Nanjing City, Drinking Horse Lane.

This alley is very famous, according to legend, in the Southern Song Dynasty, after Jin Wushu attacked Jiankang Mansion, he led a group of men and horses to go straight to the old palace of Neiqiao, "capture the thief and capture the king first", he wanted to capture Zhao Gou alive.

Zhao Gou fled south when he heard the news of the defeat, and when he was still half a mile away from the south gate, his mount suddenly became irritable, stretched its neck and wanted to call, no matter how tightly he tightened the reins, he could not restrain it. This is a bad Zhao Gou, or a minister who knows a little bit about raising horses, he said: "Your Majesty, it must be that the horse is thirsty and needs to drink water!"

"Where does the water come from in this little alley?"

"There are wells, but there are no buckets!" The minister stepped forward, led the emperor's mount, came to the well, and let the horse drink enough in the water tank where the people were washing rice, and then it was honest. After drinking their horses, they went through several more frightening moments and finally broke out of the city gates.

This alley later became known as Drinking Horse Alley.

There was a tavern in the alley, there was no name, no recruitment, and the word "wine" was hung in front of the door.

In the tavern, there were still a few people dining, and two people were making a lot of noise. There was also a man in a green coat, a young man who was neither shabby nor generous, and his face was full of wind and dust, and he had just sat in the corner of the left wall.

There is also a young man with clear eyebrows, the fan room is on the side, sitting in the right corner and pouring himself a drink, looking at the dishes on his table, they are all ordinary country dishes, which can be regarded as sumptuous, and he drinks very deliciously.

The other two, a middle-aged man and a teenager, were sitting at a table in the middle of the hotel, the middle-aged man had wide eyes, his eyebrows were like ink, and his eyes were bright, the young man was extremely obedient to the middle-aged, and he should be his son.

What catches the eye is a man, with peach blossom eyes, dressed more elegantly, but his face is coated with rouge, and his hands are twisted into orchid fingers. At the foot of the capital, although there are all kinds of people, but such a sissy, everyone has seen it rarely, but they all feel that it is immoral, and they cast a disdainful gaze, and no one approaches him.

When Chen Yuan, Yuan Bin, Dong Ming, who were dressed in plain clothes, and Bao Senjun, who had changed his clothes, walked into the tavern, Yuan Bin raised his eyes and glanced them up and down, his eyes were scrutinizing, and he was quite angry.

The guests in the tavern only buried their heads in eating and drinking, and did not look up at anyone who came and went.

The shopkeeper immediately greeted him with a smile, took out a rag and wiped it on the table in front of them a few times, revealing his signature smile: "Everyone, what do you want to eat?" ”

Bao Senjun took the lead and said: "I want to eat Dongpo meat." ”

The shopkeeper was embarrassed: "Guest officer, I'm sorry, Dongpo meat is selling well, and it is sold out today." ”

Dong Mingchang frowned and said, "Then let's have a plate of green sheep elbows, stir-fry a few good dishes, and two pots of bamboo leaf green." ”

"It's-"

"What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry guest officer, Qingyang's elbow is gone."

Bao Senjun put his hands on the table and said angrily: "You have dozens of dishes here, but we order the same, how can we do such a business?" ”

The little two said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, guest officer, the small shop is a small business, you see, there is not even a signboard, the dishes prepared in the tavern are limited, and there are many guests, so the ingredients are not even." ”

"Okay, okay, I won't order these dishes, bring us four bowls of hot soup, two catties of beef, and a few side dishes."

"Okay, wait a minute, guest officer."

Before the dishes were served, a few people were talking, and suddenly a few officials hurriedly came in, and one opened his mouth and shouted: "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, come out quickly, yamen inquire." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly ran over when he heard the news and asked anxiously, "Master, what ...... have you lost?"

Before he finished speaking, the official shouted viciously: "Someone reported the case, eating at your place, important things are gone, and you, as the owner of the shop, have nothing to do with it." ”

The shopkeeper's surname was Jiang, and his name was Jiang Menshen, and when he heard this, he immediately panicked, and hurriedly brushed it off: "Ouch, sir, you can't talk nonsense." My small shop, a small business, has always been honest, and no customer has ever said that something has been lost......"

