North of Liangzhou and south of Lingzhou.
Because it is located between Liangzhou and Lingzhou, the town got its name: Lingliang Town.
There are about a hundred families in the town, all of whom are natives of Lingliang. It is located in the northern border of Qiyun, closer to Lingzhou.
Due to the desolate population between Liangzhou and Lingzhou, Lingliang Town has become one of the few resting places between the two states. Most merchants and escort agencies will choose to replenish supplies in Lingliang Town.
Therefore, the people of Lingliang Town started doing business in the town with the help of the escort agency of merchants traveling from north to south. Various restaurants, inns, and blacksmith shops are located on the main street of Lingliang Town.
Lingliang Inn was one of the earliest inns opened in the town. In those years, the business of Lingliang Inn was booming.
A few years later, when the people in the town saw that Lingliang Inn was making money, they all followed suit and started doing these businesses. Over time, the inns and various stores in the town opened up, but the business of Lingliang Inn was getting worse and worse.
Fortunately, with the wealth accumulated in the Lingliang Inn in the early years, shopkeeper Feng had no worries about food and clothing. He was ready to close the inn after the Yuan Day Festival. Take money, move to Liangzhou City, buy a house, hire some servants, get a wife, and a fat boy.
When the future comes to the underground and meets the ancestors, it is not considered an embarrassment to the old Feng family.
Shopkeeper Feng was lying on a lounge chair outside the inn, basking in the sun with his eyes closed, holding a shiny purple clay teapot that he had already touched.
Thinking about the future life in Liangzhou, I didn't care about the few customers in the store. I just enjoyed the rare sunshine in winter and listened to the sound of carriage wheels rolling through the snow on the street.
From time to time, I would lift the teapot in my hand, hold the spout in my mouth, and take a sip, which was so satisfying.
Just when Shopkeeper Feng was wandering in a comfortable state of mind, a call rang in his ears.
"Shopkeeper, stay at the hotel."
Although Shopkeeper Feng no longer lacks money, but there are guests, Shopkeeper Feng still grinned, stood up from the recliner, bowed down habitually and said: "How many guests are there?"
Because he got up in a hurry, he bowed and asked, and then he looked at the guest habitually.
When looking at a person, look at the shoes first. For wealthy people, the shoes are expensive and clean. Even if it rains or snows, they travel by horse-drawn carriage. There is not a trace of dust on the shoes. However, although the shoes of the escorts who travel all year round are covered with dust and mud, their shoes It’s also considered very particular.
The pair of shoes that caught my eye were not only covered with snow and sludge, but even had holes in the uppers.
Although Shopkeeper Feng was hunched over, he didn't need to stand up to look again to know that this person was not from a wealthy family, nor was he in the escort business. He was probably a coolie for a businessman who had not passed through.
Straightening up, Shopkeeper Feng still had a smile, but his smile had faded a lot: "My Lingliang Inn has been assigned by Liangzhou Company, and there are only three Tianzi rooms left. If the guests can't afford it, The rent, please..."
Before he finished speaking, the man with broken shoes threw something to him, and then strode into the inn. Shopkeeper Feng took a closer look and saw that what the man threw to him was actually a small piece of gold.
I can't believe that my vision of people is never wrong. This, this, a piece of gold is too rich to pay for a house. Shopkeeper Feng quickly put this small piece of gold to his mouth, took a bite with his teeth, and looked at it. Yes, it was indeed genuine.
Not caring about the teapot in his hand, he threw it on the couch, lifted up his robe, and followed the other person into the inn.
"Sir, our Tianzi room is still vacant, how about I take you to have a look." After catching up with the guest and looking at the few customers in the store, shopkeeper Feng was worried that the guest would see the clues and leave, so he hurriedly took the guest with him. Go upstairs and enter the Tianzihao room.
Unexpectedly, the customer stopped in the store, looked around the store, and carefully looked at every customer in the store, and showed a satisfied look.
Although shopkeeper Feng no longer cares about business, he still doesn't want to miss this generous customer.
