Chapter 21 Why did I come to this?
Xiaotu's face was puffy from eating and she tilted her head to look at him, "What's wrong?"
Ning Cuo said calmly, "Wait a moment for me."
After saying that, the man turned around and walked away with his hands behind his back.
Xiao Tu looked at his back, which was too tall at the moment, and blinked strangely.
Ning Cuo walked into the darkness, and several murderous black shadows fell at the same time. Then everyone half-knelt on the ground, "Master."
Ning Cuo hummed softly, "Get up."
The leader of the secret guards, Ada, stood up with his men, and then he carefully observed his master, and found that his expression seemed to be a little strange.
He suddenly felt a chill in his heart and saluted again, "Master, have you found anything wrong?"
Ning Cuo put his hands behind his back, his expression dignified, "Do you have any money?"
Ah Da: “???”
Uh, did he hear something wrong?
His usually cold and calm eyes now flashed with confusion, and he raised his head to look at his master as if to confirm that he had heard it wrong.
But the man said slowly, "Lend me some money."
Commander Ada: "..."
The secret guards: “…”
In the dark alley, a group of secret guards were trying to touch him all over, but after searching his whole body, they could only find more than thirty taels of silver.
Ah Da held all the money and walked step by step to the man.
Ning Cuo was silent for a moment as he looked at the money which was barely enough to order a dish at Tianxianglou.
Seeing this, all the secret guards lowered their heads in shame.
They are useless. When they go out, they only remember to kill people and forget to bring money.
Ning Cuo fell silent quickly, raised his hand to take the silver, and then leisurely left the alley.
Xiaotu was eating tofu pudding. Seeing him leave, she waved her hand, "Here, husband, I'm here."
Ning Cuo paid the flower cake owner one tael and three cents, and then paid the tofu pudding owner twenty cents.
Next, they looked at the lanterns and bought the most exquisitely crafted lantern rabbit for three taels of silver.
They watched a circus and received a tip of five taels.
I spent one or two or three taels playing the ring toss game, and ten taels playing the riddle game...
Along the way, Xiaotu ate scallion pancakes, fresh meat noodles, chive dumplings, braised pork, dried meat, spicy shredded chicken, lotus seed rolls, iced mung bean soup, lychee paste, and sugar cold garden rice cakes...
Under the cover of night, Ning Cuo looked at the dozen or so coins left in his hand and strangely felt that they were pretty good.
The night market was almost over, but there were still more than thirty taels of silver left.
If the little rabbit had followed his advice and gone to Tianxianglou, he would have had to reveal his identity when paying the bill.
Looking at the woman in front of him who was jumping and having fun, Ning Cuo held the copper coin in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.
Xiaotu looked at the night market with his eyes like a treasure hunt searchlight, and soon found a stall that interested him.
The boss was a woman in her thirties, quite pretty, with an exquisite mahogany hairpin on her head. She was dressed pretty and kept praising her wooden masks to the guests around her.
As soon as Xiao Tu got closer, her eyes lit up. The girl was dressed beautifully and looked like the daughter of a wealthy family.
The proprietress was excited and said enthusiastically, "Little sister, come and take a look. I have many interesting and beautiful masks here. Look at this fox, and there are tiger ones. We also have cute big-headed dolls."
Xiao Tu fell in love with the two big dolls at first sight. Not to mention, the carvings were really full of childlike fun and matched her clothes very well.
"That's it, I want two!"
Xiao Tu spoke readily, then called to the man behind her, "Husband, come over and pay!"
Ning Cuo walked up, but when he saw the two dolls chosen by Xiao Tu, he knew that his money might not be enough.
So he hesitated.
Xiao Tu thought that this guy didn't want to wear the doll head she bought, so she immediately moved closer to the man, took his hand again, tilted her chubby little face up, and acted coquettishly, "Good brother, good brother, buy it for me, buy it for me..."
Ning Cuo looked at her chubby face with his strange and beautiful eyes, listened to the "magic sound" piercing his ears, took the copper coin, and then went to the jewel earring on his earlobe.
"Master, I'm here." Xiao Lezi rushed over from afar, "Oh, I finally found you."
Ning Cuo's movements came to an abrupt halt, and he calmly ordered, "Pay!"
Xiao Lezi nodded with a smile, "Okay."
After saying that, he quickly took out the silver and handed it to the boss, then gave the two wrapped masks to Xiao Tu.
Xiao Tu was unaware of the momentary awkwardness and happily took the doll and put it on her head.
Xiao Lezi glanced at his master secretly.
He dared to swear to heaven that if he had been a second later, the head of their family would have taken off his earrings to pay for it.
Master, why has it come to this?
This is only the third time you have met Madam Xiao!
Are you going to pawn your belongings to buy a gift for Madam Xiao?
Are you still the Thousand-Year-Old Lord that I, Xiao Lezi, know, whose single name can stop children from crying at night?
Ning Cuo noticed the obscure scrutiny, and her beautiful evil eyes glanced at him calmly, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Lezi looked at the gaze that was staring at him with a deep and unfathomable feeling, which actually contained some warning. He shuddered and lowered his head hurriedly. "Nothing, I just wanted to ask if Master and Madam needed a place to rest."
Ning Cuo retracted his gaze and pulled the 'big-headed doll' beside him, "It's almost time, let me take you to Tianxiang Tower."
Xiaotu took off the doll's head and said, "Okay, I haven't eaten enough yet. What delicious food is there?"
Ning Cuo glanced at Xiao Lezi, who quickly stepped forward to introduce the restaurant. "This Tianxianglou is the most famous food destination in Dazhao Imperial City. It specializes in famous dishes from all the prefectures and counties, and even has dishes from outside the Great Wall..."
Xiao Tu was listening when she saw a sudden commotion among the vendors around her. She couldn't help but look over out of curiosity.
"That woman is here again?"
"What, it's happening again? How long has it been going on?!"
"It's been a year, I've been counting the days!"
"How pitiful."
"Yeah, I think her eyes are almost blind from crying."
"Oh, I don't know which bastard is responsible for this sin."
"Stop talking, stop talking, people are coming."
Following everyone's gaze, they saw a tall and thin woman walking towards them.
He was in his thirties, well-dressed, but his face was haggard, his eyes had frighteningly dark circles, and his eyes were bloodshot.
She held a portrait in her hand and asked everyone she met.
But every time I opened my mouth with hope, the person I asked shook their head and then repeated my despair.
Suddenly the woman saw Xiao Tu, and the portrait in her hand fell to the ground. She shouted in surprise and rushed over, "Xiao Yuan."
The next moment, Xiao Tu's face was held tightly by the other party.
She blinked her big watery eyes and looked at the other person in confusion?
When the woman saw her big, round eyes, she felt as if all the life was drained out of her and she stumbled back.
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