Chapter Seventy-Six: The Inn Captures the Horse Thief at Night
"Come on, go and invite Sun Jing." Gao Yu called, and his own subordinates went to pass the ceremony, and after a while, Sun Jing came over.
"Captain." Sun Jing bowed and saluted.
"Mr. Sun, please be seated." Gao Yu said, and when Sun Jing sat down, Gao Yu expressed the worry in his heart.
Sun Jing laughed after hearing this, and said: "Adults don't have to worry, Xiao Ke recommends two more people to adults, one is Hu Chun, the governor of Gyeonggi Prefecture, and the other is Cheng Ziming, the head of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division. Make a five-finger open iron spear, weighing fifty pounds, with the courage of ten thousand people. With the help of these two people, you can rest easy. ”
"Okay, then I will order Cheng Ziming to be the vanguard of the front, Hu Chun to be the rear, and then transfer two thousand elite soldiers from the forbidden army to go out together." Gao Yu was overjoyed and said immediately.
"Yes, Xiao Sheng will go and inform Cheng, General Hu." Sun Jing answered, got up and said goodbye.
How the imperial court dispatched troops is not mentioned for the time being, and it is said that Chao Gai Lu Zhishen and the two escaped from Tokyo Bianliang and came to the woods outside the city, and found the horses left by Yan Qingshan Shiqi and them, and the two turned over their horses and left.
Two people rode fast horses and walked for more than ten miles in a row to find that there was no pursuer behind this to put their minds at ease, at this time the sun set in the west mountain, seeing that the sky was going to be dark, Chao Gai and the two people walked forward almost scattered, and then arrived at a name called Songliulin, which has an old Wu family's shop, which is an inn, and also sells some food, wine and meat.
Chao Gai Lu Zhishen two people hit horses to the front of the store, turned over and dismounted, in front of this inn is a large courtyard, into the courtyard there is a room to eat, and there are a few adobe rooms behind the guest room.
The two led the horses to the courtyard and bolted them, and then entered the inn one after the other, and found a table by the window to sit down.
"The two of us lived in the hotel, opened two rooms, and walked for a long time and were hungry, so we came up with five catties of cooked beef, five catties of mutton, and then fried a few side dishes to two jars of good wine."
After Chao Gai finished speaking, Xiao Er answered and went down, and after a while, the wine, meat and meals were already on the table, these two are men with a large amount of food, large slices of beef and mutton, a big bowl of good wine, half a catty of flatbread and so many stir-fried vegetables and stuffed into the mouth as if relieving hatred.
Half an hour later, the two of them were full of wine and food, and the table was clean, Chao Gai called Xiao Er to come, paid for the meal, and went to rest, and now it was dark.
As soon as Chao Gai was about to leave, Xiao Er stopped him, and said with a smile on his face: "This guest officer, there is something I want to tell you two."
"Then let's talk quickly, the Sprinkle family is very tired, and they want to rest." Lu Zhishen said a little impatiently.
Xiao Er was startled when he saw Lu Zhishen's fierce appearance, and he didn't dare to look at him anymore, so he said to Chao Gai: "That's the case, the backyard of the store is full today, only the front yard has a vacant room, although it is not as good as the backyard guest room, but it can also live in people, otherwise you two will just take a look, we shopkeeper said, this room money will be given to the two guest officers, what do you two think?"
"How?" As soon as Xiao Er's words fell, Lu Zhishen was reluctant, and grabbed Xiao Er's collar and picked him up, glared at him, and said: "Give us a broken room, do you know who this brother of the Sprinkle family is?" The brothers of the Sprinkle family are ......"
Lu Zhishen was halfway through speaking, he was stopped by Chao Gai, stepped forward to save the already frightened Xiao Er, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, where do the people who travel ask for so much, it's good to sleep without a meal, the house money should be returned, it's indispensable, the little second brother will take us there, I'm a little tired after a day's walk, rest early, and the two of us will have to hurry tomorrow morning."
Xiao Erru was amnesty, a strong thank you Chao Gai, enthusiastically brought Chao Gai Lu Zhishen and the two to the guest room in the front yard, this house was originally prepared for the front yard guard, now it has been empty, it is not broken, a big willow tree in front of the door, and the horses of Chao Gai and the two are tied to this big willow tree.
Chao Gai Lu Zhishen and the two of them simply washed their faces, cleaned up, and then lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
It was late autumn that night, and the weather was getting cooler and cooler, and the wind was the strongest at night, blowing off all the yellowing leaves on the branches, and spreading all over the yard.
Suddenly, a black shadow flashed on the wall of the inn courtyard and fell in the courtyard, if someone looked closely, they would find that it was a person, dressed in night clothes, tightly lined from top to bottom, light work was very good, from the outside over the wall without the slightest sound, this person was thin and small, flexible and abnormal.
Looking at the person's dress, it is not difficult to see that it is a thief, the man jumped into the courtyard, looked left and right, and found that there was no situation, so he looked around.
After looking at it, the man in black looked at the two horses of Chao Gai and the two in the yard, the lack of horses in the Song Dynasty, especially good horses, was even more priceless, a good horse could buy more than ten taels of gold on the market, which was not a small amount, and ordinary people would never see one or two taels of gold in their lives.
At that moment, the black-clothed man's eyes were a little green, and he walked towards the two horses, these two horses were the two horses that Chao Gai Lu Zhishen rode, this time Chao Gai did not ride his neighing dragon and tiger beast, the reason was that the neighing dragon and tiger beast was too handsome, and it was too ostentatious to ride out, so he also rode an ordinary horse.
The man in black cautiously came to the horse, lightly untied the reins of the horse, and led the horse to go out, but coincidentally, one of the horses suddenly barked, and the man in black said that it was not good, and he released the reins and was about to run.
But suddenly, the door of the two people opened, and a figure rushed out, saying that it was too late and that it was fast, and the figure came to the man in black between the lightning and flint, and the man in black was startled, and just about to escape, he was grabbed by the neck by the figure and picked it up at once.
Who is that dark shadow? It's not someone but the Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai Chao Gai, the person who practices martial arts sees six ways and listens to all directions, his hearing and vision are extremely sensitive, and the man in black found it as soon as he entered the courtyard, and woke up Lu Zhishen next to him, and the two people secretly observed the actions of the man in black.
Just as the man in black was stealing the horse, Chao Gai pushed the door open, twisted his waist in steps, rushed out with a swish, and grabbed the man in black with one hand.
When he came to the room, Lu Zhishen lit the candle, the room was bright, Chao Gai took off the headscarf of the man in black, and then he saw the person's appearance clearly, this person looked like a ghost for three points, not like a person for seven points, and he was so thin that he couldn't be thinner, with high cheekbones, a pointed head, a pointed chin, three small black beards, round eyes, and a gurgling around.
Chao Gai looked at the man in black, and saw that his appearance and superb light steps reminded him of a strange person in the Water Margin, could it be him?