Red Dust, Listen to the Wind and Snow Chapter 4
On the fifth day of September, the sky was clear.
Habitat Snow City.
Xiao Nuhu, dressed in sackcloth, entered the city gate and walked on the streets of the city where people came and went.
He looked and dressed plainly, and he didn't attract anyone's attention.
The soldiers guarding the city gate only regarded him as a horseman in the mountains, and the soldiers patrolling the city only regarded him as a very ordinary person in the city.
Even the begging gaze of the beggar on the side of the road would not linger on him, who did not seem to be very well fed and clothed.
He, like many ordinary people, drowned in the sea of people in the city, and no one cared.
And those soldiers in the city who seemed to be responsible, at the city gate, when patrolling, stopped a lot of suspicious people, and asked the bottom of the matter, unequivocally.
The atmosphere in the city seems to be a little tense.
Although he hadn't entered Qixue City for nearly two years, he still felt the weirdness of the atmosphere in the city in the midst of the noise.
Everyone's face was serious and fearful, and everyone's pace was urgently quickened.
The vendors who set up stalls on the side of the street also cowered as they watched the pedestrians coming and going, as if they were peddling things that were forbidden by the government.
Although the shops lining the streets are all open, it is impossible to see how many of them are thriving.
Seeing all these scenes around him, Xiao Nuhu couldn't help but wonder.
Could it be that something big is happening in the city?
Could it be that the people in the city also got the news that the bandits from the Wild Wolf Mountain Cottage had come to attack this city?
Xiao Nuhu walked into a tavern.
The tavern is located in a not-so-conspicuous part of the eastern part of the city.
It's not big, but it has a lot of customers.
Most of those guests are people from the rivers and lakes, business travelers, or people with relatively high status in the city.
The tavern is called Ruyi.
The person who opened this tavern was a businessman who had been in the rivers and lakes.
Two years ago, Xiao Nuhu was a frequent visitor.
Ten years ago, he used to come here a lot.
Of course, no one noticed him two years ago, and he still won't notice two years later.
However, the man he served ten years ago could not be ignored by anyone. Although ten years ago, even if there was any brilliance on his body, it was given by that person, and without that person, he would not be noticed.
Sitting at a very ordinary table in the corner, a cross-eyed shopkeeper in the tavern did not ask him what he wanted to serve, but took a pot of inferior wine on his own initiative, placed it on his table, and served him two cheaper dishes to serve with wine.
The very snobbish shopkeeper who watched people serve food did not make Xiao Nuhu angry.
Not only that, but when he saw this shopkeeper, he even had a very familiar and friendly feeling.
After pouring himself a few glasses of wine and tasting a few small dishes, Xiao Nuhu felt that the time spent waiting slowly was actually not so tormenting.
Silently observing the various diners in the tavern, and then looking into the distance, observing the pedestrians passing by the tavern, ten years ago it was his habit, ten years later, sitting in the same place, doing the same thing, all the behavior, still do not feel any cowardice and strangeness.
When a habit has been formed, it is really difficult to break it.
What's more, he has never deliberately changed it, and he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with having such a habit.
Ten years ago, he sat in the corner and poured himself a drink, waiting for a man to leave when he was full. And now, he's waiting for that person to show up.
Calculating the time, at this time, it is time for that person to come, right?
If that person also makes it a habit to come here to sit down, eat a meal, and drink a few glasses of wine, then that person will definitely come.
While he was thinking wildly, a voice suddenly came.
Following the sound, he saw two groups of people in the rivers and lakes who were in tension, and also saw some diners who hurriedly left for fear of causing trouble.
It's another bunch of crumbs, and they have nothing to do and make trouble.
Listening to the two groups of people arguing, he shook his head.
seemed to be used to this kind of scene, Xiao Nuhu didn't care, and continued to pour himself a drink.
A handsome boy in a white shirt walked over leisurely, shaking a jade fan.
He was followed by eight men with rough physiques and two maids dressed quite pretty.
This handsome boy, his face is as white as powder, his body is as slender as a willow branch, and his temperament is graceful and graceful, not like a person in the dust, let alone a man.
However, everyone called him "Childe".
When the shopkeeper saw the visitor, he forgot about his timidity, and he didn't care about the two people who were about to do it, he wore a towel over his shoulder, nodded and greeted him.
"Zhen Gongzi, you are here. Inside, please, inside, seat! ”
The young man who was called Zhen Gongzi by the shopkeeper saw the scene in the store, frowned slightly, and immediately had a displeased expression on his face.
The shopkeeper apologized: "It's a small matter, it's a small matter, please Zhen Gongzi go upstairs first, and I'll deal with it." ”
Zhen Gongzi said: "There is a pile of garbage in the store, so I should take a broom and clean it up." ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I'll bring a broom." ”
Zhen Gongzi thought for a while and said, "No." Let my men do you a favor, just go and tell the kitchen to cook, and then ask Shopkeeper Xue for a few pots of good wine. ”
The shopkeeper said: "Zhen Gongzi, please rest assured, what you want, I will give it to you immediately." The small ones also retired. ”
With that, he slipped away and disappeared.
And Zhen Gongzi went upstairs by himself and didn't ask about the things around him.
It was about twenty steps from the entrance of the tavern to the stairs, and he had been looking straight ahead for the rest of the distance, and he hadn't even looked at the diners in the tavern.
The proud but not obvious character is revealed.
It's just that no one cares about his character, and many people in the tavern are conquered by his naturally noble temperament.
Despite his arrival, it did not silence the troublemakers.
Of the eight big men who followed him, two of them stood at the top of the stairs with their fists clenched, and the others walked in front of the two groups.
The two groups were still arguing, and the big men with rough physiques stood in front of them, and somehow, perhaps because of the physique and indifferent eyes of the big men, they all shut up.
At this time, a reckless guy said angrily: "What person? You want to die, don't you? ”
A big man said: "If you dare to bark more, I will make you a beggar dog who can no longer bark for the rest of your life." ”
The guy said: "Bastard, dare to be presumptuous in front of the uncle, you don't want to live anymore?" ”
Dahan's gaze suddenly turned cold.
Then, he slammed his fist into the guy's face.
It didn't seem to exert much force, but it knocked the guy into the air and fell hard to the ground.
A bloody guy struggling to get up from the ground, his eyes full of anger and fear.
It seems that he hit his head just now, his brain is a little confused, it seems that he has lost his mind, he wants to scold, but he can't scream.
The sound of vomiting blood came out of his mouth, except for blood.
Everyone was stunned.
Who would dare to make trouble here?
A few members of the gang picked up the guy who had fallen to the ground, and then walked out of the tavern without daring to breathe.
The other group immediately dispersed and left with dusty faces.
And Xiao Nuhu, who was still drinking wine and eating cheap meals in the corner, showed a slight teasing smile.