Old locust tree, city god temple, small wine shop......

"Strange, where did you go?" Bai Gu searched the places where the old beggar often went on weekdays, but he didn't find him.

Bai Gu stood on the side of the road, thinking about what else was missing, and didn't look for it.

"Oh yes! Nine halls! The old guy couldn't go there and drink with the drunkard. ”

Bai Gu suddenly remembered that he went to the old beggar that day and asked him to lead the way, and he found it in front of the door of the Nine Pavilions.

The drunkard fell to the ground drunk, and the old beggar kicked him without saying a word.

That kick looks pretty hard.

Looking at the endless crowds of Jiu Pavilion, Bai Gu secretly smacked his tongue, the tavern business in this city is so good, the business is so good every day, isn't it profitable!

Find a time to see if you can work here and make extra money.

Bai Gu waited at the door for a long time, but he didn't see the figure of the old beggar, "This old guy, should he really drink a bar here?" ”

After waiting for a while, Bai Gu decided to sneak into the Nine Pavilion to see the situation first, but he really didn't leave.

You can't waste your time waiting here.

Bai Gu saw the opportunity, quietly followed behind a group of big men, and slipped in.

Entering the Nine Pavilions, Bai Gu found that this tavern was quite big.

The wine tables in the lobby on the first floor are arranged in an enclosed manner, enclosing the counter in the middle. Hundreds of wine tables and chairs are neatly arranged, and the material is not too good, it looks just ordinary pine.

The counter in the middle is different from ordinary shops, and it is a counter in the shape of a "hui", which is convenient for entertaining customers. There is also a wooden frame in the shape of "Gong" in the middle, where various drinks and food are placed so that customers from all directions can see and order.

There is also a staircase on the side of the left hall, and I want to come upstairs and have a place to do business.

Bai Gu walked around the lobby, but still didn't find the old beggar, "Where did this old guy go?" ”

Isn't it on the second floor?

But looking at the dress of the guests on the second floor, there is a money bag in the high and low, and the upstairs should be all private rooms, and the consumption is not low.

Can an old beggar afford it? I'm afraid I'm not going to be detained here to brush the plate to pay off the debt.

Bai Gu thought of this, although he didn't believe it yet, he still planned to go upstairs to take a look.

At this moment, a man in a coarse cloth robe walked in at the door, with a light brown complexion, disheveled hair, and a scruffy beard.

But a pair of eyes are unusually clear.

The man found a table by the window and ordered two jugs of wine and a plate of peanuts.

Bai Gu frowned and recognized the man.

It's the drunkard of the day!

He should know the old guy and know where he is!

Bai Gu walked over, and Shi Shiran sat opposite the man.

The drunkard didn't lift his eyelids, drank wine and ate peanuts to himself.

Bai Gu tentatively knocked on the table, trying to get the drunkard's attention, "You, hello." ”

The drunkard still ignored him.

Bai Gu cleared his throat, "Do you know the old guy?" I drank with you here the other day, do you know where he is? I'm looking for something with him. ”

The drunkard finally raised his eyes and swept Bai Gu, and then lowered his head again, "Do you know the old monster?" ”

The drunkard's voice was surprisingly good, gentle and gentle, far from his appearance.

"Anyway, that day I saw him standing next to you, you were lying on the ground, full of alcohol, and you couldn't wake up." Bai Gu thought for a while, "He is thin and short, with a bit of a hunched back, a mouth of yellow teeth, a little more wrinkles, and a little less hair. looks very obscene, and likes to open meat cavities. ”

The drunkard nodded slightly.

It's him, that's right.

"It should be the same person, but the old monster left two days ago."

"Dead? So suddenly? Bai Gu was stunned, and then his heart was a little empty, "His life is very hard, why did he die." ”

There have been too many things that have happened in the past few days, and the changes are so big that Bai Gu is a little breathless. Originally, I was thinking of finding an old beggar to lead the way, and by the way, I teased each other and relaxed my mood. As a result, now that he heard that the old beggar had died, Bai Gu was inevitably a little disappointed in his heart.

From now on, it will be difficult to find another person like the old beggar, who can talk to each other, can argue, can tease, and can help each other.

Although it was the old beggar who helped him mostly.

Such a person, in fact, is already a good friend in Bai Gu's heart.

The book says that this is called a year-old friend.

