Chapter 45: Widow Zhao's Shop
The vast world of Longmen in the mist and rain gives people the initial feeling of being huge and luxurious, these two words are not next to each other, but here they are exceptional, whether it is the faint city in the distance, or the city gate tower in the near distance, even the bluestone road under the feet can be reflected.
According to Ao Yu, this bluestone road is not an ordinary bluestone, but a kind of jade called green cold jade, in the hot weather, it will exude a trace of cold air, walking on it makes people feel extremely cool and comfortable, and the width of the bluestone road can be parallel to twenty-four eight-horse carriages, Hu Hou secretly smacked his tongue, this is the road, this is clearly the square! And it is a square with air conditioning.
When he walked to the city gate, he introduced that the bricks on the city gate are also a kind of glowing jade, which will emit a bright light when it is dark at night, and can be seen within a radius of several miles, which should be the oldest neon light.
It can be imagined how much money and luxury the life of the Shenlong clan was in the past, but now that the Shenlong is gone, there are only traces of these lives and those extremely tempting treasure legends.
Walking in the wind and rain is definitely not a wonderful thing, not to mention that there are often some scenes of fighting and fighting around him, most of them are Heavenly Court officers and soldiers arresting the wicked, but after the encounter on the dock, Hu Hou began to be suspicious of the identity of these wicked people who were captured by the Heavenly Court officers and soldiers.
Of course, there are also people who chase and kill the officers and soldiers of the Heavenly Court, this kind of person should be regarded as a real villain, but at this time, the officers and soldiers of the Heavenly Court only care about fleeing, and do not dare to resist, it is the same everywhere, bullying the good and fearing the evil, fortunately, among his own people, there is an extremely ferocious wicked person, who wants to come to Jinpeng to treat the officers and soldiers of the Heavenly Court without scruples at the dock, and it has already spread, and no one dares to come over to disturb and provoke all the way.
Hu Hou didn't want to meddle in things, and he didn't want to cause trouble, he just wanted to find an inn to settle down quickly, and it was really uncomfortable to stay in the wind and rain for a long time, and by the way, he also wanted to inquire about why the current law and order were so chaotic.
Huang Feng said that there are two more famous inns in the city, called "Wang Xiaoerdian" and "Widow Zhao's shop" respectively, and when they heard the name of the latter shop, everyone was in good spirits and asked Widow Zhao how she looked like with infinite anticipation?
Huang Feng led everyone to an inn with "Rest Merchants Jia" hanging on the square lantern at the head of the door, and "Wang Xiaoerdian" written below, but before entering the door, he was blocked by the shopkeeper and asked whether he came to eat or stay, if it was to stay and go to another house, it was full, if it was to eat, he had to stand at the door and wait for a seat, and after there were guests inside, he could only enter after clearing the empty table.
How could everyone have been so neglected, so angry that Huang Feng wanted to find the shopkeeper theory, but was pulled by Hu Hou and asked him to take it to another house to try, but the shopkeeper arrogantly warned not to return, his memory is very good, and the other guests standing outside waiting also persuaded not to be afraid of trouble, when Hu Hou asked the reason, they all shook their heads slightly and kept silent.
In the end, Hu Hou and the others still went to the "Zhao Widow's Shop", there were not many people here, but every guest was hideous-looking, with fierce eyes, not like bandits or robbers.
Seeing that a few customers who seemed to be good people finally came to the door, Widow Zhao, who was hiding on the side and trembling, hurriedly greeted her in person, and heard that she was going to stay in the hotel, and introduced the Tianzi room more enthusiastically, taking this opportunity Huang Feng asked her why the security outside was so chaotic, Widow Zhao was reluctant to say, but after getting Hu Hou's assurance, she would stay here anyway, and Widow Zhao sighed and said the reason.
Hu Hou originally thought that this place was the ancestral land of the Dragon Clan, but now he knew that this place was called Longwei City, which was the second largest city in the Dragon Gate Great Thousand Realms, and the first city was Longshou City, which was the ancestral land of the Dragon Clan.
After the seal of the Great Thousand Realms of Longmen collapsed, except for Longshou City, other large and small cities were quickly occupied by major forces, Longwei City was originally occupied by the demon clan, although the soldiers outside the city were disturbed, but the city was in order, and many foreigners poured into this place to settle down and do business, but since half a year ago, the demon clan left, and the officers and soldiers of the heavenly court took over this place, this place has changed.
"Were the demon people driven away by the officers and soldiers of the Heavenly Court?" asked Hu Hou curiously.
"Those people who have been killed with a thousand knives, how can they have such skills, they can only bully us ordinary people, the demon clan is going to Longshou City to find treasures, I heard that the biggest treasure in Longshou City has been discovered, and now the seal is being broken. ”
Widow Zhao was very dissatisfied with the officers and soldiers of the Heavenly Court, and scolded while talking, not only did she understand the situation outside, but also told her about the things in her own shop, and Hu Hou had to choose the most important ones to listen to.
It turned out that after the demon clan left, after several battles, the officers and soldiers of the heavenly court finally captured Longwei City, and since then the officers and soldiers of the heavenly court began to run rampant in the city, extortion on weekdays, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil, making the residents of the city miserable, many residents who came here earlier have moved away, only people like Widow Zhao who have nowhere to go are still here, even so, they live in panic every day, because not only will there be heavenly court officers and soldiers to blackmail at all times, but also there will be splashes to eat and drink for nothing and make trouble, so that customers dare not come to patronize, even if there are a few customers who come to the door, most of them are divided into two kinds: one is just here, do not understand the situation, and the other is bold, a bully in itself.
It's no wonder that when I first entered the store, the people I saw were all hateful-looking. For the first type of people, once they understand the situation, they will leave as soon as possible and look for other safe inns, while for the second type of people, Widow Zhao is worried that the poor waiting will bring death or eat overlord meals.
As for the bullish Wang Xiaoerdian, without waiting for Hu Hou to ask, Widow Zhao herself said the reason, it turned out that she was related to the officers and soldiers of the Heavenly Court, no wonder no one dared to come to the door to find trouble.
Hu Hou is a person who does not pick a place, there are two super thugs, Jin Peng and Niu Dali, there is no need to worry about the insecurity of living here, and he should immediately go down to live in the Tianzi room, and the widow Zhao shouted loudly to prepare hot water and food quickly.
Hu Hou suddenly found that the demon clan was considered a good person, but the officers and soldiers of the heavenly court became villains, and the difference between the two before and after governing Longwei City was a world of difference;
When thanking Huang Shi, he said: "We must be honest in doing business, and we can't charge others more, nor can we lose anything from others. ”
On the contrary, the two Heavenly Court officers and soldiers who were cleaned up by Jin Peng indiscriminately wanted to come out to kill people, and they also wanted to rob property, so that people couldn't tell whether they were officials or bandits.
ps: Paying tribute to the original Journey to the West, I quote the name of the store in the original book. ~