Chapter 30: An Inn (Part I)
Under the cover of night, the north wind blew over the town of Pingliang, and gusts of cold wind seeped into the robes, but the crowded crowds of business travelers in the town were far better than the border passes. The caravans going east and west www.biquge.info would stay overnight in Pingliang Town, so that they could rush to the next village and town at dusk the next day.
The moonlight had just hung on the withered yellow branches outside the town, and the main road of the town had long been blocked by people in all kinds of costumes, and the villagers of Pingliang Town had all kinds of novelty and other strange things in front of their houses for the caravans to choose from.
"Young master, there is an inn in front," the white-clothed ink-dyed man shouted loudly to Ye Lin, who was looking left and right, in the flow of people.
Looking in the direction that Mo Ran pointed, the entrance of a three-story civil inn was already full of people. Ashina motioned to the black-clothed disciple beside him, stepped forward to inquire about the situation first, he lowered his head and whispered to the man, "Zejun, you and Shao Le go to the inn in front of you first to get ready, and Lin'er and Liu Daxia and I will arrive later." β
"Yes" Zejun and Shao Le nodded, and the two of them hurried towards the direction pointed by the white-clothed attendant, disappearing into the flow of people.
Liu Tianjiang looked at Ye Lin, who was full of novelty, and said with a smile, "Lin'er, this is the first time you have been out of the house, and you have added a lot of curiosity. β
"That's there" Ye Lin looked at the crowd in the distance surrounded by two half-person-high mountain stone ghosts, the two mountain stone ghosts waved their fists and fought together, and the people around them were all onlookers cheering.
Ashina looked at Ye Lin with excitement on his face, pointed the scepter in his hand at the two mountain and stone imps who were fighting, and silently recited a spell in his mouth, the two mountain and stone imps suddenly stopped fighting, and ran towards the crowd with their calves.
Ye Lin looked at Ashina's crimson scepter, the corners of his mouth moved, and he snickered, "Uncle Shi, this is the boss who is hurting, this person is chasing mountains and rocks and ghosts all over the street." β
Liu Tianjiang laughed roughly, "Let's go quickly, didn't you say that you were hungry just now, go to the inn to eat something, rest early, and we will rush to Chang'an early tomorrow morning." β
"Hmm," Ye Lin responded, and everyone walked quickly towards the inn in front.
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"It's full, it's full, don't surround here," shouted the rough-clad waiter at the door of the inn, wrapped in a gray ragged cashmere robe, standing on the dirt steps with his hands outstretched to block the crowd pouring into the inn.
"What's the matter," Zejun asked, jumping over the crowd and floating behind a group of rough-clad waiters at the inn's door.
"This hero, our inn is already full now, and I hope you will go to another house. A sturdy waiter hurriedly pulled the corner of Zejun's black robe and dissuaded.
Zejun waved his hand slightly, and the corners of his clothes fluttered in the wind, causing the sturdy waiter to roll to the ground. The rough-clothed waiter got up and blocked Zejun's way again, and apologized in a low voice, "Xia, we really don't have a place in our inn." β
"Don't bluff us" Shao Le squeezed in from the crowd and pulled out his long sword and went straight to the eyebrows of the rough-clothed waiter who was blocking Ze Jun's way, and said sharply, "Have we heard, there is only one inn in this town, you are bullying us for outsiders?"
"Don't, don't...."The rough-clothed attendant hurriedly raised his hands, knelt on the ground and said in a wail, "The heroes are merciful, our inn really has no room, the two heroes just come in, and we don't have a place to greet them." Seeing this, the rest of the attendants beside the man hurriedly hid inside the inn door.
"Khan, I thought something, we didn't stay in the store, we just came here for a full meal. Shao Le withdrew his long sword, picked up the sturdy man who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Now let us in." β
The rough-clothed man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeves, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said timidly, "That's good... That's good, scared to death, little one. You said it earlier. β
"Haha, you didn't give me a chance to explain," Zejun patted the thickly clothed man's shoulder and smiled, "Then I can go in." β
"You please... "Seeing that the danger had been removed, several rough-clothed men at the door hurriedly ran out to greet Zejun.
Shao Le, who was standing at the door, looked at the flow of people that was about to pour in front of him, put his sword to his chest and shouted, "I didn't hear, what did the little second brother say?
"It's... Thisβ" The crowd at the door of the inn sighed anxiously.
"Let's go somewhere else," the stout man dissuaded the crowd at the door again, then glanced back at the other attendants behind him, signaling everyone around him to be vigilant against someone breaking in.
"This hero, why don't you go in. The sturdy man asked Shao Le beside him.
"Wait a minute" Shao Le looked at the worried expression of the sturdy man, and hurriedly explained, "Second brother, don't worry, we are really just here to eat." β
"That's good" The stout man was relieved and breathed a deep sigh of relief.
"Don't worry," Shao Le whispered as he put his sword in his arms, and then turned his head to look at the flow of people on the street. The coarsely clothed waiters on the side continued to stretch out their arms to block the influx of people, most of them were ordinary businessmen, although a few strong men were angry, but Shao Le, who was wearing a black robe covering his face, shouted loudly, and most of the people had dispersed.
"It's really an inn", Ye Lin looked at the horizontal board on the wooden door of the inn, and the four crooked bold words "There is an inn" were already a little blurred in the wind and rain.
"Master, here," Shao Le and Ze Jun shouted with their right hands waving to the red-robed Ashina and Ye Lin and the others behind the crowd. Several white-clothed waiters squeezed a two-person-wide gap in the crowd, and Ye Lin, Ashina, Liu Tianjiang and others walked through the gap to the main entrance of the inn.
"I didn't expect there to be such an inn in the town, but it's a pity that it's too small", Ye Lin looked at the inn in front of him, which was simply a farmhouse converted from a private house, and he was really worried that the house that was crowded with so many people would collapse.
A wave of heat rushed from the inn to the people at the door, and a group of white-clothed waiters surrounded the three of them and walked quickly into the inn. The crowded crowd inside looked at the group of people in such a formation, and they all focused their eyes on Ye Lin, Liu Tianjiang and Ashina, who were standing in the middle.
Ashina coughed, and Ze Jun in front of the counter led a shopkeeper and hurriedly ran over, "Master, let's go to the second floor." The shopkeeper led everyone from the side porch to the inn.