The door of the hall was wide open, and you could see it at a glance.

There was a table and one person in the room, which Diao Xiaosi couldn't see before, but now he could see it.

It was a bad old man who looked like a groundhog, and the legendary Dao bone fairy boy Yan Hefa didn't match him at all, and he was wearing a fat burqa, and the gray servant seemed to have not been washed for a long time, so that Diao Xiaosi couldn't help but pinch his nose so as not to be swept down head-on.

But it was not the bad old man who spoke, but a five-colored parrot that had stopped majestically on his shoulder.

"Little friend, please come in. When the five-colored parrot was tired of calling, the bad old man sat at the table and beckoned to Diao Xiaosi.

Diao Xiaosi was not polite, walked into the hall and sat down next to the bad old man and said, "Old man, are you playing peek-a-boo with me?"

The old man smiled, and the two long and thick tufts of whiskers on his upper lip, like two small black brushes, immediately trembled.

"Sure enough, the nature of the country is easy to change, and the water of the ancient well can't wash away your flamboyant tongue. ”

"So, you know who I am?"

The bad old man smiled but didn't answer, looked Diao Xiaosi up and down, and after a while, he nodded with a satisfied look and said, "It's not bad." ”

Diao Xiaosi was stared at by him, and felt like an animal waiting to be sold in the market, and couldn't help asking: "My teeth are really good, do you want to *a* book* read* novel xstxt don't you want to read it together?"

The bad old man laughed, puffed up his two snow-white front teeth, and said, "I am the shopkeeper here." This inn, if you count the years in the world, I have lived in it for more than 20,000 years. For more than 20,000 years, I've been longing for guests to come to my door. But counting you, there are only two people who have come. ”

Diao Xiaosi looked around and said curiously: "You live alone in this place, except for the stupid starling, there is nothing, and you haven't been suffocated to death, it's really amazing." ”

"Stupid, the master is a parrot, you are the starling, and your sister is the ninth brother!" the five-colored parrot suddenly opened its mouth angrily and scolded.

Diao Xiaosi rolled his eyes at it and said, "So what, anyway, in the end, you are just a bird." ”

The bad old man smiled and said: "What I stay here is just the Dao Dharma Body, drinking tea every day, walking birds, watching flowers and pulling weeds, and I never feel bored over the years." ”

Diao Xiaosi suddenly realized: "I see, in fact, this place is quite okay, at least it is clean and wild." It's just that although I also like to be the boss, I have to do it for more than 20,000 years, and I don't make any money, which is even more uncomfortable than killing Lao Tzu. ”

The bad old man sighed and said, "Who says it's not? I've always wanted to sell this inn, but no one wants to take it over." Last time, a guest finally came, but before I could say a word, she pulled out her beard and pressed it to the ground and beat her violently, and then threw it into the ancient well outside the door, and it took more than three years to climb up......"

Diao Xiaosi looked at the bad old man and stopped talking.

What could he say? He didn't dare to say anything -- could he tell the other party that the guest who plucked out his beard was his own mother? Even if the bad old man already knew it, who would stir up people's emotions at this time.

"So I waited and waited for thousands of years, and finally I waited for you. Young, free-spirited, funny, smart, poor and lowly can not be moved, mighty can not be bent, rich and noble cannot be lewd ......"

The bad old man blurted out a lot of praise, which made Diao Xiaosi feel that he was really the only good person he met after entering the Great Void Wilderness.

"Young man, you are so in your prime, I will hand over the Half Gate Inn to you, and the old man can finally rest assured. ”

"Stop!" The first half of the conversation was happy and happy, but as soon as the conversation changed, the situation took a turn for the worse, and Diao Xiaosi hurriedly shouted: "I'm just a passerby, drink saliva and chat here, sit and go." The innkeeper has a high position and a long way to go, old man, you still have to do your best and make persistent efforts to die. ”

"No...... Hurry, don't worry, let's discuss this matter slowly. It's rare for a little friend to come to the door, so I'll treat you to three cups of tea first. With that, he swept his sleeves and three more cups of steaming tea on the table.

Diao Xiaosi beat a drum in his heart, God knows whether this tea is filled with sweat medicine or Hehuan San, anyway, this is a black shop, and he must not stay any longer, how early he left and reincarnated early in the night, he said with sincere gratitude on his face: "Thank you for the kindness of the shopkeeper." I still have urgent matters, so I'll save these three cups of tea for next time. Take care, we'll see you later. ”

As soon as his butt was lifted from the chair, he heard the old man politely say, "Why don't you sit down for a while, it's not too late to leave after drinking these three cups of tea." To tell you the truth, these three cups of tea really took me a lot of effort, and each cup has a different use, which you are full of. ”

He said as he picked up the first cup of hot tea and said, "Come, you can taste this cup of 'morning dew' first." ”

Diao Xiaosi excused himself with both hands: "Shopkeeper, you are too polite." Next time, I'll drink it next time. At this time, I was really anxious to get on the road, afraid that something bad would happen if I went back late. ”

The bad old man held the teacup and said confidently: "It's okay, I promise not to delay your work." ”

Diao Xiaosi sighed and said, "I'm afraid of delaying your three cups of tea." Shopkeeper, let's green mountains don't change the green water!"

He hurriedly saluted with his hands into fists, stood up and pulled his legs to run.

Who knew that the old man sat in the chair and said with a smile on his face: "This inn, it's easy to come in and hard to get out......

