Taiping Inn

Because entering Beimang Mountain is not the same road as leaving Beimang Mountain, when Li Xuandu left the boundary of Beimang Mountain and entered Beimang County, he found that there was an isolated inn on the side of the road, which seemed a bit familiar.

When he walked into the inn, his face froze.

Because there was a short flagpole in front of the inn door, and a large flag with a broken edge hung on it. Although the flag was just hanging listlessly because there was no wind at this time, it was still The four big characters on it can be clearly identified - Taiping Inn.

Four large characters with silver hooks and iron paintings are the same as they did when they first met.

If Li Xuan read it correctly, the flagpole was the one that was interrupted by Qian Xing that day, so it became much shorter. Of course, the flag is also the original flag, because there are still some mud stains on it that are not washed clean.

Not far from the flagpole, there was a dry old tree stump. A thin black boy was sitting on it and dozing. His head was like a chicken pecking at rice. Little by little, saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth was along his Hang a thin white line on your chin. There was still a local dog with yellow fur lying at the foot of the boy, lazily basking in the sun with his master. Although he had not fallen asleep directly like his master, he was already half asleep and half awake.

Although it is no longer the afternoon of late summer, nor is it Huainan Prefecture in Luzhou, but the late autumn season with the solemn weather and the border of Beimang Mountain with deep yin energy, the entire inn exudes a sense of laziness. .

Perhaps this laziness means peace.

Li Xuandu walked forward a few more steps. Sure enough, the local dog lying at the young man's feet immediately woke up, eliminating the previous scrutiny steps, and directly grinned at Li Xuandu, whimpering, but roaring. After two sounds, the sound was extinguished again, his head tilted, as if he was a little confused.

Although the person in front of me changed into a dog-like dress, the smell on his body did not change.

An old acquaintance!

Li Xuandu squatted down and touched its dog's head, whispering loudly: "Shen Changsheng, are you still sleeping? I'm going to ask the boss's wife to deduct your wages!"

"I never dared again!" The thin black boy who was meeting Yuan Sheng in his dream suddenly shuddered and fell from the tree stump in fear.

The dog is human. After detecting Li Xuandu's closeness and familiarity, the yellow dog began to waving its tail around Li Xuandu. From time to time, people stood up. Li Xuandu simply grabbed its two front paws with both hands.

When Shen Changsheng looked over, it was such a scene of harmony between humans and dogs.

Li Xuandu rubbed the head of the earth dog, stood up and smiled slightly at Shen Changsheng, and said, "Brother Shen, we have met again. It's really a place in life that we never meet."

Shen Changsheng rubbed his sleepy eyes and said in surprise and joy: "Mr. Li?!"

Li Xuandu asked with a smile: "Why did the inn move to Luzhou? Could it be that Qingluanwei is causing trouble for you? But with the boss's ability and the name of Taiping Mountain, what can a Qingluanwei do if he can't do the inn? yes."

Shen Changsheng shook his head and said, "It's not that he moved the inn here. In the boss's words, he opened a branch."

"Branch?" Li Xuan couldn't help but smile and didn't take it seriously.

The boy said very seriously: "The boss said that if I make enough money in the future, I will also let me open a separate inn."

When he said this, the boy's eyes were full of longing.

Li Xuandu turned the topic and looked at the local dog and asked, "What's its name?"

Shen Changsheng smiled and said, "The boss's wife said that she would make money when she was doing business, so she named it "Zhaocai". However, the boss's wife never feeds it. I raised it since I was a child. When I went out to buy things or work , will keep it with you."

While talking, the boy kept looking behind Li Xuandu and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Li, where is Miss Zhou? Why didn't she be with you?"

Li Xuan didn't even point out the young man's thoughts and said, "I sent her to Xuannv Sect to learn art. Now I should be about to reach Jade Nv Mountain."

The boy was like a little girl, and was also a scheming person. After hearing this, his face was filled with unconcealed loss and muttered in a low voice: "It's not okay to learn Taoism, and Taiping Sect is the same."

Li Xuan pretended not to hear it and said, "I have been standing outside for so long, but I haven't invited me in? This is not a way to entertain guests."

