In the evening, the hot wind blows, the reeds are undulating and swaying, the clear river water, the fish rush out of the water and bubble, flick their tails and swim to the water and grass, the flowing water surface, reflecting a stone bridge, a scholar on the bridge with a bookshelf on his back, wiped the sweat stains on his forehead, found a place to sit down and rest for a while, took out dry food and blew the dust on it, and looked at the map in his hand. : :

"Ningxia Town should be ahead. ”

Some of the dumb scholars muttered for a while, ate half a piece of dry food, got up and continued to walk to the town not far ahead.

"Stop!"

Suddenly, the scholar was startled, and when he hurriedly stood for a while, several footsteps behind him rushed towards him, and in a blink of an eye, he crossed by, and three men were shirtless and pointed to a one-armed ranger wearing a scarf not far away.

"Look where you're going! Don't talk nonsense, kill him, grab something"

Several people killed together, so frightened that the scholar's face turned pale, trembling and trembling to lift the hem of his robe, raising the cuffs with one hand to cover the side of his face, he didn't dare to look at the fierce scene of killing, stepped away from the faded green cloth shoes, trotted up, and quickly walked towards the town.

"It's good to be in town, it's good. ”

Whispering a few words, before entering the town, the sound of tinkling iron came into the ears in an endless stream, the scholar clung to the rope of the bookshelf, his eyes swept around timidly, and the green forest hawkers hurried over with swords and iron guns on their backs, or gathered in groups of three or five, looking at the passers-by, showing their weapons, and the corners of their mouths hung a cruel smile.

Ningxia Town has been more prosperous in recent years, merchants from the south to the north, many of them have hired a group of guards to go to the city further north, although in the past three years, the Sui Dynasty has been ruled and the world is peaceful, but there are always bandits hidden in the mountains, and they often go down the mountain to rob the road, so that the town where the original green forest gathers has become mixed, and there are usually many mountain bandits mixed in it.

However, it is also strange to say, the nearest mountain near the north of Ningxia Town is rarely inhabited, and even the most famous bandits in the nearby mountains do not dare to go over easily, and they are taboo.

In particular, there is a dilapidated temple in the mountain, as soon as the word Ruolan is mentioned, the people who live in the town usually turn their faces directly, turn their heads and leave, which has become the most curious place for outsiders.

In an inn in the town with the words "Immortals are coming" written on the blue flag, the scholar with the bookshelf on his back moved small steps, timidly came in, saw that it was full of drinkers with weapons laughing and scolding loudly, swallowed his saliva and crossed the threshold, he did not go inside, and whispered to a man with a tray. Mobile:

"Tired, little brother. ”

"Yo, is the guest here to eat or stay in the hotel?" the man hung down the tray, pulled the rag on his shoulder, and invited him inside, his voice was loud: "There is a guest"

Before he could shout, the scholar hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, I'm here to collect the accounts, please ask if your shopkeeper is there?"

The guy immediately shut his mouth, glanced at him, turned his head and shouted in, "Shopkeeper!

The scholar stretched his neck to look, and at the counter inside, the fat shopkeeper with a fat head and big ears and a cockscomb hat was holding a pen to make accounts, and when he heard the shouts of the guys, he raised his eyes and looked at the scholar, and immediately bent down to go under the counter.

"Shopkeeper, my surname is Ning, I'm here"

Bang!

A thick-backed boning knife slashed at the counter, and the fat shopkeeper picked his chin: "Collect the debt?"

Mutter~

The scholar swallowed his saliva, his eyes shifted around, and the drinkers in the hall stopped their glasses, reached out and pressed the weapons on the corner of the table, squinted their eyes, and looked at them unkindly.

"Excuse me, excuse me!"

The scholar arched his hand, hurriedly exited the inn, turned around and ran, the bookshelf behind him creaked and swayed, and the books fell down, stopped, looked at the inn again, and saw that no one chased out, so he picked up and fled.

