The Yanji Tavern was crowded, and everyone was curious about the results of the competition between the two taverns, and everyone in the tavern licked the corners of their lips.

Liu Qiaoer looked at the shopkeeper Huang proudly with her head held high, waiting for his reply.

Shopkeeper Huang angrily glanced at the unproductive head chef beside him, "Have you eaten enough?" ”

The head chef nodded repeatedly, "It's full." ”

When she realized that she had said something wrong, she immediately ducked her head from the stool and cowered.

Shopkeeper Huang was angry, and he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

"Shopkeeper Huang, don't you have anything to say now?" Xu Xiaoxiao walked in front of everyone and said with a smile.

Then she took out a silver tael from her bosom and put it on the table, "This silver tael is enough for the meal." ”

The shopkeeper Huang felt inexplicably ironic when he saw the silver ingot, he picked up the silver two and planned to throw it back into Xu Xiaoxiao's hand, but as soon as he picked it up, he met everyone's burning eyes.

Everyone is curious about how the shopkeeper Huang will solve the current dilemma, after all, if this ingot of silver is accepted, it is too small, if you don't accept it, it will be a slap in the face, and the signboard of Chang'an Street will be disgraced.

Xu Xiaoxiao didn't have the heart to wait for the reaction of the shopkeeper Huang, he pulled Liu Qiao'er and Chu Chu, and the iron pillar walked out of the tavern, and she didn't forget to add a sentence before walking out of the door, "Tonight I invited a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits, if the shopkeeper Huang is free, you can come and visit, after all, this ghost story has spread from you." ”

Everyone's eyes were busy turning left and right, first from the Huang shopkeeper, then to Xu Xiaoxiao, and then to the Huang shopkeeper.

I saw that the face of the shopkeeper Huang was red and white, and he couldn't say a word, and the diners couldn't help but show an expression of admiration to Xu Xiaoxiao when they saw this.

After all, this street can choke the shopkeeper Huang to the point that he has nothing to say, and he is definitely the only one in the past ten years.

Xu Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows and smiled, turned around and left, returning to her own tavern.

In the tavern, Liu Zhouzi and Wang Lin are building a new signboard, and the two of them are carving words on a piece of vermilion sandalwood, while Wang Qing and Wang An mix the lacquered fuel on the side.

"What about Mengzhou?" Xu Xiaoxiao looked around the tavern and didn't find Liu Mengzhou, and curiously asked Liu Zhouzi who was squatting on the ground.

Liu Zhouzi raised his head blankly and looked around, and replied in surprise, "I was still dancing here just now, why is this gone?" ”

"Could it be? The spell is gone? ”

He wielded a carving knife and made two random strokes in mid-air.

Liu Qiao'er kicked Liu Zhouzi's buttocks, "Nonsense." ”

"What's the matter, the whole city is rumored to be haunted here, and it's not surprising that Mengzhou disappeared out of thin air." Liu Zhouzi touched his painful butt and complained.

Liu Mengzhou, who was arranging the altar on the second floor, stretched out his head and waved the floating dust, "I'm here." ”

The crowd looked up, and then a commotion rang out in the tavern.

Liu Zhouzi stood up from the ground and looked at Liu Mengzhou who walked down from the second floor with disgust.

I saw that he had two mustaches on his face, a yellow horse coat on his body, a Taoist hat on his head, and floating dust in his hands, and came to everyone in a decent manner.

"It's pretty similar." Liu Qiao'er touched her chin and looked at Liu Mengzhou.

Liu Mengzhou touched the back of his head and smirked, he also bought the Taoist costume from memory, and then matched it with a beard, which was completely matched according to the image of the white-eyed Taoist chief in his memory.

Xu Xiaoxiao nodded with satisfaction, "It's still early, everyone take a rest, and I'll prepare dinner for everyone." ”

At dusk, the sky is getting dark, and the Chang'an Street is in a dark, but the Yanji Tavern opposite is still lively, everyone is moving a small bench and snorting melon seeds, looking forward to Xu Xiao's tavern to show everyone the unique skill of catching ghosts.

Zhao Kai and Chu Qing rode to the front of the tavern and were quite curious to see the bustling discussion of everyone.

"What are these people doing?" Chu Qing entered the tavern with his hands behind his back.

At this time, Xu Xiaoxiao had just made dinner and was serving it with dinner, Zhao Kai sat on the stool unceremoniously and picked up chopsticks to eat hard.

Seeing this, Wang Duo hurriedly found a vacant seat to sit next to Zhao Kai, and didn't forget to say a few words while holding the rice, "I told the prince about it, and the prince has to come over." ”

Xu Xiaoxiao put down the dishes and chopsticks and looked at Chu Qing with a smile, "Everyone outside has come to watch the play, so let's sit down yet." ”

After Chu Qing got Xu Xiaoxiao's invitation, he sat on the stool casually, looking back at the other side from time to time.

