End of July.

It was only when his feet waved on the ground of the port of Lujiang County that Ma Yue's heart fell back into his stomach.

From Luoyang to Youzhou, it only took him two and a half months to count the more than half a month he spent staying in Youzhou. This time, he sailed from north to south for nearly three months.

Lujiang is still 500 miles away from Wu County.

In the market of the port, two horses and a caravan were bought, and Ma Yue and his party of four staggered onto the official road. It's been three months, and no one cares if it's a little slower. Along the way, whether it is Ma Yue or Cai Yan, they have felt a lot.

Cai Yan's biggest feeling was Ma Yue, she felt that this young general who was silent was different from ordinary people, whether it was the court minister or the pawn and peddler in the countryside, he could get along well with it. And the relationship in the past three months has also made her feel the delicacy and gentleness under Ma Yue's rough appearance, and Ma Yue can always take care of her feelings well.

The most important thing is that Ma Yue not only gets better and better at the piano, but also reads more and more books, and Ma Yue knows a lot about things other than reading.

Ma Yue is finally able to chat with Cai Yan on an equal footing.

No longer an ignorant barbarian.

Along the way, for Ma Yue, the biggest feeling is not to be blindly arrogant and face the fear in his heart. He has seen many bandits, anti-thieves. But he always has a slight contempt for those men who beg for a living on the ground, ignoring their abilities and threats.

After all, he is the best on horseback.

But the river is different, and five thieves on a boat can throw him into the river to feed the fish.

He is no longer the invincible general in charge of an army. He's just an ordinary person with some martial arts.

"Lord, the bow of the boat has been saying that bandits are rampant in Jianghuai, I think most of them are boasting, otherwise why wouldn't we have encountered any of them."

Ma Yue drove Cai Yan, and Heifu was pacing on the side, his words full of contempt for those ** he had never seen.

"That's our luck." Ma Yue shook his head with a smile and said: "If we really meet **, we are afraid that we will be thrown into the river to feed the fish now." ”

Heifu smiled: "Where can it, if you really come, you don't need the lord to make a move, Liu Da and I will chop them all." ”

Ma Yue smiled lightly and did not answer. As a survivor of the battlefield on the mainland, Heifu has the confidence to say such things, but as a witness to the looting, he also has a reason to pay attention to it.

There was no need to argue, Ma Yue drove the carriage and asked Uncle Liu: "Da Lang, Erlang's legs...... How's it going? ”

Liu Erlang on the battlefield of Dongjun was broken by the people of the Yellow Turban Road from his horse, and Ma Yue had never seen him since he picked it up, only knowing that Da Lang and Erlang were both from Hedong.

"Rescued by the lord, Erlang saved his leg. I also went back at the end of the year, Erlang was already able to walk the horse at home, and I hope that when I recover as before, I can work under the main account. ”

"Haha!" Ma Yue pretended to look around left and right, and said with a smile: "Where do I still have a big tent here, haha." But if Erlang doesn't give up, there must be a place for him next to me. ”

"Thank you, Lord."

Listening to the three masters and servants, Cai Yan asked curiously, "Lang Jun, will you still treat bone injuries?" ”

In this era, few people can heal wounds such as broken legs and hands. So much so that many people on the battlefield broke their hands and feet and could no longer pick them up. Some fractures are not very serious, and some famous doctors can connect the bones by feel, but whether they can grow well is another matter if they are easy to connect.

Hearing Cai Yan's question, Ma Yue hurriedly shook his head and said, "At that time, it was just a matter of trying my luck, and the scouts sent out were like waiting to die, so I had to try it anyway." ”

At that time, Ma Yue treated five people, two of them died on the spot, and the remaining three people were only Liu Erlang who could walk with one bone. If Ma Yue is asked to try again, I am afraid that he will never dare.

He doesn't understand blood vessels, he doesn't understand nerves, he only knows that when he sees broken bones, he picks them out, Liu Erlang's survival is completely luck, and it has nothing to do with his will and has nothing to do with Ma Yue's medical skills.

In this way, I walked through Lujiang County all the way safely and soundly to the place of Danyang.

When Ma Yue and the others walked to the boundary of Jing County, it was already afternoon, the weather was no longer so hot, and it was much more comfortable to walk. Along the way, Ma Yue also learned a lot about the scenery of the south, which is mostly surrounded by hills and mountains, and the people who have lived here for generations have built embankments on the slopes to conserve water, so as to store patches of pleasant terraced fields in the hilly landscape to maintain their rice production.

There are green hills everywhere, there are small streams everywhere, and the scenery is much more beautiful than in the north. However, the facilities related to people here are not very good, and the official road alone is too narrow. It is not compared with the wide royal road in Luoyang with sixteen horses in parallel, nor with the official road with eight horses in parallel, but this Yangzhou is actually a four-horse official road, which is a little stretched, right?

Ma Yue was looking at the surrounding circular terraces, and suddenly an idea popped into his mind, if someone ambushed him here, he only needed to put more archers in the paddy fields, and he would have nowhere to escape.

As soon as he thought of this, he heard Heifu, who was riding a horse beside him, bow his head and whisper: "Lord, there is an official card ahead." ”

"Official?" Ma Yue got off the car when he heard this, led the carriage forward, and looked at the checkpoints set up by more than a dozen people dressed as county soldiers at a distance of 100 steps, Ma Yue wondered: "What kind of card is set up in the place where this bird doesn't?" Let's go, go and see. ”

As he spoke, Ma Yue took off the seal from his waist and handed it to Heifu, leading the carriage towards the checkpoint.

"Stop, the county soldiers set up a card here, come and hand over the papers, stop and wait for inspection."

The man who looked like a small leader in the county soldiers was wearing leather armor open, and the officers and soldiers behind him were all carrying spears, which was indeed quite powerful at first glance.

As soon as Ma Yue stopped, Heifu strode forward and presented the seal and said: "I am waiting for me to come from Luoyang, the lord is Ma Yue, the head of the carriage, and I hope you will let me wait for you." ”

Ma Yue nodded secretly in the back, Heifu is usually very tight, he was originally a Hun from Hedong who killed the yellow scarf and was promoted to the tun chief, this kind of military merit killing is the most violent, at this time, although there is no humility in hearing Heifu's words, at least there is no fire, not bad.

How do you know that when this group of soldiers heard the word Luoyang, not only did they not have the slightest awe, but their eyes showed a little greed, and the little leader raised his neck and said: "Get off the car and dismount, take out your salute and let us check!" ”

Before Ma Yue could speak, Heifu had already stiffened his neck and asked, "Why are you supervising us and taking out your county order book!" ”

"Hahahaha!" The little leader pushed Heifu and laughed arrogantly: "What kind of county order is too guarded, on the boundary of Jing County, our Zu Sima is the uncle, do you know?" ”

"Now, either get off the horse and park yourself, or blood splattered five steps!"

As he spoke, the spears and bows of the dozen or so soldiers were already facing Ma Yue and the others!