Sealing Sword

There are hooligans in the Barren Mountain Inn.

Gu Xiao felt that the master had probably told such a big truth in his life.

It has been half a year since he went down the mountain. From the beginning when he was dazzled by the colorful world, now he deeply feels that the so-called rivers and lakes are a pot of mixed flavors. Chou rushed towards his face with the bloody wind and rain, and he was so confused that he couldn't find the north, south, east, and west.

Rescued the eldest girl and daughter-in-law who had been robbed in the mountain path, but was scared away by the sentence of "promise with her body"; go to the Tiger Cave of Heifengzhai to punish rape and eliminate evil, and follow the green forest hero with the green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right Fighting; after walking through the poor mountains and rivers, spending a few days of leisurely life, but because of picking up a few hooligans on the street, they were chased by mobs from nowhere and asked to join the gang.

Why are people so complicated?

Gu Xiao kicked the little pawn who came up to lobby him to join some gang to the ground, and put the handkerchief thrown by the woman on the flower branch, waiting for the owner to get it back. Then he gnawed on the dry steamed buns and got on the horse, riding Juechen .

The knife behind him was newly made by Gu Jufang at the iron shop at the foot of the mountain at a cost of three taels of silver. , Gu Xiao always felt that this was the life-saving money Duanqing gave him, and he could use it as two meals after all the money was spent, so that he would not starve to death on the street.

Gu Xiao was lazily lying on the horse's back. The horse was old and couldn't run fast, but it was obedient. It didn't need to be deliberately whipped, but it knew how to move forward slowly.

After he came down from the mountain, he had no relatives and no definite purpose, so he exiled himself among the three mountains and the four seas as he wished, wherever he went, he wanted to be happy when he encountered good things, and he had the right to practice when he encountered disasters.

Autumn is here, the fallen leaves are bleak, the already desolate wild roads are less pedestrians, and the unnamed old graves on the roadside are overgrown with weeds, and there are occasional insects singing late, which is not pleasant to the ear, which only adds to the gloom.

Gu Xiao turned over and fed the horse the half steamed bun left over from lunch, then turned her head and looked at this wilderness inn that looked more dark and eerie under the night with sleepy eyes.

In this barren mountain, there are no shops in front of the village, and there is only one inn that looks like a black shop. It is three stories high, with yellow mud walls, a thatched roof, and a decaying door with several roads pasted on it like patches. Old and new boards are mixed, and the candles in the two paper lanterns in front of the door are flickering, reflecting the three red lacquered characters "Tianchengju" on the top of the door as if they are bloody "human corpses".

If the living people enter this place, they will become corpses. If they say that this is not a place for slaughter and looting, even ghosts will not believe it.

Gu Xiao looked at the sky, there was a gloomy wind and dark clouds, thinking that it might rain, he didn't plan to sleep in the wilderness and become a drowned chicken, so Shi Shiran took the horse and knocked on the door.

"Come on, guest officer please!"

There was a refreshing sound of welcoming guests, and the precarious door was pulled open, revealing a face full of flesh. Gu Xiao took a look and turned his head, thinking that this person didn't look like Xiaoer, but more like a pig butcher.

"Feed the horse for me, come to another room, and serve some hot food."

He threw a piece of broken silver, Xiao Er weighed the weight, smiled more sincerely, led the horse with one hand, and signaled him to go in with the other: "Okay, sit down and rest for a while!"

Gu Xiao stepped over the threshold, and saw that the hall was brightly lit, a tattered cloth curtain on the left blocked the backyard, and the tables and chairs on the right were neatly arranged, but they were very old, and there were oil stains on them that could not be wiped off. For off-putting.

Xiao Er led the horse to the backyard, Gu Xiao glanced at it, and saw that the three tall waiters were cleaning up the leftovers on the table, but there were no guests.

Standing behind the counter directly in front of her is a lady boss with a silver hairpin. She is about 30 years old. She is wearing powder and Shiyan. She doesn't look old, but she doesn't look like a good family.Seeing Gu Xiao coming in, her eyes lit up, and she came out from behind the counter, holding a pen in one hand, and lifted the flagon in the other, and said with a smile: "Oh, I haven't seen such a handsome guest officer for a long time, it's cold today, let's drink first." A glass of wine to warm you up?"

"Thank you, shopkeeper." Gu Xiao took the wine glass and drank it with his head up, and poured a glass of wine into the skirt of his clothes through the cover of his sleeve. Fortunately, he was wearing a black suit today, so there was nothing wrong with it.

He smiled at the proprietress, and gently put the wine glass on the counter. The bottom of the glass was embedded in the wooden platform, but there were no cracks around it, as if the glass had been growing there all along.

"The kid doesn't know the seriousness, this little money is for the shopkeeper to change a table." Gu Xiao didn't intend to cause trouble, and didn't want to be troubled by others. What a fool.

The proprietress looked at the cup embedded in the wooden table, her smile froze on her face, and after a long while, she barely twitched the corner of her mouth, weighed the silver, and smiled apologetically, "You're welcome, let alone changing the table for the money, plus the guest will have dinner tonight." Accommodation is enough, please."

Gu Xiao nodded, and walked to the second floor. The proprietress beckoned someone to follow with a tray. There was a bowl of hot soup, a plate of cooked meat, and two buckwheat buns. They were not exquisite, but they were plentiful.

