Chapter 63 Pancake

Although Pan Jinlian has not walked through the world, she occasionally heard from those gentlemen talk about storytelling when she was a child. Those stories are mostly stories of righteous heroes to eliminate violence and peace. When I grow up, I often hear some men brag. However, Pan Jinlian already knew that the so-called righteous heroes did not exist, but the powerful looters put on a moral coat for their own plunder. The core reason for robbing the rich to help the poor is that the poor have nothing to grab.

Now Pan Jinlian can be sure that these more than 20 men have not really left. They are probably waiting for the important person to arrive at the inn and kill them back and take away the man's property. In fact, the shopkeeper was too careless. If he only said that the rest of the room of the inn was reserved for the distinguished guest, maybe this group of people did not dare to make this idea, but the shopkeeper emphasized that there were only two rooms left, which showed from the side that the noble guest did not bring many attendants, which exposed fatal information to this group of men.

Up to now, Pan Jinlian no longer wants to watch this bustle. The fire at the city gate affected the pond fish. If this kind of family robbery conflict really happens, I'm afraid the people in the inn will have no good results. But you can't leave, so you can only take a good look at the results.

Pan Jinlian thought for a moment. For the sake of safety, she changed her dress and wrapped something on her stomach. In this way, her body could be thicker and her face was smeared with black ash. After all, after the chaotic scene, the woman's identity may bring endless trouble, and she should hide it as much as possible.

After about half an hour, Pan Jinlian, who was waiting in front of the window, saw a sedan chair brought downstairs, and an attendants were riding horses next to him, with warm lanterns hanging on the sedan chair. At this time, the snow was heavier, and the lantern glowed orange in the snow, which was like a dream and beautiful. Counting the two people carrying the sedan chair, this is a group of four people and one horse. Counting three attendants living in one room and the owner living in one room, it is indeed the two rooms that can accommodate 80%. This is the distinguished guest.

Pan Jinlian's curiosity rose again. Since she is a big man, she has to see what a big man is. So she opened the door for the second time and came to the lobby. She hurriedly sat in the corner again. As soon as she sat down, the four of them pushed the door and entered the lobby.

The leader of these four people is an elegant prince. He looks less than 25 or 26 years old. He has exquisite facial features, a crown jade-like face, and elegant demeanor. Pan Jinlian is a little crazy. I have never seen such an attractive man. In contrast, Shen Qi and even Wu Song are compared. His behavior is decent, and even the walking movements can be seen to be well-educated, which is in sharp contrast to Wu Song, a reckless hero.

Sure enough, it turned out that I, who stayed in Qinghe and Yanggu, was a frog in the well. When I saw the toad under the well, I thought it was a beautiful man in the world. When I came to the world, I didn't know that there was a dragon-like man in the world.

After this man, there are three attendants. A man is quite tall, with a black face and a yellow face, with a little beard, which looks very energetic. With a sword, he is a portable guard at a glance. The other two are dressed as sedan chairs, but they are also strong and radiant, and their faces are full of nutritious luster, which is rare in this era.

As soon as the four people came in, the shopkeeper immediately greeted them. Sir, your room is ready. Do you want to go back to your room to rest or eat first?

The elegant young man didn't say anything, but the yellow-faced guard next to him said, "Bry us something to eat first and less wine. Oh, yes, the wine needs to be hot. The weather is really too cold."

The elegant prince also nodded, and the last four people did not separate their masters and servants, but sat at the same table. The shopkeeper Xiao Er was busy with work, and the food was served in a moment. The things are very simple, only a few plates of cooked meat, a plate of steamed bread and two pots of hot wine.

At this time, the shopkeeper came to the prince. Sir, how long have you been living here? There is a good arrangement for the use of the house.

"Shopkeeper, I'm afraid we can't say this. Look, the snow is so heavy. If it keeps falling, I'm afraid there will be no way tomorrow, and we will be disturbed again." The prince didn't say anything, but was still the yellow-faced guard next to him and then answered.

"Oh, don't say that. Xiao received a letter from the magistrate yesterday. He ordered Xiao to leave a room to wait for your arrival, and told Xiao Xiao not to ask who you are and to keep the secret of your trip. The shopkeeper nodded and bowed his waist to please. At this time, he suddenly saw Pan Jinlian in the corner of the lobby and quickly slapped himself in the face: "The little one talks too much. Damn it."

Pan Jinlian hurriedly bowed her head and pretended not to hear anything. He took out a piece of dried meat from his arms and ate it casually.

"It doesn't matter. The shopkeeper, if you talk so much, it seems that our party is unsimilar." It's still the voice of the yellow-faced man. But I would like to ask you if there were many people who went in and out of here just now. Well, they should be together.

"You are really expected, but how do you know? Oh, I understand. It's the footprints and horseshoe marks outside the door." The shopkeeper replied cleverly.

