"Bang~"
The wooden door panel shook but did not open.
The door has been blocked by wooden bolts from the inside, and outsiders cannot enter.
Mo Lin felt a little anxious. He walked back to his room, found a wooden stick and used his thin wrist to stick it through the crack in the door and open the wooden bolt.
In ancient times, the door of an inn was so simple that anyone could open it. Therefore, the inn was full of people, and dignitaries would always bring their guards and servants to guard them when staying in the inn.
"Creak~"
The wooden door was pushed open, and a burst of white mist came in front of him. Mo Lin waved his hand to sweep away the mist, closed the door and called softly: "Young Master, Young Master!"
The room was quiet, not a sound was heard.
Mo Lin thought to himself, could the young master be sleeping? He walked towards the bed with gentle steps.
However, after taking just a few steps, his feet suddenly bumped into something and he tripped and fell to the ground.
"Ouch", he fell to the ground.
But when he lowered his head, he found that there was an extremely thick snake lying on the ground under him, tripping him up.
Mo Lin was frightened for a moment. He said in horror, "Snake! Snake!"
He hurriedly got up and was about to run away, but when he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, "Where is the young master? Young Master! Young Master! Where are you?"
A terrifying thought suddenly appeared in Mo Lin's mind. Could it be that the young master was swallowed by the giant python on the ground?
His face was full of fear and uneasiness, but his hands and feet were trembling and he turned around to look at the giant python on the ground.
"Hoo~"
In the white fog, the giant python suddenly raised its body and crawled over. Its thick snake body wrapped around Mo Lin, and then opened its mouth on him.
Mo Lin screamed in fear, his struggling hands stopped suddenly, his eyes rolled back and he passed out.
White Snake let go of his body, shook its head a few times, crawled to the ground again, twisted its body and gradually transformed into a human form.
At this moment, the sun is setting in the west, the sun is receding and the yin is advancing, and the Dragon Boat Festival has passed.
Bai Jin stretched his waist, gathered his long hair, and waved his sleeves, and the white mist in the room disappeared.
He also found Mo Lin lying on the ground...
Looking down at the handsome young man lying on the ground, Bai Jun was stunned.
He stretched out his hand to feel his breath, then raised his wrist to check his pulse, and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was not dead, otherwise he would not have the magical power and human connections like Bai Suzhen.
Bai Jun thought for a while, then sent Mo Lin back to his room, took out a silver needle and pricked the Shenque point and other acupuncture points a few times, then walked out of his room and closed the door.
He stood outside the door, waited for three breaths, and then pushed the door open and entered.
"Creak~"
Mo Lin heard the sound of the door opening and subconsciously opened his eyes to see the young master walking towards him. He quickly got up from the bed and said with a smile: "Young Master."
"What time has it been? Why are you still sleeping?" Bai Jun asked with a calm expression.
"Ah, well, maybe I was tired from playing at noon and took a long nap." Mo Lin said sheepishly, rubbing his head.
"Okay, let's have a good rest. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. I don't want you to study. Prepare to pack your things. We will set off tomorrow and continue our journey." Bai Jun said calmly behind his hands.
"Oh, are we on our way now?"
"Why, haven't you had enough fun?" Bai Jun said with a smile, "Then how many more days are you going to stay here?"
Mo Lin suddenly thought of the nightmare just now, shook his head crazily and said: "Ah, no need. I'll leave tomorrow!"
Bai Yan nodded and walked out leisurely.
Mo Lin rubbed his head and remembered that dream. A white snake so thick wrapped around his body that he could swallow it in one bite with his mouth open.
terrible.
But how could I have this nightmare when I was so good? Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about it. Maybe today is the Dragon Boat Festival. I heard that snakes are afraid of this day.
Bai Jun curled his lips slightly, and the matter was over. The highest state of fabricating lies is to let the other party fabricate lies for themselves.
At dawn the next day, after packing his things, Mo Lin carried a small book basket, which contained Bai Jun's crane feather fan, his long flute, Merlin's Four Treasures of the Study, some books and his clothes.
Bai Jun was relaxed, and Mo Lin was carrying a book basket, just like a scholar and his little book boy who came to Beijing to take the exam.
When we came downstairs, the waiter smiled and said, "Sir, your account has been settled, right?"
Bai Jun nodded, "We should do the math and see how much silver there is."
"Okay! Please wait a moment, sir!" The waiter hurriedly ushered the shopkeeper with a smile on his face to settle the accounts.
"Pah...pah..."
The crisp sound of the abacus beads rang out, and the shopkeeper's fingers were playing with the beads very fast, like delicate hands playing with beads, up and down, horizontally and vertically, a set of movements was done smoothly and in one go.
