After dozens of hours of torturous train journey, the group finally came to the address on the note, "Changsha County". Walking out of the train station, asking for directions along the way, it took us several hours to find the location of the 'Mingle Guest House', standing at the mouth of the alley, we only have one thing to say in our hearts, that is: the breakage of Jinnyima.

What kind of guest house is this, located in a dilapidated alley on a dilapidated street that only allows two people to walk, there is a wooden signboard in front of the door, with the words "Mingle Guest House" written on it, and if you look closely, there is a small sign hanging on the ground: Today is full.

How can it be? Such a dilapidated place would still be full.

We looked at each other, hesitant to go in. The monkey was even more skeptical and asked, "Is it in the wrong place?" Gu Cang's kind of person is not like a person who would live in such a place. ”

The big head looked at the address on the note repeatedly, and after confirming it repeatedly, he said, "The address is right, it should be here." Forget it, since you're here, let's go check it out. ”

"That's the only way to go."

The bluestone slab ground was irrigated by rainwater for several days, moss was all over the place, and we had to fall under our feet if we were not careful, so we had to move forward slowly one after another, and finally came to the door of the guest house after a while, but saw that the broken guest house was closed in broad daylight.

Seeing this, the fat man angrily slammed his fist against the wooden door, "Is there anyone?" ”

"Fatty, you try a little harder, don't hammer the door in a while." I reminded the fat man.

"What are you afraid of, this broken door should have been changed a long time ago." The fat man continued to pound violently regardless of it. "Is anyone there? Came to stay. ”

"Ahem." With a creak, the wooden door opened a crack with a series of screeching sounds of wood sliding across the ground, followed by a wizened old man with gray hair, but in good spirits.

"Who knocked on the door like that? Don't you see the outside saying it's full today? Please change your accommodation. "Hey, this old man has a really good temper.

The fat man was so angry that he was about to go up to theorize, but the big man hurriedly stopped him, "Old man, we are not here to stay, we are here to find a man named Gu Cang, is he here?" ”

The old man's gesture of closing the door stopped instantly when he heard Gu Cang's name. "Who are you?"

Since he reacted to the name, it would be easy to do.

"Old man, we are friends of Gu Cang, the last time we separated, he said that he could come here to find him if he had something. Didn't know he was in it? The big head politely explained.

"Is there any proof?"

Prove? The big head searched in his mind, and Gu Cang didn't seem to give anything other than that piece of paper. No, that piece of paper! There's a very strange pattern drawn on the back of the ground, is that the one?

Thinking of this, the big head hurriedly handed over the paper, and the white-haired old man took the paper, only glanced at it, and then looked up at us again, "Since you are Gu Cang's friend, please come in." The old man opened half of the door as he spoke.

Walking into the guest house, we deeply understood the meaning of the phrase "people cannot be seen, and the sea cannot be measured". I saw that inside the dilapidated Mingle Guest House, it was an unusually prosperous scene.

There are three white marble pillars that are five meters high, and they support the roof with vintage oil paintings in a triangular shape. The spacious courtyard is full of antique rosewood tables and chairs, on the round wooden tea table, the exotic fragrance of sandalwood is slowly in the precious incense burner, and the smell suddenly makes people feel happy, and an indescribable sense of comfort runs through the whole body. A few unknown plants around it add to the elegance.

For a moment, the six of us were a little fascinated.

The old man walked to the wooden table in the middle of the courtyard, moved a few rattan chairs from behind him, and said, "Sit down first." The old man will make you tea. ”

"Sir, don't be so troublesome, why are you embarrassed to make you hard, let's do it ourselves." The big head said that he was going to help.

"You young people, how do you know how to make tea, sit down obediently. Don't look at the old man's gray hair, his body is very healthy, and he won't be unable to move after making some tea. "The old man didn't seem to want to be looked down upon by others, and stubbornly wanted to get it himself, but the big man saw through this meaning, that is, it was not good to continue to insist, so he had to sit on the rattan chair with us.

After a while, the old man brought six cups of tea, and we quickly got up and took them.

"It's unfortunate that you guys came, Gu Cang has been away from here for a while, but if you calculate the time, it shouldn't be many days before you come back, if you're not in a hurry, you can stay first."

The fat man almost choked on his words after taking a sip of tea: "What? Don't know when you'll be back? Now it's a problem. ”

The big head hurriedly put down the teacup and asked humbly, "Old man, when did Gu Cang come back last time?" “

"Last time." The old man raised his head, stroked his beard, and recalled, "It seems that I came back more than five months ago last time, and after resting here for a month, I went out again." ”

More than five months ago, counting the time, it was almost after we parted. It seems that Gu Cang has returned here directly.

"I'm in trouble now, I don't know when he will be back, we have a life-threatening matter to discuss with him."

"Oh, this, Gu Cang wrote a few days ago that he would come back in about half a month, and more than ten days have passed so far, so it's almost the next few days. But what did this fat white man say just now, what is the matter? You might as well talk to the old man. As he spoke, the old man moved a wicker chair and sat down next to us.

"Uh." The fat man didn't know what to say for a while. I think he really can't do anything about an old man of this age, and besides, he doesn't know him very well, the only thing he can know is that he knows Gu Cang. It's not good to talk to him about everything.

So the fat man could only turn his eyes for help to the big head, and the big head looked at him and had to sigh, "Old man, I don't know what to call you?" ”

"Oh yes, the old man's surname is Hu, everyone I know calls me a fox, I used to hear that someone called me Mr. Leng Mian, but now that I'm old, you can just call me Boss Hu, this guest house is opened by me, how about it, I like it."

This old man is very talkative, and when we first met, I thought he was a difficult person to contact, but I didn't expect that people can't guess just by appearance.

"That's it, Boss Hu, I don't know what your relationship with Gu Cang is?" The big head wanted to know more about the situation.