The old man went all the way to the south, and along the way these two fire butterflies flew around him, sometimes when he was tired of flying, he rested on the old man's shoulders for a while, and the "dark gold gravel bone eater" was sleeping in the nine treasure gourd, and the three butterfly chrysalis, because this fire butterfly is also a natural alien species, this butterfly chrysalis takes almost three years to break out of the cocoon into a butterfly, and now it is slowly evolving in the warm spring gourd.

The old man sometimes performed light skills and galloped for a long time, and sometimes walked leisurely, so he took these two little guys to a small town near Wugong Mountain in Jiangxi, the old man was afraid that these two fire butterflies would frighten passers-by, and said: The old man has been on the road recently, and he has eaten dry food, and we will be home soon, I have to go to the tavern to drink a pot and eat a big meal, and when I am full of food and drink, when I get home, I will let you eat a full meal. Come in and rest in the gourd, and don't scare the ordinary people. After speaking, the old man opened the Nine Treasure Gourd and let the two little guys get in.

The old man walked straight to the town, found a tavern that didn't even have a name, and sat down at a table casually, "Shopkeeper, come to five catties of Li Du, a fat chicken, it should be particularly fat, and a fried meat with smoked bamboo shoots, the meat should also be fatter, and then get a plate of peanuts, hurry up, my old man is dying of hunger." ”

This town is not rich, other people drink, a person at most two dishes, a pot of wine, even two or three people, that is, a plate of peanuts and an ordinary dish, the old man himself asked for so many dishes, the other three tables of guests in the small shop suddenly turned their heads to the old man, their eyes were full of envy.

"Ahh

"Why, are you afraid that my old man can't afford to pay? Seeing that I am dressed like a Huazi, you think I have no money to pay the bill, right?" the old man smiled.

"Old man, I didn't mean that, the store is also a small profit, please forgive me!" said the shopkeeper with a smile on his face.

"Well, old man, I, if I have some money, I will settle the bill first. After speaking, he took out a silver ingot from his bosom, about five taels, and handed it to the shopkeeper. "Is it enough, if you have more, you should be rewarded. ”

The shopkeeper smiled when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "Enough, enough, the wine and food are ready-made, you wait a while, and you will come immediately." ”

After a while, the shopkeeper held a jar of Li Du wine in one hand and a fat chicken in the other, shiny and shiny, and put it on the table, "This is a jar of Li Du for ten years, you always use it first, and other dishes will come immediately." ”

The old man stared at the fat chicken with both eyes, saliva was about to flow out, and hurriedly slapped the mud seal on the wine jar, and the aroma of wine instantly filled the entire tavern. The others all looked at the wine on the old man's table, and the old man tore off a chicken leg directly, feasted on it, and while eating, he carried the wine jar and poured Li Du wine wildly.

This way of drinking can stun the other people in the tavern, although there are many people who are good drinkers, but there are no cattle like the old man who drinks.

The old man didn't care about the surprised eyes of others, he ate and drank by himself, and the store brought up the rest of the dishes at this time, this old man, he didn't use chopsticks, he grabbed peanuts and stuffed them into his mouth, and the smoked bamboo shoots and roasted meat were also eaten with his hands. It was so hot that it had just been burned, and the old man's hands didn't seem to be afraid at all, and his mouth was not afraid at all. Once again, I stunned everyone.

It seems that this old man has been running around chasing his "Red Sun Flame Butterfly" these days, and he hasn't eaten a good meal for a long time, and he has eaten all the dishes on the table like a storm, and a jar of wine has bottomed out. After eating and drinking, the old man wiped his mouth contentedly and shouted, "Shopkeeper, do you have good tea? Give me a pot of tea." After saying that, he took out about two taels of silver and threw them on the table.

"Oh, or you are blessed, originally I am a small country shop, where is there any good tea, it is a coincidence, some time ago, my distant relatives in Lushan came to see me, brought me two catties of good Lushan clouds, I am not willing to drink, I will make tea for you." The shopkeeper said with a smile, grabbed the two taels of silver on the table in his hand as he spoke, and went to make tea happily.

After a while, the old man came out with a pot of tea and a tea bowl, poured a cup for the old man, although it was a large porcelain bowl, but still could not stop the intoxicating tea fragrance, the old man tasted it: "Good tea, good tea, such as drinking sweet syrup, such as drinking sweet syrup!"

When the old man was sipping tea and was satisfied, three men dressed up suddenly broke in from outside the door, looking very vicious, and sat directly at the table at the door when they entered the door, shouting: "Old Li Tou, bring up all the dishes you are good at, the old man is hungry." ”

As soon as the shopkeeper saw a few of them, he hurriedly greeted them, and hurriedly greeted: "It turned out to be a few masters of the Fuyuan Dart Bureau, please wait a while, Xiao Lao'er will serve you food." As he spoke, the shopkeeper carefully wiped the table where the three of them were sitting with his sleeve, and then turned away.

After a while, Li Du, who had been in the same decade for the same ten years, had all the chicken, duck and fish, and of course a plate of peanuts. The store seems to be very afraid of these men and takes good care of them.

"Well, old Li Tou, it's a waste of money, how much silver does this cost?" said one of the men.

"Master Zhang, you are laughing, this is the little old man's filial piety to your masters, where do you dare to accept your lord's silver!" the shopkeeper said hurriedly.

