Chapter 18: The Four Duan Brothers
Lin Xingyu watched Wu Yixiu and the two guards talk quietly from a distance, sighing for a while, shaking his head for a while, it took a long time, he vaguely heard a few words, and he couldn't guess why, curiosity made him quietly move forward, trying to hear more clearly.
In the next second, Lin Xingyu raised his eyebrows: 'Huh, why do you give money to the old guy?'
Wu Yixiu walked to Lin Xingyu's side, "Don't worry, let's go." ”
"What did you tell them?"
"I said, you're sick and have come to town to ask for medicine. ”
"That's it?"
"yes, or not?"
"Then why did they give you money?" Lin Xingyu asked in confusion.
"I want you to be cured sooner. ”
“...... All right. ”
The two of them walked towards the town one after the other, passing by the guards, Lin Xingyu looked at the two guards with great gratitude in his heart, and nodded, after all, there are not many such kind people in the world, I hope that I will recover as soon as possible and give back the money, my conscience is uneasy, it is uneasy!
The two guards looked at Lin Xingyu and looked at him, and he almost cried with a wry smile: The blue-faced butcher, his face is really blue!
'Why did the kind guards smile so sadly, could it be that the old guy lied to them that I had an incurable disease?, hey, I must personally apologize and thank them when I have the opportunity in the future. ’
The town is not prosperous, at first glance there are some low brick houses, the walls are dilapidated and show the traces of the baptism of time, and the pedestrians on the street are also dressed simply. Wu Yixiu found the only bookstore in the town, which could provide pen, ink, paper, and inkstones for writing letters.
The door of the library is ajar, the two push the door in, only to see three bookshelves in front of them, books are scattered and stacked, there is a table in the open space in the middle, there is a pen, ink and paper inkstone on the table, the inkstone has been dried, it can be seen that the shopkeeper is not concerned about the business, and the customers are pitiful.
"Borrowing books, writing letters, borrowing books for one day, depositing twenty articles, writing a letter for one page of five articles, and ghostwriting for twenty articles. ”
When Lin Xingyu heard this, he looked back, a short and thin man who was nearly forty years old, with a narrow face and small eyes, and a shrewd and powerful appearance.
Wearing a slightly wide long suit, holding a book in his hand, he sat on the side of a desk on the left hand side of the door, squinted at the two of them, and was not surprised to see Lin Xingyu's blue face, but lowered his head and continued to flip through the books in his hand. I think it's the bookstore keeper undoubtedly.
Ordinary letters are only three to five cents, and the shopkeeper of this library will ask for twenty cents when he opens his mouth, which is really not an ordinary black.
"Write a letter. Lin Xingyu slapped the five cents on the desk and went to polish the ink by himself.
"There are five texts with a pen, ten texts with grinding, and there is no charge for bringing pen and ink. The shopkeeper's face was lukewarm.
Lin Xingyu threw away fifteen more texts, and the shopkeeper took it, without any intention of greeting him with a smile, and continued to flip through the book.
Lin Xingyu was so excited that he could finally write a letter to his family to report his safety and avoid remembering. I hesitated in my heart, but I didn't know where to start with a thousand words, and I finally wrote down the first word.
"Tsk tsk, what an ugly word. I don't know when the shopkeeper stood behind Lin Xingyu, stretched out three fingers, and said disdainfully: "Do you want to ghostwrite, it's not expensive, just thirty wen!"
With a "bang", the shopkeeper was blasted out by Lin Xingyu's punch, flew out of the door upside down, and smashed into the bun shop opposite.
Lin Xingyu wanted to express everything he had done and encountered along the way, and wrote thousands of words in an instant, and many worrying things were hastily brushed over, focusing on the things of himself and Wu Yixiu, hoping that his father would not worry.
After writing the letter, the two went to the post station, never thought that the post station was closed, and when asked, the post station in Quji Town had been out of use for a long time, and now someone will come to receive a letter at the beginning of each month, and the people in the town have long been accustomed to it, if there is an emergency, they usually find some merchants who come and go, or the letter customers in the town to run a special trip.
There were two believers in the town, both of whom had gone out, and they came back for as little as a few days or as much as half a month, and Lin Xingyu was stunned.
"What's going on with the two of you?" a slightly familiar voice sounded not far away.
The two turned their heads and saw that it was the shopkeeper of the library, with a piece of dust on their long clothes, and looked at Wu Yixiu and Lin Xingyu with a thief smile on their faces, and they seemed to be much more honest after being beaten.
"The post station is closed, the believers are out, I want to send a letter, and I am in a hurry. Lin Xingyu told the truth.
"Hehe, I have a way. ”
"What's the solution?"
"Oh, it hurts, give me fifty taels of silver to speak. The shopkeeper said shyly while covering the place where he was beaten just now.
Lin Xingyu reached into the package, took out fifty taels of silver and threw it over. Wu Yixiu closed his eyes in distress, and scolded in his heart: "Little bastard, I don't know if I don't spend my own money. ’
"The third tile house in the west of the town, there are four brothers of the Duan family, Xuangong is magical, but he can travel thousands of miles a day, and occasionally work part-time to deliver letters when he has no money, which is expensive, and he doesn't look like a person who is short of money, so it is just right to find them. The greedy shopkeeper took the silver in his bosom and left.
As the shopkeeper said, the two found the third tiled house on the west side of the town and knocked lightly on the door.
