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After entering Weituo, there are continuous mountains. There are occasionally prominent strange peaks in the mountains. The peaks are not easy to climb, so we have to walk all the way down the mountain nest. At the mouth of the mountain, we can finally vaguely see a yellow wine cover in front of us.Gong Peiyin took off the veil covering his face, and the wind in the mountains left deep and shallow marks on his face. He didn't dare to grin his mouth forcefully, for fear of tearing the dry mouth on his lips and cheeks, He shook his shoulders, scratched his hair like a chicken coop and walked forward.

It is a dilapidated wooden house, with a thatched shed outside the house, and the flag is inserted obliquely on the roof, and the flag is stretched straight in the wind.There were two horses tied to a stake next to the house. There was a four or five-year-old girl with two braids on her head, wearing a thick coat and feeding the horses with a handful of hay. When she saw Pei Yin, she tilted her head and smiled at him.The shopkeeper immediately found him, beckoned and led Pei Yin into the house.

"It's windy outside, guest officer, let's go inside and drink some hot wine to warm up."

Pei Yin asked as he followed him, "Is this a rogue country?"

The shopkeeper shook his head, "Is the guest officer from another place?"

Pei Yin nodded, "How far is it from here to the national border?"

The shopkeeper said, "There are still more than 200 miles to go."

Pei Yin paused in his heart, he thought that after crossing the mountain, he would be the country of the gangsters, but he didn't expect that there was such a long distance.

"Then there is a rest station along the way."

"Besides my restaurant, there is no other resting place in this area." The store opened the curtain and invited Pei Yin to enter.

The warmth in the room suddenly rushed up, the stiffness of the body slowly melted away, and the limbs became flexible.It was only then that Pei Yin noticed that there were still a few people sitting scattered here.He picked an empty table and sat down. He asked for a jug of wine and a plate of sauced beef. After ordering, he called to the shopkeeper, "I saw two strong horses tied to the door. I wonder if these horses are for sale?"

The shopkeeper smiled flatteringly, "Those two horses are not owned by the small shop. If the guest officer wants to buy them, he needs to ask the two people behind him."

Pei Yin thanked him, and turned around to see two men wearing mink fur jackets sitting at another table. The temperature in the room made them take off their velvet caps, revealing their extremely short shaved hair.

When Pei Yin was in Jizhou, he had heard people say that the people of Moguo are strong in stature and tough in character, and their short hair like a hedgehog is their symbol.In this way, it seems that these two are unmistakable gangsters.

He Fang was about to get up, when the door curtain was lifted again, and three big men with broad backs and waists came in. The three of them strutting, standing in a row, instantly occupied one-third of the space of the restaurant. Immediately came out to greet them, bowed and led them to the table next to Pei Yin.

All they wanted was wine and beef, and one of them asked for five steamed buns, and said, "I haven't eaten since I woke up this morning." It's not like being next to the third prince, think about which of our brothers is not full of food hahaha."

Seeing them laughing at him, Diao Shao snorted disdainfully, "That's no better than working as an errand in the General's Mansion, maybe someday I'll be lucky enough to be General Dong's doorman hahahaha"

A man with a round face immediately interjected, "It's a pity that General Dong only has one daughter now, ah, ah, a foreigner has been taken advantage of for nothing."

The other accomplice didn't seem to understand what his accomplice was talking about, and at first he responded with a dry smile, but when he heard "in vain and cheap foreigners", he honestly showed puzzlement on his face, patted the middle of the table, and put The laughing man's attention was drawn to him, "Is there anything strange about what the two brothers said?"

Eyes hanging slightly and Round Face looked at each other and smiled, "It's not just a miracle, it's a rare event, no, no, it should be a shame, hahahaha."

Those who didn't know why hurriedly echoed and smiled, "You two, tell me what's going on here."

The three of them talked about the personal affairs of the generals behind their backs without any shyness, and their voices were loud and clear, Pei Yin who was sitting at the next table naturally listened to everything.

