Laohuai Village is named after an old locust tree in the village.

The old locust tree is like towering to the sky, the branches are luxuriant, the leaves of the locust tree are fluffy like a graceful canopy, and from the bottom up, the thinnest branch is thicker than the blacksmith in the east of the village, the thigh of Jin Dashan.

The whole locust tree is located in the center of the village, according to the old man in the village, this locust tree has existed for a long time, but how long, the old man can not say a reason, even the mountains on both sides of the village, no one knows its origin.

But fortunately, because of this locust tree, the quality of life in the village has also been greatly improved.

Every summer, there are a large number of literati in green shirts, under the pretext of reciting poems, to spend the night in the village, and every time they will set up bonfires, sing and dance at night. This move made the business of the inn in the center of the village a mess.

The owner of the inn is surnamed Wang, named Wang Buliu, and is the earliest aboriginal of the village.

Wang Buliu's name sounds a little weird, and if he doesn't keep it, he can't keep anything.

Although he has such a name, Wang Buliu's means of doing business are extraordinarily clever.

In less than five years, the inn was originally a two-story building and expanded to a seven-story building, so the inn had another nickname - seven-star.

At this time, it was the time of the summer heat, and the business of the inn was not very prosperous.

In order to save money, Wang Buliu quit his daily salary and returned home, planning to hire him back when the inn was full of people again.

On the counter, Wang Bu left one hand to support his cheek raiser and one hand to make an abacus.

"Alas. ”

Wang Buliu looked at the ledger next to the abacus and sighed softly.

A tall woman wearing a purple shirt and a red ribbon tied around her waist walked out of the back kitchen, holding a bowl of lotus seed porridge in her hand and said, "You sigh like this in broad daylight, and you are not afraid of bad luck?"

The tall woman put the lotus seed porridge on the counter, reached out to take the account book, swiped her slender fingers across the white paper, and whispered, "How much have we lost this month?"

As soon as the tall woman's voice fell, Wang Buliu, who had just picked up the lotus seed porridge, threw the bowl on the counter angrily, but when she thought that this was her own bowl, she picked up the bowl with a regretful face, and picked up a rag to wipe the tabletop, "Two taels of silver." ”

The tall woman raised her eyelids, closed the account book quietly, and put it back in its place, "In other words, our family is missing two taels of silver." Let me do the math, how much is it worth?"

Earth silver is a currency often used by mortals in the earthly world to make transactions, and the Tianya Stone is more suitable for cultivators on the way to cultivation, because it contains the aura that cultivators need. Tianya Stone was originally the rarest ore on the Tianshou Continent, but a great war 10,000 years ago directly consumed nearly two-thirds of the Tianya Stone on the continent, and those artificial mines were also annihilated in the smoke of gunpowder, and now only a few natural mines remain.

Therefore, the number of Tianya Stones is extremely rare.

Tianya stone is divided into upper, middle and lower grades, the lower grade Tianya stone is worth 1,000 miles of silver, the middle grade Tianya stone is worth 3,000 taels of silver, and the upper grade Tianya stone is worth 5,000 taels of silver.

Wang Buliu gritted his teeth and nodded unhappily.

The woman picked up the abacus and fiddled with the beads at will.

In the distance, a little boy with a green cloth bag on his shoulder passed by the forest shop and ran towards the inn.

The boy, who had just crossed the threshold with one foot, looked up and shouted, "Dad, mother, I'm back." ”

The woman smiled, put down the abacus, picked up the lotus seed porridge and squatted in front of the boy, "Next time you come back, you don't have to shout so loudly." I'm hungry. This is a lotus seed porridge specially cooked for you, hurry up and go to the summer. What did you learn from Senior Kou today?"

The boy held the bowl and drank the porridge in a big gulp, without saying a word.

Wang Buliu picked up the rag at hand and smashed it on the boy's face, and the woman turned her head with an angry face.

The well-fed boy put down his chopsticks and took out a piece of brown paper from his cloth bag, on which were simple lines and a few slightly larger black dots.

