The corner of Tangzhou is not prosperous, compared to Xiangyang and Jiangling, it is only a small state and county, and Miyang is a relatively rich town in Tangzhou.

It was already dusk when the group arrived at Miyang City, and Zhang Shaoyang was still familiar with taking everyone to the inn, but he encountered a bad thing on the way.

According to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, except for the army, the people were not allowed to ride into the city, but horses were allowed to enter, so when they arrived outside the city, Zhang Shaoyang and his party led the horses into the city.

But just entered the city gate, behind him was a rush of horses' hooves, at this time in the city is the time when the market disperses, the avenue is full of trucks and debris, this group of horses galloping team rushed, suddenly startled a panicked cry, some people dodged in time, were hit by tall horses and turned backwards, and those goods on the road, but were directly trampled by horses' hooves.

The more the people on the horse saw the tragic situation of these people who were hit, the more excited they became, and while blowing the whistle, they scolded: "Get away, you will not be responsible for the death." ”

By the time the crowd roared past, the streets were in shambles.

Zhang Shaoyang was extremely angry, watching this group of arrogant people leave, he couldn't help but scold: "This group of uneducated people don't have long eyes?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the people around him who had been frightened by the horses suddenly looked at him in horror and hurriedly ran away from him, for fear of being implicated by this open-mouthed fellow.

Zhang Shaoyang was surprised for a while, stopped an old man who was running slower, and asked: "Uncle, these people don't look like people in the government in clothes, but why can they do evil on the street?"

The old man glanced at the group of people and said bitterly: "Little doll, hurry up, you just scolded them, if it reaches their ears, you will definitely not be able to eat and walk around." ”

After speaking, the old man broke free from Zhang Shaoyang's pull and left in a hurry, Zhang Shaoyang was helpless for a while, and in a blink of an eye, there was no pedestrian on this street, several people looked at each other, Zhang Shaoyang thought about it, and felt that it was better to take everyone to the inn to live first.

The innkeeper is a low and fat man, fat head and big ears, born with a prosperous and wealthy appearance, seeing a few handsome men and women entering the door, he immediately greeted him with a smile, Xu felt that the boy who walked in front was somewhat familiar, and his face was even more courteous, after leading a few people to the middle hall, he hurriedly instructed Xiao Er: "Go quickly, prepare some meals." ”

Probably because Zhang Shaoyang was standing in the middle, he felt that Zhang Shaoyang was the owner of this group of people, and immediately said to Zhang Shaoyang with a smile on his face: "Guest officer, do you think you live in a room or an ordinary room?"

Zhang Shaoyang took it out casually and took out a silver ingot of white flowers: "That's naturally six upper rooms." ”

"Good Ratcha!"

Taking advantage of the settling of accounts, Zhang Shaoyang pretended to be unintentional and said: "Shopkeeper, I saw a group of sons and buddies riding big horses on the street today, so imposing, I don't know who they are?"

The shopkeeper's skillful hand with the abacus suddenly stopped, looked up at this stunned boy who didn't seem to know anything, looked left and right, and made sure that no one was eavesdropping, so he whispered: "I'm afraid that this guest officer is a foreigner, those people are too big, so it's better not to ask." ”

"I don't know the shopkeeper, my family is a big business, look at these sons are dressed in the best of the best, they must be the sons of rich families, if I catch the line, then I can do my family's business in Tangzhou, and maybe I can make friends with them when the time comes." Zhang Shaoyang took out another ingot of silver from his pocket and put it in the palm of the shopkeeper's hand, and said with a smile.

Looking at the silver in Zhang Shaoyang's hand, the shopkeeper reached out and took it, with a smile on his face: "Hehehe, the guest officer is generous, but doing business with them, you only have a loss, I advise you to dispel this idea." ”

"Let me tell you the truth, the leader of that group of people is the second son of the richest Tang Mansion in Miyang, named Tang Mingde, who was originally a wealthy businessman in Miyang City, plus the Tang family married to the capital last year, I heard that he is a big official. ”

The shopkeeper raised his thumb, and then continued: "No, a person who has won the Tao chicken dog ascended to heaven, stained with the relationship in the capital, his eldest brother entered Beijing to catch the exam, and was also given a Beijing official, and now I heard in the capital that he got along with an eldest lady again, the Tang family, which was originally imposing, is now even more unscrupulous, even the county Cheng has to be a man with his tail between his legs, and the loss of the black gauze hat is a small matter, and it is a big matter to endanger the lives of the whole family." ”

Maybe he felt that he had said a little too much, but the shopkeeper hurriedly blocked his mouth with his hand, and then laughed, and pulled up his abacus, not wanting to say anything more.

