Chapter 9: Rumors

The shopkeeper wiped his sweat again, his handkerchief was already soaked, he turned his head and saw the guys standing in a row on the side, and commanded angrily: "What are you doing standing here, waiting for me to feed you?" Don't let me go out and see if the clothes in the store have been taken advantage of! What's the use of a dry station here? Do they have wood on their heads? Looking at the way you look one by one, you can't do a few serious things in a day! ”

When he turned his head scolding, he found that Xu Yun had already walked a few steps away, he snorted at Xu Yun's back and scolded: "What a fucking bad luck!" A beggar still wants to come to me to buy something, and he still dreams big about it during the day! ”

I thought that Xu Yun would not react, and was about to turn around and go back to the store, but Xu Yun suddenly turned around.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the shopkeeper with a brute face, with a chill and a hint of danger in his eyes, as if he was staring at some kind of prey, and he shivered at the shopkeeper.

Xu Yun probably caught a glimpse of the scholar who had not left yet, shrugged his shoulders, quickly retracted his gaze, and turned to leave.

As soon as Xu Yun left, Gu Chen followed silently, only to vaguely hear the shopkeeper behind him spitting again, and continued to scold, as if he was emboldening himself.

When passing by a steamed bun shop, Xu Yun stopped, the boss was thin and tall, he first glanced at Xu Yun curiously, and then seemed to ask as a matter of course: "What to do?" ”

Fu Rusi estimated that Xu Yun was reluctant to ask more questions, so he only said, "Take just two." ”

The boss glanced at Xu Yun again, took out two steamed buns from the steamer and wrapped them in a paper bag and handed them to Xu Yun, smiled, and said, "Take them and eat them." ”

Xu Yun didn't move, and said dissatisfiedly: "This is plain." ”

The boss paused for a moment, and said with a smile of disbelief: "You guys are quite picky now, and you don't eat steamed buns for nothing." ”

Hearing this, Xu Yun looked up at the boss and said, "Give money, I want meat." ”

The boss glanced at Xu Yun up and down, and still felt a little funny: "Okay, you can give money if you say it." ”

The boss put the steamed buns back, took three meat buns out, and waited for Xu Yun to take it before saying, "You pay for two, and the rest should be given to you." ”

Xu Yun was holding a steaming paper bag in one hand and groping for something on his waist with the other.

The boss didn't seem to really believe that Xu Yun could come up with any money, so he didn't ask anything, and continued to shout at passers-by.

Until a piece of gold was handed to him, the boss's mouth was still open, he looked at the gold in front of him, and then looked at Xu Yun, who had no expression, and hurriedly brushed off Xu Yun's hand, looked left and right, and whispered: "Don't put it away quickly!" ”

Xu Yun was a little puzzled: "Pay." ”

Seeing that no one around was paying attention to this, the boss breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that Xu Yun hadn't put away the gold in his hand yet, and said anxiously: "Where do you want to get so much, you..."

"Brother Zhao, you take two more steamed buns, and I will settle the account with this son."

A slow and gentle voice interrupted the boss's words, and Xu Yun and the boss looked at the person who came, it was the scholar.

Fu Rusi looked at it and asked with some curiosity: "Where did he come from, why is it so coincidental?" ”

Gu Chen: "... He's always behind us. ”

Fu Rusi was a little surprised, "He's following Xiao Yun?" ”

Gu Chen: "... Way. ”

Gu Chen noticed that although the scholar had been walking not far behind them, he was just picking up some things along the street, and he didn't deliberately follow them.

The boss, who was called Brother Zhao by the scholars, laughed and said boldly: "Jiheng, you haven't been here for four or five days." ”

Xu Yun was forced to take back the ingot of gold in his hand, still a little dazed, looked at the scholar and said: "I have money in my hand, I don't need to accept your favor."

The scholar smiled, did not answer, first handed the money to the boss, the boss did not say anything to the scholar and said nothing, after the scholar took the paper bag with both hands, he said: "I see that you are thin, reading is too exhausting, since you have to be free today, then come to my house at noon, and make you a good meal." ”

While the two were talking, Xu Yun silently put the gold on the wooden table next to him and left.

The boss saw it in a blink of an eye, and was about to call Xu Yun back loudly, the scholar had already picked up the ingot of gold on the table, and said quickly: "Thank you Brother Zhao for your kindness, but I have to go up the mountain this afternoon, I'm afraid I won't be free, and I'll come another day if I have time." ”

The boss sighed and said, "Then you must be careful when you go up the mountain, this is the time when snakes frequently come out of their holes, but be careful not to be bitten." ”

The scholar nodded, and before leaving the store, he caught up with Xu Yun in a few steps and grabbed his arm.

Xu Yun stood still and turned back a little impatiently, and the scholar hurriedly let go of his hand and said, "Forgive me for offending." ”

Xu Yun didn't have anything to say, and wanted to leave, but the scholar stood in front of Xu Yun again, stuffed the gold into Xu Yun's waist, approached Xu Yun and whispered: "Recently, this town is not peaceful, and there will be a theft every few days, so you better put your money properly." ”

After speaking, the scholar immediately retreated, and said with a little apology: "It's rude." ”

Although the scholar deliberately controlled the distance between the two, Xu Yun was afraid of itching, and his breath sprayed to the tips of his ears when he spoke, and he subconsciously raised his hand and pressed it.

