13. (xiii)
Su Muxian's illness came suddenly, and he walked neatly. After two patches, the next day I was alive and energetic.
Miss Zhao's death did not affect the holding of the Sword Conference, even if Zhao Yuanwai took officials to check the people in the rivers and lakes, it did not prevent it from being held as scheduled. On the day of the conference, the small Jianghu Inn was crowded with people from all walks of life, and the lobby was almost full.
Shopkeeper Su was busy like a spinning top, and he was both relieved and melancholy when he looked at the noisy crowd.
The satisfaction is that the more people earn, the more they earn, and the melancholy is because-
Although these martial arts heroes eat a lot, they are not expensive! And she is very able to chatter, don't think she didn't hear that the topic of the tables by the window has shifted from the sword conference to the ranking of the beauties in the rivers and lakes, and now she is starting to discuss which girl in the Qinglou is the most gentle and petty.
Of course, none of this is a big deal, and the most important thing is to prevent them from fighting. Although the utensils in the inn, from the dishes and chopsticks to the tables and chairs, have been replaced with the cheapest, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, and the poor Su shopkeeper is naturally reluctant to let people destroy it.
Because he was too busy, Tang Yuyi was also called over to help. Wearing the same gray Xiaoer uniform as Jiang Yuanzhong, the handsome-looking young man was quite depressed and covered his face with a rag, always worried that his face would be swept away if others recognized him.
Su Muxian really couldn't look at it, slapped his back, and said, "Hold it back, as far as your status of the ten places is still at the bottom, what do you have to care about." ”
Tang Yu jumped to his feet and said, "What's wrong at the end!" There are so many people in the whole rivers and lakes who only choose ten! ”
Su Muxian stared at his face for a few moments, slowly withdrew his gaze, and said calmly: "...... Alright, let's get the food on the table. ”
Didn't bother me, didn't bother me......
Tang Yu looked at her with resentment, and saw that she sat down calmly and took out the account book to settle the accounts, and served the food with a deflated mouth.
The episode passed by, and after noon, many people in the inn increased.
Sensing that the light in front of him was blocked by a shadow, Su Muxian raised his head and looked at the person who came suspiciously.
It was a little fat man, looking at the age of about thirteen or fourteen, although he was fat, his face was not full of meat, but the baby fat that was white and tender and showed healthy blood. He wore a two-color gold butterfly wearing a white arrow sleeve with a flower moon, a navy blue auspicious cloud pattern coat, and a gold lock around his neck.
There were two tall and thin guards standing behind the little fat man, and when they saw Su Muxian looking over, one of them stepped forward and said, "This shopkeeper, is there a private room here?" ”
Is there really such a broken inn as that thing in the private room?
Su Muxian shook his head and said, "There are no private rooms, the second floor is full of guest rooms. ”
The guards made a difficulty, there have been many people in the city recently, and the slightly better restaurants and inns are full, and there is no so-called private room in such a small inn in front of you, is it really necessary to let your little master go to squeeze a table with those Jianghu people?
He was still hesitating, but Huo Fei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he pulled his sleeve excitedly and said, "Ah Jia, let's sit in the lobby!" ”
"Young master, this is not appropriate......
The guard Ajia still wanted to persuade, but the little fat man didn't listen to him, stood on tiptoe on the counter, stared at Su Muxian with bright eyes, and said, "Shopkeeper, what are the signature dishes in your store?" ”
After hesitating for a moment, he quietly pointed to a table of Jianghu people who were eating happily not far away and asked, "What are those heroes eating?" ”
Su Muxian glanced at it: "Five-spice sauce beef, sweet and sour pork ribs, eight-treasure fat duck, vinegared fish, pork knuckle in sauce......"
After reporting the name of the dish, he looked up and saw that the little fat man had a suspicious silver thread hanging from his mouth, and his eyes were burning.
He wiped his saliva with the back of his hand, rubbed it on the placket of his shirt casually, and sighed with emotion: "It sounds delicious." ”
Su Muxian didn't speak, and silently turned his head away.
Jianghu people are not heavy on weight and quality, as long as they can eat and enjoy themselves, who cares if it is delicious or not. The names of these dishes sound good, as for the taste...... Hehe, Wang Meng's level is just like that.
Of course, she wasn't ready to say that.
Looking at the little fat man kindly, Su Muxian said with a smile: "There are a lot of people today, let's pick an empty seat and sit down first, and Xiao Er will go over to order food immediately." ”
……
Huo Fei looked left and right at the people eating around him in surprise, his eyes swept over the swords hanging on his waist or on the table, and he made a sound or two from time to time.
"That's how heroes are."
His eyes were not big, and he was squeezed by the flesh on his face, and only a slender slit remained, but at this moment, it was as if he had seen the most interesting thing in the world, and his eyes became extremely bright.
The guard followed him silently, and said in a low voice: "Shizi, let's go back quickly after dinner, if we let the prince know about what we sneaked out......"
Huo Fei waved his hand to interrupt the rest of his persuasion: "If you want to go back by yourself, I finally came out for a trip, so don't just go back." ”
After finishing speaking, he happened to catch a glimpse of a vacant seat on the left-hand side, and he didn't throw off the guard, and ran over by himself.
"This hero, can I sit at a table with you?"
