The Red Gate Inn is an evil place that has been recorded for hundreds of years, but there have been no detailed records for hundreds of years. It can be said that it has always maintained a sense of mystery, and no one knows what is inside.
It was not until I was brought into the Red Gate Inn by Hu Sanniang that I realized there was nothing special inside. It was similar to what I saw outside, with some people drinking and eating, and it looked no different from an ordinary inn.
The difference is that all the people in the Red Gate Inn are monsters. In fact, I learned later that the Red Gate Inn is the same as the Ghost Market, a place for monsters to live, but the Red Gate Inn moves and wanders around China. It is a refuge for some weak monsters, so those who entered the Red Gate Inn in the past basically never came back.
"Hello, Sanniang." I was held by Hu Sanniang and walked forward. The monsters along the way greeted Hu Sanniang when they saw her. Some of them saw me and joked, "Sanniang, if you feel lonely, just come find us. Why are you going to capture a human gigolo?"
"Huang Laosi, this is not the way to seek death." Hu Sanniang looked at the talking monster with a smile on her face.
When the monster heard what Hu Sanniang said, he seemed to remember something, his face turned pale, and he said, "No, no, I was just kidding."
Hu Sanniang snorted coldly and took me towards the stairs.
"Sister, why did that monster look so scared of you just now? According to your monster rules, there's nothing wrong with such verbal teasing, right?" I asked curiously, because monsters have their own rules, and such teasing is just a normal greeting, just like when we say good morning to a friend.
"There's nothing wrong with me, but my uncle is Master Hu San. How can anyone in our family let others tease him? What's more, he is from the Huang family." Hu Sanniang replied. I understood it as soon as I heard it. This is similar to what we call royal blood. For example, if you tease a girl on the street, it's okay. At most, you will be disgusted. But if you tease a princess, I won't tell you what the consequences will be.
As he was thinking, he was taken to the third floor by Hu Sanniang. The Red Gate Inn has three floors in total. The first floor is for ordinary monsters to live and entertain everyone. The second floor is for monsters with status and abilities to live. The third floor is the attic, which is where the three masters of the Red Gate Inn live.
There were only three rooms on the third floor. Hu Sanniang took me to the rightmost room, knocked on the door, and said, "Third brother, I found the person you have been looking for."
I felt a chill when I heard that. He kept looking for me? Did I really guess it right? That guy wanted to go hiking with me
Just when I was considering whether to bite my tongue to commit suicide, the door opened.
"Hi, top scholar." I said awkwardly to the person who opened the door. Who else could it be if not the top scholar
When the top scholar saw that it was me, he was stunned at first, but then he said to Hu Sanniang in ecstasy: "Second sister, how did you find him?" After that, he rushed up and hugged me, which scared me.
"Brother, I don't climb mountains." I said struggling.
"What is mountain climbing?" asked the top scholar in confusion.
"Forget it. You won't understand even if I tell you." I shook my head and didn't plan to continue talking to him. Anyway, I would never climb that Beibei Mountain with him.
"Second sister, you go back first. I have something to say to this little brother." After saying that, the top scholar took my hand and went back to his room regardless of Hu Sanniang's reaction.
I was relieved to see the top scholar's behavior. He didn't look like he had any ill intentions. After entering and observing the room, I found that it was about 100 square meters. What surprised me was that the decoration inside was very modern, with everything including a TV, refrigerator and computer.
"Brother Zhuangyuan, your place is too modern." I looked at the house and felt that except for those monsters living in big cities, no monster would like such attire.
"My brother's name is Wu Jiu, right? I heard you mention it when we first met." The top scholar took me to sit on the sofa, made a gesture to me, and said.
"Yes, my name is Wu Jiu, big brother, you can just call me Xiao Jiu." I quickly responded politely. After all, my life is in someone else's hands, so I have to be impolite. As for him knowing my name, he should have heard it when I swore last time. I didn't expect that he could still remember it now. He really deserves to be the top scorer.
"Well, Xiaojiu, to be honest, I have been looking for you. I want to ask you for something." The top scholar said after hesitating for a moment.
"Brother Zhuangyuan, please tell me what you want. I will go through fire and water to fulfill your request." I immediately said righteously after hearing this. There was no way I didn't say this now. If I pretended to be pretentious, I would have to do it in the end. It would be better to be straightforward now and leave a good impression.
"Actually, there's no need to go through fire and water. I just want to integrate into today's society, but I don't understand a lot of things in it and I need someone to teach me. But my friends are all monsters and they don't know much either. So I want you to teach me these things." The top scholar said truthfully.
I heaved a sigh of relief when I heard that. So he wanted to become my disciple. Thinking of this, my joystick immediately straightened up and I asked, "Then why do you have to find me? It seems that anyone can teach you, right?"
"It's different. I have thought about finding someone at random, but after looking for several people, they were all scared. Finally, I thought about it and decided that you are more suitable, because everything is subject to cause and effect. If I find someone to teach me for no reason, then I will sow the cause and must pay the consequences in the future. But you are different. You beat me up at the beginning, you sowed the cause, and now you teach me to understand the consequences." The top scholar said to me.
Although I don't know much about cause and effect, I know that there is indeed such a thing as retribution. For example, if a person is suddenly struck to death by lightning for no reason, then that person's character is definitely not good.
"I don't know much about cause and effect. Anyway, I just know that now that you have caught me, I will teach you these things. But what do you want to know?" I asked.
"I want to learn about the current situation in colleges and universities. I plan to study for a few years and continue taking the imperial examinations to fulfill my unfulfilled wish." The top scholar said ambitiously, but I felt weird after hearing it. Isn't it? If someone said in front of you that he wanted to fulfill his last wish or something, you would probably be scared. I am still relatively calm.
After listening to the top scholar's words, I remembered that, logically speaking, the imperial examinations at that time would be entrance exams to Tsinghua University and Peking University.
"Brother Zhuangyuan, our two largest universities are Tsinghua University and Peking University."