October 16 of the tenth year of the Great Jin Chengping.

The winter sun hangs high, and the cold wind blows so that people can't open their eyes.

Outside the south gate of Yuanye County, there was an endless stream of caravans, passers-by, and hawkers, each of whom was wrapped in thick winter clothes, and people quietly looked at the open space on the side of the official road with curious eyes.

There, two carriages and fifty soldiers of the Shanzi battalion lined up neatly, and the two generals led by them did not know what to say.

There was a black horse standing beside Li Xian, the horse's thick nostrils spit out hot mist, and the hair was shiny, especially the muscles on the horse's legs, which were even more powerful.

It was staring at a piece of turquoise grass on the grass, hesitating to eat it, and then it couldn't hold back the craving in its heart, and opened its mouth, and the grass was uprooted and chewed.

It seems to taste okay, but it's a little worse than what you normally eat. It thought.

Xiao Liuzi stood five steps behind Li Xian, carrying a small package on his back, but his eyes stared straight at the black steed, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little hot.

'This horse is also very pretty!'

Horses are expensive, and good horses are hard to find, let alone horses with a little blood. For men, horses are equal to or even more than money and beauty, and the allure of soldiers is even higher.

The horse next to Li Xian was also sponsored by Wang Jinglin.

"Ahh

There seemed to be an exclamation from inside the carriage.

"What's wrong......

Situ Leopard turned his head to look in the direction of the carriage and asked puzzledly.

"It's okay, it's okay. ”

Li Xian turned his head slightly to look at the carriage, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

In the carriage, Yan Kuan hugged Yan Lao's arm tightly, and was frightened and frightened, trembling a little, even Yan Lao was a little frightened, but despite this, he still blocked his body in front of Yan Kuan, and there was a blue and black python with an adult arm length in front of the two.

The snake master glanced at Yan Kuan reluctantly with scarlet vertical pupils, and finally closed his eyes to rest. He exuded a deadly temptation, and even the snake master couldn't help but salivate with a snake kiss, but unfortunately Li Xian had already told it very clearly that its task was to protect the father and son, if it didn't do it well...... Then wait to be made into snake soup!

Although the threat is old-fashioned, it works, the snake master will eat this set, otherwise it can be so honestly motionless?

As for the other carriage, Wang Lin was sitting on it, and he had to go to Shangdang County in advance to arrange it first.

"Xiao Xian, the road to the party is not close, so you have to be more careful along the way. Situ Leopard's calm face showed concern and said to Li Xian.

Lao Leopard is now in charge of the security and guarding of the south gate of the city, and he chose to set off in the south of the city today, which was also proposed by him, and he wanted to send Li Xian away.

"Don't worry, old leopard, it's okay...... Besides, I can go back with the soldiers this time. Li Xian replied with a smile.

Cui Sheng asked him to take fifty soldiers to support the scene back, of course, from his own soldiers, the remaining fifty people were temporarily led by Da Zhuang, before leaving, he specially instructed Zhou Feng to let him help Da Zhuang, so that nothing should happen during the time he left.

"That's right...... That's right...... Speaking of which, I almost forgot!

"Little Liuzi, you have to keep the documents and seals, do you know?!"

Situ Bao was like an old mother, and he gave thousands of instructions on the side, remembering the most important documents, etc., and hurriedly instructed Xiao Liuzi.

The documents and seals in the old leopard's mouth are actually Cui Sheng's approvals, which are generally a pass. After all, no matter what, this time Li Xian finally went back with fifty soldiers of the Shanzi battalion.

And to a certain extent, once these soldiers leave the field, if something happens, it will be Li Xian alone, and Li Xian and them will go back along the official road this way, and they will definitely have to rest at the post station on the way, so many soldiers will definitely have to take out documents to prove it. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble.

Xiao Liuzi first patted the package on his chest, and then hurriedly said: "Rest assured, two or five hundred masters, I have kept the documents and seals closely, even if I die, this document and seal will not be lost." ”

Situ Bao nodded with satisfaction, although Xiao Liuzi usually looks like he jumps out, he is very reliable and trustworthy when he really wants to get things done.

He said to Li Xian: "Next...... The old leopard can't see Xiao Xian's performance in the party or even in Youzhou City, but I will always wait here for the good news of the lord. ”

The word "lord", Situ Bao didn't say it but just made a mouth shape, after all, there was a top boss on the city gate tower looking at it, and some things couldn't be done so obviously.

Li Xian smiled at the corner of his mouth tightly, and patted Situ Leopard's shoulder vigorously: "Don't worry...... Let's go back. ”

After all, Situ Bao has a position in his body, so he said goodbye.

