This is a typical small inn inn in the north. In fact, it is a bit aggrieved to use the word "inn". Although the low roof with thick straw is good for keeping warm, it greatly affects the lighting, making the whole house look dark even in broad daylight. The walls on all sides are rammed out of loess. Needless to say, they have nothing to do with beauty. The rows of wide stables are larger than the front and the inns behind. Because one side of the stable shares a wall with the diner, there is always a unique strange smell in the cattle shed in the entire diner.

This is a roadside shop with a front and back store structure. Although it has the inn signboard, it is no different from the popular car shops in the north of later generations. Within forty miles from Longmen County, this is the largest place for pedestrians to rest.

It was already noon, but the white sun in the sky made people feel no warmth. It was cold in winter, and it was time to eat. The business in the wine shop with hot cow dung fire was surprisingly good. The mountain people entering and leaving the county town squeezed the whole wine shop warmly. The slightly fermented smell of pressed wine was mixed with the smell of mutton soup and the livestock shed behind the wall, creating a unique and chaotic warmth that belongs to the city.

After the guests came in, they would call a bowl of hot wine on the cow dung fire without exception. Even women were no exception. A few sips of turbid hot wine were filled with warmth. The guests reached out to touch the wine-drel and covered their legs on a stool made of thick wooden nails. After they felt comfortable, they began to roast cold and thick pancakes on the cow dung fire while waiting for the mutton soup to pull all-inclusive leisure chapters.

At this moment, the most common place in the restaurant is the weather. This year's weather is really too evil. Since entering the Nine Years, except for a light rain like a child who is urinating in the end of September. In fact, such rain cannot even wet the ground. It has been more than a month since I haven't seen a rain. It's nothing to see without rain. The key is that there is no snow. In previous years, at this time, there has been a quilt that can penetrate three feet of moisture and is already covered in the wheat field.

There is no flat ground in Longmen County. No one who is pointing at the slope to eat is not looking up at the sky with his neck. If he is unhappy, no one can do anything about it.

"It's so deadly. The older generations living near us started sewing old clothes together as if they had discussed it. Judging from the drought this year, the King of Hell is going to receive people."

"It's not that." The person who took the conversation was a whip with a whip in his arms, holding a wine bowl and sniffing it. "When I passed by the Sun's shop in the city these two days, I saw that the three-inch boards piled up inside were lifted up. The guy was working hard to catch a thin-skinned coffin, and the sound of shaving wood sounded awkward. The older generation has seen many things in the world, and I'm afraid I know that I won't be able to endure the spring next year."

"Look at the current soil moisture in the field, and to the older generations?"

This topic is really heavy. After hearing the answers from these people, the originally noisy and noisy tavern was quiet for a moment.

At this moment, the thick curtain at the door of the restaurant was lifted open, and a group of six or seven people walked in one after another. The people inside turned their heads and just took a look. They knew that the newly arrived people were definitely not poor people from small families like them. The one who walked in the present was obviously Changsui. Just look at Changsui wearing a good robe, the young couple behind him must be from a wealthy family. Then look at their manners, maybe these people came from Rongzhou City in Guannei. Unfortunately, the huh hat that the eldest lady wore was too annoying. The gauze scarf wrapped around the whole face tightly, otherwise she really wanted to see what the wife who could marry such a handsome husband would look like.

After a long-lasting couple, a young couple, plus three guards with knives and a pretty girl came in one after another, the restaurant that had suddenly calmed became quieter. It was not until the waiter who had met them and settled them on the two seats by the window, and the others turned back, the restaurant resumed noisy discussions.

"It's so dry. Why haven't anyone seen anyone invite a dragon?"

"Why didn't there? The hundreds of farmers in Tutai were jointly invested in burning incense and dragons as early as the beginning of the month, but no snowflakes came down here. Now all over the place are preparing. Let's wait, and the wind will not take many times." After the man said this, he looked around in the winery. After seeing that there was no Xi people inside, he said again: "Don't talk about us, even the Ximan on the grassland can't stand it anymore. I heard that people are sending people to King Raole Xi to ask for rain and snow."

