Seeing Mo Ye's appearance of prophecy and stopping, Ruan Luo would be wrong, and explained: "Wang Zhe wants to accompany me to recuperate in Bo County, and in the past few years, he has accumulated a lot of things at hand that he has not done, and I have dragged him down, and it has nothing to do with you." It's my responsibility that he's in a hurry this time, but I can't help him with anything. ”

Hearing him say this, Mo Ye realized that Ruan Luo would be wrong, but she couldn't find the words to comfort Ruan Luo.

After pondering for a moment, she suddenly spoke and said seriously: "I will try my best to help the third brother take care of you, you are stable, so as not to waste the three years he spent taking care of you in the past." ”

"That's right." Ruan Luo nodded, a smile appeared on his face, and he agreed with Mo Ye's statement.

After a pause, he said softly: "You go, I still have a lot of account books in hand, and I can't go with you." ”

Mo Ye's gaze moved slightly, and she glanced past Ruan Luo and glanced at the account books of different names that were a little messy on the desk, she originally wanted to tell Ruan Luo to pay attention to rest, but she quickly dispelled this idea, because she felt that if Ruan Luo still had this control when he was busy, then Wang Zhe would not have personally stared at him in Bojun to recuperate.

After a change of thought, Mo Ye said gently: "I'll come to see you later." ”

Although her words are soft, the word 'look' does have the meaning of care. At this time, Ruan Luo also understood this, he didn't say anything, just nodded.

When he turned around and was about to go out, Mo Ye suddenly remembered that he had just been talking about something related to him, but there was another thing to tell Ruan Luo that he almost forgot to say.

Turning back to the study, Mo Ye looked at Ruan Luo, who had already sat back at the desk, and hesitated: "Brother Ruan, tomorrow is the day of the spring shipping, and Sister Nuo Nuo will take me away in the morning." In fact, it is to buy a ticket to the festival. ”

"Really?" Ruan Luo was starting to clean up the messy account books on the table, and only raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "I have heard about the grand occasion of the ceremony, but I didn't expect this year's date to arrive so soon." ”

Looking at the situation, Ruan Luo didn't seem to be very interested in this 'grand occasion', but Mo Ye just asked: "Time is so close." Brother Ruan doesn't want to go to the ceremony? ”

"Speaking of this......" Ruan Luo put down the book in his hand. "When I left Kyoto three years ago, I had lived here for a few years, but I had never been to a festival like that. ”

Mo Ye's mind moved when he heard this. He was about to make a speech and he would go with him tomorrow.

But before she could speak, she saw Ruan Luo shaking her head to herself, and said, "Tomorrow, I will ask Boss Jin to go to the account room, and the affairs are cumbersome." Besides, my physical condition...... Don't join in the excitement and cause trouble to others. I also made myself unhappy. ”

Ruan Luo's flat tone of words had already explained very clearly the reason and state of mind for him not to go to the beach to watch the ceremony. Ruan Luo's physical condition, Mo Ye was not unaware of him after getting along with him for a few days. Hearing him say this, she already knew. There is no need to mention this matter again.

However, just as she was about to say goodbye and leave again, she suddenly remembered that when she was queuing up to buy tickets in the morning, Ye Nuonuo explained in detail. and also expressed her personal disdain for the high-priced ticket.

Mo Ye recalled the sale of high-priced tickets, although in the morning when she left the ticket office. The number of high-priced tickets has been erected at the ticket booth as 'sold out', but this does not prevent her from estimating the number of tickets issued throughout the sale based on the ticketing process she has seen.

After a quick pondering in her mind, she estimated that the number of high-priced tickets in circulation was not much.

In the morning, Sister Nono also said that the best vantage point for viewing the ceremony was built much higher than other ordinary viewing spots. In order to ensure the safety of spectators and avoid the accident of falling into the sea, the chamber of commerce in charge of the event jointly discussed and limited the capacity of the observation deck.

After the rated tickets are sold out, even if there are latecomers who want to add money to buy them, it is impossible.

In this way, the difficulty of not going there in Ruan Luo's words in order to avoid crowding should not be a problem.