When Situ Leopard turned around and went back, Xiao Liuzi's calm expression suddenly changed to excitement, he stepped forward to look left and right, raised his head and asked Li Xian: "Brother Li...... Shall we go to the party now?"

"Haha......"

Li Xian chuckled, obviously in a good mood, but ......

"Let's go back to Wujun first. ”

Xiao Liuzi blinked and said with some confusion: "Oh?!"

I couldn't help muttering in my heart: Why did you go to Wujun?

In fact, Xiao Liuzi and others didn't know where Li Xian came from, and they rarely said anything about Li Xian's personal affairs.

Therefore, even people close to Xiao Liuzi don't know who else is in Li Xian's family, whether his parents are still there, and whether there are younger brothers and sisters in the family, few people know about such personal matters.

But soon he put these doubts behind him, with an excited look on his face, he had never been to Wujun Mansion when he was so big, and he heard that it was unusually prosperous and lively!

"Let's go!"

Li Xian turned over and got on his horse, raised his hand and respectfully bowed his hand to the figure on the city gate, and then looked at the word field on the city gate, and the corners of his mouth tightened slightly.

The next time he comes back, it will be completely different.

"Drive-"

With a loud shout, under the leadership of Li Xian, the convoy slowly drove out.

On the tower of the city gate, an elegant figure saw the convoy leave until it disappeared from sight, and the corners of his mouth outlined a smile. Accompanied by the guards on the side, they drifted away.

The wheels ran over the fine gravel on the official road, followed by the sound of dense footsteps, neat and orderly, and the heavy soles of the shoes stepped over the stones, ran over and kicked off.

Half a day later.

On the official road, Li Xian rode a black horse galloping at the front, and from a distance he could see the door of the post station, dozens of horses crowded together, and when he came to the door of the post station, a middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper stepped forward and respectfully hugged his fists.

"The villain sees the two or five hundred masters, and the steward Cheng (Wang Lin), fifty horses are here!"

These horses were all arranged by Wang Jinglin, and the fifty horses were just within the range of his ability, and it happened that the Shanzi Battalion was still waving the flag, so it was much more convenient along the way.

Wang Lin nodded, beckoned the shopkeeper to the side to talk, then walked to Li Xian and respectfully arched his hand and said: "Lord, then the subordinates will go to the party and the masses to arrange first, and wait for the lord's presence when the time comes." ”

Li Xian said: "Pay more attention to safety on the road. “

Thank you for your concern, and your subordinates will go first. Wang Lin gave Li Xian a deep look, and then got into the carriage.

At this time, under the beckoning of the shopkeeper, more than a dozen warriors with strong physiques poured out of the post station, holding swords in their hands, guarding the carriage.

"Drive-"

The whip was raised high and fell heavily, and the horse began to run in pain.

After Li Xian saw him off, he turned around and found that the group of reckless soldiers were all excited, their bodies were standing straight, and the strict military discipline kept them in good discipline, their cheeks were red and excited, and they vaguely guessed what the horses in front of them were used for.

I think that the happiest people at this time are this group of reckless men.

You must know that the Shanzi battalion is a standard infantry unit that can no longer be standard, and only two or five hundred masters will be equipped with horses as mounts.

In addition, horses were like sports cars like Bugatti Veyron to men in ancient times, and to some extent they were much more than that, and every infantryman must have had the idea of galloping on the battlefield in his heart.

"Get on the horse!"

Li Xian ordered.

"Whoa!"

The earth-shattering sound of Ying Nuo exploded in the air, attracting frequent sideways glances from the caravans resting around the post station.

One by one, they took their horses in an orderly manner, turned over and rode on.

Of course, these soldiers can ride horses, how could he not understand the soldiers in his own hands, not to mention that Li Xian had done a first-hand investigation of the information a long time ago.

In the future, he can't guarantee that there will be thousands of soldiers under his hands, but at present, he knows all the hundreds of soldiers under him, and he knows all of them, and they are all named, even including family and growth environment. But don't forget, the family letters were all written by Li Xian himself.

Li Xian looked at these soldiers like children who couldn't put down the horses under him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

In fact, it is a last resort to let Wang Jinglin mobilize horses to hurry, Youzhou is too big, the distance between each county is huge, and he is not alone, he can run back with a pair of feet.

The martial arts of Shangdang County started in more than 20 days, the time is a little tight, he has to go back to Wujun Mansion, and then rush to Shangdang County, if there are no horses in the distance of these roads, it is really difficult to get it!

