Leaving Yinmachuan, more than 1,000 people were added to Chao Gai's group, as well as the iron-faced Pei Xuan, the fire-eyed Deng Fei, the jade banner and Meng Kang.

Directly south from the Yinma River, along the seaside to stop and go, because the people and horses of Liangshan are too big, so Chao Gai let the iron-faced face Pei Xuan, the jade banner pole Meng Kang and the street rat Zhang San rushed back to Liangshan with 1,500 men and horses, and he was also the same Lu general, Shi Bao and Deng Fei continued to go south towards Dengzhou with 500 guards.

That drink Ma Chuan in Jizhou, Hebei, that is, today's Jixian County, Tianjin, all the way south, the first stop is Cangzhou, Cangzhou has been the hometown of martial arts since ancient times, there are many talents, hidden dragon and crouching tiger.

When everyone arrived at Cangzhou City, it was already night, it was already dark, and the gate of Cangzhou City at this time had been closed for a long time, Chao Gai and others had no choice but to find a place to stay from outside the city, but more than 500 people said that it was not much, and it was not too much, and it was not too much, where could so many people be accommodated.

After looking for a long time, I found a relatively large place, it was a big Zhuangzi, looking at almost seven or eight households, in front of which was a large village gate, surrounded by tall walls, vermilion Guangliang gate, looking at the family background is not ordinary.

Chao Gai and the others walked over and saw the gate, Zhang Sanbian stepped forward and looked inside along the crack in the door, but he couldn't see anything in the dark, and knocked on the door knocker.

After a while, there was no movement inside, Zhang San looked again, and then knocked on the door three times, this time with more force than the last time, and the sound was louder, this time there was movement inside, faint footsteps, and there were people talking.

"Coming, coming, who, in the middle of the night, sleeping soundly." Listening to the sound of talking, the door was divided to the left and right, and a middle-aged man in his forties came out of it, dressed in a coat, yawning, and holding a lantern in his hand.

The man was sleepy-eyed, squinting, and looked at Chao Gai and others by the light, a few in front of the head but full of heroism, the man looked back, good guy, it's okay not to look at it, he was startled when he saw it, he was completely sleepy, hundreds of good people, fighting with open fire, holding knives, guns and sticks in his hands, in the middle of the night, what is this for?

"Each ...... Each, each, each, all heroes, we are all good people, and please raise your noble hands and be us. The man was frightened, crying and mourning, and begged for mercy in front of Chao Gai.

The middle-aged man's actions made Chao Gai a few people a little crying and laughing, and Chao Gai laughed at the moment, walked to the middle-aged man, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "This housekeeper, we are not a bad person, but a past merchant, because the goods are sold, ready to go back, passing through here, missed the hour, and now the Cangzhou city gate is closed, so I am ready to spend a night in Guibao Land, and I hope to travel a convenient." ”

Hearing Chao Gai's words, the middle-aged man didn't believe it, looked at Chao Gai and the others, and said: "Don't deceive me, how can there be a merchant who fights with open fire, and the one who holds the blade must be a strong man talking tricks here." ”

Seeing that the middle-aged man still didn't believe it, Deng Fei, who was fierce-eyed next to him, was very happy, and said at the moment: "I said that you are stupid, now in this world, there are strong people everywhere, bandits, if our walking merchants do not have the protection of this guy, then they will not be abandoned by the thieves in the wilderness, and there will be no return, besides, even if we are strongmen, where are we still noisy ink with you here, simply cut you down, and it will be over if you are killed." ”

"Hey, but there is some truth to it, so you are really not strongmen?" The middle-aged man heard Deng Fei's words, and he also felt that it made sense, so he asked again at ease.

"Hey, it's really not, I'm here to stay." Shi Bao said.

"Whew, I'm scared to death." After listening to Chao Gai's explanation, the middle-aged man finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then his face suddenly changed, and he said, "Our owner said that if you don't keep guests, you should find another place." ”

"Boom!" After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he walked in directly and closed the door. Chao Gai and several people were stunned for a moment by this sudden change, they didn't expect the other party to have such an attitude.

