195. Chapter 195 Small money stumps a good man
Seeing that Wu Jing had an objection to going to Yan State, Su Qin persuaded him: "There may be more opportunities in places that seem to be marginal."
He said bitterly: "If others don't go there, we will go. If we succeed and have a foundation, we will turn back to the central area and move towards the expected goals one by one."
Su Qin gave everyone a reassurance and told the past: "Don't worry, I have traveled there and met the king of Yan. It is actually not remote at all, and it is even more prosperous than the small countries in the Central Plains."
Wu Jing still stared at a pair of round eyes, his eyes full of confusion.
Ning Jun was already in a disagreement with Wu Jing, and he said to Wu Jing impatiently: "You are still half-hearted and seem to have suffered so much grievances. Since you think you are suffering, who would like to follow you?"
Wu Jing's eyes widened even more and said, "Do you think I'm willing to follow you. If my master hadn't forced me, I would rather die of poverty in Luoyang than follow you, and pursue any achievements that are completely useless!"
Seeing that the two of them had arguing again, Su Qin winked at Ning Jun and signaled him not to say anything more. Ning Jun turned around and went to pack his luggage.
Wu Jing sat there angrily thinking about his worries. Su Qin urged him to sort out the items he carried, and Wu Jing went there slowly.
After Su Qin and the other three packed up their things, it was already noon on the sun. After lunch, the three of them immediately set off for Yan State.
In the evening, the three of them arrived at the banks of the Yishui River. They crossed the river and walked for about ten miles. They found a temporary inn on the side of the road and stayed there.
While having supper, Wu Jing and Ning Jun had a quarrel again. Wu Jing always complained endlessly. Ning Jun couldn't help but curse, saying that he was short-sighted, stupid, and had no knowledge, etc.
Wu Jing was stupid and couldn't keep up with Ning Jun's speed, so he suffered a great loss in his mouth and tears were about to fall.
Seeing that Wu Jing always complained endlessly, Su Qin was very dissatisfied with him, so Ning Jun scolded Wu Jing. He was too lazy to interfere anymore and let the situation develop. In the end, Ning Jun scolded him enough before he stopped.
The next day, before Su Qin got up, Ning Jun knocked on the door outside hard. Su Qin quickly got up and opened the door. Ning Jun rushed into the room in panic.
Seeing that he was not wearing any clothes well, Su Qin was in a very embarrassed state.
Ning Jun said to Su Qin anxiously: "Mr. Su is not good, Wu Jing is gone, and it is probably because he sneaks away."
After hearing this, Su Qin did not dare to believe it completely. He said, "Maybe he got up early to feed the horses or put them in the carriage. How could he run away casually?"
Ning Jun was very sure: "I saw something wrong with that kid yesterday. He was so reluctant to follow you to Yan State, so why would he actively feed the horses? He must have taken the opportunity to leave."
Su Qin quickly put on his clothes and went to the carriage park with Ning Jun to see. When they got there, they were both dumbfounded: There was no trace of the carriage.
They went outside the inn and looked around. There were no traces of Wu Jing and the carriage nearby.
Ning Jun slapped his thigh and regretted, "It's all my fault that I didn't take good care of this kid. I had already suspected that he was leaving yesterday, but he still let him run away smoothly."
Su Qin advised him: "If you leave, leave, let him follow us. If he suffers, we will suffer too. It's better not to follow us."
Su Qin suddenly thought that Wu Jing was responsible for their logistics, and he would keep all the money. After he left, was the things still there?
The two hurried back to the inn and searched for the money that Wu Jing was responsible for custody, but they were still in the inn! They were probably sent away by Wu Jing, including the hundred golds rewarded by Zhao Yu. Ning Jun was so angry that he scolded Wu Jing for being despised.
Wu Jing slipped away with his money. Su Qin and Ning Jun searched all over the clothes and found more than 20 coins of copper coins, which were not enough to pay for the inn's room and meal expenses.
Both of them were stunned. It was a few cents to stump the heroes. Even if they had high-level skills and great ambitions, they could not cope with the current small dilemma.
Su Qin and Ning Jun went to the inn's accounting office, found the shopkeeper, negotiated with him, and asked him to open the room and reduce the room fee, so that the two of them would make up for the room fee and meal money in the future.
Seeing that their clothes were not as good as those who could not afford the room fee, the shopkeeper ignored their requests and did not let go easily.
Su Qin and Ning Jun were trapped in the inn's accounting office. They packed up their luggage and took them with them. As long as the shopkeeper let go, they would leave as soon as possible.
However, the shopkeeper refused to agree to the reduction. Su Qin and Ning Jun were unwilling to force themselves to escape. That was not what a gentleman did.
Su Qin had no choice but to open the bag again, took out a beautiful robe, handed it to the shopkeeper, and asked him to estimate the price to offset the inn owed.
The shopkeeper stared at them and found that there were other valuable things in the bag, so he became greedy and said, "A mere robe is probably not enough, so he has to add some more."
Ning Jun was furious and scolded sternly: "Even you are not a good thing. This beautiful robe requires at least hardware, which is enough to pay for your ten-day room and meal expenses. You are too greedy."
The shopkeeper waved his hand and said, "Then you can pay the money, I have no other way."
He said, turning his face and pretending to sort out the accounts.
Su Qin and Ning Jun understood that this inn was originally built on the roadside for those who were rushing to rest temporarily, and there were no other shops around. Even if they went to sell their personal belongings, they could not find a suitable place.
Su Qin sighed, bent down and picked up his bag, untied the rope, and prepared to take out another item to pay off the debt.
However, they didn't know how much the shopkeeper lion had to satisfy him.
Ning Jun wanted to make a move, but his hand had touched the hilt of the sword. Su Qin stopped him with his eyes. Because they were not robbers or hooligans after all, it was natural to pay for a hotel.
If they draw their swords to face each other this time, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be slanderous and betray their debts again in the future. Then wouldn’t they even lose their last principles?
The purpose of practicing martial arts is to strengthen one's own self-defense and must not be used outside of morality.
Therefore, Su Qin endured the disrespect of the shopkeeper as much as possible, and still wanted to peacefully end the trouble. Ning Jun was so angry that he stamped his feet, but he had no choice.
Su Qin and Ning Jun's dilemma were seen by a coachman in the same account. He had to settle the fees and leave the inn, but Su Qin and the others were in a stalemate with the shopkeeper and could not solve the problem for the time being, so he waited next to them.
Chapter completed!