Then I heard some news.

Li Changyuan recuperated in the inn with peace of mind, and the area around the village of the barbarian city was very peaceful for nearly two months. The people of the Crazy Sword Sect occasionally came to the Barbarian City to hang out, and there would also be people who passed by and rested in this inn, and when Li Changyuan went downstairs to meet them, they all seemed very polite.

Listening to the nearby drinkers, the people of the Crazy Sword Sect are generally short-tempered guys, but in this inn, they are extremely honest, I don't know who is in charge?

Some people also say that it was the innkeeper's very hospitable, which made the people of the Crazy Knife Sect embarrassed to play tricks, and some people said that it was because there were reclusive masters in this inn, but the people of the Crazy Knife Sect knew the news and did not dare to cause trouble.

Another theory is that the owner of this inn is actually a big man......

"Guest, the wine you wanted."

A member of the Madness Sword Sect who was temporarily passing by to rest here immediately got up, took the wine sent by Xiao Er with a smile, and responded:

"It's hard work, hard work."

Others looked at it, and felt a little awkward.

In the barbarian city, there are no other sects sitting. In the general city, there will be no sects on the rivers and lakes to build in them, and almost all the mountains of the sects are located in those mountains and forests outside the city, or built in other feng shui treasure land.

Sparsely populated is one thing, surrounded by mountains, pleasant scenery, and some quiet is also one thing, and more reasons are those who know themselves but don't want to mention it.

Because of the imperial court......

The imperial palace of the imperial court is in the most central city of the Qiu Jin Continent, and this city is called Wolong City. The Six Divisions of the Imperial Court were also established in it, and the Youting Academy was under the jurisdiction of the Zhongshu Province, where some literati matters were usually examined, from the court officials to the civil champions.

Zhongshu Province has a lot of power, and it is not under the six ministries of the imperial court, which has six officials in charge, while in Zhongshu Province, there is only one official in charge of affairs.

If you really want to talk about it, this person in charge of things really doesn't look like that.

"Where has Elder Ge gone?"

The biggest official in Zhongshu Province is the person in charge of the affairs of the two provinces under his door, usually a bachelor of the imperial court and a country, and there is only one bachelor who has not been removed for many years.

Pavilion Elder.

It's just that respect is respect, although the elder is a university scholar and has a royal culture, his style of action has never been dignified and steady.

Save a large pile of documents waiting for the approval of the elders, and it is this kind of post-autumn season, the cases in various places, as well as the initiation between the city lords of various cities, a large stack of documents is piled up in the Zhongshu Province, and the head of the manager is nowhere to be seen.

A civil official panicked:

"Why are you still stunned, send someone to find it!"

The scholar nodded frequently:

"Yes, yes."

But this is simple to say, the most central position in this Wolong City is the emperor's palace, although the status of the elder is noble, but it cannot let the emperor know that the elder is not doing his job properly.

After asking the guilt, the elder may have only been reprimanded twice, and the one who lost his head was us.

The officials who had been saved quickly went back to their own business, and they were still talking to themselves:

"Don't blame the old man, your old man is good to be out and enjoy the mountains and rivers, and he doesn't return every day, you can't blame me for using the seal privately, these are ordinary starts, and they can't be delayed, and ......they can't be delayed."

Click.

Click.

Da ......

In the study, several big officials were busy, and the scholar who was called out to find someone was called out, but after leaving Wolong City, he went to a ravine to pick mushrooms.

A woodcutter happened to find the squatting figure of the scholar on the way out to cut wood, stepped forward curiously, and asked behind him:

"Xiaowa, are you alone, lost?"

The boy was only 12 years old and was no more than 1.3 meters tall. Behind the back is a pair of wooden frames, square frames, and half-framed books, and after squatting, the body is even smaller.

Hearing that someone was questioning behind his back, the little scholar did not get up, and did not look back:

"No, I'm busy."

"I don't look like you are an ordinary child, what is your name, where are you from, if you get lost, I will send you back."

"In the next little scholar, one of the scholars under the old seat of the Provincial Pavilion in Wolong City, named Yang'er, didn't get lost, but the elder of the pavilion had instructions, don't go to him if you are called out, let me play outside by myself, and go back by myself when I have had enough."

