Chapter 10 Chapter Nine Wind and Water

Yan Jingtian and Yan Shouyi, who had been waiting outside Tonghe Town for a long time, asked Yan Shouzhen and Yan Shouren, only to find out that the place Zhang Si repaired was called Fengbozhai, and it was one of Zhang Si's secret houses.Yan Jingtian wanted to leave as soon as possible, and did not enter Tonghe Town to rest. The four of them hurried back to the mountain to pick up Shui Yaoer and Huo Xiaoxie. On the way, they saw horses tied to a goods station, so they asked Yan Shouren to steal two strong horses. , for later use, naturally also leave double the money for the horse, which can be regarded as compensation to the old owner of the horse.

But Yan Jingtian and the others were about to take a shortcut to the ruined temple, but they noticed Zhang Si's group of hook soldiers patrolling the mountain from afar, and seemed to have discovered their whereabouts.It turned out that Yan Jingtian and the others were anxious, and Zhang Si was even more anxious!As soon as Zhang Si's team arrived at Fengbozhai, they made some adjustments, and then sent two groups of hook soldiers and the martial artists from Fengbozhai to look for people. There were quite a lot of traveling merchant horses, and it was already dawn, so it was not appropriate to release the leopard dogs, but the hook soldiers patrolled manually.

After all, Zhang Siye's hook soldiers are local snakes in the Fengtian area. They are familiar with the terrain and know who to ask. They quickly asked about Yan Jingtian and the others' general traces. shaped in it.While the Hook Soldiers flew to report to Fourth Master Zhang, they took a step ahead of Yan Jingtian and the others, narrowing the search area to Jinshan Pass. Yan Jingtian didn't want to have a conflict with the hook soldiers right now, so he went around twenty miles, sneaked back to the mountain, and came towards Huo Xiaoxie and Shui Yao'er. Don't you know that Yan Jingtian and the others can't beat the local snakes, they sneaked into the mountain, but they were still caught by the hook soldiers. Zhang Siye heard that there was a woman who went with Yan Jingtian, his eyes were red, and he guessed that it might be the maid Xiaocui who stole his mirror. So many, they pulled the leopard dogs to the mountain pass, let them out, and sniffed Yan Jingtian's scent and went up the mountain!

Yan Jingtian and others patted their horses and rushed to the ruined temple, jumped off their horses, Yan Jingtian made a gesture, and rushed into the ruined temple with Yan Shouyi.The water monster stood in the hall, facing Yan Jingtian.Seeing Yan Jingtian's serious face, Shui Yaoer guessed a little bit, but didn't ask, but frowned slightly, waiting for Yan Jingtian to speak first.Yan Jingtian gave Shui Yaoer a slight nod, looked around and saw Huo Xiaoxie obediently tied to the corner, and then said: "Shui Yaoer, let's go now!" Shui Yaoer said: "Brother Yan, Zhang Si is chasing you?"

Yan Jingtian didn't answer, and walked up to Huo Xiaoxie in three steps in two.Huo Xiaoxie didn't speak, and looked directly at Yan Jingtian, with a look of disdain on his face.Yan Jingtian didn't respond, stretched out his hand to pull the rope, put his hands together, held the knot tied to the pillar, stretched his fingers together, put his fingers together, exerted a little force, and only heard a few crackles, like the sound of a rubber band breaking .Yan Jingtian shook his hands and untied the knot. Huo Xiaoxie's eyes were wide open, and he spent countless thoughts, but he couldn't untie the rope, Yan Jingtian untied it so quickly once he got his hands on it?Huo Xiaoxie was both respectful and jealous, and sighed in his heart: "Those who are capable are different!"

Yan Jingtian untied the bezoar rope, pulled the rope, and cursed at Huo Xiaoxie: "Boy, be honest, if you mess up again, I'll leave you here to feed Zhang Si's dog!" Huo Xiaoxie jumped up and shouted: "Master Zhang killed my brother, I will take revenge in the future, Brother Yan, don't worry, I will follow you honestly, absolutely obedient." Yan Jingtian nodded, looked back at the water monster, and thought to himself: "It seems that the water monster has subdued this monkey!" Yan Jingtian pulled the rope, Huo Xiaoxie followed closely, Yan Jingtian said: "Let's go now!"

Shui Yaoer stretched out her hand, stopped Yan Jingtian, and said, "Brother Yan! Let's go slowly!" Yan Jingtian was taken aback, and said: "Shui Yaoer, Zhang Si let the leopard dog out, and it will be very troublesome for this beast to catch up!" Shui Yaoer snorted: "Zhang Si is so courageous, he dared to chase people from the Huo family and the Shui family! I have seen that leopard dog before. It is indeed difficult to deal with, but we can't do it this way." Yan Jingtian said in surprise: "Shui Yaoer, you must not act recklessly! We haven't left Zhang Si's territory yet!"

Shui Yaoer smiled slightly, and said: "I don't want to fight with them now, but to let the leopard dogs find us temporarily! I hate people letting dogs chase them the most!" "What?" Yan Jingtian knew that Shui Yao'er had the Shui family's unique skills, and talking was no joke, but he stood firm. The water monster picked up the rucksack behind her, took out a small medicine bottle from inside, opened the lid, carefully poured some light yellow powder into the palm of her hand, closed the lid, squeezed the bottle in her hand, and then said: "Brother Yan, call people and horses into the house!"

