Taiheng City seven or eight years ago and Taiheng City seven or eight years later have not changed much. The local residents have long been accustomed to foreign merchants.
After all, Taiheng City is a trading city, and the residents of this city are more adaptable to foreign visitors than the residents of other towns in the Central Plains.
Therefore, Wei Suyao, Impermanence Flower, Seluvinia, etc. can be upright and sit in the inn to dine without any disguise.
Mo Nianxi followed the old rules and asked everyone to order a meal, and then everyone ate together.
The advantage of this is that she can taste every meal.
Xunxuan ordered a side of Shaomai, and Wei Suyao ordered a side of dumplings. Wuchanghua originally wanted to order a side of Shaomai, but under Mo Nianxi's persuasion, she finally changed it to Xiao Long Bao.
Qili'an ordered a portion of five-grain rice, Isabel ordered a portion of noodle soup, Servinia ordered a portion of lotus seed porridge, and Wafudu ordered a portion of white steamed buns and soy milk.
When Mo Nianxi saw that Hua Fuduo had ordered a meaningless steamed bun, she wanted to persuade her to change it to something else, such as the glutinous rice chicken eaten by the person at the next table, which looked very fragrant and delicious.
Unfortunately, Huafuduo didn't accept her trick. No matter how hard Mo Nianxi tried to persuade her, she only had one word in reply... Get out!
Hua Fuduo had some considerations when ordering a white steamed bun. First of all, she liked to eat light food. Secondly, she could tear the steamed buns into Zhou Xingyun's mouth, or tear half of them out and let Zhou Xingyun feed her.
Of course, since Wei Suyao was waiting for her daughter, the possibility of Wafduo wanting Zhou Xingyun to feed her was extremely low, but this would not prevent her from stuffing steamed buns into Zhou Xingyun's mouth.
With no choice, Mo Nianxi had to ask Zhou Xingyun to order a sticky rice chicken, while she ordered a spicy and sour meat pie.
Zhou Xingyun and his party did not order other side dishes, probably because they wanted to eat more local staple food.
Admittedly, lack of funds is also a major problem...
If little Isabel wants to establish her own business in the Central Plains, there are many places where she needs to spend money. Zhou Xingyun and others have received very little funds, so they cannot be extravagant and wasteful.
In the words of little Isabel, the prince is as rich as his country, so how can he care about her little extraneous things?
Yes, in the eyes of little Isabel, Zhou Xingyun is a powerful prince.
She was married to Zhou Xingyun, and as his fiancée, it would be fine if Zhou Xingyun did not support her development. How could he be embarrassed to ask her for travel expenses?
As a result, Zhou Xingyun could only remember the four words of frugality in his heart, and just make do with it. As long as he was accompanied by a beautiful woman, he didn't care if he drank rice water every day.
Just like now, Zhou Xingyun first peeled off the three lotus leaf glutinous rice chickens brought to him by the waiter, and enthusiastically invited the beauties present to pick up their chopsticks and taste the glutinous rice chicken.
You all have to pick up your chopsticks! You have tasted my glutinous rice chicken, right? Then it will be my turn to taste yours!
How do I taste it? I open my mouth and you feed me and taste it!
"Xuan'er, I'm hungry, ah..."
"Suyao, I'm hungry, ah..."
"Little Sesai, I..."
In this way, Zhou Xingyun enjoyed the blessings of everyone. Surrounded by several beauties, he savored various lunches, making all the diners who came to the inn envious.
When Zhou Xingyun circled the 'earth' and tasted all the meals served by Wei Suyao and other women, he wanted to eat them a second time...
"Yun..." Xunxuan twirled a piece of Shaomai and brought it to Zhou Xingyun's big mouth, and glanced at the inn counter with her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Xingyun looked sideways and immediately saw two familiar figures.
"I would like to ask a few guests who have come all the way. Do they want to stay in a hotel or stay in a hotel?"
"Prepare three more spacious rooms for us."
"Okay!"
A group of people came to the inn and they were talking with the shopkeeper at the counter.
Zhou Xingyun knew two of them, one could be considered an old acquaintance of Zhou Xingyun, and the other...hehe.
Let’s talk about the first guy who is ‘temporarily’ an old acquaintance.
Who is he? He is the assassin of the Temple of the Dead, Ximen Lengbang.
Zhou Xingyun suddenly remembered that the trading city of Taiheng City was considered the territory under the jurisdiction of King Xijun, and the Wuteng Spirit Snake Palace also set up a branch here.
Back then, the bastards under the command of King Xijun, members of the Five Seasons Chamber of Commerce, recruited martial arts masters in Taiheng City to hunt for treasures in the ancient tombs of the imperial mausoleums in Shaguling.
It is true that it was a trap, a play directed and staged by the Wuji Chamber of Commerce to catch the thief, and it was the cause of the disintegration of the Wulin Alliance.
Ximen Lengbang was very alert. Zhou Xingyun's eyes lingered on him for a second before he noticed it.
Ximen Lengbang paid attention to Zhou Xingyun with his peripheral vision, seeming to be examining his identity.
Zhou Xingyun can obviously feel that Ximen Lengbang's attention is secretly locked on him. After all, Zhou Xingyun is also a first-class martial arts master.
Huh? He doesn’t recognize me anymore?
Zhou Xingyun is quite confused in his heart...
Perhaps due to the influence of the correction power of time and space, the Central Plains warriors had forgotten the ‘Battle of Destiny’ ten years ago, so when Ximen Lengbang discovered Zhou Xingyun and his party, his reaction was very strange.
If Ximen Lengbang still remembers the "Battle of Destiny" between good and evil in Shagu Ridge ten years ago, he also remembers the scene where Zhou Xingyun and his party fought against the Seven Martial Arts of Destiny.
