Chapter Twenty-Six: A Divine Stick
Dao Yuan said: "This friend of mine likes to joke, Mr. Wang doesn't have to care, please take us to see the high residence." ”
"Okay, please come with me. ”
Mr. Wang led the way, led the three of them to a very delicate and quiet courtyard, pointed to the two-story building in front of him, and said: "This place is called Qingxin Xiaozhu, there are a total of eight rooms upstairs and downstairs, and these arrangements in the courtyard, please see, is there a difference between what I said and what I said?"
Sure enough, although the yard here is not big, it is flowing water, rockery, pond, pavilion, flowers, green trees, etc., a faint fragrance of flowers diffuses in the courtyard, there are more flowers and butterflies flying, golden bees collecting honey, and beautiful birds contending, it is indeed a pure and elegant place.
"Wow! It's so beautiful here! Brother Daoyuan, isn't it good for us to live here?" Rou'er pulled Daoyuan's sleeve and said in surprise.
"Good. Dao Yuan smiled slightly: "I just don't know how much silver is needed here every day?"
"Rent silver every day, three taels. ”
"Three taels!?" Lei Luo's eyes widened and exclaimed, "What's the difference between this and robbing money!"
"Hehe, this guest is laughing, it's worth the money!" Mr. Wang smiled: "Although we dare not say that it is the best inn in the city, it is better than the place is clean, the environment is elegant, and three taels of silver is a fair price." ”
Dao Yuan said to Lei Luo: "Although we don't have much silver, we can live for a few days, so don't be dissatisfied." Then he said to Mr. Wang, "Please ask Mr. to take me to pay the deposit." ”
Mr. Wang was happy when he saw that Dao Yuan had come down, and said with a smile: "Okay, son, please come with me." ”
After everything was arranged, it was past noon, and the three of them had a simple meal. I have to say that as one of the most famous inns in Cloud City, even the simplest food is very delicious, and the food is so addictive that I forgot about the expensive things before.
After eating, he left the inn and, according to Daoyuan's instructions, went to distribute the silver to the other brothers, and did not return until the sun was about to set. As soon as I entered the hall, I heard a loud noise coming from inside. I saw Mr. Wang take two young people and push a middle-aged man out of it. He couldn't help but be curious, and stopped to watch.
The man was wearing an ordinary robe, with three long wisps of beard, and his appearance was very elegant, but at this moment his face was a little flushed, and he said loudly: "How can you be like this? Don't you know that I am a scholar!
Mr. Wang said: "Your Excellency also knows that you are a scholar! What a rarity! Excuse me, can a scholar not pay back the rent and eat and live in vain? If you want to say that it is insulting, with Your Excellency here, I am afraid it will not be our turn." ”
When the man heard these words, his face turned a little redder, and he forced himself to say: "Isn't it just a few days late, and I haven't said that I won't pay it back, who hasn't had an inconvenient time! When I have the silver, I will definitely double it for you, but it really can't be done, I will write a few poems for you, or count a hexagram, and it will be worth my house money." Now you treat a scholar so unkindly, hum, it's really unreasonable!"
"How many days late?" Mr. Wang's face turned gloomy, and he said: "Do you remember how many times Your Excellency has said this? If it weren't for the fact that you are a scholar and have no power to restrain the chicken, I would have ordered someone to drive you out a long time ago! Tianxiang Yaxie is an inn, not a place where everyone can eat white food! If you want to be verbose any more, don't blame me for being polite!"
At this moment, Dao Yuan happened to come out of the fresh Xiaozhu, saw the thunderfall, and asked, "What's going on?"
"It's just a god stick that eats white food, nothing strange, let's go back. ”
At that moment, the man said in a loud voice, "What? You owe some money, and you still want to do it......?" You guys are so unbelievable! Think I've traveled all over the world, I don't know how many places, when have I been treated like this, this is ...... It's really hot and cold, and human affection is thinner than paper......" After speaking, he sighed for a long time, shook his head and sighed.
Mr. Wang became more and more impatient, but his self-cultivation was good, although he was angry, he did not order his subordinates to really start beating people. Seeing that the guests around him were gathering more and more, the man seemed to be taking advantage of the reason, and complained to Mr. Wang and the others.
But the two young men could not bear it any longer, rolled up their sleeves, shouted in their mouths, and reached for the man's collar.
"Wait!"
A peaceful voice came, and when everyone looked back, it was Dao Yuan who spoke.
"I will pay back the money that this gentleman owes. ”
Lei Luo grabbed him and whispered, "Boss, this kind of guy is just a liar, you don't have to be like this." ”
Dao Yuan shook his head: "When you go out, everyone has a time of emergency, because of some silver, it is difficult for a person, especially a scholar, to become like this, it really shouldn't be." And even if what he says is not true, it is only a loss of some silver to us, and it is not a big deal. ”
When he came closer, he asked, "I wonder how much this gentleman owes you for the rent?"
Mr. Wang said: "Son, do you really want to pay back the house money for him?"
Dao Yuan smiled: "Am I like a liar?"
Someone paid the money for the tenant, and Mr. Wang was naturally happy, saying: "Ten days' house money, a total of thirty taels of silver." ”
Dao Yuan nodded slightly, took out the silver and handed it over. When the man saw that someone had paid back the house money for him, he said to Mr. Wang proudly: "Look at this little brother, he is not very old, but he is generous and righteous, and he is not much better than you people!
Mr. Wang ignored the man and whispered to Dao Yuan: "Originally, I shouldn't have said this, but now in this world, there are people everywhere who swagger and cheat, although the son's generosity is righteous, but don't want anyone to help, if you are kind and blind, wouldn't you be wronged!"
