Xinye is located to the north of Caiyang, not far from Caiyang, only a few dozen miles away.
Because Long Yuan's identity was exposed, Liu Xiu could no longer stay in Caiyang Chongling. According to Liu Yan's arrangement, he went to his second sister's house in Xinye to temporarily avoid the limelight.
Liu Xiu left Cai Yang and asked the county magistrate Feng Sheng to finally feel relieved. As long as Liu Xiu is not in the area under his jurisdiction and as long as he does not have a relationship with her, he can go wherever he likes.
Of course, Feng Sheng pretended not to know anything about Liu Xiu's departure from Caiyang, and even pretended to send officials to Chongling to bring Liu Xiu back to the county government for questioning.
The people here in Chongling are all unanimous, saying that Liu Xiu joined the rebel army and went to Yizhou. He has not come back until now. His life and death are unknown and his whereabouts are unknown.
When the government officials heard this, they returned to the county government office happily and reported to Feng Sheng. Liu Xiu was not in Chung Ling at all, and he could not bring anyone back, so the responsibility did not lie on him.
This was a very common phenomenon at that time. Local officials could only oppress ordinary people, but powerful local gangsters and gangsters like Liu Yan were not easily touched by the government from top to bottom. After all, no one dared to touch them. Dare to make fun of your own life.
Liu Xiu left Chung Ling, Feng Sheng was relieved, and so were those mysterious people. Liu Xiu stayed in Chung Ling, and with Liu Yan's powerful protection, they could not find a chance to attack Liu Xiu.
But now, Liu Xiu left Chongling, which meant that he lost Liu Yan's protection. In their view, the opportunity they had been waiting for finally appeared.
Liu Xiu did not leave Chung Ling alone. He was accompanied by Feng Yi, Gai Yan, Zhu You, Li Tong, Li Yi, and Long Yuan.
However, not long after leaving Chongling, Feng Yi, Li Tong, and Li Yi said goodbye to Liu Xiu one after another.
Feng Yi wants to go back to Yingchuan to win over the friends he has made, while Li Tong and Li Yi want to go back to Wancheng to convince Li Shou and make preparations before starting the incident.
Everyone has their own tasks to do.
After saying goodbye to Feng Yi, Li Tong, Li Yi and Liu Xiu, only Gai Yan, Zhu You and Long Yuan were left.
During this trip, Liu Xiu specially wore the Qingfeng Sword on his body.
Gai Yan was carrying the Yanyue Sword, and Zhu You and Long Yuan were also carrying swords. The four of them were walking on the road, and ordinary people hid far away when they saw them.
At noon, Liu Xiu and the others were approaching Xinye County. Looking ahead, they saw a tea shed on the roadside. Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Let's go over and have something to eat."
Zhu You, Gai Yan, and Long Yuan were also a little hungry, so they nodded in unison and strode towards the tea shed.
The tea shed was built on the side of the road, surrounded by dense trees. As he approached the tea shed, Long Yuan paused in his steps and scanned the woods for a week.
Liu Xiu asked curiously: "Uncle Zhong, is there something wrong?"
Long Yuan smiled at Liu Xiu and shook his head, saying it was okay.
There were no customers in the tea shed, only one shopkeeper and three waiters, and they were all napping.
Zhu You walked up to a waiter, knocked on the table, and shouted: "Wake up, wake up!"
The sleeping clerk was startled by Zhu You's loud voice, shuddered, and woke up. He looked at Zhu You, then at Liu Xiu and the other three, realized what he was doing, and asked with a smile on his face: "What's going on?" Sir, would you like some tea?"
Zhu You asked: "Do you have anything to eat here?"
"There are buns!"
When Zhu You heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. He looked back at Liu Xiu and saw Liu Xiu nodded. He raised his head to the waiter and said, "Bring us ten drawers of steamed buns and four pots of tea!"
The waiter doubted whether his ears heard correctly and asked: "How many... how many drawers of buns?"
"Ten drawers of steamed buns! Four pots of tea!" Zhu You emphasized his tone and said every word.
The waiter secretly grinned, "Do you four want to eat ten drawers of steamed buns and starve to death and be reincarnated? At this time, the shopkeeper and the other two waiters also woke up. Like the waiter, they also looked at Liu with surprised eyes. Xiu et al.
The shopkeeper walked up to Zhu You and said with a smile on his face: "Sir, a pot of tea here costs 20 yuan, and a drawer of steamed buns costs 200 yuan."
"What?" Zhu You raised his eyebrows in disbelief, looked at the shopkeeper up and down, and muttered: "Why don't you go and grab it?!"
"Inns are priced at this price now!"
Zhu You wanted to argue with the shopkeeper, but Liu Xiu called him, and then he took out his money bag and poured it out. There were two turtle coins and dozens of copper coins, which were less than 700 coins. money.
Seeing this, Zhu You came over. He, Gai Yan, and Long Yuan all took out their respective money bags. Speaking of which, among the three of them, Zhu You was the richest, with five hundred yuan. Gai Yan and Long Yuan had less than two hundred dollars on him.
Putting all the money they had together, they only had 1,500 yuan, which was only enough to buy seven drawers of steamed buns and five pots of tea.
Looking at the money in his hand, Zhu You looked helpless. He couldn't spend all the money they had just for a meal.
He turned back to the shopkeeper and said, "Here are four drawers of steamed buns and a pot of tea."
"Okay, okay, four guests, wait a moment, we'll be ready soon." The shopkeeper promised again and again.
