At night, Li Moru found a wine gourd out of nowhere, he saw that this thing was very interesting, and if he had to go a long way, he would be thirsty on the road, so he hung it on his waist and went to the well in the backyard to fill some water.

For some reason, the food in this inn was really a little salty, and Li Moru made a whole pot of water at the mouth of the well to get better.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, Li Moru flew from the window to the roof, stood still on the tiles, and began to practice standing on the stake.

Now he has already learned to walk the pile, but he likes the feeling of standing and thinking, while standing, he adjusts his internal force to run.

About an hour or so, Li Moru finished work, he heard a sound of broken footsteps downstairs, he was very curious, and thought: It's so late, who else is walking outside?

The moonlight sneaked into the room through the window, and a little silver light flashed out of nowhere in the corridor and refracted into Li Moru's room, and Li Moru listened to the footsteps as if they were coming towards him.

And he took his sword, and stood behind the door.

The candlelight in the room had already been extinguished, and a familiar voice gently knocked on Li Moru's door and asked, "Guest officer, have you slept?" ”

Li Moru didn't speak, everyone knew that no one would come to deliver the quilt so night, it was obviously ill-intentioned, Li Moru was not stupid, he gently pulled the sword out of behind the scabbard, trying not to make a sound.

At some point, a small thin dagger was inserted from the gap in the room, and it was supplied with the deadbolt little by little, and the technique was very skillful, which could pry the deadbolt without making a sound, and even worse, it could not hurt the deadbolt.

Li Moru guessed that these people should not have done this kind of thing for a day or two, otherwise they would not have such skilled techniques.

With a click, the deadbolt was pried open, and a faint scolding sound came from outside the door: "How many times have you said it, be careful, you can't make a sound, what if people hear it?"

I only heard the man reply: "Don't worry, didn't I put sweat medicine in the wine in this room, even if he is a high martial artist, he will definitely be drunk at this time." ”

At this time, Li Moru thought that he had gone to dig well water and didn't drink the wine in the room because he had bought a wine gourd, and secretly rejoiced to himself, if it weren't for a gourd, he might have fallen here today.

He couldn't help but touch the gourd on his waist, as if he had found a treasure.

It didn't take long for the sound outside the door to fade away, and they were gently pushed away, one with a candle and two with the other, one with a dagger and the other with a straight knife.

The three of them probed their heads around the room, and then, as the shopkeeper's head turned to the door, a long sword leaned against his neck.

He fell to the ground with a straight knife in his hand, making a crisp sound, couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and tiptoed towards the room, he trembled and said, "Guest officer, what are you doing here?"

The two guys in the back fell to the ground with his knife and were about to reproach him, but they found that Li Moru's long sword was already on his neck.

Under the dim candlelight, Li Moru's face looked murderous, and Li Moru said softly: "Come in, light other candles." ”

When the other two were about to run, Li Moru said: "If you two dare to run, I will kill him immediately, and then kill the two of you." ”

The two cried and pointed at the humanity under Li Moru's knife: "Uncle, uncle, you just spare the little ones, it's all him, he instructed us to do it, he said uncle, you are a rich man at first glance, and you have a bulging baggage, and you also carry a sword with you, and you look like a fat sheep, and the little ones are moved by it." ”

"Yes, Uncle is none of our business, it's all the shopkeeper's, it's all his idea, just let us go!"

Li Moru said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and do what I say, otherwise the three of you won't survive." ”

After the candle in the room was lit, it was much brighter all of a sudden, Li Moru sat at the table, and the person under his knife knelt on the ground, and a lot of cold sweat was already on his face.

The shopkeeper pleaded: "Uncle, the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, so you can spare the little one." ”

Li Moru's sword was raised slightly, and his head was also raised by half a minute, "Say, how long have you been doing this business, have you been harmed by all the guests who come and go, if you don't explain it clearly, I will eliminate the harm for the people today." ”

As soon as they heard this, the three of them hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Uncle, uncle, you can do well, we have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old wife and children, and this is also to support the family to do this unconscionable thing." ”

The shopkeeper looked up and said, "But we have always only taken people's money, and have never hurt people's lives." Uncle, just raise your noble hand and spare the little one!"

Li Moru asked the one holding the dagger, "You really haven't killed anyone?"

The man replied tremblingly: "Uncle, the little ones are all from poor backgrounds, where do you dare to do that kind of thing, but the business has been really poor in recent years, in order to support the family, this is the unjust act, and I hope that the uncle can be high and noble, spare the lives of the little ones, as long as you spare the lives of the little ones, no matter what you want the little ones to do, even if they are cattle and horses, there is no complaint." ”

The other two chimed in: "No complaints!"

