Chapter three hundred and thirty first deceiving nonsense
Chapter 331: Lies
The next day is rest time, and all everyone needs to do is prepare everything before departure.
After midnight, Magistrate Teng arrived at Wangji Inn. Wu Desi and his party were leaving for Beijing tomorrow, and he came specially to entertain Di Chu and Pu Junxiong.
After meeting Di Pu and the others, Teng Zhixian immediately explained his intention with a smile on his face.
Di Chu and Pu Junxiong did not refuse, and happily accepted Teng Zhixian's invitation, and then called several sextons to prepare to follow Teng Zhixian to the restaurant.
Teng Zhixian looked at the crowd and asked with a little doubt: "You two envoys, how come you didn't see the envoy Hang?"
Di Chu didn't answer, so Pu Junxiong came over and said with a smile: "Tengzhi County, you see we are all stinky men, so you don't need to call Secretary Hang. It's inconvenient..."
"Ah...yes, yes, Secretary Pu is thoughtful..."
Tengzhi County was not aware of the rift between Di Pu and Hang Baiqiu. He understood that Pu Junxiong did not want a woman to get involved in the men's drinking bureau.
Not long after the group left, a woman came outside Wang Ji Inn.
This woman is none other than Ruoliu, who was driven away by Xu Youde yesterday. Today she did not bring her lute, but came empty-handed.
Shopkeeper Wang knew what happened yesterday. When Ruoliu was dragged out of the back door by Si Wei, he and the two waiters saw it.
"Miss Ruoliu?"
Shopkeeper Wang was shocked when he saw Ruoliu, and hurriedly walked out from behind the counter.
Shopkeeper Wang also knows a little about Ruoliu's situation. It is said that her husband and mother-in-law died of illness a few years ago. Currently, there is only a five-year-old son left in the family. All living expenses are earned by Ruoliu playing music everywhere.
Ruoliu's face looked haggard, it was obvious that he had not slept well yesterday, but he cheered up when he saw Shopkeeper Wang coming over, and Fuli said: "Shopkeeper Wang..."
Shopkeeper Wang was worried that Xu Youde's subordinates would find Ruoliu, so he quickly pulled her to an uninhabited corner outside and asked: "Miss Ruoliu, why are you here again?"
"Shopkeeper Wang, I..." Ruoliu felt uneasy, and kept kneading his left hand with his right hand. After hesitating for a moment, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "I...I'm here to see Secretary Xu!"
Shopkeeper Wang suddenly became anxious and blurted out: "What? You were..." yesterday
But as soon as the words left his mouth, Shopkeeper Wang stopped. He knew that Ruoliu had no choice but to say some things too bluntly, as it would hurt people's hearts.
So Shopkeeper Wang changed his words and said: "Miss Ruoliu, since you already know who that guy is, why are you still looking for him?"
Shopkeeper Wang said to himself, don’t you remember what happened yesterday? You’ve already suffered a loss once, and you’re still rushing to do it a second time?
When Ruoliu saw that Shopkeeper Wang had misunderstood his meaning, he quickly shook his head and said: "Shopkeeper Wang, it's not what you think. I came to see him today...to ask him for money!"
"You want money?" Shopkeeper Wang shook his head after hearing this: "You are a weak woman, you want to get the money back from him? It's not easy..."
"But...but I deserve that money!" Ruoliu said firmly, but she didn't dare to look into Shopkeeper Wang's eyes. She was ashamed of what happened yesterday.
In fact, Ruoliu didn't know how hard it was to get this money, but she had no choice. Although the captain gave her a piece of silver yesterday, it was a drop in the bucket to buy medicine for her son's illness. Now her son's illness is getting worse.
Only by asking Xu Youde for the money back can she take her son to the medical center to continue treatment.
Shopkeeper Wang couldn't persuade Ruoliu after trying for a long time, so he sighed and asked: "Miss Ruoliu, if that beast refuses to give you money, what can you do?"
Ruoliu had already thought about this problem and immediately said: "If he doesn't give me the money, I will go to their superiors and ask them to make the decision for the little girl!"