Shen Changsheng hurried to the inn lobby to announce the good news to the boss: "Boss, Mr. Li is here, you said that Mr. Li is the one who you said looks very much like Yuan Feixue and Yuan everyone!"

Yuan Feixue was once famous in the imperial capital, and she still regarded Danjiao as the most. She was praised as "a smile that lasts forever spring, and a cry that lasts forever sorrow." ’His singing style is the first of the four great masters of the imperial capital.

Li Xuandu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this and walked into the inn with Shen Changsheng.

The lobby on the first floor is still in the same shape. In addition to the counter, there are more than a dozen Eight Immortals tables and matching benches. The proprietress is also the same, wearing a ball of flowers and a pair of armor and sitting on a bench next to an Eight Immortals table. , he kowtowed the melon seeds boredly, but he disappeared from the boss who settled the accounts at the counter.

After seeing Li Xuandu, the boss's eyes lit up. He sprinkled the melon seed shell in his hand and stood up from the bench, "I thought it was this bastard who lied to me, but I didn't expect it was Mr. Li. If I had known Li before The young master is here, I must go out to greet you."

Li Xuandu waved his hand and said, "I dare not let the boss lady do this."

While speaking, the boss's wife moved her lotus step lightly and came to Li Xuandu's side. She reached out to pinch Li Xuandu's sleeve and said, "What material is this clothes of Mr. Li? It's so good, and there is also the workmanship , ordinary small places cannot be made."

Li Xuan was helpless and could only retreat a little, set a few steps away from the boss's wife, and asked, "Boss wife, why did you come to Zhongzhou to open a store? And he also chose such a remote place."

The boss's wife then took back her palms. Seeing Li Xuan asking about this, she absent-mindedly said, "It's not that the head of the family who has done a fortune in the north. She asked me, the woman, to take Shen Changsheng, the bastard, thousands of miles away. I came to this ghost place to open a shop. Every night, I cried and howled, which made me scream and kept calling. I was really annoying. I heard that the county town was also haunted by ghosts and monsters, although I haven't heard of it yet. There are news about the dead, but it has been crazy several times. It is not that I am scaring the young master. Now the place is not peaceful. No matter what happens, I will finish it as soon as possible. If I leave a little later, I may not be able to leave. ”

Li Xuandu's face became a little solemn, and he clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for the boss's reminder."

The boss smiled and said, "What are you thanking me? Just a reminder. Besides, I have never seen these ghosts and strange things with my own eyes. They all heard from others. Maybe they are all lie. Li The young master is happy when he hears it.”

Li Xuan didn't agree and said, "Since you have arrived at the boss's inn, there is no reason to turn around and leave. You have to have a meal at the boss's wife before leaving."

The boss's wife immediately waved to Shen Changsheng, "First give Mr. Li a pot of Huadiao wine. He loves to drink this, and then give Mr. Li a plate of beef with the signature sauce from our inn. Use the meat to kill the cow that fell to death, don't use that. I'm dying of a disease and it's not clean, go quickly."

Shen Changsheng responded and Li Xuandu took his seat with the boss's wife. Li Xuandu asked, "Where is the boss?"

The boss's wife said disapprovingly, "Stay at Huainan Mansion to guard the house."

Li Xuandu said "Oh" and joked, "Will the couple want to separate for a long time?"

"Isn't this Mr. Li coming?" The boss's wife said with a smile.

Li Xuan had to retreat and beg for forgiveness.

The boss's wife sat opposite Li Xuandu and asked seriously: "What have you done during this period? Why have you been here?"

Li Xuandu said, "One thing is to send that miserable girl to Longmen Mansion. As for why she came here, it was because she was looking for two friends."

As he was talking, Shen Changsheng took a jar of wine and two white bowls. The boss took the wine jar and white bowl, uncovered the mud seal, poured the wine into the bowl. Huadiao wine was thick but not turbid, and the wine was fragrant, just It’s a bit intoxicating when you look at it and smell it.

The boss lady picked up a bowl of wine and said, "The silver notes left by Mr. Li last time are a bit rich, so I will treat this jar of wine as my entrusted to you."