After leaving Daliang, Meng Tian and Zi Yanran set off alone, and did not go with Tu Qin, because Meng Tian's departure from Xianyang was no longer known by anyone other than Emperor Yingzheng and Meng Yi, even Zhao Gao beside Yingzheng didn't know, Meng Tian only announced to everyone that he would go to Northern Xinjiang to inspect the Great Wall. The itinerary of Tuqin and Mengjiajun Tiewei is even more a secret, before they arrive at Huiji County, they will not stay in any city for more than one night, they must first arrive at Huiji before Meng Tian to find out the situation in Huiji County.

After crossing the Yangtze River, it is to the boundary of Qin's southern county, and then walk east for two days to reach Huiji County. In the south of the Yangtze River, Meng Tian and Zi Yanran only came together when they first got married, and they also left a very bad memory, and then came here when Meng Tian attacked the Chu State, and then followed Wang Jian to lead the troops to destroy the Chu State.

Meng Tian and Zi Yanran stayed in Nanjun for a day, enjoying the customs of Nanjun, Zi Yanran, who had not left Xianyang City for a long time, seemed to have returned to her youth, and bought several sets of clothes that only young girls wore in the bazaar in Nanjun, and after wearing them, Meng Tian's eyes lit up, and she almost drooled, causing Zi Yanran to roll her eyes, and Meng Tian only smirked.

In front of it is the Miluo River, which can be said to be the place where Meng Tian and Zi Yanran left the most memories in Chudi, where their first child was stillborn, and it was also here that Meng Tian met Xiang Yu for the first time, and burned the Xiang family's poppy field to the ground, and since then he and the Xiang family have formed an incomprehensible relationship.

Just like more than 20 years ago, the post station on the Miluo River is still open, and it looks like business is doing well. Meng Tian and Zi Yanran dismounted at the gate of the post station, and Xiao Er, who was already waiting at the door to greet the guests, stepped forward to lead the horses for the two people.

"The two guest officers, are you here to eat or complain? The small shop now has good guest rooms and delicious meals, which is guaranteed to satisfy the two guest officers. Xiao Er saw the horses of these two guest officers and knew that there were two masters who were not bad for money, and immediately introduced them to Meng Tian and Zi Yanran diligently.

Meng Tian took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and threw it to Xiao Er, who hurriedly took it into his arms. "We are going to stay in your shop tonight, go, and take our horses away to feed them, for they are worth more than your life. ”

This ingot of silver weighs five taels, which makes Xiao Er, who has only seen knife coins in his life, a little flattered, and at the same time, he understands that these two guest officers are characters who cannot afford to offend. "The two guest officers can rest assured, the villain must feed the guest officers' horses well. By the way, the guest officer will be invited inside. Shopkeeper, two distinguished guests arrived~"

Meng Tian and Zi Yanran entered the gate of the post station, the shopkeeper of the post station heard the shout of Xiao Er at the door, and hurriedly came out to greet him, and when he saw Meng Tian and his wife coming in, he hurriedly said: "Two distinguished guests have come from afar, it is the honor of the small shop, please two inside!"

Even though he hadn't come here for more than 20 years, Meng Tian still recognized that this shopkeeper was the shopkeeper when he came here more than 20 years ago, and the shopkeeper at that time didn't expect that after so many years, the junior second had become the shopkeeper here.

Meng Tian and Zi Yanran entered the post house, found a relatively clean place to sit down, Meng Tian said to the shopkeeper: "The shopkeeper used to be the second child here, didn't expect you to be here after so many years?"

The shopkeeper was a little surprised, it is not a strange thing that he is the second little here, everyone who lives nearby knows that looking at the faces of the two guest officers is a little raw, it should not be a local, but he knows that he used to be the second little one here. "The guest officer has been here before, how can he be so familiar with the fact that the villain used to be the second junior here?"

Meng Tian put the sword on the table and said to the shopkeeper: "Yes, I came here many years ago, and I lived here once, and I just entered the store because I saw that you were a little familiar, so I asked that, but I didn't expect to guess it correctly." ”

I see, the villain thanked the guest officer for remembering the villain's appearance. "The shopkeeper saw that these two people were dressed extraordinarily and had weapons, so they must not be ordinary people. Since the Great Qin ruled the world, it promulgated laws and regulations, ordinary people are only allowed to farm tools and kitchen knives and other iron tools in their homes, if they find weapons at home, they will be immediately arrested and punished for the crime of rebellion, so anyone who can carry weapons in front of the public is either a soldier of the Qin State, or an official, or those who are not afraid of the world, but once this kind of person is targeted by the Qin army, the end is not much better, dare to ask which city gate did not hang a few corpses full of crossbow arrows when the world was just pacified。

"By the way, our husband and wife are going to stay in your shop for one night tonight, prepare a good room for us, and nothing else is your business, go and bring our meals." Meng Tian said, and the shopkeeper was relieved and hurriedly left here, going to Zhang Luo Mengtian and Zi Yanran's room and food.

