At this time, the two also took the tea handed by the guy and sat down one after another.

Shopkeeper Zhou said: "I have counted the tiger skins of the little brother, there are twenty-three in total, I bid twenty taels for each one, so that it is a total of four hundred and sixty taels, the first time the little brother made a deal with me, I am not too stingy, so good, I have forty taels more, what does the little brother think?"

Lone Star didn't know much about the silver taels, and he didn't know what the concept of the five hundred taels was, so he was a little indifferent, but Brother Bao was nervous, and tried his best to suppress his heart and excitedly said: "Shopkeeper Zhou, it's not easy for my little brother to go to the next mountain, and the family is still anxious to use the money, these ......"

"Then add another hundred taels!"

Shopkeeper Zhou cut off Brother Bao's words and said to Lone Star: "Since the little brother has difficulties in the family, I, as an elder brother, naturally want to help, this extra hundred taels should be my heart, and I hope that the little brother will take care of it more in the future."

"Shopkeeper Zhou is bold, I thanked my relatives and family in advance, and I will talk about the business later. ”

Unconsciously, Shopkeeper Zhou pulled the relationship with Lone Star to the point of being called a brother, and Brother Bao was shocked and couldn't help but scold secretly: "Old fox." ”

After receiving the six hundred taels of silver tickets sent by the bookkeeper, the two of them immediately stopped staying, and after saying that there would be a period in the future, they left here in a hurry.

At this time, a guy in the store asked: "I said shopkeeper, don't you always admonish us on weekdays to try to push the price down, why today? Could it be that this tiger skin is really a treasure?"

Shopkeeper Zhou suddenly sneered: "Treasures are naturally treasures, and this peeling work is also a must, but if it is only like this, it will not be as humble as me." ”

The guy was stunned for a moment and said, "Why is that?"

Shopkeeper Zhou took a sip of tea and said firmly: "You really think that I am offering a high price, on the contrary, the price I gave him is already low and cannot be lower." ”

"Huh?" the fellow exclaimed, not understanding what he meant.

"You'll find out later, and that's not the most critical thing. ”

Shopkeeper Zhou said: "I asked him just now how much stock he still has at home, and although that kid quickly answered me, I know that he still has at least three hundred pieces there!"

is worthy of the old rivers and lakes, and he saw through the details of Lone Star at once, but he still guessed less, and there were more than a thousand tiger skins on Lone Star's hands. The guy immediately bent down and said respectfully: "Please also ask the shopkeeper to make it clear." ”

"You, you still need to learn a little more to observe words and looks. ”

Shopkeeper Zhou patted the guy on the shoulder and ordered: "In the past few days, call more people to go to the surname Bao to do activities, probe his tone, and find out for me what this kid is coming from." ”

"Where are you coming?" the guy suddenly didn't understand, and said, "Isn't he a distant relative surnamed Bao?"

"Fart's distant relative!" The shopkeeper scolded secretly and reprimanded: "That surnamed Bao has never been in the mountains in his life, where did he come from!"

The guy was stunned for a moment, and didn't dare to say more.

......

"Big brother, you just take it. ”

Lone Star took out a hundred taels, handed them to Brother Bao and said, "I thank you for taking care of you just now, and the extra one hundred taels is your credit in itself." ”

Brother Bao suddenly pushed and said, "Little brother looks down on me, it's just a trivial matter, don't mention it again, quickly put away the silver tael." ”

After a while, Lone Star saw that Brother Bao refused to take it for a long time, so he immediately had a plan and said: "Big brother misunderstood, this silver tael was not given to you for nothing, but I am new to the city, and I am not very familiar with everything here, I implore the eldest brother to take me around, and find a place to rest by the way, these silver taels should be compensation for delaying the eldest brother's business." ”

Brother Bao said: "The little brother is outside, what business is not business, as for the resting place, if the little brother does not dislike it, my house is at the end of the street to the west, although it is not spacious, but it is more than enough to live you and me." ”

"So, the eldest brother's wife is not here?"

"Huh." Brother Bao immediately laughed at himself: "The eldest brother hasn't married a wife yet, where is the wife?"

Lone Star saw that this big brother was nearly thirty years old, although he was a little darker, but he was also dignified, and the bun shop behind him was not small, so he couldn't help but say curiously: "Then why doesn't the big brother marry one?"

Brother Bao suddenly trembled, and said with a wry smile: "I used to have someone I liked, but I was persecuted later, it's just a matter of the past, what to do with it." ”

After saying that, without waiting for Lone Star's reaction, he turned around and went into the store. In the end, he still didn't accept Lone Star's money.

"This man is also a man with a heart. ”

At this time, Xiao Yue, who had not appeared for a long time, said abruptly.

"Sister Xiaoyue?"

Lone Star was startled and said, "Where are you? Why can't I see you?"

Xiao Yue smiled: "Idiot, don't look for it, I'm in the sword, you can't find it." ”

"Can you see me?"

"You can see it, but you can't see me. ”

Xiaoyue said: "There are a lot of people here, and it will be inconvenient for me to come out in the future, just say it in your heart when you want to call me, I can hear it." ”

"Why is it inconvenient, aren't people unable to see you?"