"Haha, sir, you have stayed in our hotel for a total of seventeen days. There are two upper rooms. The price of one room per day is two hundred and thirty cents... Including the carriage feed and the cost of the land, all in all. The total is fifteen taels, so I’ll give you a discount, and I’ll give you a benefit of fifteen taels!”
"Fifteen taels!" Mo Lin said in shock, "How can it be so expensive? Isn't this a black shop here? There's no way you spent fifteen taels or six on the 17th!"
"Hey, guest, you can't say this nonsense. Our Fulai Inn has been in business for thirty-eight years. Our prices are fair, we are honest, and we are favored by businessmen. We have always been a famous restaurant in Qingxing." ." The shopkeeper's expression changed and he said in an unhappy tone.
"you!"
Mo Lin was so angry that he wanted to speak and argue, but Bai Jun raised his hand to stop him and just chuckled: "The shopkeeper, did you make a mistake in your calculation?"
Facing the aristocratic Bai Jun, the shopkeeper still said politely: "Dear guest, please don't be angry. Old man, I guarantee with my many years of reputation that my calculation is absolutely correct. Your daily meals are all the best wine and food at Fulai Inn." , if counted individually, a plate of flower-flavored fried chicken would cost hundreds of yuan..."
"Well, since the shopkeeper has said so, then, I believe in the reputation of Fulai Inn." Bai Jun interrupted the other party's eloquence with a bunch of professional words, "I believe that there is a god who raises his head three feet high. The shopkeeper wouldn’t dare to do such disreputable things!”
"Haha, that's what the guest said!" The shopkeeper smiled with a fat smile on his face, and his face was full of kindness.
Bai Jin took out a piece of gold from the pouch on his sleeve and said, "The shopkeeper will look at the change."
"Hey~ This... this is gold!" The shopkeeper's eyes were shocked and he stared at the piece of gold. He took the gold with trembling hands. The waiter on the side was stunned. He had never seen such a big piece of gold in his life. There's gold!
Mo Lin was also shocked. He knew that his young master was rich, but he didn't expect to be so rich!
Although one tael of gold can only be exchanged for ten taels of silver, there is not much gold on the market. If gold does appear, it is usually in the form of golden beans, golden melon seeds, or women's jewelry.
The shopkeeper took out the scale, put the piece of gold on the scale tray, carefully moved the scale hammer, little by little, and weighed it carefully seven or eight times before he dared to say: "Your Majesty, Your gold is thirty-five taels, which is equivalent to thirty-five taels of silver. Excluding the fifteen taels of silver, I should give you twenty taels in return!"
Bai Jun nodded and said, "Let's change it to a banknote from Baofeng Bank. It's easier to carry."
Baofeng Bank is a bank located in every city in the Jin Dynasty. As long as you hold a banknote, you can exchange silver coins wherever you go, and you can even buy things directly.
Baofeng Bank is a bank jointly established by the royal family and the Lu family. Although the royal family accounts for 60% of the profits, only 40% of the profits are enough to make countless businessmen excited.
After all, there are currently only three Tongxing Banks in Dajin, which also represents the top power of Dajin.
The shopkeeper smiled hurriedly and said: "Okay, sir, please wait a moment and I will pick it up for you personally!"
After saying that, he ordered the waiter: "Have a good reception!" and then walked to the warehouse.
After a while, he walked out with twenty taels of silver notes and handed them to Bai Jun with a smile on his face.
Bai Yan looked at it, nodded and took Mo Lin out.
When the shopkeeper saw Bai Jun leaving, he felt extremely greedy. He had done something secretly just now. The gold was worth more than forty taels, but he had shortchanged it by a few taels.
The young man in white seemed to be too rich, but he was not an ordinary person. He was a little hesitant in his heart whether to do it again.
After struggling in his heart for a long time, his greed still prevailed. After all, he only brought a little book boy with him, and it seemed that he had no internal strength. He was rich in money and dared to leak it at will. Isn't it appropriate? A young man who has been away from home?
The shopkeeper got up and walked to the backyard. When he came to Maguili, he found a groom who was feeding the guests' horses. He whispered in his ear: "Zhang Wu, the red horse carriage has been marked. Go and tell them. This vote is huge, I want 50% afterward!”
Hearing this, Zhang Wu nodded silently and said, "Yes, I'll go right away."
His heart was numb, and he could only pray secretly that the poor man would listen to his advice and avoid this disaster.
When Zhang Wu left a mark on each carriage, he would also place a peach walnut by the window inside the carriage, and he would also carefully and implicitly remind the guests when taking away the horses.
Zhang Wu silently walked out of Fulai Inn, rode a horse out of the city, stopped at the city gate, and threw five copper coins at the feet of a beggar.
