Qiuniang's eyes turned red when she saw the man: "What are you doing here?"
Qin Xiao thought to himself that this man must be Qiuniang's husband, but this man did not wear ordinary civilian clothes. He had a round collar, wide sleeves, and a belt around his waist. He seemed to be from a public family, and he was surprised.
, secretly thinking that if this man is really Qiuniang's husband, and he is also a member of the public family, how can he let his own female family members come out and show their faces.
"Go home." The man was calm and spoke slowly: "It's okay."
Qiuniang said angrily: "It's okay now, but that group of people just bullied me too much, and my boat was knocked over."
The man glanced at the water surface of Luoshui, still calm and composed: "If the boat capsizes, it will capsize. Don't come out to punt the boat again. Let's just save some more."
"To put it simply, if we don't punt the boat, why don't we drink from the northwest wind?" Qiuniang was furious when she heard what the man said: "Your monthly salary has been completely spent, and I don't have the money to earn it.
With this little money, we would have starved to death long ago."
The man was a little embarrassed, touched his chin and said, "Save some money in the future and stop spending money randomly."
"You say this every day, have you ever done it?" Qiuniang sighed, and finally looked at Qin Xiao and said, "Thank you so much for the guests today, but you still have to listen to me and leave quickly, they won't give up."
Qin Xiao just smiled slightly. The man finally looked at Qin Xiao, a little confused. Qiuniang already said: "If this guest hadn't helped me, I don't know if I would have been able to see you alive."
"Oh?" The man immediately offered his hand to Qin Xiaoyi: "I'm Gu Baiyi, thank you brother for helping me."
Although he is a member of the public family, he is polite to a commoner. Although Qin Xiao helped Qiuniang, his self-cultivation is really not bad.
"This is my brother." Qiuniang said from the side: "He works as an errand at the public gate."
Qin Xiao was startled, and immediately realized that he had misunderstood before. He thought Gu Baiyi was Qiuniang's husband, but he turned out to be her brother.
Gu Baiyi looked to be two or three years younger than Qiuniang. He should be her younger brother. He held out his hands and said: "It's not a rescue, it just happened to happen. No matter who encounters such a situation, they will not turn a blind eye."
"That's not necessarily the case." Qiuniang said: "Those bastards in Qingyi Hall are overbearing and overbearing. If other guests encounter them, they will avoid them and they will not dare to come forward."
"Sister, I still have some unfinished business." Gu Baiyi said, "As long as you're fine, I'll go back to the Yamen first and go home early." He then asked Qin Xiao, "Brother, what's your surname?"
"Qin Xiao!" Qin Xiao said: "Xiaoyao Xiao."
"Brother Qin, I live in Kushui Lane, Huiyifang. It's not far from here. You can find it if you ask around." Gu Baiyi was a little anxious: "I also invite you to have a casual meal in the evening. Thank you for your help. No matter what, I won't do it.
Decline, see you in the evening." Without waiting for Qin Xiao to say anything, he went over to get on his horse, offered his hand to Qin Xiao again, turned the horse's head, and urged the horse away.
Qin Xiao was in a daze, thinking that this person really came and left in a hurry.
Qiuniang glanced at Qin Xiao and said, "Don't take what he says seriously. If...if you really have something to do, you don't actually need to go."
Qin Xiao didn't expect Qiu Niang to say this. She didn't seem to want to go there. If it were normal times, Qin Xiao would just laugh it off and not really run over. But thinking that Gu Baiyi is from the public family.
, I am worried that I have no connections in the government. If I can use Gu Baiyi’s connections to find out about Han Yunong,
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The news, of course, couldn't be better.
Although Gu Baiyi might not be able to really find out anything, looking at what he was wearing, he was just an ordinary lowly official, not a high-ranking official, but Qin Xiao didn't want to let go of even a glimmer of hope.
"If you have time, I should pay you a visit." Qin Xiao did not say anything, but said, "Sister Qiuniang, do you want me to take you back?"
"No, no, no." Qiuniang hurriedly shook her head, stuffed the cloth bag containing silver into Qin Xiao's hand and said, "I took the boat money, and you keep the rest of the money."
One hundred taels of silver is really nothing to Qin Xiao, but for a boat girl who can only earn one tael of silver a month, it is an astronomical sum. It is strange why Qiu Niang does not accept it. Seeing Qiu Niang
My mother carefully put away the little bit of silver and suddenly understood.
The boat girl didn't pay the money to Tsing Yi Tang because she didn't want to be exploited for the hard-earned money she finally earned. But deep down in her bones, she was definitely afraid of Tsing Yi Tang.
It's easy to get back your boat money, but if you really accept this bag, it will be a tiger's mouth, and the money will definitely become a hot potato.
The people of Qingyi Hall have suffered such a big loss, and just as Qiuniang said, they will never let it go.
If he takes away the money bag, there will be trouble later, but if he only takes the boat money, Qiuniang will be easy to argue even with the people in Qingyi Hall.
He wanted to understand Qiuniang's thoughts and did not force it. He took the money bag and nodded slightly: "Then you go back first, I won't give it to you."
Qiuniang didn't say much. She wrapped herself in the robe, held a kitchen knife in her hand, bowed to Qin Xiaowei, and left in a hurry without saying a word.
Qin Xiao watched her figure walking away, smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Although he was acting chivalrous and righteous by helping him today, in Qiuniang's eyes, he may not be very grateful to him.