The guards Ah Jia and Ah Yi glanced at each other, and they both saw the word helplessness in each other's eyes, sighed, and strode to catch up with their own wayward little master.
The one who was questioned by the little fat man was a middle-aged strong man, with green tendons on his exposed arms, and a fierce and vicious look, so he almost wrote a few big words on it, "Don't approach the living". Because of this, there was no one sitting around him, only Huo Fei came over without fear of death.
The strong man squinted at Huo Fei and snorted coldly, "No." ”
The attitude was really arrogant and rude, and the two guards were about to speak, but they heard a sneer from the table behind them.
"Yo, isn't this a god's eye carving? I heard that you were hurt a few days ago, and it was a rumor, but now I see that you are also disgusted with the nobles, and the rumors must be believed. The voice teased with a bit of malice, "I see, the Divine Eye Eagle should be changed to a one-eyed eagle." ”
Huo Fei and the others turned around and looked, and the person who spoke was a thin man in green clothes, with a white complexion, wearing a Confucian crown.
There was a gluttonous mole on the side of his mouth, which moved as he spoke, and because it was lined with fair skin, it looked very dazzling.
The man in Tsing Yi beckoned to the little fat man kindly, and said kindly: "This little boy, if you don't mind, just sit with me, it's not worth being angry with that kind of person." ”
The guard didn't want to cause more trouble, thanked him, and was about to take the little master over, when a thunderous roar sounded behind him.
"Brute Mountain Tiger, you clean your mouth for me!"
"Oh, one-eyed eagle, I'm like this, what can you do with me?"
"It looks like you're shameless......"
“……”
The little fat man stood between the two tables, neither advancing nor retreating, standing stiffly, reaching out and pulling the sleeve of the guard Ah Yi, with a hint of excitement and a hint of fear: "Ah Yi, what should I do now?" Did you say in the book how to deal with disputes in the rivers and lakes? ”
A trace of helplessness flashed in the guard's eyes, and his heart was really harmful, but the movements in his hands did not stop, and he put it on the hilt of the sword without a trace, and took a few steps back to protect the little fat man with his body as a shield, and said softly: "The grievances of the rivers and lakes, we should not interfere with the bystanders, young master, you just look at it." ”
Huo Fei nodded heavily and said, "Hmm! Sure enough, the hero is different from us! ”
Guard: "......"
Wait, young master, is there anything wrong with your praise?
……
Su Muxian looked at these two people who were going to fight without love, and he didn't know what expression he should put on to face this reality.
Tang Yu stood on the side, with a eager expression on his face, just waiting for Su Muxian to give an order, he could rush up and join the melee...... Oh no, it's to stop them from continuing to wreathe.
Su Muxian seemed to see through his intentions, glared at him, and didn't say anything.
Although the strong man nicknamed the Divine Eye Eagle has strong muscles, he is obviously better at skillful, but he looks at the thin young man's fist style, as if there is a sound of tiger and thunder. Seeing that he was invincible, the middle-aged strong man picked up the bamboo tube on the table, grabbed two chopsticks and shot towards the young man.
The surrounding crowd had already dispersed the moment they opened it, and they gathered around to watch the excitement, for fear that they would be affected by the pond fish, and the center of the field was very empty.
Seeing the bamboo chopsticks whistling and flying, the young man snorted disdainfully, and also copied a plate and blocked it casually-
There were a few crisp sounds, and everyone thought that the plate must be shattered, and the fragments flew outward, but who knew that the white porcelain plate was still intact.
In the silence, Shopkeeper Su said indifferently: "In order to prevent such a scene, I have already smoothed the head of the chopsticks." ”
Originally, the chopsticks were too sharp, and those Jianghu people could poke a hole with two casual pokes, maybe they thought that their skills had risen sharply recently, and they were even more disproportionate when they started to move happily.
Everyone: "......"
The middle-aged strong man obviously didn't expect such a situation, he was stunned, and reacted and threw the bamboo tube directly to the door in front of his opponent. The young man did not show weakness and smashed two plates back.
In the crackling sound of the destruction of the equipment, I don't know who was hit on the head first by the flying fragments, and joined the battle with a roar, and the scene became more and more chaotic for a while.
Seeing that it was about to get out of control, a gentle voice like a spring breeze came from outside the inn.
"Can you stop?"
……
Su Muxian looked up, and suddenly lost his voice.
Outside the door was a young man dressed in snow, with black hair like ink and picturesque eyebrows. Obviously not smiling, but the corners of his lips showed a hint of a smile. He was like a natural luminous being, he didn't have to do anything, he just stood there quietly and attracted everyone's attention.
Between his fingers was a pale cyan cup - it was clear that it had accidentally flown out during the scuffle. He looked at the people with different expressions in the inn, walked in slowly, and repeated in a warm voice: "Everyone is a fellow believer, why bother hurting the harmony?" ”
No one answered.
He didn't care, stepped on the messy debris and slowly walked to the counter, put the cup on the table, and the soft sound of "pop" finally recalled everyone's consciousness.
"He is Mei Hongxue, the son of Hongmei." Someone sighed.
"Sure enough, it's not a mortal ......"
"What a fairy......
“……”
Muttering and muttering came from all directions, and Su Muxian finally knew his identity, or proved his guess.
It turned out that he was Mei Hongxue.