"Junior sister, don't worry, senior brother will definitely protect you."
As a member of the escort agency, Zhang Guang is a bloody person after all. At critical moments, he stepped forward without hesitation for the safety of his junior sister.
But the two male martial arts cultivators behind Zhang Guang looked frightened. It seemed that their inner thoughts were not as firm as their senior brothers. However, they had some feelings for their junior sisters after all, and they did not add insult to injury in times of crisis. They just watched the situation timidly. develop.
"Hmph," he chuckled, and the tall and lanky man Zhou Peng said with a hint of fun: "If you don't drink a toast, you will be fined. In that case, you can take care of yourself."
After finishing his sentence, Zhou Peng looked directly at the innkeeper who had been silent until now, as if to indicate that the other party should continue to embarrass the five of them.
"If you can't get enough spirit stones today, you can only act according to the rules of our inn." The next moment, the guy nodded, then turned to Zhang Guang and the others and said: "In the next ten days, the five of you will You must obey all arrangements of our inn.”
Without any mercy, the innkeeper's tone was extremely cold. Compared with the enthusiasm when he greeted the guests before, the contrast was so great that Lu Yunyou couldn't figure out how a person could have two faces.
In fact, Lu Yunyou was indeed a bit short-sighted regarding the matter in front of him. The reason why the innkeeper was so tough was because he had the inn backing him up, and there were no high-level martial arts cultivators among the troublemakers, so he was not worried about getting angry at all.
Of course, just the inn itself cannot give him such confidence. In the final analysis, it has to do with the system of Dilong City. The rules of Dilong City are naturally more biased towards local people. Foreigners need to have certain qualifications if they want to live decently here. Capital, martial arts cultivators like Zhang Guang and Wu who have neither money nor strength can easily be bullied, but Lu Yunyou didn't understand this reality when he first arrived.
Anyone who often wanders around Dilong City knows some of the characteristics of Dilong City. If they openly cause trouble in a place like an inn, the five people are asking for trouble, and the five people are not only afraid of the clerk in front of them, but also The inn behind it and the related local rules.
All in all, what the innkeeper said just now is the final verdict on the outcome of the five people's trouble. According to the regulations of Dragon City, in the future, the personal freedom of the five people will be controlled by the inn until the five people pay off their debts through hard work. until.
It's a pity that until now, the onlookers are still watching the matter in front of them indifferently. Even though they can see that the eight people covet the beauty of the two women and deliberately stir up trouble, no one has come forward to uphold justice for the five people. One by one. The deputy secretary has no concern for his high-spirited attitude.
Regardless of other people's reactions, seeing the innkeeper forcing the five people into a desperate situation, Lu Yunyou became more and more disgusted with the eight people and the inn, and at the same time he became more sympathetic to the situation of the five people.
"Ling Yun, what do the inn want to arrange for them to do?" The waiter seemed to want to arrange something for the five of them to do, but he guessed it wouldn't take ten days, so Lu Yunyou wanted to ask what was going on. .
"That's a way of selling labor to pay off debts." Shaking his head, Ling Yun explained calmly: "Uncle Hong once said that if someone caused trouble in a shop and broke other people's things, he couldn't do anything about it afterwards. Unless the troublemakers are very powerful, they will have to do hard work for a period of time to compensate for the losses they have caused."
"Oh," he agreed lightly. Ling Yun's answer cleared up most of his doubts. Then, Lu Yunyou started thinking alone again.
Maybe in order to repay the debt, the five people will be forced to do a lot of things, and working as a coolie should be just one of them. The inn may also arrange other things for them to do, and maybe there will be some things related to personal dignity, but for now His experience can only be guessed at.
In fact, Lu Yunyou guessed right. For those who have no money and cannot repay their debts, their creditors have the right to make them do various things according to the amount of debt. Working hard is the most common way, but such as selling one's body or performing arts. There are also some examples, and some people may have to work for a lifetime to repay their debts.
Of course, there are only a few examples of using work to pay debts. Throughout the ages, people who want to take root in Dilong City have always flocked to them, and there has never been a decrease. The strong have always been more noble, and the weak have been more humble.
Putting aside these reasons, after slowly thinking about the various relationships involved in the matter in front of him, when he looked at the eight people again, Lu Yunyou's eyes changed obviously, and an angry emotion was beyond words.
