The winter sun always sets very early, just after the Shen Shi the sky began to darken, the dusk sunset sprinkled on the official road yellow and clear, two healthy horses galloped past, raising billowing smoke and dust.

He spitted out the dust in his mouth, and complained out pantingly: "Uncle Liu, you can't slow down, I'll follow you behind your ass when the wind is strong today." ”

Lao Liu turned his head and said: "You know a fart, Master Hou said that our trip is actually quite risky, I didn't even go back to my hometown to take a look, and I was at ease when I got home early." ”

The deflated head disagreed, "Who would dare to touch our moldy head in the realm of heaven and earth soon, Uncle Liu, you are too careful, I think you are in a hurry to go home." ”

Lao Liu scolded with a smile: "You are only allowed to visit the kiln for three days and two ends, and I am not allowed to visit my mother-in-law for a day, you are also a big boss, and it is the right thing to marry a mother-in-law to extend the incense." ”

"Don't say it's useless, you see where I look for my mother-in-law, the maid at home didn't walk around when she saw me, I thought I was also a big girl and a little daughter-in-law blushing at a glance, how could I ever think of falling into this field."

"That's because your vision is too high, and the money you spent in the kiln was ten or eight, and the yellow flower girl also married into the door. When I turn around, I will pay the account room at home, only pay you half of your salary every month, and let my mother-in-law tell you about good family affairs in the first half of the year, she must be a good girl with a round face and a big buttocks! ”

"Lao Liu, don't! I promised the falling girl in Xinghualou that I would give her a new doll next month! ”

"Bastard, what a lot of nonsense, hurry up and ride faster!" Lao Liu whipped the horse under the deflated head, and the horse screamed and ran faster and faster.

When the two galloped all the way to the Yangtze River ferry, it was already the second half of the night, and in the dark night, the rolling river water kissed the river bank and made a noise, and the dense boats rose and fell with the waves on the edge of the trestle.

Lao Liu dismounted and walked to the trestle bridge and shouted loudly at the dense boats docked by the river, "Boatman, boatman, send us across the river!" ”

Someone from a small boat said, "No, the wind and waves are strong, and if the boat capsizes at night, it will freeze to death!" You should go to the shore and find an inn to rest, and it will soon be dawn. ”

Lao Liu asked the other boats again and replied like this, so he had to shout: "I'll send me two taels of silver to cross the river!" ”

This sentence is really good, and then I saw that several cabins lit up, and some boatmen carried the air death wind lamp to the edge of the trestle, but they could see the appearance of Lao Liu and the others, and quickly shrank back.

Lao Liu grabbed one and asked, "Two taels of silver is too little?" ”

"Silver is a good thing, but it has to be a life flower, and we are also afraid of the blade noodles!" The boatman said, pointing his chin at the deflated head.

"Damn, this is treating Lao Tzu as a bandit, tell you that the two of us are the chief guards of the Jiangning Marquis's mansion, Jiang Ninghou knows no, that is the queen's own brother, and the number of good people in the honor!"

"Are you the chief of Jiang Ninghou's bodyguard? Then I'm still the emperor's personal father-in-law, let go of me quickly, our boat gang is not a vegetarian. The boatman shook off Lao Liu's hand and returned to the boat.

"Damn, there's a wrecked boat. Uncle Liu, let's go to the inn to rest, and it will be dawn in more than an hour. ”

"That's it!"

The two were about to leave the trestle when they saw someone coming with a lantern and asked, "Are you crossing the river?" Give you two taels of silver, and my ship Dalian people can pass with horses in just one trip. ”

The deflated head was about to agree, but Lao Liu waved his hand and said: "No need, I woke up after I came back, two taels of silver is too much of a loss!" After he finished speaking, he pulled his head and went ashore.

He asked puzzledly: "Uncle Liu, what are you doing, why can't you go to the river again?" ”

Lao Liu lowered his voice and said, "Didn't you see it? Seeing that the man just now was a practitioner when he walked, I was also afraid of eating bandao noodles, haha...... Let's go to the inn and get some food and drink, and wait for dawn. ”

The boatman who invited Lao Liu to the boat just now returned to the boat with a lantern, and someone in the cabin asked him, "They don't get on the boat?" ”

"No, I'm very alert. Judging by the way they looked, it was no wonder that they were able to dodge the interception in front of them. ”

"Hmph, it's not for us to intercept it when we get here, you can still run away from them when you step into the Hades Palace, and the brothers are ready to do it at any time." He was echoed by the clanging of knives in the cabin.

