Liaoyang City finally opened the city gate at the end of the day, the merchants and peasants rushed to enter and exit the city gate, and the closure of the city for several days made a large number of materials backlog in the villages and towns outside the city, all planning to take advantage of this time to send into the city, for a while the carriages and horses were noisy, and the official road was overcrowded;

The atmosphere in the city was also a little strange, and there were a large number of officers and soldiers in the streets and alleys, all holding a stack of portraits in their hands, and when they saw similar faces, they came to take a look, and sometimes some people took off their hats. Although the people who were stopped were reluctant and anxious, no one dared to complain, and they only begged the officers and men to let themselves go as soon as possible; most of the merchants who were accustomed to running the rivers and lakes stopped their goods so that they would not be beaten and ruined.

Of the seven markets in the North Market, the most prosperous today is the Longyuan Gate Market, where 50 or 60 shops offering all kinds of food are full today. Yang Zhi walked around the horse market, and saw that all the acquaintances were calling for friends, and no one paid attention to the small customers at all, and walked out of the horse market with a smile, smelling the fragrance of vegetables from afar, and walking around; Yang Zhi walked through more than a dozen stores, and saw a long queue at the door, all of which were impatient customers.

The sun is three poles, the sun is a little poisonous, impatience is written on everyone's face, some say ugly things, some reprimand buddies, and some compete with people for position; a team of golden soldiers wandered around the crowd, looking for the person on the portrait, even when they saw Yang Zhi, they also carefully checked it to make sure that Yang Zhi was not allowed to go over. Yang Zhi estimated that there was such a situation everywhere in the city, and when he saw that there was an empty seat in a small wine shop, he raised his leg and walked in and sat down.

There are no guys in the small hotel, only the proprietress who is still in good shape is entertaining guests, the proprietress is in her thirties, strode over, and was about to speak, when she saw Yang Zhi's face suddenly change color, she asked angrily: "What do you want?"

Yang Zhi naturally saw clearly, he didn't know whether the proprietress was an enemy or a relative of the flying bear Kou Xin Ya, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense, so as not to provoke this woman to attract officers and soldiers, and honestly ordered a sauce mutton and a bowl of rice; the proprietress was a little confused, stared at Yang Zhi, turned around and went to the kitchen, and after a while, brought the sauce mutton and rice, put it on the table in front of Yang Zhi, and turned around and left.

Yang Zhi shook his head helplessly, and under the curious eyes of the three tables of guests around, he picked up chopsticks to eat, and only ate half a bowl of rice, the cook inside ran out, looked at Yang Zhi, and said with a smile on his face: "This guest officer, can you move and help me carry a piece of wood in the back, I told the proprietress that I will give you a discount." ”

Yang Zhi knew that there must be something weird, but the proprietress and the chef had no martial arts, as long as it was not a public trouble, Yang Zhi was not afraid; Yang Zhi stood up with a smile, followed the guy to the back of the kitchen, and asked as he walked: "Did the boss go out to buy goods?"

The chef shook his head, led Yang Zhi through the kitchen, and came to the small courtyard with game hanging in the back, and the proprietress rushed over and asked Yang Zhi viciously: "Dead ghost, you don't know me anymore?"

Yang Zhi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, tell me first, who are you and who do you recognize me?"

The proprietress was stunned: "I'm Guan Xiaohua, you're Kou Xinya." ”

Yang Zhi's heart tightened, what he didn't know was whether Guan Xiaohua knew the real Kou Xin Cliff, or the Kou Xin Cliff pretended to be by the bitter Taoist, one was destined to be an enemy, and the other could be the injustice of the bitter Taoist. But no matter which one it is, Yang Zhi is not ready to admit it, Yang Zhi shook his head and said: "You recognize the wrong person, my name is Deng Beggar, and I came to Liaoyang to buy horses." ”

Yang Zhi's gaze, tone of speech, including the action of eating just now, were completely different from the Kou Xin Cliff that Guan Xiaohua had seen, and Guan Xiaohua didn't dare to identify it, but he just missed it together, and tears were flowing; Yang Zhi handed the cook a tael of silver and said, "I gave the money for the meal first, I'm sorry, I really can't help, I don't need to look for it." ”

The chef took the silver and gave Yang Zhi a smile, and when Yang Zhi walked out of the kitchen, he heard the tube Xiaohua behind him say: "He looks exactly the same as ten years ago." ”

The chef comforted and said: "Boss, I'm afraid you really recognized the wrong person, it was like this ten years ago, how old you should be now, I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have called people in." ”

Yang Zhi came out, ate the food by dividing it by two, and when the cook came out, he nodded and left; for ten years, he should be a bitter Taoist, but as an apprentice, he never waited in front of the master, this kind of fact is unspeakable. Perhaps the bitter Taoist was afraid that something would happen to Guan Xiaohua after him, so he deliberately hid, the children of the rivers and lakes were old, and some things were really unclear; Yang Zhi had already walked out of the market at this time, came to the street, crowded into the flow of people out of the city, and walked towards Longyuan Gate.

Longyuan Gate leads to the north, most of the horses in Liaoyang are transported from the north, as long as he can get out of the city, Yang Zhi is not worried, buy two horses, even if it is a horse and two horses around the road, Yang Zhi can escape back to Youzhou safely. As for the Jin soldiers that may be encountered along the way, it is now the period of the Jin-Liao war, no matter which road you take, you will encounter Jin soldiers. Suddenly, a team of Jin soldiers came head-on, and the leader was pulling out the speed, Yang Zhi couldn't turn around, or walked to the mouth of the alley in front of him, then turned right and walked into the alley, waiting for the Jin soldiers to pass, and hurried to the street at the other end of the alley.

Yang Zhi thought of Jin Jun's plan in these few steps, the inside is loose and the outside is tight, the city gate seems simple, but in fact, there must be a master in charge, otherwise why should such a person go to patrol the street; in the face of the master of the rivers and lakes, Yang Zhi is not sure that he can break out with the mask of the flying bear, in case he is recognized at the city gate wearing a mask, he will not be able to escape. Yang Zhi could only seek stability, sighed for a while and was unlucky, went back to the inn to sleep for a while, recuperated his spirit, or arrived at Bohai Restaurant at dusk, there was still no number on the wall.

No news is not necessarily a bad thing, Yang Zhi bought three Hu cakes on the way back to satisfy his hunger, Hu cakes and baked cakes are baked, but in addition to flour, Hu cakes also have sesame seeds, eggs, clear oil, sugar, and salt; Yang Zhi has eaten Hu cakes in Zhongjing, and the taste of Liaoyang is similar, that is, today's Hu cakes are baked a little burnt. Yang Zhi was so hot that he bought a bowl of tea at the tea stall on the roadside in front of him and dealt with the three baked cakes.

Since it has become difficult to get out of the city, Yang Zhi has to prepare a back hand in addition to waiting, and since he met the civet cat, Yang Zhi has been using his brain to judge whether this card is auspicious or evil. However, at this life-and-death juncture, Yang Zhi still had the mentality of having nothing to do, and went to see the wall of the Bohai Restaurant for two consecutive days, but there was still nothing, Gao Qingyi was right that day, the civet and the others should have found a chance to escape and had already left the city.

(End of chapter)