A groaning strange sound rang out.
Because everyone in the yard knows martial arts, they looked at the source of the sound when they were puzzled.
The second prince blushed and covered his stomach.
"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen anyone starving?" The second prince growled angrily.
Mo Li thought about it carefully, they spent a whole day in the palace, during which time, except for some candied fruits that Meng Qi took from Wenyuan Pavilion, everyone ate nothing. He and Meng Qi didn't feel that the internal strength was profound, and the second prince obviously couldn't hold it anymore.
In fact, the second prince had not eaten anything decent for two days and two nights.
Lu Zhang suddenly ordered to block the city gate and search the palace. The second prince was summoned in a hurry, so how could he bring something to eat? This is forcing the palace to rebel and it is not a march to fight. If things cannot be accomplished in a short period of time, there is no hope. Failure is death. What rations do you need
Although I was hungry, it was over.
In addition, the second prince was tense, and he was determined to kill Lu Zhang, but he never thought of sacrificing to the temple of the five internal organs. After leaving the palace and entering the Peony Square smoothly, the second prince, who was relaxing to watch the fun, suddenly found himself terribly hungry.
"you-"
The shopkeeper suddenly realized.
With Meng Guoshi's ability, it is impossible for the people who traveled with him to starve at all. They have come in such a turbulent manner, and they have brought a young man who does not understand martial arts and is suspected of being a powerful person. Could it be that they are the treasonous perpetrators pursued by the Praetorian Guards
Meng Qi looked at him with a half-smile, and the shopkeeper immediately swallowed back what he was about to say.
"It's just a guest who came in. My pavilion didn't entertain me well, and I hope that Teacher Meng will forgive me."
The old man with the wolf-headed birthmark suppressed the anger in his heart and said coldly: "So you are the former national teacher who has been rumored in Yongzhou area recently? I don't know what kind of internal skills the national teacher cultivates, but he can keep his face immortal."
The language is sarcastic, and it is almost as if Meng Qi is a swindler; an impostor.
But then pretending to be another name, this martial arts is real.
He brought down all his subordinates in one face-to-face. The old man believed that he was not an opponent, but he didn't even think about bowing his head and bowing his head.
The old man turned his head to the shopkeeper and said, "Fengxing Pavilion wants to see the dishes and kick us out?"
"No no, it's all guests who come to the door." The shopkeeper rubbed his hands together and smiled awkwardly, "Now that the investigation in the workshop has been relaxed a lot, it is estimated that in a while, the Peony Workshop will return to normal. The underground secret room is our Fengxing Pavilion entertainer. Dear guest, there are no extra beds in the secret conversation place, nor is it for people to live in. Why don't you all go to the small building to take a break? Don't worry about safety, there are many secret passages and darkrooms in our Fengxing Pavilion, and the Guards can't check it at all. come out."
"Really?" Meng Qi was very interested.
The second prince also breathed a sigh of relief. When he rebelled, he took people down the secret road into the Hall of Ten Thousand Harmonies, but he encountered a gunpowder ambush. The tragic scene lingered in his mind, and he really didn't want to enter the underground secret passage in a short time.
At this time, Mo Li said, "Let's lead the way. We stay in the yard with a group of people, and it will be troublesome to attract the attention of the Guards later."
The height of the courtyard wall of the residential house is limited. Although the situation in the courtyard cannot be seen from outside the wall, anyone who finds a stepping foot can easily get on the wall.
Therefore, not only is it impossible to fight, it is even troublesome for everyone to speak a little louder.
The old man glanced at Meng Qi angrily, all his men were lying on the ground, and he couldn't walk even if he wanted to. They can't see the light of each other's identity, they can only endure it.
The shopkeeper smiled and bowed: "Lao Lang waits for a while, I'll take Meng Guoshi in first?"
The chief steward of Fengxing Pavilion turned his back to Meng Qi and Mo Li, and looked at the old man with a bitter look on his face, with a look of "opening the door and doing business can't provoke this evil star", and blocked the old man's sarcastic words. go back.
The ultimate master, not only Fengxing Pavilion, no one can afford to offend.
The old man could only hold back his breath, and took advantage of the opportunity to investigate the injuries of his subordinates. The shopkeeper was overjoyed and hurriedly led Meng Qi to the small building.
Meng Qi only sealed the air pockets of these people with internal force. Even if they left it alone, with the circulation of blood in the human body, after a stick of incense, they would be able to recover.
The old man breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression gradually improved.
The second prince clutched his stomach and followed Meng Qi honestly, but he didn't dare to be alone.
Mo Li looked at the old man thoughtfully for a while, and finally entered the small building.
Fengxing Pavilion opened in Peony Square. Of course, it is not selling news on the bright side. In fact, it is a bookstore called Fengyuezhai.
You can tell from the name that it is not selling serious books.
Storybooks, picture books with embroidered images, and erotic pictures.
