Chapter 135 (Deciphering the Letter)
As soon as Fang entered the door, a guy came to greet him and asked, "Hey, you're here, what are you going to drink today?"
Yu Badao: "You are busy first, what about your shopkeeper" The guy saw Yu Ba, and immediately changed his face, and his chest was a few straight and said in a voice: "Oh, it turned out to be the eighth master, you are here, do you have something to do with our shopkeeper?"
If you say that you are respectful to the former and speak in a low voice, but when you speak and tone to Yu Ba, you can imagine that Yu Ba is here on weekdays and is not welcome.
Yu Ba waved his hand and said, "Shengzi, you don't have such a face, what about the high shopkeeper?" That Shengzi pointed to the counter, and saw an old man with a fat face, who was fiddling with an abacus at the counter, and it was the high shopkeeper of the drunken eight immortals.
Yu Ba approached the counter and whispered a few words to the high shopkeeper, the look of the high shopkeeper, first looked very proud, and then glanced at the direction of Ling Xiao a few times, and shook his head, Yu Ba took out a thing from his arms, and the high shopkeeper suddenly showed joy, nodded frequently, and his expression eased a lot for Yu Ba.
The shopkeeper Gao turned the counter, and Ling Xiao saw from afar that the shopkeeper was full of meat, wearing a small hat, and wearing a blue brocade looked extremely luxurious, as if he had deliberately dressed up, and took square steps, which made people take a look, and couldn't help but think of which merchant was this.
But a rosacea nose is very ugly, don't think about it, this person must also be an alcoholic, just a few steps closer, Ling Xiao smelled a pungent smell of wine, so the appearance is extremely inappropriate with his dress.
Ling Xiao couldn't stop muttering in his heart: "I can't see this person, what's so special?" The high shopkeeper looked Ling Xiao up and down, and saw that his appearance was ordinary, but he was full of spirit, with his many years of experience in walking outside, he knew that this person was a person on the road.
I didn't dare to slack off, I arched my hand at the moment, and said with a smile: "This guest master, come with the little one" led Ling Xiao into the private room upstairs, and sat down as a guest, Yu Ba stood aside, and the high shopkeeper asked: "Master Hak, do you want to drink tea, or taste the wine of the small shop?"
Ling Xiao is not a good drinker, but he usually drinks a few glasses, and he heard Yu Bayan that the wine here is very good, so he said: "You can also have a pot of wine..."
The time is not big, a store companion sent a pound of beef jerky, and a pot of wine, and the shopkeeper said with a smile: "This wine is called "one and a half cups" for the guest to taste."
Ling Xiao listened to this and said curiously: "One and a half cups, this name is particularly tight"
The shopkeeper Gao said with a smile: "Master, you will know it when you taste it" As he spoke, he filled a glass to Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao picked up the wine glass, and before he could enter his mouth, he felt an inexplicable light taste entering his nose, and he smacked it lightly and felt spicy and sweet, and there was a hint of bitterness.
It is no wonder that there is such a name for the "sweet and sour" in the world, a cup of belly, and want to drink another half a cup, and after half a cup, I want to have another half a cup, until people are drunk, and they don't know it, presumably this is the charm of this wine, and it is also the trick of an endless stream of regular customers.
Ling Xiao couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and praised it, when the shopkeeper Gao heard this, he was proud in his heart, Ling Xiao did not forget the purpose of this trip, took out the letter from his arms, and presented it in front of the shopkeeper Gao.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper Gao's eyes lit up at the moment, picked up the envelope on the table, and glanced up and down a few times, Ling Xiao saw that his brows were locked first, and then he stretched out, and he knew that this trip was worthwhile, at least fifty percent sure.
Then he asked: "Shopkeeper Gao, maybe you know?" Shopkeeper Gao nodded, perhaps seeing that Shopkeeper Gao was a little hesitant, Ling Xiao took out a silver ticket from his arms and gave it to Shopkeeper Gao.