The boy's little finger pointed to the darkest line, and said in a milky voice, "This line represents the road from the entrance of our village to the nearest market." ”

Then he pointed to a black dot with the lightest color, "This is the 'Zhenzi Room', which is the smallest sect in the Xianyang Realm, Grandpa Kou said, the owner of the 'Zhenzi Room' is only in the human mountain realm, and even Lu Anshi can't beat it, by the way, these four black spots are the latest four rooms in the Xianyang Realm, respectively, Daozu Room, Mountain God Room, Wind and Snow Room and Mountain God Room, Grandpa Kou doesn't know what their origin is, just lowered his head and kept saying that the sky is going to change, mother, does it mean that it is going to rain. ”

The woman listened to the boy's story, smiled from ear to ear, and nodded yes.

Wang Buliu watched the two of them blocking the door, and the guests standing at the door couldn't enter the inn, but he couldn't shout, so he could only sweat profusely.

Probably thinking of something, the boy ran to the back kitchen with a cloth bag in his hand, and at this time, Ning Fengyun raised his head, and only then did he see a guest coming to the door.

Ning Fengyun is Wang Buliu's daughter-in-law, Wang Duozhen's mother-in-law, that is, the proprietress of the inn.

When distinguished guests come to the door, there will be happy events, this is the eight-character mantra that the king does not leave to summarize by himself.

Wang Buliu walked out from behind the counter with a smile, stepped forward without hurry, and arched his hand, "Young Master Long, it really made me wait." ”

I saw that the man was dressed in white, with white jade wrapped around his waist, carrying a red jade sword on his shoulder, and holding a handkerchief made of moon-white brocade in his right hand, and a lion was embroidered on it.

"Some things have been delayed recently, so it's no wonder that the shopkeeper Wang is there. ”

Long Zhuo covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and his body trembled slightly.

The guards behind him saw him like this and wanted to reach out to help, but he dodged without a trace.

Wang Buliu, who noticed the abnormality, quietly glanced at Ning Fengyun, and then invited Long Zhuo to the fourth floor.

There are four rooms on the fourth floor, which are located in the four corners of the south, east, and west, which is specially done by Wang Buliu.

Because one floor, a price, just like the second floor has a total of fourteen rooms, the seventh floor only has one room and a gazebo, to be able to live on the fourth floor must not be an ordinary family, generally this kind of family people have a secret that they don't want people to know, the room on the fourth floor is big enough, the sound insulation effect is good enough, and it can definitely meet the needs of guests.

Wang Buliu personally opened the door and invited Long Gongzi into the room, and the two attendants under him stood on both sides of the gatehouse, not allowing others to enter, Wang Buliu also wanted to leave, but was grabbed by Long Gongzi's arm and dragged into the room. As soon as the door was closed, Long Gongzi began to cough, Wang Buliu hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea for Long Gongzi to drink, Long Gongzi put down the teacup, and clenched Wang Buliu's arm tightly.

Sensing his gaffe, Long Gongzi let go of his palm and asked Wang Bu to sit down in front of him, after sitting down, Long Gongzi stared at Wang Buliu's eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Shopkeeper Wang, can I trust you?"

Wang Buliu put away his usual smile and replied very sincerely, "Of course, Master Long." ”

Long Gongzi smiled and nodded.

Coming down from upstairs, Wang Buliu seemed to have lost his soul, lying on the table with his head wilted, unable to say a word for a long time.

Ning Fengyun sat opposite Wang Buliu, holding his head with both hands, and asked puzzledly, "What did Gongzi Long tell you?"

Wang Buliu shook his head lightly and took a deep breath, "Alas, it seems that our family's business can't go on." ”

Ning Fengyun raised his head, his eyes full of murderous intent, "What's wrong?"

Wang Buliu hurriedly covered Ning Fengyun's eyes, and didn't dare to let go for a long time.

Ning Fengyun slapped his hand away angrily.

"What the hell is going on?"

"It's not the old man Zhou who borrowed our money to open an inn, I heard Long Gongzi say that at the beginning of this year, the eldest son of Master Zhou married a beautiful and dignified daughter-in-law, and the two of them thought that they would be able to hold their grandson next year, which can be regarded as fulfilling the wish of the children and grandchildren. Unexpectedly, the daughter-in-law who had just passed the door a few days ago was snatched away by Zhu Shaoshan, the owner of the threshold room, who led his five tigers, and Master Zhou's eldest son stepped forward to theorize, but was seriously injured. Old Man Zhou was so angry that he didn't swallow a breath and passed away. ”

Wang Buliu lowered his head, and his fingers kept pulling the smooth tabletop.

