Chapter Seventy-Five: The Wine Shop
Of course, Cheng Xiaolian didn't know what was going on behind him, and he hadn't even heard the name Fengge, but his mind was not here, he had been going up the mountain for so many days, he was so bored that he temporarily decided to go down the mountain to take a turn.
Regarding this matter, the attitude of the two Jinyi guards is that it is okay to go out, but they can't go to the county seat, in the township, even if something happens, it is too late to escape.
Of course, Cheng Xiaolian doesn't care where he goes, he always looks at a group of men on the mountain, and he has to doubt his sexual orientation, so he desperately wants to go shopping, see different women, and at the same time verify that he still likes women.
The four of them went down the mountain, it was almost noon, and the nearest township was more than ten miles away, and a few people ate a little bit of dry food, and then advanced towards the township.
When I arrived at the township, I found that today was the temple fair, although there was still a war ahead, but it did not affect this remote town at all, and the temple fair was still as lively as ever.
Cheng Xiaolian was much more excited when he saw so many people, but these are all normal people, and what everyone thinks about is not killing and being killed.
They found a small wine shop, ready to eat another good meal, just now after all, it was a cushion, no one took it seriously.
The environment of the small wine shop is not bad, and there are a lot of people, Cheng Xiaolian and they ordered a few dishes and sat at the table on the side and waited, at this time there was a sudden dispute outside the window.
Cheng Xiaolian looked up, it turned out to be a drunk man who had just gone out, and vomited the person who was about to enter the door, it just so happened that the person was a landlord-like figure, so he naturally refused to give up, beckoning people to beat him, who knew that the few people who followed behind him were not the opponents of this drunken man, and they were all knocked to the ground.
And all this was seen by Cheng Xiaolian in his eyes, to be honest, he was not interested in this at all, but these people scared away all the big girls and little daughters-in-law who were visiting the temple fair, which made him unhappy, so he cursed fiercely, it was best to die together.
At this time, Xiao Er also heard his words: "Guest officer, make a small voice, don't dare to provoke them." ”
Cheng Xiaolian frowned: "Are they very powerful?" ”
"It's not just powerful, one of them is the head of the martial arts in the town, and the other is the rich man in the town, any one of them can crush you outsiders to death."
Cheng Xiaolian didn't care much about whether Xiao Er bragged or not, and asked with interest: "How do you know that we are strangers?" ”
Xiao Er sighed: "Didn't you see that as soon as the two of them fought, the people around them ran away without eating, just a few of you are still sitting here." ”
Cheng Xiaolian scratched his head: "We didn't get involved in this matter, so we won't rush in and beat us, right?" ”
Xiao Er also smiled: "That's not it, it's just that it's easy to splash blood." ”
As he spoke, two groups of rescuers had arrived, one team supported the drunk man and called the master, and the other team stood in front of the rich man, all holding weapons in their hands, looking like they wanted revenge.
The rich man sneered: "Sun Laodi, don't pretend to be drunk with me, I know that you have been thinking about my Dongzhen for a day or two, but at the beginning, it was said that the rent in the east of the town belongs to me, and the rent in the west belongs to you, but your kid is stubborn, you want to collect more money, and all the merchants over there are squeezed here, and now you want to rob my Dongzhen, there is no door!" ”
Sun Laodi no longer pretended to be drunk, and sneered: "Zhang Xiaocai, I didn't say you, you have the strength to eat so much?" Why don't you give me half of it, and I promise not to come to you for trouble in the future, how about it? ”
Cheng Xiaolian sighed: "There are also protection fees in this town?" ”
Xiao Er lowered his voice when he heard this: "No, many people fled from the north, the foundation is unstable, these people naturally bully outsiders, our shop is good, locals, the silver collected is not too much, I heard that the blacksmith shop over there has to pay a tael of silver a month, this tael of silver is not a small amount, a hoe is only a few hundred dollars, and you have to throw away the raw materials, and you can't earn much silver a month." They were all robbed by these people. ”
At this time, the shopkeeper didn't know when he stood behind Xiao Er, and slapped him on the head: "What nonsense are you talking about here?" What can you say about those masters? Go back to the back kitchen and serve the food. ”
Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "Shopkeeper, how many people have fled recently?" ”
The shopkeeper smiled: "It's not a few, it is said that the war over there is very strong, and they all say that the Manchu Tartars can't hold it and will be driven out of the customs, I think this matter is hanging." ”
Cheng Xiaolian became interested: "Oh, how do you know? ”
The shopkeeper probably thinks that it is not a big deal to talk about the emperor today, but he can't say that the masters at the door, because the emperor of Tiangao can't hear it, and he may not be willing to worry about himself when he hears it, but the few people at the door can definitely make him uncomfortable.
So he found a seat and sat down, Cheng Xiaolian specially poured him a glass of wine, and the shopkeeper drank a glass and lowered his voice: "The emperor who slaughtered the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, the people's hearts are gone." The emperor can let the thief force him to death, and he can let the Tartar die, but let that one be slaughtered, this is a big rebellion, who in the Han people wants to do it with him? Not to mention Manren, no one wants to do it with him, that's a fart. ”
Cheng Xiaolian gave a thumbs up: "Good knowledge." ”
The shopkeeper smiled: "It's all drunken talk, it can't be true, anyway, whoever is the emperor and my tavern also have to take money to buy peace, so it doesn't matter who is the emperor." ”
While speaking, the two people outside had already beckoned people to prepare to start, Cheng Xiaolian glanced at the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, you are not an ordinary person, if ordinary people are just afraid to run out to persuade them to fight, this is a fight at your door, how can you do business if you get blood?" ”
"Hey, I'm not a fart in their eyes, I can't do anything but get beaten after I go out, in that case, it's better to watch inside, they can beat if they want, people, you have self-knowledge, if you don't have self-knowledge, you will be cheap."
Cheng Xiaolian nodded, stretched out his hand and poured him full of wine: "The shopkeeper is a master, come, do this glass." ”
The shopkeeper drank the wine and glanced at Cheng Xiaolian: "You are not locals, are you?" ”
Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "The little second brother can see this." ”
"I can also see that you are at least a young master, you see that since I sat here, those two eyes have not blinked, for fear that I will not be good for you."
Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly: "That's right, it's a young master, who fled from the north, and there is not much family property left." ”
"Hey, look at the posture of a few people, don't you want to flee to Myanmar?"
(ps: The editor said that there is a recommendation to add, so I will add more, hahaha)