Chapter 43 The conspiracy inside and outside the palace - people from the southwest
Tang Bohe had noticed them a long time ago. After all, their group was very special even in the crowded capital, and it was difficult not to notice them.
He replied: "It's a coincidence that these guests came. It just so happens that there is a private room in our store that has not yet been reserved." After saying that, he called a waiter and asked the waiter to take them to the second floor. The guests and the group went to the second floor under the guidance of the waiter. Go layer by layer.
Tang Bohe watched them disappear on the stairs before looking away. At this time, someone patted him on the back. He turned around and saw that it was his wife Mo Shi.
Seeing him turn around, Mrs. Mo said, "What are you looking at? Are you so reluctant to leave? Is there anything special about those guests?"
Tang Bohe glanced around and saw that there were no guests or waiters within a few steps. He whispered: "The four guests who came just now are two men and two women. One man and one woman do not look like Han people, but look like southwest Yunnan. People from Guangxi."
Mrs. Mo laughed at him in a low voice: "Hey, you know what the people in the southwest are like? What about Yunnan and Guangxi? It shows that you know several provinces of the Ming Dynasty."
Just as Tang Bohe was about to speak, a group of guests came in. He hurriedly went to entertain the guests. When he came back, he continued: "I have never eaten pork and I have never seen pigs run away! The Ming Dynasty won the war in the southwest a few years ago. It’s not that they have never presented prisoners in the capital. Those two people were wearing various ornaments like the prisoners transported to the capital. There was also the woman, who looked like a teenage girl, but she was not wearing any. Veil, how can any of us Han women of this age go out without wearing a veil?"
What Tang Bohe said, Mrs. Mo actually knew that she was just joking with him, so she pretended to be angry at this time: "I said why are you looking at this person reluctantly, it turns out there is a little girl, and you are attracted to her. Bar!"
Tang Bohe hurriedly said: "How could I fall in love with this little girl, even though she is indeed quite beautiful?" Seeing the change in Mr. Mo's face, he realized that he had said the wrong thing again, and hurriedly swore: "If I fall in love with this little girl, This little girl, let me be struck by lightning."
When Mrs. Mo saw what he had said, she hurriedly said: "How could I doubt you?" Then she comforted him with gentle words. Anyway, the purpose was not to let him find out that she was teasing him.
Then, when meal time arrived, there were more and more guests on the first floor, and the couple was busy greeting the guests.
By the time it was past midnight, there were fewer people in the store. After all, this was not a big restaurant, just a small noodle shop. Tang Bohe, who had been busy, sat at the counter to rest, and suddenly thought of that special noodle shop. A group of four people felt that they had not seen them pay and leave, so they asked the waiter upstairs: "In the group of four people, two men and two women, who came in the morning, have the guests in the yellow private room left?"
The waiter said: "I haven't left yet! I don't even need much food. I just keep complaining and won't leave. I don't know what I'm talking about. I always lock the door and knock on the door every time I deliver food. It's really troublesome." ."
The waiter's words aroused Tang Bohe's interest. Originally, he was just asking casually without any purpose; but after hearing the waiter's words, he felt very curious and restless in his chair.
After Mrs. Mo arranged for the cook to wash the dishes in the back kitchen, she came to the front desk. When she saw Tang Bohe's look, she knew that he had something interesting that he wanted to see.
So Mo asked: "Look at you, it looks like there are nails on the chair! What's the fun thing?"
Tang Bohe said: "It's the guest from the southwest I mentioned this morning."
Mrs. Mo said: "What's the matter? You still miss her little girl? You really like her. Our daughter (their daughter) is already twelve years old! You are already an uncle in your thirties, and you still have a crush on her."
I'm thinking about this little girl; even if I agree with you to take a concubine, how can you do anything to such a young girl?"
Tang Bohe said: "I'm not thinking about the little girl. The guy just said that they didn't know what they were talking about and always locked the door. I don't think this is right."
Mrs. Mo said: "What the hell does he do? Even if he wants to poison people for wealth and death, we have nothing to do with it. That's a matter for the government. You can't say that we are accomplices just because they had a meal with us. Here.
It’s still the capital city, the government doesn’t dare to be so presumptuous; besides, if we really are a strongman who seeks wealth and death, can we afford to offend him? What if we offend him and they come to harm us?”
Seeing that Tang Bohe was still fidgeting, she continued: "You must never secretly eavesdrop on other people's conversations, or you may bring trouble to the family."
Tang Bohe said unconvinced: "Doesn't our noodle shop have..."
Mrs. Mo immediately went to cover his mouth. Seeing no one around, she hurriedly whispered: "How dare you say anything in public! This is something that can be said in public! If you really let others
I heard it, can we still run our business?"
Tang Bohe also realized that he was confused. If he had said it just now and let others hear it, he would not be able to gain a foothold in the capital. But he couldn't live with it. Several guests on the first floor were looking at them. So he said: "I'm not
You didn’t say it out loud.”
Mrs. Mo said angrily: "If I hadn't covered your mouth just now, you would have said it out loud. You are still quibbling here. I will take care of you when no one is around at night."
When Tang Bohe saw that his wife was angry, he stopped talking. An acquaintance of the guests saw that Tang Bohe seemed to be scolded by Mo, and laughed and said: "What's the matter, Old Tang? You asked your wife to scold you again. You are getting more and more afraid of your wife."
But it's okay, if people see you are so afraid of your wife, they might be willing to marry their daughter to your boy." Everyone laughed. Tang Bohe could only deal with it by laughing.
At this time, the group of four customers came downstairs after paying their bills. The little girl's smart eyes darted around and saw the boss and his wife seeming to be quarreling at the counter, and followed the man who came to buy some pancakes for dry food.
When he got to the counter, he said to the proprietress Mo, "Don't you think that all you Han women have to obey men and follow the four virtues? I don't think that's like it."
Mrs. Mo was surprised that she actually came to speak and asked such a direct question, but in line with the rule of not disturbing guests, she had to change the subject without leaving any trace: "You are not Han? Otherwise, why would you talk like this?"
The little girl replied: "Yes, we are from Yunnan. What, oh, we are under the Military and Civilian Exhortation Department in the car. Because General Mu governs Yunnan very well for us, so my father brought us to the capital to serve General Mu."
See you off."
Mo Shixin thought that His Majesty had asked them to set an example and show that the Ming Dynasty governed Yunnan, Han and Yi as one entity, without distinguishing between each other. But on the surface, he couldn't say that and talked about General Mu's good deeds with the little girl.
The little girl seemed to really think that General Mu was very good to them. She kept talking and kept talking. After buying all the dry food for a long time, she was still talking. The person who came with him, who was also from Yunnan, had to say: "Girl, it's time to Let’s go, there’s still something else to do.”
The girl slapped her head and said, "Oh, I forgot." She turned back to Mo and said, "I can't talk to you, I have to go." Then she threw a small object on the counter and said "I think you are very compatible, so I'll give this to you." After saying that, he left and disappeared in a flash. Mr. Mo didn't even have time to refuse.