After nightfall, by the moonlight, there are no villages on both sides of the official road, but it is either dark and swarthy, or there are sporadic lights shining, which makes people feel no popularity at all, and even misunderstands it as an illusion or even phosphorus fire.

However, it is relatively lively in front of this ferry, there are lanterns hanging in front of the inn, and there are people wandering on the road, after Zhu Da and their three horses appeared, someone immediately looked, but at night everyone behaved a lot more cautiously, Zhu Da had encountered that kind of unscrupulous approach to look at it was gone, only to look at it from a distance, never approach.

They did not delay in the conspicuous place of the official road, but turned into a fork in the road, about a few dozen steps away to see a house in front of them, which is also the regulation of the roadside inn, carrying flags and lanterns in front of the door, but the gate is closed, the inn is such a rule, in the past, there are people who answer the door.

However, the knights did not knock on the door of the welcome area, but turned to the backyard with a familiar way, and one knight turned over and dismounted to the back door and knocked a few times, and it was easy to hear that the number of beats and the rhythm were regular.

"Who?"

"Stay at the hotel."

"Why don't you go to the front door?"

"We're just going through this door."

"It's a lot of money to go through this door."

"Ten taels and eight cents, we know."

After a few clueless answers, someone inside opened the door, Zhu Da thought it was interesting, but he could also understand the truth, this set of words basically eliminated the possibility of accidental collisions, and it was also regarded as a layer of protection, which should be in the Shengping salt stack system.

Even if the door was opened inside, Qin Xiucai did not get off the horse, the knight who knocked on the door walked in by himself, and the person in the inn stood by the door outside the courtyard, and they did not see Qin Xiucai, and did not say hello, after a while, the knight who entered the courtyard walked out, and said "nothing" in front of Qin Xiucai's horse, and Qin Xiucai turned over and dismounted.

"Don't think this set of troubles is weird, if you don't notice it, it's a disaster, how many people have suffered losses in the past." Qin Xiucai said with a smile.

"Got it." Zhu Da replied simply.

This answer made Qin Xiucai a little curious, and said half-jokingly and half-admonishingly: "Do you understand?" Just ask when you should ask, and if you don't know how to pretend to understand, you will suffer a big loss. ”

"The question is because I am afraid that someone will hit me by mistake, I have to go in first to check because I am afraid that there is an ambush inside, and the reason why I walked to my father-in-law and said that I was afraid that he would be ambushed and coerced, and I must see if there is anyone behind him." Juda said what he thought.

Qin Xiucai was putting down the Qin Qin on his back, but he was stunned when he heard Zhu Da's answer, shook his head and said with a smile: "You really understand this, but I was negligent, Xiang Yue is an old Jianghu, you should have learned a lot from him." ”

Zhu Da did not deny this judgment, and there is no need to be reckless in everything, if he really wants to appear to be wise and powerful, he knows everything, but there will be a lot of inconveniences and doubts, just now those routine outsiders looked confused, but it is nothing to him who grew up in the era of information explosion, and he can get the result by thinking and analyzing calmly.

Just like when he was resting halfway, there was only one person who came out to serve in this inn, and he was only responsible for carrying the supplies, and Qin Xiucai and the two knights took care of many things, including the steaming meals, which were also delivered by the knights.

I thought that the conditions of the roadside inn would be simple and crude, but I didn't think that there would be a neat place to live, but after eating, Qin Xiucai called Zhu Da and said: "Maybe you don't need me to remind you, but from today onwards, you have to learn, it's not what I specially taught, it's what you have to learn, and you have to pay attention to what you see and hear." ”

This idea is in line with Zhu Da's plan, and after solemnly agreeing at the moment, Qin Xiucai nodded and then said: "Today's arrangements are not pretentious, it makes no sense that others who can think of it can't think of it, so we can only think about it ourselves." ”

Zhu Da agreed with Qin Xiucai's statement, by this time, everyone was extremely tired, no matter how big or small, they couldn't open their eyes, but even so, the two guard knights still had to discuss the matter of being on duty at night, Zhu Da didn't hesitate and said: "Count me and Qingyun into it, we can help." ”

The knight was stunned for a moment but looked at Qin Xiucai, who said with a smile: "It's not time to use you yet, go back and rest." “

Since they have already expressed their attitude, there is no need to argue and insist, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun went to their room to sleep, both of them slept in their outer clothes, and their weapons were kept at hand, they knew that they were no longer in Baibao Village.

There was nothing to do all night, and when I got up the next morning, everyone's spirits were not very good, it can be seen that last night was very tight, the people at the inn sent hot soup and hot rice, everyone ate very sweetly, Qin Xiucai explained in a low voice while eating: "These days are the most important time, the slightest flaw will fall down, and when it passes, it will be fine." ”

Yesterday was slow and fast, and today is not far from Zheng Jiaji, Qin Xiucai completely relaxed, packed everything up, and even let the two knights make up for an hour's sleep before giving the order to set off.