"Who"
"Ahh
"Enter"
"Come"
I only heard four weak voices in the room, one person and one word, as if they were on the verge of starvation.
The door was not locked, Lin Xingyu gently pushed the door open, except for the four beds, there was nothing in the room, four people were lying on four beds, their appearances were extremely similar, their voices were extremely similar, their movements were extremely similar, and even the location and size of the holes in their clothes were extremely similar. The four of them looked up slightly at the door together, and were stunned when they saw Lin Xingyu's blue skin.
"I just finished singing, and I haven't had time to put on makeup. Wu Yixiu explained calmly.
Hearing this, the four of them brushed together and lay back down.
"What are you looking for us?"
"What?"
"What?"
"What?"
"I have a letter to deliver. In a hurry, money is not a problem. Lin Xingyu said generously.
Wu Yixiu slapped his palm on his forehead, "Little bastard, take my money and be generous." ’
The four people lying on the bed sat up at the same time and held out a finger.
"One hundred taels!"
"One hundred taels!"
"One hundred taels!"
"One hundred taels!"
"Okay, a hundred taels is a hundred taels. Lin Xingyu took out twenty taels of silver and threw it to the first person to speak, "These twenty taels are a deposit, and the letter has been delivered, so naturally someone will give you the remaining eighty taels." ”
"Mine?"
"Mine?"
"Mine?"
The other three have not yet lowered their outstretched fingers!
'??????' Lin Xingyu was full of question marks.
"Brothers, let's go to dinner first. The first person said excitedly with the silver, then looked at Lin Xingyu and said, "I'll explain to you when we eat." ”
"Big brother is right!"
"What the second brother said is reasonable!"
"What the third brother said is reasonable!"
"What's the point of ???? having a meal?" Lin Xingyu followed the four brothers with curiosity, and the four brothers shook their limbs and rushed into the tavern with vague steps all the way.
Wu Yixiu and Lin Xingyu followed closely, for fear of causing everyone to misunderstand, Lin Xingyu didn't take off his cloak, and watched the four brothers order a bunch of delicious food and drink, and did not interject, waiting to see what happened.
The first dish of the dish Xiao Er brought with both hands and sent it to the middle of the table, just about to put it down, the wind and clouds were whirling, and there was nothing left on the plate.
Xiao Er opened his mouth and looked at the six people in front of him, Lin Xingyu was also the first time to see someone who ate so quickly. Eating so quickly, there should be no problem with sending the letter, okay.
Each dish is served instantaneously, and only one plate is placed on the table from beginning to end. After dozens of reincarnations, the four Duan brothers patted their round stomachs at the same time, and the rhythm was the same, which was very emotional. When the new diners saw that the six people had only eaten one dish and had a small half plate left, they all gave a thumbs up and praised: "Beef pie!"
The Duan clan boss was full of food and drink, and opened his mouth first.
"Our four brothers have always been blessed and shared,"
"There are difficulties together,"
"Eat with food,"
"There is wine to drink. ”
"So,"
"Send a letter,"
"Yes, too"
"Together,"
"One person,"
"One hundred,"
"Four,"
"Four hundred. ”
Lin Xingyu felt helpless, it was just four wonders, and there was something wrong with his brain! Inadvertently, he also learned from Wu Yixiu's appearance, and slapped his palm on his forehead. As soon as he put his hand down, he suddenly thought: No, Wu Yixiu usually pats his forehead at me like this, does he look at me just like I look at these four wonders? Turned his head and squinted at Wu Yixiu, murderous.
Wu Yixiu shrunk his neck back, a little cold.
In desperation, Lin Xingyu took out another sixty taels of silver, took out the letter, and slapped it on the table together.
"The address is on the back of the letter, how many days can Heluo City arrive?" Lin Xingyu leaned in slightly and asked in a low voice.
"This place is about 1,600 miles away from Heluo City. ”
"During the day, the letter was delivered rain or shine. ”
"The night rest thunder does not move. ”
"It took two days and one night. ”
Is it so fast? Unreliable, and it is nothing more than the intensified transmission of military intelligence to kill countless galloping horses. With a skeptical attitude, he opened the envelope and took out the brush that had just been handed down from the library from his arms.
"Haven't consulted the four daimyos yet?" Lin Xingyu clenched his fists.
"We are the people of the rivers and lakes. ”
"God is ever-changing. ”
"The world is invincible. ”
"The Four Messengers of the Duan Clan!"
"No wind in the lower section"
"No thunder in the lower section"
"Cloudless in the lower section"
"There is no rain in the lower section"
Lin Xingyu moistened the tip of the pen with his tongue, added a paragraph on the back of the letter, resealed it, and handed it to the boss of the Duan family along with the silver.
"Hehehehe..." A string of uncomfortable feminine laughter sounded at the door of the tavern, and everyone looked over, only to see a white-faced scholar wearing a free scarf standing there, in his early twenties.
The white-faced scholar has deep sunken eyes, thin cheeks, and a miserable face that lacks blood, holding a jade bamboo paper fan in his right hand, and gently tapping it on the palm of his left hand, his hands are as pale as paper, and two short knives are crossed behind his waist on the left side, about a foot long, and the scabbard is inlaid with several colorful gems.
Half a step behind him stood a tower-like man, nine feet tall, half a body taller than the white-faced scholar, with thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, a square face and a wide mouth, arms and knees, extremely thick, muscular dragon and pan knots, comparable to the thickness of ordinary people's thighs, large and wide palms, at first glance I thought it was a wild mountain ape.