"This poor country has no rules!" Some of the merchants scolded, they didn't notice that a few old rivers and lakes had already come to the front, but this was heard clearly, and several people looked at each other and frowned.

The city gate guard who was beaten covered his face and froze, and several companions behind him did not react, stunned for a while, the man wiped his lips, saw the blood, and immediately became angry, howling and said: "You dare to beat someone, Lao Tzu will not give you out"

After saying a few words, the merchant who beat the man just turned around, and when he turned back, he had already pulled out the steel knife on the saddle, the blade was more than four feet, the straight blade was only picked on the tip of the knife, and the thick back and wide blade looked cold.

This action was done in one go, and the eyelids of those Xuzhou Jianghu people jumped, and in a blink of an eye, the knife was already on the neck of the guard, and the merchant pulled out a hideous sneer on his face, and said disdainfully: "What's wrong with beating you, you are a pickled goods that you don't even pay attention to dogs, and if you slaughter it, you will be slaughtered, who dares to say that the master is wrong?" “

The city gate was immediately quiet, I thought it was a scene of group beating and scolding, who would have thought that the knife would be moved, and seeing the cold knife on the neck, everyone dared not make a sound. "You dare to beat up officers and soldiers, this is a rebellion!" But a city gate guard was not slow to react, and stammered out.

"Yes, it's a rebellion!" The reason he shouted out made everyone shout with confidence, but no one dared to step forward, don't look at them with spears in their hands, but they didn't even fight a few times, all day long the fox and fake tiger scared people, and when they met a strong body, they had to shrink their heads, and a shiny steel knife in front of them was so fierce that they were already frightened.

Shouting and shouting, everyone moved, and the one who was held by the knife on his neck shouted in a trembling voice: "Don't come here, this master, your hand must be steady, it will bleed when you move, don't shout, let's discuss, there is something to discuss." ”

After saying the most difficult words, he actually cried, and his body was shaking, but the hand that used the knife was well controlled, and there was no blood on his neck.

Several people in the rivers and lakes had come close enough, and their faces showed excited and timid expressions, just like the idlers watching the excitement, but they were separated from each other, and some people reached out to their arms, and the handle of the dagger was just revealed, and they were held down by the old man.

"There's something going on at home, let's go back!" The old Jianghu man said in a deep voice.

Get back? The man who took out the dagger was about to speak, but was stopped by the man who spoke with a stern look, and the crowd slowly retreated.

The empty hand of the merchant who drew the knife took out a round iron plate in his arms, shook it at everyone, and said loudly: "Zhang Jianting, a small banner of 400 households in Nanjing Jinyi Weizuo, has come to Xuzhou to investigate and handle the case, the Son of Heaven is personally guarded, and the obstructors are complicit in rebellion, who dares to act recklessly!" ”

Jin Yiwei? The one who was put on the neck with the knife didn't react for a while, and several city gate guards also looked at each other, sounding as if they were also an official.

This is not to blame them, Xuzhou has been in decline for decades, and it is an unpopular errand to come to be a Zhizhou, and the general in the garrison is too big for ordinary Jinyi Wei to control, so he has not dealt with Jinyi Wei in the past few decades.

But they couldn't react for a while, but the onlookers of these merchants and travelers knew that the road was powerful, and those who went south and north did not know the fierce name of the "Ti Cai" of the road, and they did not know who screamed on the road, and everyone dispersed in a hurry, and those who went out of the city went out of the city, and those who entered the city did not look back.

And the few people who were going to do it before, exchanged glances with each other, and they could see each other's shock, some hesitated, gritted their teeth and walked towards the outside of the city, others wanted to shout but did not make a sound, one hesitated, the rest of the people walked towards the city with heavy faces, and one walked to the city gate, but turned around sharply and ran quickly to the outside of the city.

Only the two people who took out the dagger and opened their mouths to stop them were left, they were both in their forties, and the one who took out the dagger looked at his companion, and said while looking back: "Lao Guo, you have an idea." ”

The eyelids of the person called "Lao Guo" jumped, looking back at the city gate guards who were already kneeling in fear, those people finally reacted to what the Jinyi guard was, almost all of them were paralyzed there in fright, and some people looked over, Lao Guo hurriedly turned his head, for fear of being shouted.

"Let's go and report the news, it's worth gambling on the master!" Lao Guo didn't hesitate for too long, gritted his teeth and spoke.

The other nodded, and the two walked briskly towards the city.

At the east gate of Xuzhou, which was still lively just now, it was as cold as Chinese New Year's Eve at this time, when the city gate was closed, everyone was at home for the New Year, and there was no one at all.

"Four masters, four masters, the little ones have no eyes, I don't know if the road is sent over, it's not that I want to offend, I hope to spare my life!" The knife had been taken from the man's neck, and the man was weeping bitterly and kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.

