I don't know how long it took, Liu Cheng felt very hot, opened his hazy sleepy eyes, and saw Fluttershy lying in his arms, is it still in a dream, but this furnishing is like an inn room.

Looking past Fluttershy's hair, a pair of ill-intentioned little eyes are staring at him, and Liu Cheng breaks out in a cold sweat.

I saw Liu Rui squatting on the bed looking at the two of them with a smile on his face, with a wicked smile on his face, I don't know what this kid is thinking.

"How long have you been here?" asked Liu Cheng awkwardly as he sat up.

"I've been here for a while, I see that you are sleeping soundly, so I don't dare to scream. ”

"Why did your sister run into my room? Did she have a nightmare last night? Liu Cheng pretended to be surprised, but he did wonder why Fluttershy and he were in a dream, but why did her body end up in his bed, but fortunately they were both still dressed, otherwise it would be really embarrassing.

"It's okay, Dad, I know that my sister is actually your daughter-in-law, I can sleep by myself when I'm older, otherwise I will always sleep with my sister in my arms, and I will never grow up, the key is that everyone is waiting for you to set off, the coachman has set the car in place, and Uncle Hammer and the Green Elder don't dare to come up and call you, so they have to support me." ”

"Oh, what time is it? ”

"It's all three poles a day. Liu Rui still stared at them with a smile, and he had no intention of going out at all.

"Oh, it's all about time, oversleeping. Tell them to wait a little while we'll go down. ”

"Okay, I'll tell them that the shopkeeper has prepared all the food for the road, and is still waiting for you to pay the bill, but don't forget to give the money, then I'll go down first." ”

After Liu Rui leaves, he tries to wake up Fluttershy to ask, but he finds that Fluttershy has opened her eyes, and the two look at each other, and Fluttershy suddenly puts the quilt over her head and hides in Liu Cheng's arms and giggles.

The sun was shining, the snow was bright, and the group was walking slowly on the road, Liu Cheng felt a little sleepy, and couldn't help yawning a few times, just saw an inn on the side of the road in front of him, and there were many business travelers going to the capital to rest there.

Liu Cheng hurriedly beckoned everyone to have something to eat and rest by the way.

I saw a few people arguing, a chubby old man and a few coachmen who pulled their feet and the guy in the store may have had an argument, "Hey, isn't this Brother Hu." ”

"Brother Hu, why are you, what do you have to say, don't hurt the harmony. Liu Cheng hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

"Hey, isn't this Brother Liu, you comment, let's rest here, obviously there are seats inside, this shop Xiao Erfei let us eat outside, this cold day, why can't we go in to warm up."

"That's what's wrong with you, what is the reason for opening a store and not allowing customers to enter?"

"Objectively, you don't know, this shop was rented by someone else as early as two days ago, today there are officials in Beijing who pass by and return to Beijing, to rest in the store, idle people are not allowed to receive, you can go forward another five miles, you will arrive at a village, there is a place to rest. Don't you see that these other business trips are also resting outside, just settle for it, order some food, and we can send it. An older shopkeeper argued.

Liu Cheng thought to himself: What kind of official, what a big show, my Ming officials have always acted carefully, for fear that the official would accuse him of misconduct, how can there be such a store in advance and no outsiders are allowed to enter. "Dare to ask the second brother, is this the official in the capital?"

"This, people didn't say, just gave silver, but emphasized that there are more people and horses, go in the direction of the capital, I will pass by here today, and I must leave a good position. The people who came to determine the position were two brocade guards, did you say that this official is small, how dare we slack off. If you don't dislike it, let's light a few bonfires outside, and everyone can keep warm. ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Cheng estimated that eighty percent of this official was the crown prince or other highnesses, otherwise how could there be a brocade guard to escort him, but it was really strange that the prince did not take the official road, but chose this remote road. "Then there is a Lao shop, if you have good wine and good food, just bring some, Brother Hu, don't be angry, I'll invite you this time, everyone will go outside." ”

"If it weren't for my brother's sake, I would have wanted to beat up your sons who look down on people. Hu Laodao stomped his feet and said.

"Brother Hu, I didn't plan to go with me, but we still came together, fate, come on, we have to have a drink for this. ”

"No, you set off first, how did you get behind me. ”

"I'm ashamed that I was delayed for two or three days because of the snow scenery on Mount Tai. ”

"Oh, providence, we still have fate, and when we hand over an errand in the capital, we will definitely come to the door to beg for mercy. Fluttershy, are you welcome?" Fluttershy bowed respectfully as he turned to the side.

Fluttershy chuckled, "There are a lot of people, so you'd better treat me as a kid here." ”

At this time, the shopkeepers brought them four chairs and a table, and lit a bonfire next to them. Everyone ordered some simple food and wine next to the campfire, and made a lunch with the dry food they brought.

Everyone rested enough, they got up and prepared to go to the village in front of them to stay, Hu Lao's team was basically pulling feet, four of them were in charge of escorting, he himself was in charge, and his senior brother Shouyan had other important things to deal with back to the Shangqing Palace, now no one suppressed him, it can be said that once he was in power, he dared to say anything, which made Liu Cheng Xiaodie laugh.

Everyone laughed and walked for more than half a mile, Hu Laodao suddenly slapped his thigh on the horse, "Oops, forgot, what did you say, we are all gone, and the big officials in the capital have not come, I already knew, it is better to let us go into the house to warm up and have a full meal, the shopkeeper has never shown his head, and he must be a cowardly turtle who is afraid of death." This group of shopkeepers is also a dog who looks down on people..."

