Everyone poured into the small restaurant on the side of the road, the business in the shop was very light, a dozen tables were empty, the afternoon weather was hot and tired, the shopkeeper and a few guys were lying on the counter dozing, and suddenly a dozen customers poured in, which frightened them.

The shopkeeper understood and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "A few guest officers, please please inside, dare to ask whether to drink tea or eat?" ”

Su Jin arched his hand and said, "Simply get some food, we will go to the city after eating." ”

The shopkeeper agreed repeatedly, and ordered Xiao Er to go to the kitchen to prepare the meal, while leading Su Jin and the others to a large table on the right, wiping the table and chairs with a dry cloth, and inviting Su Jin and the others to sit down.

Everyone sat down, took off the hat, took out a sweat towel to wipe off the dust and sweat stains on the face, and the shopkeeper personally held a pot of tea and a dozen small pottery teacups with a big belly and came over to pour tea for everyone.

Su Jin asked without a match: "The shopkeeper's small restaurant is elegant, and the market is also good, so the business must be very good." ”

The shopkeeper said haha: "It's not good to talk about, it's not bad, it's just a living, now at this time, it's not easy to mix a family's food and clothing, the business used to be good, but recently the war, the business is light." ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Business should be better in war, a large number of soldiers gather in Huizhou, and this is the only way to go to the battlefield, how is it not good?" ”

The shopkeeper sneered, "There are more people who eat, but fewer people give money." ”

Su Jin was stunned for a moment, and understood what the shopkeeper meant, he must have eaten a lot of overlord meals, and the soldiers naturally had to go to the battlefield to fight hard, and they couldn't care about life and death, so how could they eat and give money in a proper manner.

Su Jin comforted: "That's also a helpless thing, the war is in chaos, and it is already the blessing of the Bodhisattva to be able to live." ”

The shopkeeper said: "What this official said is very true, there is nothing to complain about in old decay, look at a few people in this costume don't look like local Han people, aren't they from the south?" ”

Su Jin smiled: "Isn't there a difference between the local Han people and the Han people from the south?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "No, the local Han people dress up and walk in different postures, look at you walking with your head held high, and the local Han people walk with their heads held high, which is completely different from the appearance of the local Han people walking with a hunched back, and the local Han people wear round-necked wide-sleeved shirts like my party members, how can they wear brocade robes and long shirts." ”

Su Jin was taken aback, today is the second time that he has been identified as an identity from the Song Realm in the south, it seems that the preparation in advance is not sufficient, and he inquired with people who have been to the Xia Kingdom in Weizhou in advance, saying that there are many Han people in the Xia Kingdom, and the speaking customs of the Western Xia are not much different from those of the Great Song Dynasty, so he decided to pretend to be a businessman, and he thought that he would not be conspicuous among the people, but he was first recognized by the Xia Army officer who took the grain, and now even an ordinary tavern owner can't hide it.

As for the clothes and walking posture, it is not difficult to understand why this is the case, the clothes are naturally the Tangut State requires the Han people to assimilate, so it is reasonable to wear party clothes, and the hunched walk, dare not hold up the chest and raise the head, it is mostly because the Han people are second-class citizens in the Tangut.

Since he was found out, concealing it would be suspicious, Su Jin simply continued the lie just now, and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper's good eyesight, we are indeed from the Song Kingdom, we are businessmen, although the war has started, but the business road can not be broken, so I came to your country to purchase some things from your country and go back." ”

The shopkeeper's low voice smiled and said, "This official is so bold, and he is a businessman who crosses the border in private, and he is not afraid of the government taking you." ”

Su Jin smiled and said, "We are not officials and non-soldiers, what are we doing?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Also, there have been more and more businessmen who have crossed the border privately recently, and I haven't seen any large-scale arrests from the government, are you going to enter Huizhou City or go around the city to the north?" ”

Su Jin said: "When you enter the city, the seller who has made an appointment is in the city, how to trade if you don't enter the city." ”

The shopkeeper's fat face wrinkled and said, "Then it's really not the right time for you to come." ”

Su Jin hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

The shopkeeper looked at Su Jin in surprise and said, "Don't you know about that incident?" ”

Su Jin said: "When?" We traveled all night and didn't meet anyone talking, and I really didn't know what the shopkeeper was talking about. ”

The shopkeeper looked left and right, lowered his voice and asked, "Are you from the original road of Da Song Jing?" ”

Su Jin shook his head and said, "No, we came from Lanzhou over the mountains." ”

