Many people have explored the causes of happiness. In fact, the cause of happiness is very simple, that is, constantly getting what you want.
If a person can get what he wants in his heart every day, he will naturally live a happy life. On the contrary, if a person loses his precious things every day, he will be very sad.
Zhao Zheng is fortunate to be a happy person today, because just yesterday, he got a sister who is handsome and good at martial arts. Anyone who gets such a sister will feel happy.
This morning, Zhao woke up from a sweet dream with a smile. Although there was still some alcohol in his body and some discomfort in his head, this discomfort did not reduce his happiness at all. He put on his clothes with a smile. He put on his clothes, washed himself, and left the house feeling refreshed, and went all the way to the third floor to greet Shen Luoxia.
Shen Luoxia opened the door without knocking a few times. She stroked her half-combed bun and smiled at Zhao Zheng.
Zhao was the junior, so of course he had to take the lead in greetings. He bowed his hands and said, "Sister, how did you sleep last night?"
"Not to mention how sweet my sleep was." Shen Luoxia smiled and grabbed Zhao Zheng's sleeves, pulled Zhao Zheng into the house, raised her lotus feet and moved with her toes, closing the door, "My hair is still If it’s not done yet, you stay with me, watch me do my hair, and chat with me by the way.”
"Okay." Zhao Zheng stood aside as he said.
"Don't just stand there stupidly. Pull up a chair and sit down. Why are you being so polite in front of my sister?" Shen Luoxia looked at the honest Zhao Zheng, feeling like she was a reborn brother. Zhao Zheng's attitude became much more friendly.
"Yesterday you were my shopkeeper, and today you have become my sister. I still can't change for a while." Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly, pulled out a chair, put it behind the dressing table, and sat down. .
"Don't think of me as your god-sister, just think of me as your biological sister, so you won't feel awkward." Shen Luoxia smiled, and Shi Shiran sat in front of the dressing table and looked at the bronze mirror. She fiddled with the other half of her untied hair. Her fingers were slender and white, like onion-white strands. The black hair was interspersed between her fingers. The black and white colors complemented each other and looked extremely beautiful.
Zhao Zheng was sitting in the back, his eyes falling on Shen Luoxia's hair for a while, and then on the bronze mirror reflecting the jade face. He just felt that watching a beautiful woman dressing up was a very good visual enjoyment. .
"Good brother, what do you want to eat this morning? I'll have the butcher cook it for you." Shen Luoxia asked while holding her hair.
"I'm not a greedy person. I just need to eat as usual. It doesn't matter if I drink some rice porridge or eat braised noodles." Zhao Zheng replied.
"That won't work. I'm in a good mood today, so I have to eat something good. After we finish eating, we will take a carriage and rush to Qibao County."
"So early? Didn't you say you would go in a few days?" Zhao Zheng immediately cheered up. He didn't care what he ate, but he had to care about this matter.
"It's better to go early than to go late. The clothes you are wearing are too ordinary. I want to take you to the county to make some good clothes to wear. You are already handsome. If you change into a good set of clothes, you will be better." That would be even more perfect, definitely no worse than those officials’ young masters.”
"Well, it's better to go early. I haven't been to Qibao County for a long time,"
"You should have learned how to drive, right? The inn is very busy, and we can only leave two people at most. We have to drive ourselves on this trip, and we can't let other guys in the inn drive. Although I can drive, a woman's family is really difficult. Not suitable for this kind of thing."
"I have already learned the skills of riding horses, driving horses, taking care of horses, etc. from Brother Song. You can just let me drive."
"Well, I'm relieved now." Shen Luoxia has already put her hair into a horse bun. This hairstyle is made by using hair ropes to stand up the hair into several balls, and then letting it fall down on the back of the head. It looks like a horse's belly. Hence the name. When a woman wears this hairstyle, she will give people a sense of weakness and mature charm, which is very suitable for Shen Luoxia.
Shen Luoxia pointed to the back of her head and handed a phoenix-pierced peony hairpin behind her, "Brother, help sister choose a good place to insert the hairpin."
