Chapter 173 Lingli Xiaocui

When Xiao Er retreated, Nangong Miyin looked at the little maid curiously and asked, "Your name is Xiao Cui?"

When Xiao Cui heard the words, she saluted again and replied, "In reply, the maidservant's real name is Zhang Yucui, and those who are familiar with the maidservant are called Xiaocui!"

"You were bought?" Nangong Miyin asked. Although I know it's impossible in my heart, I'm still a little curious about the inn Xiaoer who finds a messenger after going out for a while.

Xiao Cui was a little stunned when she heard the words. You should know that few people she served directly asked about them. After all, she just served for a period of time, and then went their separate ways. However, since Nangong Miyin asked, Xiao Cui was not good at answering, so she quickly said, "So that the maidservant knows that I am not selling myself to Sihaitang, but signing a short deed with Sihaitang. During the time you lived, I was your messenger until you leave, five taels of silver a month."

"Oh! How can it be like this?" Nangong Miin is a little curious. She has never seen this kind of employment method for two lives.

"Yes, Miss, after all, you can't live in an inn every day. Even if you really buy a maid, you can't use it every day, and you can't use it all the time. After a few years, you will get married. So there are a lot of this kind of short-term work in Chu. When the hostess asked the question, Xiao Cui naturally answered with all her words.

"It's only five taels of silver a month?" Knowing the origin of the other party, Nangong Miin sighed about Xiao Cui's income. It was not an easy job to serve people. Five taels of silver this month is not so easy to earn. If you meet a mean person, you really won't suffer less.

Xiao Cui said with a wry smile, "Miss! At first glance, you are from a big family!"

"How do you know? Maybe I'm a murderous female robber?" Nangong Miyin laughed.

Seeing this, Xiao Cui's heart was finally put down. People who do their kind of work are just servants who serve people. What they are most afraid of is to meet that kind of master with a bad temper. Nangong Miin is obviously a good-tempered person, so a big heart fell to the ground, and there were more words.

"Miss is laughing. If you are a robber, how many people will rush to send you money! Five taels of silver is really a lot. One stone is only two pieces of silver! After working like this for a year, the maidservant can not only give some subsidies to the family, but also save some dowry for herself and buy a good dress!" As if thinking of buying beautiful clothes after getting the monthly money, Xiao Cui said with a yearning face.

"What if I stay for two days and leave?"

"Hee hee, miss, you don't know. Anyone who just came to Chudu, whether you do big or small things, or just want to play in the mountains and rivers, no one can finish it in three or two days! If it's a tour of mountains and rivers, we really have a lot of places to go. We really can't visit in a month or two. And even if you leave tomorrow, the money of the Sihai Inn for the past two days will still be discounted to me!" Xiao Cui explained crisply.

Then he saw that Nangong Miyin's table was still blank, and his face was slightly red. He quickly opened the food box that Xiao Er had just brought in and took out a few from it. The good-style pastries were brought out to Nangong Miin one by one. He put them on the table and apologized and said, "I'm really clumsy. I actually let the young lady sit down. For so long, you can try this as the most famous osmanthus cake in Chudu!" Then he was busy boiling water to make tea, making the bed and folding the quilt, and cleaning up the house. During this period, he also asked the clerk to take out a dressing table from the warehouse and put out the rouge gouache and bronze mirrors that Xiao Er had just brought.

Where is Gong Miyin's faintest? He tasted something and looked at Xiao Cui busy.

"Miss, you must have just come today, right? Whether you are here to play or have something important to do, you are not in a hurry. The maidservant will burn you some hot water for you. You should wash the dust on your body. If there is anything, let's talk about it tomorrow? It took a lot of time to clean up the house. After Xiao Cui finished cleaning up, she said to Nangong Miyin when she saw that the sky had darkened.

"It's okay!" Nangong Miyane lowered her head and nodded and agreed. She also knows that what she wants to do can't be done in a day or two. Although she didn't sleep out during this period, she didn't have a good time all the way. So I was really a little tired, so I accepted Xiao Cui's kindness.

"This young lady? Did you take off the cap? Xiao Cui looked at Nangong Miyin and said hesitantly. Although their service is no different from the slaves of large families, they need to change their masters frequently, so they have seen more people. Some people just have all kinds of strange quirks. Nangong Miyin has been sitting there quietly this afternoon. But this cap has never been taken off, even when eating. But you can't take this shower without taking it off, right?

"You don't need to serve here. You can go out first!" Nangong Miyin said that although her sense of Xiao Cui is not bad, she feels that the little girl does things quickly and knows moderation, there are some things she still doesn't want too many people to know. After all, you can't wear a mask when you take a shower.

"That! The maidservant is waiting for you at the door. If you have anything to do, just tell the maidservant to do it!" Hearing this, Xiao Cui didn't insist any more, bowed slightly and said, and then turned around and took it to the bathroom door. By the way, what made Nangong Miin satisfied was that even the wooden basins she took a bath were newly bought. Nangong Miin couldn't help but look up at this Sihai Inn. Anyway, it's really a tricky thing to do.