One of Diao Xiaosi's legs had already stepped on the threshold, and when he heard this, he immediately stopped, turned his head and looked at the bad old man and said, "Don't worry, I am the best at knowing the way." ”

The bad old man didn't hear it, put down the teacup and said to himself: "There are demons and monsters everywhere these days, and people's hearts are not ancient. There must be some arrangements in the inn, so as not to be taken advantage of by villains with bad intentions. Alas, pitiful, I'm afraid that the robbery will not succeed, but it will harm Qingqing's life. ”

Scare Lao Tzu - the little fourth master grew up sleeping on the grave since he was a child!

Diao Xiaosi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll help you bring a few more dogs to watch the door next time." ”

Without waiting for the bad old man to talk nonsense again, Diao Xiaosi looked up to the sky and laughed and pushed the door away.

The bad old man stretched out his hand and stroked the colorful parrot and said, "Caiguo'er, how long do you think he will come back?"

Caiguo'er crooked her little brain and thought about it, and replied, "One cup of tea, I bet three Hongyu fruits." ”

The old man smiled, closed his eyes, and sat down in a chair to recuperate.

An hour has passed, and I still haven't seen Diao Xiaosi come back.

Caiguo'er began to mumble impatiently: "Stinky boy, you can last so long, you won't really be run out by him, right?"

The bad old man drooped his eyelids and said lazily: "Don't worry, he can't run." I just hope that when he comes back, he won't be missing arms and legs. Alas, why bother!"

One person and one bird waited for another three hours, and finally there was a sound of clattering footsteps outside the door, and I saw Diao Xiaosi limping and dragging in, and sat back in his previous seat without a sound.

Caiguo'er didn't get the three Hongyu Fruits, and she was in a very bad mood, and muttered: "People nowadays are stupid, they don't hit the south wall and don't look back, they don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin, they deserve it!." ”

"Shut up," Diao Xiaosi was furious and scolded: "Lao Tzu just drank too much well water, and he was in a hurry to be complimented for a while." Who knew that there wasn't even a latrine in the inn, so I almost peed my pants. ”

The bad old man opened his eyes and said, "I still keep this tea for you." ”

"Chaolu, right?" Diao Xiaosi glanced at the three cups of tea on the table, which was still steaming, gritted his teeth and said, "Just drink it, Lao Tzu is not afraid of you as a bird!"

He picked up the teacup and drank it all, the entrance was bitter and mellow, with a wisp of elegant fragrance that seemed to be there, and the aftertaste was endless.

Diao Xiaosi was stunned, it seemed that this tea was really fine, but it was a little bitter. Could it be that he is a villain, this bad old man is really a gentleman?

The bad old man looked at him with a smile, stretched out his hand to the second cup of tea on the table, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "This cup is called 'Summer Flower'." ”

Anyway, one cup is drinking, and two cups are also drinking, Diao Xiaosi turned his heart sideways, picked up the second cup of tea and poured it into his mouth, it looked like a warrior generously going to the disaster, tragic and majestic and looking at death as home.

"Goo-du-" The second cup of tea tasted completely different from the previous cup when drunk in the mouth, sweet and soft as a syrup.

Without waiting for the bad old man to open his mouth to ask for help, Diao Xiaosi raised the last cup of tea and poured it into his mouth. This cup is neither bitter nor sweet, colorless and tasteless, like boiled water.

"What's the point of this cup?"

The old man replied leisurely, "This cup is called 'Stopping Water'. ”

"Stop the water-" Diao Xiaosi became interested and asked, "How can there be such a strange name?"

A mysterious smile escaped from the corner of the old man's lips, and he said: "Go to the morning dew, like summer flowers, and still like water...... This is the three-course tea of reincarnation. ”

"Three courses of reincarnation...... What do you mean?" Diao Xiaosi looked at the bad old man's smile, and faintly felt a great inappropriateness.

"Huh. The old man laughed but didn't answer.

Diao Xiaosi said angrily: "Pretend to be a ghost, don't say it if you don't say it." I've drunk the tea and invited the guests, can I go?"

The bad old man still didn't speak, Diao Xiaosi thought about it, gritted his teeth, took out two ingots of gold from his pocket, slapped them on the table, and said, "This is tea money, is it enough?"

The bad old man shook his head and said, "I don't take youjin. ”

Sure enough, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water to eat the water, and relying on the inn to eat the big households, this is to rip off the bamboo.

"Do you want a silver ticket?" Diao Xiaosi gritted his teeth and took out a silver ticket from the belt of the dragon.

"These three cups of tea are hard to find. The bad old man blew lightly, and the gold and silver tickets on the table turned to ashes.

"Loser-" Diao Xiaosi said angrily: "If you think the price is too low, you might as well say it directly, why treat the money as orange peel ......"

Before he finished speaking, his mind exploded with a bang, all his consciousness was scattered like fragments, his soul was boiling like water, and even the Heavenly Destiny Talisman could not stop it from resisting this collapse.

Diao Xiaosi was shocked and angry, and shouted, "Dead old man, you-"

The bad old man sat still and said with a smile: "Go to sleep, have a good dream." ”

His voice seemed to float out of the sky, becoming more and more faint and ethereal, and it was impossible to hear it really.

Diao Xiaosi opened his mouth and yawned big, and fell to the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

In his sleep, he saw a fat baby croaking to the ground, born in a large family with a lot of money, and his father named him Yang Shoukun. When he became an adult, he married a beautiful girl called Zixun as his wife, and her eyebrows were like Peng Zixin. Later, his beloved wife died early, and he was depressed all day long, and met a little girl who was lonely and sold white cakes for a living on the cold street......