The inn occupies a large area, and there are two courtyards behind the building, one is used to house the horses of the merchants and the firewood and forage of the inn, and the other is the inn's own pigsty, sheep pen and free-range chickens.

In the Hanhai Desert, almost all towns, including Juxian Town, have no official power, and the people who come and go are both merchants from the south to the north, as well as sand bandits and bandits who haunt the desert, and almost all of them can gain a foothold and survive in the towns have their own unusual features - either force, or relationship, or both.

As one of the top inns in Juxian Town, Juxian Inn naturally has the capital and inviolability that it can rely on - those who dare to make trouble in Juxian Inn can hardly walk ten miles away from Juxian Town alive.

However, the Juxian Inn is not a black shop that kills people and grabs treasures, but is the favorite shop for travelers who are familiar with the Hanhai desert.

Because of one person.

This person is the female shopkeeper of the Juxian Inn, Tong Xiangyu.

Tong Xiangyu is extremely beautiful, well-proportioned, concave and convex, although the clothes on weekdays are ordinary, but in the eyes of those who care, they can always vaguely "see" the graceful figure inside through the coarse cloth clothes, adding endless wonderful reverie to the monotonous and boring desert journey......

Don't look at Tong Xiangyu is only in her early twenties, but she is unusually good at dancing with long sleeves - externally, no matter what kind of guests she meets, she can arrange them to be obedient and happy; Internally, there are more than a dozen people in the inn, including the guys and the back kitchen, among which there are many hidden thieves and former bandits, all of whom are obedient to Tong Xiangyu and do not disobey.

If anyone thinks that Tong Xiangyu can do this only because of her beauty, it is very wrong.

Because the weapon she really relies on is her own mind and strength.

Many people say that Tong Xiangyu is a thorny rose blooming in the Hanhai Desert, which is untouchable.

There have been wealthy high-rollers who tried to pluck this flower with money, and there were murderous charlatans who tried to take this flower away with their swords, but they all failed in the end.

Those who obey the rules and retreat in the face of difficulties are fine, while those whose brains are dominated by the lower body and try to use them in vain have now fed several stubbles of sheep on the grave grass.

Some people also asked Tong Xiangyu, with her appearance and ability, she will have a better life wherever she goes, why do she have to stay in such a place where birds don't?

Tong Xiangyu only said that she was waiting for someone.

……

On this day, Tong Xiangyu was sitting behind the counter as usual to settle accounts, and Xiaoliu who ran the hall secretly came to her side, close to her ear and muttered: "Shopkeeper, there is another one without luggage." This is already the fifth in recent times. ”

"Okay, got it." Tong Xiangyu said without raising her head while pulling the abacus, "It's good to wait, try not to let them get together." ”

"Good!" Xiao Liu nodded, turned around and went to the back kitchen.

Tong Xiangyu raised her head slightly, looked at the new guest at the window, and saw that it was a man in a cyan robe, who was sitting quietly there looking out the window at this time.

When I looked closely, I saw that the man had a thin waist, a burly figure, a short, dense beard with an angular face, a teacup in one hand, a random place on the table with the other, and a golden ring on his index finger.

The man's senses were very keen, as if he noticed Tong Xiangyu's gaze at the first time, and turned to look at Tong Xiangyu, the two of them met their eyes, and Tong Xiangyu also saw the man's face.

The man looked like he was about thirty years old, with a square face, upright facial features, a resolute countenance, well-defined contours, rough and handsome. For some reason, Tong Xiangyu suddenly felt a little flustered in her heart, and hurriedly smiled at the person, and then naturally turned her gaze to the guest at the other table. Someone at the table was waving to him, and he got up and walked over with a smile.

"Shopkeeper Tong, another jar of wine! Plus two roast leg of lamb! A black-faced man said with a drunken face.

Tong Xiangyu smiled: "Brother Liu, drink less!" I've finished drinking a jar, and if I drink it again, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to the guest room. ”

The black-faced man said drunkly, "Where is it?" Hurry up and get served! Don't you know how much Brother Liu drinks? Besides, I finally met my good brother here who I haven't seen for many years, and today we must, we have to get drunk! ”

"Yes!" At the same table with the black-faced man was a lean little man, in his forties, with a weather-beaten face and a pair of small eyes shining with fine light. At this moment, he was also a little drunk, looking at Tong Xiangyu's eyes with an unconcealable heat, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect the proprietress to have good wine and better people, if you're afraid that we will get drunk, why don't you drink a few glasses with us?" As he spoke, he reached out his thin paws and pulled Tong Xiangyu's hand.

Tong Xiangyu smiled and waved the handkerchief in his hand, picked up the empty wine jar on the table and shook it, and coincidentally blocked the little man's hand, "The wine brewed in the small shop is a famous eight drunken wine within a radius of a hundred miles, and since the two of them are good wines, then I will bring you another jar." After speaking, seeing that Xiao Liu was coming out of the back kitchen, he hurriedly greeted, "Xiao Liu, add jar wine and two leg of mutton to Brother Liu's table!" ”

"Come on!" Xiao Liu turned around and picked up a small wine jar from behind the counter, and sent it to the front in three steps and two steps.