The most serious books in Fengyuezhai are probably piano scores and tea scores, which are also to meet the needs of Peony Square.
Business is very good on weekdays. If you have money to come to Peony Square, of course, you are not shy to buy the latest erotic words book, and read the popular erotic words recently. After all, not everyone has ink in their stomachs, and it is time to have fun. , You can't just say one beautiful word while drooling, right? To be able to chat with friends of wine and meat, to flirt with the women in the brothel of the Jiaofang, it is not a rare thing.
As a result, some of Fengyuezhai's books can only be sold a few copies per month, while others need to be printed and reprinted.
The courtyard and small building behind the shop are where books are printed.
The popular and popular books are made of woodblocks, which are printed quickly and well. The books and new words that no one care about are made of wood-carved movable type. The people in Fengxing Pavilion pretend to be those who work and print books in the bookstore.
Mo Li initially approached Meng Qi, just because he saw that the shopkeeper and the guys in the shop knew martial arts, and Meng Qi said that there was a secret passage under the shop, and it was very strong.
Taking a closer look, the pattern on the Fengyuezhai plaque looks like the Fengxing Pavilion written in big seal.
Peony Square, Fengxing Pavilion... Take advantage of it!
Meng Qi hurriedly went in to restrain the man, Mo Li naturally wandered around the backyard and the small building, checking the situation while letting the people in Fengxing Pavilion fall asleep unconsciously.
In the small building, there are many picture books spread out waiting for the ink to dry.
Meng Qi knew what this kind of bookstore near the brothel was selling, and he didn't care; Mo Li saw it when he came in, and he didn't care either.
After all, in the eyes of Longmai, a few naked people who are still drawn distorted are really nothing to look at.
But the second prince is different.
When he passed by the stack of books, he glanced more than once, and was immediately shocked.
The rules in the palace were strict, and the prince of the Qi Dynasty lived a foolish life. Except for the two fist-sized dolls and an uninteresting erotic palace album that Ye Ting Palace sent according to the rules before marriage, The second prince, Lu Min, had never seen such a blatant thing.
It turns out that this kind of picture can draw characters outdoors!
It turns out that the faces of the people in the album can be painted completely? Can you draw facial expressions
It turns out that this kind of thing can't be done on the bed... Wait, this picture looks like a swing
The second prince's face blushed suddenly, and he left the pile of books almost hand in hand, looking in a trance.
"I seem to remember that he said before that his wife betrayed him?" Meng Qi was very surprised, and said to Mo Li through voice transmission, "How can someone who has been married look like a young boy?"
Mo Li shook his head, he didn't understand either.
The shopkeeper watched them secretly, and was very surprised by Lu Min's reaction. Whose family's powerful children have not seen these picture books? No matter how strict the family education is, it is inevitable to surreptitiously turn over it. Although this person is young, he does not look like a young boy who has never tasted new products.
Strange, I've never seen the clothes I wear, and there are still marks left on the clothes. It's easy to think that it has something to do with the palace. Maybe it's the prince who set off rebellion and forced the palace, but—the prince saw a few pages of erotic pictures, So frightened that you can't even walk
This is a fake prince!
The shopkeeper murmured, and soon he began to look at the ink carp with strange eyes.
- The more you walk, the more you can see that the people in the small building are all falling asleep, making people feel nothing. This skill is more profound than Meng Qi's ability to knock down all the enemies in one face.
So the person with the faint smell of herbs is Meng Guoshi
Fortunately, here is the Fengxing Pavilion, the shopkeeper is the chief steward of the Jianghu No. 1 intelligence organization, and there is no shortage of news. The shopkeeper quickly thought of a piece of news. It was said that Young Master Jinfeng had offended a master dressed as a man in Yongzhou.
It's not someone who pretends to be a Langzhong, because there are indeed many people in Jianghu who have encountered this Langzhong wearing a bamboo hat on the road, and he was cured by the other party. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a genius doctor.
Coincidentally, the rumors about Lang Zhong almost appeared together with the rumors of the former national teacher.
The shopkeeper made a judgment in his heart, and when he took the person to the second floor, unscrewed the hidden mechanism on the wall, and revealed a room that was decorated elegantly, he greeted with a smile: "Meng Guoshi, doctor, please look here. Are you satisfied?"
After speaking, he demonstrated the mechanism of the entrance again, proving that the mechanism can be opened from the outside, and the mechanism can also be opened from the inside.
"Well, it really deserves to be Fengxing Pavilion." Meng Qi nodded casually.
A pun meant not only to recognize this room, but also to tell the shopkeeper that he was right.
The house is not big, but it is divided into three rooms.
In the outer room, the screen is short and the bed is complete, and there is a chessboard on the table.
The compartment is for changing clothes, the last one has a bunk bed, and there is a small couch against the wall.
The step bed is very delicate and is a craftsmanship of the Southerners. Although it is not large in size, the bed and pedals have carved patterns, and a curtain made of Biyun gauze hangs down, which is infused with Nanhe incense to help sleep.
