The waiter was young and looked to be no more than ten years old. When he saw Chang Ning looking at him with a look of embarrassment on his face, he hurriedly ran in. He accidentally tripped and fell. When he got up, he didn't even bother to pat the dust off his body. He panicked.
He got into the back, and the old man kept cursing behind him, causing several people in the room to laugh.
Chu Ying'er looked at the merchants in the room coldly and said through a message: "Sir, be careful about the food."
Li Luo nodded slightly, almost imperceptibly.
After a while, the waiter brought the food Li Luo asked for, placed it on the table, lowered his head and sat down to the side, secretly looking at Chang Ning.
The mutton and steamed buns were both steaming hot, but Li Luo didn't seem to have much of an appetite. He looked at the food on the table in a daze.
The three of them saw that Li Luo didn't move or use his chopsticks. Chang Ning supported his cheeks with his hands and stared at the food in a daze.
The old man in the store was used to seeing business travelers from all over the world, but he had never seen Li Luo ordering food and looking at it in a daze, but he was too sensible to ask any questions.
The sky was getting a little darker, and the food on the table was getting cold. Perhaps Li Luo and others had different shapes, Chang Ning was beautiful, Chu Ying'er and another woman were all wearing masks, and the mask of this unknown woman was even more ferocious.
After entering the house, some people started talking in low voices. Finally, someone couldn't hold it in anymore and asked loudly: "Little brother, where are you coming from?"
Li Luo turned around and saw a middle-aged man wearing a woolen coat. Sitting around a table seemed to be businessmen from the same industry. When Li Luo turned around, he nodded slightly and said hello.
Li Luo also nodded and said, "I came from Shuoxi and want to go back to Dagan."
"Oh, it's not a short journey. You guys are so weak. It's not peaceful these days. There are wars everywhere, so be careful."
Li Luo thanked him with a smile, and then said: "There are a few people from the clan who are traveling with us, and passersby got separated."
"How come they got separated?" the middle-aged man asked in surprise.
"We got into fights with people on the way and had no choice but to separate."
The man seemed taken aback. He sighed and said, "You must have encountered horse thieves. There are almost more horse thieves than businessmen now."
"That's not true," Li Luo smiled slightly, "we met the Xirong army."
"What?" Someone in the middle-aged man's seat whispered. The middle-aged man looked at everyone in the room, then looked at the outside of the store as if he was worried, and whispered: "Little brother, keep your voice down."
Li Luo smiled and said nothing. The man didn't ask any more questions. He was afraid of getting into trouble, so he turned around and stopped looking at Li Luo.
The old man also seemed to have lingering fears, and said quickly: "Sir, don't say it anymore. The shop is just for people coming and going to rest. If you want to offend the Xirong officials, the old man is afraid that he will have to prepare for his funeral."
Sir, the food is getting cold, please eat quickly, take a rest after eating, and go on your way early."
Li Luo hummed, but had no intention of eating. The room suddenly became quiet, and even if someone spoke, they lowered their voices. Chang Ning looked at Li Luo strangely, wondering why Li Luo was acting like this.
After waiting for a moment, Li Luo suddenly said loudly: "How much am I worth?"
The atmosphere in the room suddenly condensed, and you could hear a needle drop. The old man didn't know why, and asked confusedly: "What did the guest say?"
Li Luo glanced at the old man and turned his attention to the food. He said slowly: "There is a palace in the mutton, a lotus pond in the boiling water, and the moonlight is in the lamp oil. It's such a huge formation. I guess my reward is not low."
"I can't understand what the guest officer is saying."
Li Luo shook his head lightly and said: "How can a small store in the wilderness accommodate a waiter with extraordinary skills? Is it possible that there are so many martial arts masters in Xirong?"
The old man's figure was straight, and his senile appearance disappeared in an instant, and a cold light shot out of his eyes. He said coldly: "Young master is indeed not an ordinary person. How do you recognize a few things in my meal?"
The old man's face was cold, but he was extremely shocked in his heart. People who had been traveling around the world for a long time could only hear the names of these things, but he didn't expect that Li Luo would expose them.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the sound of several people inhaling could be heard in the room. Li Luo didn't even look at the sinister-looking old man, and replied solemnly: "I just happen to recognize him."
This aroused Chang Ning's interest, and he looked at the food in front of him attentively, but he couldn't see the moonlight in the Yougong Palace and the Lotus Pond that Li Luo mentioned.
The old man laughed, but there was no trace of smile in his eyes, and said: "I am blind, I didn't expect that the young master is a high man, disrespectful, I wonder what else the young master saw?"
Li Luo turned his head, looked at the waiter in the shop, smiled slightly and said: "My companion is beautiful and fragrant. It's no wonder that you are lost. It's just that although you don't have any flaws, there are more things in your eyes. You were like Xiongtai when you were young.
I have met a few of these people, so I naturally know what they are thinking.”
The waiter said in a low voice: "It turns out it's me."
No one spoke anymore in the room, and there was dead silence. Li Luo stood up. The old man moved his hands slightly, his expression tightened, and he stared at Li Luo. The waiter lowered his head and stood behind the old man shyly.
Li Luo passed over the middle-aged man who had just spoken to him and walked to a table of people who had not spoken much since entering the room. He stood and bowed, and the leader shouted in a deep voice: "Master, what advice do you have?"
"Borrow a horse."
"Bold!" One of the companions slapped the table and stood up. The leader stretched out his hand to stop him, looked at Li Luo coldly and said, "Young master, you have such a big tone."
Li Luo moved his lips slightly and said a few words. No one else heard what Li Luo said. They saw the leader's expression change several times. He took a long breath and said, "Leave four horses and let's go." After that,
He got up and led everyone out of the stone house.
Li Luo said lightly: "Thank you very much. Please take away the five horses I just brought. You should be able to ride them in a day or two."
The leader paused slightly and left the store without looking back.
Li Luo looked at the rest of the people and said tiredly: "It seems that we can't rest. Let's go on the road at night." After saying that, he walked towards Chang Ning and Chu Ying'er. A sudden change occurred, and Chu Ying'er scolded:
"Sir, be careful."
The middle-aged man who had just been talking to Li Luo and his group suddenly pulled out the weapons hidden under their clothes, and without saying a word, they slashed at Li Luo. Li Luo did not feel panic, but a strong sadness flashed in his eyes.
There was a sudden light in the room, but it was as gentle as the moonlight shining through. Several miserable screams sounded at the same time. Several assassins who were in trouble flew out upside down. The middle-aged man smashed a wooden table, covered his chest with his hands, and knelt down.
He fell to the ground, gasping for air. Every time he took a breath, blood foam spurted out.
Li Luo looked at the long knife in his hand, feeling indescribably lonely. He paused, walked to Chu Ying'er, and whispered: "Let's go."
Chu Ying'er snatched out of the stone house. Chang Ning couldn't bear to look at the injured in the store, gritted his teeth, and followed Chu Ying'er out of the stone house. The unknown woman was extremely calm, but when Li Luo took out the knife, he held his hands and loosened them again.