While eating, the three big men said with a smile: "Old Li Tou, you know each other, but from next month, you will have to pay a tribute of thirty taels of silver every month, but for the sake of you being so reasonable, our brothers are in charge of themselves, you pay ten taels less, just pay twenty taels, if the head of the dart is to blame, we will bear it." The man surnamed Zhang said.

"Ahh

"It's not the imperial court, it's the regulations of the 'Blood River Gate', all the halls, the jurisdiction of each rudder, all the business, must pay tribute, we Jiangxi rudder, the helm master is our Fuyuan dart bureau chief dart head Duan Ye, originally Duan Ye said, your small shop business is good, at least pay at least thirty taels a month, but our brother often comes to harass you, so he took the initiative to reduce ten taels for you, you have to be grateful to our brother is, all the shops in this town have to hand over a lot of silver taels every month to keep safe. Do you know?", the man surnamed Zhang continued.

"What kind of yamen is this, and how can you collect such a high profit?" Who can pay for this?" asked the shopkeeper.

"That's right, you're not from the rivers and lakes, and it's not surprising if you don't know, the Blood River Gate is the number one faction in the rivers and lakes, and it has unified the rivers and lakes, but Shaolin and Wu always know it, right?" said the man surnamed Zhang.

"Well, I know this, although the old man is not a person on the rivers and lakes, but Shaolin and Wu I have heard of it. The shopkeeper said.

"Do you know? Shaolin Wudang has been destroyed by our Blood River Gate!" said the man surnamed Zhang proudly. The other two didn't bother to talk at all, and ate and drank there with their heads down.

"Ah, Shaolin and Wudang can also be destroyed?" Although the shopkeeper is not from the rivers and lakes, he is also surprised.

"It's not just Shaolin Wudang, now the gate faction and the famous sect on the rivers and lakes are basically destroyed in addition to the annexed, Shaolin is the worst, almost the whole temple was destroyed, Qingcheng is also, Fengdu Yanluo Palace, Shandong Renhetang, I heard that in addition to Zhao Changsheng and Xueqing couple, they were almost wiped out, and now the entire rivers and lakes are the blood river gate, who dares to disobey the order of the blood river gate? My master Duan Ye is more famous in Jiangxi, and he was entrusted with a heavy task by Xuehemen, and became the helmsman of a Jiangxi rudder. The man surnamed Zhang said.

When the old man heard this, he was shocked, and even the tea bowl in his hand almost fell off, so he hurriedly calmed his mind and listened carefully to the conversation between the store and the man surnamed Zhang.

"I said Master Zhang, where does my little old man pay twenty taels every month? You also know that my small shop may not have twenty taels every month, how can I pay it!" said the shopkeeper with a crying face.

"Old Li Tou, we can't help it, Xuehemen plans to officially open the sect on the day of the Luoyang Peony Flower Festival, my master and his old man are going to the main gate, so you can't go empty-handed, not to mention, my master doesn't want to lose face in front of other helmsmen and hall masters, I also know that your small shop is a little thinner, so let's do it, I'll give you another ten taels, and you can hand over ten taels a month!" said the man surnamed Zhang.

"Master Zhang, I can't afford to pay even ten taels! You can open your grace and save Xiao Lao'er from this unwarranted disaster, as long as you come to the small shop in the future, the account will be counted on Xiao Lao'er's head, okay?" The store sent the three of them to kneel.

With a "snap", a man sitting next to the man surnamed Zhang slapped the shopkeeper in the mouth, the shopkeeper was so old, how could he withstand a slap from a strong man, and immediately fell to the ground and spit out two teeth. "You fuck, don't be ashamed, Zhang Ye has exempted you from twenty taels, why don't you know what to do, tell you that there is one less, Lao Tzu burned down your bird shop. With that, he lifted his foot and planned to step on the shop on the ground.

Seeing this, the old man immediately dragged the shopkeeper who had fallen to the ground over, and the sturdy man stepped on the air.

"Old immortal, are you looking for death?" the sturdy man scolded, and after speaking, he made a gesture to kick the old man.

The old man stood back and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the little old man has no intention of offending, but the poor shopkeeper is old, and besides, you are asking for money, so why hurt people, so let's do it, the money of the store in the past few months, my old man is out of this head office, right?" After speaking, the old man took out a silver ingot, about fifty taels, and handed it to the strong man.

"Fuck, for the sake of the silver, uncle, I spared you two today. The sturdy man said.

"Thank you for your mercy, come on, I still have a pot of good tea here, and I also honor you. After speaking, he poured a glass for each of the three people, "Little old man, replace wine with tea, and toast the three masters." The old man said with a smile on his face.

"Hmph, count you as acquaintances. The three of them took their tea bowls and drank them down, then got up and walked out of the tavern. At this time, the old man was the only one left in the tavern, and the others all paid their own bills and left after the three people entered the door. The bustling tavern just now fell silent.

"Old man, are you alright?" the old man helped up the shopkeeper.

"I'm fine, it's just so much silver, and the little old man can't get up to you for a while. The shopkeeper said almost with tears in his eyes.

"You don't have to pay it back, that's the coffin money I gave the three of them, three days later, all three of them will die violently, and this is not a place to stay for a long time, you better go elsewhere to make a living after closing the door!" After speaking, the old man took out two ingots of fifty taels of silver and put them on the table, "Take it and make a living elsewhere!"

The shopkeeper was just about to excuse himself, when suddenly there was a flower in front of him, and there was no trace of the old man in front of him, he didn't even find out how the old man left, and hurriedly chased out of the store, but he didn't even find a figure, "Fairy, fairy." The shopkeeper muttered.