Yan Jingtian said hello, and threw the rope that tied the fire to Xiaoxie to Yan Shouyi. Then, he walked out quickly and shouted to Yan Shouzhen and the others outside: "You all bring all the horses into the house! Quick!" Yan Shouzhen and the others were anxious, and when they heard Yan Jingtian calling them, they didn't think too much, and led the horses with Yan Shouren, they all squeezed into the house. Shui Yaoer had already gathered up a small pile of hay on the ground, sprinkled the powder on the hay, stepped back a few steps, and said to Yan Jingtian: "Brother Yan, people and horses have come in! Let's make a fire!"

At this time, six people and six horses were already crowded in this dilapidated temple, it was packed to the brim. Yan Jingtian said hello!With a flick of his right hand in his bosom, he seemed to find a small pill, and threw it into the hay with a flick of his hand. With a bang, a flame suddenly rose and set the hay on fire!The dry grass was sprinkled with medicinal powder, followed by a puff of yellow smoke, which was quite thick, and filled the whole room in a blink of an eye, and all the horses were immersed in the smoke. The water demon said in the smoke: "Brothers, this smoke is non-toxic and tasteless, please don't move, it will be fine in a while."

Huo Xiaoxie wanted to cover her nose with her sleeve, but after hearing what Shui Yaoer said, she quickly let go. Yan Jingtian said: "Shui Yaoer, is it the Shui family's Jingwei San?" "By the way! Brother Yan is so smart!" Shui Yaoer shouted. "Just kidding, just kidding, it's convenient to have Shuijia's Jingwei San!" "When the smoke clears, we can leave. The beasts of Zhang Si's family will definitely not be able to find us! But it's only half a day. Brother Yan, is there enough time?" "enough!" After the two finished talking, the yellow smoke slowly dissipated, and there was no other smell in the room except for a smell of tobacco. Yan Jingtian looked at it and shouted: "Let's go!" A group of people quickly pulled their horses out of the temple gate.Yan Shouyi tugged on Huo Xiaoxie's rope, with a face like a wood carving, he still showed great hatred for Huo Xiaoxie.Huo Xiaoxie didn't even look at him, and quickly followed him. Yan Shouyi pointed to a group of horses and said, "You! This one!" He tied the rope to the saddle, walked away quickly, and climbed onto the back of another horse. Everyone got on their horses together, Shui Yaoer also jumped up, Huo Xiaoxie looked at the horse's butt with a sad face.Yan Shouzhen had a bad temper and a loud voice, cursing: "You little bastard! Why are you so dazed!" Huo Xiaoxie spread his arms and said bitterly, "I don't know how to ride a horse..." Yan Shouzhen was stunned, and continued to curse: "Then you stay here to feed the dogs! Master Yan, let's go!" Yan Jingtian also frowned slightly, thinking that carrying Huo Xiaoxie is really a burden, it's better to leave him here to fend for himself, let him go outside and talk nonsense, this kind of half-child, probably no one will believe what he says. Yan Jingtian was about to make up his mind, but Shui Yaoer shouted: "I'll take him on a horse! We're both light-bodied! It's okay!" Before Yan Jingtian could reply, Shui Yaoer patted the horse under her crotch, and the horse took a step forward. Shui Yaoer let go of the pedals, bowed, jumped up from the horse's back, and jumped onto Huo Xiaoxie's horse. immediately.The water demon stretched out his hand, and shouted at Huo Xiaoxie: "Monkey, come up quickly! Do you want to run with the horse?" For some reason, Huo Xiaoxie saw the slender hands stretched out by the water demon, her nose sore, and tears welled up in her eyes.Huo Xiaoxie hurriedly suppressed her emotions, reached out and grabbed Shui Yaoer's little hand, relying on her dexterity, pulled the saddle with the other hand, turned over, landed behind Shui Yaoer, and hugged her Shui Yao'er's slender waist couldn't help but her heart swayed, and the roots of her ears turned red. "Hold me tight!" Shui Yaoer yelled, "Big Brothers! Let's go!" Seeing this, Yan Jingtian shouted: "Go!" Yan Jingtian pulled the horse and was about to lead the crowd to the south. Shui Yaoer looked at the direction, frowned, and shouted: "Brother Yan, wait a minute! Let's go southeast!" Everyone was stunned, Yan Jingtian said: "Shui Yaoer, why are you going southeast?" "They can't smell us with beasts, but they can track our footprints! There is a rocky hill in the southeast! We ran over there, and there were no traces!" cried the water monster. Yan Jingtian was surprised: "How do you know?" Water Monster said: "It's not me who knows, it's my father who knows, he has been here before and drew the map! Don't ask, listen to me!" Yan Shouzhen said displeased: "Sister Water Demon! This is not a child's play! We are taking care of you!" The water demon snorted coldly, but didn't answer, pulled up the reins by herself, gave a shout, and rode towards the southeast! Huo Xiaoxie sat behind Shui Yaoer, turned his head for the first time, gave Yan Shouzhen a contemptuous