Heroes of the Fantasy World

Chapter 1 Wandering
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The Xiangyangpo Inn, illuminated by the setting sun, is the only inn within a radius of dozens of miles outside Yangcheng.So despite the constant war, there is still a little bit of anger here, but under the setting sun, these anger adds a little despair.

There are not many people in the store now, and the noise is far less than before, so that the sounds of insects and beasts outside are very clear, making this mountain and forest store more quiet and quiet.

Buddy A-Bian was sitting in the stable outside the storehouse as usual, feeding the horses to graze while dozing off, and from time to time he took the trouble to drive away the flies that were attracted by the smell of horse manure.

"Excuse me, brother, is there anyone here?" A young man stepped forward and bowed.

Ah Bian was awakened by the young man's words, and he didn't notice any sound other than flies and horses humming.He immediately straightened his vision and carefully examined the young man in front of him: from the clothes, he was just an ordinary person, ordinary burlap clothes; only the outline of his appearance was left under the red setting sun, and it was difficult to distinguish, only a long hair could be seen. .

However, he had a gourd tied to his waist, and a sword on the other waist, hanging diagonally, with the end of the scabbard level with his knees when he walked.Seeing this, Ah Bian thought that Uncle Jun was coming, and was so frightened that he immediately nodded and bowed, and forced a smile to greet him.

"Yes... it's a guest?! Hey, this is the Xiangyangpo Inn. The youngest is A-Bian, the inn's clerk. Does the guest officer want to stay or eat?" the palm of his hand, trying to relieve his inner panic.

"Stay in, bring some food by the way." The young man sighed in relief, and then replied in a calm tone that seemed to be muttering to himself in the air.

After speaking, Ah Bian followed the boy into the inn, only to see that there was a bag and a long item in a cloth bag slung across the boy's back, which occasionally made noises with the gourd on his waist, which seemed to be made of wood. toy.

"Treasurer! Business is coming!" Ah Bian shouted to the man who was diagonally facing the door.After the boy entered the door, he looked around cautiously.

There were only earthen walls all around, a mahogany staircase leading to the upper floor, and a room at the entrance of the corridor was facing the shopkeeper's location.Four old wooden tables were placed in front of them, and the one facing the door had a broken corner, and they were more or less marked by age.Among them, the table by the inner wall is sitting two people drinking and eating meat, and there is a room next to them.

"Little brother, come here." The shopkeeper waved to the young man. "Does the little brother live in the hotel or eat?"

The boy replied, "Stay in the hotel and bring some food by the way."

"Okay... um, the guest officer will write the name here first, and I'll arrange it." The shopkeeper is familiar with the guests, smiling while playing with his moustache, while the young man squinted at the wall Compared with the former, the two people who were sitting were even more nervous as teenagers.

"Do you see enough silver taels?" The boy took out a bag of money from his bag.

"Ouch! This is enough money to live in the best guest room in the store for a month." The shopkeeper, who seemed to be an old Jianghu, was taken aback by the amount of money, thinking that this should not be the nobleman of the tyrants here, right?

The young man seemed to be affected by the shopkeeper's reaction, and his already flustered expression became even more at a loss. He shyly looked at his purse: "Uh... I only stay for one night, and I will leave tomorrow morning."

The shopkeeper saw that it was the first time that the young man had gone far away, and he responded, "Little brother has just entered the arena, but he has a lot of heart. There are wars and murders outside every day, and there are many black shops that kill people. You can rest assured here tonight. Stay, your room is on the second floor."

"You're not a black shop anymore?" The young man's conversation turned sharply, and the two people's eyes were looking at the shopkeeper's eyes just now, like a falcon staring at its prey for a while.

The shopkeeper didn't expect that the fledgling boy would ask back, but it was the pair of eyes that really made the shopkeeper feel uncomfortable, "Guest officer! You can't talk nonsense, you can see that my guests are listening there. With a knife, how can I fight with my hand without the power to bind a chicken?" After speaking, he gently wiped away the sweat from his temples, while still muttering, complaining that today's young people speak irresponsibly .

