Because entering Beibi Mountain and leaving Beibi Mountain are not the same road, when Li Xuandu left the boundary of Beibi Mountain and entered the boundary of Beimang County, he found that there was a lonely inn on the side of the road, which was somewhat familiar.

When he walked into the inn, his face was stiff.

Because in front of the door of the inn there is a low flagpole, on which hangs a large flag that has been tattered at the edge, although because there is no wind at this time, the flag is just listlessly drooping, but it can still be clearly identified on the top of the four big characters - Taiping Inn.

Four large characters silver hook iron painting, just like when I first saw it.

If Li Xuan is not mistaken, the flagpole is the one that was interrupted by Qian Xing that day, so it will be much shorter. Of course, the flag is also the original flag, because there are still some mud stains on it that have not been cleaned.

Not far from the flagpole, there was a dry old tree stump, on which a thin black boy was sitting dozing, his head like a chicken pecking rice, little by little, the saliva from the corner of his mouth, along his chin, hung a thin white line. At the feet of the young man was a yellowed dog, lazily basking in the sun with his master, although he had not fallen asleep directly like the master, but he was already in a half-asleep state.

Although it is no longer the afternoon of the late summer, nor the Huainan Mansion of Luzhou, but the late autumn season with the severe weather and the overcast border of the Beibi Mountains, the whole inn exudes a lazy meaning.

Perhaps this laziness means peace.

Li Xuandu took a few steps forward, and sure enough, the earth dog lying at the young man's feet immediately woke up, omitted the previous inspection steps, and directly began to grin at Li Xuandu, whining and roaring, but after roaring twice, he turned off his voice and tilted his head, as if he was a little puzzled.

The person in front of him, although he changed his clothes like a dog, the smell on his body did not change.

Old acquaintance!

Li Xuandu squatted down and touched its dog's head, and said loudly: "Shen Changsheng, are you still sleeping? I'm going to let the boss deduct your salary!"

"I don't dare anymore!" The thin black boy who was meeting Yuan Sheng in a dream suddenly became so frightened that he fell from the stump.

The dog understands human nature, and after perceiving Li Xuandu's closeness and familiarity, the yellow dog began to wagging its tail around Li Xuandu, and from time to time people stood up, Li Xuandu simply grabbed its two front paws with both hands.

When Shen Changsheng looked up, it was such a scene of harmony between humans and dogs.

Li Xuandu rubbed the head of the earth dog, stood up and smiled at Shen Changsheng, and said, "Little Brother Shen, we met again, it's really a place in life where we don't meet." ”

Shen Changsheng rubbed his sleepy eyes, and said with surprise and joy: "Mr. Li?!"

Li Xuandu smiled and asked, "Why did the inn move to Luzhou? Could it be that Qingluanwei is looking for trouble with you?" But with the boss's ability and the name of Taiping Mountain, a Qingluanwei can't do anything about the inn. ”

Shen Changsheng shook his head and said, "It's not that the inn was moved here, in the words of the boss, this is the opening of a branch." ”

"Branch?" Li Xuan couldn't help but smile, not taking it seriously.

The young man said very seriously: "The boss said that if I make enough money in the future, let me open an inn by myself." ”

When he said this, the young man's eyes sparkled with longing.

Li Xuandu changed the topic, looked at the earth dog and asked, "What's its name?"

Shen Changsheng said with a smile: "The proprietress said that if you do business, you will get rich, so you named it 'Zhaocai', but the proprietress never fed it, I raised it since I was a child, and when I go out to buy things or work, I will take it with me." ”

As he spoke, the young man kept looking behind Li Xuandu, and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Li, where is Miss Zhou? Why didn't she come with you?"

Li Xuan didn't break the young man's thoughts, and said, "I sent her to the Xuannu Sect to learn art, and now she should be about to arrive at the Jade Girl Mountain." ”

The young man, like the little girl, is also a city house, after hearing the words, his face was full of loss that he couldn't hide, and he muttered in a low voice: "If you want to learn the Tao, it's the same for the Taiping Sect." ”

Li Xuandu pretended not to hear it, and said, "After standing outside for so long, you still don't invite me in? ”

Shen Changsheng hurriedly went to the lobby of the inn to report the good news to the proprietress: "Boss, Mr. Li is here, it is the Mr. Li who you said is very similar to Yuan Feixue and Yuan's family!"

