Chapter 17 Yunzhou City

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Xiao Mo's feet were light, and he strode on the Yuncheng Ancient Road. The light rain is dripping, and before the dripping steps, it seems to be a broken bowel, poignant and decisive. In a trance, the whole street was covered with a layer of light mist, as thin as cicada wings, like a dream but true.

The stone path underfoot was uneven, the moss was slippery, and it glowed with crimson blue. There are many wine shops on both sides, but it is the firewood tightly covered, fortunately the eaves cover the sun, especially the grand scene in the past.

Occasionally, flowers leaned on the door to beg for food, and the withered yellow eye sockets flashed with a light of extreme desire. Some of them had sunken cheeks, knotted veins, and their bodies were so thin that they were moaning and groaning with indifferent pity. From time to time, vultures and falcons hovered over the beams, as if waiting for death to come, so that they could share a gluttonous meal. Some were covered in bones and slumped in heaps, rotten, and domestic animals and wild fowl were fighting with each other and biting at their mutilated limbs.

The entire city of Yunzhou is full of depression charm, and it is as decadent as a deserted village. Xu Wanqiu gently shook the folding fan, covered her mouth and nose with her jade hands, and kept her style at all times. Zhao Li followed behind Xiao Mo, but Lian'er and Qin Yue were gone.

The mottled sunset leaking from the clouds, sprinkled between the pink walls and tiles, reflected the red shop flags fluttering in the rain, and the three words "Drunken Cloud Pavilion" were written on it, engraved with the name of the previous dynasty, which was one of the few liquor shops opened in Yunzhou City.

Xiao Er was dressed in rags, smashing the oil-stained apron, but a pair of shoes were bright and shiny. He greeted him with a smile on his face, and bowed over and said, "A few guest officers, are you going to be a tip or staying in a hotel?"

Xiao Mo picked the corners of his lips and said with a wicked smile: "Good wine and good food greet the master, what are the characteristics of the store, the report comes up, Lao Tzu has money." After speaking, he glanced at Wan'er, his eyes full of playfulness.

When Xiao Er saw that the God of Wealth was coming, his waist suddenly bent deeper, and said with a smile: "The guest officer has a good face, the little one must have seen it somewhere, but he was stupid for a while, and he couldn't think of it." When it comes to the characteristics of this restaurant, it is the early morning of the next day, and there is no shortage of words. The shop's chopsticks spring, a product of the official swallow, the magpie Dengzhi, Shengping burning, are the secret recipe of the palace, among which the immortal belly is the treasure of the store town store, is boiled with carved meat in the bear's milk, the taste is mellow, it is the best delicacy in the world, the queen mother has to salivate into a river when she sees it. ”

Xiao Mo said in his heart: "This little second can brag better than Lao Tzu, but the first sentence of this guy is right, Lao Tzu was beaten in this house last time he ate the overlord meal." I think I haven't had a tooth sacrifice in the next few months, so I'm so sad, I will make up for it today. After thinking about it, he continued: "Even so, then it will be the same one, and I will do it carefully for Lao Tzu." ”

Xiao Er was so attentive that he wiped the tables and chairs, his movements were extremely sharp, and he said, "The guest officer sits first, do you need tea?"

The three of them sat down in the corner, Xu Wanqiu smiled, like seeing flowers in the fog, beautiful and elegant, and said: "Just listen to this little brother, just have a share, and the tea will be free." Dare to ask the store, but are there any rooms?"

Xiao Er frowned slightly, and said, "Oh, it's unfortunate, our hotel is full today, and there are only two rooms left, so it's better for the guest officials to squeeze in and accommodate one night." ”

Zhao Lijun raised his eyebrows lightly and asked, "We came all the way and saw that all the shops in the city were closed, what is the reason?"

Xiao Er said: "The guest officials don't know, now bandits are rampant, Yunzhou, a palm-sized fiefdom, is far away from the emperor, the officials protect each other, the officials collude, and the victims are all our ordinary people." Xue Chong, the envoy of the festival, relied on his high position and power, bullied the good people, and no one dared to solicit business in the blue sky and daylight, but they were all secretly making a living. ”

Wan'er said angrily: "In this way, Xue Chong is really only suffering from the big insects in the township!"