Probably because of the order of the proprietress, the Xiao Er who followed did not dare to make a fuss, put down his food and walked out in a hurry.Gu Xiao inspected the room, there was nothing but a bed, a table and a bathtub, and the bedding exuded a stale and damp smell.

He shook his head, sat down at the table, wrapped a few slices of meat in steamed buns, and ate with hot soup. The sound of pattering rain gradually came from outside the window, one autumn rain and one cold, and the rain flowers were blown by the cold wind. Getting involved, he got up and went to close the window.

Unexpectedly, his hand just touched the window bolt, and the poor-quality wooden boards could not stop the noise. There was a crackling sound of tables and chairs being overturned downstairs, mixed with the yelling of the waiter and the crying of the child.

He frowned. He didn't intend to meddle in other people's business at first, but when he heard the commotion getting louder and louder, the child howled like a slaughtered pig. After all, he couldn't hold back and went downstairs with his knife in hand.

Downstairs, the waiter kicked a child to the ground cursingly. It was a seven or eight-year-old boy, white and fat, just like the New Year picture dolls offered by the folks. He was dressed in silk and satin clothes. He looked like a rich man. Unfortunately, the raised cubs are now dirty, with dust and tears on their faces, and they were kicked a few times, and they are knocking against Gu Xiao's feet like a gourd rolling on the ground. Eggs are worth fighting for.

The proprietress and the waiter in the shop didn't want to provoke him, so when they saw Gu Xiao coming downstairs, they withdrew their hands and feet. The child was alert and hugged Gu Xiao's leg, his trousers were covered with snot and tears, and shouted: "Help! They run black shops, help me!"

Gu Xiao struggled twice, but the child was as heavy as a scale, and he hugged his leg with both hands and feet, almost pulling his pants down.In desperation, Gu Xiao grasped the belt tightly with one hand, and struck the ground with a knife in the other, and asked with hanging eyes: "What is this for?"

"...Oh, this dead boy has disturbed the guest officer, right? I'm not going to accompany you." The proprietress was stunned for a moment, and soon came back to her senses, "This is my son. His father left early, and I A widowed mother didn't discipline him well, so she planned to teach him a lesson just because he caused some trouble, but she didn't expect to disturb the guest officer."

"Bold! You're talking nonsense!" I didn't expect this child to be small and courageous. He immediately let go of Gu Xiao's legs and jumped almost three feet high. None of them are good things!"

Gu Xiao raised her eyebrows, and saw that the faces of the shopkeepers were not very good-looking, and the proprietress raised her lips, "It is said that upright officials keep on doing housework. Does the guest officer even meddle in beating my son as a widow?"

"How can a woman with such a beauty give birth to such a meatball?" Gu Xiao smiled, grabbed the child by the collar with one hand, and lifted him up, "They are all wanderers, and Ming people don't speak dark words, this child is like I'm fine, I really don't have to meddle in my own business."

Hearing this, the child immediately struggled in his hands, and the landlady's face softened: "Guest officer is a sensible person. In this case, it's getting late, please go to rest."

"Wait a minute, I'm hungry." Gu Xiao clenched his hands tightly, and before the lady boss could say anything, she continued: "I don't like to eat those pickled animals, since there are fresh meat and vegetables, please invite the lady boss Let's cook, I will pay for the money."

The faces of the waiter and the waiter changed drastically. The proprietress looked between him and the child a few times, and said hesitantly: "The guest officer means... To tell you the truth, although our shop is a black shop, we are also engaged in the business of killing people and stealing goods, but this human flesh ..."

"Those who run a black shop don't even know how to do human flesh. If you say it out, you might make people laugh out loud." Gu Xiao sneered, the fat baby in her hand seemed to have been frightened into a fool. He became a maggot, but couldn't pull out his Wuzhishan, and finally burst into tears.

The proprietress looked at him suspiciously: "This... We arrested this child because we wanted to extort some money from his family because of his wealth, but this child didn't know what to do, not only didn't talk, but also accidentally told him to run away. come out, but as human flesh..."

"Heh, look at this child's clothes, you should know that his family is either rich or expensive, maybe he won't make money, and instead cause trouble, why not earn a little money and destroy the corpse?" Gu Xiao shook his head and took out two ingots of silver. Flicking in front of her, "This child made me a drink, and the 20 taels of silver belong to you."

20 taels of silver is enough for ordinary people to spend for several years at this time.The proprietress bit her lip and hesitated for a while, and finally made up her mind: "Okay, but our cook has never done human flesh, this..."

"Then lend me the kitchen, and I'll do it myself." Gu Xiao took the child to the backyard as he spoke, looked at the cub who kept kicking in his hand, and asked casually, "Hey, what's your name? Otherwise, I won't do it later." Do you know what to name the dish for you?"

The child was crying out of breath, and hiccupped: "You, hiccup! Bad, hiccup!"

"Men are not bad and women don't love them. What do little brats know?" Gu Xiao rubbed his chin, kicked open the kitchen door, threw him on the dusty floor, picked up a kitchen knife, and asked kindly: " What do you think of the braised pork? By the way, if you don’t tell me your name, I’ll call you braised meatballs later.”

"You! Wow—" the child threw himself on the ground and cried loudly, "I, my name is Chu Yao, no...don't eat me!"