Master Luo Cao

County magistrate Fu did what he said, and when he said he would set off immediately, he set off immediately, returned to the mansion, changed into a clear and straight train, carried the burden prepared by his servants, and rode out with Kou Luoche on horseback.After walking for about half a day, we came to a small town called Huaming Spring in Jiuhe County.

The name of the town is nice, and the scenery is not bad. A river meanders in front of the town. There are a few buffaloes grazing by the river. It is almost dusk. Wisps of cooking smoke, a peaceful and peaceful appearance.Fu Yunshu led the horse and looked at this scene, suddenly felt something in his heart, thinking, it seems not bad to live in such a leisurely way.

Kou Luoche who was on the side suddenly said, "Brother Fu, look over there." Fu Yunshu looked in the direction of Kou Luoche's finger, and a group of children who were not as tall as their thighs were surrounding an adult. He seemed to want to leave, but the children grabbed him and yelled something loudly.Fu Yunshu asked doubtfully, "Is this the adult playing with the children?"

Kou Luoche said: "I'm afraid it's not." He walked in their direction, and only when he got closer did he see clearly that one of the sleeves of the adult was empty, with only one arm, and his clothes were ragged, his hair was messy, and his face was covered with pimples. Stains, can not see the original face.And the kids were pulling at him, yelling "crazy" and "crazy" around him.

Fu Yunshu followed and saw the scene clearly. He couldn't bear it, walked up to the man and blocked him, and said to the group of hairy children with a straight face: "Don't do to others what you don't want to be done to others, he has a disabled mind. Incomplete is already very pitiful, why do you still pester and laugh at him? How did your husband teach you?"

Maybe it was because of the little magistrate's white and tender face that such words were not intimidating. The hairy kids were stunned for a moment, then ignored him and continued to yell at the man.

Seeing the little county magistrate's cheeks flushed with anger, Kou Luoche stepped forward, grabbed a handful of things from his pocket, threw them away from a distance, and shouted: "Grab candy!"

Candy and madman, the hairy kids resolutely abandoned the latter, pushing each other and running towards the candy.

Fu Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Why do you still carry such things with you?"

Kou Luoche said: "The journey is long, eat a piece of candy, but it will relieve your fatigue." Stretch out a fist, put it in front of Fu Yunshu, spread out the palm, there is a candy inside, Kou Luoche said: "The last one ,for you."

Fu Yunshu squeezed the candy from his hand, turned around and passed it to the man, and asked, "Do you want to eat?"

The man stared at the candy in Fu Yunshu's hand, and suddenly trembled all over, chanting, "Medicine... panacea..."

Fu Yunshu explained patiently, "This is candy, sweet, not medicine."

But the man suddenly screamed, bumped into Fu Yunshu, and fled. He was missing an arm, but his legs were flexible, and he disappeared after a while.

Kou Luoche quietly said: "Brother Fu, I don't appreciate it."

Fu Yunshu turned his head, stared at Kou Luoche a few times, and threw the candy into his mouth.

The two walked into the town side by side. There were several long stone benches in front of the town. Several old people were sitting on the stone benches with rice bowls and eating and chatting. Watchful, silently staring at them.Fu Yunshu stepped forward bravely, gave a little salute, and said: "Several old people, we are passers-by passing through Jiuhe County. We heard that the bandits in Jiuhe are so powerful that we dare not rush on the road in the middle of the night. Dare to ask if there are any in the town?" Can the inn accommodate the two of us?"

Perhaps it was because these two young men were beautiful, and they didn't look like the rough appearance of the bandits in their impression. Several old people eased their expressions, and one of them said: "There is an inn, but it's a little small. If you two don't dislike it, The old man can show you the way."

Fu Yunshu hurriedly said: "Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, please trouble this old gentleman."

The two walked in the direction pointed by the old man to a small farmyard. A plaque hung crookedly on the gate, with a few crooked words engraved on it - Yuelai Inn.

Kou Luoche said: "It's really small." It can almost be called dilapidated.

Fu Yunshu said: "In Jiuhe County, it would be nice to find a place to live." Looking at the small dilapidated courtyard in front of him, he couldn't even call the word "inn".

The two knocked on the courtyard door, "Shop? Shop? Is anyone there?"

No one responded.

Kou Luoche stretched out his hand and pushed lightly, the courtyard door opened in response, and there was no one in the courtyard.The two led the horse in, tied the horse to a stake in the yard, and walked towards the house.Kou Luoche suddenly said quietly: "This kind of scene is very similar to some legendary stories I have read before."

Fu Yunshu looked at him in bewilderment, "Legendary script?"

Kou Luoche said: "The chivalrous man came to the empty inn alone, pushed the door open, and encountered either swords and swords that had been ambushing for a long time, or lonely ghosts hiding in the courtyard waiting for opportunities to harm people."

His voice was low and hoarse, just as a gust of wind blew by at this moment, Fu Yunshu trembled silently, but said seriously, "Don't talk nonsense."

The two walked through the courtyard and walked to the eaves. Kou Luoche reached out and knocked on the door, "Is there anyone there?"

Still no response.

Kou Luoche turned his head, looked at Fu Yunshu, and silently said "I'm going to push the door".Fu Yunshu took a calm breath and nodded with a straight face.Kou Luoche smiled, and with a little effort, the wooden door creaked open.

