Chapter 38: Taoyuan Inn
The scale of the county seat of Zifu County is ten times larger than that of Hanshan City, with pavilions and pavilions, undulating, Rao is Ye Tong has lived on the earth for a hundred years, and has seen countless high-rise buildings, and he is still shocked by the city in front of him, the wide streets, the traffic, the pavilions and shops on both sides, row upon row.
"Little Lord. The medicine slave leaned on his body, leaning on the dragon's head on crutches, and after the color of memory in his eyes receded, he called softly.
Ye Tong asked with a side face, "What?"
Yao Nu said: "The county town is very large, in addition to the most prosperous central area, it is divided into four jurisdictional areas, southeast, northwest and northwest, the old slave doesn't know where the upcoming auction will be held, so where do you think we should stay?"
Ye Tong asked, "When you once came to the county town, where would you choose to live?"
Hearing Ye Tong's words, the medicine slave said without thinking: "Taoyuan Inn!"
Ye Tong said: "Then let's stay at the Taoyuan Inn temporarily! If nothing happens, we won't stay in the county for long." ”
Taoyuan Inn, located in the northeast area of the south city, is different from the prosperous area imagined by Ye Tong, Taoyuan Inn is more like a peach orchard covering a large area, on the peach trees that can be seen everywhere, delicate flowers are competing to open, rockeries, exquisite carvings, and pavilions seem to be scattered everywhere.
But if you look closely, you will find that between the pavilions and the pavilions, intertwined, arranged in an orderly manner, a clear river, running through the entire Taoyuan Inn, five magnificent bridges, become an important transportation hub.
"It's nice here. ”
Ye Tong is good at observing the terrain, and not long after stepping into the Taoyuan Inn, he found that this is a treasure of feng shui, especially a spiritual vein branch, and the end point of condensation is this Taoyuan Inn.
The medicine slave nodded in agreement and said: "There are one hundred and nine pavilions here, except for the main building that is not leased to the public, all the other pavilions are rented out, but the daily rent is high, and ordinary people can't afford it." ”
Ye Tong asked, "How much?"
The medicine slave said: "The herringbone pavilion has a daily rent of two hundred taels of blue silver, the earth-shaped pavilion has a daily rent of five hundred taels of blue silver, and the Tianzi Pavilion has a daily rent of one thousand taels of blue silver. ”
So expensive?
Ye Tong showed a look of surprise, you must know that one hundred taels of blue silver is enough for a family of five in Hanshan City to live for a year, and one thousand taels can make them live for ten years, and here, one thousand taels of blue silver can only live in Tianzi Pavilion for one day, and the price is simply outrageous!
The medicine slave smiled bitterly.
He came here before, it was with the old master Huo Lanqiu, what kind of person is the old master? There is no difference between money and wealth in his eyes, and there is never a shortage of silver taels, as for whether it is expensive or not, it naturally doesn't matter.
But it's this little master...... The medicine slave is subtle and clear-minded, and naturally knows what money means to the little master, so he can buy his life!
Soon, the two came to an antique attic, and without paying attention to the four burly men on both sides of the door, they entered the attic.
"Greetings to the two distinguished guests, the slave family is the inn waiter Duolan, may I ask the two distinguished guests to rent a residence? or come to the inn to eat?" In the hall, among the more than a dozen beautiful girls in uniform costumes, a tall girl walked out, her smile was very kind, giving people a feeling of bathing in the spring breeze.
"Rent!" said the medicine slave.
Duo Lan bowed slightly, and chuckled: "Then, please also ask the two distinguished guests to register at the counter with the slave family, pay the rental fee and receive the pavilion key." ”
The medicine slave said, "The old slave will go with you!" Little master, how long are we going to live here?"
Ye Tong thought for a while and said, "Let's rent it for half a month first!"
"Okay!" The medicine slave nodded slightly, calculating the time, they would stay here for half a month at most.
Ye Tong stood in the hall, his eyes swept over several guests in and out, and finally landed on the calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall, although the calligraphy and painting on both sides were good, but they could not enter Ye Tong's eyes, but the landscape painting in front of him was a good work, the painting of green mountains and green water and peach blossom forest, the urchin expelled the small beast, the old man sat on the riverside fishing, a few vivid birds, or standing on the branches, or spreading their wings and flying, in this painting, vitality can appear everywhere.
"Settle, Lan Tianyu?"
Ye Tong faintly felt a pity in his heart, the painting is a good painting, but it is a pity that it lacks a kind of momentum, the green mountains are high, the majestic shore, the green water flows, endlessly, the peach blossoms bloom, although it is beautiful, but there is no trace ......of the wind; The breath of farm life, but without the foil of thatched cottages, is not interesting after all.
Not far from Ye Tong's side, the waiter closest to Ye Tong, a playful-looking girl, had been observing Ye Tong and the medicine slave when they came in, because she thought the combination of an old man and a young man was very interesting, but she thought it was the arrival of her grandson, but she didn't expect that the old man would call himself a slave, and the young man was the little master.
"Distinguished guest, have you ever known how to paint?" Lan Xiaozhu quietly came to Ye Tong and asked with a smile.
