After some movements, Tianfang turned around and walked to the window to look out!

The official road was still very deserted, and there were no horse-drawn carriages or pedestrians passing by. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As far as the eye can see, the mountains are shrouded in a mist.

In the middle of winter, ordinary people will definitely not be able to stand the cold.

Just like last night, I appeared by the window and poked my head out to look out...... After changing his appearance slightly, he looks a little different from the original.

He stood and looked at it for a moment, then closed the window slightly, revealing only a crack.

Tianfang turned from the window and walked to the table where he had been sitting.

After a while, I heard the footsteps of the guards outside the door.

When they got up, they passed by the room where the sky was staying, and the four of them paused for a few seconds.

At this moment, the sky inside the door was slowly putting away the map and the utensils spread out on the table.

When he heard footsteps outside, he stopped.

The guards hesitated, stood outside the door and gestured to each other, then walked downstairs.

The guards did not come and knock on the door of the room where the heavens lived.

Until they came back from the small courtyard next to the inn.

This time, they ...... It's really here to find the heavens!

"Come in."

Tianfang said in a deep voice in the direction of the knock on the door.

The table was empty, and the map that had been spread out earlier was now gone, and it was folded away by Tianfang and re-stuffed into the baggage he carried.

At a glance, there was nothing on the table except the baggage.

There was a muffled voice outside, like a few guards nudging.

After getting Tianfang's permission, the guards who finally came in followed Tianfang from Suzhou to here were the first to come in.

"Lord, we went to the store next door, brought you some food, and packed some food to take with you on the way."

Tianfang's eyes moved, and he looked at the guards who walked in by the door, and sure enough, it was the same food box.

Tianfang stared at the food box he took in his hand, but did not open it.

Several guards were stunned for a moment, stared at Tianfang's hand for a while, and when they turned their eyes to see Tianfang's appearance at the moment, they were stunned again.

When they came back to their senses, they immediately knew that their master had specially groomed them, which meant that they were about to set off on the road.

"Lord, let's go and get ready at once."

After the guards told them, they retreated one by one.

Tianfang opened the food box and saw that the food contained in it was freshly baked buns in the morning.

The corners of his mouth lifted, and he picked one up from the food box and took a bite.

...... A moment later, the guards were fully equipped and arrived at the place where the sky was placed.

When they go out to do tasks, they don't have much to bring, and when they go out on a trip to the bottom, they carry fewer things with them.

"I've seen it downstairs," Tianfang said to the guards in a light tone as he motioned for the guards to close the door.

"There are also caravans of people who have set out for the Northland this morning."

When I got up early in the morning, the merchants I saw downstairs one after another stayed at the post station at night and got up early in the morning to hurry.

"Let's get to the main road and try to take a ride," Tianfang said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said in a slow tone, "Just pay some money." ”

The guards who were standing and listening nodded subconsciously.

In fact, Tian Xinzhong had already planned it, and at this moment, it was just a matter of informing the guards so that they could know the next arrangement.

"Wait until the next stop is town......" he paused again, glanced at the guards, and continued, "Then buy a new horse." ”

The group quickly walked through the corridor and down the stairs of the inn.

...... After waiting for a while on the official road outside the inn, the guards exchanged heads and talked about the customers in the shop.

Tianfang listened for a while, listened to the guards chatting a few words, and casually interjected and asked, "When the morning passed, how many people were in the store?" ”

"Lord, there aren't many people in the shop," the guard continued, pausing in his tone, "but there seems to be only one guy in that shop to greet customers." ”

He thought for a while, and then said, "We all have the impression that this shop was open until most of the night last night, and we got up before dawn this morning to do things. ”

Like Tianfang's opinion, the guard added a sentence on the side: "I haven't seen the shopkeeper of his house, but if that person only gives one salary, it will be too picky." ”

"One job is used for two!"