Zi Yanran smiled and said to her husband: "Look at you, don't forget to put your general's score when you come out to play, and look at the scare of other people's shopkeepers." ”

Meng Tian also smiled, and he said, "Don't say it, this shopkeeper is quite discerning, I think they have recognized the two of us." I almost demolished this place for you, and even if the shopkeeper didn't recognize me, I'm afraid he would recognize you. You haven't looked the same in decades, and you're still so good-looking. ”

"And he was poor. Zi Yanran's pretty face turned red, and she joked Meng Tian. Trade Winds Literature Network

What Meng Tian said was really accurate, the shopkeeper really recognized Meng Tian after Meng Tian showed his sword. After all, the battle that happened in the post station back then was too memorable, and it was precisely because of this that the shopkeeper left so fast when he heard that Meng Tian let him leave, and he was afraid that he would be scared to pee his pants if he stayed any longer. Because the name of the person who fought with the Xiang family in the post house back then is too loud today, and that name is Meng Tian.

The meal came up quickly, and Meng Tian and Zi Yanran became interested in one of the dishes. Zi Yanran called out to Xiao Er, who came to serve the food, pointed to a triangular thing held up with reed leaves, and asked, "Xiao Er, what is the name of this dish in your store? ”

Xiao Er came to his senses and said with some pride: "Guest officer, you are asking the right person, you really can't see this thing anywhere else, because this thing is our specialty here." ”

"What's its name?" Zi Yanran asked with some curiosity.

Xiao Er picked up one, then opened the reed leaves on it, revealing the fragrant, steaming glutinous rice inside, with a red date sandwiched on it, and then handed it to Zi Yanran and introduced: "This lady, the name of this thing is zongzi, it is made of good glutinous rice, but it is delicious, you can taste it." After speaking, he peeled another one and handed it to Meng Tian.

Zi Yanran and Meng Tian took a bite, the glutinous rice melted in the mouth, and the lips and teeth were fragrant, and Meng Tian and Zi Yanran, who had never eaten anything like this in the Qin Kingdom, felt good.

"Xiao Er, is there anything special about this zongzi?" Meng Tian swallowed the zongzi in his hand in two or three bites, and then asked.

Xiao Er put the tray of food in his hand on the table, and then said, "Two guest officers, have you ever heard the name of Qu Yuan, the third doctor of our Chu State?"

"But Mi Yuan, who wrote 'Lisao'?" Meng Tian asked.

Xiao Er patted his thigh and said, "Yes, it's this person." ”

"Then what? How did this zongzi have anything to do with Qu Yuan?" Zi Yanran also finished eating her own zongzi and asked.

Xiao Er cleared his throat and said slowly to the two: "This doctor Qu Yuan scolded the king of Chu in the palace because he lost confidence in the king and ministers of the Chu State, and then he was demoted to us. Later, the state of Chu was about to be destroyed by the army of Qin, and Dr. Qu Yuan was angry and depressed, and finally committed suicide by throwing himself into the river on the bank of the Miluo River. When our people here learned about it, they went down to the river to search for the doctor's body, but they couldn't find it. Later, in order to prevent the fish in the river from eating the flesh and blood of the doctor, the people came up with such a way, wrapped the glutinous rice in the reed leaves and threw it into the river, instead of the doctor's body for the fish to eat, and over time eating zongzi has become a custom for us here, and every year on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, we have to go to the river to worship the doctor. ”

Meng Tian didn't expect such a small zongzi to have such a history, he knew about Qu Yuan, and there were many officials in the Qin State who were very sought after for Qu Yuan's poems, even Meng Yi liked Qu Yuan's poems very much, and it is said that Meng Yi came here to pay his respects after Qu Yuan's death. After listening to the story told by Xiao Er, Zi Yanran's eyes were filled with tears, she had also read Qu Yuan's poems in Xianyang City, and she also liked this person very much, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad after learning about this allusion.

Meng Tian gave Xiao Eryi a small ingot of silver, thanked him for saying so much, and then slowly enlightened Zi Yanran, telling her not to be sad about it.

On the second day, before leaving, Zi Yanran asked the shopkeeper of the post station for a way to make zongzi, and then continued to rush towards Huiji County with Meng Tian. When she arrived at the Miluo River, Zi Yanran also deliberately threw a few zongzi into the river by boat, which made Meng Tian shake his head helplessly.

After crossing the Miluo River not far from Huiji County, Tu Qin had been here for several days, and after Meng Tian arrived, he found Tu Qin's secret address according to the mark agreed with Tu Qin.

"How is it, what is the situation in Huiji County?" After arranging Zi Yanran, Meng Tian found Tu Qin and asked. Although Huiji was relatively calm, no one knew what was hidden under this calm, and Meng Tian, as a leader of the troops, had already sensed a hint of danger.