Chapter 100: The Wilderness Inn (1)
As the name suggests, the official road is repaired by the official family, and the big roads are safe and flat compared to the shortcuts and small roads. Therefore, even in winter, there are still people coming and going, and there will be tea houses and resting places when people walk. Therefore, in the remote place far away from the city, there will also be several tea houses and inns for tourists to rest and rest.
It's mid-October, and the weather is also unpredictable, and the snow starts to fall before noon, and it doesn't mean to stop until dusk. The whole day was overcast, it was just dusk, the future was already dark, and the snowy roads were very difficult to navigate, so it was already dangerous to travel at night, let alone on a snowy night. Travelers, even small traders and hawkers who are busy making a living, will cherish their lives and be forced to live in this wilderness inn.
Isn't this on the side of the road far from the city, a solitary two-story inn is full of resting guests, these people come from all over the world who don't know anyone, except for the occasional chat with each other, everyone is very little communication, the atmosphere has become cold for a while, and some people are napping at the table because of boredom.
"Ladies and gentlemen, look here." This sound broke the silence.
Hearing this, everyone looked sideways at the place where the sound came from, only to see a woman in red holding a pipa in her hand, led by the boss here standing on the performance stage, the boss here is a fat man with small eyes and big face, about forty years old, speaking loudly and loudly, if you inadvertently hear it, you will be startled. The boss began to introduce himself with a smile on his face: "Thank you for coming, the owner of this small shop is below, the surname Lu is called Lu Yong, the fourth in the family, so everyone also calls me Lu Si, the snow is falling heavily to prevent you from walking, in order to solve everyone's boredom, I will invite my niece to present a song for everyone, everyone has a song card in their hands, please choose a song." After finishing speaking, he whispered a few words to the woman and retreated, leaving the woman alone on the stage.
This woman is about twenty years old, her pointed melon seed face is slightly flushed, her eyes are shy, and her face is very delicate. This rude voice made the woman's face redder, her arms clasped around the pipa and bowed slightly, and she hesitated and said shyly: "All the guest officers and little girls are polite, you are bored here, the little girl is willing to sing a song to relieve your boredom, please order the song." ”
"Can you sing eighteen mo?" I don't know who shouted loudly, and then several people coaxed one after another.
Now Yuexiu's face was flushed, and she stood there a little overwhelmed.
At this time, a middle-aged man in a big green robe stood up, and said with a gloomy face: "Is it good to be a little educated, there are so many people, don't go too far." ”
Seeing this person, Yuexiu's hand holding the pipa used a little more strength, and the confusion just now was replaced by a strange appearance hidden in the bottom of his eyes.
The man who spoke first threw the chicken leg that he had just bitten a few bites on the table, walked over a few steps and pointed at the middle-aged man and said angrily: "Are you impatient, don't you, Lao Tzu dares to take care of his idle affairs." ”
The middle-aged man showed a little timidity, but he did not flinch and clenched his fists and said: "Don't think that you can do whatever you want if you have a loud voice and a lot of strength, and someone will clean you up." ”
The man slammed the table hard, and even the dishes, chopsticks and teacups on the table were shocked, and he stared at him and said, "I see who dares." A few steps to Yuexiu, dragged her to her side, hugged her in her arms, and smiled presumptuously: "I not only let her sing, but also let her accompany the wine!" Regardless of whether they were willing or not, he kissed the girl's face.
At this time, another hand reached over to block the front, the man kissed a few times and realized that it was not strong, and saw that it was a hand, and it looked like a quiet white-faced scholar along the hand, the man pushed away Yuexiu and grabbed the scholar's collar angrily and said: "You kid is looking for a fight!" ”
The scholar didn't see the anger and said politely: "Everyone is watching, I hope you pay attention to the influence." ”
The man roared, "I'll see who dares to care." ”
The middle-aged man was just about to go up, but was stopped by a woman next to him.
Seeing that no one dared to move, he raised his hand to hit the scholar.
The boss Lu Si saw that the situation was not good, and immediately stepped forward to dissuade him, but who knew that the man was even more arrogant.
