"Bang Dang~"

The wooden door shook a bit, but it didn't open.

The door had been blocked from the inside by a wooden bolt, and outsiders could not enter.

Merlin was a little anxious, he wriggled back to his room, found a wooden stick, and with his thin wrist, reached through the crack in the door and picked the wooden bolt open.

In ancient times, the door of the inn was so simple, it was open by everyone, so the inn was mixed, and the dignitaries and nobles would bring guards to guard against it.

"Squeak~"

The wooden door was pushed open, and a burst of white mist greeted him, Merlin waved his hand to sweep away the fog, closed the door and called softly: "Childe, childe!" ”

The room was silent, not a sound at all.

Merlin thought to himself, could it be that Childe was sleeping? He walked slowly to the bed.

However, just a few steps after he walked a few steps, he suddenly bumped into something under his feet and tripped and fell to the ground.

With an "oops", he fell to the ground.

But when he looked down, he found that beneath him was a thick snake lying on the ground, tripping him up.

Merlin was instantly frightened, and he said in horror, "Snake! Snake! ”

hurriedly got up and was about to run outside, but when he walked to the door, he suddenly stopped, "Where's Childe?" Son! Son! Where are you? ”

A terrifying thought suddenly appeared in Merlin's mind, could it be that Childe was swallowed by the giant python on the ground?

His face was full of fear and uneasiness, but he turned to look at the python on the ground with trembling hands and feet.

"Whew~"

The white mist was vast, and the giant python suddenly raised its body and crawled over, and the thick snake body wrapped around Mo Lin layer by layer, and then opened his mouth to him.

Merlin screamed in terror, his struggling hands stopped abruptly, and his eyes rolled and he passed out.

The white snake let go of his body, shook his head a few times, and crawled to the ground again, twisting his body and gradually turning into a human form.

At this moment, the sun is slanting westward, the sun is retreating and the yin is advancing, and the Dragon Boat Festival has passed.

Bai Lan stretched his waist, pulled his long hair, and with a wave of his sleeves, the white fog in the room was gone.

He also found Merlin lying on the ground......

Lowering his head and looking at the handsome young man who fell to the ground, Bai Lan was stunned.

Stretched out his hand to probe his snort, then raised his wrist to check his pulse, and breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the person is not dead, otherwise he would not have the supernatural powers and connections that fly into the sky like Bai Suzhen.

Bai Lan thought about it, sent Merlin back to his own room, took out a silver needle and pricked the Shenque acupoint and other acupuncture points a few times, and then walked out of his room and closed the door.

Stand outside the door, wait for three breaths, and then push the door in.

"Squeak~"

Merlin heard the sound of pushing the door, subconsciously opened his eyes and saw Childe walking towards him, hurriedly got up from the bed, and said with a smile: "Childe." ”

"What time is it, why are you still sleeping?" Bai Lan asked without a different color.

"Ah, this, it may be that I am tired from playing at noon, and I have been sleeping for a while." Merlin rubbed his head and said embarrassedly.

"Alright, let's get some rest. Today's Dragon Boat Festival, I don't want you to study, I'm going to pack up my things, we will leave tomorrow to continue our journey. Bai Lan put his hands behind his back and said lightly.

"Oh, are we on our way?"

"What, you haven't had enough fun?" Bai Lan smiled, "Then how many more days will you stay here?" ”

Merlin suddenly thought of Fang Cai's nightmare, shook his head frantically and said, "Ah, no need. Let's go, I'll go tomorrow! ”

Bai Lan nodded and walked out leisurely.

Merlin rubbed his head and remembered the dream, such a thick white snake, wrapped around his body, and could swallow him in one bite with his mouth open.

It's horrible.

But how could I have this nightmare? Shaking his head, he didn't think about it anymore, maybe today is the Dragon Boat Festival, I heard that snakes are afraid of this day.

The corners of Bai Lan's mouth hooked slightly, and this matter passed. The highest level of making up a lie is to let the other person make up a lie for themselves.

At dawn the next day, after packing his belongings, Merlin carried a small book basket, which contained Bai Lan's crane feather fan, as well as his long flute, Merlin's four treasures of study, and some books and his clothes.

Bai Lan was relaxed, and Mo Lin carried a book basket, like a scholar and his little scholar who entered Beijing to take the exam.

When he came downstairs, Xiao Er greeted him with a smile and said, "Guest officer, your account has also been settled, right?" ”

Bai Lan nodded, "You should also calculate it and see how many silver taels there are." ”

"Okay! Wait a minute, guest officer! Xiao Er was busy with a smile on his face and led the shopkeeper to settle the account.

"Smack... Smack..."

The crisp sound of the abacus beads sounded, and the shopkeeper's fingers played quickly, like a slender hand playing with beads, up and down, horizontally and vertically, and a set of actions flowed smoothly in one go.

