Pei Yun took the knife from the sheath and inserted it into the ground hard, and the blunt sheath tail was inserted straight into the ground, which showed the strength of his hands, took off the coat hanger on the handle of the knife, and sat down cross-legged. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The riders had a tacit understanding, took the knife neatly, took off their robes one after another, set them up next to the huge fire, and then sat cross-legged and dislocated in two circles under Pei Yun's signal, leaving a vacant seat. This vacant seat was naturally reserved for the two officials and the young couple.

But no one seemed to understand what he meant.

Yue Yingzhong Xiaobai still didn't understand what Pei Yun meant.

Zhong Xiaobai said in a loud voice: "Four, my adults are invited."

There was no movement.

The young couple and the two officials looked at each other, but they didn't dare to go over. The corners of Zhong Xiaobai's mouth slanted, and he stopped making a sound.

The nine wicked men stood on the ground at a loss, and the fierce man looked at the empty seat, gritted his teeth and was about to sit down.

Suddenly! The cold light flashed, a knife went straight to the throat of the fierce man, the skin blown by the fierce wind hurt, and the fear of death instantly surged into his heart, making his face immediately pale, the fierce man's throat rolled violently, and his frightened eyes squinted at the cloaked man below who did not look back and held the knife behind him.

The knife is the knife of a fierce man.

Tsunega slowly lowered the knife.

It seemed that the suffocation of the fierce man who had turned around from the ghost gate disappeared suddenly, his chest rose and fell violently, he gasped rapidly, glanced at Pei Yun, a look of resentment flashed in his frightened eyes, and the other eight people came to another corner and sat down, silent.

Outside the temple, there was still lightning, thunder, and storms, and the temple suddenly fell into silence except for the sound of beeping fires.

After a long time, the sound of stepping on the ground sounded behind Pei Yun.

It was the young couple, the scholar hugged the woman, cautiously came to the vacant place to sit down, nervously glanced at Pei Yun who was expressionless, and saw that all the riders did not squint and did not react, so they let go of the woman in their arms with peace of mind.

The woman looked at the scholar and smiled softly, the firelight flickering in her beautiful eyes, bringing up countless fantasies.

After a while, the two officials also came over, first smiling at Pei Yun and the other horses, and then sat down. Only the nine fierce men were thrown in the corner, although their clothes were dry and the temple was not too cold, but the difference in treatment still made their hearts suffocate.

This rain is obviously not a shower, and the first rain of spring always has to be a good fight with the long-lost land for a long time.

The sky outside was getting dark, Pei Yun and the other riders took out the food and water they had prepared earlier, and started a wonderful dinner.

"Give." Pei Yun was expressionless, and stretched out his hand to hand the scholar three dry cakes, which should be enough for the two of them.

The scholar didn't take it, but he was afraid that his wife would just catch a cold, and if he was hungry, his body would definitely not feel well, so he took it. Pei Yun handed over the water bladder again, and the scholar simply took it.

Pei Yun was about to turn his head when the fingerprints on the young scholar's face caught his attention.

The fingerprints were not yet fully clear, and the face was not completely swollen, and it looked like he had been beaten not long ago. This woman looks gentle and considerate, not like a hands-on person. Seeing the woman's hands tightly pressed against the torn clothes, thinking of the scene when she came in, she knew in her heart, it seemed that she had just been bumped into by him, otherwise this good woman from a good family would definitely be ruined, thinking that it was time to let the brothers live.

Over there, there were guards who gave food and drink to the officials, but they put aside the nine men with the best appetites, and looked at the people with relish, drooling.

Here, the woman could not spare her hands because she pressed her hands on her clothes, and her husband was considerate, so he tore off a small piece and fed it to his wife. At first, the wife was embarrassed and reluctant, so she motioned to her husband to eat, but in the end she couldn't resist her husband, and bowed her head and blushed and ate a small piece.

"She's mute." Pei Yun asked suddenly.

The scholar was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"Didn't think about curing her?"

The scholar said gloomily: "Naturally, I have found a lot of Langzhong and there is no rule of law, but Lin Langzhong in the county can be governed, but it is ......" The scholar was a little embarrassed, and said guiltily: "It's just that the family has no money." Then he smiled and said: "But that's okay, I know what Xiu'er thinks in her heart, what she wants to say, I'll help her say, like this...... She can't live without me. ”

As he spoke, he and his wife glanced at each other, smiled softly, and their eyes were full of affection.

