Early the next morning, the two went on the road together again, and as soon as they got out of the city gate, Duanmu Xuan's chatter was committed again, "Little brother, I have a birthday in early October this year, I don't know how much you are born?" ”

"9 years old, born on August 18." Regarding the reciprocal birthday, Situ Yan, a modern person, does not feel that there is anything inappropriate, which is also a common thing in this world.

"Yikes! Little brother, why didn't you say it earlier? Yesterday was August 18, it was your birthday, and I missed it! Duanmu Xuan's face was regretful, as if he had forgotten something big. However, he was happy from the bottom of his heart that Situ Yan was willing to tell him about his birthday. After all, this man was willing to open his heart to him.

Situ Yan didn't care about it, and only replied, "It's okay if you can't get by!" And at the moment, we are still on the way, more is better than less! Continuing to drive the car, she didn't take Duanmu Xuan's pity seriously at all.

"How's that going to work? When you get to the next county, my brother will definitely make up for your birthday, we have to find a restaurant to have a drink, and we won't get drunk or return! ”

"'Mo Dao needs to be drunk when he has wine, and he is even more sad when he is sad!' Brother Ziheng is better to drink less! Although Situ Yan thinks Duanmu Xuan is a little noisy these days, he can see that this person's heart is not as free and easy as it seems, he just brought a mask for himself and used wine to hide all his sorrows. It's kind of similar to her. She also put a mask on herself in front of people and hid her original self. It is also this similarity that makes Situ Yan continue to walk with Duanmu Xuan. There was no immediate separation.

Duanmu Xuan was stunned by Situ Yan's words, and his heart was more shocked, except for Zichu, no one knew the sorrow in his heart. More people only think that he is just a gentleman, but he didn't expect that the little brother who only has a few faces, but he can read him, this cognition, let him be overjoyed, if he is not in a hurry at this time, he must drink three cups with this little brother.

"Little brother who knows me. That's why I like to drink. ”

"Draw a knife and cut off the water, the water is more flowing, and the sorrow is more sorrowful through wine. Instead of holding back for yourself, let those who trouble you suffer! Situ Yan didn't know why she would tell Duanmu Xuan this, maybe unconsciously, she also admired this person's character. Maybe it's from his strong smile that I can see the sorrow hidden behind it. Just like her, there are endless secrets hidden in her heart. It is precisely because of this that the two resonate.

"Hahaha, little brother, your words are very much in my mind, and make those who trouble me even more miserable, and it is indeed a good idea, but it is more pleasant than drinking. It's just a pity that there is no good food to drink at the moment. Otherwise, I will get drunk with my little brother! "If Duanmu Xuan just admired Situ Yan at the beginning, and from this moment on. He really regarded Situ Yan as a confidant and good friend, but he didn't expect this little brother's temperament to be so similar to him.

The two of them entered Cangsong County while laughing, of course, they first found a restaurant and had a good meal to make up for their birthday.

"Thank you Brother Ziheng for your love, it's just that the younger brother is not strong enough to drink and can't accompany him, so he can only stop at the point!"

"It's okay, it's okay, the little brother can drink less and eat more vegetables, although the taste is not as good as the restaurant in the capital, but in this county, it can be regarded as one of the best restaurants!"

"Okay, then you're welcome!" Situ Yan hasn't eaten stir-fried vegetables for a few days, and she has long lost the taste in her mouth. But the more this is the case, in Duanmu Xuan's opinion, this little brother is the same kind of person as him, both of whom are uninhibited and uninhibited.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Situ Yan put the chopsticks until he ate to his neck, and Duanmu Xuan was as he said, if he was not drunk, he would not return, and the whole person was carried back to the inn by Mo Feng.

After returning to the inn, Situ Yan first placed the snow wolf properly, and then took out a packet of herbs from the ring and boiled it into soup, and took it to Mo Feng, "Mo Feng, this is the decanting soup, I just boiled it." Give your young master a serving, or we will stay one more day tomorrow! Situ Yan thought that Duanmu Xuan was so drunk, since the two were in a hurry together, she didn't want to delay the trip, so she boiled a bowl of sobering soup for Duanmu Xuan. In fact, these days, the two still get along well. And after these days of inquiry, I learned that Wu Jin was getting closer and closer to her, so I didn't want to delay the trip at this time.

"Thank you!" Mo Feng brought the soup in, and while Situ Yan was not paying attention, he took a sip first to make sure that it was not poisonous, and then fed Duanmu Xuan.

