Chapter 24: Unknown Origin

"In your restaurant, someone beat our master, hurry up and find him out for me! I want his life! One of Master Zheng's subordinates whipped him on the ground, angry and ferocious, like a Dharma Protector King Kong.

"Hehe, Master Zheng, don't be angry, we will definitely find this person for you. It's just that this foot race isn't over yet...... You also know that the prefect attaches great importance to the foot race, and he hopes that our Suizhou Golden Lotus will become famous in the Datong foot race, win the first place, and become famous all over the world, and be famous for centuries......"

The owner of the restaurant tried his best to organize the subtle language that he had never used in his life to try to persuade Master Zheng.

"Gotcha, gotta stop talking!" Master Zheng impatiently interrupted the restaurant owner, "People, you go and catch it, the game continues!" ”

"Hey, hey, Boss Xie Zheng!"

The owner of the restaurant went up to the second floor and announced the end of the lying ratio. The judges voted. The last three rounds of voting were concentrated in the hands of the restaurant owner. Using his excellent arithmetic skills as a businessman, he quickly came up with statistical results.

"Today's three rounds of competition were fierce. Suizhou's women are talented, and their golden lotus is small and exquisite, delicate and beautiful, and pleasing to the eye. The judges voted for the beauties according to other criteria: thin, small, pointed, curved, fragrant, soft, and positive. Now I announce that the final leader will represent our Suizhou Golden Lotus in the Datong Foot Race, and the beauties are ......"

The owner of the restaurant sold a pass: "No. 2 beauty!" The audience applauded like thunder and cheered, drowning out the sad and joyful shouts of the No. 2 beauty: "My shoes!" ”

Although the beauties are charming and amorous in every way during the competition, they are not shameless adulteresses. They can show off the golden lotus wearing soft shoes with a lot of demeanor, but they can't bear to show off wearing plain socks. Taking off soft shoes is like taking off clothes and is an insult.

Someone in the crowd avenged the second beauty, and the stone tried to look around, eager to find the knight. But how could a hungry wolf find a prey that he couldn't find?

The game was over and the crowd dispersed. The owner of the restaurant set up a large table in the center of the hall, where the judges were seated, and invited the judges to take their seats.

Shi and Yongmen Guang pulled Bao Tiannu and Li Zigang, who were waiting outside the door, into the restaurant, and found a small table to sit down at the side.

After one dish after another from all over the country and different cuisines were served, the restaurant owner finally thought of a reason to save himself, and stepped forward to explain the problem about the murderer to Master Zheng.

Boss Zheng was already half-drunk, he took out the treasure-like soft shoes from his arms, kept stroking and playing, completely forgetting the injured warts and looking for the restaurant owner.

The owner of the restaurant was overjoyed in his heart and quietly retreated, for fear of disturbing Master Zheng again.

A skinny beggar walked into the restaurant with a broken porcelain bowl.

"Master ......" Li Zigang stood up abruptly and was pulled down by Bao Tiannu. The restaurant owner rushed to the door like an arrow from the string, trying to keep this out of place. But the time has passed, and the beggar has crossed the threshold.

"You little beggar, come to our restaurant every day to eat and drink, get out!" The restaurant owner approached step by step. The little beggar dodged and dodged, and approached the big table in the middle, intentionally or unintentionally.

The stone rushed forward to protect the little beggar with an arrow: "Don't be so fierce, his food will be counted in my account!" ”

"Okay, sir!" The restaurant owner's face changed instantly, and he didn't dare to be embarrassed when he saw that the stone was dressed as either rich or expensive.

The little beggar, like a frightened bird, hid behind the stones.

The stone turned to reassure: "It's okay, are you hungry?" I'll treat you to dinner. He immediately led her to his desk, and the three disciples of Shennong Palace looked at each other, their faces tensed and restless, and they held back laughter that almost broke out of their shells.

"What's wrong? Do you think he's dirty? ”

"No, no, no, no, we're afraid that he won't think this dish is good!" After Li Zigang finished speaking, he rubbed his face, as if he wanted to smooth out the wrinkles that had not yet grown.

Thinking that he had misheard, the stone turned to the little beggar and asked, "Do you usually beg for a living?" Whatever others give you, you eat? ”

"Yes, of course beggars live by begging!" The little beggar's frightened look just now has completely disappeared. He sat generously on the bench, his elbows propped up on the edge of the table, like the owner of the table.

He poured himself a bowl of wine, reached out and grabbed a large chicken leg, took a sip of wine and a mouthful of chicken thigh, and ate it with relish. The stone was already hungry, and when he saw that the little beggar was eating, he quickly sat down and tasted the food.

"Hey, why are you a beggar, is it because your father doesn't want you anymore?" Stone asked as he ate, he had never come into contact with beggars, and was full of curiosity and questions about them.

"I don't have a father and a mother, how can they not want me?" The little beggar's indifferent expression concealed a fleeting trace of loneliness.