The fire-eyed Deng Fei came back to his senses for the first time, and he was angry when he landed, a pair of red and red fire eyes were very terrifying, and in the middle of the night, his angry eyes were even more terrifying, and Deng Fei scolded at the moment, and directly copied his big knife, and scolded: "Brother, this guy is so playing with us, if you want me to say, you will kill it, and show them how powerful we are." ”

"Brother, don't be impulsive." Chao Gai was also angry at this time, and stopped Deng Fei, who was about to rush up, and then said: "My Liangshan hero is a righteous army who walks for the heavens, if he rushes in, what is the difference between him and those strongmen who kill people and set fires and do all kinds of evil." ”

After finishing speaking, Chao Gai looked at Zhang San, the street rat next to him, and said: "It's late at night now, it's not realistic to find another place, Brother Zhang, go and call the door again." ”

"Okay!" Zhang San was also angry, and as soon as he heard Chao Gai's instructions, he immediately came to the gate with an arrow step, and slammed the door with all his strength.

"Who is it? The annoyance of the middle of the night is not annoying! After a while, someone inside came out scolding, listening to the voice is still the housekeeper who is just now, the door is divided into left and right, and a person comes out of it, not someone else but the housekeeper just now.

The housekeeper saw that it was Chao Gai and his group, and knew that they were not strongmen, so he became bolder, pointed to Chao Gai and the others and said: "Why are you again, didn't I tell you, we don't accept guests in the village, we are Zhuangzi, not a relief station, you hundreds of people, and you are armed with knives and guns, in case you have bad intentions, we can't cry, go away!" ”

When Chao Gai heard this, he took two steps forward, arched his hand towards the housekeeper, and said: "This housekeeper, you see that it is late at night, I really can't find another place, it is convenient for me to be convenient for myself, I am not a strong man, a villain, just stay for one night, I will leave tomorrow morning, and the silver will be doubled to you." ”

"If you say no, you just can't, don't you understand people, I said no. Hurry up, go away, good dogs are not in the way! The butler was obviously impatient, frowned, and said with a curse.

"His grandmother's, if you don't listen to it, then you want to talk to your grandfather's big knife." Shi Bao next to him couldn't help it for a long time, and when he heard that the housekeeper's mouth was getting more and more unclean, he couldn't bear it anymore at the moment, shouted, rushed out with a knife, and directly put the knife on the butler's neck.

Feeling the chill coming from his neck, the butler's legs suddenly softened, completely lost the arrogance just now, and he trembled with fright, Shi Bao also found the butler's reaction, glanced at it with disdain, took a sip, and said: "Bah, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard things, killing you, dirty grandpa's treasure knife, say, let me stop!" ”

"Ouyang Zhong, what's the shouting outside the door?" Before the housekeeper could speak, he saw a group of people coming out of it, led by three or four, followed by more than a dozen domestic slave workers.

As soon as the housekeeper heard that his master had come out, he didn't know where the strength came from, so he immediately broke away from Shi Bao and ran to the side of the group, just as the owner of the house in the village courtyard also walked to the door, looking at the Chao Gai and so many of them outside, he was also slightly stunned, but he came back to his senses in a moment, and said to Chao Gai and the others: "The next person doesn't understand the rules, and he bumped into you, I don't know if you visit late at night, what are you doing?" ”

Chao Gai looked at this person, forty-five or sixteen years old, with a righteous face, sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, beautiful hair under the chin, wearing a plain robe, full of anger, he knew that this person was not an ordinary person, and he also returned the salute at the moment, and said: "This gentleman, we are passing merchants, because we missed the hour, we can't enter the city, so we are ready to go to Guizhuang for a night." At that moment, he told the housekeeper Ouyang Zhong again.

After hearing this, the head of the family was stunned, and then he was furious, glared at the housekeeper, his face sank like water, and asked, "What this official said is true?" ”