"The guest who just left gave it to me."
The shopkeeper thought Zhuzi was afraid that he would receive fake silver, so he smiled and patted Zhuzi on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, I've checked it, it's genuine silver! It's very sharp!"
The shopkeeper said this with a smile and was about to put the silver away when Zhuzi stopped him.
"Shopkeeper, can you please give me the silver you have? Don't worry, I'll exchange it for the same amount of silver later!"
The shopkeeper frowned in confusion: "This is silver from Miaojiang. What do you want it for?"
Zhuzi continued to probe, "How does the shopkeeper know that this is silver from Miaojiang?"
"That guest just now said that judging from his attire, he looks like a Miao person."
The shopkeeper had no suspicion of anything. Zhuzi was a clerk in their shop, and there was nothing to hide from him.
Zhuzi suppressed his excitement and said casually, "There's been a lot of business in Miaojiang these days. Every time I negotiate business, I have to exchange small change with them. It's very troublesome! Instead of exchanging with them, I might as well exchange with the shopkeeper!"
"That's right. You can use the silver first."
The shopkeeper handed the silver to Zhuzi, who hurriedly took it and held it tightly in his palm.
"Shopkeeper, the cloth has been delivered. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first!"
The shopkeeper, who was already looking down at the account book, waved his hand without even looking up: "Let's go."
"Shopkeeper, I'll send you the silver later!"
After Zhuzi finished speaking, he put the silver coin into his arms. After arriving at the door of the shop, he looked around vigilantly. After making sure that no one was looking at the shop, he hurried away.
On the other side, the inn.
"I'm sorry, gentlemen, but we only have one room left in the inn."
"We want it."
Jiang Jingyu slammed the copper coin in front of the shopkeeper and occupied the last room in the inn.
"Alright! Waiter, take these two guests to the room!"
"Coming! Please follow me, my two guests!"
The waiter threw the sweat towel over his shoulder and made a gesture of invitation to Jiang Jingyu and Tan Tai Si.
It was noon and most of the inns were full of people. Jiang Jingyu and Tan Tai Si went to several inns before they finally found a place to stay.
After the waiter came into the room, Jiang Jingyu looked around. Although the room was small, it was quite clean, which was much better than sleeping in the wind and frost.
Jiang Jingyu, who had been traveling for half a day, was very hungry. After putting down her bag, she quickly went to the first floor.
There was no choice of seats at this time, so Jiang Jingyu had no choice but to sit in the only empty seat in the corner.
Fortunately, the chef in the inn worked efficiently and the food was served to her shortly after she ordered it.
Jiang Jingyu had just picked up the chopsticks when she heard the sound of conversation behind her.
"Hey, look at that boy, he's even more delicate than a woman!"
"Really! I've never seen anyone so beautiful in my life!"
"He's dressed the same as us, but his hair looks like he's from the Miao region."
"Miao people? What are the Miao people doing in the Central Plains?"
Everyone was talking at once, commenting on Tan Tai Si who was on the stairs.
"Need I say more? He doesn't look like a serious guy. I heard that many handsome young men in Miaojiang go to Wanguanlou to work as male prostitutes for the pleasure of rich men!"
"Male prostitute? Boss Hu means this guy is tired of being played by the Miao people, so he came to our Central Plains to work as a male prostitute to make money?"
"Hehehe, I've never had sex with a guy in my life..."
Bang!
A chopstick flew from behind Boss Hu and knocked over the wine bowl in his hand!
"Who? Who is plotting against me from behind?"
Boss Hu slammed the table and stood up with his fat body.
There was only a table behind him, and there was only one person sitting in front of the table. It was obvious who was plotting against him.
"You damn girl, you actually dared to plot against me, don't you want to live?!"
Boss Hu walked towards Jiang Jingyu with a grunt, and the flesh on his face trembled with his movements.
Jiang Jingyu held the white porcelain cup calmly. When Boss Hu walked behind her, she waved the cup in her hand. Water drops mixed with her internal force instantly hit Boss Hu's fat face!
It hurts!
Boss Hu covered his face and cried out in pain, and the others came over when they saw him.
"Boss Hu, Boss Hu, are you okay?"
"You damn girl, you actually dared to attack Boss Hu? Are you looking for death?"
Jiang Jingyu stood up from her seat and slowly looked at the few people.
She flexed her wrists and looked at them with a half-smile: "As long as I'm here, no one can bully Ah Si. If you dare to speak rudely to Ah Si again, I won't use my hands, I'll use my tongue!"
Tan Tai Si, who was walking towards this side, paused and looked across the crowd at Jiang Jingyu who came forward to protect him.
So this is what it feels like to be protected by someone, he had already forgotten it.
"What a big mouth! If I don't teach you a lesson today, you won't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is!"
One of them pointed at Jiang Jingyu viciously and was about to attack her——
Snap!
The sound of bones breaking was heard, and the man instantly jumped up on the spot, swinging his arms!
"Ah! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much!"
The others stared in shock at Tan Tai Si, who had appeared before them without anyone noticing. He, he, he, when did he come?!
There was a smile in Tantai Si's peach blossom eyes: "If you dare to point your finger at me again, I will be angry."
"Damn Xiaobai...ah!"
Before everyone could see what was happening, Boss Hu flew out and fell heavily to the ground!
Jiang Jingyu pointed his still-unretracted fist at the others and asked, "Do you want to get out of here, or should I help you?"
"Get out of here by yourself! Let's get out of here by ourselves!"
Only then did they realize that they had provoked someone they shouldn't have provoked. They worked together to lift Boss Hu and fled from the inn in disgrace.
The two of them didn't take this little episode to heart, but Tan Tai Si at the dinner table diligently picked up some dishes for Jiang Jingyu several times, and always secretly looked at her when she wasn't paying attention.
The night fell like ink, Jiang Jingyu finally rested on the bed, while Tan Tai Jin lay down on the table.
After hearing the steady breathing sound, Tan Tai Si, who had originally closed his eyes, took out the jade pendant from his arms and walked towards Jiang Jingyu in the dim light of the moon.
He scattered sleeping powder in the room, not worrying that his actions would alarm Jiang Jingyu.
Tan Tai Si leaned over to Jiang Jingyu and put the jade pendant back on her neck.
Just as she was about to get up, Jiang Jingyu slowly opened her eyes...
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