He now found that Zhou Xingyun and others were having dinner at the Taiheng City Inn, and their facial expressions must be 'Oh, high!', not 'Huh, right?'.
Don’t understand what the above sentence means?
To put it simply, if Ximen Lengbang remembered the Battle of Destiny ten years ago, when he noticed Zhou Xingyun and his party, a light bulb or an exclamation mark would pop up on his head instead of an ellipsis or a question mark.
Of course, whether Ximen Lengbang remembers that he is not important or not, Zhou Xingyun doesn't care about him either. What makes Zhou Xingyun very excited now is that he actually saw Sister Nangong after she was a child.
Xiao Nangong!
Among the people from the Temple of the Dead, there were two people Zhou Xingyun knew.
Which two masters of the Temple of the Dead do Zhou Xingyun know?
The attentive friends will definitely guess that apart from Ximen Lengbang, the only one left is Nangong Ling.
Does Zhou Xingyun know other people from the Temple of the Dead? There should be none.
Xiao Nangong's makeup and clothes are very casual, as casual as a cowherd boy in the farmland.
However, Xiao Nangong's beautiful appearance, Pingting's erect figure, and her long black hair that falls down to her thighs make her look like a beauty even if she wears plain and unpretentious clothes.
Xiao Nangong held a Tang Dao that did not match his height in both hands and stood behind an old man.
Zhou Xingyun boldly stood up and walked towards the assassins of the Temple of the Dead. Anyway, Ximen Lengbang had noticed that he was observing them.
When Zhou Xingyun approached the person in the Temple of the Dead, the other person reacted subconsciously and put his hand on the weapon on his waist.
"How much?" Zhou Xingyun asked unclearly and sternly. When the people in the Temple of the Dead heard this, they all looked confused and didn't know what he meant.
"Who are you? Do you have a problem with us?" Ximen Lengbang, as a representative, responded to Zhou Xingyun's question.
"Is five hundred taels enough? Gold ingots." Zhou Xingyun's reply from Ximen Lengbang confirmed once again that the other party had forgotten about him.
However, Zhou Xingyun is still saying something that no one understands...
"What do you want us to do with five hundred taels of gold ingots?" Ximen Lengbang asked coldly. He was also confused by Zhou Xingyun's nonsense. He even thought that Zhou Xingyun was an old customer of the Temple of the Dead. He recognized their identities and directly
Offer them money to hire them to kill people.
"Sell her to me." Zhou Xingyun pointed at Xiao Nangong.
Ximen Lengbang and the people from the Temple of the Dead immediately realized that Zhou Xingyun mistakenly thought they were slave traders, so they wanted to buy Xiao Nan Gong Ling from them.
Of course, Ximen Lengbang rejected Zhou Xingyun without saying a word: "We are not slave traders."
"You can be." Zhou Xingyun did not give up. He directly took out the imperial gold medal from his pocket and waved it in front of Ximen Lengbang and others.
Zhou Xingyun's meaning is very obvious. I am a person of status. Now I have fallen in love with Xiao Nangong. If you know her, sell her to me.
Although the Temple of the Dead is not a slave trader, they are in the killing business. Zhou Xingyun wants to buy Xiao Nangong Ling's life. Logically speaking, it is feasible.
As long as he can afford the price, he can buy anyone's life.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xingyun couldn't help but add: "One thousand taels of gold ingots, what do you think? Can you sell her life to me?"
Didn't I just say that Zhou Xingyun was very poor, so poor that he couldn't even pay tolls? Why was he pretending to be rich now and clamoring to buy Xiaonangong with one thousand taels of gold ingots?
Just pretend! Zhou Xingyun can show off the big money he pretends to be, not to mention one thousand taels of gold ingots, even ten thousand taels of gold ingots.
Anyway, Zhou Xingyun never thought that he could buy Xiao Nangong from the Temple of the Dead from the beginning, so he just said a few words of praise to prevent Ximen Lengbang and other people from the Temple of the Dead from suspecting them.
The Temple of Death and his party entered the inn, and when Xun Xuan noticed them, Ximen Lengbang became alert.
In order to dispel Ximen Lengbang's wariness and prevent him from sending someone to investigate his party, Zhou Xingyun took the initiative to step forward and asked, "How much does it cost?"
In this way, Ximen Lengbang and other people from the Temple of the Dead understood why Zhou Xingyun cared about them when they first entered the inn.
The people in the Temple of the Dead naturally believed that Zhou Xingyun was attracted by Xiao Nangong Ling's beauty, so he paid close attention to them and wanted to buy Xiao Nangong Ling.
"If you don't want to die, get out of here!"
This time, before Ximen Lengbang could reject Zhou Xingyun, the old man standing in front of Xiao Nangong couldn't hold back his anger and wanted to attack Zhou Xingyun.
Fortunately, Ximen Lengbang had general knowledge and stopped the old man's reckless behavior before he took action.
Zhou Xingyun just took out the Golden Dragon Token, which is enough to show that he has a distinguished status, and Ximen Lengbang does not want to conflict with the royal family.
"If you don't want to sell it, don't sell it. I'm not bad at women. Humph~" Zhou Xingyun said sourly, then pretended to return to the table, hugged each other and continued to eat.
At this time, the people in the Temple of the Dead realized belatedly that Zhou Xingyun was surrounded by so many stunning beauties.
He is truly worthy of being a royal family member...
The men and horses of the Temple of the Dead glanced at Xunxuan and the other women, and then followed Ximen Lengbang to the upstairs room to rest.
After the people from the Temple of the Dead left, Wei Suyao asked Zhou Xingyun without temper: "What are you doing to provoke them?"