Early the next morning, Lin Zhiwu, Lin Xiaoyang and the villagers of the village where they were staying said goodbye.

Yu turned over and got on his horse at the entrance of the village, and the two continued to ride south. Their target is Pingyang City, a small city that is only a thousand miles away from Creping.

To go from Xuanping to Nanling City in Jinyi County, it is necessary to pass through Pingyang City. Otherwise, you'll have to take an extra day of detours and sleep in the wilderness to get to the next town heading south.

Binh Duong City is located in a transition zone from hills to plains.

The northwest side is a low mountainous area, and the northwest side is blocked by winding mountains, and if you want to get to the northwest side, you can only climb over the mountains or go around along the rolling mountains.

On the northeast side, there are several solitary peaks such as Qionghua, Wujian, and Wuling.

The east side is a red rock hill, and the altitude is generally about 100 meters. Most of the small hills are loose and easy to weather, and some of them still stand in the hills because of the hard rock foundation, and the rock walls are overhanging.

The west side is adjacent to the ancient river channel Qinghe, because the river water flows slowly, the river channel does not rise and fall much, the river water is as its name, it is clear from ancient times to the present, whether it is for people and animals to drink or to irrigate the land, it is the best choice.

Therefore, wells abound in Binh Duong City, which are clear and sweet, and are inexhaustible.

On the south side is more than 1,000 acres of rice fields, which are irrigated by the water of the Qing River, and in a good year, it is enough to supply tens of thousands of people in Pingyang City and the cities and counties under its jurisdiction for a year.

Therefore, Pingyang City, which is closest to Daliang Kyoto Xuanping, is the first important town to pay grain in Daliang every year.

When Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang entered Pingyang City, it was noon, and there were not many pedestrians on the street.

Lin Zhiwu mentioned that he first found a place to eat, rested for a while, and then continued south after he had sufficient supplies of water and food.

Lin Xiaoyang is a foodie, as soon as he heard Lin Zhiwu say to eat, his eyes immediately became bright and bright, and Lin Zhiwu, who was mentioning yì for dinner, was startled by Lin Xiaoyang's bright little eyes.

Lin Xiaoyang's eyes were like a hungry wolf who had been hungry for more than ten days and suddenly saw a little lamb with white flowers—there was a feeling that he couldn't pounce on it immediately.

There is another crucial reason why Lin Xiaoyang showed such a look.

Along the way, Lin Xiaoyang and Lin Zhiwu either ate white flour steamed buns or baked flatbread, and it was rare to stay at a villager's house, which was also cabbage and tofu.

Although Lin Xiaoyang used to eat vegetarian food when he was in Qinshan, his master would change his tricks to cook, although it was a vegetarian dish, it was also delicious, which made the mouth fragrant.

Lin Xiaoyang has never eaten such a bleak meal as in the past few days!

Lin Zhiwu had heard Zhu Zimo say earlier that Lin Xiaoyang loved to eat the most, and every time he heard "eat", he would be like a hungry wolf.

In addition, on the day Zhu Zimo got married, Lin Zhiwu saw Lin Xiaoyang for the first time, Lin Xiaoyang asked him if there would be a lot of delicious food at the wedding banquet, and he still remembered Lin Xiaoyang's reaction after he answered......

If he hadn't known Lin Xiaoyang's bottom in his heart and had some preparations, Lin Zhiwu would definitely take Lin Xiaoyang to turn around and go back to Creping to find Dr. Crepe now!

The spring sun sprinkled on Lin Xiaoyang's handsome face, and a gust of spring breeze blew, bringing Lin Xiaoyang's hair to fly in the wind.

It was originally a pleasing scenery, but it was ruined by the green light in Lin Xiaoyang's eyes!

One person held a tall horse, Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang walked along the street to the door of a two-story inn called "Yueyang Inn".

The gray-clothed Xiao Er, who was running in the hall on the first floor of the inn, had a sharp glimpse of Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang who were standing at the door leading the horses, and the little two immediately greeted him with a smile.

trotted all the way to Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang, Xiao Er smiled and asked, "I don't know if the two guest officers are fighting or staying in the hotel?"

Catching a glimpse of Lin Xiaoyang beside him wanting to speak, Lin Zhiwu took a step forward and blocked in front of Lin Xiaoyang without a trace, and said coldly to Xiao Er: "Live in the hotel." ”

"Okay, two guest officers, please!" Xiao Er agreed with a smile.

Leaning sideways towards Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang, he made a "please" gesture, and Xiao Er walked in front and led Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang into the inn.

The horses that Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang were holding in their hands had other little servants to help them lead them to the place where the horses were fed.

Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang were led by Xiao Er to the counter of the inn, and then Xiao Er retreated to the side and stood by.

Behind the counter with pen, ink, paper, inkstone and abacus stood a middle-aged man in his thirties, who was not luxuriously dressed but not vulgar, and was the shopkeeper of this inn.

The innkeeper looked at Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang, and asked with a smile the same words as Xiao Er: "I don't know if the two guest officers are sharp-eyed or staying in the hotel?"

"Stay. Two upper rooms. Lin Zhiwu still spoke coldly.

"Then I wonder how many days the two guest officers will stay in the small shop?" the innkeeper continued to ask with a smile.

"One night. I'll leave tomorrow. Lin Zhiwu said lightly.

"Two upper rooms, if you only stay for one night, a total of twenty taels of silver. The innkeeper said to Lin Zhiwu with a smile.