"Hahaha"

This scene provoked a crowd of people in the inn who burst into laughter and slapped the table: "This nerd is still learning from others to collect the bills!"

"Yes, don't come if you're afraid of death! Hmph, just rob him. ”

"A poor scholar, robbed him, and he didn't even have a few cents of clothes. ”

"Hey, don't underestimate the scholar, let the shopkeeper hear it, I have to blast you out. ”

One of them opened his mouth to say this, causing the surroundings to suddenly fall silent, and the green forester at a table of drinkers slapped his scabbard, snorted, and turned his head to look at the person who had just spoken.

"Why, to talk about scholars, it still causes trouble?"

The man at the next table shook off his clothes, revealing the tattoos on his shoulders, leaned slightly, and narrowed his eyes.

"Then you try, do you know why this inn is called 'Immortals'?"

The bookkeeper over there raised his head, put down his pen, walked out with a smile, and arched his hand towards the two tables: "Eat and eat, go out and make money, if you want to know how the name of this inn came from, ask me to be, there is no need to be angry, everyone." ”

The man who shook off his shirt to reveal his tattoo snorted, sat back and continued to drink and eat, and the green forester at the other table also pressed back the knife and looked back at the shopkeeper.

"Just now, that guy said don't underestimate the scholar, the shopkeeper will throw me out? What's going on, I came from other places to escort the team, and I came to this Ningxia Town for the first time, and I hope that the shopkeeper will solve my doubts. ”

said that he held a knife and hugged his fists, and he almost lost a knife just now.

The fat shopkeeper is a businessman, he returned the salute with a smile, and sat down at the Green Forest Ke's table generously and casually, he knew that these people who licked blood with knives ate this set the most.

"Brother Tai doesn't know, three years ago there was a scholar dressed as a fairy in our town, that look is really handsome and extraordinary, graceful, every gesture has a fairy spirit, at a glance you know that you have the magic to move mountains and seas, even leading an old hair loss donkey, that is also a vigorous posture, Qi Yu Xuanang is followed by a beautiful girl with tied hands, and then to my inn to settle down. ”

Speaking of this incident, every time the fat shopkeeper exited, he turned over the tricks and said it again without repetition, and people were stunned for a while.

Fortunately, the green forester reacted quickly, came back to his senses, looked for doubts, and frowned.

"With the immortal law, the shopkeeper can also see it?"

"Hey, of course" The fat shopkeeper slapped the table and changed his words: "I can't see it." ”

got up and walked out of the bench, waved his big chubby hand, and said:

"The guest officer didn't know, the fairy was sacred, in the Lanruo Temple in the mountain, there were monsters, the fairy led an old donkey in, ouch, that soon, the whole night was illuminated into daylight, lightning and thunder, so not scary, there were a few men in this town who wanted to rob the fairy, and they ran back halfway to say the reason, they saw it with their own eyes. ”

"What about the man?"

"People, of course, I followed the gods and played the world. ”

"It's a gang of pretending to be ghosts and tricking you. ”

Hearing this, the fat shopkeeper stopped, and the body that had originally walked to the counter turned back, his tone was much louder than just now, and his fingertips knocked on the green forest guest table.

"Those people used to eat and drink at my place back then, how could they not know the roots?"

"Then why did you drive the scholar away just now? ”

"That's a debt collector, and it's not a god, two different things. ”

The fat shopkeeper waved his hand, turned around and walked to the door to look out: "It's getting dark, why did this coward run up the mountain?"

In the distance, the back image of the bookshelves on his back was asking people for directions, leaving the town in a panic, and running towards the mountain road to the north.

"Shopkeeper, I don't know if there are any vacancies? Yes, yes, I and the other four people came to stay, not to collect the bills. ”

The fat shopkeeper turned his gaze, and on the side of the eaves outside the door, four scholars of different heights carried bookshelves, smiled and bared their teeth, and were arching their hands towards him.

"What luck today, just drove one away, and sent four more!"