The Bloody Taoist

The warehouse is located at the innermost part of the government office. The mansion occupies a large area. Zuo Yinyang followed Wang Baotou for a while before arriving.

"Brother Zuo, wait a moment"

Wang Captou let go of Zuo Yinyang who was supporting him, walked quickly to the door, and handed him a document and personal token to the young yamen servant at the door.

After the young yamen officer took it, he turned around and entered the warehouse without saying a word.

Not long after, he came out with a wooden box and handed it back to Wang Captou along with Wang Captou's personal token. Then he stepped back and stood in front of the warehouse door, still without saying a word.

Wang Captou was already used to it. He took the things and handed the box to Zuo Yinyang.

"Brother Zuo, make sure there is no problem and everything is intact. You can check it out."

Zuo Yinyang got the wooden box, stuffed it directly into his sleeve, and said with a faint smile: "No need! It's mine, and if it's fake, it's real. If it's not mine, it's real, too."

Wang Captou was stunned for a moment, and then he also laughed: "Haha, what Brother Zuo said is interesting, let's go."

While talking and laughing, Wang Baotou led Zuo Yinyang out of the Yamen Mansion.

At the door, two little guys, Su Li and Sha Gou, were already waiting there.

When the two of them saw Zuo Yinyang, their only support, appearing, they hurriedly came over and stretched out their hands to help him.

Zuo Yinyang turned around and bowed his hands to Wang Batou and said: "Wang Batou, thank you for your help today. I will go back now. I will come back to say thank you after I have settled down at home!"

Wang Captou responded to the surprised eyes of several government officials at the door and said, "Brother Zuo, why are you so polite? If you need anything in the future, you can come back to me at any time."

After the two complimented each other, Zuo Yinyang left with the support of Su Li and Shagou.

The three of them walked dozens of meters and left Guan Street.

Zuo Yinyang and the two servants now had no money on them, but he was not worried at all and continued to walk slowly towards his home.

Sure enough, a familiar face appeared.

I saw the handlebar type that had sent them in the morning, driving the cart to meet them. The gray donkey trotted and pulled the cart directly in front of the three of them.

Before he could speak, Zuo Yinyang had already stepped onto the carriage, and Su Li and Shagou followed suit.

"Excuse me, senior, Qingshui Street, Shifang Inn"

When Handlebar Style heard the word "senior", his expression changed slightly, but he recovered in an instant.

"Haha, don't call me senior anymore from now on. I'm just a driver driving a big car. Call me Wang Mazi. I usually help your family deliver some ingredients and supplies for running an inn. Remember that."

Sitting in the car, Zuo Yinyang nodded and replied in a low voice: "Okay, Brother Wang, then you'll have a hard time."

Wang Mazi didn't say any more, swung his long whip, and looked like he had been driving carts all year round, and the cart began to slowly move towards the west of the city.

"It seems that the bait is always on the hook," Zuo Yinyang sighed in his heart.

At noon, accompanied by the sound of copper bells on the gray donkey's neck, several people had arrived at their destination.

This Qingshui Street is the first street close to the West Gate. It is parallel to the city wall and runs north-south. There is a stream passing along the street and flowing along the street to the moat outside the West Gate. Hence the name of the street.

This Qingshui Street is also very wide. Because it is located close to the trading market in the city, and there is a cattle and sheep and other livestock and horse market outside the city, it can be said to be very lively. On weekdays, there are many traders and merchants coming and going.

The Zuo family's house was at the innermost part of the street and was relatively quiet, so they opened an inn here.

It is said to be an inn. In addition to providing high-end accommodation, it also engages in wine and food business. It also collects mountain medicinal materials. It belongs to a standard businessman family.

Although his business was good and he had a small family fortune, he was not wealthy. It is sad to see him suffer such a disaster.

With the help of two servants, Zuo Yinyang got out of the carriage and came to the door of the inn.

When Wang Mazi saw this, he did not disturb the three of them, turned around and drove away in the carriage.

This Zuo's Inn has two floors, facing east and west. It is quite large and spans five rooms. On the first floor of the front hall is the counter on the left. The shelves behind are filled with wine utensils. There are five large wine tanks under the counter. , there are small bamboo signs hanging on the top in front of the counter, filled with the names of the dishes.

In other parts of the house, there are more than a dozen round tables and benches, and there are three elegant seats by the window facing the street, each with an Eight Immortals table and four official hat chairs.

There is a small stage at the end, which is an open space for opera singers and storytellers to attract customers.

The upper floors of the inn are reserved for guest rooms, including large rooms and small single rooms and elegant rooms.

On weekdays, the customer base is extremely wide.

Further back are the kitchen, warehouse, stables and workers' housing. There is also a double door on the side wall for the entry and exit of livestock.

There is a small courtyard in the innermost part, which is the residence of the owner. There is a deep well on the left side of the courtyard and a tall osmanthus tree growing on the right side.

This is a common house structure in the city, with businesses in the front and people living in the back.

At this moment, the inn's fir door painted with vermilion paint had several white seals attached to it. A rusty iron chain was wrapped around the door handle, and a similarly rusty black iron lock fell on it.

A large red plaque at the door, with the four golden characters "Shifang Inn" covered with dust.

On both sides of the door, which is more than six feet wide, stand two camphor wood pillars with a couplet carved with flying dragons and phoenixes.

First couplet: Ink painting draws a new picture, half of the fairyland is filled with drunken guests

Second line: The guest house presents a grand scene, and a thousand layers of golden waves let the dragon soar.

I think the Zuo family put a lot of effort into running the inn.

Suddenly, several sobs came from behind. The little lame Su Li looked at things and missed people, and tears kept falling down.

Silly Dog was a little overwhelmed when he saw this, and hurriedly stuffed the bread in his arms to Su Li, saying: "Eat bread, eat bread"

Standing silently in front of the door, Zuo Yinyang felt a strange emotion in his heart, with both the sadness left by his previous life and the anger of his current soul. Unconsciously, his eyes were a little wet.

Zuo Yinyang could have controlled his body's reaction and stopped the tears, but he didn't do so. Instead, he let this emotion permeate his heart and reminded himself to remember all this.

He said in his heart:

"Don't worry, this is your karma, and it is also my karma.

I will take revenge"

After a while, Zuo Yinyang calmed down his emotions, took out the wooden box in his sleeve, and took out a bunch of copper keys from it.

He identified it, picked out the largest one, stepped forward and inserted it into the iron lock, twisted it slightly,

Click

The door lock opened smoothly.

Then he untied the chain one circle at a time and threw it to the ground. Then he took a deep breath, raised his hand to hold the door knocker, and pushed hard. With the sound of the seal breaking, the door slowly opened.

"Su Li, silly dog, let's go home."