expression, and muttered: "Don't follow if you have the ability!" Yan Shouzhen scolded: "Master Yan, look, look, we were the ones who took care of her, but now she wants to take us with her? That little bastard of Huo Xiaoxie! It's fierce! I'll kill you..." Yan Jingtian glared at Yan Shouzhen, and Yan Shouzhen swallowed his words.Yan Jingtian didn't speak, pulled the rein, patted the horse and galloped away with the water monster. Yan Jingtian walked, who would dare not follow, Yan Shouzhen, Yan Shouyi, and Yan Shouren cheered up, patted the horse, turned around, and followed closely. Huo Xiaoxie saw Yan Jingtian and the others following on horseback, and couldn't help laughing at Shui Yaoer: "They bastards! They're following!" Huo Xiaoxie thought that Shui Yaoer would also tease and laugh with him, but Shui Yaoer said in a very cold tone: "Stop talking nonsense! Fall and kill you!" Huo Xiaoxie was stunned for a moment, even though she couldn't see Shui Yaoer's expression, she felt that she was extremely cold.Huo Xiaoxie closed her mouth, but she thought in her heart: "What kind of person is this water monster? Could it be that all her appearance is just pretending?" Huo Xiaoxie kept silent, the mountain road was bumpy, so she couldn't help tightening her body, squeezing Shui Yaoer's backpack.Huo Xiaoxie thought that there was Linglong mirror and Jingweisan in the backpack, and there was something weird about it, so she couldn't help being curious, so she stared at the backpack a few more times. The water monster seemed to have eyes on its back, and cursed coldly: "If you dare to peek at the contents of the bag, you will be killed immediately!" Now Huo Xiaoxie absolutely believes that Shui Yaoer will do what she says, for some reason, she starts to be a little afraid of her, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes..." Turning her head away, she no longer dared to look at Shui Yaoer's backpack. It took less than a stick of incense for Huo Xiaoxie and the others to leave the ruined temple. A black shadow flashed in the grass beside the ruined temple, and a huge beast jumped out soundlessly. Lying on the ground next to a big rock, a pair of copper bell-sized eyes stared at the ruined temple without blinking, extremely focused.This gigantic beast is more like a big dog than a black lion, with curly black hair all over its body, the hair around its head is especially thick and has grown several times, and its head is as big as a buffalo's head. The mouth was wide open, full of shiny fangs, and the black-purple tongue stretched out from between the fangs, making a slight snort. If it is a dog, it should be barking wildly after chasing it here to attract its owner, but this giant beast is extremely abnormal, lying here like a leopard preying on it, not only is it silent , and seemed to be engrossed in observing the movements in the ruined temple. The giant beast lay on the ground for a while, then stood up slowly, squatted down like a cat, picked up the bushes covered by big rocks, and burrowed forward.The giant beast moved for a while, looked left and right, stared at one direction, and whimpered in its throat.From the bushes in front of this monster, a bigger monster leaped out, similar in appearance, but 30% bigger than this one. The giant beast that jumped out didn't growl or scream either. It sniffed the ground, raised its gigantic head, stared at the ruined temple fiercely, and turned its head to the other humming growl twice, as a response to each other. These two giant beasts really seemed to understand human nature, they connected their heads to each other, each stood up, and jumped to the two sides of the ruined temple respectively. Their huge bodies jumped five or six feet high, and their giant claws clung to the rock. , and jumped a few more times, until he jumped onto a huge boulder, then he stopped and looked down at the ruined temple.One of the larger giant beasts raised its head, like a human being, it actually wrinkled the fur between its eyes, squinted its eyes and sniffed again, then shook its head again and again, growling lowly.The other giant beast followed suit, shaking its head and growling. The two giant beasts did not move rashly, still standing firmly on the boulder, staring at the ruined temple. A moment later, people in the direction of going up the mountain surged, and a group of people in blue also flashed out without a sound, and moved forward very lightly. The three people in the lead actually led a giant black beast, and the giant beast flew like an arrow. , the three of them flew to the open space not far from the ruined temple as if they were pulled off the ground by this giant beast. There were more and more people in blue clothes, but they didn't say a word. They only communicated with each other with eye gestures, which seemed to be very tacit, and only the sound of footsteps could be heard outside the ruined temple.In a blink of an eye, these people have formed a siege around the ruined temple. Two more people flew over like cunning rabbits, and stopped beside