Chapter 040 – Selling Swords, Painting and Sleeping in a Green House

Xu Fengyen went to Leaving City to kill people, but he came to Flying Fox City to find someone. Because Xu Snapdragon wants His Highness to bring a word to that person, but Flying Fox City is not too big, but also absolutely not small, Xu Fengyen is not familiar with the place, want to find a needle in a haystack, how difficult.

Restaurant business is cold and quiet, Xu Fengyen glimpsed the innkeeper is about to look out the window of the delicate women to and fro, look tired, sitting on the next table to doze off, the side of the head, the face covered with a wet towel cool relief, Xu Fengyen is thinking is not to ask for another pot of tea, so as to open the mouth to ask questions, I did not expect to see the fat shopkeeper eyes eight roads, the initiative of the end of the pot of new tea over to sit down and smiled: “The person who is a guest, meet is fate, this is a good time to meet. Guests, meet is fate, this pot of tea when I gave the gentleman, do not silver money, tea is the old South Tang side of the shipment of Mingqian tea, usually I do not want to drink, there are eight or nine left, but then can not afford to put it down to give birth to the smell of mildew, see the gentleman’s good face, drink two cups together?”

White fat shopkeeper speak half-white half-literacy, Xu Fengnian quickly smiled and said some grateful polite words, origin is quite good little girl Tao Manwu although afraid of life, but not lack of etiquette, no need to Xu Fengnian sent a word, good and cleverly got up to the shopkeeper to move the benches, the shopkeeper mood is also more and more comfortable, sat down and poured three cups of tea, did not forget to understand the niezi also share a portion of Tao Manwu cautiously looked to Xu Fengnian, see him nodded his head, only then hold the cup and sip carefully. This is to hold the cup to sip tea, the shopkeeper to see her that skilful posture, I know that this pair of a small pair of people are not only drinking tea as a vulgarity of the people of the city, maybe it is the Long Waist State to go out to visit their relatives or bring their relatives to travel with the scholars, doing business is also pay attention to the long term to catch the big fish, the shopkeeper understands the way, the inn also operates restaurants, the reason why you can hang on to a breath of half-dead, it is to rely on those who do not lack of silver but good face of the familiar customers! Support down, otherwise his family would have been drinking the northwest wind to go, Flying Fox City, not much else, is the green leather mixer more, which family which family did open the door to welcome guests to earn money camp, are to bite off a piece of meat, how painful to claim that, but small business, can not bear six or seven forces every month to cut meat plucking hair ah, these Yama master ass back flaunted a difficult little ghosts, to make a good point, do not remember the good do not remember the grace of a bad service, will be able to vigorously come to the scourge of ah! To be able to vigorously to splash scourge, so that people do not get tired of it, if the lawsuit, the God of Fortune have said that we should be peaceful to make money, and who really have the guts and financial resources to go with the face of a cold heart even colder official to deal with the old man? In the past, there is a foreigner opened on the next street of the restaurant, the day into the bucket of gold, relying on a backer, said to be the frontier six-piece guerrilla general’s concubine’s uncle’s nephew’s hometown and so on, the business is so good, they do not want to teeth buckle meat out of the monthly dozen or so of the filial piety of the silver, and then squatting in front of the door of the dozens of jerks every day to have guests come to the door? Restaurant boss young and vigorous, go to the government side of the injustice, people Flying Fox City, the people gather sunbathing, and does not violate the law, who would like to take care of you? Later, with his family slipped out of the city, but also by a group of masked men set a sack a beating.

The shopkeeper drank a mouthful of tea and asked with a smile, “Listen to the accent, the gentleman is not a local?”

Xu Fengnian nodded and said, “Guseizhou side to play, with the family said is traveling, in fact, it is also under the guise of looking for an opportunity to come out to see the world, around coincidentally no elders nagging, heard of Flying Fox City’s great name, so secretly rushed over.”

