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Lord Wen Tianxiang, the Minister of the Ministry of punishment of the Song Dynasty, and his family took a large number of gold ingots with them. All the way, they spent all day and night, and they didn't dare to be careless.

On this day, at sunset, they came to a place called Daheishan.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, seeing that the mountain is rolling and steep, Mr. Wen Tianxiang hesitated to climb over it before finding a place to rest.

Seeing this, his entourage came forward and suggested, "my Lord, in the view of villains, we'd better move on."

"So many of us, with so much luggage, want to cross this mountain. I'm afraid it will take a lot of time. If we delay until night and meet strong people, I'm afraid it will be bad." Mr. Wen Tianxiang is very kind to his work.

The next humanitarian: "my Lord, from the point of view of villains, you are worried too much. In order to ensure safety, we have a lot of soldiers here. Even if we have strong people, what can we do?"

"Besides, we've all been through a lot of dangerous mountains and rivers." The servant said again.

In fact, Lord Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, also wanted to transport these gold ingots to the Lianghuai region one day earlier, so that he could arrive at his hometown one day earlier.

After hearing what the servant said, he thought about it and thought what the servant said was quite reasonable.

So he said, "well, let's keep going."

With that, Mr. Wen Tianxiang urged his horse to take the lead.

After walking a few miles, Wen Tianxiang regretted it.

The inside and outside of this big black mountain are really two days.

At this time, it was not dark outside, but when we got to the inside of Daheishan, it was all dark and we couldn't see the road on the ground.

Wen Tianxiang had no choice but to give orders and let the people fight with torches and walk slowly.

At this time, he really regretted his decision just now.

If you had known this, you might as well have found a place to rest at the foot of the mountain. When it's light tomorrow, you can set out and cross the mountain.

Now we have come to this place. It's too late to regret.

They can only move forward, not backward.

After walking for half an hour in this way, Mr. Wen saw that there seemed to be a light in front of him.

Mr. Wen Tianxiang, the Minister of punishment, is afraid that he will be dazzled, so he will ask his personal entourage if he has seen it.

The valet looked at it carefully and said to him, "my Lord, there are lights in front of us."

Hearing this, Wen Tianxiang was really surprised and happy. He said to his close follower, "let's hurry and go to this place with lights to have a rest."

"By the way, you can also inquire about the distance ahead." Mr. Wen Tianxiang said again.

The servant bowed and said, "yes."

Then, he went to the team behind him to convey the order of Lord Wen Tianxiang.

Walking on this rugged mountain road, all the people in the team feel very uncomfortable.

When they heard that there was a place to rest in front of them, they were very excited. Naturally, their pace was much faster.

After a little while, the Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang, led the team to the place where the lights were.

Mr. Wen Tianxiang saw that the place where the lights were located was not a mountain resident, but a small inn.

"My Lord, I didn't expect that there was an inn in such a remote mountain." This valet is very kind to Wen Tianxiang.

After hearing the words of his personal entourage, the Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang said, "yes, I didn't think of it either."

"What are you waiting for? Knock on the door and let the people in the inn come out." The Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang, said again.

When his valet heard this, he quickly came to the front door of the Inn and knocked on it.

People in this inn are slow to respond.

Lord Wen Tianxiang and his party waited about a cup of tea before they came out of the inn with an old and ugly man.

"You innkeeper, why are you so slow?" After seeing this man coming out, the iron body attendant of Lord Wen Tianxiang cheered to him impatiently.

Without waiting for a reply, he asked, "are you the innkeeper?"

"Yes." The man replied.

Seeing the innkeeper coming out, Mr. Wen Tianxiang dismounted and said to his personal entourage, "don't be rude."

"Yes, my Lord." The valet said.

Mr. Wen Tianxiang kindly asked the innkeeper, "don't be afraid, old man. We are just passing by. We want to stay here for one night."

"Of course, my Lord." The innkeeper bowed.

Wen Tianxiang said: "thank you, old man.""Just..."

The innkeeper's question is a little difficult.

Wen Tianxiang listened to what the innkeeper said, so he asked, "why, old man, do you have any embarrassment?"

"Villain's Inn is open in this deep mountain. There are few guests staying here on weekdays, so there are only two guest rooms." The inn man replied.

He added: "but you, my Lord, have hundreds of people. There are not so many rooms for you in this inn

"Shopkeeper, you just need to arrange rooms for our adults. We people can just lie on the ground in your inn for a while." Wen Tianxiang's personal entourage told the innkeeper.

He added: "even if you cook, we can help you do it, so you can rest assured."

"If so, there will be no problem here." The way of the innkeeper.

Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, said: "old man, when we leave tomorrow, we will have no less money for room and meals. Please rest assured."

"To tell you the truth, the reception of adults today is more than that of villains in a year." The way of the innkeeper.

He is also a small man who receives you

"All right, you hurry to prepare the meal with our people. Don't be wordy here. We adults need to rest." The personal entourage of Lord Wen Tianxiang told the innkeeper.

After hearing this, the shopkeeper did not dare to say anything more, so he went to the back of the inn to prepare the food.

"You don't want to be here. Go and look around the inn." Lord Wen Tianxiang told his valet.

