Shu E smiled apologetically and said, "The junior brother is worried about the third young master, so he is in a hurry." Brother Donglin has to work a lot along the way, and it's no wonder. When he found Young Master Rannuo, the younger brother would apologize and thank Brother Tanglin for his crimes. ”

In the dark, Shu E couldn't see Tanglin's expression clearly, so she only heard him silent, and she was very worried in her heart.

Suddenly, Tanglin smiled again: "It's okay to get up early and go to bed late to hurry, but it's just noon, and you still have to rest for a while." ”

Shu E nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother Tangling." It's good to rest for a while at noon, the two horses are not strong on their feet, and they won't be able to hurry up. ”

"Foot strength is secondary, I'm just afraid of tanning the horse." Tanglin said seriously.

Shu E was curious and funny: "Why do horses also get tanned?" ”

"Your snow hooves are so dark that it doesn't hurt to bask in the sun. My white horse is very handsome, one in a million, and it is tanned, and when the time comes, I find Ranno, and Rannuo will not recognize it. Tanglin said.

Shu E thought for a while, and suddenly said with a smile: "Okay, you compare this little animal to me." Then he said: "The horse is a very loyal and spiritual animal, and I have heard that as long as the master urges the horse, the horse will run until it foams at the mouth and dies of exhaustion, and the horse will not stop if the master does not rein in the horse." And I heard that a horse knows its way, and if you throw it a hundred miles away, it will be able to find it. People often say that when a cow is a horse, it is also because of these benefits in horses. ”

Tanglin laughed and said: "You don't look very similar in men's clothes, but there are girls who have taken a fancy to you." The girl in green clothes didn't smile at me, and as soon as she entered the door, a pair of eyes were fixed on you. ”

"That's because she thinks I'm really a man, so it can be seen that my men's clothes are still very appropriate." Shu E lowered her head and smiled secretly, very embarrassed, and said: "It's just that you have a preconceived idea in your heart, and you know that I am a woman, so I feel that my dress is not like everywhere." ”

"So, the woman surnamed Ruan is fascinated by you?" Tanglin said with a smile.

"What's not fascinating," Shu E said with a smile and whispered, "Miss Ruan Yin is just joking with me." If you can see it, how can she not see it? ”

"If she wasn't fascinated by you, why did she give you a bag of clothes when she left, but not mine?" Tanglin said.

"Huh?" Shu E was curious: "Why did Miss Ruan Yin give me this burden," Shu E said and patted the horse's back, "Didn't you explain it to her?" ”

"I'll just ask her to paint your eyebrows and comb your hair in a bun." Tanglin smiled: "Xu is that she recognized the wrong person, so I don't know if I apologize to you." What's in the baggage? ”

The bag contained two brand-new men's shirts, two brand-new skirts, and a pair of embroidered shoes. There is also a small bag, which contains fat powder eyebrow pencil and other things. Shu E had already quietly opened it and looked at it, thinking that it was a new purchase from Miss Ruan Yin when she was eating.

Tanglin suddenly said curiously, "Huh", and said: "Very handsome, one in a million." When I said it casually, my good brother was not welcome. ”

Shu E smiled: "Okay, Rao scolded people, and said that I recognized it myself." ”

Tanglin smiled loudly and said, "Refresh yourself and walk ten miles again, there is a small town in front." ”

Shu E perked up and said: "Lao Ma knows the way, it is very appropriate to say that Brother Tanglin." ”

"As soon as I told you, you will give it back to me." Tanglin said with a smile: "The town we used to do just now is called Linghe Town, and now the place where we are no longer belongs to Jingxi Road [Note 1], but to Jingbei Road [Note 2]. If you walk ten miles further, you will arrive at Hebei West Road [Note 3]. It's just that this is the junction of the three roads, and it's hard to say whether there is food and lodging going forward. ”

Shu E was slightly taken aback and said, "Is it almost to Hebei West Road?" ”

Although Shu E has never been out, she has also seen these place names in the study of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and she also knows some about the approximate direction and location. Shu E then said: "If it weren't for the Later Tang Dynasty's Jiedu to make Shi Jingjiao send troops to help him oppose the Later Tang Dynasty on the condition of calling Yelu Deguang his son and ceding the sixteen states of Yanyun, how could this great mountain and river to which Jinyang City belonged become the territory of the Khitans." Tokyo City is also good to have such a barrier as the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and it will not be so close to the tribes of the Khitan and the Li clan of the party. ”

Tanglin listened to Shu E's words, his face changed, but in the dark night, the two rode side by side, and Shu E did not pay attention to Donglin's expression.

Tanglin immediately smiled and said: "Yes, if you are in such a hurry, tomorrow we should be able to pass through Weizhou City on Hebei West Road and walk to Zezhou City on Hebei East Road." I'm afraid that in less than six days, we will be in Yinzhou. ”

"Yinzhou?" Shu Eqi said: "Aren't we going to Lingzhou?" ”

Shu E couldn't see Tanglin's expression, but she could also hear his voice being low and solemn: "Since I received Mr. Anliu's letter, I have been very puzzled in my heart. Lingzhou is the fundamental place of Li Deming's party members. How could Rannuo go deep for no reason? Ran Nuo is in Lingzhou, but where did he get the news? ”

Shu'e's grandfather, Liu An, was nicknamed Anliu, which was originally the nickname he used when he was a royal doctor in the palace. Shu E saw that Donglin also knew the nickname of Lu Dao, and knew in her heart that her grandfather had an unusual relationship with him, and she had a little more trust.

Shu E thought for a while and said, "Listening to what Yu'er said, it was the information that Young Master Feng of Zhiguo Captain Feng got after personally investigating it. Brother Tanglin, does he know what kind of person the young master Feng is? ”

Tanglin was silent, just let the horses gallop. Shu E didn't know what he was thinking, so she didn't dare to disturb her, but she rarely saw Tanglin so dignified, but she had a little worry in her heart.

The two of them kept galloping on their horses, and sure enough, as Tanglin said, they got up and walked at dawn in the morning, and always walked to the place where Xiema stayed at night. Fortunately, both horses are good horses with high and healthy height, and they gallop all the way, but they do not seem tired.

Tanglin is very familiar with the road, and can always tell Shu'e in the wilderness, go forward or go east or west, walk for miles, and always find small towns for people to rest. It's just that every day at noon, when the sun is in full bloom, Tanglin refuses to hurry no matter what. Shu E has been running around for days, and she is extremely tired, but she can also learn the appearance of Tanglin at noon and take a nap on the desk.

Passing through Zezhou, Jinzhou, and Xizhou on Hedong Road, it is peaceful all the way.

At noon, the two came to Shilou County on the east bank of the Yellow River and at the western foot of Luliang Mountain.

[Note 1] Jingxi Road: Song Zhidao three years (997) place.

[Note 2] Jingbei Road: Jingbei Road was a local administrative region of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) in China, located in the western part of Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. In the third year of the road (997), the world was set as 15 roads.

[Note 3] Hebei West Road. Mansion four: Zhending, Zhongshan, Xinde, Qingyuan. State 9: Xiang, Jun, Huai, Wei, Wei, Shen, Magnetic, Qi, Bao. Army Six: Tianwei, Beiping, Ansu, Yongning, Guangxin, Shun'an. County sixty-five.