Chapter 278: A Gang of Robbers in Disguise
After a short walk, an inn appeared in front of me, and the inn was made of yellow sand like the other houses, and a huge yellowed cloth banner hung on the high wooden pole at the door, with four words written on it - Yellow Sand Inn!
It is estimated that there will not be much business in the name of this store, who wants to live in the yellow sand without trouble!
I didn't even think about pulling Xiaodouzi and Yan'er into the inn.
As I expected, as soon as I entered the inn, I found that the lobby was full of empty wooden tables, and occasionally there were only three or five diners sitting at the few wooden tables by the window, who were boredly drinking the wine in the bowl, and whispering a few words from time to time. As soon as the shopkeeper saw us entering, he greeted us, "How many guest officers?" Is it a pointer or a stay? ”
Without saying a word, I pulled Xiaodouzi and Yan'er to sit at a wooden table, and then looked up at the shopkeeper, "Get us a few bowls of water first!" ”
"Okay!" It is estimated that it is not the first time that the shopkeeper has seen a diner like us who wants to drink water as soon as he enters the door, so he turned around and left, and after a while, he turned around and walked back with three bowls in his hand, "Guest officer, you want water!" ”
As soon as the three bowls fell off the table, we were busy picking up the bowl and drinking it all, the water entered the throat and suddenly an indescribable comfort spread all over the body, there is a saying how to say, boiled water is the best drink, I didn't believe it before, and now I can't help but believe it!
Seeing that the three water bowls were empty, the shopkeeper asked, "Three guest officers, what do you want to eat?" ”
I raised my eyes to look at him and said leisurely: "Beef, chicken, braised pork, and things that carry hunger are all served, and the wine is not needed, and we will stay in your inn tonight!" ”
"Okay!" The shopkeeper picked up the three empty bowls, answered loudly, and then turned around and went to the back kitchen.
As soon as the shopkeeper left, Yan'er couldn't help but ask me: "Uncle, are there any bad people in this inn?" ”
"Uh...... Well, Yan'er, although I said that this river and lake is very dangerous, there is no need to be a soldier, if you really treat everyone around you as a bad person, you will be very tired! I said with black lines all over my head.
"But uncle," Yan'er whispered, "I seem to see a few people over there watching us!" ”
I followed his gaze, and saw three or five strong men in shabby clothes sitting around the wooden tables by the window, although it was cold, but these strong men did not feel cold at all, a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads, and they whispered a few times from time to time, raised their eyes and pretended to look at us unintentionally.
I was shocked, damn it, this is obviously a group of robbers in disguise!
"It's okay, Yan'er, the so-called people don't offend me, I don't offend people, if people offend me, they will let him die without a whole body!" I pretended to glance at the strong men unintentionally, and lowered my voice to comfort.
"Hmm!" Yan'er nodded slightly.
Xiao Bai, who was hiding in Xiao Douzi's clothes, had already turned over on the table at this time, bored and lazy to sniff and look around, that state was like a playful and curious child, and after a while, Xiao Bai jumped on me and squatted on my shoulder.
While we were having a great time, one of the strong men stood up and walked over to us.
I continued to tease Xiaobai quietly, and it wasn't until the strong man came up to me that I raised my head and asked deliberately, "You...... Looking for something to do with us? ”
"Ha Lu Ha ......, look at your outfit, come from other places!" The strong man's face was full of flesh and eyes, and as soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was deep, and his eyes flashed a little greedy.
"So what?" I don't look at him anymore.
"Don't you know that this Huangsha Town is our territory, and since you are here, you have to pay protection money!" The big man continued.
"Protection money?" I looked up at him, "Which way are you?" ”
The strong man obviously didn't expect me to ask such a question, and looked at me puzzled.
"Hmph," I snorted coldly and continued, "shouldn't you even come out and collect protection money on any road?" It's really overwhelming! As I spoke, I took down the Bi Ran sword behind me and put it on the wooden table with a 'bang'.
As soon as the sword was placed on the table, the strong man was stunned, and the strong men behind him saw that there was something strange here, and they all stood up. Seeing that his brothers were looking this way, the strong man in front of him raised his hand and waved it casually, and the strong men sat down again.
"This old gentleman, you have seen it, there are all my brothers behind me, our brothers just didn't bring money for dinner, if you bring it, help the brothers put it on first!" There was a bit of threat in that strong tone.
I smiled and said forcefully: "Although this is the first time I have come to Huangshan Town, I haven't seen a few snakes, but today I actually saw a few toads!" ”
"What ...... you say?" The strong man also saw my banter at this time, and his face was full of anger and was about to pounce.
I glanced at Xiaodouzi on the side, Xiaodouzi nodded slightly, pulled Yan'er and hid aside, and even Xiaobai, who was squatting on my shoulder, realized the existence of danger, and jumped on Xiaodouzi's shoulder as soon as he turned around. The strong man pounced on me, and I immediately recited the mantra in my heart, and then waved my right hand seemingly casually, only to see three cold rays of light flying across the strong man's forehead, and sticking straight into the ground, without hurting him at all.
As soon as the three sharp knives landed, they disappeared in front of their eyes, and they were not noticed by others as fast as they could, but there were three dirt holes left in the ground.
The strong man knew that he had already turned around at the gate of the Yama Palace, and as soon as the sharp knife passed by, he was stunned and motionless.
This move ended in an instant, except for me and the strong man in front of me, no one else could see what was happening, even Xiaodouzi and Yan'er didn't know what was happening in front of him, the strong man was so stunned, the brothers behind him thought that something had happened to him again, and they stood up and were about to rush over.
The strong man raised his hand suddenly, stopping his brethren.
"Who the hell are you......?" The strong man looked up at me, his eyes already full of timidity and fear.
I laughed, "It's just a passerby!" ”
"Passerby?" The strong man continued to look at me.
"Not bad!" I nodded slightly.
"But ......." The strong man still has something to say.
I stood up close to his ear and whispered, "Nothing happened just now, you are just dazzled, remember, no one can tell what happened just now, otherwise it will ......!" "At this point, I deliberately paused and stopped.
Let him think about the rest for himself, sometimes it's as simple as pretending!
The strong man nodded his head at my words, and then turned around and ran back to his brothers, and when everyone saw him turn back, they were all busy shouting 'big brother', but this strong man knew each other, and kept his mouth shut.
Xiaodouzi and Yan'er were also full of curiosity, and slowly sat down again.
"Brother Bi, he ...... What's wrong? Xiaodouzi timidly turned his head and glanced at the silent strong man sitting by the window.
"Hehehehe...... I just told him that I was just a passer-by, and I didn't have any money with me!" I laughed.
"But...... He......? Little Beanzi continued to ask.
"As soon as he heard it, he was so kind that he didn't want it anymore, it's as simple as that!"
Yan'er listened to my words, looked at Xiaodouzi, and then turned her head to look at me, "But uncle, ...... these three knife edges?" As he spoke, he pointed to the three dirt holes in the ground.
I was sweating profusely, I didn't expect Yan'er's observation to be so detailed! I hurriedly got up and rubbed the three soil holes with my feet, and said in a cover-up: "Chopsticks, they are inserted with chopsticks!" ”
Xiaodouzi and Yan'er looked at me together.
I hurriedly turned my head and pretended to be okay and looked away.