Chapter 282: She said no, but her body was honest.

"Call, take a break or..." The shopkeeper said this in a halting manner. The word "stay" turned around on the tip of his tongue and finally became -

"A quick stop?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, the open space in front of the inn fell into an eerie silence. The sky and the earth were empty and cold, and it seemed that the only sound around was the sound of the hunting wind.

Jiang Yanchuan raised his eyebrows and looked at the shopkeeper opposite him with a playful look, who was already sweating.

He is of medium build, a little thin but looks healthy, and his skin is the pale color of living indoors all year round.

He searched every corner of his memory, but could not find any images related to this person.

but--

He recognized me.

Jiang Yanchuan thought.

He is afraid of being alone.

Jiang Yanchuan had only been in and out of the palace a few times in his life. After he succeeded to the throne, he was busy with wars all year round. Even when he stopped to rest, he worked diligently in the palace and seldom left Beijing.

Logically speaking, the shopkeeper should not recognize him.

The accompanying court officials also came up with the same guess at almost the same time.

This person...

There must be a problem!!

"No, we can't stay in the hotel?" A timid child's voice suddenly interrupted the different thoughts of both parties.

The shopkeeper's eyes moved downwards and looked at the little fellow in Emperor Mingze's arms.

Soft, white, with a chubby face, she was a doll that really pleased him.

Normally, if he ran into this kid on the street, he would definitely go up and tease him, but now...

Whenever he thought about the relationship between this child and Emperor Mingze, he felt a slight toothache.

The shopkeeper rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "It's like this, the shop is already full of customers, you see..."

As he spoke, he followed the principle of less trouble is better and took two steps forward, trying to block the group's sight.

It was mid-afternoon, and although the lobby was empty, he could roughly explain it as the guests taking a nap.

"Yeah." Jiang Yingcheng grabbed her handsome father's shoulders and looked inside.

The entire inn was empty and there was no sound for a long time. It was so quiet that it seemed like it was about to close down.

Jiang Yingcheng blinked his eyes: "Uncle, did you cry just now?"

The shopkeeper: “???”

Although I don’t know how the topic suddenly turned to such a weird direction, but: “What the hell are you talking about, little guy?!”

A man doesn't shed tears easily. He never shed a tear in such a dangerous situation. Today, he just has no business. How could he cry? !

This concerns his dignity as a man, he can't talk nonsense! !

Jiang Yingcheng expressed disbelief and questioned: "But uncle, your eyes are very red."

The shopkeeper snorted and subconsciously retorted: "I was taking a nap!!"

The shopkeeper: “…”

The shopkeeper: “Uh…”

As soon as he finished speaking, he had a clear premonition of "Oh no!" and his whole body shook unconsciously!

——If the inn was really crowded, he would definitely not have time to take a nap!

He looked around with a guilty look, but refused to look at them.

But it did not prevent the little guy's long, intriguing "Oh~~" sound from unreasonably intruding into his ears.

Jiang Yanchuan suddenly took a step forward, carrying the kid in his arms, and walked into the store. When they passed by each other, the words "stay in the store" without any emotion hit the storekeeper's thin shoulders like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Behind him, a group of ministers disguised as servants came in one after another. Every time one of them came in, he could feel a pair of scrutinizing eyes fixed on him.

The shopkeeper closed his eyes fiercely.

Are you bandits?!

I don't want this inn anymore!

All for you!

I'll give them all to you, okay?!

"Uncle, Chengcheng wants a pot of fruit drink~"

He responded almost reflexively: "Come on!"

Although she said no, her body was honest.

…

Eunuch Changshun ordered almost all the signature dishes here. With secret guards everywhere, they were not worried about poisoning.

Upon hearing about the "big order" that came out of nowhere, the shopkeeper looked at them for a long while with a complicated expression, and finally sighed resignedly, rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the kitchen, wanting to work with them to close this "big order" that was beyond their capacity.

After he left, the atmosphere, which had been silent for a while, finally came alive again.

"This shopkeeper...I'm afraid there's something wrong with him."

In the silence, someone spoke first and said something that everyone knew was nonsense.

No one said anything. In the end, Jiang Yingcheng, adhering to the principle of "caring for the elderly" and doing good deeds every day, clapped his hands dryly: "Wow, Grandpa Pan is awesome!"

It was clearly a compliment, but it sounded weird and instantly put the speaker into an even more embarrassing situation.

Pan Jifeng: “…”

Pan Jifeng smiled with a fake smile: "Thank you for the compliment."

Several suppressed "puff" sounds were heard in the crowd, as if something was leaking air. This sound happened one after another, and the veins on Pan Jifeng's forehead popped out.

The lower-ranking officials covered their mouths tightly and tried their best to encourage the young man with their eyes!

If you can speak, say more!

They love it!

However--

[Brother Tong, Brother Tong, who is this shopkeeper? Can I find his information? ]

Jiang Yingcheng just gave Pan Jifeng a polite and perfunctory smile, then lowered his head and started looking up the man's information with 007.

Normally, it would be very difficult for 007 to find information about ordinary people like this who have nothing to do with the plot and are nameless.

But, that person is really suspicious.

His sudden change in attitude was suspicious, his intention of not wanting them to stay in the hotel was suspicious, and even the hesitant expression on his face when he looked at her was suspicious!

Jiang Yingcheng unconsciously bit off a cookie that had been handed to her at some point: [Eh? This is delicious! ]

Thinking of this, she stuffed the remaining half of the cake into her mouth in two bites and reached out to take another one.

——It might take a long time to look up the information of such an insignificant little person, so she had to find something to do.

Eating cookies is a good thing!

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he was caught off guard by the translucent panel that suddenly appeared and covered his face.

Jiang Yingcheng was simply stunned: [It’s so fast! ]

She thought it would take a long time to investigate!

Jiang Yingcheng didn't even bother to eat the biscuits. He clenched his hands and began to slide the translucent panel in front of him.

The information I saw was repeated unconsciously in my mind: [Hmm, Gu Ruizhou… a person from Cenzhou…]

"puff--"

Someone just moistened his throat with the rough tea on the table, and was startled by the young man's inner voice. The tea suddenly went into his throat, and then he started coughing heart-wrenchingly.

The person sitting next to him didn't bother to look at him, but just sat there with trembling eyes, as if he had frozen into a sculpture and couldn't move for a long time.

Gu Ruizhou, that is——

"Sir, please give me some fruit to drink——"

As soon as Gu Ruizhou walked in with a whole pot of fruit drink, he was met with dozens of shocked gazes and stopped abruptly.

The scene before them was so bizarre that both parties thought they might have seen a ghost.