Young Master Yan Jiu dispelled the idea of checking his life experience, and the footsteps of the eastward journey became leisurely, walking slowly and playing slowly all the way, anyway, no one cares about the world, he wants to stop and want to walk, and sometimes he will stay for seven or eight days when he encounters a favorite place, and he has not gone far until mid-March.

March and April is the best time to go out to play, Xiaolu stays in the wild most of the time, Young Master Yan Jiu will draw a few landscape paintings when he is interested, Cui Xi is under Yan Qi's advice to speed up and lengthen the speed and distance of the walk little by little, five branches of medicine, and also taught Cui Xi a set of health exercises, in fact, it is similar to yoga or Tai Chi, between the fresh air and beautiful scenery of nature, there is also a double effect with half the effort.

Xiao Chen followed Yan Qichao, and then opened his eyes.

Will this girl really grow up in the boudoir since she was a child? Will dig earthworms from the soil as bait to fish, will dig out snake nests to take snake gall bladders and give them to the infected Cui family son for medicine, will set traps to catch rabbits for her brother to play with - although her brother dislikes and ignores her, she still dares to climb the mountain vine swing, dive to the bottom of the lake to catch gold placer, go into the mountains to hunt and cut firewood, make holes and incubate eggs to lay eggs...... Well, if she weren't human, the last four would be pretty good at it.

Xiao Chen felt that Yan Qi's familiarity with the mountains and forests was no less than that of an old hunter who had been with him all his life, which made him, a young master who had grown up in the city since he was a child, although he had no martial arts, was dazzled by these endless new flowers, he could only follow her, learn from her, try and experience, only in this way could he seem to know more about her, and be more ...... An inch closer to her.

Young Master Yan Jiu said that the two of them were now separated from the wild man with a body of hair and a few leaves.

If the life of a savage is like this, then there is nothing wrong with being a savage, Xiao Chen thought to himself.

In fact, the contribution of the savages is still quite large, at least in the wild, everyone does not worry about the freshest game and mountain delicacies to eat, when the sun is fine, the female savage Yan Qi will take down the big blanket on the car and spread it on the thick and soft grass, put a small number on it, put on the plates and bowls, and put the stove on the side, boiling water for picnic.

Steamed rice, stewed fish, a stove is not enough, but also from the river beach to get stones to build a simple stove, firewood burned, set up the oil pot, first into the green onions, ginger and garlic, and then put fresh wild vegetables, stir-fry a lively, fragrant, fragrant all over the field.

After eating and tea, sitting on the blanket while drinking and basking in the sun to enjoy the spring scenery, enjoying the sleepiness, the head pillow green grass facing the blue sky and sleeping on the ground, until being woken up by a sudden spring rain, hurriedly packed up things and got back to the carriage, and then in this thin and soft rain curtain like fog and smoke, let the horses pull the cart and stroll at will, the car window is slightly opened, there are wild flowers, mud and rain breath blowing in, the carriage or sit or lie or lean or crooked, and then make a pot of warm green tea, put a few plates of dried fruit preserves, turn two pages of poetry and words, enjoy a piece of green grass even the sky, or whisper, or leisurely fugue, let the window quietly change day and night。

If the night is dry and sunny, Wuzhi will set up a bonfire, clean up the game that Yan Qi and Xiao Chen hunted, and wear it on the branches to roast and eat, not only roast animal meat, but also roast fish, roast mushrooms, roast steamed buns, roast fruits, and even the wild wolves in the distance were attracted to the smell, there were four or five, but they still didn't dare to come closer, circled around a few times, and finally left stupidly.

This year will probably be a year of abundant rain, just into the spring there have been several large and small rains, sometimes the fawn is on the way, sometimes it happens to live in the inn, if you live in the inn, even the rain will stay for a few days, or hold an umbrella to wander the street, or stay in the room to read a book and play chess.

On this day, the luck of the people of the fawn was not too good, along the official road to the next city, on the way to the next city, the front encountered a landslide, gravel and sediment blocked the only road, and the same group of travelers were blocked in the middle of the way, which was not in front of the village and behind the shop, everyone had to stay in place, waiting for the government to send a special person to clear the road.

Waited until the evening and did not see the people of the official mansion show their heads, everyone had to prepare to spend in the carriage until tomorrow, at this time it showed the superiority of the deer, Yan Qi stewed a big pot of vegetables on the stove in the car, the fragrance overflowed out of the car window, and all the other people in the car were greedy, looking down at the cold steamed bun and dried salted meat in his hand, tears couldn't help but fall: Who is so mad that he burns a fire in the car to cook!

