Chapter 150: Southerners?
Tongyou City is a little different from what Mu Xiao imagined, this city adjacent to the border city, the architectural style is very different, there are low houses and low buildings everywhere, it is difficult to see a few floors of high-rise buildings like the border city. Perhaps it is the hilly landscape, combined with the sparse vegetation, yellow sand and gray soil everywhere, and the frequent strong winds, that make the buildings relatively low and common.
Of course, the low-rise buildings do not lose the luxury at all, even the streets are paved with bluestone, and most of the low-rise houses are made of stone bricks, which is no less stable than the border city buildings, only surpassed. The courtyards everywhere are clean and tidy, and as a city that has only been truce for a few years, it can be built so prosperous, which has to make people sigh in their hearts. Although there are many differences in exoticism, which makes a few people quite interested, but no matter what, they only stay for one night, and tomorrow is the day when the hollow valley opens.
Tiejia Tavern is famous far and wide, it is the only tavern that provides accommodation in Tongyou, it is said to be a tavern, but it is actually more like a mountain villa that covers a large area. The low houses are built along the perimeter, and the center is the real place to drink. Quite distinctively, the drinking place resembles a long corridor, with tables more than a meter wide in the middle, which seem to be about dozens of meters long, and flanked by stools carved from stone pillars, neatly arranged along the table.
As soon as they entered the city, Mu Xiao and the others had already deliberately dressed up, and at this time they looked a little different from the people in Tongyou City, and the long sword tightly wrapped in black cloth looked like a wooden stick. If you want to say that the most aggrieved person should be Jiang Qiaoqiao, a black cloth wrapped in head like a girl from an ordinary family in the south of Youlong, walking into the tavern like this still attracts a lot of people's attention, and there are always hot eyes thrown at Mu Xiao's side.
The banquets on the corridor have been seated one after another, of course, they are all customers who pay for their own money, but the drinking places have been connected, and when there are many people, it looks like a lively banquet. A few feet into the door is the welcome hall of the Tiejia Tavern, where accommodation and food ordering are registered.
The four of them walked into the welcome hall and were greeted with a smile, and in front of them was a young man who was estimated to be in his early twenties.
Xiao Er had a towel on his shoulder, and the words (Tiejia Tavern) were clearly repaired on the two sleeves, and even the dress was uniform. Xiao Er walked up to the four of them and politely bent down to salute: "It's getting late, so they should be staying in the hotel, right?"
"Of course it's a hotel, but you still need to ask, hey, is it expensive for you to live here?" the fat man shook his feet and smiled.
Xiao Er looked up and down and the fat man smiled: "It's not expensive, one person and one tael of gold!"
"A tael of golden ......?" the fat man's face changed slightly, as if he was about to scold.
However, Li Xiu, who was behind him, pushed the fat man at this time and said, "You go and handle it, we are waiting here." ”
Since the master has no opinion, the fat man naturally has nothing to say, takes off the money bag on his waist, and swaggers to the front of the stage with Xiao Er. Soon came back with the key One, a little distressed to see that it had deflated a lot of money bags.
Mu Xiao looked at the fat man at this time and whispered, "Hey, how many rooms do you want to come?"
"Two rooms!" The fat man laughed and said: "It's expensive to live here, why do you want so much, I have one room with Shizun, isn't one room for the two of you enough?"
Mu Xiao looked back at Jiang Qiaoqiao with a helpless face, the latter was glaring at him angrily, and then walked forward, stretched out his hand and said to the fat man: "Give me the key, and the three of you will live in one room." ”
"Huh?"
The fat man looked stunned, handed over one of the keys, Jiang Qiaoqiao took the key and walked towards the housing area without throwing back his skirt.
The fat man looked back at Mu Xiao with a puzzled expression, scratched his head with his big hand and couldn't figure it out, and grinned with fat on his face like a flower: "Brother Mu, what's going on with you?"
"It's nothing, I'll go back to you when the money is too much. Mu Xiao smiled awkwardly and turned back to Li Xiu behind him and said, "It seems that I am going to disturb my seniors tonight!"
Mu Xiao didn't need to explain too much, he and Jiang Qiaoqiao shouldn't have been in the same room in the first place, after all, they hadn't reached that point, so they didn't think much about it, but the fat man didn't know the reason and felt incredible.
Li Xiu also seemed to understand, and at this time the old face showed a strange smile: "I'm afraid it's because of Miss Qi's business, it's already commonplace for the old man to be in bed, as long as Xiaoyou doesn't dislike it, why not?"
As he spoke, Li Xiu and Mu Xiao also walked over, and the fat man was still stunned. After the two of them walked a few meters, they trotted up and muttered, "Hey, wait for me, the key is here." ”
More and more people gathered in the banquet corridor outside, as the sky darkened, the Tiejia Tavern was brightly lit, and most of the people gathered here were proud of the descendants from all over the world, all for the purpose of entering the Youlong Sky Valley tomorrow to hunt for treasures. Of course, Mu Xiao and the others avoided such a lively scene, after all, they were not from the Dragon Empire, and this time they came to say that it was ugly and sneaky, of course, what they did tomorrow was also a matter of stealing chickens and dogs, and of course they had to be restrained in other people's territory.
The three of them entered the room and immediately closed the door, the room here is much better than the small inn in Tongzhen, not to mention living for three people, even if it is for ten people, it does not feel crowded. As soon as the fat man entered the door, he rushed to the big bed, and there was a creaking sound from the big characters. Li Xiu looked at him and scolded in a low voice: "Be careful, don't you have a physique?"
