Chapter Eighty-Five: Battle of Maple City (Situation)
Hearing the shopkeeper say this, Sikong Chen was stunned for a moment, and then turned his face and looked at the third Fangxin triumphantly, as if to say that you are right to see my information, which made the third Fangxin keep rolling his eyes.
"The shopkeeper, we have the kindness, but we have something important to do in Fengcheng, and we ask the shopkeeper to help us stay here for a few days. β
Sikong Chen clenched his fists and said to the shopkeeper, seeing that Sikong Chen was still unwilling to leave, the shopkeeper's anxious face was red, and he pointed at Sikong Chen and said:
"You guys, don't you understand people? I've told you so, whether it's important or lifeless, if you want to stay in a hotel and find another family, I won't do your business anyway. β
After the innkeeper finished speaking, he was about to drive people away, so that the wolf child couldn't help but say to Sikong Chen:
"I've never seen anyone do this kind of business, and if you don't make money, you drive people out, I'm afraid that the innkeeper doesn't have a problem with his head. β
When the shopkeeper heard what the wolf child said, he was not happy at that time, and he kindly reminded you that not only did you not appreciate it, but you were still insulting yourself here, and he was anxious at that time, and said to the wolf child's words:
"Based on your words, I really won't earn your money, but I can tell you, don't blame me for not reminding you when those families fight, this is your own death, don't come to me if there is anything. β
"The shopkeeper's dissipation, the seventh junior brother apologized to others, and people were also worried about your comfort so they didn't let you stay in the hotel, and they didn't have to drive you out. β
Seeing the shopkeeper's angry blind look, he immediately reprimanded the wolf child, and then said to the innkeeper with a smile.
"Even if you have a little conscience, let me tell you, I, Shang Rong, have been opening an inn here for more than thirty years, and I am the best in the entire Maple City, if you go elsewhere, I guarantee that you won't be able to stand it for even a day. β
Seeing that the innkeeper's tone was a little looser, Sikong Chen immediately pursued, and said to the innkeeper with a smile:
"Yes, yes, we understand your thoughts, but isn't this a difficult mission, besides, you also said that this Fengcheng is about to be in chaos, so you will be accommodating and let us hide here for a few days, and we promise not to cause trouble with you." β
"What important things can't wait for Fengcheng to be safe before coming over, I have to do it now, it's not that I'm afraid of business, I'm doing inn business, no matter whether it's black and white business officials, come to me to give me face, I haven't seen any scene of receiving visitors from all over the world, it's really this mess, no one can take care of it, even if you don't make trouble, it doesn't mean that I'm safe." β
Shang Rong saw that Sikong Chen was still not dead, sighed and shook his head and said, he has been opening a shop for so many years, walking the black and white road, and meeting yin and yang people, he has also mixed up a little reputation over the years.
It is precisely because he has seen more that he also knows that there are some things in this world that he can't resist, and it is not as good as the world of these monks in front of him, which he can't touch, and he can only say that he is resigned to fate.
But other customers fled from Fengcheng like a plague as soon as they said it, and there were also those who didn't believe it at first, and were fooled away by a few words from themselves, but the customers in front of them who were useless no matter what they did, they still saw it for the first time.
"I can understand the difficulty of the shopkeeper, I have almost all the money on me, or you can exchange this spirit stone for fifty taels of silver, it will be regarded as a subsidy for you, and your inn, you make a price, I will ask for it directly." β
Sikong Chen took a deep breath, took out a medium-grade spirit stone and put it in the hand of the innkeeper, then turned his face and gathered the worthless things on several people together and piled them in front of him, and said to him:
"These are not enough, I will find a way to do some more, and I will ensure that you will not suffer, do you think this will work?"
These jewelry, materials and so on are really worthless in the eyes of Sikong Chen and these monks, but in the eyes of Shang Rong, a mortal, it is different, although Sikong Chen said that the spirit stone in his hand is worth fifty taels of silver, but these things in front of him are worth at least thirty taels, and this 'stone' is definitely more than fifty taels.
"Enough is enough, this money is enough for me to eat for the rest of my life. β
Shang Rong is not the kind of person who is not satisfied, it is his usual style to accept it when he sees it, when he saw Sikong Chen take out so many valuable things, he hurriedly said with a smile, and then realized something, and said to Sikong Chen:
"But let me warn you first, buying this inn is a sure-fire deal, are you sure you want it?"
When Xu Tiancai came to the inn, Sikong Chen and the others politely sent the former innkeeper out of the inn, looking at Xu Tiancai with a confused face, Sikong Chen glanced around and said to him:
"Come in and talk about it. β
After seeing Xu Tiancai come in, Sikong Chen and the wolf child closed the door, found a table to sit down by the way, looked at Xu Tiancai and asked:
"How's it going? Did you find any useful information?"
