Chapter 42: Potential
The sound of horses' hooves stopped, Chao Gong and Yuan Mou Liang jumped off their horses, and when they looked up, the inn somehow closed its doors during this period.
"Why the hell is it closed? Shouldn't the inn be open at twelve hours? Song Guo's mother is forbidden at night? Yuan Mouliang was speeding all the way, and the night scene in the street with colorful lights seemed to be shaking at the corner, and he couldn't stop crying.
Chao Gong knocked on the door, and the sound of "clang" entered the inn compound in the night.
The two of them waited for a while, but there was no one or a voice.
When Yuan Mouliang rolled up his cuffs and was about to climb over the wall to enter, a group of people walked out of the dark street next to the inn.
Chao Gong took advantage of the light emitted by the lantern at the door of the inn and saw the inn junior in the crowd.
He hurriedly rushed over and grabbed Xiao Er: "We are guests at the inn, is there no one in the inn?" Why don't you open the door? ”
"Huh? Oh, it's you, the guest officer. I'm sorry, I'll open the door for you. Xiao Er was shocked, and when he saw that it was the patron in the inn, he touched his heart, "I'm scared to death." ”
Xiao Er came out of the crowd with a vacancy, and a fat man with a sharp knife in his hand was familiar with him:
"What's the matter?"
"Where am I to do that coward? An old customer, you can't let them not sleep. Xiao Er saw the fat man's suspicious eyes, "You guys are not walking fast, I will definitely catch up." ”
"They don't participate?" The fat man stood up, looked at Chao Gong and the others, especially stayed on the big tall man Yuan Mouliang for a moment, and praised: "Te's powerful." ”
"It's not us from the Song Kingdom, it makes sense to participate?" Xiao Er waved his hand and asked, "Let's solve our own affairs." ”
The fat man thought for a moment and merged into the flow of people: "Come here quickly, I'll kick your balls when it's too late." You're a coward. ”
Xiao Er saw Yuan Mouliang beside Chao Gong, frowned and said, "There is no other room here, if this strong man comes in to live, he will have to sleep in the firewood room." And, I'll have to add money tonight. ”
Yuan Mouliang shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "Lao Tzu doesn't sleep here, Lao Tzu sleeps in Di Mansion." ”
Xiao Er smiled: "Old man Dickin's house? Then you came here, aren't you afraid that Old Man Di's violent temper will smack you? ”
Yuan Mouliang didn't understand the Song dialect, and he didn't feel that it was a good word, but remembering Mo Yun's request to take care of Xiao Qian and Xiao Yu, he forced himself to suppress the restlessness in his heart, and said impatiently: "Open the door quickly." ”
Xiao Er saw that this strong man showed signs of violent beating, and hurriedly opened the door.
Chao Gong looked inside, didn't find anything abnormal, and then asked:
"What do you have to do tonight?"
"No, no. Once a year. National...... Carnival. Xiao Er rolled his eyes and said.
"The Gentiles are not allowed to participate? The Song State is the most open country in the Zhuzhan Plain, and merchants come from all over the country, and there is still a matter where only Song people are allowed to participate. Why don't we discuss, we don't have anything to do, so let's recommend some places to have fun? Chao Gong pretended to be a womanizer.
"Today? Lin'an can not find a place to have fun, even if it is on the banks of the Linhuai River, it is estimated that there is no place. Xiao Er snorted.
"We just came to Huaxianglou, and it's still lively there." Chao Gong said.
"It's probably all closed now." Xiao Er patted his leg, "Don't hide it from the two of you, it's not that the people of the Song Kingdom had better stay in the house tonight." Early tomorrow morning, you should eat and drink, and the prosperity of the Song Kingdom will be a lot of you. ”
"Can we make up a number? You won't be the whole country...... Carnival, and check the household register, right? Chao Gong raised his hand and turned it around exaggeratedly.
"Alright, this door is also open for you, where you love, where you live." Xiao Er put away the key and hurriedly slipped back into the crowd just now.
Chao Gong thought about it and chased out, the crowd was not fast, and his speed was getting slower and slower.
The brilliantly lit Lin'an City of the Song Kingdom, a neon, a core of lights, and the sky is bright, and it is being extinguished one by one.
Chao Gong stopped and stood in the darkness, watching the crowd fade away, and then more people joined in.
There were more and more people, and the silent crowd was sounding, and he listened carefully, but he still couldn't hear clearly.
"They are saying, 'The sinner is guilty, call me Bonin, and the world will be peaceful, and there will be no succession." Yuan Mou Liang stood beside Chao Gong, his martial arts skills were superb and his ears were outstanding.
Chao Gong seemed to ask himself and the people around him: "For the people of the Song Kingdom, who is guilty?" For the people of the Song Kingdom, who brought the country of Chengping? For the Song people, is it better to fight or to make peace? ”
Yuan Mou Liang didn't know how much deceit he knew, and his heart was also cold at the moment: "Who can do it?" ”
"It doesn't matter who it is. But I know that the place they are going to is the place where the conference is held today, and Mo Yun is there tonight. Chaogong wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, wanted to be angry but couldn't get angry.
"Lao Tzu believes that Mo Yun can escape. Lao Tzu protects Xiaoqian and Xiaoyu. Yuan Mouliang pondered for a moment and turned to leave.
"How many of those high-ranking people are in there tonight?" Chao Gong suddenly spoke.
"I don't know. You kid go back with Lao Tzu. "Yuanmou Liang is like a cat, dragging Chao Gong, who is much shorter than him, back to the inn," Lao Tzu has confidence in him. ”
"Why?" Chao Gong didn't understand.
"Don't believe me, let's try it. Anyway, Lao Tzu doesn't lose anything. Yuan Mou Liang walked to the door of the inn and saw a few people standing at the door, they bowed and said:
"Sect Leader Yuan, we have been entrusted by the Minister of Strategy to protect a few people from accidents."
Yuan Mou Liang snorted, ignored them, closed the door, and walked towards the inner courtyard:
"Now you know who it is, right?"
Chao Gong said after a long time: "I don't believe it's Hong Xuchou. ”
……
The street in front of the "King Song Eats" restaurant is empty and full of gloom.
Xu Buyan held a sign and walked around in front of the hall with a sad face, and the exact news he got was that someone was going to assassinate His Royal Highness.
He looked up at the sky, and it was already dark.
However, there were far fewer places in the sky than in the previous hour.
"The night sky turned out to be like this." Xu Buyan couldn't help but have such a thought in his mind.
Then he remembered, how could the present hour be lacking in light?
He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and the lights of thousands of homes had been extinguished.
He was about to return to the hall when someone jumped out of the door and ran in front of him: "Master Xu, there is ...... There are a lot of people ......."
Xu Buyan raised his hand to stop him from speaking: "Don't say it, I've seen it." ”
The man followed his gaze towards the street on both sides, and countless people were slowly walking towards them from the street entrance.
They walked slowly, their backs straightened, their heads slowly raised, and their bloodshot eyes slowly filled......
"They are ......"
"Prepare for war." Xu Buyan put the hexagram card in his hand on the ground and kicked the cloth strip on the hexagram card.
The hexagram card revealed a bright cold cluster.
It's a gun.
"King Song...... You are not far behind your former highness. Xu Buyan said in a low voice.