Mo Ye had just half turned around to leave the study, because thinking of this, she turned her head again and glanced at Ruan Luo. At this time, Ruan Luo had already devoted himself to the table of account figures, and did not seem to realize the hesitation and turn back of the girl at the door of the study.

On Ruan Luo's extremely young face, the look of deep contemplation and concentration on the account books caught in Mo Ye's eyes, making her hesitate. Although she had something in her heart, she did not speak.

She thought about it again, Ruan Luo had just said to himself that he had lived in Kyoto for a few years before returning to Beijing to inherit his uncle's inheritance, and it seemed that he would not be unaware of this situation. So, if the reason for his not going was not because he wasn't interested in it, then there might be something else, right?

Mo Ye turned his head and continued to walk out the door. Only after she hesitated for a while just now, the maid Xiaohua who guided her had already walked a few steps ahead. Xiaohua saw Mo Ye hesitate when she walked out of the study, and when she approached, she couldn't help but ask softly.

In this regard, Mo Ye just smiled perfunctorily.

Walking slowly, looking at the spring colors dotted everywhere in the garden, she suddenly wavered a little bit about her plan to go to watch the celebration with Ye Nono tomorrow.

……

In the northern suburbs of Kyoto, the three carriages that departed from Shifu stopped at the Dengfu Inn for about half an hour, and finally set off and continued westward.

It was less than two hours before dark, and in the meantime, they had to rush to Hongdu, west of Kyoto, and plan to stay overnight in the inner city of Hongdu.

Along the way, the carriages traveled at a high speed on the official road that extended from the north gate of Kyoto.

Because of the special construction process of this official road, even if the carriage travels at a fast speed, the people sitting in the carriage will not feel much bumps. Such road conditions, in addition to ensuring the quality of transportation of the merchant fleet, travelers can also benefit a lot.

However, when the carriage approached Hongdu, and there was still an hour before it reached the Hongdu City Gate, the carriage traveled on the official road built by Hongdu, and the body gradually became unstable.

Kyoto is nearly 300 miles away from Hongdu, but between the two capitals, the trade route that the military craft participated in the construction of was not completely connected.

Coachmen who often drive in all directions may have realized that the military official road extends from Kyoto, but it is obviously built in the south. The west is the second, and the north is the shortest.

The 'partiality' of the dynasty towards road construction has been speculated that this may be due to the intention of the Southern Zhao Emperor to guard against the northern kingdom.

Such a sturdy and durable road may be able to transport all kinds of supplies to the country in peace times, but when war breaks out, it will most likely become a double-edged sword. Split on the land of the land. Hurting others or hurting oneself depends on the weight of the person's 'hand' of the person who uses this sword.

Emperor Nanzhao was a soldier, and when he was young, he was a military guard in northern Xinjiang. Although during his tenure, the Southern Zhou court at that time did not really have a major war with the Northern Yan Dynasty, but in terms of border defense, small battles caused by border troops disturbing the people and looting were common.

With the experience of these young Jin Ge Iron Horses. and the battle history smeared with the blood of the soldiers, and the military strength of the current Southern Zhao Emperor against the northern country. I have a clearer concept in mind.

The Daye Empire is the predecessor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and now the Southern Zhou Dynasty has also overturned, but for the grandparents of the current Nanzhao, the military strength of the Daye Empire is geometric. Although the first documents have been lost a lot after hundreds of years of baptism, the military records of the Great Cause Empire can be found. The scenes described in its content are all thought-provoking, intuitive, surprising, and shocking.

And rooted in the Northland. There has been no major moves, but it has never stopped harassing the border of the south of the country, and it is the country that has the exclusive inheritance of the functions of the emperor of the great cause.

No one can have the confidence and evidence to deduce the truth of this statement, which has been widely and continuously disseminated among the people. Including the current monarch of Nanzhao, pondering this matter, he is also three points of faith and seven points of doubt in his heart.

When Emperor Nanzhao was in the northern frontier, although he fought several small and medium-sized battles with the generals of the Northern Yan Dynasty, the depth of his estimate of the military strength of the Northern Yan Kingdom was only obtained from the periphery.