Xu Yun couldn't understand the logic of the scholar, and even wondered if he was speaking human language, "I paid the money to the shopkeeper, I said it, I don't accept anyone's favor, if it was just when you lifted the siege for me, I forgot to thank you, now make up for it, thank you." ”

Now Xu Yun doesn't understand so much, he thinks that everything is what he does, he is cold and cold-hearted, he knows that he needs to thank him when he is helped, and he also knows that he doesn't easily accept anyone's favor, but he doesn't know that sometimes a thank you and a favor are not something that can be borne simply by words.

The scholar was a little helpless, but fortunately he was patient enough, so he explained softly: "Two buns don't need so much money, you can collect the money, don't be stolen by others." ”

Although this scholar is a well-intentioned man, he is not so good a bad person who likes to manage other people's affairs. Fu Rusi originally thought that he would definitely help others to the end, seeing that Xu Yun looked a little stunned in life, he should have arranged a place for Xu Yun to live, or handed him an account of the amount of money or something, but after explaining Xu Yun, he actually said goodbye to Xu Yun and left.

There is a big kind of I help you, but I happen to be able to help you, that's all you say, listen to it or not, do it or not, then let you choose, after all, no matter what, he should know in his heart that it is very likely that he will talk to Xu Yun like this, but it is all here, and the obligation is here, and he doesn't plan to help anything else.

Xu Yun stood in place and looked at the scholar's back, and suddenly said, "Why don't you suspect that I stole the money?" ”

The scholar didn't go far, he still heard this sentence, and he turned his head to look at Xu Yun.

Fu Rusi thought that the scholar probably said that you don't look like a person who does things like a fool, or that your eyes are full of pure goodness, and you won't be a thief.

But I heard the scholar laugh and say, "I saw that child stealing money, probably at the age of fun, and he did not leave, but continued to stay in the crowd." ”

Fu Rusi thought that it was probably because he listened to Xu Yun read the script to him a lot, so that he always had the illusion that most things would go according to the script.

On the same day, Xu Yun entered a ready-to-wear store again, which was a shop that the scholar showed him the way before leaving, saying that although the workmanship was not as fine as the one they went to, the boss was very good.

There was a teahouse next to Xu Yunjin's ready-to-wear store, and Gu Chen said that their talisman would not last long, so he simply took it off.

Fu Rusi felt that it was actually Gu Chen who didn't want to follow Xu Yun anymore, after all, this sense of snooping even made him feel a little strange and uncomfortable, let alone Gu Chen. There was no place to stay next to the ready-to-wear store, and besides, they were still in a state of "invisibility", so it was not good to sit anywhere at random and scare other people who wanted to sit there, so they had to stand under the tree at the door and watch.

Now that the time for "invisibility" is coming anyway, they are not far from Xu Yun, and they don't have to worry about losing them, so they followed Gu Chen to the teahouse next to them.

Gu Chen called the pot of Lushan Yunwu, glanced at Fu Rusi, and ordered Xiao Er to take some refreshments, after settling down, Gu Chen took a sip of tea and did not move the quilt again, but looked out the window, the two were relatively speechless, Fu Rusi ate a few mouthfuls of refreshments, drank all the tea in the cup, and then lay on the table and looked at Gu Chen's side face in a daze.

This was the first time he had eaten since he was conscious, and he didn't know whether the taste was good or bad for a while, but he felt that it was novel, and the tea fragrance was also very attractive, so he tasted several more sips, but he didn't want to drink it anymore after Gu Chen took a sip, thinking that the taste of this tea must be bad.

After a while, there were guests at the table next to them, and Fu Rusi heard some of them ask when the storyteller would come over today, and after Xiao Er answered an hour, the person at the table ordered something and sat there chatting.

When men like to chat, they always don't like to talk about those, anecdotes about the government and the opposition, power and wealth, rumors about the rivers and lakes, and even deeds of cultivating immortals, the more they don't get involved, the more they will talk.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for someone to sigh and say with regret: "Today's immortal cultivation family, it's really not good, there can't be an immortal in a hundred years." ”

One person echoed, and said strangely: "It's strange to say, I heard that two hundred years ago was the heyday of the various immortal families, and many immortal families soared, and the ancient artifact was also discovered at that time, and no one knew who found this artifact, but so far no one still remembers the names and deeds of those families, so it is a little strange, it is only two hundred years." ”

The other person booed, "If it is really as you said, two hundred years ago was the heyday of the immortal cultivation family, how could no one remember, even if we ordinary people don't remember, those immortal cultivators should always know, but my nephew who cultivated in the Great Gate Sect has never mentioned these things to me." ”

Fu Rusi was in a trance, feeling that those things didn't seem to be far away from him, but he couldn't grasp it, while Gu Chen called Xiao Er to settle the account, got up and said calmly: "Let's go." ”