() After Zhong Jinwei sat down in the shed with air leakage from all sides, he found that no one came to entertain him, so he looked around for the shopkeeper.
Inside, at the table next to the pot, sat a person who looked like a shopkeeper. However, he was not as diligent as the shopkeepers usually seen in restaurants. He seemed to be in a daze and did not entertain guests when they came. Unlike
It's like doing business.
"Shopkeeper, waiter?" Zhong Jinwei shouted at the man.
A young face appeared over the pot, apparently he stretched out his face after hearing the sound, and it looked like he was lighting a fire.
"Shopkeeper, we have guests." The young man shouted to the sitting person.
The shopkeeper reflexively raised his head and looked at the young man. His eyes were still in a daze. After a while, he came back to his senses and said, "Oh, okay, right away."
The shopkeeper then returned to his due diligence, walked quickly to Zhong Jinwei, and said with a smile: "Sir, what do you want?"
Zhong Jinwei looked at the smile on the shopkeeper's face and felt it was a bit awkward. He was smiling but not smiling, and it looked fake at first glance. He felt a little unhappy and said, "I've been calling you for a long time, do you have anything to eat here?"
"Sorry, sorry, the shop has hot water, hot tea, hot porridge, pickles, and steamed buns." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
"That's all?" Zhong Jinwei was a little surprised.
"Sir, you will know just by looking around the shop. It was set up not long after Jianlu left. There is nothing to eat."
"Then let's get a pot of hot tea first and wait until my companion arrives." Zhong Jinwei was helpless.
At this time, Gu Baichuan had already walked over. Hearing the conversation just now, he said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master, when Wang Peng and others arrive, bring some dry food with them. Let them warm it up and then they can eat it."
Zhong Jinwei nodded, looked at the shopkeeper and spoke to the young man, and then sat there again in a daze.
The young man, who must be a waiter, came over with a pot of hot tea and two teacups from the pot, and poured hot tea for Zhong Jinwei and Gu Baichuan. In the process, it was obvious that the waiter's hands and feet were a little rusty, and the tea
There were some splashes.
Gu Baichuan looked at it from the side and said a little dissatisfied: "Is there anyone doing business like this?"
The waiter looked back at the dazed shopkeeper, then turned back and said in a low voice: "Two guests, please bear with me. Our shopkeeper just experienced a family tragedy. The biggest inn here used to be opened by the shopkeeper.
Business is booming, I have a son and a daughter, and my life is prosperous. When the captives came, everything was gone."
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he looked at the shopkeeper sympathetically and made no further demands.
Gu Baichuan asked, "Will Jianlu let him go?" After saying that, he pursed his lips at the shopkeeper.
"The shopkeeper just happened to go to the capital to discuss business with an old customer, so he avoided a disaster."
Gu Baichuan heard that it made sense and nodded.
Zhong Jinwei's sharp eyes found that in the direction where the shopkeeper's dazed eyes were looking, which was on a shelf beside the shed, there were two small windmills, made of colored paper, which were very beautiful. He couldn't help but feel sour in his heart: I'm afraid this is the shopkeeper.
Bought for his son and daughter. But the things are still there, but the people have passed away.
The waiter continued to explain: "I have just arrived. The soldiers in the capital were eliminated. I was eliminated and had no home. When I passed by here, I was taken in by the shopkeeper and became a waiter. I was also just here.
I am unfamiliar with my work, so please forgive me."
Zhong Jinwei looked at the waiter's appearance and didn't seem to recognize him. Also, there are hundreds of thousands of people. It's impossible for everyone to recognize him. Even if they could remember his appearance, they probably wouldn't believe that he was the supervisor of King Qin's army.
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Nodding towards the waiter, Zhong Jinwei said: "It's okay, you go and do your work, we'll have tea and wait for our companions."
The waiter saw that both of them were very talkative, so he thanked them and went back to work at the pot station.
At this time, a traveler from Tongzhou also came into the shed to drink hot tea to ward off the cold. He sat at the table next to Zhong Jinwei and them.
Zhong Jinwei and Gu Baichuan chatted whenever they had nothing to do to relieve the pain of waiting.
We chatted about everything, and soon we talked about the popular events in the capital these days, the charity donation scandal.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the traveler next door heard Zhong Jinwei and Gu Baichuan talking about the capital, he came over and asked: "You two, have you just come from the capital?"
Gu Baichuan looked at him a little warily and did not speak immediately. When the man saw him, he quickly explained: "We are from Xiayinkang Village, Tongzhou County, and our surname is Liu Mingda. I want to go to the capital to find out some news. I heard the two of them talking like
I came from the capital, so I wanted to ask."