He remembered that the shopkeeper Huang on the other side was a responsible person, and he was quite active in paying taxes, and he also offered to contribute food when there was a famine in the city a few days ago.

Why do you get involved in these market disputes, and don't want to do your part as a businessman?

Liu Qiao'er quickly picked up the meal, her eyes kept glancing into the air, she was very curious if this 'ghost' would appear in front of everyone's eyes.

If it doesn't appear, the rumors will be self-defeating, and if it does, then this 'ghost' will be self-defeating.

Whether it is hiding or rushing, it is bound to lose.

The bright moon gradually disappeared under the dark clouds, and the spectators sitting in front of the Yanji Restaurant were already exhausted, and many people couldn't stay up to end early, but there were still many energetic young people who sat on the stool with their eyelids on their eyelids and stared at the second floor of the tavern opposite.

At this time, incense was being lit on the second floor, white smoke was filling the room, and everyone retreated to the corner and quietly watched Liu Mengzhou swinging the wooden sword indiscriminately.

Liu Qiao'er yawned, "It's almost enough, it's not true." ”

Liu Mengzhou was immediately unhappy when he heard this, he was so eager to play the role of a Taoist priest, how could he say that it was almost the same.

"You wait for mortals, how do you understand." He lowered his voice and said in the old man's voice.

Liu Qiao'er glanced at him irritably, found an open space and sat directly on the ground.

Cheng Qing pinched the back of her hand nervously, she also wanted to know who was going to play the Cheng family's unjust soul, and whether that person knew the real murderer behind the scenes.

Wang Duo stood beside Cheng Qing and saw that her hands were bruised, and said distressedly, "Don't be nervous, the murderer will be caught soon, and the prince will definitely give you justice at that time." ”

Cheng Qing looked at Wang Duo when she heard this, her nervous mood was really relaxed a little, she showed a shallow smile, pursed her lower lip and nodded slightly.

Her smile blew into Wang Duo's heart in the dim light, like a spring breeze, and he looked at the face with a shallow smile in front of him in a daze, so drunk.

Wang Duo's demented appearance completely fell into Xu Xiaoxiao's eyes, and she lowered her head and smiled lightly.

Chu Qing asked curiously, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Xu Xiaoxiao smiled and said nothing, and she began to observe the second floor of the tavern.

The second floor is about 100 square meters, the tables and chairs have been emptied all around, and the beams and columns have also taken off a thin layer of paint, and there is no light to illuminate, which looks particularly gloomy and depressing.

Suddenly, there was a creaking sound from the side ahead.

Xu Xiaoxiao hurriedly made a silent gesture to everyone, and Liu Mengzhou stopped dancing and walked towards the dark corner with a wooden sword.

The creaking sound became louder and louder, as if someone had knocked it open, and suddenly, a pair of dark eyes appeared in the night.

Screams rang out from the second floor, and the drowsy spectators got up from their stools in a trembling way after hearing the screams.

The shopkeeper Huang was teaching the head chef in the tavern, and after hearing the screams, he hurriedly ran out of the store, he held the kitchen knife in his hand, and walked quickly towards the tavern opposite.

The caretaker hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "Shopkeeper Huang, what are you doing, now there is a lot of luck in the past." ”

The shopkeeper shook off the visitor's hand with a dark face, "Do you think it's not big enough?" What's really going on on the other side and what's in it for you? ”

The guards were instantly dumbfounded when they heard this, didn't the shopkeeper Huang always hate Xu Xiaoxiao on the other side? Why did you offer to help them, besides, the rumors from the tavern opposite are still coming from the Yanji tavern.

Shopkeeper Huang looked at everyone's stunned expressions, and naturally knew what they were thinking, he really hated those little girls who didn't know anything about fooling around, now the world is not good, and if you toss it up, you will still work hard and hurt the people, why bother?

That's why he deliberately targeted them as this bad guy, now the business on Chang'an Street is not good, everyone is already tired of eating his dishes, if the tavern opposite is really open and can drive the guests from the outside city, it would be great.

But what he is most worried about is that the little girl doesn't know how to run a tavern, and in the end, she loses money, not to mention, and is poked in the back.

Just like Lao Cheng at the beginning, he finally embarked on a road of no return, and let his wife and children fall into the crime with him.

The shopkeeper walked quickly to the tavern, where white smoke was filled, and the candles were swaying in the wind, and they could be extinguished at any time.

He walked to the second floor step by step, the old staircase, every step made a creaking sound, and the mad voice looked particularly creatic in the dim city.

Suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed the Huang shopkeeper, "Ahh......hh