Before the innkeeper's words fell, Lin Zhiwu had already taken out a silver ticket with a face value of one hundred taels from his arms.

Handing the silver ticket to the innkeeper behind the counter, Lin Zhiwu said coldly: "This silver ticket will be pressed on you first, and we will settle it together when we leave." Prepare a table of delicious food for us and bring it to our room. Remember, it's all your signature dishes. ”

"Okay, okay, why are you still stunned! Why don't you go and prepare food for the two guest officers, go quickly!!"

The innkeeper took the one hundred taels of silver ticket handed to him by Lin Zhiwu, laughed so much that his mouth was almost closed, and hurriedly ordered Xiao Er, who was waiting on the side, to prepare food for Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang.

Seeing Xiao Er turn around and run towards the back hall, the innkeeper walked out of the counter and personally led Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang to the second floor of the inn.

The diners who were eating in the lobby on the first floor of the inn grinned when they saw that the innkeeper valued money so much.

"Shopkeeper, I don't know if you have purple rice tea in your store?" Stepping up the stairs, Lin Zhiwu suddenly asked.

Hearing Lin Zhiwu's question, the innkeeper who was walking in front was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Guest officer, you are joking, there is purple rice in our small shop, but this purple rice tea has never even heard of it." ”

Hearing this, Lin Zhiwu nodded slightly and said no more.

The group of three went up to the second floor of the inn, and the innkeeper led Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang to turn left and walk to the end of the corridor.

Pointing to the two guest rooms with a pair of doors, the innkeeper smiled warmly and said to Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang: "Although these two rooms are at the end of the corridor, they are definitely the best rooms we have." The windows in the guest rooms are all open to the street outside, so you can stand in front of the window and look at the street view when you have nothing to do. ”

Nodding, Lin Zhiwu said lightly to the innkeeper: "I know, the troublesome shopkeeper went to the kitchen to help us urge, we didn't eat two meals along the way, and we were really hungry." ”

Hearing this, the innkeeper's eyes flashed, and then he smiled: "Okay, I'll go downstairs to the back kitchen to help the two of you." ”

With that, the innkeeper left with a smile.

Seeing the figure of the innkeeper disappear at the top of the stairs, Lin Zhiwu turned around and pushed open the door behind him.

Lin Xiaoyang did not go to the guest room opposite, but followed Lin Zhiwu into his guest room.

"Deputy Steward Lin, why do you want to stay here for one night? Also, we had breakfast in the morning, why did you tell the shopkeeper that we didn't eat two meals along the way?" As soon as he entered the guest room, Lin Xiaoyang's door was not closed, and he directly asked all the words he had been holding back for a long time.

Turning around, Lin Zhiwu did not answer Lin Xiaoyang, but stepped past Lin Xiaoyang and closed the wide open door first.

Then, Lin Zhiwu walked to the small round tea table in the middle of the room and sat down, picked up the teapot on the table with one hand and a teacup with the other, poured a cup of herbal tea and placed it on the edge of the tea table opposite him.

Lin Zhiwu picked up another teacup and poured himself a cup of herbal tea, and took a sip of tea before slowly spitting out a few words: "Lin Gongzi, please take a seat." ”

Regarding Lin Zhiwu's move to sell Guanzi, Lin Xiaoyang was a little dissatisfied.

However, Lin Xiaoyang's nature is pure, and the child's heart is heavier, and curiosity is better than dissatisfaction.

So, Lin Xiaoyang obediently walked to Lin Zhiwu and sat down, put the long sword in his hand on the tea table, and didn't reach out to take the teacup, and asked directly: "Deputy Steward Lin, don't sell Guanzi, tell me quickly!"

With a faint smile, Lin Zhiwu took another sip of herbal tea before saying, "This Yueyang Inn is in the name of the master." ”

Lin Xiaoyang was stunned for a moment, still puzzled: "Does this have anything to do with what you said before?" I know that the second senior brother's family has a lot of property, and there should be many such inns under the name of the Zhu family!"

Shaking his head slowly, Lin Zhiwu corrected: "It's not under the name of the Zhu family, it's under the name of the master." This Yueyang Inn is an industry purchased by the master himself, and it has nothing to do with the Zhu family. ”

Nodding and looking at Lin Zhiwu opposite, Lin Xiaoyang shook his head again and said honestly: "I still don't understand." ”

Lin Zhiwu also knew that the matter was too deep to explain to Lin Xiaoyang clearly.

So, Lin Zhiwu could only choose a simple explanation, which Lin Xiaoyang could understand: "Before leaving, the master instructed me to meet with the people under the master every time I go to a place, and they will report to the master on our way on the road, whether we are in danger, and so on." The conversation just now is a code word with them. ”

"Oh, I see. Nodding, Lin Xiaoyang looked suddenly enlightened.

Immediately, Lin Xiaoyang was a little surprised: "Second Senior Brother is too exaggerated, aren't we! We are not children anymore, do we still need to report our whereabouts and whether there is any danger to Second Senior Brother all the way?"

After taking another sip of herbal tea, Lin Zhiwu smiled and shook his head at Lin Xiaoyang's words that were similar to complaints.

With a sigh, Lin Zhiwu replied carefully: "It's not that the master is exaggerating, it's that the master really cares about you, Gongzi Lin, your junior brother." If it weren't for the fear that Childe would be simple-hearted and would encounter danger on the road, Master would not have specially assigned me to go to Jiangnan with Childe. If it weren't for that, there were so many Ding Nursing Homes in the Zhu Mansion, wouldn't it be okay to assign one to follow the son?"