Deer seeks fairyland

Chapter 2: A Small Town Named Fragrant Hills

Fragrant Mountain City at the foot of Fragrant Mountain.

Xiangshan City is not too far from Xiaolu's village, and it takes less than half a day to get to the city in a horse-drawn carriage.

This is a small town with a small population, but fortunately, the furniture made of fragrant paulownia trees, a specialty of Xiangshan, is very popular with rich families, and there are many merchants coming and going, so the small town is not too deserted.

A carriage covered with blue-gray curtains drove into Xiangshan City from the city gate, and drove all the way to the entrance of Piaoxiang Restaurant in the east of the city, and then stopped.

Piaoxiang Restaurant is not too big, but it has been carefully decorated and looks quite elegant.It was already past the meal time, and there were still many guests in the restaurant, almost every seat was full.

A woman with a handsome face and a thin black girl got out of the car, and the woman took the child into the restaurant.Some regular customers of the restaurant recognized the woman, but no one recognized the child.

"Ms. Liu, this little girl looks very similar to you. I never heard that shopkeeper Wang has a daughter. She must be." Someone joked.

As soon as these words came out, the people who were eating and drinking next to him started booing.

The woman's face was slightly red, and she spat, "Hey, what nonsense are you talking about, this is the daughter of my own sister in the same family, so she looks a bit like me."

The two who entered the door were Xiaolu and her aunt.

At this time, a thin man came up to meet him, "The lady is back, this is Xiaolu, she looks very clever."

Xiao Lu raised his head and carefully sized up his uncle, whom he had never met before. His uncle was wearing a plain long gown, and his figure was thin. He didn't look like a shopkeeper of a restaurant, but rather a scholar.

The aunt smiled at the uncle, "The officials are busy first, and I will take the deer to the back first."

"Okay, lady has worked hard all the way, go and rest for a while, I'll look for you later." Uncle saw the figures of Miss Liu and Xiaolu disappearing into the backyard, and then turned his head to greet the guests.

Mrs. Liu brought Xiaolu to the small courtyard behind the restaurant, "Xiaolu, you can rest here for a while, and my aunt will call you over when the steward of the sect arrives."

After finishing speaking, he turned and walked outside.

When she reached the gate of the courtyard, Mrs. Liu seemed to have thought of something, she turned her head and said, "Don't run around, be careful not to get lost."

"Well! I see, Auntie can go at ease."

Seeing Xiao Lu's well-behaved appearance, Lady Liu went out with peace of mind.

Seeing Mrs. Liu gone, Xiaolu walked into the room by himself, kicked off his shoes, threw himself on the bed, and rolled over.

The bed at my aunt's house is much softer than mine, Xiao Lu thought while hugging the quilt on the bed.

I don't know how long this test will take, I hope I can go home soon, I must work hard to make a lot of money!Thinking about the little deer, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

He slept until it was dark before the deer was woken up.

"Brother?" Xiao Lu excitedly looked at his elder brother Liu Daxiong who brought him dinner. That's right, the elder brother was working in his uncle's restaurant, so he forgot about it just now.

Liu Daxiong smiled honestly and called Xiaolu to eat.

Xiao Lu chatted with Liu Daxiong while eating, "Big Brother, Auntie told you a matchmaker a few days ago, she is the daughter of Mr. Wang at the entrance of our village. Auntie repeated it several times, urging you when you are free." Go back and meet people."

Liu Daxiong's dark face suddenly burned up, "The business in the restaurant is good. There are few people who are free to go home on weekdays, and they can only go back during the Chinese New Year."

"Haha" Seeing the embarrassment of the big brother, Xiaolu couldn't help laughing.Chatting with my brother, the nervousness and overwhelmed emotions of going out for the first time were swept away.

In this way, two days passed.

On the evening of the third day, another dusty carriage stopped at the entrance of the restaurant.

The shaft of this carriage is made of high-quality fragrant paulownia wood, and it is also driven by two fat and strong yellow horses. Embroidered with a pattern of auspicious clouds.

Seeing this pattern, many people recognized that Kongwu, one of the two overlords with a radius of hundreds of miles, had sent someone.

The Kongwu sect was created by the well-known Master Kongwu 200 years ago. It was once one of the most important sects in the history of the Liu Kingdom.

But since Master Kongwu passed away, none of the second-generation disciples of the Kongwu Sect could stand up to the scene, so the power of the Kongwu Sect plummeted, and was squeezed out of the core of Liuguo's power by other great sects.

Sixty years ago, the Zongmen was forced to relocate to the remote Muyue Mountain, and it was completely reduced to a third-rate local force.

As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. After all, the Kongwu Sect is a great sect, and its background is not comparable to ordinary Jianghu sects.

Therefore, after coming to Muyue Mountain, he immediately controlled a dozen small towns around him, and had thousands of disciples under his sect. He was one of the two local overlords worthy of the name.

The only other force in the local area that can compete with the Kongwu faction is the "Blaster Wind Village".

The predecessor of Kuangfengzhai was a notorious bandit in the territory of Liuguo. It was encircled and suppressed by the government several times, but it could not be wiped out. Finally, it became another major force entrenched near Muyue Mountain.

But the bloodthirsty viciousness in the bandits' bones was unmatched by the disciples of the sect, so the Kongwu sect was repeatedly at a disadvantage in the conflicts with the Kuangfeng village.

The Kuangfengzhai controlled a lot more towns than the Kongwu faction, but a bandit-born faction was good at killing and stealing goods, but knew nothing about trading.

Therefore, Kuangfeng Village is very greedy for several prosperous towns in the hands of the Kongwu Sect, which has also become the reason why the Kongwu Sect has repeatedly recruited disciples in recent years.

A middle-aged man with a yellow complexion got off the carriage. This man was vigorous and strong. He strode into the restaurant and went straight to the backyard.

When Xiaolu's uncle and aunt saw this person, they immediately stepped forward to salute him respectfully.

"Guan Li, why did your old man come in person?"

Li Guanshi put his hands behind his back, with an arrogant expression on his face, he was unmoved by his uncle and aunt's hospitality, "This time is not peaceful, the elder ordered me to come and lead the person myself."

Then he glanced at Xiaolu and the little boy beside Xiaolu, "Stop talking nonsense. Are these two children the ones you want to recommend?"

"Yes, yes, I hope Guanshi Li will take care of you on the way." The uncle said while stuffing a heavy bag into Guanshi Li's arms.

"Well..." Steward Li's expression softened a lot after accepting the favor, "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Wang, I will take care of you, it's getting late, so let's hurry up and get on the road."

(End of this chapter)