Chapter 379: The Horse's Hoof
This inn is very remote, and there are very few guests, most of them are some students who go to Beijing to take the exam, so it is very quiet and elegant.
And the owner of this inn is also a scholar, and he can't be an official, so he opened an inn here to make a living, and soon the five upper rooms will be ready.
"This guest officer, let's put this livestock in the back stable!" Seeing that the red beast that looked like a cow was about to go upstairs, Xiao Er couldn't help but make a sound.
"Ha Luha, if you put it in the stable, within a moment, there will be no hair left in your stable, it is a fierce beast that can eat people, don't provoke it, if you provoke it, it will cause a big disaster to your Great Zhao Kingdom!"
"Isn't it just a cow, it's just a red hair? Xiao Er muttered, but was pulled by the shopkeeper and gave him a look.
Immediately, the shopkeeper laughed, "In that case, why don't you open another room?"
"No need, you have three floors here, and the rooms on the third floor are empty, so don't let anyone in, the room fee there is all on our heads. ”
Ning Wuqian saw that the shopkeeper was wearing a white shirt, quite elegant, and most of the people in the store were readers, so he knew that these scholars were not used to seeing this kind of thing, but Ning Wuqian was not an ordinary beast, he liked to eat people, Ning Wuqian didn't look at it, he would get into trouble, he didn't want to make any trouble in this Zhao City.
When the shopkeeper saw this, he didn't say more, although he was a scholar, he also had to live, these people were willing to take a floor, which was a lot of money, enough for him to live for more than half a year.
Moreover, after all, he has read the book and seen some doorways, these people are extraordinary, it is the strange beast, there is also a fierce aura in his eyes, he can use the strange beast to pull the cart, and the origin is extraordinary. There's no need to offend.
went up to the third floor, picked a room at random, and Ning Wuqian said to the few demons who were in the dust, "Take a rest today, and then make plans tomorrow!"
The old Jiaolong head walked from Lingcheng to Zhaocheng, but it was not a short journey, even if there was a car pulled by a squirrel, it took a month, of course. With their means, it only takes half a day to get there.
It's just that Ning Wujian wants to collect information about the White Lotus Gate, so he naturally has to start from the subtleties, and the cities on the way are all places that should not be missed, so he will choose to walk.
Fortunately, there are still a lot of interesting things to do along the way, which is not so boring.
It's approaching evening. The inn prepared a pile of beast meat and served it in a large wooden basin, not for Ning Wuqian and them, but for the skull. This guy is like a ferocious beast, he eats raw meat, and he must be full, and if he can't eat enough, he will cry.
Stay in the middle of nowhere, like the Shaoxian Mountains. Far away from human tracks, it is conceivable that the IQ of the kiln, among the fierce beasts, is the more ignorant type.
You have to eat tens of thousands of catties of meat for a meal. If it weren't for Ning Wuqian who caught a lot of property in the West Sea, he would have been eaten poor by this foodie a long time ago, and it would not be easy to raise a fierce beast.
Ning Wuqian had already instructed the store to buy enough beast meat, paid in advance, and watched the pot of meat being eaten by a strange beast like a cow, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er were dumbfounded, so much meat, they couldn't eat it in their lifetime, but it wasn't enough for this strange beast to eat.
"Wow!" another pot of meat was eaten by the squirrel, and when he saw that there was no more meat, he called out and looked at the shopkeeper and the little second stream drooling.
In the eyes of the kiln, these are also food, which can be eaten, but the owner does not allow it.
The shopkeeper and Xiao Er both wiped their sweat, and when they were looked at by this strange beast, they seemed to have become food, which reminded them of Lao Jiaolong's sentence that this beast eats people, and their hearts almost jumped out, and they looked at Ning Wujian on the side.
"That, guest officer, there is no beast meat today, and there are still some green vegetables and radishes, I don't know if it can eat it?"
Ning Wuqian patted it on the head of the kiln, and the kiln shrank its head, in fact, it is still very satisfied with this kind of life, it used to stay on the Shaoxian Mountain, and when it was thirsty, it could only drink rainwater, and when it was hungry, it had to hunt for food by itself, maybe it would encounter the terrible beasts in the sea, in the West Sea, even it did not dare to trespass, now it is the water to open its mouth, the meat to open its mouth, and it is much more comfortable than the previous life of the outlaw.
"That's all for today, you guys go down, prepare more tomorrow, money is not a problem. ”
"Yes, guest officer, I must prepare enough beast meat tomorrow!" The shopkeeper nodded, he also saw that money is definitely not a problem for those who can raise this kind of strange beast, and the rhythm of spending money is like dirt in a day!
Going down to the third floor, Xiao Er sighed, "Uncle, that strange beast is so terrifying, when you look at me, you feel that you are facing the most terrible beast, even the one in the palace, and it is not so terrible." ”
"I can see that it is the strange beast recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", living on the Shaoxian Mountain, which was extremely powerful in ancient times, but unfortunately the ancient flood continent was broken, and the Shaoxian Mountain was nowhere to be found. Even if that strange beast is not a pure-blooded manhole, it should be its descendants, these people can use the hole to pull the cart, they are definitely those characters in the fairy gate, even if they are in the fairy gate, they are also powerful characters, don't slack off, wait a while, you will personally go to Zhang Butcher and order all the beast meat there there. "The shopkeeper has read some strange beast chronicles, and knows how terrible these strange beasts are.
"Well, I'll go now!" Xiao Er nodded, not only fear, but also excitement and joy in his eyes.
Tens of thousands of catties of meat every day, it is a lot of money, the inn helps to buy, naturally you have to collect some money, even if you draw one thousandth a day, it is a lot of money, almost a year's salary for him.
Think about it, Xiao Er's heart is hot, the beast is not so vicious, but becomes cute, the more it eats, the more money it gets, thinking that he may have a lot of money soon, he can marry a daughter-in-law, Xiao Er feels that the future is beautiful.
Not only Xiao Er, but the shopkeeper is also thinking about how much money he can get, such a big man doesn't care about money anymore, but he has also read the book of sages, and he knows that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, just a normal commission, and he didn't think about it.
When night falls, the whole Zhaocheng is shrouded in thick darkness, Zhaocheng has a "curfew" regulations, after nightfall, people are not allowed to walk on the streets, and merchants are not allowed to open shops to sell things.
In the darkness of the night, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the wide and lonely streets, and in the verdant night, an old black horse led a carriage slowly forward, driven by an old man wearing a hat, skinny as wood, just like the horse, with only skin wrapped in bones.
On the carriage, two miserable white lanterns shone brightly, illuminating the road ahead, heading straight towards the central palace of Zhaocheng. (To be continued......)