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The shopkeeper of the inn, named Hu Youjin, usually seems to be a very kind person, smiling all day long. Coupled with his fair and fat face, his eyes are always narrowed, looking more and more kind.
amiable.
But Yan Ru'an understood that all this was just a disguise by shopkeeper Hu in front of outsiders.
Yan Ru'an once saw with his own eyes that a waiter in an inn was slapped more than a dozen times by the seemingly kind-hearted shopkeeper Hu for accidentally breaking a few sets of dishes. Until the next day,
The guy's cheeks were still red and swollen.
Therefore, Yan Ruan is quite awe-inspiring towards this shopkeeper Hu. The president loves him deeply
Especially since Yan Ru'an has spent most of his room and board expenses in the inn on credit during this period, and now owes shopkeeper Hu nearly twenty taels of silver, his awe is even more serious.
And if the shopkeeper Hu in front of him knew that he had failed in the test, how would he become so ruthless?
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Thinking about this secretly, Yan Ruan's expression became even stiffer, and he saluted to Shopkeeper Hu with a stuttering voice: "So... it turns out to be Shopkeeper Hu, you, why are you here?"
Shopkeeper Hu's expression was as kind as ever, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Yan, you also know that although there are many guests coming and going in my inn, most of them are just traders and lackeys, and Mr. Yan, you are the only one among the guests.
Exam candidates are distinguished guests in the inn. If I can be nominated in Jinke, then my inn can also get some nobility. Knowing that the exam will end today, how can I dare to neglect, so I come here to wait for Mr. Yan.
Good news for you."
At this point, Shopkeeper Hu changed the topic and asked again: "By the way, did Mr. Yan pass the examination successfully? With Mr. Yan's intellectual talent, I guess he will be nominated for the april list, right?"
Hearing Shopkeeper Hu's question again, Yan Ru'an was afraid that Shopkeeper Hu would turn against him and ask for debts. He didn't dare to tell the truth, so he just said perfunctorily in a slightly flustered way: "I did pretty well on the test. I should be able to do it."
However, although Yan Ru'an did not tell the truth, shopkeeper Hu had seen a lot of the world. He greeted and dropped off people at the inn all day long, and he was also the best at observing people's words and expressions.
Seeing Yan Ruan's face looking flustered and stiff at the moment, even speaking stumblingly, and no longer able to cope with the usual ease, I couldn't help but have doubts in my heart.
The originally squinted eyes slightly opened, and the original kind smile on his face also slightly faded. Shopkeeper Hu looked Yan Ruan up and down. He asked again for confirmation: "Is this really true?"
Yan Ruan's expression became more and more panicked, and he nodded quickly and said: "If this is the case, how can it be false? Could I still lie to you, the shopkeeper?"
After listening to Yan Ru'an's assurance, shopkeeper Hu seemed to believe it, and his expression returned to normal. He still smiled and said: "Congratulations to Mr. Yan. If you become rich in the future, Mr. Yan, don't forget to take care of our little family.
Shop."
"This is nature, this is nature."
At this time, Yan Ru'an just thought about cheating for a day, and nodded again and again.
Seeing that Yan Ruan still refused to admit it, shopkeeper Hu nodded with a smile, and then whispered a few instructions to the innkeeper accompanying him.
After the innkeeper heard Shopkeeper Hu's instructions, he looked stunned, looked at Yan Ruan thoughtfully for a few times, then nodded and left.
But seeing the direction in which the innkeeper was leaving, Yan Ruan couldn't help but feel shocked!
It turned out that the guy did not go back to the inn first, but walked towards Gongyuan! Along the way, he also inquired about the candidates who had just left Gongyuan!
Obviously, shopkeeper Hu has begun to doubt Yan Ruan! The president deeply loves
Shopkeeper Hu ignored Yan Ruan's sudden change in expression and just said with a smile: "Since the test is over now, Mr. Yan, please follow me back to the inn. A nice banquet has been prepared in the store. Now the test will be held."
For nine days in a row, you have worked really hard, and now that you are done, it is time to celebrate."
With that said, shopkeeper Hu didn't wait for Yan Ruan to refuse, so he forced himself to hold Yan Ruan's hand and walked towards the inn.
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On the way back to "Jude Inn", Yan Ruan became increasingly frightened and frightened. She felt confused and didn't know whether she should confess the truth.
As for Shopkeeper Hu, he didn't ask any more questions. He just chatted with Yan Ru'an with a kind expression on the way, and his attitude became more and more polite, as if Yan Ru'an had already won the gold medal. But Yan Ru'an looked at Shopkeeper Hu's smiling face, and for some reason,
Instead, my heart became even colder.
In a state of confusion, unable to discern the direction of time, when Yan Ruan realized what he was doing, he had already followed Shopkeeper Hu back to the "Jude Inn".
The reason why the "Jude Inn" is not of high quality has a lot to do with the bad location it is located in. It is next to the smoky "Eunuch Alley". There are many idle eunuchs wandering around all day long, and from time to time they will
There have been incidents of theft and fraud. If Yan Ru'an hadn't been in financial distress, he would never have chosen to live here.
At this time, there happened to be a few idle eunuchs wandering outside the inn.
