Zongwu: The Days of Mixing in the Tongfu Inn

Chapter 4 Invincible mouth escape Tong Xiangyu

And just after the fight with Guo Furong, the task system in my mind suddenly popped up and showed:
The task of competing with Guo Furong is completed, the reward: one year of internal strength.

It was this reminder that made Zhang Chen understand how humane and casual his own system is, and it also made Zhang Chen happier, because it was more in line with his salty fish-like personality.

After everyone returned to the room, Zhang Chen sat cross-legged in the room and practiced silently. After a while, he finally relieved the pain all over his body. Looking at the night sky outside the window on the bed, he silently missed his former hometown.

Early the next morning, Zhang Chen opened the door as usual, and was about to go to the nearby food stalls to find a delicious breakfast, but suddenly remembered Guo Furong who was tied up in the backyard yesterday.

Then he turned around and went to the backyard, and saw Li Dazui observing Guo Furong's state in the backyard.

Li Dazui was walking towards the front yard at this time, shouting in his mouth: "The shopkeeper! The boy caught yesterday is half dead, do you want some water?" But he didn't see Tong Xiangyu waving his hands vigorously to prevent him from coming out.

Li Dazui stood upright and saw the situation in the inn. Tong Xiangyu was hijacked by a man in black with a knife, and the scholar Lao Bai and others were confronting each other. The situation on both sides was unexpectedly anxious.

"Follow me to the front yard to see what's going on." Zhang Chen brought Guo Furong to the front yard after Li Dazui left.

When Bai Zhantang saw Zhang Chen and Guo Furong brought them to the front yard, he immediately said:

"Xiaochen quickly take this guy there, the shopkeeper was held hostage by his accomplices, and now she wants to replace him."

After Zhang Chen heard Lao Bai's shout, he immediately untied Guo Furong's rope and pressed Guo Furong to Xiaoqing's face.

"Miss, are you okay?" The woman asked anxiously after seeing Guo Furong.

And everyone's attention was suddenly attracted by the sound of "Miss", and after careful observation, it was discovered that Guo Furong was a woman disguised as a man last night because of the gloomy sky.

"I won't die for a while," Guo Furong shouted stubbornly.

"Quickly release my lady," said the handsome woman.

"We can't let you go first, otherwise what if you don't let him go?" Li Dazui said with concern.

Lu Xiucai said from the side: "Zi once said...".

Everyone said "shut up" in unison, and Xiucai hid sadly and drew a circle.

"Why don't you let me count one, two, three, and then let go at the same time?" Bai Zhantang said after thinking.

Xiaoqing thought for a while and said, "Yes!" Everyone started to circle around fiercely again, when both sides had just counted to two and were about to count to three.

Tong Xiangyu said suddenly: "Wait a minute and we can't let the two of them go so easily, otherwise innocent people will be hurt."

"Then what do you do? You are still in their hands." Bai Zhantang asked anxiously.

"As long as the people can be safe and no longer be harmed by them, it's worth my life."

When everyone was moved by Tong Xiangyu's great sacrifice, Guo Furong, who was suppressed by Bai Zhantang, suddenly said, "Who are you talking about? When did I harm the people?"

At this time, the beggar Xiaomi walked by the gate of the inn, took a look inside, and suddenly froze on the spot. After a while, he leaned on the stick and said loudly: "It's you"...

He ran wildly and shouted "The male and female double evil spirits have been arrested! The male and female double evil spirits have been arrested!".

"Isn't he a fat beggar in Shibalipu! Why is he like this? No matter what, he saved his life." Guo Furong and Xiaoqing said at the same time.

"Saved his life? If it weren't for you two, his rheumatism would have been cured."

"What does his illness have to do with the two of us? We saved his life and didn't know he was ill."

"If it wasn't for the two of you who beat Miraculous Doctor Xue who was cupping, Xiaomi's rheumatism would have been cured long ago," Lu Xiucai interjected from the side.

"There is also Miss Zhao from Zuojiazhuang who finally got married and was put at home by you, and Sanshu Ge from Baishiqiao in Xiliang River..." After Lu Xiucai finished speaking, Li Dazui continued to reveal the truth.

After listening to everything everyone said, Guo Furong finally realized that she had done something wrong with good intentions, and ran back to the room in the inn angrily, thinking why all this was different from the heroic justice she thought, and her maid Xiaoqing had no choice but to open the door. She took a room to wait for her miss.

