At this time, Yang Xuangan and his entourage had arrived at the boundary of Nanyang after a day and a night of riding horses, and they were not far from Xinye City. A night visit to a small inn can effectively avoid the eyes of the government.

In a small market with only more than ten households on the side of the road, Yang Xuangan and his entourage found the only inn, the inn is not big, a courtyard gate, two dead wind lanterns are hung on the edge of the pavilion, and there is a small courtyard inside, and the right side is the stable where the horses are tethered, and there are two bad horses gnawing on the trough to eat horse feed. On the left side is obviously a firewood room stacked with firewood and grass, and it is dark inside. Directly opposite is the two-story guest room, and the entrance is a large hall with several wooden tables, which is where the guests eat. The counter is facing the door, and the candlelight on the table is flickering and dimming. A family will come forward and bang on the door of the inn, and after a while, a short man from the back of the room will come out and open the door, leading everyone in.

Yang Xuangan entered the courtyard, and the courtyard gave people an eerie chill, Xuan felt a little strange, but he couldn't say anything. I had to follow into the house, and said to the shopkeeper: "Do you have a shop here, my brothers are merchants who go south, and the plate fee is limited, as long as there is a larger room, stay for one night, and you will go tomorrow morning." ”

"Guest officer, I have a room in this store, which can accommodate 10 people, and it is spacious enough for you to live, and you can come with me." The shopkeeper led the way in front of the lamp, Xuangan and his party followed up to the second floor, pushed open a large room, only to see two shops on both sides, the cover was quite clean, Xuangan nodded satisfied, and said: "My brothers are in a hurry for days, you can have food here, you can sell it to me, and you can also come to a few pots of good wine to relieve fatigue." I didn't go downstairs either, so I ate and slept at the big table in this room. ”

"The fire in the stove has been extinguished at night, it is inconvenient to cook vegetables, only a few catties of cooked beef marinated during the day, the rice is also ready-made, the wine is enough, I don't know if the guest officer has ever needed it? The small ones are going to be fetched. The shopkeeper's eyes rolled in the darkness, revealing a sly smile.

"If you have wine and meat, you can bring a pot of rice. Tomorrow morning when you leave, you will check out the bill with you. When Xuan Gan heard that there was still wine and meat, he was happy for a while, and he left behind the trace of uneasiness when he entered the door.

After lighting the candles in the room, the shopkeeper hurried downstairs to buy food. Xuan Gan put the burden on the big table and opened it, and when he was about to take out the silver taels inside, a snowy flying knife suddenly flew down from the roof, and stabbed on the table with a bang, and the handle of the knife kept trembling and making a buzzing sound. Xuan Gan and the others were taken aback by this, and they hurriedly took out their portable swords, looking up and down for the person with the flying knife.

There was a quiet place around, and the knife-thrower on the room was very good, and it seemed that he had left. Xuan felt that this person was not malicious, otherwise, this flying knife would have taken his life. So by the dim light of the candlelight, he looked at the sword. "Young master, there is a blank piece of paper on the knife, like a secret letter." A sharp-eyed general closest to the wooden table said to Xuan Gan.

"Oh?" Yang Xuangan took a step forward, pulled out the flying knife on the table, took the secret letter from the tip of the knife, and quickly unfolded it to take a look. If you don't look at it, you will be shocked into a cold sweat when you see Xuangan!

"This black shop, go quickly." Xuan Gan unfolded the note to the guards under the dim candlelight. One of the guards drew his saber and was about to go out to find the shop. Xuan Gan grabbed it and said in a low voice:

"Brothers, don't worry, wait for him to come, and act according to my eyes."

"Here we are." Whisper the wind's guard at the door. Xuan Gan motioned for everyone to be quiet, and the shopkeeper pushed the door into the house, holding a tray of cooked meat and two pots of wine in both hands, followed by a young man with a bucket of rice in his right hand and a stack of dishes and chopsticks in his left hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the wine and meat are here, if the rice is not enough, just ask the small ones to add more." The shopkeeper nodded to everyone and turned around to leave.

