After a day of unhurried and unhurried progress, Mu Xiaojiu, Mu Hua, and Ye Gui arrived in Liaocheng. At this time, the sun is still half exposed beyond the horizon. In fact, if Mu Xiaojiu and the others continued to hurry, they would definitely be able to reach the capital tonight.

But Mu Xiaojiu didn't do that, but decided to rest in Liaocheng for the night first. It's not because of anything else, but on the way here, they heard people from the capital say that since the former prime minister Wang Huan was executed, everyone in the capital is in danger, and the gate is guarded very strictly at night, and a soldier is also deployed to strengthen precautions. If you don't have an urgent matter and the formalities of someone in the city, it will be even more difficult to enter and exit the capital at night.

With Mu Xiaojiu's identity, it is naturally extremely simple to enter the capital. However, after thinking about it, there was no need for this, so he simply made the decision to rest for one night in Liaocheng first, and it just so happened that he could also remove some of Ye Gui's true qi.

Liaocheng is a small city, but in a sense, it is not "small" at all.

Liaocheng was founded in the Spring and Autumn Period, also known as Jiangbei Water City, Phoenix City. On the waterway, Liaocheng is the intersection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yellow River; On the land route, Liaocheng extends in all directions, and is close to the location of the intersection between the eastern, southern and central regions.

Therefore, in fact, although Liaocheng covers a small area, its military and commercial status is extremely high. The occupation of this place by the soldiers is equivalent to mastering the main transportation routes, and they can attack from all sides; Merchants often take these roads on weekdays, using Liaocheng as a supply station.

Although Liaocheng is small, it is not only complete, but even relatively developed.

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After arriving in Liaocheng, Mu Xiaojiu and the three of them went to find the inn first, and they saw the lively market in Liaocheng, and they wanted to go for a turn, but who knew how far they had left the inn, and it suddenly began to rain outside.

Many merchants seem to have expected it to hold up large umbrellas above their stalls when the rain first began to fall, or pushed their carts to hide in some places where they could not be exposed to the rain. However, many people wandering the streets did not bring umbrellas, so for a while, almost all the places where they could hide from the rain were overcrowded, and the business of a few umbrella stalls immediately exploded.

Of course, there are almost no people who buy things without giving money, because in Liaocheng, there are some things that everyone knows. Even when you enter the city, the guards at the city gate will tell you that in Liaocheng, it is best not to bully merchants casually. Because as soon as he comes, there are many merchants in Liaocheng, and you never know who is standing behind him and what background he has; Second, most of the businessmen in Liaocheng are sheltered, if you meet a small force to protect it, it's fine, but if you meet the Yangtze River Three Gorges twelve chain dock water village support?

Therefore, in Liaocheng, don't bully businessmen. Anyway, these businessmen value money and connections, as long as you don't mess with them, they will easily touch you in turn.

A light rain was pouring down from the sky, and the vendors were still setting up their stalls. Some people strolled leisurely in the streets in the light rain, some people wandered back and forth among the vendors with umbrellas, and more people hid under the eaves of the eaves and chatted loudly.

Ye Gui felt bored, and she didn't want to feel the strange gaze of others, so she simply went to the upstairs room to rest. Mu Xiaojiu didn't want to go back to the room, so Tuo Muhua went to ask for some wine and food, and then sat by the window with Mu Hua while drinking while looking at the scenery outside.

On the street, a young man with a sword on his back walked forward in the rain, out of step with his surroundings.

In fact, the people around are basically wandering around, watching what the vendors are putting out for sale. But the young man lowered his head and walked forward on his own, even feeling a little hurried.

People who don't fit in with their surroundings have always been the focus, and this teenager is naturally no exception. Many of the people who were sheltering from the rain turned their eyes on him, whispering about who this young man was and what he was doing.

The boy's eyebrows and eyes are those of a teenager, but there is a face towel below the eyes, so that people can't see his face at all.

If he had taken off his face scarf, many people here would have recognized him.

He didn't want to be recognized.

Mu Xiaojiu's attention was also on this young man.

He took a sip of wine, then asked Mu Hua with a smile, "Mu Hua, do you guess who the little guy with the sword on his back is?" ”

Mu Hua was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "Childe, your question is stumped on me, and I don't know that young man, how can I tell who he is?" ”

Mu Xiaojiu laughed "hehe", and then put the wine glass in his hand back on the table, "Mu Hua, you see, this young man has a strong gait and a steady lower plate, usually this situation represents a person who practices martial arts." But if you look closely, you can see that although this young man is stable, his pace is irregular, but it is very messy, which is not like a person who practices martial arts. ”

"Therefore, this young man has either just started to practice external skills and squatting on horses, or because of his long-term work, he has a stable down."

"Look at the ...... of this young man again"

Speaking of this, Mu Xiaojiu's words suddenly stopped, and he suddenly guessed the identity of this young man.

Mu Xiaojiu wasn't sure that his guess was 100% correct, but he estimated that his guess was at least sixty percent likely to be the correct answer.

But Mu Xiaojiu was a little puzzled, if this boy was really the identity he guessed, then why did this boy appear here? What is he going to do?

"It's weird...... Mu Xiaojiu muttered softly, his brows furrowed slightly.

Mu Hua didn't hear clearly, and asked with some curiosity: "Childe, what did you say?" ”

Mu Xiaojiu came back to his senses and shook his head slightly, "It's nothing." ”

Mu Hua felt a little confused, but out of curiosity in his heart, he still asked again, "Childe, then you just said that if you look at the upper body of the young man, do you mean those scars on his two arms?" ”

Mu Xiaojiu nodded slightly, "That's right, it's those scars, how do you think those scars come from?" ”

In fact, the moment Mu Xiaojiu hesitated, Mu Hua had already seen those scars. So when Mu Xiaojiu asked at this time, he immediately replied without hesitation: "It looks like a scald." ”

"Well, burns." Mu Xiaojiu looked carefully at the young man who was about to walk past the window, "Then what do you think, combined with these points, what kind of identity does this young man look like?" ”

Mu Hua was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up.