Bringing the Sword into the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 28: Liangzhou Foot Shop
The wheels of the carriage rolled in the snow, making a squeaking sound. Lao Li was driving the carriage, and from time to time he leisurely picked up the wine bottle and poured a sip into his mouth, making a "tsk" sound.
Looking back at the corner of the carriage curtain, Gu Xiao was lying on his back in the carriage, sleeping soundly. His sleeping posture on the snow was even more exaggerated. He was lying on Gu Xiao's abdomen in a large shape, with his mouth open and his face pink.
His tender tongue stretched out slightly, and one of his paws still grasped Gu Xiao's cloak on his belly. Old Li looked at the person and the mink in the car dotingly, lowered the curtain, and pulled the horse's mouth.
, slowing down the carriage, for fear that the jolt would wake up Gu Xiao and Ta Xue in the carriage.
As the carriage drove slowly, the outline of Liangzhou City was not visible in the distance. There were more and more merchants walking on the roadside, and the number of carriages coming and going gradually increased. Lao Li sat on the carriage and looked ahead at a foot shop that appeared on the roadside.
, turned around and said to the car: "Young Master, we are still far away from Liangzhou City. There is a resting place ahead. Let's go have something to eat and feed the horses some fodder before continuing on the road."
Gu Xiao was sleeping when he heard Uncle Li calling him. He got up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and opened the car curtain. As he stood up and opened the curtain, he knocked over Ta Xue, who was lying on Gu Xiao's belly, inside the car.
, Ta Xue rolled around in the car a few times. Just now, Ta Xue was having a sweet dream. In the dream, he was in a paradise surrounded by rabbit meat. Just when he was about to taste the delicious food in his mouth, he was destroyed by Gu Xiao.
After falling into a dream, Ta Xue woke up and made a "squeak" protest at Gu Xiao with dissatisfaction.
Gu Xiao looked at the way he was walking in the snow, scratched his head with guilt, got out of the car, sat next to Uncle Li, and said: "Just listen to Uncle Li, let's go to the foot shop to eat something before going into the city."
Late."
Seeing that the young master also agreed, Lao Li raised his riding whip and shouted "Drive". The horse's buttocks hurt when it was pulling the carriage, so he spread his hooves and ran forward. Only then did the curled up Ta Xue fall asleep and was pulled by the carriage.
The sudden inertia of acceleration caused another somersault, and his head hit the carriage carriage. After being disturbed from his dream again and again, Taixue seemed to have no choice but to make no more protest. He just wrapped his fluffy tail around his body and held his head
He got into his two front paws and thought about continuing his sweet dream.
In the blink of an eye, the carriage drove up to the foot shop. Gu Xiao and Lao Li got out of the car one after another. The waiter in front of the door was stamping his feet coldly. Seeing the guests coming, he hurriedly changed into a pair of shoes.
He stepped forward with a smile and said: "Two guests, are you staying in a hotel or working as a guest? The shop has Chunri Zui, which is only available in Liangzhou City, and also has good yellow beef."
Old Li looked at Gu Xiao, who smiled and said: "Uncle Li just gives you the order. I'll go to the carriage and wake up that sleepy Taxue." After saying that, Gu Xiao turned around and opened the carriage curtain and shouted softly: "
Hey, Ta Xue, we're at the foot shop, you sleepyhead, you've been sleeping all the way, get up quickly."
Texue was disturbed from her sweet dreams twice, and now she didn't want to give up the opportunity to fall asleep. She completely ignored Gu Xiao, changed her sleeping position, and started snoring with her back to Gu Xiao.
Gu Xiao shook his head with a bitter smile, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Oh, what a pity, there are so many delicious foods, forget it, Uncle Li and I are going to enjoy it." After that, he lowered the car curtain and turned to leave.
, at this moment, a milky-white figure flashed out from the window of the carriage and rushed straight into Gu Xiao's arms. It was so strong that Gu Xiao almost threw him "butt back, falling on the sand like a wild goose" in the snow.
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Lao Li caught a glimpse of Ta Xue running into Gu Xiao's arms from the carriage, so he turned around and commanded the waiter with ease: "Give us half a piece of Chun Ri Zui, a plate of yellow beef, a plate of cooked goose, another plate of vegetarian dishes, four steamed buns, and then
Take my horse to the stable and feed it some fine feed." After saying this, Lao Li took a piece of silver from his waist and threw it to the waiter as a reward.
