In this small village in the wilderness, people were restless at night. Not only was the tavern not deserted, but it was also very lively. Seven or eight cultivators who wandered the north gathered together, bragging, drinking, and flirting with the kitchen maid. The whole tavern was full of joy and noise. Zhou Qingfeng was not used to standing in front of the tavern's counter. He was completely confused.
Seeing the kitchen maid run back, Ba Tu calmed down a little. He shouted at Zhou Qingfeng again, "Customer, what do you want? If you don't want it, get lost. "
Zhou Qingfeng was puzzled, but he couldn't get lost. Since Ba Tu and the kitchen maid didn't want to recognize him, he could only wait and answer, "What do you want to eat?"
"Boiled sheep's head, do you want it?"
"Sheep's head? Isn't it mutton? "
"The mutton is sold out, only the sheep's head is left."
Speaking of which, Zhou Qingfeng was a little hungry after a night of tormenting, so he nodded and said, "Okay, sheep's head it is."
"One boiled sheep's head," Ba Tu shouted at the kitchen, then shouted at Zhou Qingfeng, "Customer, five taels of silver."
Are you f * cking robbing me? I came to this broken tavern in the middle of the night, and you don't want to recognize me as a friend, but you actually want to extort money from me. Five taels of silver is enough to buy a whole sheep.
Zhou Qingfeng glared at him, saying, "This is too expensive." Ba Tu put his hands on the counter and replied with an imposing manner, "This is the price. If you want to eat it, then eat it. If you don't want to eat it, then get lost."
The treasure hunters in the tavern were so bored that they were talking in their sleep. When they found that there was something interesting to watch, they shouted. Someone laughed while burping, "Where did this kid come from? Doesn't he know that this is a black shop run by a Mongolian barbarian? He entertains guests from all over the world outside the Onigami, isn't it to earn this black money? "
The burping guy laughed a few times and shouted at Ba Tu, "Hey, Mongolian barbarian, is your wife really not going to come out and sell it? In this wilderness, I haven't slept with a woman for a long time. Let your wife suck my bird for me. How much money do you want? Isn't it up to you? Even if that big-ass woman of yours isn't willing, you can ask your pretty sister to do it. "
The treasure hunters in the room were counting on these dirty jokes to kill time, and the targets of their teasing were the two women in the wooden tavern. Hearing that, Ba Tu slammed the counter heavily and cursed, "If you continue to be so noisy, don't go to Onitsuka when it opens."
With such a threat, the tavern quietened down. Some of them glanced at Zhou Qingfeng and whispered to each other about the relationship between this young lad and Ba Tu. He actually came to this dangerous place to seek treasures and die.
After the noise died down, Zhou Qingfeng took out a golden bean from his purse and placed it on the counter. He estimated that it was worth about five taels of silver. Ba Tu did not even look at it. He kept the golden beans and impatiently gestured for Zhou Qingfeng to find a place to sit. Zhou Qingfeng found a seat in the corner. After a while, the little waitress of the tavern came up with a wooden plate with a sheep's skull on it.
The waitress was about the same age as Zhou Qingfeng. She wore a bulging leather robe and casually tied her hair in a braid. Her eyes were big and bright, and she looked at Zhou Qingfeng with curiosity. She put the wooden plate down, picked up a small ax on the wooden plate, and chopped heavily on the sheep's skull.
Zhou Qingfeng had never eaten this thing before. He watched the hard sheep's skull being chopped by the ax, and the hot steam coming out from inside, with an indescribable fragrance diffusing. Seeing that Zhou Qingfeng was frightened, the waitress smiled with her eyes squinted. She gave him a wooden spoon and whispered a few words.
The waitress spoke Mongolian, but Zhou Qingfeng could not understand it. He could only continue to be stunned. The waitress smiled again, grabbed the small ax used to chop the sheep's skull, and left. When she returned to the kitchen, another bored treasure hunter tried to grab her thigh. She immediately pursed her lips and waved the small ax in protest.
The wooden tavern fell into a chaotic murmur again. Zhou Qingfeng looked at the sheep's skull that had been chopped open in front of him, and quickly used the wooden spoon to dig out the sheep's brain to eat. Perhaps it was because he was really hungry, but he felt that this thing tasted good. After eating the sheep's brain, he took out a small knife and salt, cut off the sheep's face, dipped it in the salt, and ate it.
Food, after all, should not be wasted.
Zhou Qingfeng ate in silence. He had no idea what time it was. When he was about to finish eating, the door of the wooden house was suddenly pushed open. A gust of cold wind blew in from outside, mixed with the smell of blood. His hearing was sensitive, and he had long sensed that there were people approaching. When the door opened, he turned his head and saw a few miserable treasure hunters walking in. One of them was covered in blood.
"Barbarian, Barbarian, do you still have medicine to restrain the corpse poison? Give me one, my brother can't hold it anymore. "One of the people who came in ran out and rushed to Ba Tu behind the counter.
Ba Tu took out a wooden box out of nowhere and said indifferently, "Five taels of gold."
"I don't have money now, just owe it, owe it." The man reached out to grab it with a pleading face.
But Ba Tu sneered, "If you don't have money, then you don't have medicine. I don't take credit here."
The man immediately flew into a rage. "Barbarian, I've already spent a few thousand taels of silver on you. Now my brother is dying, so what if I owe you some medicine money? I have been lucky these days, and I found a lot of treasures in the Onizuka Mound. Can't I pay you back? "
Ba Tu didn't have a good expression, and continued to sneer, "If you really find a treasure, take it out and let me have a look. My buying price here is 20% higher than other taverns. "
The man obviously couldn't take out any treasure, so he begged and threatened. In the end, he could only borrow money from other treasure hunters in the tavern. But the people here lived on the edge of a knife, and they didn't have a deep relationship with anyone. They would never lend money to others. The man almost cried bitterly. He had begged people he knew, but in the end, he begged Zhou Qingfeng.
