There is a small town not far from Xining Prefecture, called "Dongxia", although this Dongxia town is a small town, but because it is located in a remote area, far away in the land of Tibet and Qiang, it was not affected by the war too much, and it has been recuperating over the years, people are prosperous, and now the household has exceeded 500, and it is a multi-ethnic mixed residence, Qiang people, Tibetans, The Han people are all blended in here, and because it was very safe when there was a war here, so the merchants who sold silk and tea frequently gathered here, so the business sound has been spread so far, as if it was a small scale, tea shops, taverns, pawnshops, silk villages, etc. have been opened in a similar way, although it is not as prosperous as the capital of Yingtian, but it also has the feeling of "although the sparrow is small, the five organs are complete".

Along the way, Chu Xunyu and the three of them rode their horses and galloped wildly, day and night, and finally came not far from Xining Prefecture, only half a day's journey, Mu Yuan had to shout that he was too tired, and wanted to live in a sharp store, Chu Xunyu looked at the surrounding environment left and right, only this Dongxia Town not far away, so the three of them turned around, detoured to Dongxia Town to rest for one night, and rushed to Xining Prefecture tomorrow to cross.

Entering this Dongxia Town, I saw that people came and went here, and the cries were endless, which was really surprising, Mu Yuan sighed again and again, I really didn't want to have such a place here. Chu Xunyu roughly told the two of them about the formation here, and the two who listened to it sighed, as the saying goes, under the nest, there are no eggs. The war was in full swing back then, but I didn't expect this remote town to survive and take the opportunity to develop.

The three of them dismounted and led, all the way to the town along the flow of people, looking left and right, and found that in addition to the tea and silk of the Han people, there were also Tibetan weapons and silver ornaments in the town.

Mu Yuan couldn't help but complain to him: "I finally came to the northwest once, but I didn't buy anything, so I want to bring something back and give it away." ”

"Give it away?" Chu Xunyu was stunned for a moment, picked up a piece of silver jewelry from the stall next to him, and asked curiously, "Who are you sending?" Your senior brothers and masters are all Buddhists, and they don't like these, who else do you want to give it to besides me? I'm here, if you want to send it, hurry up. ”

"I-" Mu Yuan snorted at Chu Xunyu, "Send you, dream, I won't give it to you if I throw it away for nothing, you haven't paid back the money I paid to General Meng Xuan last time, and now you still want to knock me out." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll pay it back, how much money?" Chu Xunyu rolled his eyes helplessly, "Always talk about this, if I don't pay you back, I will become a sinner for the ages, let's say, how much?"

"Hmm......" Mu Yuan thought for a while, then turned his head and asked the boss in front of the vendor, "I said boss, let me ask you something, where is the most famous inn or restaurant here?" ”

Without thinking, the boss pointed to the distance with his hand and replied boldly: "The most famous thing we have here must be the 'Chaoyang Pavilion', have you seen it? Not far away, it is the highest three-story building, right there." ”

Look along the past, sure enough, there is such a high-rise building, a low house is particularly conspicuous, built is also a little magnificent, not at all like the Tibetan style here, there are edges and corners, carved beams and painted buildings, eaves and corners back to the wall, a clear-eyed person can understand at a glance, this restaurant is opened by the Han people, Mu Yuan's meaning is to let Chu Xunyu invite himself to have a good meal, and live down.

Of course, Chu Xunyu understood, and he simply stopped being wordy, the three of them thanked the boss, led the horse all the way and walked straight over, and came to the door, sure enough, the crowd was surging, and most of the merchants from the south and north gathered here, and the guy who greeted the guests saw the three of them coming, and they did not slack off, and came up directly to greet the three of them: "Objectively, please come inside." ”

Chu Xunyu handed over the reins and didn't forget to tell him: "Lead the horse over, feed it with good feed, turn around and unload the reins and wander around." ”

"All right!" the child shouted, taking the reins and leading the horse away.