"Two slow use!"

Tong Xiangyu turned around and was about to leave, but the little man grabbed Tong Xiangyu's wrist and said, "Boss, don't you drink together before leaving?" Do you look down on our brothers? ”

"Look at what you said!" Tong Xiangyu was not angry, she grabbed the wine jar and poured it for the two of them, took an empty wine cup and poured it for herself, lightly pulled out the other hand from the little man's hand, and said with a smile, "Since Hu Ye is invited, then drink one." To both! Dry! ”

As he spoke, he picked up the wine cup and touched it with the two of them, leaning his neck and drinking it all, "The two of you use it slowly, I'll go and show you if the leg of lamb is okay." With that, he turned and left.

The little man still wanted to pull Tong Xiangyu, but the black-faced man picked it up under the table, and urged: "Why are you still holding your wine?" Drink it now, drink it now! ”

The little man was a little puzzled, and as soon as he was stunned, the black-faced man had already leaned into his ear and whispered: "Don't provoke her, be careful when she turns around and chops up your stuff to feed the dog." ”

The little man was stunned when he heard this, but his eyes were still staring at Tong Xiangyu's back reluctantly, and he asked disapprehantly, "How do you say this?" ”

"Her kung fu is not weak, I'm afraid that seven or eight people won't be able to get close! The woman who can open a store in the Hanhai Desert is not something we can afford to provoke! ”

The little man shrank his neck when he heard this, and his voice became a little smaller: "Is this true?" ”

"Is that still fake? When I was passing by last year, a few fresh faces came to the shop trying to tease her, dressed as a horse bandit who had escaped from somewhere else. She was also smiling at the time, and she dealt with it exquisitely, and those people didn't take advantage of it at all, but were drunk by her. The next day, they walked for half a day, and when I walked to the wasteland ten miles away, I accidentally found the bodies of those people, all of whom had been killed with a single sword! ”

"It's not normal for a few people to die in the desert? How can you be sure that she must have done it? ”

"Because I've seen her sword! Her sword was slightly wider and shorter than a normal sword, but it was sharp and sharp. One year, a few outlaws came here, and they wanted to kidnap the shopkeeper Tong in public, but they were all killed by her with a sword, and it took less than two breaths from the start to the end! Three of those people were cut off with a sword. ”

When the little man heard this, he was so frightened that he woke up most of the time, and felt that his neck suddenly felt a little cold, and asked in a low voice: "Then didn't I ...... just now?"

The black-faced man laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "No, no!" Haha, that shopkeeper Tong is quite chivalrous, how can he be so stingy? When I joke with familiar old guests on weekdays, I tell more meat jokes than me! You're not going too far, it's okay, it's okay, come on, keep drinking! ”

"By the way, you haven't told me yet, why did you suddenly run so far to Juxian Town? Don't...... Is there work to be done in this desert? ”

"Of course there's work to be done." The little man lowered his voice, looked around and saw that everyone was paying attention to their table, and then said, "Don't be quiet!" Three months ago, Long Jiuye sent me a letter, saying that I should bring the guy who had dinner to Juxian Town, saying that I could have this number after I was done! As he spoke, the little man stretched out five fingers and shook them.

"Five hundred taels of silver?" The black-faced man's eyes flashed, slightly surprised.

"Five hundred taels of gold!" The corners of the little man's mouth twitched, and he said mysteriously.

"So much?" The black-faced man gasped, and then changed to a flattering smile, "What work?" Can you bring your brother with you? ”

The little man shook his head and said, "No, brother, I won't promise you." I don't know exactly what the situation is. Long Jiuye just said, wait at the Juxian Inn in advance according to the date, and someone will take me to do errands later. Don't ask too much about the specifics, and don't let others mention it. If it weren't for you, brother, I wouldn't have brought it up to anyone else. But haven't I been here for two days? I haven't seen anyone greet me until now, if it weren't for the handwriting and private seal of Long Jiuye's letter, I suspect that no one is playing tricks on me. ”

"That's a pity......" The black-faced man seemed to know the rules of Long Jiuye's side, and sighed and said, "I have to set off tomorrow on the road, although I can't earn much silver from this batch of goods, there are still several mouths waiting to be fed at home." ”

"Brother Liu, don't sigh, the dozen or so brothers who were with us at the beginning are still alive now, but there are only the two of us left. Your current job is harder, but at least it's safe. I was a person who fed the whole family and didn't go hungry, and I didn't know anything else, so I kept doing it. However, I'm going to wash my hands after this trip. Go back to Ruohan Guopan and find a mother-in-law, and you will be comfortable in this life. ”

"Indeed it should be! Your gambling and lustful problem has to be changed, and I haven't seen you save any possessions for so many years. ”

"Brother Liu's lesson is, come, brother toast you!"

"Come on, come on, do it!"

When the two of them pushed the cups and changed the lamps and whispered, they didn't notice the slightly strange look on the faces of the guests at the table by the window......