(twenty one)
At this time, Liuli Pavilion was very deserted. Except for the waiters, there were only a few hotel guests relaxing and looking out the window at the sunny weather after the rain. Different from the leisurely atmosphere around him, a man dressed as a waiter was walking through the pavilion, holding a tray with pens, inkstones, paper and ink on it. After a while, he quickly arrived outside one of the rooms on the fourth floor. Pushing open the ajar door, I saw a young man admiring the scenery from the window, with a girl in strange clothes leaning against him.
"Sir, the 'Four Treasures of the Study' villain you requested is here!" The waiter stood in front of the door and said respectfully.
The noble man whose clothes were sewn with gold threads looked back and said, "Put it on the table. Take those few taels of silver!"
The waiter thought that the reward was only a few coins at most, but he didn't expect that it was just a bunch of money on the table. He was flattered and said, "This is too much! I can't bear it!"
"When I finish writing the letter, I have to ask you to send someone to deliver it! Part of the money will be used to send the letter, and you can take the rest yourself." The young master spread out the white paper on the table. The paper was flattened with a square piece of wood, he replied.
"Thank you so much, sir, I'll take my leave first!" After that, the waiter saw the other party's approval, smiled, closed the door, and retreated to wait outside.
After seeing the boy go out, the noble prince raised his hands above his head and stretched his muscles. Then he sat at the table and called to the pretty girl next to him: "Ajuan, come and grind ink for me?"
"Printing ink?" Ajuan picked up the ink stick, looked at it carefully for a while, and replied with a puzzled face: "I don't know a few Chinese characters, how could I do this..." She seemed to have been wronged. Yes, the voice is getting lower and lower.
After hearing this, Zhao Kuo smiled softly, stood up, raised his hands and rolled up his sleeves, pretending to be polite, and said politely: "Miss Ajuan, how about I come down and teach you?"
"Why, are you suddenly so 'sour'?" Ajuan pursed her lips, smiled quietly, turned her eyes to the other side deliberately, and replied: "Here, give it back to you, teach me quickly..." After finishing the words, , Zhao Kuo twisted the ink stick and gently asked Ajuan to pour some water into the inkstone. He immediately placed the ink stick on it, slowly turned his wrist to the left, and lightly drew three circles.
"You must not use brute force when grinding ink, so most literati like to use ink made by women." After Zhao Kuo said this, he handed the ink stick to the other party and continued: "Come on, you can try it too, it's not difficult. !" Ajuan imitated the pattern and began to lightly rub the ink. Zhao Kuo then sat down and looked at the white paper, thoughtfully.
"I've finished sharpening it! What happens next?" Ajuan looked at her lover's frowning expression and couldn't help but said, "Mr. Zhao, what's wrong with you?"
"Uh?" Zhao Kuo said confusedly: "Ah! Ajuan, please sit down first!" Ajuan did as he was told, only to see Zhao Kuo writing a few dense lines of words with a brush, and Ajuan didn't know why.
"What is Mr. Zhao writing?"
"Letter from home." Zhao Kuo responded: "Having been out for a long time, my father should be worried."
"Isn't Mr. Zhao worried about my little sister?"
"I think Brother Bai needs to worry more."
"I have never met my father. I wonder what Mr. Zhao's father is like?"
"Haha..." Zhao Kuo finished writing and smiled. After folding the letter and sealing it, he mentioned the words "Yu Yi Zhao Wei personally expresses his gratitude" on the face, and then replied: "Why do you ask this?"
Ajuan suddenly frowned and complained: "Have you forgotten what you promised when you were still in the boat earlier?" As soon as she finished speaking, she left her seat angrily and complained: "Sure enough, mother My dear, you are right. You men are all big talkers! You said that you will definitely come back. The result is that you will not see anyone alive, and you will not see your body after death. This made my mother lonely for half her life, and made me never see my father! "
Zhao Kuo suddenly understood and hurriedly explained: "I haven't forgotten, I just said it casually! I will definitely take you to see my father..." After saying that, Zhao Kuo stood up to comfort him. But suddenly, there was a messy and ominous sound outside the room.
