After Xiao Jinyan left the city, he realized that he had forgotten to borrow money. The poor days in Suzhou City have made him forget what money is. Fortunately, he is also used to being poor, and he has no money, so it is not a problem for him.

It's August, surrounded by endless rice paddies and a few acres of harvested sweet potato fields. Xiao Jinyan dug in the ground for a long time, found two pieces of sweet potatoes left, said that dinner had been settled, and was about to make a fire, when he suddenly found a rustling sound, and along with the sound, a frightened hare fled outside.

Xiao Jinyan shouted, "Dinner, don't run!" Holding a stone in his hand, he lifted his true qi and chased after the hare. Xiao Jinyan poured the true qi into his hand and flicked the stone out, the rabbit seemed to have a sense, a snakeskin moved in position, dodged the stone, squeaked at him twice, and continued to run. Seeing this, Lu Gongzi galloped behind.

"Sample, I don't believe I can't eat you. ”

Xiao Jinyan chased out more than ten miles in one go, hungry and dizzy, fortunately, Lu Gongzi's feet were fast enough, he threw off his hooves and rushed over, and kicked the hare out with one hoof, the rabbit squeaked, lying motionless in front, Lu Gongzi looked at Xiao Jinyan with some pride.

Xiao Jinyan said, even if you have a conscience, otherwise you will eat donkey meat at night.

He stepped forward and picked up the rabbit, the rabbit opened its mouth to bite him, Xiao Jinyan used a slight force, and the rabbit was stunned.

Peel the rabbit, sprinkle it with salt and condiments, and set up the rabbit with two branches, after a while, the roasted hare meat is fragrant, Lu Gongzi's eyes are shining, and he circles around the fire, Xiao Jinyan said: "Don't worry, it's almost hot." If there was a jug of wine, it would be perfect tonight. ”

However, Xiao Jinyan didn't bring wine, he went to the river not far away to draw water.

When he came back from carrying water, he saw that next to the fire, a woman in black came to the fire, passed the rabbit through with a long sword in her hand, picked it on the sword, and ate it with relish.

Xiao Jinyan said: "Girl, this rabbit is mine!"

The woman looked up at him, her eyes were cold, she ignored him, lowered her head and continued to eat.

"If you don't tell you, it's for stealing!"

The woman in black looked displeased, and her expression seemed to be "I ate your rabbit, it was to give you face, what are you still making noise about". With a flick of his right hand, a rabbit leg bone flew towards Xiao Jinyan and landed on the stone in front of Xiao Jinyan, and the stone was instantly shattered.

Xiao Jinyan said in his heart that this woman is so domineering, just eat, and deliberately show her martial arts, just now, Xiao Jinyan thinks that she can do it, but it is by no means as freehand as her, he thought about it, and he was not her opponent. He looked at the woman in black in front of him, with a slender figure and a light body, she was a stunning beauty, but her eyebrows were very cold, giving people the feeling that Xiao Jinyan owed her a hundred taels of silver.

Xiao Jinyan secretly persuaded herself to forget it, anyway, she can't eat such a big rabbit alone, so when she leaves, I'll eat some leftovers. The woman ate slowly, but the amount of food was definitely not small, and after a cup of tea, a hare was eaten by her.

Xiao Jinyan asked a little distressed, "Is it delicious?"

The woman ignored him.

His heart was dripping blood, but fortunately there were two pieces of roasted sweet potatoes buried under the fire.

After the woman finished eating the hare, her nose sniffed, and then dug out the two pieces of sweet potatoes from under the fire, while blowing and eating, Xiao Jinyan said in her heart How can this girl have such a big appetite, not afraid of eating fat, after a while, the sweet potatoes were also eaten, she cleaned up and clapped her hands.

"Anything else?"

Xiao Jinyan spread his hands, "It's really gone." Girl, should you give me an explanation for stealing my things?"

The woman glanced at him with some vigilance, and waved the long sword in her hand, as if she was provoking Xiao Jinyan. "Rabbits are so cute, how can you eat rabbits?"

Xiao Jinyan said Eldest sister, this rabbit seems to have entered your belly, right?

The woman said, "I didn't kill it." It's just a rabbit, and this girl can afford to eat you. ”

Encountering this kind of unreasonable master, Xiao Jinyan is really helpless, no wonder Jia Fuzi said that only women and villains are difficult to raise. Xiao Jinyan said: "Girl, in the middle of the night, you ran out alone, in the wilderness, aren't your family afraid of your accident?"

The woman in black said gloomily: "I'm a female ghost, are you afraid?"

Xiao Jinyan only felt a cool breeze blowing from his back, and he broke out in a cold sweat, and took two steps back, "Let's not joke!"

The woman in black sneered, like a hundred flowers blooming.

Xiao Jinyanxin said that this is right, just now with a stiff face, I thought I had really met a female ghost, although he is a staunch atheist, but as soon as the ghost and god say, it is better to believe it than to believe it, especially when this woman appears so abruptly, and the martial arts revealed are extremely strong, even if it is not a female ghost, it is also an extremely powerful master.

The woman said again: "Don't worry, I won't eat you for nothing this meal." ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "It's okay, it's okay, you don't need to make a promise." ”

The woman is the most unaccustomed to this kind of soft-spoken man, and when she saw Xiao Jinyan's words, she couldn't help but say angrily: "Poor mouth!" As she spoke, she raised her sword and attacked Xiao Jinyan. Xiao Jinyan retreated again and again and shouted, "I haven't eaten, I can't beat you!"