In his opinion, the rules of Dilong City are too unfair to the weak. Originally, the five people did not deliberately stir up trouble, but no one could uphold justice for them. Now, the five people are taking responsibility for other people's mistakes for no reason, and they have to do it because of this. The unfair result of losing his personal freedom was really hard for him to accept.
However, the other martial arts cultivators in the inn had a nonchalant attitude. No one was willing to lend a helping hand, and no one even said a fair word. According to his opinion, ordinary martial arts cultivators would not be able to deal with such a situation. They should help each other. Thinking about the lively scene in the inn when they had dinner before, he couldn't understand why even the guests became so indifferent.
"To be honest, we happen to have a good errand here that needs help. Zhou is willing to give them 30 spiritual stones in exchange for three days of personal freedom. I wonder if the inn has any objections?" I had expected this situation to happen. After the man appeared and sentenced the five people to lose their freedom, Zhou Peng directly expressed their needs to the man.
"Despicable and shameless," the other party first set up a trap for them, and then took advantage of the danger to attack them. After understanding that the other party had been plotting evil against them, the resolute woman shouted coldly on the spot: "You can't even think of getting what you want."
The woman's voice was still so resolute and unyielding, which made people feel that she was a person with a strong personality. When she finished speaking, the young woman standing next to her looked pitiful and extremely scared.
At this moment, Lu Yunyou finally understood that the fight between the two sides was entirely because those eight people did it deliberately.
"It's really despicable," Lu Yunyou cursed angrily, thinking of the purpose of the eight people to harm the five people.
"What would happen if the innkeeper agreed to the man's request?" Lu Yunyou became increasingly worried and quickly asked Ling Yun next to him for help.
"Then they must obey the arrangements of the inn, otherwise they will be arrested by the people of the inn and sent to the official. Then the matter will be more difficult to solve." After frowning and saying what he could foresee, Ling Yun continued: "But Judging from the woman's strong temper, she might rather die than let that group of people get their wish, but another younger woman is likely to fall into their hands."
After following Hong Ying for many years, Ling Yun has seen too many things and has more experience than Lu Yunyou. It is not difficult for him to analyze the situation for Lu Yunyou now.
Ling Yun's answer confirmed some of Lu Yunyou's guesses. Once the two women fell into the hands of those eight shameless people, the consequences would be unimaginable. After a while of worry, he wanted to help those five people rescue them. However, recently, He always heard Zhang Yuan and the others say that the world is dangerous, and they should be careful when wandering outside, and must not meddle in other people's business, lest they bring disaster to themselves.
In addition, before entering the city, Ling Yun specifically told him not to meddle in other people's business. Now there are eight people on the other side, but there are only two of them, Ling Yun and him. Considering the strength gap between them and the eight people, Lu Yunyou dare not Step forward rashly.
Just when Lu Yunyou was hesitant and didn't know what to do, the innkeeper smiled and nodded at Zhou Peng and others: "Yes, if you can advance the relevant expenses for them in time, the inn will hand over the five people to you. , but before that, we have to go to the Nan family’s official office together to report the relevant handover procedures."
"It's natural," Zhou Peng chuckled and replied to the innkeeper with certainty.
"Don't worry, we are not evil people and we will not let them do dangerous things." As soon as Zhou Peng finished speaking, the short and fat man with a wretched appearance immediately agreed with a smile, looking very proud of himself.
"Ding dong," the short and fat man had just finished speaking, and the sound of drawing a sword suddenly disappeared. When the eight people's intention was about to be achieved, the resolute woman had put the sword on her neck in the blink of an eye, and then in front of everyone When she looked over in surprise, she had already said to her companions decisively: "Senior brother, junior sister, we will see you in the next life."
"Junior sister, no," seeing his companion about to draw his sword and kill himself, Zhang Guang quickly turned around and grabbed the sword from the woman's hand, stopping his junior sister's impulsive behavior in time.
"Girl, life is better than death. Why do you have to seek death and survive? Besides, if you die here today, the inn will definitely continue to make things difficult for your companions. Do you want them to end up worse than they are now?" Seeing that the woman's attempt to seek death failed, Zhou Peng quickly gave out a half-truthful persuasion after a moment of nervousness.
