The ferry docked, and the four of them got off the boat and boarded the car, and they didn't have time to eat the local food, so they rushed directly to Rongcheng.

It's still the old rule, Wang Qiang drove, Lin Yi took Wukong to sit in the co-pilot, and Qian Sheng and Bai Lu sat in the back seat.

At this time, it was just in time for the summer vacation, and there were many backpackers around who were traveling by car, and their group was not recognized.

Saves a lot of unnecessary trouble.

After about a three-hour drive from Luzhou to Rongcheng, according to the address in the navigation, I walked to a hot pot restaurant that opened at the gate of an old-fashioned community and stopped.

The hot pot restaurant hangs a light box signboard called "Paowaer Hot Pot".

The light tube inside kept flickering, as if it was faulty.

At the door, there is a water sign with white characters on a red background, which says what special dishes are available in the hot pot restaurant.

Wang Qiang poked his head out of the car window, stared at the opposite side for a long time, and turned around and said:

"Old Qian, are you sure we're not in the wrong place?"

Qian Sheng took the letterhead and compared it with the address on his mobile phone again and again.

"Can't be wrong, the address given is this, No. 108 Longquan Road, that's right, this is it."

"But this is a hot pot restaurant."

"The address didn't say that this can't be a hot pot restaurant!" Lin Yi patted Wang Qiang on the shoulder, took the lead in pulling the car door and walked down, lit a cigarette, and observed around.

Everything was fine, nothing out of the ordinary.

The door of the hot pot restaurant is closed, and you can see lights inside.

It's a weekday at this time, and if this kind of hot pot restaurant opened at the entrance of the community is not an Internet celebrity restaurant, there will generally be no business at this time.

In addition, the climate in Rongcheng is humid and hot in summer, and it is common for the store to close its doors and handle the ingredients with the air conditioner blowing in the house.

"It's not me saying, if this is really the territory of the chief helmsman of the 'Robe Brothers', isn't it a little shivering? In the end, Xiangjiang's old boys can still have a family business, and they are taking advantage of such a small restaurant? ”

Wang Qiang parked the car, walked up to Lin Yi, took a cigarette, and chatted casually.

"Brother Qiang doesn't know, as the so-called 'big hidden in the city', this hot pot restaurant may be a place for these 'robe brothers', and it is normal for Rongcheng people to appear in hot pot restaurants on weekdays."

"Yes, I've seen all of "Infernal Affairs", right? When these bigwigs talk about things, they like to eat hot pot. ”

Qian Sheng and Bai Lu also followed and walked to the two.

"Do you have everything with you?"

Lin Yi asked.

Qian Sheng patted his backpack.

"Don't worry."

Lin Yi extinguished the cigarette butt.

"Let's go, go in and meet Brother Pao's tea bowl array!"

After that, he pushed the door with the three of them and entered the hot pot restaurant.

The furnishings inside are relatively old, with a stove made of cement and tiles, and there is still a stove eye at the bottom, where you can burn firewood and eat the most authentic old hot pot at the pier.

It is also possible to add a cover plate and use a gas bottle stove as a heating tool.

At the base of the stove is a bamboo chopstick cage, and a white porcelain teapot and four white porcelain teacups are placed in the tray next to it.

There is a shrine for Guan Erye on the wealth seat in the store, and a powerful calligraphy banner is hung above his head, with four words on it: loyalty and righteousness.

There is nothing special about the furnishings at the cash register.

The back kitchen also has a thick curtain, so you can't see the situation behind it clearly.

There were no customers in the store, only a middle-aged man wearing a hurdle vest, big pants, and slippers on his feet, lying on a chaise longue with a lazy big orange cat lying on his lap.

"It's not open yet, come back after five o'clock in the afternoon, if you drink tea and set up a dragon gate array, please take care of yourself, there is boiling water on the table."

The middle-aged man shook the recliner a few times without raising his head.

"Hey, with this attitude, it's going to be opened in the capital, and it's going to be closed."

"You don't understand, the fly restaurant here is like this, if you want to serve without service, if you want to have an attitude without attitude, it just tastes good and can catch repeat customers.

I also tell you that these well-known big brands in Rongcheng are not as authentic as these fly restaurants that live in the streets and alleys and old communities. ”

Bai Lu went south and north to do shows, and her knowledge was still more than a little more than Wang Qiang.

The four of them sat down in turn, and Lin Yi said in a loud voice: "The boss is hard!" ”

The eyes of the middle-aged man who was still squinting and napping just now suddenly opened, and he turned his head to look at them.

It's summer, and Lin Yi is a combination of a T-shirt, jeans, and a pair of hiking shoes.

Wang Qiang is similar to him, except that he prefers to wear an army green top to show his identity.

Qian Sheng also changed his old style this time, wearing high-end outdoor leisure equipment, but he could never leave the pair of walnuts in his hand.

Bai Lu has always cleaned herself up very capably, wearing a high ponytail, wearing light outdoor sunscreen clothes, yoga pants, and sneakers, showing her good figure unabashedly.

This combination looks like a team of backpackers traveling independently.

However, the big orange cat in the arms of the middle-aged man saw the "Wukong" on Lin Yi's shoulder, and immediately reacted to stress, hunched his back, and grinned teeth.

"Don't panic!"

The middle-aged man touched the orange cat's back and gently placed it on the ground.

The guy jumped onto the counter in two clicks, keeping his eyes on Goku.

"Where are the guests?"

As he spoke, he had already walked up to him, turned up four teacups from the tea tray, three in the plate and one outside the plate, and then picked up the kettle and poured water into all four teacups.

Lin Yi took the tea bowl that was placed outside the tea tray, respectfully put it into the tea tray, and then started his hand, inviting the other three to serve the cup together, and there were words in his mouth:

"Muyang City is Qiankun, and righteousness depends on a little Hong. Today, the righteous brother came to ask, don't treat Hong Ying as an outsider. ”

After that, he hugged his fists, picked up the teacup and drank it all.

The middle-aged man's eyes lit up.

The one he just put on is called the Tea Bowl Array.

It's a special way for the robe brothers to meet and cross.

How to place the tea bowl, which direction the teapot mouth is facing, and how many points of water are poured, all pay attention to it.

The tea bowl array in front of me is called the "Poplar Array", which is a simple incision to test the identity of the person who came.

Lin Yi's four sentences back to him are the only answers, indicating that the identity is his own person, and then, the other party will communicate with you "Tongchun", that is, "Nanchun".

The middle-aged man smiled and picked up the handle of the teapot, and poured the tea bowl for Lin Yi to a full seven.

"Satan from afar?"

Lin Yi stretched out his hand and pointed to a few people around him:

"The dragon returns to the dragon, and the tiger returns to the tiger. See you again today, I haven't met before, greet each other, we are to play the secret twist (north), relying on the eight-fork snowflake vine, the golden idea of the old Xiangman (the northern school Kanyu Baimen and Luomen disciples. ）”

In his words, the first half of the robe brother will meet the people, the necessary content of meeting and greeting, and the second half is to introduce the identities of several of them.

When the middle-aged man heard this, he put down the teapot and hugged his fist: "People are not close, but they are pro; The road is not close, the Han stays close, a few brothers, sit inside! ”

After that, he walked to the back kitchen in a few steps, opened the heavy curtains on both sides, and brought the four of them in.

(End of chapter)