The woodcutter was stunned when he heard this.

What bookboy?

What is the elder of the pavilion?

What is the book province in Wolong City?

These are all new words that I haven't heard before, and the woodcutter hasn't figured it out after thinking about it for a long time, but he doesn't know how to do it.

The woodcutter is a real man, he has no bad intentions, he really wants to help, in this wilderness, he saw a child picking mushrooms here, he really didn't feel at ease, and finally, he cautiously tentatively asked:

"That'...... Don't you really need me to take you out? ”

"No, uncle, go and cut down the tree, you have too much time, and you won't be able to finish your work today."

The scholar didn't reply, and he didn't look at the woodcutter during the whole conversation.

To the woodcutter's surprise, how did the baby know that she was a tree cutter? See the axe in your hand? …… Weird.

There's nothing to say when you think about it, other people's families may be more powerful than you think, why worry so much, alas.

The woodcutter shook his body and exhaled:

"Okay, then you are out alone, pay attention to safety, remember to go home before dark, don't be too playful, I'll go cut down the tree first!"

"Uncle walk slowly."

Listening to the footsteps behind him, the woodcutter walked behind the scholar and walked away. After a while, the scholar turned his head slightly and chattered:

"The country man is really simple and honest in his mind, and he is much better than the adult in our family."

……

"Ahh

On a certain street in the barbarian city, a beautiful and dignified man in a gorgeous costume was hunched over his back and long neck to bargain with the old stall owner in front of him, and suddenly sneezed as he spoke.

A sneeze hit his snot bubbles that were about to pop up, but at the stage when the bargaining was hot, he didn't care so much, wiped his nose with one cuff, crossed his waist with one hand, raised his hand like a crane's head and pointed to the jewelry on the table of the stall, and shouted:

"Sanwen!"

The stall owner is a man with a round belly, who looks like a forty or fifty-year-old uncle at a glance, and there is a young man in his early twenties in front of him, who is arguing with himself for a long time for a piece of jewelry......

Embarrassed:

"Ouch, little brother, I'll go to the kiln to get the price more than three cents!"

"Two texts!"

The stall owner glared, why is this getting lower and lower, he really dares to scream!?

"Little brother, don't go too far, although my earrings are not pure gold, they are also gold-plated jewelry, and I will cut you from fifty yuan to two yuan, I still want to eat!"

"Nonsense, I don't call you more, a fixed price, a penny and a half!"

Immediately, there were a lot of people around, all of whom were neighbors watching the excitement.

This made the old stall owner so faceless, a piece of jewelry was cut here for a morning, his saliva was dry, and the little student in front of him wanted to buy, but he was reluctant to get the money.

The surrounding melon-eating crowd began to discuss:

"This guy is so handsome."

"Hey, my girl likes this kind of bookish little handsome guy."

"Don't be, you don't look at his stinginess, you dare to give out a daughter, your daughter may not dare to marry."

"Look at his clothes, it's worth a lot of money."

"Maybe you forgot to take the money bag when you went out this time?"

“……”

The old stall owner is even more embarrassed, wanting to say that this person really has no money at all, and if he really wants a rich child, how can he not even pay fifty yuan.

I've been making trouble in front of my stall for a long time, and I can't do business today, and my income is poor, but now I'm going to have such a bad star. The stall owner was panicked, uncomfortable as if he had eaten a yellow lotus, and finally his mouth was dry, he really didn't want to fight, so he waved his hand and said:

"Ah, okay, okay, one and a half is one and a half, take it!"

But where is there a half-penny in the market?

This white-faced little sheng happily picked up the earrings on the stall, not a pair, only half of it, and hung the earrings on his right earlobe, the golden hanging silk swayed, looking a little charming.

"Hehe, how's it going, it's pretty, right?"

The stall owner had a loveless expression, drooped his face, and responded perfunctorily:

"It's good-looking."

The white-faced Xiaosheng groped in his arms for a while, took out a fist and dragged the money and slapped it on the table of the stall:

"Whew-"

As soon as he let go, he was so shocked that he immediately grabbed it back and stuffed it back into his shirt.

