The situation is critical, no matter how strong the wind and rain are, everyone has no other way but to continue to move forward completely, and there is no way to retreat.

There is no endless road.

Just before the second night was about to fall, Ma Chuan and the others rushed back in time and informed them that there was an inn near ten miles ahead.

Everyone was excited when they heard the news, and having an inn meant that they could finally no longer endure the torture of the cold.

It took less than an hour for the people of the Ten Miles Land to rush over with all their might.

However, in the wilderness, such an inn suddenly appeared in front of him, which inevitably made people suspicious.

Although the inn is not far from the official road, the geographical location of the official road here is very remote, and the usual merchants and officials generally do not choose this road.

The inn is located here, which is particularly abrupt.

The inn looks quite small, with a courtyard and a backyard dedicated to feeding horses.

But the overall look is shabby.

Ma Chuan should have greeted the store in advance, and when everyone arrived, the hot meals had already been prepared.

There is also a special junior who enthusiastically stepped forward to lead the horse for others.

Xiao Qin always felt that something was wrong, especially when the store served a few pots of hot broth, this feeling was even stronger.

Before Xiao Qin could stop it, a group of people were like evil ghosts reincarnated, scrambling to start earning money and eating meat.

So far, let alone big meat, they haven't even smelled the hot broth, and they can't be blamed for being so eager.

As for the four unconscious people in the carriage, the shopkeeper also patted his chest and promised that he would immediately ask for a doctor for their district.

Evian's case is milder, which is a low-grade fever that occurs after being exposed to the cold.

After preparing a few more quilts, a man came out after a while, and it was visibly much better to the naked eye.

The owner of the shop is a middle-aged woman, who is five big and three thick, and her personality is very bold at first glance.

I can't call everyone brothers and sisters for a while, and I don't have any points at all.

After getting acquainted, everyone called her Hu Sanniang, Hu is the surname, and Sanniang is the ranking of her mother's family.

This inn used to be run by her husband, but when she died of illness, he threw the mess to her.

Hu Sanniang sighed that the people under her hands were all her own brothers when her husband was alive, and she couldn't ignore them after so many years in the inn.

Although the business is not good, it can only persevere.

In this world, women are humble and there are not many women who can support a family façade alone.

Hu Sanniang's remarks have to be impressive.

"Boss, our meat is wrong." One of Wu Zhong's tables shouted, "How is it sour? Bah! Taste it yourself, even this broth is sour. ”

"No, boss, are you underestimating people, do you think we can't afford to eat meat and deliberately fool us, right?"

"I'm afraid it's cat meat!"

Hu Sanniang hurriedly followed, tasted it herself, and then beckoned her subordinates: "Hurry up, this meat is not fresh, give the housekeeper of this table the best rice meat, don't hurry up!" ”

It was not right that Wu Zhong's table tasted meaty, and the other tables were eaten with relish, and no one raised objections.

On the contrary, he was still sarcastic about Wu Zhong's table, some of them ate well, and they were picky.

"Xiao Qin, you can taste it too, this meat is really good." Lu Chong's mouth was full of oil.

Xiao Qin never moved the dishes and chopsticks.

Taking advantage of the gap between the proprietress following up in the back kitchen, Xiao Qin quietly followed.

I wanted to go into the back kitchen to find out, but I was stopped by the alert shopkeeper halfway.

The proprietress hurriedly came to greet her when she heard the sound, with a smile on her face.

"This official, but our family's wine and meat are not in line with the official's appetite?"

"Since you asked, then I'll tell you directly." Xiao Qin didn't bother to go around in circles.

There are some things that he can't pick out in public, and he can only speak in private.

"Your inn is in the middle of nowhere, where did you get so much meat, and every table is full of large pots, is there so much surplus in this wilderness?"

Xiao Qin's suspicions are well-founded.

Although meat is not a luxury among the people, it is by no means a food that can be consumed casually.

Most meat products have a strict hierarchy. First of all, meat is a war material, which is to be transported to the front line on the edge of the town along with the military rations.

It is also supplied in large quantities to the Imperial Family and the Ministers' Residences.

Only a very small amount of very poor quality is allowed to circulate among the people.

And this inn, on one end, is a few large pots full of meat, the more I think about it, the more I feel wrong.

The reason why Xiao Qin didn't stop it at first.

It's because they can't stop it at all, and the people in the team are starving these days, and they have long lost their minds when they smell meat.

Before Xiao Qin could speak, he was already feasting.

When Xiao Qin thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, many people were already burping with food.

It's pointless to stop it again, even if you know that there must be something wrong with those big meats, it's better to pretend not to know.

"Look at what you are talking about, sir, the door of our inn is open, and it has been going back and forth from the south to the north to welcome and send off guests for several years."

"Didn't the official think that our house was a black shop?"

Xiao Qin said in a serious voice: "It's not a black shop, let me go into the back kitchen to find out." ”

"That's not going to work." Hu Sanniang stopped: "There are rules for one line of work, isn't the official relying on official authority to oppress the common people?" ”

Hu Sanniang spoke, while making eyes, in a blink of an eye, Xiao Qin was surrounded by four or five big men.

If you make it clear that if you take a step further, you will be polite to him.

This also proves Xiao Qin's guess in his heart, there is definitely something wrong with the meat in this store!

Seeing that if you want to enter the back kitchen, you must have to conflict with these four or five big men.

Xiao Qin couldn't shout and shout for help. If everyone hadn't eaten the meat, everything would have been fine, and if the speculation in their hearts had been proven, it would be hard to imagine what others would have thought in their hearts.

If you want to be disgusting, you will be nauseous.

It's good to know this kind of thing, but the impact is too bad to say.

"It looks like it's really a black shop." Xiao Qin threatened: "Since you know that we are officials and dare to do this business, you are not afraid of smashing and burning your shop?" ”

"Open the door to do business, everyone is a customer, besides, why do the officials have a black shop?"

"Just what about your horse, oh yes, when Ma Xianfeng came in advance, I told him that there is nothing else in our store, and there is enough meat."

"You Ma Xianfeng also asked what kind of meat it is, let's tell you the truth, there are both bran meat and rice meat, and it was your Ma Xianfeng who said to taste rice meat."

"What's the matter, I've eaten everything, and I want to pay off my debts now?"