Ruoliu heard what Si Wei said when he suddenly barged in yesterday, and she remembered the three words "Di Si Shi" firmly in her heart.
Shopkeeper Wang then said: "Miss Ruoliu, don't you know that before you came, those officials had just been invited by the county magistrate to have a drink, and 80% of them won't be able to come back for a while...
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Ruoliu shook his head and said firmly: "It doesn't matter, I can wait... If they don't come back, I will keep kneeling outside until they come back!"
"No!" Shopkeeper Wang was startled and quickly stopped him: "Miss Ruoliu, these officials are not ordinary people. If you make such a fuss, your life may be involved...
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Ruoliu said gratefully: "Shopkeeper Wang, thank you for the reminder, but I have to get the money back!"
After saying that, Ruoliu decided to walk to the inn.
Shopkeeper Wang was shocked and stopped her again and discussed: "Miss Ruoliu, if you don't do this, you wait below first and I will go up to inform you and see what's going on..."
Shopkeeper Wang dared to let Ruoliu go up there no matter what she said. If she made a fuss and angered these evil people, she would also suffer the consequences if she came back to Wangji Inn!
Then, shopkeeper Wang returned to the inn. Before going upstairs, he specially arranged for a waiter to keep an eye on Ruoliu and not allow her to break in rashly.
Shopkeeper Wang came to Xu Youde's room quite uneasily. Just when he was about to knock on the door, he heard cursing sounds coming from inside.
The person who cursed was none other than Xu Youde. Although the reason could not be clarified from just a few words, it was obvious that the curse was very fierce.
In this way, shopkeeper Wang raised his hand to knock on the door and then retracted it. Xu Youde was furious at the moment. If he went in to talk about Ruoliu, wouldn't he be asking for trouble...
Shopkeeper Wang hesitated outside the door for a long time, and finally chose to go downstairs. He really didn't have the courage to knock on Xu Youde's door, so he had to find another way!
Seeing Shopkeeper Wang come out of the inn, Ruoliu stepped forward and asked expectantly: "Shopkeeper Wang, what did he say?"
Shopkeeper Wang had already thought about what to say and said: "Miss Ruoliu, Secretary Xu just said that you should come to see him again tomorrow. The money matter can be easily discussed..."
What Shopkeeper Wang wants to do is to coax Ruoliu to leave. Anyway, Xu Youde and his group will leave Mishan County tomorrow, and then the matter will be settled.
"Tomorrow?" Ruoliu was very puzzled: "Why?"
Shopkeeper Wang quickly said: "Oh, that's it. The doctor came here to change Sexton Xu's medicine and told him to rest for a day..."
Ruoliu immediately remembered the scene of pressing Xu Youde's injury yesterday, and immediately believed what shopkeeper Wang said and agreed to come back at this time tomorrow.
"Thank you so much, Shopkeeper Wang!" Ruoliu thanked him, turned around and walked away.
Shopkeeper Wang looked at her back and breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't turn back into the inn until he saw Ruoliu disappear.
Coincidentally, as soon as Wakaliu reached the corner of the street, two men wearing Wude Company uniforms came in front of him.
The two people were talking while walking. When they passed by Ruoliu, one of them happened to say: "Brother, we can go back to Beijing tomorrow. It's too cold in Mishan!"
Another person immediately said: "Yes, it's finally over! Hey, how about we find a place to have a few drinks now?"
"Okay!"
"Let's go, there's a wine shop in front of us!"
The moment the two walked away talking and laughing, Ruoliu stood stiffly on the street.
He is leaving tomorrow...then why do you ask yourself to see him again tomorrow?
Ruoliu suddenly realized that Shopkeeper Wang had never asked Xu Youde about coming back tomorrow, what kind of money could be discussed... these were all lies made by Shopkeeper Wang!
The next moment, Ruoliu suddenly turned around and walked quickly towards Wangji Inn...
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PS: There are people like Shopkeeper Wang, not just me, there must be many people around you!