Seven miles away, Surabaya Town, Inn.

This inn located in the most deserted part of Surabaya Town has always had no guests, the boss doesn't seem to be a person who likes to do business, if he is in the mood, he will open the inn for business, and he is not in the mood, so he will close the inn and wander around the town for a day, he is both the boss and the chef, what food is eaten in the inn every day, it also depends on his mood, there is kung fu, he can even make you a delicacy that is difficult to eat in the imperial capital, no time, then a bowl of somen noodles, maybe you can forget to put salt in the noodles.

In addition to him in the inn, there is only an old mother who occasionally comes to help clean up the house, the old mother's husband and son have long since died, she has lived alone in the town for many years, the innkeeper found her, let her come to the inn every day to help with things, not only to give money, but also to provide food, of course the old mother is willing, and can find someone to talk to, and have money to take, so she goes to the inn every day to sit in the meeting, when there is something to help do things, clean up the house, help the shopkeeper wash vegetables and clean, When she had nothing to do, she grabbed the shopkeeper and talked about it, so the wrinkles on her face seemed to gradually loosen.

The shopkeeper is standing at the counter and is bored with a plan, not a reckoning, he is really just planning to play, listening to the crackling sound of the chip, he seems to want to use the chip to "play" a song of Xi Zhan, which used to be the most popular music of Daxi, from the Son of Heaven to the people, will hum gently.

The old woman who cleaned the house finished wiping the table, and was sitting on the stool in a daze, she didn't come to the shopkeeper to chat for the first time today, and the shopkeeper suddenly put away the abacus, he probably felt that the plan was also starting to get bored, so he sighed lightly, and thought, otherwise I would still close the store today, and go to the town to watch those old men play chess?

As he was thinking so, the door of the inn was suddenly pushed open, and the cold air was like madness, and he couldn't wait to pour into the house, and the shopkeeper scolded something in a low voice, and said to the visitor angrily, "Please close the door for two guests, if it's cold, you can go here to bake the fire first." ”

The shopkeeper was talking about the stove on the counter, and this stove alone was enough to warm the whole room.

The taller of the two was unceremonious, and he walked straight to the counter, pulled a stool, and sat down by the fire to roast the fire, wishing that he would lie on top of it.

The man in the back closed the door carefully, and then slowly walked to the fire, said to the shopkeeper, "How much disturbance", and then sat down next to Bai Jiujiu.

It turned out to be a very good-looking girl, no, or should I say, she was so beautiful, but at the age of twelve or thirteen, she had such a pair of moving eyes, just one glance, it made people want to fall into it. Her face, as white as the snow, turned red from the cold wind, but it only made people look more beautiful, and that touch of red, like a jewel on the crown, would only make the crown more dazzling. I don't know what kind of beauty she will become when she is married.

As for the young man who was roasting by the fire, at the age of seventeen or eighteen, his face was flushed by the fire, his face was expressionless, and his mouth was still scolding at the weather outside the house, obviously he didn't care about anything, but in his eyes, there were fierce beasts.

"Yo, it's a rare guest." The shopkeeper suddenly laughed, "Are you two sharp, or are you staying in the hotel?" ”

"Stay in the hotel." Bai Jiujiu didn't look up, still putting his hands on the edge of the stove and baking.

Ye Yuxuan suddenly pulled the corner of Bai Jiujiu's clothes, pulled Bai Jiuyue in front of him, and said, "I'm a little hungry...... Can I have something to eat? ”

Bai Jiu was stunned for a moment, smiled helplessly, then raised his head and said to the shopkeeper, "Then eat first." ”

The shopkeeper stared at the two with interest and asked, "Are you brother and sister?" ”

"It's not." The two replied in unison.

This time

Son, the smile on the shopkeeper's face is even stronger, at such an age...... The little couple, he has also seen it, there is a couple in the town, the son of the mayor of the town and the daughter of the Zhangjia pharmacy in the east of the town, but those two are not as good-looking as the pair in front of them, far from it.

