Chapter 52: Ignorance of Human Affairs
When Shen Luo arrived outside Song Fan County Town, it was past the hour of Xu and the city gates had already been closed.
Seeing that he couldn’t enter the city, he directly urged his horse to a small town to the east of the city.
Song Fan County was prosperous in commerce, and this small town was located on the main road leading out of the city. The town was lined with shops, forming a sizable market, most of which were inns, specifically catering to the various traveling merchants for accommodations.
All these inns were manned by a clerk at their entrances, their calls to attract customers overlapping one another.
"Dear guest, would you like to stay? We have hot water in our store, and stewed beef shank that is just freshly cooked and very delicious, and we also have stewed goose, we guarantee your satisfaction.”
"Guest, come to our De Yueju, our self-made ‘White Sun Fragrance’ wine is renowned near and far, we guarantee that after you have tasted it once, you’ll wish for a second time, please stay.”
Seeing Shen Luo approach, the clerks from several nearby stores swarmed over and called out to him simultaneously.
Shen Luo paid no heed to these clerks, he swept his gaze over the surrounding inns and drove his horse to a plain, relatively secluded small inn, causing those clerks to be greatly disappointed. After all, Shen Luo was dressed quite extravagantly, and the horse he was riding was a good one, clearly marking him as a wealthy client.
There was also a young clerk guarding the entrance of this small inn who seemed to be only about fifteen or sixteen years old, his large eyes spinning round and round, appearing quite clever.