"I remember what you said, sir. ”
"In that case, then I'll go and get busy, Childe, please take care of yourself. Seeing that Dao Yuan didn't seem to listen, Mr. Wang shook his head and led people to the back.
After Mr. Wang left, the man came to Daoyuan's side, thanked him vigorously, and looked at Lei Luo with a smile on his face.
He came over and said, "Boss, since it's all right, let's go back." ”
"Hmm. ”
"Please wait a minute...... the man saw that the two wanted to leave, and hurriedly shouted, and stopped talking.
Dao Yuan turned around and asked, "Sir, is there something else?"
"This ...... You see, it's getting so late......" The man pointed to the dark sky outside, "I haven't eaten yet, and I haven't found a place to live...... Why don't you do good things to the end, little brother, and take care of me for dinner. ”
"What!" Lei Luo became anxious when he heard this, and shouted: "I said that you are still finished! Isn't it enough to help you pay back the house money? You are so brazen as to ask us to take care of the food? You guy, you are simply a disgrace to the face of the reader!"
The man said dissatisfiedly: "You can't say that, I didn't say that I ate for nothing, it's a big deal to go back in the future, isn't it just a meal, young man, don't be so stingy!"
"Is this a petty problem? You don't ...... at all."
"Thunderfall. Dao Yuan stopped him, thought for a while and said: "What this gentleman said is also right, it is just a meal, we have to eat anyway, just together, there are more people and more lively." ”
"Look at it, this little brother is still refreshing, this is the style that young people should have. ”
After a while, a table of good wine and food was placed in the gazebo of the fresh small building, Lei Luo stared at the delicious food on the table, and said in a strange manner: "God stick, you haven't eaten for a few days?
The man ignored Lei Luo's taunt and beckoned to the two: "Come on, come on, such a good day and such a night, how can you live up to these delicious wines and delicacies, eat quickly, eat quickly." After speaking, he ignored the reaction of the two and raised the spoon to eat.
As soon as Jin Er saw that the man seemed to be robbing himself, he immediately lay down on the table and ate it. One man and one beast are like a game, eating so oblivious that they don't pay any attention to anything else.
Dao Yuan smiled bitterly and motioned for Lei Luo to sit down.
"By the way, what about Rou'er?" Thunderfall looked left and right.
"She just said she was going to shower and change, and now she should be coming down. ”
The man ate a few bites of food, drank a glass of wine, relished, slurped, and his mouth was full of greasy, and he also commented a few words on various dishes from time to time. Lei Luo stared at him with a dark face, the boss in his heart was unwilling, but he didn't want to take it seriously, just a sneer. But the other party turned a deaf ear, just ate and drank by himself, so that Lei Luo had no temper at all.
"Brother Daoyuan, who is this gentleman?" A moment later, Rou'er's soft and gentle voice came down the stairs.
When the man heard this, he looked up.
I saw Rou'er dressed in a white dress and walking downstairs briskly. She had just finished bathing, her white and flawless face was a little ruddy, and her black and white eyes were smiling, like watery affection. The hair was carefully tied up with a purple ribbon, with a slight wetness, and the whole person exuded a sense of holiness, as if a fairy descended to earth, and it was incredibly beautiful.
The man's eyes flashed, and he secretly praised: "What a handsome girl!"
"This is ...... By the way, haven't you asked Mr. Gao's surname yet?" Rou'er asked, Dao Yuan remembered, and he didn't seem to know this person's name and surname until now.
Lei Luo said: "You can just call him a god stick." ”
The man put down his chopsticks, took a sip of wine, glanced at Lei Luo, and then rubbed his stomach and said: "Under the surname Mo, he is a bard, but if you meet someone who asks for divination and is confused about the road ahead, you can also count a few hexagrams." ”
"You see, I'll just say he's a god. "Thunderfall seems to have seized the evidence.
"Don't be rude to your husband. ”
Dao Yuan said a word to him, and said: "He has this temper, don't mind Mr. Mo." ”
"It doesn't matter, the so-called things gather by like, people by groups, little brother, you are so righteous, your friends must not be bad people, they are just a little bit of a mouth. But I'm a big adult, so I don't care about a late-born junior. ”
Lei Luo rolled his eyes and said, "God, don't you just say that you don't practice fake tricks, don't you say what kind of poet you are? Now that you have eaten and drunk, if you want us to believe you, then you will compose a poem for us on the spot, how about it?"
"What's so hard about that!. Mr. Mo twisted his beard and said: "Since I have been hospitalized by the little brother today, Mo has nothing to repay, I will take this little girl as the title and give a poem, one to express my gratitude, and the other to let you know that you know my ability, so that you don't always spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." ”
He glanced at Rou'er a few times, and his eyes couldn't help but be full of appreciation. Rou'er blushed at his sight, and subconsciously moved to Dao Yuan's side.
"I said have you seen enough, if you can't just say it, don't pretend, okay?" said Lei Luo, stretching out his hand and shaking it a few times in front of his eyes.
"Hmm...... Yes, listen up. Mr. Mo smiled faintly and said:
It is difficult to hide the jade incense, and Lan Xin intends to make makeup.
Looking forward to the delicate and true national color, why not be afraid of frost in September in three winters!
Rou'er glanced at Dao Yuan, lowered her head with a red face, and whispered shyly: "Mr. has won the award, I am not so good." ”
Dao Yuan thought about it carefully and praised: "It's really a good sentence!"
Lei Luo pursed his lips: "So-so, it's okay." ”