Now that he heard that his friend had died, and there was one less person who could usually talk and amuse, Bai Gu was still very sad.

The corner of the drunkard's mouth twitched, "He just left here, not dead." ”

"Oh, that's right." The white isolated horse put away his sad expression.

Really, can't you make it clearer? It hurts me to be white, ah, no, white is sad!

"So where did he go? Well, why do you want to leave? "I thought about asking him to lead the way, and after exchanging the snake scales for money, I would invite him to a meal.

After all, he always asked the old beggar to help him and invite him to dinner, and there were many times, although Bai Gu didn't say anything on the surface, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.

If you owe a favor, you have to pay it back, and if you don't pay it back, you can't say it.

"A far away place, can't come back for a while. What, what's wrong with him? ”

"Well, but I don't need it now, with him and without him, it's almost the same." It's just that there are old beggars, and it is much more convenient to go to Changzhou Pharmacy to meet Wu Laohui.

After drinking a pot of wine, the drunkard suddenly raised his head and stared at Bai Gu, "What's your name?" ”

"White lonely, white Jane frost's white, lonely lonely."

The two names were all heard by Bai Gu from the storytelling hall, the former was a generation of empresses with peerless elegance, and the latter was an idle and leisurely wandering swordsman.

Both have one thing in common, both are strong!

Strong enough to knock over a city with one palm and split the sea with a sword.

It's just that Bai Gu only treats them as fictional characters, how can there be such an exaggerated person in reality.

The city is so strong, and the sea is so wide, how can anyone knock them over and split them?

But that didn't stop Bai Gu from treating them as idols.

Who doesn't have a few people in their hearts who want to be?

Bai Gu's thought is very simple, that is, if he can become as strong as them, he can not worry about food, clothing, or housing. You can also do chivalrous deeds and play everywhere, how wonderful!

Unfortunately, this is just imagination.

"Bai Jianshuang, Dugu Zhuang? Interesting. The drunkard took out a piece of something from his bosom and threw it to Bai Gu, "This is what the old monster asked me to hand over to you when he left, saying that you will definitely find me, and you will definitely be able to use this thing." ”

Bai Gu fixed his eyes and saw that it was the Huaimu card, the one that the old beggar took him to find the one that Wu Lao showed that day!

The old beggar is really good.

"Then thank you, I still have something to do, you drink slowly, I'll go first." Bai Gumei took the acacia wood card, thanked him, and got up to leave.

The drunkard was still drinking wine and eating peanuts, as if Bai Gu had never been here.

After a while, a man in a green shirt walked slowly and sat down in Bai Gu's position.

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he is elegant and easy-going.

The drunkard looked up and glanced at the visitor, "Who are you?" ”

"You don't care who I am, you just need to know that I'm happy today, and I've invited you for this drink."

"Aren't you afraid that I'll order a big order later?"

"I said, I invited you to drink today." The man in the green shirt smiled, his eyes fell on the drunkard's waist, and he turned back again, his tone was a little meaningful, "Drink slowly, it's still a long time, you can't finish the wine here." ”

After saying that, the man in the green shirt left.

The drunkard stared at the direction of the man in the green shirt and was silent, but a peanut between his fingers was quietly broken.

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Bai Gu inquired around, scurrying around, and finally walked to the door of the Changzhou Pharmacy three hours later.

It's hard to find a place without old guys.

Bai Gu secretly scolded himself and walked in directly.

Like the old beggar last time, Bai Gu directly handed the Huai Mu card to a small walker, "I'll look for you Doctor Wu." ”

This little walker is obviously not the one last time, not clever enough, I don't know Bai Gu, and I don't know Huai Mu Pai, so he just threw the wooden card back and fell to the ground, "Go and go, where did you come from, poor boy, get out of the way, don't come here to pretend to be a big head fool!" ”

Bai Gu was slightly stunned, although there was fire in his heart, he was also suppressed and did not break out. Bai Gu silently picked up the locust wooden plaque and handed it out again, "Go and take a look at your shopkeeper, he knows this wooden plaque." ”

"You're addicted to pretending to be big, aren't you? Get out of here now, or I'll have someone throw you out!" Xiao Xiangtang threw the locust wood card out again, this time directly at the gate and knocked it on the threshold.

The locust wood card is fine, but the threshold is cracked.

Xiao Xingtang was shocked and began to panic.

