The tall woman seemed to be a maid. She sighed, took a handkerchief from her arms, wiped it on the chair in front of the short lady, and said, "Young Master, you can sit down now."
The short lady sat down and stared blankly at the table in front of her. The tall maid had to wipe the table in front of her with a handkerchief.
"It's time to serve," the short lady ordered.
The tall maid was already very hungry, so she hurriedly shouted: "Staff, serve the food quickly!"
"Come on!" The waiter came quickly, holding his hands together and saying with a smile on his face: "Girls, what do you want to order?"
The short lady suddenly became anxious, patted the table, and said in a rough voice: "What girl, we are all men, can't you tell?"
The waiter slapped his forehead and said with an apologetic smile: "Oh, I made a mistake. I wonder what the two young men are going to do?"
"What are the signature dishes you have here? Let's serve the same dish for each dish." said the short lady.
The tall maid hurriedly said: "Miss, we don't have much money left. If we continue to spend as much as before, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make it to Taizhou."
In desperation, even the young lady shouted out.
The short lady hummed: "Don't worry, you don't have to pay for this meal, I have my own way."
The shop assistant on the side was stunned and said cautiously: "You two young men, this shop does not accept credit."
The short lady glared at him and said, "I can't do without you."
Then he took out a silver phoenix hairpin, put it on the table, and said, "Look at how much this hairpin is worth, and how many dishes will be served."
The tall maid hurriedly grabbed the silver hairpin and said hurriedly: "Miss, this is the birthday gift that the young master spent five guan to buy for you last year. It is enough for dozens of meals."
He turned to the waiter and said, "Please bring me four signature side dishes."
The shopkeeper left laughing. He really didn't dare accept such a valuable silver hairpin.
The short lady suddenly thought of something and did not refute the tall maid. She stared at the table, her eyes gradually turning red.
"Little Master, what's wrong with you?" The tall maid's title returned to normal.
The short lady wiped the corners of her eyes and whispered: "...It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of my brother."
At this moment, four more people suddenly walked in outside the door.
The person at the front was dressed in white and had a smile on his face. Although his expression was gentle, he walked with a sense of majesty.
Behind him were an old man with a ruddy face, a handsome young man and a serious man.
"Young Master, look quickly, that young master must be a child of a noble family in Chang'an City." The tall maid pointed at the young master in white and said.
"so what?"
"No, I just feel that this place deserves to be Chang'an. The same goes for the great hero Zhang I met before, and so does this young man in white. Although our young men in Yangzhou are also handsome, we always feel that they lack some spirit compared to them."
The short lady reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense, you can say such shameless words. If others hear it, why don't you laugh at the lax family tradition of our Xu family?"
"Our Xu Mansion has been sealed off, who else would laugh at us?" the tall maid muttered.
"What did you say?"
"nothing."
While the master and servant were bickering, the shirtless man put on a linen jacket, leaned over, and said with a smile: "I wonder where the two young men came from and where they are going?"
The tall maid said: "Who are you? We don't know you. Go away quickly!"
The man in sackcloth actually turned around and walked away, shaking his head and saying: "I originally thought you were going to the capital to complain, so I wanted to give you a clear path. Since I don't appreciate it, forget it."
The short lady said hurriedly: "Brother, please come over and talk."
The man in sackcloth came back, but did not sit down and asked, "What else did you ask me to do?"
"You, how did you know that we came to the capital to complain?" the short lady gritted her teeth.
The man in linen clothes said calmly: "What do you think?"
"Could it be that you saw us when we went to Jingzhao Mansion?" the short lady asked in surprise.
After she said these words, the young man in white in the distance glanced at her and frowned.
The young man next to the young master in white couldn't help but said: "Sir, that man in sackcloth is probably a liar. I'm going to teach him a lesson!"
These two people were Wu Chengsi and Zhuge Nan who were traveling incognito, and the two people next to them were Zhuge Sanyuan and Han Cheng.
Zhuge Sanyuan glared at Zhuge Nan and scolded: "You are still so impatient. When something happens, look twice and think twice. Don't always think of taking action immediately."