"This ferry is a traffic artery, people coming and going in several directions have to pass through, so some minds will make arrangements, those who have money and people will open an inn shop, and almost will arrange eyeliner, and they have to buy a few ventilation messages, this inn is opened by our salt inn, you look at the one on the side of the road, that is the two commanders of the left guard paid for the construction, and there are really a lot of inputs." Xiucai Qin Chuan explained as he walked.

If there is no one to explain, I really can't see anything, Zhu Da remembered that when his family passed by this ferry, he only felt that there were too many idlers, and he never thought that there were eyeliners of various families in it, so he immediately said: "Father-in-law, are you careful, don't let them recognize it." ”

"Yesterday I was afraid that people would recognize me, but today I am afraid that people will not recognize me." Qin Xiucai said with a smile, and Zhu Da suddenly realized.

The six people and three riders didn't get on the horse, just led the horse and walked forward, Zhu Da was still a little nervous at first, at this time, if there was an enemy suddenly rushing out, it would be really a disaster, but looking at Qin Xiucai's indifferent appearance, he quickly understood that Qin Xiucai and the people around him were not pretending to be calm or even lax, but there was indeed no danger in front of him.

In broad daylight, in front of everyone's eyes, that is, there are royal laws and rules, if you really want to kill people and hurt people, it is impossible to strictly seal the news, it will inevitably be reported to the government, which will cause investigation, and the intervention of the government, of course, the powerful parties can suppress it, but it will cost money, and they may have to hand over the scapegoat, and then, no one knows whether it will cause a higher level of government to investigate, and the situation may be completely out of control.

If you really want to track it down, whether it is Datong Zuowei or Shengping Yanzhan, they are simply powerless to fight against the government and the official army, it will be a catastrophe, not to mention that a public death fight will cause a full-scale conflict, and it will let the officials and the forces of the rivers and lakes interfere, some want to get rich, some want to take advantage of the fire, and some want to replace them, which will also make the situation uncontrollable, and even kill themselves.

Most of the fights are for money, even if they are angry and vendetta, they don't dare to be too unscrupulous, after all, it is not a scene of being alone, there are families and businesses, brothers and subordinates, as well as wives and children, in this case, presumably all underground forces on all sides maintain a tacit understanding in the struggle for proportion.

There may also be a situation where you tear your face and don't die, but everyone avoids that step, and if it really reaches that point, you may have to be ready to give up everything.

As for in the countryside, on the roads where there are no people on both sides, or in the secluded and uninhabited night, at that time, it is within the sense of proportion, there will be no bitter master, the corpse will often be collected and buried in time, there will be no witnesses, or you can't see it, or it will be extinguished, in such a situation, even if the news leaks, you are not afraid, the government will not pursue the headless public case, it is impossible to do anything with the news, and there is no possibility that the situation will get out of control.

It is also in line with these routine rules to put the matter between the thieves and the salt stack, the Datong left guard is to use the external cause of the border beacon fire to instigate the thieves, and then raid various villages at night, and at the same time send people to kidnap the family members of the core people of the salt stack, and the salt stack side is to attack in the early morning after getting the news, before the attack, the news of each village is very tightly controlled, and now it is planning a raid under the guise of the collection ceremony, and concealing it as much as possible in form.

Fighting each other and plotting ambushes, after the death and injury appeared, no one could grasp the handle, although the matter was not so complicated, it was easy for onlookers to guess the truth, but there was no way to pursue anything, it was impossible to arrest people through rumors and speculation, after all, the guard and the salt stack are both powerful forces, and the officials should also talk about some rules for such forces.

The more Zhu Da thinks about it, the clearer his thinking becomes, he has read a lot of gangster stories in those years, some are novels, some are film and television, some are games, and some are cases in the media, many routines and rules are secretly and even similar, after all, in addition to those mysterious and mysterious nonsense and exaggerated stories, most of the masterpieces still have to be based on reality, not to mention those cases.

"Zhu Da, I'm more than eighty percent sure of this raid, tell me, what are you going to do after that?" Qin Xiucai suddenly asked.

Zhu Da was just thinking about this, and replied with a smile: "This time I gave the Wei Institute a lesson, the two sides should sit down and have a good talk, set up a rule, what can and cannot be done, so as not to have such a fight in the future, if the Wei Institute is willing, it can be quiet for a while, and then it will be thought of again, if it is unwilling, then it will not be peaceful." ”

His detailed answer made Qin Xiucai laugh, shook his head and said, "You can really figure it out, but don't say much about such fortune-telling words, do you think the guard will be willing?" ”

"I don't know, I know too little about this matter, I can't think of any results, what's the use of guessing." Judah replied in a down-to-earth manner.

As soon as the words fell, Qin Xiucai stopped and looked back at Zhu Da, the two knights beside him looked quite strange, and they both felt that this young man was too hard to speak.

"Okay, good, good, I didn't read the wrong person, I didn't read it wrong." Qin Xiucai commented two sentences and smiled happily.