"Hehe, this guest officer, you have lived in our hotel for a total of seventeen days, two upper rooms, and the price of one is two hundred and thirty yuan a day...... Plus the carriage feeding, as well as the cost of land occupation, a total of fifteen taels or six dollars, for you to calculate a preferential price, accept fifteen taels! ”

"Fifteen taels!" Merlin was stunned, "How can it be so expensive?" You're not a black shop, are you? It is impossible to spend fifteen taels or sixteen dollars on the seventeenth! ”

"Hey, guest officer, you can't talk nonsense. Our Fulai Inn has been operating for 38 years, the price is fair, the children are not bullied, and it has won the favor of the merchants, and it has always been a famous store. The shopkeeper's face changed, and his tone was unhappy.

"You!"

Mo Lin was angry and was about to speak and argue, but Bai Lan raised his hand to stop him, and just chuckled: "Shopkeeper, is there no mistake?" ”

Facing the noble Bai Lan, the shopkeeper still said politely: "Don't be angry, old man, I vouch for my reputation for many years, and I am absolutely not wrong." Your daily meals are the best wine and food in our Fulai Inn, and if you count it alone, a plate of floral fried chicken will cost hundreds of ......."

"Well, since the shopkeeper has said so, then, I believe in the credibility of your Fulai Inn." Bai Lan interrupted the other party's chatter, a bunch of professional words, "I believe that there are gods who are three feet above their heads, and the shopkeeper will not dare to do these discredited things!" ”

"Hehe, that's what the guest officer said!" The shopkeeper's smiling face was blessed and kind.

Bai Lan took out a piece of gold from the belt bag on his sleeve and said, "The shopkeeper looks at it and makes change." ”

"Hey~ This... It's gold! The shopkeeper's eyes were shocked, he couldn't take his eyes off the gold, and took the gold with trembling hands, and the little two on the side were stunned, he had never seen such a big gold in his life!

Merlin was also stunned, he knew that his son was rich, but he didn't expect to be so rich!

Although it is said that one tael of gold can only be exchanged for ten taels of silver, there is not much gold on the ordinary market, and if there is gold, it is in the form of gold beans, golden melon seeds, or women's jewelry.

The shopkeeper took out the weighing instrument, put the piece of gold on the weighing pan, carefully dialed the weighing hammer, dialed it little by little, and weighed it carefully seven or eight times before he dared to speak: "Guest officer, your piece of gold is three taels and five dollars, which is converted into silver is thirty-five taels, in addition to fifteen taels of silver, you should also be returned twenty taels!" ”

Bai Lan nodded and said, "Let's exchange it for a silver ticket from Baofeng Qianzhuang, it's easier to carry." ”

Baofeng Money Village is a money village all over the capital cities of the Great Jin Dynasty, as long as you hold a silver ticket, you can exchange silver taels wherever you go, and you can even buy things directly.

Baofeng Bank is a money bank jointly established by the royal family and the Lu family, although the royal family accounts for 60% of the profits, but only 40% of the profits are enough to make countless businessmen excited.

After all, there are currently only three passable money banks in the entire Great Jin Dynasty, which also represents the top power of the Great Jin Dynasty.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Okay, guest officer, wait a while, and I'll pick it up for you personally!" ”

After speaking, he changed and instructed Xiao Er: "Good hospitality!" Then he walked to the storeroom.

After a while, he walked out with twenty taels of silver tickets and sent them to Bai Lan with a smile on his face.

Bai Lan looked at it, nodded, and went out with Merlin.

After the shopkeeper saw Bai Lan leave, he was extremely greedy in his heart, he did something in secret, the gold was worth more than forty taels, and he was a few taels.

The man in white looked too rich, but he was not an ordinary person, and he was a little hesitant in his heart to do another vote.

struggled in his heart for a long time, or his greed prevailed, after all, he only brought a little scholar with him, and he didn't seem to have any internal strength, and he had a huge amount of money and dared to leak a huge amount of money at will.

The shopkeeper got up and walked to the backyard, came to the horse, found a groom who was feeding the guests' horses, and whispered in his ear: "Zhang Wu, the red carriage is marked, you go and tell them, this ticket is very big, and I want fifty percent afterwards!" ”

When Zhang Wu heard this, he nodded silently and said, "Yes, I'll go here." ”

He was numb in his heart, and could only pray to himself that the poor man would heed his advice and avoid this fate.

When Zhang Wu marked each carriage, he would also put a peach beard by the window in the carriage, and would be careful to remind the other party when leading the horses for the guests.

Zhang Wu silently walked out of the Fulai Inn, rode a horse out of the city, came to the gate of the city and stopped, and threw five copper plates at the feet of a man named Huazi.

