her voice and appearance, but her words, deeds, and temperament.
She has the elegance and pride of those noble daughters, but at the same time she has the freedom and freedom that they don't have.
Not just looking down on the comfort of money and love, but looking down on the natural world and the natural freedom and freedom that can transcend ancient and modern times.
The more he thought about it, the more complicated Wang Changqi felt. In fact, they were not that far away from him.
He sighed, leaned against the wall and raised his head.
It was obvious that he wanted to poach someone, but it turned out that he was a good person and he was poached away with a shovel.
The girl kept saying that he was good at eloquence, but the girl's ability to scheming people and her eloquence were clearly better than his.
Moreover, for such a young girl, her future future is uncertain and boundless.
Otherwise, should he really think about it?
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The sun is still bright outside the prison.
Xia Zhaoyi raised his hands to cover his face and looked up at a bird flying over and landing on the nearest cornice.
The bird jumped, chirped lightly, flapped its wings, and flew away again.
Zhi Changle was talking to the jailer from behind. The reason why we were able to get in smoothly today was all thanks to Zhi Changle's fists and the jailer's family.
After Zhi Changle finished speaking, he came back and looked up to follow Xia Zhaoyi's gaze, but there were too many birds and he didn't know which one she was looking at.
"I want to eat roasted bird meat." Zhi Changle said this.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "If I don't have to, I actually don't like to eat game."
Zhi Changle sighed: "Those refugees will probably eat up all the wild game."
Xia Zhaoyi looked away and smiled at him: "Has everything been agreed with the jailer?"
"Well, the man named Wang will be released in half an hour, and the letter will be given to him."
"It seems that if everything goes well, we can leave the day after tomorrow."
The extra day is spent waiting for the store handover procedures.
Zhi Changle nodded and said: "We have only been here not long ago, but it always feels like we have been here for a long time. A lot of things happened and it was very busy."
Xia Zhaoyi smiled, hunched over, hands behind his back, and walked forward with an old look: "This is called enrichment."
If he hadn't known who she was, with the way she walked and the old-fashioned way she spoke, Zhi Changle would really have thought that the person in front of her was an old man with misty hair, who had seen all the joys and sorrows of the world.
Ah Li, is also addicted to drama?
Hehe, cute!
Zhi Changle strode up to follow him: "Old man, let me help you!"
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It's not just Zhi Changle who has such a busy feeling, but the whole Hengxiang.
The news of Mr. Dahan's death hit everyone's heads. Before everyone could recover, it was the murder of Governor Huang. Fortunately, not long after, Captain Qiu stepped forward to take charge of the situation. After that, the government sent a large number of troops.
Defend Dongping Academy.
Wave after wave, ups and downs, just half a day, it seems like half a month has passed.
But fortunately, Captain Qiu was a good man and strictly prohibited the officers and soldiers from going in to disturb him. They only stayed outside and were not allowed to interfere with any affairs of Dongping Academy.
As for the vacant position of governor, it is a big drama for many forces hiding in the dark.
Xia Zhaoyi does not intend to participate in this big drama.
While everyone was busy running around and digesting what happened in the past two days, Xia Zhaoyi had a half-day to spare, sitting in front of the shop she had just bought and watching two old men playing chess in the distance.
During this half day, many people came to apply for jobs as shopkeepers and waiters.
Xia Zhaoyi still looked like an old man. He looked at them one by one and found nothing he was satisfied with.
However, some people came to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones and did a few small businesses.
This morning, Lao Tong left through the main gate. He actually took a long detour. After getting rid of the people behind him, he returned to the inn to check out and took away all his luggage, which he brought here.
Although the shop was not big, it had three floors and a small backyard. The backyard was also not big, but it was just enough to park their carriage, so they finally had their own place.
At this time, the two old men playing chess suddenly started arguing.
One of them made a wrong chess piece and wanted to regret it, but the other person refused to say anything. The person who made the wrong chess piece said that it was not a serious chess game, and it should be so serious for entertainment.
The two people were not arguing violently, but they showed their sincerity in the quarrel. They looked back and waved to Xia Zhaoyi, asking Xia Zhaoyi to go over and take charge of the situation.
Xia Zhaoyi didn't really want to move, but she still wanted to save her face and walked over with her hands behind her back.
Because she looked older, the two old men called her Big Brother, but she waved her hand and said she couldn't afford it. She lowered her eyes to look at the chess game, and inadvertently glanced at the corner of the chess board. When she saw a carved plum blossom on it, she was suddenly startled.
"This..." She raised her withered old hand and gently stroked the plum blossoms on it, "This chessboard is quite elegant."
"Just watch the chess game!" The old man slapped her hand away politely, "This is the chess board passed down from my ancestors!"
"It's passed down from our ancestors," Xia Zhaoyi said, "No wonder, it's really ancient and exquisite."
"That's not true!" The old man felt a little proud and looked at his chessboard with admiration, like it was a precious treasure.
"It's nothing valuable!" another old man shouted, "This is the chessboard from Nianhuazhai, a century-old store, and it is sold in the store!"
"That's not as old as my chessboard!" the old man said displeasedly, "This one is at least three hundred years old!"
"Do all the chessboards sold by Nianhuazhai have plum blossoms carved on them?" Xia Zhaoyi asked, "The plum blossoms are really beautiful."
"Some are plum blossoms, some are peach blossoms, bamboos, spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums!" said another old man.
She had seen this plum blossom in that book.
The book is called "The Immovable City" and contains twelve articles in total. It is an only handwritten volume and is an extremely loose, leisurely, fresh and refined collection of essays.
One of them is called "Yunmengyinsuo", and the old Taoist priest who sold her the book said that it was written by a master named Tang Xiangsi.
He might also be the author of those poems she met in Longyuan, His Highness Qianqiu.
In the article "Yunmengyinsuo", there is a hand-painted plum blossom, and its shape is exactly the same as the one on the chessboard.
When Xia Zhaoyi thinks about the word "passing guest", he always feels a chill rising from his spine.
"Nianhuazhai," Xia Zhaoyi asked, "is it far from here?"
