The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 349 The Scholar Asking Questions

Looking back on the experience of this life, he felt a little ridiculous. It was not the first time he surrendered to Emperor Yan.

After the establishment of the Yan Kingdom, in order to appease the hearts of the old soldiers, the Emperor Yan asked all the localities to draw out some old soldiers and arrange them in some low-level basic seats, so that they would not starve to death when they were old and lost their strength.

He was drawn and assigned to this station.The location of this inn is relatively good. In the past few years, the gate of the inn was full of traffic every day, but now it is no longer possible, and there are only two living things left.

The young man just now was his son, and the two of them were the only living people left in this station.As for the other people in the station, they ran and died, all of them disappeared.

After all, the disaster victims were sweeping in, and whoever didn’t run would die. Their father and son also ran away, but after turning around, the disaster victims also dispersed. The father and son felt that they couldn’t survive outside, so they went back together. to this station.

Although the number of merchants in the past is much less than before, there are still some after all, which can barely keep their father and son alive.

Originally, as a property in the government, the post station was not allowed to entertain merchants, but only for people with official status such as officials and envoys to rest. The imperial court would also sow part of the money every year for the operation of the post station.

However, that little money was exploited layer by layer, and in the end there was not much money left in the hands of the post station, so this kind of work of receiving passing merchants was the main business of the post station a long time ago.But after all, it belongs to the government. Although it is well known to passers-by, it will not be obvious on the surface.

Now in the post station, only their father and son are left. I don’t know how many post stations like this have been abandoned along the way, and the court doesn’t care. These few houses are called post stations rather than an inn run by their father and son.

The old man Qin thought about whether he should discuss with his son, and directly change the post station into an inn, and make it their father and son's private property. After all, the post station was originally abandoned and was cleaned up by their father and son. He thought it should belong to their father and son. s things.

Just thinking about the story of his glorious days, a knock on the door suddenly woke him up. Old Man Qin frowned, as if he was displeased that someone disturbed his memories.

He raised his head and looked outside the door, and saw a thin scholar dressed in a Confucian scholar's robe standing at the door.

The old man Qin came out slowly, as the saying goes: "A man becomes a fine man when he grows old." He just glanced at the scholar's attire and knew that he was a poor scholar. The only accessory that can be called an accessory is a wooden hairpin inserted into the head.

He didn't even bother to receive such poor scholars, because he couldn't get any money at all. He hoped that those who came would be the kind of rich and wealthy businessmen who would spend a lot of money, but some of them flowed out from between their nails. It is enough for my father and son to eat for a few days.

However, the door is open to welcome people. Naturally, he can’t just pretend not to see people because he doesn’t want to receive them. He walked towards the scholar, and he was also a little puzzled. It is even more impossible to talk about it.

"Young Master, what are you doing here?" Old Man Qin walked into the scholar, bowed slightly, and asked.

"Old man, I want to ask you something? I wonder if the old man has time to answer it for me."

Seeing that the scholar was so polite, Old Man Qin was a little happy. His military career was not a very glorious experience, because he was a little weak, and he was always ridiculed by his comrades, which made him very angry, but he did not Dare to deal with those bastards.

On weekdays, most of the passing merchants are here for consumption. Although it will not embarrass him, it will not give him any good looks.

Since he took over the inn, there have been fewer guests, and even fewer people salute him, and often one can make him feel good for several days.

So the scholar bowed his hands and saluted him, which made him very satisfied.The old man Qin was a little excited. The scholar who was not pleasing to the eye at first became very pleasing to the eye.

"Haha, young master, don't take offense. It's not that I'm going to blame you. You scholars just have too much politeness. If you have anything to ask, as long as I know, can I not tell you?" The old man Qin laughed.

"Thank you, old man." The scholar cupped his hands in thanks.

"Come on, come in and say, don't stand at the door like a door god." Old man Qin led the scholar into the room and sat down at a table of four immortals.

Reaching out to lift the kettle, Old Man Qin filled a bowl on the table with water and pushed it over.

The scholar cupped his hands again to thank him.

"Has the old man been in the store this morning?" the scholar asked.

"That's natural. When I'm old, I don't want to move, so I keep guarding the shop, oh, the post station. Fortunately, I don't need to work hard." The old man Qin said with a wave of his hand.

"Old man, have you ever seen someone passing by on horseback from the east?" the scholar asked again.

The old man thought for a while, shook his head, and said: "No, there was a rebellion in Yanzhou, and usually no one went there at all, and even this road gradually became deserted, except for the occasional merchants passing by here. Team, no one passes by here on weekdays.”

The scholar frowned, seemed a little unwilling, and then asked: "Old man, think about it carefully, this is very important to me, is it true that no one on horseback passed by here? Could it be the old man that you didn't pay attention to?" arrive?"

Hearing the scholar's question, Old Man Qin was a little unhappy, but seeing that the scholar seemed really anxious, he said patiently: "Although I am old, my eyes are not blind, so I can't see wrong. Tell the truth. You, since this morning, not to mention a horse, even an ant has not passed here, you are the first person to pass by my door."

After finishing speaking, Old Man Qin glanced at the scholar and asked, "Why do you ask this question? Is there any reason?"

The scholar sighed and said: "To be honest, I did encounter difficulties. My wife is seriously ill. Although I have some money on me, it is far from enough. Some time ago, I wrote to me far away. Zhou's younger brother asked for help, he said he would lend me some money, and with the money I had accumulated before, I could buy some medicine to support myself. Today is the agreed day, but I waited and waited but no one came."

"Hey, don't worry, what time is this? Your brother may be delayed by something on the road, and he will arrive soon. If you don't want to wait here, I won't charge you for tea, just treat it as Chat with my old man." Old Man Qin comforted.

(End of this chapter)