"Okay, sir, please come in!" The waiter received the reward, his smile almost reached his ears, he was busy leading the way, and he bowed and opened the door curtain for Gu Xiao and Lao Li.
Holding the curled up Ta Xue in their arms, Gu Xiao and Lao Li followed the waiter into the foot shop. The foot shop is not big, with two floors. The closed door of the guest room on the second floor makes people feel like this
As the Chinese New Year is approaching, there are more guests than before, whether they are returning home to visit relatives or traveling from north to south, and the first floor is a place to rest and eat. There are more than ten square wooden tables, each table is surrounded by
It is surrounded by benches. Many of them have not been replaced for many years, and these tables are covered with layers of oil.
There were already three tables of customers on this floor. Gu Xiao looked around and saw that the old shopkeeper with a gray beard was quickly fiddling with the abacus at the counter. From time to time, he used the hand holding the pen with saliva to flip through the account book in his hand, carefully calculating what would happen in the store today.
Enter the account.
There are several merchants sitting in the southwest corner of the hall, all dressed in thick velvet clothes. They are businessmen who do business all year round. In the northwest corner, several people dressed as hunters are picking up pasta in bowls, with a lot of game at their feet.
, one glance revealed that the nearby hunters were going into the city during the Lantern Festival to sell the game they had recently hunted at a good price.
What caught Gu Xiao's attention was a bearded man in the southeast corner of the shop who was eating and drinking. He was in his thirties or forties and had a beard on his face.
In this cold winter season, this big man was only wearing a single coat, and his muscles seemed to burst the single clothes. He was holding a roast goose in his hand, chewing until his mouth was full of oil. This fat roast goose was like a cattail leaf fan to the big man.
In his big hands, it seemed as small as a plaything in a child's hand. The big man got excited about eating, took a bite of roast goose, drank a bowl of wine, and there were still faint beads of sweat on his greasy face.
Feeling Gu Xiao's gaze, the big man raised his huge head, with a hint of ferocity in his eyes. Gu Xiao was no longer a fledgling gangster, so he could naturally see that this rude man was practicing Kung Fu, but after all, he was staring at others.
Somewhat rude, Gu Xiao nodded and smiled. Seeing the young man in green clothes and a big cloak, the big man smiled and nodded in courtesy. He just said that he was a young man who came back to the city to visit relatives. He had never seen the world and was not as knowledgeable as Gu Xiao, so he took it back.
With a fierce look in his eyes, he lowered his head and focused on the roast goose in his hand.
The waiter led Gu Xiao and others to an empty table in the foot shop, pulled off the cleaning cloth on his shoulders, quickly wiped the greasy table and stools, and invited Gu Xiao and others to sit down.
, and then said loudly to the chef: "Half a piece of Chunri drunk, a plate of yellow beef, a plate of cooked goose, the same as the plain one, and four steamed buns!"
The general sat down, and Lao Li leaned into Gu Xiao's ear and whispered: "Young Master, that big man is practicing kung fu outside his body. He looks like a man from the world at first sight. How could he be here..."
Gu Xiao raised his hand and made a silent gesture, and said softly: "Master told us not to cause any trouble when we go down the mountain. We just need to eat our food."
Lao Li listened to the young master's instructions and stopped caring about the big man. After a while, the waiter came with food, roasting beef and goose, and filled the table with vegetarian steamed buns. Seeing this, Lao Li started from
He took out two pairs of chopsticks from the chopstick cage on the side, wiped them and handed them to Gu Xiao.
The two were about to use their chopsticks. Ta Xue, who was curled up in Gu Xiao's arms, smelled the aroma of food. He poked his triangular head out of his cloak and quickly licked his lips with his pink tongue. Gu Xiao saw this and cursed with a smile: "You
This guy, you woke up as soon as the food arrived." He laughed and scolded, but he still reached out and pulled off a piece of goose meat and fed it to Ta Xue. Ta Xue sniffed it with his small nose, and hurriedly got out of Gu Xiao's cloak.
The two front paws eagerly picked up the goose meat, jumped to Gu Xiao's feet, and chewed the goose meat.
