There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 29

the next day.

Early in the morning.

Su Xian woke up leisurely, rubbed his face and carefully checked the house, but found no trace of anyone breaking in.

He took a detour to the restaurant's kitchen last night, fetched plant ash, and sprinkled it under the doors and windows. If someone broke in in the middle of the night, they would definitely leave footprints.

"Am I really overthinking what happened last night?" Su Xian frowned in thought.

"But on the way back from the latrine, it was such a coincidence that I met that girl!"

In any case, he was safe.

After changing clothes, he asked the waiter to fetch water and wash up.

While busy with this, Su Xian made a summary of what happened last night:

"First of all, the identities of the girl and the man in black are not simple. They are either bandits outside the city or a certain princess."

"Among the things they discussed, the murder on the city wall, the inner guard of the plum blossom, etc., can be skipped."

"There are two important points. First, they mentioned Mrs. Liu and I during the conversation, and said that my home is the safest! What does this mean?"

"The second one is the Liao people. They secretly colluded with the Liao people in the north! The secret meeting with the Liao people is tomorrow night, and the place is next door to my house... Do you want to eavesdrop on their conversation?"

After Su Xian washed up, he walked along the wooden stairs to the lobby of the restaurant. He was still debating whether to eavesdrop.

"I'm just a nobody, and I really shouldn't get involved in this kind of thing." Su Xian shook his head, but then thought: "But when it comes to Liao people, we can't just look at it from a personal perspective."

"If the Liao people go south to invade the border, they will most likely plunder the county seat of Leshou County. They will still be unable to escape by then... Hey, this problem is really troublesome."

As he was struggling in his heart, Su Xian walked to the counter in the lobby and smiled at the shopkeeper: "Uncle Lin, the room has been tidied up. I will leave now and say goodbye."

"Master Su, walk slowly."

Shopkeeper Lin bowed his hand to the "white prostitute" and smiled.

Su Xian is Lin Chuan's good friend and classmate. He often eats and drinks for free at Zuixian Tower. Shopkeeper Lin not only dares not ask for rent, but also has to smile.

Su Xian returned the gift and strode out the door.

At this time, he thought in his heart: "It doesn't matter so much! At the moment, I have money in my pocket, so I don't feel panic. Hehe, well, I haven't visited the steamed cake shop on Jiaolou Street for a long time. I think this time I want to buy ten steamed cakes!”

"Master Su, please wait a moment." Shopkeeper Lin suddenly stopped him.

"Treasurer?"

"Young Master specially ordered us to prepare a sumptuous breakfast for Mr. Su. Laifu, please take Mr. Su over." Shopkeeper Lin waved his hand to summon a waiter.

Then, Shopkeeper Lin looked at Su Xian, waiting for him to decline.

Every time Su Xian went to Zuixianlou for free, Lin Chuan would order a sumptuous breakfast to be prepared, but Su Xian was self-aware and never went to eat it, and he declined proactively every time.

"A hearty breakfast!" Su Xian was stunned for a moment, touched the money bag with more than 100 yuan lying quietly, and declined: "How can this be so embarrassing?"

"You're welcome, Mr. Su..." Shopkeeper Lin nodded with a smile, but still wanted to say polite words.

"In that case, it would be disrespectful for me to refuse." Su Xian suddenly changed his tune, looked at the guy and said, "Lead the way!"

Shopkeeper Lin was stunned and stared blankly at Su Xian's back as he followed the waiter away.

He didn't refuse this time!
It was just a breakfast, it was not a big deal. Shopkeeper Lin shook his head and ignored it, focusing on his own business.

Su Xian followed the waiter to an independent private room. The table was filled with all kinds of breakfasts, such as pastries, meat porridge, pies, etc., all of them were diverse and fragrant.

"Brother Lin is really loyal." Su Xian praised.

"Mr. Su, please use it slowly." After the boy said that, he turned and left.

"and many more."

"Master Su?"

"Thank you Brother Lin for me. I have something to do, so I won't eat." Su Xian left without saying a word.

The clerk was stunned for a long time and then went back to tell Shopkeeper Lin. Shopkeeper Lin was even more confused and asked Su Xian what did this mean?
……

Corner Tower Street.

It was still early and the streets were deserted, with only breakfast shops open for business.

Su Xian carried the money bag and came to the steamed cake shop. The stacked steamers were several feet high. The white mist was steaming, and the fragrance of steamed cakes filled the air.

"Su... Mr. Su?" The shopkeeper of the steamed cake shop was a little surprised, because Su Xian had not patronized his business for a long time, "Master Su, want to buy steamed cakes?"

"Hmm." Su Xian was looking at the money bag in his hand. The copper coins inside made a clattering sound. The sound was really sweet.

"Okay!" The shopkeeper was happy and moved the top steamer away. In one hand he held a long green leaf used to package steamed cakes. He looked at Su Xian and asked, "Is it still one?"

In the past, Su Xian was a frequent customer of the steamed cake shop, but he only sold one steamed cake at a time.

Later, the family fell into decline, and they even had no money to buy steamed cakes... But the shopkeeper still remembered the habit of Su Xian, an old customer, and only sold one steamed cake at a time.

Su Xian raised his eyebrows. If it weren't for the fact that the shopkeeper was an old acquaintance, he would have been ready to curse. Buy a steamed cake?Who are you looking down on?
Whoa!

Whoa!

Su Xian was looking at the money bag in his hand. The sound of coins colliding attracted the shopkeeper's attention, but his eyes were full of doubts.

"I want ten steamed cakes!" Su Xian said slowly.

"Oh... ten... ten?!" The shopkeeper was surprised.

Su Xian did not answer, but placed the money bag on the stall of the steamed cake shop, opened it with both hands, counted out ten large golden coins, and placed them on the stall, neatly stacking them in a pile.

When the shopkeeper saw the money, he smiled and wrapped ten steamed cakes in long green leaves and handed them to Su Xian.

Su Xian took it, carried the straw rope for packing, walked to the middle of the street, and wandered by.

There were a few passers-by on the street, and they couldn't help but look at Su Xian a few more times...

After a few steps, there was a porridge shop on the street. In front of the door was a bamboo pole with a sign with the word "porridge" written on it.

Su Xian paused, then turned around and walked towards the porridge shop. Under the blank gaze of the porridge shop manager, he sat down in the middle of the shop and placed ten steamed cakes on the table.

There were several customers in the porridge shop. Their eyes fell on the long green leaf wrapper, and they knew it was steamed cake because they also had it on the table.

However, there are only two or three at most.

It's really eye-catching to get ten of them like Su Xian at once.

"Mr. Su, do you still want a bowl of gruel?" The porridge shop owner, wearing a green cloth apron, came over with a smile, holding the apron with both hands and wiping it constantly.

"Thick porridge, let's have ten bowls first!"

Su Xian waved his hand and unwrapped the long green leaves wrapping the steamed cake in public.

Sure enough, there were ten steamed cakes... The diners looked at them strangely.

They were all neighbors living nearby, and they soon understood why Su Xian was so... extravagant today.

Because of stinky tofu!
"Ten bowls!?" The porridge shop owner looked stunned.

"Can't I just drink a bowl and watch it?" Su Xian looked slightly unhappy and put the money bag on the table with a bang, indicating that he had money.

[Seeking collection, asking for recommendation ticket]

(End of this chapter)