Chapter 44: Interception
Yuelai Inn is now the only inn in Huazhou Ferry, not only has more than 40 rooms, but also has a large shop that can accommodate 100 people, and there is a hotel in front of it, which can solve the problem of eating. In the past, there were more than 10 inns like them at the ferry, and the first two miles were the Sanshan pontoon bridge that communicated both sides of the Yellow River.
After the invasion of the Jin army in the last years of Xuanhe, the inn burned and burned, and most of the robberies were closed, and the Jin army went south for the second time last year, and the other inns were also closed and ran away, leaving only this Yuelai Inn to stick to it, and started a unique business.
Sun Dayou stood at the door of the inn and warmly greeted everyone who passed by the door of the store, as long as this person stopped for two seconds, he could pull the guests into the store, and at least let him consume bowls of noodles inside, which can be said to be the gold medal shop of Yuelai Inn.
But today Sun Dayou has been standing at the door of the store for a long time, and there are not a few people passing by, the war has just stopped, the people who do business do not dare to leave, and after a few groups of people are also the volunteers and township soldiers dismissed by the imperial court, these people he does not dare to greet the store, they eat and sleep, not only will not give money, but they will also be beaten if they don't get it, these people are all fighting knives with the Jurchens, they really can't afford to provoke.
"Boss of the Sun family, get us some water to drink!" Just when Sun Dayou was idle and bored, a group of people came over, and there were several big cars in the team, and he knew at a glance that Lu Dao was the Xiangyong who came back from the front, so he quickly turned his back, but the team took the initiative to call him when they arrived.
"Ouch. Isn't this Uncle Lei! Sun Dayou looked back and said in surprise, "The people on the Zhuangzi haven't passed a long time ago. How did you fall behind? He looked at the group, most of them were acquaintances.
"yes. The leader of the Xiao Sect led the team to leave first, and the prince brought a letter to tell us to look for the missing people again, and the living people couldn't find it, so why should we take their bones home! Lao Lei said.
"Then everyone go to the store and sit down, lead the carriage to the backyard, and I'll make tea right away!" Sun Dayou glanced at the carriage covered with a rain cloth, and the white stubble coffin was exposed on it, knowing that it must be the township soldiers on Zhuangzi who pulled the road, he hurriedly greeted.
"It doesn't have to be that much trouble. Just have some hot water, we drank it and left! Lao Lei waved his hand.
"It's all a family, polite, it's noon, let's eat something and leave, if the prince knows the way, he will blame us for being ignorant!" Sun Dayou pulled the cart and said, "Li San and Li Si greet the guests, make tea, and tell the kitchen to make something hot." Affordable! The crowd couldn't resist him, so they entered the store, and Sun Dayou led the carriage to the backyard and tied it to the trough and added hay. Then he took out the incense and candles, lit them in front of each car, and saluted, and then returned to the front again.
"Uncle Lei. Did you see any strange people when you came over there? Sun Dayou saw Lao Lei sitting at the table by the window. He sat down and asked in a low voice.
"Why are you looking for someone?" Lao Lei asked after taking a sip of tea.
"Don't hide it from Uncle Lei, there is news in the house. There are golden people who come from the north to disadvantage the prince, let us pay more attention to the people who come from the north! "Sun Dayou knows that Lao Lei is now the owner of Dazhao Zhuang, the second son is the personal guard of the prince, and the people on the table are also the old men on the Zhuangzi, who are trustworthy, so he inquired.
"Oh, we were just on the road, but we didn't pay attention, and there weren't many pedestrians on the road!" As soon as Lao Lei heard that it was about the prince, he also became nervous, frowning and thinking about it.
"Owner, do you remember the people who used to take our big car on the road?" One of the people at the table suddenly said.
"Yes, when Lao Li said this, that person was indeed a little suspicious, he said that he was from Baozhou, but his accent was not quite right, he said that he was farming, but he spoke with some officialness!" Lao Lei said.
"Could it be the officials who escaped during the invasion of the Jin Army?" Sun Dayou asked again.
"No, that person is a Luo Quanleg, he should be a person who often rides a horse, most of our officials are literati, and they ride in a sedan chair, how can they become Luo Quanjiao!" Lao Li said.
"Where is that man now?" Sun Dayou had already concluded that it was a northerner based on what they said, and hurriedly asked.
"He followed us from Junzhou across the pontoon bridge and got out of the car and left, and gave us a silver ingot!" Lao Li said and took out the silver and said.
"That's it, this person must be a northerner, even if he is not the person he is looking for in the mansion, he must have something to do with it!" Sun Dayou picked up the silver and looked at it, only to see that the silver was rough cast, not cast by the Great Song Dynasty at all, and the man wanted to take their car to avoid the inspection of the bridge inspection, because the inspection department of these returning volunteers did not dare to provoke.
"A few uncles went with me to see the shopkeeper in detail, since this person has just crossed the river, he can't go far!" Sun Dayou immediately decided to report the matter and let them decide...
The spring is cold, although it has been more than ten days since the beginning of spring, but the night is still very cold, Shunzi is lying in a barren grass, his eyes are staring at a land temple dozens of steps away, the fire inside is flickering, flickering bright and dark.
"Boss, go in again, do you?" A dark shadow flashed into the grass and whispered in Junko's ear.
"Wait, the big fish are behind!" Junzi said that after receiving the report from the Yuelai Inn yesterday, he immediately mobilized people to search, only to find that there was more than one person sent by the Jin Kingdom, and they found five.
These people crossed the river separately, and then gathered together, the trouble is that I don't know which person the secret letter is on, and I don't know how many people came, and it may alarm the owner if they do it rashly, so Shunzi ordered people to secretly follow Shangqiu, which is only half a day's journey from the capital, and it is already the most difficult opportunity, and Shunzi decided to do it at night.
"Action, no one is allowed to be let go!" Seeing that the bonfire in the temple had been extinguished, the time was already three watches, and there were two more people inside, Junzi ordered, and after a whistle, more than 20 black shadows jumped out from all around, and they quickly covered up to the land temple, and Junzi followed.
When these people arrived outside the temple, they immediately controlled the exits, and with a wave of their hands, they slowly pulled their bodies up with their hands on the edge of the wall, observed inside for a moment, made a safe gesture, and their feet were on the side of the wall A little bit over the temple wall that was not high, opened the door from the inside, and let everyone in.
"Do it!" Junzi entered the courtyard and said in a low voice, immediately someone stepped forward to pick up the stone drum in front of the door, and smashed it against the closed temple door, with a muffled sound, the door was smashed out of the ground and fell inside, raising a puff of smoke and dust, and before the dust fell, people rushed in, and there was a sound of weapons colliding inside... (To be continued......)