The wheels of the carriage rolled in the snow, making a squeaking sound. Lao Li drove the carriage, and from time to time he leisurely picked up the wine bottle and poured a sip into his mouth, making a "tsk" sound.
Looking back at the corner of the carriage curtain, Gu Xiao was lying on his back in the carriage, sleeping soundly. His sleeping posture on the snow was even more exaggerated. He was lying on Gu Xiao's abdomen in a large shape, with his mouth open and his face pink. His tender tongue stretched out slightly, and one of his paws still grasped Gu Xiao's cloak on his belly. Old Li looked at the person and the mink in the car dotingly, lowered the curtain, and pulled the horse's mouth. , slowing down the carriage, for fear that the jolt would wake up Gu Xiao and Taxue inside the carriage.
As the carriage drove slowly, the outline of Liangzhou City was not visible in the distance. There were gradually more merchants and carriages passing by on the roadside. Lao Li sat on the carriage and looked at the road ahead, where a foot shop appeared. , turned around and said to the car: "Young Master, we are still far away from Liangzhou City. There is a resting place ahead. Let's go eat something and feed the horses some fodder before continuing on the road."
Gu Xiao was sleeping when he heard Uncle Li calling him. He got up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and opened the car curtain. As he stood up and opened the curtain, he knocked over Ta Xue who was lying on Gu Xiao's belly in the car. , Texue rolled several times in the car. Just now Texue was having a sweet dream. In the dream, he was in a paradise surrounded by rabbit meat. Just when he was about to taste the delicious food in his mouth, he was destroyed by Gu Xiao. After waking up from the dream, Ta Xue made a dissatisfied protest at Gu Xiao.
Gu Xiao looked at the way he was walking in the snow, scratched his head with guilt, got out of the car, sat next to Uncle Li, and said: "Just listen to Uncle Li, let's go to the foot shop to eat something before going into the city." Late."
When Lao Li saw that the young master agreed, he raised his riding whip and shouted "Drive". The horse's buttocks felt pain, so he spread his hooves and ran forward. The curled up Ta Xue fell asleep. He was knocked over by the sudden acceleration of the carriage, and his head hit the carriage carriage. His dream was disturbed repeatedly. Ta Xue seemed helpless and did not make any more protest sounds. Wrap his fluffy tail around his body, burrow his head into his two front paws, and think about continuing his sweet dream.
In the blink of an eye, the carriage drove to the foot shop. Gu Xiao and Lao Li got out of the car one after another. The waiter in front of the door was stamping his feet coldly. Seeing the guests coming, he hurriedly changed into a pair of shoes. He stepped forward with a smile and said: "Two guests, are you staying in an inn or working as a guest? The inn has Chunri Zui that is only available in Liangzhou City, as well as the best yellow beef."
Old Li looked at Gu Xiao, and Gu Xiao smiled and said, "Uncle Li just gives you the order. I'll go to the carriage and wake up that sleepy Taxue." After saying that, Gu Xiao turned around and opened the carriage curtain and shouted softly: " Hey, Ta Xue, we're at the foot shop, you sleepyhead, you've been sleeping all the way, get up quickly."
Texue was disturbed from her sweet dreams twice, and now she didn't want to give up the opportunity to fall asleep. She completely ignored Gu Xiao, changed her sleeping position, and started snoring with her back to Gu Xiao.
Gu Xiao smiled bitterly and shook his head, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Oh, what a pity, there are so many delicious foods, forget it, Uncle Li and I are going to enjoy it." After that, he lowered the car curtain and turned to leave. , at this moment, a milky-white figure flashed out from the window of the carriage and rushed straight into Gu Xiao's arms. It was so strong that Gu Xiao almost threw him "butt back, falling on the sand like a wild goose" in the snow. .
Lao Li caught a glimpse of Ta Xue running into Gu Xiao's arms from the carriage, so he turned around and commanded the waiter with ease: "Give us half a piece of Chun Ri Zui, a plate of yellow beef, a plate of cooked goose, another plate of vegetarian dishes, four steamed buns, and then Take my horse to the stable and feed it some fine feed." After saying that, Lao Li took a piece of silver from his waist and threw it to the waiter as a reward.
