Exquisite ingenuity

Chapter 248 The Seventeenth Guest Room
The bookboys in Chunguang Pavilion are all handsome young men, wearing the same style of brown clothes, the same headdress, and the same stature, it is almost impossible to tell who is who.

The young man in front of Song Jingxing changed his face, but he quickly returned to normal.

He quickly glanced at Xie Ming.

Xie Ming calmly said, "The unoccupied guest room is really shameful. Just open it and let Commander Song check it out. Maybe Commander Song has sharp eyes and can help us pick out one or two culprits."

The book boy took one of the keys from his waist and opened the door lock.

Song Jingxing didn't finish yet: "Open all sixteen guest rooms, and don't close the doors."

The book boy looked at Xie Ming again.

Xie Ming nodded again: "Just open it."

All the doors of the sixteen guest rooms were open, and the wind on the third floor was strong, causing the short curtains hanging on the doors to shake constantly.

Song Jingxing took his time and left all sixteen guest rooms.

The size and furnishings of the sixteen guest rooms are similar, and when Song Jing walked to the last two rooms, Zeng Cheng also followed him.

"Commander Song, do you notice something strange?"

Zeng Cheng is still determined to speak for Xie Ming.Song Jingxing didn't bother to look at him, but secretly compared the size of the room in his heart.

Zeng Cheng got bored, and when he walked out of the last room, several scholars came out frowning: "Brother Kang, what happened? The door is not closed, and the wind is blowing."

Brother Kang is the book boy who opens the door with a key.

Brother Kang glanced at Song Jingxing: "There is an official investigating the case, so it must be that our Chunguang Pavilion hides all kinds of filth."

A scholar with disheveled hair, extremely thin stature, and wearing a white-washed robe, was immediately excited when he heard the words: "Chunguang Pavilion is the most noble and purest place in the entire capital, how can it hide the dirt? This official Lord, you can't slander for the sake of slander!"

"Yes, yes." The rest of the people echoed.

It seems that the image of Chunguang Pavilion in the eyes of the people in Kyoto has reached an unattainable level in recent years.

Song Jingxing chuckled: "The most noble and purest? Wouldn't it be that in the future, whenever Chunguang Pavilion wants to do something, don't you all follow it wholeheartedly?"

This sentence is heartbreaking.

Zeng Cheng couldn't help but look sideways.Commander Song is a bit interesting.

Xie Ming hurriedly said: "Commander Song is serious, we are just a merchant, what can we do?"

Song Jingxing was leaning against the railing, smiling: "Brother Kang, please open the door of the seventeenth guest room."

Brother Kang suddenly knelt down: "Master, please forgive me, there are only [-] guest rooms upstairs, where are the [-] rooms? Sir, if you want to extort money, you might as well say it directly. Over the years, there have been many officials who have come to our Chunguang Pavilion to extort money."

"Kang Ping!" Xie Ming shouted suddenly, "What nonsense are you talking about? Is Commander Song such a person?"

Song Jingxing was still smiling, as if Kang Ping was not talking about him.

"The seventeenth room, isn't there?"

Kang Ping yelled: "My lord, even if you chop off the little one's head, the little one won't be able to find the seventeenth guest room for you!"

"What do I want your head for? Making cuju is too bloody, the weather is so hot, maybe it will be full of maggots tomorrow..."

Kang Ping's face turned green all of a sudden.

Xie Ming smiled and said, "Commander Song, there is indeed no seventeenth room in Chunguang Pavilion..."

"Zeng Yushi." Song Jingxing interrupted him suddenly, and turned to ask Zeng Cheng, "Zeng Yushi impeached Song before. Zeng Yushi should be very familiar with Song, right?"

Zeng Cheng didn't dare to say that.He originally thought that Song Jingxing was just a brawny craftsman with no brains, but now, ahem, no wonder he turned around and became the commander of the military commander.Although he was not brave and resourceful, he admired his courage to single out Chunguang Pavilion.

Zeng Cheng honestly shook his head.

"That being the case, Song may wish to introduce himself again." Song Jingxing crossed his legs, his brows were handsome, and he seemed to be extraordinarily gentle in the night wind, "Song has been craftsmen for three generations, and it can be regarded as a family of craftsmen. Although I don't know this big character One, but if you weigh a brick in your hand, you can know its calcination process, material, and weight."

Xie Ming chuckled: "I, Chunguang Pavilion, have always respected everyone and every line of business in the world, and never meant to despise Commander Song."

When death is imminent, he still wants to take the opportunity to put gold on his face.

Song Jingxing calmly said, "I'm not sharp-eyed, but I have to thank Brother Kang Ping for reminding me. Shopkeeper Xie is the owner of Chunguang Pavilion. How many guest rooms are there on the third floor? But Brother Kang Ping wants to say , a total of sixteen rooms."

Kang Ping looked up, very unconvinced: "The little one is just telling the official!"

Song Jingxing didn't even look at him, and continued: "It was Brother Kang Ping who said that, and Song secretly paid attention to it. Sure enough, there is a seventeenth guest room hidden among the sixteen guest rooms."

Xie Ming still smiled: "Kang Ping, present all the keys to Commander Song. If Commander Song says there are, then there are."

Kang Ping was still angry, but he still took off the key from his waist, and was about to stand up and pass it to Song Jingxing, when suddenly his eyes showed a fierce look, and he lowered his head to Song Jingxing's waist, and with all his strength, he turned Song Jingxing over the railing!
Zeng Cheng yelled in horror: "Commander Song!"

Xie Ming was full of smiles: "Zeng Yushi wants to testify for me, this Commander Song accidentally fell off the railing when he was looking around."

He winked at another book boy, and the book boy quickly took out a stack of thick banknotes from his sleeve.

The lights were dim, and Zeng Cheng could only see the considerable amount on the bank note.

The few scholars who had been dazed just now suddenly became agile and jumped to the railing to look down.

The expected corpse and the bloody scene, but nothing was seen.

Kang Ping said urgently: "You guys, hurry down and have a look!"

Those scholars hurried down.

Zeng Cheng felt as if his forehead was sweating, but he didn't dare to wipe it off: "Thank you shopkeeper, I'll take my leave first..." He didn't accept the banknote in Shutong's hand, nor did he accept it.

Xie Ming put his hands behind his back and smiled very kindly: "Zeng Yushi is curious, is there a seventeenth guest room on the third floor?"

Zeng Cheng's sweat flowed down involuntarily: "This old man is not like Commander Song, he is curious about everything... This old man is also blind, so he can't tell..."

Xie Ming didn't seem to hear what he said, and only waved to Kang Ping: "Kang Ping, open the seventeenth guest room, and ask Zeng Yushi to give pointers, but there is still room for improvement."

Kang Ping obeyed the order, didn't take the key at all, just walked to the wall where the lamp was at the same height as the person, twisted it slightly, and the wall was suddenly split into two halves!
A scent of ambergris rushed straight from the room.

　Thank you for the burning wild grass, and buddyhk's recommendation ticket, yum!

　　


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