Xia Yu, Li Tie, Liu Changsheng, and Leng Shuangyan were all taken aback, they thought that they were lurking in the woods outside Grizzly City, very hidden, but they didn't expect that they were discovered by the city lords.

Xia Yu instructed the soldiers, "Call the messenger in." ”

After a while, an envoy walked in, respectfully, and saluted Xia Yu and Li Tie, "Grizzly City envoy, I have seen all of you. ”

Xia Yu sat down and raised his hand, "The messenger is exempt." ”

The messenger stood up straight, took out a letter, and said, "My lord, my city lord is willing to lead the entire army and people of Grizzly City to submit to the third prince. The third son, Tianzong Talent, is the best candidate for the restoration of my Chengping Guosheji. ”

Xia Yu was a little surprised, and took the messenger's letter and looked at it, this letter was a handwritten letter from Grizzly City. Zhang Cheng said in the letter that he was willing to sincerely submit to the third son.

Xia Yu was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Okay, the city lord Zhang should be in accordance with the will of heaven and the people, he is really a virtuous and wise person, I will definitely say a few good words for the city lord Zhang in front of the third prince." ”

"Master Xie," the envoy lowered his head and saluted Xia Yu again.

Xia Yu and Li Tie didn't expect Zhang Cheng to take the initiative to surrender, you know, Zhang Cheng is Zhong Lizan's cronies, even he betrayed Zhong Lizan so easily, it is conceivable that this Zhong Lizan is a betrayal of his relatives, and he is not far from extinction.

Xia Yu and Li Tie were elated, led 200 soldiers under their command, and followed the messenger to the Grizzly Bear City. Grizzly Bear City advocated Cheng and the civil and military officials in the city, standing outside the city, waiting for Xia Yu and them for a long time.

The envoy made an introduction to Xia Yu, Xia Yu stepped forward quickly, held Zhang Cheng's palm, and said with a smile: "City Lord Zhang, you are a hero of Chengping Kingdom." ”

Zhang Cheng was a middle-aged fat man, with his head down, with a humble look, and said: "The third prince is the will of God, I just did what I had to do." ”

Xia Yu said: "City Lord Zhang, it's windy outside the city, be careful of catching a cold, let's go into the city and talk about it." ”

Xia Yu, Zhang Cheng and others boarded the carriage, rode into Grizzly City, and came to the City Lord's Mansion. Zhang Cheng set up a banquet in the mansion to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Xia Yu and them.

"Your Excellency has worked hard all the way, on behalf of the entire military and civilians of Grizzly City, I would like to toast you with a glass," Zhang Cheng raised his glass.

Xia Yu smiled and said: "This cup of wine should be our respect to the city lord Zhang, the city lord should obey the people and save hundreds of thousands of people in Grizzly City from the disaster of swords, you are a great hero." ”

"Your Excellency is polite, as a parent official, it is my duty to protect the people," Zhang Cheng raised his wine glass, touched the glass with Xia Yu, and drank.

"Well, good wine, good wine," Xia Yu wiped his mouth, and his mood was very comfortable.

Xia Yu thought to himself, it didn't take a single soldier to take Grizzly City, this is the heavens helping to fight the thief alliance.

Zhang Cheng and his officials are like old oilmen in the officialdom at a glance, they are very good at dealing with people, and after drinking a few glasses of wine with Xia Yu and them, they are like old friends for many years.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhang Cheng asked, "My lord, where is the third prince now?"

Xia Yu said: "The third prince led the main force of the thief alliance in Huoniu Pass. ”

Zhang Cheng said: "There is little food in Huoniu Guancheng, so it is better to let the third prince come to our Grizzly City." There are plenty of soldiers and food in Grizzly City, and there are many big mansions, and the third son lives here comfortably. ”

Xia Yu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll call the third prince to Grizzly City after a while." ”

After eating, Zhang Cheng arranged for Xia Yu, Li Tie, Liu Changsheng, and Leng Shuangyan to live in the post house.

Li Tie walked around the room and said, "The post house is so luxuriously furnished, it seems that Zhang Cheng is not a clean official. ”

Xia Yu touched the wall, looked at the table, and said, "This post house has just been renovated, and the furniture has been changed, it seems that Zhang has become a person who has taken great pains to please us." ”

Li Tie said: "I think that Zhang Chengcheng is an official fan, and he returned to the third child to keep his black yarn hat." Why don't we write a letter to the third child, ask the third child to add him to the rank of knight, and stabilize him first. ”

Xia Yu nodded, "Well, good idea, I'll write to the third brother." ”

Xia Yu wrote a letter to Jiang Xiaobai to report on the situation in Grizzly City. Grizzly Bear City advocates that Cheng has already surrendered to the thief alliance, and asks Jiang Xiaobai to come to Grizzly City quickly. After the letter was sent, Xia Yu waited for Jiang Xiaobai's reply in the city.

Xia Yu was idle in the post house, chatting with Yi Cheng, Yi Cheng told Xia Yu that the maple leaves in Grizzly City are very beautiful, and they are among the best in the entire Chengping Kingdom, and now is a good time to watch the maple leaves.

Fighting and killing along the way, Xia Yu was very tired, and thought to himself, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to take a break from his busy schedule, go to the outside of Grizzly City to enjoy the maple leaves, and relax.

Xia Yu found Li Tie, Liu Changsheng, and Leng Shuangyan, and the three of them were very happy when they heard that they were going to play outside the city, and immediately agreed to Xia Yu.

