As Zuo Qiuxun said this, the entire restaurant's eyes focused on Zuo Qiuxun and his group.
As expected, someone immediately stood up and asked anxiously: "What about the ending? What is it?" A group of people around also excitedly echoed: "Yes, what is the ending? The snake demon is with Mr. Xu." "Is that so?" Zuo Qiuxun smiled slightly, without any panic, took a sip of wine and said, "Then the old gentleman's story started. It was said that after the snake demon was punched by a martial artist named Lin until all his orifices were bleeding, he had to use his body to repair it. For a price, she managed to escape from the hands of the warrior, but because her cultivation was greatly reduced, she could not maintain her human form and could only show her tail. Finally, she risked her life and went to Jiangzhou to find Mr. Xu, after going through countless hardships I just met Mr. Xu. But who knew that Mr. Xu was a heartless man with a cold nature. When he saw that the snake demon had lost its magic power and could not maintain its human form, he immediately became disgusted. It happened that Bai Bai, a daughter of a rich family in Jiangzhou, The girl fell in love with Mr. Xu, so the two secretly got married, and the snake demon was abandoned." Zuo Qiuxun's tone was full of sensationalism, so when this story came out of her mouth, it immediately became more colorful. few.
Immediately, a middle-aged man gritted his teeth, clenched his fist and hammered the table hard, and said angrily: "It's true! That guy named Xu is not a good guy when I hear his name. The snake demon girl is so kind to him, but she only It's so blind to end up in such a tragic end!" Some people still refused to give up and asked her: "What happens next? Did the snake demon kill the two of them?" The woman who was sobbing before also spoke: " If you deserve to be killed, you deserve to be killed! The most heartless people in the world deserve to die. Mr. Xu deserves to die if he betrays the good intentions of the snake demon girl!" Zuo Qiuxun looked at the woman carefully and found that the woman was just sitting at a table alone. , there was only a small pot and a small plate of venison in front of her. She came alone, and she looked like she was from a poor family.
She thought for a moment before continuing to tell the story: "When the snake demon saw that he had been let down in this way, all the love he had for Mr. Xu in his heart turned into overwhelming resentment, and he finally tried his best to kill Mr. Xu on the day of his wedding to the white girl. The two of them were surrendered by the monks who came immediately afterwards, and were finally suppressed under a high tower forever and were never allowed to leave." The old storyteller, who had been so proud of himself before, had heard Zuo Qiuxun was about to say something. At the end of the story, Zuo Qiuxun sat downcast and sat aside, but as soon as Zuo Qiuxun said the real ending, a glimmer of light immediately flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Zuo Qiuxun in confusion.
The old man moved his lips, as if he was about to say something. Zuo Qiuxun looked at the old man at this time, and the old man stopped talking.
When the crowd was completely moved by the story and was busy discussing it, the old storyteller walked towards Zuo Qiuxun and his party.
Xu Huaigu looked a little ugly when he saw it, and said to Zuo Qiuxun: "Look, you are meddling in other people's business and taking away other people's jobs. I'm afraid they will come to you." Zuo Qiuxun sat down, smiled casually, and said : "No, it's too late for him to thank me." Xu Huaigu looked confused.
As expected, the old man stopped in front of Zuo Qiuxun, said to her with a smile on his face: "Little girl, do you really know the ending of the story, or are you just making it up?" Zuo Qiuxun said quietly: "I You know the end of the story." The old man said: "But the ending of this story is not like this, right? The snake demon should finally let go of Mr. Xu and Miss Bai, and finally go into seclusion in the mountains and never ask about human affairs again. Why do you say snake The demon killed two people?" Zuo Qiu You are really good at guessing people's thoughts. I can't escape you even if I'm an old man." Zuo Qiu Xun pointed at the woman over there and said, "That woman eating hot pot alone. , what is the origin?" The old man said sadly: "She is a poor person. Her family was already very poor, and she married a bad man, so her life became more and more difficult. Just a few days ago, her man went out to have sex with others at night. The woman at home was having an affair, but who knew that night was the first day of the haunting, and both the man and the woman he had the affair died on the street. It was so tragic. The woman couldn't accept this fact even more, and she went crazy all day after that. It’s almost crazy.”
"His man used to love the hot pot in this restaurant the most. Unfortunately, he didn't even eat it a few times before he died. Now that he's dead, he will never be able to eat it. And after that, this woman went to this restaurant every day She came to eat hot pot, but the store owner took pity on her and never received any money from her. He also invited me to come here to tell stories. He said it was a storyteller, but in fact he wanted to give the woman hope for a better life and not seek death." Xu Huaigu listened solemnly. The old man's story was also very complicated. He said angrily: "Ghosts have harmed people so much, they must be punished by heaven!" The old man looked at Xu Huaigu and saw the sword box behind Xu Huaigu. He suddenly panicked and quickly told Xu Huaigu: "This little brother, you are carrying a sword box on your back. Are you a swordsman?" Xu Huaigu nodded heavily.
