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For a long time after this, A-Bian, as a domestic servant, still had to be by his master's side as usual, listening to the orders that the big shots might give at any time.
Those big shots seem to be debating some extremely profound issues all day long without slacking off. Although this is all unbelievable and annoying things in A-Bian's eyes, he still has to fulfill his duties faithfully, and pretends to enjoy it, and is always ready to chime in with a few words to make the ladies happy.
Ask him whether he can understand the general outline. In fact, this question is not only unimportant, but also meaningless. Because A-Bian is not at all interested in the political and battlefield battles where everything changes with his hands. To put it simply, whoever can give him a better life is worthy of his gratitude.
Apart from that, his job is mainly to be ignored by others. As long as A-Bian fulfills his duties, he usually won't cause any bad things. Of course, it's rare for him to encounter special opportunities.
This kind of job is like a jester or a messenger. Even if it is not difficult, not everyone can do it well.
A-Bian benefited from his ordinary appearance and posture since birth. When placed in front of any dignitary, he can make him look extremely tall and powerful, like a morning star in the sky, while he himself is the nothingness behind the light.
His facial features were unremarkable, with a pair of three white eyes, a collapsed nose like a pit, and half of his face was covered with brown spots... Only the pair of wind-catching ears were particularly conspicuous. In the eyes of some people who have lived in seclusion for a long time and never leave home, this may be a cute appearance.
His limbs are very stubby, so his body appears to be extremely long, giving him a capable look. It's just that this kind of ability is limited to doing chores. In front of truly capable people, he has no special talents that can attract attention. Even if he puts on more expensive clothes, he can't stand out in the crowd.
It is precisely because A-Bian's existence is insignificant and cannot bring about qualitative changes to anyone that he gradually develops the habit of looking at things only with his own vision and standards. Therefore, he felt that there was nothing uncomfortable about the current situation, and it was even a hundred times better than the shabby inn he stayed in before.
He felt lucky for it, and it was natural for him to repay the kindness.
At noon, after serving lunch for Zhao Wei and the guests, he took time out of the only half-day vacation and went straight to the Zhao family business without even touching a bite of his own food. At the same time, he also carried Zhao Wei's personal letter with him.
He was wearing his best clothes, a dark blue silk robe with a round collar that had been a gift from his master. A-Bian liked this dress very much and had never worn it except the day after he received the gift.
Today, he specially put on this dress and walked to the long street to buy gifts for his benefactor. Hearing that Bai Feng loved drinking, he went to the wine shop to buy a few bottles.
Unfortunately, I ran into some old friends in that wine shop today.
Those old friends often stayed there all day long, not only drinking, but also showing off their great achievements. When A-Bian first came to Yuyi Town, he often visited these veterans, and he could usually make these friends with just a few glasses of wine.
The veterans are well-informed and know a little bit about all the big and small things and rumors in Beizhen. There are many Xianbei people among them. They are not as bloodthirsty or moody as the rumors say. Instead, like other old Han people, they like drinking, singing military songs, and looking at beautiful women.
A-Bian, who had not been seen for many days, suddenly appeared. Naturally, the veterans happily went over and begged him to treat him to a drink.
A-Bian declined politely: "I have important things to do today, so let's wait for another day to talk about drinking." Then he picked out a jug of wine from the jugs of wine and gave it to him, and threw a few coins on the table. Copper, successfully got rid of the entanglement.
After a while, A-Bian took the remaining bottles of wine and knocked on the door curtain of the trading house.
The person who came to answer the door was still the old man who had been working as a servant in a merchant house for decades. When he saw A-Bian coming, he immediately knew that it was the Master of the Zhao family who had something to say, and he immediately planned to go back to the house to report to the young master and the young lady.
But A-Bian stopped him and said, "Master Jiang, do you want to drink?"
After hearing this, the old man took the wine and stepped out of the way obediently.
A-Bian knew that this old man was going to tell Zhao Kuo and Zhao Xiaomei to be prepared, but fortunately he had already planned it and prepared a few more bottles of wine.
Soon, A-Bian found Zhao Kuo's room, handed over the letter, and brought Zhao Wei's words, saying: "The master told me to let the young master and the young lady go back quickly. If not, he will ask Mr. Fan to come in person." please."
"Mr. Fan? This is going to be difficult..." Zhao Kuo scratched his head in frustration and said, "Tell dad that we will go back tomorrow and ask Mr. Fan to take care of himself and not to be angry for us juniors again... …Also, why did the Tong family come to Yuyi Town?"
"I don't know much, little man," A-Bian said, "I only heard that they want to unite with Yuyi Town to resist Heba's wolfish ambitions."
"Ha, this thing and this thing, dad's tricks are really hard to guard against..." Zhao Kuo murmured: "A-Bian, you go back first, I can take care of things here."
"The villain bought a few jugs of wine and was about to offer a few glasses to Mr. Zhao and Bai Shaoxia each!" A-Bian took out the wine and presented it to the other party.
"Okay, let's call Brother Bai out and talk about old friendship together!"
After that, the two of them stepped out of the threshold one after another, and took advantage of the moment when Murong Yan was not with Bai Feng to secretly invite the young swordsman who had been lying in bed to recuperate into another room.
They sit at the same table as equals, regardless of each other. Between pushing the cup and changing the cup, it seems that the adventure of that day at Xiangyangpo Inn is still vivid in my mind.
The laughter and laughter continued, gradually alarming the servants and merchants coming and going. Let me ask you who would hold a banquet in broad daylight. One is the idle young man, and the other is the tyrannical and unscrupulous emperor. The two have many similarities.
When the wine is strong, it will always cause trouble. They were like crazy bees and butterflies, shouting frequently, and finally provoked all the people they didn't want to provoke.
First, the Dujuan girl from the Miao family opened the door curtain, and immediately she exclaimed: "You are actually hiding here to drink? It made us look for it for a long time!"
After saying that, Ajuan went over and pulled Bai Feng aside and said: "Ms. Murong said you can't drink, why are you still drinking! Come out here!"
"How can we not drink when we are entertaining brothers..." Bai Feng covered her chest and retched several times, still thinking about crawling back to the wine table.
"Zhao Kuo, come here and carry him back!"
After Zhao Kuo heard this, he was stunned for a moment and then said: "How dare you, mother-in-law, talk to me like this!"
"Mr. Zhao, this woman is pretty, I wonder who she is." A-Bian blushed and asked quietly.
"I promised someone else's wife that I would take her to explore the world. Maybe one day she will see enough and she will make a fuss about going home..."
The two people were making sarcastic remarks while laughing at Ajuan dragging Bai Feng on the ground.
After a while, Murong Yan and Zhao Xiaomei also arrived following the sound.
When Murong Yan saw Bai Feng being so depressed, she was so angry that she could only find Zhao Kuo and A Bian to scold her. Zhao Xiaomei walked up to her brother with a huge piece of bad news and said, "Brother, Mr. Fan is already waiting for us outside the store. Hurry up and get dressed!"
Zhao Kuo couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately stood up and ordered A Bian to prepare a bath for him. Then he thrust the letter written by Zhao Wei in his arms into Bai Feng's hand and said: "Brother Bai, it seems I can’t accompany Jinghua for a trip. You find time to get this thing done, and I will definitely ask dad to take credit for you!”
After finishing speaking, he hurriedly ran out.
Later, others asked the younger sister for advice and found out that Zhao Kuo was so afraid of Mr. Fan just because he was his teacher.
