After the beginning of autumn, time slowly approached the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Recently, with the help of Feng Qing, Chu Xiaobai has successfully come into contact with physics and chemistry.

Feng Qing was a little worried at first whether it would be too difficult for an ancient child to learn such things by himself, but Feng Qing soon found that she was overthinking.

After watching for a few days, she always came to a secluded place alone, and then began to feel sad.

Alas.

If she had the IQ of Chu Xiaobai, she would have come here to be a shopkeeper of an inn.

But Feng Qing didn't have much time to be melancholy, because the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming, and Feng Qing had to start buying some things for the inn.

The atmosphere of festivals in ancient times was very strong. This was indeed a very novel thing for Feng Qing, who had not celebrated many festivals in ancient times.

She occasionally strolled around the nearby streets these days. Seeing those people preparing for the festival enthusiastically, she felt a little itchy. She even took out something that had been hidden in the bottom of the box after returning to the inn.

It was a string of small colored lights.

It was the kind of thing that all major businesses would hang at their doors during the New Year and other festivals.

Feng Qing casually strung it on the door. In the past, they would occasionally hang something like this during the New Year.

Of course, the colored lights in a place like this are definitely different from those outside. These are custom-made and look like small golden lanterns. Hanging them overhead is particularly festive. People are walking around under the lanterns, and it looks quite lively.

It took Feng Qing a long time to put away these colored lights, so she naturally had no time to take care of other Mid-Autumn Festival decorations in the inn. Fortunately, Li Qi was very kind and had prepared everything before Feng Qing knew about it.

There were a lot of delicious food, drinks, and all kinds of moon cakes. Feng Qing finally tasted the freshly baked moon cakes from the cake shop, and they were indeed different from what she had eaten before.

She also shared with the inn's staff the local specialties she brought back from her hometown - a bunch of homemade snow-skin mooncakes.

The modern and ancient times are perfectly integrated in Feng Qing's small inn. As Feng Qing ate, he suddenly felt that he was quite happy. He

didn't want to be rich, but he lived in peace in the inn, supported a few servants, ate something every day, played games, and experienced the difference between the modern and ancient times. How good it was to live a small life.

... When Feng Qing didn't know, the discussion about her in the world never stopped.

Even though Hua Chaodu had been in the capital in recent days, he had heard about the storekeeper.

He lowered his head. There has been a rumor in the capital recently that a guy named Li Yue is an incredible person. He has friends all over the world and can get along with people from all walks of life.

Moreover, this person is very smart and nothing can be hidden from his eyes. For many things, he can find clues with just one look.

Hua Chao pretended that he didn't know the news at all. He still listened to his subordinates reporting to him every day, and there was a hint of doubt in his heart.

Of course he knew Li Yue, but although this guy looked suave, he didn't seem to be a smooth person. His personality was even a little slow and too gentle.

So, is this "smart" Li Yue who "has friends all over the world" in the rumor really the Li Yue he knows...

Hua Chaodu suddenly remembered that he had asked Li Yue to ask the shopkeeper for help not long ago.

So, was it the shopkeeper who helped him with all this?

Hua Chaodu couldn't help but smile when he thought of this.

Before the smile faded, Hua Chaodu heard a very soft but majestic voice above his head.

"Chaodu, what are you thinking about?"

Hua Chaodu was stunned, and quickly came back to his senses, "Your Majesty, I am not thinking about anything."

"Really?" The young but majestic voice smiled faintly, but did not pursue it. He said, "I heard that the martial arts world is not so peaceful recently? I heard that many sects have sent people to Jiangnan."

"Yes."

"It must be the person who gave up ascending some time ago who attracted these people." The majestic voice said.

However, the next second, his tone changed, and there was a hint of curiosity in his tone.

"Chaodu has seen that person, right? No one has ascended to heaven in Jianghu for hundreds of years. Unfortunately, I can't see what happened that night."

"Your Majesty..." Hua Chaodu heard the man's tone of interest, and knew that his bad taste and occasional childish playfulness had come back.

"I know, I know." The man said helplessly, "Don't nag me anymore. I'm just talking at most."

He smiled again, "Keep an eye on that person. Isn't she kind by nature? If she can really stabilize the situation in Jiangnan, then it's okay to give her some help occasionally. If she has any evil thoughts, then no matter how powerful she is, she must be killed."

Hua Chaodu's heart tightened and he immediately lowered his head.

"Yes."

...

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the inn was still open, and Feng Qing was having dinner with her staff. Halfway through the meal, she suddenly heard that the county government had come to their house with something.

