The demon bear skin was rolled into a whole roll, and after the bear head was reined in, it was not so hideous and conspicuous, Qin Ke called for something to eat, and the proprietress was naturally extremely attentive, and when he devoured the steamed porridge brought by the proprietress, he went upstairs to take a bath and sleep.

This sleep reached twilight, when he slowly opened his eyes, and finally felt that the qi, blood and mind were gradually condensing, and after another quarter of an hour, he got up from the bed.

The clothes belonged to the innkeeper, and although he looked fat, it did not affect his movements, and the proprietress gave him a rope to make a belt, and he tied it to his waist haphazardly.

It wasn't long before something different seemed to come from his ears, from far and near. He cautiously approached the window and opened it slightly.

The sunset outside the window was like a flowing flame, but there were black clouds, and horses' hooves were like thunder, pouring from a dirt slope towards the inn!

"Chasing?" Qin Ke looked at this cavalry team of about fifty armored and sword-clad sergeants, frowned and thought about it, and felt that it was unlikely.

Although Lu Ming is indeed a powerful person, if he is really that powerful, if he can mobilize cavalry in the Tang Kingdom, why should he borrow the strength of those mountain bandits? Moreover, according to his estimate, Lu Ming's injuries are not good in one or two days.

Since it wasn't for him, it was for the inn or someone in the inn.

At this time, he had already urged the Wind Vision Technique at the same time to hear someone next door touching the table leg in a panic, and let out a painful cry for a while, but as soon as the voice came out, someone covered it with his hand.

"Be quiet, do you want us all to die?" a voice whispered.

The person who touched the leg of the table probably understood the situation and made a "whine" sound, presumably in agreement, and then there was no sound.

And the low voice continued: "Let's take a look first, it's too early to jump out and fight, not to mention that even if we want to fight, we can't confront the cavalry outside the inn, they can't get into the inn, so they have to dismount, but they give us a chance." ”

As he spoke, the cavalry had arrived in front of the inn, and the leading one was dressed in leather clothes and light armor, but he did not wear a helmet on his head, revealing a resolute but young face, and he shouted in a low voice: "Wait!"

So the nearly fifty horsemen got the order and began to pull the reins of their horses. The whole cavalry stopped in front of the inn, and the leading man, with a somewhat mocking smile on his lips, was not in a hurry to dismount, as if waiting for something.

Even if the proprietress and Chu Gou were deaf, they should have known that the situation outside was not trivial, and hurriedly walked out, but when they saw the leading man clearly, they smiled: "Ouch, who am I, it turned out to be the son of Lord Yuan Taishou's family, how can you be in the mood to come to us today? Is it hunting? Pigs and dogs! Go and cut meat and get wine, and treat Yuan Gongzi and the military masters well." ”

Yuan Gongzi, who took the lead, was not in a hurry to get off the horse, but looked at the proprietress condescendingly, and sneered: "I'm not busy, I'm here for office work today, not to hunt, let alone drink." ”

The proprietress saw that the person was not good, and she was a little apprehensive in her heart, but it was not easy to show it directly on her face, and she still forced herself to laugh and said: "Do things? Yuan Gongzi, I don't know what I did badly in this inn, and I actually let Yuan Gongzi personally lead troops to the door? I and my family are honest ordinary people, but they never dare to cross the Lei Chi." ”

Yuan Gongzi playfully said: "Honest? If you open an inn in this kind of place, where can you be honest? In your shop alone, I don't know how many of the customers who pass by every day are smuggling merchants, if you want to find out, can you escape with a cover-up?"

These words came lightly, like a breeze, but they blew Chu Gou's legs a little weak, trembling and almost falling.

Of course, he knew what he was hiding in this inn, otherwise, how could an inn made of such mud tiles give him twenty taels of silver every month? Even if it was the work of the big inn in Ding'an City, I was afraid that it was nothing more than that, right?

