In the hot summer, the chirping of cicadas on the old locust trees is like Buddhist scriptures, driving away people's inner irritability and giving people a sense of comfort and coolness, but it can also make people drowsy.
Another group of guests arrived, four men, one woman, and five horses. Such a large array still failed to disturb the snoring owner of the wine shop.
The waiter was not telling Er Gouzi about the glorious deeds he had learned through cheating, and began to take care of the new guests. However, looking at their clothes, he felt scared: Why is such a man here?
I looked back at my boss, who had just changed his position and continued to sleep, and cursed in my heart: He damn knows how to pretend to sleep.
Five people occupied three tables, and said arrogantly: "Waiter, each person has a pot of wine, two pounds of meat, and the rest can be brought to you as you like."
"Then this..."
The waiter wanted to say that this infinitely beautiful girl was also like this, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted sharply by the man.
"Don't you understand what I'm saying?"
"Yes, yes, yes." The child did not dare to say anything and immediately went to prepare the food and wine.
There are three tables, one woman occupies the one on the inside, and the other two are near the outside. There are two people at each table, in a guarding state.
The woman was not too old, and the childishness on her face had just faded away. The appearance she showed was the most fairy-like woman that Chen Mo and the others had ever seen. A silk ribbon held her long, silky hair down to her lower back, and she had white long sleeves.
The gauze top and the light blue waist-length skirt just cover up those dreamy legs, revealing only a pair of white embroidered flat shoes with raised heads. It's just that such a fairy-like woman has a kind of romance.
I feel like I have traveled a long way.
When they came here, Chen Mo noticed their clothes, Feiyu clothes. He had seen similar clothes like this before. The corps leader who led him at that time said that he should wear such clothes.
It was his biggest dream, but even after his death, the dream still did not come true.
The captain said that every country has a group of people wearing such clothes. The colors are slightly different between countries. The pattern is still in the shape of a python with the addition of fish fins and tail, which is slightly different from the flying fish python.
.
Many people are afraid of people who wear such clothes, because bad things usually happen when they appear. Even if they have never seen such clothes, their appearance and temperament make them difficult to mess with.
That's why the waiter was so frightened.
The identity of this woman was definitely unusual. It was strange to be protected by such a person. Chen Mo just took a quick glance and didn't see that the woman had any normal expression. Some of her expressions were ashen, as if she was in despair. What was going on?
She felt so desperate that none of her men felt that way and were still talking and laughing.
"My dear, there are still women with such looks in the world." Santengzi was also dumbfounded. After coming to Shang Kingdom, the fairies he saw were more beautiful than the last. This made him always care about his country.
shake.
In order to avoid the disaster that was about to happen, Sanbengzi quickly covered Ergouzi's eyes that couldn't be moved away with his hands, grabbed a handful of dried meat, stuffed it into his mouth, and let the shriveled meat absorb the liquid that was about to flow out.
of saliva.
Chen Mo, who originally wanted to leave, decided to sit for a while longer, thinking about where these people came from. That was the south, and they would most likely come back at the front line.
From what Chen Mo learned, the Shang Kingdom was defeated, and the defeat was so severe that not only the momentum they had exerted before was lost, but at least half of it was lost. It is impossible for the imperial court to make any noise about such a thing.
No, we must find out, so these people wearing flying fish suits will appear here.
They were not under the command of local officials, and they did not have the ability to do anything. They directly obeyed the emperor's orders.
That's why Chen Mo chose to stay a little longer, hoping to get more useful information from their chatter. Even the scrap information was much better than the unreliable information from the waiter.
After these people cursed at the damn weather, the waiter brought the best wine in this small wine shop, the best dried meat, and some snacks they made themselves.
As agreed in advance, each person had a portion, and when everything was placed in front of them, a man walked up to the woman who had been doing it blankly, and tasted everything in person, waiting to confirm that it was correct.
, just left.
"Good guy, what is the background of this woman? There are people who help test the poison. Could it be that she is the daughter of a prince and aristocrat?" Santengzi was secretly dumbfounded. He heard from his corps leader that those people from princes and nobles did not assassinate their food.
Before, some people tried the poison first, fearing death and going to grandma's house. That's right, sitting on a mountain of gold and silver, who would be willing to die?
Although the immortal was in front of him and he wanted to stay a little longer, the situation still told him intuitively that he should leave here quickly. Staying like this felt like sitting on a barbed wire, but Chen Mo never made a move, and the half bowl of wine
He felt like he couldn't finish the drink, which made him feel bitter. He gave him several looks, as if he didn't see it.
