Chapter 9: Delong Inn
The peaks of Huashan are steep, surrounded by mountains, and only a winding path on the east side of Huashan is connected to the outside world. The trail intersects with a north-south official road thirty kilometers from Huashan, forming a crossroads leading to the whole country. Next to the intersection, a rather magnificent inn stands at the northeast corner of the crossroads, at the door of the inn is inserted a long and slender bamboo pole, and the bright red flag on the bamboo pole is flying with the four big characters of Delong Inn. Delong Inn is located at the crossroads of the official road with a strategic location, where merchants, guests and locals often drink, rest and stay, and business is very prosperous. It's almost twelve o'clock at noon, but the Delong Inn is quiet and there is no sound, and I can only occasionally see a few shopkeepers sticking out their heads and looking around, and then running to the shopkeeper and bowing their heads and whispering.
"You are in charge of running the hall and keeping accounts, and the shopkeepers carefully observe to me whether there are any guests arriving on the official roads in the east, south, and north directions outside the inn, and there must be no mistakes and neglect our distinguished guests; you go and tell the cook in the kitchen to prepare a good meal carefully, and would rather the food be poured out and redone when it is cold, rather than wait for the distinguished guest to come and not be ready. You instructed the shopkeeper who poured the wine to prepare the good wine, bring the distinguished guests here, and immediately serve the wine to quench the thirst of the distinguished guests. ”
On weekdays, the shopkeeper who is responsible for the business of the Delong Inn specially hires a brother of his own family as the manager, and he generally does not come out to direct the work of the inn.
"Today must be a very important person to come to our Delong Inn, otherwise why would the shopkeeper who has not shown up for a long time suddenly appear in our Delong Inn today. ”
"Last night, the shopkeeper instructed us to only receive distinguished guests today, and the rest of the people, whether they are businessmen, officials, or neighbors, will not be accepted after explaining that they will not be accepted. ”
"It must be a very important person who came, otherwise how could our inn business refuse guests. ”
The three shopkeepers stood at the crossroads, looking at the official roads in the southeast, north and south directions and discussing. Three puffs of wolf smoke spread quickly from the official road in the east, south, and north directions. The shopkeepers have worked for many years in the Delong Inn, where there are many people, and they have a wide range of knowledge and are shrewd. The shopkeeper knew from this smoke and dust that this must be a noble person. A shopkeeper waved his hand towards the counter of the Delong Inn, and a shopkeeper who was keeping accounts at the counter immediately told the shopkeeper who was waiting anxiously in the lobby on the first floor of the inn. The shopkeeper led a few shopkeepers to immediately trot to the official road to greet them, and the manager instructed the shopkeeper in charge of various things to prepare his own things immediately, and wait for an order to complete his work immediately according to the instructions. The shopkeeper's shopkeeper had just arrived at the crossroads, and the three puffs of smoke and dust had already converged at the crossroads. The smoke and dust slowly cleared, and the three official roads in the east, south, and north gradually revealed vague people and horses. The horses and people were sweating, and their faces were covered with smoke and dust. The three shopkeepers who were waiting at the intersection had already stood in front of the official road they were responsible for, leading the horses for the distinguished guests who were walking in the center of the official road.
On the three official roads, the three imposing distinguished guests greeted each other with fists and happy smiles on their faces.
"Ten years ago, old friends parted, and I haven't been in touch for a long time, and today I gather here to talk about the lovesickness on weekdays. ”
After a few brief greetings, the three distinguished guests were greeted to the inn by the shopkeeper who had been bending down beside them. The others handed over their horses and luggage to the shopkeeper and walked into the Delong Inn one after another. Delong Inn is a circular three-storey building, the building covers an area of about 50 meters from north to south and 100 meters from east to west. The first floor is a place for guests to eat and drink, and the upper two floors are places for guests to rest and stay. The shopkeeper gave an order, and the wine, food, and tea were all served in a moment. From the north is pulled from the Liangzhou of Gansu Province, the Kongtong faction of the head of the faction Lu Pingliang, seven feet tall, full of beard, full of light revealing a domineering, this year forty-eight years old, the Kongtong faction under the flying dragon gate, the soul chasing door, the life-killing door, the drunken door, the god fist door, the flower frame door, the strange soldier door, the Xuankong gate eight gates, martial arts are strong, there are many disciples, and the Kunlun faction is the two major martial arts factions in the Western Regions. Coming from the south was Wang Huawen, the head of the Sun Moon Gate in Kunming, Yunnan Province, who was six feet five tall, thin and delicate, and fifty-one years old this year. There is Dianchi Lake in Kunming, Yunnan, the blue waves ripple, the water and grass are abundant, the Sun and Moon Gate originates here, in order to attract disciples, absorb the essence of the Sun and the Moon, it is the sacred place of the Sun and Moon Gate, and it is renamed Sun Moon Lake. The swordsmanship of the Sun and Moon Gate is exquisite, and its head Wang Huawen Sun and Moon Sword is a must in the world. Coming from the east is Lu Xiaodong, the head of Xingyimen in Jinan, Shandong, a typical Shandong man, eight feet tall, with slightly rough skin, and forty-eight years old this year.
"Here, Senior Brother Wang is the elder brother of the two of us, the senior brother should be in the middle position, and the two of us should be around the senior brother. ”
"They are all decent brothers in the rivers and lakes, where do you need to pay attention to what seats, the old man can do it here. ”
Wang Huawen wanted to sit down in a position facing north and south. Lu Pingliang and Lu Xiaodong took an arm and pulled Wang Huawen in the middle of the hall.
"Senior Brother Lu is reasonable, Senior Brother Wang is our elder, and we can only sit in this position, if Senior Brother Wang doesn't sit here, the two of us have to stand here to accompany us. Wang Huawen was at a stalemate and had to sit down in the middle. When Wang Huawen's ass was about to sit on the bench, the shopkeeper led a few shopkeepers to hurriedly go out. Three waves of sound came from the three directions of the southeast, north and south, and Ji Shangli, the head of the Kunlun faction, Yu Haifeng, the head of the Tiger Gate, and Tian Zhennan, the head of the Bagua Gate, came slowly from the outside. Yu Haifeng, a native of Handan, Hebei Province, has a dark complexion and is 43 years old this year. Tian Zhennan is a native of Nanjing, with a white face and 40 years old. The six of them met again and had a greeting, because they were all the same martial arts in the rivers and lakes, the six agreed to let Wang Huawen sit on the main seat according to their age, Wang Huawen's ass had just touched the bench, and the shopkeeper led the shopkeeper out.
"I said I can't sit in this position, you still don't believe it, now look at my miserable situation. ”
The six heads of the sect let out a laugh, thinking about which sect had received the invitation to compete for hegemony from the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance. Wang Jianyu, Xu Zhongyu, Xia Yuxue, Zheng Yingying, Qin Huasheng, Xiao Yuyang, and Sun Jingran walked into the Delong Inn, and eleven people walked towards each other and saluted each other. The shopkeeper instructed the shopkeeper to immediately change to a large red table and add chairs. When Wang Huawen was about to reach the bench, he deliberately looked towards the door of the inn, and then sat down with confidence.
"My ass can finally sit on this stool. ”
The Kongtong faction, the Xingyi sect, the tiger sect, the gossip sect, the Kunlun faction, and the head of the sect laughed, and after hearing Wang Huawen's self-deprecating explanation, the head of the six sects who had just arrived also laughed.
People in the rivers and lakes are often informal, and they love to join in the fun when there are many people. Tonight's Delong Inn is strangely silent, and the silence makes people shudder.
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