the giant beast being led by the three.One of them patted the big beast's head and said, "Big Chew, well done!" The people who came here were indeed Zhang Siye, Mr. Zhou and a group of hook soldiers. The three giant beasts were also the leopard dogs mentioned by Yan Jingtian and Shui Yaoer.The second and third chewers were looking for the way in front, and they didn't roar to disturb them, because the big chewer led Zhang Siye and the others to follow behind, so that the dozens of people went up the mountain without making any noise.It’s not like in the modern society where people search mountains and chase people, people lead wolf dogs and bark all the way, anyone who has a little ability and agility will know where people are chasing when they hear the sound, and they don’t know where they went before people and dogs arrive. . Back in the day, Yufengshen caught all Jiangyang thieves, and they were all first-class and tough. How could you let you go up the mountain shouting to catch the thieves, and you would have run away long ago.Therefore, the hook soldiers and leopard dogs trained by Mr. Zhang Siye and Mr. Zhou are both static and movable. They will not push you into a desperate situation, and you will not make a move easily. Once you make a move, you are sure to be sure. It is indeed extremely powerful. are difficult.It's no wonder that Yan Jingtian and Shui Yao'er, who are god-thief-level figures, have to quickly avoid it and not directly confront Zhang Siye's entire team. Fourth Master Zhang and Mr. Zhou were also dressed in tight blue clothes, very capable, but on the chests of Fourth Master Zhang and Mr. Zhou, each had a group of silver clouds embroidered. Mr. Zhou doubted: "Master Zhang, Er Zhuozi and San Jiaozi look weird, they stop here, could it be that Yan Jingtian and the others are hiding in this ruined temple, set a trap for us, waiting for us to come, and want to compete with us Down?" Fourth Master Zhang waved his hand and said: "It's really weird, if they have set up some tricks, Er Zhuozi should have discovered it! But, just in case... someone!" A hook soldier beside Zhang Siye came out in response, and stood aside with his fists folded and his head bowed. Fourth Master Zhang ordered: "Set up the formation! Arhat formation with seven nets! Not even a fly can fly!" Hearing this, the hook soldier nodded, jumped away, crossed his hands in the air, and whistled a series of whistles . In an instant, more than a dozen hook soldiers jumped out, holding the three-claw hook in their hands, tied their bodies, and surrounded the ruined temple.And those three giant beast leopard dogs, with their front paws down, their sharp claws stretched out, and the rocks they were grasping rattled, raised their heads, their eyes shot fiercely, and they opened their mouths, roaring earth-shatteringly. The three leopard dogs roared at the same time, the roar was really shaking, and the sound was extremely powerful.If you are a timid person, seeing this calf-sized beast roaring, Feiji's legs and feet will go weak, and he will catch it without a fight! The leopard dog roared for a while, but there was no response from the ruined temple.Fourth Master Zhang frowned, stuck his fingers out of his mouth, and let out a whistle, the three leopard dogs stopped barking almost at the same time, stared at the ruined temple firmly, only growling in a low voice. Fourth Master Zhang shouted: "Er Zhuaozi! Go!" I saw the biggest leopard dog at the top, bowing, its huge body jumped up, stabilized in the air, and fell to the roof of the ruined temple, sending bricks, tiles and rubble flying together.Er Qiaozi's body was extremely agile, without stopping, he turned around, and with a loud crash, he jumped into the ruined temple from the hole in the roof. Fourth Master Zhang continued to shout: "Three Chews! Go too!" The leopard dog, which was slightly smaller than the second chewer, also jumped off the boulder and rushed straight from the ground, like a black whirlwind, leaping in from the window of the ruined temple, tearing the already decayed The window eaves smashed into pieces and flew in all directions. Zhang Siye let two leopard dogs rush in, which is a very vicious routine. If the leopard dogs find a living person in the room, they will be torn apart without any explanation.If a person of Huo Xiaoxie's level stayed in the room, he might not even be able to scream, and his head would have to be bitten off by a leopard dog. The two leopard dogs jumped into the room without any movement, but after a while they roared loudly again. Fourth Master Zhang frowned when he heard the roar of the leopard dog, and cursed: "Grandma! No one!" Fourth Master Zhang ordered people to withdraw the seven-net arhat formation of the hook formation, and he strode forward, kicked the broken door of the ruined temple away, and walked into the house.Erzhuozi and Sanjiaozi were still sniffing around on the ground, looking extremely unwilling. Fourth Master Zhang sniffled and cursed: "The smell of fireworks!" Mr. Zhou also followed into the room, looked