He has been in Beidi for more than ten years, and in addition to occasionally leading troops to conduct unfriendly exchanges with the Beiyan military, he has also thought about a problem in his spare time. However, it can't be hard to break through, and the infiltration meter is applied with a needle in the cotton, and there has been no result. After several years of hard work, although the spy team he set up successfully infiltrated the Beiyan Imperial Court, when it wanted to touch the Beiyan military structure, it was like a sharp blade hitting an iron plate and was completely blocked outside the military cordon.

And the Northern Wild Goose Kingdom has never sent their legendary army to inherit the strength of the Great Cause Emperor to wage war. If the folk saying is true, then the Beiyan troops who have been harassing the national territory line can only be regarded as some embellishments of the Beiyan military in terms of strength.

The Southern Zhou Dynasty was founded for more than 300 years, and it was only in the first few years of the founding of the Northern Yan that the army was sent to the north, and the result was roughly a draw. Next to these wars were the events of the Son of Heaven and the crown prince's enthronement in Nanzhao.

After a few years of turmoil at home, the dragon chair of the newly enthroned Southern Zhou Emperor was not yet hot, so he naturally had no intention of continuing to care about the Northern Expedition.

The confrontation between the two ** soldiers, after several consecutive battles, the weapons in the hands of the soldiers seemed to be hot, but the Southern Zhou Dynasty withdrew at this pass, which was regarded as giving the Beiyan Imperial Court, which had just been founded at that time, a chance to recuperate. However, after the Northern Wild Goose eased up, he did not take the initiative to send troops towards Southern Zhou.

Since then, the two sides have been facing each other like this, and in an atmosphere full of suspicions, they have temporarily lived together in 'peace'.

If it is said that the two countries in the north and south could not hold each other because of the total military strength, but no one made the first move, this statement is unjustifiable in the years when the two countries fought for the first time, because at that time Beiyan was only a new country, and the disparity in strength was still obvious.

And after more than 100 years, the national brain of the Southern Zhou court frequently had problems, and the northern wild goose still did not make a big move. The Beiyan military still only often does some things to loot people's property on the border, and like the rogues, there are more suspicious points here.

More than 10 years ago, the Southern Zhou Mansion was about to collapse, and the extreme corruption of the bureaucracy corroded the operation and decision-making ability of the country's brain, which in turn weakened the overall national strength of the Southern Zhou Dynasty. But at this time, the Northern Wild Goose was still calm and did not make a move to take advantage of the situation - could it be that the internal body of the Northern Wild Goose Imperial Court also had a similar malfunction as the brain of the Southern Zhou Dynasty?

Later, the general whose duty was to guard the border of the northern kingdom also reversed, and with almost all the troops that the Wang family could raise, they were divided into two roads, and the butt was facing north and south, and the hometown of Emperor Nanzhou was gone.

Nan Zhou set aside such a big empty door, if anyone wants to invade at this time. It seems that all it takes is one step to lift one's feet. But Beiyan still didn't make the slightest movement - could it be that the name of the so-called successor of the Beiyan military's so-called 'King Master of the Great Cause Empire' was just a piece of tiger skin in paper paste?

The Northern Wild Goose Kingdom's disregard for these two best opportunities to expand southward can be regarded as the military anecdotes that the northern people who fled to the south a few years ago to prepare for military disasters and now gradually return to the north to establish a business and run a family.

However, although the appearance of the northern wild goose over the years is like a good cat that does not want to hunt and store food when it is full, it seems to be of great benefit to the recuperation and restoration of the national strength of the big country in the south. However, the current Southern Zhao Emperor did not relax his military vigilance against the Northern Wild Goose in the slightest.

You can look at the current situation in the south. Taking the initiative to seek peace through war is not very beneficial to oneself. The livelihood of the people of the southern country, which had been plagued for decades by the previous dynasty, had not yet been restored, at this time. If the two sides fight in a big way, the damage to people's livelihood may be destroyed to the foundation, and the national strength will be bruised.

So. Since Beiyan still has no action for the time being, Nanzhao is not radical. Adopt a paralyzing strategy of superficial peace, first strengthen the country, and then fight.

However, after the implementation of such a national policy, the local style of Nanzhao was gradually divided into north and south again.

In the territory south of Nanzhao, agricultural water conservancy was quickly repaired and constructively transformed. The land burned by the war more than ten years ago is like a spring breeze and rain, and it quickly recovers its vitality, and it has entered the road of prosperity earlier than the north of Zhaoguo.

