The weather suddenly became gloomy, with gray and black clouds covering the sun tightly. It was not known when it would rain in the city. Ji Cha and Hong Chen quickened their pace and jogged to the Tianlin Inn, only to see Ziyun City, which was better than Wuyun City.
That house was even more luxurious, with gold tiles, red bricks and blue plaques, and two stone lions squatting in front of the door with teeth and claws and wide eyes. It was still early in the morning, and there were already many people coming in and out.
A waiter came over with a smile and asked, "What do you two want to eat?"
Ji Cha said: "There is no need to eat. We came on the night journey and should take a rest first."
The waiter asked again: "Our hotel has four-class rooms, A, B, C and D. Which one would you like to stay in? One room or two rooms?"
"Give me the best one." Ji Cha replied without hesitation, pointing at Hong Chen, "For him, just arrange the worst one. Just boil some bath water."
The waiter bowed and said, "I'm sorry, sir, our guest room is smaller and does not have a bathtub. How about you add two silver coins and change it to a third-class room?"
Hong Chen waved his hand and said, "There's no need to change, I just don't want to take a shower."
Ji Cha immediately turned his head, pinched his waist, and said, "How dare you not take a shower? You're all smelly!" He then said to the waiter, "Let's just let him live in Ding. We'll take him to the backyard first and beat him."
Just flush two basins of well water. It’s summer, and it’s so refreshing and comfortable to take a cold shower!”
The waiter nodded: "Then there will be one first-class guest room and one third-class guest room."
"Pay." Ji Cha poked Hong Chen with his elbow again, "Come to the first floor for fire at noon."
Hong Chen untied his baggage and paid the money. The waiter called two maids to take Ji Cha to stay upstairs, while he took Hong Chen to the backyard of the inn. On the way, the waiter said to Hong Chen: "Little brother
, your lady treated you too badly, she obviously brought a lot of money, but she didn't even want to pay you two more coins to take a hot bath."
Hong Chen didn't explain, just laughed. But in his heart, he was thinking that he and Ji Cha were pretending to be young ladies and servants, so they had to pretend to be more like a servant so as not to attract attention. Besides, Ji Cha was not stingy, so he invited himself
I’ve had the Kyushu banquet, and I don’t know how much it cost.
After arriving in the backyard, he took a shower and dried himself, and then Hong Chen and his waiter went to stay in a guest room on the third floor. Although it was a simple second-class guest room in the Tianlin Inn, it was clean and tidy, and the bedding was 80% to 90% new and washed.
Yes, it's just that the room is a bit small, with nothing else except a bed, a table and a stool.
The waiter put a pot of tea on the table, closed the door and left. Hong Chen didn't drink the tea either. He lay on the bed and closed his eyes to fall asleep, but couldn't fall asleep for a while. His mind was filled with thoughts of what had happened in the past few days. The more he thought about it, the more he felt like it.
The world outside Taoyuan is really interesting, but I don't know when I can find the knife, and then go back to Taoyuan to pick up the master and try the fire roast and roast duck.
After not sleeping all night, Hong Chen was low on energy, thinking about something, and gradually fell asleep. I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly there was the sound of many people running past the door. Hong Chen woke up and opened his eyes, and saw that the room was still there.
It was dark, and I heard heavy rain falling outside. I sat up and my stomach growled. I didn't know if it was noon yet, so I just went to the first floor to take a look.
After walking out of the room, Hong Chen saw many people in yellow shirts and blue trousers standing near the stairs. He curiously patted one of them on the shoulder and asked, "Brother, what's the matter? Everyone is gathered around?"
The man turned his head and said: "Someone from Yujian Hall is coming to see our elders. Brothers are waiting to see."
Hong Chen asked again: "What is Yujian Hall? Who are your elders?"
The man looked Hong Chen up and down, chuckled, raised his head, almost pointed at Hong Chen with his nostrils, and added a bit of contempt in his tone: "I thought you were also a charlatan, but you turned out to be nothing.
You know what the peasants are like. Just go as you go, stay still, and don't cause trouble. If you offend the master of Yujian Tang, you won't even know why your head is gone!"
Seeing that the man was very rude, Hong Chen resisted asking "Why am I brainless?" and squeezed through the crowd and walked down the stairs.
On the first floor, Hong Chen scanned the hall and saw Ji Cha sitting at a table near the door. He had changed into the blue dress he had wanted to wear. His skin seemed to be whiter than before. He couldn't help but think:
: "This ability to change one's appearance is really amazing. Once I learn how to do it, I can pretend to be an old man with a white beard and I won't have to call everyone big brother or big brother when I see them."
