As soon as the white-faced scholar came in, he bowed and said, "I'm sorry."
The voice was so low that almost no one heard it, and everyone's eyes did not stay on him. Instead, they paid more attention to his pair of servants.
This pair of pink and jade-carved boys, who looked no more than five or six years old, looked like twins, dragon and phoenix, and seemed to be a match made in heaven.
The boy was dressed in blue, embroidered with poems and written with pearls and jade. He carried a book basket behind his back, his eyebrows were lowered, his mouth was tightly closed, and he looked soft and fierce.
The girl is wearing a red dress, embroidering patterns, writing Qiong Yao on her brush, holding a large pen in her arms, with almond-shaped eyes and peach lips, a loving smile, and a hint of sweet intimacy.
The boy is a poetry boy named Lan Fu, and the girl is a painting boy named Hongxuan. People usually call them "Blue Boy" and "Red Boy".
As soon as the red and blue boys entered the front hall, they protected the scholar from left to right. One of them smiled and said, "please give way." The other one had a wary look on his face and did not dare to show it. The white-faced scholar still had the same expression that was not surprising but not angry. , stood there without moving.
At this time, someone in the crowd whispered: "This red and blue boy is dressed like a scholar. Could it be that he is..."
Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by the people around him. Everyone at the table looked at each other, threw down a few money tickets, and left.
Lu Ran didn't know who the three masters and servants were, so he looked at Qingwu behind the counter.
Qingwu shook his head, meaning that this is not the person I want you to wait for.
Since he is a guest, he cannot be neglected, so Lu Ran went up to greet him: "You three, do you want to drink or stay in the hotel?"
As soon as the white-faced scholar saw Lu Ran, the expression on his face immediately changed from sunny to gloomy, but he didn't speak and just looked at him with a look that was both stern and kind.
How to describe this look? This made Lu Ran suddenly think of a person, the old man Wu who taught him writing and composition in the back streets. He had this look every time he scolded him bitterly.
Although Lu Ran didn't like being looked at like this, strangely, he found that not only did he not dare to look at him, but he even had the urge to admit his mistake.
But he didn't do anything wrong?
This scholar looked so weak, and was even half a head shorter than Lu Ran.
The red boy on the side saw the two of them frozen there and was about to speak when six more men in brightly clad clothes quietly walked in from the foyer.
This is the second group of people.
The six people didn't make any noise, they just glanced back and forth in the room a few times, picked a seat in the corner, and sat down.
The faces of these people were soft, which reminded Lu Ran of the servants of Prince Fu that he had come into contact with, but they were definitely not eunuchs. Eunuchs did not have such a strong physique.
Then someone with a discerning eye recognized the nameplates hanging on their waists and knew that they were probably from neighboring Qibei and should belong to the government or the military.
As soon as these people sat down, before Lu Ran could ask Qingwu, three more people pushed the door open and entered.
Three more eccentric people.
It was clearly sunny outside, but these three people were wearing raincoats and bamboo hats, and they were still dripping with water.
They didn't look for anyone or a seat. They just stood where they came in, like a few blind people, listening and sniffing but holding back. After a while, the floor of the front hall was filled with smelly water.
Lu Ran, who grew up in the sea, knew as soon as he smelled it that this was not the earthy smell of rainwater, but the smell of water in deep water.
Just as Lu Ran was about to step forward to greet him, Lan Tongzi beside him snorted: "Xiao Er, we were here first."
Except for the six men in brocade clothes, the focus of the audience returned to the blue boy.
Lan Boy pouted his mouth, clenched his fists, and stared at Lu Ran.
Lu Ran quickly greeted with a smile: "Yes, yes, three guests, please come this way."
Leading them to an empty table, the friendly-looking red boy held up his hands and thanked him: "Thank you, little brother, for bringing us some light signature side dishes, three large bowls of rice, and a cup of good tea for our husband. Thank you very much." .”
She put down the big pen, took out a small bag of tea leaves from the bag on her waist, and put it in Lu Ran's hand.
The Lan boy here refused to take off the book basket he was carrying. He was small and the basket on his back was heavy. He looked very funny sitting there. However, he had a serious baby face. Lu Ran couldn't help but look at it. I laughed out loud.
"none."
"present."
Lan Tongzi uttered these two words one by one, and then he turned back and opened the lid of the bamboo basket.
Two red objects slowly floated out of the lid of the bamboo basket. When they floated in front of Lu Ran's eyes, he saw clearly that they were exactly those two words, one was the word "wu" and the other was the word "rite".
Two big characters, the size of a palm, circled around Lu Ran, one on the left and one on the right, stopping on both sides of Lu Ran's ears, as if there were two more ears on the outside.
It's a bit like the peerless pig demon in the picture book story.
Lu Ran hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull it, only to find that the two words had no entity, just a shadow, which could neither be taken off nor covered.
"...You!" If Lu Ran hadn't been the third shopkeeper of the inn, he would have almost beaten the blue boy.
"Hee." Lan Tongzi's face showed a hint of joy, and he covered the bamboo basket behind him with his backhand.
"Brother, it's okay. It will go away in a while." Hongtongzi hurriedly came to persuade him and warned: "Be careful not to lose, dirty or spoil my husband's tea."
The thin scholar never said a word, but looked at Lu Ran with a stern look that added a bit of complicated emotions.
This made Lu Ran feel more and more uneasy. He didn't care about the crowd's laughter again. It was just the feeling of "wanting to admit his mistake" that once again made him unable to move.
"The distinguished guest is here! Why don't you go and greet him!" Qingwu shouted from behind the counter.
The thin white-faced scholar had a stern look on his face and frowned.
After hearing this, Lu Ran realized that the last three men in raincoat clothes were the "distinguished guests" that Qingwu had mentioned, so he ran towards the foyer again.
"Three gentlemen, are you drinking or staying in a hotel?" Lu Ran looked closer and was shocked. These three people were wearing bamboo hats. He originally thought they had long hair covering their faces. But when he looked carefully, he saw that it was not hair, but black hair. There are some aquatic plants with some fish eggs and water insects on them.
I saw a real evil spirit again.
The three cloaked monsters whispered to each other for a long time, and the taller one in the lead replied in a very muffled voice: "Let's go."
Lu Ran welcomed them to another corner and sat down. The three monsters discussed it as usual, and then the other one who was taller and thinner also spoke, and his voice was also muffled: "Meat."
Lu Ran waited for him to continue. He looked at his companions. They discussed again, and the tall and thin man said another word: "Thank you."
The process was unusually slow, which made Lu Ran feel very embarrassed.
Thank you! Thank you! I ask you what else you want!
Lu Ran scolded her in his heart, but he replied politely with a smile on his face, okay, five kilograms of good beef.
I turned back to look at Qingwu, but Qingwu was gone.
Where did this come from? Lu Ran was wondering when the doorbell rang again.
Ding ring ring ring...
There are actually people coming.
Lu Ran didn't know this person, but the black immortal robe who knew this person should be a Taoist priest.
Taoist priests in Daguan have extremely strict disciplines and would not or could not enter such a market place on ordinary days.
What's more, he came with a knife.
Why are you here to join in the fun?
The Taoist priest with the knife looked to be no more than forty years old. He wore a casual fairy bun, a stubble on his face, and his eyebrows were like knives.
The eyebrows are like scimitars, and the eyes are like the light of swords.
But when he actually took out the knife in his hand, he closed his eyes.
This is a knife that Lu Ran likes.
Like a beautiful fish.
The world's magic weapon, Yuli Dao.
It's like a beautiful fish winking at you.
From such a distance, he slashed at the three men wearing raincoats with one knife.
