A soft shout came from the stage, and the storyteller said: "You said that this old Confucian is indeed a first-class hero in the world, and I admire what he said." ”

The girl said, "Is it the four proverbs that have been recited by the majority of Confucian protégés?"

The storyteller shook his head and said, "No, those four sentences are still a bit roundabout. What I like most about him is the sentence "Benevolence and righteousness have no borders, and scholars have their own motherland; I love benevolence and righteousness, but I love the motherland even more." ’”

As soon as the words fell, a handsome boy floated in, wearing a crown of blue satin pearls on his head, a knurled robe with a brocade bottom, a colorful shoulder of Suzhou embroidery on the outside, and a large leather belt of turquoise around his waist.

Shen Dawei arched his hand to the storyteller, "Senior, I have been taught." ”

The storyteller still maintained his original sitting posture, did not turn his head, and asked indifferently, "Boy, do you know me?"

This handsome scholar with a rich god and jade lang said with a smile: "Mr. didn't tell me below, but he barely guessed one or two." ”

After speaking, Shen Dawei found a free seat, and before sitting down, he reached out and carefully held the jade pendant on his waist so as not to hit the stool. Then he asked the shopkeeper for a pot of sorghum wine, and said no more.

After seeing the scholar, Li Quzhi felt a little strange in his heart, why there were so many strangers in the town these days.

Mr. Zhang taught that there are many small things in the world, and Li Qu is used to thinking more about everything.

Just before entering the restaurant, Li Qubing heard the neighing of a horse, so he ran to the stable of the restaurant to take a look. At this time, there were already a number of "residents" in the stable, most of them tall and sturdy, with bright coats. In particular, there are three horses, nine feet tall, five feet long, the whole body is red, sweat is like blood, Li Quzhi does not know horses, but when he saw this horse, he thought of a poem for no reason: "Taiyi Gongxi Tianma is stained with red sweat and ochre." Cheng Rong and stumbling thousands of miles, now Anpi Xilong is a friend".

The person who asked the question just now and the person who answered the question, Li Quzhi didn't know either.

What made Li Quzhi feel the most strange was that on a small table in the middle of the restaurant, a little gray-haired old man with a thin black boy and a yellow earth dog, as if he hadn't heard anything about the book at all.

The little old man held the wine jug in his left hand and drank wine, and held chopsticks in his right hand to turn over and over a few peanuts on the table, as if he had been reluctant to put it in his mouth, and his mouth was broken, "Damn, this boss is also dark-hearted, so he gave so many peanuts, how to drink;

The thin black boy was dozing, his head was like a chicken pecking rice, a white string hung from the corner of his mouth, and his face was full of smiles.

There is no trace of spring dreams, and there are many dreams that hurt the body.

At the feet of the young man lay a yellowish fur dog, lazily sleeping with the master, the master wants to sleep I wake up alone, can't.

At this moment, another person came outside the door, this person Li Qu was very familiar with his illness, it was Kong Fang, a poor scholar in the town.

According to the drinkers in the town, Kong Fang was the only one who stood outside the counter in a long shirt to drink. Kong Fang never went into the lobby to drink, even if there was no one inside, the shopkeeper let him sit and drink, and he pretended not to hear. Kong Fang was admitted to Xiucai, but after all, he did not get a lifter, and he did not have a serious livelihood, but fortunately he wrote a good handwriting, so he copied books for the Yao family and the Li family.

Every time Kong Fang went to the restaurant, he ordered the same, a bowl of warm Langyu Tai, and a plate of fennel beans.

The children in the town were very fond of Kong Fang and often surrounded him. So he gave them fennel beans to eat, two for each of them. After the child finished eating the fennel beans, he still did not disperse, and his eyes were looking at the plate. At this time, Kong Fang would stretch out his five fingers to cover the plate, bend down and say, "It's not much, it's not much, it's not much, it's not much." So the group of children scattered in laughter.

Not all children in the town can afford to go to school, but there are three or five children in Anping Lane, who have to work with their parents during the day, and only have free time when it is close to evening. As soon as they have free time, the children's nature comes out, that is, they scatter flowers and play, so these children are not very willing to read.

Once, Kong Fang said to a little boy whose father worked as a partner in a restaurant: "Li Lang, why don't you read and write?"

A little boy named Li Lang said, "There is a use for reading, is it like you to copy and write words everywhere?"

Kong Fang was slightly embarrassed, his face flushed, the green tendons on his forehead bloomed, and argued, "You know a fart about the things of scholars?"

However, Kong Fang was still not too desperate, took out a killer idea, and said: "Li Lang, you have to learn to write in the fuck, otherwise you won't be able to write accounts in the future, and be a shopkeeper?"

The attraction of being a shopkeeper is too great, and the child begins to learn to write with Kong Fang, and Kong Fang also tries to choose the words commonly used in restaurants to teach children.