The shopkeeper revealed a heartfelt smile that all men understand, presumably amused by this guest’s straightforwardness, and said, “Ha, Your Excellency is a man of nature, not bad, not bad. Our Flying Fox City has four strange things, one of which is that the Flying Fox Bitch has a heavy sense of humor, this is a very rough statement, but it is also the truth. The city has at least seventy or eighty green houses, are bottomless pits, but a penny of silver, a penny of goods, Flying Fox City’s woman of the month, are worthy of the price, we are these local men, is not affordable to go, the old Sun I was young and have been to a few times, dead face live suffer, almost lost his family’s fortune, the gentleman, if you go, the old Sun can recommend a few, the river is undoubtedly the most famous, want to one night a hundred taels of gold and silver are easy. Gold and silver are easy, Long Waist State officials and dignitaries like to drink wine there, encountered trouble in the government can not find a way out, are accustomed to go there to wait for the rabbit, I say, or Jia Qing bottle lane that a few big greenhouse more affordable, women beautiful, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are proficient in all kinds of spectrum but small, the main fame is not enough, no gas shouting out the sky price, many of the clear � Daisy Herald girl, as long as there is a good word good song, there is a scholar to help advocate momentum, may be a good idea. To help advocate momentum, maybe a few years later is the red man in the Wind House, I know an old brother, six or seven years ago spent forty taels and a bottle lane young girl spring night a night, son you guess what, now is the wind House of the red card! Do not say what to do, is to meet with a bunch of people to listen to a song together to ten silver, my brother, although it is also considered a good family, but also can not afford to eat her again, the gentleman if you have an acquaintance to take the way, a night is also twenty or thirty silver, hey, look at the old Sun this broken mouth, what do you call it also twenty or thirty two. In short, if you want to go to the pleasure to go to the pleasure to return, preferred Bottle Alley, roughly clear the doorway here, there is money, and then go to the windstorm building, more stable.”

Xu Fengyen said with a cheerful smile, “Sun old brother, just for you these words, this pot of tea will not need to please me, good intentions, but the money is paid, as old brother for me to spend less money, how much money, paid.”

The shopkeeper did not politely excuse himself, sticking out his thumb and praising, “At a glance, sir is a generous man.”

Xu Fengnian continued to ask: “Sun old brother don’t call me son, seem to be different, free of expensive surname Xu, call me Xiao Xu on it, the family is doing porcelain business, also count with old brother you peer, are businessmen. This trip out, did not dare to bring too much silver money, if you take the liberty of going to the windstorm building, it is estimated that also planted a big heel, and then want to walk comfortably to the East Jinzhou, hanging. By the way, old brother said Flying Fox City has four strange things, there are three other things are?”

Sun shopkeeper also does not sell, said: “In addition to our side of the water and soil to raise a side of the people, the city women born good embryo, and then is the Prince main gate into the city, then you can see there is a Hanging Sword Pavilion, I heard that every time to the Chung Yeung Festival, you can hear a hundred swords, only I and other ordinary people can’t go to the head of the city, don’t know whether it’s true or not, anyway, said are so said. The third thing can be to reveal their own short, Flying Fox City, ah, the men are all rich, do not compete, built the city for a hundred years, there is no one can shine in the family of the big officials, are sesame green beans big small officials, the old Sun look ah, are too beautiful women caused by the disaster, the home nest lying in a white and tender daughter-in-law, outside the home there are so many powder door green house, the night are given to the tossing of no gas, which have the energy to go to the field to grab an official and a half during the day. How can I have the energy to fight with outsiders for a position during the day? Xu brother you see my old Sun, this life is also content to keep the family business, as long as the food and clothing on the good, do not have the heart to earn a big silver, usually like to pick some good tea to taste themselves, and then with the old brothers to drink a little wine, with the women as well as chatting about some of the streets and neighborhoods of the home long and short home, what can have a good future. Outsiders say we have no ambition, not wrongly accused us.”

Xu Fengyen revealed a smile of understanding, nodded and said softly, “Peace is good, peace is blessing.”

This Flying Fox City to the layout of the city, small to the pavilions and pavilions, are few exquisite North Mang, here the women’s posture level is also far more than the rest of the Long Waist State, nicknamed the Flying Fox children’s little ladies both Jiangnan women’s elegant appearance, but also North Mang’s tough roots, so there is not a phase of the moonshine, but also no wind and dust gas, that is, the whole of the North Mang in the eight states have long been famous, even if it is the flying foxes out of the Dragon Waist’s head of the flower leader, the price is also far higher than the counterparts elsewhere, the price is also far higher than the other places. The price is also far more expensive than counterparts elsewhere more than double. On the contrary, the Flying Fox City men have been in the military and political circles are not climate, has always been mocked as effeminate, powdered gas heavy and greasy, full of the city can be seen in the flower harbor canoeing to watch the fish of the soft men, shaking sandalwood fan drinking tea and discussing the Tao of self-proclaimed elegance of the elegant gentleman, Flying Fox City so far there is no one who has become the three grades of the frontier, not to mention can go to the Royal Palace tent to fish a embroidered pier seat with the female emperor to draw the gray deliberations of the pugilistic ministers, it is difficult to imagine exactly! This is no luxury to speak of the feminine city, there is a let nearly a hundred spring and autumn top swordsman as hanging sword retired attic, which will have west Shu sword queen people on behalf of the ancestors hang a handle of spring to go also, also once with Li ChunGang that wooden horse cattle fought with the famous sword candle dragon, spring and autumn the south of the village head has planted a row of feng shui tree custom, I do not know that this hanging sword attic has this layer of homesickness meaning.