Seeing the satisfied expression on the customer's face, shopkeeper Feng, who was always eloquent, didn't know how to speak. He could only stand there in silence.
"I like quietness, and I'm very satisfied with your place." The guest spoke first, but he sounded a little out of breath, as if he was tired from the journey or seriously ill.
After hearing what the guest said, shopkeeper Feng immediately smiled, stepped forward, bowed and said, "As long as the guest likes it, I will take the guest to the Tianzi Room."
Seeing the guest nodding slightly, shopkeeper Feng hurriedly led the guest up to the second floor and opened the door to the sky-shaped room. Although the furnishings in the room were a bit old, they were still clean.
Shopkeeper Feng listened to the guest and said: "Instruct people to prepare some food and boil some hot water. I will wash and eat in the room. In addition, prepare some new clothes for me, buy a horse, and prepare some dry food. Just Stay one night and I'll leave tomorrow." After that, he threw a small piece of gold to Shopkeeper Feng.
"Okay, sir, don't worry, I will order someone to prepare it right now." Shopkeeper Feng kept the door open for the guest with a smile on his face. With two pieces of gold in hand, shopkeeper Feng felt that he was in a better mood and went downstairs humming a little tune. , instructing the waiter in the store to handle matters explained to the customer.
Seeing the shopkeeper leaving, the guest said to himself: "We are getting closer and closer to Liangzhou. Once we have settled in, we should think carefully about how to avenge Xiaoloufeng's brothers."
This person is none other than Shen Yulou who escaped from Xiaolou Peak all the way.
After shaking the gold in his hand, Shopkeeper Feng remembered that his little teapot seemed to be still on the lounge chair in front of the door. He hurriedly took a few steps. His teapot had finally been filled with tea, so he couldn't throw it away.
Just as Shopkeeper Feng was walking towards the door of the inn with his head lowered, he suddenly hit a hill, and Shopkeeper Feng fell backwards.
Shopkeeper Feng, who was lying on the ground, quickly picked up the two pieces of gold given by the guests of Tianzi Room from the ground, carefully put them into his arms, and then raised his head and looked forward.
A tall man with a beard like an iron tower stood in front of him. The cold winter had frozen his beard with strands of ice. However, this man with a beard was not afraid of the cold at all. He only wore a single coat and his muscles were Fill up your singlet.
Shopkeeper Feng was so frightened by this big man that he forgot to get up for a moment.
"Xue Hu, how many times have I told you, if you accidentally touch someone, you must remember to apologize!" A clear voice came from behind the big man.
Then, a girl in green clothes appeared from behind the bearded man. She was holding a sleeping ferret in her arms. The girl came to Shopkeeper Feng's side with a graceful figure.
"You are the innkeeper, right? We want to stay here. I bumped into you, so please be patient." The girl in green clothes smiled like a flower.
A piece of broken silver was stuffed into his hand, and this brought Shopkeeper Feng back to his senses. Standing up, Shopkeeper Feng felt that today was really strange. On weekdays, all the business in his Lingliang Inn was robbed by other companies. Why did all the customers today change their temper and go to his shop where there were no customers? Drill inside.
What surprised Shopkeeper Feng even more was that as the girl in green clothes entered the store, ten or twenty people came behind him. Just now, I had lied to the guests in Tianzi Room and said it was full, but now it was really going to be full.
Unable to help but doubt his decision, Shopkeeper Feng thought about whether he should move to Liangzhou City so early and continue to run the Lingliang Inn.
Seeing that the shopkeeper hadn't come to his senses yet, another young man emerged from the group. He walked up to the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, we are so exhausted that we just want to find a place to rest. Please help us arrange a place to rest." two."
The young man smiled warmly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and the dimple on his lips, and his tone of voice made people feel very comfortable. Only then did the shopkeeper remember that this big business was in front of him, and he hurriedly said to the young man: "Don't worry, customers, the shop has plenty of it." Room, please come in and rest.”
