II. Chapter 3: The Storyteller
"That's it!"
When Li Mengru let go of his arm, Jiang Ming reacted, looked down, and saw that his sleeves were full of sweet and greasy rock sugar, and he was instantly stunned and speechless.
"You...... You ......"
Li Mengru smiled, stared at him and said, "This is what happens if you don't listen to me!"
Jiang Ming frowned, and quickly wiped it with his other hand for a long time, but he couldn't wipe it off, but his hand was sticky, so he had no choice but to give up.
Li Mengru seemed to be fine, and suddenly said again: "Your senior sister, I am thirsty and hungry." ”
"Huh!"
Jiang Ming was aggrieved in his heart, and muttered: "When you were in the sky just now, who made you scream, I thought you wouldn't be thirsty." ”
"What did you say!"
Li Mengru's eyebrows stood up, and she was about to twist Jiang Ming's ears, Jiang Ming quickly flashed to the side, and urged: "I didn't say anything, let's go, let's go eat!"
Li Mengru glanced at her and said leisurely, "Then let's go." ”
......
When the two of them stood in front of an extremely luxurious-looking restaurant, Jiang Ming couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, and said dumbly: "Senior sister, the price here is definitely not cheap." ”
As he spoke, he pointed to the stall on the side and whispered, "Why don't we go over there and eat......"
Li Mengru snorted lightly, ignored it, and stepped directly into the door of this "Drunken Immortal Residence". Jiang Ming wanted to cry without tears, so he had to grit his teeth and follow in.
"Guest officer, please inside. ”
When the shopkeeper saw the two of them, he greeted them warmly.
Jiang Ming was instantly shocked by the decoration inside, the mahogany beams, antique, I saw that in the spacious hall, there were only a few tables, only a few people were eating there, and most of the guests were on the second floor, the luxury of the third floor, presumably if people arrived at the rich place, they began to pursue the taste of identity.
He instantly had the idea of retreating, glanced at the smiling shopkeeper, and then at the senior sister who walked straight to the second floor, and felt a cramp in his heart, so he had to bite the bullet and follow.
The middle of the second floor is all hollowed, and there are about more than ten tables placed in a circle, at a glance, the crowd is crowded, nearly full, and the two of them find a free seat and sit down at will.
At this time, the shopkeeper bent down and said enthusiastically: "Two guest officers, what do you want?"
Li Mengru raised her head and said while thinking, and reported the names of a few small dishes.
"Okay, guest officer, please wait a moment. ”
Just as the shopkeeper was about to retreat, Jiang Ming suddenly said, "Little second brother, add another braised carp." ”
"No, we don't eat fish!"
"Huh?" The shopkeeper was dazed for a while, his eyes wandering on the two of them, not knowing who to listen to.
Jiang Ming was about to speak, but Li Mengru's faint voice came again: "I said, we don't eat fish." ”
"I want to eat fish!"
The shopkeeper glanced at Li Mengru carefully, although she was not dressed luxuriously, her appearance was extremely beautiful, and she also had a faint appearance of being in charge between her words and actions, presumably she was also a pampered eldest lady, and then glanced at Jiang Ming......
"No, no, two guest officers, please wait. The shopkeeper walked away with a smile on his face.
Jiang Ming was annoyed for a while, today can be regarded as a day of bullying, he took a deep breath, and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Hehe, when you had dinner this morning, you dared to come against me. ”
Li Mengru glared at Jiang Ming with a serious face, and said heavily: "You won't have any fish to eat in the future!"
"You...... Hmph!"
Jiang Ming turned his head angrily, and after a while, he muttered, "How did you become like Yue Bufan." ”
"What's wrong with me?"
"Arrogant, unreasonable!"
......
After a while, the shopkeeper brought several plates of side dishes and fried them to the table. Li Mengru took a sip of tea and devoured it.
Jiang Ming originally planned to refuse to eat, but after a day of traveling, his stomach was already hungry, and although the food was delicious at this time, every bite was full of bitterness......
In the middle of the meal, the two of them had almost eaten, Jiang Ming looked carefully, only to find that the pillars around him were full of carved dragons and phoenixes, looking magnificent, and he couldn't help but feel heavy again.
"Smack!"
Just as Jiang Ming was thinking wildly, suddenly an extremely loud voice came from the hall on the first floor.
"Ladies and gentlemen, when you are full of wine and food, you might as well take a look here and have some fun. ”
Jiang Ming only felt that this voice was slightly familiar, but he couldn't think of where he had heard it for a while, so he looked down towards the hollow place on the second floor.
I saw an old man in a coat, with a semi-short white beard and fairy bones, sitting at a table in the hall, looking like a storyteller.
"Smack!" The old man snapped his eye-catching shot, which instantly attracted a lot of attention, only to see him look around, and then said loudly: "Guest officers, do you know what day it has been in the past few days?"
Everyone looked too lazy to pay attention and remained silent. The old man didn't blush, and said slowly: "It's the Cloud City Lord's Autumn Viewing Festival, and this year is different from the past, and a few more places have been added. ”
"Who doesn't know. "I don't know where a voice came from in the crowd.
The old man shook his head with a smile and said, "Then do you know what the significance of this autumn festival is?"
