In the land of Xiangxi, the mountains are stacked on top of each other, and between dozens of miles, there are only mountains, and there are few households. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the middle of summer, the weather is hot and humid. At dusk, the clouds thickened and obscured the blue sky, but there was no shade in sight, but it was even more stuffy. Rushing in this kind of weather is the most uncomfortable. A breath of fire was all stuffed in my heart, and my body was sweating warmly, but there was no sweating pleasure.

Even in this kind of weather, in this kind of terrain, there are still people rushing outside. On the mountain path, two teenagers walked first, looking fifteen or sixteen years old, a man and a woman. The two were dressed plainly and patched. The man carried a large wooden box, and the woman carried a cloth bag on his back. The two hurried away, thinking that it was not right to see the sky, and wanted to find a place to settle as soon as possible.

Behind the two of them, not far away, was a group of officers and soldiers, looking at the number of about ten people, on this narrow mountain road is also considered to be mighty, and the team dragged a few feet away. Nine of them were dressed in armor, with official boots and long knives pinned to their waists. One by one, they led their horses and walked slowly. The other man was a little different, in his forties, with a short coat and a short beard on his lips, and he looked shrewd and capable. He held the reins in his hand, his eyes kept glancing in all directions, and there was only a red lacquered wooden box on a carriage beside him.

There are several flags on both sides of the carriage, and there are six big characters on it: "Shuzhong Wanli Dart Line". Those who know the goods will know that this 10,000-mile dart line is famous in the southwest, known as "the dart travels thousands of miles, and the ghosts and gods retreat". It's just that today's situation is a little strange, I don't know which dart to take, only one dart master was invited, and the rest were escorted by officers and soldiers.

After the horse team, there was another person who followed from a distance, a young man. He was riding a black donkey obliquely, and he couldn't see his figure, but he was dressed in a plain shirt, light and lightly, like a scholar who had fallen off the list, but he was in his early twenties, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes. He sat on the back of a donkey, tossing and turning, swaying, and giving birth to infinite sleepiness.

Although the young man was napping, the words of the officers and soldiers in front of him were clearly heard in his ears. I only heard one person say loudly: "Damn, damn it, I'm afraid it's going to rain." Where are you going to hide?"

As soon as the man's voice fell, a muffled thunder sounded in the sky. Suddenly, someone scolded, "******, shut your beak!" and the rest of the people scolded for a while.

The thunder also woke up the young man on the donkey's back. He rubbed his eyes and said to himself, "How can this be good?" The officers and soldiers in front of him unconsciously quickened their pace, and the young man patted the donkey's ass and urged: "Hurry up......"

Everyone turned the col, and a meadow appeared in front of them, and the view was wider. Not far away stands a wooden building, sitting north and facing south, built by the woods. There is a flagpole erected at the door, and the flag on the top is waving in the wind, and it reads: "Chen Family Inn" four big characters. From afar, you can see that the two teenagers in front have already entered the gate first.

Some of the officers and soldiers laughed and said, "Okay, I'm really looking forward to something." There's actually an inn here, so you don't have to worry about it tonight!"

The dart master frowned, and muttered: "In this wilderness, there is no shop in front of the village and no store, how can there be such an inn, is it not a black shop for robbery?"

The man at the head was the head of the army, and he always had a gloomy face, silent, and couldn't make up his mind for a while. The Sichuan man said loudly: "I'm afraid of a hammer! We are the officials of the imperial court, which melon boy dares to beat our idea?"

The man at the head nodded and said, "Everyone be careful, don't be careless!" said and quickened his pace and led everyone forward.

When the young man on the donkey heard what they said, he didn't care, and followed the donkey closely, for fear that if he didn't enter the inn in time, he would really get drenched in the rain. In a short time he came to the door of the inn, stopped the donkey at the door, and strode into the house. I saw that the group of officers and soldiers had already surrendered to the store, the two of them carried the wooden boxes on the carriage, and the group was going upstairs with their luggage.