In the noise, the door of the inn was pushed open, and a cold wind blew immediately, causing everyone in the house to be abused, seeing this situation, the boss Lu Si hurriedly stepped forward to close the door. But before he could reach the door, several men armed with steel knives, with strong bodies, black cloaks, and fur hats, came in from outside. The few people who suddenly came in startled Lu Si, and he took a few steps back, standing there stiffly, not knowing whether to step forward to greet the guests, or retreat and hide.
One of the people in the group, who looked like a head, gave a look to the people behind him, and they scattered to check if the inn was safe. Where have these countrymen seen this kind of posture, the voice of abuse just now has gradually decreased, and the troublemakers have stopped making trouble. I'm afraid that one person will accidentally provoke this group of people, and looking at the faces of these people, he really doesn't even know how he died.
After a while, the inspectors came back and replied, and the leader nodded, looked around the hall and said, "Who is the boss here?" ”
Xiao Er, who was standing next to Lu Si, stabbed Lu Si, Lu Si looked back at Xiao Er, and saw him pointing at the few people in cloaks, and immediately understood. Immediately changed a smile and stepped forward and said: "I am the boss here Xiao Lu Si, and several guest officials are still resting in the hotel." ”
The man asked, "There are a few more upper rooms here." ”
Lu Si immediately replied: "Four." ”
The man took out a few ingots of silver and put them on the table and said, "Make a charcoal fire immediately, and I will take care of these four rooms." ”
Looking at the posture of these people, Lu Si didn't dare to pick up the silver, but just nodded vigorously and said with fear: "Yes, yes, little Liuzi, Xiao Liuzi will go immediately." He also saw the posture of a few people just now, these people are not officials but also kung fu masters of darts, whether they are officials or bodyguards, neither of these two can be provoked by him, so he had to order Xiao Er to clean up.
The man didn't say anything, whispered a few words to those people, planted the silver to Lu Si and went out alone. After half a cup of tea, there was a commotion outside the inn, and then a few more people came in besides the man. A sturdy and heroic old man, a man of fifty years of age with a rich countenance, followed by a tall and burly young man in his twenties, and behind him was a young man of twenty-one or twelve, pale and with his hands on his chest, and this man was wearing a purple wool cloak, his face became paler and paler against the backdrop of this cloak.
Yes, these people are none other than Lu Jue and others who came all the way, the palace spread the news that Zhongzong is seriously ill, regardless of whether it is true or not, Lu Jue and his relatives will set out on the journey after saying goodbye, and the team will only delay time, he only selected thirty or forty people to accompany him, and the others and the prince's honor guard stayed behind to return to Beijing with Zhou Ruoshui. Due to the hurried journey for several days, and because of the cold snowfall, these martial arts practitioners can still say that Lu Jue's body has long been overloaded, and finally he can't support it and causes the recurrence of the old disease, and he intended to rush to the town with better conditions, but because of the heavy snowfall, the distance is difficult to walk, and he is afraid of missing the curfew time at the city gate, so he has no choice but to let him commit to resting in this country inn.
It is common to run inns with all kinds of people, and the boss has also learned to observe words and feelings, and when he saw Lu Jue's face, he knew that this person was sick, so he immediately called Yuexiu on the stage and asked her to lead the way to lead a few people upstairs.
Who knew that Yuexiu had just gotten off the stage, and the man who had made trouble before slapped the table and scolded: "Hey, what's going on, as soon as the rich people come, they don't care about us countrymen." He turned his head to look at the people in the inn and said: "Oh, look at the rich people who are rich people, and they don't care about the feelings of others at all, who knows how to tie up the rich people!" ”
Everyone understands what he means, and Lu Si knows what he means, so he hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "You guys are really sorry, Xiao Er is busy, and he really can't spare manpower, for a while, let Yuexiu come down and perform a song for you." "While saying good things, he is still accompaniing.
The coaxing man didn't give up, and pulled the clothes on Lu Si's chest and said sharply: "No, Lao Tzu wants to hear it now, you don't look down on us countrymen!" Is it so reluctant to befriend a rich man and become a rich man's father-in-law! How can people fall in love with this rural village girl, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't want it, I want to haha、、、、、、"
As soon as his voice fell, the crowd was commotioned.