The night had darkened, and the sound of Bangbang's knocking on clappers fluctuated from far to near, and the stars in the sky were extremely bright. On the roof of the inn, Guo Furong sat on it in a state of turmoil, recalling all the previous things, with a very ugly expression on her face.

Not long after, Tong Xiangyu handed her a bowl of noodles and sat beside her quietly waiting for her to finish eating.

Seeing Guo Furong holding the noodle bowl, but unable to put down the chopsticks for a long time, Tong Xiangyu persuaded: "Eat something! You haven't eaten for a day."

Guo Furong replied unhappily:
"Can't eat!"

"You can't eat now just because you have something on your mind, and later you will know how to cherish your body when you are hungry, not to mention that you haven't eaten all day," Tong Xiangyu replied with a smile.

Seeing Tong Xiangyu's concerned expression, Guo Furong couldn't help but said depressedly:

"Don't you blame me at all? I damaged more than half of the tables and chairs in the inn and caused you so much trouble."

Tong Xiangyu smiled and shook his head to signal Guo Furong to eat noodles, then looked at the lights in the distance and said:

"What is your original intention in your mind to do these things".

"Is it just because you want to be a hero in the rivers and lakes, then what do you think is the hero in your heart?"

"Of course it's like Guo Juxia's father who roams the rivers and lakes and fights against injustice," Guo Furong replied with a depressed face.

"Then do you think you have achieved it now? You should understand now that being a hero and fighting for justice is something everyone is thinking about, but it doesn't mean that everyone can do it."

"Then what do you think is a real hero?" Guo Furong asked back.

"I haven't been in the rivers and lakes, so how can I know how a hero is defined. But I know that no matter what kind of hero there is a characteristic, that is, he has justice in his heart and considers others. It is because he does not have such a heart of gold that he can called a hero."

After listening to Tong Xiangyu's understanding of Jiang Hu's "chivalry", Guo Furong asked, "What kind of Jiang Hu is it?"

"Everyone's jianghu is different, but your own jianghu needs to be experienced by yourself, not to think and hope that you can understand." After saying this, Tong Xiangyu got off the roof and went back to the inn room to rest.

As soon as the time turned to the early morning of the next day, in the lobby of the inn, Guo Furong handed the baggage and money to Xiaoqing and said, "You help me take these silver coins and distribute them to the victims, and they smashed the store." You have to give me an explanation!"

"Aren't we rich? Wouldn't it be better to pay directly? Why do we need people here?" Xiaoqing asked with a puzzled expression.

"Staying here is not because of money, but because I want to find an answer here, an answer about Jianghu."

"After you go back, tell my dad not to worry, I'm fine here! I'll go home naturally after I find the answer."

"Miss, you have to be more careful!" Then Bai Zhantang turned his head and said loudly: "Don't bully her, or be careful that my master will slap you to death."

Watching Xiaoqing's back leave at the door of the inn, Guo Furong returned to the lobby and said boldly: "If you have any dirty or rough work, you can ask me to do it. This lady will not be afraid."

"Don't worry, don't worry, before we start, let me calculate the losses just caused with you," Tong Xiangyu replied with a smile on his face.

"Is this necessary?" Guo Furong said indifferently.

"Of course, I want you to know how much you need to pay for what you have destroyed here, and how much time you need to work here." Tong Xiangyu was calculating one item at a time.

Guo Furong said impatiently, "Calculate the sum and I'll be a heroine."

"A total of 24 taels and seven dollars."

"so cheap?".

"Then I'm wiping off the change for you, the total is 24 taels," Tong Xiangyu said upon hearing this.

"No problem! This heroine will continue."

Guo Furong patted her chest and said, "How much is the monthly salary?"

"two coins"

Hearing that there was only two renminbi a month, Guo Furong's face darkened and she calculated silently in her heart for a while, then suddenly shouted, "I have to work here for 20 years".

Tong Xiangyu comforted her, "20 years is a short span of time...".

Hearing Tong Xiangyu's comfort, Guo Furong turned around and ran out of the gate, shouting "Xiaoqing wait for me".

With the sound of "sunflower acupoint acupuncture", Guo Furong was tapped on the spot, and then moved to the door and window with a towel hanging as a decoration.

Looking at such a happy scene, Zhang Chen was very satisfied. A happy and loving family is being born.

(End of this chapter)