Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 28 You already have a way to die

The store is doing good business, with half of the seats in the lobby filled.

As the group of five stepped over the threshold, they saw a storyteller sitting behind a desk at the entrance of the stairs on the right, gently waving a folding fan in his hand.

"Would you like to listen to some ancient storytelling?"

"Listen."

Huang Zilong and his group just picked a seat nearby and sat down without rushing to ask the waiter to order food.

"Old Zhou, let's talk about the Stone Monkey and Water Margin today..." The diners near the counter were in high spirits and gave copper coins to the old man one by one.

"Ahem, today I'm going to start a new chapter and talk about the recently popular Beggar Hero!"

The storyteller slammed the wake-up stick on the table and told a fresh story.

Legend has it that there is a hermit living in seclusion on the top of the mountain. He recruited seven adopted sons with different backgrounds, and they are the Seven Swordsmen of Begging for Life.

The first hero has immense strength, the second hero can see a thousand miles away and hear in all directions, the third hero has bones of steel and is invulnerable to swords and spears, the fourth and fifth heroes have the power of water and fire, the sixth hero is silent, and the seventh hero has a magic gourd in his hand that can turn people into treasure and blood.

Huang Zilong felt it sounded very familiar as soon as he heard it. Isn’t this the setting of the classic childhood animation Calabash Brothers?
Is it an Easter egg given by the game officials, or a promotional method used by other players?

The other players at the table also found it amusing, their faces alight with knowing smiles as if they were reliving their childhood memories. Lu Xiaobu even stood up, cheering and screaming, applauding enthusiastically, "Well said!"

Faced with such enthusiastic guests, the storyteller became more energetic.

One day, a master calculated with his fingers that there must be evil people causing chaos in the world. The master was guarding a big monster in the mountain and it was inconvenient for him to go down the mountain, so he sent seven disciples down the mountain to punish evil and promote good, so as to restore order in the world.

On the first day the seven heroes came down the mountain, they saw a dog demon with an extremely evil aura. The second hero opened his clairvoyance and searched for it, and finally found the dog demon in Gaojiazhuang.

The hero used a move that could transform the sky and the earth, and his figure instantly rose into the clouds. He could have crushed the dog demon's three souls and seven spirits with one kick, but because he was concerned about the innocent people in the village, he withdrew his magical power and went straight into the village with other heroes to commit suicide.

The hero was extremely powerful and smashed open the gate of Gaojiazhuang with one punch. The third hero had bones of steel to resist the swords and spears of the servants. The fourth and fifth heroes used the power of water and fire to repel the enemy.

The six heroes took the opportunity to hide their bodies and assassinate the dog demon alone. Unexpectedly, the dog demon was possessed by Master Gao, who had great martial arts skills and was assisted by a chicken demon.

The dog demon cut his palm and spilled blood, forcing the six heroes to reveal themselves. If it weren't for the seventh brother who came to rescue them in time with the treasure, I'm afraid one of the heroes would have been killed in the first battle.

The seven heroes raised their magic weapons and shouted at the dog demon, "I call you, do you dare to answer?"

I saw...

"What nonsense!" A shouting voice came from upstairs, and soon a drunk man leaned on the second-floor staircase. "What a bullshit hero, what a dog demon! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll pull out your tongue!"

Threatened with violence, the storyteller immediately shut up, packed up his things and left in a hurry.

When they were listening attentively, someone interrupted the passage abruptly. Huang Zilong and the others felt annoyed and unhappy, and the fighting spirit of the Fourth Calamity seemed to be unable to be suppressed.

Seeing that the new customer had been sitting in his seat for a long time without ordering any food, the story was interrupted, which was a good time to start.

The waiter hurriedly approached and said, "What would you like to eat, my dear guests? We have recently introduced some new dishes, and we guarantee that you will be satisfied."

"Oh, what's new?"

"Look—"

The waiter pointed to the guests at the next table. There were three people playing cards. One of them pulled the cards from the other's hand and shouted regretfully, "I drew the joker," and took a sip from the glass bottle on the table.

The waiter explained, "Those are new playing cards and glass bottles. We bought them from Lin's shop."