The woman put away her sword, "Just know." She pondered for a moment and said, "I wanted to kill you, but after eating your food, I will spare your life." ”

Xiao Jinyan said that there is such a truth in the world.

The woman said: "I will kill all the men who speak disrespectfully to me." ”

Xiao Jinyan snorted, "The girl is the best and kindest woman in the world, and she will definitely not kill me as a nobody, it's not too early, girl, please take care of yourself." ”

The woman in black sneered, "The best heart?" ”

At this time, there was a sudden whistle in the distance, three long and three short, the woman in black heard it, took out a black whistle from her mouth, blew three long and three short responses, and immediately said, "Today, this girl is in a good mood, leave you a life, next time I see you, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless." ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "There will be a period in the future, no, there will be no period in the future!"

The woman turned, performed a light skill, and galloped away in the direction of the whistle, and in a few moments, disappeared into the night. Xiao Jinyan was ashamed of this light work.

Lu Gongzi screamed twice.

Xiao Jinyan didn't come out angrily, "Foolish, the rice rut is gone, why didn't you stop her just now?"

Lu Gongzi was a little aggrieved, and seemed to say again, don't you have no way to take her. Xiao Jinyan sat down angrily, looking at the rabbit bones on the ground, his stomach growled violently. Lu Gongzi lowered his head and gnawed on the grass on the ground, chewing it tastefully in his mouth.

Xiao Jinyan scolded, get away and gnaw away!

After this toss, he didn't even have the mood to practice, so he put the straw mat next to the fire and slept with his head covered.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Jinyan was woken up by the sound of horses' hooves, looked up, and saw a convoy in the distance, led by an old man in gray, riding a black horse, followed by more than ten horses, and protecting a black carriage in the middle.

The old man came to Xiao Jinyan and asked with a smile, "This little brother, how to get to Yangzhou City?"

Xiao Jinyan saw the wine gourd on his horseback, his eyes lit up, and he muttered, "This, I haven't eaten breakfast yet!" The old man in gray smiled slightly, "There are still a few pancakes here, if the little brother doesn't dislike it, please smile." ”

Ten pancakes fell into his stomach, and Xiao Jinyan burped, "Is there any wine?"

The old man took off the wine gourd and threw it over, Xiao Jinyan reached out and took it, opened the wine gourd, raised his head and drank it, the liquor was extremely spicy, Xiao Jinyan shouted, "Good wine!"

Xiao Jinyan pursed his lips, "Yangzhou, walk one hundred and twenty miles along this official road, see a Niujiazhuang, turn north, and go another thirty miles, it will be Yangzhou City." ”

The old man in gray thanked him and asked, "Little brother, but you are also going to Yangzhou?"

"Exactly!"

"Since we are both going to Yangzhou, we are not familiar with the place, it is better to go together, first, we have a care for each other, second, please ask the little brother to be a guide, after arriving in Yangzhou, we are willing to offer ten taels of silver as a reward, I don't know what to do?"

Xiao Jinyan looked at the convoy, among the more than ten horses, three people were injured, and there were arrow marks on the black carriage, so he knew that these people must be in trouble, but the temptation of ten taels of silver was too great, which made him hesitate.

The old man said again, "If the little brother is too little, why don't you have fifteen taels?"

Xiao Jinyan laughed, "Since my brother is so happy, if I refuse, won't it seem unreasonable?" said and slapped Lu Gongzi, who was sleeping, "Fool, get up, eat more than me every time, sleep longer than me, believe it or not, when you get to Yangzhou City, I will sell you!"

Lu Gongzi snorted twice unconvinced.

Xiao Jinyan turned over the donkey and said let's go.

The group drove in the direction of Yangzhou.

Xiao Jinyan ignored the invitation of the old man in gray, and deliberately walked behind the convoy, saying that if he met a little thief, he could do a favor, and if the other party was a tricky person, he would slap the donkey's ass and slip away. Along the way, the old man deliberately asked Xiao Jinyan to talk to him, and Xiao Jinyan casually dealt with two sentences, and then ignored him.

At noon, I came to a post station.

The people dismounted at the inn and went in batches to eat, while the rest of the people stayed by the black carriage. Not long after, on the carriage, a red-clothed maid came down, went to the post station to bring some food and got on the car, before getting on the carriage, her vigilant eyes fell on Xiao Jinyan and looked at it for a long time.

Xiao Jinyan suddenly realized in his heart that there were female dependents in the car. Looking at the way these people are dressed, they should be people in the martial arts, and they seem to have caused a lot of trouble.

Inside the inn.

A subordinate said to the gray-clothed old man, "Elder Liu, the man surnamed Xiao, didn't come early or late, but he appeared on our way to Yangzhou City, and his subordinates think that this person is not simple." ”

The old man in gray said: "This gourd has been drunk for three days, and the wine is very strong, even if it is me, I only dare to drink three sips each time, this person drinks two catties in one go, and his face does not change, he is definitely not an ordinary person." ”

"Then why are you staying?"

"I deliberately tested him just now, and when this person saw the arrow marks on the body, he hesitated slightly, obviously not a fake. I have probed his martial arts with internal force, but I think his internal breath is very strange, even I can't see through him, if those thieves chase after him, maybe they can help us. ”

"What if it's a spy sent by the other party?"

The old man in gray said coldly: "If this is the case, we will strike first and take him down, there is a hostage in his hand, and when they do it, they will also throw a mouse trap." ”