Asked Hanako to thank Dade for his thanks, and when he left, he put away the bowl and left quietly.

Five copper plates are divided into fifty percent, did not dismount and put in the bowl to indicate that it is to directly extinguish the mouth, the copper coin fell on the right side of his feet, indicating that it is the direction of the east city gate.

This action alone has already informed the object of the action and divided it afterwards.

As for how to pursue it...... The wheel of the carriage has been carved into a flower shape by Zhang Wu, and it is only necessary to watch the car with a faint flower shape reflected on the wheels on the ground at the gate of the east city to explain the object.

……

On the carriage, the Taoist soldiers were driving away, and Mo Lin looked back at the ancient city through the window, he had experienced a lot of things these days, and these things were all unaccompanied by Bai Lan, and the son said that this was a life experience, which belonged to him alone.

"Bang dang..."

The carriage passed by a puddle of dirt, shook a little, and a soft sound was heard.

Merlin curiously picked up the things that fell on the car board, and took a look at it, "Childe, how can there be a peach beard on the car?" ”

Bai Lan, who was sitting cross-legged and pranayama with his eyes closed, didn't open his eyes, but said lightly: "How do you know it's Taohu?" ”

"Isn't this Taohu? I've eaten peaches, and I can still tell the difference between the peaches and other almonds. Merlin was puzzled, "This is what the coachman threw in, right?" It's better to throw this in, it's better to put a peach on the road to eat. ”

Bai Lan said slowly: "You also said it, it's better than a peach." ”

"Uh, what do you mean by that, Childe?" Merlin's brain was a little outnumbered.

"Just now, before we left, the coachman reminded us of a word, do you remember what it was?"

"What? I... I can't even remember. Merlin frowned and recalled, "It's just a farewell word, it seems... It seems to be... Bumpy on the road, watch out for the carriage? ”

"Yes, that's it. Looks like you're not stupid. Bai Lan opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Walking the rivers and lakes, remember, maybe a sentence can determine your life and death, and a small detail can change your life and death."

The coachman reminded us of the bumps on the road, be careful of the carriage, but it is different, ordinary horsemen are saying good things about the smooth journey, although he seems to be concerned about the bumps and difficulties on our road, but why did he say this? ”

Merlin wondered: "As soon as I say it casually, I may think of this sentence." ”

"No, you're still not careful enough." Bai Lan shook his head and said, "When we left just now, he said to the other guests that he had a safe journey, blessings and the like, but he only said this to us. ”

"Only for us?" Merlin still didn't understand, "It's just a sentence, not ......"

"Look what's in your hands." Bai Lan reminded loudly.

"Peachhu."

"Peach, Hu, is a peach that has been eaten. Do you think the word peach, like the pronunciation of the word escape, escape? Bai Lan explained: "The road is bumpy, be careful of the carriage, this sentence is also very coincidental. The road does get bumpy, so this peach beard will fall out, and you can spot it by being careful of the carriage.

The bumps on the road also indicate that there may be risks on the road, so be careful whether the carriage will be tampered with.

If you don't peach, you will be Hu, which means death! ”

After hearing this, Mo Lin suddenly shuddered behind him, although he walked on the crowded street, his heart still involuntarily contracted sharply, and he smiled wryly, "Childe, although what you said is very reasonable, but maybe all this is just a coincidence?" After all, it seems a bit unbelievable. ”

Bai Lan sighed, "Even if you are in the rivers and lakes, there is an instant of life and an instant of death." If you attribute the crisis of life and death to coincidence, and pin your life and death on the illusion that everything is nothing, how long do you think you can live?

Merlin, your heart should not only be big, big enough to pretend to be the world, but also small, small to every word and deed.

The wealth is moving, I deliberately exposed such a huge sum of money in the inn today, so do you think it is very possible for me to speculate? The shopkeeper of the Fulai Inn colluded with the thieves outside the city to rob us of our belongings, and the groom in the inn was either kind-hearted or unbearable, and reminded us that we hoped to escape. ”

Merlin was speechless for a while, because he couldn't believe that there would really be danger on the way.

Bai Lan took the peach beard in Mo Lin's hand, sighed, and said: "It is difficult to distinguish between good and evil in the world, and the conscience in the world still exists. I only advise you to go outside the gate of the Fuguan, and you can get a lifetime of peace. ”

As the words fell, he reached out and threw Momo Hu out of the car window.

Zhang Wu, who was feeding the horses back to the Fulai Inn, suddenly covered his head with a sigh, he was hit by something, and when he looked down, he saw that it was the peach beard he put on the carriage of the man in white today.

Zhang Wu bent down in disbelief and picked it up, he definitely put it on the car, how could he fall from the sky and hit him?

(End of chapter)