Chapter 22: Juying Inn

People are divided into good and evil, and there are also good and evil in rivers and lakes. But is the judgment of everything really so clear? A good person who has done good deeds all his life and has been praised all his life, but in the end he has done a bad deed, he is spurned and even cursed to die a good death, and the good deeds he has done before seem to have suddenly been forgotten by people.

A bad person has done bad things all his life and has been spurned all his life, but when he dies, he has done a good deed and begins to be praised, and the bad things he did before seem to have been forgotten by people.

Good and evil, good and bad, are actually not so clear-cut, and they cannot be summed up in one or two words. The same is true of the distinction between good and evil, evil factions may not do good deeds, but when decent people do bad things, they may be more than ten times more sinister than evil sects.

Crescent Town, is a remote town, there are only about 100 families in the town, although it is very backward, but the people who live here live very happily and have no quarrel with the world. The reason why it is called Crescent Moon Town is because there is a crescent-shaped lake here, and whenever night falls, the bright moon in the night sky will be projected on the surface of the lake, and when the bright moonlight spreads over the lake, it will make the whole crescent moon lake very beautiful, and it is a holy place for young men and women in the town to fall in love.

In Crescent Town, there is an inn called Juying Inn. The inn is small, except for the front hall, which has a place for guests to eat, which is one of the few rooms in the backyard. This is also the only inn in the town, in fact, it is a resting place for relatives who come to Crescent Town to visit relatives, and few outsiders come here.

It was almost noon, and the Juying Inn finally welcomed guests, and there had been no guests for almost half a month. Two people, an old man, with a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, slowly walked into this inn.

"Guest, please!" shouted the shopkeeper with a smile on his face, almost at a high pitch. hurriedly greeted him, and it seemed that he was overjoyed, because he was finally able to open.

The girl helped the old man into the inn, sat down at a table near it, and patted the dust on her body. Then the girl smiled and said softly: "Boss, stir-fry two dishes, a plate of peanuts, and a pot of wine." "There is a small dimple on her delicate cheeks, and she is very cute when she laughs, and she wears two small pigtails, and when she walks, she will dangle in her ears, which is very playful. Although she looks dusty, she still can't hide her beauty.

"Xuan'er, grandpa can't drink today. The old man sitting in the chair shook his head and said, his face was slightly heavy, as if he had something on his mind.

The old man's hair is white, his body is bent, and the clothes on his body seem to have been worn for a long time, which looks a little shabby, but his eyes are very firm, blazing, and he doesn't look like an ordinary old man, and he can vaguely feel the trace of momentum hidden under the vicissitudes of life that he should not have at his age.

Moreover, the old man carried a sword, which was placed on his right hand side on the table, and although it was wrapped in cloth, he could still see the hilt of the sword exposed. The hilt of the sword is white and inlaid with a gemstone that looks very valuable.

"Grandpa, are you afraid that those annoying people will chase after you again?" After the little girl finished speaking, she ran to the door of the inn and looked around, ran back and continued with a smile: "We have been walking for five days in a row, and those people are estimated to have been thrown away by us and will not chase them, don't worry." As he spoke, he motioned to the innkeeper to go and prepare the meal, and walked around the inn himself, looking at it here and there curiously.

The old man shook his head helplessly, his brows still furrowed, and it seemed that he was still worried about something. What the hell is going on? Who are those people that the little girl is talking about, and why are you chasing them? Perhaps only the old man knows in his heart.

Just as the little girl was walking back and forth in the inn, she suddenly heard her "huh", and looked at the row of stools in the corner of the inn suspiciously.

There was a man lying on the stool, as if he had fallen asleep, because his face was pressed against the brim of his hat, and he could not see his face clearly. But it shouldn't be the people here, because his attire doesn't fit in with the people here. And, in his arms, he was holding a knife.

"He's passing by, he's been here two days ago, and when he got there, he asked me for a bunch of wine, and he didn't order anything, and he slept there after drinking, and he didn't get up yet, what a strange man. The innkeeper came out of the back kitchen at this time, and happened to see the little girl who was looking carefully, so he said.

"Ahh

"Xuan'er, come here!" the old man spoke at this time, and his tone was stern. There are too many dangers in the rivers and lakes that cannot be approached, especially strange things and strange people, it is best not to be curious, the old man does not want his granddaughter to cause unnecessary trouble.

The little girl returned to her seat in a huff, but from time to time she looked back at the strange man.

"It's not dead, he hasn't paid for his drink, I can't just let him die like that. The innkeeper said with a smile, but there was a faint worry in his words, probably worried that he would have nowhere to ask for his wine money, after all, it was not easy to wait for a guest, but he didn't expect to wait for a drunkard. After speaking, he glanced at the little girl, then at the old man, and continued to ask, "You are also passing by, right?"

The little girl listened to the innkeeper's words, looked surprised, and then smiled and said, "How do you know?" The little eyes sparkled and looked at the innkeeper with a curious expression.

"Because you are not local at first glance, and it seems that you are probably not ordinary people, although you are in the dust, but you have not freshened up after you came in, and you will probably continue on your way after eating, right?" said the innkeeper seriously, looking like a storyteller, and the head of the story was the Tao.