Tianfang looked at the guard and paused, and said with a gentle smile: "Maybe that young man is the shopkeeper of this shop." ”

"No, it's impossible," the guard hurriedly shook his head, "The person at the checkout desk doesn't look like the shopkeeper, he looks lazy." ”

Hearing this, the corners of Tianfang's mouth tugged slightly, and said in a somewhat casual tone: "Don't underestimate this shop, it is open next to the post station, it is easy to earn money, and I have heard a lot of news." ”

Last night, I didn't listen to several conversations in succession, and Tianfang was impressed.

After Tianfang finished speaking, the guard immediately smiled and said, "That is, if you have a heart, maybe you can also plant a spy here." ”

Tianfang turned his head and glanced at the small courtyard, then retracted his gaze and said, "It's indeed possible." ”

If you want to plant spies along the way, you should indeed choose places that few people will pay attention to and think of.

For example, the shop next to the post station, there are so many customers coming and going every day, and all kinds of news can be heard.

The guard's account is very reliable.

...... Waiting on the side of the official road, after saying a few words, a group of people appeared on the corner of the hillside in the distance.

Looking at the caravan that Tianfang hoped to meet.

Before the war began in the Northland, there were many merchants and travelers between the two sides, and the official road used to be more lively.

When Tianfang was eating at the restaurant last night, he heard a lot of news, and the customer who talked a lot was a few years ago between the north and the south.

He mentioned how lively the official road was at that time, and when he talked about it, he talked about it with relish, and mentioned the endless stream of carriages on the official road outside the post station, and Tianfang heard it.

When the war in the north began, the flow of people here naturally decreased, and the number of business trips on the official road also declined rapidly.

This is no longer the case!

"Lord," the guard on the side looked at Tianfang and hesitated for a moment, and the latter said calmly, "The hitchhiker is coming." ”

...... This is a caravan heading north, but their final destination is the town of their next stop, which is within the confines of the Northlands, but far from the final battlefield.

The matter discussed with the caravan, this time Tianfang did not come forward in person, and handed it over to the guards below.

There are some things that cannot always be in front of him, and when it is appropriate, he will also be handed over to the subordinates to take full control.

Soon, the group and the caravan were ...... A provisional agreement was reached.

The leader of the caravan agreed to give them a ride to the next stop.

Of course, there will be additional conditions, and it is also a market for taking a hitchhike between the north and the south.

The conditions they put forward were just as Tianfang thought, to pay a little silver.

The two sides happily negotiated the conditions.

In terms of position allocation, Tianfang and the guards sat in the front carriage, and the remaining three guards sat in the back.

They squeezed together with the caravan people.

...... The caravan passed by the post station and did not stay long, but was stopped by the heavenly release, and immediately after deliberation, they set off again and sped up.

It is getting farther and farther away from the post station, and the post station next to the official road looks almost a small dot from a distance.

In the courtyard next to the inn, the young man who looked out of the courtyard from time to time through the window, saw the waiting people get into the caravan carriage and leave, and he walked quickly to the backyard.

...... In the car where Tianfang was sitting, the first few people on it were relatively quiet, and they hardly talked along the way.

The mountain breeze peeked in through the cracks in the curtain of the carriage, and the carriage beneath him jolted in the direction of the Northland.

This official road winds all the way to the Northland.

The car in which the guards were sitting behind was obviously much more lively, and the people above were gossiping about each other.

Just went all the way to the next stop, the speed of the road was not slow, and when I climbed up the hill, I could already vaguely see the town in front of me.

Aside from the town adjacent to the Northland battlefield, the town in front of you can be regarded as the last place to stay before reaching the Northland.

And because of the distance, the north is relatively sparsely populated, and the distance from this station to Nanhua is much closer than that to the north.

It means that when they arrive in the town, the horses mentioned in Tianfang's previous words must be purchased, and if they follow the caravan, I am afraid that the speed will be slower than they expected.

You must know that at this time, Wang Shi's progress should have slowly approached the adjacent town in the Northland.

With the previous situation, Tianfang's plan sounds more reasonable.

At least having the right horses in the town will change the course of the rest.

...... The guards lifted the curtain of the car and looked ahead, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that the next stop was approaching.

