When Hu Kang personally carried a bowl of steaming hot noodle soup into the upper room, he realized what a joke they had made. People want "hot soup", not hot noodle soup with two chickens and sesame oil; "Hot soup" means "hot water". The girl is not hungry, but wants to "bathe and wash the dust" one by one, that is, take a bath.

Gone wrong? Hu Kang's face almost turned the color of pork liver. In the face of the little girl who kept chattering, he lowered his head, hung his hands, and didn't dare to squeak or justify, not to mention how worried he was. His mother-in-law doll has lived in the backyard for many years, not only has he never paid a penny, but also often stained a little meat in the post station......

Fortunately, adults don't care about their own faults. Not only did she not pursue it, but she also said two good words for herself in front of the little girl who was obviously her personal maid, and the hot noodle soup that was sent by mistake was also kept, just telling herself to boil a big pot of hot water; If it's not troublesome, can you also take hot water to wash the soup bucket in the post station......

Hu Kang came out of the room with great gratitude, and immediately gave each of the two postmen who listened to the root of the wall a kick. He made a fool of himself and made mistakes because of these two stupid people! It's a good thing to meet a kind-hearted adult, if you change someone, maybe you can get into some trouble!

"Hurry up and get hot soup! Boil hot water one by one! If you make a mistake, you will take turns to carry the grain and forage to be used in the post station in the second half of the year! ”

The two postmen, who were also holding two handfuls of sweat, ran to the stove in the backyard to make water without saying a word.

Hu Kang glanced at the upper room with trepidation. The door of the upper room was open, and the adult was whispering to her maid, as if to blame the little girl; But the girl is still very reasonable, giggling and retorting. Yikes! This little girl is quite bold, and she dares to talk like this with adults? He didn't dare to eavesdrop on adults. But he can't get too far away either. He thought that if an adult had something to call for, and he could immediately solve his problems, wouldn't he have a chance to correct the mistake he had just made? So he hurried to the eaves between the front and back yards. This is a good place, connecting the front and back yards, and the wind blowing through the hall is blowing suddenly, and when I stand on my heels, I feel that the hot and cold sweat on my body are all gone. And this place is not far or close, and I don't have to worry about the adults suspecting him of eavesdropping, but I can also hear the adults greeting you, what a really good place!

However, until the hot water was boiled, the two postmen sent the bath bucket and hot water in, and they were pushed out by the little girl, and the adults did not greet him. Instead, the little girl gave him three bunches of money, saying that it was the money for the house and the food and the forage for the horses.

What is this? Even if there must be a rule for the exchange of court officials, he has not checked the official documents and documents of the adults, but it is their blessing that the adults can stay in this barren mountain and small post, where can they still collect the money of the adults? Besides, it's too much money......

"My girl said, the extra money, even if she invites Lord Yicheng and the two elder brothers Yiding to tea." After the little girl finished speaking, she went into the house and closed the door.

Hu Kang held the heavy three strings of money, and looked at each other with the two posters for a long time. How many years have they been working at the inn, and this is the first time they have encountered such a thing. Yikes! It's no wonder that people are adults who come down from the Beijing Rite Department, and what they say and do is to know the rites!

He shook his head and sighed, threw three strings of money to a poster, and said, "Collect it first, I'll write it down when I get back, and then divide it when the moon is cleared." As he spoke, he wrapped the tulle half-sleeved shirt he had changed into when he met the adults just now, inhaled the cool air and looked up at the sky, and said, "Weird, why do I feel a little cold?" ”

As soon as he said this, the two postmen also felt a little cold on their bodies, so they looked up with him.

The sun has already set. Now, only a small piece of red sunset is still behind Dagangzi in the west, making its final struggle. A few broken clouds, red by the glow of the sun, scrambled westward as if they had been driven away by something terrible. A large thick cloud as black as the bottom of a pot chased behind them, spreading out in all directions with teeth and claws, and now it had covered most of the sky. It was getting darker and darker. The heat that raged for the day seemed to fade away without a trace in just an instant. The land is unusually peaceful. Even the swallows, which usually come out in flocks to feed at this time, are now uncharacteristically staying in the mud and grass nests under the eaves. These black elves probably had a premonition of the coming turmoil, and had been chirping uneasily......