Lone Star said: "And how come I have never seen you use this trick before." ”

"Stupid, did I use this before?"

Xiao Yue reprimanded Lone Star and said, "Ordinary people can't see me, but those strong people are not vegetarians, once I am discovered by them, do you still have a good life?"

Lone Star comes to an enlightenment.

"The rivers and lakes are sinister, and you stupid boy met such a righteous big brother as soon as he came out, he was really a fool and a fool. ”

Lone Star immediately tried to reply in his heart, and said, "Brother Bao is indeed a good person, and he seems to have some hardships. ”

Xiao Yue said faintly: "I'm afraid it's because of that sweetheart, but he is also an infatuated man." ”

"By the way, haven't you asked the little brother for his name?" At this time, Brother Bao came out of the house and asked Lone Xingdao.

Lone Star immediately clenched his fists and said, "Night Lone Star, haven't you asked for your brother's name yet?"

Brother Bao laughed and said: "I'm a bun seller, where did I get my name, my surname is Bao, and my single name is a macro character, if Brother Ye doesn't dislike it, you might as well call me Brother Bao." The name Brother is very neat!"

"Brother Bao has won the prize. ”

Lone Star humbly said and said, "By the way, Brother Bao, is this the Jianghu or not, why don't you see those Jianghu knights?"

When Bao Hong heard this, he immediately smiled: "I look at the little brother's dress, I'm afraid he made a special trip down the mountain to walk the rivers and lakes, right?"

Lone Star hurriedly said yes.

"Haha, Zhou Huai's old fox is afraid that you will be pitted, I know that your hundred are just beaks. ”

Beak-headed?, Lone Star smiled, noncommittal.

Bao Hong saw that the Lone Star Sword did not leave his hand, and he looked curious about everything, and he was even more convinced that this was a stunned young man who had never seen the market.

"Brother Night asks each other like this, it can be seen that you are in the rivers and lakes, but you don't know that you are in the rivers and lakes. ”

Bao Hong sighed and said, "What are rivers and lakes? Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, where there are grievances, there are rivers and lakes, and there are rivers and lakes everywhere, how can you say that there are no rivers?"

Lone Star was stunned, and was speechless by the argument.

"But it's no wonder you ask, this is just a border town in Chu State, where do you get so many grievances and grievances, if you really want to gain knowledge, you might as well go to some larger capitals. ”

Bao Hong paused and said: "Those dragons and crouching tigers hidden in the capital, there are many masters, and they are fighting openly and secretly, that is called a lively." ”

"Chu State?"

Lone Star wondered, "Are we here in the territory of Chu State?"

Although he had heard the old man say some things about the rivers and lakes, they were all about fighting, killing, and revenge, and he was completely like a blank sheet of paper about other aspects, and he didn't know anything.

Seeing this, Bao Hong immediately asked helplessly: "I'm afraid you don't even know where you are, right?"

When he saw Lone Star shaking his head, he suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "You kid, it's okay, big brother, I'll tell you about the things in this world today." ”

Lone Star hurriedly said, "Please ask Brother Bao for advice." ”

"Well, brother, listen to me. ”

Bao Hong made a decision: "There are seven kingdoms in this world, according to the strength, they are Qi, Shu, Song, Wu, Zhao, Yan, Chu, of course, our Chu country is the strongest among the seven countries." ”

Bao Hong's eyes showed a hint of pride, and said: "But in the Far Northern Wasteland outside the Seven Kingdoms, there is still a group of barbarians living outside the Saiwai, these barbarians are all ruthless and brutal, and they are delusional all day long to subvert the Seven Kingdoms and invade the Central Plains, especially our Chu State, which is the closest to the barbarians, and every war is the first to bear the brunt." ”

"Oh, in this case, the strength of the Chu State should be greatly consumed, why not decrease but increase. Lone Star was puzzled.

"Haha, you don't understand this. ”

Bao Hong laughed loudly and said: "The strength here is divided by military strength, indeed, the strength of the Chu State in the war has been gradually weakened, but the soldiers' combat ability has been enhanced again and again in the grinding, especially when His Majesty Chu Feng is in power, he has made great efforts to govern the country and defeated the barbarians seven times in a row, which is very happy." ”

"So powerful!"

Lone Star secretly praised and said, "But the barbarians are so arrogant and domineering, are the other six countries sitting like this?"

"Them?"

Bao Hong suddenly snorted coldly and said, "It's none of my business, it's too late for them to be happy, how can they help each other?"

Bao Hong said sadly: "The Seven Kingdoms seem to be a harmonious atmosphere on the surface, but in fact, there is an undercurrent surging, intriguing with each other, and beware of each other, otherwise our clan has hundreds of millions of soldiers and horses, so why not be afraid of a small barbarian tribe outside the Saiwai." ”

"Although the Seven Kingdoms are not in harmony, the barbarians are foreign after all, so they can't bear to watch the Chu State fall into the hands of foreigners?"

Bao Hong sighed and said, "In the face of absolute interests, where is there any national righteousness. ”

Lone Star was dumbfounded