Escort system

Chapter 52
The sun has set to the west, and the setting sun is like blood.

Ye Di fled all the way back to Qinggang County. The calfskin boots that had worn out a big hole had disappeared. Ye Di almost flitted barefoot on the eaves of various houses, and the residual heat on the tiles in the afternoon was still there. , stepping on it is warm, but it is also very comfortable.

Ye Di flew along the long street of the county seat, and the facades of the restaurants on the street had returned to their former bustling scene, as if everything from last night had gone with the wind like a nightmare.Not long after, Ye Di came to the Yuelai Inn in the southeast of the city. The gate of the inn was still open. Ye Di jumped onto the eaves opposite the gate, bent down and looked inside, and saw that the inn was sparsely populated. There were a few people sitting there, and a waiter was leaning against the door and squinting his eyes slightly.

There were still some bloodstains on the long street, and it could be seen that it had been hastily cleaned. Ye Di frowned, leaned over and looked at it for a while, but couldn't see anything wrong at all.

Ye Di gritted his teeth, turned over and jumped onto the street, deliberately passing by the door of the inn, the waiter at the door immediately greeted him courteously, "Yo, sir, do you want to be an elite or stay in the inn?"

Ye Di looked up and down the eyes of the waiter in the inn, feeling a little familiar, and after thinking about it, he realized that this person was the original waiter in the inn when he and Lao Qian were escorting that day.Ye Di looked around the inn again, but didn't see any suspicious person. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Second Brother, where are those people who fought here last night?"

Seeing that Ye Di just kept looking around in the inn, the waiter in the shop had no intention of entering the shop, so his attitude relaxed immediately, and he said, "Fighting? I don't know who fights."

Ye Di glanced around the inn for a few times, then suddenly smiled and strode into the inn, saying: "Get me two pots of wine, and copy a few special dishes to serve."

Ye Di looked at the worn-out boots on his feet, and asked with a smile: "Little brother, which one of your boots is more famous here?"

Seeing Ye Di walking into the inn and wanting to eat and drink, the little waiter immediately became courteous, bowed and followed Ye Di and said, "Oh, to tell you the truth, don't look at our Qinggang." In a small area of ​​the county, the things you buy are all top-notch fun things, and when it comes to buying boots, Hong Ji and Li Ji in the south of the city are both good, and they are all made of pure Northwest calfskin boots."

Ye Di picked a table and sat down, looked at the boots on his feet, reached out and took out a small piece of gold from his pocket and put it on the table.

"Please, my second brother, go over there and buy me a pair, and the rest of the money will be used to settle the bill."

Ye Di smiled and glanced at the shop waiter, and blinked slightly.The waiter in this shop immediately understood, after paying for the food and drinks, there will be some leftovers, and the rest will naturally belong to the waiter in the shop.

The waiter in the shop was also very tactful, without waiting for Ye Di to ask questions, he looked around and saw that the shopkeeper didn't pay attention, first he put the piece of gold into his bosom, and then said: "My lord, you just asked about those Taoist masters of the Hainan school Well, to tell you the truth, everyone in our county received news in advance last night, saying that we should stay at home honestly at night and not run around, and that they would borrow our inn. The shopkeeper was unwilling at first, and returned I was slapped by that vicious old Taoist priest."

Ye Di nodded, tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table, and asked, "What happened next?"

The waiter in the shop said: "Later, our shopkeeper had no choice but to go out and hide for a night before daring to come back this morning." When he spoke, there was a hint of joy in his tone, which showed that he didn't have a good impression of his shopkeeper.

"When you came here this morning, did you see the Taoist priest of the Hainan sect again?"

Ye Di looked at the waiter next to him with some dissatisfaction, he didn't like anyone who talked too much at the moment.The waiter in the shop obviously noticed Ye Di's dissatisfaction, so he shrank his neck and said, "I see it, but the complexions of the Taoist masters are not very good, and one of the older Taoist masters is bloody on the back, and he is wearing a Taoist robe. It's dyed red. Dozens of young Taoist priests are also helping each other, and they can't walk steadily."

Ye Di interrupted and asked: "Among those few people, there may be two people, a man and a woman. The man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is burly, and the woman is about 20 years old, with an oval face and a leg injury." Ye Di Talking about the appearance of Liu Dongyuan and Chen Qingge to the shop waiter, the shop waiter frowned and thought about it, then shook his head affirmatively.

"No, there is only one female Bodhisattva in red clothes in that group. Although she looks very good-looking, she should be more than 20 years old, and there is no injury on her leg."

Ye Di couldn't help thinking of the ruthless but coquettish and charming pink skull Hua Yuehong, nodded and smiled, feeling a little relaxed.It's because he already guessed that Liu Dongyuan and Chen Qingge are no longer in danger, they might have returned to Wudang School to recuperate and heal their injuries.

Ye Di clapped his hands, and the smile on his face became stronger, and he couldn't help but feel much more pleasing to the eye when he looked at the waiter in the shop.He changed to a comfortable position and sat down. The tiredness from the past few days suddenly surged up, and his stomach rumbled against him.

Not long after, the shop waiter brought two wine jugs and four dishes of side dishes from the back kitchen, and Ye Di picked up chopsticks and picked up a chopsticks of duck intestines and stuffed them into his mouth.The duck intestines are washed very clean, and it is very sweet and refreshing when paired with a piece of ginger and two or three scallions of green garlic.

Ye Di groaned, reached out and pulled out the cork on the wine bottle, and took two sips without using a cup.The wine is home-brewed. Although it is new, the wine tastes not sour and has a hint of sweetness when you taste it carefully.Ye Di couldn't help but think of the wise words of Xie Xingnan, the white-robed prostitute.

"The aroma of the wine is not mellow, and the taste of the wine is not right. If you drink this kind of wine in your stomach, what is the difference from poison that penetrates the intestines?"

Ye Di shook his head, raised the jug again and took two sips, and his thoughts slowly became active.Ye Di thought of many interesting people and interesting things, what surprised Ye Di the most was that in his mind he couldn't help but think of the girl who was like a cunning little snake, Randier.A gleam of light flashed in Ye Di's eyes, and his fingers lightly stroked the Thousand Chance Umbrella, as if it had also turned into a soft silver snake, entangled lightly around the handle of the umbrella, and also wrapped around the umbrella handle. his heart.

The shop waiter came back out of breath. Although there was a fine layer of sweat on his forehead, his eyes were still shining with excitement.It must be that there is still a lot of silver left after buying the boots, maybe it is enough for him to buy a brand new cotton coat for his elderly mother, or maybe it is enough for him to buy a bride price for the girl he loves.Sometimes, maybe the life of ordinary people is actually so simple and beautiful.

Ye Di smiled and looked at the shop waiter, who had handed the brand new boots in front of him.Ye Di reached out to take the boots. The boots were soft and firm, and the workmanship was extremely fine.Ye Di nodded in satisfaction, reached out to pull off the boots under her feet, put on brand new boots, reached out and patted the waiter on the shoulder lightly, and said, "Thank you."

After speaking, Ye Di turned over and fled out, still holding a flagon in his hand.On the long street, the moonlight shines gently on Ye Di, just like the soft lights on the campus in her previous life, and also like the soft eyes of her girlfriend under the lights.Standing on the high eaves, Ye Di felt a little smoky. He looked at the lights of thousands of houses and suddenly felt a sense of loss. Then he sighed and murmured: "I'm homesick... ..."

Home may be both the one in Fuzhou and the one under the neon lights.

(End of this chapter)