After hearing this, Tang Cheng, who had just sat down, moved his body, "The smell here is not good. If you don't want to eat, don't force it. After the wine we brought is hot, eat a few cups of rest and leave." After holding Zheng Lingyi's hand and laughing, he turned his head and listened carefully to the discussion in the restaurant.

After the man just finished speaking, a younger farmer next to him said hatefully: "Since those Xi Manzis have also suffered from drought, it would be better if there is no rain. We can rely on the mountains to find things to support us for a while, so they pointed to cattle and sheep. When there was no drought, even cattle and sheep would starve to death. God simply opened his eyes and waited for them to starve and then it would rain and snow before they starved to death, which would be considered as helping us to clean up the disaster."

As soon as the young farmhousekeeper who was driving the city said this, it caused a lot of whispers in the wine shop. A few people agreed loudly with a little alcohol, saying that those who invited dragons in various places should be late, and at least they would do it after Xi Manzi starved to death, so as not to let them get the light of our Dragon Prince.

After hearing the words of the young farmhouse owner and then personally felt the atmosphere in the restaurant, Tang Cheng couldn't help but frown tightly. Judging from this attitude, after the accumulation of years, the conflict between the Tang people and the Xi people in Longmen County had actually deepened to an irreconcilable level.

"Swish, I thought it was good, but unfortunately we all starved to death, but it's okay for the barbarians to die." He said this. A middle-aged man by the fire pit. "It's so dry, the yamen must be able to release grain. You haven't seen enough in recent years? When I was releasing the grain, I didn't drive the Xi people first. Their young man who was tall with horse whips received the same amount of grain as our Ding Man. If we starved to death, we would have to die three times! Who can resist whom? So, come early in the rain."

The middle-aged man's words caused a sigh in the restaurant, yes. They could not resist the Xi people. If it didn't rain, the King of Hell would have to be the people of the Tang people.

"Hey, I heard that there was a new county magistrate in the yamen. He was a Jinshi who had studied a lot of books. Maybe he was different from other masters, but he couldn't tell me." The young farmer refused to give up and said with luck.

"Bad. If you can hold on to the yamen, the cattle and sheep of Xi Manzi can climb trees." The middle-aged man sneered louder, "These men are afraid that Xi Manzi will cause trouble. As long as the men don't make trouble, they will be grandsons! Who is not a Tang people in so many masters? Who is the one who is sincere to the Tang people? The geeks in the world are all very dark."

"Yes, it's unreliable! Just like what this old man said. The New County Magistrate is also a black lord. He started to renovate the county government before he took office, and he was a prodigal son! Now, when Xi Manzi beat people and landed people, he ran away faster than anyone else. He held a county magistrate who was not in charge of nothing and pushed the jar in front of him. You say, how dare you point a prodigal son who has no responsibilities at all?"

Although the atmosphere in the restaurant was already a little low, the middle-aged man's words scolding the yamen still made everyone laugh. This scene is normal in all parts of Longmen County. Anyone who can't talk about it will start to scold the group of waste in the yamen, and they can always quickly achieve consistency.

Tang Cheng glanced at Lai Fu, Zheng Wu and others sitting on the table on the other side, signaling that they should not act rashly. Then he patted Zheng Lingyi's hand and picked up the wine cup in front of him and drank it all.

The hot wine had to drink in a small sip. When it was poured in one breath, the slightly hot wine slurry burned from the throat to the stomach like fire. Tang Cheng's whole body trembled suddenly, and his face immediately turned red. It was really cowardly to be an official at this point.

The discussion in the wine shop continued, "Where are you going to go? This time, the Du family was beaten, but three of the four sons of the Du family were butchers. On weekdays, they would not provoke others and burn incense. In the past, they would spend money to comfort the yamen. Can the small family still bear it? This time, the Du family has already made a statement. Don't think about the amount of money given in the Ren Yamen, and they must see the murderer. Now they are waiting for the new county magistrate to come back. If there is no explanation, the four brothers will carry people to Huairong. If Huairong doesn't succeed, everyone will go to Daocheng. Let's see, there will be a good show this time."

"Yes, I heard that the butchers of the Du family could see the knife, so they used basins to buckle the door, which was so scared that Hu Lianghai didn't dare to come to the door."