"I'm afraid it's going to rain heavily this day?" Hu Kang said.

"It's time to get down, too. If it doesn't rain again, I'm afraid that there will be no water in the well. A poster said.

Before he could finish his words, as if echoing him, a heavy thunder exploded in the roots of the black clouds. In the rumbling thunder, a wind rose along the valley in the east, rolling up the dust, withered grass and leaves all over the mountains, and pressed over the sky like a steep wall. The sand and gravel carried by the wind smashed the doors and windows and columns, and the window lattices and doors crackled.

All three of them turned around to avoid the limelight, but they were still so dazzled by the wind and sand that they couldn't open their eyes. Hu Kang muttered, "God, I'm afraid this rain can't be small!" One hurriedly instructed his two subordinates to hurry up to the backyard to take a look at the hut where the grain chores were piled up, "Go and see if the doors and windows of the houses in the front yard have been closed!" Prepare more linoleum stones, for fear that the wind and rain will come in a hurry, and the roof will be lifted! There is also a livestock tent in the back, remember to take a look! There are also hay piles, which must be covered with linoleum! Remember to press a few more rocks and don't let the wind run away! He went home and got his hat, put his coat under his arm, and trotted all the way out of the post station, and walked east against the wind. There was a lonely family living at the entrance of the market town in the east, and he couldn't put his mind at ease. He is not only the post man of this small post station, but also the head of the Linxi County faction in Zhang Guoji......

By the time he had checked the house and returned to the station, the rain the size of a copper coin had already fallen from the sky.

As soon as he entered, the two postmen who had been waiting for him immediately closed the door together. That is, at the moment when the door was opened and closed, the evil wind extinguished the oil lamp in one bite, and passed through the small front hall with a terrible whistling; The few tables and stools in the room also creaked and staggered. The big cabinet against the wall shook from side to side several times in the dark, and if he hadn't helped it through the big desk, the big cabinet would have really smashed down.

The rain was heavy and the wind was strong. The rain took advantage of the wind and smashed everywhere, and the door of the latched post station rang and banged. The wind swept the rain through the crack in the door and poured desperately into the house. Drill wherever you go. Looking out through the crack in the door, one after another of the light and lightning suddenly reflected the snow-white land of the hills, and then fell into deeper darkness. The thunder roared like it hit the top of the head, and the person could barely stand. The earth trembled and shook in the incessant thunder at this moment......

The three of them each found a nearby stool and sat down, but none of them spoke, and no one went to light the oil lamp. In the bright and dark lightning and thunderstorm, all three of them used silence to express their awe of the thunder and lightning in the sky.

Outside the door, it was snowy again.

Immediately after that, there was a thunderclap!

I don't know how high, Hu Kang, who was trembling in wet clothes, was so shocked by the thunder that he jumped up. Although he knew that it was impossible for the two posters in the dark to see his cowardly actions clearly, he still found a reason for himself: "...... How do I hear like someone is knocking on the door outside? "It's really strange that when he said that, he really heard someone knocking on the door outside.

“…… Open the door! Hurry up and open the door! Hurry up! ”

Someone outside the door?

The three of them hurriedly latched, opened the door and wiped the rain all over their faces, and when they saw it, they all gasped and were a little dazed. I don't know when, dozens of people came outside the door, even a large area of black buildings with people and horses, and almost even the door of the post station was blocked. These people are also strange, such a big wind and rain, but except for the person who shouted the door and two or three horses snorting and breathing, the rest of the people are silent, regardless of the thunder and lightning in the sky, but still stand like nails without leaning.

Mountain bandits?

Seeing such a whole person suddenly, the first thought that crossed Hu Kang's mind was to encounter mountain bandits. I panicked and wanted to close the door, but the person who was called to the door resisted it with one hand. It was only through the lightning that I could see clearly that these people were all wearing hats, wearing oil clothes, and their waists were bulging with a piece of swords, one by one, either a sword or a sword! The person who knocked on the door looked even more surprising, short and frustrated, with a square face, a wide forehead and wide eyes, and he was a sudden person!

