Taiping Inn

One wakefulness and one sleep, one white and one black, one yang and one yin, the balance of yin and yang is the right principle, so people should not be sleepless. Even if you are a martial arts master, you have to sleep lightly to cultivate your soul. Even if you reach a very high level, you can only replace sleep with meditation. If you do it day and night, over time, it will cause great loss of soul, and then the soul will be sluggish and weak. Just like the fasting, it is not about not eating, but not eating grains, and eating wind and drinking dew instead.

But not sleeping for one or two days is nothing. Not to mention martial arts masters, even ordinary people can survive a night. The night was long and they had no intention of sleeping. Li Xuandu and Jia Wendao simply sat in the lobby and talked about anecdotes in the martial arts world. Jia Wendao had a wide range of knowledge and was willing to cater to Li Xuandu in his words, so the two of them were speculative.

Li Xuandu simply took out the remaining Mingqian from the "Eighteenth Floor" and boiled a pot of tea. Jia Wendao did not refuse this time. The two sat opposite each other and drank tea and chatted until midnight.

At this time, there was a sound outside the door, and it was someone knocking on the door again.

At this time, the door of the inn lobby was open. The two turned their heads and saw the courtyard door. The sleepy waiter came out from nowhere and opened the door.

After a while, a group of people entered the inn. They were a group of people from the court, mostly armored soldiers, led by two young men in brocade clothes.

Li Xuandu just glanced and retracted his sight. Since the change in the imperial capital, he has been known as a rebel in the court. He is not a rebel, but a rebel. There are even rumors in the world that in the emperor's imperial study, there are three rebels written by the emperor himself, namely: the evil saint, the general of heaven, and the purple mansion sword fairy. Regardless of whether it is true or not, Li Xuandu felt that he was too high to be on the same level as Tan Taiyun and Tang Zhou. No matter what, the evil saint Tan Taiyun established his own country and divided the world with the Wei court, and the Qingyang Sect of Tiangong General Tang Zhou was even more extensive in several states. The reason why Li Xuandu could be on the same level with the two of them was probably because the internal troubles were greater than the external troubles. For those powerful people, losing the country was nothing, and the people suffered was nothing, but if they implemented a new policy to seize their power and cut off their financial resources, they would be a mortal enemy.

As for Jia Wendao, he was originally a member of the Wudao Sect and a member of the Northwest Zhou. He was naturally incompatible with the people in the court. When he saw the two young men with red lips and white teeth, he couldn't help but chuckle and look unfriendly.

After one of the young men in brocade clothes looked around, he asked, "Where are the people?"

The young man shrank timidly and didn't dare to answer.

Li Xuandu spoke on his behalf, "Today, the inn is full and there are no more rooms available. I'm sorry to bother you, gentlemen."

The young man in brocade frowned slightly.

A general in armor took off his helmet and tucked it under his armpit, saying indifferently, "I'll give you one stick of incense to empty the inn and prepare wine and meat. The wine should be the best and the meat should be beef. All expenses, not a penny less, will be paid by you. If anyone dares to disobey orders, he will be killed without mercy."

These words were murderous. For ordinary people, people should not fight with officials, and they are not masters. They just need to vacate the room. But people in the rivers and lakes are different. They pay great attention to face. Being chopped or stabbed by someone is a small matter. They can laugh and forget their grudges. But if they are slapped in the face, it will be a life-and-death feud until they regain their face.

Of course, this room cannot be given up, no matter if it is a righteous person or an evil person.

Jia Wendao snorted coldly and was about to get up. He was submissive in front of the Greedy Wolf King and humble in front of Li Xuandu, but these were all because the situation was stronger than the person. People had to bow their heads under the eaves. It didn't mean that he had a good temper. He had also stained many lives.

At this time, Li Xuandu raised his hand, signaling Jia Wendao to calm down, and then said: "Let the officials know that privately killing oxen is a serious crime, so if you want to eat beef, you have to rely on luck. If a family has a cow that died of illness, fell to death, or died of old age, this inn will have beef to eat."

The general laughed in anger, took off the waist knife from his waist and slammed it on the table: "In today's world, human lives are worthless, but cows can't be killed? I ask you, can this one eat beef?"