There are many inns and tea shops at the riverside ferry for merchants to rest and play, but at this time, most of them are closed in the dark, and only the inn closest to the ferry port is lit.

Lao Liu tied the horse to the stake in front of the door, took a blanket and covered the horse's back, rubbed the horse's head and said, "You have worked hard all the way, and you will have food soon." ”

There was already a knock on the door, and soon a man rubbed his eyes and knocked on the door to invite the two of them in, there was a stove in the middle of the room, and the charcoal fire was about to burn out, but the room was still very warm, and there were twenty or thirty people sitting on the tables around them, including monks, merchants, beggars, businessmen, women, and children.

Most of these people are like Lao Liu and the others who arrive at the ferry at night, and they are reluctant to spend money on accommodation, and if they buy a few copper coins, they can sit until dawn with a sip of tea and a bowl of wine.

Lao Liu instructed the men: "Get some forage for the horses outside, and feed some warm water." ”

"Okay, but I have to make it clear to the guest officer in advance that the things we have here are fifty percent more expensive than usual at this hour."

He scolded and scolded: "The car and boat shop should be killed if he is not guilty, this is not false at all!" ”

Lao Liu said: "What are you arguing about, people don't sleep at night, isn't this the money they earn." ”

The guy said hehehe: "It's still this old man who is reasonable!." ”

"Get some wine and rice to fill your stomach, and add some charcoal fire to the stove."

The deflated head added, "If you have meat, bring some more meat." ”

"Eat meat early in the morning, and you're not afraid of getting tired."

"Who said this is breakfast, I ate yesterday's dinner!"

Lao Liu slapped him on the head again, "There are so many fucking ways, go sit over there!" ”

He subconsciously avoided a few young men, and sat down on a table with an old man, who was drowsy, and a little boy lay in his arms, wrapped tightly in a blanket, and looked at the figure of seven or eight years old.

"Don't disturb your child's sleep!" Lao Liu and his deflated head sat down lightly.

The man fed the horse very quickly and came up with wine and rice, and he couldn't wait to take a sip, "The wine is good or hot!" This pig's head meat is also chewy and flavorful. ”

"Hey...... Although the things in the small shop are a little more expensive, the quality is not bad at all. ”

The man put the charcoal into the stove, fanned it a little twice, the fire was hot again, the hall became warmer and warmer, and after two bowls of hot wine, he felt that his limbs that were about to freeze began to warm up indescribably comfortable, and he wanted to drink it again but was held down by Lao Liu.

"Just drink two bowls to warm up, I don't care about you when I'm drunk!"

"If you don't drink it, it's just!" The deflated head grabbed a steamed bun and munched on the pig's head meat.

The smell of wine and food obviously disturbed everyone's sweet dreams, the young man looked up at the bar twice, slapped his mouth twice, lay on the table and continued to sleep, the monk glanced at it and said softly, the Buddha closed his eyes and said silently, and the merchant took out a piece of cold steamed bun and put it on the stove to prepare to roast to satisfy his hunger.

Sitting at the same table, the old man swallowed his saliva even more, and the little boy in his arms sighed and said in a childish voice: "Grandpa, my grandson is hungry!" ”

The old man patted the child on the body, "Sleep well, and when you get to the city, grandpa will buy you food." ”

Lao Liu said: "Since the baby is hungry, let him eat some, anyway, the two of us can't eat so much, and the elder brother will also drink some wine to warm the man's body." ”

The old man waved his hand and said, "I can't help it!" I can't help it! ”

"What's worth a little bit of food and drink!" The deflated head broke open the fluffy steamed bun and sandwiched some pig's head meat into it and handed it over, "Baby, hurry up!" ”

"Thank you, uncle!" An arm stretched out from inside the blanket, and suddenly a cold light slipped out of the sleeve, and was held by a somewhat deformed hand, and stabbed into the belly of the deflated head.

"Ahh I snorted with a deflated headache, and then looked at the other party's appearance, where was a cute child, but a dwarf with a wrinkled face and a hideous face!