As soon as Liu Cheng heard that he was reminded of this matter, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Brother Hu doesn't have to worry about this matter with them, when we go out, it's better for us to keep a low profile." ”

"What my brother said is, it's just that you know my temper, if I can't get used to it, even if the king of heaven is here, I have to reason. ”

Everyone laughed and laughed all the way, but at this time they had come to a dense forest path, which was only two or three horses wide, and the vehicle could only move forward alone.

There was a team of marrying relatives in front of him, and they were blowing and beating, and they were standing upright.

On the narrow road, it can only be conceded against the marrying team, but Hu Laodao's team is a big carriage, and it is really laborious to move to the woods on the side, and it took a long time to make his debut.

The marrying team continued to move forward, and Hu Laodao was still teasing on the side, "**I went out today with a moldy god, not to mention eating cold rice, and I had to give way when I met a marryman, and I forgot to look at the yellow calendar when I went out today, and I miscalculated." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the dart masters suddenly pulled out half of his waist knife, as if he saw some danger, and the other dart masters also put their hands on their weapons.

Liu Cheng and the others also found a problem, the people in this marrying team looked like Lianjiazi when they walked and looked at them, and some of them had weapons hidden on their bodies, which didn't seem to be as simple as simply marrying.

But it's strange to say that these people just blew and swaggered past, and nothing happened, at least it seems that it has nothing to do with their team escorting medicinal herbs.

When everyone saw that the wedding procession had gone away, they drove the carriage to the road again, and continued to move on, and the topic was halfway around the team, and they could guess everything.

At dusk, everyone finally came to a village.

"This shopkeeper is a fool of people, there are villages in five miles, how many miles have we walked out, fortunately we are either riding horses or taking cars, otherwise we will definitely not be able to walk here at this time." Hu Laodao complained.

Liu Cheng smiled and pointed to the front, "There is a wine flag in front, it looks like it is still a big store, and there is no need to go to the farmhouse to shop on the ground." ”

The group was very happy to see that there was finally a place to settle down in the evening, and even the horses took the initiative to speed up their pace, and it seemed that they also knew that it was time to rest when they got to the place.

Came to the big inn at the entrance of the village, only to see a lot of horses and carriages in the yard, it seems that the business is not bad, you know, there is generally no inn in the village, and there is such a big inn here, and the business is so good, it is really puzzling, even if there are business people will choose this remote way, it is a minority after all, this inn seems to have a story.

A shopkeeper greeted him, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you want to rest here, it's okay to eat in our store, but it's not okay to stay in the hotel, it's all full." ”

Hu Laodao listened, "What, with such a little back, are you also covered by some big official here." ”

"Objectively speaking, this store is really full, don't you see the yard full of horses. ”

Just when everyone was begging if they could find two or three side houses to live in, a clear and loud voice suddenly came from the courtyard and house, "Let them all come in and arrange to stay." ”

Liu Cheng felt that this voice was so familiar, it was... Liu Mao. The shopkeeper had no choice but to arrange for them to go in, and everyone was overjoyed to see that they could settle down. Liu Cheng strode towards the main room where the voice came out, the door opened, and the person who came out was Liu Mao, who bowed his hand to Liu Cheng, and then made a silent gesture, and waved his other hand, signaling Liu Cheng to enter the house quickly.

Liu Cheng entered the house and saw that the room was full of brocade guards in civilian clothes, and one or two of them were injured, everyone knew each other and said goodbye to each other.

Liu Cheng turned around and asked Liu Mao: "Brother Xian, didn't you go to the capital a long time ago, how did you come to this remote place, is there another case to investigate?"

"Hey, brother, you don't know, it's really hard to say. After we broke up, I led the team to escort the two prisoners who were caught all the way to the capital, and before they reached Feicheng, this person was robbed in the middle of the road, and the people who came were quick and fast, and we were caught off guard, and when we reacted, the people had been robbed, and we were killed and injured several people. Later, we chased all the way to Pingyin, and defeated them with muskets and crossbow arrows, but only captured the girl, and two wounded thieves, the big monk ran away, and we were attacked twice on the way back, and then we hid in a remote ruined temple for a few days, all changed into civilian clothes, replaced the prisoner cart with a carriage with a shed, pretended to be an official who brought the family back to their hometown, and at the same time released smoke, so that they thought we were taking a remote mountain road, and we made a detour to ambush here, it is estimated that the gang of thieves will immediately kill here when they find out, so that we can catch them all, so as not to be disturbed by their sneak attacks along the way。 ”

"It turns out that the inn said that there should be a big official passing by, charter the inn, and no one else is allowed to enter, but in fact, it is all smoke you put out. Right. ”

"Exactly, what, big brother passed by there. Something suspicious can be seen. As soon as Liu Mao heard Liu Cheng's words, his eyes immediately lit up and were full of hope. ”

"Yes, there was a welcoming procession halfway through the road heading in the direction of the inn, and they all seemed to have weapons on them. ”

"Brother Liu has eaten! I said why is there a little monster hidden in your car, no, it's an old monster, it's a green old ape, it's strange, it's really strange. The loud voice coming from the courtyard was Hu Laodao when I heard it.

Before Liu Cheng went out to explain, he heard the sound of blowing and blowing, this should be the arrival of the welcoming team, so fast, Liu Cheng immediately reacted, "The welcoming team is back, this speed is almost catching up with a heavy cavalry." ”

Liu Mao and the others all lightly showed their weapons, "Big brother, hurry up and let your people hide, I'm afraid this is a vicious battle." ”