By the time Shen arrived, it was already dark.

Fu Xiaoguan and Bai Yulian's carriage drove into Pingling County.

The news that the Pingling Mountain bandits were exterminated by the Excalibur Special Forces has spread this morning, and even His Majesty's bestowal on Excalibur has spread all over the world-

The Sword of the Guardian of the Nation!

This army of only 4,000 people was actually crowned with the sword of the protection of the country!

You can imagine what a tough team this is.

If it was in the past, this Pingling County would have a curfew at night, and I was afraid that the palace chief would come to rob.

Now that the head of the palace has been conferred, then this place is naturally safe, the county lord has lifted the curfew, and Pingling County has regained a little vitality.

Only a little, because the poor are still so poor.

And because of the scourge of the palace for more than a year, there has long been no business in this place, and it is difficult to do business in the county, so some merchants with some background have left here and gone to Xincheng or Yongning City, the state capital.

When Fu Xiaoguan and Bai Yulian walked from the street to the end of the alley, there were very few shops on both sides of the street with their doors open, and there were also very few pedestrians on the street.

Compared with the prosperity of Linjiang...... It's like two worlds.

They found an inn on the busiest street, much to the delight of the innkeeper.

The charming proprietress wore a cotton robe and took them to the upper room, and she didn't stop talking all the way, "The palace chief who killed that day, before he came to Pingling Mountain, I can tell you, where does this Pingling County look like this?" ”

Fu Xiaoguan was interested and asked, "Tell me what it looks like like that?" ”

"There are many blind bears in Pingling Mountain, and there are all kinds of mountain goods, which are rare treasures outside. Every year in spring, there will be many hunters and medicine farmers into the mountains, and there will be merchants to this county, but it is lively, from April to the present. ”

"But since the killer came here that day, the business has been declining day by day, and I don't hide it from the two masters, my inn has not been opened for a long time...... In the past, there were more than a dozen inns in Pingling County, and now there are two left, except for me, there is one left on Shunhe Street, I heard that it has not been opened again in the past few days, and I am afraid that it will not be consumed. ”

She took Fu Xiaoguan and the others upstairs and opened the two upper rooms, "Fortunately, the sun was good a few days ago, I opened the window to breathe, the bedding on this bed has just been changed, and the two masters are still satisfied with it?" ”

Fu Xiaoguan and the others walked in, naturally simple, but better than clean.

"Okay, that's it, can you eat and drink?"

"Do you want to try the mountain treasures of our Pingling?"

"What's the matter?" Fu Xiaoguan asked,

The proprietress was even more interested, "Sauce fried bear liver...... The blind bear is about to enter the cave, and I heard that Sun Er's guy has hunted one, and if the second master wants to taste it, I will buy it. ”

"This can be there, bear's paw, yes, this thing will burn a pair too."

I really haven't eaten it in my previous life, but I have to try it now.

"Okay, the other is the sun-dried mushrooms, porcini mushrooms and chicken fir mushrooms in Pingling Mountain, stewed in a pot of old hen soup, which is roughly enough for the two masters to eat, but this silver ......"

"How much silver do you need?"

"Plus this room fee, a total of ten taels."

Bai Yulian heard it, "So expensive? ”

"Ah......" The proprietress thought that she was really screaming a little high, and was about to lower the price, but Fu Xiaoguan waved her hand, "That's it, the taste is ready, and boil more hot water, my brothers want to take a bath." ”

He handed the proprietress a silver ticket of ten taels, thought about it, and asked: "Your county order of Pingling...... What do you think? ”

The proprietress happily took the silver ticket and said casually: "Zhang County Order can be regarded as the best county order in Pingling over the years, but unfortunately, he is afraid that he has offended people who should not be offended in the court, and he has been assigned to this place, and if he wants to make some political achievements, I am afraid that there is no hope." ”

"I'm going to prepare for the two masters, and then ask the two to bathe when the water is boiled."

After she finished speaking, she pedaled downstairs, Fu Xiaoguan thought about it, there was nothing to do, and it was better to go out for a walk while it was not completely dark at this time.

So, the two of them also went downstairs and strolled down the empty street.

The county seat of Pingling is not big, two long streets cross each other, one horizontal and one vertical, and the county government of Pingling County is at the crossroads.

When Fu Xiaoguan and Bai Yulian had just come to this crossroads, a horse also happened to stop here.

A woman dressed in white and wearing a hat and carrying a long sword turned over and dismounted heroically, she lifted the hat, Fu Xiaoguan was startled when she saw it, and at the same time, the woman also turned to look at Fu Xiaoguan.

Fu Xiaoguan had already turned his head, he didn't wear a mask, because there was no second person in this place except Zhang Wenhan who knew him.

But he didn't expect that the woman was Zhang Wenhan's sister-in-law - Zhang Peier!

Of course, he remembered that face clearly, after all, when they were in Linjiang, the two of them sat in the carriage together and chatted face-to-face for so long.

And Zhang Pei'er was also frowning between her eyebrows at the moment, she only saw the side face of the person, but it was very familiar, very similar to Fu Xiaoguan - could it be that she was hallucinating?

Fu Xiaoguan died at the foot of the Snow Mountain and was buried in the Star Picking Platform, how could he appear in this desolate place?

She rubbed her eyes, the two people had already walked into the distance, she thought about it, and denied that the person was Fu Xiaoguan.

She came here to see her brother, and heard from her father that her brother has had a hard time this year, how difficult will it be?

After seeing the scene of Pingling County, she roughly knew that it was really not easy for her brother.

She walked into the county office, and Fu Xiaoguan and Bai Yulian also walked into the inn.

"Okay?"

"Sister Xiangni!"

"If I want to have a sister, I'll give you a look!"

"Roll the calf...... Zhang Peier, the daughter of Linjiang cloth merchant Zhang Ji's family. ”

When Bai Yulian heard it, he had heard that story, and he looked at Fu Xiaoguan in amazement, "No, didn't Zhang Peier commit suicide by throwing himself into the river because he liked a thin lover?" ”

"Get out, I'm not a thin lover, she committed suicide by throwing herself into the river, I'm afraid she was rescued...... Seeing that she is carrying a sword on her back, is it possible that she will go to practice martial arts this year? ”

"Are you mistaken?"

"Wrong fart! Brother has been in the flowers, although he doesn't mess with those flowers, but those flowers are in his brother's heart, and he can't be wrong. ”

Bai Yulian pursed her mouth, thinking to herself, why do you have that heart but not that guts!

"Aren't you going to see Zhang Wenhan?"

"Xiaobai, Ming'er, you go to see Zhang Wenhan, I'll tell you more about it after dinner."

"Lao Tzu is not going!"

"Xiaobai, are we brothers?"

"Brother is there to tell you?"

Fu Xiaoguan cautiously patted Bai Yulian's shoulder, "No, brother is not only used to pass on words, but also to send messages!" ”

"Get out of ......!"

(Supplement to be added in the fourth update)