The three of them entered the lobby, and it was really lively, and it was time to eat while talking, and when they caught up with the master, people wearing various national costumes were talking inside, Mu Yuan turned around and asked the guy: "Man, is there a private room upstairs?"

"It's all booked by the guests, I'm sorry, only the downstairs lobby is left, do you think it's okay?" replied the guy pointed to the place where everyone was eating and drinking downstairs, and after a closer look, there were several tables that were empty.

The three of them had no choice but to walk through the crowd and sit down, Mu Yuan muttered dissatisfiedly: "This spectrum is big enough, even the private room has been booked, by the way, Xiao Er, sit in the lobby and go to the lobby, is there any good tea? As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Yuan suddenly added, "Let's talk about it first, don't take any butter tea to make trouble, the three of us came back from outside just now, and we can't stand those things, do you have Central Plains tea?"

Xiao Er laughed proudly: "Objectively, you are right, not that I boast, if you want to go to Xining Prefecture to pass the customs into the Central Plains, you have to pass through us, the Central Plains tea is everything, I say, you listen, there are Mao Feng of Huangshan, Houkui of Taiping, Longjing of West Lake, Dahongpao of Wuyi Mountain, Biluochun of Dongting Lake, if you are not used to drinking, it doesn't matter, I also prepared for you the clouds and mist of Lushan in Jiangxi, Lu'an Gua Pian, Junshan Yinjian, Anxi Tieguanyin ......"

"Wait, wait......" The three of them became more and more interested in listening, Mu Yuan hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt him, and said suspiciously with crooked eyes, "I said Xiao Er, you have so many kinds of tea here? Just kidding, why don't you take some fakes to fool us." ”

"Hey, look at what you said, tell the truth to the three masters, the owner of our restaurant also sells tea, this Dongxia Town is doing tea and silk business from south to north, what kind of tea we have, genuine, I don't believe you go to other halls under our boss to inquire, you can't be wrong." ”

"Shout! I can't see that your boss's business is big enough. Chu Xunyu sighed to the left and right Mu Yuan and Wu Chen.

Xiao Er replied proudly: "That is, our owner's business is definitely big enough, there are restaurants, tea, silk, coal mines, etc., etc., more than ten kinds of halls of all sizes have our reputation, absolutely can't be wrong, what do you always want to drink?"

"Let's have three cups of melon slices, and four dishes of dried fruits. Mu Yuan thought for a while, "Let's take a break, and I'll call you to serve the food later." ”

"Okay, you wait. Xiao Er shouted, turned around and went to prepare tea.

Mu Yuan sat there without anything, looked left and right curiously, and suddenly found that there were four very small patterns engraved on the four corners of the roof, respectively farmers plowing the fields, officials traveling, brides getting married, and friends drinking, so he couldn't help but wonder, so he asked Chu Xunyu: "Ye Langzhong, why do you paint these patterns in the corners?"

Chu Xunyu glanced at it and couldn't help laughing: "Bajie, learn a little, this is called 'Four Joys Coming to the Door', which are 'a long drought and a rainy day, and a foreign country meets an old acquaintance." When the gold list was inscribed, the cave room spent candle nights. The most proud thing in life is these four things, engraved on the corner of the roof, also called 'good luck', it seems that the owner of this shop is a Han person, and generally only Han people will do this. ”

"Not only is he a Han man, but he is also an ordinary person. Forget Chen, who has been silent, suddenly spoke, and said to the shopkeeper in front of him, and the other two looked over, only to find that all the guys in the store, including the shopkeeper, had a red rope tied to their wrists, and the cultivators had five senses and were psychic, and they sniffed with their noses, and they knew that the red rope was dyed with realgar wine soaked in cinnabar. The behavior of Emperor Guan Wu or the Lord of the Stove, but I have never heard of the habit of tying male yellow cinnabar rope from top to bottom, which is really strange......