The scorching sun was in the sky, and the steaming heat was rising, blinding the eyes of passers-by.

The earth is like a rock that has been roasted for a long time on a fire, and it is like a scorched earth after a fire, and the hot man can hardly stand on his feet.

A group of men and horses slowly moved forward on the avenue. Days of travel, the scorching sun, and the lack of food and water all these dangers had exhausted their spirits.

Yet, even so, they still had to keep on their way.

Wang Decai, who was at the head of the team, raised the low-hanging bamboo hat slightly, and through the floating heat, he saw that a large forest suddenly appeared on the deserted plain.

The tall locust trees look verdant in the harsh sunlight, and their feather-like leaves sway slightly in the breeze.

"Found ......" he tightened his fingers on the brim of his hat, and a little fear burst into his eyes.

"Great! It's a locust tree! There's something to eat! The people who followed him did not perceive the king's fear, they were hungry and tired, and they had already eaten all their dry food, and along the way they mostly gathered all kinds of wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger, and if it were not for the goods that needed horses to carry them, they were afraid that they would have killed all the horses and eaten the meat of horses.

Looking at his companions who rushed to the locust forest, Wang Decai took a step back with some unease.

"Keep up." A powerful soldier pushed him hard from behind, almost knocking him to the ground.

Wang Decai immediately shrank and nodded, not daring to look back, so he chased after the others so quickly.

The soldier shook his hand a little disgusted, and the one he pushed just now felt that Wang Decai was so thin that he seemed to have only a handful of bones left, and the feeling of being dry and awkward made him unconsciously think of the dry bones that had died for a long time on the battlefield.

"There's nothing strange about this man, is there?" The soldier couldn't help but complain to the people around him, "It's gloomy, and it looks no different from the dead people we've seen before." ”

"Don't say this kind of thing, no matter how weird he is, he is also a disciple of the prince Taibao, it's nothing to provoke him, if it reaches the ears of the demon girl behind him, be careful that you are also sucked by her and." The soldier who opened his mouth was named Lin Xuyan, with a sturdy figure, and he looked like a talent, but it was a pity that a good face was broken by a scar that crossed the right cheek from the left forehead.

The soldiers looked at the scar on Lin Xuyan's face, and they were a little stunned for a while.

But isn't it, Wang Decai is not an important person, what matters is the woman who has to be convinced by the fox spirit behind him. I don't know what kind of trick she used, but she was able to show off her power in the Taibao Mansion. Many of the soldiers under the Taibao were made to be noodles by her, and they were all squeezed like this king's wealth.

Lin Xuyan, as the most top-notch figure among them, was naturally selected, but Lin Xuyan's arrogance forced him to harm himself in front of the woman, and the woman let him go.

"If you don't say it, don't say it." The general stopped complaining in anger, and then began to urge the people behind him.

Lin Xuyan walked to Wang Decai's side quietly, and when he saw that Wang Decai was just looking around distractedly, he said, "But what's wrong here?" If so, please let us know so that we can prepare early. ”

"No—no—I'm not sure—" Wang Decai replied in a trembling voice, "I haven't been to this place before, so—

"You've never been here?" Lin Xuyan immediately lowered his face and asked, "Could it be that we are going the wrong way?" This is not the way to the Santugawa Inn? ”

"No, no, no—" Wang Decai hurriedly shook his head, "This is a good way to the inn." But the last time I left, it was clear that there was no such locust forest—"

Lin Xuyan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he let go of the hilt of the sword on his waist, and then said with relief: "As long as the direction is right." I've heard that there is something unusual about the inn, and the way to the inn changes from time to time. This locust forest probably appeared by accident. It just so happens that we have run out of dry food, so why don't we take the opportunity to get some locust leaves to satisfy our hunger. ”

Wang Decai dared to say no, and nodded hurriedly when he heard this.

The locust trees here are very dense, and the shade of the trees is cool and people don't want to leave. The soldiers led everyone into the forest, built a bonfire, set up a stove, threw the young locust leaves into a pot, and boiled them with water to make wild vegetable soup to cushion their stomachs.

After taking out the water bladder and turning it upside down, after confirming that there was not much water left, everyone couldn't help but be a little worried.

It's okay if the leaves of the locust tree are unpalatable, and you can still satisfy your hunger, but if there is no water, won't everyone die of thirst?

Facing everyone's worried eyes, Lin Xuyan thoughtfully tapped the ground under his feet with the hilt of his sword, and after confirming that the soil was still wet, he instructed everyone: "Dig a deep pit underground, if you are lucky, you may be able to dig a water vein." ”

"Hey, if only there were water veins." Everyone sighed while digging the pit, "This year's drought is too much, and the smaller rivers have dried up, and if we can't find any more water, we're afraid we'll all die of thirst." ”

"Since Leader Lin said that there is a water vein, there must be a water vein." The soldiers shouted unhappily, "Don't you see that this piece of locust trees grows very densely? How can they grow so well without water veins? Dig the soil quickly with less nonsense, and have the strength to complain that it is better to work! ”

Lin Xuyan didn't pay attention to the words of others, he was holding a sword to pull away the branches above his head at this moment, looking at the sky outside.

The bonfire was already boiling, and in the boiling pot, the tender green locust leaves were tumbling up and down with the boiling water.

A burst of vague aroma of wine gradually spread, and everyone who was digging the pit couldn't help but stop their movements, twitch their noses, and sniffed.

"It's so fragrant, it's the smell of wine!" The crowd, who had not drunk for a long time, immediately became excited.

