Chapter 10: The First Journey into the Rivers and Lakes (Part II)

Ouyang He's words made Ling Rui suddenly realize, and he was also a little impressed by the calmness and courage of the girl in front of him. It's just that he still explained to Ouyang He that he thinks he shouldn't be too merciful to these bullies who oppress the people, and if they don't hurt them, they won't have any reverence for the people.

Of course, it was all in order to help Meng Yan in time, and the two still expressed their mutual understanding and appreciation. Then, Ouyang He also sighed that he couldn't imagine chivalry, hoeing the strong and helping the weak is such a refreshing and enjoyable thing, and the smile on the little girl's face after getting the rice made her feel really happy at that moment.

"If the girl likes it, I am willing to be the girl's free private dart master, and accompany the girl to walk through the martial arts and travel all over the rivers and lakes." Ling Rui's tone of voice still seemed so free and unrestrained, but at this moment, he became a little blushing. Ouyang He also showed a shy smile and said softly, "Hmm." The communication between the boy and the girl ended in a peaceful and pleasant atmosphere, and after saying goodbye to each other, the two went back to their rooms to rest.

In the early morning of the second day, when the two were packing up their things and preparing to leave the inn, Dai Yuanwai and more thugs suddenly appeared in front of the inn and intercepted the two.

"Haha, if you provoke me on the boundary of Puzhou, neither of you can leave!" With Dai Yuanwai's order, his thugs immediately swarmed up and began to besiege the two.

Although these new fighters were still not the opponents of Ling Rui and Ouyang He in terms of martial arts, due to the large number of opponents, it was still difficult for the two to get out smoothly after covering each other and fighting fiercely, and their physical strength was also seriously consumed.

"Ouch, what's going on here, it's scared to death!" The drunkard who had had a relationship with Ouyang He yesterday suddenly appeared at this time, and exclaimed as he scurried around among the thugs who were all over the street.

Somehow, on the path after all the drunks passed, the thugs on both sides of the path actually became as slow as if they were drunk, and their expressions were in a trance, and then they were successively defeated by Ling Rui and Ouyang He.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Dai Yuanwai panicked and ran away. But he didn't run a few steps before he was caught by the alert Ling Rui.

At the request of Ling Rui to hold Dai Yuanwai hostage, the thugs respectfully led the horses of the two over.

Seeing that the horses arrived, Ling Rui immediately ordered the acupuncture point outside Dai Yuan, and explained to him that the acupoint would solve itself after half an hour. The surrounding thugs couldn't get the order from Dai Yuanwai, and they didn't dare to rush forward at this moment, so the two quickly left Puzhou, the land of right and wrong, after getting on the horse lightly.

"Is that guy really just an ordinary drunkard? Who the hell is he? When Ouyang He was fighting fiercely with the thugs, he sensitively noticed some small movements made by the drunk man when he passed by everyone. And after combining her own understanding, she judged that these actions must be due to the action of someone with a strong internal force foundation, so that they can be done so accurately and seemingly unconscious.

With doubts about this unfathomable drunk, Ouyang He and Ling Rui galloped in the direction of Chengdu.

It is said that a few days after Meng Yan left Yufeng Villa, at the headquarters of Xuanwuwei in Chengdu, a soldier presented a secret letter to the officer who had sent Gao Che to Yuzhou before. After reading the contents of the letter, the officer immediately asked the herald to rush to the various city gates with the order to strengthen the identity of the people entering and exiting, and at the same time summoned the officer in charge of the city guards and ordered him to inform the defense battalion to strengthen the precautions against the possible disturbance caused by the imperial court prisoner Meng Yan. Soon, more soldiers were quickly transferred into the city from around the capital, and the defense force of the capital of Dashu gradually increased under the frequent mobilization of various soldiers.

At dusk, Meng Yan, dressed as a coachman and with mud on his face, was pushing a cart carrying empty dung buckets with his head down and following the team entering the city slowly, surrounded by columns of Shu soldiers who entered the city one after another. As the soldiers who were interrogating in front of the city gate got closer and closer, Meng Yan's heart beat faster and faster, he kept swallowing his saliva, and his hands holding the dung bucket gradually trembled unobediently.

"You, stop!" Unsurprisingly, a soldier stopped Meng Yan pushing the cart at the door, "What's your name?" Keep your head up! The soldier stared at Meng Yan, who lowered his head and didn't make a sound.

After catching a glimpse of his bounty portrait posted on the wall next to the door, Meng Yan's heart beat rapidly, and the beads of sweat on his face dripped onto the stone slab under his feet. He slowly lifted his head as his right hand, which was gripping the handlebars, slowly reached for the hilt that was tied to the lower part of the car as he let go of the handlebar.

"Master Jun, Master Jun... A middle-aged man with a long beard dressed as a farmer suddenly ran towards the two facing each other, and said to the soldier respectfully, "This kid is a mute, he can't speak, he just took advantage of my toilet kung fu he secretly pushed the car away, I will definitely teach him a good lesson when I turn back, where is there any offense to the military master, please forgive the military master!" Subsequently, the man said that they were specially carrying dung for the Mu Wangfu to be buried, and deliberately opened all the dung buckets on the car for the soldiers to check, and a strong smell smoked the people around them so that they did not dare to approach.

"Bastard, it stinks to death, that's it, get out of the way!" The soldier angrily told the two to hurry away.

"Yes, yes, the little ones get out of here." After the middle-aged man finished speaking to the soldiers, he immediately beckoned Meng Yan to quickly push the car in. Although Meng Yan felt a little overwhelmed, he thought in his heart that no matter whether this person was good or evil, since he was able to enter the city now, he should quickly leave the sight of these soldiers, so he pushed the cart and followed the middle-aged man into the city tremblingly.

