Anybody else who said that there was too much water mixed in the wine in front of the shopkeeper would be kicked out of the tavern, but this middle-aged woman wasn’t angry. She just chuckled, “Only you said so these years, sir.”
Li Fuyao looked steadily forward and didn’t give a glance at the middle-aged woman’s plump breasts that she showed purposely. After drinking a bowl of wine, he stated in a low voice, “It must be because you have only three customers in this tavern these years, Lady.”
The middle-aged woman was surprised and then laughed, “Sir, this joke is not funny.”
Li Fuyao stopped talking and just drank.
The middle-aged woman just looked at him several times in astonishment and then ignored this weird customer. She turned around and returned to the counter. Then surprise on her face was replaced with excitement as she saw customers again in the tavern.
Qing Huai sat at the table for about eight minutes and f
Mr. Liang who had entered the tavern glanced at the middle-aged woman standing by the counter several times and then looked at Li Fuyao who still drank alone sitting at the table.This Confucian cultivator named Liang Shu wasn’t anxious to take actions or speak. He just stood on the way to come out and thought of something.As one of the more than ten cultivators in the army of the North Military Government, Liang Shu was leisurely at ordinary times and had nothing else to worry after practicing every day. Although they were guarding the north border, Yanling and Dayu didn’t start a war, so he didn’t need to take actions. However, when such a cultivator who was absorbed in cultivating found that he couldn’t make progress, and even moved ahead slowly, he felt sad. So since he worked in the North Military Government and guarded the north border for Yanling more than ten years ago after he left that Luoshui Academy, he found for the first time that he was abou
In the heavy rain, Mr. Liang who had entered the tavern was thrown out and fell on the muddy ground, with mud all over his body.And he couldn’t get up immediately but struggled for a long time. He had to lie in the mud and look at the old Confucian scholar who showed up at the door of the tavern.Such a scene made the more than ten cavalrymen who came with Mr. Liang look at one another speechlessly, and then they turned to the middle-aged leader at the same time in the end.The middle-aged man looked solemn. They came out this time without the order of the North Military Government, and even Liang Shu didn’t get the government’s permission. It was a private action and it was no problem if Liang Shu died here. Then if the North Military Government investigated this case, they could probably put the blame on Liang Shu. While in fact, they came out mostly because Liang Shu wanted the demon core and couldn’t go out alone in secret, and he paid som
Outside the tavern, the rain poured down. The middle-aged man in armor told his cavalrymen to move Liang Shu’s dead body onto the horse’s back and take it back to the North Military Government. This military official from the government didn’t even dare to ask about the old Confucian scholar’s background. He would rather explain to the North Military Government than take the risk of being injured or killed by that old Confucian scholar.Dozens of cavalrymen went away silently in the heavy rain and took away nothing, but Mr. Liang’s life and countless arrows were lost.In the tavern, Li Fuyao and the old Confucian scholar sat face to face while drinking and had a small talk. The old man was a scholar and occasionally talked about the elementary books those scholars knew but stopped at a certain point in the beginning, being afraid that Li Fuyao knew nothing as he was not a Confucian cultivator. However, in the end, after he found that this boy knew a lot, he
The Confucian scholars of the past said that it was better to walk ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books, and this old Confucian scholar might be the best example. This old scholar who had been to many places was quite learned, which made Li Fuyao admire him.The rain hadn’t stopped, but the teenage girl finally opened her eyes. Afterward, this girl who slept soundly after drinking some wine soon became sober. She sat straight and then had a look at the tavern’s situation. She didn’t ask but found that it was still raining. Then she sat there and looked calm.The old Confucian scholar drank a lot but didn’t seem to be drunk. Seeing that the girl woke up, he didn’t pay attention to her but stood up. He pulled that middle-aged woman aside and said something. The woman pondered unwillingly for quite a while before nodding.The old Confucian scholar returned to his seat and then stated, “In late spring this year, the Daoist assembly wh
Since the rain stopped and the sun showed up before they came to the tavern, Wang Yanqing thought it was not the right time for him to see that old master yet, so he wasn’t anxious to go to the tavern. He just told the coachman to walk along the official road slowly and listened to Chunshui who was reading the book Travel around the World at the Age of Sixty. He nodded occasionally and his expression didn’t change.The book Travel around the World at the Age of Sixty in Chunshui’s hand was written by a poor scholar, who was travelling for a lifetime. That scholar was at a low stage and wasn’t learned enough, and his writing skill was not very good in Wang Yanqing’s eyes, but the words were affectionate and sincere, and it was a nice book. The scholar whose name wasn’t remembered had only one book handed down in the world. The emperor of Yanling loved this book very much. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have chosen it in person and told Chunshui to take it out of the imperial pal
After leaving the tavern, Li Fuyao and Qing Huai continued to walk northward. This was the north area of Yanling, not far away from the border, so after they walked for a short time, they could reach the border and then the two who had walked for such a long distance together would part with each other. In Li Fuyao’s opinion, what had happened in the tavern was meaningful. Although he had planned to take Liang Shu as his whetstone to finish the first stage of swordsmen, he didn’t take actions and his plan was in vain. However, he didn’t feel disappointed. After all, he had seen two real scholars in the tavern, so he wouldn’t be in a bad mood. But he checked the time these days and found that there was only half a month before the late spring and it was limited, so he thought that Qing Huai wouldn’t go to the Sword Mountain with him. When they were at the border of Yanling, it must be time for them to get separated, so he had a feeling of loss.Li Fuyao had read an essay
The teenage boy in a bad mood walked to Sword Mountain with that broken machete on his back. He left the ferry but didn’t find an official road. The post roads in the Dayu Empire were worse than those in Yanling and Liangxi, and it was much worse at the border, so it was normal that he couldn’t see it.But after he walked along a mountain path for half a day, he saw another great river. This river flew in a different direction from the river at the border. Fortunately, it happened to flow to Sword Mountain’s direction. Li Fuyao stood at the ferry and pondered for a while. Then he went into a medium boat directly, which was not big, so only one boatman rowed. The middle-aged boatman was strong. He smiled and invited Li Fuyao into the boat after receiving his money. There were not many passengers in the boat, only seven or eight. With Li Fuyao added, there were less than ten people. The boatman didn’t tell these people to wait at the ferry till the boat was full. He rowed
In fact, before leaving the boat, Li Fuyao knew that the couple were not ordinary people, not common people at least, but he didn’t need to investigate their identity. Since the couple didn’t intend to harm him, in some words unpleasant to hear, even if they were unforgivable and evil people, Li Fuyao might not take actions. He was not that kind of hero who would like to handle everything unfair with his sword.As a matter of fact, the biggest problem he faced now was not that he didn’t want to be that kind of hero, but he didn’t have the ability.Sword Mountain which was regarded as a sacred place by the swordsmen all over the world was at the border of Dayu, but it was hard to describe its location. At least, it was not marked on the map of Dayu bought by Li Fuyao. Although it was the last place to pass down the swordsmanship and was famous in Dayu, not many people had been there, and fewer people could reach the mountaintop.Li Fuyao with a