I asked a boatman at the ferry, "Do you want to cross the river?" The boatman said, "It is too late today, for it is windy and the water is fierce in the evening, and no one will cross the river, so we will have to wait for tomorrow." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 I said, "Okay, thank you." When he returned, he said to them: "They said that it was too late to-day, that the boat was in danger, and that they would have to cross the river tomorrow." “

Ge Xuan said: "Then let's take advantage of the early weather to find a place to rest nearby." I ran back to the boatman and asked, "Let me ask you if there is a place near me where I can spend the night?" The boatman said, "Go three or five miles to the east, and there is a place called Anxian, where there is an inn where people can live." I thanked the boatman again and came back to us and said, "Which side is to the east?" ”

Ge Xuan pointed in a direction to me and said, "There is a place called Anxian three or five miles away. Let's go. "In less than half an hour, we walked to the boat's family said that Anxian County, this county is not big, from a long distance to see the broken earthen city wall can know, there is only a door hole in the city gate, not even a gate, it is estimated that this is also a small county town regardless of the three areas.

After the three of us walked in, Ji Lingyu said, "This place is so poor? Not even a person. Ge Xuan said to the two of us: "Don't show your wealth in this kind of place, it's easy to be targeted." We both nodded. We searched for a long time and stopped in front of a small shop that looked the cleanest.

I walked up and asked, "Little Er, can I stay here?" When Xiao Er saw that a guest was coming, he hurriedly ran and said, "Yes, yes." As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation to us, and then took the horses of the three of us and said, "Three guest officers, you can walk over to me, and I will pull your horse through the back door to the hut." “

We nodded and walked straight to the backyard. The backyard is not big, and when I counted, there were probably seven or eight rooms, but when I looked at it, it seemed to be empty. After a while, Xiao Er came to us and said, "I have tied the horses of the three to the stable, and the grass has been fed. How many rooms do you want? “

I said, "Two." Then he bargained with Xiao Er for a long time before giving up. After I entered the house, I went to this earthen kang, stretched my waist and said, "Oh, I'm tired to death, I am in a hurry every day, and Lao Tzu's grass and horses have lost weight." “

Ge Xuan frowned and said, "Can't you change the name of your horse?" What a terrible scream. I said, "What's the matter, what a domineering name." Ge Xuan said: "Your horse is not running thin, but it is running fine, and the fat you raised before is gone." If you can't eat in Mengde every day, you will definitely get fat, and this long journey, he will return to the original time when Mengde just gave you. “

I said, "Oh? I see. Hungry? Let's eat. Ge Xuan said, "Okay, let's go." After we went out, we called Ji Lingyu and the three of them to the front hall, and I asked Xiao Er: "What is there to eat?" Xiao Er thought about the stinginess I was haggling with him just now, and said, "Do you want to eat expensive or cheap?" “

Ge Xuan said: "It's good to have some casually, we can't afford to eat those that are too expensive." Xiao Er nodded, turned around and went to the back kitchen to order. After a while, Xiao'er served three bowls of noodles with clear soup and little water. I looked at Xiao Er and said, "Big brother, I said I couldn't afford it, and I didn't say it was so simple, right?" No meat at all? ＂

Xiao Er was puzzled: "Didn't you say that you would go on it casually?" I'm afraid you'll say I've given you too much, and then you'll bargain with me. I said depressedly: "Hey, don't talk nonsense, I can't complain that your business is so bad, just you entertain guests like this, who is willing to eat with you." Go, get me some meat. “

Xiao Er was helpless, and after a while, Xiao Er took out some pig's head meat and bacon from it. I said, "Well, that's right." Bring me another jug of wine. "Xiao Er ran to get me wine again. When he finished taking it, he asked me, "Do you want anything more?" I said, "No." ”

Xiao Er said: "Then you use it slowly, I'll go down." I said, "Okay, hard work." Then Xiao Er did it while continuing to be in a daze. After the three of us ate for a while, I was bored and asked Xiao Er, "What realm do you belong to?" Xiao Er said: "This belongs to the junction of Xuzhou and Yangzhou. Before, both of them rushed to our county, but in recent years, they have been affected by disasters, and the dealer is not good to plant. People on both sides don't care about it anymore. ”