The door, or the façade, is the face of a shop. A person, walking on the road after a broken appearance, is always not good-looking. It's the same for doing business, the façade is damaged, people come and go every day, and the door is rotten, isn't this equivalent to letting people step on the mud before entering the door?

What's more, it's a big pharmacy like Cheung Chau Pharmacy?

Even if the person who practices medicine doesn't care about this, he still serves people.

If you think so in your own heart, others may not.

A pharmacy is a pharmacy after all, and in essence, it is still a merchant to buy and sell. Businessmen value profit over separation, and they can't afford to be early without profit. If the door is rotten, it will definitely make people feel estranged, which will affect the passenger flow.

Like Cheung Chau Pharmacy, the largest pharmacy in the city, the daily traffic is not tens of thousands, but also thousands.

If this affects the traffic of Cheung Chau Pharmacy, I am afraid that I will not be able to afford to pay for the rest of my life!

It will even affect the family because of huge debts!

If you don't believe me, you have to find a way, and you must not let this responsibility fall on me.

Xiao Xiangtang's mind was racing, he grabbed Bai Gu's hand suddenly, and shouted, "You shabby household, you dare to break the threshold of this store!" Come on, come on, catch him! ”

From the smashing of the threshold with the locust wood card to the shouting of the small walker, the process did not exceed three breaths.

There were hundreds of people in the entire lobby, some of them were just attracted by the sound of the falling of the acacia wood sign, and they saw Xiao Xingtang holding Bai Gu's hand, and the rest of the people were attracted by the sound of Xiao Xingtang.

So now the people in the entire lobby unanimously think that the threshold of the Changzhou Pharmacy was broken by Bai Gu, a broken boy.

Xiao Xingtang looked at the eyes of everyone, and knew that today's black cauldron, Bai Gu's back was decided!

it? What's the situation?!

Bai is lonely, how did it become my fault?

Before Bai Gu could react, two big men came over and grabbed Bai Gu like chickens, and hung his feet in the air to prevent Bai Gu from running away.

"Say, do you want to lose money privately, or do you want to report to the official?" Xiao Xingtang saw that the situation was favorable to him, and he was confident, and his face was arrogant.

The villain has a will.

Bai Gu struggled frantically in the hands of the two strong men, and when he saw that he couldn't break free, he didn't struggle. He said angrily: "Obviously you lost it, why did you rely on me?" Would it be okay to be reasonable? ”

Xiao Xingtang snorted coldly: "Obviously, it's you who want to take credit, but I don't want to, you are crazy, you want to hit me with that broken wooden card, but I blocked it and flew out." It's better for you to not admit the facts, but bite back and slander me. Everyone is in charge of me, otherwise I will be a little walker, and I can't afford this kind of crime! ”

As he spoke, he wailed aggrievedly.

Bai Gu was stunned.

How can there be a more shameless person than him! The acting is so good!

It is really a tree without bark, it will surely die, people are shameless, and the world is invincible.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a blue robe walked over, with a Chinese face, big thick eyebrows, and a face full of meat, which was not easy to mess with at first glance.

He looked at Xiao Xiangtang, then at Bai Gu, frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

Xiao Gotang immediately said what happened, but it was just his own adaptation.

The blue-robed man frowned, "That wooden sign is yours?" ”

"Yes." The wooden sign was handed to him by the old beggar to the drunkard, and the thing was his.

"Steward Song, look, isn't this over?" Xiao Xingtang immediately spoke up, for fear that Bai Gu would not be able to settle this black cauldron.

The blue-robed man who was called Steward Song ignored Xiao Xingtang, just stretched out his hand and pressed it down, and his voice was lowered, "Put him down, send him to the backyard first, and I'll go over later." How bad the impact is! ”

Glaring at Xiao Xingtang, "Today you are only the first day to walk in the hall, this kind of thing happened, you also go over!" ”

He turned to the lively guests in the lobby and bowed his hand, and at the same time put on a barely kind smile, "Let you be frightened, all the medicinal materials in the Changzhou Pharmacy today are 80% off, please forgive me." ”

In the end, he did not forget to order the replacement of the duty to go to the hall, and let his subordinates hurry up to repair the threshold, so as not to delay the transaction.

Steward Song glanced at the Huai Mu card that fell next to the threshold, thought about it for a while, and walked over to pick it up.

After doing all this, Steward Song walked to the backyard.