The four people did not bring their entourage, traveled lightly, and came to the maple forest outside the city, the maple leaves are red, looking at it from afar, the forest is dyed, swaying with the wind, like the fiery red waves, which makes people feel refreshed.

"It's so beautiful," Leng Shuangyan couldn't help but sigh.

Although the country of Chengping was in turmoil, the grizzly bear did not suffer from the devastation of the war and still maintained a prosperous scene. Many wealthy people bring their families and take horse-drawn carriages to the maple forest to enjoy the maple leaves.

Xia Yu and Li Tie played in the maple forest, and by noon, they were a little hungry.

Xia Yu saw a restaurant in the distance and said, "Let's go there and have some food." ”

Xia Yu, Li Tie, Liu Changsheng, and Leng Shuangyan came to the door of the restaurant, only to see a plaque hanging above the main entrance of the restaurant, engraved with four big characters - Renyi Inn.

This Renyi Inn is a collection of catering, accommodation in one, now is a good season to enjoy the maple leaves, many people come here, the official road is full of traffic, endless.

Renyi Inn was built near the maple forest, which took advantage of the location, and the business was as prosperous as a maple leaf.

Xia Yu said: "Let's go in quickly, I'm afraid there will be no place if it's late." ”

Xia Yu, Li Tie, Liu Changsheng, and Leng Shuangyan entered the inn, and a strong man walked over and said with a smile: "Guest officer, how many of you are there?"

"Four," Xia Yu looked at the strong man, a little surprised, how did this strong man run to the inn as a junior second?

Xia Yu didn't look down on the shopkeeper, but among the shopkeepers he had seen, there was no such mighty shopkeeper at the Renyi Inn. The shopkeeper of this Renyi Inn looks like a martial artist.

Xia Yu spread out his spiritual power and probed the body of the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper grinned, showed a harmless smile from humans and animals, and said, "Five guest officers, please come here." ”

Xia Yu probed and didn't find that there was true qi flowing in the body of the shopkeeper. Xia Yu felt very strange, this shopkeeper obviously looked like a martial artist, why didn't he have any true qi in his body?

"Old pimple, what's wrong with you, what are you in a daze," Li Tie slapped Xia Yu in the face.

Xia Yu came back to his senses and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing." ”

Xia Yu and the others followed the shopkeeper to an empty table, and the shopkeeper wiped the table and chairs and asked Xia Yu and them to sit down.

"What do the four guest officers order?" the shopkeeper handed over the menu.

Xia Yu and Li Tie looked at the menu and ordered four dishes and one soup.

The shopkeeper said, "Wait a minute, the four guest officers will come up immediately." ”

When waiting for the dishes, Xia Yu found that in this Renyi Inn, there were more than a dozen shopkeepers alone. These shopkeepers look like they all have a tiger's back, hard palms, and thick joints, and they have the demeanor of a warrior.

Xia Yu looked at the boss behind the counter again, the boss dialed the abacus, his eyes were blazing, and he didn't look like an idle person. However, Xia Yu spread out his spiritual power to investigate, but he did not find the existence of true qi from the boss and the shopkeeper, which is very strange.

After a while, the shopkeeper brought the food and said with a smile: "Four guest officers, the food is ready, you can use it slowly." ”

Xia Yu and Li Tie picked up chopsticks and began to eat.

Li Tie ate a few bites of food, tasted the taste, and said: "The dishes in this house are large and delicious, the price is not expensive, and the service attitude is also very good. ”

Leng Shuangyan chewed slowly and said, "Well, it's really good. ”

Xia Yu looked at the diners around him and said, "Many of these people are repeat customers, no wonder their business is so good." ”

The Renyi Inn was full of guests, and the boss and the shopkeepers were very happy. Suddenly, several hooligan-looking people, shaking their heads, walked in.

When the boss and the shopkeepers saw these hooligans, the smiles on their faces immediately disappeared.

The hooligans looked at the diners around them and said to the boss, "Business is good." ”

The boss smiled and said, "Brother Tuohao's blessing, the business is okay." ”

The leader of the gangsters said: "Your business is not improvised, it is very hot." It seems that our protection fee will have to go up a bit. ”

The boss's smile froze, and he said, "Brother Hao, you want a hundred taels of silver a month for protection money, and we can't afford it......"

The hooligan leader interrupted the boss's words, pointed to the diners around him, and said, "So many people are eating at your place, and you are still crying poor with me, fuck, a hundred taels of silver, you can earn it in one day." ”

The boss looked pleading and said, "Brother Hao, I have a lot of guests, but my meals are cheap and I make small profits." And I still have so many brothers here to feed, all day long, people eat horses to feed, this needs money. ”

The hooligan leader glared at him and shouted: "Don't fucking talk nonsense, the price of protection money has increased This is the meaning of the gang leader, from this month onwards, you will have to pay a hundred and fifty taels of silver protection fee every month." ”

When the boss heard that he would have to pay an extra fifty taels of silver for a month's protection fee, he was sad and speechless.

The shopkeeper said beside him: "Brother Hao, you are considerate and considerate of us, one hundred and fifty taels of silver a month, we really can't pay it." Otherwise, pay one hundred and twenty taels of silver a month. ”

The hooligan leader looked fierce and shouted at the shopkeeper: "Who the fuck are you, do you have a part in talking here?!"

The shopkeeper lowered his head and said no more.