What kind of character is Jinyiwei, you don't have to go to the yamen, you will arrest people if you say you will arrest people, you will kill people if you say you kill people, those big officials, those bigwigs, Jinyiwei can take it directly, it's ridiculous that you still listen to the assignment of Zhao Ziying's gang to block the road, isn't this looking for death?

Fortunately, Zhao Jin's murderous reputation is also shocking, and when these people were begging for mercy, they were not stupid enough to report Zhao Jin's name.

"Get out of the way, don't block your way into the city." Although the four brocade-clothed guards said that they were drawing their swords and making their moves, they didn't continue to toss, and they didn't even talk much to the soldiers who begged for mercy, but just coldly ordered him to get out of the way, and then put the knife into the sheath and got on the horse and entered the city.

Hearing this, several guards of the city who were kneeling on the ground did not react, and the next moment they even rolled to the side, and watched the backs of these people enter the city gate.

"Zhang Tou, if we do this just now, if we go back to Nanjing, we will have to be laughed off by the brothers." The four brocade guards were not nervous, but talked and laughed easily.

"Since it has been commanded from above, let's do as it is said."

"Lao Li may not have this thought, and it is not like what Qianhu Ye thought, maybe it is the idea of that Ma Dutang."

"What Ma Dutang, give him a face in Nanjing, and you still call him that?"

"Shut up for me, do you think this will not reach the ears of the King of Mahas?" That Zhang Jianting reprimanded sharply.

The four people looked at each other suspiciously, silent for a while, there is really nothing to see in Xuzhou City, decades ago maybe the bustling streets have long been dilapidated, the poor people see the stitches to build shacks, it looks even more dirty, it didn't take long, a few people were too lazy to look, one of them started talking again and said: "Zhangtou, let's go directly to the Zhizhou Yamen, looking at the poor look, I'm afraid I can't knock out anything?" ”

"I heard that the good places in Xuzhou are all over Hejiazhuang, where there are even fans in Yangzhou, we might as well go over today, it's still early before dark." One said with great interest.

Zhang Jianting looked at his companion angrily, and said there: "Go according to the rules assigned by the above, let's find an inn to live in first, just now we made a fuss at the city gate, this news must have spread in Xuzhou, wait until tomorrow and then go to the Yamen, those people who have ghosts in their hearts are already afraid, things will naturally be easy to do, and the above explanation is so clear, if we don't follow it, go back and be picked by the king of Ma Yama, what do you think?" ”

Everyone immediately fell silent, and they could find someone on the street and ask about it, and the best inn in the city was the Tonghui Inn.

Not long after they entered the city, they were already following behind them, but those who walked in front didn't care, and those who followed behind were careful, but they didn't find anything.

Just so to the Tonghui Inn, the business of the Tonghui Inn is quite prosperous, the east and the north come, how to go to Hejiazhuang to stay overnight, the big inn outside Xuzhou City has long been gone, want to live comfortably only come to this Tonghui.

And everyone knows that the old Zhou Ba of the Tonghui Inn has married the father and son of the Zhao family, this inn can be said to have several guarantees, and everyone lives with peace of mind, but few people know that the owner of the Tonghui Inn has also become the shopkeeper of this week, and the shopkeeper of Zhou knows how to do it so well, Zhao Jin will naturally return the favor.

Coming to this Tonghui Inn, even if you don't know their identity, the shrewd guest can also see that these four people have an extraordinary background, and immediately go up to serve enthusiastically and carefully, when the identity is written on the counter, this line of people is even more unabashedly bright Jinyi Wei identity, which makes the inn even more sincere and fearful hospitality, and quickly arranged for people to vacate the best single courtyard, and ask these people to say what they want, the inn must do it.

That Zhang Jianting was not polite, and directly asked them to go to the best restaurant in the city to call a table of waiters, and then get a few jars of good wine, and then the powder head also wanted six, after saying this, Zhang Jianting asked for the account books of the inn again.

According to the rules of the government, places like inns must record the names and origins of guests, and it is convenient for future investigation when there is a case, but few companies have done this rule, but the best inns have a lot of dealings with rich and noble people in the government, and the records in this regard will not be ambiguous.

Jin Yiwei is really different, he actually knows that he wants to see this, the store does not dare to have the slightest slack, on the one hand, arrange the banquet with wine, and on the other hand, send the account book, but Zhang Jianting turned over more than a dozen pages, and then threw the account book back, went to the stable to take a look, maybe to see how the mount served, and went back to the single courtyard to rest.

Tea and snacks are naturally available, but these four have obviously eaten and seen in Nanjing, and it is not uncommon for Xuzhou to enjoy these things, but they just sent the guy out of the city and closed the door to rest.

He closed the door here, and naturally he didn't know that there were already a lot of people outside the road, some people didn't even have a luggage and wanted to stay in the hotel, and some people wore men's clothes to sweep the area of the inn's courtyard, and even around the inn, there were suddenly a few more stalls selling groceries and cooked food, and they couldn't know that the empty few courtyards of the Tonghui Inn had just lived in a young man.