It turns out that Dong Qu's daughter Dong's husband-in-law is Shu Hui, the crown prince of the enemy country. Dong Quzhi made good use of it and lived on the battlefield for a long time, but Shu Hui was unable to resist. In the end, the Yue Kingdom exchanged fifteen cities for temporary stability, and Shu Hui, who fought for the country, was also captured.

"You two are saying that General Dong's daughter married a prisoner?"

"Exactly."

"Then I don't understand. How could General Dong marry his beloved daughter to a prisoner?"

"Hahaha brother, you took office just now, so it's no wonder that you don't know that some things in the court are not leaked, especially this kind of insult to the family. You think that General Dong has been stationed in the frontier all year round to defend against foreign enemies, so how come he still has time? Disciplining my daughter, besides, it is said that Shu Hui is handsome and a romantic talent. Mrs. Dong fell in love with him at first sight, and the two of them secretly formed a relationship when there was no owner in the house. When General Dong returned to the court, all the evil seeds were born .”

"You mean..." Those who don't know why are already unbelievable at this time, "You mean the two of them had a son before they got married?!"

"No."

"Hey, it really defiles the door lintel, tsk tsk."

Speaking of this, the three of them sighed, feeling sorry for the famous family of the dynasty and for the Dong family, and there was a trace of schadenfreude in addition to the regret.

Coincidentally, the shopkeeper and the waiter served wine and meat one after another, interrupting those needless regrets and intentional ridicule.

The sound of the water was gurgling, and the three Hans collided with each other with their bowls raised, and the bottom of the bowl turned upside down with a sip, exhaled from his mouth. How come you haven't seen Shu Hui so far?"

As soon as the round face brought the wine bowl to his mouth, he put it down when he heard what he said, and said, "Let's not talk about you, brother. I'm afraid those who have personally seen General Dong, a good son-in-law, are only some important officials in the court..." Another young man Nu Nuzui said, "Although she is married to the daughter of a great general, she is a prisoner of war after all. Isn't she still under house arrest in the mansion? Jun Shao ordered that the ban be released only when General Dong returned to the court, so see There are very few people who have passed him."

Hanging her eyes, she shook her head straight after listening, "I don't know what kind of Junxiu was born, but Mrs. Dong fell in love with such a person."

The young man smiled and said, "Brother, you seem to be unwilling to hear what you said... Hahaha, I'm afraid that the young lady will not look down on you as a rough guy."

"Hmph, Mrs. Dong will know the benefits of a rough body if you have tried my kung fu." After speaking, he pulled his shoulders and stretched out his broad chest.

The other two immediately understood, and echoed, "It's not just about kneeling down and begging for mercy."

All three laughed.

At this time, only the table and chairs behind him slammed.

"Three hooligans, foul language, dirty the ears of the master!"

Pei Yin turned his head, and it turned out that one of the people at the table behind him had stood up from the chair, but he saw that he was tall and burly, with a waist width of five feet, and he glared at San Han angrily.

The other one was much shorter, and his morale was half-lower, so he only advised, "Sit down quickly, there's no need to be angry with some people."

However, the matter had already been provoked, and a dispute arose immediately. With a squint, he put the bowl on the table, stood up and stepped on the chair with one leg, and the other two followed suit.

"Oh, I don't know who it is. It turned out to be two dogs from the general's mansion. Well, it's getting worse and worse. Now the dogs dare to call themselves masters."

After that, all three of them raised their heads and laughed.

The man with the horizontal eyebrows looked like an impulsive person, how could he stand being so provoked, and when San Han laughed, he picked up the bench and threw it over. Cracked in two.

"Don't get angry, don't get angry!" The short man crossed the table between the two of them, and put his hands in a pushing position towards San Han, facing his eyebrows, "They are all servants who work for the Lord, there is no need to make a big fuss, come quickly Have a glass of sparkling wine."