And the northern territories have been recuperating for more than ten years. It can barely be regarded as restoring the level of people's livelihood before the war. Nowadays, the people in the north can eat enough and wear warm clothes, but they are still far from the living standard of storing surplus grain and hoarding chickens.

Embodies the local affluence of Cheng dù. In addition to the situation of the people in their own homes, there is also road construction.

In some places, there were no roads, but there were more people walking, so roads naturally appeared.

However, the distribution of inhabitants in the territory north of Nanzhao is too loose compared to the south of the country.

In addition to the need to expand the residential area, the imperial court did not seem to have a reason to build in a no-man's land, and this practice made the windy and thin north have few roads. After the baptism of war more than ten years ago, many roads and facilities in the northern territory were damaged, which added to the difficulty of road construction in the northern region.

There are few people, there are few roads, and the imperial court has not shifted the focus of construction to the north at present, which indirectly makes the barren and backward north in contrast with the south, and compared with Huyang, the second largest commercial capital in the country in Nanzhao, that is, the imperial capital, it is even more different.

Perhaps there is also a possibility: this barren land was originally a battlefield prepared by Emperor Nanzhao for the future expedition to the north?

If this is the case, it seems reasonable to plan that no matter how well it is built today, it will be destroyed with your own hands in the near future, so it seems reasonable not to worry about this part now......

In short, no matter where the speculation and assumption will go, the three carriages that departed from Shi Jing's house and ran west after leaving Kyoto gradually slowed down when they passed the last section of the Kyoto Beiguan Road, and at the same time, they also turned out of the suburbs of Imperial Capital and entered the Hongdu territory.

The suburban boundary of Dijing is also the end of the wide, flat and solid official road extending to the north, and the joint is the official road extended by Hongdu.

Under the governance of the same dynasty, the quality standards for road construction in different capitals should be generally the same.

Like the Kyoto Shodo, the Koto Official Road has a solid roadbed, but there are some different places in it. Gao Qian, who was slowly driving the car, like the other drivers in the two cars, couldn't help but wonder when he saw the potholes and toad-like official roads in Hongdu.

This was something they hadn't expected before they set off. It's not that they live in the imperial capital and can't understand the difficulties of the different parts of the country and the prosperous capital counties of the city, but because they chose the official road of Hongdu as the first way to the west after leaving Kyoto, that is, they took a fancy to the easy road of Hongdu.

But what's going on right now?

If the scene in front of you is to reflect the local characteristics, it is even more difficult to say.

In the official road of the whole territory of Nanzhao, even if the official road of Hongdu is not as good as the Kyoto business road, the road casting process is improved to the extreme of contemporary times, it can also take the second place in the country. If this road is broken like this, the court will not fail to receive information, and Xiangye will not let his own group borrow the road from Hongdu.

Less than half an hour after walking on Hongdu Official Road, the middle-aged Lang Zhong who was loaded in the carriage at the end couldn't help but get out of the car and vomit for the second time.

Looking at the middle-aged man who had a layer of fine sweat on his forehead and his face became a little unhealthy, he returned to the car with vague steps, and the driver who was driving the car couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart: he himself was still a doctor. Why is it so bad? It's unbearable for a moment!

Seeing this scene, Gao Qian, who was sitting in the carriage in the middle and was in charge of driving the car, couldn't help but lift the curtain behind him, and glanced at Cen Chi who was sitting in the car with some concern.

Fortunately, although the middle-aged man seemed to be difficult to withstand the bumps on the road, Cen Chi, whose body was being violated by the slow poison, didn't seem to feel anything about the bumps.

Sensing a sudden light at the car door, Cen Chi, who was sitting in the car with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and just saw the worried gaze that Gao Qian threw into his face. A trace of doubt appeared in Cen Chi's eyes. But he didn't say anything.

Gao Qian saw the tiredness in Cen Chi's eyes. I couldn't help but ask softly: "As we get farther away from Beijing, the road is gradually becoming rougher." After being bumpy for so long, does the gentleman feel uncomfortable in any way? Do you want us to park? Waiting for you to rest for a while? ”

The man who was in the back carriage got out of the car and vomited twice, and the group naturally stopped twice. This not so good situation, even if Cen Chi didn't ask out loud, he could feel it.

