The days when I opened a tavern in Zongwu

Chapter 9 This can be regarded as sending this plague god away.
  The flying snow falls from the top like catkins, like smoke but not smoke, like mist but not mist, and the vast expanse seems endless.

And in the small courtyard in the west of the city.

On the fire at the door, wisps of light smoke slowly floated from the wine pot.

The aroma of green plums mixed with the light smoke slowly dispersed, adding a bit of the astringency of green plums in addition to the fragrance of wintersweet in the cold air in the courtyard.

It wasn't until late that Li Changqing, who was lying on the rocking chair, woke up leisurely.

However, after being roasted by the fire for a long time, Li Changqing's whole body was filled with a sense of laziness, which put Li Changqing in a subtle state of being awake but not awake.

It wasn't until he picked up the wine glass on the table next to him and drank the slightly iced wine in the glass that the aroma mixed with the slightly cold wine made Li Changqing's laziness gradually fade away.

After opening his hands and stretching his legs, Li Changqing stood up.

Glanced to the side.

At this time, Huang Rong was still leaning on the chair with her head tilted, a ray of crystal had already hung on the corner of her mouth, and she was still sleeping soundly.

Seeing this, Li Changqing chuckled in his heart, took a step closer, raised his hand and patted Huang Rong's head gently.

"Wake up! It's time to get up."

The sound reached her ears, and Huang Rong, who was sleeping, fluttered her eyelashes twice and weakly sat up from the chair.

But when she saw Li Changqing next to her, Huang Rong, who was still sleepy a second ago, suddenly trembled.

"I fell asleep just now?"

Ever since she came out of Peach Blossom Island, Huang Rong has always been on alert when resting outside. She never sleeps too deeply to avoid being too late to react when she encounters danger.

Not to mention that like just now, if Li Changqing hadn't woken her up, she would be sleeping soundly now.

However, Huang Rong, who had regained consciousness, glanced at Li Changqing beside her, and her tense body gradually relaxed.

After recalling the feeling of completely relaxing her body and mind just now, Huang Rong couldn't help but glance at the wine bottle in the copper basin.

There was actually an urge in my heart to drink a few more drinks.

At this time, Li Changqing's slightly lazy voice slowly sounded.

"Put out the stove and go out! We have to ask you to go to the tooth shop to get your luggage. If you wait a little longer, it will be too late."

After hearing this, Huang Rong also reacted.

"Huh? Oh! By the way, I still have to go to the dental shop."

After the air inlets of the three stoves were blocked and the fire in the stoves was completely extinguished, Li Changqing and Huang Rong went out with umbrellas.

Looking at the five kingdoms, although the Song Dynasty has a fatuous emperor, frequent traitors and has been weak for many years, because it is in the middle of the five kingdoms, its trade is the most prosperous.

If it were not necessary to pay a considerable amount of annual coins to the other four countries every year, I am afraid that the financial resources of the Song Dynasty alone would be comparable to those of the two countries combined.

Hanshan City has a unique location. Although it is remote, it is adjacent to the Song Dynasty.

There are also some merchants who come to the north gate and east gate to do business here.

Especially now that winter has entered and it will be the end of the year in two months.

Even though the weather is extremely cold now, people are still coming to the city.

The further you go towards the center of the city, the more people flow.

The shouts of vendors and the discussions of merchants give people the illusion of getting up early and rushing to the market.

There is a sharp contrast with Chengxi.

Walking all the way to the dental shop in the north of the city, after greeting the boy at the entrance of the dental shop, Li Changqing and Huang Rong went inside and waited quietly.

A moment later, Zhou Yongfu, whom he had seen in the morning, trotted out of the inner hall in a hurry.

But as he approached, facing Huang Rong's cold and threatening eyes, Zhou Yongfu noticed Li Changqing next to Huang Rong. His body froze and he immediately changed to walking quickly.

A businessman's professional smile appeared on his face as he walked.

"It's just to pick up the luggage. Just let this girl come here alone. Why does Master Li come here in person?"

Li Changqing also had a slightly professional smile on his face, and his smile was much prettier and more sincere than Zhou Yongfu's.

"The pub is about to open. I thought about it carefully and felt that Ronger would have a lot to do if I were alone at home, so I wanted to trouble Shopkeeper Zhou to help me find someone, so I came here by the way."