"Wait a minute, I'll wait a long way to pass here, and I have something to ask the boss." Xuan Gan said coldly in a low voice, the dagger in his hand shaving the calluses in his palm. The guard at the door slammed the door shut, guarding the door and cutting off the back path for the two to leave. The shopkeeper's eyes were flustered suddenly, and he hurriedly said calmly: "It's getting late, and if you have something to say, it's not too late to ask tomorrow morning!" ”

After hearing this, Xuan Gan thrust the dagger in his hand into the table and said, "It's okay for the store to say this, but how about asking the store to drink a bowl of this rice wine before going?" Xuan Gan's eyes were round, and there was a fierce light in the dim candlelight.

The storekeeper was revealed, turned around and slammed the guy behind him towards the guard guarding the door, and then opened the door and fled. It's just that his speed is much lower than the speed of the flying knife in Xuan Gan's hand, and a dagger has already been inserted into the back of the boss of this shop. The shopkeeper snorted, a stream of blood left at the corner of his mouth, and he fell forward on the door panel, falling and dying. The shopkeeper was so frightened that his legs fell to the ground, and he couldn't say anything, just holding his head and knocking on the ground.

"Go down and bring up two jars of good wine." Xuan Gan pulled out the dagger in the back of the store and said to the two guards under him. The guard said yes and hurried out to the counter downstairs to find good wine.

"Say, what kind of means are you black shops trying to harm people?" Xuan Gan lifted the shopkeeper and patted the shopkeeper on the face with the dagger that was still dripping blood. The smell of urine suddenly jumped up, and Xuan Gan threw the shopkeeper away and said, "Say it quickly, otherwise you will dig out your heart and liver and drink." ”

"I said, I said, this matter has nothing to do with the villain, it is that the black-hearted shopkeeper saw that the guests were all outsiders, and there were 7 good horses, and they were heavily wrapped with them, so they had the heart of murder and robbery, and sprinkled the sweat medicine in the wine, and wanted to numb the uncles, and it had nothing to do with the villain!" The shopkeeper said tremblingly.

"You come over and get a piece of beef to eat, and a bowl of rice to eat, if you don't pour, grandpa, I will let you go." After Xuan Gan finished speaking, one of the guards immediately served a bowl of rice, grabbed two or three pieces of beef and put them in the bowl, and handed them to the shop guy. The shopkeeper took it, grabbed the beef without hesitation, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed it. The rice was even stuffed into my mouth with my hands, and I ate it quickly. At this time, the two guards who went downstairs to fetch wine each entered the house with a wine jar and reported to Xuan Ganyu: "My lord, we have checked in the front and back yards, and there is no one else. It's just a secret door in the backyard, and there is a room with a strong smell of blood, thinking that it must be a person who was moved to that house and killed. ”

Xuan Gan nodded, and looked at the guy in the shop, and sure enough, he didn't fall. I was secretly happy in my heart, and sure enough, I just drugged the wine, and meat and rice were edible. Then he gave a look to the guard at the door, and the guard at the door understood what he meant, and after a slight nod, he immediately swung his knife and split the guy in half from his back.

The meat and food were full, and after Xuan Gan arranged the night guards, he went to the bed and fell asleep with his clothes upside down.

Nothing was said all night. When the crowd woke up after dawn, the guards went to the kitchen again to warm up the rice and meat that had not been eaten last night. A diligent guard got up early, killed two crowing roosters in the shop, boiled them, and served them together. Xuan was greatly satisfied, and after everyone had eaten again, he packed his horses and prepared to go out. Suddenly, a guard hurriedly ran up to the guest room and reported to Xuan Ganyu: "My lord, there is a big man at the door, holding a green dragon knife, and he has sealed the door with many villagers, and I can't wait to get out." ”

