Chapter 9 Comfort Nest
Remnant Sun.
North wind.
A dirt trail.
The path stretches into the distance, and the road connects to the sky.
Two fast horses, galloping from the horizon.
The sound of horses' hooves rumbled, raising dust all the way.
On horseback were two big men.
Wearing a cloak and a scimitar hanging from his waist.
On the hilt of the sword, a statue of a horse's head rises high, arrogant and uninhibited.
The north wind hunts, and the horse's hooves fly.
Two fast horses, not long after a while, have reached the Two Realms Mountain.
The shepherd huddled around the crack in the door, looking at two somewhat blurred figures, and a drooping hand couldn't help but clench the rag inadvertently.
Niu Ye sat behind the counter, his eyes staring ahead, as if he was deaf to the thunderous sound of horses' hooves.
The horse galloped and ran to the door of the tavern like lightning, and immediately the man pulled the reins, and the galloping horse suddenly stopped, neighed, kicked the ground with its hind hooves, leaped on its front legs, and stood tall with the men and horses.
The north wind wraps the cloak, and the cloak rolls the wind, and the man takes advantage of the wind, and the wind helps the man.
"Hahaha......" A few rather presumptuous laughs, the man on horseback jumped down, threw the reins casually, and pressed the hilt of the knife at his waist.
The two men stood on the street and glanced at Niu Ye's tavern.
The shepherds huddled in the crack of the door saw clearly: one with a beard, the other with a red face and a slight beard. It's none other than Wang Bao and Li Ding, the backers of the "ghost hand" Shi Xiaosi who kicked the "ghost hand" Shi Xiaosi last time.
Damn it, it's not a fuel-efficient lamp!" the shepherd cursed in his heart.
But said that Wang Bao and Li Ding, standing in the middle of the street, glanced at the door of the tavern, and after a while, they didn't come in, turned around and walked towards a courtyard opposite.
It was also a very ordinary courtyard.
A palm-sized place, surrounded by several earthen houses a week, cramped and dim.
The two white wooden door panels, which have been exposed to the wind and sun for a long time, can not see the original color, and the surrounding scenery has long turned into a yellow patch.
Several special patterns are engraved on the door panels.
The pattern has also not withstood the wind and rain, and has become blurred.
No one is going to bother with those patterns.
The wooden door is closed.
The people who came to the door always raised their feet and kicked wildly, and after a long time, they had already kicked the planks underneath.
The owner didn't seem to be bothered to change, allowing the two broken door panels to hang on the earthen door hole, swaggering in the wind.
The sky had not yet completely darkened, but a red lantern had been hung on the earthen gate.
This is the only red lantern in the town at night.
It's midnight, the only bright spot on this dirt road.
It is also this humble courtyard, the only place that is not quite different from the surrounding courtyards.
It's such a plain and unremarkable courtyard, but it's a place that many people dream of.
Man.
Wang Bao Li Ding stood in front of the door, raised his foot and kicked.
Wang Bao's black face was black and red, and Li Ding's red face was even more red.
The lower abdomen of the two was slightly raised, and their eyes were a little scattered.
It can be seen that it is after the wine and food are full.
With the action of kicking the door, a brocade bag on his waist inadvertently collided with the scabbard and clicked.
The scabbard is crisp and the brocade bag is heavy.
This pleasant voice made the hearts of the two of them ripple.
The scabbard was concealed with a scimitar, and the pouch contained silver.
Draw your scimitar and settle down.
Take out the money and enjoy life.
They also know that in this world, knives can't solve everything.
But they also know that there are not many things in this world that cannot be bought with silver.
Now, with knives and silver, they stood in front of the door and kicked the door happily, and their hearts were moistened to the extreme—to live as individuals! to live as individuals! Now, aren't they living like people?
They kicked presumptuously.
If it was placed in the past, although they yearned, but to be honest, even after being drunk, they would not dare to kick this door.
It's not that there are snakes, insects, beasts, demons and monsters hidden in the door.
It's that they don't have the money.
The fear of having no money is stronger than any snake, worm, beast, demon and monster in the world.
Behind this door, there are no demons, but there are goblins.
