The strange story of Huai'an Inn

Chong Liu wiped his hands on the apron, strode up to Yuan Chu, and while smiling, grabbed the other's sleeve and pulled it out the door.

"Hey guest officer, it's a pity that our guest rooms are full and there are no seats in the hall. You should change to another one!"

Yuanchu pointed to an empty table at the door and said, "Uh... isn't there one here?"

"That one is already reserved!"

"The one over there?"

"That one is also reserved! The rest are all reserved!" Chong Liu pushed the person and walked out, but when he reached the door, Yuan Chu didn't know what spell he used, and the whole person suddenly stopped moving, as if in an instant. From a person to a stone statue, no matter how you push it, it will not move.

Chong Liu was discouraged, and was afraid of making too much noise at the entrance of the inn to attract attention, so he lowered his voice and asked threateningly, "What do you want?!"

Yuanchu's expression was a little bit awkward, he cleared his throat, and he still had the same serious and lofty posture as before, "I'm not here to ask for trouble."

"That's impossible, you seem to be troublesome." Chong Liu was unmoved, and folded his arms in a vigilant manner.

"I'm here this time because I have something to see your shopkeeper." Yuanchu looked around, probably to make sure Song Mingzi was not around this time, after all, he was beaten badly last time...

Chong Liu narrowed his eyes, full of suspicion, "What's the matter with you? You can tell me."

Yuanchu clicked his tongue and had no choice but to soften his attitude, "I did offend you last time, so I'll just make amends to you. But this time it's very important!"

Chong Liu narrowed his eyes, becoming more and more suspicious.This person's attitude suddenly changed...it must be some bad idea.

"You Daluo faction's fairy grandpas, we can't afford to climb high in this small inn, you should hurry up and save the common people." Chongliu said deliberately, who let this person bump into him when his nest was on fire?

The two were competing, when Chong Liu suddenly caught a glimpse of a delicate apricot color in the corner of his eye.Amongst the guys and guests dressed in dim and simple clothes, such a bright color cannot be someone else, it must be...

"Liu'er~~" Chong Liu curled his lips, raised his head to meet the shopkeeper's lazy eyes that seemed to be somewhat sleepy, "Boss..."

Yuan Chu hurriedly turned around, feeling a little cramped and nervous when facing Zhu Helan.

Zhu Helan sized him up with scrutiny, then looked at Chong Liu, "Liu'er, why are you blocking the door if you don't entertain guests?"

Chong Liu walked over, leaned into his ear and whispered, "This is the one who grabbed the fan before..."

Yuanchu hurriedly bowed to Zhu Helan respectfully and respectfully, using the way a junior sees an elder, "Yuanchu, a disciple of Wusheng Daoist of the Daluo Sect, may I ask if you are Mr. Zhu Helan Zhu?"

Zhu Helan let out a soft "ah", "It turns out that he is a disciple who has never been recruited. It has been so many years in a flash. Is your master okay?"

"Master has been cultivating in Duanjie Mountain in recent years. He is in good health and everything is fine."

Chong Liu listened, why does Zhu Helan seem to know Yuanchu's master and Mengku's great apprentice?

Zhu Helan put his hands together, and tilted his head slightly with interest, "I think he must have told you a lot about me, didn't he, did he say that I am a demon heretic, accumulating money and harming people?"

Yuanchu hurriedly lowered his head, with an embarrassed expression.

"So why did you come to our inn to find me today? Aren't you afraid of being kicked out by your master when you go back?"

"This junior came this time because there is one thing I want to ask Mr...."

"What's the matter, can't I ask your master?" Zhu Helan smiled, and glanced at Chong Liu, "Last time you made us a lot of trouble in the waiter, this time..."

"The last time it was a misunderstanding... Master didn't even know about the junior's visit this time."

"Hehe! Then we don't dare to meddle in your affairs." Chongliu said in an exaggerated tone, "If your master finds out, and says that we have ruined you by bewitching you with crooked methods, and rush over with half of the Daluo sect What, our small shop can't stand it."

Yuanchu couldn't hold back the face of being buried by him, "Master won't be like this! I will explain it to him clearly!"

"If you can explain it, why don't you explain it now?"

