Chapter 354

The two of them kept walking and chatting until they reached the door. Pushing the door open, the shopkeeper turned sideways and raised his hand to wave, with a smile on his face.

After taking a few glances at the furnishings in the room, Zhao nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, this one, please trouble the shopkeeper."

"Okay, you stay here, call me if you need anything."

Holding the shopkeeper who was about to leave, Zhao smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, I have been traveling all night and my stomach is empty. I wonder if there is any food?"

The shopkeeper nodded, "Yes, yes. You have seen the situation downstairs, brother, how about I send it up to you later?"

"Okay." Zhao did not refuse.

He also said, "Shopkeeper, please buy me a few more trays of steamed buns, sesame cakes and other dry food for me to eat on the way."

After speaking, he handed the shopkeeper twenty taels of silver and whispered, "If it is not enough, we will talk later."

It was not easy to get a rich guest, so of course the shopkeeper would not refuse. It was just a matter of buying a few trays of buns and sesame cakes, which meant walking a few more steps. He hurriedly agreed and walked downstairs briskly.

After the shopkeeper left, he breathed a sigh of relief and stared at the window with a gloomy look. The most important reason why he was satisfied with this upper room was that it faced the street.

He gently opened a crack in the window and looked at the street outside. I don't know if it was the wrong time or the wet air after the heavy rain. Anyway, there were very few pedestrians. Occasionally, one or two people walked by, all in a hurry, without looking sideways.

He counted them one by one, until the shopkeeper and the servant brought in the food, and he didn't count ten.

He shook his head and closed the window, only feeling that the gathering of these warriors had indeed affected the lives of the people in the town. I don't know what was so attractive that these martial artists were reluctant to leave the town.

While eating the food and thinking about the future, Zhao smiled helplessly. It's none of my business, so just ignore it. As long as it doesn't involve me, it has nothing to do with me.

The door was knocked again soon. The shopkeeper put down the buns, asked the servant to clean up the table, and then left the room.

After eating and drinking, of course, the only thing left was to sleep. He arranged some messy warning measures on the doors and windows, then opened his hands and fell asleep on the bed.

Because Zhao Ju pretended to be a scholar, he did not cause much waves, and the town was still calm. Except that there were not many pedestrians on the street, there was no change.

The weather was drowsy and suitable for sleeping. When Zhao Ju opened his eyes again, the sky was slightly dark, and it was another evening.

He woke up in bed, put on his shoes and checked the things he put before going to bed. He found nothing unusual before washing up.

When he finished washing and tidying up, the sky had become completely dark, and the turbid clouds pressed very low, and there was no moonlight.

The shopkeeper who was hanging lanterns under the eaves saw Zhao Jue and hurriedly greeted him, "Are you awake, little brother?"

"I'm awake, I slept comfortably."

Seeing that there was an empty table in the lobby, he simply sat down and asked the shopkeeper with a smile: "Shopkeeper, I'm hungry. It's rare to have an empty table, let's eat here!"

"Okay, I'll tell the stove, the food will be ready soon, little brother, please wait."

"Okay, thank you, shopkeeper."

It didn't take long for the food to be served one after another. Taking advantage of the gap between the dishes, he glanced around. He was surprised to find that several tables were empty, and many people who sat in the lobby in the morning had disappeared, as if a group of people had changed.

Although he had doubts in his heart, he still ate the food calmly, and even didn't raise his head most of the time.

After eating and drinking, just when he picked up the teacup, five people in similar clothes walked into the inn. They swept around the lobby and sat at the table on Zhao Jue's left.

He still didn't care much, but out of caution, he took a glance to the left while picking up the teacup to taste the tea.

There were four men and one woman among the five people. He quickly glanced at them and had no impression of the first four, but when his eyes swept over the last man, he felt a sense of familiarity in his heart.

"Hmm? Familiar!"

His heart was moved, but his face remained calm, sipping tea. Occasionally, his eyes moved slightly and glanced at the people next to him.

The others were similar to Zhao. Almost no one said anything, but just glanced at them quietly with their eyes, curious, sizing, fearful, and scrutinizing.

Facing the glances from the crowd from time to time, the five people also did not speak. Their faces were either calm or chuckled. The man with a slightly immature look lowered his head to avoid it, and the other four people simply stayed out of it.

For a moment, there was no other sound in the hall except the footsteps of the shopkeeper's servant, the sound of drinking tea, eating and laughing, and the atmosphere was unconsciously stagnant.

Everyone who noticed this atmosphere dropped their hands on the table at the same time. The five people who were still eating and Zhao Jiu, who was concentrating on searching his memory and holding his teacup motionlessly, looked extremely strange and different.

At this time, a man and a woman walked in from the outside, both holding sheathed long swords, sitting next to the previous five people with a calm face, and also ordered a table of food.

The two people came in not only did not break the stagnant atmosphere, but it was faintly aggravated, because the two people were slightly different, and their eyes never left the previous five people from beginning to end.

Perhaps noticing that the atmosphere was wrong, the shopkeeper hid behind the counter after serving the dishes, lowered his head to calculate the bill, and did not dare to look into the hall.

When the hot tea in the cup was almost finished, Zhao Jiu finally connected his memory with that man after racking his brains.

He Miaocong! Wudang disciple, He Miaocong who went up the mountain with me a few months ago!

I didn't expect that he was not dead. It seems that Lu Wenyu is really capable. Zhao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth and smiled silently in his heart. He actually met an acquaintance here. It's really...

Fate.

Perhaps it was because his expression was too obvious that attracted He Miaocong's attention, or because He Miaocong's own sharp eyes revealed his identity. Anyway, for some reason, He Miaocong, who was eating, looked up at Zhao Jue twice.

Just two glances, and then he stopped. But the others stared carefully and soon found out, so they also looked at Zhao Jue a few times. Especially the two people at the table next to the five people, their eyes were as sharp as needles and they stared at him for a long time before they retracted their gazes.

The gazes from all directions made Zhao Jue feel like a thorn in his back. Fortunately, it didn't last long. After just a few breaths, they shifted to the five people next to him one after another.

He couldn't help but feel strange. After a sigh of relief, he secretly glanced at the people in front and next to him, but unfortunately he couldn't see any changes on his face.

In the weird atmosphere, the five people next to him put down their bowls and chopsticks one after another, and shouted "check out".

Throwing a piece of silver to the shopkeeper, the five people successively put on their bags, picked up their weapons, stood up and turned to walk out.

Before the five people took the second step, two people at the next table stood up. The woman stared at the five people with a sharp gaze, while the man stepped forward with a weapon to stop them.

With a smile on his face, he shouted: "Stop!"

"You can leave if you want, but hand over your things!"

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