The cross-browed hand flicked to the short man, "It's a pity that you are still the manager. My master was teased by the dog man behind his back. I want to stand up for the master. It's good for you. If you don't help, you will start peacemaking."

Hanging his eyes for a while when he heard the other party scold him as a dog, the anger that had just subsided was immediately aroused again, he shouted, picked up a wine jar on the table and threw it at Hengmei, who was arguing with the short manager, dodging for a while Not enough time, he received a blow, the wine jar shattered to the ground, and the wine spilled all over his body, he wiped the wine off his face, but he wiped the redness with his hand, it turned out that the smash just now hit his head directly Opened up.Hengmei couldn't bear it anymore, his eyes burst red immediately, and he rushed towards Diao Shaoyan.

The round face and the young man saw the two rolling on the ground, and they intervened seamlessly, so they called the short man standing aside to pay attention.Although the opponent didn't have a direct conflict with him, but he is a member of Hengmei's group, so he is naturally an enemy.So the two of them clenched their fists and rushed forward involuntarily. The short one staggered to avoid the attacks of the two, took advantage of the situation and drew a dagger from his waist to protect his chest, and the young man grabbed a table leg and threw it at him.All of a sudden, people in the room were running around, dishes were smashing, shouts and tables and chairs collided together.

Looking at the rest of the drinkers, they had already taken advantage of the chaos to run away with the money for the drinks, and the shopkeepers and waiters also hid in the back room and dared not come out.Only Pei Yin was still drinking calmly, not disturbed by the fights.

The originally entangled melee ended with a scream from Hengmei, and the others stopped moving.I saw that Hengmei's waist was dyed red, and the dagger stuck in the abdomen was the short manager's dagger.It turned out that Diao Xiaomei snatched the dagger for a while and stabbed Hengmei, but the knife hit the vital point, and Hengmei almost passed out without humming twice.

The three Hans panicked when they saw this, and suddenly lost the momentum just now. It turned out that it was just a common fight between small people. People know that the people in the prince's mansion killed the people in the general's mansion, not to mention the general, even the second and third princes would not let him go.

The three of them were stunned for a long time before they came back to their senses, and they hurriedly overturned the drinking table where Pei Yin was drinking to block the door and escaped.

Pei Yin held a wine glass in his hand and stared blankly at his own wine table, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, alas, what a pity the good wine in the pot.

Pei Yin got up and wanted to find the shopkeeper to pay for the wine, he called twice and saw the little girl sticking her head out from the back room, but was dragged back immediately.

Pei Yin shook his head, took out a sling of copper coins and placed them on the chair.Only took two steps, the people behind hurriedly shouted, "Brother, stay a step." And the person who said the words was one of the perpetrators.

Pei Yin turned around, "I don't know what to do?"

The man took two steps forward, although he was much smaller than the big man just now, but standing in front of Pei Yin now he was no less impressive.

The man clasped his fists in salute, "Down here in Luo'an, seeing my brother calmly facing the turmoil and drinking wine leisurely, he must be a wealthy guest, so I want to get acquainted."

Pei Yin also cupped his fists to return the salute, "Director Luo, you don't have to be polite, I'm just an ordinary person, after a long journey, I finally found a resting place and refused to abandon it easily."

When Luo An heard that the other party called him Director Luo, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he thought that Pei Yin's words had fallen into Pei Yin's ears, and he heard that he seemed very dissatisfied with the disturbance just now, so his face was full of shame, and he hugged him again with the hand he had just put down. He punched, "Luo has no talent, General Cheng Dong thinks highly of it, and arranged a title of general manager, which made my brother laugh."

Pei Yin was not polite, but said flatly, "Where is that."

"How about it," Luo An helped the overturned table, "If you don't mind, why don't you ask Luo to buy you a drink as an apology." Before Pei Yin could answer, he gave a loud drink , "The shopkeeper, come out quickly!"

Although the store owner was timid and afraid of getting into trouble, but hearing Luo An's voice like a bell, he was full of energy, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and came out of the back room timidly.