Ye Tong glanced at her and said indifferently, "I understand a little." ”
The corners of Lan Xiaozhu's mouth curled, with a bit of pride on her face, she pointed to the landscape painting on the wall and asked, "Then what do you think of this painting? Is it the best painting you've ever seen?"
"Uh......" Ye Tong showed a strange look.
Who gave this girl the confidence to ask such a shameless question?
Best painting?
What international jokes?
In the hundred years that Ye Tong lived in seclusion on the earth, he once collected a large number of calligraphy and paintings, among which he could enter his magic eyes, all of them were everyone's works, and although this landscape painting was good, it could only be regarded as barely passing, and it was far from the best!
Ye Tong didn't bother to take care of this girl anymore, turned around and walked outside.
"Hey, you haven't answered my question yet!"
Lan Xiaozhu was stunned for a while, and hurriedly chased outside when she came to her senses, however, just when her figure chased to the door, she suddenly stopped, and she saw a familiar figure coming.
"Sister Xiaoshui, why are you here, don't you need to take care of Miss?" Lan Xiaozhu asked.
Lan Xiaoshui said: "A friend came from afar, Miss is accompanying a friend to visit the garden, and asked me to come and ask you to go back, prepare fruit cakes, and eat in the evening." ”
"I ......"
Lan Xiaozhu hesitated for a moment, then looked away, glared at Ye Tong's back fiercely, and then said, "Okay, let's go back quickly!"
Lan Xiaoshui followed Lan Xiaozhu's gaze and said curiously, "Do you know the young man who just went out?"
"I don't know!" Lan Xiaozhu pouted and said, "He is arrogant and arrogant. ”
"Angry? You brought it on yourself. Lan Xiaoshui smiled dumbly and said: "Don't forget your current identity, you think it's boring to stay in the building, you have to run out to play, as a messenger, do you still care about other people's faces for you?"
Lan Xiaozhu said: "No, I saw him watching Miss's paintings, and I wanted to hear him praise Miss a few words, so I leaned over and asked him what he thought, but he admitted that he knew a little about calligraphy and painting, but he was unwilling to answer my question, isn't Miss's handwritten paintings worthy of his praise?"
"Oh?" Lan Xiaoshui showed a look of surprise, and glanced at Ye Tong, who was farther away, a few times again, before pulling Lan Xiaozhu out of the attic and walking in another direction.
On the riverside at the end of the bridge.
Two slender girls walked together.
One of the heroic girls in the city swept her eyes over the sparkling river, and sighed: "Forget it, we haven't seen each other for three years, right? ”
The palace girl wearing a veil and combing her hair in a bun revealed a gentle and elegant posture in her gestures, and her soft and glutinous voice brought people gentleness and enjoyment: "My sister is free and easy, and she is respected as a princess, but she can put aside that fetters and wander alone among the famous mountains and rivers, wandering in the alleys of the market, and her red dust experience is quite envious of her sister." ”
Mu Qianlan said: "If you are envious, why don't you go out for a walk? Your talent, your qualifications, are not below me at all, if you can let go of that obsession, your future achievements are limitless, maybe, the future safety of my Skynet Empire needs you to take shelter." ”
Lan Tianyu shook his head and said: "You don't need me, with my sister here, the Skynet Empire will be peaceful and stable for the next hundred years." Huh, why is my sister distracted again?"
Mu Qianlan was indeed distracted, and in her mind, the delicate face that she felt hateful appeared again, and she remembered the scene in the Jinluan Mountain Range, where she was trapped for a whole day before she barely broke through the formation and escaped in embarrassment.
Mu Qianlan gritted her teeth and said, "I think of a bastard boy." ”
Lan Tianyu's bright eyes showed a hint of surprise, and asked curiously: "Sister Qianlan, but she has a sweetheart? can make your heart unstable, Tianyu wants to know, which young talent is it?"
"Sweetheart?"
Mu Qianlan said with tears and laughter: "Sister Tianyu said that I was laughing, that bastard boy is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and I am several years older than him, how can it be...... In short, that guy is very evil, and he is a person I can't see through. ”
Lan Tianyu was surprised: "Young man who can't even see through you, I want to meet you." ”
Mu Qianlan smiled dumbly and said: "With your character, if you see him, you will definitely be eaten and wiped clean, and there will not even be any bones left, the spirit fox of the wild territory, you should know, right? ”
"Poof......" Lan Tianyu covered her mouth and chuckled: "Sister Qianlan must have been deflated on him, otherwise she wouldn't have said this, Tianyu was even more curious about him." ”
Mu Qianlan turned her head in embarrassment and said, "Don't talk about him, I came to you this time because I need your help with something." ”
"What's the matter?" Lan Tianyu asked.
Mu Qianlan said: "My imperial uncle established a miraculous feat and won the quota for the Skynet Empire to set up a teleportation array, and my father asked me to represent him and set up a banquet in the county king's mansion to reward him, I want to ask you to help me paint a picture as a congratulatory gift to the imperial uncle." ”
Lan Tianyu pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "No problem, you can take it in three days." ”
"Thank you!" Mu Qianlan's eyes showed joy, you must know that in the empire, Lan Tianyu's paintings are hard to find.
"My sister is polite. ”