Gu and Xiao were eating when they heard the neighing of horse hooves outside the door, and the sound of dismounting footsteps. Before anyone arrived, a loud voice came into the foot shop: "Is there anyone alive? Mr. Liu is here, what's the matter?
Isn’t there anyone who can breathe? If you don’t come out to greet us, I will tear this wretched place of yours apart.”
When the waiter, old shopkeeper, and others in the store heard the loud voice mentioning the name 'Mr. Liu', their faces changed drastically. The shopkeeper quickly encouraged the waiter beside him to greet the guests, while he quickly tidied up his clothes and moved from the counter.
The old shopkeeper almost fell out because he was old.
The waiter hurriedly supported the old shopkeeper, but the old shopkeeper hurriedly said to the waiter: "Fifth son, go quickly, go and greet Mr. Liu, don't let Mr. Liu get angry, our small shop will not be saved."
After hearing what the shopkeeper said, the waiter hurried out the door to greet him.
The old shopkeeper also walked tremblingly towards the door. When he passed by Gu Xiao, he staggered and almost fell down. Gu Xiao quickly stretched out his hand to support the old shopkeeper's body, which was about to fall, and said: "Old man, slow down.
, you are old now, what kind of distinguished guests are there outside, with such a grand ostentation?"
The old shopkeeper bowed to Gu Xiao, looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Thank you, Master, I'm fine. I don't know, Master Liu, whose real name is Liu Yi, and he is from Liangzhou City."
Bully, bully men and women, do all kinds of evil, and take away any lady he likes at will. A few days ago, when the little old man went to the city to buy goods, he heard that this 'Mr. Liu' was eating and drinking in Yuelai Building. Yuelai
The waiter upstairs accidentally spilled some wine on his shoes, so he broke the waiter's hands. The poor boy was only nineteen years old and already became disabled. Such evil behavior, that Liu
The young master and the Liu family behind him have done countless things, and we, the people of Liangzhou, hate and fear them."
Lao Li on the side listened and slammed the table angrily: "The government doesn't care about the world?"
The old shopkeeper hurriedly went to appease Lao Li, fearing that Mr. Liu outside the store would hear him, he whispered: "Guest, please don't be angry. If you offend Mr. Liu, there will be no good fruit to eat. It is said that Mr. Liu's uncle is the magistrate of Langzhou."
Lian is a high-ranking official in the imperial court. I heard that Mr. Liu’s natal family belongs to some kind of martial arts sect and has many martial arts practitioners. As the governor of Liangzhou, we, the governor of Liangzhou, did not dare to offend Gao Lian, so we opened our eyes to Mr. Liu.
Close one eye."
Gu Xiao, who was listening to the side, was also filled with anger. When he was about to speak, he heard a ping-pong sound and a crash outside the foot shop. The waiter flew into the foot shop like a piece of rag. The waiter flew straight towards
There was an empty table in the store. The table was shattered by the impact of the waiter's body. The waiter vomited a mouthful of blood from the kick and lay on the ground moaning continuously.
The same loud voice was accompanied by seven or eight people in colorful clothes who entered the store. These people in colorful clothes all carried powerful bows on their backs, quivers, short knives on their waists, and some dead prey in their hands.
He looked like a martial arts practitioner. Surrounded by everyone, 'Mr. Liu' stepped into the store with an evil smile. Mr. Liu tied his hair with a jade crown and wore a black brocade suit with a pair of lion jade pendants hanging from his waist. At this moment, he was
He covered his mouth and nose with a silk brocade handkerchief, revealing only Jinshang's deep-set eye sockets and a line of depressed eyebrows. As if he was afraid of smelling the smell of the shop, one of them shouted at the waiter who was groaning on the ground: "
I told you that this little shop of yours is going to be demolished, so what are you doing here?"
The voice was exactly that of the person with the loud voice before. This person was a man with a sword across his waist and a fierce look on his face. After entering the store, he kept brushing his luxurious boots with a riding crop. It can be seen that the waiter had just turned into a corner.
This was the person who kicked him into the store.
When Gu Xiao saw how many people were bullying the shop owner, he wanted to get up. Seeing that Gu Xiao was thin, the old shopkeeper thought he was a scholar. He was afraid that the young man would suffer a loss, so he stretched out his hand to press Gu Xiao down, shook his head to signal, and then walked towards him tremblingly.