At least half of the merchants in this room did not have customs clearance papers, and they were all smugglers, but they were thirsty for money, and relied on their enthusiasm to go all the way to the border to earn some silver.

This road is not on the map of the Tang Kingdom, and from here all the way to the west, you can just avoid the harsh checkpoints and go all the way to the Mo family.

He has also seen this Yuan Gongzi a few times, he is a bold and reckless master, a little cultivated, his favorite thing on weekdays is to lead the cavalry of the county to hunt and play, but he has also come to the inn to drink a few times, all of them are loose and laughing, and he has never been so aggressive as he is now.

Could it be that this Yuan Gongzi was ordered by his father to take them to prison this time?

The proprietress sensed Chu Gou's abnormality, glanced at him, saw him so frightened, and scolded in a low voice: "Something that has no interest." Then he continued to look at Yuan Gongzi, but there was no fear in his eyes, but he took a step forward and laughed softly: "I don't understand what Yuan Gongzi said, what kind of smuggling businessman? What kind of cover-up? My man and I are both honest people, just doing a little business to make a living." Other than that...... Why did our husband and wife want to open an inn in such a deserted place, didn't Yuan Gongzi know in his heart......? I'm just afraid ......"

She didn't say any more, lowered her head but raised her eyes, and cautiously looked at Yuan Gongzi's face.

Yuan Gongzi squinted at the untimid proprietress for a while, but he thought it was very interesting. Of course, he knew why the inn existed, and why the road hadn't been mapped on the county's map for more than a decade.

Although the four kingdoms of the world did not prohibit merchants from trading, since the previous dynasty, it has been a national policy to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce, and it has never been changed.

Merchants who want to go out of the border and trade with foreign races and even enemy countries have to pay a lot of tariffs in exchange for customs clearance documents that seem to be light and thin, but in fact have the weight of a thousand gold.

In addition to the high tariffs, there are also municipal taxes that are closely related to the goods sold, such as tea, ironware, paper, lacquer, etc., all of which have different degrees of taxes. This money rises from the county level to the national treasury, which can be said to be the foundation of a country.

And smuggling, no customs duties, no city tax, is tantamount to snatching food from the mouth of the government, treating these people, the government has always been strict and strict, after all, who would be happy that in their own rice warehouse, there is a group of rats who steal grain and rice?

However, even if the law is strict, smuggling is a matter of repeated prohibitions, whether it is the Jing Wu Mo family or the Canghai Tang Kingdom.

After all, for merchants, as long as they have several times the amount of money to be earned, it is enough for them to take risks, so for a long time, smugglers tried their best to make up and down, but they could always find weak points.

Although this kind of smuggling still has to give a lot of money and property to some people in the government as bribes, it is always much better than going out of the customs in a serious way.

And Yuan Gongzi's father seems to know this, if he hadn't turned a blind eye, or even silently took advantage of it, how could this smuggling route exist?

The world is bustling, all for profit.

Man dies for money, and birds die for food.

It's not just businessmen, it's these officials who study hard just to put on an official robe.

However, Yuan Gongzi's father still has the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee above his head, and on top of his head, there are Li Qiuhuang and Yang Taizhen, and he does not dare to be blatant.

The proprietress felt that her words were powerful enough, but Yuan Gongzi still had such a tepid gaze, which made her feel a little strange for a while, if the eldest son of Lord Taishou didn't know about it, she wouldn't believe it, but now......

Her heart tightened, could it be that something was going to happen?

Yuan Gongzi suddenly laughed and said, "Why do you open an inn in this place, I don't care, that's my father's business." ”

Hearing this, the proprietress calmed down slightly, and then heard Yuan Gongzi say: "But I just became a lieutenant, I have to do something that needs to be done, and I will receive the report! Otherwise......"

He smiled coldly, clapped his hands, and the nearly fifty sergeants behind him drew their sabers in unison, the light of the setting sun shone on the blade, but the cold edge seemed to have been cut on the body of the proprietress and Chu Gou.