"Okay, I'll invite you inside!" The waiter received the reward, his smile almost reached his ears, he was busy leading the way, and he bowed to open the door curtain for Gu Xiao and Lao Li.
Holding the curled up Ta Xue in their arms, Gu Xiao and Lao Li followed the waiter into the foot shop. The foot shop was not big, with two floors. The closed door of the guest room on the second floor made people feel like this. The Spring Festival is approaching, and there are more guests than before, whether they are returning home to visit relatives or traveling from north to south. The first floor is a place to rest and eat. There are more than ten square wooden tables, each table is surrounded by Surrounded by benches. Many of them have not been replaced for many years, and these tables are covered with layers of oil.
There were already three tables of customers on this floor. Gu Xiao looked around and saw that the old shopkeeper with a gray beard was quickly fiddling with the abacus at the counter. From time to time, he used the hand holding the pen with saliva to flip through the account book in his hand, carefully calculating what would happen in the store today. Enter the account.
There are several merchants sitting in the southwest corner of the hall, all dressed in thick velvet clothes. They look like businessmen who do business all year round. In the northwest corner, several people dressed as hunters are picking up pasta in bowls, with a lot of game at their feet. , a quick glance revealed that it was a nearby hunter who was going to the city during the Lantern Festival to sell the game he had hunted recently at a good price.
What caught Gu Xiao's attention was a bearded man in the southeast corner of the shop who was eating and drinking. He was in his thirties or forties and had a beard.
In this cold winter season, this big man was only wearing a single shirt, and his muscles seemed to burst the single shirt. The big man held a roast goose in his hand and chewed it until his mouth was full of oil. In the big man's big hand like a cattail leaf fan, the fat roast goose seemed as small as a plaything in a child's hand. The big man was eager to eat. He took one bite of the roast goose and drank it down. A bowl of wine, but there were still faint beads of sweat on his greasy face.
Feeling Gu Xiao's gaze, the big man raised his huge head, with a hint of ferocity in his eyes. Gu Xiao was no longer a fledgling gangster, so he could naturally see that this rude man was practicing Kung Fu, but after all, he was staring at others. Somewhat rude, Gu Xiao nodded with a smile. Seeing the young man in green clothes and a big cloak, the big man smiled and nodded in courtesy. He just said that he was a young man who came back to the city to visit relatives. He had never seen the world and did not have the same experience as Gu Xiao, so he took it back. With a fierce look, he lowered his head and focused on the roasted goose in his hand.
The waiter led Gu Xiao and others to an empty table in the foot shop, pulled off the cleaning cloth on his shoulders, quickly wiped the greasy table and stools, and invited Gu Xiao and others to sit down. , and then said loudly to the chef: "Half a piece of Chunri drunkenness, a plate of yellow beef, a plate of cooked goose, the same vegetarian dish, and four steamed buns!"
The general sat down, and Lao Li leaned into Gu Xiao's ear and whispered: "Young Master, that big man is practicing kung fu outside his body. He looks like a man from the world at first glance. How could he be here..."
Gu Xiao raised his hand and made a silent gesture, and said softly: "Master told us not to cause any trouble when we go down the mountain. We just need to eat what we have."
After listening to the young master's instructions, Lao Li stopped caring about the big man. After a while, the waiter came with food, roasting beef and goose, and filled the table with vegetarian steamed buns. Seeing this, Lao Li started to eat. He took out two pairs of chopsticks from the chopstick cage on the side, wiped them and handed them to Gu Xiao.
The two were about to use their chopsticks. Ta Xue, who was curled up in Gu Xiao's arms, smelled the aroma of food. He poked his triangular head out of his cloak and quickly licked his lips with his pink tongue. Gu Xiao saw this and cursed with a smile: "You This guy, you woke up as soon as the food arrived." He laughed and scolded, but he still reached out and pulled off a piece of goose meat and fed it to Ta Xue. Ta Xue sniffed it with his small nose, and hurriedly got out of Gu Xiao's cloak. The two front paws eagerly picked up the goose meat, jumped to Gu Xiao's feet, and started chewing the goose meat.
