"The shopkeeper. Stay. "A brand new food stamp was slapped on the counter.

The shopkeeper looked at the visitor, dressed in black and wearing a hat, like a spiritual cultivator, but without a weapon. It is Chi Changqing, who has been lonely since he was a child and has wandered the world.

"The price has increased. It takes five taels of food stamps to live in the Chase Shop. ”

Chi Changqing nodded and took out five more.

The shopkeeper sent Xiao Er to lead the way, and Xiao Er was a very talkative young man, complaining along the way

"Now the price of grain in the capital has risen to one or two food stamps and 3 taels of rice, but the monthly profit has not risen, and this day is not easy!"

Chi Changqing just took off his hat and didn't say anything, but looking at the traces of the person in front of him being burned from his forehead to his cheeks, Xiao Er stopped talking. There are all kinds of characters in the commercial street, those with missing arms and legs, and the long half-men and half-women, and he has seen them, and generally this kind of person is either perverse or short-tempered, and he is quick to kill people.

"Here it is. Xiao Er pushed open the door and didn't go in.

Because as soon as I opened the door, the smell of sweat and feet mixed with the smell of dried blood came out, which was almost suffocating.

After the door opened, the people living inside suddenly quieted down, looking at the two people at the door, looking up and down at Chi Changqing.

A thin-faced stubble man, really buttoned his feet, the shoes were put aside, and the smell of foot odor really came from him. And the kang head, sitting a middle-aged man, but his complexion is not very good, judging from the gray-black bandage exposed from his neck, he may be injured.

The rest, leaning together in twos and threes, there is also a sea bowl on the bed, and the three overdrafts in it lie quietly.

Chi Changqing just nodded with Xiao Er, and sat down at the head of the middle-aged man, where the shop was the cleanest.

The thin-faced stubble man who picked his feet didn't speak, but just skimmed the three people who were gambling on the side.

One of them said, "There are people in this shop." ”

Chi Changqing nodded and moved to the side of the clean bed.

"This shop is also available. After the other person finished speaking, he pointed at himself with his thumb, half-raised his head, crossed his feet, and looked at Chi Changqing with a provocative face.

"Where is the vacant seat?" Chi Changqing looked at a few people and asked lightly.

"This is the place where we sit. The last gambler's face was already disdainful, and several of them were clearly provocative, but the people in front of them didn't seem to refute it.

It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, Chi Changqing stood in front of the three of them and looked at the three of them: "Then the trouble is for the three of them." ”

The three gamblers all stood up and looked at Chi Changqing in front of them with some provocation.

Chi Changqing said lightly: "You can do it, but will the Imperial Forest Army in charge of the security here arrest you?"

One person said angrily: "Then you have to know that it was the brothers who did it!" After speaking, he rolled up his sleeves.

Chi Changqing looked at the gambler in front of him, who was almost close to his chest and half a head shorter than him, and said: "They don't care if you do it or not, but they won't give up if they don't take all the money on you." Then you say, is it important to beat me up, or is it important to have money on me?"

"Hi~~" As soon as he said this, several people suddenly felt even more unhappy, but it seemed that there was nothing to be done.

The thin-faced stubble man smiled at this time: "Then the brothers will gamble first, and you will sleep after the gamble." ”

Chi Changqing was not verbose, turned his head and went directly to the clean bunk next to the middle-aged man, and lay down: "Then when you guys finish gambling, remember to call me." ”

Five people, this time they met hob meat, they are not afraid of provocation, and they don't do anything, but you can't find a way.

The thin-faced stubble man seemed to have finished buttoning his feet, put on his shoes, and walked to Chi Changqing, who was already sitting in his seat, and shouted, "I'm going to sleep now." ”

Chi Changqing didn't speak, and sat down next to him.

The thin-faced stubble man sat on the kang with his buttocks, and seemed to have a lot of resentment about his failure to arrange Chi Changqing.

