Asking hexagram 20 taels

(Eight)

"Young man, how about staying at this store tonight? There are not many stores around here, after this one, you have to walk more than ten miles to find the next one."

"Yunlai Inn? Good name, the guests are like Yunlai, so let's go here." Tang Yuan lifted the curtain of the carriage, stepped on the shaft and jumped down lightly.

As soon as Tang Yuan and the groom entered the inn, Xiaoer warmly greeted them, and while slapping Tang Yuan's clothes with a rag, he said, "Guest officer, do you want to stay at the top or stay in the inn?"

"Hey, you little boy, why are you so ignorant, what are you dusting?" The groom came up to stop him and snatched the rag from his hand.The coachman probably had been with the horse for a long time, and he spoke very directly, which made Xiao Er very embarrassed.

The second brother took back the rag from the coachman, slapped his right hand back on his shoulder, bowed his waist and kept nodding: "Isn't this just for you two to dust off the dust? It must have been hard for you two to come from such a long distance, right? The Tianzi shop of the small shop has prepared rooms for the two of you! How many rooms are you coming to?"

The coachman laughed loudly, and patted Xiao Er on the shoulder, seeming to find nothing wrong, but Tang Yuan couldn't help but look at Xiao Er twice more.

"Xiao Er, do you think we will live in one room in the first half of the night and change the other in the second half of the night? Two rooms are enough, and I'm afraid we won't be able to live in any more."

"Guest officer, you really know how to joke," Xiao Er led the two of them to the main room, while shouting into the main room, "Two rooms in the upper room!"

The coachman handed the whip to Xiao Er, pointed to the carriage outside and said, "Help me drive the horses to the backyard and feed them with good fodder. It is enough to give this young man a room, and give me a room." An ordinary room is fine, if it’s really not possible, it’s okay to arrange me and the horse together.”

"It's better to have two upper rooms. I will pay for the big brother of the coachman. ——As for the rest of the money, I will leave it to you as a reward." Tang Yuan took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and held it in his hand. After turning around twice, it passed the driver and handed it to the waiter in the shop.Xiaoer's eyes lit up just looking at Yinzi, this is 20 taels, which is more than enough for the two of them to eat, drink and live in this shop for a month.

But why is there still a seal engraved on this silver?

Xiao Er took the piece of silver, secretly held it up and looked at it behind the two people's backs, and the more it looked, the more it looked like two words.It's quite similar to the shape of the two characters on the corner of our inn's wine flag.Xiao Er thought so, but didn't take it to heart.

If he could read, he would be able to see that it was the distorted word Wuwei.However, he is illiterate, so he only thinks it is some kind of official bank, so there is this seal on it.Looking at it happily, he put the money into his pocket, and took out his private money to hand over to the shopkeeper's account.

He is illiterate, but some people are very familiar with these two words.The coachman's expression froze, his thumb lightly rubbed his index finger twice, his face sank slightly before he turned his head and said to Tang Yuan: "Thank you, young man, I can stay here for a while today Going to the room."

"You're welcome." Tang Yuan replied, turned his head and told Xiao Er, "Xiao Er, don't forget to bring the pot of hot water up, and prepare some food. I've been away for almost a day, and I haven't eaten yet. It’s dinner.—Brother coachman, please.” He didn’t say anything else, just pretending that he didn’t see anything strange about the coachman, and went upstairs first to find the so-called Tianzihao’s room.

This store is located next to the official road, it should have the same name as its name, and the customers come like a cloud, but for some reason, there are no customers coming that night.When Tang Yuan stepped on the wooden stairs, he always felt that the stairs were not stable, as if they could collapse at any time.The walls of the inn are also yellow, it really looks like a shop that has been abandoned for a long time and has reopened.

The so-called "Tianzihao" upper rooms are slightly cleaner than ordinary rooms, and far inferior to those in ordinary inns, not to mention the inns in Beijing or Luoyang.Not only is the room not big, but there is also a musty smell when you open the door.

"Ahem, let me say Xiao Er, how long has no one lived in your house?"

"Hehe, did you see it? Our house has not been reopened for a long time, and we haven't had time to tidy it up. In fact, it hasn't been long since it was empty. Just two days ago, a guest officer came over. It's just that people are a little Strange, after I gave the money, I locked myself in the room and didn’t come out, and I left early, we just opened the door early the next morning, and I went upstairs to call him, but he disappeared.” Xiaoer said Holding the new quilt to change the quilt for the two, while recalling the scene at that time, "I heard a 'plop', as if someone jumped off the building early in the morning, do you think it is strange?"

Listening to Xiaoer's description, Tang Yuan thought it was a little funny, and laughed out loud "puchi", and then he laughed non-stop, as if he had tapped his laughing point.

"Guest officer, this is you?"

"Hahahaha it's okay, it's okay, you go and get busy."