Brother, what's wrong with you today? Could it be that you were tempted by beauty? Aren't you not good at beauty?
Santengzi screams in his heart, but he doesn't dare to really speak out.
Chen Mo's table happened to be on the same line as the woman, and there was some distance between them while he was drinking. As soon as he raised his head, he could look directly at the woman's stunning profile. Chen Mo looked at Er Gouzi's gaze, and he could just see it from the corner of his eye.
Going to the woman's side, looking at the wrong position, the two were sitting opposite each other. Ergouzi learned the lesson from the last time and had to look at it and then turn his head to the other side to enjoy the boring scenery on the other side.
The woman didn't touch the food on her table, but the men had already begun to feast on it.
The waiter didn't dare to go to Chen Mo's table to chat, and hid back to the counter timidly, so that the boss's pretended snoring could drive away the fear in his heart.
Chen Mo waited for them to give out useful information, but he was disappointed. Those people seemed to be very strict. Except for some irrelevant complaints and nagging, there was no information that Chen Mo expected. After waiting for a while, he still found nothing.
With no results, it's time to leave.
At this moment, the man who was testing the poison also stood up, walked up to the woman, and said in a commanding tone, "Eat quickly, do you need us to feed you?"
As the man spoke, he was about to touch the woman with his hand. At this moment, her lifeless eyes gained a little life, and she said lightly: "Don't touch me."
"Touching you? It's not uncommon for us brothers to touch you." The man retracted his palm. "Eat quickly. Once you finish eating, you can start your journey. Finish the task early and finish work early."
After saying that, the man sat down in his seat again.
The woman was very elegant. She lifted up her sleeves like a lady, picked up the cheap chopsticks that she had used for the first time, and picked up the shriveled dried meat. She seemed to have made a big decision before putting the dried meat in.
in one's own mouth.
With such a simple arm movement, a pendant tied around her waist caught Chen Mo's attention.
Chen Mo frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about something: He seemed to have seen this thing somewhere.
Chen Mo stood up and Santengzi became excited: Are you leaving?
"Wait a minute, I'll get two jars of wine." Chen Mo said softly.
"You still want to drink?" Sanbengzi said with a sad face.
Chen Mo walked to the counter and Xiao'er quickly said: "The total is ninety-five copper coins, which is definitely not a shady price."
"Is there any more plum wine? I want two jars." Chen Mo didn't care how much they had eaten before.
"Ah? Yes, yes." The waiter smiled awkwardly at his misunderstanding, and immediately pulled out two jars of plum wine from the back.
Chen Mo took the wine and walked towards his seat. Because this small wine shop was on an uneven ground, Chen Mo accidentally tripped on a raised stone and crossed his feet.
He stumbled and fell towards the young man. What a coincidence, in order to help each other? Two jars of wine fell next to the woman, startling those people, and with a "clop" they pulled out the wild goose feathers they placed on the table.
knife.
"You bastard looking for death?!" Those people didn't care whether the young man did it intentionally or unintentionally, and just scolded him.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Chen Mo quickly stood up and apologized, but the wine in his arms was not delivered. This move undoubtedly angered these uncles.
Shouldn't an apology be made by kneeling and kowtowing to admit your mistake? They were used to enjoying themselves and did not want to waste their time with such a cunning person. They kicked Chen Mo in the abdomen and knocked him to the ground with the wine jar in his arms.
He was also kicked to pieces, and then a group of people still couldn't let go of their anger, so they went up and kicked him so hard that he couldn't move.
"Stop, are you just bullying a defenseless person?" the woman said calmly.
"Bullying? If we don't beat him to death, we are showing mercy." A man snorted coldly. "Do you want to eat or not? If not, we should set off."
The woman stood up, she didn't want to stay here anymore.
"Brothers, let's go."
Several people left on horseback without even settling the bill. The waiter didn't dare to ask for it. They were satisfied that they could leave quickly.
"Chen Mo, are you okay?" Santengzi and Ergouzi quickly came to Chen Mo, who was lying motionless on the ground, and shouted anxiously.
"Brother, please don't scare me. What are you playing at?" Santengzi cried in despair. He would not think that Chen Mo fell accidentally just now.
Chen Mo stood up slowly, patted the dirt on his body, sat down where the woman had just been sitting, opened the jar of unopened plum wine, and drank it in big gulps.
"What's wrong with him?" San Bengzi looked at Er Gouzi.
"How do I know."
"Chen Mo, what's wrong with you?"
Chen Mo drank most of the plum wine in one breath, put the jar on the table, and said, "I wonder why he looks so familiar. I've seen him before."