Juvenile habits, groups of three or five. Over time, as soon as Kong Fang arrived at the restaurant, he would be surrounded by three or five children.

Kong Fang came to the counter, discharged five copper coins to the shopkeeper, and said, "Shopkeeper, old rules." ”

The shopkeeper took the money, turned his head and said to the young man, "Give Brother Kong Fang a bowl of Langyutai and a plate of fennel beans." ”

Every time, the shopkeeper would talk to Kong Fang. The shopkeeper is thin, wears a blue silk belt, and wears a blue cloth robe, like a teacher. Kong Fang was tall, with a pale complexion, an unkempt beard, and wore a cotton gown with more than a dozen patches.

Sometimes the proprietress will come over to join in the fun, and she will bring a little melon seeds or something. Today, the proprietress is wearing a safflower jacket, very decent, the convex place is convex, the place that should be warped, coupled with the face of the, the romance between every move, I can see Kong Fang's face blushing for a while, white for a while, and the mouth is still broken and reading "Don't look at the gentleman's incivility, don't listen to incivility, don't say incivility, don't move if it's incivility", almost gave up half a bowl of wine and ran away. provoked the shopkeeper and the proprietress to laugh.

Kong Fang doesn't seem to be very interested in storytelling. After a while, he finished drinking and went out of Fenglai Building.

There was a little boy hiding on the left side of the door of Fenglai Building, probably because of the rain, he was the only one who came today. Kong Fang took out a few fennel beans as usual and handed them to Li Lang, and then said: "Li Lang, I will test you a word today, how to write the fennel character of fennel beans?"

Li Lang thought about it while eating fennel beans, and then said vaguely: "Is it a back and forth word under the grass?"

Kong Fang looked extremely happy, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes! There are four ways to write huizi, do you know?"

Li Lang looked disgusted, and still replied vaguely: "It's useful for me to learn so many ways to write." I'm going to fucking be a shopkeeper, not a scholar......"

Suddenly, Li Lang's tone changed and he said: "If I learn all the other ways to write, can you buy me a plate of fennel beans, damn it, I can't get enough of it every time." ”

Kong Fang coughed a few times, with a look of regret and heartache.

At this time, there was a sound of waking wood on the stage, and the old storyteller said, "Mr. has always been bold, carrying a green dragon and a wild goose sword; the wind blows the drums, the mountains and rivers move, and the lightning flashes the flag, the sun and the moon are high; the unicorn originally had no seeds, and the ants fought for their lives; on the day of the return of the edict, I and Mr. untied their robes." ”

Afterwards, the old storyteller said, "Listeners, this is the end of today's storytelling, I want to know what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown. Thank you for coming, and wish you a blessed longevity and a good fortune. ”

The story always ends, but the restaurant does not close.

The story of the storyteller and the girl is at the end, it is night outside the building, as the listeners gradually disperse, the hotel originally had more than ten tables of people, there are three or five tables left, the old man, the boy and the dog are still the same as before, the old man is drinking and eating peanuts, the boy and the dog are still sleeping.

Shen Dawei was still sitting there alone and pouring alone, and there were three people dressed very similarly beside the middle-aged man who had asked before. The person who answered before was with a beautiful woman, and the words were extremely gentle.

Near the window of Anping Lane, there are three people seated. One of them, a young girl in her cardamom years, said to a young man, "Cousin, what do you say my brother asked us to do here?"

The richly dressed young man had not yet spoken, and an old man with crane hair and a childish face sitting next to him lowered his voice and said in a shrieked voice: "Master, this Yaojia Town has been mixed recently, so you still have to pay extra attention to it, don't talk casually and leak your identity." ”

At this moment, two people dressed as Taoists floated in from the door, one of them was surnamed Wang Mingzhe and his name was Chongyangzi, and the other was surnamed Lin Mingying and his name was Zhongnanzi. Before Wang Zhe entered the door, he looked around the lobby slightly, and then came to the counter and asked, "Shopkeeper, there are spare rooms, I want two?"

The shopkeeper stared at the account book with his eyes, and said with a sigh of gold: "Yes or no." ”

Wang Zhe asked, "Shopkeeper, how do you say this?"

The shopkeeper said: "The guest officer asked if there were any vacant rooms, and I replied that there were; the guest officer said that he wanted two, but I replied no, because there is only one room left in the small shop." ”

Wang Zhe's face was embarrassed, but he quickly said: "Shopkeeper, I want this room." As he spoke, Wang Zhe took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve, put it on the counter, and said, "I don't know how long I want to live, pay these first, and refund more and make up for less." ”

Then, Wang Zhe asked, "Shopkeeper, is there a Taoist temple in the town?"

