"Shopkeeper, come with half a catty of fritters and a bowl of tofu brain." The woman sat down slowly and tapped on the table, "Please hurry, I still have to hurry." ”

"Yes, yes, guest." Li Guanyu got up from the ground, washed his hands and lit the fire, and in one go, he fried the fritters and sent them up in a short time.

"Thank you for saving your life...... Li Guanyu wanted to bow, but the woman stretched out her hand to stop her.

The woman took off the hat, her face was like a flower like jade, her hair was like a waterfall, and her eyes were like stars.

Li Guanyu only felt a "boom" in his head, as if it had exploded, God, there is really such a delicate and incomprehensible woman in the world. He also thought that the appearance of a fairy was just the imagination of a literati and ink writer, although he had never seen a fairy, but he dared to say that the fairy was not as beautiful as one percent of the woman in front of him.

"Just now, the two of you were going to Zhongshan Village, Lingshou County?" Mantuo glanced at Li Guanyu casually, and took a small bite of the fritters.

"Yes, yes, if you return to the benefactors, they are the people of the three princes, and they are going to visit someone in Zhongshan Village, Lingshou County." Li Guanyu hurriedly said all the news he had heard.

"Got it." After Mantuo finished eating, he raised his hand and threw a money lead, "You don't sell breakfast anymore, and don't come to Happy Forest in the future, it's best not to stay in Shangjing, find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to live in...... But remember? ”

"But......" Li Guanyu was reluctant to enter the breakfast stall with hundreds of texts a day.

"If you want to live, do as I say." The woman's face turned cold, she turned on her horse and rode away.

Li Guanyu stood on the spot, saw the woman heading in the direction of Huaguan and Mu En, remembered something, suddenly shivered, and said to himself: "It seems that she still has to kill everything, no, I have to pack up and leave quickly, in case she regrets and has to kill me, I have no chance of survival." ”

"Thirty runs?" When Li Guanyu was packing up his things, he noticed the money left by Hua Guan Mu En and the others, and immediately smiled, "I didn't get beaten in vain, I earned thirty yuan, ah, fifty yuan, I'm not mistaken, right?" It's really fifty runs, God has finally opened his eyes, and I, Li Guanyu, have finally developed. Take a concubine, and when you go back, you will take a concubine. ”

The money left by Mantuo is fifty yuan, and Li Guanyu earned eighty yuan out of thin air, not to mention taking concubines, and it is not a problem to put a decent house. He was reluctant to have a small breakfast stall, and he didn't clean it up, so he packed more than 100 copper coins, threw them down and left.

Since then, Li Guanyu has never appeared in Happy Forest. Where he went and why he left suddenly, almost no one knows.

The day was soon dawning. The happy forest without Li Guanyu gradually became lively as usual. Except for a few people who noticed that Li Guanyu did not appear, most people did not care about Li Guanyu's disappearance.

Among the crowds of people coming and going, most of them were passers-by, just passing by Li Guanyu's stall, and then there was no possibility of meeting, who could remember a stranger passing by?

When the day was bright, a gorgeously dressed scholar came to Li Guanyu's stall with two horses and a scholar. The scholar is handsome, dressed in a long robe, and has the posture of a fairy wind and bones. The eyebrows are delicate, the demeanor is graceful, the lips are red and the teeth are white, and he is a talent.

"Lang Jun, Happy Forest is still more than thirty miles away from Shangjing, it's not too late for us to rest and hurry." The scholar said softly, he is fourteen or fifteen years old, his nose is small and tall, his eyes are beautiful, his ears are as white as jade, and his cheeks are as ruddy as clouds.

"Okay, let's rest for half an hour." The scholar sat down and tapped his fingers on the table, "Shopkeeper, serve the food." Good dishes, one serving of each. ”

"Lang Jun, the store is not here." The scholar grinned, stuck out his tongue, the tip of his tongue was pink and ruddy, he tied his horse and rolled up his sleeves, "Why don't I cook it myself." ”

"I'll do it anyway." The scholar was also bold, and he didn't avoid people, took off his long shirt, only wore short clothes, tied the apron left by Li Guanyu, kneaded the dough skillfully, and then threw the noodles into the oil pot, the oil flowers rolled, and after a while, the golden fritters came out of the pot.