Yuan Feixue, once famous in the imperial capital, is still the most Danjiao, and is praised as 'a smile for thousands of years, a cry for eternity.' Its singing voice is the first of the four masterpieces of the imperial capital.

Li Xuandu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, and walked into the inn with Shen Changsheng.

The lobby on the first floor is still the same as before, in addition to the counter, there are more than a dozen Eight Immortal Tables and supporting benches, and the proprietress is still the same, wearing a Tuanhua Bijia, sitting on a bench next to the Eight Immortals table, boringly knocking melon seeds, but the boss who settles accounts behind the counter is gone.

After seeing Li Xuandu, the proprietress's eyes lit up, and she sprinkled the melon seed shell in her hand and got up from the bench, "The old lady thought that this rabbit cub was lying to me, but I didn't expect it to be Li Gongzi." If he had known that Li Gongzi was coming, the concubine would definitely have to go out to greet him. ”

Li Xuandu waved his hand and said, "Don't dare to let the boss lady be like this." ”

As she spoke, the proprietress Lianbu moved lightly, and she had already come to Li Xuandu's side, stretched out her hand and pinched Li Xuandu's sleeve, and said, "What kind of material is Li Gongzi's clothes? ”

Li Xuandu was helpless, so he could only step back slightly, take a few steps away from the proprietress, and asked, "Boss, why did you come to Zhongzhou to open a store?" ”

The proprietress withdrew her palm at this time, and when she saw Li Xuandu asking about this stubble, she said a little absent-mindedly: "It's not the head of the house, and it is said that there is fortune in the north, so that the concubine, a woman, and Shen Changsheng, a rabbit cub, came all the way to this ghost place to open a shop. I heard that the county town is also haunted and demons, although I haven't heard of the news of dead people, but I have gone crazy for a few, and it is not a concubine to scare the son, now this place is not peaceful, no matter what happens, finish it as soon as possible and leave as soon as possible, if you go a little later, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave. ”

Li Xuandu's face became a little solemn, and he hugged his fists and said, "Thank you for the reminder from the boss." ”

The proprietress smiled and said: "What is not thankful, just to wake up, besides, these ghosts and monsters, I haven't seen them with my own eyes, they are all from others, maybe they are all lies, Li Gongzi is happy when he hears it." ”

Li Xuan was noncommittal, and said instead: "Since you have arrived at the hostess's inn, there is no reason to turn around and leave, why do you have to leave after having a meal at the hostess's place." ”

The proprietress immediately beckoned to Shen Changsheng, "First give Li Gongzi a pot of Huadiao wine, he likes to drink this, and then give Li Gongzi a plate of our inn's signature sauce beef, the meat is from the cow that fell to death, don't use the one that died of illness, it's not clean, go quickly." ”

Shen Changsheng left in response, Li Xuandu and the boss lady sat down together, and Li Xuandu asked, "Where is the boss?"

The proprietress said disapprovingly: "Stay in Huainan Mansion to take care of the family." ”

Li Xuandu let out an "oh" and teased: "Aren't the husband and wife going to be separated for a long time?"

"Isn't this Li Gongzi here? The proprietress said with a smile.

Li Xuandu could only retreat in defeat and forgiveness.

The proprietress sat opposite Li Xuandu, and asked Zhengse, "What has the son done during this time, and how did he get here?"

Li Xuandu said: "I only did one thing, that is, to send that hard-working girl to Longmen Mansion, as for why I came here, it was because I was looking for two friends." ”

As he was talking, Shen Changsheng took a jar of wine and two white bowls, the proprietress took the wine jar and the white bowl, unsealed the mud, and poured the wine into the bowl.

The proprietress picked up a bowl of wine and said, "The silver ticket left by Li Gongzi last time is still a little rich, and this jar of wine should be regarded as a concubine to invite Gongzi." ”