"How can people not have a father and a mother?"

"Of course it's possible, because I jumped out of the crack in the stone, should I call the stone my father and mother?"

"You talk nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense. There are a lot of things in the world that you hairy boy don't know! ”

"I'm not a hairy boy, do you know Shennong Palace? I'm going to be a guest there soon, and the palace lord there will treat me as a guest! Look, the three of them are the disciples of Shennong Palace! ”

"Of course I know about Shennong Palace!" The little beggar suddenly became interested, put down the chicken legs, put his greasy fingers into his mouth and licked them, "Shennong Palace's martial arts are the best today. He has a daughter, who is as beautiful as a fairy, and there is an endless stream of people who want to see him. I heard that as long as anyone sees her face, they don't want to leave Shennong Palace again. ”

Bao Tiannu almost buried his head in the bowl, Li Zigang kept clearing his throat, and Yongmen Guang covered his cheeks, like a toothache.

"What's wrong with the three of you? Is your junior sister like he said, sinking fish and geese, and closing the moon and being ashamed of flowers? ”

"Yes, ah!" Li Zigang nodded, and many obstacles suddenly surged up in his throat, and he coughed violently.

"Of course!" Yongmen Guang moved the hand covering his cheeks to his eyes, as if the pain of his teeth spread throughout his face.

"Hmm!" Bao Tiannu answered unexpectedly, but his head never lifted.

"Good, good! Come on, come on! Master Zheng suddenly shouted loudly, and his high emotions infected the entire restaurant, "Come on, move the dishes in the middle!" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly removed the large dishes and soup placed in the middle, and wiped the vacated space clean. Master Zheng reluctantly put the pair of soft shoes in the middle of the table, and his eyes never left the soft shoes for a moment.

"Master Xu, you come to put the jade cup, so as not to miss it after a while, and blame me for putting it in a bad position."

"Master Zheng, you're too worried! The game, everyone is happy, how can it be weird? If I put it, if you can't throw it, you won't blame me! ”

Master Xu has a fat head and big ears, there are not a few hairs left, but the light from the mung bean's big eyes is not ambiguous at all, and he sees everything really clearly.

He is proud of his eight-sided spirituality, and it is the most important golden rule in his life to leave a way out for himself at all times.

He poured the jade cup in front of him with wine, but he was not in a hurry to put it in his soft shoes, patiently waiting for Master Zheng's promise.

"I won't blame you, I won't blame you, I've talked about the game!" Leaving the precious soft shoes, Mr. Zheng didn't know what to do. He kept shaking them, grabbed the chopsticks and put them down for a while, patted his thighs for a while, and urged Master Xu anxiously: "Hurry, hurry, let's start!" ”

"Good!" Master Xu finally stood up, stretched out his arm, and carefully put the jade cup into the center of the soft shoe in the center of the table.

Master Zheng stretched his neck, looked at the jade cup in his soft shoes, and raised his right arm to make a throwing gesture, as if he could measure the distance between his arm and the jade bowl, so as to accurately send the throwing object into the jade cup and obtain the supreme honor of drinking the fine wine from the golden lotus.

After the test, he confidently grabbed a peanut on the plate: "Three throws in one game, and the one who throws more times wins." The winner drinks a jade cup, and the loser drinks a big bowl! ”

"Good!" Master Xu is very refreshing, he wants to be ashamed.

Master Zheng pinched the peanuts with his thumb and forefinger, shook them a few times, and tried to get his head right. He felt that the position he was standing in was not the best one, so he moved his fat body a little to the right.

Once he was sure that he could hit perfectly, he cocked his orchid fingers to balance the force of the throw. The peanuts sunk between his two fingers whizzed over the dish and reached the much-anticipated jade cup with a perfect curve.

Cheers erupted. Master Zheng skillfully and flexibly jumped onto the chair, raised his arms in intoxication, and thanked himself for peanuts, jade cups, and the audience feasting their eyes.

Master Xu gave his warmest cheers without hesitation, but a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. This smile is by no means to cheer for Master Zheng, but to paralyze the opponent and let Master Zheng taste the taste of falling from a height.

"Master Xu, come here!" Master Zheng was arrogant, as if victory and defeat had been divided.

Master Xu was not in a hurry, and skillfully held a peanut with two fingers. He doesn't have that many fists and legs, he doesn't need these things.

Before everyone was ready, he had already thrown out the peanuts in his hand. The peanuts landed on the edge of the jade cup steadily, and did not enter the wine in the jade bowl.

At this time, everyone's eyes focused on peanuts. Master Zheng gasped, as if he wanted to suck out the peanuts. Everyone is waiting with bated breath for Peanut's next decision.

The little beggar looked up, stood up, and walked to the side of the table.

The peanuts began to tilt outward. Master Xu clenched his fists, hating to beat the peanuts into the jade cup.

Master Zheng's panicked mouth had gradually opened, waiting for the first excited cheer.