The comrades of the Xiaolu did not have the conscience to care about other people's feelings, it was raining outside, and it was warm inside, drinking hot soup, eating hot dishes, chewing big white steamed buns, and there was still water to make Yan Qi squat on the platform outside the door to brush the dishes and chopsticks, and everyone in the other cars was so easily fed up with torture, and just about to continue to gnaw on the cold steamed buns in their hands, the smell of hot tea wafted over again!

It was so dark, and tonight was counting on the government to send someone to clear the road, so everyone had to wrap up their clothes tightly and curl up on the carriage couch to sleep with the dampness. The fawn was comfortable, the stove was burning, and even the boiling water belt drove away the cold, Yan Qi called the five branches in, and the five people drank tea around the table and played poker.

Young Master Yan Jiu and Cui Xi can play, Yan Qi taught Xiao Chen and Wuzhi to fight, before going to bed, it was Young Master Yan Jiu and Cui Xi who won the most, and the worst losers were Xiao Chen and Wuzhi, one of them posted a blank note, on which were written the messages from the winners to them, such as: "Hold back your words, win me!", "I am me, I don't get angry if I lose", "I have two kings, but I just can't come out" and so on.

After packing up and preparing for bed, they each lay down on the couch, laid out the pillow and mattress, wished to cover the quilt with the quilt, and willing to cover the blanket with the blanket, wrapped it loosely and softly, found the most comfortable position, blew out the lights and candles, listened to the sound of the rain and the breathing of the partners, and fell asleep peacefully.

When I got up in the morning, the rain had not stopped, and the other people in the car had already begun to move, getting out of the car to release water, inquiring about the road conditions, complaining, and everyone was not very good--can it be good?! This night was cold, damp, hungry, and didn't sleep well, who can look good!

As a result, there was really a radiant face—in the long and wide carriage, several handsome young students came down in a row, all with white faces, red lips and red eyes, and at first glance they were asleep, and they were young people and energetic.

The young men wore a big hat, and when they were done in the vicinity, they went back to the carriage one by one, and after a while someone came out to pour the water in the basin - it was strange that the carriage also had a basin on it, and the water seemed to be steaming?

Then I watched the young men come out one by one wearing hats, cups and toothbrushes in their hands, standing in a row on the side of the road, brushing their teeth in unison, finishing work, and lining up to return to the carriage.

Okay, one by one is quite exquisite, but it doesn't look very pleasant, and the old men are all and bad breath can't deal with it, and they are embarrassed to talk to others, you are still here to be angry with the old people! This is heresy, understand! Heresy should be burned to death!

I was feeling a little angry here, but after a while, the smell of millet porridge wafted out of the carriage window! Millet porridge! What the hell! Why is there millet porridge in this place—— etc.! What is the smell of green onion and flower rolls?!And a particularly appetizing smell of sesame oil pepper...... Bastards, the smell of food last night was made by these bastards, right?! It's so infuriating! It's so hateful! I want to rush into their carriage and raise a bowl to beg for something to eat......

Yan Qi is putting sesame oil and pepper-fragrant vegetables on the plate, a bowl of hot millet porridge for one person, small flower rolls with green onions, and salted duck eggs with clear yellow oil, eating unhurriedly, and the whole body is extremely comfortable from the inside out.

When Yan Qi came out to pour the bowl of water, he felt countless hungry and resentful eyes projected on him...... There's no way, you can't stop us from eating, the weather is getting hotter, the climate is damp, and if you don't hurry up and eat the stored grain, it will be moldy and spoiled.

The people of the government finally came with tools, but it was not a matter of time and a half to clear the road, so everyone had to continue to wait on the side of the road, and when it was noon, the beasts began to spitt the chickens and mushrooms!

Finally stayed up until the afternoon, and the staff at the front sent bad news: the landslide in the front section was serious, and it may not be cleaned up in seven or eight days.

The crowd wailed, but it was useless to howl at the government, so they had to turn around, return the way they came, and then walk around the mountain from the north. Yan Qi and they have no problem, they can only follow around, but anyway, they are not in a hurry to hurry, just go around, walk slowly, and go around for a month.

As a result, this circumambulation is bigger, this mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, there is only one official road in the middle, that is, the one that is blocked, and there are still a few small roads in other places, but it is not as flat and spacious as the official road, and some carriages and small travelers choose such a road, and large carriages such as the Xiaolu can only go around the big distance to choose another official road.

Unhurried, grinding and grinding, finally on this day the fawn went around the mountain, two official roads crossed here, one through the north and south, one through the east and west, the fawn has been going from south to north in order to go around, at the intersection here you can turn east, everyone is not in a hurry, first at the intersection of a larger inn to settle down, ready to rest for a day, take a bath and laundry, replenish the supplies and then go back on the road.