"Hey, you're clean, no way, no loss, let us search, don't you know? Find out, you old thing has to go to jail! ”

At this time, the father and son stood up, and the father took out a string of copper coins from his sleeve and stacked them on the table, looking dignified: "The shopkeeper, thirty-five Wen meals are stacked here for you." ”

"Stop!" The official spoke gloomily, looked at his eyes, and sneered: "The government investigates the case, and before the things are found, who dares to leave?" All the people in this store, leave them for me! ”

When the shopkeeper Jiang heard this, he almost sweated, and after many years of business, he immediately understood that these people were investigating what case, and it was obvious that they were blackmailing, and they were secretly angry.

He said respectfully: "My lord, the small shop is a small business, and it has always been honest, is there a false accusation?" As he spoke, he quietly handed over a fifty-tael silver ticket. The heart is dripping blood, and half a month's hard work has been in vain.

The official took the money, smug flashed in his eyes, and coughed: "Well, maybe someone is mistaken, so let's go back and let him recall the memories again, is it a mistake." ”

At this time, the young man in Tsing Yi couldn't hold his breath, he "snapped" the table, got up and said: "How can this be reasonable, as an official and a shepherd, it should benefit the people." But at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are such corrupt officials and evil officials, bullying and dominating the market, and extortion. With that, he raised his sleeves and glared angrily at the officials.

"Yo ho, where did you come from, arrogant officials, I see, it's you who stole things, brothers, what are you waiting for? Grab it and walk around the prison. ”

"Y-you-don't have the law?"

"Hey, you're in prison, I'll teach you what kind of royal law you are, take it away!"

"Get out of here!" The man in green clothes raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "A certain name is Fan Guang, Lao Tzu serves in the Northwest Army, Lao Tzu can come if he wants, and leave if he wants, I think which of you dares to stop me?" He waved his hands, and several of the officials hurriedly retreated. It can be seen that he is a practitioner.

The official wiped his cold sweat, and then laughed: "I serve in the Northwest Army, heh, but what are you doing in the capital?" Brothers, maybe it was a Tatar spy who took it and made a great contribution. ”

Fan Guang sneered with a sneer, suddenly took a step back, lifted a stick from the side, flipped his hands over, danced the stick like a windmill, and burst into the side of the official in a few strokes.

Fan Guang got up again, jumped neatly, collected the momentum, flipped his wrist, stood with a stick, and stood proudly.

As soon as he saw that he had suffered a big loss, the official whistled, and more than a dozen people immediately rushed to the door, the first few were holding shuttle guns, and the back few were actually holding bows and arrows.

Fan Guang's martial arts skills are not bad, but after all, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, he is just angry for a while, and now he regrets it. If they were to shoot arrows at such a close distance, he would not be sure to dodge them, and when he saw such a situation, he immediately froze there, and he was in a dilemma.

Five broadswords came over and surrounded him, and then the officer stepped forward and handed over his stick. sneered: "You are crazy, you are crazy, when you arrive at the master's territory, you want to go sideways, and you don't inquire, my name is Zhang Bao, Nanjing Zhangjia, what is the surname of the princess today?" Can you afford to mess with it? Someone, this man is in a hurry to leave, and he has a murder weapon with him, and he is the most suspicious, arrest him for me, and let's take him back to the prison for interrogation. ”

Zhang Bao looked at the people sitting in the tavern, and said arrogantly: "You people, it's better to give me some peace." If anyone doesn't know that the culprit is in my hands, I will let him walk around without eating! The people's hearts are like iron, the official law is like a furnace, and you are in prison, once you fall into the case, I will make it difficult for you to move an inch from now on! ”

"Wait!" Chen Yuan took a long breath and slowly stood up.

"Yo, there are still those who can't open their eyes." The official sneered, not without pride, and looked at Chen Yuan.