The third section came to the peace of the turmoil

This is a small town under the jurisdiction of Sizhou City, an important town on the north bank of the Huai River----- Lai'an Town, a prosperous town on the border of the Jin and Song Dynasties. The town is faintly visible, not far ahead.

The night was already slowly falling, the chill was pressing, and the bitter north wind seemed to increase a lot. The pedestrians on the road became noisy, and there were suddenly more cars, horses, and pedestrians entering the town.

Ren Tianqi and the others also shrank their bodies and urged the horses forward to prepare to enter the town, and the carriages and horses raised dust in the sky. Everyone was tired and couldn't care much more. Behind him there was a rush of horses' hooves and shouts. The double eagles before the fight were accustomed to dialing the horses to one side and turning their heads sideways to watch, and the speed of the horse team did not decrease in the slightest.

It was a team of more than a dozen horsemen, all dressed in black clothes and scarves, and galloping with swords and swords. It can be seen that this is not a group of ordinary visitors who usually go out to walk, but swordsmen on the rivers and lakes. The Eagle reined in slightly, and his horse straightened up. The white eagle stretched out his left hand and waved it lightly in the air. Gong Ming slammed the horse's head and flew out in reverse, facing the comer, and slowly stepped forward to be on guard. The four maids who were originally parallel also hurriedly dispersed to separate the four corners of the Qibao incense cart.

The speed of the people coming is really fast, like a storm and rain. Just in the moment when the two sides passed by. One of the opponents rushed out of the horse team and suddenly blew a whip as they reached Dongxue's side, and the tip of the whip swept towards Dongxue's left eye.

The horses of everyone on Ren Tianqi's side are all rare horses on the grassland, and they often serve in the army, so they are naturally extremely flexible and agile. The horse shook its head and dodged away. Dongxue on the horse also scolded angrily, and the whip in his hand was already drawn towards the guy's wrist, forcing him to retract his strength.

The guy hurriedly withdrew his hand and retracted the whip, and was about to whip it out again with his backhand. I saw a short whistle rising from the crowd. The guy glared fiercely, and the winter snow turned his horse back and left with a gust of wind. There was a burst of laughter like silver bells in the crowd, and it was the sweet voice of a woman. Everyone's tense hearts trembled.

Xiao San turned his horse back beside Dongxue, and said hurriedly: "What's the matter? Look at this group of people is definitely not good!"

Dongxue said angrily: "Damn! The person who came to scare the horse with a whip seems to have a plan, if I hadn't made a move to force the guy back, it would not be good if the horse was frightened and collided with the county lord!"

Xiao San snorted and kicked the horse and was about to fly out.

Ren Tianqi said loudly: "Forget it, it's important to hurry." A few thieves can't make any big waves!"

The crowd continued on their way. Another group of fast horses passed by, and there were frequent sideways peeping, and there was a clanging sound in between. It's another group of people in the rivers and lakes with guys.

Ren Tianqi immediately frowned slightly, and his face showed unhappiness. Ren Tianqi could see that there were many people in this gang with a slight shrug on their right shoulders, and they were all wearing black thin-soled official boots, although everyone was dressed in green clothes, they could see that they were a group of officials. Ren Tianqi sighed secretly, straightened up, looked back and forth, shook his head and smiled slightly, and kicked the horse forward.

In the rare war gap, there are many pedestrians coming and going from the south to the north, but they are also in a hurry, and it is rare to have many rests; on the contrary, the mercenary merchants from all over the world are rushing around on both sides of the Jin and Song dynasties, going in and out, and the inns of all sizes in the town are overcrowded and very busy.

Lai'an Inn, the largest and most luxurious hotel in the town, although there are not many pavilions with red walls and green tiles like Jiangnan, but it is also a large double-storey courtyard with five entrances before and after, with blue bricks and gray tiles, green trees into shade, overflowing with flowers, clean and exquisite. On the bank of the chaotic Huai River, it is not without its grandeur and elegance, which is in line with the preferences of Ren Tianqi and others.