Hu Kang and the two posters were all frightened at once, their mouths open, their eyes bulging, and the latches of the doors, staring directly at the Tu Quanci people, and their hands and feet did not obey the call at all! There was only one thought left in their minds: God! The Turks are calling?!

Seeing that the three of them were holding the door and not giving way, the Tuqi man pulled Hu Kang aside and said unhappily, "Sleep dead?" Shoot for so long to open the door? Then he asked, "How many rooms are available?" ”

"There are two, two and a half ......," I don't know who said it.

"Two and a half?" The people of Tuqi were probably confused by this half of the house, and were stunned for a moment before saying, "Why is there still half a room in the house?" Then he shook his head, turned his face and shouted, "Gao Qiang, Xie Yan, you two come here!" Show him your official credentials, lest they think that the Turks have called!" He turned around and asked, "How many rooms are there in the inn?" Who are the people living there? ”

Hu Kang saw that the demeanor of the people was trying to drive people outside, and before he could think about whether to reply or take out the knife in the big cabinet and fight hard, two more people came over, took two black signs, handed them to his eyes, and shook them. One person said, "Are you a poster here?" We are from the Yanshan Central Army. The rain was too heavy to make it to the road, so I had to rest here for the night. There are forty-six people in total, you can arrange it. With that, he put the sign back.

Hu Kang immediately recognized it, this is indeed the waist card in the guard, looking at the shape of the swallow on the waist card, both of them are eight-rank captains. His soul immediately returned, and he straightened up to salute the official, and another man came in. This man was tall, and his official rank was probably much higher than that of the two eight-rank lieutenants and the man who had been exhausted, and when he entered the door, he said, "It's useless to fix this." Hurry up and make arrangements for all my soldiers to stay. Is there ginger? If you have, burn more ginger soup; If you don't have one, boil some hot water. This ghost weather, the sun and the rain for a while, the night breeze in the mountains is also so cold that it is silent, and I am afraid of causing problems when it is hot and cold. There are many people and few houses, so I am afraid that I have to live in a few stable firewood houses. The upper room is spacious, and a few people come to squeeze together with me. Suza, you also go to help Yicheng, he is not familiar with our people, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to make arrangements. One said, and the other didn't care whether it was raining or not, and took two steps across the front hall and headed up to the room, and the soaked cowhide boots clucked in the mud.

"Ahh Hu Kang was in a hurry. Why don't these soldiers know anything about things? Don't you see that there is still an oil lamp in the upper room? As soon as he broke free from the Thustra, he caught up with the man in three steps and two steps, and said in a hurry, "My lord! Checkmate! You can't go into the upper room! ”

The man had a big step, and now he had stepped on the stone steps and stood under the dripping eaves of the upper room, and his hand was about to touch the door, and when he heard him say this, he turned his head and asked, "Why, I can't live in this house?" ”

"No, it's not......" Hu Kang originally wanted to say that there was someone in the house, but at this moment, a lightning bolt crossed the sky, and he happened to see that the person's face was long one by one, the right eye on the face was covered with a black cover, and a scar crawled from the bridge of the nose all the way to the right cheek, and even the nose was not very straight; In the incandescent arc light, the corner of the man's mouth slightly brought a sneering smile, staring at himself condescendingly...... Where else can he squeeze a word out of his mouth?

But there are people living in the upper room! Hu Kang cried out in pain in his heart.

The man also seemed to notice the dim light in the room, hesitated for a moment, and then lowered his arm. A man named Suza also rushed up and asked Hu Kang, "Who lives here?" ”

Hu Kang didn't dare to look at that face, lowered his head and muttered, "Yes, yes...... It's an adult from Uekyo. He immediately added, "It's an adult from the Ministry of Rites." ”

An adult of the Ministry of Rites? This answer was obviously unexpected by Suza. He ran out of ideas, so he had to look at the man under the dripping eaves. The one rubbed his hand with the blindfold twice, grinned, and said, "That's the only thing to do." We land snakes can't do anything to provoke people. He looked at Hu Kang and asked, "Are you the post man here?" Can you think of a way to give my soldiers a place to stay tonight? If it really doesn't work, can we make up a few dollars for others to squeeze them and make two more rooms for us? ”

"This ......," the sweat on Hu Kang's forehead rolled down with the rain. If you don't say it, it's bad, and finally put my heart sideways, so I gritted my teeth and told the truth, "Originally, there were five more rooms in the backyard, and I lived in two rooms with my mother-in-law, and the two people under me also took my mother-in-law to live in one each, and there was one more, I let my brother live!" After saying that, he looked at the man. That's the way it is, if you want to kill it, you have to kill it!