After the bath is completed, Xiao Cuijin has prepared dinner, four dishes and one soup, which is not very luxurious, but it is very good to smell the dishes.

At this time, Xiao Cui saw Nangong Miyin's face for the first time. Of course, what she saw was the mask of Nangong Miin. For Nangong Miyin's body voice, Xiao Cui was so "ordinary" and even a little sorry for her appearance. However, she immediately put all her curiosity in her mind. Her attitude did not change at all, and she was still very enthusiastic, because she knew that the hostess, especially the young hostess, especially valued her appearance.

In this case, it is actually not good to praise directly, because the other party may think that your praise is ironic. So the best way is to pretend that you don't know anything. It's good to get along with each other.

"Miss, this maidservant just asked my eighth brother to buy it. You can taste the signature dish of Yipinxuan. Because you are worried that you will be tired from the journey, the maidservant is good at choosing some light dishes. If you don't like it, there are also cooks in our yard, and their skills are still good. There will be some dishes from all over the world. You can also ask them to do it for you!" Xiao Cui let Nangong Miyin to the table, skillfully wiped all the bowls and chopsticks in front of Nangong Miyin. He said to Nangong Miin with a smile.

Xiao Cui's face is already with such a faint trace of baby fat, and this smile is even more invisible to her face and eyes, which is very loved by people.

After taking over the chopsticks, Nangong Miyin asked with a smile, "Who is Myna?"

"It's the second child of Sihai Inn, the one who will get you something during the day!" After saying that, he took out another silver needle, shaved it in a bowl of water, and then pricked each vegetable variety to see that the silver needle had not changed color.

Just took out a chopstick and gave it to Nangong Miyin. While cooking, he introduced, "This is one of Baiweixuan's signature dishes, Caotang Basu, the most light and delicious. You can try it!"

Nangong Miin picked up her chopsticks and tasted it twice. The taste is indeed very good. If the chef's level is not good, she will never be able to make this taste. In my heart, I couldn't help liking Xiao Cui even more. This girl has been since she entered the door. Everything you do is watertight. If it weren't for being in Fengchu, Nangong Miin really wanted to leave Xiaocui beside her as a maid.

For example, just wiping the bowls and chopsticks in front of herself, it's not that the girl is lazy and doesn't want to do it, but just reassures herself. No matter the bowls and chopsticks are wiped cleanly in front of her, so as not to have any pimples in her heart, and when she just saw her face, she can not show any surprise or pride. Or an expression of disdain. In my heart, I like this Xiao Cui who is not leaking in water.

But when I think of Xiao Cui's silver needle dish just now, I can't help but feel a little strange. It's just an ordinary inn, using such a **?

If you think there is something wrong, you ask, hiding the style that is not Miss Nangong, so Nangong Miyin asked, "I think you just took a silver needle dish?" Do you need to be so cautious?"

Xiao Cui first gave Nangong Miyin dishes, then took out a small bowl, made a small bowl of soup for Nangong Miyin with a spoon, and said, "Miss, this is thick mutton soup. It's the best way to relieve the fatigue of the journey!"

After doing this, she explained, "It's good for you to know. In fact, there was no such rule before!" However, last year, a man came to Chudu to do business. No one knew who he was in advance. That person just found an inn similar to our Sihai Inn to stay!"

"In Chudu, there are really many inns like Sihai Inn, which have a quiet small courtyard! Originally, no one took it seriously, but later, somehow the person was poisoned to death. This dead man, the inn naturally did not dare to hide it. He quickly reported to the official. The official came to check. Miss, guess what? Speaking of this, Xiao Cui sold a lawsuit. The men kept giving Nangong Miyin Bucai.

Nangong Miin didn't blame him. He asked curiously, "Is the person who died very unusual?"

"The young lady is worthy of being from a large family, but she is better than the maidservant. The maidservant also knew it afterwards. The person who died turned out to be a governor, and I don't know why a governor stole into Beijing alone, or lived in such a small place!" Speaking of this, Xiao Cui seemed to think of something. Some people continued with lingering flinching, "This time, the inn was unlucky. It was sealed up that day, and then the shopkeeper was arrested by the government office and tortured!"

Nangong Miin smiled and said, "How do you know that you were tortured? Haven't you ever been in the government?"

Xiao Cui trembled when she heard the words and hurriedly explained, "Ouch! Miss, this is no joke. The maidservant is not that kind of person. Isn't that what is all played in the play? After being caught by the government, he was severely tortured and beaten, and finally asked to be beheaded again!"

Looking at Xiao Cui's serious look, Nangong Miyin couldn't help but feel a little funny. It turned out that in Xiao Cui's cognition, the government was like in the play?

