A sudden storm swept across the entire land of Jingchu, low ink clouds piled up, the day was like night, and after a few breaths, the finger-thick rain line whipped on the vast land. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In Guangshui Town, at the southern foot of Tongbai, every household closes their doors and windows, and even the wild dogs on the road are panting, spitting out red tongues, and running and jumping into any covered place as fast as possible.

The owner of the Joy Inn slammed the two doors shut, and then slammed the thick latches to shut out the raging storm.

The last guests he arrived, a group of Jianghu tourists who had rushed from Hanyang to the Central Plains, had just sat around their seats. Some people shouted loudly to serve wine, some people gathered around the counter to ask for a room, some people took off their soaked coats and scolded their mothers for the weather outside, Xiao Er and the account room were busy, and the whole inn was chaotic, filled with a smell of dampness and sweat.

"Poor greeting, poor greeting. The boss apologized and shouted Xiao Er, and quickly moved the boiled meat in the cauldron and the wine jar in the backyard cellar first, and he took out a stack of large bowls from the counter and helped put them in front of everyone.

Jianghu guests, as long as there is wine and meat, it will be much easier to talk later.

The wine bowl in his hand was quickly distributed, the boss took a breath, let the guy who put the wine and meat and the dishes and chopsticks go, wiped the sweat on his forehead and retreated to the stairs, ready to count the number of people, by the way, to see how many tables were not taken care of, but counting his face gradually became bitter.

His Yuelai Inn is just a small inn in the town, there are only about a dozen small rooms in total, and there are a few of them before, but the number of people in the hall at the moment will not be less than thirty, even if these people are willing to squeeze two or three people together, the inn's rooms are not enough.

So he ran into the counter as fast as he could, then looked at the empty keyholder and began to daze.

The bookkeeper spread his hands and looked embarrassed: "They jumped in and grabbed it." ”

The boss's face turned blue and white for a while, and he had already begun to regret that he had sent the wine to the table in advance - the Jianghu guests could still reason without drinking, and they would only reason with their fists when they drank.

So he could only peek to see which one hadn't drunk too much, or was a little kinder and willing to listen to his own explanation. It's a pity that everyone in the hall has a bowl of wine that is not empty, and it is not until he sees the corner that he finds two people who have not touched the wine.

One is a very pretty-looking little girl, and the other is an even more pretty-looking young man. However, the boss didn't feel relieved, these two people knew that they were either rich or expensive just by looking at their clothes, and they couldn't afford to mess with them even more than those Jianghu people.

These two people are naturally Zhang Yu and Cen Qing.

Today is the first day of the fifth month, and it is already the ninth day since the departure from Hanyang. When the caravan went to the previous city, it turned to Xiangyang to go to the northwest, and the carriage of the car dealer was only delivered here, and the rugged mountain road from here to the Central Plains for more than 100 miles could only be bought by himself or walked over. But after so much bumpy on the road, no one wanted to continue walking, and with the heavy rain, everyone had to squeeze into the only inn in the town.

However, the size of this small shop may not seem to be enough to live in.

"You didn't go to grab the key, why aren't you in a hurry at all?" Zhang Yu held his chin with both hands and asked Cen Qing curiously.

"A lot of things can be solved with money, and if money can't be solved either, then it can only be solved by power and fists. Cen Qing smiled and teased the little girl in a teasing tone, "Among these people, you are the richest and most powerful, and I am the biggest fist, so don't worry, there will definitely be a place to live." ”

"But what about the others?" Zhang Yu was still a little worried, "It's raining so hard outside, you can't drive them out." ”

Cen Qing laughed again, if someone else said this, maybe he would be sarcastic about the Holy, but Zhang Yu said that he thought it was funny, after all, a noble girl who still knows how to care about other people is always more lovely than a noble girl with a black belly and selfishness, isn't it?