A goblin who can kill people.
The life of a man.
Of course, this life was not for nothing.
The silver of the white flower flower is needed.
Before the quicksand gang is exterminated, they may have a small amount of money on hand. With that empty and deflated brocade bag, you want to meet those goblins? Don't even think about it!
I can't even dream of it.
The goblin that I never dreamed of is now in front of me, only a broken wooden door.
If it weren't for their extreme restraint, Wang Bao and Li Ding might have dismantled this broken wooden board all of a sudden.
The days of grazing horses on the grassland are undoubtedly boring.
The horse's head tattoo on his arm is dazzling, but when it is too loud, the banner of the backer gang that is as loud as thunder is too high and too far.
They are just two grains of dust on the grassland, and the sky is too high for them to reach if they take their lives.
Two grains of dust, though insignificant. But they were in the prime of life, and many nights they lay in their tents, restless, tossing and turning.
They need to be poured out.
Of course they had been to town too, at dusk.
Touching the brocade bag, looking at the red lantern fluttering in the wind, sighed, turned and knocked on another wooden door.
Barren barren mountains, for survival, for survival, or for other reasons, in short, there will always be people who sell something to get by.
On closer examination, who in this world does not live by selling something?
The cow man sells wine, the old man who drives the camel sells tea, the sheep herd sells his strength, the two of them sell their lives, and those behind the wooden door sell their bodies......
The world is unfair! Some people sleep heavily and eat at the top of the list, while others do not cover their bodies and have no food......
How fair is the world! Everything has to be paid.
They spend a small amount of money and can only buy shriveled flesh.
As dry as the desert, as barren as the desert.
It's plain, it's boring.
Now, with two hundred taels of snowflakes and silver in their arms, they straightened their waists, stood under the red lantern, and kicked the wooden door with confidence.
If you take out the snowflake-white silver, you can buy snowflake-white fresh meat.
It is more moisturized than the grassland, and more fertile than the grassland.
Capture people's hearts and souls, and seduce people's lives.
"Bang!" another kick.
With a "creak", a hunched old woman opened the wooden door.
So old, so ugly.
They certainly didn't come for her.
The old woman lowered her head, invited the two to enter, and bent down to open the door. The old man's eyes fell on the brocade bag on the waist of the two of them.
The brocade bag is bulging and looks heavy.
No matter how heavy it is, no matter how ugly or old she is, it won't be long before the heavy silver will enter her hands.
Someone came to give the silver, of course she was happy, and even the hoarse voice became especially kind.
Wang Bao Li Ding walked into the courtyard, like most men who walked into this courtyard, and the fear of being looked down upon made them unconsciously puff up their chests and look extremely arrogant.
Or because of this fear, when they arrive, they don't bother to knock on the door with their hands, and they all raise their feet and kick them around.
The old woman looked at the big ingot of silver on the man's waist, and didn't care about the two broken planks.
She walked in front with her waist bent, which was really ugly and unsightly.
The three of them walked straight into a mud house.
From the outside, this room looks a little shabby, but the inside of the house is surprisingly exquisite. On the surrounding whitewashed walls, there are several calligraphy and paintings. In the center is a large screen, the floor is covered with lacquered wooden boards, and there are several circle chairs and coffee tables around it. In the porcelain vase on the table, there are also a few handfuls of unknown wildflowers, the lights are flickering, and the fragrance of the flowers is floating, which is also chic.
"Two of you, please use tea!" said the old woman, picking up the teapot on the table and making a cup in front of Wang Bao and Li Ding.
They're certainly not here for tea.
"Two ......" The old woman put down the teapot, raised her head and looked at them respectfully, smiling without smiling, with a pair of deep-set triangular eyes, full of grabbing gaze.
"Smack!" Li Ding was not in a hurry, Wang Bao dragged the brocade bag from Li Ding's waist, slapped it on the table, and shouted: "It's called Mengru!"
The old woman's business is not very big, and there are only a few girls under her hands, named respectively: peony, summer lotus, autumn chrysanthemum, and plum, although cheesy, it is also secretly in line with the four seasons.
