Chapter 1: The Little Street Inn

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When the sun sets, the night can't wait to envelop it. On the busy streets, the figures gradually thinned out, and the shops on both sides were closed. A cool breeze blew a few fallen leaves uncontrollably.

The streets that should have been bustling have lost their colors, and the world is slowly engulfed in the night, and it is difficult to see the lights of the stars. It presents a sense of desolation and depression.

In this darkness, only one inn on West Street was still brightly lit, and the door was wide open. Above the gate hang two large lanterns, one on the left with the word "four" and the other on the right with the word "sea". It is a small inn called Four Seas. An old man in the inn was carefully calculating, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, dressed in a red dress, smiling and playing with a puppy on the ground.

A middle-aged man in a green shirt sat on the Taishi chair and played with a token. These people are out of place in this cold and dark world.

"It's coming......" The middle-aged man who had been playing with the token suddenly smiled slightly.

The girl who was playing on the side also stopped, raised her head and looked out the door, and ran to the middle-aged man's side.

"Who's coming? The girl blinked her big beautiful eyes and asked puzzledly, "Why can't Xiaocai see it?"

"No hurry, it's coming soon. The middle-aged man shook his head and smiled, "Let's go, let's go to the front desk and have a look." ”

This middle-aged man's surname is Ren Mingyuan, and he is the owner of the Four Seas Inn on the West Street of the Imperial Capital. The girl was an orphan he had just taken in when he came to the imperial capital ten years ago.

When Ren Yuan just walked to the front desk from the back hall, a sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded outside the door, and from far to near, he stopped outside the inn. At this time, the white-haired old man who had been burying his head in the abacus also stopped what he was doing, looked up at the door, and nodded to Ren Yuan.

More than a dozen men dressed in black with long knives at their waists walked in from outside the door. One of them, a sturdy man with a short stature and slightly dark skin, was the most prominent of the dozen or so, and the rest of the people also circled around him, and it was obvious that he was the leader of the dozen or so people.

"Come on, serve all the delicious wine and food to the master. The slightly dark and short man said arrogantly: "If you serve the master well, you will be rewarded, otherwise you will be rewarded, hehe......."

"It's coming, it's coming. Please be seated. I'll go and tell the kitchen to prepare!" The girl said smartly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please wait a moment! ”

After the girl said hello, she walked to the back kitchen. The men found a few tables at random and sat down. The long knife was placed on the table in unison, and the movements were very neat, never dragging mud and water. It was as if everyone was a well-trained soldier, except for the slightly short black man who seemed out of place with them, his long knife and cloak thrown on the ground at will, and his rat eyes constantly swept around the inn. When his eyes met Ren Yuan's, he shook his head with a smile when he saw Ren Yuan. He snorted. What did you turn to and talk to your companions?

After a while, the girl came out of the back kitchen with the wine and food, and then served the wine and food on the table separately. The men began to eat, and there was a lot of noise.

Suddenly, the slightly black and short man staggered towards the girl with a pot of wine, quickly stretched out his right hand and grabbed the girl's wrist, and said with a smile: "Brothers! Serve the master well tonight, and there will be a lot of rewards. Haha......" The man laughed and pulled the girl to the wine table.

"No, no, no...... Xiaocai doesn't know how to drink, a few guest officers, please let Xiaocai go!" The girl was so frightened that she almost cried out loud.

Looking at the girl with pear blossoms and rain, the men were unmoved. Continue to pull the girl to the table.

"The owner, the owner saves Xiaocai, saves Xiaocai...... Xiaocai didn't want to go to drink with him. Woo woo woo ...... "The girl named Xiaocai cried out in fear. Seeing this, the men were completely unmoved, looked at Ren Yuan and laughed.

"Let go of her, if you want to drink, can I drink with you?" Ren Yuan shook his head with his hands behind his back and strolled towards the man.

The men in black watched this lazy middle-aged man with a little forgiveness walking towards them, and they couldn't help but feel a little angry. One of the men said angrily: "Drink with us?" hehe...... What are you? With us, are you worthy?"

"Smack. Two sounds, and two handprints appeared on the face of the noisy man just now.

Suddenly, the man stood in place, at a loss. It was very quiet, and the sound of breathing seemed to be clearly audible.

And Ren Yuan continued to walk towards the man as if nothing had happened.

"You...... What means did you use to recruit the master? The slightly dark and short man watched his companion unconsciously be slapped twice, and said very unpleasantly.

Ren Yuan smiled slightly, ignoring his meaning at all, and directly pulled the girl from the man's hand behind him. At this moment, the short man seemed to be deeply shocked in front of him, unable to move, as if he had lost his soul.

"Wine!" Ren Yuan drank lightly, only to see that all the fine wine on the table formed a column of water, volleyed into the air, and turned into a water dragon. Come to Ren Yuan. Then I saw that Ren Yuan opened his mouth slightly, and the long dragon of wine disappeared without a trace.

"Flying in the air, drinking into dragons...... This is the ......" At this time, the men were frightened, and they knelt down and shouted in unison, "The immortal spares his life, the immortal spares his life, the villain has eyes without beads, and he doesn't know the appearance of the immortal, the villain should be damned......

Xiao Cai behind Ren Yuan also opened her eyes wide, what she saw tonight was an experience she had never experienced. But the old man just raised his head and smiled.

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