"Master, you don't know, I haven't lived in such a big room these days, aren't I excited?" said the fat man with a smile as he rolled over and propped up his head on his side.
Li Xiu also loved this apprentice very much, and a faint smile appeared on his kind face: "It's not for the teacher to deliberately let you follow the upheaval and displacement, as the saying goes, if you want to live a comfortable life all day long, when will you become a great thing?"
The fat man got up and said with a smile: "Master, that's right, tonight's bed will be given to Brother Mu!"
As the fat man spoke, he patted Mu Xiao on the shoulder and showed a sincere smile, and then tinkered with the clothes on his body, and muttered disgusted: "This Tongyouren's clothes are stingy, narrow and short, and they look a bit like making zongzi, which is strange and uncomfortable." ”
"You just bear with it first, I don't think you will take it off when you sleep tonight!" Mu Xiao said with a helpless smile when he saw that the fat man was about to take off his clothes.
Tuk Tuk!
At this time, there was a knock on the door, several people looked at each other, and the fat man strode forward to open the door. When the door opened, Xiao Er was waiting outside with a plate, three small wine jugs were placed opposite each other on the plate, and a rich aroma came from the moment the door was opened. Xiao Er saw the door open, and said with a smiling face: "This is a sake specially prepared for you." ”
"We don't drink!" said the fat man, about to close the door.
At this time, Li Xiu, who was inside, frowned slightly, and immediately shouted towards the door: "But the wine in Qinghe Town?"
"Exactly!" shouted Xiao Er Gao Sheng outside.
Li Xiu looked at the door with a smile and said to the fat man: "Since it is a specialty of my hometown, let's have a pot, I haven't drunk it for a few days!"
Mu Xiao was a little puzzled at this time, but the next moment he seemed to figure it out. I'm afraid that the second shopkeeper sent wine with the meaning of temptation. When the fat man brought it in, Li Xiu looked at him and said, "This Qing Kiln wine is the Dragon Emperor."
The wine in the south of the country is produced in Qinghe Town, and it is loved by people. But it has a unique taste, and people in the north generally don't drink it, and only people in the south of Youlong can drink it. ”
"What does the senior mean, this shopkeeper is testing us again?" Mu Xiao was even more sure at this time, because the clothes on several people attracted the attention of others.
The clothes worn by Mu Xiao and the others are formal The costumes of the southern part of Youlong are somewhat different from those in the east of Tongyou City, and they are all black all over their bodies, and they also wear headscarves Both men and women are the same color.
The city is located at the northern end of the Youlong Empire, so it is rare for people from the south to come on weekdays, and the tavern is the Tie family, so naturally the guests who come here may have a grasp of its background.
Li Xiu looked at Mu Xiao and the fat man, bent down and sat down and said seriously: "Before entering the empty valley, you should try not to talk to others, the Youlong Empire is a country composed of multiple tribes, and the heads of each tribe also have their own dialects, so if you are not careful, you will have to show your stuffing!"
At this moment, another knock came from outside, but this time it didn't seem to be the room where Mu Xiao was, but the room next door, which was the one where Jiang Qiaoqiao lived.
Li Xiu Huoran got up and walked outside, there was a man and a woman standing at the door of Jiang Qiaoqiao's room, dressed like Mu Xiao and them, it seemed that this was a real southerner.
The man was about thirty years old, and his black clothes were somewhat compact, revealing his muscular silhouette. The woman looks like a girl, with a pair of clear eyes on her delicate face, but with a black scarf on her head, it is difficult to guess her real age.
When the three suddenly appeared, a man and a woman looked a little surprised.
Li Xiu stood in front with his hands behind his back, and said something to the two people in front of him that neither the fat man nor Mu Xiao could understand. At this time, Mu Xiao and the fat man were standing behind Li Xiu, looking like two personal guards.
Between the words, Li Xiu's face was a little serious, and after a while of chirping, a man and a woman left stupidly, and Jiang Qiaoqiao opened a small crack in the door.
"Senior Li, who are they?" Jiang Qiaoqiao asked in the Tianmeng circle. I've been listening nervously in the back when I first came, but I didn't understand it at all.
Li Xiu looked at the nervous Jiang Qiaoqiao and said, "The two of them are from the south, and they said that you are a little familiar with each other and want to come over to get acquainted, but I have already told them that you are unwell and it is inconvenient to meet you." ”
"Everyone hurry up and rest, we must leave here before dawn, so as to save people a lot of eyes. Li Xiu showed a look of worry, as if someone was constantly testing them.
Looking at the brightly lit and noisy banquet corridor not far away, Mu Xiao and the fat man walked back to the room with some regret.
Jiang Qiaoqiao closed the door, turned around and saw a figure appear behind her, covering her face with a black cloth, and holding a stack of clothes in her hands, revealing her eyes staring at Jiang Qiaoqiao.
"Who is it?" The long sword in Jiang Qiaoqiao's hand suddenly trembled, and the masked man didn't seem to be afraid at all, but took two steps forward.
"Stop!" Jiang Qiaoqiao roared in a low voice.
The masked man giggled, glanced at the clothes in his hand with sharp eyes, and said, "Your clothes don't fit, let's change it." ”
Saying that, he threw the clothes over, and Jiang Qiaoqiao saw how this dress looked so much like that worn by the tavern junior, and there was a pair of sleeves, and the mark of the Tiejia Tavern was embroidered on it.
"Who are you?"
"Okay, I won't tease you, look at you like that!"
As the masked man spoke, his slender hand slowly untied the black cloth on his face, and Jiang Qiaoqiao's eyes dilated, and he was suddenly surprised and delighted.