These four girls also have their own merits. The peony is delicate, the summer lotus is warm, the autumn chrysanthemum is tender, and the plum is fierce. All year round, spring, summer, autumn and winter, the four girls are undoubtedly the four dazzling flowers on the barren land of the Two Realms Mountain. For these four flowers, how many men are fascinated, and they do not hesitate to go bankrupt, and throw their daughters just to win a smile from the beauties.
As for this Mengru, it is the best in the world where the four flowers are supreme, and it is rumored that very few people have seen her, and she is more like an illusory woman who only exists in dreams.
"Oh!" The old woman seemed to be taken aback when she heard that Wang Bao wanted to see Mengru, looked the two of them up and down for a long time, looked at the brocade bag again, and said without smiling: "Two, this--this Mengru girl, she has always been a performer, not a person! It's better to ask Peony and Qiu Ju to accompany the two, right? These two girls, who have learned art since childhood, are versatile, and they are satisfied with the two of them......
"Don't be verbose! Tell Mengru to come out!" Wang Bao slapped on the table, and with a broken drink, the tea in the cup flew up and splashed on the ground.
"Two guest officers, please calm your anger! This-this, the old body said, this-this Mengru girl is a showman, besides, if you want to see her, ......"
"Isn't this and that! Isn't it silver? Lao Tzu has silver! Tell Mengru to come out!" Wang Bao said, lifting the brocade bag, pouring all the silver inside on the table, and shouting loudly.
"Heh-I see, I look at the two guest officers, this-this is still called Peony and Qiu Ju to accompany the two, right? You see-you see, this-this, these two guest officers took out the silver, and they asked for a lot of fun, didn't they? This weather is also cold, it is better to leave some loose silver, go out to buy a bowl of wine to eat, this--this day is cold......" The old woman said, her waist bent less violently.
"You dare to deceive me that I don't have any money, tell Mengru to come out!" Wang Bao said, holding down the handle of the knife on his waist, and he was about to have a seizure.
"Boss! I and the other brothers have admired Miss Mengru's name for a long time, and they came here this time, just to ask to see Miss Mengru, and they have nothing else to do. Boss Wanwang will make it easy for you! Xiao Ke thanked him in advance!" Li Ding grabbed Wang Bao, bowed his hand to the old woman, and said very politely.
"Heh, yes! Miss Mengru is a showman, but she doesn't sell herself, and when she meets, she will have a silver tattoo of one hundred and fifty taels! You two, that's three hundred taels!" the old woman looked at the silver on the table, her waist slowly straightened up, and her voice gradually became cold.
"Dick, what about robbing money?" Wang Bao couldn't hold back anymore when he heard the old woman's words, and stood up suddenly.
"Brother, stop being angry!" Li Ding hurriedly shouted, and stretched out his hand to pull Wang Bao. While pulling, he turned around and apologized to the old woman incessantly.
"Heh, I don't have the money to rush any uncle...... the old woman seemed to be deaf to Li Ding's polite words, and a few sparse eyebrows were raised, and she said sarcastically very unceremoniously.
"......" Wang Bao muttered something in his mouth, and was about to struggle to stand up, but was held down by Li Ding.
"Hmph! I can't get a few taels of silver, and I still want to see our Mengru girl? Tell you, our Mengru girl is not someone who can see it if she wants to! Just your little money, the old lady is not rare! Poor bastard, don't get out of ...... soon?"
"You ......"
"Get out! Old lady, this place, a cup of tea costs ten taels of silver! Today, the old lady is not as knowledgeable as you two poor ghosts, tea is given for free, get out! Don't dirty the old lady's place, two poor ghosts, phew......"
"Old Wang Ba!" Wang Bao was completely enraged, he suddenly broke free of Li Ding's hand pressed on his shoulder, jumped in front of the old woman, pulled out his scimitar with a "swish", and yelled at the old woman: "Call Mengru out!
"Hmph!" the old woman rolled her cheeks, but she didn't move.
"Dead old Wang Ba! Tell Mengru to come out! Tell Mengru to come out! What kind of showmanship doesn't sell her body, Lao Tzu is going to ask for her body today! Tell Mengru to come out! Call Mengru out! Come out!" Wang Bao brandished his scimitar and shouted hoarsely.