The two walked on the street, the middle-aged man looked back and saw that Meng Yan had been keeping his head down and not speaking, so after walking to a distance from the city gate, he first opened his mouth and introduced his surname to Meng Yan, who was the bookkeeper of the Yongxi Inn in Chengdu, because his boss had accepted the favor of King Jin Wangye, so after seeing King Jin in prison and Meng Gongzi being wanted by the whole city, he was assigned by the boss to help King Jin protect his son so that he would not be caught by the soldiers. Therefore, when the boss rented an abandoned house near the east gate from the direction of Yuzhou as an inn warehouse, he would pay attention here every day to see if there were any people who were dressed in obvious disguises among the people entering the city. Unexpectedly, the hard work paid off, and he said frankly that he was still very fortunate to receive Meng Gongzi safely.

After Meng Yan listened to his introduction, the tension in his heart suddenly disappeared a lot, and he was about to ask him about his parents, but the middle-aged man took the lead and said that he would take Meng Yan to the Yongxi Inn to live temporarily, and if he had any questions, he could go directly to the owner of this inn.

While speaking, the two walked to a three-story wooden building, and a small flag at the door marked the four big characters "Yongxi Inn" in regular script. I don't know if it's too late, although the location of the store is not far from the main street, the inn is full of people at this time, and the benches in the store are neatly placed on the table with their feet facing up. After the middle-aged man greeted him, after a while, a somewhat short and fat man walked out of the back hall, and when he saw Meng Yan, he immediately greeted him, and introduced himself as the owner of this inn, and then beckoned the guy to go to the kitchen to prepare good wine and food.

After the two sat down, the short and fat man who claimed to be the innkeeper greeted Meng Yan first, and Meng Yan was eager to know the whole story of his parents' arrest, so he chatted with Meng Yan about the recent movements in the city and the location where his parents were now being held. The boss claimed that one of the men in his shop had seen King Mu's carriage in the same direction as the soldiers on the night King Jin was arrested, in addition to seeing a number of soldiers of the forbidden army heading in the direction of King Jin's mansion. Although he was eager to save his father, Meng Yan knew in his heart that robbing the prison was only a last resort, and the most important thing was to find evidence to prove his parents' innocence as soon as possible, so Meng Yan told the boss that he decided to visit King Mu's mansion at night tonight to check if it was King Mu who was the one who got in the way. Between the two words, Xiao Er presented the meal, and the boss asked Meng Yan to eat something quickly, and then go out after he was full.

Meng Yan thanked the boss for his hospitality and picked up chopsticks to prepare for dinner, but his eyes unconsciously glanced at a guy standing next to him. The fellow's eyes wandered, his tongue kept licking his lips, his hands rubbing against each other involuntarily, and from time to time something white powder spilled from his fingertips to the ground. The man's unnatural movements made Meng Yan suspicious, and the bookkeeper who was standing next to him suddenly disappeared. Looking at the boss's smiling face, Meng Yan, who originally thought that he had found someone who could help him and relaxed physically and mentally, gradually felt more and more uneasy.

Meng Yan took out a silver needle from his body, hid the silver needle between his fingers without the boss noticing, and pretended to drink tea, and stretched out the silver needle covertly to test the tea and a dish next to him. However, to his surprise, the silver needle did not react in any way, and he wondered if he was overthinking? Meng Yan glanced at the guy with his afterglow again, and the guy was standing beside him upright, and there was no abnormal behavior.

"What's wrong with Childe? Is it the food that is not to the taste? The boss saw that Meng Yan hadn't moved his chopsticks, so he asked suspiciously.

"Oh, it's okay, come, Meng Mou toasts the boss with tea instead of wine, the boss's help to the younger generation today will be remembered by the younger generation, and he will repay him one day." Meng Yan raised the teacup and drank it all.

After dinner, Meng Yan went upstairs to find a room to rest in order to explore King Mu's mansion at night. Meng Yan was already feeling tired from the days of traveling, but the deep sense of uneasiness emanating from this slightly strange inn and the strange behavior of the guys had been haunting him, making it difficult for him to sleep. Meng Yan closed his eyes, and for a while his parents saw him farewell before he left home, and for a while, he still involuntarily appeared the gentle and beautiful figure in front of the lotus pond, and he guessed in his heart that he didn't know when he would be able to meet her again.

When sleepiness gradually hit Meng Yan, some sparse noises from outside the door broke the peace in the inn and alerted Meng Yan. After a while, two black shadows appeared outside the door, and tiptoed through the crack in the door to open the deadbolt of Meng Yan's door with the blade of a knife. Meng Yan opened his eyes slightly, he was still lying on the bed casually for fear of startling the snake, and when the two of them cautiously walked into the room, he vaguely noticed in the darkness that the two of them were slowly walking towards the bed with a bundle of ropes in their hands. When the two approached, a gust of wind blew in from the window, blowing the veil on one of the people's faces, and relying on the bright moonlight, the tiger head tattoo on the right neck of that person loomed in front of Meng Yan's eyes, which was the symbol of the well-known disciples of the Wind Thunder Hall.

At the same time, there were also many people outside the inn, a group of people dressed as beggars took advantage of the night to quietly surround the inn, and an elder in the lead stood in front of the door of the inn with a stick, closing his eyes and silently feeling the chilling atmosphere around him. The Yongxi Inn under the full moon, the capital of Dashu under the cover of night, at this moment, all the forces gathered here and ready to move, after the calm before the storm, the fate of the three will be crisscrossed on the chessboard of the black hands behind the scenes.