The four of them traveled lightly, and their pace was not too slow. After walking for more than an hour, they came across a simple roadside restaurant. This kind of restaurant is in the business of passing people and business travelers. It's just that the world is not good now, and I don't see many customers all day long.
I don't know whether the four of them arrived by chance or by chance, but there were several carriages and horses parked outside the restaurant, and there were about a dozen diners in different costumes sitting inside the restaurant. Shen Tang secretly paid attention to Qi Shan, whose face was inexplicably pale, and suggested: "I'm a little thirsty, why don't I stop and take a rest?"
Naturally, Chu Yao would not refuse.
Although Shen Tang was able to turn his spirit into wine, he couldn't get enough of it. The water bladders they brought were also empty. After traveling for so long, they might as well stop and replenish dry food.
"Shopkeeper, are there four more seats in there?"
Shen Tang jumped off the back of the motorcycle and roared at the top of his voice towards the restaurant. The shopkeeper stuck his head out and took a look, and the impatience on his face was frightened away - without him, in order not to expose their whereabouts, the four people and the motorcycle had re-disguised themselves. She still looks fierce, with a ruthless image that makes passers-by want to hand over their wallets. If there was a murder nearby, nine out of ten police officers would catch her.
Well, it’s not easy to recognize at first glance.
The remaining three people turned into housekeepers, accountants and guards respectively.
Adhering to the principle that doing more is worse than doing less, the shopkeeper put on a flattering smile and said: "If you have any, please come in and invite the good guys."
After hearing this, Shen Tang felt secretly happy.
The shopkeeper's words made her want to follow up with the sentence "Bring three pounds of beef and three pounds of wine to Sajia", which showed the heroic atmosphere of sword fighting. But when the words came to his lips, they turned into: "Come and seat four people, three pots of tea, one pot of wine, and four portions of cakes, as soon as possible."
The shopkeeper's smile faltered.
It seems that she didn't expect Shen Tang to be so stingy.
However, due to the physique of this group of people, he did not dare to express his inner criticism. He turned around and ushered the four of them into the restaurant, and ordered the busboy to clean a low table. After a while, the kitchen brought out what Shen Tang wanted. The only bottle of wine was for Gong Shuwu.
Gong Shuwu looked at the only pot of wine. Although he was surprised by Shen Tang's "different treatment", he did not take the initiative to ask. He was not a good drinker, but drinking wine was better than drinking tea. Qishan and Qi Shan looked calm, as if no one noticed this small detail.
Shen Tang would not take the initiative to make it clear.
What to say?
To say that a strong man like Gong Shuwu only fits his personal image by drinking boldly and eating meat? Two scribes drinking tea elegantly are not OOC?
emmm…
Therefore, stereotypes harm people.
Shen Tang didn't just come here to eat. When the handyman passed by, she asked: "Is your business so good here?"
The four of them had just started eating when another group of people came outside the restaurant.
There were three carriages and horses, and the team was quite large, with a total of ten people including the owner's family of five. Even if the hostess is wearing a curtain hat, you can still see the hazy face without makeup behind the curtain hat. The elderly gray-haired old woman is holding the infant child and comforting the hostess in a low voice. The two principal boys hunched their shoulders and lowered their heads, with a look of lingering fear on their brows.
Shen Tang initially thought they had encountered bandits on the way.
Listening carefully, I found that that was not the case.
The faces of other diners in the restaurant also had a look of uncontrollable sadness. It was obvious that something big had happened in the outside world, but the other people just had the words "No strangers allowed" written on their faces, and Shen Tang was not good either. I came forward to complain, so I chose to start with the handyman.
In order to pry open his mouth, he even took out a small piece of silver with a smile. The handyman seemed to have learned the skill of changing his face, switching from impatient to enthusiastic in a second, knowing everything and saying everything.
He said bluntly: "Heroes don't know? Alas, the war has begun again! If you want to survive, you have to escape. After passing our store, it will not be easy to replenish dry food and water bags on the way."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the four Qishan people suddenly changed.
At the same time, I thought of the smoke that appeared in the middle of the night yesterday.
Shen Tang: "..."
Which step is the fast forward?
She was isolated from the world for just a few days, not a few years, right?
Shen Tang asked again: "A war? Who is fighting whom?"
The handyman said, "How do we know this?"
Suddenly a fight broke out.
He only learned the news after many diners who had fled the store came to the store. However, it doesn’t matter who fights whom, anyway, it’s the common people like them who are unlucky in the end, they are used to it.
Big men can fight however they like and do whatever they want, while little men like them also have to open shops and do business to support their families.
Shen Tang: "You should know where to fight, right?"
Qi Shan and the other three are also eager to get answers.
The handyman replied: "I don't know, but most of the guests are coming from the state capital. There must be a war there, right?"
Shen Tang: "...the state capital?"
Isn’t the state capital of Sibao County...
Filial piety city!
Shen Tang almost jumped up on the spot.
Qishan and Chu Yao stretched out their hands, pressed her left and right shoulders respectively, and told her to calm down: "Don't worry, go and find out first..."
Chu Yao glanced at the new customers outside the restaurant, stood up, straightened his sleeves, and stepped forward to ask the man of the house: "Sir, please stay. Did you have a private school in Xiaocheng?"
The male host looked at Chu Yao warily.
This man looks young, standing upright, but he is dressed like an old scholar in his forties or fifties. He also has a long face, which makes people think of the words "lifeless" and "old-fashioned". He seemed to be accustomed to looking at people with white eyes, and was unfriendly to Chu Yao's approach, but when he glanced at the inscription on the latter's waist from the corner of his eye, his expression immediately changed 180 degrees.
"Who are you?"
"Sir, I guess you don't remember. There is a junior in the clan who studied at your private school for two years. He went back to pick up his children, and we met him from a distance." Qishan opened his mouth, half telling the truth.
He had indeed met the man of the house a few times, but he didn't bother to talk to the handyman in the kitchen at Huanchang House. This was the first time.
The male host looked a little calmer.
"I see."
Chu Yao asked in a natural tone: "Mr. Yaoguan is in a hurry and has his wife and children at home, but he wants to go out to visit relatives?"
The male host sighed: "If I am not traveling to visit relatives, I have to move."
Chu Yao pretended to be surprised: "Moving? This... that Mr.'s private school and those students... have also been operating in the past few years. If Mr. has any difficulties, Yao may be able to help."
The male host was greatly moved after hearing this.
He wished he could immediately make Chu Yao his lifelong confidant. His eyes flashed slightly: "The private school has been closed... all the students have dispersed..."
Although Chu Yao was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the information behind the male host's answer——
Is Xiaocheng so dangerous?
You must know that there are few private schools in Xiaocheng, and even fewer have decent teaching quality. The male master's private school is one of them.
Therefore, many families are willing to send their children there. Even if this person likes to make things difficult for others in the practice of discipline - if the students come from a good family and receive few disciplines, he will teach them more. If the students come from a poor family, they not only practice a lot of disciplines, but also scold and fall out at will.
This means that he has no competitive pressure from survival in Xiaocheng and lives a more dignified and nourishing life than most people.
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