"Little brother, lend me five taels of gold, I will pay you back in a few days." The man looked anxious, but he didn't say his name, and he couldn't give a mortgage, so it was a joke to say that he would pay back the money.
Zhou Qingfeng originally wanted to shake his head and ignore him, but he suddenly saw a tree branch on the man's shoulder, and the shape was very special. He pointed to the tree branch and asked, "Where did this thing come from?"
The man didn't notice the tree branch himself, but he turned his head and took it off, saying as if it was a treasure, "Little brother, you have a good eye. This thing is a rare treasure I got from the Onizuka Mound …"
Zhou Qingfeng sneered and pushed the man away, saying, "Stay away from me, don't get too close, and don't treat me as a fool. You tell me honestly where this tree branch came from, and I may be able to help you. "
The man looked at the tree branch and was also embarrassed. He really didn't know where the tree branch on his shoulder came from. But after thinking about it for a long time, he said eagerly, "We just escaped from the Thousand Corpse Cave in the Onizuka Mound, and we fought with people there. This tree branch was probably stained when we rolled on the ground. "
"Give me the tree branch." Zhou Qingfeng took the inconspicuous little thing and carefully identified it, and asked a few more questions to the man. Then he took out a small bottle from his backpack, poured out a pill and gave it to the man. The man smelled the pill and was immediately overjoyed. He turned to take care of his brother who was poisoned and lying on the ground with a black and purple face.
Zhou Qingfeng put the tree branch under his nose and smelled it. This thing had a light but lingering smell. When he was in Herkulun, he had smelled this smell on the Woodland Servant named 'Dumb'. It always liked to put some flowers and branches on its body to dress up. Zhou Qingfeng had noticed that the flowers and trees' Dumb 'chose were not randomly found.
The 'Dog Meat' in the appearance of a native dog was lying at the feet of Zhou Qingfeng. He handed the tree branch to it and smelled it. The silly dog immediately barked a few times, indicating that it remembered the smell.
The treasure hunter who asked for the medicine saved his companion and hurriedly asked the bald Ba Tu if there was a vacant room for him to stay and rest. The result was that a single room cost ten taels of silver a day, and it was also not on credit. Hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng was moved and also went to ask if there was a room to rest. Ba Tu glanced at him and took two golden beans from him. Then, he called for the kitchen maid to lead him to his room.
There was a large two-story courtyard behind the tavern. The treasure hunter who asked for the medicine and his companion were arranged to stay in one of the rooms. Zhou Qingfeng originally thought that he would also have to stay in a similar room, but the kitchen maid pulled his sleeve and pulled him to the back kitchen. She said, "Little Master, do you still remember me?"
"I remember, I remember." Hearing the kitchen maid's question, Zhou Qingfeng, who had been holding back for a long time, finally found an opportunity to speak. He hurriedly asked, "You are He Zhuo's sister's maid. On the night He Zhuo left Fu Shun, you were the one who brought me the 'Wind Listening Stone'. Isn't the shopkeeper outside Ba Tu? How can I not remember? "
Seeing Zhou Qingfeng pull the stone out of his collar, the kitchen maid smiled and said, "It's good that you still remember the female master's care for you. It's just that we are no longer working for Master He Zhuo. "
"What's going on?" Zhou Qingfeng couldn't understand at all.
"After Master He Zhuo returned to the Khalka tribe, she had a bad relationship with her husband, Manggu Erdai. The female master felt bitter. She felt that she had a big grudge against him, but she couldn't find a man she could rely on. Finally, she found one, but he was too young. "
As the kitchen maid said this, she reached out to touch Zhou Qingfeng's face. "I haven't seen you for half a year. Little Master has grown a lot taller. If you hadn't called out Ba Tu's name, I wouldn't have dared to recognize you. If Young Master had met the current Young Master half a year ago, she would have definitely followed you. "
Due to hard work, the kitchen maid's hands were a little rough. However, she used to be He Zhuo's maid. Her appearance and figure were not bad, and her smile was also very pleasant. Zhou Qingfeng grabbed her hand and rubbed it for a while before asking, "What happened to He Zhuo now?"
"Master He Zhuo is grounded by Manggu Erdai, and is not allowed to leave his side. Manggu Erdai also drove us maids away. I was betrothed to Ba Tu, and I have to guard this tavern. Ba Tu is not happy either. Every day, he has to receive cultivators who come here to look for treasures. Those cultivators are not good people, and their nonsense is disgusting. "
"Why do you guard this tavern?"
"To make money. This tavern is one of the few places to stay near Oniguchi Mound. Cultivators who come to Oniguchi Mound for treasures must come here. Nominally, it is He Zhuo's property, but in fact, it is controlled by Manggu Erdai.
Manggu Erdai has made a lot of money from these cultivators, but Ba Tu has suffered. He doesn't like it at all, but if he doesn't pay enough money every month, Manggu Erdai will punish him. "
Looking at Ba Tu's expression, he not only disliked it, but was even angry. But in order to make money, he had to endure it. The kitchen maid carried a pine oil lamp and pulled Zhou Qingfeng around the kitchen. She opened a side door and pushed him in. Behind the door was a small room with a bed leaning against the wall. The furnishings were quite clean. There was a fire in the kitchen, which made the room warm.
The kitchen maid smiled and said, "Since the young master is here, I don't dare to let you live with those rough men. This is the room that Sister Ba Tu and I live in, so you can sleep here. I'll ask my sister to accompany you later. She has heard about what happened between you and Master He Zhuo, and she has always wanted to see you. "
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