Gu and Xiao were eating when they heard the neighing of horse hooves outside the door, and the sound of dismounted footsteps. Before anyone arrived, a loud voice came into the foot shop: "Is there anyone alive? Mr. Liu is here, what's the matter? Isn’t there anyone who can breathe? If you don’t come out to greet us, I will tear this wretched place of yours apart.”
The waiter, old shopkeeper and others in the store changed their expressions when they heard the loud voice mentioning the name 'Mr. Liu'. The shopkeeper quickly encouraged the waiter beside him to greet the guests, while he quickly tidied up his clothes and moved from the counter. When he came out, perhaps because he was old, the old shopkeeper almost fell out.
The waiter hurriedly supported the old shopkeeper, but the old shopkeeper hurriedly said to the waiter: "Fifth son, go quickly, go and greet Mr. Liu, don't let Mr. Liu get angry, our small shop can't be saved."
After hearing what the shopkeeper said, the waiter hurried out the door to greet him.
The old shopkeeper also walked tremblingly towards the door. When he passed by Gu Xiao, he staggered and almost fell. Gu Xiao quickly stretched out his hand to support the old shopkeeper's body, which was about to fall, and said: "Old man, slow down. , you are old, what kind of distinguished guests are you seeing outside, with such a big pomp?"
The old shopkeeper bowed to Gu Xiao, looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Thank you, Master. I'm fine. I don't know, Master Liu. His real name is Liu Yi, and he is from Liangzhou City." Tyrant, bully men and women, do all kinds of evil, and take away any lady he likes at will. When the little old man went to the city to buy goods a few days ago, he heard that this 'Mr. Liu' was eating and drinking in Yuelai Building. Yuelai The waiter upstairs accidentally spilled some wine on his shoes, so he broke the waiter's hands. The poor boy was only nineteen years old and already became disabled. Such evil behavior, that Liu The young master and the Liu family behind him have done countless things, and we, the people of Liangzhou, hate and fear them."
Lao Li on the side listened and slammed the table angrily: "The government doesn't care about the world?"
The old shopkeeper hurriedly went to appease Old Li, fearing that Young Master Liu outside the store might hear him, he whispered: "Guest, please don't be angry. If you offend Mr. Liu, there will be no good fruit to eat. It is said that Mr. Liu's uncle is the governor of Langzhou. Lian is a high-ranking official in the imperial court. I heard that Mr. Liu’s natal family belongs to some kind of martial arts sect and has many martial arts practitioners. As the governor of Liangzhou, we did not dare to offend Gao Lian, so we opened our eyes to Mr. Liu. Close one eye."
Gu Xiao, who was listening to the side, was also filled with anger. When he was about to speak, he heard a ping-pong sound and a crash outside the foot shop. The waiter flew into the foot shop like a piece of rag. The waiter flew straight towards There was an empty table in the store. The table was shattered by the impact of the waiter's body. The waiter vomited a mouthful of blood from the kick and lay on the ground moaning continuously.
The same loud voice was accompanied by seven or eight people in colorful clothes who entered the store. These people in colorful clothes all carried powerful bows on their backs, quivers on their waists, short knives on their waists, and some dead prey in their hands. Look, he is a martial arts practitioner. Surrounded by everyone, 'Mr. Liu' stepped into the store with an evil smile. Mr. Liu tied his hair with a jade crown, wore a pair of lion jade pendants hanging from his waist in black brocade clothes, and was covering his mouth with a silk brocade handkerchief. Nose, only Jinshang's deep eye sockets and a line of depressed eyebrows are exposed. As if he was afraid of smelling the smell in the shop, one of them shouted at the waiter who was groaning on the ground: "I told you to demolish your little shop, what are you doing here?"
The voice was that of the person with the loud voice before. This person was a man with a sword across his waist and a fierce look on his face. After entering the store, he kept brushing his luxurious boots with a riding crop. It can be seen that the waiter had just turned a corner This is the person who was kicked into the store.
When Gu Xiao saw how many people were bullying the shop owner, he wanted to get up. Seeing that Gu Xiao was thin, the old shopkeeper thought he was a scholar and was afraid that the young man would suffer a loss. Mr. Liu'.
