standard martial arts novel

When the leader came back, he found that the inn was too quiet. He raised his head and looked in the direction of the guest room: "Did you go to sleep so early?"

Xiao Er immediately knelt down and kowtowed straightly: "Master, you have learned a lot. According to your instructions, I prepared wine and food to serve the young master upstairs, but for some reason, when the wine jar was opened, the young master I just lay on the table and didn’t move. I went to the place where I bought wine and questioned it. I also smelled it myself. A humble life is worthless, but there are..."

"You still bought wine?" The leader interrupted Xiao Er.

"Yes. Before leaving, the master ordered to take good care of the young master, so the young one went to sell the best wine here, 50 years old..."

"Pfft..." The leader couldn't help laughing. Seeing Xiao Er's face was inexplicable, he managed to suppress his laughter, "It's because he himself is too poor to drink, he will get drunk when he smells alcohol, so I don't blame you." The hero will get drunk with a sip of wine. It's not too unexpected to talk nonsense and get drunk immediately after smelling the strong alcohol.Fortunately, the hero is already drunk, so the leader doesn't have to worry that he will hear the noise and run down to meddle in his own business.

The lobby of the inn has become empty, all the tables and chairs are gone, only the counter is still standing there, and even the shelf full of wine jars behind the counter is empty.Seeing the leader looking around, the shopkeeper came forward: "Master, the tables, chairs, furniture and a few broken wine jars in the small shop are not worth much. But if these things are broken, if they make any noise, the building will be shocked." If the young master on the bed sleeps, the crime of the little old man will be serious."

Apparently he was afraid that someone would break things, so the shopkeeper opened his mouth and turned his tongue, which was a good intention.Xiao Er felt more and more that the shopkeeper was just being a shopkeeper at the Yuelai Inn, and it was a waste of money.

The leader nodded: "Then let's all be gentle." As he said, he grabbed a small teacup on the counter without making any sound, and the small teacup became a handful of broken porcelain pieces the size of a small fingernail.

My lord, everything is packed like this, you can still find things to smash.Xiao Er admired the leader very much.Fortunately, it was only a teacup that was broken, and it was a rough porcelain that can be bought everywhere, so it doesn't hurt to break a single one.

The gambling house thug who was left on the sidelines thought it was finally time for him to play, and just about to shout some harsh words, the Ya point was hit by the flying little tile.

"Hush...be gentle." The teacher said, and hit the acupuncture points on his body mercilessly with the broken porcelain in his hand, causing him to fall to the ground and jump around. "Is this big brother suffering from epilepsy?" What’s wrong with him? Why did he suddenly have convulsions? He’s still foaming at the mouth. One of you stuffs something into his mouth, so he doesn’t let him bite his tongue..."

Seeing the leader holding a teacup, he beat the leading thugs all over the floor, who else would dare to step forward?

The leader finally finished beating the broken porcelain in his hand, and looked at the thug on the ground with pity: "Are you finished smoking? I have to take him to a doctor quickly." He picked up another teacup.

The thugs immediately ran away with a whimper, only hating their parents for losing two legs.

The leader just poured himself a cup of tea, then went upstairs and returned to his room. Halfway there, he suddenly remembered something and beckoned the shopkeeper and Xiao Er to come along.

The hero was still sleeping on his stomach by the table, covered with the clothes that Xiao Er gave him, and the table of delicacies from mountains and seas was already completely cold.

The leader looked at the dishes on the table, and signaled to leave a plate of braised lion head and two plates of vegetarian dishes, and take all the others away.When the shopkeeper and Xiao Er were back and forth serving dishes, he took out a money bag and dumped all the contents on the bed, and the bright real money dazzled Xiao Er's eyes.

The shopkeeper said that the Yuelai Inn has not opened for three years, and it has been open for three years, waiting for these quacks who spend their money as copper coins.Seeing the leader pick up all the broken silver, Xiao Er couldn't help but wonder if it was all reward silver for himself.After moving the dishes and taking away the wine, Xiaoer waited for the reward with a shy smile, but the leader put the broken silver into his pocket.Xiao Er was disappointed, but unexpectedly, the leader raised his hand and gave all the remaining gold and silver ingots to the shopkeeper, waving his hand to signal that they can leave.

The shopkeeper bowed deeply, and casually handed the bag full of gold and silver ingots to Xiao Er, but did not leave: "Master, this little old man and this boy are both businessmen in their own right, and the whole family is in the local area. I'm sorry for the local snake."

It turned out that the two people on the stage were carrying boxes that could hold several thousand taels of silver, all for acting.Just now, seeing that both the shopkeeper and the leader are holding it easily, Xiao Er thought that the bag would not be very heavy, but unexpectedly, once he got it, let alone walking, he would not even be able to straighten his waist.

"Master, do you want to see it?..." The shopkeeper spread the paper to grind, and handed the pen to the leader.