Regarding Huang Rong's incident, Zhou Yongfu didn't feel very reliable.

But the smaller the place, the more complicated the relationships between forces and people.

The business of Yahang is extremely profitable, and it involves not only the county government, but also the Iron Fist Sect, the Zhongyi Gang and the Changqing Gang.

The four forces can be said to have a monopoly on labor and slave trading in the city. If Li Changqing posted recruitment information privately on the store, within half a day people from three gangs would come to the door and take the recruitment list to Yahang.

Li Changqing was not interested in causing trouble, so he could only find Zhou Yongfu.

Another business came to his door, and the smile on Zhou Yongfu's face became even stronger.

"It's easy to say, but the requirements are still the same as before?"

Li Changqing nodded and said: "Almost! But this time if possible, we can still sign the contract of betrayal. As for the waiter, we won't do it for the time being."

Previously, the system binding was far away, so it would be okay to find some unfamiliar people to work in the tavern.

But now that the system has been bound, Li Changqing also has a secret.

It would be inappropriate to have some outsiders around.

Zhou Yongfu nodded and said: "I have written down Mr. Li's request. If a suitable person comes from Yahang, I will bring him to Mr. Li as soon as possible."

"Trouble shopkeeper Zhou."

"polite!"

After explaining to Zhou Yongfu, Li Changqing looked at Huang Rong aside and said, "I'll go to the drugstore on the street to buy some medicinal materials. After you take your luggage, just go to the drugstore to find me."

Huang Rong responded obediently: "Rong'er knows."

Hearing this, Li Changqing gestured to Zhou Yongfu and then turned around and walked outside.

After Li Changqing left, Zhou Yongfu took Huang Rong directly into the inner hall.

After confirming that there was no one around, Zhou Yongfu quickly bowed and said with a bitter look on his face: "Woman, the villain has sent you to Mr. Li according to your instructions. Can the woman give the antidote to the villain now?" ?”

Walking to a chair aside and sitting down, Huang Rong crossed her legs and said, "I want to ask you, do you dare to force good girls into prostitution in the future?"

Mentioning this, Zhou Yongfu looked a little bitter again.

"Xia Xia, it's not that I want to force a good girl into prostitution, but I have no choice! Behind the Huichun Tower not only involves the Iron Fist Sect, the Zhongyi Gang and the Evergreen Gang, but also the county master. How dare I, a small shopkeeper, disobey orders? ?”

Huang Rong curled her lips and said with disdain: "You don't need to take care of those places. Someone will take care of them later. Anyway, if you collude with Huichun Tower in the future, don't blame me for being rude."

After hearing this, Zhou Yongfu could only smile and agree.

Seeing this, Huang Rong reached into her arms and took out a brown bottle, then poured out a mung bean-sized pill and threw it to Zhou Yongfu.

After hurriedly catching it, Zhou Yongfu quickly threw it into his mouth, mixed it with saliva and swallowed it, and then opened the sleeve of his left hand.

But there was a long black line under the skin of Zhou Yongfu's fat left forearm.

After a while, in Zhou Yongfu's sight, the long black line on his arm gradually faded until it completely disappeared.

At this point, a big stone fell in Zhou Yongfu's heart.

"My life is saved!"

But before Zhou Yongfu could completely relax, Huang Rong's hand suddenly reached out in front of Zhou Yongfu.

"Bring the money."

Looking at Huang Rong's hand, Zhou Yongfu couldn't help but look confused.

"what money?"

Huang Rong's eyes widened.

"Of course it's the ten taels of silver that guy bought me for you before. Do you want to keep it?"

"Don't dare, don't dare."

While talking, Zhou Yongfu reached into his arms and took out a ten-tael silver coin and carefully put it into Huang Rong's hand.

After putting the money in her pocket, Huang Rong hummed softly and walked briskly toward the entrance of Yashing with her hands behind her back.

Seeing Huang Rong leave, Zhou Yongfu let out a sigh of relief.

"It can be considered as sending this plague god away."

Zhou Yongfu couldn't even think about revenge.

In a remote town like Hanshan City, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, everything depends on whose fist is strong enough.

When Huang Rong came to the door in the morning and slapped away the thugs in the dental shop with one palm, Zhou Yongfu knew that Huang Rong didn't look big, but if that small fist was hammered down, he wouldn't be able to bear it with his fat body.

(End of this chapter)