The next day, when Zhao Yu woke up from his sleep, it was close to noon.

He stretched his waist, feeling much more energetic, and after a brief wash, he walked towards Gong Yeshuo's room.

Gong Yeshuo's room was next door to his room.

The door of the room was closed, and Zhao Yu knocked on the door a few times and said, "Brother Gongye, are you there?"

He knocked on the door a few times, but there was no sound in the room. He pushed the door down a little harder, and it was pushed open.

It turned out that the door was hidden, and there was no half a figure in the house, and the house was cleaned as before, as if no one had ever lived in it.

Zhao Yu looked at the empty room and was stunned. Could it be that Brother Gongye disliked himself as a burden, so he gave up himself and left first. Suddenly, I thought that I was a burden compared to Brother Gongye. He smiled wryly and went downstairs.

At this time, it was close to noon, and the downstairs was full of people, and it was already full of guests, but I didn't expect the small town to be so lively.

Zhao Yu yawned and walked towards the counter.

The owner of the store was calculating the accounts, and as soon as he saw Zhao Yu coming, he put down the account in his hand and said to him with a smile on his face: "Brother Gongzi, you are up!"

Zhao Yu squeaked "um".

The shopkeeper didn't care about Zhao Yu's attitude. After paying the deposit yesterday, he already knew that the mediocre-looking young man in front of him was definitely a rich boy, and he must be entertained well.

He said again: "Brother Gongzi, the scholar who lived with you yesterday, he has already left first." ”

Zhao Yu was a little disappointed when he heard that Gongye Shuo really left first, and he still had a lot of things to ask him for.

The shopkeeper said, "Mr. Scholar left you a letter when he left. ”

"Where is it?" said the disappointed Zhao Yu with a clever voice.

The shopkeeper smiled and took out a letter from an account book and respectfully handed it to Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu took the letter excitedly, thanked him, found a seat in the corner of the hall, called the shopkeeper to order a few signature dishes casually, and opened the letter to read. After a cup of tea, he put down the letter, his face was a little gloomy, Gong Yeshuo did leave first.

Gong Yeshuo said in the letter that he had to leave in advance, and that he had come to Qingyang Kingdom this time to look for his master who had traveled all over the world, and that this morning he had heard some information about his master's whereabouts, so he rushed there first. He also told Zhao Yu to hurry up and not to sleep in the wild.

Zhao Yu felt a little lost because of Gong Yeshuo's departure, but after the letter, he saw his concern for him, and his little heart felt a little relieved.

But after a while, the shopkeeper brought the food.

Zhao Yu put the letter away, looked at the table full of delicacies, saliva was about to flow out, and his stomach gurgled.

He secretly scolded his uncompetitive stomach, and rolled up his sleeves with both hands and ate it. Just because he really didn't eat much last night, he was already hungry, and it was inevitable that he would be a little embarrassed to eat, which could be described as gobbling up.

The diners at the adjacent table were a little surprised when they saw Zhao Yu's eating appearance, and they all turned their eyes to his location.

Zhao Yu felt the strange gaze next to him, his face turned red, he put down a chicken leg in his hand and ate it slowly and gently.

The shopkeeper also felt the slightest strangeness in the hall, just glanced in the direction of Zhao Yu, and then put his eyes on business again.

Fortunately, Zhao Yu's location was in the corner, and only a dozen diners at the adjacent table glanced at him and began to devote their energy to other things.

"Did you hear that?" said a middle-aged man who was slightly chubby and dressed as a wealthy gentleman.

As soon as the other people heard Fu Shen's words, they all hugged to his side, and lowered their voices: "What?"

The fat middle-aged man is a local rich gentry, quite status, well-informed, every time he has a spare time, he will tell everyone some strange questions, and each time he starts with a sentence "Have you heard?"

The middle-aged rich gentleman saw that everyone had gathered around him, and he was even more proud to listen to him, so he spoke: "Last night, a god and Buddha appeared in a forest a few miles to the east. ”

"Really?" the audience next to them said in unison

"Really! Yesterday, the golden Buddha light in the woods was shining and fighting with a cloud of green light and black qi, as if it was a god and Buddha fighting demons. Many trees with a thickness of a few zhang at the scene directly turned into powder, and the trees in the range of more than ten zhang at the scene were gone. The middle-aged rich gentleman said

Zhao Yu was drinking tea, and after listening to the words of the middle-aged rich gentleman, he almost squirted out the tea in one gulp, and he continued to eavesdrop with a little interest.

Although the middle-aged rich gentleman didn't speak loudly, Zhao Yu, who was sitting at the next table, could still hear their conversation clearly.

The words of the middle-aged rich gentleman immediately caused a fluctuation.

An older white-bearded old man said, "I have heard for a long time that there are demons coming and going near our town, and this time the heavenly god Buddha and Arhat will come down to eliminate demons and subdue demons for us. This is the blessing of our town, the blessing of our town. ”

None of the audience members next to him objected to the old man's words, and they all gave a thumbs up.

It seems that this old man also has a lot of prestige.

Another humane: "Outside the cows, what is the result of the final battle between the gods and Buddhas and the demons?"

The one who was called the cow was the middle-aged rich gentleman.

Niu Yuanwai glanced at the person who spoke, and said disdainfully: "Then it goes without saying, it must be the gods and Buddhas who got rid of the demons!"