"Okay, let's bring some food here." The boy noticed that he had made a rude remark, and resolved the accident that he had unintentionally caused with a smile, then walked to the stairs beside the shopkeeper.The shopkeeper waited for the young man to leave before he thought to his surprise: This man was born with a fair and handsome face, why does he have such a pair of ferocious and terrifying eyes!
After the young man explained, he was about to go to the room. On the way, he happened to meet those two people who were drinking and eating meat.

I don't know if it was out of fear or hidden from sight, but the young man lowered his head and quickened his pace, just wanting to hurry up and pass the two drinkers.Unexpectedly, the two actually began to observe the young man when he first entered the inn, "Hey! Little brother. Don't be in a hurry, come and say a few words."

The boy's plan failed, and his face suddenly became a little more frightened. He slowly raised his head and looked at the direction of the voice with a slightly strange tone, only to see that the other party was an alien with "yellow beard and yellow hair". man of.This time the young man was even more anxious, his palms and backs were gradually eroded by sweat.

One of them stood up and let a seat come out, just to show the knife on the table in front of the boy, as if to tell him, "Come here or have a taste of this knife!" Having left the hilt of the sword pinned to his waist, he seemed to be facing the upcoming fierce battle.

The young man took his seat, and another short, stout, and stout man poured a glass of wine and signaled the young man to drink it. The young man looked at the wine glass and remained unmoved.

"Drink it, this wine is a good old wine from the shopkeeper, it's very mellow!" The short and stout man drank a drink himself after speaking, and repeatedly praised: "Good wine!"

The young man said thoughtfully: "Tell me, what are you going to talk about." His tone was upright, and his calmness was beyond the expectations of the other two present.

"Little brother, looking at your handsome appearance and tender skin, I thought you were a girl from a distance. Unexpectedly, you sounded like a simple man." Another tall and thin man took the knife out of the scabbard and played with it. Teasing, more like threatening the boy.

"Hurry up and ask, if you continue to be frivolous with me, I'm afraid you will inevitably draw swords to face each other." The boy's tone was as cold as ice.

"This little boy, why do you have to fight our brothers with slender hands and feet!" The short and stout man was already drunk, but what he spat out might not be true.

"Okay, I have something to say." The tall and thin man said, "We are deserters, originally a member of Erzhu's subordinates. I heard that it is very good to catch deserters outside, so I wanted to ask you who came here. Did you meet the army on the way?" He kept his eyes fixed on the knife in his hand when he said this, although his tone was not aggressive, but the young man couldn't help but be shocked by this murderous aura!

"I... I haven't met any troops. I heard that Erzhu's clan has been killed, and there are rumors that Erzhu Zhao committed suicide by hanging a beam in a ruined temple in a barren mountain."

"General Erzhuzhao committed suicide? We Xianbei warriors would never commit suicide, it's really unexpected." The tall and thin man put down the knife and slammed the table with a fist with his other hand and said indignantly.

The young man sneered slightly: "You are just deserters."

The chubby man said dissatisfiedly: "We are not soldiers at all. If it weren't for the food and wages, we should still be shepherding sheep in the north. Why should we work for Naerzhuzhao?"

"He's right, since he lost the battle with Gao Huan, Erzhu's anger has run out." The tall and thin man continued.

"I'm sorry, I'm leaving." The boy sighed in relief as he turned to leave, then walked to his room.

After a while, Ah Bian brought the food to the boy's room, while the boy was checking his luggage.Ah Bian lightly knocked on the door to signal that the food had arrived, then leaned over to the boy and said in a soft voice, "Guest officer, please don't provoke those two Xianbei people, their knives are very powerful, although I Both the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper hated them."

"What happened to them?"

"They eat free food! They said they were looking after us at the home, but in fact they almost emptied the granary of our inn."

"Why don't you report to the official?" the boy said while tying up the burden and putting it on the bedside.

"This army is in chaos. No one in the government can take care of this barren mountains and mountains!" Ah Bian looked helpless.

"I know, you go down first."

After Ah Bian left the room, he went back to the stable to continue his work.

(End of this chapter)