Chapter 64: Asking for a Price
At this time, the three of them had clearly seen the old man on the ground, who was Kou Laodao who met in Pingding. Kou Lao Dao is lustful, and the three of them feel that he deserves to be beaten by this beating. It's just that I saw those big men punching and kicking one after another, and they didn't mean to stop. Seeing Kou Laodao's face in pain, if he went on like this, Kou Laodao would have to be beaten to death by these people.
Fu Rong saw that it was Kou Laodao, so he wanted to step forward to stop him. Who knew that Ling Yun took the first step and shouted: "You four or five people bully an old man, what kind of ability is it." After speaking, he dodged and stood in the circle. He was just recovering from his injuries, and he could only practice some fist and foot kung fu with Qi Feng every day, but he couldn't make the first half of his internal strength. In the past few days, he has been holding back his panic. At this time, seeing such injustices, I wanted to stretch my muscles.
Although Ling Yun knew that the old Taoist was a little lascivious, he had no malice towards others. What's more, when he was pacified, he gave him a sword, and when he saw him in a dilemma, how could he stand by and let these people beat him to death?
Kou Laodao heard Lingyun speak, and said, "Huh", but a big man next to him took the lead and shouted: "Where did you come from, dare to care about the affairs of my Chunxiang Pavilion?
Kou Lao Dao's internal skills were already quite hot, but at this time, he didn't fight back, and let the man hold his lower abdomen with a foot. His body twisted for a moment, and he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.
He is really ashamed to fall to such a point. I think he has been happy in this Chunxiang Pavilion for nearly half a month, and at this time, he has no money to settle the bill, and he feels better when he is beaten by this group of people.
Ling Yun didn't know the reason, thinking that Kou Lao Dao had fallen for these people's plots. When he was afraid, he couldn't help but worry about Kou Laodao, and shouted: "You bully a blind old man, and you are still so righteous and ashamed?" He has been wandering around since he was a child, and it is not uncommon for such things to happen in the rivers and lakes. is only to defend Kou Laodao, and does not say that he knows him.
When the big man heard him laugh at himself, he shouted: "Shame, if this blind old man knows the word shame, why does he come to live in Chunxiang Pavilion without any money? If he says the word shame, I'm afraid no one in the world can match this old man!" Since it is Kou Lao Dao who lives in Chunxiang Pavilion and does not give money, it is Kou Laodao's loss.
These people were just ordered to come and teach people like Kou Lao Dao a lesson. Seeing that this young man wanted to intervene, he naturally couldn't let him fool him so easily.
Kou Lao Daoben fell to the ground and groaned, and at this time, listening to this big man say what he had done, he was even more ashamed to bury his head in his chest. Seeing Kou Lao Dao like this, Ling Yun thought that what this person said must be true. Then he said, "Speaking of which, isn't it just silver! I don't know how much money this old man owes you, and I will pay him back in the future!" Although he felt that he was unreasonable, he did not want to show weakness, and he was still so confident when he spoke.
When those people heard that Ling Yun had taken over the matter, they all looked Ling Yun up and down. I saw Ling Yun dressed in cloth, and he was not the son of a rich family. These people are all thugs invited by Chunxiang Pavilion, and they want money and don't want to die. Beating Kou Lao Dao like this, he really couldn't collect half a penny of silver on him.
According to the rules of Chunxiang Pavilion, those who sleep with the girl and do not give money will definitely remove all his clothes and beat him to death in front of the building. It's just that everyone sees that this old Taoist is in rags, and even if he stays, it's not worth a few dollars. In addition, Kou Laodao is old, and it is very unsightly to remove his clothes. The pavilion master of Chunxiang Pavilion made an exception only once, and did not remove Kou Laodao's clothes.
At this time, since Ling Yun was willing to make up for the two silver owed by Kou Lao Dao, these big men naturally no longer embarrassed Kou Lao Dao. Listening to Ling Yun's inquiry, the person who spoke before did not answer, stretched out his palm, and raised it forward, which means the number of palms.
Ling Yun immediately understood and said, "With such a small amount of money, you are not afraid of hurting your hands and feet!" After speaking, he reached into his arms, took out a certain amount of silver from his arms, and threw it at the man.
The man stretched out his hand to take it, and then he spread out his palm, and held the money in his hand. He smiled: "Are you kid pretending to be stupid or are you really stupid? It's only fifty taels of silver, and you also want to live in Chunxiang Pavilion permanently? You don't ask around, and drinking a cup of tea in Chunxiang Pavilion is more than that. Although he thought that Ling Yun gave less silver, he remembered what Ling Yun said. A few of his brothers beat this old man like this, and this bit of silver is not bad as tea money. Thinking so, he put the money into his bosom.
Ling Yun saw that he took the silver into his arms, but he didn't mean to let Kou Laodao go. shouted: "Fifty taels is not enough? Didn't you just say fifty taels of silver, why did you accept the money but not let go?" Thinking back to what the man had said earlier, he suddenly felt that he had jumped into a great conspiracy. It's just that he didn't want to put down his face, and he didn't know what was going on, so he asked.
The onlookers couldn't help but laugh when they heard him say this. Although most of them had never entered the Chunxiang Pavilion, the price inside was still clear to everyone. As the big man said before, the fifty taels of silver can only drink a cup of tea in the Chunxiang Pavilion. As for permanent residence, that's impossible.
The man who answered earlier saw everyone laughing, and said with a slight smile: "I see that you are not a rich child, if you have nothing to do with this old man, then go away." For the sake of your help, we got to know this old man with a knife, and we no longer humiliated him. What he meant was to look at the fifty taels of silver and give Kou Lao Dao a good time.
Ling Yun frowned slightly, as if he had made a great decision, and said to the big man who wanted to turn around: "Five hundred taels is indeed a bit much, can you leave this old man's life for the time being, and wait until tomorrow, I will gather all the silver and send it?" Although he was pleading, there was a bit of confidence in his tone. and they should hear him, believing that he would get five hundred denarii.
How do you know that the man 'haha' smiled and said: "Five hundred taels is okay to live in my Chunxiang Pavilion for a day or two, but this old man has lived for half a month in a row, and he has to be served by three girls every day, and if he doesn't have five thousand taels of silver, don't expect this old man to leave my Chunxiang Pavilion alive!" He saw that Ling Yun really didn't understand the price of Chunxiang Pavilion, and let him talk nonsense like this, wouldn't it ruin the name of Chunxiang Pavilion. Besides, they don't have the leisure and Ling Yun's quick talk, they just want to settle the matter here earlier, and go to the back alley together to block two more.
Ling Yun looked surprised and asked, "Five...... Five thousand taels?Are you sure you're not mistaken?" he made a move at the beginning, but he didn't expect Kou Laodao to spend so much silver. When the big man said it, he secretly muttered in his heart, "Could it be that the girls in this Chunxiang Pavilion are all kings and grandsons, jade girls and fairies, otherwise how can the price be so high?'."