The old man looked sad and advised: "Then listen to my advice and don't get involved in this matter impulsively. You don't know, the government office also wanted to catch the ghost, but failed every time. Instead, I killed two martial artists in the third realm! Brother, you must know better than me what the level of a martial artist in the third realm is, so don’t act out of anger." When the man Kong Xiong heard these words, he suddenly became angry and his eyes widened. Said: "The government is afraid of hands and feet, so we, the Jianghu people, should naturally come forward! The innocent people of Lucheng were killed. I, Kong, can't stand it, so I have to intervene. And I might as well tell you the truth, this person beside me The sword-carrying guy is not an ordinary person, he is a real three-level sword cultivator!" The man raised his index finger to draw a picture in the air as if to show off, and said to the old man: "Sword cultivator, you know, right? That's the flying sword. A sword cultivator who can kill an enemy thousands of miles away with just one move!" The man's voice was already loud, but at this moment the word "sword cultivator" rang out like thunder. Suddenly the whole restaurant fell silent and looked at Xu Huaigu and his group in shock.
Xu Huaigu was startled by the man's sudden words, and then his brows twisted into a knot. It was really stupid to reveal the fact that Xu Huaigu was a three-level sword cultivator in front of everyone, and to expose himself before he even started catching ghosts.
Xu Huaigu was a little angry at the man's recklessness. Sure enough, although the man had a heart that wanted to help justice, his mind was too simple.
Zuo Qiuxun's face was slightly turbulent, and then he immediately sent a message to Xu Huaigu through the heart lake: "Quickly leave, don't explain!" Xu Huaigu immediately stood up, pulled Yu Qin and left quickly, and Zuo Qiuxun also stood up and left, Huang Shan also No longer caring about the wine and delicious food, he hurriedly followed.
Seeing that the group of people had suddenly left, the man suddenly panicked. He stretched out his hand to grab Huang Shan, who was walking at the back, and said, "Why did you just leave?" Huang Shanli ignored this daredevil and left quickly, leaving the rest behind. The poor man was at a loss and didn't know what to do.
In a hurry, he dropped his chopsticks and hurried after him, shouting: "Wait for me, wait for me!" Everyone behind him only heard the word "Jian Xiu", and then everyone at the table left in a hurry. Looking here doubtfully.
The waiter suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly took a few steps forward to chase after him. He shouted loudly: "Hey, ladies and gentlemen, your meal has not been paid yet!" Huang Shan was stunned for a moment and heard Zuoqiu Xunxinhu's words: "Don't worry about it. , just leave!" Upon hearing Zuo Qiuxun's tone, Huang Shan was so anxious that he didn't bother to ask why and left quickly.
The man Kong Xiong heard the reminder from the waiter behind him and wanted to pay, but saw Xu Huaigu and his group hurried away, and he had no money on him, so he became cruel and chased Xu Huaigu and his group while facing the back. He shouted: "Staff, I'm sorry, we have something urgent to deal with. We'll check out next time!" Upon hearing this, the waiter stood there at a loss, then stamped his feet angrily and left dejectedly.
The shop owner looked at the group of people walking away and said helplessly to the other people in the shop: "These charlatans are not good people. Don't let this put you off. You should eat and drink when you should." So. The people in the restaurant gradually became noisy again, and soon the boiling heat of the hot pot became noisy again, and the restaurant returned to its original appearance.
Everyone talked freely, drank and ate meat as they pleased, but the topics included more or less the same group of charlatans.
The old storyteller stood next to the table before Xu Huaigu, watching their hurried departure with interest.
The shopkeeper of the restaurant came out from behind the counter, smiled at the old man and said: "Old man, don't be offended. This charlatan has a weird temper, and it's not surprising no matter how weird his behavior is. First of all, it disrupts your storytelling plan, old man. Later, he made trouble again and left without even paying the money. Looking at the appearance of the storyteller woman and the man carrying the sword, they are not from poor families. They are certainly not short of money, but their virtues are really not high." The old storyteller woke up. Mu hid in the wide-sleeved robe, fluffed up the loose robe, and answered the shopkeeper: "I'm not surprised, but that woman is also a wonderful person, and she can guess my thoughts. The purpose of helping that woman has been achieved. , then I won’t come to the restaurant starting tomorrow." Kanshu Lian, the shopkeeper, smiled and took out a piece of snow-white silver from the pouch at his waist, and said, "Excuse me, old man, I have said that these few days of writing should be considered as payment. , the old gentleman just buys wine. If you still want to eat hot pot in my shop in the future, just come and it will be considered as my treat." The old storyteller did not shirk, stretched out his hand to take the ingot of silver, and immediately stretched out his hand There were several sounds on the hand.
The shopkeeper was surprised and asked doubtfully: "Old man, do you have a small bell on your wrist?" The old storyteller smiled gently, covered the small wind chime, then took it back and said, "They are just relics of my parents, used as amulets. Keep it with you all the time." Seeing that it was the old man's private matter, the shopkeeper didn't want to interfere and left to go about his business.
The old storyteller stood up again, looked towards the direction Xu Huaigu and his group were leaving, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said, "Interesting, the man carrying the sword is a bit mean, and the woman in white is even more mean." He murmured: "It seems that the plan is still there after all. According to the plan, unexpected changes will come as expected."
