Chapter 163 Chapter 163: Chaos in Xiaocheng (3) [Request for monthly pass]
The four of them traveled lightly, and their walking was not too slow. After walking for more than an hour, they came across a simple roadside restaurant. .
This kind of restaurant is in the business of passing people and business travelers. It's just that the world is not good, and I don't see many customers all day long.
I don’t know whether the four of them arrived by chance or by accident, but there were several carriages and horses parked outside the restaurant, and there were about a dozen diners in different costumes sitting inside the restaurant. Shen Tang secretly paid attention to Qi Shan, whose face was inexplicably pale, and suggested: "I'm a little thirsty, why don't I stop and have a rest?"
Chu Yao naturally would not refuse.
Although Shen Tang was able to turn his spirit into wine, he couldn't get enough of it. The water bladders they brought were also empty. After traveling for such a long time, it would be a good idea to stop and replenish dry food.
"Shopkeeper, are there four more seats in there?"
Shen Tang jumped off the back of the motorcycle and shouted at the top of his voice towards the restaurant. The shopkeeper stuck his head out and took a look, and the impatience on his face was frightened away - without him, in order not to expose their whereabouts, the four people and the motorcycle had re-disguised themselves. She still looks fierce, with a ruthless image that makes passers-by want to hand over their wallets. If there was a murder nearby, nine out of ten police officers would catch her.
Well, at first glance, he is not a good person.
The remaining three people turned into housekeepers, accountants and guards respectively.
Adhering to the principle that doing more is worse than doing less, the shopkeeper put on a flattering smile and said: "Yes, yes, good guys, please come in."
After hearing this, Shen Tang was secretly happy in his heart.
The shopkeeper's words made her want to follow up with the sentence "Bring three catties of beef and three catties of wine to Sajia", which showed the heroic atmosphere of sword fighting. But when the words came to his lips, they turned into: "Come four seats, three pots of tea and one pot of wine, and four portions of cakes, as soon as possible."
The shopkeeper's smile froze at the corner of his mouth.
It seemed that Shen Tang would be so stingy.
However, due to the physique of this group of people, he did not dare to express his inner criticism. He turned around and ushered the four people into the restaurant, and ordered the busboy to clean a low table. After a while, the kitchen brought out what Shen Tang wanted. The only bottle of wine was for Gong Shuwu.
Gong Shuwu looked at the only pot of wine. Although he was surprised by Shen Tang's "different treatment", he did not take the initiative to ask. He was not a good drinker, but drinking wine was better than drinking tea. . Qishan and Qi Shan looked calm, as if no one noticed this small detail.
Shen Tang would not take the initiative to make it clear.
What should I say?
Say that for a strong man like Gong Shuwu, drinking boldly and eating meat is in line with his personal image?
Two scribes drinking tea elegantly is in line with the style, isn't it OOC?
Emmm......
So, stereotypes harm people.
Shen Tang didn't just come here to eat. When the handyman passed by, she asked: "Is your business so good here?"
The four of them had just started eating, and there was someone outside the restaurant. A group of people came.
There were three carriages and horses, and the team was quite large, with a total of ten people including the owner's family of five. Even if the hostess is wearing a curtain hat, you can still see the hazy face without makeup behind the curtain hat. The elderly gray-haired old woman is hugging the infant child and comforting the hostess in a low voice. The two principal boys hunched their shoulders and lowered their heads, with a look of lingering fear on their brows.
At first Shen Tang thought they met bandits halfway.
Listening quietly, I found that that was not the case.
Other diners in the restaurant also had expressions of sadness on their faces. It was obvious that something big had happened outside, but the only thing they could do was write "No strangers allowed" written on their faces. , Shen Tang didn't want to come forward to ask for trouble, so he chose to start with the handyman.
In order to pry open his mouth, he smiled and took out a small piece of silver. The handyman seemed to have learned the trick of changing his face. He switched from impatient to enthusiastic in a second, knowing everything and talking about it.
He said bluntly: "You guys don't know? Alas, the war has begun again! If you want to survive, you have to escape. After passing our store, it will not be easy to replenish dry food and water bags on the way."
Qishan When the four people heard this, their expressions suddenly changed.
At the same time, I thought of the wolf smoke that appeared in the middle of the night yesterday.
Shen Tang: "..."
Which step is fast forward?
She was isolated from the world for just a few days, not a few years, right?
Shen Tang asked again: "A war? Who is fighting whom?" The handyman said: "How do we know this?"
Suddenly a fight broke out.
He only found out about the news when many diners who had fled came to the store. However, it doesn’t matter who fights whom, anyway, it’s the common people like them who are unlucky in the end. They are used to it.
Big men can fight however they like, while little men like them also have to open shops and do business to support their families.
Shen Tang: "You should know where to hit, right?"
Qishan and the other three are also eager to get answers.
The handyman replied: "I don't know, but most of the guests come from the direction of the state capital. There should be a war there, right?"
Shen Tang: "...the state capital? ”
Isn’t the state capital of Sibao County...
Xiaocheng!
Shen Tang almost jumped up on the spot.
Qishan and Chu Yao stretched out their hands, pressed her left and right shoulders respectively, and told her to calm down: "Don't worry, let's go find out first..."
Chu Yao took a look. The new customers outside the restaurant stood up, straightened their sleeves, and approached the man of the house and asked: "Sir, please stay. Did you have a private school in Xiaocheng?"
The male host looked at Chu Yao warily.
This man looks young and stands tall, but he is dressed like an old scholar in his forties or fifties. He also has a long face, which makes people think of "lifeless" and "old-fashioned" Two words.
He seemed to have a habit of looking at people with white eyes, and was unfriendly to Chu Yao's approach, but when he glanced at the inscription on the latter's waist, his expression immediately changed 180 degrees.
"Are you?"
"It's really Mr. Sir. He probably doesn't remember that there is a junior in the clan who has been enlightened at Mr.'s private school for two years. He went back to pick up the child and met him from a distance. .”
Chu Yao opened his mouth and came, half truth and half false.
He did meet the male host a few times, but he didn't bother to talk to the kitchen servant of Huanchang House. This was the first time.
The male host looked a little calmer.
"That's it."
Chu Yao's tone was natural: "Mr. Yaoguan is in a hurry, and he still has his wife and children at home, but he wants to go out to visit relatives?"
The male host sighed: "I am not traveling far away to visit relatives, so I have to move."
Chu Yao pretended to be surprised: "Moving? This... that gentleman's private school and those students... have also been doing something in the past few years. If sir, you are in trouble, Yao may be able to help.”
The male host was greatly moved after hearing this.
I wish I could immediately make Chu Yao my lifelong confidant. His eyes flashed slightly: "The private school has been closed and all the students have dispersed."
Although Chu Yao was mentally prepared, he still I was shocked by the information behind the male host’s answer——
Is Xiaocheng so dangerous?
You must know that there are few private schools in Xiaocheng, and even fewer have decent teaching quality. The male master's private school is one of them.
Therefore, many families are willing to send their children there. Even if this person likes to make things difficult for others when it comes to cultivating students - if the students come from a good family and receive few cultivators, he will teach them more. If the students come from a poor family, they not only do a lot of cultivating disciplines, but they also scold and fall out at will.
This means that he has no competitive pressure from survival in Xiaocheng and lives a more dignified and nourishing life than most people.
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Hehe, I got a new manicure, and after slowly getting used to the mechanical keyboard, I found that my nails can indeed grow longer.
(End of this chapter)