The old stall owner could see it, what he just took out was a tael of gold, which could raise the stall owner's blood pressure high, and his face was red-eared:

"Hey! You guy, you obviously have enough money, and you still bargain with me, and you bargain for a long time, and I shout at you for half a day, you are like this? Just for fifty dollars!? It's not ...... to have fun."

"Ahh

The old stall owner saw it, but the eyes of the people around him who ate melons were not so sharp, and the scholar immediately raised his index finger and signaled the old stall owner to shut up.

The stall owner was an honest man, and he didn't know what the other party wanted to do, but he still kept his mouth shut.

Then, the scholar took out another handful, unfolded his palm, and two copper plates fell out of his hand on the table:

"Oh, you don't have to look for the extra half penny, thank you! ~”

After finishing speaking, he left without looking back, and when he left, he still jumped up and down, and he was a little childish.

The old stall owner was stunned in front of the stall, not knowing what to say, anyway, it was a black line.

This white-faced scholar, from outside the city, although it is not the first time he has come to the Barbarian City, it has been more than ten years since the last time he came here.

At that time, the barbarian city here was not so prosperous.

Playing tricks on that stall before, the white-faced Xiaosheng was a little disappointed.

Because, ten years ago, that stall was there, ten years ago, it was the same stall, and the stall owner was the same stall owner, and now, when I come back, the stall owner is much older, and I no longer remember what I look like.

Even though he had been arguing with the old stall owner face to face all morning, he couldn't make the other party remember that he had been here ten years ago.

"Alas, they are all busy with their livelihoods, who will remember whom."

Wandering around the neighborhood, the scholar murmured silently.

Before I knew it, I was a little hungry.

The scholar wanted to find a snack shop nearby, go in to fill his stomach, and when he saw it, there was a fried rice stall in front of him. After a leisurely walk, the front foot stepped in, and the back foot suddenly stopped.

"Huh?"

Smelling a smell of tea, this tea fragrance reminded him of a person.

Speaking of which, I haven't seen it for a long time, that old friend is far away in Nankeng City, I don't know how he is doing in the past 20 years, and whether his uncompetitive son has changed.

'I've changed my mind, let's go have some tea first.' ’

The scholar stepped back and turned around and went to an inn next door.

When I came here, the scholar also passed by several inns of similar size, this inn is a four-story building, and the appearance is ordinary, not particularly gorgeous.

But before he entered the door, he couldn't help frowning, paused, and paused at the door for a long time.

"Guest officer, do you need anything, there is still a vacant room upstairs, if the guest officer doesn't want to rent a room to rest, tea, wine and meat are available, to ensure fresh and authentic!"

Xiao Er saw that someone had been standing at the door for a long time, so he hurriedly trotted over and greeted him with a smile.

The scholar also smiled in return and followed Xiao Er into the house.

On the roof of the inn, Guan Qinghong, who was lying on the tiles, also smiled secretly:

"It's rare, there's a rare guest."

Just now, that scholar must have also noticed Guan Qinghong's breath, but he didn't lock the specific location, and he didn't know if the other party was hostile, so he must stay in front of the door to see the other party's reaction.

Until Xiao Er came out to invite, the other party didn't move, obviously he didn't mean to do it.

Who is he?

Guan Qinghong is very familiar with it, he has faced each other before, and he has even fought each other.

"The steward of Zhongshu Province, Xiaoge Lao, fought more than 800 rounds last time, but he abused me miserably~"

Guan Qinghong muttered.

On the first floor of the inn downstairs, the elder sat down at an empty table arranged by Xiao Er, and soon, tea was delivered.

But the elder refused:

"For another trip, you should have that kind of tea here."

"Uh...... May I ask what kind of guest officer is talking about, the tea we use here to entertain guests has always been like this. ”

Ge Lao smiled slightly:

"With me being born so good-looking, can't I taste a bite of peak clouds?"

Xiao Er's face suddenly panicked, what is the situation, this person ...... Did you come to find trouble with Li Changyuan's master?

Xiao Er blinked his eyes twice, pretending to be ignorant:

"Eh, hehe, guest officer, I don't know what peak clouds and fog, where did you get the news, that kind of preciousness, how can we have a small inn like ours."