around, walked quickly to a small pile of ashes on the ground, knelt down, dipped his fingers in a little bit of ashes, licked it with the tip of his tongue, and said, "I'll just go for two days." The time of the incense stick." Fourth Master Zhang nodded, searched around, walked to the corner where Huo Xiaoxie was tied, squatted down, groped around, and said to himself: "They still tied up a person, it seems that this The person didn't break free from the rope. Hmph, it's most likely the Huo Xiaoxie they took away, what's the use of taking away this kind of waste? Could it be that the jade fetal beads are not in Huo Xiaoxie's stomach at all?" Mr. Zhou leaned over and said, "Master Zhang, the chewers can't smell their scent here. Could it be..." Fourth Master Zhang got up and said, "What's your opinion, Mr. Zhou?" Mr. Zhou said: "They can't go to the sky or enter the earth. There is only one possibility. They use something like Jingweisan to cover their smell." Fourth Master Zhang said: "Jingweisan? Even if it is Jingweisan, our leopard dog should not be able to smell it." Mr. Zhou said in a low voice: "The usual Jingweisan is fine. If the maid Xiaocui is really from the Shui family and is with them, it will be different. The Shui family has many ways of thieves. The first thing to do is to remove the smell on your body or cover up your tracks, so that you can get close to the necessary people and steal. If the Shui family's Jingwei is scattered, I'm afraid we will never be able to smell their tracks with leopard dogs again .” Fourth Master Zhang sighed: "So powerful? If we let them run away for half a day, it will be difficult for us to find them again!" Mr. Zhou also bowed his head in thought. A hook soldier rushed to report: "Master Zhang, Mr. Zhou, found a horseshoe mark, and there are six horses! Looking at the depth, it seems that there are only five people sitting, and there is one horse left! The horseshoe mark faces the chaotic place in the southeast direction. Shi Gang is gone!" Mr. Zhou scolded: "How cunning! Passing through places like Luanshigang, they can't even find a trace! It seems that they know the terrain in this area quite well! Trouble! Trouble!" Mr. Zhou walked around for a few minutes Step, close your eyes and think. Mr. Zhang was also troubled when he saw Mr. Zhou. He waited for Mr. Zhou for a while, and only when he saw Mr. Zhou's brows furrowed, did he ask in a timely manner, "Mr. Zhou, what should we do now?" "Hmph, they are not birds after all! They are not pangolins either! As long as they pass over the ground, they will show their feet! Come on, quickly release all the pigeons in Fengbo Village, and notify all post stations within 300 miles. The tea porter, the shopkeeper, the black head of the green forest, Ma Biao and Shan Biao, just say that Fengtian Zhang Siye is offering a reward of three thousand oceans to find out the whereabouts of four men with a Longxi accent and a little girl! Do it quickly and make no mistakes! " Mr. Zhou ordered. Obtaining Mr. Zhou's order, the hook soldiers retreated as if flying away. Fourth Master Zhang shouted: "Good!" Mr. Zhou snorted: "Want to run? With the foot strength of your poor horses, we will be able to catch up with you within five hundred miles!" Mr. Zhou turned to Fourth Master Zhang and said, "Fourth Master Zhang, there is no need to delay, we will immediately catch you!" leave!" Fourth Master Zhang nodded, and whistled at the leopard dog that was still on the ground, smelling bitterly, and shouted: "Second bitch! Third bitch! Save your energy! Let's go on the road with daddy again!" The two giant dogs carried At the beginning, it seemed that he was still unwilling, and he still obeyed Zhang Siye's order and jumped to Zhang Siye's side. A hook soldier stepped forward to hang the steel ring around the leopard dog's neck on a rope, and as Mr. Zhang went out, everyone retreated from the ruined temple in the blink of an eye. After a while, this place is full of empty valleys and quiet sounds again, boundless silence, no one is there anymore, how can it seem that so many strange things happened just now? Leaving aside Fourth Master Zhang's arrangements for now, let's talk about Yan Jingtian, Shui Yao'er, and Huo Xiaoxie.They left the ruined temple and ran southeast for several miles, when they heard the earth-shattering roar of a leopard dog from the valley behind them. Even though they were quite far apart, the roar was still astonishing, startling the birds and animals in the forest on both sides. Thumping and hiding, making a lot of noise. Yan Jingtian and the others all turned their heads and looked back, thinking to themselves: "What kind of monster is this! Could it be that the leopard dogs of Zhang Si's family have already found the ruined temple?" Thinking about it, the crowd didn't stop at all, and they rushed straight to the southeast. After traveling for more than ten miles, as expected, just as Shui Yaoer said, the front suddenly opened up, and a large area of ​​rocky hills appeared.This area is a rather large valley