Hearing this, Jiang Ming and Li Mengru suddenly became curious, after all, they came to Wutong City to attend the meeting, and they had a lot to do with themselves, so they both looked at it seriously.
I saw that on the side of the hall, a rugged man took a sip of wine and said heartily: "It's to let those young people with good qualifications go further in their cultivation to resist those demon sect demons." ”
"That's right!" the old man nodded, then stared at the rough man with a solemn face, and said, "Now that the Demon Sect has been dormant for more than three hundred years, why do you still have to do this in this peaceful and prosperous world?"
At this moment, the man opened his mouth and was speechless, and everyone was silent.
I saw that the old man stroked his uneven gray beard, looked like he knew it well in his chest, and said, "It's to prevent trouble." ”
"Appeal ......"
Instantly boosing, Jiang Ming was also disappointed, pursed his lips, and muttered, "Isn't this the same as not saying it." ”
"Smack!"
The old man slapped the wood again, his voice also raised a few points, and he sighed: "Three hundred years ago, the immortals of the righteous path fought with the people of the Demon Sect in Xunyang Beach in the East China Sea, which can be described as extremely tragic, with countless casualties!"
Seeing the old man's compassion for all beings, as if he was looking back on the past, and talking about the battle between the righteous and the demon, all of which aroused everyone's curiosity, one person couldn't help but ask: "Uncle He, can you tell me more." ”
The old man stroked his beard again, straightened his chest, and said slowly: "Back then, the head of this righteous path was not Wutong City, but Zixiao Guan ......."
"At that time, the head of Zixiao Guan, Tongwei Old Immortal, led many knights and demon sect people to fight in Naxunyang Beach for several days, but they didn't know the winner for a long time......"
“...... Later, the Demon Sect gradually gained the upper hand, and finally there was a sign of defeat. But, alas, ......"
Speaking of this, the old man sighed deeply again, and everyone was also attracted by the twists and turns of the battle situation, and listened silently.
"We have capable people in the righteous path, but the Demon Sect has existed for a long time, and it is not an ordinary person. At this moment, the Demon Sect actually counterattacked in a big way, and faintly gained the upper hand again!"
"Ah!" the old man said in a low tone, and his heart was broken, and the rough man just now couldn't help but stand up and exclaimed.
I saw that the old man smiled slightly, stroked his hand, motioned for the man to sit down, and said: "That old immortal is the leader of the world, how can he watch the people of the Demon Sect turn things upside down!
Speaking of this, the old man raised his head and sighed, and said slowly: "That scene can be described as a dark cloud, a thunderstorm, and a rain hanging over the river!"
At this time, the audience was silent, and Jiang Ming was also stunned, waiting for the next step.
"Smack!"
This sound, which was exceptionally loud, instantly woke everyone up.
I saw that the old man stood up, coughed twice, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, people from all over the world came to our drunken immortal residence and sat down at our table, which is not bad for money, although I am talking about it, but the old man also wants to eat, isn't it......?"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and arched his hand in all directions, looking like welcoming guests from all directions, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you have money, you can hold a money field!"
In an instant, there was another round of boos.
Only the rugged man just now stood up again, clapped his hands, and shouted: "My husband said well!
As he spoke, he threw a few copper plates at the old man's feet.
The old man stood still, but he had no intention of sitting down and continuing to speak.
After a while, a few more sporadic copper plates slowly fell.
The old man glanced at the ground, but there was a look of joy on his face.
"That's a good point. ”
Just when the old man was about to stop, a nice man's voice suddenly came, and everyone looked and saw a man standing in front of the railing on the second floor, with phoenix eyes, thin lips, and a soft appearance.
The man smiled slightly, threw down two silver ingots, and said softly, "Uncle, please continue." ”
The old man didn't look at the man at all, and his eyes were fixed on the two silver ingots that fell to the ground and turned over.
The old man was obviously stunned for a moment, then smiled, and glanced at the side, but a delicate and beautiful female doll walked out of the side of the hall, looking at it was about ten years old, and it looked like it would definitely be a beautiful embryo in the future.
The girl pouted, looking reluctant, took a large bowl, squatted on the ground to pick up the money, and threw it into the bowl with a loud noise.
The old man smiled, looked remarkable, sat down on the original stool again, and then began to talk again.
The soft man stood on the second floor, looking like he was at the next table with Jiang Ming, and looked at the old man with a serious face at this time.
“...... The sky is thundering, the lightning is splitting, it is really the sky and the earth change color, and the rumbling piece. Tsk, under this heavenly power, the Demon Sect suffered countless casualties and had to retreat, but later, the old immortals of Tongwei also ...... It didn't take long to feather, alas!"
As soon as the words fell, I saw the rough man slap the table and said angrily: "This demon sect demon is also vicious, and he actually harmed the old fairy of Tongwei." ”
The old man sighed and said slowly: "This is the prosperous world that is now available, and it is not easy to come by, so as the old man just said, it is necessary to prevent problems before they happen!"
Everyone came to their senses at this time, all sighed, and sighed one after another, and at the same time they were happy in their hearts, but also had a heavy feeling......
After a while, muttering and talking began to spread, and they all began to scold the demon cult demons, saying how ruthless, despicable and shameless, and even more, the people of the demon cult are all bloodthirsty monsters with three heads and six arms, with two mouths, eating people and not spitting out bones!