Entering the inner city of Tongzhou, the oncoming road is slightly narrower than the outer city, and there are still storefronts on both sides, and there is a three-story building as far as the eye can see, which is quite large and looks like an inn.

When I got closer, the building was indeed Yingshui Hall. Located on the left side of the main road, Yingshuitang covers an area four times the size of the inn opened by Chen Jiang, and the gate of Yingshuitang is spacious enough to accommodate 20 people at a time. The plaque on the gate hangs high, the background of the plaque is black, surrounded by gold edges, and the three words "Yingshuitang" on the plaque also shine with the brilliance of gold.

At the entrance of Yingshui Hall, a high flagpole is erected, and lanterns are hung on the flagpole, fluttering in the wind.

The four of them lined up and walked into the Yingshui Hall. The hall of this Yingshui Hall is extraordinarily open, and the hall is full of people, many people are sitting on stools, and some people are standing, but there are no guest tables in the hall. The four of them stood at the door, only to see that the black pressed a crowd of people, everyone was talking to each other, but they couldn't hear what they were talking about, and there was only some buzzing in the ears of the four people at this time.

Seeing that a customer had arrived, the shopkeeper walked straight over, and he said loudly: "Guest officer, are you staying in the hotel or eating? ”

Although the second child of this shop looks quite polite, but there is no meaning of welcome, it is easy to understand, such a good business, why worry about only four customers.

The huge Yingshui Hall, but there is no side room in the hotel, and when it comes to eating, there is not even a guest table in the hall. Feng Mu wanted to test it, so he said, "You told me to order casually, I ordered, where is the dish?"

The shopkeeper said nonchalantly: "Either put it on the ground for you, or put it on a stool for you, it's okay." ”

Feng Mu pretended to be displeased: "With such a big Yingshui Hall, there is no guest table?"

The shopkeeper smiled: "There is a guest table, and there is one in the side room." You can inquire about the wings of the Yingshui Hall, which are no worse than those of Haochang Mansion! Especially our two wings of Phoenix Terrace and Wangxingtai, ordinary people can't book them. To tell you the truth, there are still guest tables in this hall, but these days, the guest tables have been withdrawn. No way, there are many guests, please forgive me. ”

Feng Mu understood, now is a very difficult season, and only those guests in the side room can enjoy the treatment of eating at the table. Feng Mu had just eaten enough in Chen Jiang's shop, how could he be hungry now? He quickly swept his eyes over the guests in the hall, and saw that some of the guests were holding bowls and some were holding teacups. So Feng Mu also learned: "Put on the pot of tea, four cups." ”

The shopkeeper waved the rag in his hand, put it on his shoulder, and said loudly: "Okay, please sit here." ”

Feng Mu and the others followed the shopkeeper and walked around the hall left and right, and they really found two benches. Feng Mu and Huangfu Changjun sat on one, and Jinglang Jing Xiangyao sat on one. At this time, a few people realized that they had just been going around and around, and finally they had almost returned to the place near the gate of Yingshui Hall.

However, these two stools, on the left side of the gate, are a little off.

"It's so far away, or sit back here. Jing Lang complained.

"Maybe the guests who were sitting here before are leaving. Feng Mu exonerated the shopkeeper.

It didn't take long for a pot of tea to arrive. Feng Mu sat down next to him and put the pot of tea between himself and Huangfu Changjun. The four of them each make a cup of tea and look around.

There are two main types of people in the hall. The first one looks similar to the three passers-by I met before, and it should be a local idler in the same state; the second kind looks similar to Feng Mu and others, and it should be a rookie who has not seen any wind and waves, and this is a rookie who came back to Tongzhou City to take the exam. Feng Mu relied on his intuition, as far as his eyes could see, looking over one by one, he was measuring these candidates in the hall. Most of those who can be defeated without wasting too much effort; there are many who can play a few tricks with themselves, but they will eventually be defeated by themselves; there are few who are similar to themselves; and those who can win against themselves seem to have not yet been discovered.

If all the candidates who came to Zhuo Zongyuan to take the exam were such candidates, then the probability of Feng Mu taking the exam would be infinitely close to 100%. However, what Feng Mu saw was only the tip of the iceberg, because of the appearance of a person, he quickly poured cold water on Feng Mu.

This is a man of the same age as Feng Mu, his face is a little dark, his whole body is brocade and satin, and his long golden hair is untied behind him. His eye bubbles are slightly swollen, there are faint black shadows under his slightly drooping eyelashes, and his cheekbones are also a little high and abrupt, making the whole person look a little skinny. Although emaciated, Feng Mu knew that this person was not easy to deal with.

Behind him, two servants. Those two servants were about forty or fifty years old, and their outfits were better than ordinary people, and judging by the way they walked, they should also be martial artists with some cultivation.

The black-faced man walked in from the door, and the shopkeeper ran over and asked diligently, "Ye Shao, why didn't you stay in Yingshui Hall?"

The black-faced man didn't answer, and the servant behind him said, "Our young man likes to be clean, and you guys are noisy here, so you didn't stay here." Let me ask you, where is the wing room of the stargazing platform?"

The shopkeeper was about to answer, when a woman who still had charm came over and said coquettishly: "Wangxingtai, I'll take you there." ”

Under the guidance of the woman, the black-faced man and his group of three went up to the third floor, and then walked into the wing room in the middle of the third floor, facing the door.

"It turns out that the one on the third floor is the stargazing platform, and the one in the middle of the second floor should be the Phoenix Terrace. Behind Feng Mu, a voice said.

When I turned around, I saw two middle-aged men chatting. One of them wears a headband, the other has a shaved head. It was supposed to be a man with a headband who spoke just now.

The bald man said, "Yes, brother." You came to Tongzhou to visit relatives at the right time. This Zhuo Zongyuan exam can open your eyes. ”

It turned out that the hairband man was the younger brother of the bald man, probably from out of town. And the bald head should be a native of the same state. I only heard the man with the hair band ask: "Who usually live in the Star Gazing Platform and the Phoenix Terrace?" ”

The bald man said: "Yes, those two wings are reserved for high-class VIPs." In this Zhuo Zongyuan exam, Yu Mufei, who lives in Phoenix Terrace, is the most concerned one in this batch of candidates. As for the one who lives in the stargazing platform, I haven't figured out who it is yet. The man who walked in just now was named Ye Zhen, and he arrived in Tongzhou ten days ago. He is the son of the leader of the Jiuding Alliance, the largest sect in Weiyang Kingdom, and even he has to go to Wangxingtai to meet with the guests inside, so it is conceivable that this person who lives in Wangxingtai must have a lot of background. ”

The hairband man said: "I look at Ye Zhen, it seems that he is not in good health." ”