That day, the autumn wind came from the east, and the melancholy clouds passed by.
On the way to the east, two fast horses came. On the horses were two young men who looked to be no more than twenty years old.
Huang Donglai, of course, kept his Taoist priest attire, while Sun Yixie wore ordinary coarse clothes. At first glance, you couldn't tell what he did.
Now they can be regarded as people with quite a bit of experience in the world of martial arts. They will never be like what they did when they first came out of the martial arts world a year ago... riding around in a carriage and wearing expensive-looking clothes, let alone He will write things like "I am a martial artist" on his face.
That kind of thing... should be left to the disciples of high-level sects and those who value the "hero's name" and have strength to do it.
"Brother Sun, Gengjia Village is ahead. I think it's getting late... How about we spend the night there tonight?" Huang Donglai has better eyesight, so naturally he is Sun Yixie saw the shadow of the village in front before him.
"Okay, the horses are tired at the end of the day. We have to go into the mountains early tomorrow morning. It would be better to find an inn to rest early." Sun Yixie responded.
As they talked, they approached the entrance of the village.
At this time, they did not know that this Gengjia Village was the same village where Liu Wusheng, the "Tiger Armed King", and Zou Baiqiu, the "King of Guanzhong with One Sword", stayed.
Xingxing Mountain is adjacent to Weishui River in the west and three villages in the east; and the three villages are Gengjia Village, Majiatun Village and Zhujiabu Village.
On weekdays, these three villages are the targets of the gang of bandits on the mountain. Among them, Gengjia Village is the closest to the village and has received the most intrusion.
The villagers of Gengjia Village obviously tried to ask the government for help, but because their area is at the junction of several counties, their appeals were rejected by the local yamen on the grounds that "it is not our jurisdiction." "Kicking the ball", no government office on either side wants to mobilize their troops to suppress the bandits.
A few days ago, two "heroes" came to Gengjia Village. After hearing about the bandits, Liu Daxia and Zou Daxia actually offered to go up the mountain to pick the bandit's stronghold for them. , then the villagers were extremely excited.
The village chief of Gengjia Village went to Majiatun Village and Zhujiabu Village to talk about the matter that day, and then people from the three villages pooled some money together and invited the two elders to Xia had good food and accommodation, and entertained them all night.
The villagers were overjoyed: The heroes are here, and our three villages will be at peace! When the heroes come, the sky will be there!
But as a result, the two heroes went up the mountain early the next morning and did not come down until dark.
You have to say that they are liars...the luggage of these two people and Marco are still left in the inn, and they only accepted food and lodging from the villagers, but the money was nothing. None.
So, after that night, everyone understood that these two heroes would never come back.
From that day on, the villagers in these three villages, especially the villagers in Gengjia Village, were in panic and could not sleep at night.sleep soundly.
If something like this happened, they would definitely be afraid of the bandits' revenge.
Some people even hate those two heroes in their hearts. They say in their hearts: These two killers of a thousand swords don't have such big heads, but they wear such big hats. He was really boasting about the "Tiger-Armed Ming King" and "One Sword to Suppress Guanzhong", but in the end he was really dragged up the mountain and couldn't even defeat a group of bandits. Now those bandits must think that you were invited by us. In the end, won't they have to come to settle accounts with us? Who have we provoked? You two live and eat for free, and will I have to be buried with you when the time comes?
How about saying that it is difficult to be a knight but easy to be a thief?
Even if the Xia's motives are good, as long as it brings bad results, even if it costs his own life, he will still be hated and reviled.
The human heart is like this. If you were there, you might think the same way.
"Eh? What's going on?" When Huang Donglai stepped into the village entrance, he felt something was wrong.
The sun has not set yet. Why is there not even a single person on the street in this village?
Looking around, the doors and windows of every household are closed, and even the merchants have not opened their doors. It is like a **.
"No way? Is this haunted?" Sun Yixie's first reaction was the same.
"Damn it, in broad daylight, where are there so many ghosts?" Huang Donglai answered, "Something must have happened, the villagers are hiding."
"Can anything happen? What's the matter?" Sun Yixie frowned again and said with a crooked mouth, "A monster?"
"Brother Sun, are you thinking about everything after going to the underworld? ?" Huang Donglai couldn't help complaining, "Although we are indeed heading southwest, we are not going to learn the scriptures... Besides, if we really go to learn the scriptures, then you, the one named Sun, should be the least afraid of goblins, right?"
"Tch..." Sun Yixie curled his lips, "Then what are you talking about?"
"How do I know? Just ask." Huang Dong said, He got off his horse and walked forward leisurely along the road in the middle of the village.
When Sun Yixie saw this, he didn’t say anything. He also got off his horse and walked forward together.
This village is not too big. The two of them didn't go far before they saw the only small inn in the village. Of course, the door of the inn was closed at this time.
Bah bang bang——
"Store, open the door. We are on our way. It is getting late and we want to stay in the hotel!" Huang Donglai is not bad at martial arts, starting from entering the village He noticed that there were pairs of eyes staring at them from the windows of many houses and shops, so at this moment he called the door of the inn without even mentioning that there was someone behind the door. Is there anyone?” nonsense like that.
