Xu Mingyuan looked at the lobby of the inn, there were a few oil lamps around, although it was not bright, it was not dim. There are more than a dozen square tables on the first floor, which is not small, and only four tables are sitting at this time, which is really not much.

There is a long counter inside, and behind it stands a thin middle-aged scholar in a gray robe, with his head down, holding a brush in one hand and an abacus in the other. Behind the counter is a staircase, and the second floor should be a guest room.

"I'll just sit by the window, I'll be tired of the shopkeeper's sister." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile, walked to a table by the window with the long sword, sat down, and lightly rested the long sword on the table.

"What shopkeeper sister, it's ugly, either call Sister Nie, or call Sister Shuangniang, look at you are going to the Chang'an Imperial Examination, if you can come back with the champion, my sister can boast to others that I also have a good brother who won the champion." The shopkeeper followed Xu Mingyuan to the table, glanced at the green frost on the table, poured Xu Mingyuan a cup of herbal tea casually, and put it in front of him.

Xu Mingyuan smiled, this shopkeeper is a little interesting, to be able to have such a big inn with a female streamer, naturally has its means. Xu Mingyuan is just a poor scholar no matter how he looks at it, but he didn't expect her to be so attentive to him.

"Sister Shuangniang laughed, how can this champion be so easy, to be on the list is to hit the luck." Xu Mingyuan picked up the teacup and took a sip, shook his head with a smile and said.

"My sister can see people accurately, I said that if you can win the champion, you will definitely not be able to escape." Being called sister by Xu Mingyuan, this Nie Shuangniang was a little happy, and said with a smile.

"Then borrow the auspicious words of Sister Shuangniang." Xu Mingyuan also responded with a smile, and humbly accepting people's praise is the right way.

"Good. Then you sit down first, and my sister will go to the back and have a look. Let them be quick. Nie Shuangniang said with a smile, leaving with a graceful gait.

The inn is closed on all sides. Feeling cold, Xu Mingyuan glanced at the six men in their thirties who were in the corner with strong physiques, wearing short jackets, and shouting for a drinking order, and his eyes were slightly condensed, and he looked away.

Those few people looked dressed as a merchant traveling into Shu, and there was a long knife beside them, and the merchant had to go south and north, so it was not surprising that he was defending himself with a sword. However, it seems that the weather in the north is a little colder than here. I don't know if it's snowing in the Beili grassland.

In the other corner sat a middle-aged couple, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, with an ordinary appearance, the woman seemed to have a cold, coughing with a black hand towel, and the middle-aged man with a Chinese face sitting opposite him poured her a glass of water and looked at her with a worried face.

At the middle table sat a middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman, looking rather dignified, sipping wine. At the same table were two lean middle-aged men in black suits, most of whom were also wealthy businessmen who had entered Shu.

What Xu Mingyuan noticed was a young man sitting by the window on the other side, who was about twenty years old and had an ordinary appearance. There are a few playful freckles on the nose and sparse and somewhat yellowish eyebrows.

A cyan suit was washed white, and on the table was a long sword wrapped in rags with the hilt of the sword. A plate of peanuts, a pot of sake. With Erlang's legs crossed, he was tilting his head to pick up the peanuts he had lost. There was a lazy smell all over his body, which made people can't help but look at him twice.

As if feeling Xu Mingyuan's gaze, the lazy young man caught the last peanut, glanced back at Xu Mingyuan, and nodded at him with a smile.

Xu Mingyuan also smiled and nodded, it seems that this person's martial arts should not be weak and very sharp.

The little guy went downstairs and told Xu Mingyuan about the room, lit an oil lamp on the table, and the wine and food came up after a while, a plate of peanuts, a plate of fried snails, a pound of sauced beef cut into thin slices, neatly stacked on the plate, and a pot of warm old rice wine.

Xu Mingyuan held the wine jug with both hands, and waited until his hands were warm, then he took a white porcelain cup and gave himself a glass. This wine is orange and yellow, clear and transparent, mellow and fragrant, and you know that it is the best quality before you drink it. I didn't expect that there would be such good wine in this small town inn, which really surprised Xu Mingyuan.

Master is good at wine, Xu Mingyuan has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he is naturally quite insightful about wine tasting.

Xu Mingyuan had just brought the wine glass to his mouth before he could drink it, and a call from the little guy came from outside the door, and as soon as the words fell, there were already footsteps at the door.

Xu Mingyuan turned his head to look, a burly young man about twenty years old, with a clear face, eyebrows like a sword, and a blue and white cardigan suit, just walked into the door with a gray package on his back.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the silver iron gun he holds in his hand, which is more than one person tall, and it is made of pure iron from the head to the body of the gun, and the weight is not light at a glance.

With just one glance, Xu Mingyuan dared to conclude that this young man was from a wealthy family, and his kung fu was not weak, and the iron spear weighed fifty or sixty pounds, not to mention that ordinary people could dance.

The burly young man's eyes swept in this hall, first stopped on the lazy young man for a while, and then fell on Xu Mingyuan, paused, his eyes lit up, ignoring the little guy talking in his ear, strode to Xu Mingyuan's table, and said loudly at Xu Mingyuan: "This brother is on the lower Li Mu, this alone drink is boring, can you sit at the same table?" ”

Xu Mingyuan's wine glass was brought to his mouth and he hadn't drunk it, but when he saw this, he hurriedly put it back on the table, got up and saluted back: "Under Xu Mingyuan, Brother Li doesn't have to be polite, the two of them drink together, it's really better than drinking alone, please sit." ”

"Your name is elegant." Li Mu smiled quite heartily when he heard this, put down the spear in his hand, leaned against the big pillar next to the table, pulled out the stool and sat opposite Xu Mingyuan. The spear landed, but it didn't make the slightest sound, which shows that his kung fu is indeed not weak.

The little guy in Tsing Yi was still standing behind Li Mu, not daring to speak out. After working in this inn for a few years, I still have this eyesight. That Li Mu looks like a rich lord when he is dressed, and the spear in his hand is even more bluffing, but such a character has to be carefully served. If he is happy, he will inevitably give a reward.

"Master took it at will." Xu Mingyuan smiled, took another wine glass, poured it and handed it to Li Mu. "It's cold outside, so warm up with a glass of warm wine first."

"Good wine." Li Mu was slightly stunned when he heard this, reached out and took the wine glass, drank it all in one gulp, and looked at Xu Mingyuan with a stronger smile. Dressed up in his identity and with the silver gun in his hand, ordinary scholars saw him and avoided him, and few were as calm as Xu Mingyuan and invited him to drink.

Seeing that Li Mu drank it all in one gulp, Xu Mingyuan also picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it slowly. This wine is mellow and smooth, the taste is pure and pure, just a glass of belly, it has risen three points of warmth, and I can't help but sigh: "It is indeed a good wine." ”

Li Mu took a pair of chopsticks from the chopsticks, took two slices of beef into his mouth and chewed them, nodded, put down the chopsticks, took out a piece of broken silver from his arms, threw it to the little guy behind him, and said to him: "All the good wine and food in this store are served to me, and then prepare a good guest room for me." and Brother Xu's room and the money for wine and food are also counted here, and the rest will be rewarded to you. (To be continued.) )