The summer of the first year of the founding came relatively late, and the dog season was already the end of June. It is the rotten grass that is the firefly, and the soil moistens the heat. The weather is more like a child's face, changing from time to time.

In the past few days, it has rained heavily, and it has been sunny for a while. The official road of the rammed earth road became muddy and difficult to navigate in the showers. Both sides of the official road are planted with sorghum, which is about to ripen, like two extremely long red silks, stretching out along the road into the distance.

A horse-drawn carriage drove north on the north-south road, and at the wheel of the carriage sat a charioteer, and on the left and right sides of the carriage near the rear of the carriage followed a horse, like a guard escorting the cart. At once each of them took one of them, and did not urge the horses to hurry, believing that they followed the cart slowly.

The young man on the horse on the left grabbed the placket of his shirt, yawned lazily, and said to the man on the right, "Senior brother, let's not be in such a hurry. ”

The man on the right replied, "Leave early, and you can find a tea house to fight at noon to avoid the poisonous sun." And you can stay at the hotel at the time of the day. ”

The person on the left snorted softly: "It's the same." The two of us were in the scorching sun, and the heat stinked to death, only the one who was cheaper," he pointed to the carriage in front of him, "and hid in the car to cool off along the way." ”

The senior brother in the man's mouth raised his eyes and smiled: "Xungui son, it is different from the mud legs in the rivers and lakes like us," he raised his voice, "Master wants us to serve Dongfang Gongzi well along the way, but we don't dare to bump him." ”

He urged the horse to take two steps, side by side with the window, leaned over and asked, "Childe wants to take a break." ”

The curtain covering the car window was lifted by the slightly hot fumigation, revealing a looming side face, and the senior brother continued: "It's almost time to Yongjing, the son has been out for so long, can you be homesick?" ”

The man was expressionless and did not answer. Seeing this, the senior brother sneered: "The eldest prince has a very big shelf, it wasn't the time to beg our brothers to let you get out of the car yesterday," a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes, "Then you can solve it in the car today." Anyway, this car is up to you. ”

Dongfang's chest in the car rose and fell slightly, but he still didn't answer, thinking that he had made up his mind not to give this person a chance to see the joke. On the contrary, the person who was driving the car couldn't look past it, and persuaded him: "Senior Brother Cheng, you don't have to be like this." ”

Senior Brother Cheng's gaze chased down and fell on the back of the carriage: "Senior Brother Aqiu, because of this person's relationship, this errand has only twists and turns. You're soft-hearted toward your opponent. ”

Ah Qiu said disapplausively: "Master often says that fortune and misfortune depend on each other, and something goes wrong is nothing. ”

Master said, Master said, who cares what your master said, you think he is Confucius!

Senior Brother Cheng slandered indignantly in his heart.

These three people are the disciples of Yanxia Villa. The task of "escorting" the eldest prince of the Dongfang family back to Beijing involves the question of how to deal with the general's mansion. You can't be too tough and rude, so that what is supposed to be reasonable makes no sense. But you can't be weak and deceive, and let this matter go away. Tu Ran sent his eldest disciple Cheng Shi and second disciple Sha Qing to make this trip. Before leaving, Cheng Shifu was heartfelt, and Master Yuming asked Xu Qiu to follow him.

Xu Qiu's kung fu is not weak, with him following, I don't expect this Dongfang boy to play any tricks.

But that's just one of the reasons.

More importantly, Xu Qiu's identity, although he is a disciple of Yanxia Villa, he is not a disciple of Tu Ran, the young owner of the village. Cheng Shi thought about whether this task was difficult to say, and it was not easy to say that it was not easy, if there was a mistake, it could all be pushed on Xu Qiu, thus implicating Uncle Tu Di: Master has worked hard for the villa, and he has caught a bandit to "turn waste into treasure", if in the end, because of Uncle Shi's proud disciple, how can Uncle Shi excuse himself?

It is precisely because of such thoughts that Cheng Shi did not take advantage of Xu Qiu's words, and at the same time allowed Xu Qiu to excuse Dongfang Gongzi. Xu Qiu didn't have any fancy intestines, and he really adhered to his usual tradition along the way: to be right about things and not to people. Whether it is Senior Brother Cheng or Senior Brother Sha, as long as there is a behavior that he can't see, he will be outspoken.

"The mistreatment of prisoners is a most despicable act. We can't give people a handle. Xu Qiu continued.

The corners of Cheng Sha's mouth twitched: This junior brother is really unpleasant.

Cheng Shi sat on his horse and looked back, and saw a small car pulled by two mules, galloping quickly on the official road. The driver was still insufficient, and he was still deliberately whipping and using the mule as a horse.

It didn't take much effort, and the sound of hooves was much closer. The crunch of the mule's hooves and the shouting of the coachman were mixed with the heart-rending howls of the woman, and the smell of blood wafted out of the car and rushed to everyone's noses.

The driver of the car was sweating profusely, and kept shouting: "Let go!" Let's get it! Occasionally, he said to the people in the carriage, "Bear with me, bear with me!" He was answered by an even more terrible howl.

Cheng Shi frowned, seeing the car approaching, he couldn't help but ask: "What's the matter!" ”

The urging of the car did not stop, and he did not answer, until he got closer, he said: "Trouble this uncle, let me go, my mother-in-law is about to give birth!" ”

This section of the official road is not very wide, barely enough for two carriages side by side. If the car wants to cross over and continue to drive, Cheng Sha and the others need to give up space.

"I know that I want to give birth, what else do I have to go out?" Sha Qing said fiercely.

"Second junior brother."

Cheng Shi symbolically stopped, and he was also very impatient in his heart, but production seemed to him to be an unfortunate thing after all. The woman in the car screamed badly, and the smell was unpleasant. He wanted to get rid of them as much as he could.

Thinking that he urged the horse to avoid the right side of the official road, and after walking a few feet, the horse was placed in the tall sorghum bushes, and he neighed happily and lowered his head to eat.

Sha Qing followed his senior brother's example and avoided to the left, urging angrily: "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”

The chariot hurriedly thanked him, and drove the cart past their carriage, when he heard Kara's sound, and the wheels of the two carts were stuck together.

The road was already muddy, and the wheels were already half-sunk in the mud, and now I couldn't walk even if I wanted to. The driver jumped out of the car, leaned over to check, and said angrily: "What should I do!" What can I do? Seeing that he was so anxious, he almost climbed under the car.

The mother in the car screamed louder, crying and scolding while screaming, so lively. The driver looked at the wheels, knocked on the wall of the car, and couldn't stop comforting through the wooden plank, sweating profusely.

Xu Qiu couldn't see it, jumped out of the car and comforted: "Don't worry, uncle. He glanced at the gap between the two workshops, and then drove the two mules back a few steps step by step, relieved himself of the awkwardness, and moved the carriage to the side, making room for the trolley.

The two people who drove the car thanked him with tears in their eyes, and then drove the car away.

The car came and went fast. Cheng Shi and the others continued to urge the horse to go on the road, but after a meal, a thought suddenly appeared in Cheng Shi's heart, and while silently chanting "impossible", he drove to the side of the car and pulled the car door.

Dongfang raised his eyes to look at him and said coldly: "What to do! ”