"Liu'er." The shopkeeper said his name in a warning tone, as if to tell him not to choke with Yuan Chu.Usually when the shopkeeper told him "it's almost ready", he always used this tone, but today Chong Liu was particularly upset.

It's like getting up again out of breath.

Zhu Helan looked at the young man in his early twenties, and softened his tone, "If that's the case, follow me."

Chong Liu's eyes widened in disbelief, watching the shopkeeper take Yuanchu to the second floor of the lobby.He just felt that smoke was probably coming from his head.

"Brother Six..." Fuzi passing by with two Chinese cabbages said tremblingly, "Your demeanor is a little scary, even scarier than Master Liao."

Master Liao coughed heavily at the kitchen door, and Fuzi was so frightened that he ran back with the vegetables in his arms, and when he passed by the chef, he was knocked on the head.

Chongliu was upset, Tang still wanted to run.Not only do you have to run, but you also have to run with a smile on your face.

The shopkeeper chatted with Na Yuanchu for more than an hour, and when the two came down, they went straight to Chongliu's counter.

"Is Qingxue's room in the east building still available?" asked the shopkeeper.

Chong Liu's voice was a bit cold, "It's empty." And the room next to the room where he saw the water ghost just before, was originally where Ah Liang lived before changing the house.

"This alchemist will stay in our inn for a few days, so give him that room first.

What is the idea of ​​the shopkeeper?

Chong Liu Nao didn't understand, so he didn't say any more, silently took out the key, and said to Yuan Chu, "Come with me."

On the way, he stopped by the warehouse to pick up a new set of quilts. After entering the room, he made the bed neatly and lit the brazier.He noticed that some black mold spots had begun to appear on the wall adjacent to the room where the accident happened, and he took a cloth to wipe it.But before he touched it, Yuanchu suddenly grabbed his wrist.

"Hey, don't touch it. This thing is not clean." Yuanchu reminded solemnly.

Chong Liu broke away from his hand irritably, and said, "Are you sure you don't want to change one?"

"You don't need to change it. It's your shopkeeper who wants me to help get rid of the filth here." Yuanchu looked around and asked again, "Mr. Zhu said, did you see a hallucination in the next room?"

Chong Liu frowned, not knowing whether to tell him or not.The shopkeeper really asked him?

Didn't he and his master fight against the shopkeeper?How could you be so kind to help?

Did the shopkeeper make any deal with him?

Seeing that he was unwilling to speak at the beginning, Yuanchu said seriously, "Your name is Guan Chongliu, right?"

"Ah."

Yuanchu clasped his hands and said, "Brother Guan, there were many offenses in the fan shop before. But I was also impatient at the time. If the fan continues to develop, the foul smell will become stronger and stronger. In the end, there may be something difficult to clean up. .I heard from your shopkeeper that you did not sell the fan, but were shocked."

To calm down...is it to lock into a secret room?

Heavy six nods.

"I admit that I did have some... doubts about you at the time." Yuan Chu considered it, but his tone was sincere, "Maybe I still have some now. But my duty is to get rid of the foul smell and save lives, so if you are infected with the foul smell It's your inn, and I won't be vague."

"If you want to get rid of the filth, you might as well get rid of me too." Chong Liu snorted and smiled, untied the jug and took a sip, "Anyway, the filth on my body is so heavy that it can't be saved. According to your master, it is Shouldn't it be directly..." Chong Liu wiped his neck with his hand.

"My master never said that!" Yuanchu seemed very disgusted that someone said bad things about his master.

This point is understandable for Chong Liu, and he doesn't like to hear people speak ill of his master.

Seeing the sincerity of the other party's tone, although the high-mindedness still made the waiter a little uncomfortable, but if he really came to help, he couldn't be too stingy.

So he briefly told the whole story of the incident that Xiao Yi asked him to put in the house to check the "water leak" that day, and he even told him about the experience at sea that A Liang told him.

"Do you suspect that those people from Ming Yuan Dao have brought foul smell?" Yuan Chu asked.

"Our inn is not so easy to be infected by filth. Even if people who are tainted with filth come in, nothing will happen."

