Volume 12 Continuing the Journey

"Horse, it's good to work hard!" Ming Xuan looked at the horse that was walking slowly, looking very helpless, no matter how he tried to make it spread its hooves and run wildly, he also tried to hang the radish in his mouth, used the horse's belly, and whipped the horsewhip hard, but it was still slow, not much faster than walking.

"We still have a long way to go, how many years have you gone slowly, when we arrive at Qingyangmen, everyone is old. Mingxuan said to the horses by himself, and also relieved the loneliness of the journey by the way.

"Wang Yijing, this little girl can't even teach how to ride a horse!" Ming Xuan complained, in fact, how can she blame others, just told Ming Xuan the essentials, Ming Xuan thought that he had mastered it, it was similar to driving, and he rode on the horse and left, without having time to explain in detail.

In yesterday's battle, after Ming Xuan hit Zhao Long into a serious injury, Zhao Tianba was eager to protect the calf, and also rushed to the ring, the conflict was almost on the verge of breaking out, but fortunately, Wang Shouren also rushed forward and stabilized the scene, plus this was originally a fair battle, or Zhao Long took the initiative to fight, and the Zhao family was at a loss, so in the end he did not continue to make a big deal about it, but this grudge Ming Xuan was settled.

Fortunately, Mingxuan was alone and had nothing to worry about, but he didn't want to get on fire, so he packed up his salute that night, and hurriedly left early this morning to continue his journey.

"Oh, there's a tea pavilion in front, take a break, and find out the news by the way. Shouting at the horse all morning made Ming Xuan's mouth dry and tired.

"Little Er, put on a pot of tea. Ming Xuan found an empty table and sat down.

There is no good tea in the wilderness, it is the kind of tea that ordinary people drink, Mingxuan is also from a poor family, but he also drank it happily, and after pouring a few large bowls, he suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.

"Boss, how far is it from Gongcheng?" Gongcheng is Mingxuan's next destination, and it is also the only way to go to Dragon City.

"It seems that this is the first time for my brother to go to Gongcheng. The boss laughed.

"How can you tell?" Ming Xuan was curious.

"Look at the little brother is from the direction of Changwang City, to go to the city, there are two hundred miles between the two cities, and the guest officer is a horse, experienced people will choose to set off early in the morning, as long as the horse is fast, do not delay the effort, before sunset can rush to the city, but the old tea pavilion is only fifty miles away from the city of Changwang, it is nearly noon before the guest officer walked here, it can be seen that the guest officer is the first time to go out. "The boss has been doing business here for many years, and he still has this vision.

"Yes and no. Ming Xuan blushed, he did set off early in the morning, and he originally wanted to rush to Gongcheng before sunset, but he didn't expect that this horse didn't stop him at all, and he was always slow and leisurely along the way, not much faster than walking, and he came here at noon.

"The guest officer can't catch up with the city before sunset, and the city gate will be closed after sunset, and he can't enter the city, so the guest officer still goes to the Laifu Inn thirty miles ahead to stay overnight, and then rushes to the city early tomorrow morning. The boss said enthusiastically.

"Thank you very much. Ming Xuan hurriedly thanked him, it was indeed not easy to go out.

There is no way, Ming Xuan can only choose to stay overnight and then go to the city, but the top priority is to practice the riding skills well, and he can't go down slowly and leisurely like this, and on the next road, Ming Xuan is not in a hurry to go, slowly practicing how to ride a horse, and only arrived at this inn to stay after dark.

People like to live in the city, either directly in the city, or live closer to the city, so that it is not only convenient for everyone to communicate with each other, but also to have a lively picture, but this Laifu Inn is built in isolation on a desolate land, there is no shop in front of the village, it looks a little inexplicably gloomy in the dim night, and the sporadic lights look like a little ghost fire from a distance, but there is no way, Mingxuan can only enter the inn hard.

"Guest officer, do you want to stay in the store?" Ming Xuan greeted Xiao Er as soon as he entered the store, with a smile on his face.

"In the big night, it must be a hotel, but first fry a few side dishes for me, I haven't eaten yet. Ming Xuan patted the dust on his body and replied casually.

"How many nights do you plan to stay for five taels of silver for a night?" the shopkeeper pulled the abacus, and his face was full of smiles.

"What! so expensive!" Five taels of silver had to let Ming Xuan take medicine for several days, although the Wang family gave him a lot of silver tickets in order to thank Ming Xuan, which was tens of thousands of taels, and he was considered to have no worries about food and clothing, but he didn't spend money like this.

"Guest officer, there is no shop in front of the village here, and it is not easy to open an inn!" the shopkeeper laughed.

"How do you count the meal?" Ming Xuan hurriedly asked clearly, so as not to be hacked.

"Vegetarian dishes are one tael of silver, meat dishes are two taels, this place, it is easy to buy some food, and you have to waste a pair of shoes when you enter the city." The shopkeeper complained, tactfully persuading Mingxuan.