The leader thought for a while, picked up a brush and flicked the rice paper, but the things written were not like pictures, and the words were not like words, and he couldn't understand what was painted on.Xiao Er was baffled, but the shopkeeper was very grateful. After leaving with Xiao Er, he didn't have time to wait for the next day, so he left the message to let Xiao Er look at the store, and ran out to find a framer to mount the ghost painting talisman drawn by the teacher. stand up.

After the shopkeeper and Xiaoer had left, the leader finished his drink before waking up the hero: "Why did you fall asleep here? Eat before going to sleep."

"I fell asleep?" Daxia looked at the things on the table, still confused, "Only these few dishes? How did I remember that Xiao Er brought a table of delicious food, abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, bird's nest... ..." Before the leader could answer, the hero couldn't help laughing, "It's probably a dream. Even if he really brought it, how can we afford it? Let alone food, we can't even pay for today's accommodation pay."

"There is a way." The leader poured a pile of broken silver into the hero's hand.

The hero was startled: "Where did you get so much money?"

"Ask the shopkeeper to borrow some capital, and then win from the casino."

"Are you not afraid of losing?"

"Anyway, we can't afford the money anyway. Even if we lose, at worst we will be detained here to wash dishes for two more days."

The hero suddenly thought of another question: "Although they are all pieces of silver, they should add up to more than a dozen taels. You won so much money, the casino won't trouble you?"

"I came back when I had won enough. I didn't attract too much attention. Besides, with my appearance, if I sneaked into the crowd, no one would recognize me."

The hero finally let go of his heart, and then felt ashamed: "I planned to take care of you instead of your sister, but it turned out that you were taking care of me."

"Since you plan to treat me as your own family, don't worry about it so much." The leader gave the hero a meal, "Hurry up and go to bed early after eating."

The hero let go of the doubts in his heart, and his appetite improved: "This lion's head is delicious. I don't know if it was made by the shopkeeper or Xiaoer. It is as good as the one in the restaurant. If someone's girl marries him in the future , It’s really a blessing.”

If any girl marries him in the future, she will be really blessed.Xiaoer and the shopkeeper were eating the delicacies that the leader asked them to bring down with their daughter Hong, while thinking about the situation when the matchmaker broke through the threshold after getting the money, and the big girls and widows from all over the country were clamoring to marry him.The ring is fat, the swallows are thin, and you can choose it. Isn't it like the emperor's old son choosing a concubine?Maybe the money he gets can not only marry a daughter-in-law, but also marry a concubine.This kind of life really makes me wake up laughing in the middle of the night just thinking about it.

"What are you laughing at?" The shopkeeper couldn't bear to see Xiaoer's obscene @笑 appearance, "Aren't you letting people eat?"

"Shopkeeper, how much money can I get this time?" Xiao Er rubbed his hands.The leader gave so much at once, no matter how stingy the shopkeeper is, he can at least get a gold ingot.Then go back to my hometown in the countryside to buy a house, buy land, marry a wife and have children... Xiaoer can also live the life of a landlord.

"Let's talk about it when it's over."

"Is this not over yet?" Xiao Er clearly remembered that the hero and the leader only stayed for one night, and left at dawn tomorrow. Is this not over yet?

The shopkeeper stroked his goatee with an inscrutable expression on his face.

As the shopkeeper expected, the people in the gambling shop did not dare to offend the leader, but they couldn't swallow it either.As soon as the leader and the hero left the inn and the city gate, they came to trouble the inn.

Seeing so many people with sticks and swords rushing in, Xiao Er was so scared that he almost peed his pants, but the shopkeeper was not in a hurry, he touched a mechanism under the counter, and the counter opened a secret door.The shopkeeper pushed Xiao Er in, took the ghost painting talisman hanging on the wall, and followed him in. Regardless of the chaos outside, he just hid inside and couldn't come out.

The thugs in the gambling shop said that the leader cheated in the gambling shop, and clamored outside to ask the shopkeeper to pay back the money for the leader. The swearing words ranged from greetings from the shopkeeper and Xiao Er's eighteenth generation ancestors to the eighteenth generation great-grandson, but the shopkeeper and Xiaoer were just the same. not come out.The thug wanted to smash the counter, but he didn't know what the counter was made of. Let alone beating it with a stick, even if he chopped it with a knife, the edge of the knife would be cut and curled, and the counter remained motionless.If they couldn't hit anyone, the thugs could only smash other tables, chairs and furniture to vent their anger.

Although his life was safe, Xiao Er was still terrified by the momentum outside and kept trembling.

"Progress." The shopkeeper hid in the counter, drinking the wine as usual, memorizing the ledger, and turning the beads of the abacus, just as if no one outside existed. When I was a sophomore, it was like this every day, and it didn't stop every day of the year."

"We still have the Dragon Inn here?" Xiaoer had never heard of it.

"From Widow He's tofu shop to Widow Zhang's Mingqi shop in the north of the city was originally Longmen Inn, but that was all 20 years ago." Apart from our Yuelai Inn, Longmen Inn is the number one inn, and it opened all over the north and south of the river for a while, and it was prosperous for a while."