basin, scoured by water all the year round, and the terrain is low, so if you look around, there are gravels of uneven heights everywhere, and the big stones are as tall as several people.In addition to the stones on the ground, countless streams criss-crossed and flowed slowly between the cracks in the stones. Yan Jingtian and the others took a look and knew that this rocky hillock could hide their tracks, so they dismounted one after another and led the horse through the rocky hillock.Huo Xiaoxie also dismounted, and silently followed Shui Yaoer, walking in the middle of the team. Although there are many boulders in Luanshigang, the terrain is flat and easy to walk. With Yan Jingtian and the others' skills, it is naturally no problem. Even Huo Xiaoxie is struggling without the slightest notice.The so-called Luanshigang can hide traces, because the Luanshigang is covered with stones, it is difficult to leave footprints, even if the soft place is crooked, the stream will rush to wash it away.Even so, Yan Jingtian was still very careful, and ordered Yan Shouyi and Yan Shouren to destroy all traces that might be found. After the crowd walked for about half an hour, Yan Jingtian figured out the location, squatted down, put his hands on the ground, and leaned down to put his ears on the ground to listen, which was to check the surrounding situation.Yan Jingtian found that there was no sign of anyone chasing him, so he led everyone out of Luanshigang, got on his horse and continued to run eastward. Yan Jingtian and the others did not stop for a day and a night after they left, with only two or three short repairs in between.It was bright on the second day, and they had already left Tonghe Town for more than 300 miles, which seemed to throw off Fourth Master Zhang.People can still support, but the horse is already foaming at the mouth, and if it continues to run, it may die violently on the side of the road. Yan Jingtian had no choice but to slow down, and ordered Yan Shouzhen and Yan Shouren to go along the road to find out what boundary they had reached, and the rest of them rested on the spot. After a while, Yan Shouren came to report, saying that there was a boundary marker ahead, and this place was called "Luo Ma'ao". I had never heard of this place name.Yan Jingtian asked Shui Yaoer if she knew, and Shui Yaoer shook her head again and again. After a while, Yan Shouzhen also came back and reported: "Master Yan, there is smoke rising from a mountain nest about two miles ahead, it may be a village." Yan Jingtian nodded in agreement, and said, "Alright! Let's go and have a look! Maybe we can ask for a bowl of hot soup!" Everyone was exhausted and had no objection. Yan Shouzhen led the way and walked towards the village. When they got outside the village that Yan Shouzhen mentioned, everyone was amused. Where was the village? It was a slightly dilapidated inn.Yan Jingtian's eyes were sharp, and he saw that there were guys running in and out of the inn's yard busy, and there were seven or eight horses tied in the yard, so he knew that the inn was still operating, and there was nothing unusual about it.A flag was erected at the entrance of the inn, and a letter was written: Luoma Inn. Yan Jingtian smiled and said: "Brothers, water demon, there is an inn ahead, let's go to have a good rest and leave at night!" Everyone also shouted: "Okay!" This Luoma Inn is not a common inn layout, just seven or eight private houses on a gentle slope, surrounded by fences, the front and rear walls of the front house are opened, tables and chairs are neatly arranged, and a courtyard is built facing the street. Come to tie the horse and park the car, it is considered an inn. At this time, in the front hall of Luoma Inn, there was a skinny old man dressed as a shopkeeper, smoking dry cigarettes, wearing presbyopic glasses. He kept shaking his head. With a bang, a guy rushed in through the door, rushed too fast, bumped into the table and chair, and almost fell to the ground. When the shopkeeper looked up, seeing that the clerk was in a hurry, he clicked his tongue impatiently, then lowered his head and continued to read, cursing: "Jia Chunzi, did you see a ghost or a goblin? Nagging!" The guy, Jia Chunzi, is tall and burly, with a very burly figure, a big rectangular face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he looks a little silly.Jia Chunzi bumped into the corner of the table and was in pain. His face was crooked and he didn't say a word. After listening to the shopkeeper's scolding, he shouted: "Master Qian! Master Qian! Come, come, come, here are the guests!" Shopkeeper Qian didn't even raise his head, and scolded, "I believe you when you say there's a bear stealing food." Jia Chunzi shouted: "Really, really! One, two, three, four, five, six, five or six!" Shopkeeper Qian raised his head, and seeing Jia Chunzi's earnest eyes, he couldn't help saying, "Are you really here? What day is it today!" Jia Chunzi was tall and tall. He stretched out his hands, inserted his hands from the counter into the armpit of the