The next day, Xi Ning asked Jing'er and everyone to come over. After asking, those who were familiar with the capital were left behind.
The eight dead soldiers are naturally the most familiar with the affairs of the previous capital. After all, as dead soldiers, they must understand everything in the capital. Otherwise, after being sent here, even if they know some things, they will not understand what happened.
During this time, these eight dead men seemed to have become life-and-death friends, drinking and eating meat together, and helping each other from time to time. We also went to the battlefield together, sneaked into the enemy camp and captured their commanders.
Xining thought for a while and then said: "You eight are going to follow me anyway, so you can simply become my nursing home and return to Beijing together. Then I will find an opportunity to ask you to come, or I will ask for a reward for you." , remove the slave status."
Of course they are happy, but some of them are frowning.
One of them clasped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, Lord County, but I am a dead soldier. I can't escape unless I obey my orders."
Xining smiled: "Is there anyone in the world who is not a king? As long as it is the emperor's decree, who would dare to disobey it. I know you have a wife and children. When the time comes, I will take your wife and children out and live in seclusion together."
He was immediately overjoyed and knelt down to salute: "Thank you so much, Lord County, for your kindness. I am willing to go through fire and water for the Lord County, no matter what!"
Others knelt down almost at the same time: "I am willing to go through fire and water for the county lord, no matter what!"
"Everyone, get up, get up." Xi Ning is most troubled by the excessive etiquette in this era, where people come and go. She asked Jing'er and other maids to help her, otherwise, they would be endlessly grateful.
After everyone got up, Xining called over Butler Xiao, Butler Lin, and Steward Xiao Zhan. Ordered to go down. Butler Xiao is looking after the house, Butler Lin and Xiao Zhan are following along, the maids are taking Jing'er, Qin'er, and Shi'er, and the others are all staying in the house. The eight dead men served as coachmen, servants, and guards.
Finally, he said: "I'll give you one hour. Meet at the door in one hour and set off!"
Suddenly everyone was stunned, and some of them said "Ah" in surprise.
Xining looked around at these dumbfounded people: "Go ahead and get ready, hurry up."
The eight dead soldiers were the fastest, and they disappeared one by one with a "whoosh whoosh". Half of them still jumped out of the window. It seems that this professional habit cannot be changed.
Jing'er was anxious: "County Master, it's only been an hour, how can I prepare for this?"
Xi Ning was persuasive and guided carefully: "Prepare three sets of ordinary clothes for me. If you don't have them, go to the backyard and ask a maid of similar stature. Then go to the warehouse to pick up fifty taels of silver, and that's it. You just need to prepare three sets of clothes and wrap them up. But, you don’t need to bring any rouge or gouache. If you want it for an hour, a stick of incense is enough. I haven’t heard the imperial edict, and the palace has already prepared it.”
They all say that they are so poor that they have sold all their clothes and jewelry, and their family is bare, so of course there is no need to prepare anything. This time I went to the capital city not to show off how rich I am, but all the big and small bags are free.
So an hour later, with Jing'er's support, Xining got on the prepared bullock cart.
There were three cars in total, and everyone got on and set off.
Seven days later, Xining came ashore from Qujiang and arrived in the city.
The pier was already busy with people coming and going. Xining was full of curiosity. This is the capital city of this era. I didn’t expect it to be quite prosperous.
Jing'er asked from the side: "County Lord, do you want to enter the palace immediately?"
Xining shook his head: "No, go to the inn first and freshen up."
Come to think of it, he's wearing such a simple long cotton coat with no jewelry on his head. This long coat was borrowed from the maid in the mansion. How could the dignified Lord of the county enter the palace wearing such ordinary clothes?
Entering the inn, he asked for six upper rooms.
The shop owner sitting behind the counter took a second look at this group of people.
Eight Han slaves were dressed up, two of them were tanned, and they looked like they often ran outside. But the four women in the middle wearing very ordinary clothes were wearing hats. Wearing a hat is for protection. Only the rich and powerful will wear a hat. But he was not wearing a hat, but was wearing ordinary clothes.
The shop owner said in a long voice: "Each room is worth five coins a day."
"Pah~" Five taels of silver were slapped on the table, and Butler Lin's voice was loud, with a hint of a rich man: "Stay one night first, and then extend if you have a good stay."
When the shop owner saw it, he immediately smiled. He took the silver ingot and bit it with his teeth. The smile on his face became even bigger: "It's easy to talk about, but I won't be able to find the money for a while."
"Exactly." Xiao Zhan, who was behind, sneered disdainfully: "You have so many visitors coming and going here, at least you can make a hundred taels of silver every day. Can't you even find out about this?"
Xining said calmly: "Don't look for it yet, send some good food to each house."
"Okay!" the shop owner shouted at the top of his lungs: "Waiter, bring the customers up quickly."
When meeting this group of rich men, the waiter naturally had a very good attitude. Invite people upstairs and open a room.
"This is the best room. Let's see how it goes. The quilt has just been washed and dried, and it has a nice fragrance...what else needs to be added?" The waiter's mouth was so sharp that it was faster than a wheel.
Xining walked in and looked around. The room was quite spacious. When he opened the window, he could see the main road in the capital, which was not far from the palace. So he nodded.
"Okay! Let's go to another room next to the other girls and gentlemen." The waiter said with a smile on his face: "It's right next to it, specializing in the ones that are connected."
After everyone has left, close the door. Xining took off his hat: "Go and prepare some hot water later, I want to take a bath."
After taking a bath, eating some hot soup and rice, and then lying down for a nap, I felt alive again.
Then it was time to make a plan. This time, she was not stupid enough to go into the palace and be slaughtered. Even if you are a sheep, you must be a sheep with horns.
"Tuk-tuk, Tuk-tuk~" Someone knocked on the door softly. Two short and one long are dead men.
Jing'er went to open the door and let the dead man in.
Xining was leaning against the window, admiring the bustle on the capital streets through the crack in the window: "Have you heard about it?"
"Yes." The dead man saluted: "I'm reporting to the county lord, I've heard about it."
Yang Lin, the queen's nephew, is a well-known dandy in the capital.
After taking a bath, eating some hot soup and rice, and then lying down for a nap, I felt alive again.
Then it was time to make a plan. This time, she was not stupid enough to go into the palace and be slaughtered. Even if you are a sheep, you must be a sheep with horns.
"Tuk-tuk, Tuk-tuk~" Someone knocked on the door softly. Two short and one long are dead men.
Jing'er went to open the door and let the dead man in.
Xining was leaning against the window, admiring the bustle on the capital streets through the crack in the window: "Have you heard about it?"
"Yes." The dead man saluted: "I'm reporting to the county lord, I've heard about it."
Yang Lin, the queen's nephew, is a well-known dandy in the capital.