Chi Changqing spoke: "Your Excellency has participated in the gladiatorial competition, and the fifth-order competition has entered the top fifty?"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several people around them improved, and they said with pride: "Is that not it? The strength of our eldest brother is obvious to all." How could he be injured if he hadn't been plotted by someone?" "Now the gladiatorial arena has been switched to wooden weapons, and there is also a spirit gathering array around it, which limits the power of the peerless learning. In order to change the purpose of Zhou Zhe's original establishment of the gladiatorial arena, it really became a competition for the royal selection of folk spiritual cultivators.

Chi Changqing didn't think about it and said, "Oh? What kind of secret algorithm is it that I ask you?"

"This... "The three gamblers were speechless, obviously not enough brains.

The middle-aged man finally spoke: "Skills are not as good as people, that is, skills are not as good as people, what is a secret calculation." I can afford to lose. ”

These words would have seemed to be this person, but Chi Changqing's next sentence was a little harsh

"You can't afford to lose. ”

"What did you say?" several people stood up. Even the middle-aged man lying down had a bad face.

Chi Changqing sometimes didn't see these artillery battles that were about to explode at one point, but said lightly: "Look at your age, you are already over thirty years old, such as today's spiritual energy, but you have not passed the sixth order. How many years do you have left in your prime? If you lose this time, you will come back next year, and next year you will have new opponents, younger opponents, and your Excellency will participate in the gladiatorial arena just to fight for a future, but why don't you think about yourself?"

The thin-faced stubble man was unhappy, pointed at Chi Changqing and said, "What does my eldest brother have to do with you?"

Chi Changqing said in a disdainful tone: "He's your eldest brother? Why didn't I see it? As soon as I entered the door, I saw you picking your feet, and the smell of the house was all over the house, is this what you should do as a brother? And a few of you." Do you have money to gamble, but you don't have the money to buy some medicine for your eldest brother to speed up his recovery? Just let him lie here and listen to your noise, is this what a brother should do?"

Several people around him were speechless, and the middle-aged man seemed to have begun to chew Chi Changqing's words.

The thin-faced stubble man got up and said to the middle-aged man, "Big brother, he's sowing discord." Don't take his word for it. ”

Chi Changqing said with a smile: "What are you anxious about? If you are true brothers, someone can make you suspicious? If I were you, I wouldn't say a word now, go out and wash my feet and then help my eldest brother find clean bandages." After speaking, he turned his head to look at the three people on the other side of the kang and said, "If I were you, I would go and buy some medicinal herbs and some meat to make my eldest brother suffer less, instead of fighting with me here." ”

The three gambling people lowered their heads, and the atmosphere seemed to be more solemn.

"Little third son, come with me. The other two looked at him, don't play any tricks. The thin-faced stubble stopped quibbling, and after speaking, he took a gambler, took the money and prepared to leave.

When he was about to walk to the door, the middle-aged man spoke again

"Take this brother and buy some wine and meat. ”

The thin-faced stubble man looked angry: "Big brother?"

Even if the middle-aged man said to Chi Changqing, he also said to his brother: "My brother, everyone is used to having a big personality. I don't blame them, you can see it, it's not that they don't do it, but they don't know how to do it. Let the brothers laugh. ”

Chi Changqing arched his hand: "You're polite." ”

The thin-faced stubble man nodded to the affirmation of the middle-aged man, and went out with a gambler named Xiao Sanzi.

The middle-aged man hugged his fist with difficulty and introduced himself: "Mi Dali." Ignorance.. Well, Your Excellency's surname. ”

Chi Changqing arched his hand again: "Don't give your surname Chi, your name is Changqing." ”

"Chi Changqing. The middle-aged man muttered: "Good name, didn't Your Excellency come to see the last few gladiatorial tournaments?"

Chi Changqing shook his head: "I want to go and see it, but I have a tight wallet, so I can only listen to the news." Then, he pointed to his face: "The house is broken, and there is a fire." ”

The middle-aged man nodded, and then his eyes rolled: "Seeing that Brother Chi's conversation is extraordinary, it seems that he has a family history, and he doesn't know who his teacher is?"