"Senior brother, your information is correct, the sky in this Maple City is about to change. β
Thinking of the news he had inquired about, Xu Tiancai had a gloomy face, looked at the surrounding brothers and sisters, knocked on the table and said:
"Feng Cheng doesn't seem to be much on the surface, because everyone who knows the news is rushing outside the city, and I also found out the news from a few small families, the simple point is that the family and the Yan family have joined forces to deal with the Feng family, the largest in Feng City, and the Bing family, which is also one of the four major families, remains neutral with a very small number of factions. β
"You can guess all these things, have you found out the identity of that girl?"
As for the situation in Fengcheng, Sikong Chen had already known most of it from Xiao Xuan, compared to what Sikong Zhan just wanted to know was who that girl was, and whether it would have any impact on his mission.
"I found out, she is the eldest lady of the Ming family and the marriage with the Yan family, it is said that she has never even seen the groom's face, and has always strongly opposed this marriage, and the news of the Yan family is well protected, and there has been no news of it. β
After Xu Tiancai finished speaking, he glanced at Sikong Chen, and said cautiously:
"Senior brother, you have ruined other people's good deeds, be careful that she retaliates against you, now we are on other people's territory, and maybe her fiancΓ© will also come to the door, senior brother, you are ready." β
After listening to Xu's words, the third Fangxin on the side thought of the situation where her fiancΓ© brought someone to the door, so she immediately held back her smile and kept patting the table. This made Sikong Chen, who could probably guess what plot she was thinking, have a black line on his face.
"There is also the cheap sister of Bing Xin, I heard that the third child of the Bing family brought a large group of people to search for her traces on the street, and the woman who was with her was recuperating in the Bing family, and the situation is still unknown. As for the fourth senior brother, I didn't find out about him at all, as if he hadn't entered Maple City. β
After Xu Tiancai finished saying the news he had discovered, Sikong Chen's brows tightened, and he coughed a few times when he looked at the surrounding juniors and sisters:
"The fourth junior brother is not surprised, after all, it is the wind spirit root, and he chased it all the way, how could it be so easy to be discovered, but that Bingying, who is she going to marry. β
"It is said that it is a young master of the Ming family, and the Yan family will also choose a woman to marry the Bing family. β
Xu Tiancai looked at the expressionless ice core and continued:
"They want to win over the Bing family to join their lineup, the current Bing family is on the cusp, if we go to the Bing family at this time, I'm afraid we will directly ignite the explosive barrel of Fengcheng, and it will be even more difficult to get out at that time. β
Bing Xin understood what Xu Tiancai meant by this, the current situation could not appear in the Bing family, but if he didn't go to the Bing family, how should he meet his biological parents? Thinking of this, a strange emotion rose in Bing Xin's heart.
Maybe there was something wrong with the ice core, and the third Fangxin quietly held the ice core's hand, and said to Sikong Chen in the ice core's gaze:
"How Fengcheng has nothing to do with us, we are here mainly to ask for an explanation for the third senior sister, that's all, if those families are not long-sighted, I will directly destroy them. β
Seeing that the third Fangxin was so 'excited', Sikong Chen sighed helplessly, looked at the ice core and said:
"Third Senior Sister, don't worry, I will definitely let you meet your parents. But I still need your patience for a while, and we can find out what the situation of the Bing family is......"
"I'm fine, brother. I've been waiting for more than ten years, and it's not bad for this time, let's find the fourth junior brother first. β
Bing Xin shook his head at Sikong Chen and said, but that expression and look, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like there is nothing at all, Si Kong Chen, who knows her temper well, stretched out his hand and patted Bing Xin's shoulder, and said to her:
"Third Senior Sister, no matter what the result is this time, we are all your family, and we can share everything for you, don't carry it alone. β
Looking at the faint smile on the corner of Bing Xin's mouth, Sikong Chen sighed again, he also understood that this sentence was almost the same as not saying it, how could he let himself bear it with Bing Xin's strong character.
There was silence on the table for a while, I don't know how long it was, a grunting sound sounded, and then the third Fangxin covered her stomach with a red face, looked at Sikong Chen aggrievedly, pinched her throat and said:
"Senior brother, when can I eat? β
"Immediately, immediately, Seventh Senior Brother, Ninth Senior Brother, please help the two of you to do it, I'll go to the kitchen to see what the shopkeeper left for us. β
Sikong Chen then thought that after working for so long, he hadn't even eaten yet, although everyone had already cleared the valley, but the pain of being hungry was not something that anyone was willing to try.
So Sikong Chen took the wolf child and Xu Tiancai into the back kitchen, when they looked at the full food, they were stunned for a while, and then quickly got busy, and after a while, a table of dishes was ready, after a few people were full of food and drink, Xu Tiancai suddenly thought of something, and said to Sikong Chen:
"By the way, Senior Brother, what is the situation in this inn, it doesn't matter if there is no one, who is the person you invited out just now. β