"No wonder you don't know." The fat shopkeeper suddenly realized: "Let me tell you, my Empress Yeli of Daxia has come to Huizhou City, just because the two elder brothers of Empress Yeli and the two kings of the left and right sides of the military division were killed by the Song army on the front line of Weizhou, and Queen Yeli was grief-stricken, so Yujia came to Weizhou and said that he wanted to see the city of Weizhou broken with his own eyes, and he saw with his own eyes what the guard of Weizhou called Su Jin's death in front of him; In the city, because of the queen's arrival, the investigation is very strict, and all the private merchants from the south are also interrogated and interrogated. ”

Su Jin was shocked and asked, "The two kings of the Yeli clan? Could it be the famous Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong? ”

The fat shopkeeper said with a smile: "The little officials know a lot, it is those two kings, hey, they are the mainstay of my Great Xia, I don't want to break Weizhou, or I was attacked on the way back, it's really a pity." ”

Su Jin asked, "When did this happen?" ”

The fat shopkeeper said: "You don't know and it's understandable, it was four days ago, after getting the news, the queen came quickly, it is said that after walking on the road for two days and two nights, she fainted when she saw the corpses of the two kings; It's better not to enter Huizhou City, so as not to get into trouble. ”

Su Jin secretly thought to himself, he was still in Weizhou City four days ago, how could he not have heard of who sent troops to attack Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong, besides, the north was tightly blocked by the Xia army, even if he learned the whereabouts of Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong, he could not send troops to sneak attack; There is something strange about this; Seeing the solemn look of this shopkeeper, it doesn't seem to be a lie, if what he said is true, this Huizhou City is afraid that it is a dangerous place, and Queen Yeli is therefore angry with the Han people, and she must be very strict with the Han people, and the dress of people like herself can be recognized at a glance as coming from the south, and they will be taken extra care of.

Su Jin suddenly felt that his head was big, and his mood was also low and irritable.

After the meal came up, although everyone was hungry, they had no appetite, and they stopped eating after two mouthfuls of indiscriminate picking.

After the meal, everyone went out of the restaurant, and they didn't dare to rush into the city, so they found a secluded forest to discuss countermeasures, everyone you don't know a word, Su Jin got up and stood up and slowly paced around a few trees to think; Everyone knew Su Jin's habits, so they all kept their mouths shut, only staring at Su Jin's body with their eyes blank, and their necks turned around.

Finally, Su Jin's footsteps stopped and said, "Let's leave and prepare to enter the city." ”

Everyone was stunned, and Wang Chao said: "Son, won't you fall into the net this time?" ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "That's not the case, what the shopkeeper said may be true, Empress Xixia Yeli may really come to Huizhou, but do you remember the grain transportation team we met on the official road just now?" The officer also saw that we were coming from the south, but he was not particularly surprised, nor did he mention that we could not enter the city, but on the contrary told us to mention his name when we entered the city; So I concluded that the situation in the city was not very bad, but that it was more rigorously checked. ”

Wang Chao said: "How can the words of that dog thing be taken seriously? ”

Su Jin said: "Naturally, you can't take it seriously, but if you think about it, since he didn't arrest us, it means that the city has not issued a strict order such as a comprehensive wanted order for merchants from the south; And although the officer has no good intentions, it doesn't seem like he tricked us into the city and was arrested, and we have no grudge against him, on the contrary, he has also gained our benefits, if the city is very dangerous, he should mention that in return, in exchange for any person, after taking someone's money, how can he let the other party step into danger without hinting, compare your heart with your heart, will you do this? ”

After thinking about it, everyone thought about it, unless the official knew that his gang was going to the city to make trouble, but how could he know the details of everyone, and if he knew, he wouldn't take it on the spot.

"I originally wanted to find a village to buy a few party clothes to change into, and pretend to be a local Han to enter the city, but when I think about it, I can't change my habits for a while, and it is easy to show my feet and arouse suspicion; In any case, we have to enter Huizhou City, unless we see Han people in the city and kill them, then we can only go home, but the current situation is not yet the time to give up, so we have to break into the Longtan Tiger's Den; Don't worry too much, take some of your money with you, the money can be channeled, and we still use the old way to buy money when it is critical; But don't reveal a large amount of money and goods, lest Xia Bing take advantage of the strict investigation of the Han people to see the wealth, which will be a disaster. ”

After listening to Su Jin's analysis, everyone felt a little more at ease, and Su Jin instructed everyone to pay attention to each other's names, pay attention to the words they should respond to during the investigation, and don't show flaws; Feeling that there was no flaw, he went out of the woods and went to the avenue to the gate of Huizhou.