shopkeeper Qian, and lifted the thin old man from behind the counter to the front.Shopkeeper Qian might not be surprised, he muttered something, straightened his coat, and hurried out of the store. Yan Jingtian and his group got off their horses in front of the Luoma Inn. Just as they were about to shout, they saw Shopkeeper Qian and Jia Chunzi running out one after the other.When Shopkeeper Qian saw Yan Jingtian and the others, his smiling eyes disappeared.Don't look at his old bones, he runs like a fly.Shopkeeper Qian shouted: "Masters! Guest officers! There are people in the shop! There are people!" Without stopping, he ran up to Yan Jingtian, clasped his fists, and said, "Guest officers! Please come inside, please come inside, the shop is waiting for you!" Open! Open now!" Shui Yao'er had long since changed into an ordinary women's gown, with her hair coiled up, she looked like a little daughter-in-law, very fresh. Yan Jingtian looked left and right, and there were still seven or eight horses grazing leisurely in the stables on one side of the courtyard. The saddles on the horses were complete, as if they belonged to guests staying in the hotel. Yan Jingtian smiled slightly and said: "We have a long way to go, please use good fodder for these horses." Shopkeeper Qian shouted: "No problem, no problem, please, please! Jia Chunzi, do you hear me?" Jia Chunzi hurriedly yelled, stepped forward to take the reins from everyone, and turned the horse aside.Everyone saw that Jia Chunzi was dressed like a clerk, but his size was astonishing, a head taller than the tallest Yan Shouyi, like a giant, and they were all shocked.Fortunately, Jia Chunzi's brows were silly and silly, with a smile on his face, and he knew that he had no intentions at a glance, so he was a little relieved. Huo Xiaoxie secretly said: "It looks like he is half a head taller than the big Shi who is juggling in Fengtian City! I don't know if I can catch up with him with strength?" Shopkeeper Qian led the way, and everyone followed behind. Yan Jingtian asked, "How is the shopkeeper's business?" Shopkeeper Qian replied: "No, since Mr. Guo Songlin and Marshal Zhang Zuolin started the fight, we have no business on this road. It is hard to expect some of your guests today." , It was around 1926 that Guo Songlin turned against Zhang Zuolin and raised his troops to fight against him. Zhang Zuolin had to ask the Japanese Kwantung Army to help, and then Guo Songlin was arrested and sentenced to death.But after Guo Song died, there were still a group of remnants of the dead party who refused to surrender and clamored to avenge Guo Songlin.The shopkeeper Qian is telling the truth. Shopkeeper Qian didn't respond to Yan Jingtian's suggestive question, talking to himself, even Huo Xiaoxie found it strange that there were seven or eight horses tied in a corner of Mingming Courtyard, why did he expect guests today?Could it be that these horses came here by themselves? Shopkeeper Qian led Yan Jingtian into the house, and asked politely: "Guests, should we eat first or stay in the hotel first? The small shop doesn't look shabby, but there are three good guest rooms in the backyard, which are guaranteed to be clean and comfortable. Comfortable." Yan Jingtian replied: "Let's eat first! Serve all the delicious dishes from the shopkeeper! You can't miss your money!" He took out a few silver dollars from his pocket and threw them on the table.Shopkeeper Qian's eyes were straightened, he stepped forward to put away the silver dollars, and said, "Gentlemen, please sit down, please sit down! The store has fresh mountain delicacies, which are definitely rare in the city. Come here soon." Ah!" Said and hurried away. Yan Jingtian and the others sat around the table, all stretching. Huo Xiaoxie also sat down obediently, looked left and right, touched the table with her fingers, and said, "Why do I feel that we are not the only customers in this store?" Yan Shouzhen scolded: "You still need to talk!" Yan Jingtian said: "Yan Shouzhen, just let him talk about it." Yan Shouzhen snorted at Huo Xiaoxie, and didn't bother to talk to him. Shui Yaoer patted Huo Xiaoxie, and said carefreely: "Monkey, just say what you want!" Huo Xiaoxie glared at Yan Shouzhen, cursing in his heart: "You are the only one who will be fierce!" He said in his mouth, "When I came in just now, there were clearly several horses tied beside me in the yard, and I didn't even untie the saddles, either Just like us, he has not been here for a long time, or he is in a hurry, so he comes and goes as he pleases. But the shopkeeper said that there is no business, and finally waited for us guests." Yan Jingtian said: "Not bad! What else?" Huo Xiaoxie said: "Also, at our table, someone obviously ate food and wine last night, the table was not wiped clean, and now the oily smell is still on it." Yan Jingtian was taken aback, and said, "What's the reason for this?" Huo Xiaoxie said: "You are all people who don't have to worry about food and drink. I have been hungry since I was a child, and I have been hungry for a