After receiving the answer from the shopkeeper, the young man smiled and said outside the store: "Brother Chi, sister, we will stay here today."
After listening to Shao Dian's words, two more people came in from outside the store. A man with an ordinary appearance was accompanied by a charming woman. However, this woman was wearing a black shirt worn by people from all walks of life. She was charming but also had a dashing and heroic appearance. .
"Brother Mu, I listen to you. Let's not rush today. Let's hit the top here today." The man with an ordinary face said. After speaking, he looked at the charming woman beside him.
"Okay, we are all tired after traveling day and night these days, so let's take a good rest today." The charming woman's every move and smile stunned Shopkeeper Feng.
This group of people was Gu Xiao and Chi Tianya who were heading towards Lingzhou.
Seeing that these people who had made up their minds had made up their minds, Shopkeeper Feng calmed down, welcomed everyone into the store, and quickly asked the servants in the store to help take care of the horses outside the store.
"Shopkeeper, please prepare some food and wine for us brothers." Chi Tianya took out a piece of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper. He remembered Xue Hu's appetite and added another piece of silver.
Holding two substantial pieces of silver in his hand, shopkeeper Feng said happily: "Okay, don't worry, I'll go make arrangements for you guests."
When he turned around, the shopkeeper couldn't help but whispered to himself: "It's really crazy today, these are all generous customers."
Although these words were spoken in a very soft voice, Gu Xiao and Chi Tianya were both masters, and their ears and eyes were extremely sensitive, so they could naturally hear them clearly.
The reason why Gu Xiao and Chi Tianya chose the sparsely populated Lingliang Inn was, firstly, that there were indeed many people in their group, and secondly, they also wanted to prevent the group from attracting attention in this crowded inn.
After hearing the shopkeeper talking to himself, Chi Tianya and Gu Xiao couldn't help but look at each other, and both of them saw doubts in each other's eyes.
When Gu Xiao, Chi Tianya and their group just entered Lingliang Town, they had already found out that Lingliang Inn was the worst inn in the town, with almost no customers on weekdays.
The two of them then decided to stop at the Lingliang Inn, but to their surprise, the innkeeper said that there were also wealthy guests staying at the inn. Only then did Chi and Gu become suspicious, and had to guard against whether this person was a spy sent by Chi Qianren.
After looking at each other, Gu Xiao stopped the shopkeeper who was about to give instructions in the back room and asked: "Shopkeeper, I just heard you talking to yourself, saying that there are still generous customers in your shop today? "
"That's right. That customer's price is more generous than everyone else's." Shopkeeper Feng didn't hide anything and said it truthfully.
"Which room does he live in?" Gu Xiao asked in a low voice.
"Room Tianzi. What's the matter, sir? Did you make an appointment to meet acquaintances in my shop?"
"No, I'm just curious."
"If your guest has no other instructions, I will go and order the food and wine to be prepared."
After the shopkeeper answered Gu Xiao's question, he saluted everyone and then entered the back hall.
Gu Xiao winked at Chi Tianya, and Chi Tianya nodded. The two of them looked up at the same time and looked in the direction of the Tianzi room as told by the shopkeeper.
When he raised his head, the door of the Tianzihao room, which had a slight crack in it, closed instantly.
The alert expressions on Gu and Chi's faces had already appeared on their faces and disappeared in a flash. The two nodded to each other and returned to Su Mei and Lin'er's table. Not long after, the dishes were served. Everyone had been traveling for the past few days and ate some dry food all day long. When they saw the hot dishes and cooked food, they started to feast on them.
Although Gu Xiao and Chi Tianya were also eating, they couldn't help but glance at the innkeepers who were carrying wine, food and hot water upstairs. They saw several waiters entering Tianzi Room. After a while, the waiters were empty-handed. Go downstairs and go to the back hall to continue helping.
After a while, the waiter who was shopping in the store came back from outside the store carrying brand new clothes and some dry food. Seeing the store full of customers, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression and shouted to the back hall: "Shopkeeper, I'm here." came back."