"What happened later?" Xiaoer became interested, "Why did the inn turn into a tofu workshop and a ghost shop?"

"It's closed down." The shopkeeper sighed, "The name of the Dragon Gate Inn is too fierce, so Jianghu guests come to Yuelai Inn to stay at the top of the store, and when they go to the Dragon Inn, they are all fighting, and every time they beat up the store. It’s a mess, and no one has ever remembered to pay. So not long after it opened, Dragon Inn closed down one after another, and now only the main store is still barely supporting it, which is used by Jianghu people to fight.”

"Then we..." Xiao Er pointed to the unbelievably strong counter.

"With the closure of one family at the Dragon Gate Inn, more and more people come to Yuelai Inn to fight. When heroes fight, it is inevitable that the innocent will be hurt, but if they kill the little girl and the shopkeeper twice in three days, who will dare to come here in the future? Work at Yuelai Inn? So in order to prevent Yuelai Inn from following in the footsteps of Longmen Inn, the head office ordered that such a counter be installed in every branch to ensure the safety of the shopkeeper and the waiter. We are a small place, and the counters are It’s so big, it’s only big enough to hide two people, plus something to decorate to pass the time.” The shopkeeper did not know where to find out one by one, "Fengshen Romance", "Three Kingdoms", "Sui and Tang Romance", "Sou Shen Ji", "The Romance of the West Chamber", "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses"...even the erotic palace. "You have also reached the age where you can marry a wife. You can look at this thing, but you are not allowed to take off your pants." When the shopkeeper put the erotic palace in the second hand, he specially warned, "If it is in the capital, or some merchant In big cities with frequent travels, the counter is just an entrance, leading to the basement, where there are enough water and dry food for more than a dozen people for more than a month. So although more and more people come to the Yuelai Inn to fight, Yuelai But there has never been a shopkeeper or waiter in the inn who suffered disaster and died."

Xiaoer originally thought that the shopkeeper was like Zhuge reincarnated, but he didn't expect the big boss of the main store to be even more powerful.

"If you want to watch the excitement, you can." The shopkeeper opened a hidden compartment behind his back, revealing two light-transmitting holes, "It is inlaid with black crystals from the Western Regions. You can't see the inside from the outside, but you can see the outside clearly from the inside." Chu. In the main store, there is also a periscope made of western silver mirror, which is convenient for observing the outside."

"Crystal..." Xiaoer couldn't help stretching out his hand.

"How you pick it, I will pick your eyeballs."

Xiaoer quickly withdrew his hand: "Shopkeeper, what should we do next?"

"Let them smash it." The shopkeeper finished keeping accounts, took a copy of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" and began to read, "We will go out after the smashing is over."

The thugs didn't leave until the entire inn was turned into a mess except for the counter.The shopkeeper pulled Xiao Er out of the hiding place, wrote down the losses of the day, and ordered Xiao Er to re-arrange the furniture.Xiao Er was quite quick, and it only took two days to restore the inn to new condition. Unexpectedly, before the firecrackers for reopening were set off, the thugs from the casino came to smash them again.The shopkeeper still took Xiaoer to hold the ghost painting talisman and hid it again. After the smashing was over, he bought the furniture again, and then continued to be smashed. ...Although the inn is not big, it is not cheap to re-purchase everything except the counter.Although the leader left a lot of money, he couldn't stand such repeated tossing.Xiao Er persuaded the shopkeeper that it is better to simply hand over the money and forget it, and treat it as a purchase of Taiping.Otherwise, if this continues, sooner or later the money will be spent in the refurbishment shop, and customers will not be attracted, and the gambling house will be offended for nothing, and an enemy will be formed.The shopkeeper shook his head with an inscrutable expression on his face.

At first Xiaoer thought that the shopkeeper was waiting for some hero who punishes evil and promotes good to help justice, but was about to ask why the shopkeeper was so naive at such a young age.The owner of the gambling shop is the nephew of the local county magistrate, and the gambling shop is covered by the government.Since the righteous heroes are righteous, they will not oppose the court; if they do not oppose the court, they will not oppose the government, otherwise they will inevitably fall into the pretext of rebellion.Besides, even if a hero in the Jianghu is a wealthy person, even if he becomes the leader of the martial arts alliance, he is still a commoner with no official status.Unless this hero is an official of the imperial court, and there is Bao Longtu behind him, who will come to replace the shopkeeper and Xiaoer to get the government's head?It's a pity that the first Bao Longtu has been dead for many years, and it is not known when the second one will be born.

After a long time, I saw that the gambling shop was coming to smash the store every day, and the shopkeeper seemed to be covered in lard, and couldn't listen to anything, so Xiao Er broke the pot and fell.Anyway, the shopkeeper is in charge of the store, and he is responsible for the sky falling, so it won't hit Xiao Er's head, and it won't be his turn to eat carrots and worry about things in the future.