Taiping Inn

Perhaps the storm was too big and too fast before, and after arriving in Beiyang Prefecture, he seemed a little calm. Along the way, there were no masters who came and went, and no accidents encountered again. The group was smooth. Arrived at Beiyang Prefecture City in a smooth and accurate manner.

After entering Beiyang Prefecture, it was equivalent to entering the southern gate of Zhongzhou.

For the people of the Jianghu, what is Zhongzhou? That is the Central Plains. After moving forward for more than a thousand years, whether it is Jiangnan, Jiangbei, East China Sea, South China Sea, Liaodong, or Northwest China are all barbarians, and this is the orthodox world. Although after several changes, Zhongzhou, as the Central Plains, was no longer as prosperous as it was back then. All literati and merchants went to Jiangnan and all warriors and officials went to Jiangbei, the people in the Jianghu still stayed, and this was still the center of the Jianghu.

Because of this, there are countless people who have established sects here. The Buddhist ancestral temple Jingzen Buddhism is here, and the Zaoge Sect, which once dominated the world, is also in Zhongzhou. In addition, Tianle Sect, Faxiang Sect and others have also moved here one after another.

For both good and evil sides, Zhongzhou was once the main battlefield for the two sides to compete for. The two factions fought continuously here, and countless people died from the leader of the same faction to the lower-level disciples. It was not until the last century that it became calm. In Zhongzhou, it is often seen that the well and evil factions are clearly distinguished by people from the right and evil factions, and are hostile to each other and coexist with each other. It is very rare to place them in other prefectures.

The group walked on the streets of Beiyang Fucheng. Li Xuandu said, "I haven't been here for many years. When I came last time, I rushed to Dijing from the northwest. I passed by here and met here. When he arrived at the witch palace official, he also confessed to a monk of Jingzen Fang generation. "

The little girl remembered the "hero saving beauty" incident that Li Xuan told her, secretly covered her mouth and laughed non-stop.

Li Xuandu stretched out his hand and tapped her little head gently, "Why are you all in your mind if you don't study well at a young age? Have you memorized the 'clear heart curse' I taught you yesterday?"

The little girl immediately restrained her smile, looking at her nose and her nose.

When Li Xuan faced the little girl, he often gave a nagging unconsciously. At this time, he couldn't stop: "Also, how have I practiced the 'Eshuichun Fist' that I taught you? Have you ever practiced the style of fist? Have you ever been vibrating your clothes? With your qualifications, if you are willing to practice hard after opening up the tendons and bones, the people in the world often say, "It's hard to buy a sound of money" and it will not be difficult for you. The most fear of having no teacher or opponent. If you have a master, you will know the degree. If you have an opponent, you will know the level. Now I will be half of your master. After you arrive at Xuannv Sect, the leader of Xuannv Sect is your true master. , Don’t be embarrassed, ask the master more for advice if you have nothing to do, and you can also talk with your classmates, but you must know the right position and don’t show off too much to avoid being jealous of others.”

The little girl raised her head and looked at Li Xuandu admirably.

Li Xuandu bent his fingers and flicked her smooth forehead, and said solemnly: "Don't take it seriously, this is all my brother's experience. I have suffered a lot because of such bullshit things back then. .”

"Yes, I've remembered it." The little girl looked at him steadily, and emphasized again: "I will definitely not forget it."

Li Xuandu said "um" and his tone turned calm. He smiled and said, "Don't think I'm nagging. In a few days, you even want to listen to my nagging, but I'm afraid you won't hear it."

The little girl suddenly stretched out her hand, and Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then stretched out her hand and regained the little girl's palm.

The little girl whispered: "Sister Shen, Uncle Tianliang, Brother Tian, ​​and... Senior Brother Yan, you must all be fine."

Li Xuan smiled and nodded slightly.

The group walked slowly and went to an inn in the city as usual.

The inn also serves meals. Although it cannot be compared with the restaurant and cannot buy a large meal, it is still okay to fill your stomach. The boss is a middle-aged man. Seeing Li Xuandu and his group look like they don’t look like they are short of money, they just talked about how authentic the food at home is. It happened that a cow was just collected a few days ago, and now half of it is left, in the store. Braised beef is a signature dish. When asked how many people would like to taste it, Li Xuan agreed with a smile.