meal... Actually, the oil on the table is not wiped clean. It looks different every day. Let me take a look and touch it. Just know." Yan Jingtian asked: "Then how did you learn it?" Huo Xiaoxie said sadly: "When I was young, I was so hungry that I always went to steal swill to eat. The back kitchen of the restaurant usually set up a table. As long as the oil on the table was not wiped clean for a day or two, you could eat it." Eat fresh hogwash, otherwise you will have diarrhea. After a long time, I will remember." What Huo Xiaoxie said, everyone was a little stunned when they heard it, Yan Shouzhen's impatient face relaxed a little, and he turned his head to listen, with a slightly gentle expression.Yan Shouyi still had a face like a wood carving, he didn't move, but he seemed to be thinking a little bit. Yan Jingtian said softly: "The so-called ability, when it was first created, was all for making a living. It's like the art of stealing, the first person in the world to steal, I'm afraid it was also forced by making a living." Huo Xiaoxie suddenly said: "Then you people from aristocratic families don't worry about making a living, so what else do you want to steal? Why are you stealing? And for whom are you stealing?" Shui Yaoer opened her mouth and replied: "For myself! If I don't steal the Linglong Mirror, my father Shui Wang will always control me." Huo Xiaoxie nodded, and asked Yan Jingtian, "What about you, Brother Yan?" Yan Jingtian blinked, and slowly grinned. Huo Xiaoxie didn't know why Yan Jingtian was laughing so much, and looked at Yan Jingtian curiously.Yan Jingtian laughed and said, "Huo Xiaoxie, you boy, you baby! Good question! It's just this question, I can't answer it. You are not a thief with five bells, you are thinking about something. very funny!" Yan Shouyi's wooden carving's face moved, and he said abruptly, "Master Yan asked me to steal it, so I will! Why don't you care?" Yan Shouzhen scolded: "Yan Shouyi, you are an idiot!" Yan Shouyi scolded back: "Who is an idiot!" Yan Jingtian even leaned forward and backward with laughter. Yan Shouren was the youngest among the four members of the Huo family, so he couldn't help laughing along with Yan Jingtian, and then Yan Shouzhen also laughed, and Yan Shouyi's woodcarved face twisted, hehehehe made a sound, as if laughing. Shui Yaoer also laughed and said, "It's really not easy to understand what the big brothers of the Huo family think are fun. Haha, haha." Shui Yaoer amused herself and also laughed. 火小邪呆坐原地，自己本来自认为挺严肃的问题，怎么最后让大家笑成一团了呢？难道问这些偷盗世家的人为什么要偷的问题，就是一个十足的玩笑？ 火小邪见严景天笑的直拍桌子，只好也跟着嘿嘿干笑了两下。 火小邪拧着眉毛，压低着声音嚷道：“我是说，这家是黑店！是黑店！你们有没有在听我说啊！唉……” 可严景天他们就是不接火小邪的话茬，自顾自哈哈大笑。严守震、严守义、严守仁三人，更是互相推搡打闹起来。 钱掌柜高喊一声：“来喽！”捋着袖子从后堂跑出，手中端着两个盘子。钱掌柜这一喊，倒是把严景天他们的笑声打断。 钱掌柜抱歉的说道：“打扰！打扰！”说着把盘子端上来，介绍道：“这是小店的两道招牌凉菜，酱拌鹿筋和卤汁貂子肉，几位大爷、小姐请品尝，绝对比奉天城里的还要地道！” 严景天笑嘻嘻的说道：“好！好！掌柜的辛苦！” 钱掌柜应和道：“慢用慢用，热菜很快就来！哦！各位，不喝点什么？我这小店里有自晾的陈年高梁酒。” 严景天摆摆手，说道：“酒就不用了！掌柜的端些热茶来！” 钱掌柜哦了一声，说道：“几位大爷不喝酒的啊……热茶，热茶，稍等，一会就来。” 钱掌柜正要退开，水妖儿嚷道：“掌柜的，我要喝，拿一坛来吧！” 钱掌柜连忙问道：“这位小姐，是，是要喝高梁酒？” “当然啊！渴死了！女的就不能喝酒啊？”水妖儿嚷道。 钱掌柜哭笑不得，几个大男人滴酒不沾，而一个小丫头却要喝一坛子酒，张大着嘴巴说道：“啊……好，好，马上来，马上来……”打量了他们几眼，赶忙离去。 严景天见怪不怪，自顾自从桌上的筷子笼里抽出筷子，嚷道：“来来来，大家都吃吧。” 严守震他们也不客气，都拿出筷子，大吃大嚼起来。水妖儿也没那么秀气，一筷子夹了一大块貂子肉，放在嘴里大嚼。众人赞道：“没想到这种僻静的小店，也有这种美味，不错不错！” 唯独火小邪没动。 水妖儿用胳膊捅了捅火小邪，边嚼边说：“喂，猴子，发什么呆，吃啊！你是不饿是不是？” 火小邪肚子早就饿到前胸贴后背了，见大家吃的高兴，口水都咽了一肚子。火小邪说道：“大家，大家就这么吃了？万一，万一这是家黑店呢？里面下了药呢？” 水妖儿哈哈一笑：“哪有这么多黑店！” 火小邪继续说道：“我在奉天的时候听人说，外面的黑店，都是在这种偏僻的路边，吃人肉的，那外面几匹马，空着没人，会不会就是上一批客人被他们害死了。你们看那个伙计，比我们高出多少？像个屠夫，哪象个伙计？还有，那掌柜的，干瘦老头，腿脚竟这么灵光，跑前跑后都不踹气！”火小邪越说越觉得心寒。 严守震啪的把一块骨头吐出来，骂道：“小兔崽子，你觉得你比我们见识的还多喽？还黑店，黑你个奶奶！你爱吃不吃，不吃滚蛋！我们都是呆子，就你聪明！” 严守义嘀咕一句：“我们不是呆子！” 严守震骂道：“没说我们是呆子！反话你听不懂啊！你这个呆子！” 严守仁又忍不住，低头一边嚼肉，一边哧哧哧哧的闷笑起来。 严景天把筷子放下，说道：“火小邪，江湖中的确有险恶，你想太多了。如果是黑店，我们进来之前，就已经发觉了。吃吧吃吧，味道不错，不吃可惜了！” 火小邪正要再说，钱掌柜又在后堂边走边吆喝：“来喽！几位客官打扰！打扰了！” 钱掌柜提着一个酒坛、一壶热茶，还在胳膊肘上夹着七八个酒碗，快步走到桌边，将东西麻利的放下，摆了一桌，念道：“慢用，慢用，热菜马上，马上来。” 严守仁站起，提着茶壶给大家酒碗里倒上茶水。 水妖儿抱起酒坛，说道：“猴子，喝点酒吧？” 火小邪向来信奉男子汉必能饮酒，见严景天他们这些大汉竟然滴酒不沾，心里觉得奇怪，有点瞧不起他们，听水妖儿招呼他喝酒，自然而然的说道：“好！喝一碗！” 水妖儿一笑，稳稳给火小邪倒了一碗，再给自己斟满。水妖儿举起碗，冲火小邪一眨眼，说道：“干杯！”说罢就一饮而尽。 火小邪看着呆了，这偌大一碗酒，就这样一口干了？火小邪也不管是不是毒酒了，既然水妖儿都喝了，自己也干了吧，于是举起碗奋力一饮而尽。 这高梁酒颇烈，火小邪只觉得一股子热气从嗓子眼冲下去，辣的胸前一片火烫。火小邪本来就一直没吃什么东西，空腹喝酒，最是易醉，何况火小邪在奉天的时候，哪有这样豪爽的喝酒经历？火小邪身子晃了晃，眼睛一直，强行忍住胃中的翻滚，举起筷子，夹了一块鹿筋，塞到嘴里，胡乱嚼了几口吞下，才觉得略微好了一点。可一股子酒气，从胸口热气中化开，直冲后脑，顿时让火小邪脑子中一蒙。 再往后来，火小邪半醉半醒之间，也管不了到底这里是不是黑店了，有啥吃啥，放开了肚子狂吃。酒壮人胆，火小邪也拉开了嗓门，和严守震骂成一片，两人居然互相骂的高兴了，又和严守震一起戏弄严守义这个脑子直愣愣的呆子。火小邪的性格亦正亦邪，高兴了满嘴跑火车，但又说的让人爱听，并不觉得腻烦。 一场酒肉下来，火小邪肚子撑的滚圆，酒也喝了七八碗，躺在椅子上，抱着肚子叫道：“我的娘啊，这辈子我不是就想过这种酒足饭饱的日子吗？可吃多了喝多了，怎么就这么难受呢？我的肚子都要爆炸了！我的脑袋里都是星星乱飞！我的娘啊！” 水妖儿把坛中最后一点酒喝完，面色也微微红了。水妖儿好酒量，这点酒都不算个什么，就是灌倒了个火小邪。 钱掌柜上前问候：“几位大爷，小姐，吃的怎么样？呦，怎么还醉了一个？” 火小邪嘟囔道：“我没醉！”说着头歪在一边，呼呼大睡。 严景天回钱掌柜的话：“不错！不错！好味道！” 钱掌柜笑逐颜开，问道：“几位大爷，这位小姐，如果不急着赶路，要不去后院的客房休息一下？” 严景天手一伸，说道：“稍等！不要出声！” 严景天眼睛眯了眯，猛然一动不动的坐直，一只手按在桌上，神态严肃。钱掌柜有点吃惊，正要问话，被严守震按住肩膀。 严景天哈哈一笑，恢复常态。钱掌柜忙问：“大爷，您这是怎么了？” 严景天问道：“掌柜的，你这里是不是经常有些跑信镖的人来往？我看院子里的那几匹马，应该是跑信镖的人的。” 钱掌柜一愣，随即苦笑道：“大爷真是好眼力啊！前段日子，有跑信镖的人从我们经过，便非要占了我们一间房间，那几匹马正是他们的，没准今天要回来一次。唉，说的好好的，给我些店钱，可都几个月了，一分钱也没给过我，还白吃白喝的。我也不敢得罪他们……” 严景天说道：“这些信镖都是哪里的镖口？” 钱掌柜说道：“这个我也不知道，您也知道，跑信镖的人，嘴巴都严的很。对了，正想和您们说呢，如果他们来了，万万要躲着他们，他们这些人，都是无恶不作之徒，惹毛了他们，没准会杀人的。”