"That's right, your inn has another kind of strange... power protection, it can even be said to be... another kind of filth, which is more primitive and ancient than ordinary filth. It's like a mountain can only have one tiger, and other filth generally dare not It's here to make trouble."

"So, I suspect that Xiao Yi has something wrong..."

Yuanchu nodded and said, "Tonight, I will have dinner in the hall, please show me which one is."

"I don't need to point it out, there are a lot of people from Mingyuandao everywhere. Our shopkeeper wants to drive them away."

"If you drive it away, I'm afraid it will scare the snake." Yuanchu thought seriously, "Mr. Zhu's meaning is to trap it."

"it?"

"Those who can bring in this filth are definitely not people who are only infected by the filth." Yuanchu concluded solemnly, "It's demons."

The so-called demon is what ordinary alchemists call filthy creatures.

Chong Liu always felt that it was too dangerous when he heard it.But since it was the shopkeeper who discussed it with Yuanchu, I couldn't say anything.

Coming out of the house, Chong Liu passed the courtyard, but saw the shopkeeper standing under the tree with his hands behind his back, as if he was waiting for someone.

To be precise, it was waiting for him.

Chong Liu pretended not to see, and walked straight to the lobby.

"Six children~~" Repeat six non-stop.

"Liu'er!" The shopkeeper ran a few steps, putting one hand on Chongliu's shoulder, "I'm calling you, why are you pretending not to hear?"

Chong Liu didn't turn his head, but rolled his eyes, "What's your order, Master?"

Zhu Helan was very surprised, staring at Chong Liu left and right.Chong Liu became more and more restless when he saw him.

"If you have nothing to do, I'll be busy."

"Hey! Wait." Zhu Helan grabbed his arm again, "You have been wrong since last night."

Chong Liu took a deep breath and told himself to calm down, calm down, calm down..."What's wrong with me?"

"Angry?" I don't know if it was an illusion, why did Chong Liu feel that Zhu Helan was cautious when he asked this question?

"..."

"Is it because of... what happened last night?"

"There were so many things last night, which one are you referring to?" Chong Liu narrowed his eyes, with an imperceptible provocation in his tone.

Zhu Helan was cramped for a rare moment.He hesitated, and pulled Chong Liu under the tree. Seeing that there was no one upstairs nearby, he whispered, "I was wrong about what happened last night."

Chong Liu blinked twice and laughed, "Is the sun coming out from the west? How dare you apologize?"

Zhu Helan clicked his tongue.

With his hands behind his back, Chong Liu continued to ask, "Then what's wrong with you?"

Zhu Helan thought for a while and said, "I should have controlled myself better."

When Chong Liu heard it, his heart skipped a beat, and his expression condensed again, "What do you mean?"

"Liu'er, worldly emotions are very far away and dangerous to me. My companions have failed one after another, many of them because of feelings and concerns. Living in a world dominated by Dao Qi It is not easy for the descendants of the Unholy God to survive, and what I am guarding now is the last sapling, and I...cannot have other concerns." Zhu Helan looked quietly at Chong Liu, "So I said, I should control myself better. "

Chong Liu could only feel a fine pain spreading deep in his chest, but before the pain of rejection completely engulfed him, he suddenly realized a problem.

"Wait...you said you should have controlled yourself better...that is to say...you didn't?" There was a hint of surprise in Chong Liu's expression, as if he was also surprised by the conclusion he had drawn.

This time it was Zhu Helan's turn to be speechless for a while.

There was hope in Chong Liu's eyes, but he was even more puzzled, "What are you worrying about? This should be a very simple matter? It's written like this in the drama!"

"If people live for too long, they will become cautious." Zhu Helan said in a low voice, "You have better choices, and you shouldn't waste your time on me."

Chong Liu's eyes widened, as if sparks were about to burst out of them.

This time he was really going to be pissed off.

After all, is it still not enough to trust him?Because he doesn't know the details?Because he is from Baixiaomen?

Or, he felt that he was determined to eat himself, so he was here to test his patience lawlessly.

Guan Chongliu stared at Zhu Helan, and said word by word, "Zhu Helan, the person I believe will not give up easily. But I leave this sentence here: You will definitely regret what you said to me today!"