Chapter 591: I'm Dead?
In the middle of the night, a dead wind lamp hung high on the pole in front of the post station, and the faint light like a bean swayed in the wind, as if it was going to be extinguished at any time.
It's just a small official post.
There were only four men and five horses!
And because the people who partnered tonight had something to do temporarily, only Lao Hu was on duty at night in the post station.
The post station has existed since ancient times, the decree of the state, the urgent military report!
All of them are conveyed through these large and small post stations. Over the millennia, there has been only a slight change, but not much.
The message delivered by the post station is divided into: time limit, that is, it is calculated according to the normal speed of the horse. Of course, there is also the rush that Xiao Han is familiar with!
But the urgent military report is a thrilling movie in itself!
The stagecoach galloped on the post road with a wild gallop, and the sound of hooves was like thunder! The sound of the special neck bell is crisp enough to travel two miles away! When the post rate of the next stop is heard, immediately get on the horse and run!
When the back horse chased the front horse, the two post rates staggered for a moment, and the official documents in their hands had been exchanged, and so on, and the news was delivered to the destination without stopping!
A strong wind blew in the sky, and the roof of the inn rattled.
The old man, who was huddled by a small stove, woke up from his sleep, looked at his eyes, got up and put on his clothes to fetch beans to feed the horses.
Stagecoaches are different from pull-backs, they eat four or five meals a day! I have to get up and have a supper in the middle of the night, it's very hard!
Stagecoach's supper is good for beans and hay.
The fragrance of fried beans makes Lao Hu hungry! In this era, people are cheaper than horses! A horse's grain and grass are far more expensive than a person's rations!
But this is also what they trade for their lives, and in war, there are many things that run to death stagecoaches! If the stagecoach is lucky enough to survive for five years without dying, then it will be honorably laid off and sent to the horse farm of the imperial court, where it will no longer have to work and will be raised until the day it dies.
The weather is a little cold, and after feeding the horses, the old beard's nose is frozen blue!
After snorting twice, Lao Hu hurriedly ran back to the house and sat down around the stove, warming his hands.
"Bang ......"
There was a sudden sound of slamming the door! Lao Hu, who was sitting by the stove and didn't know what he was thinking, suddenly woke up!
I was about to jump up and open the door, but I saw that the wooden gate of the post station was knocked open with a bang! Then a group of creatures dressed in animal skins and barely indistinguishable in human form burst in from the darkness!
"You... Who are you! Do you know what kind of crime it is to trespass on the official post privately?! Lao Hu pointed at this group of uninvited guests in horror and drank!
But looking at his appearance, if it weren't for the fact that he still has a temperament as a Datang official, he would have turned around and disappeared by now!
No need to ask, it was Xiao Han and Ren Qing who broke into the post station.
After leaving the Qinling Mountains, what they said was their mood at this time!
After saying goodbye to Wang Er, they almost didn't stop all the way, and they didn't even rest! After walking through this post station overnight, Ren Qing decided to come in to find out some news.
After all, the second king knew too little, except for his family's one acre and two points of land, he didn't know anything else!
Ren Qing, who was the first to enter the post station, glanced at Lao Hu, didn't speak, and directly took out a sign from his arms and threw it to him! Then he poured a bowl of water from the copper kettle on the stove, and he was not afraid of being hot, so he raised his head and drank it all!
After drinking the water, Ren Qing breathed a sigh of relief, handed the bowl to Xiao Han, wiped his mouth and said, "I am the Qin throne under the Delang general, Ren Qing is also!" This is Hou Xiaohan of Sanyuan County! ”
Lao Hu was busy carefully distinguishing the authenticity of the waist card at this time, when he suddenly heard Xiao Han's name, he was shocked and shouted: "Who!" Who are you talking about? ”
"Sanyuan County, Xiao Hou!" Ren Qing frowned, thinking that he hadn't heard clearly, so he repeated it again!
But he didn't expect that after these words, the people at the post station would suddenly look like ghosts! There was an extremely frightened look in his eyes.
"What's wrong?"
Xiao Han looked at him a little puzzled, and just as he was about to ask a question, before he met, this person was shaking like chaff, and then he made a "plop", and the whole person knelt on the ground!
"Come on, God! I... I know that you have been wronged! But the villain really never saw you, and he didn't do anything to be sorry for you! If you lack something, come to your dream, and the villain will definitely buy it for you. You don't have to come up to me in person..."
Xiao Han was taken aback by the strange behavior of the person in front of him, and when he heard the second half, he almost sprayed him with a mouthful of water!
"Ahem...... Who said you were sorry for me? Besides, I'm not eighteen yet, and I don't have a word, what kind of messy Ming Qiaogong? Who obtains it? Xiao Han was crying and laughing, but Li Rong on the side had a strange expression.
Without waiting for Xiao Han to finish speaking, he quietly pulled Xiao Han and said in a low voice: "Stupid! Ming Qiaogong, this is not a word, this is a nickname! You know what the nickname is, right? ”
"Hobbies? What's your hobby? I don't have any bad habits, do I? ”
Xiao Han became more and more confused, and Li Rongzhi, who was looking at it, rolled his eyes: "Nickname!" For the dead? That is, you are dead! ”
"Huh?" An exclamation!
This time it was Xiao Han's turn to be dumbfounded, and after being stunned for two seconds, he suddenly turned his head, pointed to the old Hu who was kowtowing on the ground and asked, "What do you mean?" Lao Tzu is dead? Bah! Who said Lao Tzu was dead? ”
"It's not me... No, you're not dead?! Lao Hu listened to Xiao Han's question, and subconsciously shook his head! But after a second, his mind flashed and he hurriedly looked up!
Man is standing on the ground! He is still holding a bowl in his hand, and more importantly, he has a shadow, so he is not a ghost!
"Are you really the Marquis of Sanyuan County? You're not dead? After reading it back and forth several times, Lao Hu finally asked in disbelief.
However, he is not in a hurry, Xiao Han is completely anxious now!
stepped forward and grabbed the old man, stared at him viciously and asked, "What the hell is going on these days!" You give me 1510 to make it clear! ”
"Well... Good! I said, don't get excited! "Lao Hu looked at Xiao Han's fierce appearance! Coupled with the unkind eyes of the group of people around him, he immediately swallowed his saliva and hurriedly said everything he knew!
The post station is responsible for delivering news! Therefore, they know more about the major events that happened in the court.
After some explanations, Xiao Han finally knew what was going on these days!
Just two days ago, at the Great Dynasty Meeting, some people led by Xiangcheng Hou played in unison! On the grounds that Xiao Han was dead, it would only be in vain to find it for national funds, and he asked Li Yuan to transfer the last guard and horse back from Qinling.
It stands to reason that it is not the first time that the troops have been drawn back, but this time there are Kong Yingda and other old ministers to join.
It's not that they were bought like Xiangchenghou, but they simply felt that it was impossible to spend so much effort and money to find a person who had no achievements and no meritorious service.
Because of this, Li Yuan, who gradually lost confidence in Xiao Han's survival, could only agree.
From this, it is to choose a nickname for Xiao Han, build a tomb, and announce the news to the world.