Early the next morning, Duanmu Xuanqi was a quarter of an hour earlier than Situ Yan, "Mo Feng, how did I get to the inn yesterday?" ”

"Young master, you should drink less! You were drunk yesterday, and your subordinates carried you back! ”

"But I didn't have a headache when I woke up in the morning, it seems that I am good at drinking!"

"Young master, it was your little brother who boiled a bowl of sobering soup for you, otherwise you would have to have a hangover and a headache. Young master, this wine hurts your body, can you no longer care about your own body like this, otherwise how will your subordinates explain to the old master? ”

"Oh! Little brother who knows me, Mo Feng, you should learn more from your little brother! Let's go, go wake up the little brother for breakfast! When Situ Yan got up, she was relieved to see that Duanmu Xuan was in good health. After breakfast, the group continued on their way.

After passing through Cangsong County, Guzang County, and Xiutu County and entering Zhangye County, Situ Yan finally inquired about the exact itinerary of Wu Jin and his entourage, and left less than ten days earlier than her, "I finally have to catch up!" After getting the quasi-letter, she couldn't help but feel a little happy in her heart. Although he has not seen this brother so far, after all, blood is thicker than water, and he is still very concerned about this eldest brother in the body of the original owner.

When resting at the inn at night, Mo Feng sent someone to investigate, "Young master, according to the report of his subordinates, those who were killed were the famous Jiangyang thieves in this area wanted by the imperial court, nicknamed 'Dragon Slayer', and the people under his command have already sent people to recognize the belongings of these people, and it is determined that it is the Dragon Slayer himself who died!" ”

"I've heard of this dragon slayer, and the master introduced some famous swordsmen on the rivers and lakes before traveling. This dragon slayer has become famous in the rivers and lakes twenty years ago, and there is no one to compare with the thirty-six style wind chasing knife in one hand, and even back then, he only lost a few moves to the master. How could he have been killed by his little brother by mistake? This time, Duanmu Xuan became suspicious of Situ Yan. If Situ Yan is really so strong, then who is he? It made him feel a sense of fear that he had to guard against, but he didn't know anything about this little brother, the only thing he knew was that his master's name was "Ip Man." But he hadn't heard of this person, "Mo Feng, you send someone to check on this person Ye Wen, and see if you can find out about the little brother?" ”

"Yes! Young master. The subordinates have many words, if these people are really killed by your little brother, then this person can't be kept? Mo Feng led the order to step back. still couldn't help but give Duanmu Xuan a wake-up call, Duanmu Xuan just waved his hand, he could feel that this little brother didn't mean to hurt him. And he also likes this person from the bottom of his heart. So his brain was a little confused, Mo Feng left, and he was half-lying on the bed alone, thinking about it for more than half a night, but he still didn't figure it out.

When he was on the road the next day, he was unusual, and his words became much less, but Situ Yan was not suspicious. After all, everyone has something on their minds, but they are happy to be quiet. The two entered Jiuquan County through Fanhe County, Rile County, Cutan County, Wulan County, (Jiaole) County, and Zhaowu County. One more day off.

The people sent out to investigate these days have not sent back any news, and Duanmu Xuan also seemed a little anxious, but the more restless he was, the less he said, Situ Yan didn't care at first, but after rushing for so long, even if Situ Yan didn't care, it was impossible.

On the contrary, these days, she has more words than Duanmu Xuan, but neither of them has talked about themselves, mostly astronomy and geography, folk customs, and good scenery, but they also talked quite closely. Even Situ Yan gave Duanmu Xuan the feeling that he didn't feel like a nine-year-old child at all, and sometimes even knew more than him, a seventeen-year-old adult.

Of course, a modern person, chatting with an ancient person, that is the opportunity to take the lead, this is Situ Yan's intention to hide, otherwise Duanmu Xuan would have been scared.

Out of Jiuquan County, and then through Biaoshi County, Lefu County, Lufu County, Ganqi County, Shatou County into the final destination Dunhuang County.

The last part of the road was getting closer and closer to Wu Jin, and Situ Yan lost the interest in chatting, and only thought about hurrying, and there were a lot fewer words between the two. It's just a pity that I couldn't catch up with Wu Jin when I entered Dunhuang.

After entering Dunhuang County, Situ Yan originally planned to rest for two days and go again, but in order to get rid of Duanmu Xuan, she had to leave a letter the next day to say goodbye to Duanmu Xuan, and then drove on the road.

When Duanmu Xuan saw the letter, it was already the evening of the second day, and he had discussed with Situ Yan to stay for two days after entering Yuanquan County in Dunhuang County, but he didn't expect the little brother to stay for only one day, so he left the book. Calculating the time, even if he rides a horse to chase people now, I am afraid that it will be difficult to catch up again, so he will only stay for one more night. I took the decanting soup recipe and letter written by Situ Yan and read it non-stop.

