"Knock" sounded, Hong Er threw the knife on the ground, turned around and picked up the kneeling young man, stared at his tearful eyes, and said word by word: "Boy, who sent you? Or did you come by yourself?"

Due to the problem of angle, the young man could not see the scene on the bed, facing Hong Er's fierce face, he had completely lost the consciousness of resistance, his eyes looked at Hong Er in despair, and he trembled and subconsciously said: "We are here by ourselves." ”

"Why come?"

"We saw Uncle Tong come back with injuries, and the other brothers and sisters didn't come back, and we overheard Uncle Tong talking to the master outside the room, and heard them talk about thieves and sneak attacks, so we sneaked out to avenge the brothers. ”

“。。。 Hong Er stopped talking after hearing this, and threw the boy to the side of the bed, the boy raised his head hesitantly, but he didn't see the imaginary miserable image, only a deep knife mark on the edge of the bed.

He turned his head to look at Hong Er, but Hong Er closed his eyes and said, "Take all your fellow disciples back, and by the way, help me bring a message to Tong Yuan, so that I can do it myself." ”

"You... The young man wanted to speak again, but Hong Er suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, "Get out!"

The young man was shocked, and he climbed on the bed and the two people on the ground, and when he looked down and wanted to go through the hole in the wall, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and a person was horizontal in front of him, and the young man looked up, it turned out to be Yun Menghan with a serious face with his hands behind his back, and the young man's eyes showed fear again.

Hong Er turned his head to look at Yun Menghan, only to see that Yun Menghan's face suddenly changed, he put his hand in front of him with a smile, held a handful of melon seeds, and began to swallow it, and turned sideways to make room for the young man, and after making a gesture of please, he walked to Hong Er and sat down in front of him with melon seeds.

The young man checked the man's injuries, and after knowing that there was no danger to his life, he turned his head and glanced at Hong Er and the others with a complicated expression, and then carried one person on his back and left the inn with difficulty with two people.

Yun Menghan handed the melon seeds to Hong Er, and after seeing that the other party did not react, he ate them by himself, and said while eating, "Senior brother, why did you let him go?"

"There is no why. Hong Er got up and walked to the bed, lay down in his clothes, turned his back to the two people in the room, and seemed to be asleep.

Yun Menghan shrugged his shoulders indifferently, stood up and patted Lin Yuanqing's shoulder, turned around and walked through the hole, it turned out that next door was Yun Menghan and Ye Yuanqing's room.

Lin Yuanqing stood in a daze for a while, tilted his neck to look at Hong Er who was lying on the bed, bent down to pick up the long knife on the ground, and went to sleep after cleaning up the room briefly.

The next day, Hong Er and Lin Yuanqing got up together, and the two were about to go downstairs to wash up and have breakfast, and when they opened the door, they saw the shopkeeper leaning on the pillar at the door, his eyes were closed, his brows were locked, his face was pale, and the muscles on his face twitched from time to time, as if he was having an extremely terrifying nightmare.

Lin Yuanqing lowered his body and gently shook Xiao Er's shoulder, who knew that Xiao Er bounced up suddenly, his eyes were bloodshot, he looked around nervously, and after a while, he saw that it was Lin Yuanqing and Hong Er, and he nodded his head and whispered to the two with a smile on his face: "Two guest officers, how did you rest last night?"

"Okay, what's wrong?" Lin Yuanqing asked puzzled.

"Uh... This one... Xiao Er looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

"Don't bother, if you have something to say, say it quickly. Hong Er said loudly angrily.

Xiao Er was startled by Hong Er's voice, gritted his teeth, and said as if he had let go: "Last night, there was a fight and scolding in the house of the two of you, and then a few people ran out of it, and our shopkeeper didn't dare to come to see it, so let me ask, don't embarrass me." After speaking, he looked at the two with a sad face.

Hong Eryi pushed the door open, poked his thumb behind him, and said, "See for yourself." ”

"Oops, okay. Xiao Er nodded hurriedly and trotted in, and then exclaimed.

Hong Er tilted his head, leaned against the pillar next to him, and shouted, "Come out and say." ”

The shopkeeper walked out like a dead face, stood behind Hong Er, and whispered, "This... This one... ”

"Hurry up!" said Hongji impatiently.

"Uh... Hero, you see the walls are broken, and the bed is full of knife marks, if someone else comes to see it and thinks we are a black shop, two... Uncle, we are operating with a small capital, can we compensate for it?" After speaking, the shopkeeper secretly glanced at Lin Yuanqing, and when he saw Lin Yuanqing looking over, he hurriedly looked down at the ground.

Lin Yuanqing frowned and said, "Master, look... ”

"Hmph, a good man is a good man, Xiao Er, how much do you want?" Hong Er said with his back to the two.

"Hehe, the hero is really bold!" Xiao Er heard Hong Er say this, and immediately gave a thumbs up with a smile.

"Less nonsense!How much?"

"Well, it costs about ten taels of silver to repair the walls, and twenty taels each of the two wooden beds, for a total of fifty taels of silver. After Xiao Er finished speaking, he rubbed his hands and looked at Hong Er with a smile on his face.

"What?!Twenty taels of silver?!Grab money?!You little broken shops are only two dollars of silver for a night!Just this broken camphor wooden bed, open your mouth for twenty taels?!" Hong Er turned around after hearing this, pointed at Xiao Er's nose and shouted.

"Hey, don't get excited, this is not an ordinary camphor wood bed, but made of red sour branch wood from southern Yunnan, which is extremely rare in the Central Plains. Xiao Er squinted his eyes slightly and spoke eloquently.

"You're stupid to me?!Just this broken wood, if it's a red sour branch, I... Hong Er was angry, walked to the side of the bed in a few steps as he spoke, put his hand on the edge of the bed and touched it, and suddenly fell silent, while the shopkeeper looked at Hong Er with a smile.

Hong Er has a wide range of knowledge, and when he touched it, he knew that this bed was indeed made of red acid branches as Xiao Er said, and he didn't know how to say it for a while, Lin Yuanqing saw Hong Er like this, and he also understood one or two in his heart, and came over and asked quietly: "Master, is it really worth so much money?"

"Hmm. Hong Er's voice was inaudible.

"Not enough money?" Lin Yuanqing's voice became even quieter.

This time, Hong Er didn't even want to make a sound, walked up to Xiao Er, smiled, and said in a soothing tone: "Little brother, let's do it, you go downstairs first, and we will take the money and go down to give it to you." ”

"But the guest officer... The shopkeeper wanted to speak again, but he saw that although Hong Er was smiling, he couldn't feel a trace of a smile, and there was a trace of gloomy feeling, so many years of experience in running the hall told him to withdraw quickly.

"Oh, that's good, please feel free to visit, I'll wait for you downstairs. After Xiao Er finished speaking, he didn't look back, and the smoke was gone.

"Master, what should I do?" Lin Yuanqing couldn't help but ask anxiously.

"Wait a minute, don't talk yet, I'll see how much money I have on me. Hong Er poured all the money on his body and in his bag on the table, and counted them one by one: "Ten taels, five taels, five taels, four coins, six wen, how much do you have?"

Lin Yuanqing spread out his hands and looked at Hong Er helplessly, while Hong Er slapped his forehead and said, "Why don't I accept a rich kid as an apprentice?"