In the main hall of the inn, the Yulin Army was surrounded by swords, standing alone in the middle of the sound.

Li Xuan looked around and then looked back at the deputy general of the border army: "Mr. Zhou, it is naturally admirable that you can eat and live with the soldiers, but Jing Chao's spy can be under the nose of your border army.

If you burn food in fire, you may not be able to blame. If your border army has no internal support, the spy in Jingchao will definitely not be able to do this."

Zhou You's eyelids twitched slightly, and then he said slowly: "We will find out about this matter, so it won't be a problem for Lord Li."

Li Xuan couldn't help but scolded: "You will find out? Lord Zhou, I see you are like the inner respondent of Jing Dynasty. If the food you conquered is burned again, this Guyuan City will be really hard to save.

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Zhou Youjiao, looked around with a sneer, "Why, Lord Li wants to leave me to interrogate me? Let's see if your Yulin Army has this ability! I joined the border army in the eleventh year of Jianing and died, and for more than twenty-one years

, and killed thieves from Jing Chao in a formation, and it was not a turn for a group of officials from the capital to say that I was Jing Chao’s inner response!”

The prince said in a gentle voice: "Mr. Zhou made great contributions to guarding the border. We did not question this matter. It was just that the border army's granary was destroyed. Should the border army also give an explanation to the court?"

Zhou You dusted off the dust on his body and said arrogantly: "If I could still live after this battle, I would give the court an explanation. The person who came will move all the surplus grains from Longmen Inn and transport them to the border military camp!"

Someone outside the inn suddenly pulled off the cotton curtain at the door, rushed into the backyard of the inn wearing rattan armor, and moved all the food wherever he looked.

He thought about drawing the sword, but Li Xuan held it tightly: "Sang, Zhou You seems to be here to provoke this time, but a little unbearable will cause trouble!"

After thinking about the fact that my teeth were about to be broken, I could only slowly release my hand holding the sword.

When the border troops left, the cold wind blew into the inn outside the door, leaving everyone looking at each other in the wind.

Xiaowu and Xiaoliu picked up the cotton curtains that were trampled on countless footprints on the ground and looked at the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, what should I do?"

The shopkeeper said calmly: "What else can I do? I need to ask me if I sew and fix it, and fix it again?"

Xiaowu scratched his head: "I mean, the face of our inn was trampled so much, don't you do anything? Why should he dare to... "

The shopkeeper said coldly: "Shut up."

At this time, Li Xuan and Chen Liqin were frowning.

Li Xuan whispered: "Now that the whole city's food has been taken away by the border troops, what should we do? If you and I really ask Your Highness to go to the porridge shed to get the porridge, we should apologize for death."

Chen Liqin sighed: "I wonder how much money did your highness bring when he came to Guyuan this time?"

Li Xuan replied: "The Ministry of Revenue allocated 4,000 taels of silver, which is open. I can't ask how much the prince brought in private."

Chen Liqin calculated silently: "If you put it on weekdays, 4,000 taels of silver is enough to buy 8,000 s of grain, and one stone of grain is enough for a Yulin Army soldier to eat for 30 days... But now the whole city is short of food, even if a grain merchant hides it secretly

The price of grain must also be sold to heaven."

At this time, the 4,000 taels of silver can be bought with 800 s of grain. Not to mention 800 s, it would be good to find food. It would be fine if he only raised more than ten people, but he could still think of a way, but here he still has a good idea.

Five hundred Yulin Army were waiting for dinner.

Chen Liqin regretted not listening to Zhang Zhuo's advice. If he had ignored the 500-li expedition and went to the Ministry of Personnel in Beijing to perform his duties, he would not have been so worried about these things now.

He looked at Li Xuan: "Does Lord Li have a plan?"

Li Xuan was silent for a moment: "Mr. Chen, I am the left guard of the Eastern Palace, and I am only responsible for protecting Your Highness. The food and fodder are not in the duties of a humble position."

Chen Liqin's heart sank.

At this time, the shopkeeper bowed to the prince: "Dear guests, do you still have to stay in a hotel?"

The prince's eyes were taken back from outside the door and said with a smile: "Stay here, please let the shopkeeper arrange a room for us."

The shopkeeper opened the account book at hand and looked back at the 'water sign' hanging behind him: "Customer, who stays in the Tianzi room with only one room left?"

Li Xuan hurriedly said, "Of course my young master lives."

The shopkeeper took out a water sign engraved with "Youke" and hung it on the wall behind it corresponding to the room with the name of the Tianzi Ding, and then continued to ask: "Where are there still ten types of land? Which one live?"

Before Li Xuan answered, Chen Wenxiao, who was standing beside him, asked, "Can you ask the Tianzi guests to free up a few more rooms?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "No matter who you are, you will be my distinguished guest when you stay in my inn. How can you tell people to open the door to do business? There are a few guests who will leave the day after tomorrow, and it will not be too late for the guests to change in when the time comes."

Chen Wenxiao wanted to say something else, but Chen Liqin pressed his shoulder.

Chen Liqin pointed at Chen Ji and said politely to the shopkeeper: "I don't have to live in the Tianzi room, just live in the room next to him."

The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows: "Customer, this cannot be arranged. The Chen family's son lives in Room C, Tianzi, and there is no room next to him."

Chen Liqin was slightly stunned.

Chen Wenxiao's eyes turned and said loudly from the side: "Chen Ji, give your Tianzi room to your father and mother, just have the font size of your residence."

Even Chen Wenzong whispered to Chen Ji: "You and I live in a room. My filial piety is the most important thing in my court. If you don't change it, it will probably affect your future in the Eastern Palace."