"Tough, good man" echoed loudly for a moment. The people praised the butcher brothers of the Du family while pouring wine into their mouths. The atmosphere in the winery, which was a little dull just now, suddenly became popular.

Hearing this, Tang Cheng drank the full amount of wine in front of him again and then suddenly stood up and "leave".

After walking out of the restaurant, Lai Fu approached Tang Cheng and pointed his hand back and pointed the restaurant, "Master, please stay here first and clearly explain the details of the strange words just now."

When he heard Lai Fu's words, Tang Chuang's face became more and more gloomy. "Tang Renshen, who had never scolded me in Longmen County, can arrest tens of thousands of people? What's the ability to compete with them? Do you think I was not scolded enough?"

Lai Fu, who was so sad, shrank his neck and retreated, and then he drove up and headed straight for Longmen County.

Tang Cheng didn't say anything along the way, and the carriage never stopped. He happened to return to the county town before dark.

After entering the city, he went straight to Longmen Inn. Tang Cheng helped Zheng Lingyi get off the carriage and turned his head to go to Lai Fu and ordered: "Go and tell the cabinet that the Accord closest to the lobby has the bag."

"Oh", Lai Fu has learned to be smart this time, and after agreeing, he ran into it without asking anything.

After giving Lai Fu, Tang Cheng turned around and called Zheng Wu to his side, "You go to the county government and let Hu Lianghai and those conscripts come over." Zheng Wu was about to leave after answering the order, Tang Cheng called him to explain a few more words.

"Husband, you are..."

"I want to treat you." Although Tang Cheng's expression when he spoke to her was no different from usual, Zheng Lingyi suddenly felt a sense of coldness.

Before she could say anything, Tang Cheng had already walked into the inn and said as he walked: "It's all a bunch of rough people. Don't go tonight. Have a good rest and organize your things. When I come back, we will move to the county government overnight."

As soon as he finished speaking, he happened to meet the shopkeeper who followed Lai Fu. After several steps, the fat shopkeeper who called Guan Pingchao had already bent down and bowed and smiled, "Sir, I have a new boy from the Sun Family in the east of the city. I have booked the banquet tonight. The Accord in the tavern and the others made a reservation yesterday, villain..."

It’s evil. When I was in Yunxi County, not to mention that the magistrate of Zhang County had to use the Accord for banquets, just a judge came forward to say something, and Ren's restaurant didn’t dare to say anything. Even if someone had already sat inside, the shopkeeper had to try his best to make it available. Think about it, let’s look at the current situation, the Longmen County Magistrate is really cowardly.

Tang Cheng is not a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong. He used to be in Yunxi County or Jinzhou County. He had never done anything to bully good things. This is not to say how good he is, but he really disdained to do this. What is the point of forcing those ordinary people who dare not retaliate against scolding and fight back? It is embarrassing!

But this time he was not as easy to talk to. "I will be here later. Let's prepare." After passing by the shopkeeper, he said this casually, Tang Cheng went to the main room behind without stopping at all.

Unexpectedly, the waiter who was waiting for the hall a few days ago was very warm, and Tang Cheng, who was very easy to talk to, said this. The fat shopkeeper was stunned and looked at Lai Fu, "Lai Master, look at this..."

If Lai Fudi had a dark mind, he was so happy to see that the shopkeeper was also defeated. "Don't say anything, hurry up, go and prepare." He waved his hand. Lai Fu followed him to the backyard.

"Grey grandson, have the ability to go to Xi people." He spat at Tang Cheng and Lai Fu's backs, and the fat shopkeeper walked to the kitchen helplessly.

At this time, in the office of the Longmen County yamen, the tolls were busy changing the soap clothes on their bodies into regular clothes.

"It's still a cotton jacket made by the woman to wear warm clothes, Qian Sancca turned his head and said with a voice, "Jia Touer Tang Buhui just came back and invited us to dinner. He didn't let him wear bad clothes. What does this mean?"

"Ask me. I ask who to go," Jia Laoer, the head of the conscript, changed his good temper in the past and said with a gloomy face: "Sancaizi, I have told you so many times, that's the magistrate of County Tang! If you can't change your words, don't blame me for being reminded when you suffer losses in the future."