The shopkeeper finally raised his head, glanced at the fishtail crown on Wang Zhe's head and the peach talisman hanging from his waist, and said: "Taoist temple, there is really a place in our town, it is at the end of Shujian Lane, but the Taoist temple is very small."

Wang Zhe hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Thank you for the shopkeeper's guidance." ”

Just as the two were talking, the second-floor guest room sounded the sound of "squeak" opening the door and the footsteps of "tuk tuk", and then a person slowly walked down the stairs to the lobby. The man looked around for a moment, then after a few words of explanation to the proprietress before going back upstairs.

The proprietress instructed the young man: "Hurry up and prepare wine and food for the few guest officers upstairs, the wine should be Langyutai, five jars of 20 years of aging, the meat should be lamb, charcoal-grilled nine medium cooked ten catties, plus five Texas grilled chickens, five braised Yellow River carp." ”

The young man suddenly cried and lost his face, and said bitterly: "Boss, the five of them eat so much, the one who eats the vegetables is not tired and the ones who cook are tired." ”

The proprietress sat on the bench, and then crossed Erlang's legs, "Then I don't care, anyway, before dark, you have to get these things for me, and if you get it right, you will get out." ”

As soon as the young man heard that there was a reward, he immediately came to the strength and flattered the proprietress and said: "Boss, why do I think you are so good-looking today, it seems that the storyteller is called a pear blossom with spring rain, no, no, it seems to be called a pear blossom pressing begonia, no, no, uh, it seems to call a red apricot out of the wall." ”

The proprietress scolded with a smile: "Your father and your mother called a pear flower to press a begonia, and your mother called a red apricot out of the wall." ”

The young man scolded: "Fucking reader, I can't figure out anything after a long time." In short, the proprietress is so good-looking today, and the reward is doubled. ”

The proprietress rewarded a word: "Get out." ”

The young man was heartbroken, and he felt that he hadn't done a good job of shooting today, damn it, he still has to read some more books in the future, pretend to be a cultural person, and the boss lady is the best one.

Wang Zhe asked Lin Ying to go to the room first, sat down opposite the proprietress by himself, and asked tentatively: "Boss, is the official of the Da Song Dynasty living upstairs?"

The proprietress saw that Wang Zhe looked like a gentleman and had an extraordinary bearing, so she immediately straightened her chest, and the mountains rose and fell, and then whispered with melon seeds: "I can't see this, but I just listen to the accent like the Da Song Dynasty, how did the guest officers see that they were officials." ”

Wang Zhe lowered his voice and said: "They are stepping on black-faced and white-soled boots, which are the official boots of the Da Song Dynasty, so Xiao Dao thinks they are officials of the Da Song Dynasty." It's just that Xiaodao doesn't know, now this is the territory of the Dajin Dynasty, what are these officials of the Dasong Dynasty doing here?"

The proprietress glanced at Wang Zhe and said, "This guest officer, I'm not a fairy, how can I know what other people think." Besides, if you want to inquire about the news, you have to pay something, and the white wolf with empty gloves is not suitable. Having said that, you are a chick, not a little woman boasting, the little woman is also a bit beautiful, but all the merchants in the past, the timid and fat, will want to do something, and the timid will say some meat to take advantage of or secretly chop off a few taels of meat with your eyes, but you do not squint, and the rules are very good. ”

Then, the proprietress said earnestly: "Young man, only after experiencing the tempering of bullets and bullets and experiencing the magnificence of the waves, can you become a real man, and you can be like a cow tendon, the more you chew, the more flavorful." ”

After that, the proprietress no longer pestered the young Taoist priest, after all, she was still a chick.

Wang Zhe clasped his fists and saluted, turned around and walked to the second floor, happened to meet Li Quai, he looked at Li Quai, and then left a sentence "You must brush your neck, then enter the holy realm, you must go to the upper Dantai, then you will have a holy womb, and you must go to the lower dantian, and then the holy fruit will be round", and then drifted away.

The shopkeeper leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Do you see what?"

The proprietress didn't reply directly to the shopkeeper, and teased: "How do you feel sour." ”

The shopkeeper glanced at the proprietress and said, "Let's talk about the business first, and when the business is finished, see if I don't treat you as a porcelain." ”

Then, the shopkeeper said solemnly: "That Dao Gu who is dressed as a man should have just entered the fifth realm. Little white-faced Taoist priest, I don't see what realm he is, it is difficult to enter the sixth realm. ”

The proprietress said: "I didn't see it, I used the ancestral secret method to explore one or two, but there was a fog around the Taoist priest, and there was a solemn feeling of the avenue in the fog, which was extremely soft, but the sword light flickered, fortunately, I didn't have any malice, I felt that once I had any malice, those sword lights would take the initiative to attack." ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "Then I know who he is." ”

There is a Taoist priest in this world, and Tianji Pavilion calls it "a foot higher than the world".