The phoenix pattern is surging

After leaving the foot gate of the backyard, the street was already pitch black, almost eerily quiet, and he didn't know where to go for a while.Just as he was hesitating, he turned around abruptly and bumped into someone unexpectedly, his back was so frightened that he almost thought he had run into a ghost, but by coincidence, he felt a slight stabbing pain in his stomach, presumably this tossing hurt his vitality.

He subconsciously pursed his lips, gasped, and cursed in a low voice. The person who was hit didn't make a sound, but the guard behind him drew his knife with a clang, and shouted in a deep voice, "Bold!"

Ever since he put on this face, he has heard these two words the most, but now that there are many crises, it is better to avoid troubles, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention."

The big guard snorted coldly, but the leader asked in a deep voice: "The moon is dark and the wind is high, why are you hanging out?"

Li Ran shouldn't, almost wanting to scold her with hatred, thinking to himself why do you care so much, I follow my way, and you cross your single-plank bridge, we don't need water to wash our feet.

Thinking of this, a layer of cold sweat had already formed on his face.

Seeing that his breathing was abnormal, the person in the lead was protecting his lower abdomen with one hand, his eyes flashed, and his feet did not move. I'm penniless now, I just want to find a warm place to sleep and don't bother me."

After speaking, lift your legs and leave.

Fang took a step, but heard the man shout: "Slow down."

He stopped, suppressed his heartbeat, and said, "What's the matter?"

The other party was silent, but a person behind him spoke: "Little brother, he seems to be in a bad health. It's getting dark now, and the city gate has already been closed. If you don't mind, you might as well go with the three of us and go out. It is inevitable that there will be some inconvenience, since everyone can bump into each other, it can be regarded as fate."

"Master! Never!"

Before he had time to refuse, the big man opened his mouth first, but the leader raised his finger to signal him to keep quiet, and gestured to Li Ran as a gesture of invitation.

Li Ran knew very well that the man just said was right, and besides, he was so poor now, and the tingling pain in his lower abdomen was also coming, so everyone didn't know him at all. It's not too late to find a way to escape.

Besides, the ancients said that the most dangerous place is also the safest place, I believe Ji Suiqing and Liu Jun can't figure it out, not only did he not rush on the road immediately, he even hid and slept under their noses.

After going around in a circle like this, I returned to the Yikeju. At that time, the Yikeju had already closed, and there was only an oil lamp on the counter. It was dark all around, and there was no movement upstairs or downstairs.

Li Ranxia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this matter should not have been exposed, so he relaxed his mind, and subconsciously went to scan the three people. One of the attendants was short, with a mustache, and looked like a Confucian scholar, and the other was estimated to be two meters tall, with a solid build and cold eyes. It seemed that this was the person who had drawn a knife to threaten him earlier.

While he was secretly looking at the two of them, they were also staring at him, but the leader glanced at him and said to the big man, "Go ask for four rooms."

The big man took the order to go, and he went back quickly, but he only got two rooms.

In fact, it's really strange to have a room, all the upper rooms have been booked by Ji Suiqing, and now it's time for merchants to return goods, so it is very lucky to have two rooms.

Seeing that the three of them were in trouble, Li Ran was about to announce his resignation, but he heard the leader say calmly: "It's okay, then the two of them will live together for the night."

The middle-aged Confucian scholar nodded and said, "That's the only way to go."

In this way, before Li Ran could refuse, the three of them settled down and went back to their rooms.

The two returned to the room. Li Ran sat on the chair and rested for a while before feeling much more comfortable. Yuanheng poured tea and handed it to him, and said, "In Xiayuanheng, I don't know what your name is?"

"My name is Li... Yi."

The other party nodded knowingly, as if he had no doubts, Li Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that Yuan Heng was just drinking tea in silence, and seemed unwilling to speak, so he found a topic and said: "Brother Yuan doesn't seem to like drinking."

"How do you know?"

"Drinking wine and looking at the moon is a great pleasure in life, but we are drinking tea now."

"Just now I saw that you looked different. I think it's because of stomach discomfort, so it's not suitable to drink alcohol."

The other party's expression was indifferent, Li Ran was afraid that he would find out, so he smiled embarrassingly and said, "You're right, I'm too confused."

"Brother Li is a man of temperament."

"Hehe, you only live for a few decades, so there's no need to suffer yourself."