"They'll have a place to sleep, too, and you see how big this hall is, even thirty more people can live. Cen Qing explained to Zhang Yu very patiently, "In fact, many things can be solved, it depends on whether they can overcome the hurdle in their hearts." ”

"What's the hurdle?"

"For example: face ......"

Cen Qing suddenly closed his mouth, listened attentively, and then shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "There is still trouble." ”

In addition to the noisy drinking and bragging in the store, there was a sound of horses' hooves from far and near in the wind and rain outside the store. A moment later, there was a heavy knock on the door of the inn, and the two doors were made of iron-clad wood, and the knockers were heavy, even if they could block the wind and rain outside, they could not stop the earth-shattering knocking.

The boss and the bookkeeper glanced at each other, and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes, and then a guy opened the latch and accompanied him repeatedly: "I'm sorry, the shop is full of ......."

Then he was pushed aside along with the two doors.

More than a dozen black-clad warriors rushed into the inn, all holding short crossbows and standard short knives on their waists, and some of them held waist cards and shouted: "The Arrest Department of the Criminal Department is handling the case, and it is ordered to arrest the murderers of the Baling Beggars Gang's Evil Bai Yuanshan and Yueyang City bloodbaths, and everyone is sitting down and waiting for verification." ”

The chaotic atmosphere in the hall suddenly froze, and almost all the Jianghu people present looked back with unkind faces, and some of them had quietly pressed their palms on the weapons under the table.

In another 100 miles, the border of the Great Song Dynasty will be gone, and when the time comes, the sky will be high and the earth will be far away, who will care about Lao Tzu? After sitting in a carriage for five or six days, most of these people have this mentality in their hearts. And now, all kinds of dissatisfaction and disdain for the government seem to be inflated with this mentality.

In the tense atmosphere, the remaining mermaids in black rushed in, gradually surrounding the entire hall. Then, a young man walked in with light steps, shook off the scroll in his hand, and looked at the people in the hall one by one. His face was sickly, but his eyes were like swords, and these Jianghu people looked at him for a moment, and then they couldn't help but bow their heads.

Glancing around, it seemed that there was no corresponding person, the young man sighed, waved his hand to signal the others to put away their weapons, and walked to the counter: "Come to the seven upper rooms." ”

"My lord, look, this ......" The account office had already gotten under the counter and trembled, the boss spread his hands, looking embarrassed, and turned his head to look at the empty key holder for a while, and looked at the Jianghu people who grabbed the key for a while.

"Hmph. The young man sneered, looked around, and instructed his subordinates, "All go upstairs, search every room carefully, and ask me about the room if there is someone, and if no one lives in it, it is our guest room." ”

He said casually, and someone stood up angrily at the moment: "We have already secured the house, why should you!"

"Why?" the young man seemed to think it was very ridiculous, and stretched out his hand to point at the man, "Qin Feng, a native of Xunyang, the third leader of the 'Jiujiang Gang'. In April this year, the three of you brothers went north along the river and killed 23 members of the Hu family in Ezhou, and then because of the uneven distribution of accounts, they murdered your big boss Lin Ling with Fang Han, the second boss, and hid Hanyang incognito. Your case record, one by one, is still hanging in the Criminal Department. ”

The man named Qin Feng was called out of his identity, his face suddenly changed, he shouted "go", and then he and his companions turned over and jumped up at the same time, and rushed straight to the door of the store.

Whoosh whoosh -

The short and rapid sound of breaking the air rang out, until the bodies of the two fell heavily into the muddy water outside the door like two broken sacks, and the young man raised his hand, stopped the short crossbow shot of the black-clothed people, and looked at the people in the hall again: "Now, does anyone have any opinions?"

Although it is said that he is proud of the rivers and lakes and is happy to enmity and hatred, there are not a few unclear cases on these people in the rivers and lakes, once the case is revealed, it will be the consequence of random arrows piercing the body, and for a while, the entire hall was silent and almost audible.