Zhao Zheng was very happy to do this kind of thing. He took the hairpin, leaned over slightly, stared at Shen Luoxia in the bronze mirror, found an aesthetically pleasing position, and inserted the golden copper hairpin into his hair. Shen Luoxia's hair is of good quality, and she keeps her hair very long. After being bundled together, it is very dense. The hairpins are inserted firmly into the hairpins, so there is no need to worry about them falling off.
Shen Luoxia looked at herself in the mirror in a daze and recalled: "A few days before my brother passed away, he combed my hair once. While combing my hair, he said sorry, saying that he would not live to see me get married. It took a day, but in the end he really didn’t live to see that day.”
"I will send my sister off to you for marriage on his behalf, and I will comb your hair myself that day."
"Haha, okay."
Shen Luoxia put her hair up and told Zhao Zheng to bring food and rice in. The two sisters had breakfast together in the boudoir. After eating, Shen Luoxia began to make arrangements for her departure to Qibao County. From here It takes half a day to reach Qibao County, so it’s impossible not to get there early.
Zhao Zheng seized this opportunity, pretended to be Shen Luoxia, and privately borrowed a set of secret keys from Wang Er that were specially used to open and close the secret room. Then he went to Wang Er's room and opened the secret compartment behind the bedside table.
The hidden compartment is not large, only half a meter square. It is full of bottles and jars, each with a label. Among them, there is a brocade box that is the most conspicuous. It is actually made of expensive sandalwood. Zhao Zheng knows that "no fragrance" "Cartilage Powder" is inside the brocade box. Pick up the brocade box and open it. There is an orange cloth pad in the brocade box, and five small medicine bottles are neatly placed on it, each containing the secret of the inn. Unscented cartilage powder.
Zhao Zheng put down the brocade box, took out one of the bottles of poison, and took out the previously prepared empty bottle from the system warehouse, and poured the poison into his own bottle. In order to avoid arousing suspicion, he opened five medicine bottles respectively. Take a small amount of poison from each of the five medicine bottles, and accumulate enough to use it three times.
Poison alone was not enough. After Zhao Zheng left Wang Er's room, he took the key and went straight to the inn's warehouse, opened the secret door under the wine jar, and climbed down.
There are many wine jars and jugs under the secret door, all of which are old wines collected by the inn over the years.
Zhao Zheng went through many selections and selected a small jar of sealed aged bamboo leaf greens, which he stored in the system warehouse and kept for later use. With these two items, wine and poison, he could carry out his revenge plan. He left in a hurry He went to the warehouse and returned the key to Wang Er. During the process of handing back the key, he secretly observed Wang Er's face and expression. Judging from Wang Er's performance, it seemed that Wang Er did not suspect anything about him, so he felt relieved.
Not long after, Shen Luoxia was ready to set off. She held a wooden lunch box in her hand and called Zhao Zheng to go to the backyard to get the carriage.
Zhao Zheng left the inn amidst the envious looks of several waiters and guests, and drove the inn's carriage to the door. Shen Luoxia held her lunch box, flew into the carriage, closed the door, lifted a corner of the door curtain, and walked into the inn lobby. The people inside said goodbye.
"Drive!" Zhao Zheng shook the reins, and the bay-red horse raised its neck and neighed twice. It raised its hooves and walked away with crisp steps. The bay-red horse is an old horse and is very obedient. This road is also It's a straight road, so as long as you don't run too fast, it's not difficult to drive this carriage.
Zhao Zheng held the reins and drove the horse leisurely, looking at the surrounding autumn mountain scenery from time to time. He felt like he was traveling by car, which was particularly enjoyable.
Shen Luoxia was sitting in the carriage, and occasionally opened the curtain in front to talk to Zhao Zheng, chatting about some household matters or martial arts matters. During the conversation, she mentioned Luo Yanbu and said that she would bring this subject to her whenever she had the opportunity. Qinggong was taught to Zhao Zheng.