The northernmost and easternmost side of the inn has a few upper rooms and a few lower rooms, all of which are rented by Ming Quan's housekeeper. The four of Ren Zhi and the two of them, together with Shaur, lived in three rooms at the two ends of the wing room below; the women, together with the eldest uncle Lu Qian and Mr. Hua, lived upstairs, and the rest of the people scattered in all directions; and the boxes and money were placed in the room shared by the eldest uncle Lu Qian and Mr. Hua, and were taken care of by this great monk with special skills. Although Mr. Hua said that his leg is disabled, he is full of knowledge and loves to read, so he always likes to stay in a room with the great monk when he is resting, one meditates and participates in Zen, and the other reads books for pleasure without disturbing each other.

Ren Zhi settled the horses and hurriedly went upstairs to report softly outside: "Master Hui, our horses have been properly arranged." Just ......"

Ren Tianqi was slightly tired and was sitting alone stupidly, as if he hadn't heard Ren Zhi's words at all. The housekeeper Ren on the side looked up and glanced at the little Sangong Ming opposite. Gong Ming blinked, turned his head and smiled: "It's just that, what's the matter that you haven't said directly? Look at how tired our master is from running all the way!"

Ren Zhi smiled slightly and said, "Yes, the third master preached." The little one went to settle the horses, and kept an eye on the situation in the inn's stables. It can be seen that there are still a few horses that have been following us in the past, and what makes the villain particularly aware is that there are five horses in the stable today, who are carefully tended in a single trough like us. ”

Xiao San smiled and said: "What's so strange about this, there are more rich masters in the world! Could it be that the only noble and noble people in the world are our family master and our county lord? Brother Zhi is too worried!"

Ren Zhi stiffened his neck and said: "The third master doesn't know, these five horses are all first-class grassland horses, especially one of them is no worse than our master's horse!"

Everyone was shocked. You must know that Ren Tianqi's mount is a good horse selected from ten thousand, and it is the favorite thing of the old prince in the past.

Ren Tianqi was in good spirits, raised his hand to take a big sip of the cup, and said, "What else is unusual?"

Ren Zhidao: "The villain has checked them one by one, these five horses are all military horses trafficked in the grassland, and the horses are branded with official marks; ”

Everyone in the room looked at each other. What is the origin of the dragon character engraved on the palm of this horse, everyone has never heard of it. Xiao San looked at everyone and smiled: "If you don't ask Second Master Wen later, maybe he can know!"

A shadow passed through Ren Tianqi's heart, he thought of the group of people on the road who were picking quarrels and making trouble, he looked up at the women who were still washing on the side, and his heart was relieved. Ren Tianqi smiled slightly, hurriedly got up and walked forward, and said with a smile: "Okay, the master knows, go down and wash it early and go to eat." You've worked hard all the way!"

Xiao San and Butler Ren nodded and exited the room.

It was late, and when night fell, everyone went back to the room to change into light and clean clothes, leaving Liu Yong and Uncle Lu Qian in the room, and they would ask someone to bring wine and food. The rest of the people came to the dining place in front of them against the door of the inn ----- to the restaurant.

Lift the curtain and enter the dining room, you can see that the lights are bright, warm and warm like spring. There were rows of tables in the large living room, and many guests were already eating. On the surrounding walls, hang some pen and ink calligraphy and paintings of literati and scholars. There is a counter at the staircase, and there is a statue of Guan Erye of the Three Kingdoms of Yiding enshrined on it, like the long incense lingering in front of the image, and the fruit snack is long offered.

The five-foot hotel owner, medium height, with a smile on his chubby face, stood aside and greeted the guests politely, jokingly. After a long time, the smile on his face seemed to stiffen, just like the flowers in full bloom in early spring were suddenly hit by a cold blizzard, although they did not wither, they were also hidden in the ice, crystal clear, thick branches and leaves, and rigid.

In the hall, the little two girls walked around, asking about making tea, running vegetables, and doing chores, and they were very busy and relaxed.