She was startled, and quickly stuffed the last piece of meat into her mouth, then stood up trembling, her mind full of thoughts: What should I do?

Some people are destined to be ordinary people. Feng Qing wanted to hide from officials since she was a child, and she couldn't even stand up, not to mention that she was still an illegal resident. Why

would the county government come to their house during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Feng Qing carefully poked her head out to take a look, and then found that many people had come.

"It seems that the county magistrate is here." Li Qi whispered in Feng Qing's ear, and Feng Qing got goosebumps instantly.

My goodness, even the county magistrate is here, this is going to be treated as a major case.

She is just an illegal resident, is it necessary to make such a big fuss?

Looking at her colleagues in front of her, Feng Qing subconsciously hugged Chu Xiaobai.

She was thinking about how to run away, and she saw a fat man with a smile on his face getting off the sedan chair opposite, and walking towards her happily. The smile on his face was as big as his belly, and it was almost impossible to cover it up.

Uh... Feng Qing was confused for a moment. Before she could ask what was going on, she heard a man with a goatee coming over to her in a particularly friendly manner.

"Congratulations, shopkeeper. Our inn is the No. 1 merchant this year. The county magistrate personally came to give you the prize and plaque. Please accept it."

Huh?

Feng Qing took the big plaque from the county magistrate's hand with a confused look on her face. The plaque read "No. 1 Merchant".

How could such a thing be given out suddenly? And why was such a thing sent by the county magistrate?

This is too friendly. And it should be said that their county magistrate is quite free.

Although he didn't understand what was going on, Feng Qing gradually calmed down and even felt a little happy.

It was good, it was all good.

Then Feng Qing happily held the extra-large plaque and secretly took a selfie at the door of the store. There was also an extra-large red flower on the plaque, making it look like a kindergarten activity.

When Feng Qing excitedly took a photo with the big red flower, the county magistrate breathed a sigh of relief.

He quietly walked to the side and whispered to the master with a goatee next to him: "Now, she shouldn't attack us, right?"

"I don't think so." The master with a goatee said, "Isn't it said that this shopkeeper likes to pretend to be an ordinary shopkeeper? We didn't say much, just said that she is the number one merchant this year, which should be more in line with her wishes, right?"

"I think so too." The county magistrate wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"I don't know why, why did the higher-ups suddenly order us to find this shopkeeper? I tremble when I see her. Why do they have to let me do this job?"

"It's because the prefect is here, and he's afraid that there will be too much noise, which won't suit the shopkeeper's wishes." The master said helplessly, "Who knew that this shopkeeper would rather be a better hero than to open an inn in our small place? She doesn't like it to be too noisy, so you just have to bear with me..."

"I say, your voices are really loud."

When the two of them were talking halfway, they suddenly heard a voice behind them, and the voice scared them both so much that they trembled.

"Even I heard it. Our shopkeeper has better ears than me. She would have heard it too."

Upon hearing the voice, the county master and the master turned their heads at the same time, and then saw a very handsome man with a playful smile standing behind them.

"You, you are the owner of Life and Death Villa." Before the county master could react, the master had already understood. He quickly bowed to Feng Xiruo. Although they were government officials, the owner of Life and Death Villa was not someone they could see whenever they wanted. The master was also very honored to see him today.

"If you have anything to say, go and tell me." Feng Xiruo turned her head and glanced at Feng Qing, "While the shopkeeper is in a good mood."

"Yes!" Master and County Master hurried to Feng Qing's side, not daring to delay for even a second.

... Feng Qing was laughing foolishly over there, when she suddenly saw Master and County Master coming together.

As soon as she saw the two people, her calves began to tremble again. She stood aside carefully, wishing she could completely disappear from this world, but who knew that the two people still came up.

"That..." The master who looked friendly but not a good person came over and said to Feng Qing with a smile, "Look, please keep the prize. Our county master spent a lot of time preparing it. Please accept it." "

Okay." Feng Qing said weakly.

After she said this, she saw the master's face smiling, and she thought, is he really that happy?

The master finally breathed a sigh of relief. The news of the major sects nearby was finally delivered to the hands of this shopkeeper.

Although the shopkeeper was powerful, he was surprisingly easy to talk to.

Since she agreed to accept the list, it proved that she was willing to help the court, right?

As soon as the master was happy, he said a few more words, "Alas, you are really a reasonable person. If everyone in this world is like you, then His Majesty's expedition to the west will be smoother this time."

Western expedition? Feng Qing was slightly stunned.

She didn't think much about it and said casually, "Is there a recent Western expedition? This day is not a good choice."