The best way to get rid of your enemies is to take them out.

Old Wei walked through the gate at the top of the mountain, and suddenly appeared on the stone path halfway up the mountain, up or down? He hesitated.

Xiao Xu said: "In case there is no road on the top of the mountain, let's go down the mountain, right?" ”

Ye Shuyang objected and said, "Maybe if we climb to the top of the mountain, we can climb over the mountain and shake off the enemy's pursuit?" ”

Gong Qingzhen said: "The choice is in the hands of Comrade Wei, the elder, and we all listen to his arrangement!" ”

Elder Wei looked up at the night sky and saw a crescent moon.

"Down the mountain!" The elder Wei squeezed out these two words in his mouth, Ye Shuyang's face couldn't hang up, and the windmill grass hurriedly comforted her.

The way down the mountain is more difficult than the uphill, because it is a stone road, which is a little wet and slippery, and they walk cautiously and fearfully.

There were only torches on this winding mountain road, but no one else was in sight.

Xiao An asked in a low voice to the elder Wei, "Are we still in Meiling?" ”

Elder Wei shook his head and said that he didn't know, but the temperature here was not very cold, it should still be in the south, and the mountain wall was covered with moss, indicating that the climate here was very warm.

He closed his eyes and looked down the mountain road, and he saw a house pressed with stone slabs, it could be a temple or some other building, but a house meant that there were people.

"There's a big house down the hill, we can go there and rest!"

When everyone heard this, they gained strength and quickened their pace.

Sure enough, this big house is at the intersection at the foot of the mountain, but it is not a temple, but an inn, and the dilapidated door plaque is engraved with "Lonely Mountain Inn".

The inn's house was a little dilapidated, but there was a faint light coming from inside.

Xiao Xu was about to step forward and knock on the door, but Elder Wei hurriedly stopped her, then closed his eyes and looked into the inn.

An oil lamp was lit on the counter of the inn, and the faint light shone on the figure of a woman.

I saw this woman with her hair coiled, with a golden hairpin and jade bun, with a good appearance, but a little familiar, dressed in a dark red oblique cloth hexagram, and wearing a gold and jade ring on her slender fingers.

Elder Wei suddenly remembered, and he was surprised in a low voice: "Why do these two people think so much?" ”

Xiao Xu asked, "Which two people are you referring to?" ”

"It's nothing, there are a lot of similarities between people, it's not surprising!" The elder Wei knocked on the old wooden door, and a man's voice came from inside, the wooden door opened, and a young student in a short coat and trouser gown opened the door, and asked in stiff Mandarin: "Are you staying overnight?" ”

Elder Wei nodded, motioned for his companion to sit down in the lobby first, he went straight to the cabinet, and said to the woman inside: "We are going to open three rooms, and prepare hot water and dinner for us!" ”

When the woman at the counter saw him, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she disappeared immediately, and replied in an accent from southern Fujian: "How many guest officers are there, how long do you want to stay?" ”

"One night, I will leave at dawn tomorrow, and I hope that the store will prepare breakfast tomorrow morning and dry food on the road!" Da Lao Wei replied.

The woman answered, and said, "Okay, please pay a deposit of ten yuan first, and return the excess and make up for the deficiency at the checkout!" ”

Da Lao Wei was groping in his pocket, but unfortunately, he had no money in his pocket, so he looked towards Gong Qingzhen and Xiao Xu.

Xiao Xu took out some Western medicine from the back basket and asked the woman, "Can we use these Western medicines to settle the bill?" This is a very scarce form of penicillin! ”

The other party picked up a needle and asked: "That's all, we don't need it, I'm sorry I only accept silver dollars here, or you can have gold, silver and jewelry!" ”

Ye Shuyang walked over, took out a string of silver beads from his personal pocket, and asked, "Is this okay?" ”

The other party took the silver bead, carefully identified it, and said: "Yes, but it's not enough!" ”

Windmill Grass had no choice but to contribute his silver ornaments, and the elder Wei said: "You two rest assured, as soon as I get the money, I will redeem your ornaments." ”

The proprietress put away these silver ornaments and said to the shopkeeper: "Little Er, take the guests to the room!" ”

The shopkeeper led the way in front and led them to the back room.

According to the old custom, Gong Qingzhen and Xiao Xu live in one room, the two Miao women live in one room, and the elder Wei and Xiao An live in their room.

The room was a little damp and smelled musty, Xiao An immediately pinched his nose and said, "Xiao Er, how long has this room not been occupied?" ”

Xiao Er hurriedly explained: "The location here is remote, so I haven't lived there for a long time, and I hope the guest officer will forgive me, you wait a minute, I will send you hot water!" ”

Closing the door, with the help of the oil lamp on the table, Da Lao Wei carefully inspected the room, this is an old-fashioned house, a bed, a table and four chairs, the bedding on the bed is neatly folded, but when you touch it, there is a dampness, and there is still a musty smell on your hands.

Xiao Er soon brought in a bucket of hot water, and the elder Wei asked Xiao An to soak his feet first, he walked to the window, and was about to open it, but Xiao Er hurriedly stopped: "Guest officer, the window in the small shop room is in disrepair and has been broken!" ”

The eldest elder Wei closed his eyes and looked out the window, and saw a bad old man cooking on the fire.

Xiao Er wanted to leave the room, but Elder Wei stopped him and asked, "Little Second Brother, what is this place?" ”

"Lonely Mountain Inn?"

Elder Wei explained: "Then what is the name of your county seat?" ”

Xiao Er shook his head and replied, "I have never been to the county seat, and I don't know the name of the county seat!" ”

Elder Wei continued to ask: "You haven't met guests for a long time, so how do you survive?" ”

"Let's grow rice and exchange some salt for a living from passing merchants!"

The eldest elder Wei let Xiao Er leave, Xiao An soaked his feet, put on socks and leather shoes, and asked him: "Comrade Senior Wei, is it safe here?" ”

Outside the window, there was the sound of chopping wood, followed by the sound of chopping meat.

Da Lao Wei replied while soaking his feet: "What if it's not safe, we have no way out!" ”

Xiao An took off this yellow skin, lay on the bed, and said, "I really don't want to go any further!" It's too hard to follow, and it's too dangerous! ”

"Then you stay, we will definitely not force it!" Da Lao Wei said.

There was a knock on the door, and Xiao Er said outside the door: "Guest officer, your meal is ready, will it be served to the room or in the lobby?" ”

Elder Wei responded: "In the lobby!" He went to call Xiao An, but found that Xiao An was already asleep in bed.

In the lobby of the inn, Gong Qingzhen, Xiao Xu and two Miao women also sat down at the table, and the proprietress and Xiao Er started together and brought a large bowl of food.

When Da Lao Wei saw these white rice fried bacon and shiny bacon, and boiled hooves, he asked the proprietress: "The food in your inn is good, but unfortunately there is no wine!" ”

The proprietress replied, "We have wine in the store, but we don't sell you!" ”

Gong Qingzhen hurriedly said: "If you don't sell it, we can't drink!" ”

The eldest elder Wei asked rhetorically: "The proprietress has wine, why don't you sell it to us?" ”