"Guest...Guest officer, what's your order?"

Luo An glanced at him, "Where's another mistress?"

"It's...in the back." The shopkeeper immediately called Xiao Er.

Luo An took out an ingot of silver from his sleeve, "Here is 20 taels of silver, after you finish what I said next, the silver will belong to you."

The store owner is doing business in this dilapidated tavern, earning only a few wine money, at most a few taels of silver in a year, now that he heard that he would get 20 taels of silver, he was naturally happy, and immediately forgot to be afraid, and did not ask what he was doing , repeatedly replied, "Wrap it up and pack it up."

Luo An pointed to the person lying on the ground, "First thing, you carry the dead man out to find a place to bury; second thing, what happened here today is incompatible with the nonsense you heard Anyone talking about..."

The shopkeeper hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, never say never!"

Luo An continued, "The people in the General's Mansion died here, and the people in the Prince's Mansion also escaped here. If you want to continue to open a tavern here, you will not be safe, so for the third thing, I want you to leave Wei Tuo immediately. , this money is enough for you to open a better small shop elsewhere." After saying that, he tossed the money, and the shopkeeper immediately stretched out his hand to catch it.

"Sure, let's go right away, right away." As he spoke, Xiao Er and Xiao Er carried the head and the tail, preparing to move the dead body out.

"Wait a minute." As soon as Luo An uttered his voice, the two of them froze as if not daring to move any more, "Get a pot of good wine quickly, I want to have a few drinks with this brother."

When the store served wine, Luo An personally filled a glass for Pei Yin, Pei Yin raised his head and drank it dry, and when the other party wanted to pour wine for himself again, he protected the wine glass with the back of his hand and said, "One glass is enough, today's drink is enough." You need to hurry, and if you have a chance in the future, you must drink hard."

Hearing this, Luo An laughed and said, "Just now I heard Xiongtai ask about horses..."

Pei Yin drank a few glasses of wine, and got into trouble on the way, but forgot about buying the horse. After Luo An mentioned it, he remembered it and stopped, "I don't know if Mr. Luo will sell me the horse." ?”

Luo An said, "Originally there was one person and one horse, but now the horse is still there, but there is one less person. I heard that Xiongtai wants to go to the country, why don't you go with me, I have no right to sell the horse, but I can decide who to lend it to." of."

Pei Yin didn't refuse after hearing this, "If that's the case, then thank Manager Luo."

Luo An waved his hands, with the intention of not being too formal, he just said, "Since you want to go together, can you tell me your name, brother?"

Only then did Pei Yin realize his impoliteness, and hurriedly bowed, "Gong Peiyin."

After drinking a few more times, people also felt drunk, so they rode on the horse and rode against the wind, not feeling the chill but feeling refreshed.Rocking and bumping on the horseback, Pei Yin unconsciously became happy, and sang a few street tunes. Luo An held the rein and patted the tune to the tune.

Pei Yin asked, "How?"

Luo An said, "It's pleasing to the ears and eyes, refreshing to the heart. I don't know where this folk song is from, it's so fresh and moving."

Pei Yin didn't answer, but just asked with a smile, "Boss Luo spent money to buy the waiter in the tavern for the sake of the general's reputation, why is he so relieved of me?"

When Luo An heard this, he laughed loudly, "Brother Pei Yin is not a gossip, not to mention I intend to recommend you to the General's Mansion, so why worry?"

Pei Yin said, "How does Director Luo know that I am definitely willing to go?"

Luo An still smiled, "Brother Pei Yin is following me right now."

Pei Yin realized that he looked like a long-distance traveler, so when he arrived in the country, he would naturally have to find an errand first. Luo An must have seen his thoughts clearly, so he was so sure.Thinking of this, I can't help but sigh in my heart. When I look back, the road I saw has long been lost, and there are only two rows of dry grass trampled by horses, swaying wantonly in the cold wind.