"The boss has a good eye. The old man glanced at the innkeeper and said with a smile, but there was a hint of vigilance in secret.

"Where do you get good eyesight, it's just that I rarely have guests here, and there are almost no outsiders coming, so in addition to eating and sleeping every day, I only have to watch the people coming and going in this town. The innkeeper replied with a smile, shaking his head.

The old man laughed and didn't speak again, and his heart was much less worried, but he still hoped that he had eaten early, got on the road early, and left here.

At this time, as the curtain of the back kitchen door opened, a person dressed as a junior came out, holding a plate in his hand, and it seemed that the guest's meal was ready, and there was a pot of hot wine.

Originally, the old man didn't plan to drink, but when he saw the wine jug that Xiao Er put on the table, smelling the aroma wafting from it, he couldn't help it, picked up the wine jug and poured a glass, drank it all, and couldn't help but praise it, I didn't expect that there was such a good wine in this remote town, and then I drank another glass. After two glasses of wine, his cheeks began to become rosy.

When the grandparents and grandchildren were eating and drinking, three more people walked in outside the door, three middle-aged people with swords in their hands. After the three men entered the inn, they did not speak, did not find a place to sit, but walked directly to the table of the old man and the little girl, and stared coldly at the sword that was always wrapped in cloth on the old man's right hand.

"What do you need?" The innkeeper looked at the three people who suddenly appeared again, greeted him with a smile, and asked with a grin, It seems that today is a good day, so many guests have come at once. But no one paid attention to him, and no one even looked at him.

The innkeeper realized that something was wrong at this time, looked at the three people who were speechless, and then looked at the weapons in their hands, swallowed his saliva and hurriedly walked into the back kitchen, and never came out. No matter how clumsy he is, he can see that the hall is tense at this time, not to mention that he is quite accurate in seeing people, but it's a pity that the cute little girl, the boss can't help but feel a little sorry for the little girl outside.

"Senior Lin, you can let us find it so hard, I didn't expect you to come here to get away. One of the older middle-aged men looked at the old man and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner, but his eyes glanced at the sword beside the old man from time to time.

"I didn't expect you to chase you here, and it seems that you don't have any way to live. The old man looked up at the middle-aged man, sighed secretly, and said lightly.

"What did the seniors say, it is precisely because we are worried about the safety of you and your granddaughter that we have come to take care of it, so as not to let some people with ill intentions hurt us. The middle-aged man said with a smile, but no matter how he heard it, it made people feel that the taste was wrong.

"Hmph, I'm afraid that the real ill-intentioned people are around. The old man snorted coldly and said coldly.

The middle-aged man listened to the old man's words, his face couldn't help but turn red, then he turned iron-blue, gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "We have no intention of hurting Senior Lin, we just want to see the true face of the white jade sword, as long as the senior hands over the white jade sword, we will definitely not embarrass Senior Lin." After speaking, he looked at the sword on the old man's right hand again, revealing the white hilt, and his eyes were crazy.

"The sword is in the people, and the sword is dead. The old man said firmly and unquestionably.

"Aren't you afraid that we will hurt your precious granddaughter?"

"I'm not afraid of you! I don't want you to hurt my grandfather!" the little girl suddenly glared at this time, and stood firmly in front of the old man, although there was a trace of nervousness in her eyes, she was unwilling to take a half step back.

"Xuan'er!" The old man pulled the little girl behind him, and then looked at the middle-aged man and said coldly: "I didn't expect that now the dignified and decent people have begun to do these despicable things, it's really the world is declining." Half a year ago, my son was seriously injured in your Wanqing Gang for no apparent reason, and it was gone in less than a month, I didn't go to you, but now you still have the face to snatch the sword he left behind, it seems that your so-called famous and decent people are nothing more than that, and they are not afraid of the jokes of people in the rivers and lakes. ”

"Don't talk to me about those useless things, your son died because he didn't cultivate enough, what does it have to do with our Wanqing Gang, and since the white jade sword is the treasure of martial arts, it should be obtained by those who can get it. Don't talk nonsense, hand over the sword, otherwise don't blame us for not talking about morality. The middle-aged man said coldly, and as he spoke, he and the two of them pulled out the sword in their hands at the same time, and they were about to do it.

"Unless you kill me, don't think about taking the white jade sword!" The old man rose up angrily, picked up the white jade sword with his right hand, and at the same time pushed his granddaughter aside with his hand, looking coldly at the fierce enemy opposite. If it weren't for his granddaughter, he would have gone to Wanqing Gang to ask for an explanation, but he didn't expect the other party to chase him here now, and he still didn't give up.

"Old thing! look for death!" the middle-aged man shouted, and the two people who were traveling with him rushed up with their swords at the same time, and the three of them worked together to surround the old man in the middle.

"Grandpa!" the little girl on the side screamed in panic, so anxious that she was about to cry.

The old man no longer backed down, and with a "brush" sound, he pulled out the white jade sword in his hand and met the enemy, emitting a burst of dazzling white light in his hand......