On the official road in Youzhou, several tall men rode horses and galloped all the way, led by a rugged man with a stubbled beard, looking fierce and strong, like a black bear.

He saw a simple wine shop in front of him from a distance, and couldn't help but light up his eyes, pointed to the wine shop with a big wine curtain, and said loudly: "Master, there is a wine shop in front of him, let's go get some wine and rest." ”

The man's accent was very heavy, and he looked like he didn't speak often, but he acted with a steady attitude, and when he saw his master nodding, he raised his whip, and the horses under him ran faster, and in the blink of an eye he arrived at the wine shop.

The shopkeeper of the wine store saw these strong men from afar, and when he saw them stopped at the door, he hurriedly greeted them with a smile.

The rugged man at the head dismounted first, and turned to lead the horse of the young man behind him, who was also very strong, tall, and very athletic, and stood there like a hill, although he was wearing a short-cut outfit, he could not hide his natural domineering.

The man led the young man's horse over, and commanded Xiao Er in a non-standard official dialect: "A horse, three catties of oats, three catties of soybean cake, three catties of wheat bran and three catties of corn, the material must be sufficient, and the gentlemen will be in a hurry for a while!"

As soon as Xiao Er saw them like this, he hurriedly responded: "Well, the guest officer will drink some wine in the wine shop first, and the little one will ensure that you will come out after drinking, and your BMWs will be in the best spirit." ”

The man saw Xiao Er's respect, nodded with satisfaction, and then bowed down to let the young man enter the wine shop, followed by three men dressed as entourage, one of whom seemed to be very out of tune with several of them, the man looked like Svenwen, in his early thirties, with a gentle light flowing in his eyes, at a glance, it seemed to be a teacher in the private school at the head of the village.

A few people entered the wine shop and sat down at the table, ordered two more plates of roast meat and spirits, and ate the multigrain steamed buns in a big gulp, looking like they had not eaten such a hot meal for a long time, and the food was particularly fragrant.

There were some whispered conversations in between, because the speed of speech was fast, and I didn't know what they were saying, but I could only hear the sound of gurgling, which made people more curious about the content of their conversation.

After eating, and filling the liquor into the water bladder he carried, the Sven man got up to check out, with a smile on his face, and asked the shopkeeper very politely: "Little second brother, do you know how far it is from Yunfu here?"

The shopkeeper had never been treated with such courtesy, and his face flushed immediately, "Let's this is Youzhou," he said and pointed in the direction of the south, "If you want to pass Youzhou and Yanzhou, it will be close to Yunzhou, and it will take about four or five days to walk south before you can enter Yunzhou." ”

The man laughed gently, "Thank you, little brother." ”

The shopkeeper replied embarrassedly: "You're polite, look at your group, have you just come back from the north?"

The man was stunned, nodded and said, "Little second brother has good eyesight, we are indeed from the north and go to Yunfu to join our relatives." ”

The shopkeeper scratched his head, where is his eyesight good, but he listened to the accent of the man who led the horse not very much like a Yunzhou person, so he would have this question, and heard the man say that he was going to Yunfu to join his relatives, and the shopkeeper smiled and said: "I heard that the north has not been peaceful recently, and this is the end of the year, if you go to Yunfu to join your relatives, you have to stay for a few more days, and then go when the situation is stable, otherwise you may encounter something on the road." ”

The man listened to Xiao Er's words, and couldn't help but look at the young man who was sitting firmly on the side, and saw that the young man nodded almost uncheckably, he touched a piece of broken silver and came out, stuffed it into the little second-hand, and asked: "What do you say about the little second brother? We just came from the north, and we didn't find anything unpeaceful?"

The shopkeeper was stuffed with silver in the second-hand, and hurriedly looked around, because it was approaching the end of the year, there were basically no people in the empty wine store, there were only sporadic three or two tables of people, including the man's table, he let go of his heart and said softly: " I listened to a relative who came back from the north, saying that the Tartars have led their troops to the Yanmen Pass, whether there will be a fight, and what will happen in the future, none of us know, in recent days, the Yanmen Pass has been closed, and even the spirits sold in our wine shop are almost impossible to supply, you must know that the wine in our wine shop is pulled back from outside the gate to sell, this time it is closed, and the business of the wine store is only afraid that it will not be good. ”

The man seemed to suddenly realize, and praised: "When I drank the wine, I said that the taste of this wine was really good, but I didn't expect it to be transported from outside the customs......"

The man paused, lowered his voice and asked again: "If it really fights, how can it be good, there are so many people living in Yanmen, and the Tartars have always been extremely vicious, and you have people coming and going here, so you haven't heard any movement from above to settle this matter?"

The shopkeeper sighed: "I heard that I heard about it, but I don't know if I can do it accurately, I said that I sent the prince to lead the troops to meet the battle, this is not all about to fight, there is still a friction over there, in the end, only the people are suffering." ”

The man frowned, then unfolded it again, and echoed: "That's not what you said, yes, I won't disturb the store's business, I'm full of food and drink, and it's time to hurry." ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "You're right, you can't hit us here, and we're also worrying." ”

The man turned back with a smile and whispered to the young man: "It seems that the situation is a little different, we have to prepare in advance." ”

The young man nodded, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he said in a voice like gold and jade, "Don't worry, as long as Uncle Nine is still outside the gate, we have a chance to win." ”

The young man's accent is not at all like the rough man before with a strong northern flavor, and what he holds is clearly a lively Yunzhou accent.

It was probably the calm and indifference of the young man that infected the others, and suppressed the original uneasy feelings of the others.

The young man picked up the liquor on the table and drank it all in one gulp, "Clean up, let's hurry!"

A few people got up, the shopkeeper hurriedly went to lead the horse, the horse that was full of food and drink seemed much more energetic than just now, and the rough man who led the horse at the beginning rewarded the shopkeeper with a silver horn, and said in a not very skilled word: "You didn't lie to me, these are for you!"

The shopkeeper got two rewards a day, and his happy mouth couldn't close together, and he hurriedly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, go slowly, and next time you pass by our small wine shop, you will be given two or two more wines." ”

Several people looked at each other and smiled, turned over and walked away.

The shopkeeper was carrying silver in his hand, and his heart was full of joy, thinking that if there were a few more such bold guests, he would be able to save more silver for his wife to see a doctor this year.