The intersection is always very lively, the merchants from the south to the north love to stop here, all day and night are very noisy, the fawn people do not plan to stay here longer, this morning packed up and prepared to go on the road, just came out of the guest room, I heard a noise outside, listened to the sound like a carriage shed from the back, went around to see, this was dumbfounded - I saw a huge carriage and horse shed empty, all the merchants' cars and horses were gone!

A group of residents gathered around the shopkeeper to ask for an explanation, and the shopkeeper knelt down directly to everyone, and explained with a bitter face: "The guys who guarded the carriage and horse barn in the small shop were all seriously injured...... This is last night a robber sneaked in and stole the carriage and horses...... The shop has been reported to the official, please don't be impatient, don't be impatient, don't be impatient......"

If it weren't for the fact that this shop had a guy who took care of the carriage, who would have put things on the cart with confidence! But I didn't expect that the robbers would dare to cut people down and steal the carriages and horses, but who taught this shop not to keep all the customers' belongings! No matter what, if it was lost in your shop, you would have to pay for it! You have to give an explanation!

The fawn was not spared, but fortunately, everyone was accustomed to carrying important things in their travel bags, and the fawn was full of clothes, bedding and daily necessities, but without the fawn, the journey would not be easy, and it would take a long time to build another one.

"Stealing so many wagons in one night must have been a premeditated gang," said a local yamen officer who rushed to the scene after receiving a report, to the owners, "Don't you hear the sound when you sleep in the middle of the night?"

"I heard it, but who would have thought that it was stealing a car!" said a humane, "Besides, this place is noisy day and night, and there are often merchants who get up in the middle of the night and hurry, so we can't get up and see if we hear any movement, right?!"

As for Yan Qi and the others, the guest room was arranged in the farthest place from the carriage shed, and they couldn't hear any sound at all.

The crowd in the room surrounded the officials and shouted complaints, but this Young Master Yan Jiu was too lazy to listen, so he just lowered his head and looked for it on the ground.

"What are you looking for?" Yan Qi asked him.

"Wheel prints. Young Master Yan Jiu said, "The Xiaolu is heavier than an ordinary carriage, the body is wide, the wheels are also wide, and the marks on the dirt road must be deep. ”

When Yan Qi and the other three heard this, they also looked down, and sure enough, they soon found two deep ditches in the land next to them. It has been raining for the past few days, and even after a few days of sunshine, the water in the soil has not yet evaporated, and the wheels are rolled into a ditch.

Young Master Yan Jiu took a closer look and pointed to the north: "Go over there, if it was the carriage that was stolen in the middle of the night last night, it shouldn't have gone too far at this time, but there is not a single horse in this inn now, and it may not be easy to chase it again." ”

"I'm very strange," Yan Qidao said, "If these robbers want to make money, wouldn't it be good to take away the things on the carriage, and if they can't steal the horses and sell them for money, they can get a lot of silver, and even stealing the car will have too much appetite, and it will be slow to escape with so many cars." ”

Young Master Yan Jiu pinched his chin, saying that he couldn't figure out the train of thought of this gang of thieves, although the people from the yamen were riding horses, but after all, there were only three or five people, and they didn't dare to chase the bandit gang like this, and after investigating the scene, he only said that he would go back to his life first, and then send someone to chase him, which may not be delayed.

"What do you mean?" asked Young Master Yan Jiu.

"What do you mean?" Yan Qi asked him on behalf of everyone, who has always had the best idea to teach this thing.

"Either chase it or rebuild one. Young Master Yan Jiu looked indifferent.

"I'll chase after you," Xiao Chen said suddenly, "You guys are waiting here." ”

"If you catch up, don't act rashly first," Young Master Yan Jiu said, "Take a look at the situation, and then come back to converge." ”

Xiao Chen nodded, went to the new customer to borrow a horse, said that it was borrowed, or paid a rental fee of two taels of silver, and then turned over and chased out to the north.

It wasn't until noon the next day that Xiao Chen returned to the inn, "I found it," his expression was a little strange, "The one who stole the carriage was a group of refugees." ”

"Refugees?" Young Master Yan Jiu's eyebrows slowly raised, "Refugees from Beisai?"

"Well," Xiao Chen nodded, "There are a lot of people, more than a hundred or ten, and it is the young men among them who steal the carriage, and the reason why they steal the carriage together is to have a place to sleep...... I listened to them in the shadows and seemed to ...... The situation in Beisai is not optimistic, and the imperial court has sent an additional army to escort grain and grass, and it will pass through here in a few days. ”

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