The four of them went all the way quickly, and walked for a while, came to a town in Dongping Prefecture, but it was a fork in the road, and asked the locals to know that this place was called Beixinqiao Town, Wu Song went to Qinghe County to the southwest, and Chao Yong returned to Yuncheng County to continue to the southeast.

The four of them found a hotel in Beixinqiao Town and had a few farewell drinks.

Out of the town, Chao Yong insisted on sending Wu Song.

After leading the horse for a few miles, seeing that it was far away from the fork in the road, Wu Song said goodbye: "Send you a thousand miles, and you must say goodbye in the end." Brothers, let's go on the road, don't miss the night. When Wu Er visited his brother, he must go to Dongxi Village to find his brother. ”

Chao Yong took out two ingots of ten taels of silver, stuffed them to Wu Song, and said, "My brother beat someone before, and Brother Wu must have spent a lot." In case the owner still holds on to it, the elder brother will go back and make more money, and save the matter from a lawsuit. ”

Wu Song knew that Chao Yong's surname was unknown, so he didn't shirk it, took the silver, hugged his fists and said: "Wu Er's acquaintance is a brother like you, and this is not in vain." Brother Yong take care, Wu Er is gone. ”

After speaking, he turned over and got on the horse, then turned back and hugged his fist and said "take care", and kicked the horse's belly hard. The horses were in pain and ran forward with a neigh.

Chao Yong watched Wu Song beat his horse and walked away, and then he turned around and went on the road with Shi Qian and Chao San.

Bidding farewell to Wu Song, Chao Yong is also eager to return to his hometown, and he has seen a high mountain early.

Before I knew it, the sun had set, and the burning sunset gradually dimmed into the twilight.

Looking at the mountain and running a dead horse, Chao Yong was originally going to cross the high mountain and then find a place to stay, but he didn't expect to run for a while, and the mountain was still in the sky.

Going back, there are twenty or thirty miles of inn passing by, seeing that he missed the accommodation, Chao Yongsuo surnamed beat the horse and ran for a while, and saw an inn on the side of the official road in front of him, and couldn't help but rejoice: "There is an inn in front, let's rest there tonight." ”

When I walked to the front of the inn, I saw that the inn was facing the official road in front of the inn and the big stream in the back. A few green willows in front of the door shade, the hot summer, looks particularly refreshing.

Although it is in the wilderness, relying on the official road, many passing guests who missed the town in a hurry come to stay.

The three of them came to the front of the store and dismounted, but there was no one in front of the door, but through the reed curtains, a few people could be vaguely seen eating and drinking inside.

Chao San saw that Xiao Er still didn't come out, so he shouted: "Let's stay here, Xiao Er hasn't come to lead the horse yet." ”

A man who was eating and drinking didn't get up, but shouted, "There is a stable in the backyard, and you can lead it to the backyard yourself." ”

Seeing that Xiao Er was so rude, Shi Qian couldn't help scolding: "What kind of bird shop, annoying the old man and leaving." ”

When the man heard this, he smiled and said, "There is no inn for thirty or fifty miles ahead, so the guest officer will take care of it." ”

When the time passed, he didn't dare to make a decision.

Chao Yong nodded and said, "It must be an exclusive transaction, so Xiao Er dares to be so rude." Let's be patient, and it will be just one night. ”

The matter of settling the horses was naturally caused by Chao San's hard work, and Shi Qian carried the burden and followed Chao Yong into the store.

When Chao Yong and the others entered, they saw five shirtless men sitting in the store eating wine.

Seeing the two of them coming in, a big man said: "The house on the left side of the backyard is empty, and there is a pot on the stove. ”

If you dare to love it, you can provide a room for people to live in, and you have to cook your own food.

When Chao Yong saw that they had wine and meat, he asked, "Is there wine and meat to sell?" ”

Xiao Er patted another man on the shoulder and said, "Unfortunately, my brother won a reward today, and he bought all the remaining wine and meat in the store and invited everyone to get drunk." There are still some cooked dishes in the store, if the guest officer wants it, I will bring it to you. ”

Chao Yong saw that there were still two jars of wine on the table, and said with a smile: "We are running all the way, but we are a little thirsty, if the second brother can bring out a jar of wine, I will pay twice the price." ”

"How?"

Xiao Er heard that Chao Yong was willing to pay twice the price, and couldn't help but be moved, and looked at the man who was entertaining.

The man looked up at Chao Yong and the others, and when he saw that the two of them were well-dressed, his eyes rolled, and he said, "If it is three times, we will give you an altar." ”

"Okay, then I'll bother the little second brother to send it to the room, take three liters of rice and some vegetables, and calculate the money for you together."

When the little second heard that there was oil and water to be fished, he also came to his senses, and said: "The guest officer will go by himself, and I will take the rice and vegetables and send them." ”

Chao Yong and the others walked through the lobby and arrived at the backyard, where they saw more than a dozen knives inserted under the eaves. Chao Yongyi was bold and bold, and he didn't care, so he settled his luggage in the first room, and Xiao Er had already come over with wine and rice dishes.