The man was stunned for a moment, then frowned, and said, "This doesn't seem to be in line with the laws of the imperial court." Aren't the families of the postmen unable to live in the inn? Hu Kang stiffened his neck and remained silent. He thought, stretching out his head is a knife and shrinking his head is also a knife, and he struggles to argue that there is a use for fart, anyway, the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, you look at it one by one! The man frowned and thought for a moment, and said, "Well, then, let the women live in one room, and the men live in the other, and make sure to make two rooms for us." Behind is the stable, there must be hay to feed the horses, take out more, my soldiers will have to lay the floor. If it really doesn't work, I'll discuss with the adult in the upper room, he lives in the back room, and my soldiers sleep outside, so I promise not to disturb him, and I can keep a vigil for him! As he spoke, he laughed first.

As she spoke, the door of the upper room opened, and the little girl stood by the door with her lips pouted, carefully covering an oil lamp with her hand. Her girl stood at the door and said, "Don't bother the soldiers. Let's go to the backyard and live with the family. ”

Neither the man nor Suza expected that there would be a woman in the upper room, and they were both stunned. The man reacted quickly, and in a flash, he bowed his hand and said apologetically: "...... I'm so sorry. I didn't know there were families living here. Turning his face and saying to Suza, "Clean up the firewood house and stables, our people still have to live there." Then he turned back and said, "I'm so sorry." Madame must understand. The rain was too heavy, and I was in a hurry...... I'm so sorry! Disturbed. As he spoke, he was about to step down the stone steps.

"Your Excellency, please stay a step!" Hu Nu hurriedly said.

The man hesitated, then stopped.

Hu Kang interjected next to him and introduced: "This is the Lord of the Ministry of Rites. Inside the Ministry of Rites, Inner Garden...... The adults of the Yuxin Workshop in the inner garden of the Ministry of Rites! It is the first square of the inner garden! ”

It's okay that Hu Kang didn't introduce it, but as soon as he introduced it, Su Zha next to him glared at him. Although he didn't know what the inner garden and Yuxinfang were, he could guess seven or eight points according to his words, and it was definitely not the official yamen. He glanced at Hu Kang. Although the post station can be used by officials and people regardless of the government, but the upper rooms of the post stations can only be used by officials of a certain rank.

Hu Nu's face suddenly turned pale, and there was only one thought left in her mind: Diao Min pretending to be an official, a capital crime! She was so anxious that she was at a loss, and her lips trembled to explain: "Yes, it's my maid, she's ignorant, and she's playing with Lord Yicheng...... She was joking with them, not really trying to take the official ......"

Hu Kang's face also turned snow-white all of a sudden. He pricked his hands, puffed up his eyes and stared at the little girl, and there was only one sentence in his heart: It's over, it's over, it's over, it's completely over! He's stupid, why doesn't he remember to check their official credentials? He deserves it, he deserves it......

Fortunately, the man who was apparently Suza's boss didn't seem to care much about it. He glanced at Hu Nu and said, "Are you the celebrity in the first square of Shangjing Inner Garden?" I didn't see it. I thought I had seen you in Yanzhou. He waved his hand generously and said with a smile, "Forget it, artist, it's normal to be a little out of line." The matter of impersonating officials will not be investigated. But you have to pay for your own housing and food. After speaking, he turned to Suza and said, "Forget it, the artists have always been unscrupulous, and they are confused, so they can't be serious with them." Hurry up and find a room to live in, one by one, my eyes hurt so much that I can't stand it! Gotta change the dressing quickly! ”

"Your Excellency!" Hu Nu drove out two steps......