The young man replied: "I am exempt from respecting the surname Gongsun, and the single name is a sword character, what about you, brother?" ”

The man didn't know if it was because of the strength of the wine or what, he blushed and lowered his head, and hesitated for a long time before replying: "Brother, my name is Gu Linger." ”

When Gongsun Jian heard this, he couldn't help but squirt out a sip of wine that he had just drunk in his mouth before he had time to swallow, and laughed.

"Why is Brother Gongsun laughing? Is my name too ugly? ”

Gu Ling'er was serious, and suddenly suppressed her smile, as if she was a little annoyed, as if Gongsun Jian's laughter was a mockery of his name.

Gongsun Jian hurriedly explained: "Gu Ling'er is very good, but Brother Ling'er's name is the same as yours, how can there be no masculinity?" ”

Gu Linger pouted, glared at Gongsun Jian, and said, "How do I know the name taken by my father?" ”

Gongsun Jian nodded to Gu Ling'er, which was regarded as an understanding of his name, so he changed the topic: "Why is Brother Ling'er here and where are you going?" ”

Gu Linger replied: "I am going to Luoyang next, passing through here." Dare to ask where is my brother going? ”

Gongsun Jian was pleasantly surprised: "It's a coincidence, I will also go to Luoyang in the next place, and we can go all the way." ”

……

The two talked and drank wine, and before they knew that an hour had passed, the wine and food on the table had been swept away, and the two had already eaten and drunk.

Gongsun Jian wiped his mouth, swept his sharp gaze for a week, and said to Gu Linger in a low voice: "I have a hunch that this is not a place to stay for a long time. ”

Gu Linger looked out of the door, the sun had already set at this time, and night was about to fall, so she looked at Gongsun Jian with puzzled eyes and asked, "Why did Brother Gongsun say this?" It's getting dark, why don't you rest here for one night and leave tomorrow? ”

Gongsun Jian actually wanted to have a good night's rest, he had been on the road for two days and two nights in a row, he was really tired, he had just drunk a few bowls of wine with Gu Ling'er, and now he wanted to go to sleep even more when he was drunk.

But with his many years of experience in walking the rivers and lakes, he vaguely felt that this was not a place to stay for a long time, and he had to leave as soon as possible, and it was not yet known what would happen at night.

"Brother Ling'er, don't you think this inn is abnormal? It's in a remote place, so why is there so many guests at this inn? And they were all young men. ”

Gongsun Jian's words reminded Gu Ling'er, and he hurriedly turned his head to look around, and suddenly felt that everyone here seemed to have become mysterious all of a sudden. As Gongsun Jian said, they are indeed all men, and there are no women or children.

Everything here seems to have an unusual smell.

Gu Linger hurriedly got up, went to the table he was sitting at just now, took the baggage and a sword he had put there, and changed color and said, "This ...... Why is that? I'll call the store and ask. ”

The shop guy heard Gu Linger's shout and hurriedly walked over: "What do you want from the guest officer?" ”

Gu Linger suddenly pulled out her long sword, put it on the neck of the shopkeeper, and turned her face and said, "Okay, it turns out that you are opening a black shop!" ”

The shopkeeper was so frightened by Gu Linger's sudden movement that he trembled, Gu Linger's long sword did not touch the skin of the shopkeeper's neck, but he could feel the coldness of the blade through his clothes.

The shopkeeper said tremblingly: "Guest officer, if there is any inconsiderate hospitality, even if you say it bluntly, you can't make this joke." ”

Gu Linger stepped on the chair, slapped the table and asked sharply: "Who is joking with you, let me ask you, since it is not a black shop, why are the customers here all young and strong men, who are they?" ”

Gu Linger slapped the table and shouted loudly, alarming everyone in the inn hall, and everyone looked at Gu Linger and the shopkeeper in surprise.

A few guests next to him seemed to be unaccustomed to Gu Linger's actions, stood up and pointed at Gu Linger and asked, "Who are we talking about you?" Do you still want to commit murder in broad daylight? ”

Gu Linger didn't know where he got the courage, maybe it was those people who accused him and made him lose face in front of Gongsun Jian, so he pointed at those people and said: "I see that you and this hacker stack are a nest of snakes and rats, a raccoon dog, what?" Do you want to take advantage of the darkness and high wind in the night to make money and kill yourself? ”

The crowd gathered around at once.

Seeing this, Gongsun Jian hurriedly grabbed Gu Linger's hand and took the long sword in his hand away, because Gongsun Jian felt that it was indeed not a wise move to cause trouble here.

What's more, among these people who came around, of course, there were some who came to see the excitement, but maybe there were really strongmen and bandits among them, waiting for opportunities to make profits.

"Brother Ling'er, put down your sword quickly, don't mess around!"

Gu Linger listened to Gongsun Jian's words, and suddenly felt that she was really a little reckless, so she took the sword and stopped talking.

Who knew that what he said just now really annoyed those people, only to see those people blowing their beards and glaring Gu Ling'er.

"What did you just say? Who is a nest of snakes and rats? Who is a raccoon dog? Who is trying to kill for money? Don't even think about leaving if you don't make it clear today. ”

One of them reached out to Gu Linger and grabbed it in the chest, probably his original intention was to grab Gu Linger's collar and question, although the outstretched hand was not hit with a fist, but it also moved first.

Gongsun Jian didn't want to cause trouble, so when he went out, he put forbearance first, and he could save a lot of trouble. But Gongsun Jian saw that these people thought that they were too many and bullied the widows and were aggressive, which made Gongsun Jian, who had always been the most unscrupulous, angry and angry.