Some of the listeners next to him burst into laughter and cast contemptuous glances at the person who had just asked the question.

The person who asked the question turned red and immediately fell silent.

"I'm going to buy that grove. Build a temple there, offer to the gods and Buddhas, and protect the stability and prosperity of our Hukou Town. The cow said proudly.

As soon as Niu Yuanwai's words came out, he was immediately sought after by the audience.

They praised Niu Yuan's kindness to the people, and even the old white-bearded old man smiled and nodded in acquiescence.

Another listener said, "Except for the cow members, it was the god Buddha Arhat who came to eliminate the demon yesterday?"

Niu Yuanwai's face changed and said: "Yesterday, the entire forest was shrouded in Buddha's light, and I didn't see the true face of the gods and Buddhas clearly, and I really didn't know that it was the gods and Buddhas." ”

"Gods and Buddhas are always dragons who see the head but not the tail, how can we mortals easily see the faces of gods and Buddhas. Outside the cow, it is a blessing that you can see the gods and Buddhas coming!" The guest next to him immediately said perfunctorily.

Some of the listeners next to him immediately perfunctory, praising the blessings of the cow members.

Niu Yuanwai was about to open his mouth to humbly thank you.

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out.

"Ahh

When Zhao Yu heard this, he immediately threw himself in the direction of the voice he spoke, thinking that there was finally someone here who understood.

But I saw a white-haired old man in sloppy clothes and carrying a gourd, drunk and smoky walked out of another corner of the hall.

When the diners saw the white-haired old man's face, they immediately became angry and scolded: "Old man Ma, how can you talk about it, do you want to find death?"

Niu Yuanwai and the old wise man also turned pale because the old man Ma interrupted their speech.

Another diner joked: "Old man Ma, you said that the forest was not a god and Buddha descended yesterday, so how do you explain the Buddha's light shining and the withered and dead trees on the scene." ”

Old Man Ma didn't change color because of the tone of their words, and muttered drunkly: "That's a cultivator fighting the Fa, a cultivator fighting the Fa!"

A group of diners at the scene exclaimed: "Monks?" In their eyes, monks are mysterious and unpredictable, and they are already immortals, and they will have great magical powers.

Another diner said: "Old man Ma, I have the right to believe in what you said about the cultivation of immortals. Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Old Man Ma didn't answer the diner's words, but instead asked, "Did you see the gods and Buddhas descending to fight demons?"

As soon as the diner heard that he was blocked by the poor drunkard Ma and couldn't say a word, he hurriedly said, "It's not that I saw it with my own eyes, but that I saw it with my own eyes." ”

The rest of the diners also said in unison: "Yes, it was seen by the old man outside the cow." ”。

Niu Yuan also hated it because of the appearance of the old man. In normal times, he didn't even bother to look directly at such a poor drunkard, for fear of insulting his eyes.

Old man Ma looked at Niu Yuanwai and said, "Niu Yuanwai, then you have seen the gods and Buddhas fight demons with your own eyes." ”

Niu Yuanwai's face turned pale: "Yes, exactly." ”

Old man Ma said again: "Yesterday I saw you and Sun Yuanwai drinking and admiring the moon in your back garden, and Sun Yuanwai didn't go back until dawn, how could you see the battle of gods and demons in the woods yesterday?"

Niu Yuanwai's face turned even greener when he heard this, and he stood up and said loudly: "Old man Ma, you went to my house to steal wine and drink again yesterday!"

Old man Ma laughed and did not refute. It seems that this is true.

As soon as Niu Yuanwai's words came out, he suddenly felt exposed. He felt embarrassed today, so he hurriedly said: "Old man Ma, yesterday's battle between gods and Buddhas and demons was seen by the third of you, do you dare to confront me?"

Old man Ma laughed and said, "Can you believe the words of the drunkard, he is a more famous drunkard than me, and he used to pull my thigh when he was drunk and only called me: 'Grandpa Fairy'." Ha ha. ”

The diners next to him also gloated at the iron face outside the cow man because of Old Man Ma's words.

Niu Yuanwai was suddenly stared at by so many people with strange eyes, and felt that his face was completely blank today, so he snorted angrily, and put a dozen taels of silver on the table and brushed his sleeves away.

Old man Ma looked at the cow who left with his sleeves in anger, and laughed, feeling that he was in a good mood today.

When the shopkeeper saw the situation at the scene, he hurriedly stepped forward to play a round game, stepped forward to help the old man Ma and said, "Old Ma, your old man has drunk too much again, I will find someone to send you back." ”

Old man Ma pushed away the shopkeeper's hand and said, "I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk at all!"

The shopkeeper suddenly felt a headache, and the old man Ma was addicted to alcohol and loved life, and every time he was drunk, he talked nonsense, which affected his business. If he hadn't been an old friend of his late father, he would have kicked him out.

The rest of the audience also slowly dispersed due to the departure of the cows.

The diners gradually dispersed, Zhao Yu looked at the farce just now, and couldn't help but feel funny, feeling that this old man was quite interesting.

He looked back at the old man Ma who was drunk on the table, and smiled bitterly, he seemed to be the only one who understood in this hotel.

He settled the bill, took his luggage and prepared to leave for Lingyun Temple.