Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 116 Jianghu Inn (Second Update)

As soon as the black fog drifted away, the God of Land drooped his eyes slightly, and gradually returned to his kind and gentle appearance just now. Gradually, the spirituality on his face slowly disappeared, and he turned into a clay statue again.

Xiao Ran poked his head out from behind the beam and looked at the burnt ashes in the incense burner. He couldn't help feeling nauseous.

"What kind of land is this? It's clearly an evil demon."

Xiao Ran glanced at the God of Land, wondering whether he should smash it now.

"Forget it, let's wait until dawn and look somewhere else."

Xiao Ran turned around and lay on the beam, becoming more and more curious about this town. No, it should be said that he was even a little bit expectant.

With his eyes half closed, Xiao Ran waited until he heard a voice outside, then he jumped down from the beam, looked back at the God of Land behind him, raised his middle finger, and turned to walk out the door.

There is no so-called blue sky and bright day in the mystery city. The sky is always gray. Even the so-called daytime is just much brighter than at night.

"Cooked pancakes, big and fragrant ones."

Street vendors were carrying shoulder poles and walking along the street shouting.

The people in the town got up early and poured basin after basin of cold water on the road, carefully washing the roads in front of their homes clean.

Then he took out the offerings and placed them in front of the shrine in front of the door.

Xiao Ran noticed that some families simply placed a little offering, but some even placed an extra red incense stick.

However, this red incense stick is slightly different from the one I saw in the land temple last night. It is very short and basically the same as normal incense, except that its color is red.

"Let's find an inn first."

Xiao Ran didn't want to lie on the beam again tonight. It was hard and cold and not comfortable at all.

Some people may say, how can you still enjoy yourself after coming to this place?
There is no contradiction. Even if you go to the underworld, you can do whatever you want as long as you have the conditions. If there is a carriage but you don't want to sit in it, do you have to walk to show your suffering?
After experiencing the Mystery City twice, Xiao Ran has adapted to the dangers of the Mystery City and is more curious about and enjoys the Mystery City. After all, if it weren't for the Mystery City, if you think about it carefully, you might just be an ordinary corpse stitcher all your life, and you might even not be able to leave the province because of your profession.

Maybe after waiting a few more years, I can find a girl who doesn't despise me through blind dates, slowly get married and have children, and spend my whole life in the trivialities of a small piece of land.

This kind of life that you can see the end of at a glance is no match for the colorful and wonderful life in the mystery city.

Even though it was a nightmare, Xiao Ran still felt that it was a memorable one.

Walk along the street asking for directions.

While taking a look at the local customs and practices along the way, people often cast curious glances at Xiao Ran, simply because the clothes he wore were very different from those of the locals.

The town is quite large, with three vertical and four horizontal streets, all well organized.

Xiao Ran didn't find a place called "Youfu Inn" until he reached the entrance of the town.

Looking closely, I saw that the inn was not big and there was a line of words written on the wall.

【Officials’ offices, accommodation for merchants】

Seeing the familiar words, Xiao Ran smiled knowingly and walked into the door.

"Sir, you should stay overnight at the hotel. If you want to stay at the hotel, our rooms are full."

The waiter came forward with a smile, but Xiao Ran ignored him and just found a place to sit down. He looked around and saw seven or eight tables in the hall with only a few people sitting there. When they saw Xiao Ran come in, they glanced at Xiao Ran intentionally or unintentionally.

A coin was thrown into the waiter's hand: "My friend, I am a businessman who makes a living from thoughts. It's a hard cage, and even if I turn the pestle, I can't help but get the rain and dew equally."

The first two sentences were said before in the teahouse of Changchun Society in the Sui and Tang Botanical Garden. People of the Jianghu need a room upstairs.

The pestle turned at the back, which means that if you make a lot of money, you will inevitably get benefits from your partners.

This is not just said to the guys. Everyone present here can benefit from it, so it is said that everyone gets to hear it.

Not to mention the waiter, even the other people at the table had strange looks on their faces.

The fact that Xiao Ran dared to say such a thing showed that he wanted to do big business. Big business brings big profits, so he doesn't mind sharing a little money with everyone.

Of course there is another meaning as well. I want to do a big business, and anyone who is interested here can come and participate.

The waiter looked back at the shopkeeper, then hurriedly, with a smile, invited Xiao Ran to go upstairs, where there were superior guest rooms.

As the waiter walked, he said, "Sir, we have a lot of people these days, from all over the country, some are from the Han family, some are from the Jin family, some are from the Wu family, and some are from the Wu family. I don't know how to serve you and what kind of loopholes you are looking for."

The guy was asking Xiao Ran in various ways what he did and where he earned his money.

Well, you can't also say that the guy asks too many questions.

There are rules for doing business. The guy needs to know what you do, otherwise it will be difficult for him to introduce business to you.

For example, if someone came to buy medicine, the waiter would know to send the person to Menhan's residence (the room where the medicine was bought).

Come and calculate the hanging, and lead to the room with the gold dot.

If he doesn't know what you do, and someone comes to find you, he won't know what you do, and he'll be in trouble.

Why? For example, a person comes to buy medicine, but the clerk says he doesn’t know. Well, the person leaves, and the clerk has to make up for the lost money.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Xiao Ran patted the waiter's shoulder and said, "He's eating incense in the temple."

As he spoke, he turned his hand and a small embroidered bag appeared in Xiao Ran's hand.

The guy was stunned. He didn't know what Xiao Ran did. The monks in the temple were offering incense, so they were just Buddhas.