Hear the voice of high potential concern. Cen Chi didn't reply immediately, he just shook his head slightly. After taking a deep breath, slowly move yourself to the car door.

When Gao Qian saw this scene, he thought that he was about to vomit because of the carriage, and his heart sank slightly. was about to call the driver on the side to take care of it, but saw Cen Chi lying at the door just observing the road conditions under the wheels.

Seeing a thoughtful look on Cen Chi's face, Gao Qian hesitated. I couldn't help but ask, "Did you find anything, sir?" ”

Cen Chi withdrew his gaze from the road and leaned against the door. With a puzzle on his face, he said indifferently: "It's quite strange that the official road is a horse." ”

In today's world, although there are no major battles, a large caravan can also have a large number of horses, and it needs to move around frequently, so it will leave a trail of horses along the way. However, looking at the damage to the official road surface of Hongdu, it is not simply the result of a caravan passing by.

Unless thousands of riders, this is not a disaster. On such a hard roadbed, if you want to walk the horse, the horse's foot must be nailed to the iron palm, otherwise the horse's foot force will be extremely damaged. If it is a horse farm owner who raises horses for a living and drives his horses through this place, he should not choose to take the official road, unless it is a military horse that is well-equipped in all aspects......

Thinking of this, Gao Qian couldn't help but be surprised: "This place is not far from Beijing, it is impossible for the military people to move around this territory, right?" ”

"There are also people from the military in Bailubo." After Cen Chi finished saying this, he began to slowly move into the car. Leaning on the soft silk pillow in the car, he took a deep breath and said, "These few days are almost on their agenda to return north, maybe they happened to pass in front of us." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, before the syllable of the last word fell, he suddenly heard a call from outside the car: "Boss Gao, it's raining!" ”

The call came suddenly, and Gao Qian subconsciously turned his head towards the place where the sound came from, but he quickly turned his head back.

He originally had his own opinion on what Cen Chi said just now, but considering that the sky had suddenly changed, he had to focus on dealing with things outside the car, so he only said to Cen Chi in the car: "Mr. rest in peace, and take care of other things below." ”

Cen Chi only nodded when he heard this, and didn't say anything more.

Because Gao Qian had just stopped the carriage he was driving, the two carriages in front and behind also stopped. Gao Qian got up and jumped out of the car, and saw that the drivers of the two cars in front and behind also got out of the car, shaking off a piece of oilcloth and covering the roof of the carriage.

Considering the long distance of this trip, when setting off, Xiangye ordered the servants to equip the carriage with some emergency tools. Each of the three carriages had a compartment at the back of the carriage, and in addition to two water-repellent tarpaulins, there were other tools such as knives and daggers.

After Gao Qian jumped out of the car, he didn't go to get the spare tarpaulin in the mezzanine of his carriage like the other two coachmen, he just raised his eyes to look at the sky.

The sun was still there, so that although the rain was falling, he did not notice it in advance. When he looked up, he saw a gloomy rain cloud roughly overhead.

This rain cloud did not stretch across the entire sky, so the weather became half sunny and half rainy. The raindrops seemed to have thinned out as a result, falling on some of the ground, and some of the raindrops could not reach the surface, and were steamed away by the sunlight in the air.

Gao Qian hesitated for a moment, and then he walked to the front. Climbed into the carriage at the head. Seeing that the coachman had covered the roof with a tarpaulin, he motioned for the driver to go to the middle, and the two of them had changed parking spaces.

The driver of the first car began to cover the second carriage where Cen Chi was located, and Gao Qian, who was in the first car, took out an envelope from the inside of his shirt.

The envelope is made of tung oil-soaked paper, which is extremely waterproof. Gao Qian took out a piece of paper with several folds from the envelope, and unfolded the paper, with lines on it. There are only a few small words. Scattered embellishment.

This piece of paper is really a map.

In today's society, whether it is Nanzhao or Beiyan. The control of the map is very strict. Among the scholars, there are few who dare to delve into the geography of the country in a high-profile manner.