The beggar thanked him gratefully, and after he left, he put away his bowl and left quietly.
Five copper coins means dividing them into five parts. He did not dismount and put them into the bowl, which means that he is going to kill him directly. The copper coin falling on the right side of his feet means that he is in the direction of the east city gate.
Just this one action has already informed the target of the action and the subsequent share.
As for how to pursue... Zhang Wu had already carved a flower shape on the carriage's wheels. All he had to do was stand guard at the gate of the East City and look at the car with a vague flower shape reflected on the wheels on the ground to identify the target.
…
On the carriage, the Taoist soldiers were driving on their way. Mo Lin looked back at the ancient city through the window. He had experienced many things these days, and these things were all without Bai Jun's company. The young master said that this was a life experience, unique to him. His own.
"Bang..."
The carriage passed by a pothole, shook, and heard a soft sound.
Mo Lin curiously picked up the things that fell on the car board and took a look at them, "Sir, why is there Taohu in the car?"
Bai Jun, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed and regulating his breath, did not open his eyes, but said lightly: "How did you know it was Taohu?"
"Isn't this the peach husk? I have eaten peaches before, and I can still distinguish the husk of this peach from other almonds and the like." Mo Lin said in confusion: "Is this what the coachman threw in? It's good. If you throw it in here, you might as well put it on the road where you can eat it."
Bai Jun said slowly: "You also said that it is not as good as Tao."
"Uh, sir, what do you mean?" Mo Lin was a little out of his mind.
"Just now, before we left, the driver reminded us of something. Do you still remember what it was?"
"What? I...I can't even remember." Mo Lin frowned and thought back, "It's just a farewell message, it seems...it seems...it's bumpy on the road, be careful of the carriage?"
"Yes, that's it. It seems you are not stupid." Bai Jun opened his eyes and smiled: "Walking around, remember, maybe one sentence can determine your life or death, and a small detail can change your life. life and death.
The coachman reminded us that the road was bumpy and we should be careful with the carriage. This was different. The coachman usually said good things about a smooth journey. Although he seemed to be concerned about our bumpy road, why did he say this? "
Mo Lin said doubtfully: "I just said it casually, maybe I thought of this sentence."
"No, you're still not careful enough." Bai Jun shook his head and said, "When we left just now, all he said to other guests were safe journeys and blessings, but he only said these words to us."
"Only to us?" Mo Lin still didn't understand, "It's just one sentence, it doesn't mean..."
"Look at what you have in your hand." Bai Zhen reminded him.
"Taohu."
"Tao, Hu, is an eaten peach. Do you think the word peach sounds like the pronunciation of the word "escape"?" Bai Jun explained: "The road is bumpy, be careful of the carriage. This sentence is also very coincidental. The road is indeed It will be bumpy, so this peach tree will fall out, and you can spot it if you are careful with the carriage.
The bumps on the road also indicate that there may be risks on the road, so be careful whether the carriage has been tampered with.
If you don't have peach, you will be stupid, which means death! "
After hearing this, Mo Lin suddenly felt a chill in his back. Although he was walking on the street with people coming and going, his heart still contracted sharply involuntarily, and he smiled sarcastically, "Sir, although what you said is very reasonable, but maybe this Is everything just a coincidence? After all, it seems a bit weird."
Bai Jun sighed, "Now that we are traveling in the world, there is life and death in an instant. If you attribute the crisis of life and death to coincidence, and pin your life and death safety on the illusion that everything is fine, how long do you think you can live?
Mo Lin, your heart should not only be big, so big that it can dominate the world, but also be small, so small that it can go beyond a word or deed.
Wealth touches people's hearts. I deliberately exposed such a huge fortune in the inn today. Do you think what I speculated is very possible? The owner of Fulai Inn colluded with thieves outside the city to rob us of our belongings, but the groom in the inn, either with good intentions or unbearable, specifically reminded us that we hoped to escape with our lives. "
Mo Lin was speechless for a moment, because he couldn't believe whether there would be any danger on this road.
Bai Jun took the Taohu from Mo Lin's hand, sighed, and said: "It's hard to distinguish between good and evil in the world, but conscience still exists in the world. I only advise you to go outside Fu Guanmen, and you will have peace for the rest of your life."
After the words fell, he reached out and threw Taohu out of the car window.
Zhang Wu, who was feeding the horses back at the Fulai Inn, suddenly heard an ouch and covered his head. He was hit by something. When he lowered his head, he saw that it was the Taohu he had placed on the carriage of the young man in white today.
Zhang Wu bent down and picked it up with disbelief on his face. He had definitely put it in the car. How could it fall from the sky and hit him?
(End of chapter)