Zhao Zheng was even more happy when he heard this and thanked him repeatedly. He is now Shen Luoxia's younger brother. From now on, he can learn the martial arts of those people in the inn at will. It is really beautiful.
After half a day passed, the carriage was halfway through. Shen Luoxia opened the door curtain and saw the beautiful undulating mountains along the way, so she asked Zhao Zheng to hold the horse and stop. She got off the carriage with a lunch box on her arm and used a piece of The brocade cloth was spread on the floor, the several cold side dishes in the lunch box were placed, the wine and dry food were taken out, and Zhao Zheng was invited to have lunch with him.
Zhao Zheng tied the carriage to a dead tree on the roadside, sat across from Shen Luoxia, and started eating and drinking.
"It's a pity that it's autumn now, everything is withered, and everything is full of vicissitudes. If it were spring, we could go hiking in the mountains." Shen Luoxia took a small bite of the steamed bun, swallowed it, and said with regret.
"Actually, whether the scenery is beautiful or not is secondary. When traveling, it depends on who is traveling with you. If you travel with close people, you will feel happy no matter where you go. If you are alone, even if you are standing in the most beautiful place in the world In front of the beautiful scenery, I will definitely not be happy." Zhao Zheng said with emotion.
"That makes sense." Shen Luoxia nodded, her red lips dropped, and she took another small bite of the steamed bun.
After lunch, the two continued to ride on horseback. After more than an hour, they finally arrived at Qibao County. Hongchen Inn had an informant and a property in Qibao County. Shen Luoxia pointed out how Zhao Zheng should go. Go straight there.
After arriving at the yard, Zhao Zheng knocked on the door. The person who opened the door was a young man who looked very smart. Shen Luoxia poked her head out of the carriage, greeted the young man, and introduced Zhao Zheng to him. .
Since this young man is Shen Luoxia's spy in Qibao County, he doesn't have to do anything on weekdays. He only needs to inquire about information in the county for Hongchen Inn. If there is any big or small incident, he will use the carrier pigeon to inform him. The job was very easy, which often aroused the jealousy of several busy people in the inn.
When the eyeliner heard that Zhao was Shen Luoxia's godbrother, his attitude immediately became polite and he greeted Zhao Zheng to drive his carriage into the yard.
Zhao Zheng tied up the carriage and looked around. The yard was ordinary, just an ordinary farmyard. The yard was empty, with neither flowers nor trees planted, but a group of cooing animals. Pigeon.
After Shen Luoxia dismounted, she asked softly: "Brother, are you tired? If you are not, I will take you to walk around the county. If you are tired, we will not go out today and rest here for a while. Night."
"I'm not tired, I really want to go out for a walk." Zhao Zheng deliberately took this opportunity to explore the "mission NPC" in Laifu Market in Qibao County. Even if he didn't meet him, he would find this person first. come out.
"Okay, let's go now. First we'll go to a clothing store, and then we'll take you to the casino to play a few games. If you don't mind, my sister will take you to drink wine in the evening to broaden your horizons."
"Um...it's a little early for me to drink flower wine at my age, right?"
"How old are you this year?"
"She should be sixteen years old." Zhao Zheng is really not sure about his age, it's just a guess.
"A lot of people have already started families and started businesses at the age of sixteen, so it's not too early. Besides, I'm just taking you to see the world, and I don't intend to find a girl to sleep with you." Shen Luoxia is usually bohemian, and it's not at all inappropriate to talk about this kind of topic. Not shy.
"In that case... let it all be arranged by my sister." Zhao Zheng really had no reason to refuse such a good thing.
"Shopkeeper, I've never drank flower wine before. Why don't you take me to see the world?" The informant immediately became energetic when he heard about drinking flower wine.
"You are so beautiful!" Shen Luoxia rolled her eyes and rolled her eyes at the man, "You are responsible for staying and looking after the house. In addition, you can feed the horse well. If you want to drink flower wine, find this horse to drink with you."