I said, "Well, aren't you left to fend for yourselves?" Xiao Er said helplessly: "Yes, fixed households like ours can only rely on past businessmen to make some money occasionally." I said, "What do you usually do?" Xiao Er said, "My little shop is okay." If you have a bad business, you have to look at the store and grow crops at the same time. “

I wondered, "It stands to reason that you shouldn't be poor in a place that depends on water?" Why don't you go fishing? Xiao Er said helplessly: "If we can fish, will we still be poor like this?" I lit a bag of cigarettes and asked with interest, "Why?" “

Xiao Er sighed and said: "Alas, we have always been good before, but a few years ago, I don't know where a group of people came from, dominating the river bank to prevent fishermen from fishing, fishing is okay, but they must pay taxes, and if there is no tax money, they will pick from the fish they hit, and when they pick the rest, the small fish will not be able to sell at all." “

I said, "Don't you have any local officials to stop it?" Xiao Er looked up at the sky and said: "After the first county order heard about it, he took the county officials to stop it, but he didn't even come back from the county orders to the officials." "The three of us were amazed! I said, "What? Didn't come back at all? Complicit? “

Xiao Er squinted at me and said, "Maybe dead." I said, "Okay." What about your current prefectural order? Xiao Er said helplessly: "Didn't I say it, no one cares about our county at all, so since the last county commander has never returned, he has never come to the county order." “

The three of us were stunned, and I said why didn't there even have a gate in this ruined city. It turns out that it's really a place where there are no three things. I asked, "Then why don't you move?" Xiao Er said: "Those who can go are gone, and the rest are those who have feelings for here, and I am really reluctant to leave behind the things left by this ancestor and just leave." It's not so much a county as it is usually a village. ”

I sighed: "Alas~ you guys are really pitiful." "I just want to pay for it. Ge Xuan touched me, gave me a look, and whispered, "Don't show your wealth." I just took my hand back again. Originally, I wanted to give Xiao Er more money, but Ge Xuanyi reminded me that I didn't dare to pay for it.

After a short while, we went back to the house. Ge Xuan said, "Lingyu, you come." "Then he pulled her into our house. Ge Xuan said: "Pay attention when you sleep at night, I always feel that this place is not peaceful. I said, "There's no one left, it's not a lot of hair." “

Ge Xuan said: "Just be careful in everything." Ji Lingyu said, "I know, Mr. Ge." I said, "Then do you want to sleep with us, and be safe." Ji Lingyu glared at me and said, "Get out!" Then he turned and went out.

Ge Xuan said helplessly: "You have to quarrel with her every day, and you will be at ease." I said, "I'm getting used to it." I asked, "What do you see is wrong?" Ge Xuan shook his head and said, "No, but I'm afraid that others will see that we are wrong." I wondered, "What's wrong with us?" Ge Xuan said: "When a clear-eyed person looks at the horses he wears and rides with us, he knows that we are either rich or expensive. If you are targeted. Do you think we can stop here? ”

I nodded and said, "What you said makes a lot of sense, then, in this way, you go to bed at night, and I will keep watch for the first half of the night." Ge Xuan nodded and said, "That's what I mean." I said, "Then rest first." As I spoke, I leaned against the window and looked out.

Ge Xuan didn't care about me, and just fell asleep. In the middle of the night, I noticed a figure shaking in the courtyard, and at the same time I heard our horses in the backyard start to whisper, and it was obvious that my horse was stomping. I kicked Ge Xuan gently, Ge Xuan slowly opened his eyes, and I motioned for him to look out the window. Ge Xuan hid sideways by the wall and looked out of the window.

But at this time, that person should have come to our side, there are three houses on our side, we are the outermost one, and the house next to it is where Ji Lingyu lives, at this time, I whispered in Ge Xuan's ear: "Do you want to go out?" Ge Xuan replied quietly: "Let's take a look first." As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a girl's voice. I jumped out of the window with a cigarette pouch, and I found that the room that was open was not Ji Lingyu's room, but the room next to her.

After hearing about this life, Ji Lingyu also quickly ran out, saw me standing there, and said, "What do you see, go and help?" So saying, he ran into the house. I was stunned and followed, and when we reached the door of the house, we saw a thief rummaging through his backpack and a girl lying on the ground. As soon as the thief saw that someone was there, he hurriedly threw the girl's package towards us, and then kicked it over.

