Chu Lu Ren and his group of three finally entered Wuxi in the middle of the night. It was already late, so the three of them randomly found an inn and booked three rooms - there would be no shady shops in the city anyway.
The next morning, Chu Luren and Wang Yuyan discovered that Duan Yu was not in the room.
"Sir, are you looking for Mr. Duan, our travel companion? Mr. Duan said he was going out for a walk this morning, so there is no need to wait for him for lunch." Seeing this, the waiter hurried over to pass on the message.
The deer man of Chu calculated that Duan Yu would not jump into the lake, so he did not look for him any further.
It’s just... Duan Yu is really energetic. He was the one rowing the boat yesterday, and he got up so early!
At this moment, Wang Yuyan's stomach growled. Seeing Chu Luren looking at her, she felt embarrassed. Chu Luren took the initiative to say, "Are you hungry? Let's go out and find a restaurant."
“No need to be extravagant, we can eat at the inn.” Wang Yuyan said embarrassedly.
"No, there's usually not much food in this kind of inn, only hero meal sets and the like." Chu Lu Ren shook his head first.
"What is the hero package?" Wang Yuyan asked curiously.
"Each store is a little different, but basically they all serve half a pound of braised beef with soy sauce and a pot of liquor... and most of them don't clearly mark the prices, they just wait for you to pay. It's very shady!" Chu Lu Ren has been on the road for nearly a year and has been to many places, so he naturally knows all this.
Regardless of whether it is black or not, Wang Yuyan has no interest in the braised beef, especially the idea of ​​drinking liquor with the braised beef, which is even more unacceptable to her.
So he followed Chu Luren to the street and looked for a restaurant...
Looking left and right, I found that there are quite a lot of delicious food in Wuxi. I was just about to find a popular restaurant to try when I suddenly noticed that the street was crowded with people, as if something was going on.
"Huh? Why are there so many people gathered in the restaurant in front?" Wang Yuyan looked a little excited, but she tried her best to suppress it and appear calm.
She usually stays at Mantuo Villa, under the strict control of her mother. She has gone out only a few times in her life. In fact, Wang Yuyan also "likes" the hustle and bustle.
But under her mother's discipline, Wang Yuyan felt that if she showed excitement at this time, it would seem frivolous, so she suppressed her nature.
"Then let's go and take a look." Chu Lu Ren said naturally.
Although there were quite a lot of people gathered, as long as Chu Lu Ren tapped the shoulder of the person in front of him with the hilt of his sword, there would always be kind people who would make way for him and Wang Yuyan, which made Chu Lu Ren admire the high quality of the people of Wuxi!
When I arrived at the front, I saw that the waiters and the owner of the restaurant were all smiling happily, and I could faintly smell the aroma of wine coming from upstairs.
However, when Wang Yuyan smelled it, she wrinkled her nose and couldn't stand the smell of alcohol.
Chu Lu Ren felt that this scene looked familiar, so he called out, "Boss, did you hit the wine jar?"
"No, no, but two wine barrels came upstairs, and I see dozens of kilograms of wine have been drunk." The shopkeeper was obviously in a good mood because he sold some wine.
Moreover, these two "live wine jars" drank a bowl and smashed it, which showed that they were gangsters . They effectively boosted the economy of the kiln factory. The shopkeeper has decided to add two more coins for each bowl when paying compensation later...
"But what kind of wine is this? It has a very strong smell." Chu Lu Ren made some guesses, while Wang Yuyan already wanted to leave.
"I'm really sorry. If you two guests can't get used to the smell, you'll have to go next door today." The shopkeeper said with an apologetic smile.
At this moment, Chu Lu Ren also vaguely heard the sounds of talking and laughing upstairs... and the sound of bowls breaking.
"It looks like Brother Duan. Shall we go up and take a look?" Chu Lu Ren asked Wang Yuyan.
"Mr. Duan is such a heavy drinker? Okay..." Wang Yuyan frowned, but still agreed.
After Chu Lu Ren came in, he took a special look at the floor, but didn't find any water marks - it seems that the so-called Six Meridians Divine Sword that forces out wine should be forcing out the smell of wine, not really forcing out the alcohol, which is consistent with Chu Lu Ren's understanding of the Six Meridians Divine Sword.
And look at Duan Yu, his face is flushed, and he really looks a bit drunk...
According to Chu Lu Ren's understanding of the Six Meridians Divine Sword, Duan Yu was not familiar with its use and it was sometimes effective and sometimes not when fighting with others, but it should be easy to force the alcohol out of him, right?
In other words, Duan Yu was a little drunk on purpose, but he was not completely drunk. He just forced himself to accompany the big man sitting opposite him!
According to the original novel, Duan Yu was listening to the water pavilion at this time, being humiliated by Bao Bu Tong. Before they parted, he only heard Wang Yuyan, A-Bi and A-Zhu all talking about the concern of the young master and cousin for Murong Fu, so he left the water pavilion in a sour mood and came to Wuxi. He was in the worst mood at that time.
But it’s different now. Not only does he have two more sisters, but he also reunites with his dear brother Chu Lu Ren. He should be in a very good mood!
Why get drunk instead?
Chu Lu Ren thought about it carefully and understood - well, when you are in a bad mood, it is naturally not appropriate to drown your sorrows in alcohol , but now that you are in a good mood, it’s okay to get drunk... This must be the case!
Seeing Duan Yu drunk, Wang Yuyan wanted to pretend that she didn't know him, but Duan Yu saw Wang Yuyan first and immediately called out, "Sister! I'm here!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Yuyan couldn't help but frown, thinking that he was indeed drunk.
The big man who was sitting opposite Duan Yu with his back to the two of them turned his head and saw Chu Luren and Wang Yuyan.
Chu Lu Ren also saw the big man's face clearly at this time. He had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose and a wide mouth. His square face looked quite weathered, and he looked very imposing when he looked around...
"So you are a good friend of this young master, and you are here to help? Hahaha, no problem, no problem, let's not talk about this." The big man said, and made a toast gesture to Chu Luren and Wang Yuyan, and then drank the whole bowl.
Chu Lu Ren felt that he might have subtly misunderstood something...
After seeing this big man, Wang Yuyan had some associations and specially observed his movements!
Wang Yuyan was not originally interested in the affairs of the martial arts world, but having heard so much about "Murong in the South and Qiao Feng in the North", she could not help but pay attention to this leader of the Beggars' Sect who was as famous as her cousin. Wang Yuyan had also read about the deeds of this leader on the Chivalrous List.
Of course, it is still a bit difficult to use the portraits on the chivalrous list as a basis for identifying people, as one can only see their general temperament.
However, as a talker with rich theoretical knowledge, Wang Yuyan saw the traces of "Dragon Claw Hand" and "Demon Subduing Palm" from the big man's movements...
Qiao Feng himself is a lay disciple of Southern Shaolin. The 72 unique skills he learned is the "Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand". And because Qiao Feng is not an ordinary lay disciple, he also has his own master in Shaolin, that is, Master Xuan Ku, who is of the same generation as the abbot Xuan Ci of Southern Shaolin. Xuan Ku asked the abbot and the Dharma Academy for instructions, and also taught Qiao Feng the "Demon Subduing Palm", so Qiao Feng knows two of the 72 unique skills.
Of course, Qiao Feng is most famous for the "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms" which is the authentic teaching of the Beggars' Sect. However, the information about the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms in the Langhuan Jade Cave is incomplete, and Wang Yuyan doesn't know much about it. It's just that these two Shaolin Kung Fu that Qiao Feng learned were the foundation of.