It would take at least five days for Yuanye County to be from Wujun Mansion if there were horses, which was already considered fast.

Li Xian glanced back at the cavalrymen who were ready to go, the smile on the corner of his mouth flared up, he pulled the reins, and shouted:

"Let's go!"

......

......

Time flies, the sun rises and the moon sets.

On this day, the clouds were overcast, and the long-singing eagle swept across the sky, and the flying figure overlooked the earth.

The cavalry trampled out a roar and galloped to open the way ahead, a suit of armor with swords and axes showed its grandeur, and a mountain-shaped banner depicting the mountains fluttered in the wind, looking at the outline of the post station ahead.

At this time, there was no lively atmosphere of drinking in the post station, but it was full of tension.

The two groups sat in batches, the table was set with steaming food, wine and meat, and the chairs sitting on the side were placed with swords, but the eyes of both were eager to poke each other to death, but from time to time their eyes looked at the table and chair in the middle.

On the table and chair in the middle, there is a son-in-law, which is particularly eye-catching. Dressed in white, just by looking at the appearance, you can tell that it is made of excellent fabric, and the corners are embellished with gold edges. With delicate cheeks, a pair of slender Danfeng eyes, and a smile hooked at the corners of his mouth, he is extremely eye-catching with a smile.

Of course, the most attractive thing is his temperament, elegant and calm.

Even the rough men who were almost fighting each other had to admit that this man was indeed beautiful, not handsome!

On the table in front of Brother Gongzi was a plate of cut sauce beef, a bottle of soju, and a stack of side dishes.

"Click, click, click......"

The sound of swallowing melon seeds suddenly sounded, and everyone turned their heads to look.

At the counter of the inn, there is an old man leaning on it, holding a handful of pumpkin seeds in his hand, and there is a pot of freshly brewed tea on the right hand, and a hot mist rises from the water, watching the confrontation in the lobby is like watching a drama with relish.

Obviously, the old man's monkey-like expression made some people not very happy, and they couldn't help but glare at the old man with vicious eyes.

It's just that he was quickly forcibly pulled over by his companion, "Hmph-" A cold snort looked very reluctant.

Seeing this, the smile on the corner of the old man's mouth became bigger and bigger, and he muttered a mockery of "hehe......" in his mouth, and the sound of "click" became louder and louder.

It's a post station, but it's not just a post station.

The land area of the Great Jin Dynasty is unusually large, and it is difficult to set up a post station in each state dozens of miles apart to form a huge transportation network system. But if it is very inconvenient to say that there are no post stations and post roads, not to mention the blockage of news, the most important thing is that it is not conducive to governance.

Therefore, the Great Jin Dynasty came up with a very practical method, that is, to contract out the post station, to whom?

The local family is a good deal for them. For them, news, especially important news, is much more important than real money!

The government will set up a post keeper in the post station, and at the same time, there is also a treasurer in the post station, who is elected by the big family or family faction who invests in the post.

Therefore, the sixteen states of the Great Jin Dynasty, no matter which state, how remote the location, how barren the place, there must be a post station every dozens of miles, the difference is only that if there are many people, the scale of the post station is larger, the service is more diversified, eating, drinking and having fun, officials and messengers can rest and drink for free in the post station, and ...... Change horses.

This is somewhat similar to the service station contracting of the highway in later generations.

And this innkeeper, that is, the little old man, not only has an official background but also an obvious gray background, which is why he is so unscrupulous in front of a group of obviously fierce and vicious people in front of the rivers and lakes.

The reason why they are so jealous of this shopkeeper is not only the family behind this old man, but also the government...... This post station is only a day's journey away from Wujun Mansion, and if you make trouble here, the consequences can be weighed clearly.

That's when it happened.

There was a clear tremor on the ground, it was the sound of horses' hooves, at least dozens of rides!

At this moment, the already tense atmosphere suddenly became more intense, and the two sides added up to at least thirty people, staring at each other with big eyes, and they were also worried in their hearts, for fear that the other party would call for support.

Knock knock knock......

There was a knock on the closed door.

The little old man spit out the pumpkin seeds in his mouth, clapped his hands, and stepped forward to open the door.

With a snort, a cold wind blew in instantly.

The tall figure shrouded the little old man in shadow.

Everyone present was inexplicably chilled in their hearts, only to feel a chill on their backs, and their hairs stood on end, just like a vicious tiger that chose people to devour, and opened their cruel eyes to see the people in horror.

It's like being blown by the white-haired wind of the cold winter wax moon!

With a grunt, I don't know who swallowed in fright.