The scholar was not idle, fanning the fire on the side. The two cooperated tacitly, and after a while, the fritters and tofu brains were placed on the table. The two looked at each other and smiled, not shying away from the strange eyes of the people around them, and buried their heads in feasting.

There were a few shops who knew Li Guanyu, and when they saw that Li Guanyu's stall was occupied by scholars, they had the heart to ask for an understanding, but they were shocked by the domineering and heroic spirit of no one next to the scholars, and no one dared to take a step forward.

After the scholar and the scholar finished breakfast, when they got up to hurry, the scholar raised his hand and threw ten copper coins. After thinking about it, I felt that it was wrong again, and took back seven pieces.

"I only took the store's noodles and used the store's oil, and the store didn't help, so it was enough for three cents." The scholar arched his hand to the crowd of onlookers, "Everyone, as a witness, I, Zhang Hou, did not steal the store's belongings, but just borrowed the store's treasure land for use, did it myself, and had enough food and clothing. ”

Everyone laughed, and they were all amused by Zhang Hou's style. Zhang Hou's approach is sincere or fake, at least he is fair on the surface and impeccable. It's just that everyone is puzzled that the scholar and the scholar share two horses, in the Great Xia, where horse resources are scarce, even if the four or five high-ranking officials travel, most of them ride donkeys or mules, and there are very few horseriders, and the scholar not only has his own horse, but even the scholar has a horse, which shows that he must be a child of a rich and noble family.

Since he is a child of a rich family, it is very rare to know how to cook, and the gentleman is far away from cooking, where does the scholar have the reason to go to the kitchen? Well, for the time being, regardless of why the scholar is a rich kid and has a skillful cooking skills, just saying that he can even calculate the accounts of a few pennies clearly and shrewdly, it makes countless people admire.

Thirty miles of road, said far is not far to say near but not close, fortunately it is the official road, Zhang Hou and the scholar two horses and whips, and entered the city at noon.

The two of them walked around the city, and asked more than a dozen inns in a row that were full, and the two had no choice but to lead their horses along the street all the way west.

"Lang Jun, Shangjing is really prosperous, I don't know how much better than Quanzhou."

"You can't say that, Shangjing is good in Shangjing, and Quanzhou is wonderful in Quanzhou." Zhang Hou stretched out his hand to help the scholar's back, and his loving gaze fell on his face, "Shi'er, you have been running around with me for more than a few months, sleeping in the open air, suffering from fatigue and hardship, and I have wronged you." ”

"Walk with Lang Jun all the way, no matter the mountains and rivers, I am willing." Shi'er's face was full of happiness, with a little face raised, playful and cute, where there was still a little bit of a scholar's appearance, it was clearly an innocent girl.

"Are you hungry? Eat first. Zhang Hou looked up and saw that it was a three-story restaurant, with black and gold characters on the main entrance - the good times are always there, and he pointed with his hand, "The good times are always there...... The name is quite auspicious, and here it is, regardless of whether there is a place to stay at night or not, only take care of the things in front of you. Only when you are full of wine and food can you have the energy to find an inn again, right? Ha ha. ”

When the two entered the door, Xiao Er greeted them: "Two guest officers, please upstairs." ”

The two followed Xiao Er to the second floor, chose a good position and sat down, Zhang Hou looked left and right, got up and said, "The second floor is not good, or the third floor is high and far." ”

Xiao Er looked embarrassed: "Guest officer, the third floor is full." ”

"Full?" Zhang Hou blinked and smiled, turned around and walked upstairs, with a relaxed tone, "Let the two guests give up their seats, and there will be a place." Brainless, won't turn. ”

"Guest officer, guest officer......" Xiao Er followed closely behind, with a smile on his face, "I'm sorry guest officer, the owner has set the rules, and the good times will not drive away the guests, and they will not be poor and love the rich." ”

"Love the poor and love the rich? When will I make you prosperous and love the rich and poor? Ha ha. Zhang Hou didn't stop at his feet, and he came upstairs in a few steps, and he was stunned after just one glance, "Hey, why is the layout of the third floor different from the second floor?" ”

The second floor can accommodate dozens of people at the same time, but the third floor is much smaller, although it is not a single room separated one by one, but it can only accommodate more than a dozen people to sit. As far as the eye can see, there are only three tables of guests. There are only three or five guests at each table, and unlike the hustle and bustle on the second floor, several tables of guests on the third floor are talking in whispers, and there is no noise.