Sun shopkeeper lamented: “Xu old brother these eight words, the heavenly truth are said through, worthy of being a great family of readers, unlike us, these drill money eyes of the layman, lived most of his life, can not speak such words.”

Xu Fengyen laughed it off, he would not take this kind of painless ass seriously for a long time, he just asked curiously, “Older brother Sun seems to have left out one more strange thing.”

Sun boss back to God, laughed: “Right right right, Flying Fox City before, the more than 20 years, came a suave swordsman, not hanging the sword, but very spineless to sell the sword at a high price, at that time, but sold a gold thousand taels of scary price ah, at that time I was young, I remember that all the people of Flying Fox City were shocked, far in the crowded women’s pile to see this handsome swordsman, is indeed a rare man of beauty. Is a rare beautiful man, and then he used the gold to sell the sword in the windstorm building to live for a whole year, and is a big sensation in the city, the swordsman spent thousands of taels of gold, penniless, what to do? He then did a painter, specializing in painting women, earned silver on the splash of water generally spend out, at first can also be happy to get away, those big girls are happy to support the scene, God knows is the figure of his people, or figure of his paintings, but the business is getting more and more cold, and later, no one has seen the man who does not do swordsman do painter, but this pile of selling swords to paint the sleep of a strange man in a greenhouse, even if it has been passed down. ”

Xu Fenian asked, “What kind of sword can be sold for a smacking price of a thousand taels of gold?”

Sun shopkeeper a face for not: “This old Sun can not know, only heard that sold to the city shepherd adults, and later in the city shepherd son and the crown year, transferred to that son of the world. Xu old brother, not old Sun nonsense boast, the city pastor son, and Flying Fox City unusual men are not the same, heroic and brave, swordsmanship from a first-class master, horse can pull the three stone bow, under the horse Mang knife foot combat is even better, rumor has it that in a few years will be going to the north of the Royal Court to do His Majesty’s side of the Emperor’s bell ringing Lang, which is a great honor. Old Sun’s two daughters, a little older needless to say, is at the age of spring, even the ten-year-old daughter, are adored to death, every time caught the son of the opportunity to show up, are going to run with sisters screaming, saying what this life is not he will not be married to the old Sun I was so angry that a seven smoke ah, you say you a eleven-year-old less than a small girl family, what is the fuss, with your mother looks dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, dark. After the face and body long open, even if the female big eighteen changes, hold up the death is also showy, how to climb the city pastor son? Brother Xu, don’t you think so? I said she, she and sister, and my daughter-in-law that a lot of years old, are old and yellow wife, also blindly uproar, together with the elbow to the outside turn together with my annoyance, mother three, can be a few days ignore me, alas.”

The old man sighed from the bottom of his heart, how sad and miserable.

Xu Fengyen did not echo, not slanting his eyes, sipping tea, just smiling and Sun shopkeeper said: “Sun old brother, I think my niece is now inconspicuous, in the future there is no guarantee that will be able to grow up to be a beautiful, and that the city pastor gentleman looks to be the city of the city is by no means a shallow strange man, the world can not be predicted, who knows if my niece has not been seen by anyone may be able to have a good marriage with a match made in heaven. ”

Sun shopkeeper is wondering, see Xu Laodi threw a cryptic look, immediately woke up, rushed to a serious nodded: “Indeed, indeed, the old Sun that daughter do not look at me on the mouth always say that she is not, in fact, I’m doing father, heartache very much, hey, in the future, do not dare to say that must be that the city of pastor son-in-law, the least is also have to be not lost to him like the top of the world of the man only line, this I can only enter my family door, otherwise all have to broom to beat out, hmm, aggrieved my daughter, can not!”

Behind the Sun shopkeeper stood a small girl of ten years old, had long been angry, heard the last words, the face of this only from the rainy dark and gloomy to the sky clear and bright, sweetly shouted a father, sat in the arms of the Sun shopkeeper, smiled a little face open flowers, said: “Father, night let mother give you to do the most favorite eat Dongling meat!”

Boss Sun, who had escaped death, wiped his cold sweat, stroked his little daughter’s head with one hand and said good, then quietly extended his thumb towards Xu Fengnian, grateful, feeling that he should not charge any more for this pot of tea.

Xu Fenian softly laughed, “It’s the niece, right, she really looks very watery, when she grows up she will definitely be a big beauty with a closed moon and shy flowers.”

The little niece gave a heavy hmmm, then laughed happily, “It’s a pity that you’re too old la, and not as good looking as Mr. Tantai, I can’t look at you oh.”

Xu Fenian was silent.

His Highness the World Prince was pierced by ten thousand arrows.