Pei Yun asked, "The Lin Langzhong you said is in He County."

The scholar said: "It's in Sanqiu County, Guangyang County."

"You're a reader."

The scholar nodded.

"Have you ever wanted to be an official?"

"The scholar is not an official, he reads the sage book in vain, but he is just ......" The scholar showed helplessness on his face, and said, "I ask myself to be familiar with the four books and five classics, and I am rich and five cars, and I have passed every auxiliary examination, but whether it is a special virtuous and honest, or a young man who is filial piety and honesty, and Maocai, he is always nameless, but the sons in the county are nominated one by one. ”

After the scholar finished speaking, he looked at Pei Yun strangely, why did he talk to himself. Looking at this person's temperament, it must be a big official, why are you interested in being a common man with a flat head.

The dry wood in the temple is about to burn out, but fortunately there is no thunder outside, and the rain should stop soon. Finally, everything went as the people had hoped, and when the half of the idol was burned, the rain finally stopped.

The sleeping wife was woken up by her husband, and the two servants were woken up by the sound of the scholar calling his wife. The scholar's voice is not loud, but who can sleep peacefully in such an environment.

Even in the middle of the night, the scholar and his wife were still preparing to go home, and the two officials wanted to wait until dawn before leaving.

Pei Yun and the guards got up, even after a night together, the mystery under the cloak was still not eliminated, and the eyes of others looking at the riders were still fearful. The fire was about to be extinguished, but the people who knew that the rain had stopped did not feel a chill.

Seeing that Pei Yun and the others were leaving, the two officials subconsciously looked at the nine fierce men with unkind faces, and their hearts were excited, and they didn't dare to stay, so they left behind the young couple.

Pei Yun saw the four of them leaving, so he went out first to comfort and comfort the mount that had suffered a night's sin, and soon. The crowd rode out, and thirty-seven men dried their horses, and all rolled over their horses, and went south, but the nine fierce men never came out again.

On the way, he caught up with the young couple and two officials who were walking back and forth, and without pausing, they bypassed a city on the way, which should be the county seat of Sanqiu as mentioned by the scholar. Pei Yun looked at the city and thought thoughtfully. The horse's hooves kept rushing towards the steep and stretching 100,000 mountains in the distance, which was Taihang Mountain.

Taihang Mountains are mostly east-west horizontal valleys, mostly traffic arteries, business and travel thoroughfares, the so-called "Taihang Eight Mountains" are in this endless Xiongling peak forest.

The Taihang Mountains crisscross from north to south, connect with plateaus in the west, and transition from middle mountains, low mountains, and hills to plains in the east, which is today's North China Plain. There are many Xiongguan in the mountains, Niangzi Pass, Hongti Pass, Huguan Pass, Tianjing Pass, all of which were built to resist the invasion of the Hu people in those years.

And now that Pei Yun has won Yanmen Pass, even if he doesn't take the Wolf Meng Pass, enters Hengshan County from the east, and then attacks Zhao County in the south, he can also step into the Central Plains Plain area, and he doesn't have to worry about these difficulties.

Entering a wide and deep horizontal valley, you can also see many caravans coming and going to the Central Plains of the grassland, of course, no one recognized Pei Yun, passed the Huguan, out of the horizontal valley, and ran directly towards the plain of the distant plain.

In the distance, the blue sky and white clouds connected by the green sea, like the bright smile of the girl, constitute a wonderful picture of the plain in early spring.

Thirty-seven rode across the river, walked between the rivers, crossed the water, crossed the thousand beams, and finally arrived at one of the most prosperous cities in the east, Linzi City, the seat of Linzi County. And the next stop, through Beihai, is Langya City, Chengyang County. The closer he gets, the more excited Pei Yun's mood becomes, he fantasizes about meeting Zhao'er over and over again, he has a lot of things he wants to say to Zhao'er, but he doesn't know where to start.

I haven't seen news from the Neiwei Mansion for a long time, and I think I came too fast, and they can't keep up, so they just arrived in Linzi, so they will stay for one night and set off tomorrow.

Because of the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of commerce, Chu Ting was very strict in restricting commercial transactions, and all commercial activities were stopped at the end of each year, unlike the three counties that had never made any planning restrictions on commerce, and they were all free to buy and sell. Therefore, even in Linzi, the city at night will soon fall into desertion and emptiness.