Xiao Er didn't know what he was laughing at, but said that he was a bit weird, then asked the two of them their food preferences and went down to the kitchen to cook.

"Hahahahahaha...a 'plop', it's so funny!" Tang Yuan laughed so hard that he leaned on the table, sat down and put his hands on his thighs and looked at the driver when he was tired from laughing: "Brother driver, do you think it's funny?"

The coachman laughed dryly after him, and felt guilty because of his eyes: "Okay, it's funny."

"Then why doesn't big brother laugh?" Tang Yuan stopped laughing, and his voice gradually cooled down, "Is it because it's my own scandal that I can't laugh?"

"Young man, you, what are you talking about?"

"If you guessed right, this friend from Wuwei Pavilion? ——What did you come here with me to find out?"

The groom's expression darkened as he listened to his words, and the embarrassment on his face disappeared, replaced by a kind of confidence in the overall situation. He sat down and poured himself a cup of tea, drinking it one sip at a time.He didn't say a word, and Tang Yuan could bear his temper, waiting for him to speak.When the cup of tea was about to bottom out, the coachman said, "Since the young man has found out, I won't pretend anymore." After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand and tore off the beard on his face, which was clearly the honest and honest face of the coachman. But when his expression changed, so did his whole demeanor, as if he was a different person, "The young man has amazing eyesight, but I still want to ask the young man how he knows that I am not that groom's."

"Your Majesty's disguise technique is very subtle, even I can't see the clue. You are worthy of being a member of the Wuwei Pavilion. But I think you should not often go out to the Wuwei Pavilion to inquire about the news, because you have made a mistake for the disguiser. Let’s talk about the most fatal mistake. Changing into a person is not pretending to be that person, but turning himself into that person. The groom didn’t know that I was from the Jianghu, and thought I was an ordinary person visiting relatives in the capital. You are called a little brother, you are a young man with a mouth, and you are simply a person from the rivers and lakes, then you must not be the original groom. Besides, the groom is used to driving the carriage. It’s easy to get on the horse, so it’s not like you came down with it. The groom said he’s never been to Beijing, but you seem to know the way very well, and you know where the next store is when you pass this store.”

"As expected of a bitter Taoist, his eyes are really powerful." The man clapped his palms and smiled, the simple aura of the groom was no longer visible in his brows and eyes, but there was a kind of nobility of being accustomed to sitting in a high position.

"Thank you. Since I was a child, I have been with the most outstanding disguisers, so I am naturally more sensitive to this. But what I said above is just my inference. The most important thing is that I am not defensive against people, and I will not be in a carriage. I can't wake up from a deep sleep, to the point where I need someone to wake me up, what medicine did you use for me?"

"It's not a medicine, it's a secret art of my Wuwei Pavilion. Don't worry, the young hero, the young hero is on guard, and the secret technique is not very effective. But Xie still wants to ask how the young hero knows that I am from the Wuwei Pavilion. ? After all, Xie doesn’t have the word Wuwei Pavilion written on him.”

"Since you know that I got into this carriage, you must know where I am. There are only five or five people in the world who know where I am. Tang Yuan took out his hand. Anyway, it is five out of five." Among them is You Wuwei Pavilion. If I am a close friend, I will definitely not use such means as disguise. Others pay attention to sniffing out information, and they need to be silent. It is best to get the information without others feeling it. Lightness kung fu is naturally high. But I see that your steps are sloppy. It cannot be said that you can’t do light kung fu, but you can’t talk about subtlety. In addition, you sneaked into my house that night and fought with me. When I woke up today and saw you, I felt If you look familiar, then you must be from the Wuwei Pavilion. The 20 taels of silver I took was the divination money given to me by the Wuwei Pavilion that night. The reason why I took it out was to deceive you. You froze. ——You claim your surname is Xie, if I guessed correctly, you are not the master of Wuwei Pavilion Xie Sanchuan, right?"

"It's right here." Xie Sanchuan stood up and clasped his fists to Tang Yuan, then removed the smear on his face, revealing a young man's face: "I've heard the name of the young hero and bitter Taoist for a long time. The conflict with the young man was really not intended to offend, young man forgive me."

This face is about 30 years old, and there is a large scar on the right cheek, with flesh and blood turned out.But he himself doesn't seem to care about it, he is very calm about it, and he reveals a suave and sassy chivalry in his actions, which makes people feel good.But I don't know if it's because Pavilion Wuwei is too busy with affairs, anyway, Pavilion Master Xie always has a weather-beaten and see-through feeling on his face.

Tang Yuan also returned a salute, confirming that the other party was a friend rather than an enemy. He hurriedly asked, "Where is that brother groom? Where is he now?"

"Please don't worry about this, young man. I think the groom should be lying at home now. After Xie knocked him out, let the Geli people send him home."

"Then I'm relieved. If I don't kill Boren Boren but die because of me, the crime of Xiaodao will be serious."