His sudden cold face made the officers inexplicably, so Jia Laoer ignored it. Seeing that everyone had changed their clothes, he shouted, "The city has not been peaceful these days, so I will bring my waist and knife away."

After the toll members met Hu Lianghai, who was also in the yamen, they walked towards Longmen Inn together. When they were almost at the door, Zheng Wu, who was leading the way in front of him, turned around and led everyone to the Accord inside from the small side door next to him.

Seeing this formation, the Ling Xing woke up a little, and he thought to himself that something was wrong, but no one said anything at this time. You squeezed me, and I depended on your exchange of eyes.

"I'm sorry, Lord Huliang." Seeing Hulianghai coming in, Tang Cheng, who had been waiting in the Accord, smiled and bowed, and then greeted the officers who were entering one after another, "Thank you for your hard work."

Hu Lianghai was already angry, and he was exhausted these days. When he saw Tang Cheng, he just gave a cold greeting and said nothing.

"After these two Japanese officials settled in the yamen, they will hold a banquet to see him off." After saying this sentence that Hu Lianghai felt relieved, Tang Cheng turned his head and said to the waiter: "Go to drink."

The wine and food were served one after another, and Tang Cheng didn't say anything extra. He drank three bowls of wine in one breath.

The county masters have done it first. What else can the consignors say besides picking up the wine bowl and drinking? Tang Cheng's banquet was so efficient that he completed the three-week process in almost the blink of an eye.

After drinking these three bowls, the county magistrate was still speechless. He was so strange that his close-fitting length opened the windows in the accord. This was the accord closest to the outside. As soon as the window opened, the noisy sound outside came in.

Tang Cheng's strange behavior confused all the officers. The atmosphere in the Accord was extremely depressing. The county magistrate did not speak, and they just ate and drank silently, but the feeling of something wrong in their hearts became stronger and stronger.

As the largest winery and inn in Longmen County, there are really no young people eating in the lobby outside. These people are talking in a crowded manner while drinking. There is no doubt that the most eye-catching thing in the county town is the Du family, and this is the matter that is being discussed outside.

Because the Xi people and the Tang people have different living habits, and the Xi people in the city look down on each other with the Tang people, there are no Xi people and the drunkards in this restaurant, so there is no concern about the discussion outside. What else can they say about their discussion? Just like the people who gathered in the big car shop outside the city at noon, they are nothing more than scolding the Xi Manzi and praising the Du family for being backbone. In addition, there are also essential people who scold the people in the county government.

The Longmen County Government has been weak for many years, and the officials who have changed their lanterns and those who like to gather gambling have long become public laughing stocks, and authoritarianism has long disappeared. Of course, everyone in the Accord should be clear about this, but they know that it is one thing, and listening in private is one thing, but it is another thing to gather together like this.

As long as you are an individual, you are shameless. Listening to the curse of the useless and cowards outside, even if the faces of the constables in the Accord are not as good as they are. Look at me, I look at you, and they are all embarrassed, but the county magistrate who was scolded the most ruthlessly did not speak, and they really couldn't move easily.

After all, I couldn't help it. "Sir, come when I go, go." The head of the toll, Jia Laoer, stood up with a black face. Seeing him like this, the other tolls almost breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are they wrong?" Tang Cheng pressed his hands calmly and "sit down".

Jia Laoer sat down helplessly. Seeing this, the officials gritted their teeth and said nothing, but he lowered his head and poured his wine as a county magistrate.

Who knew that the more you curse the outside, the less you became, especially the two of them, who sounded quite young, were extremely vicious. When they scolded the toll members, they went straight to the lower three ways to greet them. In their mouths, there was no real man with a handle in the toll members in Longmen County.

"They are all eggless goods, and they are considered men. I heard that the girls in Lihongyuan are unwilling to accept their customers, for fear of being unlucky. Even if they are forced to pick them up, they have to take a shower quickly." As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of cheers and laughter outside.

The more the two of them scolded, the louder the laughter that echoed outside. These words and laughter were cut in like a knife without any cover. The people in the Accord had sores on their butts and blood dripped on their faces. Even if they could be a turtle, they could not hold it anymore.
Chapter completed!