"Oh? Do you know that it is a precious tea? ~”

The elder pavilion showed a fierce light, but there was no killing intent, but it was quite cold, which made Xiao Er suddenly have goosebumps.

"Guest officer, wait a minute, go to the front desk and ask."

After speaking, Xiao Er immediately put down the teapot and ran to the front desk shopkeeper.

Seeing that Xiao Er's face was wrong, the shopkeeper also had a solemn face, and asked in a low voice:

"What's going on, someone is looking for trouble?"

"Okay, it seems to be ......"

"Don't be afraid, tell me, who is it and what's going on?"

Xiao Er glanced at the old table of the pavilion, and whispered to the shopkeeper:

"The guests at that table seem to be going for Master Li, we just gave Master Li a pot of peak cloud mist in the room a while ago, and as soon as he came, he said that he wanted peak cloud tea."

The shopkeeper raised his eyes and glanced at the old man, just a white-faced boy, the skeleton didn't look very big, like a rich kid, like a scholar, heh, maybe even the shopkeeper couldn't beat it.

The shopkeeper said:

"You go and get busy with your first, I'll meet him."

"Okay, be careful, boss."

Xiao Er turned around and went to work at other tables, and after the innkeeper locked the counter, he went to the white-faced scholar's table and sat down on the vacant seat next to him.

"Dare to ask the guest officer, how do you know that this inn has peak clouds?"

The elder grinned:

"Is there no place here, the guests downstairs can drink, can't I drink?"

"Do you recognize the guests upstairs?"

"Unrecognizable."

"Do you just want to have a cup of tea?"

"Naturally."

The innkeeper paused, thought for a moment, shook his head, and said:

"I'm sorry, there is only one pot of tea, it has already been served, and it may not be available next time, you will still use these coarse teas, it is not bad."

Ge Lao was a little unhappy, and said with a crooked mouth:

"Well, what a little bit of a deal, come on, the guest upstairs is still drinking, I'll go up and take a look."

As soon as he got up, he was stopped by the shopkeeper:

"Wait! You can't go up. ”

"Why can't I, if I say I want to rent your room, don't I have to go upstairs?"

"But that's not how you think."

"As the owner of an inn, your courage is a little unusual, it's a little too much, so you're not afraid of me, a little literati, what existence behind you can't afford to provoke?"

Ge Lao imitated the arrogant and domineering tone and posture of the rich children he had come into contact with before. Unexpectedly, the innkeeper didn't play tricks at all, and he didn't coax it, but instead his voice was violent, and he shouted in a low voice:

"This guest officer is looking for trouble with Master Li, I don't know if everyone here agrees?"

Suddenly, the guests who counted a few tables around them all pushed away the seats under them and stood up, and there were more than 20 people at a glance, almost the entire first floor, all of them staring at the elder pavilion vigilantly.

This scene made Ge Lao a little surprised.

'What character upstairs can be embraced by so many people?' ’

On closer inspection, most of the people who stood up were dressed in rough clothes, and there was a broadsword behind their waists or at their feet.

'Oh, it turned out to be someone from the Crazy Sword Sect. ’

Ge Lao is not a person who likes right and wrong, seeing that so many people are tense, no matter how radical he is, he is likely to fight. Although they are not their opponents together, the decoration of this inn is very good, and the elder does not want to waste it in vain.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay not to drink."

As if helpless, the elder said a word and slowly sat back in his position.

After that, the surrounding guests also sat down one after another, and soon, the place became the same as the scene just now, like the bustle of other inns.

Da Da ......

Someone came in.

Another guest, however, was dressed a little oddly.

He was dressed in a long black robe with a hat covering his face. Although there was a black veil to cover his face, but the clothes were the same, the elder recognized the other party at a glance when he turned around, and he was immediately overjoyed, and almost shouted out.

When the shopkeeper returned to the counter, he welcomed the guests, so naturally he didn't ask too much and didn't stop him.

I saw this strangely dressed guest go straight to the table of the elder pavilion, pull out the seat and sit down:

"Long time no see~"

Ge Lao smiled and replied:

"Well, long time no see, little sissy~"

Suddenly, the smell of gunpowder permeated.