"Well, that's all there is to it. "It's the only one that I can't live with.

"Okay, guest officer, wait a minute, I'll arrange it for you right away. As soon as the shopkeeper heard that the business was done, he immediately arranged it, and it was very quick to lead the horse, call the dishes, and arrange the room.

There were several other customers in the shop, two middle-aged men were sitting at a table eating wine and food, their glasses were staggered, their faces were flushed, and they seemed to have drunk a lot of wine; an old man of fifty or sixty years old was coaxing his little granddaughter, who was less than ten years old, to eat, and there was also a thin young man of the same age as Ming Xuan, who was stepping on a stool with one leg and nibbling on a roast chicken without any image, and ate very deliciously.

Ming Xuan took a corner and sat down, and after a while, Xiao Er served all the dishes, and ate by himself, and ate a little dry food at noon, he was really a little hungry.

"Xiao Er, what is that drink, bring me a pot too!" The young man suddenly pointed to the middle-aged man and shouted loudly, breaking the tranquility in the inn, and seeing that people were hungry for a good drink.

"Is my brother going to drink? The shopkeeper immediately ran over, but he didn't have a good face.

"Wine, okay! bring me a jug!" the boy shouted with a big grin.

Soon the shopkeeper served him a pot of wine, the young man pulled out the cork, and drank it directly from mouth to mouth, and after a while, he drank a full jar of wine, and the jar of wine was five or six catties, and Ming Xuan was dumbfounded.

"Why is this thing so spicy, the stomach is like a fire!" The young man burped for a long time, pinched his nose and fanned it desperately, and only reacted after drinking, this young man's reaction was too slow, Ming Xuan felt funny.

"Little brother, you have eaten three roast chickens and two pig's trotters, and now you have drunk a full jar of wine, you should be full, right? Xiao Er said with a bitter face.

"Soon, soon, just give me another roast chicken. The young man urged Xiao Er to get him roast chicken.

"Aren't you eating a lot here, how much money do you give? Why do you eat more and the more you earn, why do you still say that you are losing?" Ming Xuan felt strange and pulled Xiao Er over and asked.

"Don't mention it, this little brother also came to live in the hotel, gave the shopkeeper ten taels of silver, said that there is no need to look for it, as long as you have a full meal and then live for a night, the shopkeeper thought that he had picked up a bargain, so he agreed, who knew that this little brother could eat so much, just eating more than ten taels. The shopkeeper still had a bitter face.

Ming Xuan suddenly felt funny, it can be regarded as a lesson to this black-hearted boss, this young man looks thin and small, and he is not very old, he can't imagine that he can eat so much, and when Ming Xuan finishes eating, this young man is still there gulping down, and he keeps yelling that Xiao Er serves wine and food, which makes the boss's face turn blue, it seems that this time it is a big loss.

After a busy day, he finally settled down, Mingxuan released Doudou, this little guy is strange to say, it is still no different from when Mingxuan first saw it, it is still thin and small and black and does not slip away, the average bird should grow the fastest during this period of time when it is born, but it has not grown, and it sleeps when it is full, it is like a pig, it is really a lazy guy, fortunately, with the funding of the Wang family, now its food is not a problem, with its current daily consumption, it can't eat these medicinal materials for several yearsใ€‚

Ming Xuan didn't care much about it, he opened the bag every night, the blood dragon bean, the fire tree root or the madder fruit, it chose what it wanted to eat, anyway, it fell asleep again soon after eating, which saved trouble.

Lying on the bed, Ming Xuan recalled the battle with Zhao Long yesterday, and felt deeply, as grandpa said, people's hearts are unpredictable! The contest is not only a competition of strength, but also a duel of wisdom, if it weren't for Ming Xuan's long-term forest experience, if the reaction is fast enough, when the sword is picked off, it may not know what to do, and then it may be a blow to the head, and the brain will burst, and Ming Xuan has to improve the experience of fighting with people. Thinking about it, Ming Xuan fell into a deep sleep.

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A sound of rustling interrupted Ming Xuan's sweet dream, after living in the forest for a long time, any slightest wind and grass would wake Ming Xuan up from his sleep, so as not to be eaten by a beast in his dream. Ming Xuan sat up and found that the voice was coming from downstairs.

"It's the third watch in the middle of the night, how can there be someone chatting?" Mingxuan said strangely, carefully contemplating.

"Hit that stinky boy first! Damn! I ate twenty taels of silver for one meal!"

"That stinky boy doesn't look like he has much oil and water, I think the kid who came in behind has more oil and water, and a horse alone can be worth hundreds of taels of silver!"

"I think it's better for those two middle-aged men to start, they are all drunk and messy, and they can be unaware. โ€

"Don't fight! Don't let go of any of the big tickets today! Let's go and prepare."

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Ming Xuan was stunned, dare to love that this inn is a black shop!