In the middle of the hotel, there was silence.

Everyone was busy, but Qiao Xiaojing was the only one who had no intention of doing things, standing in the corridor on the second floor in a daze, frowning, his eyes were dull, his face was melancholy, staring into the distance, looking preoccupied.

"Why haven't you come back yet?" I don't know how long it took, Qiao Xiaojing said to herself, "I should be back, it's all this time, those things should have been looted a long time ago." If it's gone, it's gone, people should come back, why haven't they come back yet? It's time to come back......"

Cuiyu heard Qiao Xiaojing's voice, wiped her hands clean, and was about to go out to persuade Qiao Xiaojing, but was stopped by Boss Wu, he shook his head at Cuiyu, and whispered to Cuiyu: "Forget it, you just let her be quiet alone for a while, she is worried about Dazhi and the big man in her heart, I don't know what the condition of the two of them is, and she won't accept your consolation at all." ”

Cuiyu, who had no choice but to sit on the threshold, looked at Qiao Xiaojing silently, tears in her eyes.

"It's back," suddenly there was a neighing sound of a horse, Qiao Xiaojing seemed to be electrocuted by something, she was emotional, staggered downstairs, and said as she ran, "They're back, I have to go and open the door for them......"

Hearing Qiao Xiaojing's excited voice and hurried downstairs, all the people ran out of the door, and Na Cuiyu grinned, endured the pain caused by the wound, and followed Qiao Xiaojing downstairs.

Sure enough, when the gate was opened, Dazhi and Da Man, like two brave cavalrymen, were standing at the gate and sending smiles to all those who were watching them.

"Is that you?" Qiao Xiaojing was so excited that she almost burst into tears.

"It's us," Dazhi replied, "we're back, but all the things have been robbed by the fellows." ”

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" Qiao Xiaojing smiled, but tears flowed down her face, she waved her hand to Ah Zi, Ah Zi understood, walked forward with a smile, took the reins from Dazhi and the big man, and led the three horses towards the backyard of the hotel.

Everyone took Dazhi and the big man upstairs, Ah Zi had already filled the two of them with washing water, after a simple wash, the two sat at the dining table, and Boss Wu had already poured tea for the two of them, at this time the tea was neither hot nor cold, just to drink to quench their thirst.

Dazhi and the big man were already dry, their throats and eyes were like a barbecue, they took the tea and drank it all, Boss Wu poured it all over them, and without putting down the teapot, they drank it all again, causing everyone to laugh.

"I'm so thirsty," said the big man, wiping the tea from the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile, "My mouth is so dry that I can't even turn my tongue, so I long to be able to drink a few sips of water to moisten my throat." ”

"Drink!" Boss Wu poured another cup of tea for the big man, and said with a smile, "Now you don't have to think about being thirsty, the water has boiled several pots, and I will serve you two nearby, and you can drink enough." ”

Dazhi took another big sip and put down the cup. The big man picked up the cup, and when he looked up, the teacup bottomed out again. Boss Wu poured him full again, and he picked up the teacup again......

"The meal is ready," After a while, Ah Zi ran upstairs and said to everyone, "Is it time to eat?"

"Great!" the big man was excited when he heard the meal, put down the teacup, stood up, patted his stomach and smiled, "It's better to be with the organization, there is tea when you are thirsty, and food when you are hungry." To be honest, my belly has already begun to rebel, but I am a person with strong self-control, so I didn't let it usurp power and seize the throne successfully, otherwise ......"

"What will happen?" Dazhi stretched out a finger and smacked the big man's stomach.

"What will happen?" the big man glanced at Dazhi, his eyes were full of disdain, and he grinned and said, "Something big will happen--- I don't care about my brain, it's my stomach that takes care of things." If the stomach rebels, I will no longer be the master of my belly, and I will not be able to be the master of the stomach.

Including Qiao Xiaojing, everyone was amused by the humorous and witty actions of the big man and Dazhi, and the entire second floor of the hotel was full of laughter, and the previous melancholy, melancholy, and even once suffocating atmosphere was gone.

"The meal is here," Ah Zi walked in with the food, and after a string of crisp laughter, he complained slightly, "I heard you talking and laughing, I also wanted to join in the fun, and I almost lost the mind to serve the rice." ”

"Don't," the big man stepped forward to catch the food in Ah Zi's hand, and said with a smile, "If you come up to join in the fun, then my stomach will have to continue to rebel, and there will be no peace for a moment." ”

"Ah Zi," everyone had already started eating, and Boss Wu suddenly found that there was one person missing, so he asked, "What about Lao Zhou? Didn't he cook with you, the rice was all on his lips, why didn't he see Lao Zhou come to eat?"

"It was still there just now," Ah Zi took a bite of the dish and said as she chewed, "It should come up immediately, let's eat first." ”

Waiting, still not seeing Lao Zhou's figure, Ah Zi couldn't sit still, first stood in the corridor and shouted twice, but didn't hear a response, so he ran to the first floor again, ran into the kitchen, still didn't see Lao Zhou's figure, called a few times, still didn't respond at all, Ah Zi became nervous, disappeared in a moment, and didn't hear any movement, could something happen......