"Oc's it. Look at how scared you are. Don't make fun of you. Keep talking!" Nangong Miyin was shocked when she saw Xiao Cui, and it was not good to joke with her anymore, and motioned Xiao Cui to continue talking.

Although Xiao Cui was scared, she still didn't forget what she did. Before speaking, she saw if there were any dishes on Nangong Miyin's plate. If there were no dishes, she immediately gave Nangong Miyin dishes first, and then said, "The innkeeper was lucky. In the end, although the inn was gone, it was also given a distribution, but At best or better, your life will be saved! However, the slave servant who served at that time directly opened the knife and beheaded. Miss, are you wronged? So since then, those who do our industry and test silver needles have been carried with them!"

"So that's it!" Nangong Miin finally understood the reason. No wonder Xiao Cui is cautious. It's about her own life. She can't do it without paying attention to it. What's more, this happened not long ago.

"Do you know why the governor died?" After listening to Xiao Cui's story, Nangong Miyin** felt that something was wrong. You know, the governor is from the second grade, and it is not an excessive to say that he is a feudal official. Although this kind of official has great power, he holds the military and political power. But there are also many restrictions. For example, one of them is that you can't leave your own rule at will without the emperor's decree.

But what about this governor? He not only left, but also ran to the feet of the emperor. It doesn't matter. I secretly find a small inn to stay in. There must be something hidden in it.

Xiao Cui heard the words and looked around. It seemed that the room should be relatively safe, so she quietly whispered in Nangong Miyin's ear, "This maid heard that the governor came for the matter of the high priest. There are rumors. The governor was going to be promoted, but after the high priest's divination, he felt that the governor should not be promoted. So the governor sneaked into Beijing to send gifts to the high priest!"

"So that's it!" Nangong Miyin nodded and said. However, looking at Xiao Cui talking about rumors seriously and carefully, Nangong Miyin couldn't help but feel a little funny, but she still suppressed her smile.

She understands that this matter is absolutely not that simple. A person who can sit as a governor is definitely not a simple role. Just because he has not been promoted, he runs out of the rule. Come to the capital to give gifts to the so-called high priest? You don't have to send a gift or something by yourself, just send a trusted person. So there is definitely a big inside story in this matter.

However, it has been more than a year since this happened. Coupled with Xiao Cui, it is just a small helper in an inn. It is even more impossible to know in detail. Even if you know it, it is just some market rumors. How credible can the rumor be?

So Nangong Miyin gave up ins and outs of this matter. Anyway, it didn't mean much to her, but she just kept it deeply in her heart. On the contrary, I was a little curious about the high priest.

So he asked Xiao Cui, "What does this high priest do?"

"The high priest is awesome!" Speaking of the high priest, Xiao Cui said with a look of worship.

"What a powerful method?" Nangong Miyin Qidao.

"Miss, that's what I'll tell you!" Xiao Cui's eyebrows fluttered and said with a dance, "The year before last, there were locusts in Siping County, and the bankers in the field were almost eaten up. The civil and military ministers of the whole dynasty said that it was the emperor who angered heaven because of his uncultivation of morality. That's why I suffered such a disaster. Even your majesty will open the altar and commit suicide. I asked God for forgiveness. But miss, guess what's going on?"

Nangong Miyin can see that Xiaocui is good at everything, but she is willing to sell * lawsuits when she speaks, but she herself is not in a hurry. She asked with a smile, "How's it going?"

"Later, the high priest said that in fact, it was not that your majesty did not practice morality to anger the heavens, but that there were demons who made trouble, and then opened the altar in the Changshengguan. As a result, it only took a few days for the locusts to retreat clean, and the grain was preserved in Siping County. Otherwise, many people may not starve to death.

"This high priest is really not an ordinary person!" Nangong Miin pondered that this is indeed quite appalling. The locust can be said to be a natural disaster. Not to mention ordinary people, even if you are Xuanwang Xuansheng, there is no way to fight against it. I didn't expect this high priest to solve the locust plague. It seems that there are still some means.

"It's more than that! At the beginning of the year, there was a fire in the imperial city, and it was said that half of the imperial city had been burned. Later, the high priest knew that he opened the altar and begged for rain. In less than a quarter of an hour, it rained heavily in the sky, which extinguished the fire. Later, I heard that if it weren't for the high priest, the imperial city might have been burned clean! And last year..."

The more Xiao Cui said, the more excited he became. His big black eyes flashed, as if he had seen it with his own eyes. He told Nangong Miyin about the high priest's affairs one by one, whether it was market rumors or real events.

"Do you know it clearly?" Nangong Miyin asked with a smile. At first glance, these things are nothing, but Nangong Miin connected these things and found that the high priest was really problematic.

These things, no matter how big or small, have occurred at least one big thing and a few small things every year since recent years. There are countless rumors in the market, which will definitely be a problem. How can he solve such a big thing once a day? Why are the rumors in the market so fierce? Did someone deliberately spread rumors? And so on are all very suspicious and needing attention.