"So what do you want to eat? I'm in a good mood today, as long as you want to eat, you can order whatever you want. The shopkeeper held his chin with one hand, squinted and continued to look at the two people in front of him, but he felt that he couldn't see enough.

"What do you want to eat?" Bai Jiujiu turned his head and asked.

"Want to eat ......" Ye Yuhui raised his head and looked at the roof, thought for a while, and then said, "I want to eat dumplings, cabbage and pork filling." ”

"Okay, dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork," the shopkeeper put down his palm, turned his head to look at Bai Jiujiu, and asked, "What about this little brother?" What do you want to eat? ”

"Me? I don't need to, I'm not hungry yet. Bai Jiujiu said expressionlessly.

"Huh? You're not hungry? Ye Yuxuan looked shocked, "But I heard it on the road just now......"

Bai Jiu hurriedly raised his hand, interrupted Ye Yuyi's words, and then smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, then bring me a bowl of noodles, a big bowl, any noodles." ”

He is generally not picky about what he eats, as long as he can eat it, and the reason why he chooses noodles is probably the fastest of all foods.

"Okay, a dumpling stuffed with cabbage and pork, a large bowl of noodles, please wait." The shopkeeper's voice suddenly jumped up, he looked like Xiao Er who was reporting to the back kitchen, and he couldn't tell that he was the shopkeeper of this inn at all.

The shopkeeper swayed into the back kitchen, and the old woman suddenly stood up, she also dragged a stool, sat beside Bai Jiu and them, stared at the two of them for a while, smiled, and did not speak.

The three of them were silent like this, Bai Jiuyue's body gradually warmed up, he no longer shrunk his neck, but straightened up, stretched his whole body, and then slowly exhaled, as if he had spit out all the turbid qi accumulated along the way. Ye Yuxuan also took off the fox fur and put it aside, then stretched out his hand and patted his face.

"Two," the shopkeeper suddenly lifted the curtain of the back kitchen, and walked out with a tray, he brought the tray to the three of them, put down three bowls of hot soup, and said, "Drink a bowl of hot soup first, and what you want will be ready immediately." ”

So saying, he pushed one of the bowls of soup closer to the old woman, and said, "Drink some too." ”

The old woman raised her head, nodded to the shopkeeper, and still did not speak.

The shopkeeper returned to the back kitchen, Ye Yuhui and the old woman both picked up the hot soup, gently blew off the hot air on it with their mouths, only took a small sip, took a sip of the hot soup, only felt that the cold air in the limbs and bones was dispelled, and the whole body was warm, Ye Yuhui let out a voice of enjoyment, turned his head to look at Bai Jiuyue, and asked, "Don't you drink?" ”

"I don't want to drink it yet."

Of course he can't say anything like "I'm afraid of the shopkeeper's poisoning", this inn is full of weirdness in Bai Jiuyue's eyes, it's obviously such a big inn, but now there is no guest, and there is no one in the inn, only the shopkeeper and this smiling old woman, the old woman doesn't say it for the time being, the shopkeeper, with a bad smile on his face, and squinted his eyes, he knows at a glance that he is not a good person, but I am afraid that this inn is really a black shop, specializing in human trafficking.

It's just that although this inn is located in the middle of nowhere, it is also in Surabaya Town, and it stands to reason that those black shops that do shady things should be opened in places where there are no shops in front of the village and no shops in the back, and it is too abnormal to open here.

After a while, the shopkeeper walked out with a tray carrying dumplings and a bowl of clear soup noodles, before the person arrived, the aroma had arrived, Ye Yuhui sat on the seat and sucked hard the aroma in the air, and couldn't help but admire, "It's so fragrant." ”

"Heaven Descends"

"Try it first," said the shopkeeper

The noodles and dumplings were placed in front of the two of them, and they said, "If the fragrance is not good, it is delicious." ”

"Hmm!" Ye Yuhui picked up the chopsticks with a smile, and couldn't wait to pick up a dumpling, there were a few coriander leaves floating in the bowl, the dumplings were full and fragrant, and it made people very appetizing when they looked at it.