At the command of his own adults, the personal entourage of Minister Wen Tianxiang of the Ministry of punishment did not dare to neglect him, so he immediately went out to check.

After drinking a cup of hot tea, Wen Tianxiang found it meaningless to sit, so he went out of the gate of the Inn and came outside.

Before entering the inn, Lord Wen Tianxiang didn't look at the outside carefully.

At this time, when he had leisure time, he looked at it carefully.

I saw the back of the inn, on both sides are cliffs, only in front of the gate, there is a small space.

Mr. Wen Tianxiang said to himself, "this place is so desolate. No wonder the shopkeeper said just now that we can catch up with the guests he has received for a year."

Just thinking about it, he saw his personal entourage come to his side.

"Well, have you found anything?" Lord Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, did not ask his personal followers.

His valet replied, "tell me, the place a few meters away from the inn is the primeval forest, and the villain didn't find anything."

"But there is one thing that the villain feels very strange." His servant also showed great humanity to Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment.

The Minister of the Ministry of punishment, Lord Wen Tianxiang, listened to his personal entourage and asked, "what are you surprised about?"

"It's far away from the market town. It's impossible for the innkeeper to go outside to buy all kinds of things every day, but you see, there isn't even a vegetable garden near the inn." The valet of Lord Wen Tianxiang replied.

Hearing this, Mr. Wen Tianxiang also felt very strange and said, "is this inn a black shop? It doesn't depend on receiving guests to get income at all?"

"You should go to the kitchen to have a look, but don't follow the way of others." Lord Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, said to his personal followers.

His personal entourage also often walks outside with the Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang. He knows that some black shops often use sweat medicine among the food eaten by customers.

And if the guests eat this kind of food with sweat medicine, they will not wake up.

He went to the kitchen in a hurry.

Mr. Wen Tianxiang followed him and came to the inn again.

He sat at the table in the lobby of the inn for a short time, and saw that his personal entourage and the shopkeeper brought several pots of steaming food to the table.

The man in the inn pointed to the food on the table and said to the Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang, "my Lord, there is nothing delicious in the mountains, only steamed bread, soup and beef."

After the introduction, he picked up the chopsticks, took a little on top of each food and tasted it.

"What do you mean, old man?" Mr. Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, asked the innkeeper the way.

The innkeeper listened to the words of the Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang, and bowed to her deeply. He pointed to his personal entourage and said, "my Lord, I have just entered the back kitchen. Listening to what he said, it's like that a villain has done something while cooking food in the back kitchen. Before you eat, a villain needs to prove his innocence Try every food. "After hearing this, the Minister of punishment was a little embarrassed. After all, he arranged his personal entourage to do it in the kitchen.

Hearing what the innkeeper said, Mr. Wen Tianxiang apologized and said, "old man, please don't be angry. The people around me are also doing this for the safety of my Lord."

"I'm just a villain. How dare I be angry with you." The innkeeper is very kind to Wen Tianxiang, the Minister of punishment.

In order to ease the atmosphere, the Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang, said to the innkeeper, "old man, I know this point. You must have had a meal. I'll invite you to sit down and have a drink with me."

"My Lord, you are so polite. You must be hungry and thirsty when you come here. You'd better eat quickly, my Lord. I won't sit down and drink with you, just stand aside and wait on you." The innkeeper is very kind to Wen Tianxiang, the Minister of punishment.

What Mr. Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, said just now was just out of politeness.

Seeing the innkeeper's refusal, he said to him, "old man, this is good."

Mr. Wen Tianxiang picked up the chopsticks on the table and began to eat.

Since lunch, Mr. Wen Tianxiang and his family have not eaten any more.

At this time, in the face of the steaming food on the table, they all had a big appetite, and they all ate it up.

"My Lord, what do you think of the food in the inn The wine of the innkeeper who stood beside Mr. Wen Tianxiang asked.

The Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang, nodded after hearing the questions from the staff in the Inn and said, "it's good to have such food in the mountains. I'm very satisfied."

"If you are satisfied, my Lord." The man in the inn said.

After a pause, he asked, "may I have your name, sir?"

"My name is Wen." The Minister of punishment, Lord Wen Tianxiang, replied.

Standing on the other side of him, the valet of Lord Wen Tianxiang said to the innkeeper, "Lord Wen is a senior official from Lin'an. As long as you serve Lord Wen well, you can't leave without the reward of the innkeeper tomorrow."

"That's good." After hearing this, the innkeeper's face showed a happy smile.

He asked Wen Tianxiang, the Minister of justice of the Ministry of punishment, "my Lord, you are from Lin'an. I want to ask you something."

"What's the matter?" Lord Wen Tianxiang, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, asked the innkeeper the way.

The innkeeper replied, "excuse me, sir. I heard that there is a man named Wen Tianxiang in Lin'an. He is the Minister of the Ministry of punishment. Do you know him?"

"You're asking the right person." Wen Tianxiang, the Minister of punishment, said to the innkeeper with a smile.

Then he pointed to the Minister of punishment, Mr. Wen Tianxiang, who was eating at the table and asked the innkeeper, "do you know who he is?"

"It's the first time for the villain and this adult to meet. I really don't know who he is." The innkeeper replied.

Then he said, "however, judging from your bearing and your servants, this adult is certainly not an ordinary official."