Xuan was startled, and hurriedly beckoned the guards in the house to rush to the door of the inn with their waist knives. Xuan Gan looked out of the door and saw a strong man, wearing a felt hat, a green cloth shirt, and shoes under his feet, his face was like black paint, and his eyes were like copper bells. A beard, holding the Green Dragon Glaive Knife, stood outside the gate, blocking everyone's way out. Xuan Gan and the others were all frightened, and Xuan Gan took two steps forward and asked in a low voice: "Who are you, aren't you that Zhou Cang Linfan?" ”

"Humph! I am this Nanzhuang Zhu Can is also. Why didn't you leave overnight, but you only cared about killing the shopkeeper, you waited, how could Nanshan Caokou let go of my innocent villagers in Nanzhuang. "That strong man's name is Zhu Can, he was originally a hunter in this Nanzhuang, and he has good skills.

"It turns out that the person who reported to me last night was Engong! Under Yang Xuangan and the brothers, he thanked him for saving his life. After listening to Zhu Can's words, Xuan Gan and everyone knew that he was the one who reported the news from the flying knife last night. He no longer panicked, and put his knives into their sheaths. Xuan Gan stepped forward to give a salute.

"Alas! If you left overnight last night and didn't hurt the innkeeper's life, that's it. The shopkeeper is the father-in-law of the bandit leader of Xiangma Mountain in the back mountain, who dares to provoke the people of Nanzhuang. But now that you have killed him, how can the horses on the mountain be willing to let you go, and the people of my village will not live! Zhu Can said, grabbed the knife in his hand and stomped on the ground twice.

"This ---" Xuan Gan and the guards, you look at me, I look at you, I am in a dilemma, and I don't know what to do.

"My lord, according to the villain, since Zhu Zhuangshi and I have the grace to save our lives, we can't just leave and harm the lives of the heroes and the people of Yizhuang. It is better to go up the mountain with the villagers, get rid of the nest of ringing horses, and also remove a harm for the place. The guard who killed the chicken this morning whispered in Xuan Gan's ear, Xuan Gan nodded in approval after hearing it, and then said to Zhu Can: "Don't worry, although we are not people in the rivers and lakes, we also have a head and tail in doing things, and we will never leave it all right, leave the people behind, please come into the house to talk." ”

Zhu Can nodded, handed the knife in his hand to a young Zhuang Min behind him, and let him follow him into the main hall of the inn and sit down.

A guard hurriedly poured tea for the two, "Engong, I am Yang Xuangan, the general of the Prince of Chang'an, the capital teacher, and I want to go to Jiangnan on a business trip with all my brothers, and I don't want to meet this matter, but this is a black shop that harms people, and we are also doing this for the people, and I don't want to affect others, but since the matter has come out, can there be a way to solve it?" Xuan Gan took the lead in revealing his identity to Zhu Can and asked earnestly.

"General Yang, I have no choice but to wait here for the bandits in the mountains to come and fight when the horses come." Zhu Can shook his head and sighed lightly, the name of the Prince's Mansion was not valid at all for the mountain bandits.

Xuan Gan got up and looked at a few of his relatives and asked, "Do you have a good plan to survive this catastrophe?" The six guards around looked at each other, each shaking their heads and saying nothing.

"My lord, I have a plan to try." It was the guard who killed the chicken in the morning who stepped forward and said to Xuan Gan.

The guard looked at the house and saw that only Zhu Can and the others were outsiders, and there was no one else outside the house. Then he whispered to Xuan Gan and Zhu Can: "Since Zhu Zhuangshi wants to think about the lives of the people of Benzhuang, why not kill the leader of the ringing horses in the mountains, wouldn't it be once and for all, and there will be no more mountain bandits in Nanzhuang." ”

Zhu Can couldn't help nodding and said: "I have long wanted to be like this, although Zhou Zhong, who is known as the "Little Overlord", is not good at martial arts, but there are many mountain bandits and horses, and the two sides are on fire, so they will inevitably hurt the innocent!" ”

"My lord, why don't we do this, strong men..." The guard whispered a plan, and Xuan Gan and Zhu Can immediately laughed when they heard it, applauding.