Exploring the bottom, this is what it should mean, and Chi Changqing did not hesitate: "I can't talk about the teacher, I'm not afraid of your jokes, my family is a coffin." There was a family that was down, and the old man taught me to read and read and some truths for the sake of a coffin. Last year, the family was unlucky, and a fire broke out, and his wife and father were no longer there. ”

The middle-aged man sighed and comforted: "Life is impermanent, and the festival is changeable." ”

At this time, the thin-faced stubble and the little third son, who were afraid that something would happen, came back, wearing ointment and new bandages on their hands.

The middle-aged man was surrounded by several people, and it seemed that he was now thinking about helping him change his medicine. Looking at this scene, Chi Changqing was thinking about his plan, I am afraid that it is half the success.

After changing the medicine, the middle-aged man invited Chi Changqing to the table, and even ordered to pour wine, Chi Changqing treated it indifferently, and even let Mi Da Da Gao take a look.

More than half of the wine and meat, Mi Dali seemed to feel after drinking: "It's all unsatisfactory days, I, Mi Dali, have such ability, let my brothers follow me and be wronged." ”

When the brothers heard the elder brother's words, they all drank their wines

"Big brother, we at least have wine and meat. ”

"That's right, big brother, don't be discouraged, there are only a few people who have made a name for themselves from the casual cultivation, and some of them have the wrong master. ”

"Isn't it? That Duan Xiangsi, alas! Such a righteous man is gone. Pity. ”

Chi Changqing looked at everyone's faces, and knew their own thoughts, the so-called one person attained the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascended to heaven.

"It's true that I followed the wrong person. Brother Mi, you don't have to be presumptuous, to put it mildly, you are indeed only a top 50 player, but do you remember that Suo E under the command of Zhongyong Hou was also a top 100 achievement, and he didn't even have a master. Sometimes, it is not bad to follow the right person, and the most important thing is to know the right way to go at the critical moment. ”

Mi Dali's eyes stared, and he seemed to hear some doorways: "I don't know what Brother Chi has to say, all of you are my brothers, but it doesn't hurt to say it." The people around him also saw that Chi Changqing's conversation and knowledge were extraordinary, and they all looked at Chi Changqing expectantly.

Chi Changqing said: "Today, if you talk about power, you should be the head of the court and the head of the inner house. But the first two, one is in the court, and the other is in the curtain. It's too hard. ”

"Alas!" the thin-bearded man sighed, his expectations disappointed.

Mi Dali asked, "What else?"

Chi Changqing said with a smile: "I'm not a lobbyist for some people, but I'm just destined for you, so I said it." There is another person, that is, the commander of the Royal Forest Army, Su Daosan, and Su Houye. ”

"Master Suhou, that's also the beginning and not the tail of the dragon, how can you easily see it?"

Chi Changqing said: "It is indeed not easy to see Hou Ye Su, but Hou Ye Su cares about his wife very much. ”

Saying this, everyone's appetite was hanged.

"Mrs. Su's family affairs are not ordinary, brothers, if you really want to vote for Marquis Su, it's really not impossible?"

"How do you say this? Marquis Su has thousands of Imperial Forest Troops under his command. How can there be a shortage of people?" Mi Dali actually didn't care who he voted for, all he wanted was to fly Huang Tengda and have something to eat.

Chi Changqing said with a smile: "As long as we find her wife and put it down directly, it is absolutely possible." Although Marquis Su has many subordinates, his huge family business cannot always rely on the Royal Forest Army and his relatives. After all, people are meant to keep their secrets. ”

Subsequently, Chi Changqing analyzed some of the situation in front of him, what kind of emperor of flowing water, the title of iron beating, the capital of flowing water, and the honorable relatives of iron fighting, several people listened to it suddenly, it was really a gain of knowledge, and they even threw themselves into the ground for Chi Changqing's admiration. To put it bluntly, Chi Changqing used information asymmetry and his own lofty position to establish the initial prestige in this small team.