Fifty taels of silver from Li Xiu, Chen Mu took Zhang Han and the lame man on the road.

All the way to the east, rush to Luoyang, the metropolis of lights and wine, green and dogs and horses that is often mentioned in the mouth of the lame. It is said that there were millions of people in Luoyang City at this time, and its luxury was no less than that of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. For this reason, Chen Mu has been yearning for a long time.

was going to take a carriage, but Kong Xiao first asked three horses to be brought and let them ride on the road.

Riding a horse, in fact, the speed is not very fast, you can't let the horse get too tired, walking 300 miles a day, it is already sunrise to sunset. All the way to drink horses and feed the horses was completed at the military control station, and the horses were changed once on the way.

The lame man said that Jiuquan to Wuwei is a distance of 900 miles, and at this speed, he can arrive in three days. If you are an ordinary person, when you reach Wuwei after dark, you will definitely not be able to enter the city. But our little second master has a waist card and a paperwork, if he doesn't let us in, the second master will give an order, and the old man's slap will be rounded. beat him up as a son of a bitch, dare not let our little second master pass?

The lame man didn't say a big thing, the new Zhonglang of the Third Division of Shence gave Chen Mu an "eight-hundred-mile urgent document", and when he encountered such a document, who dared to stop it. It's just that Chen Mu, who is holding an 800-mile urgent paperwork, is really slower, and on the second day, he yells that 300 a day is too tired, and he can't enjoy the scenery along the road, let alone experience the style of Hexi.

So they slowed down, the next day only walked a hundred miles, in front of the Zhangye City, its scale is slightly larger than Jiuquan, because of the Central Plains closer, here are more merchants, it is said that many Hu people in the Western Regions, here to trade goods with the Han people. This way they can walk a lot less. It is even rumored that if they continue to walk in the direction of Chang'an and Luoyang, there will be horse bandits on the road, and the merchants will not dare to go alone.

The lame man said: If you want to take the carriage, you can go to the military post station in Wuwei City to change. Three horses for three horse cards, and when you come back in the future, you will exchange horse cards for horses. It's all the stuff of the Divine Army, and it doesn't cost money.

Chen Mu nodded wonderfully.

The west gate of Zhangye City, the building system is similar to Jiuquan, tall, heavy, and quite historical.

On the city walls, watchtowers, and city gates, there are traces left by battles everywhere, and craftsmen are repairing them.

The gate of the city was not very smooth, because there were guards who specialized in inspecting goods, and long-distance merchants often carried weapons, which were not allowed to be brought into the city, but they had to pass through the city, so these weapons could only "trouble" the military master and help transport them to the east gate.

Of course, you can't trouble the military master in vain, clearly mark the price, transport a knife for ten yuan, and transport a long weapon for fifteen yuan.

When he came to the gate of the city, he saw that there were too many people, Chen Mu jumped off his horse, held the reins, and waited to pass.

The cripple said: We have eight hundred taels of urgent paperwork, and you can take the small door next to it. Even if you don't show the paperwork, with your captain's waist card, no one will stop you.

Chen Mu smiled and said: What's the hurry, I like to be lively, follow the crowd and listen to them, how interesting.

Suddenly, an unkempt boy ran out of the city with his head covered, recklessly, bumped into several people, and caused a burst of complaints. The kid slammed into Chen Mu as if he had no head, and he actually hit Chen Mu headlong. With Chen Mu's style, he naturally could hide. But the boy seemed to have garlic under his feet, and if he didn't help him, he would fall to the ground.

Chen Mu stretched out his hand.

As a result, that kid was like a loach, dodged Chen Mu's hand, and still bumped into Chen Mu's waist. Then he screamed, hugged Chen Mu's legs, and slid to the ground. Lying on the ground and not moving.

Chen Mu was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: "What is this for?" Touching porcelain? ”

"What the hell!" Zhang Cripple said angrily: "Rabbit cub, are you blind!?" ”

The lame man raised his whip and made a gesture to beat, but the kid got up, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chen Mu, begging for mercy: "Master spare your life, master spare your life." ”

Listening to the voice, it was a teenager who had not passed the voice change period, Chen Mu smiled kindly: "Don't be afraid. It's okay, you go. ”

The dirty young man saw that Chen Mu was kind, and he also looked up. Then he rubbed his nose, stood up, and turned his head to leave. Before leaving, he didn't forget to stare at the cripple, and his lips moved, as if he was still cursing the cripple or something.

The boy looked like a beggar, in rags. At this time, it was April, the spring flowers were blooming, and she was still wearing a large shabby cotton jacket, with a layer of black oil mud on the cotton jacket, which was dry and stiff. Look at his trouser legs again, the tassels are generally tied with a thin layer. There was a pair of broken straw sandals on his feet, one large and one small, and the small one showed his toes, obviously this was not a pair, I don't know where he picked it up one by one. Look at the head again, the hair is long and messy. His face was dark, as if he had just drilled a hole in the kang. There is nothing desirable about this man, except for a pair of bright eyes that attract attention.

Looking at the young man's back, Chen Mu suddenly fell into a daze. For some reason, those eyes left a deep impression on his heart, and they lingered for a long time. It is like the echo in the mountain stream, rippling endlessly.

"Let's go down the road." The cripple persuaded.

Chen Mu looked ahead, there were several big cars, untying ropes. The inspection of the cart was quite time-consuming, so Chen Mu nodded, got on the horse, and turned the horse towards the horse path. The lame man and Zhang Han got on the horse one after another.

"Stop! I don't know the rules! ”

Among the three people, only Zhang Han was wearing armor and a centurion, but the janitor did not give Zhang Han face, and his tone was very strong.

Zhang lame waved his horsewhip, pointed at the soldier and said, "Blind your dog's eyes, can't you see the military card on the waist of our second master?" ”

The doorman turned his head and looked at Chen Mu's waist: "How can there be a waist card?" ”

Chen Mu looked down and saw that the waist card was gone, and the red rope holding the waist card was cut by a sharp weapon.

"Oh no, that beggar is a thief!"

Chen Mu jumped off the horse and chased in the direction that the little beggar had just taken. Zhang Han followed closely behind.

Chen Mu broke out of the crowd and looked up, but there was no trace of the beggar. But he continued to run north, and he was extremely fast.

The lame man threw the whip in his hand, pointed to the door soldier and said: "At the gate of the city, the captain lost the waist card, and you are guilty, so why don't you catch the thief with the captain!" ”

The gate soldiers panicked, and at this time, the captain of the gate came over, inquired about the situation, and heard that the waist card of the captain was lost, although he did not know Chen Mu, he still whistled and assembled, and ran in the direction of the thief's escape.

At this time, Chen Mu and Zhang Han had already chased out a long way.

There are only two trips to the private house outside the city, guessing that the thief can't run far, after Chen Mu jumped off the horse, it was more convenient to move, climbed up to a private house, and looked into the distance.

The thief was cunning, and he did not know where to hide, and did not show his head.

Soon after, the chief of the gatekeeper led a dozen people to rush over and search from house to house.

The soldier's voice was loud, and there was a burst of shouting, which caused a series of dog barking.

The residents did not dare to offend the officers and soldiers, so they could only let the official name come in and inspect it.

The commander ordered three people to inspect separately.

After this order, Zhang Han suddenly said in a low voice: "Just now I saw that the haystack of the third house in the north seemed to move, do you want me to shoot an arrow?" ”

Chen Mu waved his hand and said, "No need, I'll go over and take a look." ”