If you stay at an inn five miles away, it's a little early, but if you don't stay here, you'll miss your stay today, and you'll have to spend the night in the wilderness nine times out of ten.

Dog days are on the road, everyone is covered in stinky sweat, it doesn't matter where you sleep, finding a place to take a bath is the key.

Shen Tong said: "Then stay in front, rest early today, and hurry at dawn tomorrow." ”

Fang Fei cheered, and even Huo'er snorted happily.

The inn five miles away is called Four Seasons, and there are many inns that come to stay all the way, and the one with this name is still the first one, most of them are Yunlai, Ping'an and the like.

A few people got off the horse in front of the inn, Han Wuji followed the guy to place the horses, Mrs. Jiang's sharp eyes looked around vigilantly, Shen Tong pretended not to see it, and when she entered the room, Shen Tong asked her, "Is there anything wrong with this inn?" ”

Mrs. Jiang said: "The girls have been in the northwest all these years, and they may not know much about things here. A few years ago, Baoding Mansion produced a living god of wealth, surnamed Ji, ranked fourth, known as Ji Siye. That year, there were bandits on the Baigou River, and more than ten merchant ships were washed in blood, and the ships were all frightened, and the local government was helpless. Ji Siye appeared at that time, he took a few big mule carts to Yamen, and what he carried down from the carts were boxes of white silver, a full 100,000 taels. The 100,000 taels of silver were carried into the yamen in full view, and the entire Baoding Mansion was a sensation, and later I learned that the 100,000 taels were the reward silver from Ji Siye, whether it was a fast catch or a good man, as long as these water bandits were removed and the Baigou River was calm, these silver would be used as a reward for silver, if someone was killed or injured because of this, the medical expenses and pensions also came out from here. ”

Fang Fei's eyes widened when she heard this: "What year is this, why don't we know, 100,000 taels, Miss will get it as soon as she comes." ”

Shen Tong coughed dryly, Fang Fei, this girl also trusts her too much, you must know that most of the ships on the Baigou River are merchant ships, and there are bodyguards and thugs on these merchant ships, how can the bandits who can wash more than a dozen boats in blood be a rabble.

She motioned for Mrs. Jiang to continue, she had been in the northwest for most of the past few years, and she didn't know anything about other places, and she also wanted to hear Mrs. Jiang say these gossips.

"Then who took the 100,000 taels of bounty later?" Fang Fei asked anxiously, what about 100,000 taels, can you buy the entire street that sells snacks in the northwest city.

Mrs. Jiang said with a smile: "Since this silver is carried into the yamen, how can it be allowed by ordinary people?" In the end, the water bandits that Flying Fish Guard came to exterminate, 100,000 taels and a lot of money, all of them were distributed to Flying Fish Guard's people. ”

Poof, Fang Fei almost squirted out a sip of tea, she finally knew why Xu An and the four of them had such a rich background, and there were too many ways for Feiyuwei to make money.

"This Fourth Master Ji is not coming from the right way." Shen Tong said with a smile.

"The girl is smart, she understands when she hears it, but it's a pity that the people think so much, there are no water bandits on the Baigou River, and there are more merchant ships coming and going, no one is grateful to the flying fish guard who suppressed the bandits, but they all take credit for Ji Siye. Ji Siye became a great benevolent person, the god of living wealth, no one knows where he came from, let alone how his money came from, since then, he has lived in Baoding Mansion, and he is buying land and buying shops, building bridges and paving roads to build temples, as long as it is a good deed, he is the first, as for those magistrates, all of them are raised by him, and within a few years, this Ji Siye's business has spread all over the north and south. ”

Hearing this, Shen Tong's mind flashed and asked, "Fourth Master Ji, could it be that this Four Seasons Inn is also his?" ”

"That's right, because his surname is Ji and he is the fourth, so his business name is called Four Seasons." Mrs. Jiang said.

In this way, no matter what this Fourth Master Ji did before, now he is whitewashed, and he can be regarded as a legitimate businessman, but ...... Shen Tong suddenly remembered the vigilant eyes of Mrs. Jiang when she entered the inn, and she asked, "What's wrong with this Fourth Master Ji?" ”

Mrs. Jiang said: "It's not inappropriate, but it's a big inappropriate." Don't be afraid of the girl's jokes, what our Jiang family used to do, the girl already knew, but the little thing our Jiang family did, compared with Ji Siye, is a big thing, Ji Siye not only opened a black shop, but also bought and sold human lives. ”

"Open a black store, his business is so big, and he still wants to open a black store? And still on the official road? In Shen Tong's cognition, anyone who opens a black shop is in a secluded place, such as the Jiang butcher's family.

"Over the years, whether it is on the water or on land, but all cases involving huge amounts of money are eight or nine times out of ten related to Ji Siye, and even the cases on the Baigou River back then are inseparable from him. Not only did he do it himself, but he also ate the black, and after the case was done, he would find someone to come out to confess the thief, so that the government could close the case beautifully. Mrs. Jiang said.

Fang Fei stuck out her tongue, looked around in a fuss, ran to the door to take a look, closed the door, and said to Shen Tong in a low voice: "Miss, it's very dangerous here, why don't you slaughter all the people here first, lest they deal with us." ”

Shen Tong: ......

At first glance, they look like a middle-aged mother-in-law with four and a half children, and they don't look like rich people, Fang Fei really thinks too much.

There was no word all night, and the next day, before dawn, several people returned to the road. Along the way, I met two or three Four Seasons Inn, more is better than less, I didn't know the origin of this inn before, now that I knew, Shen Tong did not stay in these places again, and twice missed the stay, and the five spent the night in the barren mountains and mountains.

Among the four people, Shen Tong doesn't talk much, and Han Wuji doesn't talk all day, but fortunately, Flatbread and Fang Fei are both talking and laughing, so they are not lonely along the way, Shen Tong admires the two of them, and when they see a cow on the road, they can go from the beef noodles of the old Qin family in the northwest city to the cowherd and weaver girl in the sky; Seeing that there are relatives who have married and held a happy event, they can go from the big red flower on the groom's chest to Li Lao Er, who made a fortune by tying paper horses to the dead. Sometimes even the taciturn Han Wuji would be teased by them, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and I walked for more than ten days, and finally arrived at Sanlizhuang three miles away from the capital on this day.

So before entering Zhuangzi, Fang Fei began to recall the things when she lived here with the young lady, such as the noodles cooked by the landlord's aunt were particularly delicious, and a child at the entrance of the village stole a bun.

Shen Tong stroked her forehead, after so many years, this girl actually remembers, but she has no impression at all.

In the distance, they saw a lot of people gathered on the road outside Sanlizhuang, and the big cake said, "I'll go over and have a look first." ”

After a while, the flatbread came back and said, "The people from the Yang family of the Protector Mansion are there. ”