Gongsun Jian grabbed the man's hand that was stretched out to Gu Ling'er, and said to the man: "The gentleman doesn't move his hands, this little brother was offended by his words just now, and apologized to you on his behalf. ”

Gongsun Jian followed the master to practice martial arts in the mountains, ten years of time was not wasted, and got the true inheritance of the master, not only proficient in swordsmanship, Tai Chi boxing is also first-class, hand-to-hand grappling and fighting is Gongsun Jian's forte.

Standing in front of a few men staring at each other, although Gongsun Jian didn't know what their martial arts were, but Gongsun Jian didn't put them in his eyes, if they really moved, Gongsun Jian was not an opponent for a few people.

The man who was grabbed by Gongsun Jian's hand resisted a few times, and wanted to withdraw his hand, but he was tightly held by Gongsun Jian, and after a few efforts, he didn't succeed, so his face turned red, and the green tendons on both sides of his forehead burst out.

Gongsun Jiantou was not biased, and caught the man's fist with one hand, and the man stumbled and fell to the ground.

Seeing that their companions were at a loss, the group immediately drew the big sword at their waist and pressed towards Gongsun Jian, seeing that a vicious battle was about to unfold in the hall of the inn.

The people watching the excitement saw those people showing their murder weapons, and they screamed and scattered in all directions, for fear that the next vicious fight would hurt them.

"Guys, stop!"

At this time, I saw that the innkeeper hurriedly ran over, kept saluting those people and Gongsun Jian, and came over with a smile on his face to persuade him.

"Rest your anger, rest your anger! Don't do it, our store is a small business, can not stand your toss here, please look at the face of the contemptible people, and harmony is precious, and harmony is precious! ”

The innkeeper is right, when you go out, you should take the word forbearance first, and peace is precious. Bumps and bumps are inevitable, as long as it is not a deep hatred, and someone comes to persuade the fight, this fight will not be fought.

At this time, everyone also surrounded you and me, and pulled those people and Gongsun Jian apart, and the atmosphere that had just been tense became peaceful.

Those few people glared at Gongsun Jian and Gu Ling'er viciously, looking extremely unconvinced, but they still snorted a few times in their mouths and walked away.

The innkeeper told the guests to disperse, and then said to Gongsun Jian and Gu Ling'er with a smile: "I heard from the shopkeeper just now, what does this little brother want to ask?" Please ask, and the contemptible person should answer truthfully. ”

Gu Linger glanced at the innkeeper and said, "I just asked you why the customers in your store are all men and no women or children. ”

Gongsun Jian also said: "This brother of mine used inappropriate words and behaved recklessly, please ask the shopkeeper Haihan!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's all in the past."

The innkeeper sat down and patiently explained their doubts to Gongsun Jian and Gu Ling'er.

"This is the only way to Yuzhou, but it is a small road, the two do not know, after the store to the north of more than 300 miles there is no human population, are the mountains and deep mountains and old forests, there are often tigers and leopards infested, so dare to take the road is generally young men and people in a hurry."

The innkeeper continued: "As we all know, to get around this mountain range, it takes more than half a month to walk the main road. But the average woman and the child and the faint-hearted, which one dares to take a shortcut? So it is not surprising that there are no women or children living from this place. As for the large number of customers in the small shop, they all stayed here for two days and waited for more people to go together......"

"Oh, I see!" Gongsun Jian nodded.

The innkeeper smiled again: "The two of you just came, there are dozens of customers in our store now, and you can set off together tomorrow and go to Yuzhou." ”

"Uh-huh!"

Gongsun Jian promised again and again, he hadn't slept for two days and two nights, and he really couldn't walk tonight, and besides, there were no people for more than 300 miles, and it was indeed too unsafe to walk alone.

"Do you still have an upper room?" Gongsun Jian asked.

The innkeeper replied, "You brothers are blessed men, and there happens to be an upper room left upstairs, so I will ask my fellow to take you up." ”

Gu Linger suddenly interjected at this time: "One? Two of us wanted two rooms. ”

Gongsun Jian glanced at Gu Linger, he felt that what Gu Linger said was right, although the two of them had already called brothers and sisters at this time, but after all, they had just met, and it would be embarrassing to live together, so he said to the innkeeper: "The upper room upstairs will be given to my brother, and I can live in an ordinary room if I don't have an upper room." ”

Unexpectedly, the innkeeper was embarrassed: "There are many guests today, and there are no ordinary rooms, so there is only one upper room left." ”

……

"There's only one room left? I'm going to live in a separate room, boss, and you're going to make two rooms for us anyway. ”

Gu Linger's expression was a little weird, and she stared at the innkeeper in surprise, looking extremely unhappy.

When Gongsun Jian saw Gu Ling'er like this, he thought that he was unwilling to live in the same room with him, which made Gongsun Jian feel a little embarrassed.

Originally, when you go out, how can you be so exquisite, it's good to have a place to rest, not to mention that two people and men live in one room?

Gongsun Jian wanted to give up the room to Gu Ling'er, but if that was the case, where would he live? I haven't had a good rest in the past few days, and I have drunk a lot of wine tonight, and now my head is groggy and sleepy.

Gongsun Jian looked at Gu Ling'er, he was well-dressed, his skin was smooth and fair, and he knew at a glance that he was the son of a big family. This kind of person is spoiled at home, can't stand the slightest grievance, and often has a stubborn personality, and is unhappy if he doesn't go his way.

This kind of boy's temper and personality are generally very annoying. Gongsun Jian thought to himself: I can't help you when you go out, this is not your home, you can't live in it.

"Brother Ling'er, I can't drink enough, and now that the wine is strong, I'll go up and rest first."

After Gongsun Jian finished speaking, he took up his baggage, left Gu Linger and the innkeeper, and went upstairs by himself.

"This ...... This ......"

Gu Linger didn't know what to do for a long time, but she didn't follow, but continued to negotiate with the innkeeper.