The stars were dotted, like a handful of crushed tears sprinkled on the night, shining with a faint clear light.

After Shen Xiaojia and the craftsman talked in whispers, he dragged his tired steps towards Zuiyue Tower.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. Many people are busy working for their livelihood under this brilliant starry sky.

The craftsmen had to rush back and continue cutting the bluestone bricks piled into the hill so that they could finish the work before dawn and earn dozens of copper coins to buy a bunch of candied haws for the poor child lying in bed to take home.

After Jiang Captou signed and stamped Chen Erniu, he finally found someone he could trust, and hurried to the ink-making workshop again, hoping to recover Tong Baihu's body so that he wouldn't have to worry about where to turn when he paid homage in the future. What speaks from the heart.

Liu Nai, the elder of the government office, was writing furiously in the study, writing down thousands of words eloquently, and ordered people to rush to the most luxurious study in Kyoto.

After the chess idiot Shi Yan came out of the city lord's mansion, he first released a few white homing pigeons. Then with the help of the martial arts idiot Pang Qing, he found the bearded man who was seriously injured and left the city. He cut off the angry-eyed head and put it in. In a beautiful brocade box.

City Lord Shen Rong stood by the pond, holding a green and black tiger talisman in his hand, and kept giving orders to the people kneeling beside him.

Shen Qi was in his wing, staring at the little black crow in the birdcage by the window, and absently wiping a silver dagger in his hand.

Chu Yunqiao held a short sword and practiced the sword moves over and over again in the backyard of Yanyu Tower, with lotuses growing under his feet and rain and mist in his eyes.

On the contrary, Shen Xiaojia has become the most leisurely person. It’s not that he really has nothing to do. In fact, on the contrary, there are many things waiting for him to do, but he decided to have a good sleep first to replenish his energy. Motivation.

But when he stepped into Zuiyue Tower, he knew that he probably wouldn't be able to sleep well tonight.

The lobby was in a mess, the floor was covered with sawdust and rubble, and a seven-foot-square round hole in the central roof stood out. Starlight leaked into the restaurant, making it look extremely dilapidated.

Lao Qu lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong, cleaning the lobby meticulously with a broom, his face full of grievance and misery.

Zeng Ba, Xiaozhi and Grandma Ji were sitting at the table in the corner of the lobby, eating and drinking leisurely, chatting and laughing happily.

The proprietress Yan Yan stood behind the counter with a cold expression and an eyebrow, while flipping the abacus and muttering in a calm tone, "There are three tables, ten stools, one hundred and eighty-nine green tiles... twenty rafters are broken." Eight, the beams have to be replaced, plus the food and drinks money of your friends...I estimated that it will cost a total of seventy-two taels. Laoqu, your wages have been deducted for the next life!"

Shen Xiaojia was stunned when he saw this, and crept up to the side of Xiaozhi and the others, and asked softly, "What's the fuss about? Did you guys compete in the restaurant this afternoon?"

"If we were to compete, how could it be so ugly..." Zeng Ba picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said with disdain, "Kung fu is a matter of tenths, and breaking things is just a matter of gangsters. "

Shen Xiaojia secretly rolled his eyes. Even though he was complaining, he kept a bright smile on his face and asked, "Who did he fight with?"

"A swordsman..." Xiaozhi, whose cheeks were red from drinking, suddenly interjected, "It seems that he is from the Tang Dynasty. After you left, he came to the restaurant and ordered a plate of peanuts and a jar of burning knives. I drank until sunset, then kept playing the old song, saying that I wanted to see the fastest knife in the world..."

Grandma Ji took over the conversation and said, "A Mo Dao wielder is quite fierce and domineering. He shouldn't be a low-ranking person. He may have some reputation in the Tang Dynasty... It's a pity that when he met Lao Qu, he didn't even pull out the knife."

A complete failure."

Shen Xiaojia grabbed a few peanuts on the table, threw them into his mouth, chewed them, and said proudly, "That's necessary! Who is my old man? Dealing with these little minions is not as simple as eating and drinking...

..." He glanced at the hole in the roof and frowned, "Since the winner can be decided in half a move, why is the lobby like this?"

"Obsession..." Zeng Bachang sighed, "People who practice martial arts all have their own obsessions, and the swordsman from the Tang Dynasty is a very persistent person. He fled all the way from the Tang Dynasty just to see Han Yue.

Therefore, after repeated defeats and battles, he persevered and stood up again after being knocked down. It was obviously a cross between swordsmen in the martial arts world, creating a grand and iron-blooded atmosphere of fighting on the battlefield."

Xiaozhi let out a long wine burp and said drunkenly, "At the end of the fight... Laoqu inevitably got a little upset. He couldn't control the strength of his hands and destroyed many things, forcing Laoqu to fly up.

Feet, send that person soaring into the sky, and then he becomes pure..."

"I see. I was shocked just now. I thought they were coming for me again. I almost didn't dare to come in..." Shen Xiaojia slapped his mouth, looked at Zeng Ba sideways, and said with a frown, "You guys

You guys are too unloyal, why don't you help Laoqu, and I'll treat you to two meals anyway..."