"The young man is overthinking. My Wuwei Pavilion will not do murder and arson casually. The reason why Xie is so abrupt is because of one thing."

"It's that thing again? I don't count." Tang Yuan thought of staying up all night to ask for divination, and finally figured out an endgame, and felt his head was getting bigger.

"Xie didn't mean to ask for divination. Young Xia, do you still remember the day when I came to ask for divination?"

Hearing that Xie Sanchuan didn't want to ask the hexagram, he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that 20 taels is not something you can earn casually, now as long as you don't ask the hexagram, you can ask anything: "Oh, you kick off our big jujube tree That time with the leaves?—By the way, how bad is your lightness kung fu, you climbed a tree after turning over a courtyard wall, and kicked off the leaves when you climbed a tree?"

"Shaoxia don't want to make fun of me, isn't 'Xie Sanchuan's martial arts unrivaled in the world, lightness kungfu unrivaled in the world' is something that all three-year-old children know? ——I remember that Shaoxia told me not to go out no matter what happened outside when I stayed in the hotel. All the way at high speed, all the inns we met on the road were closed, and in the end, only this inn was open to welcome guests."

"I didn't expect that Pavilion Master Xie's qinggong is not very good, but his footsteps are not slow. The inn should be closed at night. Why, did Pavilion Master hear some strange sounds that night?"

"Exactly!" Having said that, Xie Sanchuan walked quickly to the window, poked his head out to look around, and closed the window with confidence when he saw nothing, then sat back and said, "I listened in a daze at night. Hearing the sound of many people moving things, and seeing many lights and figures running around through the window paper, I wondered if something had happened, but thinking of the young man's warning, I still didn't go out to have a look."

"Fortunately, Pavilion Master Xie, you didn't go out. If you had gone out at that time, or even opened the window to look, I can't guarantee what would happen." That night Tang Yuan saw that the person's seal was black, and his life star was even faintly bloody. It was the end of decapitation, and I really couldn't bear to see him in trouble, so I told him the way to avoid disaster.Fortunately, Xie Sanchuan is still willing to listen, otherwise I don't know whether the surname of Wuwei Pavilion Master is Xie or not.

"The reason why I invited the young man here today is to find out what happened that day, and please don't blame the young man."

Tang Yuan waved his hand and accepted this matter: "It's okay, this matter is new, I just like to watch the excitement, and Pavilion Master Xie didn't say that I would come to visit by myself. Besides, since Pavilion Master Xie accepted the coachman's job For work, I still have to rely entirely on Pavilion Master Xie to drive me to the capital."

Xie Sanchuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he didn't expect Tang Yuan to be so courageous. Knowing that he was the master of Wuwei Pavilion, he pretended to be a coachman all the way, thinking that the two of them would be able to rush to the capital easily by identifying their identities.Before he could think deeply, Tang Yuan added another sentence: "After all, Pavilion Master Xie is not good at lightness kung fu, I'm afraid he can't keep up with my pace."

After nightfall, Tang Yuan leaned against the bed with his clothes still undressed, waiting for the strange appearance that Pavilion Master Xie had mentioned to appear.

At about the third watch, the clapper for the watch had just rang twice, and there was a sound of wings fluttering in the air as the crows and birds were startled by the watch.Tang Yuan was also a little sleepy, leaning against the bedpost, dozing off little by little.

There was only a soft knock on the door, "Tuk Tuk Tuk".

"Guest officer, guest officer, are you asleep?" It was the voice of the waiter.

Tang Yuan regained his energy immediately, and instead of answering the waiter's question, he breathed evenly and lightly turned over the luggage.Luggage turned, making a rustling sound.The waiter in the shop was so shocked that he held his breath, and lay his ears outside the door to listen to the voice inside.After waiting for a long time, there was no more sound from the room, the waiter just thought he was asleep and turned over, so relieved, he tiptoed to knock on Xie Sanchuan's door again.

Xie Sanchuan naturally didn't sleep, but he always remembered that he was pretending to be a coachman, snoring twice from time to time, Xiao Er thought he had fallen asleep when he heard it, and then went back downstairs.

Tang Yuan listened intently. The little girl went downstairs, went out of the courtyard to the backyard, and opened the door to the backyard.

The door of the backyard opened with a "squeak", and the autumn wind blew in, making the torch outside the door flickering and dimming.

"Come in, come in." The waiter urged.

Then there was a sound of hooves, and there were at least seven or eight horses coming in this wave.Immediately someone from the leader jumped down and whispered to the shopkeeper, the voice was too low for Tang Yuan to hear, but the voice of Xiao Er was very obvious, he was instructing someone to put down the things.

"Put it here, put it here, be careful!"

There were many lights outside the window, Tang Yuan quietly walked to the window, dipped his fingers in his saliva, pierced the window paper, and went to see the leader, but it was still a familiar face.

This is... what is he doing here?