One waiter went to boil water to make tea, and the other two went to the back kitchen of the tea shed, and each brought out two drawers of steamed buns. Seeing the steaming buns brought out by the waiters, Zhu You and Gai Yan couldn't help but devour them. Mouth and mouth.
Before the two of them could reach in, Long Yuan took the lead, grabbed a bun, opened it, looked at the stuffing inside, lowered his head to smell it, took a small bite, and chewed slowly.
After a while, he nodded to Liu Xiu and said, "Master, you can eat it."
Zhu You rolled his eyes at him, feeling that Long Yuan was too careful. In broad daylight, could it be that this was still a dark shop?
He picked up a bun and took a big bite. After chewing the bun twice, he spat it out with a pop.
He looked at the stuffing inside, took pictures of the table twice, and shouted: "It's from the shopkeeper!"
The shopkeeper hurried over and asked with a puzzled face: "Sir, what's wrong?"
"What's the stuffing in your buns?"
"Vegetable...vegetable stuffing!"
"What dish?"
"Wild vegetables!"
"Wild vegetables? They are obviously full of leaves! It costs two hundred dollars per drawer, and you're going to let us eat this?" As he spoke, Zhu You slapped the bun in his hand hard on the table.
The skin of the buns was broken, and the fillings were spilled all over the table. Liu Xiu took a closer look and saw that there were indeed leaves in the buns that had not been completely chopped.
The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, it's great that we can have wild vegetable leaves to eat now. If our guest wants to eat steamed stuffed buns stuffed with meat, you won't be able to buy them for a thousand dollars a drawer!"
Zhu You felt that he was fooled by the shopkeeper, but Liu Xiu, Gai Yan, and Long Yuan all knew the current prices, and they all came back from Yizhou. In Yizhou, let alone steamed buns stuffed with wild vegetables, even if they are Some people also buy buns stuffed with bark stuffing.
"Ayou, okay, don't make things difficult for the shopkeeper anymore!"
"But this is not for people to eat at all!" Although Zhu You and his mother lived in his grandfather's house, the conditions at his grandfather's house were very good. His life was much more nourishing than that of Liu Xiu. Even if he studied outside, he still practiced martial arts with his master. , I have never worried about food and drink.
Liu Xiu smiled at him and said, "You can eat it!" As he spoke, he picked up the bun and ate it.
Gai Yan and Long Yuan also ate the buns in their hands one after another. Seeing this, Zhu You couldn't be pretentious anymore and waved to the shopkeeper and sent him away. Then, he bit the bun and chewed it. Swallow it into your stomach.
While they were eating, the waiter brought the kettle over and poured a bowl of tea for each of the four of them.
The steamed buns were really hard to swallow. Zhu You couldn't wait to pick up the tea bowl. Just as he was about to drink, there was a sudden light in his hand and the tea bowl was snatched away by Long Yuan.
He shouted dissatisfied: "Uncle Zhong, you drink your own tea, what are you doing to steal my tea?!"
Long Yuan didn't answer. He looked up at the waiter on the side, handed the bowl of tea in front of the waiter, and said with a smile: "Little brother, this bowl of tea is our treat for you!"
The waiter was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands and said with an apologetic smile: "How can I have the nerve to drink the tea my guest bought with money?!" As he spoke, he turned to leave.
Long Yuan grabbed his arm with his other hand and asked with a smile: "Younger brother, don't you give me face?"
The waiter's expression changed and he said with a smile: "My guest is joking. I drank your tea. This is against the rules!"
Liu Xiu, Zhu You, and Gai Yan also looked at Long Yuan with blank faces. They didn't understand why he suddenly had to make it difficult for him to serve as a waiter in the tea shed. Even if it was out of good intentions, if someone didn't want to drink, they couldn't force him to do so. Drink!
But Long Yuan seemed to have gotten into trouble with this guy. He said slowly: "We bought the tea. I let you drink it. No one can control it!" As he spoke, he took the guy's arm and put the bowl of tea away. Force it into the hands of the guy.
The shopkeeper walked over quickly and said with a smile on his face: "Sir, our guys here have never seen the world. If I offend you, please forgive me..."
Before he finished speaking, Long Yuan turned his eyes, picked up the teapot in front of him, handed it to the shopkeeper, and asked with a smile: "How about you drink it for him?"
Looking at the teapot placed in front of him, the shopkeeper's eyes flashed and he asked with a smile: "The guest insists that we drink tea, what does the guest want?"
"Don't you know what I mean?" Long Yuan asked with a smile.
"I don't know." The shopkeeper was also laughing, but his smile was more superficial than real.
"You will naturally understand after drinking this pot of tea."
"In this case, a little respect is worse than obeying orders!" As he spoke, the shopkeeper actually picked up the teapot handed over by Long Yuan, lowered his head, and pretended to drink tea at each other's lips.
Just when his lips were about to touch the edge of the teapot spout, his wrist suddenly shook outwards, and all the tea in the big pot flew towards Long Yuan's facade.
This change happened so suddenly. Liu Xiu, Zhu You, and Gai Yan did not expect that the shopkeeper would suddenly take action. When they realized it, it was already too late to stop them.
However, Long Yuan was on guard. When the other party brought the tea over, he immediately raised his arms and covered his face with his wide cuffs.
This pot of tea was not splashed on Long Yuan's face, but was blocked by his sleeves. The shopkeeper was also dissatisfied with the speed. After throwing out the tea, he immediately pulled out a dagger from his sleeve and pointed it at Liu