Xiao Er said: "Not really, if Yunzhou had not been blessed by Xue Da Worm, it would have become an empty city long ago, although the city would not be able to live in peace, but the outside of the city would be even more terrifying. We people just want to be there, and it's better to be oppressed than not to live. Look at my broken mouth, it's too much to say, wait a minute, the wine and food will be ready immediately. With that, he bowed and trotted away.

Xu Wanqiu fell into deep contemplation, and said slowly: "I don't know how Lian'er is now, whether her injury has improved, I always feel sorry to leave her in the ancestral hall and think about it, the little monkey should be able to take care of her?"

Zhao Li said: "Lian'er's leg injury has not healed, it is inconvenient to walk, and it has been raining for days, not to mention the danger of following us all the way, but it is not beneficial to the injury." ”

In the Drunken Cloud Pavilion, it was very empty, and the sparse tables and chairs were vacant, and it was impossible to see that it was full at all. Only three big men sat at the adjacent table, all of them were wide and fat, very rough, and they talked and laughed in a staggered manner.

He pointed out the window, in the hollow carved window, the red, pink and green radix could be faintly seen, and said: "Brother Meng, you see where He Xiaoyao is on the other side, it is very lively at night." ”

He was drunk and hazy, and his speech was slurred, and he continued: "Lan Kwai Fong is a famous fireworks and wine alley in Yuncheng. The traveling merchant giant threw a lot of money for it, but it was also difficult to kiss Fangze. Dude, I'm here to see it. ”

The one who was called Brother Meng, with a bookish look, said regretfully: "Brother Yang is free and easy, love and hate are not up to others, but I only sigh that the younger brother has already promised a marriage match, and he is not blessed." ”

A person next to him said: "This is a bad statement, men are colorless and unhappy, stealing and being happy is one of the good things in life, and Brother Meng needs more encouragement." ”

Brother Meng said: "Brother Li's romantic debts, I'm afraid I won't be able to repay them in this life." The younger brother just loves poetry and writing, and when it comes to Youluan's writing, he has been fascinated for a long time, and he does not seek to have skin kisses, but he is willing to meet friends with literature and talk about his mood. ”

Brother Li's fine eyes protruded, his eyebrows were graceful, and he said: "Youluan is a tall and lowly person, very smart and smart, and he claims to be a performer but not a seller. Who doesn't know, and Zili archway are to keep a good name and raise their own value. As the saying goes, and sons are ruthless, and dramas are unrighteous, and the women in this Fengyue place, no matter how noble they are, are still making blanks. ”

Brother Li was slightly drunk, his face was red and purple, and he drank several glasses in a row, and then said: "Tomorrow is the seventieth birthday of Xue Chong's mother, and Youluan, as the first prostitute in Yuncheng, will definitely use singing and dancing to cheer up." Although Xue Chong is the overlord of one party and is in the fish and meat town, he is extremely filial to his mother, and the annual banquet is like a state banquet. This year, the longevity stickers were sent to various states, and the glass pavilion was chartered and drunk for three days. If there is no invitation, you can only stay outside the museum, smell the wine, and look at Youluan from afar, which is not in vain. ”

Xu Wanqiu heard such foul language, and suddenly felt that the roots of her ears were hot, and they burned in two eyes. She snorted lightly as a reminder, and then heard Xue Chong's message, she had already made a plan in her heart, squinted at Zhao Li, saw that his expression was very embarrassed, her eyes deliberately avoided Wan'er, wiped the table, knocked on the chair, and her movements were extremely uncoordinated.

Wan'er said: "If we want to find Xue Chong, it seems that we can only start with Xue's mother's birthday banquet, if we can get the birthday sticker tomorrow, it is the best, otherwise, we can only find a way to get in and wait for the opportunity." ”

At the same time, a burst of enchanting laughter came from the back hall, as uninhibited as a wild rose.