Ren Tianqi looked up at the hall, there were indeed a lot of diners, some were doing business, and there were a few who seemed to be walking the rivers and lakes; the most eye-catching thing in the crowd was a single woman in green clothes, dressed in jewelry, with colorful jewelry on her head, and a dazzling green peacock golden cymbal was inserted with incense mantises, shaking and shining dazzlingly. It's just that this woman's face is covered with a light veil, and although she can see that her face is handsome, she can't see her true face.

This woman in green, not only dressed in gorgeous and noble clothes, but also has an extraordinary expression and bearing, and her body is exquisitely convex and concave, but she seems to have turned a blind eye to all the diners in the store, ordered four exquisite side dishes, asked for a pot of wine, and is dipping herself into a drink;

The arrival of the stunning and delicate beauty, although it is cold and unkind, has also attracted the interest of all the diners in the hall, and they frequently peek sideways and whisper, which makes their hearts itch. This is the beauty of the house flower without the fragrance of wild flowers, it is better to rob than to marry, it is better to steal than to steal, and it is better not to steal than to steal, but I can't let go of the beauty in my heart.

The existence of the woman in green also aroused a little curiosity from Wen Tingyu. A little red and Ren Tianqi glanced at each other, Ren Tianqi was hesitating to choose which table to choose, so he saw a little red shaking the paper fan lightly, and walked towards the empty table next to the woman in green.

Seeing this, everyone shook their heads and moved to follow with a smile.

Gong Ming disappeared in a flash.

Butler Mingquan grabbed a few steps, put the two tables together, and took a step back to arrange the wine and food.

Everyone sat down in all directions, and Xiao Er had already stepped forward to lay good tea, and waited with his hands down.

The owner of the hotel saw that everyone was dressed brightly and behaved extraordinarily, and knew that it was a noble person coming, so he personally brought a few dishes and came to say hello.

Ren Tianqi ordered him to reward him with ten taels of silver.

The fat boss turned around happily and hurriedly asked Xiao Er to hurry up and serve the food, and asked someone to bring in the good wine that had been stored in the store for a long time.

A little red sat on the same side as the woman in green, and couldn't help but look at the woman.

The woman in green was not shy at all, and kept looking at everyone with the rest of her eyes, curious, longing, and revealed. I don't know how to be humiliated and reserved. Presumably, this woman is by no means an ordinary boudoir embroidery, or a small family jasper, not a heroine of the rivers and lakes, and she is the daughter of a noble family with a random surname. The arrival of Ren Tianqi and his party attracted the attention of the woman in green, not only did she take a few more glances at the county lord and the women who were also dressed luxuriously, but also peeked at the heroes a lot, especially when she saw that all the people were hugging the county lord and Ren Tianqi, they were staring at Ren Tianqi with a pair of fiery eyes.

The people in the store are curious about the unexpected encounter of the gang in front of them, the beauty is picturesque, the young man is handsome, and there is a cripple.

Ren Tianqi stretched out his head and peeked at the dishes ordered by the woman, but they were four dry goods: sauce-flavored crystal beef, color-changing double yellow duck eggs, chicken feet with sake lees, and spiced tofu. Yes, Ren Tianqi was still wondering how this woman was going to eat while wearing a veil, this was originally four dry goods, and the woman in green was holding it with her hand and stuffing it into her mouth, taking a sip of wine and a mouthful of food, and she was uncomfortable using it. He is a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes. Ren Tianqi had a doubt in his heart, he was comfortable, smiled at the county lord, and looked at the four girls again, proud of the spring breeze.

Hua Xiansheng coughed lightly, glanced at Ren Tianqi, and said with a smile: "The weather is dry and cold, so it's better to be careful." lest you catch a cold and make a mistake. ”

Ren Tianqi nodded knowingly, thinking that this Mr. Hua was not with everyone in vain, this scholar is now refining a pair of bright eyes, of course he understands that the bewitching woman in front of him is not by chance, and he has a little more vigilance in his heart. But in his heart, the ins and outs of Mr. Hua are even more of a bigger doubt or unsolved secret. Ren Tianqi sighed secretly and invited Mr. Hua to dinner.