However, his first words did not open the door.
Huang Donglai was not in a hurry. Anyway, he knew there was someone inside, so he kept knocking and shouting.
Finally,When he shouted for the fifth time, a voice inside replied: "There is no business today, you can leave!"
"Hey! Where is the inn that doesn't do business?" Sun Yi heard. Yan, immediately felt a little confused.
He was about to curse a few words when Huang Donglai stopped him with his hand and winked.
Sun Yixie understood, so he suppressed his anger and swallowed his words.
After a breath, Huang Donglai said in a friendly voice: "Hey... Storekeeper, please help me. Look at the day, we can't go into the mountain again now, right? What about tonight? We have to spend the night in this village; if you insist on not opening the store, we will have to go door to door to ask for accommodation. If that doesn't work, we will have to sleep on the streets of your village."
What he said. As soon as they said that, the villagers on the street who were eavesdropping on their conversation at this moment were all anxious, thinking: Shopkeeper, you should open the door, otherwise they will turn around and knock on my door again.
The shopkeeper and the waiter inside the door looked at each other, and then thought to themselves: Oh, that’s fine, just let them in. Even if they are bad guys, they just came earlier than that group of bandits. Just a day and a half.
So, he waved his hand and asked the clerk to open the store.
"You two, please..." After the guy opened the door, he greeted in a tone that sounded like a sigh.
Sun and Huang didn't mind. They took off their luggage from the horse, carried it on their backs, and immediately stepped into the store.
"Second brother, help us tie the horse." Huang Donglai said smoothly after entering the house.
"Hey, okay..." The guy responded feebly and walked out slowly.
"Shopkeeper, please open two upper rooms." Sun Yixie went directly to the shopkeeper who was already standing behind the counter.
"There are no upper and lower rooms in our store. You two can just pick any two rooms and move your luggage in." The shopkeeper's attitude was also absent-minded, with a frown on his face.
Sun and Huang exchanged glances without saying anything. They went to find a room and put away their luggage.
Not long after, they both turned back and sat in the lobby: "Shopkeeper, please cook some vegetables and bring a pot of wine."
"There is no cook today. "Come on, we can't cook." The shopkeeper's response was still very cold, "We have some wine, do you want it?"
Normally, most people will definitely fall out when they encounter a store with this kind of attitude, even if they don't do it on the spot. Even if you curse in the street, you have to say a few words.
But Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai just didn't get angry today. When Sun Yixie heard this, he stood up with a smile: "That's it, then I can cook some food myself."
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After that, he got up and went to the kitchen. < /p>
The shopkeeper was also stunned., I thought to myself, these two boys really don’t regard themselves as outsiders?
"Hey! You are a bastard, you are the shopkeeper and I am the shopkeeper?" The shopkeeper was smiling angrily and didn't know what expression to use.
"If you are not polite to us, then we will not be polite to you either." Huang Donglai was confident and picked the most expensive bottle of wine from the wine shelf.
"Huh?" The shopkeeper looked at it and said to himself, "This little Taoist priest is quite knowledgeable. In my small shop, there is only a pot of bamboo leaf green that has been stored for ten years, which is considered the treasure of the store. He actually Can you pick it out?"
He didn't know that Huang Donglai's excellent sense of smell, which he had developed from studying poisons since he was a child, was not just as simple as picking out a bottle of good wine, but he could tell who made it the day before by smelling feces. I can do whatever I eat.
While the shopkeeper was in a daze, the guy who tied the horse also came in from outside the door, and happened to see Huang Donglai taking the wine bottle, cups and other items from the cabinet and coming to the table. sit down.
"The shopkeeper...he is..." The clerk wanted to ask the shopkeeper what was going on.
At the same moment, there was a sound of "Bah!" and the sound of cooking came from the kitchen.
"Huh? Isn't Mr. Wang not here today? Who is cooking?" the waiter asked suspiciously.
The shopkeeper did not answer him, but just stared at Huang Dong silently for a while, and then said: "Xiao Wu, go and close the door first..."
"Uncle, What's going on?" The guy was still confused.
"Tsk, don't ask, just lock me up if you are told." The shopkeeper urged again.
"Yeah... OK." This guy is the nephew of the shopkeeper. He is young and relatively honest and obedient. He rarely talks back to his uncle, so he turned around and did as he was told.
A few minutes later, Sun Yixie walked out from the back kitchen with two basins of steaming dishes.
He put the dish on the table and sat down.
Huang Donglai poured two glasses of wine as he sat down: "Come on, let's have a drink first and eat slowly."
"Okay." Sun Yihehe He toasted to each other and drank, chatting and laughing freely.
This pot of bamboo leaf green is really good. As soon as it is opened, a burst of fragrant aroma hits the nose. After the two of them drank this cup, their appetites were immediately whetted. They both took out their chopsticks from the chopstick tube and started to eat happily. .
The shopkeeper and the waiter didn’t eat anything seriously today, so they looked a little greedy.
After a while, after some mental struggle, finally, the shopkeeper couldn't hold it any longer. He came to their table, stood there and asked: "You two... …I’m sorry for my blindness, but I don’t know who the two of you are.”