Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

No wonder national heroes a century later,

The literary figure Wen Tianxiang would even write poems specifically to satirize the images and figures depicted in the paintings.

"The painting captures the essence of the wind, and the scholar's ill fate is placed in the center. The barbarian, with his ignorant eyes, mistakes Yan Biao for Lu Gong."

This poem describes how Yuan Ting used a portrait to capture Wen Tianxiang.

But they could only randomly grab the wrong people.

In short, Zhao Yuan and Li Shishi's journey was relatively peaceful.

The two traveled for two days.

At noon this day,

But it followed the main road,

Just past a mountain ridge,

Then, on the earthen slope below, there were about ten thatched huts.

There was also a wine curtain hanging nearby.

"Brother, there's an inn over there. Let's go rest for a while."

Li Shishi looked at Zhao Yuan's face, which was already somewhat bluish from the cold wind, with heartache.

The two traveled through the cold winter.

Sitting inside the carriage, Li Shishi could at least avoid some of the cold wind.

Zhao Yuan, however, insisted on sitting outside while driving the carriage.

The journey was naturally accompanied by a biting, cold wind.

"Alright."

Zhao Yuan moved his somewhat stiff body.

He flicked the whip in his hand.

Drive the carriage down the hillside to the hotel.

......

After descending the mountain ridge, we arrived at the earthen slope.

Zhao Yuan drove the carriage to the hotel entrance.

Just as they were about to tie the horses to the wooden stakes at the entrance,

But then his gaze swept to the side,

He was suddenly stunned.

It turns out that this hotel is right next to it.

There was a huge willow tree that was so big that four or five people could not wrap their arms around it.

It was the dead of winter.

The willow leaves have long since fallen, leaving only withered branches.

None of these are noteworthy.

What truly concerned Zhao Yuan was...

It was under the roots of the willow trees, on the vast expanse of white snow.

That large, wet, sticky, dark red mass...

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Chapter Sixteen: The Shady Inn Under the Willow Tree (Seeking flowers and ratings)

Zhao Yuan was about to examine it carefully,

At this time,

The hotel's cotton curtains were parted from the inside.

A robust woman came out carrying a full basin.

Seeing the carriage parked at the gate,

Behind Zhao Yuan and Li Shishi, who were standing to the side,

The woman's face immediately lit up with joy.

"Please come inside and have a seat, gentlemen."

"Shopkeeper, what's with the bloodstains under your willow tree?"

Zhao Yuan asked casually.

"That......."

A hint of panic appeared on the woman's face.

Then he laughed and said,

"That was a yellow ox that had been let overturned in the morning, and it was slaughtered right under the tree, so there are still some bloodstains."

"The cow was slaughtered this morning, yet the bloodstains are still damp? In the dead of winter, not even ice has formed yet?"

"This... Alas, I must have misremembered. This morning, we slaughtered a fat sheep. This ox was killed by my husband not long ago. I was in the inner room the whole time, so I got it mixed up."

"is it?"

Zhao Yuan's gaze swept over the wooden basin in the woman's hands.

"There's blood on the rim of your basin, and what's inside?"

"These are all offal from slaughtering cattle, and they are all inedible. I won't offend your eyes, so I'll take them away now."

Saying,

The woman hurriedly carried the wooden basin back into the shop.

"Brother, this woman's words are incoherent; there's probably something wrong with this shop."

Li Shishi leaned close to Zhao Yuan and whispered a reminder.

"Or, let's go first."

"It's too late to leave now,"

Zhao Yuan gestured for her to look around.

Li Shishi looked up and glanced at him.

Only then did I realize,

Among the other thatched huts around,

They could vaguely see the gazes peering in their direction.

Li Shishi was originally a woman.

This is the first time I've encountered a shady shop.

Her delicate, pink face immediately turned deathly pale with fright.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."

Zhao Yuan held Li Shishi's small hand.

Feeling the warmth of the man's hands,

Li Shishi then felt slightly relieved.

At this time,

The burly woman from before came out again.

She had a hairpin in her hair.

Although he was wearing a thick cotton-padded coat...

But her chest area was deliberately left open.

Seemingly completely ignoring the frigid weather,

She only cares about showing off her charm.

"Esteemed guests, please come in and rest. Our humble establishment has fine wine and meat, as well as large meat buns. Once you've eaten and drunk your fill, you'll be ready to continue your journey!"

The woman greeted him with a beaming smile.

A pair of captivating eyes swept over Zhao Yuan and Li Shishi repeatedly.

The smile on her face grew happier and happier as she smiled.

Li Shishi was seen by her

I felt a chill run down my spine.

Instinctively, he hid behind Zhao Yuan.

Seeing this, the woman teased,

"Young sir, you are so shameless! I'm just looking at you a couple of times, I'm not going to eat you, what's there to be afraid of!"

You might actually eat us!

Zhao Yuan thought to himself,

Take the broadsword from the carriage.

As he led Li Shishi into the shop, he casually replied,

"This is my brother's first time traveling far from home, so he's a bit shy. Please forgive him."

"Look at what you're saying, sir. We run a hotel, how could we blame our guests?"

As the woman spoke, she led the two men to the table and made them sit down.

"What would you two like to eat?"

"Bring some good wine and meat, and pack a few meat buns to take with us later."

Zhao Yuan gave the instructions.

"Alright, please wait a moment, you two!"

After the woman finished speaking, she called out to the inner room of the hotel.

Then he went to the counter next to him.

He picked up a wine jar and poured the wine from it into a wine pot.

Then it was placed in a soup pot filled with hot water.

A moment later, the aroma of wine filled the air.

She took out the wine pot only after she had guessed that the wine was hot enough.

A bowl was poured in front of each of them.

"Please don't be offended, gentlemen. This is homemade wine from our village. Although it's a bit cloudy, the taste is no worse than that from the city!"

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