However, there are very few people who have a demand for tourism in the private sector, even if there are people like zài. I'm probably used to asking for directions while walking. The demand for maps among the people was generally not high, coupled with the restrictions of the imperial court. To have a reliable map in hand, if it is not a rebellion, it indirectly indicates that the identity of the holder is special.

The map that Gao Qian spread out in his hand is very delicately drawn. But it was not the cheapness of the Prime Minister that he obtained from the military, but among the many guests in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Elaborately drawn by a man named Luscher.

Drawing a map is something that ordinary people can't do. There are also many scruples about this matter because of some systems of the dynasty. There are a lot of strange people raised by the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Lu She is a very inconspicuous one of them, but the Prime Minister's Mansion has always been good to Lu She, just because Xiang Ye knows that he has this ability that needs to be hidden very carefully in ordinary times.

Lu She's ability cannot be revealed, otherwise it will be unfavorable to him and the Prime Minister's Mansion. Lu She himself is also very aware of this problem, so he has always been very forbearing, and it seems that he has eaten idle meals in the Prime Minister's Mansion for many years.

A few days ago, Xiangye had a separate talk with Lu She, and finally wanted to use his specialty, so that Cen Chixi went to seek medicine. At the same time, Xiang Ye also revealed a desire to try to bring the famous poison doctor back to Kyoto if it was possible in the future.

With this mission, Lu She felt that his opportunity to serve Xiangye had come, so he took out the geographical handwriting he had collected for many years and drew a map as best he could.

This map is drawn in detail and meticulously, and even the prime minister, who has seen the military map, was secretly frightened after seeing the map drawn by Lu She.

If it weren't for the fact that this map was too detailed, if it went out, it would bring disaster, and this time Cen Chi traveled west, Xiang Ye would not have sent Gao Qian, who was his most trusted and the strongest of the ten generals, to accompany him.

On the eve of departure, Xiangye summoned Gao Qian, and in addition to telling him to pay attention to some trivial things that he might encounter along the way, he also gave a side order to destroy this map after Gao Di arrived at his destination.

Scanning the map unfolded in his hand, Xiangye's order quickly passed through Gao Qian's mind.

Gao Qian didn't know how much mental and mental power it would take to draw a map, he only knew that he had to strictly follow the orders entrusted to him by Xiangye before leaving. Although he soon felt that the map was so detailed that the land was almost full of mappers' eyes, he didn't think he would feel sorry for it when he had to destroy it.

Xiang Ye's order weighs more than one qiē!

After a few moments, Gao Qian folded the map and retracted it, and he had a clear idea of the route he was going to take next.

At this time, the rain precautions for the first two carriages were complete, and the rain seemed to be a little heavier, so Gao Qian took out the hat hanging on the inner wall of the car and put it on his head, and then raised the whip in his hand, and the three carts set off again.

The unexpected potholes on the official road and the sudden rain showers in the sky have caused a lot of impact on the speed of driving. Gao Qian's estimation was that his group could not reach Hongdu at the scheduled time, so he found a halfway stop on the map.

After continuing to walk on the official road of Hongdu for half an hour, Gao Qian took the lead and led the carriage into a fork on the right, preparing to spend the night in Tutuo Town, which is adjacent to the southeast corner of Hongdu.

After turning around and turning the road to Tutuo Town, Gao Qian thought it was strange because the road surface had become much smoother again.

Strictly speaking, this fork in the road also belongs to the ranks of official roads, but the difference lies in the auxiliary roads of official roads. The traffic rate of auxiliary roads is not as frequent as that of the main official roads, so the probability of official maintenance is also reduced, but in comparison, the quality of the auxiliary roads is much better than that of the main roads.

The road became better, and Gao Qian's worries about Cen Chi were able to let go a little, and he was able to think about other problems with his energy.

Thinking of the words that Cen Chi had just said briefly, the doubt in Gao Qian's heart that he was about to discuss with Cen Chi just now naturally popped up again.

The official road of Hongdu and the official road of Kyoto are connected to each other, and it is the main path connecting the two cities. Could it be that the potholes on the road, as Cen Chi had speculated, were the result of the relocation of the Bailubo Horse Farm?