"I originally made an appointment with Master Zhou, and this year let him try our newly homemade acacia cake, but this matter is troublesome, and his old man can't eat it. ”

Ning Fengyun sighed as he listened to his man's sigh, and the corners of his mouth gently pulled an arc, "When did you become so righteous?"

Wang Buliu was so anxious that his neck was red, and his muscles were bruised, and he shouted, "I've always been like this!"

"Okay, okay, let's not rush. Although Master Zhou is a frequent visitor to our inn, in the final analysis, this matter is also their own family's business. What does it have to do with whether we don't stay in the inn and do business?"

Wang Buliu had a bitter face, and said aggrievedly, "Who said no, and I don't know who said more, saying that our inn is their Zhou family's industry, and the reason why we can have such a good business is still relying on his Zhou master's connections." As soon as Zhu Shaoshan heard this, he hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the situation of our inn, and said that he would snatch the inn away from our hands. ”

Ning Fengyunxing's eyes widened, his hands were placed on his waist, and he let out a cruel smile, "Hmph! I said that there have always been some rats wandering around our door recently, and the joint author is thinking such a crookedly." ”

"I said, you are also a man, and when you fight with the white fat man all day long, I haven't seen you say a soft word, why did you admit it at this time. Your dignified Earth Fire Realm is afraid that others will do anything, if he Zhu Shaoshan really dares to come, I promise to screw his head off. ”

The woman didn't let Ning Fengyun, who had eyebrows, be arrogant, and slapped it on the table, and the table legs shattered instantly.

But the more she was like this, the more frightened Wang Buliu became, and when he thought of the bloody scene, he was afraid from the bottom of his heart.

"You forgot what Senior Kou instructed us, if we really have a hand with someone else, we have to move out from here, and we must not affect everyone because of one person. ”

"If you move away, I'm tired of staying in this place anyway, just called Meidi and Caiyun, we have wanted to go out and have a look for a long time, and we have been hiding here for ten years, it's time for those eight kings to see me again. ”

The king kept the table legs in his hands, and thought that he would go to the carpenter and get a handful of worn-out wood, and put it to use first.

"You, everything is fine, but your temper is too impatient, if you really meet that group of people, you must not be slapped back by others, and I will serve you when the time comes. ”

Discarded table legs were left in the corners, and wood scraps were cleaned up.

Ning Fengyun stood up, bent down to pick up the broken porcelain pieces, and his fingers were stained with some tea.

The two of them, who had cleaned up the mess, walked behind the counter and walked in the direction of the back kitchen, and never said a word again.

The little boy, whom his father had named Duo Zhan, shoved a piece of sugar cake bigger than his head into his clothes.

The little boy's chest was partially bulging and very conspicuous.

Ning Fengyun, who saw all this, smiled and took out the things from Wang Duo's clothes, put them on the stove, and patted the pastry residues on the children's clothes, "This is your Aunt Yan Meidi's favorite food, it was originally prepared by Uncle Bai Fat to take it home, why did you steal it?"

The little boy looked at his mother's eyes with some cringe, and whispered, "What Dad said, it is a little more to be able to dip a little." ”

The green jade fingers scraped the little boy's nose, and the sound of laughter came from the top of his head, "Your father also said that he would never want you again, why did you come back?"

The little boy knew that his mother was not angry, raised his head, and grinned, "I know that my father lied to me." ”

"Say, where are you going to take the sugar cakes?" Ning Fengyun deliberately stretched his face, but the little boy who knew the truth was no longer timid, and generously picked up the sugar cakes and stuffed them into his green cloth bag.

After doing all this, the little boy was still a little uneasy, pressed the sugar cakes that showed his head, and after seeing that they were all stuffed into the cloth bag, he exhaled with peace of mind and said softly, "This is for Tianshen, he said that Uncle Zhou and Aunt Sun went out today, they were not at home, and he couldn't cook himself, so I sent him the sugar cake for dinner." ”

Ning Fengyun bit his fingers, his posture was bewitching, and asked, "Do you know where Uncle Zhou and Aunt Sun went?"

The little boy shook his head.

Ning Fengyun patted the little boy's head, wondering if he needed to look for them, and said, "Go and go back quickly." ”

The little boy nodded and ran out in a hurry.