Pan Jinlian suddenly moved her mind. Since she was already sitting here, wouldn't it be easier to cause some unnecessary misunderstandings if she pretended to know nothing? Obviously, this group of people are not good at stubbles. After a while, they really clashed with that group of people. I'm afraid it is still unknown who will kill the deer. Moreover, this elegant prince seems to have a magic power, which makes Pan Jinlian unable to control her desire to approach.

"How can it be footprints? That group of people have been out for an hour. It has been snowing outside. No matter how many footprints are covered by heavy snow, even if they can be seen, they are confused with earlier footprints and can't be distinguished."

The yellow-faced man smiled and said, "This little brother makes sense. Tell me about it. How do I know that a lot of people came here just now?"

The yellow-faced man's smile is also very peaceful, which gives Pan Jinlian confidence. Pan Jinlian didn't know how the yellow-faced man found it, but she believed that it was not difficult for her to know. The range of activities of yellow-faced people is from the outside, to the door, to their own table, and their range of activities is from rooms, stairs, to tables in the corner. Except for some outdoor scenes, you can see it from the window. Pan Jinlian can't touch it from the door to their table.

Pan Jinlian believes that as long as she walks into their table and approaches the door, she will naturally get the answer. So she stood up and walked to the table where the four were sitting. When she walks, she tries to lower her lotus steps, learns from the way men walk calmly and powerfully, and even has some empty swings left and right. Yes, that's how Wu Song usually walks. When she walked to the table of the four, she suddenly realized.

"In fact, it's very simple. The soles of those who came in from the outside an hour ago are covered with snow. Standing in the lobby for a moment, part of the snow remains in the lobby. Now it's been a long time. That part of the snow has melted long ago, and now only some mottled watermarks are left. These watermarks have a wide range and similar depth. Only when many people come in at the same time can they have this effect. I don't know if what I said is right. Pan Jinlian finished speaking and hugged a fist like a man.

"You two go and sit over there." The elegant man who had been silent spoke. He pointed to the two sedan chairmen and the table next to him. The two sedan chair men got up and sat down next to them, eating quietly. This brother, please sit down." The prince motioned Pan Jinlan to sit opposite him.

Pan Jinlian received the invitation and sat down happily.

The yellow-faced man greeted the shopkeeper: "Get some good wine and dishes. My son wants to have a good drink with this brother."

The shopkeeper was eager to perform, nodded and went to handle it quickly.

After ordering the shopkeeper, the yellow-faced man punched Pan Jinlian. This brother, the color below is yellow, and he calls me a yellow tiger in the world. After calling for many years, I forgot my real name. If my brother doesn't mind, you can call me that. I don't know what you call it?"

"Oh, Master Huang." Pan Jinlan returned the gift immediately, but it was difficult to sign up. In any case, she could not give a name like Pan Jinlian. She knew that she was not a man at the first time she heard it. In a hurry, the shadow of Shen Qi flashed in his mind. Then he ranked seventh at home. Master Huang can call me Pan Qi.

"It turned out to be Master Pan. I have been looking forward to him for a long time." Huang Hu is very polite. But this politeness made Pan Jinlian very uncomfortable. It was the first time she made up this name. Why did she look forward to it for a long time? It seems that "long looking forward to" is just this person's customary polite language.

But the man did not have a registration number. After letting Pan Jinlian sit down, he returned to silence. It's just that when Pan Jinlian speaks, she occasionally looks at it a few times, and most of the rest of the time, she seems to be thinking about something. This made Pan Jinlian a little frustrated.

"Brother Huang." Pan Jinlian felt that it was boring to call the master back and forth, so she took the lead in changing her words: "The group of people who just left here may have some other ideas. I seemed to see their detectives from the window just now."

"Hahaha, Brother Pan, don't worry too much." Huang Hu also changed his name. There are many people who think about my son and me, but Brother Pan told us such important news that if something happens, we will keep Brother Pan well.

Huang Hu's fearless expression made Pan Jinlian a little disgusted, and she also regretted that she had told what she thought. Sure enough, it still lacks experience.

After saying these words, there will be no new topics. There was silence at the dinner table, and there was only a relatively monotonous chewing sound left in the lobby. Pan Jinlian took a few bites and felt uninterested, so she got up and hugged her fists: "Guys, I've been on my way for days. I'm very tired. I went back to my room to rest. Take care." After saying that, he turned around, went upstairs and returned to the room.

Looking at the four people in that group, it is really not easy to mess with. In addition, most of these inns are *, and their own security forces must not be weak. I may be a little worried, and I'm also uncomfortable. Pan Jinlian was indeed a little tired. She didn't remove the costume on her face, closed her clothes, lay in **, and gradually fell asleep.

In her sleep, Pan Jinlian heard a noisy sound, someone was fighting, and then she heard the crackling sound of wood being burned by fire. She wanted to open her eyes, but she couldn't do anything, as if there was a hand pressing her in the water, and she couldn't raise her head to breathe the fresh air. Then, it was a bumpy feeling, which seemed to disperse every joint in his body and shatter every bone. After that, it was quiet and quiet. Pan Jinlian even had to be happy in her heart, and finally she could sleep undisturbed, so she once again entered the abyss of sleep.