Soon, a plate of hot braised beef was served on the table, and Li Xuan picked up a chopstick. If nothing unexpected happened, it was domestic yellow beef. It was just because the ox could not be slaughtered at will. This ox should be dead of old age, so The meat is a bit dry and hard, but the inn owner is a little clever and makes some beef into sauce beef and serves it with braised beef. It is full of portions, which makes people feel that it is not in vain.

Li Xuandu simply took out a pot of high-quality flower sculptures from the "Eighteenth Floor" and filled them with Yan Feiqing and Hu Liang respectively. As a Taoist priest of the righteous path, Yan Feiqing also pays attention to living in temples, but he can marry a wife and house him and pass on his family. Although there is a fasting, he can drink and taste it on the day of the fasting. Meat, it just doesn't eat meat from beef, dog, wild geese, or mullet, so he has no choice but to drink alcohol, and the little girl can't eat too much, so this large plate of beef is mostly cheaper, Li Xuandu and Hu Liang, the two of them ate meat and drank alcohol, and this meal was very comfortable.

Just as he was having enough food and drink, Li Xuandu saw a woman wearing a curtained hat walking into the inn.

The so-called veil hat was originally a Hu costume. The earliest style was called "Mi Li", which was generally made of soap yarn or white yarn, with a wide brim around it. There was a hanging silk net or thin silk under the brim, which was long enough to cover the face. The longest one could even reach the feet. In later generations, the hanging net around was shortened to slightly reveal half of the chin, also known as "shallow exposure", which can be regarded as a must-have for women going out.

The veil hat worn by this woman is quite retro in style. The white gauze hanging under the brim reaches the neck, which is different from the "shallow exposure" highly praised by women today.

The innkeeper greeted and sent off people all day long, and had already trained a pair of sharp eyes to see people. Seeing that the woman's clothes and veil hat were made of high-quality materials, the edge of the veil hat was inlaid with gold thread, and the belt, cuffs, and corners of the clothes were all rolled with gold thread, he knew that this was a rare guest, and hurried to greet and serve her.

The woman looked around the inn through the thin white gauze hanging from her veil, and her eyes fell on Li Xuandu's table. She seemed a little curious, pointed and asked, "What is this?"

The boss looked in the direction of the woman's finger, and saw that Li Xuandu and his friends had finished the braised beef, leaving only the last bit of braised beef. He was startled and thought to himself, could this be the daughter of some lord's mansion? She didn't even recognize braised beef, and it seemed that she might make a small fortune today. The innkeeper was secretly happy, but he didn't show it on his face. He replied enthusiastically, "This is the signature braised beef of our store. Would you like to try some?"

The woman said "OK", walked straight to a table not far away and sat down, then stretched out her hand and threw something.

The innkeeper subconsciously reached out to catch it, and when he looked at it carefully, he was a little bit unbelievable, because the woman throw it over, which was similar in style to ordinary copper coins, but slightly larger, round outside and square inside , with the four characters "The world is peaceful" engraved around the square hole on the front, and the four characters "The world is peaceful" engraved around the square hole on the back.

Although he had never seen this kind of money, he had heard from the guests staying in the hotel that this kind of money was called red gold coins, which were cast with pure red gold, also called Taiping coins, and could be worth thirty taels of silver!

The innkeeper subconsciously put the gold coin into his sleeve, and carefully looked around. Seeing that no one cared about this, he smiled and quickly shouted for the waiter to prepare tea for the guests, and then he personally served the braised beef.

This scene was naturally seen by Li Xuandu and his group, but after entering the territory of Zhongzhou, there were many people from the underworld. People in the underworld all have their own quirks, some are stingy, some are spendthrift, some are gentle like gentle gentlemen, some are vulgar like peddlers, some are seductive, some are noble, and so on. In short, they have to be different from ordinary people.

This woman in a veil hat, since she dared to go out alone, must not be an ordinary lady who can play the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and needlework. It is not surprising that she behaves like this.

Li Xuandu stood up and walked to the counter, took out a piece of loose silver from his purse, weighed it in his hand, and added a dozen copper coins, no more, no less, just enough for food and room.