Sure enough, when he saw the silver tael, his eyes lit up suddenly, and there were one hundred taels at a glance, although he was also the master of the money, but who didn't love money, only thought it was too little and not too much, and only listened to Ling Xiao said: "If the high shopkeeper can decipher these words, this silver ticket is the reward" Yu Ba couldn't help but be a little greedy when he saw this.
The high shopkeeper Vino said: "Worthy of it, worthy of it, I'll try, try..." Then he glanced at Ling Xiao strangely and said: "This letter is from a friend of the guest master" As soon as the words came out, he knew that he was speechless, and he regretted it a little.
Since he was a friend's letter, he could not have written so complicated and incomprehensible, and he had already seen that this man was a man of the way, and that if he did not speak properly, and provoked them, he would be killed.
Ling Xiao glanced at the shopkeeper Gao, smiled very plainly, did not speak, the shopkeeper Gao looked at it in his eyes, and he saw that this smile contained a lot of meaning, and he didn't dare to say more.
And Yu Ba, who was behind him, also sweated for the shopkeeper Gao, but he knew that the seemingly calm young man in front of him had demonic means.
Ling Xiao asked: "Shopkeeper Gao, I don't know what is written on this envelope?" Shopkeeper Gao glanced at it a few times and said: "It should be a name on it, it is written, Zhongchang Junqi"
When Ling Xiao heard it, it was a few irrelevant words, and he asked suspiciously: "Zhongchang Junqi, what do you mean?"
Shopkeeper Gao was sure in his heart at this moment, it seemed that this person had nothing to do with this letter, and he couldn't help but be a little vigilant in his heart, and said, "This is a name"
Ling Xiao was surprised and said: "A name, please ask the shopkeeper to solve your doubts"
The shopkeeper stroked his beard and said: "This is not to blame the guest master, because when the little one was young, he did all kinds of small business and went to many places, so the small one can recognize, not to say big words, and there are only a handful of people who can read this article" Yu Ba listened to the high shopkeeper, and was showing off his past, and couldn't help but pout.
The shopkeeper Gao continued: "This is often a surname, and the word Jun is just a title."
Ling Xiao was shocked and asked, "Shopkeeper Gao, this surname is not from my Central Plains, right?"
The shopkeeper Gao smiled: "It's really not my surname in the Central Plains, this surname comes from the overseas Dongying people, we also call them the Japanese people, and most of their surnames are two words, or even three words."
Ling Xiao was shocked, he had indeed heard of this race, and he never thought that the ambition would be so big, the minions invaded the Central Plains martial arts, and there was even the tendency to occupy the Ming Dynasty.
After that, he didn't listen to what the shopkeeper said, no wonder he didn't listen to the important words, he was just shocked in his heart, and secretly thought: "If they are allowed to succeed, won't the people of the Ming Dynasty be in danger."
Hearing that the shopkeeper Gao was still saying, "In Jiangdong, Ningbo can take a boat to Dongying..."Ling Xiao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Help me see what is written in the letter."
The shopkeeper Gao spread out the paper, looked at it for a long time and said: "Master Hak, the small ones can only know most of them because they don't know much, and please don't blame the master of the guests."
Ling Xiao had been inquiring about the man in black, but he had no idea after no result, if he hadn't learned such a major news from this person, he still didn't know when he would be able to unveil the man in black.
At this time, there was also some urgency, and I could only translate half of it when I heard it, so I had to say helplessly: "I can translate as much as I can, just say as much" The high shopkeeper was afraid that Ling Xiao would turn his face, and when he heard this, he felt a little relieved.
Yu Ba, who was on the side at this time, couldn't help but look at the shopkeeper Gao a little higher, and thought: "This surname is Gao, no wonder he has been arrogant for many years, and it seems that he also has some ability."
I only heard the high shopkeeper say: "The letter says, the young master...."
Ling Xiao hurriedly asked, "Young Master, how is it?"
The shopkeeper Gao said: "I don't know the one in the back" Ling Xiao hurriedly said: "Tell me what you can know"
From the words translated by the shopkeeper Gao, Ling Xiao added it in his mind and got a crucial shocking message.