"Brother Ziheng: Seeing words is like faces, my brother has an urgent matter to say goodbye, and he will meet in the future. Thank you brother for taking care of me all the way, my brother has no long things, and my brother has no food and clothing, so I only leave a copy of the sobering soup recipe, I have a heart, please forgive me! Before leaving, the younger brother was only uneasy about one thing, drinking too much and misleading himself and others, hoping that the brother would cherish it so as not to go astray. Brother respectfully".

"Young master, is there a problem with this soup recipe?" Mo Feng saw that the young master looked at the letter and the soup recipe repeatedly, and couldn't help but be a little worried, if it was really a problem with the soup recipe, how could it be good, the young master had drunk this soup.

"Tang Pu is fine, but this word, I seem to have seen it somewhere, no, not like, I must have seen it somewhere, but I should have only seen it once, otherwise I wouldn't be unable to remember. Mofeng, you also take a look? ”

"Young master, the subordinates all look the same, you know that except for you, the subordinates and others can't distinguish this handwriting at all!"

"It would be nice if Zi Chu was here, his memory is no worse than mine, where have you seen it?"

Duanmu Xuan couldn't remember it a little, Situ Yan's letters to Wu Jin before were all in regular script, and the handwriting was neat, and she wrote this soup book and parting letter casually, somewhat sloppily, otherwise according to Duanmu Xuan's eyesight, she would have recognized her.

Situ Yan, who left a day early, left Yuanquan County early in the morning and went straight to Guangzhi County. And on the fourth day of the first day of September, the frost fell and entered the county seat of Dunhuang. This way from the capital to the northwest border pass, non-stop still failed to meet Wu Jin, which made her a little frustrated.

In fact, she and Wu Jin were only two days apart, if it weren't for the fact that they had to take care of the injured snow wolf and slowed down, the two would have met long before entering Dunhuang County.

Although Dunhuang County is the place where Dunhuang County is located, it is no different from Yuanquan County and Guangzhi County that you passed by before, the only difference is that you can often see officers and soldiers wearing armor and riding swords on the street.

After entering the county seat, Situ Yan first found an inn to live in as before, and naturally had to inquire with the shopkeeper, only to learn that Wu Jin and they had arrived two days ago, just to know which military tun Wu Jin was assigned to, and to go to the county guard's mansion and inquire with the county lieutenant who assisted the county guard in charge of the county's military and public security.

She settled the snow wolf and carrots, and went to the county guard's mansion, from the soldiers guarding the gate to the county lieutenant in charge, she climbed layer by layer, and spent nearly thirty taels before and after to find out Wu Jin's whereabouts.

Wu Jin had already left Dunhuang County early this morning and was assigned to the Northwest Army's cavalry battalion guarding Yumen Pass in Wuguo Town. The military system of Wu is slightly different from that of Wei, 5 people are Wu Hanwu chief, 2 Wu is Shi (10 people) Han Shi is 1 chief, 5 Shi (50 people) is Tun Hantun chief, and 2 Tun (100 people) is a team with one leader. The fifth team (500 people) is a battalion commander, and the fifth battalion (2,500 people) is a military general. Below the team rate, only Yulu has no official position, and most of them are held by military households. And Duanmu Xuan is the newly appointed general of the Northwest Army.

And Wu Jin was assigned to the fifth battalion of the Northwest Army, that is, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, which team was assigned to, and which tun had to go to the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to check.

Situ Yan got the letter and went straight to the Xiao cavalry camp, and spent another 20 taels to find out that Wu Jin, Zhu Zi and Wu De and others were due to the large number of people, so they added a team commander and became a team of their own, and made up for the second team of the fifth team of the Xiao cavalry battalion that was too seriously killed and injured due to the war, and inquired about the specific address, and then returned to the inn to rest.

After getting Wu Jin's news, Situ Yan didn't have to change her face anymore, after all, this was to see her brother, she pretended to be on her face, because she was going to enter the army, so she didn't change back into women's clothes, and still showed people in men's clothes. In fact, if it weren't for his change of appearance, I am afraid that when he met Duanmu Xuan for the first time, he would have guessed his identity, after all, Situ Yan and Wu Jin are seventy percent similar, and both of them followed Situ Wan's appearance.

After a night's rest, on the fifth day of the ninth lunar month, Situ Yan drove the mule cart and inquired all the way to the second tun of the fifth team of the Xiao cavalry battalion where Wu Jin was located. (To be continued......)