What he said was not emotion, the night breeze was cool, bringing a burst of coolness, the twilight was dark, the room was only accompanied by candlelight, the two of them drank each other, and they felt a little more comfortable with each other.

Yuan Heng was silent for a long time, and said: "It seems that I did not entertain well tonight."

Li Ran waved his hands with a smile, and said, "Just kidding, this tea is very good." As he spoke, he went up to smell it again, and said it was delicious.

Yuan Heng smiled sullenly, and said, "This tea is called Huang Jin Gui, and it is a specialty of my hometown."

Li Ran raised his glass and took a sip, then asked with some doubts, "Golden Osmanthus?"

Yuan Heng nodded with a smile, and said, "Look carefully at its color."

Li Ran put the cup under the candlelight and looked up at the other party in a little surprise. Yuan Heng met his gaze and asked, "Is it like gold?"

"It's really similar." After speaking, he sniffed at the tip of his nose again, and sighed, "It seems to have the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus. It seems that Brother Yuan's business is not small."

“How come you see?”

The other party raised his eyebrows slightly, and finally there was a different expression on his heroic face. Li Ran leaned on the chair with his hands on his forehead, pointed to the tea at hand, and said, "I stayed so long in Phoenix... It's been a long time, and I haven't had such a good tea. Since you enjoy this sip, you will definitely not treat yourself badly, it seems that I got a big deal for nothing tonight."

As soon as he said this, a smile appeared in the other party's eyes. Li Ran relaxed, tapped his five fingers on the table and started playing casually. Yuan Heng stared at him for a moment, and asked casually, "Brother Li, why did you end up here?"

Li Ran thought for a while, and said: "I was going out this time to make goods, but unfortunately, I ran into robbers on the way. All the money was robbed, and I was desperate for a while. I wanted to find out if there was a caravan going to Luocheng, so I could take a ride. car."

Yuan Heng nodded clearly, and said again: "Look at Brother Li's appearance, but he is in his early twenties?"

"28, how about you?"

"I'm a year older than you."

Li Ran was taken aback for a moment, leaned over and stared at the other party up and down, and asked with disbelief, "You didn't lie to me?"

Yuan Heng sipped his tea leisurely, pursed his lips and stared at him without saying a word. Li Ran stared at him in surprise and surprise, and said something that made people laugh and cry: "I thought you were at most 25 years old. Six, well maintained."

Yuan Heng couldn't help but be silent for a moment, and finally asked: "What does Brother Li do in the Phoenix Tower?"

"Actually...it's nothing. It's just running errands and doing odd jobs. We have a lot of people in the building, and we spend a lot of money on food and clothing every day."

Yuan Heng didn't seem to doubt what he said, he nodded and said, "I've heard about the name of Guilou."

After he finished speaking, Li Ran raised his eyebrows at him ambiguously, and asked, "Just heard it? Brother Yuan, haven't you seen it before?"

Yuan Heng coughed lightly, met his gaze, and said, "I've been there a few times, and it's really extraordinary."

After finishing speaking, Li Ran clapped his hands and laughed.

The two of them chatted happily, and gradually it was the climax of the moon, Li Ran was so tired that he yawned and stretched, and said: "I can't take it anymore, I'll go to bed first."

"Alright, I'm feeling sleepy too."

After the other party went to bed and lay down, Yuan Heng blew out the candle and went to bed. After such a sweet sleep, the two of them lived in peace.

Early the next morning, there was a burst of rice fragrance.

At that time Li Ran hadn't woken up yet, he was huddled under the quilt and didn't want to get up, he suddenly heard a deep laugh, he woke up from the startle, looked around, saw that the person who made the bed last night was sitting with a wooden chopstick Dining at the edge of the table, there is a plate of fragrant white flour steamed buns on the table, plus a large bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, full of aroma, it looks very appetizing.

Under the temptation of delicious food, there was a thunderous sound in his stomach. The man smiled softly and said, "Are you awake? Freshen up and come over to eat."

Li Ran smiled awkwardly, and said with some embarrassment: "Thank you, I will treat you well when I return to Luocheng."

After grooming and having a meal, he was thinking about how to leave this place, but he heard Yuan Heng say: "I just happened to go to Luocheng to handle goods, if you don't mind, brother Li can go with us."

"what?"

Isn't this pie in the sky?