"Go to the doctor quickly, go quickly!"
"What's wrong with the boss lady?"
"I'll go right away and ask Mr. Su to put the landlady in place first!"
The man and woman in the room came out after hearing the news, and saw the boy outside Mei Niang's room carrying a basin, face towel and other toiletries, coming in and out, with panic on his face. After Zhao Kuo entrusted his trust to the waiter who had been waiting outside his room door, he took Ajuan to find out what was going on.
The boy who came to the door didn't notice the distinguished guest, so he bumped into him and apologized profusely. Zhao Kuo straightened his clothes and said "No problem". Su Qing, who was sitting in the room drinking tea, saw the visitor and hurriedly went up to greet him: "Mr. Zhao, is there Miss Ajuan?" The visitors greeted each other and listened. Su Qing continued to say eagerly: "Isn't Miss Ajuan capable of the Miao poison poisoning technique? Then it must be able to detoxify her? Mei Niang just let the people under the great eunuch plot against her, and now she is poisoned by flower poison!"
"I...I" Ajuan hesitated, "Actually, I was talking nonsense that day...I'm not good at studying, I really don't know how to..." As he spoke, Ajuan nodded in shame and looked at the shy fingers on his waist.
"Alas..." Su Qing shook her head several times. After a while, Hu Yan and Qian Xi also heard the sound and came here. Several people explained the situation to each other and sighed sadly. They could only hope that the doctor could cure the flower poison.
Before the doctor arrived, Zhao Kuo's true intention of making friends with heroes was inevitably revealed. The relationship with Su Qing and Hu Yan still needs to be traced back to Wandeng Town a few days ago. At that time, Zhao Kuo still thought that these two men were just shameless bandits, but judging from the current situation, these two men were worthy of the word "xia". The "Longhu Villa" where Tiger Eyes was located was exterminated for offending the imperial court. In order to revitalize the sect, he also tried to curry favor with the court and improve the relationship between the two parties. Su Qing, who looked like a second-rate man who was greedy for beauty and money, was actually a very loyal person. Mei Niang treated him with such disrespect, even to the point of hatred, but he still saved people from fire and water, which is really incredible. After thinking about this, Zhao Kuo could no longer control his desire to recruit talents.
Several people sat around the table in the room and were silent for a long time. Zhao Kuo suddenly bowed to Huyan and said: "Brother Huyan, I have heard about your deeds before. Since the imperial court cannot tolerate you, why don't heroes come out in large numbers?" Want to try your luck in Beizhen?"
"Beizhen?" Huyan looked at his companion Su Qing, reached out and scratched his messy hair, and said, "How do you say this?"
"To be honest, I am the son of the Zhao family of Yuyi Town. This trip is just to find capable people and strangers to protect the peace of our North Town." Zhao Kuo replied: "Brother Tiger Eyes, you can consider it. I I will write a letter of recommendation for you immediately, and when the time comes, you will come to visit me and just show me the letterhead!"
Hu Yan and Su Qing looked at each other for a moment, then Qian Xi suddenly said: "Speaking of the Seven Towns in the North, it seems that the current Holy Master was also born in the North Town? That place is vast and sparsely populated, but there are countless heroes and heroes. It is indeed Where heroes come from!"
"Mr. Zhao, we deserve this great gift from you!" Su Qing pinched her smile and said jokingly: "I've always liked to be alone, but I happened to get to know Brother Tiger Eyes and felt that he was really He is so persistent and cute that he led him to have a relationship with the great eunuch. Don’t come to me when it comes to recruiting talents."
Tiger Eyes then nodded and said: "Master Zhao, I am willing to serve the Zhao family! Please write me a letter so that I can visit you immediately!"
"Okay! If it's convenient, can Brother Huyan please bring your family members with you?" After Zhao Kuo said this, Huyan's fierce eyes, which were always as wide as copper bells, suddenly twitched and nodded silently in response.
After a while, the boy outside the door rushed to shout, saying that the doctor had arrived, and Bai Feng and the others were also back. The tense atmosphere in the room finally got a moment of rest.