Zhong Jinwei saw that this man looked honest and honest, and he should not be a bad person, so he replied: "We are just coming from the capital. I wonder what information you want to find out?"
"I wonder if the emperor has sentenced Yuan Chonghuan for any crime?" traveler Liu Da asked.
After asking, seeing that Gu Baichuan's vigilant expression remained unchanged, he had no choice but to say: "There are more than a hundred households in our village, not far from Tongzhou. Only a dozen or so people were killed by the rebels. They all happened to enter."
A man who only escaped death after going to Tongzhou City to do things. I heard from relatives in Tongzhou that the emperor has arrested that Yuan Chonghuan. If you want to know what the crime is, it is best to behead him. People in our village have to go and see it."
The shopkeeper over there looked over when he heard the words "Yuan Chonghuan". Hearing that Yuan Chonghuan's crime was being discussed, he gathered around.
When Zhong Jinwei heard Liu Da's words, he felt very strange. A villager was also concerned about this matter and said that it was best to behead him and wanted to see it. He couldn't help but ask him: "Why do you want Yuan Chonghuan to die?"
Before Liu Da had time to speak, the shopkeeper who came to him gritted his teeth and said, "I wish this thief Yuan would be cut into pieces with a thousand knives, his bones shattered and ashes thrown away!" His tone was filled with deep hatred.
Gu Baichuan was no longer wary of Liu Da at this time, and asked curiously: "If you hate him so much, you should hate Jianlu instead?"
The shopkeeper looked at Gu Baichuan and said, "Of course I hate Jianlu, but I also hate that thief Yuan. If it weren't for him, Jianlu would come here to kill people."
"Didn't Jianlu come in bypassing Shanhaiguan? It is said that he came in through Liu Ce's defense line. It has nothing to do with Yuan Chonghuan?" Gu Baichuan asked again.
The shopkeeper didn't say anything, but Liu Da spoke first: "Brother, you are wrong."
"What's the explanation?"
"We don't understand much, and we only know one thing. There are wolves in our mountains, and they always come down to destroy livestock. There is a man who said that as long as we give him money, he will definitely kill the wolf. When we give him enough money, he will kill the wolf."
In the end, instead of killing the wolf, he ran into the village, bypassed the fence, and bit the man to death. Do you think we hate the fence and the wall for not being able to guard against the wolf, or do we hate the person who beat the wolf more?"
Gu Baichuan said nothing after hearing this. But Zhong Jinwei said in his heart: If these people knew that the man who beat the wolf followed the wolf and watched the wolf come to the village to bite people but did not dare to come forward to fight, they might be even more resentful.
The shopkeeper said: "Your Majesty, you are right. If you go to the capital and come to my store to rest, I will give it to you for free. But if you have news to tell me, I am also sworn in with this thief Yuan."
Now that Liu Da and the shopkeeper had a common topic, they ignored Zhong Jinwei and Gu Baichuan and went directly to the next table to talk.
Zhong Jinwei and Gu Baichuan looked at each other without saying anything. They felt that the person who beat the wolf had his own way to die, regardless of whether he had colluded with the wolf or not. People all have their own simple ideas, and justice is in their hearts.
Just drinking hot tea and listening to the words of the two people next to me, time passed by unconsciously.
Just as the pot of tea was about to be finished, the rumble of the carriage was heard, and Archie finally arrived. At that moment, Zhong Jinwei and Gu Baichuan greeted him.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Gu Baichuan asked Wang Peng to take out the dry food and dried meat and ask the waiter to heat it up.
Zhong Jinwei helped Archie out of the carriage and went to the shed to rest while the coachman stopped the car.
Soon, the aroma of meat wafted from the pot, causing the stomachs of several people nearby to react, and the sounds of "gurgling, gurgling" came and went.
Since there was plenty of dry food, Zhong Jinwei invited these suffering people to come and have a meal together.
Several tables were put together to form a large one. Archi sat obediently next to Zhong Jinwei. Wang Peng and Gu Baichuan sat on both sides. The shopkeeper thanked Liu Da and the groom and also sat on one side.
Liu Da said while eating: "Sir, are you going from the capital to Tongzhou? It's best not to go further north. I don't know why Jianlu will come back."
Zhong Jinwei nodded and said: "We will go to Tongzhou and go no further."
"That's good." After saying that, he stuffed another piece of meat into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it. Then he stretched out his chopsticks to pick off a piece and sighed: "Tongzhou City survived. It's really great."
It’s all thanks to Mr. Sun Ge! If it weren’t for him, the people of this city would have suffered, and my relative’s house has a memorial tablet of Mr. Sun Ge’s longevity.”
Zhong Jinwei smiled, the common people also have clear grudges!