I grabbed Ji Lingyu by the back of the neck and pulled her back, she didn't get kicked, he saw that the blow missed, and ran directly to the side. I took the pouch and threw it at his waist. With a muffled snort, the man was knocked to the ground by me. By the time he was about to get up, I had come close and kicked him in the ribs, and the man screamed and immediately shrank into a ball. I grabbed his hand, reflexively clasped his hand behind my back, and said to Ji Lingyu behind me, "Take the rope." Ge Xuan, go and see if the girl is dead? "After a while, Ji Lingyu took back the hemp rope from the stables in the backyard, and I tied the thief strongly.

I removed the cloth from his face and smiled, "It's you, grandson." "This man is the boatman who asked me about the road at dusk. The boatman was also deflated when he saw that I recognized him. I kicked him and said, "Your grandson led us to a place where birds don't, just to steal us in the middle of the night, right?" ”

The boatman said, "I beg the uncle to raise his noble hand, I really have no eyes, and I actually stole it to the uncle." I kicked him again and said, "Your uncle, you mean that those who can't beat you should be stolen by you." The boatman begged for mercy: "No, no. It's a little money addict. I was wrong. I laughed and said, "What are you looking for in that girl's room?" The boatman said, "Looking for money, what else can I find, but I haven't found it for a long time." ”

I slapped him and said, "Kill someone if you don't flip it, right?" The man was also stunned, and said with a cry: "Uncle, I didn't kill anyone, how dare I kill someone, I just went in, she just woke up from the bed, and when she saw me, she screamed and fainted." ”

I said, "Ge Xuan, is what he said true?" Ge Xuan said in the house: "Yes, it's just that he was too frightened. Nothing. At this time, Xiao Er heard the voice and ran over and asked, "This guest officer, what is the situation?" ”

I said, "There's a thief here, and I've caught it." Xiao Er looked at it and was shocked: "Big Tiger? As soon as the thief heard someone call him, he looked at him and said, "Alas~ Xiao Yi, you quickly beg this hero to let him let me go." ”

Xiao Yi said, "What do you want?" You ran me to steal things, and you won't let me do business in the future? As he spoke, he kicked the big tiger in the ass. I said, "So you two know each other?" You two aren't going to act with me here, are you? You tweaked the news, you came and stole us. ”

Xiao Yi hurriedly said: "Guest officer, you misunderstand me, I am my duty." He Dahu is a well-known land laizi in the village. I have known him since I was a child, and if I am not mistaken, he must have lured you here to stay here, right? ”

I nodded and said, "Yes." Xiao Yi sighed: "He has done this more than once." I kicked the tiger and said, "Why don't you take care of me, come?" Dahu hurriedly begged for mercy: "I know you are a master, I saw that you saved the girl, I knew that I couldn't beat you, but I still didn't run." I really just want to steal something to make ends meet, and I don't have the intention of harming anyone. ”

Xiao Yi next to him also said: "I can prove this that he doesn't have the courage to kill." I waved my hand and said, "You are also the object of suspicion now, don't be so close to me." Xiao Yi hurriedly said: "How can you still not believe me, if I am with him, why should I wait until the evening to drug your food, you will faint soon." ”

Big Tiger said, "Hey, that's a good idea. I kicked him: "Come on, let you have a summary meeting?" Now I'll send him to the county yamen. Xiao Yi said: "There is no one in the county yamen. "That's when I remembered that this was a place where no one cared about it.

I said, "Well, well. Then let this hero punish you. I said and looked at Ji Lingyu. I said, "Come on." Ji Lingyu said angrily: "You kid just wanted to kick me." Then he kicked him for a long time, and the big tiger rolled all over the ground.

After a while I stopped, "Hey, that's almost!" The big tiger looked at me with grateful eyes, and I continued, "He's all dust, choking to death, you want to kick it to the back stable, you can let those three horses kick with you." “

The big tiger was frightened: "Don't, then do I still have the life to come back?" Xiao Yi, help me. Xiao Yi frowned and said to me, "Anyway, he didn't steal anything, and besides, the girl in the house is fine." You're going to let him go, right? I asked Dahu: "Do you dare to steal in the future?" Dahu hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare." I disdainfully said, "It's strange to believe you." Tie it up. He was tied, and I slept soundly. After saying that, I walked to the girl's room just now, and I saw that Ge Xuan had already helped her to the bed, and was applying medicine to several of her abrasions.