Chapter 54: Immortality and Dust
“No rooms left...”
“Sorry, sir.”
“We've been fully booked for a while.”
“There are no rooms left in the city.”
“All full...all full”
“Oh dear, sir, I'm really sorry. Our place doesn't even have room in the wood shed! Recently, there's the Great Liujiang Gathering outside the city, and many jianghu people from all over have come. Every guest-house in the city is packed, even the simple inns and temples outside the city are full. Many jianghu people are just simply finding a spot in the alleys, and spreading out whatever bedding they have, or just sleeping under the sky and on the ground.”
After asking around for a long time, all Song You got was a series of refusals.
Maybe people had been asked too many times about rooms recently, and some were starting to lose patience, though they weren't being dismissive.
The last innkeeper was kinder. Seeing that Song You was a Daoist, he spoke to him at length and finally said, “If you really don't want to sleep on the streets, I can offer you two suggestions.”