Li Moru put the sword back into its scabbard and said, "Since you really haven't harmed anyone, then I'll let you go for the time being,"

The three of them were surprised and delighted, and hurriedly kowtowed on the ground, "Thank you uncle for sparing your life, thank you uncle for sparing your life." ”

At this time, the guy with the dagger finally put down the dagger in his hand.

Li Moru asked: "Let me ask you, your inn is obviously on the only way to and from Yangzhou, how can there be no guests? Is there any hidden meaning in this?"

The shopkeeper replied: "Uncle, you old man don't know, our inn is indeed the only way to and from Yangzhou, and the merchants who used to come and go also settled in small shops, so although the small shop was not said to be very rich at that time, it was okay, and it could maintain the expenses of the family after going out to pay taxes." ”

At this time, the shopkeeper's face obviously changed greatly, and he continued: "But since the arrival of that gang of thieves, the merchants have not dared to walk any further, and the business of the small shop has naturally become cold, so we are also forced to do this unrighteous act. ”

"Then the government doesn't care about them?"

The shopkeeper replied: "The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and in this remote and desolate place, the government will not care whether your people live or die." ”

The three of them all sighed, and Li Moru asked, "Where is that gang of bandits? How many people are there in their group? ”

Hearing Li Moru's words, the three of them didn't know what to say, Li Moru asked them to get up and talk, and the shopkeeper got up and stood in front of Li Moru and said: "Guest officer, you have a large number of people who have spared the little ones, we are very grateful, but there are twenty or thirty thieves in that guy, and each of them is armed with weapons, fierce and brutal, the little one still advises you to take a detour!"

The corners of Li Moru's mouth slanted slightly, "I studied martial arts to be chivalrous and righteous, and if there is injustice, I naturally can't sit idly by, wait and rest assured, although there are many of them, they are not my opponents, you and tell me where they often haunt, you don't have to worry about the rest." ”

The shopkeeper said: "Guest officer, the little ones know that you must be strong in martial arts, but after all, there are many thieves, and it is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists, I advise you to take a detour, you spare our lives, and we can't harm you." ”

Li Moru took out five taels of silver from his sleeve and threw it to the shopkeeper, saying, "You are still conscientious, even if these five taels of silver are rewarded for you, take two or three stones of rice, it will be enough to eat for a few months." ”

When the other two guys were about to reach out to pick it up, the shopkeeper hurriedly pushed Li Moru's hand back, "Guest officer, this small money can't be collected, the small one originally came to plot against you, you don't remember the villain, the little one is already grateful, so dare to collect your money again." ”

The shopkeeper's repeated excuses, and the other two guys were not easy to say, Li Moru thought for a while, "That's it, this is my future house money that I will pay you in advance, anyway, I will definitely want to live in your inn in the future, so I should pay in advance, and you can transfer the account at that time." ”

The other two men also persuaded the shopkeeper's subordinates, and the shopkeeper took the money.

Li Moru said: "You give me a detailed explanation of the places where the bandits often appear and their situation, and I can do the rest by myself, you don't have to worry about it." ”

The three of them couldn't, so they had to tell Li Moru everything they knew before leaving.

When they left, they didn't take the dagger and straight knife on the ground with them, and Li Moru could finally sleep peacefully after closing the door.

Early the next morning, Li Moru practiced in the room, he has been used to getting up early to practice for many years, if he doesn't practice for a day, he always feels that he is not energetic, and he always feels that something is missing.

Li Moru took the horse out of the stable, and then took the burden and left towards the main road in Yangzhou, got up early, filled the gourd with some water, and left without disturbing the shopkeeper and the man here.

The morning light was a little gray, like the hoarfrost of autumn people, and there were still traces of the moon hanging in the sky, and they were reluctant to leave.

Li Moru put the burden on his back, put the dry food on the horse's back, and then led the horse away.

He walked along the main road, as the innkeeper and the man said, there were indeed no merchants coming and going on this road, and I think it was a waterway, and this land route was abandoned because of the bandits.

Li Moru was wandering around on the road alone, for fear that others would not see him.

If he was thirsty, he would take up the gourd and drink the water, and if the water in the gourd was finished, he would go and fetch water, as if he was afraid that the dust raised by the horses' hooves would hurt the flowers and plants on both sides.

At this time, he suddenly remembered the words of the Buddhists, sweeping the floor is afraid of hurting the lives of ants, and cherishing moths and lanterns.

Li Moru thought that what they said was interesting, he looked at the flowers and plants on the side, and thought that if the flowers and plants also had life, then those monks who ate fast would not be considered to have broken the killing ring.