Qing Yi Tang asked Qiu Niang to collect money and killed her as a warning to other boat girls. It was just to let other boat girls know that living on a boat in Kyoto could not be without Qi Yi Tang. Even if Qiu Niang resisted, Qi Yi Tang could not really do anything to her. It was just a mere
Just give her a lesson.
But once he took action and beat Bald Li in the process, things became complicated.
At least in Qing Yi Tang's eyes, he had become their enemy. Qiu Niang didn't look very good when she left, and there was a trace of obvious worry between her eyebrows. Naturally, she was worried about Qing Yi Tang settling the scores later.
In other words, his act of righteousness may have brought greater trouble to Qiuniang. Just now Qiuniang said that she had saved her life, but she may not have thought so in her heart. I am afraid she was still thinking about offending Bald Li by beating her.
Tsing Yi Hall, that would involve him.
Qin Xiao doesn't dwell on the things he has done.
He hung the money bag on his waist and walked slowly along the Luoshui River. Every time he walked for a while, he saw someone staring at him from the corner of his eye not far away. Qin Xiao remained calm, feeling amused, knowing that he must
He is the spy of Tsing Yi Tang Sect.
Qin Xiao had many ways to deal with such an informant. He deliberately pretended not to see him and wandered around the city. The two people behind him followed him at first, staring at Qin Xiao. However, they followed Qin Xiao around a few times and became confused.
, and Qin Xiao’s traces have been lost.
Of course, Qin Xiao didn't go far. When he saw the two people leaving with depressed expressions, he returned to the place where the horses were tied before.
What Qiuniang said was true. The horse was tied by the Luoshui River, but no one was really taking it away. After leading the horse around the street for a while, she saw that it was already getting late, so she looked for someone.
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Inquire about the location of Hui Yi Fang.
Huiyi Fang was not far away. Qin Xiao asked where Ming Ming was, so he walked towards Huiyi Fang. On the way, he saw a snack shop. Thinking that he would ask Gu Baiyi to help find out about Han Yunong and Du Hongsheng later, he bought two packs.
Bring snacks.
Kyoto is measured in square units.
Each square is like a small town, self-contained. The 108 squares in Kyoto are also the number of Tiangang and Earthly Evils. The closer to the city square in the imperial city, the more expensive the housing prices are, and the residents are the same.
There are high officials and rich people, but the closer you are to the periphery, the humbler your status becomes.
In fact, Huiyi Square is not considered peripheral, but it is definitely an ordinary market place. Nobles and nobles would not bother to go to such a market place.
Each market place is separated by high walls and fences. There are not many exits from the market place, and each is guarded by soldiers.
During the day, people in various monasteries can move around Kyoto freely, but at night, they are not allowed to leave their monasteries for no reason. If they are discovered, they will be whipped at the least, or put in jail at the worst.
Look at the sky getting dark, Qin Xiao knew that he might not be able to leave Guiyifang tonight, and would have to find a place to stay in Guiyifang then.
When the time comes, although there are soldiers guarding the gate, they will not ask questions. They will only conduct interrogations unless they are sneaky and arouse the suspicion of the soldiers. Qin Xiao is young and looks harmless, so the soldiers don't pay much attention. Qin Xiao, on the other hand,
When I asked about the location of Kuishui Alley in Huiyi Fang, the soldier was very accommodating and pointed out the place.
Entering Hui Yi Fang, you will find Kushui Alley, which is a very narrow alley, and the courtyards on both sides are quite dilapidated.
There were about a dozen families on both sides of the alley. Qin Xiao didn't know which house Gu Baiyi lived in. He happened to see a fat woman walking out of a yard. He immediately stepped forward and said, "Auntie, ask where Gu Baiyi lives."
where?"
The fat woman glanced at Qin Xiao, looked around, and then whispered: "Who are you? What are you doing at his house?"
"I'm a friend, come here to visit." Qin Xiao said with a smile.
"Do they have any friends at home?" The fat woman saw that Qin Xiao was still carrying a greased paper bag with snacks in his hand, and said angrily: "Have you been deceived by them? Their home can only be entered, and there is no way out. That shrewd man
They are stingy about their goods, which is not a good thing, so don’t associate with them in the morning.”
Qin Xiao was startled, thinking that this woman was so rude. After all, it seemed inappropriate for neighbors to talk about people behind their backs like this. He didn't know what kind of conflict this woman had with the Gu family, so he heard Qiuniang's voice.
: "Hey, who is this talkative guy who farts randomly behind my back? He's ugly and fat, but he's also broken-hearted. He makes irresponsible remarks behind his back and likes to spread rumors and cause trouble. If he annoys me one day, he'll cut her to pieces with scissors.
Her mouth."
Qin Xiao heard that the sound was coming from the opposite side. He turned around and saw that the two damaged courtyard doors on the opposite side were tightly closed. There was a figure behind the door crack, which was naturally Qiuniang.
"Yes, there are some shameless people who think they are pretty, dress up like fairies every day, and run out all day long." The fat woman did not show any weakness, and said in a loud voice: "Who knows if going out is looking for wild men?
Really? This alley used to be so nice, but after some shameless things moved here, the whole alley could smell the dirty smell."
As soon as the words were finished, there was a "squeak" sound, the courtyard door opened, Qiuniang had already stood up with a kitchen knife, one hand on her hips, raised the arm holding the knife, pointed the kitchen knife at the fat woman and cursed: "Damn fat pig!
Who are you talking about?" She has a soft figure and a delicate appearance, but she is very aggressive with a knife on her hips. She is completely different from the gentle, delicate and beautiful person Qin Xiao first saw her in Luoshui.