Huang Zilong asked knowingly, "How did his family manage to acquire so many treasures? That translucent glass bottle must have been expensive, right?"

"I heard that it was overseas goods shipped from Jiangnan by the Lin Company. It was about the glass bottle, and one of them cost this much." The waiter raised two fingers towards Huang Zilong and others.

"Two taels of silver?"

"It's twenty taels!" "Twenty taels? Aren't you afraid of losing money if you drop it while drinking with this thing?" Huang Zilong was also a little shocked. How could this crappy glass bottle be sold so expensively?

"Gentlemen always spend money on the most expensive things. They don't mind if it breaks, but they worry that if it doesn't break, it won't show off their style. I earned more than this bottle in several years," said the waiter. "But this thing is not for sale. This shop only sells bottled wine. If you want to buy this glass bottle, you have to go to Lin's store and choose it yourself. By the way, what would you like to eat?"

"Just serve a few dishes that can satisfy your hunger."

"okay."

"Wait a minute." Zhang Xianzhong called the waiter, who turned around with his head lowered and asked if there was anything else.

"I want to ask you something." Zhang Xianzhong casually threw a string of things, and the waiter caught it accurately. When he looked closely, he found that it was a string of copper coins.

The waiter, judging by the feel and size of the coins, estimated that there were half a dozen copper coins here, which was almost equivalent to his monthly salary. He was so excited that his nose was about to burst. "Thank you for the gift, sir! What do you want to ask?"

"Just now I saw a few noisy people surrounding a young man in fancy clothes entering the store. Who are they?"

"Don't you know me?"

"We are new here and haven't met any famous local figures." Zhang Xianzhong picked up the coarse tea on the table and drank it all.

"It's the people upstairs who are talking nonsense." The waiter pointed fearfully upstairs, "Gentlemen, please be careful. Those are the eldest son of the Zhao family and the chief of the county's external committee. Most people don't dare to mess with them."

"Do they have a strong backer?" Huang Zilong asked.

"It's more than just hard, it's harder than iron! Young Master Zhao's father is the leader of the county militia, commanding hundreds of local warriors. The captain is the county's sentry officer, commanding hundreds of soldiers. The two often get together for a drink, but when they get drunk, they get physical. Don't mess with them.

If you get hurt, take the case to the county magistrate. If you have money, the magistrate will help you. If you have no money and no power, the magistrate will naturally help his own people..."

"Haha, is there any law left?"

"The law." The waiter sighed. "The law is them. They are the law. Who can control them?"

"Haha, I think this dog demon has not been subdued, but someone else has fallen for it." Huang Zilong sneered.

"Little Second!"

Seeing someone calling him from the second floor, the waiter apologized to Huang Zilong and others, bent down and turned away.

"I have made a new discovery recently." Zhang Xianzhong stared at the coarse tea in the bowl, and a human face with increasingly murderous intent was reflected in the water.

"What did you find?"

"Red-named enemies don't just threaten us; local 'notorious' villains, those who the public dares not speak out against, will also become red-named."

Huang Zilong's eyes lit up when he heard this, "So there are a few red-named targets upstairs."

"Oh yeah, the daily mission is almost here!" Lu Xiaobu excitedly reached for his waist, only to find his hand was empty. "Oh no, we came here disguised as passersby and didn't bring any handy weapons like swords. Oh, right, I bought a hidden blade."

"I bought the hidden blade, too."

"It's okay, luckily, when I bought something, the equipment department gave me a tetanus knife as a gift."

"I have this thing."

Wu Litou took out the black ball he had just bought from his pocket. If that wasn't a spherical grenade modified by the equipment department, then what was it?
Suddenly, there was a crisp sound of bowls and cups being smashed, as well as a clanging sound of tumbling. Huang Zilong and others looked in the direction of the sound and saw the waiter rolling down like a ball.

When he collapsed at the bottom of the stairs, a glaring line of blood flowed from his head, and it was unknown whether he was alive or dead.

Recalling what the waiter had said earlier, Huang Zilong felt a strong surge of heat in his heart, which infused his limbs with a strength that was about to explode.

He pointed at the instigator at the second staircase and said to all the brothers, "Group sex, do you want to join us?"

(End of this chapter)