Chen Ji looked at Chen Wenzong sideways, knowing that the other party was also thinking about his future. He thought for a while and said, "Shopkeeper, please help me change the room and let Lord Chen live in the Tianzi room."

However, unexpectedly, after hearing Chen Liqin's identity, the shopkeeper's face immediately collapsed: "I can't change it."

Chen Wenxiao said: "We all agree to change it ourselves, why don't you change it? We have paid the house and we have the final say who will live there!"

The shopkeeper sneered: "I gave the room number C to the Chen family to live in this day. I don't even charge the room fee. I'll give it to anyone I want to live there. Isn't it okay?"

This time, even Chen Ji was surprised, and I wonder what the shopkeeper meant.

During the stalemate, the prince observed silently. He was a little confused about the change in the attitude of the shopkeeper. Why should an inn shopkeeper have the confidence to fight against a fourth-rank official? Why should he fight against him?

In addition, he was even more confused about the special features of Chen Ji in this inn. Now even if someone told him that the inn was opened by Chen Ji, he believed it.

Chen Liqin said in confusion: "Why can Chen Ji live here for free?"

The shopkeeper leaned his elbow against the counter, rolled his eyes and said, "Do you care?"

Chen Liqin was furious: "You!"

The shopkeeper joked: "What are you?"

Wang Gui stepped forward and said sternly: "My master is the young master of Zhan Shi's Mansion. He is appointed as an official from the fourth-rank court. Please be more respectful to his words!"

The shopkeeper was silent for a moment and sneered: "From the fourth rank? Before I became an official, I was a fourth rank. I don't care about the fourth rank official. What is the fourth rank?"

Wang Gui widened his eyes: "You are a fourth-rank official? You will be guilty of lying like this!"

The shopkeeper said in a voice: "In the 14th year of Jianing, I served as the deputy general of Guyuan, and I was given a Qilin suit to commend me by the current emperor!"

After saying that, he took out a jade belt from under the counter and threw it on the counter.

Everyone looked closely and saw that the one thrown on the counter was indeed a jade belt of a kirin suit, inlaid with white jade cloth belt, and a picture of a dragon head, musk body, lion tail.

However, if ordinary officials receive this honor, they will definitely worship the Qilin suit at home and take good care of it. The shopkeeper casually stuffed the jade belt under the counter and threw it on the counter, as if he didn't care.

Chen Liqin and Li Xuan looked at each other, but they didn't expect this small inn to have a hidden tiger.

Li Xuan clasped his fists and said, "I heard that this inn was opened by General Wen Tao's old subordinates. I thought it was a rumor, but I didn't expect it to be true."

The shopkeeper lazily took the jade belt back to the counter: "It's okay, it's all the past. If no one comes to me to show off, I don't need to take out the jade belt. Now I have no official position, just pay attention to this acre of three.

The place is divided, even if Hu Junxian, the second-rank, comes, I will let him live, and he will also live."

"What are you bragging about?" Chen Wenxiao sneered: "Even if you were an official, you are still a civilian now. Haha, I can't wait to live with you!"

The shopkeeper narrowed his eyes slightly: "When I leave this door, I will not accept guests from Longmen Inn, and I dare not accept them in Guyuan City."

Chen Wenxiao pointed to the shopkeeper's nose and said, "You said just now that you opened the door to do business, but now you have this attitude... Chen Ji, was it your instructed?"

Chen Wenzong patted his finger off and said angrily: "When did you see Chen Ji instructing the shopkeeper?"

Chen Wenxiao was anxious: "Brother, why do you always talk to him? You and I are the legitimate brothers!"

Chen Wenzong said calmly: "I only talk about reason. In addition, my brothers from the illegitimate and illegitimate courtesy are not close to each other. Don't mention the words just now, otherwise you will be punished ten times to give you a long memory."

Chen Wenxiao opened his mouth and didn't say anything for a long time.

After a while, the prince smiled and smoothed out: "Everyone, let Chen Ji live in the room of Tianzi C. He is now my right guard and should live next door to protect me."

Suddenly, the inn was quiet. When everyone saw that the prince no longer hid his identity, they immediately bowed and said, "It depends on your highness's order."

The prince showed his identity and turned back to see the shopkeeper. He thought the other party would change his attitude, but the shopkeeper walked into the backyard like nothing happened, greeting Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu: "Go, lead the people to clean up the house!"

The prince smiled, picked up his clothes and walked upstairs.

He asked curiously as he walked, "Chen Ji, where is the Zhang family's son and Miss Zhang's second place? Since I have moved in, I'll visit you."

Chen Ji hesitated for a moment: "Report to Your Highness, they both live with me in the room C of Tianzi."

The prince looked back on the stairs in surprise: "Do you live in the same room?"

Even the Chen family behind them were surprised and inexplicably. Chen Liqin frowned and said, "How can I ignore etiquette and do what if it is passed to the capital, how can Miss Zhang Er handle herself?"

Chen Ji thought to himself that it was not the first time that the prince had mentioned Zhang Xia on his own initiative, what was the purpose?

He thought for a while and explained: "There is no peace in Guyuan. The four of us should be more careful when we are alone. So the four of us are on the same floor and separated by bed sheets, which is convenient for shift vigilance."

Prince Zhan Yan smiled and said, "So that's the case. Thank you so much for your hard work before. Now you can live separately around the Yulin Army and free up a piece of land for Miss Zhang Er to avoid losing her reputation. I will do it.

Instructing the Yulin Army, no one is allowed to disclose this matter, and violators will never be dismissed."
Chapter completed!