The room was neither open nor lit, and it was very dark. The two squinted their eyes for a while, only to see that there seemed to be someone lying on the counter.

Fu Yunshu's heart tightened, he tugged at Kou Luoqi's sleeve, and whispered, "Look, is there someone over there?"

"Well, there seems to be someone," Kou Luoche said, "I just don't know if it's a living person or a dead person." After finishing speaking, he secretly watched Fu Yunshu's reaction with a sideways glance. The paws were tight, and he said: "I'll go and have a look." Kou Luoche didn't stop him, and let the little county magistrate grope and walk over, listening to him softly said: "Brother, we passed by Baodi, we want to One night stay, is there any room left?"

The man seemed to be really dead, and he didn't respond at all.

Fu Yunshu looked back at Kou Luocha, Kou Luocha gave him an encouraging look, he had no choice but to swallow his saliva, stretched out a finger, and poked the man's shoulder carefully, "This brother..."

As if the bones of the Black Wind Cave turned into spirits, and the old corpse in the morgue returned to life, a silent wind blew past. The person lying on the table raised his head faintly, and said in a hoarse voice, "What's the matter with you?"

Fu Yunshu jumped back in fright, and hit Kou Luochao's chest. With a light laugh, he naturally backhanded Fu Yunshu to protect him, stepped forward and said, "The two of us are passing through Baodi and want to stay overnight, the shopkeeper Yes, is there any room available?"

The gloomy shopkeeper yawned continuously, rolled his eyes and said, "There's only one room, I can't live with it."

Fu Yun's writing became hot, and he quietly glanced at Kou Luoche in front of him, but Kou Luoche didn't change his face, and asked, "The price?"

The shopkeeper stretched out three fingers and shook them.Kou Luoche said, "Three articles?"

The shopkeeper said: "How can there be a room for three Wen a room these days? You might as well go to sleep in the wild, and you don't need a penny!"

Fu Yunshu said: "Three coins? It's a bit expensive."

The shopkeeper smiled coldly and didn't answer.Kou Luoche raised his eyebrows and said, "Could it be two or three nights?"

The shopkeeper withdrew his fingers and said, "Exactly."

Kou Luoqiao immediately pulled Fu Yunshu and was about to go out, "Two or two nights, you might as well grab it!"

The shopkeeper said faintly from behind: "So what if we really go to rob? There are so many bandits outside the county, what have you done to kill and steal goods? What can the government do with them? Animals in captivity stay here. Now that I have marked the price clearly, if I don’t live with you, how can it be compared with robbery?”

Fu Yunshu froze.Kou Luoche tugged, seeing that he was not following, turned around and called, "Brother Fu."

Fu Yunshu raised his head slowly and said, "Brother Kou, what he said is not without reason."

Kou Luoche said: "Are you really going to be taken advantage of by this?"

Fu Yunshu said: "It's only three taels of silver." Young Master Fu is rich and powerful, but it's only three taels of silver. Kou Luoche was speechless, so he let go, watched him go back silently, and took out an embroiderer from the skirt From the exquisite purse, he took out a small piece of silver and put it on the counter, "It happens to be three taels here, where is the room?"

The shopkeeper, Mo Yue, is the descendant of the face-changing lineage of Sichuan opera. Before his eyes fell on the silver, he had already held the silver in his palm, brought it to his mouth, and gnawed it carefully. The anger was swept away, and it turned into a bright smile. He nodded and bowed to welcome Fu Yunshu to the backyard, "Where is your room? It's not early in the morning, what do you two want to eat? I'll buy it for you, the little one." !"

Fu Yunshu was startled by this guy's capriciousness, glanced at him, turned his head and asked Kou Luoche, "Brother Kou, what do you want to eat?"

Kou Luoche said: "I have no taboos, just follow Brother Fu."

Fu Yunshu said to the shopkeeper: "Just buy some fresh and refreshing food."

The shopkeeper went out with a shy smile, not forgetting to close the door before leaving.Kou Luoche lit a candle, and a beam of light shone slightly in the dark room. He looked around. Although the room was narrow, it was tidy, but there was only one bed, one quilt, a pillow.Kou Luoche tried to put together the two benches in the room, but found that he couldn't even put his two legs down, so he mocked himself and said to Fu Yunshu: "I can't sleep on a bench if I want to, so I can only lie on the ground tonight."

Fu Yunshu was silent for a moment, and said, "If Brother Kou doesn't mind, you and I can make do for a night."

Kou Luoche asked back, "Brother Fu, do you mind?"

Fu Yunshu paused, turned his head away unnaturally, and said, "You and I are both men, why do you mind?"

Kou Luoche smiled and said: "Brother Fu doesn't mind, I don't have anything to pay attention to." After a pause, he said: "When I was a child, I lived alone outside. In order to make ends meet, I often went to restaurants and inns to work part-time. I can make do with sleeping in the store. There are many small workers in the store. Usually, ten or twenty people lie in a big bunk. I am young and have been squeezed in a corner. Sometimes I will be squeezed out of bed after sleeping until midnight. I got up but there was no place for me, so I had to lie on the ground pitifully." Obviously he was recalling his unfortunate childhood, but he seemed to be telling a joke, with a gentle smile, "At that time, I thought, if there is a chance to marry a wife in the future, I must I want to marry someone who sleeps well." His eyes fell on Fu Yunshu's slightly thin face tenderly, "I don't know how brother Fu sleeps?"