"It's not us who broke things," Grandma Ji picked up a chopstick and put it into her mouth. She said in a cold tone, "Whoever poops will wipe their butt!"

"No..." Shen Xiaojia looked at Grandma Ji's elegant picking movements, and always felt that something was a little awkward. He coughed lightly and said, "I mean you should help Lao Qu stop the swordsman, maim him and throw him out."

, then wouldn’t there be no such nonsense behind it?”

Zeng Ba shook his head and said, "That won't work! The rules of the world are that if one person initiates a challenge, others cannot intervene to stop it."

Shen Xiaojia pretended to be convinced, nodded, took the wine bottle, filled himself a glass, swallowed it with a gulp, took a long breath, suddenly thought of something, blinked and said, "That's right.

, why are you still staying here, talking and laughing in the restaurant, wouldn't it be bad if someone with intentions saw it... Besides, after all, you took someone else's money to buy your life, shouldn't you go back and give someone an explanation?"

"The best explanation is to take your head back with you..." Grandma Ji sneered, "Are you willing?"

Shen Xiaojia coughed dryly and said with a chuckle, "Forget it. Not giving an explanation is itself an explanation... I just put myself in your shoes and consider it. After all, I rely on my reputation to travel in the world, and I'm afraid of ruining your brand."

"Why are you pretending to be considerate? Don't you just want us to go back and see that person again to help you figure out who bought your life?" Zeng Ba sneered, "Don't bother, I won't be fooled if I'm not stupid.

Unless we really take your head back, we won't show up again... As for our reputation, someone has already given us a reasonable explanation, and the sign cannot be smashed."

"Oh?" Shen Xiaojia asked in surprise, "What kind of explanation?"

"The reason why I used Bago to lure you out is because I don't want to fight against Laoqu..." Zeng Ba held the edge of the wine glass and slowly turned it, and said unhurriedly, "If you haven't fought, there will be no winning or losing, let alone

There is life and death. After the world's No. 1 Arrow competes with Laoqu, we don't have to fight again. After all, we didn't even succeed in number one on the Tianzi Killer List. It's normal to fail in eighth or tenth! And I still

I seriously killed you once, but was stopped by the fourth Xiaozhi. The whole process was reasonable..."

Just when Shen Xiaojia was about to say something else, the proprietress suddenly shouted from behind, "You only care about eating and drinking when you come back. Do you think of yourself as a guest? You eat my mother's house and live in my mother's house. You don't have any attention at all. No."

Do you know how to help me clean it up? Such a big hole looks good. If you don’t quickly cover it up with a piece of cloth, I really want to make a mistake! When I finish calculating today’s accounts, if you haven’t filled this hole, I will treat you as a fool.

Patch up the rag!"

Lao Qu, who had been diligently cleaning, raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "He is too small, so just patching it up may not be enough. He needs to be crushed and pulled to completely cover it."

Shen Xiaojia suddenly felt excited, and spat at Lao Qu with a gloomy expression. He quickly stood up, turned to the landlady and said with an apologetic smile, "I just came back, I just want to take a breath... I just remembered that I still have something to find."

The cook is here to help. After we finish talking to him, we will come and fix the hole right away!"

The proprietress Yan Yan snorted, "If I ask you to do something, you have to be busy here and there. In the final analysis, you are just too lazy to eat..." Seeing Shen Xiaojia walking quickly to the kitchen with his head lowered, he picked up a red card from the counter.

He flicked the post casually and threw it towards Shen Xiaojia, saying calmly, "Wait! No one has read the post sent by your little lover from Yanyulou..."

Shen Xiaojia stretched out his hand and caught the post firmly. He glanced at Xiaozhi's expression with his peripheral vision and immediately understood why the little girl drank so much Shao Daozi. He sighed softly and thanked the landlady.

He immediately turned around and walked towards the restaurant kitchen.

After muttering with the cook in the kitchen for a while, Shen Xiaojia walked back to the lobby and saw that Xiaozhi and others were nowhere to be seen, and the hole in the roof had been covered by Laoqu's bamboo mat. A warm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he slowly walked

When I came to the backyard, I didn't find Lao Qu. Thinking of the scene in the pavilion of Yanyu Building yesterday, I thought Lao Qu was looking for Huang Siniang again. He shook his head, opened the wooden door of the woodshed, and took a look at the man sitting on the bed.

The mute girl with a vigilant face was lying loosely on the firewood pile, with her hands behind her head and her eyes faintly saying, "I'm going to the Yamen tomorrow to beat the drum, are you ready?"

"Ah, ah, ah!" The mute girl took out a pair of shining scissors from behind her and opened her mouth with cold eyes.

"Very good!" Shen Xiaojia did not look at the scissors in the hands of the mute girl. He still stared at the shadow of the beam above for a moment, and the corner of his mouth slightly raised, "The cock crows three times, and it is time for us to set off.
Chapter completed!