Hong Chen walked over and sat down opposite Ji Cha. Ji Cha was eating Huo Shao. He raised his head and glanced at Hong Chen, pushed the plate in front of him and said, "I've left two Huo Shao for you, eat first. The man named Liu
He hasn’t come yet, so he probably didn’t want to give us the bounty, so he slipped away.”
"What is Mitsurugido?"
Hong Chen said, picked up a huoshao and put it in his mouth.
While eating the fire, Ji Cha said, "Did you hear what the Jianghe Gang said?"
Hong Chen thought for a while, those people in yellow shirts and blue trousers were dressed the same as Zhang Zichui's men in Wuyun City. He probably thought that the people dressed like this were from the Jianghe Gang, so he nodded.
Ji Cha slowly swallowed the food in his mouth, and then said: "Yu Jian Tang, like the purple guards I met before, is under the jurisdiction of Guiyi Division, and the people inside are all imperial eagle dogs.
Compared to the Purple Guards, there are very few people in the Yujian Hall, but most of them are elites. I don’t know what the people from the Yujian Hall want to do when they come to the elders of the Jianghe Gang."
"I came to Tianlin Inn most likely to eat. Maybe I want to eat the best donkey meat grilled."
Hong Chen had already taken a big bite of the roasted pork. He felt that the roasted skin was crispy and crispy, and the donkey meat was fragrant and tender. The salty aroma had a hint of sweetness, and it was really delicious. He couldn't help but start to think about the donkey meat on the ground.
It’s all so delicious, how does the dragon meat taste like in the sky?
"Do you think they are just like you, greedy pigs who only know how to eat?" Ji Cha said, suddenly turning his head, looking towards the door of the inn, and lowering his voice, he said, "Here we come."
"Who's coming?"
Hong Chen was confused and looked towards the door.
But I saw a young woman wearing gray and white clothes walking into the inn, and many wet Jianghe Gang members followed her nervously. The woman wore black boots with gold soles, a red ribbon tied around her waist, and only half of the sleeves of her blouse were exposed.
Her arms are as white as snow, her black hair hangs down to her waist, and her facial features are extremely beautiful, but her eyes seem to be emotionless and cold to the extreme.
But the most eye-catching thing is her hands. On her right hand she wears a pure white velvet glove with slender fingers, while on her left hand she wears a glove that seems to be made of black iron - not so much a glove, but a glove.
A steel claw with a cold light shining on its five fingertips.
Hong Chen was staring at the woman carefully, when suddenly his vision went dark, but Ji Cha reached out to cover his eyes, and then heard Ji Cha say: "What are you looking at? She is so beautiful? Do you like her?"
"She is pretty," Hong Chen said, "but I don't like her."
Ji Cha snorted: "You don't like how beautiful it looks? It turns out that idiots can also lie."
"I'm not an idiot, and I'm not lying either." Hong Chen added, "Her eyes are too fierce, like a python. I don't like pythons. There once was a python that ate three bamboo rats of mine in one day. It was better than selling fish."
I ate two more."
The always noisy first floor of the inn also became quiet at this time. The diners all stared at the woman who came in. Many of them looked very shocked, and some of them turned pale. Two of them even dropped the fire in their hands to the ground.
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Hong Chen asked Ji Cha: "Do you know who she is?"
Ji Cha shook his head: "I don't recognize her. But maybe some people here know about her and are very afraid of her."
"Iron Hand Ying Hailan." Suddenly a low voice sounded in their ears, "She ranks seventh in the 'Nine Sword Heavenly Guards' of Yujian Hall."
Ji Cha and Hong Chen took a look and saw Liu Quan sitting next to them. Liu Quan put a dripping umbrella on the table, but his eyes only stared at the woman's back, and continued to whisper: "Yu Jian Tang Sect
I'm afraid she doesn't have any good intentions when she comes here."
"Brother Liu, eat the fire quickly."
Hong Chen hurriedly handed the last fire dish on the plate to Liu Quan.
"Thank you, Brother Black Tea." Liu Quan took the food from the fire, but did not eat it, but put it back on the plate. "I am going to the government office and have already met Ying Hailan. In addition, I also learned another surprising news."
"Why are you always so startled?" Ji Cha rolled his eyes at him and said, "I'm afraid you're always astonishing. You're less courageous than a bamboo rat."
Liu Quan turned to look at Ji Cha and said seriously: "This matter is actually very important. The flower-picking thief 'Zhong Tuozi' who has committed many crimes in Yunzhou has arrived in Ziyun City! Last night, he was already at Zhuguangmen
'They kidnapped their head's wife! It is very likely that she is still hiding somewhere in Ziyun City. Miss Ji Chen, you must be careful!"