"Brother, don't mess around!" Li Ding grabbed the wrist of the lord Wang Bao and was about to grab the knife.
"Go away!" Wang Bao roared angrily, his right hand holding the knife did not move at all, and his left hand suddenly flipped over and struck Li Ding with a palm.
"Smack!" Li Ding saw that Wang Bao moved, and he also stretched out a hand, and took Wang Bao's palm stiffly, with a crisp sound, and the whole person took five steps back.
"Call Mengru out!" Wang Bao roared, his wrist flicked, and the sharp edge of the scimitar was about to cut off the old woman's dry neck.
"Hmph! why!" the old woman asked coldly, still unmoved.
Wang Bao was asked all of a sudden, he was stunned for a long time, looked back at the pile of silver on the table, and suddenly pulled open his sleeves, revealing the horse head tattoo on his arm, and stretched it out in front of the old woman, and said loudly: "That's it!"
"Heh! The old lady is illiterate, she doesn't know those dog-headed pig-headed things!" the old woman sneered in her nostrils, still motionless.
If you want to put others aside, you have long been scared out of the and urine by the unique sign of this backer gang, and I don't want to, in front of this weak old woman, it actually failed.
"Old fellow, have you ever heard of the Backer Gang?" Li Ding asked coldly when he saw the old woman say that the horse head tattoo logo of the Backer Gang was a dog's head and a pig's head.
"The old lady doesn't know what the backers are to rely on the water gang, so she knows that if she wants to be happy, she will take the silver! If you have money, you will come, and if you don't have money, you will leave!" The old woman heard Li Ding move out of the backer gang, and she snorted again in her nostrils, and said with disdain.
"Brother, don't talk nonsense with this old Wang Ba, kill her! Go in and sleep in Mengru! Pack up that little prostitute enough, and set fire to this ghost place! Brother, kill ......" Wang Bao roared loudly and raised his scimitar.
"What a big breath!" with a loud shout, the oil lamp on the table suddenly went out. With a "cang" sound, the scimitar in Wang Bao's hand fell to the ground in response, and the whole person stood upright on the ground, motionless like a wooden stake, without a sound.
Li Ding was shocked, pulled out his scimitar, looked around, and was already standing against the wall.
He has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and of course he knows that Wang Bao was hit by someone.
Although this point of acupoint kung fu is not uncommon in the rivers and lakes, such a dim place, such a fast speed, such an accurate recognition of acupoints, secretly shot, one blow will be hit, which shows the profundity of his kung fu.
"Kill, kill, kill, go to sleep, sleep after sleeping......, go and set fire!" a slightly hoarse voice came, and Li Ding felt chills all over his body.
Leaning against the wall, searching carefully, the old woman stood in place, and there was no one else in the house.
"Friend......" As soon as Li Ding spoke, he suddenly felt something flying towards him in the dark, and was about to dodge, when the shiny little thing had already hit the armpit of the arm where he was holding the knife, and he was shocked and could no longer move.
"Old mother!" accompanied by the voice, a shadow came out of the darkness, wearing a hat on his head and a plate axe on his waist, tall and burly. He walked up to the old woman, hugged his fist at the old woman, and asked politely, "Old mother, these two things?"
"These two things came to me to make trouble and disturb the old body's business. Damn! Really hateful! The old man wishes to give three hundred taels of silver, please ask the strong man to dispose of these two pieces of garbage! The old man is grateful! "The old woman said, owing to the shadow.
"Right here?"
"If you do it here, I'm afraid it will affect the old body's business! The old man is bold, please ask the strong man to get a little farther, I am grateful! I am grateful!"
"Good!"
"Trouble the strong man once! The old body has nothing to repay, the old body, spring, summer, autumn and winter, four girls and four flowers, the strong man chooses at will, the old body does not take a penny, does not take a penny, does not take a penny......"
"Okay!" In the dark, I heard the shadow shouting hello, strode over, grabbed one of them, dragged Wang Bao Li Ding out like a dog......