The aroma of wine came from all directions, and the big guys didn't know which direction the aroma of wine came from, so they could only look around randomly.

Wang Decai rolled his eyes quickly, and cold sweat unconsciously flowed out of his face.

He was in so much cold sweat, like a stream, it was amazing why a thin man like him could sweat so much.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xuyan asked cautiously, "Did you find anything?" ”

"This wine—this wine—" Wang Decai threw himself to the bonfire and sniffed violently, and before Lin Xuyan could frown, he turned around and stared at his bloodshot eyes and said in horror, "This pot is wine!" I've drunk this wine, it's wine bought in the inn! ”

The locust forest swept through a gust of wind, and everyone felt that the cold air was swishing on their backs, and at the same time, the aroma of wine in the forest did not decrease but increased, and it was so rich that it was intoxicating.

The soldiers hurriedly raised their sleeves to cover their mouths and noses, and those who had a small amount of alcohol had already fallen to the ground drunk.

Wang Decai hugged his head with a pale face, and shouted in a dumb voice: "There are monsters here-"

**

Master Gao was blocked at the door of the wine cellar by Hei Saburo, and he clutched the wine jar in his arms, with the intention of not letting go even if he died.

"Master Gao, now that there is a shortage of wine, and the wine brewers have not sent new goods, the wine in the inn is still a few days to last, you are like this...... Isn't it inappropriate? Hei Saburo hugged his arms and said with a smile, "Put down the wine jar in your arms." ”

"Don't let it go!" Master Gao stiffened his neck and said in a rough voice, "Lao Tzu is the guy in the inn for this wine, and Lao Tzu would have stopped doing it long ago without wine!" Since there is no alcohol, let's call those guests tea! There are so many in the tea inn, if it is not enough, Lao Tzu can also go to Xishan to pick a basket, but you can't ask for wine! ”

"You can't do it if you want to, you owe a lot of money for wine over the years!" Hei Saburo took out an account book and flipped it up, turning over more than ten pages in a row, but he hadn't reached the end yet, "Tut-tut, look, this is just your wine debt for nearly a hundred years!" ”

Master Gao shook his cheeks and asked with an ugly face, "How do you have an account book?" Didn't the account books all be put away by the bookkeeper? ”

"What do you say?" Hei Saburo shook the account book, as if he was shaking something inconsequential, and Master Gao was shocked when he saw it.

"It's useless for you to dig out the account book, and Lao Tzu doesn't owe you-" Master Gao gritted his teeth and squeezed out his voice, "Besides, as a guy at the inn, I can drink as much as I like, and you can't control it." ”

"It doesn't matter how much you drink on weekdays, just like you said, I can't control my junior." Hei Saburo suddenly sank his face and said, "But now that there is a shortage of wine, if you have the ability to suppress those noisy drinking guests outside, you can drink as much as you want." ”

As he spoke, Hei Saburo turned sideways and opened the entrance of the wine cellar, showing the group of angry-eyed guests in the lobby in front of Master Gao.

In the middle of the lobby sat a table of handsome men and beautiful women, one of whom was a man in fancy clothes, with a dark face, and his body was so demonic that it almost scared the monsters in the lobby to faint.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Dongqiao had already sent Tsing Yi and Xiuxiu to the kitchen. Now there is only a lamp ghost Su Xi outside entertaining guests, and those monster Xiao Er are trembling and following behind Su Xi, crying and explaining to the man in fancy clothes: "Guest officer, wait a minute, the wine will come up soon-"

The man in the fancy dress looked at the little two with his black and red eyes with displeasure, and his sharp canine teeth appeared on his lips from time to time, as if he would open his fangs and bite their necks at any moment.

These little two were originally little monsters, and their demon power was very low, and at this time, they were so frightened that they had already changed back to the prototype, but they couldn't see the traces just by calling the blind eye.

"It's just like that at the Santuchuan Inn." The man in the fancy costume sneered disdainfully, "Mocking the wind, this is what the good place you said is like this?" ”

"Oh, gluttony, don't worry!" Mocking Wind comforted softly, "Wine is just one of them, I have also heard of the recent drought in the mortal world, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and there is no good material for winemaking, and the wine is in a hurry recently, and it is no exception to want to come here." I didn't bring you here to invite you to drink, it is said that there is a new cook here, and her skills are very good. ”

Gluttony snorted coldly, and then used his fierce eyes to glance at the surrounding guests, and did not forget to complain: "It's all unpalatable." ”

The faces of the guests are all pale, and whoever is being gluttonous weighs the taste, can't be calm, right? Say that you are delicious, and your life is in danger; said that you were unpalatable, and there was some resentment in my heart.

Master Gao was already a little frightened.

Hei Saburo raised his eyebrows at Master Gao, and then said with a smile: "It's rare to come to the inn with gluttony, I have the intention to entertain well, otherwise if I make trouble, I will inevitably destroy half of the inn." When the time comes, our books will be twice as thick. ”

"Give it, give it!" How dare Master Gao be fierce again, gluttony is a famous fierce beast, not to mention the ferocious gluttony, the appetite is also terrible, it really makes trouble, but it doesn't end well. He had no choice but to push the wine jar in his arms into Hei Saburo's arms, and at the same time his body shrank, but he went to the depths of the wine cellar, "Lao Tzu will go find you again, and get the guy outside away first!" ”

Hei Saburo gently tossed the wine jar, then sneered, and walked towards the gluttony with the wine jar.

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