He looked at the other person in disbelief, the man smiled indifferently, as if waiting for his reply, Li Ran saw that his expression was calm, thought for a while, and said, "That is to disturb you."

"If you have any inconvenience when you are away from home, you are welcome."

Li Ran nodded with a smile and said, "When are we leaving?"

"I originally planned to leave today, but something unexpected happened, so I have to stay for another two or three days, do you mind?"

"Oh, don't mind, don't mind."

Yuan Heng smiled dumbly and said, "That's fine."

Just as he was talking, his two attendants knocked on the door: "Master, the subordinates and master are all ready."

"Come in."

After finishing speaking, the two opened the door and walked in. When they saw Li Ran who was sitting at the same table with their master, Yan Yan was stunned, but the Confucian scholar said: "So the little brother is still there."

When he said this, he glanced at Yuan Heng intentionally or unintentionally, and Yuan Heng said with a straight face, "Li Yi will be with us in the next few days."

Wei Yan respectfully replied yes, even if he was unhappy, he did not dare to object, the Confucian scholar nodded with a deep smile, Yuan Heng pointed to the two of them, and said, "They are Master Wen and Wei Yan."

As he introduced, Li Ran greeted the two of them one by one, saying "Master" and "Brother Wei".

Master Wen stroked his long beard with a gentle smile, and said, "Since we are on the road together, Mr. Li doesn't need to be formal."

This person knew that he was a shrewd master at first sight, Li Ran smiled politely, and thought to himself that it would be better not to have any dealings with this person, but that Yan Yan didn't seem to have a heart.

Thinking of this, he smiled brightly at the other party, but unexpectedly the big man lowered his head in embarrassment, with a look of avoidance in his expression.

"I'm going out to do some errands later, do you want to go with me?"

Yuan Heng was so polite, Li Ran subconsciously shook his head and refused, saying: "No, I'll just stay here."

When he said this, the other party didn't mind, just smiled and nodded without saying a word, but Master Wen looked at him with some interest in his eyes.

The three of them went out soon, and Li Ranwo didn't dare to move around in the room. Fortunately, Yuan Heng was thoughtful, and the meals would be delivered to the room according to order.

Li Ran took the opportunity of the waiter to deliver the meal, and asked casually, "Is there any room available today?"

The shop clerk scratched his head in embarrassment, and said, "I'm really sorry, guest officer, the upper room has been reserved."

"It's okay, remember to let me know if you have any news."

"Hey, good!"

The shop waiter responded very graciously, but Li Ran was wondering how long it would take for Luocheng to receive the news from him?

At dusk, Yuan Heng came back from his work with a package in his hand. Li Ran pointed to the thing curiously and asked, "What is it?"

Master Wen twisted his beard and gave him a deep look, and said: "The weather in February is hot and cold, our master saw that your clothes are thin, so we went to the cloth shop to buy some new clothes for you."

Li Ran looked up at Yuan Heng in disbelief, Yuan Heng just smiled lightly and said, "I saw you went to bed last night without even taking off your clothes. I guess it's because your clothes are too thin and too cold."

As soon as these words were said, everyone was instantly speechless.

Master Wen said with emotion that it was so, and looked at Yuan Heng with a teasing look in his eyes, while Yuan Heng looked at Li Ran, pointed to the burden, and said, "Go and try."

It's hard for Li Ran to refuse the other party's kindness, and he really needs a new outfit now.

"Thank you."

He took the bag, opened it, and saw that it was a dark blue gown, the color was not too over the top, so he smiled at the other party, his eyes full of admiration.

Yuan Heng was slightly taken aback by him, coughed lightly, stroked the celadon cup in his hand, and asked, "Do you still like it?"

Li Ran said without turning his head, "You'll know if you try it."

Master Wen twirled his thick black beard and sighed: "This is a bit interesting."

After a while, Li Ran changed his clothes and came out from the inner room. He was born with long arms and legs, and he was a natural clothes hanger. The servant uniform didn't look too big on him, but now that he changed into better clothes, he immediately It is eye-catching.

Yuan Heng was staring at him, but saw the other party gave him a thumbs up, and praised: "Just right, Thanks!"

With such strange words, everyone was stunned, Li then bewilderedly smiled, but Yuanheng coughed and said: "It's getting late, let's have dinner."

Master Wen smiled but said nothing, his eyes clearly had thoughts.