These eunuchs were not able to enter the palace and become eunuchs after they were castrated. Unlike the eunuchs in the palace who could always apply perfume to cover up the odor, the sanitary environment was also not good. There was a smell of urine coming from a distance, which made people cover their noses.
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In fact, the reason why these eunuchs wandered around the Jude Inn all day long was because they wanted to commit petty theft. They even had the idea of stealing Yan Ruan's family heirloom jade pendant. If it weren't for Yan Ruan's heart at that time,
He is sexually alert and has shopkeeper Hu in charge, so he will be taken advantage of by these rogue eunuchs.
When these eunuchs saw Shopkeeper Hu dragging Yan Ruan back to the inn, they all greeted him shamelessly and noisily, regardless of the previous conflict between the two parties.
"Hey! Isn't this Mr. Yan? Is the exam over? How did you go?"
"Looking at what you said, Mr. Yan is very knowledgeable and talented. Naturally, he did extremely well in the exam."
"Shopkeeper Hu is very proud now. There is a Jinshi in the store. In the future, he will have the face to speak out, and the business will definitely be better!"
"Master Yan, Shopkeeper Hu, please take more care of us poor people from now on!"
These eunuchs have incomplete six senses, and their minds are also somewhat defective and distorted. Although they are congratulating now, their tone is more sarcastic and jealous.
Shopkeeper Hu was usually very annoyed by these eunuchs, but because they were so numerous and powerful, and often had a rebellious and vengeful temper, he was always hard to offend, but he always chased them away when he could, and he never looked good.
But today, Shopkeeper Hu was uncharacteristically different. He bowed his hands in return to the eunuchs and said, "Haha. Then I would like to thank you all for your kind words. Mr. Yan also told me just now that he did extremely well in the exam this time.
Someone who will definitely be named on the gold medal list has benefited from Young Master Yan, and now he can be regarded as a noble person in my store!"
These eunuchs are extreme in nature. They hate to see good things happen to others, and they have had conflicts with Yan Ruan. The previous congratulations were not sincere. In their hearts, they wished that Yan Ruan failed the college entrance examination. Only then could they take pleasure in their misfortune. But now they heard Shopkeeper Hu admit it.
, although they were still congratulating each other, but their expressions were not good-looking.
But at this moment, a sudden change occurred!
The innkeeper who went to Gongyuan to inquire about news came back at this time!
"It's the shopkeeper! It's the shopkeeper! We were deceived by this person!" I saw the waiter shouting loudly and trotting to the shopkeeper Hu. After taking a breath for a while, he pointed at Yan Ruan with an angry expression.
He said loudly: "I just went to Gongyuan to inquire about the news. One of the candidates was sitting next to him during the examination. He said that Yan Ru'an suddenly fell ill just halfway through the examination. The final policy question was not answered at all.
There is no way he will be nominated for the apricot list! He is lying to us! Shopkeeper, you must keep an eye on him. He now owes our store nearly twenty taels of silver, and he might run away at some point!" The president deeply loves us.
As the guy finished speaking, the eyes of everyone around the inn were suddenly focused on Yan Ruan. Yan Ruan's face suddenly turned pale, and they all started talking with different expressions.
Especially those idle eunuchs, seeing that the situation had taken a turn for the worse and that Yan Ru'an had no hope of being named on the april list, under the twisted psychology of gloating over misfortune, they were all overjoyed, as if they had gotten a windfall for nothing.
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"Huh? Didn't Mr. Yan promise just now that he did extremely well in the exam? Haha, it turns out that scholars can also lie!"
"You don't understand. Just because you are a scholar, you know how to lie to others."
"At the beginning, we just touched his jade pendant a little bit, and then he rambled on about the words of a saint. His aloof look was disgusting. Hey! Mr. Yan, have the saints ever taught you to lie?
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"I heard that Mr. Yan owed Boss Hu a lot of money, and now he lied that he was promising for the imperial examination, so that Boss Hu didn't dare to ask for the debt. I'm afraid he was planning to defraud more money, and then ran away before the apricot list was announced! Hu
Boss, you have to keep an eye on him! Scholars have too many crooked intestines to guard against!"
Listening to the yelling of these eunuchs, Yan Ruan's face became paler and he wanted to refute, but he was in the wrong and didn't know where to start.
However, Shopkeeper Hu's expression did not change. Instead, he stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Don't talk like that, everyone. Mr. Yan did not do well in the exam this time. It was God's unfavorable attitude. Who could have expected that Mr. Yan would suddenly fall ill in the middle of the exam?"
After all, I am a scholar, how can I allow you to behave like this?"
Seeing that shopkeeper Hu actually spoke for himself, Yan Ruan couldn't help but be stunned.
Is it possible that shopkeeper Hu is really a kind person?
Just when Yan Ru'an was about to say some words of gratitude, shopkeeper Hu changed the topic and said to Yan Ru'an: "However, Mr. Yan, you also know that my small shop here does not have much money. You two
In the past month, I have owed nearly twenty taels of silver on credit in the store, is it time to settle the debt?"
As he spoke, Shopkeeper Hu's originally squinted eyes opened slightly, with a hint of coldness flashing in them.
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