But if this is the case, the horse training farm returned to Beidaying in previous years, and it was all straight to the north, and the road was already familiar, if you borrowed the road around Hongdu. The path back north will be like a bowstring full of strength. However, the two places on the ground that are connected by paths will not be as close as the arch bones, and I don't know how much more time and manpower it will take to go around.

Just looking at the marks left on the ground, there must have been a lot of horses passing by this trip. Why bother?

Although Gao Qian had a lot of doubts about this idea, in the end, he didn't think that this matter had much to do with his itinerary, so he didn't bother thinking about this matter anymore.

The town lives up to its name. The geography of the town is relatively flat and there are no mountains. Trees are also sparse. However, from the perspective of the field, it is not an absolute smooth road, because around the boundary of Tutuo Town, the most eye-catching is a mound. It's like a pot of slightly boiling batter, with bubbles bulging up on the surface that haven't been broken.

If these mounds were a little smaller, the outsiders would suddenly look at the town. I'm afraid I'll think I've entered some graveyard. However, the methods of the Creator of Nature are strange. Anyone with a little more experience can understand. The sky and the earth are big, why are there places where the mountains are high and the clouds are cut into waterfalls? All of them are created by the natural circulation of heaven and earth.

The local residents of Tutuo Town have long been accustomed to seeing this and do not care. In addition to the efforts of the townspeople, the residents of the town dug up a few mounds and created a flat land to build their own bazaar, and most of the other lands were farmland reclaimed next to the mounds. Because the mound always blocks some sunlight and affects agricultural production, these farmlands are very messy.

The terrain occupied by Tutuo Town was originally about a circle, because of the passage at both ends, gradually some pavements developed next to the road, gathering some people who did small business, and the round town gradually lengthened into a gourd. But it is clear that the town is not as wide to the north as it is to the south, perhaps because there are slightly fewer people going south than passing north.

There happens to be an inn at each end of the town in the shape of a long gourd, which can be regarded as intercepting passengers at the north and south intersections, right? Gao Qian didn't think too much about it, he wasn't worried about meeting any strongmen in this realm. Besides, it's not far from Kyoto, so it's unlikely that there will be such bad folk customs, right?

Shaking the horsewhip in his hand, he walked through the puzzled gaze of the guy at the inn at the south end of Tutuo Town, and Gao Qian took a group of three cars and stayed at the inn at the north end of the town.

What Gao Qian thought in his heart was just because he lived in the north of the town, it would be convenient for him to set off tomorrow.

Although he didn't see many passers-by in the market when he entered the town, he didn't dare to guarantee that when he set off again tomorrow morning, the town would just meet the morning market. If you were to drive through the bazaar at that time, think about it and be ready tonight.

Because of the rain, it seemed to be getting darker earlier than usual, and there was nothing to do, so I had to put more thought into preparations.

Maybe the business of the Zhenbei Inn is not very good, the inn is very cold, there are no other guests, even the number of guys is very scarce, and there are two runners in the whole inn.

However, perhaps because of the cold business, I suddenly saw such a big customer give up the inn near the south and chose his own one, and the shopkeeper of the Zhenbei Inn was full of smiles on his face, and it was a little sincere, which made Gao Qian feel a trace of warmth.

The carriage was parked under the grass shed behind the inn, the town was secluded, and there was not even a circle of courtyard walls outside the shed where the inn put the horses, which seemed to be unsafe, but Gao Qian still didn't care too much.

There are so many residents in the town, and there is a peaceful life in a safe corner, how many thieves are mixed? At most, some small places are united, if there are thieves like zài, they will do it in their own villages, but thieves don't like to commit crimes in such places, they prefer to go to the capital where the rich and the people are more indifferent, which is also the logic of thieves.

If it is really unfortunate to be stolen, Gao Qian can take the letter given by the prime minister, and he can take all the silver from the lowest county-level money in the west, and he will never be in trouble because of the theft.

After arranging the carriage and horses under the grass shed, leaving a coachman in the carriage, Gao Qian took out the short knife placed in the carriage, walked back to the inn, and stood at the door of the guest room where Cen Chi stayed, and did not move.

An innkeeper walked in front of him, his eyes just moving slightly. The fellow saw the knife he pressed to his side like an old man's cane, and although the blade was wrapped in a scabbard, the fellow couldn't help but jump in the eyelids...... (To be continued)