"In this case, this business can't be done!" Zhang Shaoyang touched his chin and said thoughtfully.

"Alright, guest officer, please go upstairs. The shopkeeper arranged the room, bowed, and let Xiao Er lead a few people upstairs.

Zhang Shaoyang was just curious about the details of those people, and now he inquired clearly, and he didn't have any other plans.

Such people have always been the one who is in trouble, and the people of this city are also pitiful, there has been such a moth-eater, fish and meat township for a long time, plus a county that does not act, and Miyang is afraid that it will suffer.

Zhang Shaoyang didn't plan to stay in Miyang for a long time, he would hurry tomorrow after a night's rest, half a month away from home, and half of the trip would go, and he would be able to get to Luoyang in about ten days after tomorrow, and it would not be far from the capital at that time.

There was nothing to do overnight, the next morning, Zhang Shaoyang bought some dry food and horse grass on the road to the shopkeeper, ready to hurry, but at this time, there was a noisy sound on the street, out of the inn, I saw those sons and brothers riding out of the city yesterday, all of them looked unruly, when I saw Zhang Shaoyang and his party, the man in blue was even more frivolous and kept staring at the little insect, and the horsewhip in his hand was raised against the chin of the little insect, and his eyes were full of fiery looks.

The fat man was suddenly angry, pulled away the horsewhip, and said hatefully: "Dog, the fat man scratched you with a knife!"

The blue-clothed man's face suddenly turned cold, and he said coldly, "What did you say?"

"Aren't your ears good? Hear clearly, get out of the fat man, otherwise don't blame the fat man's knife for not having long eyes. The fat man snapped.

"Okay!" The boy in blue was very angry, without saying a word, he raised the horsewhip in his hand and beat him, he was a dignified son of the Tang family, he wanted the wind to be windy and rainy, and even the county lord had to whisper to him, but he didn't expect to meet a group of people who were not long-eyed today.

However, what he didn't expect was that the horsewhip that was pulled down was somehow caught by the fat man, he has always been pampered, and the strength in his hands is even worse than that of a woman, where can he compare with the fat man of hundreds of pounds, just by the fat man lightly tugged, and suddenly fell off the horse's back, and fell dizzy, and the rest of the followers saw it, they all rushed up, one of them clamped the saddle, and the horse of one person high rushed towards the fat man's face.

"Kill him!" The next few people laughed fiercely, and the horse went on a rampage, and saw that it was about to hit the fat man, and these people seemed to have seen the fat man being kicked by the horse and breaking his bones, and then died tragically in the street, so they screamed louder and louder.

The fat man did not panic in the slightest, and saw the horse roaring and rushing, and when he came to the front, his front hooves were raised, and he wanted to trample him under his feet, and the fat man pinched his hands until he rattled, and punched the horse in the stomach, only to hear a miserable neighing sound, and a man and a horse fell to the ground, and the man on horseback could not regain his momentum, and fell straight from the horse's back, and fell to the ground like a dead dog, and no longer had the arrogant appearance just now.

The man in blue finally stood up, and a bright knife on his neck made his whole body weak, and he fell to the ground again, and said vaguely: "You... What do you want to do... Other... Don't mess around, do you know who I am?"

The fat man raised his eyebrows, and said lightly: "Isn't it just a group of losers, the fat man has killed not ten but eight." ”

When the boy in blue heard this, he almost fainted.

Seeing that the sharp edge of the knife was placed on the neck, the blade of the knife was quite heavy on the shoulder, and the blade was stuck on the neck like a thread, Tang Mingde did not dare to move, for fear that if he accidentally cut into the snow-white tender flesh of the neck, it would really be over.

His feet did not obey, and he trembled like chaff.

The group of followers who usually treat him as their own father can shrink as far as they can at this time, which is obviously unreliable, Tang Mingde knows in his heart that he is kicking the iron plate today.