Chao Yong asked Xiao Er: "Why do you have a Pu knife in your store?" ”

The second brother replied: "It's all left here by the master's family." ”

Chao Yong was even more curious, and said, "Who is your master?" ”

Xiao Er said: "Look at the two guests, they are also people walking on the rivers and lakes, how can they not know my name here." The high mountain in front is called Dulong Mountain. There is a Gangzi in front of the mountain, it is called Dulonggang, here is a radius of thirty miles, but it is called Zhujiazhuang. The owner of the village is the master of my family, and the Taigong Zhu Dynasty has three sons, called the three heroes of the Zhu family, which is quite heroic. In front of and behind the village, there were five or seven hundred families, all of whom were tenants of the owner's family, and each family had two simple knives. This place is called Zhujia shop. Dozens of family members often come to the store to keep vigil as a way to divide the knife here. ”

Shi Qian said: "What did he do with the weapons for the villagers?" ”

Xiao Er said: "Now the world is not peaceful, there are thieves on the mountains near and far, and the master is afraid that there will be thieves to borrow grain, so he will give it to the village for precautions." Zhuang Shang also invited the famous iron rod Luan Tingyu on the rivers and lakes to be the head of the teaching, and the villagers had to practice when the farm was slack. It's not that I'm boasting, but the township soldiers of Zhujiazhuang are different from the township soldiers in other places, if there is an open-eyed thief who dares to come, he will not come back. ”

Chao Yong heard this, then he knew that he came to Zhujiazhuang, the previous time he was from Liangshan to Tai'an Prefecture to the north, but did not pass by this Zhujiazhuang, but did not expect to go south but came to the Zhujiazhuang mentioned in the water margin, the third son of the Zhu family, Chao Yong was not interested. However, I still have some thoughts about the red-faced Qinghu Sanniang in the Water Margin, but I don't know if I can bump into it.

Xiao Er put the wine and food on the table and said: "The rice and vegetable money is clearly said to be settled together, but the wine money is not in the store, and the guest officer paid it, so I will give it to Zhu Yi." ”

Chao Yong didn't have any copper coins on him, so he threw him a tael of silver and said, "On the excess account, it will be settled together." ”

Xiao Er took the silver, pinched it, bowed down and said, "Okay, the guest officers use it slowly, and the small ones retire." ”

Shi Qian is clever, and he doesn't need Chao Yong to speak, so he rushes to wash rice and cook.

Chao Yong was thirsty, took it up and drank a bowl of wine, and sighed: "Although it is village wine, you can still eat it, but unfortunately there is no meat." ”

When Shi Qian heard this, his eyebrows moved, and the thief smiled: "Brother Yong'er wants to eat meat?" ”

Chao Yong said: "The store said that there is no meat, where do you go to get it?" ”

Shi Qian said with a smile: "Just now I found a rooster in the courtyard, which is very fat. If Brother Yong wants to eat, the younger brother will catch it. If the store finds out, give him some money. ”

The thief's surname is difficult to change, and the time in the Water Margin was caught for stealing chickens. The little two in the store relied on the support of Zhujiazhuang behind him, and he was used to running rampant in this vicinity, how could he tolerate people to tease.

Those who are accustomed to thieves have to see if there is anything worth starting with wherever they go. Chao Yong walked through the backyard with Shi Qian, but he didn't find any chickens.

Chao Yong had already seen Xiao Er's face, and knew that if he was caught stealing chickens, he would definitely be bad. I didn't want to make trouble because of a chicken, so I shook my head and said, "I have a lot of money, so I can't steal a chicken from him." You go and ask Xiao Er if he is willing to sell, and we will buy it at a high price. ”

Although Shi Qian felt that he was a little wronged in spending money, he didn't dare to say more, so he ran to the front hall with a cigarette and said in a loud voice: "Xiao Er, there is wine but no meat, but it is not happy, sell us the chicken in the backyard." ”

Xiao Er came back and was eating again, and when he saw Shi Qian, he had the idea of a rooster again, shook his head and said: "That's reported, there are few in the store, and it is not sold." ”

Shi Qian said with a smile: "It's not a treasure of the town store, Ming said that I would buy another one from a nearby village, and give you more money." ”

Zhu Yi, who sold wine before, raised his head when he heard this, and said, "I will sell it to you if I take the same money." ”

Shi Qian jumped to his feet and said: "You man is a lion with a big mouth, and you can always buy dozens of chickens with money." ”

Zhu Yi said: "We are also taking a risk by secretly selling Baoxiao chicken, if we let the master's family know, we can't afford to be guilty." It's not worth the risk if we don't have enough money, and we always sell it when we get it, otherwise please go back. ”

Shi Qian originally thought that it would be a hundred and eighty yuan at most, but he didn't expect them to say the usual money, so he had to return stupidly.

"Those handfuls of birds are hateful, and a chicken actually asks for money. In my opinion, it's better for me to sneak it up and eat it, and we will leave early in the morning, and it will be too late for them to find out. ”

Although it is prudent to make it impossible for them to detect it, Chao Yong is still not prepared to be a chicken thief.

"But a chicken, it's not worth it, you just let them keep it on the books."

Shi Qian is also rare to be an uncle, ran to the lobby, and said in a rough voice: "The chicken masters bought it, you keep the account, and it will be settled tomorrow." ”

Zhu Yi made two jars of wine money just now, and he originally just said it casually, but he didn't expect Shi Qian to really buy it. The big men were also stunned and watched Shi Qian.

Shi Qian looked at everyone's surprised looks, and turned around proudly to go to the backyard to catch chickens.

Zhu Yi looked at Shi Qian's back, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.