She quickly took the embroidery bag and nodded to send Xiao Ran into the guest room.

Buddha means thief.

But if you go out into the world and say that you are a thief, it may not sound good, but no one will look down on you.

Originally, all kinds of people in this underworld business are just eight kinds of business, visible and invisible.

The eight gates of light: gold, leather, hanging, color, flat, round, tune, willow! The eight gates of darkness: bee, hemp, swallow, sparrow, flower, orchid, kudzu, glory!

The Buddha is Rong from the Dark Eight Gates.

In the business department, he doesn't care what your profession is, even if you are a group of robbers, as long as you abide by the rules, you can get in.

On the other hand, Xiao Ran dared to call himself Master Buddha, which was the highest title in the Rong Clan.

This is not as simple as petty theft. Just as Xiao Ran said when he entered the door, this is a matter of equal treatment and he is aiming for big business.

Not only will no one look down on him, but they will even look up to him.

After entering the room, Xiao Ran asked the waiter to get a basin of hot water. He didn't want any food, and casually gave the waiter a ghost money: "I heard that there are monsters here. What's going on?"

"Hey, sir, please don't listen to what others say. The God of Land is in charge here. No monster dares to come here and act recklessly."

The guy immediately shook his head in denial.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran did not ask any more questions, but only asked about the land temple; "When I came here, I saw that the land temple here was so big, and if you didn't know, you would think it was the city god temple."

"That's right. We don't have a City God Temple here, but only a Land God Temple. The good weather and good harvests in recent years are all thanks to the blessings of the Land God. So the most philanthropic family in the town funded the construction of a Land God Temple to enshrine the golden statue of the Land God."

"Oh, that's it."

Xiao Ran thought to himself that it was all bullshit. If he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes yesterday, he would have been fooled by the guy.

"Sir, if you have nothing else to do, I'll go get ready."

The waiter was about to leave, but when he reached the door, he suddenly remembered something and turned around and said, "Sir, our inn has a rule that is different from other places."

"what?"

"Haha, it's no big deal. You can't go fast at night."

After saying that, the guy turned around and walked out.

"Hurry up!"

Xiao Ran frowned. This was the rule of the inn. It was not just for business people. Other inns probably had this rule as well. For example, one could not say the word "dream" or "tooth" and so on.

Because it's taboo.

It’s just like when you open a business, you can’t say “it’s over” or “it’s gone” as soon as the business opens.

But the rule of slowing down is that it is only during the day, why is he doing it at night?
The guy didn't say anything, so Xiao Ran didn't ask more.

After the waiter left, he took out food and drinks from the space.

This time we prepared enough food and drink, so we ate garlic-flavored sausages with bread. The only bad thing was that Wu Man fed us regularly at noon every day, so we became a little picky.

These things always taste...not very tasty.

It's a pity that Xiao Ran couldn't see through Wu Man, otherwise, based on his excellent cooking skills, Xiao Ran would have wanted to recruit him to be his chef.

After eating and drinking, I washed my face and felt in an especially good mental state.

Just when I was planning to go out for a walk and see if I could find something new and fun, there was a knock on the door.

Xiao Ran frowned slightly and glanced at the black swan brooch on his chest. After making sure there was no danger, he walked to the door, opened it and saw a skinny old man standing in front of the door.

When he saw Xiao Ran, the old man looked Xiao Ran up and down, then bowed with a smile.

The waiter next to him hurriedly said, "This is also an old man online, and he wants to do business with you, sir."

After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back, not wanting to stay even a moment longer.

Xiao Ran's heart moved slightly, and he nodded and invited the old man in.

The old man sat down and didn't say anything to Xiao Ran. He just bowed and threw a piece of gold from his sleeve on the table: "Little brother, take the gold and leave quickly. This business is not something you can interfere with."

Xiao Ran glanced at the gold on the table and sat down: "I wonder which deal this is?"

"Hehe, it's naturally the Wang family's business. If you know what's good for you, leave quickly."

"So you're here for the Wang family too."

Xiao Ran felt relieved. The Wang family's birthday was getting closer, and there was also a rumor that the Wang family had treasures. This group of people in the martial arts world were probably coming for the Wang family's treasures. They were worried that he, the Buddha, would become a knight in the ring first, so they came to warn him.

"hehe."

After realizing this, Xiao Ran didn't want to leave anymore. He also wanted to see what tricks these serious gangsters could come up with.

He immediately curled his lips and said, "What if I don't leave? Are you trying to argue with me?"

The old man smiled coldly when he heard this, and was not surprised at this answer at all: "I am just reminding you with good intentions, don't be a confused ghost on the road to the underworld when the time comes."

After saying this, the old man picked up the gold bars on the table, stood up and left.

When he was about to reach the door, he was suddenly stunned. He felt around his body with his hands and turned around to see a scale in Xiao Ran's hand.

"Old man, your scale seems to be wrong."

Xiao Ran weighed the scale in his hand and felt that the weight of the scale was not right. The distance between the stars on it was also wrong. It was obviously a broken scale.

"you!!"

The old man's eyes widened. He had heard the waiter talk about Xiao Ran's abilities when he came here, but he didn't expect that he could steal his food so secretly.

"Here you go. This time it's a scale bar, but it may not be the same next time."

Xiao Ran threw the scale to the old man, and looked at him with a smile on his face. The old man's face froze, and he bowed to Xiao Ran and turned to walk out...

(End of this chapter)