The young man glanced at the inn, and when he entered the door, there was a lobby with square tables and stools. To the left of the door is a counter, and a woman in her thirties is standing at the counter, dialing an abacus. The young man walked to the counter and said, "Excuse me, hit the point." ”

The proprietress raised her eyes and said, "Yo, I'm sorry for the guest officer, the shop is already full." ”

The young man frowned and said, "Boss, it's going to rain this day, and I have nowhere to go." Why don't you be accommodating and let the guest move one to me? ”

The proprietress bowed to the group of officers and soldiers, and said, "If you have the ability, you let them move it for you!"

The young man was stunned for a moment, and said secretly: "Isn't this difficult for a strong man?" and said: "It's really not good, I can sleep in this lobby." ”

The proprietress was a little impatient and said, "I said you have a tendon." If you don't have a house, you don't have a house, don't I make money if I don't make money? You have this kind of work to be verbose here, so you might as well hurry forward. ”

At this moment, a middle-aged scribe walked in outside the door, his robe washed white. A pair of cloth shoes on his feet were stained with mud, apparently just walking through the mountain road. Before he entered the door, he heard the conversation between the proprietress and the young man, so he said, "Zhu Niang, it's going to rain, where do you let this little brother go? ”

Zhu Niang is this boss lady, she saw the scribe, and heard him say this, a little hesitant, said: "Mr. Wu, how can this be done?"

At this time, the two teenagers, a man and a woman, were going downstairs and heard several people talking. The girl said, "When you go out, you should take care of each other." Why don't I vacate the room and give it to this big brother. I'll just squeeze in a room with my brother. ”

The young man hurriedly waved to these people one by one, grateful, and said, "Thank you, thank you......"

Zhu Niang said: "Okay, okay, that's it." Then came a stout young man, a little shorter, dark-skinned, in a short shirt and shorts, carrying a shovel and an axe. Zhu Niang called: "Little Wuzi, lead the donkey to the back of this guest officer!"

Xiao Wuzi said: "What about my uncle?" It turned out that he and the boss were uncles and nephews.

Zhu Niang said: "He is clumsy, and it will take half a day to tie horses to a few officials! ”

Xiao Wuzi nodded and said, "Okay!"

Suddenly, there was a thunderclap in the sky, and the rain fell with a roar. Everyone in the store couldn't help but be a little happy when they saw this rainstorm coming. The group of officers and soldiers went downstairs, only to hear the Sichuan man shouting: "Boss, hurry up and serve wine and meat!"

Zhu Niang hurriedly greeted: "Come on, come on!" said and walked towards a few people with a wine jug in one hand.

The officers and soldiers first invited the head of the army and the dart master to sit, and the rest of the hula sat at two tables. The scribe glanced at the men, then turned to the young man and said, "Little brother, do you have any luggage?" I can help you carry it upstairs. ”

The young man smiled and said, "I don't have anything to look up to, just a broken burden, and I don't need help." I really want to thank my brother, can you have a drink?"

The scribe arched his hand and said, "Okay! Then I might as well obey my fate!"

As they spoke, they sat down at a table in the window. The bamboo lady was busy greeting the officers and soldiers, and she didn't have time to take care of the two of them. The young man looked around, and saw that the wooden walls of the inn were old and decayed, and they were slightly patched with wooden planks. The planks were new, and they smelled of pine.

He was looking at it, and the scribe said, "I don't know my brother's surname?"

The young man said: "The younger brother's surname is Su Ming, Su and Hangzhou are clumsy, and they are clumsy." ”

The scribe laughed and said, "No, no, I don't think it's clumsy, it's clumsy." ”

Su Zhuo shook his hand and said: "Brother Tai praised it falsely, I don't know Brother Tai's honorific title?"

The scribe said: "My surname is Wu, Koutian Wu, and my single name is a constant word." ”