Zhugenan said oh and silently looked at the situation over there.
I don’t know what the man in linen said, but he was already sitting at the same table with the two women.
Zhugenan looked around again.
I saw many people showing indignation. They all seemed to know that the man in linen clothes was a liar, but no one planned to interfere.
Seeing this, Zhugenan vaguely understood that the man in sackcloth must have some background.
The man in linen clothes said: "If you want to find someone to redress your grievances, the most important thing is to find the right person. It's useless to go to Jingzhao Mansion."
"But we also went to see the Prince of Changping County. He refused to see us, so who else could we go to?" the short lady said in frustration.
Wu Chengsi's eyelids twitched in the distance and he couldn't help but look over again. Zhugenan asked doubtfully: "Master, do you know that woman?"
Wu Chengsi shook his head, motioned for him to stop talking, and listened carefully with his ears raised.
The man in linen clothes was startled and asked quickly: "Do you know the Prince of Changping County?"
The short lady shook her head and said, "Dad asked us to come to Chang'an to find Duke Zhou... the current Prince of Changping County for help."
"Does your father know the county prince?" The man in linen clothes cautiously probed.
The short lady shook her head and said: "Dad has never mentioned the county prince to me before, so he probably doesn't know him."
"Are you sure?" The man in linen clothes was still worried.
"Hey, why are you asking this? You said it's useless to go to Jingzhao Mansion, so who can you go to?" The short lady finally showed a somewhat vigilant look.
The man in linen hesitated for a while, as if he was making a decision. After a while, the smile returned to his face and he said:
"To be honest, I know a big shot in Chang'an City. Almost nothing can trouble him. You can ask him for help."
"who is it?"
"Before I tell you, I need to tell you something. If you want to ask that big shot for help, you need to spend money. Do you have money?"
After hearing this, a woman in green clothes suddenly sighed at a table in the corner.
This woman has a dignified and beautiful appearance and luxurious clothes, which can easily attract the attention of others.
However, there were several guards in military uniforms around her. If anyone dared to look at her, those guards would immediately stare back.
In addition, they were sitting in the corner, so not many people noticed them.
"Girl, it's better not to get involved in this kind of thing." An old man in ge robes beside the woman in green reminded her.
The woman in green was silent for a while and said:
"In the three years that Xu Changshi was in Yangzhou, our business increased several times. He was kind to our family. Now that he is in prison, although we can't help him, but his daughter meets the bad guy, we have to
It’s just a matter of helping one or two.”
The old man in Geyi sighed and said: "Since you have decided, I will not dissuade you, but it is better to inquire about the background of the man in sackcloth first."
The woman in green nodded and said, "Xiao Xiao, go and find out."
On the other side, hearing the man in sackcloth asking questions, the short lady hurriedly said: "We have money, we have money!"
"How much money do you have?" the tall man in linen asked with a sideways glance.
"Luwei, how much money do we have?" the short lady asked her maid.
While the two were talking, the tall maid kept looking at the man in linen clothes suspiciously. After hearing what her young lady said, she pouted and said, "Young Master, let's go to Taizhou."
The short lady said anxiously: "Dad is not in good health and cannot stay in jail for a long time. Since there is a faster way, we naturally have to try it!"
The tall maid pursed her lips and said reluctantly: "We only have twelve guan of money left. If we use it all, how can we go back to Yangzhou?"
The short lady did not answer. She turned to the man in sackcloth and asked, "Is twelve guans enough?"
The man in sackcloth waved his hand and said:
"It's just such a small amount of money. It's not enough even if we try our best to do it. It won't work, it won't work. You can go find someone else." He stood up and left.
The short lady hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Don't leave, we still have you."
As he spoke, he took out a jade bracelet, a pair of gold earrings, a gold lock, and snatched the silver hairpin from the maid.
"Do you think adding these is enough?" the short lady looked expectantly.
The tall maid cried loudly and said: "Miss, if we use up all the money, how can we go back to Yangzhou!"
The short lady said resolutely: "As long as I can save my father, I am willing to beg for food and go back to Yangzhou."