And Yuexiu stood there embarrassed and helpless, her hands clenched tightly, and she was already crying softly.
The few people who came with Lu Jue after hearing such insulting words all stared at the man with indignation and clenched their fists, just waiting for an order to make the man shut up obediently.
Lu Si hurriedly said with a smile: "You are all guests, and I can't afford to mess with anyone, but you can take care of it a little later." ”
Where was the man willing to listen, let go of his hand and walked up to Yuexiu in a few steps, grabbed her wrist and said with a presumptuous smile: "She is my woman, you let her lead other men, you are too shameless!" ”
Yuexiu panicked and hurriedly struggled: "Where did I promise you, don't talk nonsense, let it go!" ”
"When I saw the little white face and the rich people, who would be willing to take care of us people in the mountains and wilderness." After slapping Yuexiu in the face, he pinched her chin tightly and hinted at the threat: "But these rich people are all three wives and four concubines, how can we be single-minded!" They are very tight. As soon as the words fell, he squinted at Lu Jue and laughed.
"You" Yao Minghao couldn't bear to clench his fists and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Lu Jue, he turned his head to look at his eyes, endured that breath and retracted his steps.
Lu Jue patted the back of Yang Wei's hand and motioned for him to sit down, and after sitting down, he held the table with one hand, covered his chest with the other, and said with a pleasant face after wheezing evenly: "People are divided into high and low wealth, some of them are born with it, and some people rely on acquired efforts, but no matter what, they all rely on hard work." It is not that you can vent your dissatisfaction and grievances in your heart by being loud or bullying the weak with force. ”
The man stepped forward a few steps, glared at Lu Jue angrily and said, "Little white face, I think you want to be nosy, yes, you think you are rich, don't you, I said that it hurts, right?" Xingxing" raised his hand and patted Lu Jue's cheek, and sneered: "Lao Tzu taught you the truth of being a man, you will always encounter ghosts when you walk too much at night, and you will capsize in the river when you are used to seeing strong winds and waves, Lao Tzu's woman, you don't have to worry about it." ”
Lu Jue glanced at the man, smiled, shook his hand and stood up, lowered his face and said: "Night Breeze has an unclean mouth, I hate it, teach him how to behave." Then he politely said to Yuexiu: "There is Miss Lao to lead the way." ”
Yuexiu looked at the man in horror and said timidly, "I don't dare." ”
"Girl, don't worry, please." Take a step back slightly to get out of the way of the staircase.
"Yes, Childe, please." glanced at the man again, and then led the way forward tremblingly.
Lu Jue was about to go upstairs but was stopped by Han Shao, and a hint from a look suggested that Yang Wei would take someone up first. After a while, Yang Wei walked downstairs alone and nodded to him to indicate that it was safe above.
In this way, Han Shaocai and Lu Jue said: "Son, rest early, please." ”
"Please." Lu Jue was not polite to him, nodded to him lightly and was about to go upstairs, just two steps up but saw Yao Minghao still standing in place, so he knew what he wanted to do, but his body had reached the limit and there was no free dissuasion, leaving only one sentence: "Start lightly." ”。
"Brother, don't worry, I will take good care of him." Yao Minghao was very excited to get permission, and after seeing Lu Jue go upstairs, he took a few steps forward with his fingers, and hugged his fists apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm going to disturb everyone's meal and rest, please make room for everyone, my little brother has something to deal with." Thank you、、、、、、" said thank you a few times, and after everyone was vacated, he took out two pieces of silver from his arms and threw them to Lu Si. After a few steps to the man's side, he kicked him without saying anything.
Yao Minghao is a martial arts practitioner, and this kick kicked a man who was even more burly than him to the ground. The man covered his stomach and wailed a few times, pointed at Yao Minghao and said, "You, you are bullying." ”
Yao Minghao squatted down with a smile, raised his hand and slapped again, and said: "Who made you so immoral just now, my brother has a good temper and can bear it, but the master is not so easy to speak." And I can't get used to bullying women, and today I will teach you what it means to see injustice and draw a knife to help. "Another slap in the face.
Look at those people with steel knives in their hands, the man regretted it, he shouldn't have vented because he couldn't get married, but now it's too late to regret it.