Tianfang lowered his head and thought about it, and decided to come down directly outside the town.

The people who did not follow the caravan all the way to the town, so they separated from the caravan people on the official road near the town.

This is a decision made by Tianfang, and the guards naturally have no objections.

Tianfang got down from the carriage with the guards, and standing on the official road, he could see that the town in front of him was not far away.

This little road is nothing to them, and even if they don't take a carriage, it won't take long to walk.

Looking around, this area is full of mountains and forests.

...... Tianfang stopped on the road and thought, there was a ready-made map in the baggage he carried, but according to the number of times Tianfang looked at it, he had already memorized many of the details on it.

Tianfang remembers the marks on the map, and has the impression that not far from this area, there should be a big river passing by.

However, at this time, the river has long been suspended, and it is estimated that it will have to wait until the beginning of spring to continue navigation.

He glanced around and saw a tea shed not far away, with a stove at the door, and tea was still boiling on it.

It's been a long time since I've seen a similar tea shed on the road, and it seems that there are more similar scenes in southern Zealand than in northern Zealand.

Tianfang was aroused a little interested, and planned to stop here to drink a bowl of tea before leaving, and by the way, there were some other meanings.

"Go there and take a break." Tianfang said in a low voice.

After that, he took the lead in the direction of the tea shed, and several guards behind him glanced at each other and immediately followed.

The guards followed Tianfang all the way to the tea shed.

About seven or eight small square tables were set up, and to the back was a simple dwelling that resembled a mountain hut, and some vegetables were planted in the field next to it.

In the winter, those vegetables look really average.

The old couple was a very enthusiastic personality, and when they saw that the sky had let them come, they hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

Tianfang randomly picked a table and sat down, he had already discovered that there were only a few of them in this place.

The tea shed close to the official road, the business is so deserted, and the sky is a little surprised.

But looking around, except for the caravan they had taken a ride on before, there was indeed no next group of people passing here.

As usual, when it is close to the outside of the town, there should be more people, how can there be so few, it will make people feel a little strange when they look at it.

...... Listening to the outgoing escort and the owner of the tea shed, the old lady began to chat.

The personalities of the two guards who followed Tianfang all the way are completely different, one is taciturn, and the other is a completely outgoing personality.

Tianfang took a sip of tea, and couldn't help but look at the road where he came again.

The sound of conversation continued to ring.

The old couple lives near the official road outside the town and has been running a tea shed for some years.

During the conversation, the guard asked the childlike question that he was thinking about in the middle of the day, and asked the hostess of the tea shed, why are there so few guests here?

"Business has been a little worse these days, and there are fewer customers coming and going."

The eldest lady thought for a while and said to the guard: "But it's not today, we have already greeted many guests from the morning to now." ”

"At first, it looked like a ...... in the army"

Before the eldest lady could finish her words, the old wife who was guarding the stove not far away coughed vigorously to remind her!

The wife felt that topics related to the army could not be chatted with strangers casually, and he was more vigilant than the eldest mother.

The eldest lady suddenly stopped talking, looked at the guard and said apologetically: "Hmm...... This should not be said. ”

"Auntie, you're talking about people in the army, the north is about to go to war, it's not strange to meet you!"

The guard was straightforward, and immediately answered: "Don't worry, we are just passing guests, we heard something when we sat down, and we forgot it as soon as we came out of the tea shed." ”

After that, he looked at the eldest lady and smiled, and the other guards on the side also nodded.

They made it clear that they just listened to the gossip to dispel the eldest mother's doubts.

...... The eldest lady thought for a while, and then whispered: "Business is good today, better than a few days ago." ”

"From dawn to now, in addition to a few individual customers, in addition to the villagers in the nearby villages, there have been two groups of guests in succession."

The eldest lady said with a serious expression: "The first batch looks like people in the army, and the old man in my family also thinks it looks." ”

"The second batch is different," the eldest lady rolled her eyes and said in a low voice, "It's definitely not from the army, but it's rare on the road." ”

"And this kind of thing, how can it be rare?" (To be continued.) )