"Beware of the burn." The shopkeeper reminded with a smile.

Ye Yuhui slowed down the movement in his hand, blew, and only then did he bite off most of the dumplings, the rich soup slowly flowed out along the broken mouth of the skin, and the crystal meat filling was exposed in front of her eyes at once, Ye Yuhui chewed slowly for a long time, and then swallowed it reluctantly, and then took a bite of the remaining half of the dumplings, and said vaguely, "It's delicious!" ”

"If you like it, it's fine." The shopkeeper put away the tray and turned back to the back kitchen.

Ye Yuxuan didn't wait for the dumplings to swallow, and suddenly called Bai Jiujiu's name, "Bai Jiujiu!" ”

"What's wrong?"

Bai Jiu turned his head, Ye Yuxuan directly forced a dumpling into his mouth, and then looked at him expectantly, his eyes were shining, and asked, "How is it?" It's delicious! ”

Bai Jiu didn't spit it out, nor did he swallow it, but after weighing it, he still swallowed the dumplings, and said with a wry smile, "It's delicious." ”

"I'll just say it! Hey, hey, hey," Ye Yuyi smiled, picked up another dumpling and put it in Bai Jiu's noodle bowl, and said, "Then I'll give you another one." ”

Bai Jiujiu had no choice but to pick up the chopsticks and plan to start, damn it, take care of him, he was poisoned if he was poisoned, anyway, you were greedy and provoked, I would have been fine if I didn't eat it......

Bai Jiu took a bite of noodles, only to find that this noodle ...... It's so fucking delicious.

After eating, Bai Jiujiu booked two rooms next to each other, and let Ye Yuxuan go up first, but he still stayed downstairs, saying that he wanted to roast the fire.

"What, aren't you afraid I'll poison my food?" The shopkeeper's one-handed pestle was still smiling.

Bai Jiujiu was stunned for a moment, but also admitted generously, "No way, she has stuffed the dumplings into my mouth, and I can't spit it out again." ”

"Hahaha, I'm afraid that I'll be poisoned, and I want to eat that dumpling, are you afraid that the little girl will be sad?" The shopkeeper asked with a smile.

This time, Bai Jiujiu did not answer, but stood straight in place.

Seeing that Bai Jiujiu didn't speak for a long time, the shopkeeper had no choice but to speak, saying, "Don't worry, I didn't poison you, I still like you two, you can rest assured, if you need anything, just shout upstairs for me to hear." ”

"Thank you." Bai Jiujiu didn't twist, but still stood in place, as if he wanted to say something.

"What, still have questions?"

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Jiujiu still spoke, "Later, someone may come to ask about our traces, and I hope that the shopkeeper can help us cover up a thing or two." ”

"The reward will not be less!" As he spoke, Bai Jiujiu took out a full silver ingot from his arms and put it on the counter.

"Yo, why not gold ingots? According to the routine in the romance, you should take out a gold ingot. The shopkeeper was unceremonious, grabbed the silver ingot, put it in his hand and looked at it carefully.

"I don't have any money, I have to save some flowers, that little girl can eat a lot." Speaking of this, Bai Jiujiu's face had a little smile for the first time.

"Well, then you can rest assured, I'll help you cover up."

"Thank you." Bai Jiujiu thanked him again, turned around and went upstairs.

The shopkeeper fiddled with his abacus by the counter again, thought about it, and simply let the old woman go home, closed the inn door by himself, saving a lot of things, looking at the appearance of the young man, they should not go out today, as for the other guests...... Probably won't come either.

Just as he was about to lift the last door panel, a group of lightly armoured men suddenly arrived at the door of the inn.