When Pan Jinlian woke up again, she found that she had been locked in a house. She wanted to stand up, but she found that her body was tied with a rope. Fortunately, the clothes were complete, and when he pouted again, his beard was still sticky, easy to face and destroyed. And there were also several people tied around, carefully distinguishing that they all stayed in the inn that day.

Combined with her memory analysis, Pan Jinlian judged that it seemed that the inn had been looted by strong people. It should be that the strong man used ecscination, numbed the people in the inn, and then took the opportunity to loot them, and took them away with the same group of people as meat tickets to extort ransom. Pan Jinlian looked at the people around her. They may be able to leave here safely, because they have family members, and someone will send a ransom to the kidnappers in exchange for the safety of their families, and they are now alone, and no one will come to save them all over the world. Thinking of this, Pan Jinlian bursts of sadness and shed a few tears.

"Wu man, what's the tear?" The voice next to him sounded, and he only saw a middle-aged man tied to the rope next to him, talking to himself.

"This big brother, I just woke up from the ecstas. It seems that I was tied up by a strong man. When I was in a hurry, I shed tears and made the eldest brother laugh." Pan Jinlian tried her best to make her voice sound like a man.

"Little brother, it's useless to cry at this point. I calculated that this should be Erlongshan's stockade. This group of strong people has a good reputation. As long as your family sends a ransom, you must be safe, so don't worry. The middle-aged man spoke quite boldly, as if he didn't pay attention to being tied up at all.

(Although Water Margin is a famous work, it is also confused in some places, and the geographical location is a very serious part of its make-up. There is no particularly clear explanation of where Erlong Mountain is in the book. At first, Yang Zhi said that Erlong Mountain and Taohua Mountain were on the way from Damingfu to Kaifeng. If he thought about it, it should be in the northeast of Henan Province, but later he said that it was not far from Mengzhou. After the Water Margin, it is said that Erlong Mountain is in Shandong and belongs to the jurisdiction of Qingzhou. There is no Erlong Mountain in Shandong, but there is Shuanglong Mountain, so the heavy building believes that Erlong Mountain is in Shandong.)

"You don't know this big brother. My family is in trouble, and there is no one left. Wandering outside is to mix food and clothing. Nowadays, it is impossible for anyone to send me a ransom. However, there is some silver in my burden. I don't know if it can be regarded as my own ransom. Pan Jinlian divided the silver money into two parts. One part was scattered silver in the bag, and the other part was replaced with gold foil, which was placed close to her. Since the clothes were intact, it must be that the kidnapper did not search in detail, and the gold foil must be safe and sound.

"This definitely won't work. They have taken away the money in your bag a long time ago. How can the money that has been taken away be regarded as a ransom? Not to mention the money in the bag, even if you still have money on you, it can't be counted, because it is already in the palm of a strong man. If you don't have a family, this is more difficult to do, and you won't keep useless meat tickets on the cottage. Of course, you won't let you go and reveal the secret. I guess you must have been killed with a knife. The middle-aged man shook his head and said, looking helpless.

"So this big brother, is there any other way to keep the villain alive?" Pan Jinlian is really anxious. Can even buy her life with her gold foil?

"Yes, I don't know if this little brother can do anything?" The middle-aged man suddenly asked.

"Handiwork? What craft? I don't know much about it. Please make it clear. It seems that this middle-aged man knows a lot about the cottage. Isn't this the first time he has been tied up? Pan Jinlian's heart is quite strange.

"For example, if you hit the iron, will the little brother? There must be a shortage of blacksmiths in this cottage. The consumption of armor and weapons of so many people is quite large. Little brother, if you can strike iron, I'm afraid you can still eat delicious and spicy food in the cottage. The middle-aged man's expression was suddenly very kind.

Pan Jinlian understands that if she really knows how to strike iron, even this middle-aged man can get a lot of benefits and may reduce a lot of ransom. But as a woman, how can she strike iron?

Pan Jinlian had to shake her head: "I don't know this, brother, is there anything else missing in this cottage?"

"I can't hit the iron." The middle-aged man's eyes dimmed: "It's not easy to do if you can't strike iron. I'm afraid you're going to die. Oh, yes, there is another one. Can you cook? It's better to make pasta. With so many people in the cottage, eating is a big problem. Northerners like pasta. If you can make a pancake or something, you can definitely live. Alas, but there are a few men who can cook. Look at your beard, you are not a delicate person. I'll think about something else. Middle-aged people speak in a lower and smaller voice.

What? A cook? Cooking? Noodles? Pancake? I have been with Wu Dalang for so many years. At first, when I couldn't afford to hire a guy, I basically made pancakes. The dwarf just put it on a pole and sold it. It's like making pancakes for hundreds of people a day. Haha, I can't believe it. As the nun said, I will have an opportunity when I go east. I didn't expect that this skill of making pancakes could change my life.

Pan Jinlian forcibly pressed the joy of her heart. Brother, I can make pancakes, not only pancakes, but also pasta. I worked as a cook in a famous pancake shop for a while.