"Guest officer, guest officer......" Xiao Er stopped in front of Zhang Hou, three points to laugh and three points to be polite and four points dissatisfied, "The upstairs is full of distinguished guests who are always in good times, if you don't have a guest card or make an appointment in advance, the third floor will not be open to the public, and please forgive me." ”

If Xiao Er was just laughing and polite, Zhang Hou might give in, in addition to Xiao Er's laughter and politeness, the undisguised dissatisfaction revealed made Zhang Hou's heart fire, remembering that Xiao Er deliberately emphasized just now that the good times are always in the middle of not being poor and loving the rich, he understood something, and sneered: "What is the guest card?" It sounds fresh, so let's hear it. ”

Xiao Er raised his head slightly, and said smugly: "Good times are often divided into three kinds of guest cards, one is made of silver, one is made of gold, and the other is made of beautiful jade. The silver card is worth 100 yuan, the gold customer card is worth 1,000 yuan, and the jade customer card is worth 10,000 yuan. There are three kinds of VIP cards, which can be used in restaurants, inns, tea shops, and caravans in all the good times in Daxia, and the silver card is nine percent off, the gold card is eight cards, and the jade card is seven cards...... What kind of card does the guest officer want to handle? ”

Zhang Hou opened his mouth wide and laughed exaggeratedly: "Grab money...... If you buy a silver card for 100 yuan, how much does the silver card weigh? How much does the gold card cost? Is there a way to send a card without spending money? ”

"Guest officer ......" Xiao Er stretched his voice, his eyes squinted at Zhang Hou, "The noble guest card that is always in good times is a symbol of status, if it is not a rich and noble person, it cannot be handled." Isn't it who has a few taels of silver and a few copper coins to become a guest of honor in good times, and wants to send a card without spending money? There is a way, but I am afraid that the guest officer will not dare to give it a try...... There are still vacancies on the second floor, please downstairs. ”

Zhang Hou swept his eyes and took in the guests at several tables. At the table by the window were three people, two handsome scholars and an entourage, and the entourage was all about it, although the two scholars were handsome and extraordinary, their clothes were extremely ordinary, and they were not rich and noble people just by their mannerisms. The other tables were different, everyone was well-dressed and imposing, and they all exuded a compelling atmosphere of wealth and dignity of those who had been in high positions for a long time.

Zhang Hou's eyes rolled and he smiled: "What is the way to send a card without spending money?" Say it. ”

"It's all in vain, the guest officer must be hungry, so it's the same to have a good meal downstairs." Xiao Er has self-cultivation, although his expression slightly shows disdain, but he has maintained enough restraint from beginning to end, "The food on the second and third floors, there is no difference in ingredients, and there is no difference in production methods, the difference is only high and low." ”

"People compete for a breath, what they want is high and low, and what they want is high and low." The folding fan in Zhang Hou's hand was opened with a "snap", covering his face with the fan, revealing only a pair of jumping eyes, and he smiled, "Shi'er, do you think I have the ability to get the VIP card that is always being given by the good times?" ”

"Yes, of course." Shi Er clasped his hands on his shoulders, raised his eyes, raised his chin, and his nostrils turned to the sky, "Hmph, Xiao Er, hurry up and say what is the method, my family Langjun is strong and can do anything, no matter what problems you have, he can catch them." ”

Shi'er is dressed as a scholar, her voice is shrill and thin, her eyebrows are like mountains and eyes like water, her waist is thin and her hips are wide, her neck is slender and there is no Adam's apple.

Xiao Er didn't break it, and smiled: "The water can't be too full, and the words shouldn't be too round, guest officer, do you really want to give it a try?" After setting up the rule of sending cards for free, no one has succeeded. I have a word in advance, and if something goes wrong, I will bear the consequences. ”

Zhang Hou laughed: "It seems that I don't have a lot of responsibility, the husband has something to do and something not to do, you brothers and sisters to testify, this matter is my voluntary move, if there is a mistake, I will bear it alone!" ”

The two scholars and an entourage sitting by the window, the three of them have been looking at them with curiosity since Zhang Hou and Shi'er went upstairs. At this time, seeing Zhang Hou asking everyone to testify, the two glanced at each other and got up together.