The second prince yawned involuntarily.
Sleepy and sleepy, but like a mirror in his heart, this bed must have no place for him.
With unspeakable grievances, the second prince turned his attention to the small couch that was so narrow that he could only lie on his side, thinking about a way not to roll down from it.
"What to do, take the money." Meng Qi reminded.
The second prince took out the bank note and struggled to ask, "Isn't this the money for renting the house?"
"The Guards won't leave, where can we rent the yard?"
"Then... how much?"
The second prince took out a few thin banknotes, and finally took out a five-tael banknote and handed it to the shopkeeper.
Fengxingge's chief steward: "..."
You must have guessed wrong, how could someone like this be a prince!
After thinking about it, the shopkeeper still had a smile on his face and respectfully accepted the silver note, as if it was not five taels but five hundred taels, which made the second prince feel much better.
"What do you call your distinguished guest?" the shopkeeper asked tentatively.
"You can do it." The second prince, Lu Min, waved his hand and said calmly, "I can't do the work of making up names, and I don't want to waste this time."
The shopkeeper was speechless, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at Meng Qi cautiously.
As a result, when Meng Qi looked back at Mo Li, the shopkeeper suddenly realized that this was the one who really called the shots.
"Is there anything to eat? Just send a little of whatever you want, and make a bucket of water. Hot water is best, but it's okay if you don't have it." Mo Li said naturally.
The shopkeeper was stunned, what's the matter, he really regarded them as an inn
"No, I want to ask..." The shopkeeper wiped his sweat again, gestured to the banknote in his hand, squeezed out a smile and said, "Fengxing Pavilion is a business of buying and selling news, and distinguished guests can naturally stay with us for a few days, but you have to buy News, this is business."
"What news can five taels of silver buy?" Meng Qi asked blankly.
"… "
Inconsequential news, of course.
But I can't say that, the shopkeeper smiled and said, "It depends on what the two distinguished guests are interested in."
Mo Li said casually: "Who is the old man with the wolf's head birthmark outside just now?"
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Mo Li to ask such a question, because the news is worthless, and someone with obvious characteristics like the wolf-headed old man can basically recognize it when he sees it, unless he is not from the rivers and lakes.
"That's Sha Qiancheng, the leader of the Blue Wolf Rider. People in Jianghu call him Lao Lang. He worked as a sand bandit outside the gates in his early years. He met Ning Changyuan, the number one sword in the world five years ago. The path to the oasis survived by luck. After entering the customs, it disappeared, and later…”
The shopkeeper lowered his voice and made a gesture, "I heard that the one from the southwest was used."
"God bestows the king?" Mo Li frowned.
The eldest disciple of Qingwu Patriarch took refuge in the God-given King, and the holy lotus altar is also working for the God-given King. It seems that this Heaven-given King has really won over a lot of people from all corners of the world.
"This Sha Qiancheng didn't stay in the southwest well, what did he want to do in Taijing? Rebellion?" Meng Qi pondered.
The shopkeeper hurriedly explained: "It doesn't look like the little one. The news that he came to buy Emperor Li's Mausoleum is either because he is interested in the treasure, or he wants to take the opportunity to recruit some experts in the arena for the King of Heaven."
Meng Qi deliberately asked: "The eldest disciple of the Qingwu ancestor is working with him under the account of the king of heaven. Why can't he know the news about the treasure of the emperor's mausoleum from the Qingwu ancestor, and he has to buy it from your Fengxing Pavilion?"
"The national teacher is joking, these five fingers are still long and short, and the children born by the parents must be biased. These people have their own abacus, and they hide each other to death."
"Hmm." Meng Qi continued to ponder.
The shopkeeper held the five taels of silver notes in his hand. It was not right to leave or stay, so he could only ask Mo Li in a low voice, "I don't know if the doctor has anything else to do?"
"Can you find silver needles for acupuncture? Pick the best set!" Mo Li took out 22 silver notes.
The second prince's eyes were about to pop out.
Shopkeeper: "..."
Forget it, he still regards himself as the innkeeper!
The chief steward of Fengxing Pavilion left in a hurry. He still has a subordinate of the God-given King, and Sha Qiancheng, who used to be in Mobei, is going to fool him! After all, the former leader of the sand bandit shot three hundred taels of silver, followed by smashing ten pieces of gold, trying to track down the whereabouts of a senior who had disappeared in the martial arts for a long time.
The guy brought the food quickly.
Three bowls of gnocchi, a large bowl of cabbage leaf soup, and a bowl of boiled cabbage, let alone meat and fishy soup, there is not even a single oil flower in the soup.
The second prince almost dropped his chopsticks and said angrily, "I gave you five taels of silver! Even if it is the best inn in Taijing, there is no such price for a night in a Tianzihao, so you will use this kind of pig food to fool Ben... Master's entourage?"