"It is said," Ah Zi explained the situation to everyone, Qiao Xiaojing put down the dishes and chopsticks and said, "The bandits have been eliminated by us, and there is no trace of the devil here for the time being, and the boss is not the master of enmity and grudge with people this week, in broad daylight, a big living person should be fine, but ...... Why don't we go out and find out, after all, the times are turbulent and anything can happen?"

"The rice is cooked," said Boss Wu, "but the person is gone, and there is no sound at all, so I have to look for it." ”

"Let's go," Qiao Xiaojing said as she went out, "Let's go our separate ways, I think an hour should be enough, and no matter what the result is after an hour, we must all be back here......"

"Where are you going?" Suddenly, someone downstairs asked, and the person who spoke was Lao Zhou, who everyone was going out to find.

"I was about to go out to look for you, but you came back, what did you do when you ran out without eating?" Ah Zi said with his neck stretched.

"You have worked so hard," said Lao Zhou, who came upstairs as he spoke, "It's done, how can you not celebrate?" I thought today's meal was okay, so I went out and bought two jars of wine, even if I celebrated the heroes!"

"I'm scared of us," Qiao Xiaojing and Ah Zi caught a wine jar, Qiao Xiaojing said, "In the blink of an eye, there was no movement, but you disappeared, we thought something was wrong, and we were discussing how to find you!"

"Thank you," said Lao Zhou with a smile, "but you don't want to think about it, now that the bandits have been eliminated, everything has returned to the old order, in broad daylight, who will attack me? Besides, even if someone wants to attack me, with your gang of masters here, do they have the courage to do this?"

Between the jokes, the glass of wine is already full.

"Come," the host, Lao Zhou, took the lead in holding up his wine glass, stood up, and said with a smile, "Please take up your wine glasses, I salute all heroes, it is you who got rid of the bandits who do all kinds of evil, and let the people here live a normal life again." Although the final result is slightly flawed due to the lack of civility of the fellows, this does not affect your great merit. ”

Except for Qiao Xiaojing, the rest of the people all picked up their wine glasses and drank them all.

"Drink," the big man stood beside Qiao Xiaojing and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?

"Nope. Qiao Xiaojing shook her head, put the wine glass to her mouth, paused slightly, closed her eyes and drank it all in one gulp.

There is wine to help the fun, and the current task has been completed, everyone can finally temporarily let go of their psychological baggage and enjoy a short but beautiful time, so the interest is very high, especially Ah Zi, who has not yet drunk a few glasses.

"I said you two," Ah Zi saw that the clothes on Dazhi and the big man were a little tattered, which was actually seen by everyone, but it was just inconvenient to say it, but now Ah Zi said it without fear, "Can you change your clothes and dress like this, at this beautiful and warm moment, in the face of delicious food and elixir, I feel a little awkward." ”

"This ......" The big man looked down at the clothes on his body, then turned his head to look at the clothes on Dazhi's body, and said with a little embarrassment, "Actually, this is all indifferent, don't you see, many fellow clothes are torn in order to fight for things, and some fellow clothes are torn into strips of cloth, fluttering in the wind, much more torn than our clothes......

Qiao Xiaojing only drank the first glass, the second glass of wine was sipped in her mouth, but she never drank it dry, she listened to the words of the big man and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, poured it full for herself, and drank it dry by herself...... In this way, she drank several glasses one after another, and everyone present was puzzled, and the big man snatched the flask from her hand and was about to pour the wine.

"What's wrong with you?" Cuiyu walked over and patted Qiao Xiaojing on the shoulder.

"I ......" Qiao Xiaojing glanced at Cuiyu, then turned her gaze to Dazhi and the big man, and said lightly, "I have wronged you, I, I'm sorry for you." Of course, I'm sorry for everyone!"

Everyone was waving their hands, no one complained about Qiao Xiaojing, really, no one would ever complain about Qiao Xiaojing.

"Because of my wrong decision," but Qiao Xiaojing said apologetically, "the things seized from the bandits' den were looted by the villagers, and these things should be attributed to the local organization and properly handled by the local organization." Due to my decision-making mistakes, our comrades-in-arms and big men were constantly impacted by the surging crowd, and suffered a lot of grievances and suffering......"

"It's not your fault......" Everyone felt that Qiao Xiaojing blamed herself too much.

"I'm very sad," Qiao Xiaojing said, "I'm really sad, sad, and I feel very sad." I can't understand how polite and humble the villagers were when they first saw us, thinking that we were their saviors, benefactors of their restoration of their free and easy life, kowtowing and applauding, but ...... When they saw what was on the back of the three horses that Dazhi and the big man were leading, they changed, completely changed, and there was nothing like what they had been before, which surprised me, puzzled me, and made me sad even more......"

Qiao Xiaojing shed tears, and those tears were mixed with too much sadness and grievances.

"Anyway," Qiao Xiaojing wiped away a handful of tears, took a deep breath, and continued, "Poor fellows will never commit robbers, I have always thought so in the past. But this time, they completely turned my perception upside down......"