Sleepless at night and the group got off the horse, and a small servant greeted him attentively and invited him to step into the store.

Sleepless all night waiting for Zhou Xian to leave first, Zhou Xian said: "Sister, you're welcome, I'll invite you to drink, you should treat it as if you were at home, don't pay attention to the etiquette order of going first and leaving last, this is what annoys me the most, old man." ”

The two of them pushed the door together, and the rest of the brocade guards followed closely with knives.

When I went in after sleepless nights, my delicate appearance attracted the amazing eyes of many drinkers, and some people wanted to do some tricks with the strength of wine.

Wait and look at the one, two, three or four beside him...... More than a dozen heavily armed brocade guards, their complexions changed drastically, and all kinds of unrealistic ideas were put away, how could they dare to have any crooked thoughts? They just buried their heads in drinking and didn't think about it.

In the originally lively wine shop, because the wolf-like Jinyi Wei and his party entered, they were suddenly silent. They all lowered their heads and drank, they didn't dare to chirp, and they looked better than the big girls who had not come out of the cabinet.

Sleepless at night looked at the changes before and after, and secretly said in his heart: "Jinyiwei is really famous, and before he said a word, he was so frightened that he couldn't raise his head." ”

Sleepless and Zhou Xian sat at one table, and the other dozen or so captains sat at three tables, settled down separately, and ordered food at different tables.

Zhou Baihu only taught him this table: five catties of beef, cut into large pieces, and ask for soy sauce with dipping; Cut five catties of goat meat, remove the smell with old vinegar, six tails of geldings, buy four ears, boil pork ribs with radish, and blanch winter melon in oil and water. Wild vegetables are not counted, let's talk about the last two plates.

"If you don't have enough ingredients in storage, you can buy them as soon as possible, and it's okay to eat a meal until dark."

"As for the wine, I heard that the old wine of Baoqing is very good. Shaoxing Huadiao can't drink in your Changsha, just go to two altars, no, four altars, four altars of Baoqing old wine! Zhou Xian stretched out four fingers.

After he finished ordering, he took out a piece of silver from his arms, which was the official silver cast by the official of the Eight Classics, with white flowers on it, only a thin line of lines, and no corners were missing. Throwing it at the little guy, he said, "Our four tables, ten taels of silver will be paid in advance, and I will make up for you if there is less, and I don't want you to return it if there is more." Hurry up and prepare the food and serve the food, don't delay, take you if it's slow! ”

The little guy was still worried, worried that if this group of brocade guards didn't pay for food, all the hard work of the past few days would be in vain.

I didn't expect this leader to be so generous, and the shot was ten taels of silver, not to mention the meals of these four tables, that is, the meals of all the guests in the entire hotel, all of which were arranged, and there were still leftovers. How could this not make him happy?

After a slight weighing, he happily accepted the money and exclaimed, "Gotcha!" With cheerful steps, I went to prepare the food.

Sleepless looked at Zhou Xian and said, "Brother Zhou, have you finished eating so many dishes?" ”

Zhou Xian said: "It's one thing to finish eating, and it's another thing to have enough vegetables to eat." Today's bitter cold, if there are not a few refreshing dishes on the dinner table, the whole person will not be good! ”

Sleepless at night: "In this way, it is reasonable. ”

In fact, Zhou Xian ordered so many dishes, which was exactly what he wanted. He was in the cell a few days ago, and he only had one meal a day, and it was all green vegetables, radishes, and small rice. Today coincides with his meeting, and he just eats four or five catties of meat to comfort the pain of prison.

The two chatted for a while, and they couldn't sleep at night, remembering the scene of today's chance encounter, and asked curiously: "Brother Zhou, on the official road, I walked with my head down and my mouth and nose covered, how did you recognize me?" ”

Zhou Xian laughed, pointed to his waist and said, "Although you cover your face, the loose sword is on your waist." This loose-grained sword is a token by which I have come to recognize you. ”

After speaking, his face slowly fell lonely, and he sighed, and there was an inexplicable look of worry in his eyes.

At this time, the beef and mutton had been served on the table, and the four jars of good wine were also placed next to the table legs. Zhou Xian picked up a pot of wine, filled it for himself, and greeted himself with sleepless nights.

The brocade-clothed lieutenants at the rest of the tables also started early and ate happily.

Outside is cold and miserable, inside the hotel, but it is in full swing, life is unsatisfactory eight or nine times out of ten, and today Pingshui meets, happy drinking, happy eating meat, is not much of a happy moment.

Sleepless poured himself a bowl of wine, took a sip of it, put a piece of beef into his belly, looked at Zhou Xian's face, and asked, "Brother Zhou, what's wrong with your heart?" ”

Zhou Xian took a sip of wine and said, "When Gain mentioned the pine sword, I remembered my little girl who hadn't returned home for a long time. To tell you the truth, this sword was originally a birthday gift I was going to give to the little girl, but she only left a letter, and then ran to Wugong Mountain without telling her family. ”

Sleepless Night exclaimed: "There is such a thing?!" ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly stood up, untied the loose sword in his waist, respectfully presented it to Zhou Xian with both hands: "Since it is a thing that makes a daughter, how can Amien snatch love with a sword!" Now that I am done and returned to Zhao, Brother Zhou, please take it. ”

Zhou Xian asked him to sit down and said, "Since this sword has been given to you, how can you ask for it back?" How can there be such a truth in the world! Don't be impulsive, get your sword back, and we'll continue to drink and listen to me babble. ”

The two pushed each other, and when they saw Zhou Xian's words at night, they didn't mean to ask for the pine sword, and they knew that he was a sincere gift to themselves, so they no longer insisted on returning it.

Zhou Xian sat down again after sleepless night, and then said in a low tone: "My daughter is the same age as you. Although it is a little naughty, it is the first time that he ran away from home without a trace. And it's been more than half a year. A while ago, I wrote to Nanjing's home and asked if I had returned? Reply to the letter at home: I haven't returned for half a year, there is no news, my mother has attached another note, and I will go to Wugong Mountain to find her sweetheart and granddaughter.

This time, I wanted to take the opportunity of escorting Zhang Daqiu, the thief of Black Elk Peak, back to Nanjing, and go to Wugong Mountain to explore on the way. Who thought that the thief had just left Changsha, and he ran away! Qian Qianhu ordered that if he didn't catch the thief, he would celebrate the New Year in Changsha! The trip to Nanjing was postponed. Alas! I really don't know when I will be able to go to Wugong Mountain to find out the news and find my daughter! ”

Hearing the word "Wugong Mountain", the heart that had been holding on to sleepless at night gradually relaxed.

This place, he saw in the "Forgotten Things" written by Mrs. Tai.

In the "Record", it is recorded that an enemy of the Tan family, named "Wugong Mountain People", opened a sect in the Wugong Mountain area.

Mrs. Tai instructed that the enemy family contained in the "Record" could be the murderer of Tan Jingyi, and entrusted him to find clues one by one.

The original plan of Sleepless Night was to go to Lushan. And passing through Wugong Mountain, it was originally a stop, so I could go to meet this Wugong Mountain man for a while to see if he was suspected of murdering Tan Jingyi.