Li Xuandu nodded and said: "Yes, the official will find a cow and kill it himself."

The general put his helmet on the table again: "What about this one, can I eat beef?"

Li Xuandu also He nodded and said, "Yes, but it will violate the law."

The general put the helmet and the sword together: "With this and this, can we eat beef?"

Li Xuandu said calmly: "So, the official is going to take the lead in violating the law? Knowing the law and breaking it, the crime should be aggravated. According to the laws of Wei, privately killing oxen is a capital crime, and eating beef is also a serious crime. I wonder how many heads you can chop off?"

Jia Wendao said in a low voice: "Mr. Li, with such a court and such officials, how can Wei not be defeated? Why are you still talking nonsense with him? Not only will he not appreciate it, but he will also be angry with you. If you ask me, just kill him with a knife and put an end to it."

The atmosphere on the first floor of the inn was solemn.

The general was stunned for a moment, drew his sword, and shouted: "Who are you?"

This voice was so powerful that dust fell from the beams and pillars.

If it were an ordinary martial artist, he would be shocked to the point of losing his soul and his blood boiling, but Li Xuandu and Jia Wendao seemed to be completely unaware of it, and even the tea in Jia Wendao's cup did not shake at all.

Li Xuandu said calmly: "We are just passers-by."

At this moment, the people upstairs had already been alarmed. Wang Huchan, carrying a huge sword on his back, walked down the stairs in a muffled voice. The moment he appeared, all the soldiers held down the hilts of their swords, and the general who drew his sword was even more murderous.

The young man in brocade clothes who spoke earlier stretched out his hand and gently pressed down, signaling everyone not to act rashly, and then raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Are you going to rebel?"

Li Xuandu poured the tea in his hand on the ground: "Flags?"

The young man in brocade clothes smiled and said: "It's a accusation, how about it?"

Then he leaned forward slightly and said coldly: "You dare to go against the court?"

Jia Wendao couldn't help laughing, and Wang Huchan also grinned.

The young man in brocade clothes sighed lightly: "It is said that heroes break the law with force. You people in the rivers and lakes have learned a few farming tricks, and you think you are invincible in the world. You think you can look down on the kings and nobles. When you see the officials, you act like you are the boss. Isn't it ridiculous?"

Li Xuandu also sighed lightly: "This is not wrong, but it should be said a few years ago."

The young man in brocade clothes laughed, not a sneer, not a fake smile, but a real laugh. It was like hearing a joke about the "Emperor's Golden Shoulder Pole". He was really amused: "This is the border of Luzhou, the territory of the Governor of Jingchu. We know that this Taiping Inn is the property of the Taiping Sect, but what about the Taiping Sect? Isn't it closed to the mountains?"

The many armored soldiers following behind him also laughed, especially the general who took off his helmet and laughed the loudest.

Jia Wendao restrained his smile and said softly: "Mr. Li, you don't need to do it yourself, let Hu Chan do it."

Li Xuandu seemed to ask himself: "It's just a quarrel, so why kill people?"

Jia Wendao smiled and said: "Mr. Li, if the two of us were just ordinary guests and dared to contradict them like this, wouldn't we have been beheaded by now? Even if we died, we would be scolded as "you are blind and you are looking for death by provoking people you shouldn't provoke." On the other hand, if they come to contradict us and we kill them, it's also just "you are blind and you are looking for death." To put it bluntly, in the fight between the rivers and lakes, the bigger the fist, the harder the truth. We can only blame them for being blind and taking the initiative to provoke us. God doesn't save those who seek death themselves."

Jia Wendao didn't hide his words from the crowd. Except for the two young men in brocade clothes, the rest of the people changed their colors.

Because it was obvious that Jia Wendao was not a man in the rivers and lakes who only knew a little bit of farming skills. He was very likely a real master of the rivers and lakes, and there was more than one.

While he was talking, Wang Huchan had already drawn his giant sword. No one could even see how he did it. The general's head was already spinning and flying.

Jia Wendao sneered, "You don't need to put a accusation on me. As the saying goes, killing an official is equivalent to rebellion. If I were to be accused of a crime for no reason, it would be slander. I'll just help you and confirm the accusation."