The two are almost the same in height, one is handsome and handsome, and the other is handsome and rough. The handsome scholar was dressed in a white shirt, he smiled, and bowed to Zhang Houyao: "Brother Tai, I am willing to testify for you." ”

The handsome and rugged scholar was dressed in a gray shirt, he bowed casually, shook his hand and said: "What Brother Kantai does is also a person of temperament, you don't have to stick to false etiquette, you can do it if you want to, what are you talking about?" ”

"That's right." Zhang Hou returned the salute to the two, laughed, and said to Xiao Er, "Xiao Er, what kind of rules are you?" ”

Xiao Er didn't say much at the moment, took a few steps to the table of the two scholars, and smiled humbly: "Please ask the two guest officers to open the window of the table." ”

Without saying a word, they lifted the table a few feet away from the window. Xiao Er pushed open the window, looked out of the window, leaned over half of his body, and pointed upward: "Guest officer, the last of the four big characters on the 'good times' is missing, the owner said, whoever can make up for the last one, will give a gold card with good times." ”

"Gold card, a thousand guan, haha, good, a thousand guan, cost-effective, very cost-effective. This rule is very sincere...... "Zhang Hou put his hands behind his back, strode to the window, full of spirits, came to the window and looked out, the laughter stopped abruptly, and gasped, "This, this, this is too high, right?" ”

Good times are often in the restaurant a total of three floors, the door of the first floor has good times often in four italic characters, there is no payment, and I don't know which famous handwriting, the pen is vigorous, the penmanship is elegant. On the roof of the third floor, there is also an attic about one zhang high and thick and sharp, and a sign is also hung on the top of the attic, with black characters on a white background, and four large characters in the book - good times are always there. It's just that the last word "in" is missing a horizontal, if you stand on the first floor and look at it, it is too far away, and you can't see it clearly. At this time, looking out from the window on the third floor, I can see it vividly.

Lishu's "good times are always there" four big characters, simple and elegant, and faintly reveal a king's atmosphere, although there is no payment, with Zhang Hou's eyesight, you can see at a glance that it must be from the hands of the world's famous artists, and it is also one of the most famous famous masters in Daxia. It's just that since he is a famous artist, why he wrote one less stroke, it should be deliberate.

It's also strange, I don't know who the owner of the good times is, why ask a famous person who can't be invited by ordinary people to write a plaque of "good times", but write one less stroke? Well, let's take it as a deliberate legacy of a famous artist, why did the owner who is always in the good times hang high in the attic and set up such a rule to give a gold card to people?

What a weird thing!

When Zhang Houzheng was puzzled, Xiao Er waited impatiently, chuckled, knocked on the window lattice and said, "Guest officer, please downstairs." ”

"Hmph, what's the big deal, downstairs is downstairs, anyway, it's just a meal inside and out, upstairs and downstairs, can you be out of the sky? Lang Jun, I don't want any gold cards, I can't gamble on my net worth and life. Shi Er stopped doing it, pouted, and pulled his thick sleeves, "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and those who die in their way are right; Shackling the dead is not the right fate. If you lose your life because of this, you will die because of it. Compared with Lang Jun's great cause of the country and the immortal event, what is a small gold card with good times? ”

The handsome scholar and the handsome scholar glanced at each other, and the position where the two of them stood did not need to lean out of the window to see the four big characters on the attic. The handsome scholar shook his head and smiled: "Brother Shen, if it's you, dare to go up and give it a try?" ”

"Why don't you dare?" The handsome and rugged scholar raised his eyebrows, raised the chopsticks in his hand, and pointed out the heroism of the country, "Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar and a marquis?" Now that Great Xia is peaceful and prosperous, if I had been born when I was at war with the Jin State, I would have put pen to paper and served the country. Thousands of troops are not afraid, let alone the eaves of the small hut in front of them? ”

The handsome and rugged scholar turned around and clasped his fists at Zhang Hou: "If Brother Tai is worried about his life, if he can be trusted, it is better for me to give Brother Tai a try." ”

"No, no, it's Zhang's business, how dare you work for your brother?" Zhang Hou returned the salute, took off his robe while speaking, and threw it with Shi'er, he looked up to the sky and smiled, "Xiao Er, bring a pen." ”