Volume 1 Crossing the rivers and lakes and involving temples Chapter 170 Official Post
On the official road from Annam Province to Gyeonggi Province, there are a total of eight official posts along the way. After Ye Chen led his subordinates from the small road to the official road, he didn't dare to stop, but the weaker and weaker light made Ye Chen feel bad in his heart. There are more than a dozen people in the group, not to mention how large the team is, but it is also particularly eye-catching on the empty official road. Although there are three good hands led by Mei in front of him to explore the way, Ye Chen is still not at ease, the dark night will be the best cover for some people's actions.
"Zou Hu, go to the front and inform them to find an official post to live in." Ye Chen turned his head and commanded, Zou Hu nodded and rode away.
The happiest person to hear this is Chen Bing, after such a long journey, he can finally take a rest, the key is that there is still a hot meal to eat.
After a stick of incense, the group stopped the carriage where Mei stopped. The envoys of the First Dove Kingdom and the Lil Kingdom, who had not communicated all the way, poked their heads out of the carriage and seemed to ask Ye Chen what had happened.
Ye Chen jumped off the black horse that was changing halfway, walked quickly to the side of the mission carriage and said, "Several, we will rest here tonight, and we will set off at dawn tomorrow, and I will get off the car and follow me into the store." ”
In addition to being friendly with China, the two countries are friendly neighbors on weekdays, so the envoys of the two countries also exchanged a lot. The two looked at each other, and without any extra words, they got out of the carriage with the other two messengers.
A small soldier dressed in the uniform of a Chinese soldier slowly stepped forward and asked, "Who are you, this is an official post, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter." ”
Ye Chen stepped forward, took out the Inspector Division Baihu Token that Qin Xiaoqin had prepared for him a long time ago, and said, "We are from the Inspectorate Department of Annan Province, and we were appointed by the Thousand Households to rush to Gyeonggi Province on an errand. ”
The pawn carefully flipped through the one-sided tiger striped token, and then walked to several carriages and began to check. The yellow-haired and blue-eyed messengers became the biggest doubt of the pawn, and turned their heads and ran into the official post to report the situation.
After a while, an old soldier with a cigarette stick slowly walked out of the post house, walked up to several messengers and looked up and down. Everyone didn't dare to come out, but Ye Chen didn't have anything to worry about, after all, the task he took the brothers of the Anjiang Society to perform was explained by Huangfu Leng , and there was no disgraceful behavior.
The old warrior walked up to Ye Chen without saying a word, raised his bright eyes, and asked, "Are you the leader?" ”
Ye Chen nodded and asked, "Can you accommodate a group of us?" ”
"I can't fit it, only two rooms."
"According to the usual practice, there are at least ten rooms in the official post, why is there anyone living in it today?"
"Don't ask blindly about what you shouldn't ask, they are all on a mission, and each is in charge of its own affairs." The old soldier turned his head and walked into the post station, and kept muttering: "What's the matter today, three waves of people live in the hotel before and after, I'm afraid something is going to happen." ”
Although the muttering voice was small, Ye Chen was close to it, and it was already in his ears, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the old martial artist and said with a flattering smile: "Dad, what did you just say, there are three waves of people staying in the hotel today?" ”
"Aren't you even the three waves?"
Ye Chen took out a certain amount of broken silver from his arms and stuffed it into the old soldier's hand, and said with a smile: "Daddy will take it to buy some tobacco to smoke." ”
The old warrior weighed the broken silver in his hand, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Qin Xiaoqin to have a hundred households as sensible as you, but why haven't I seen you before." ”
Ye Chen said with a smile: "Don't hide it from my father, I have just been promoted to one hundred households, and I was an errand runner before, so naturally you haven't paid attention to it." ”
"I said, there are also 180 waves of people from your inspectorate who have come to stay with me, and I know Qin Xiaoqin very well."
Ye Chen felt a little relieved after hearing this, this was an acquaintance.
The old soldier looked at the broken silver in his hand and continued: "It's just two rooms, you can't live in it, you can do it yourself." ”
Ye Chen turned his head to look at everyone, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in his heart, the people of the mission must live in the room, after all, they represent the First Dove Country and the Lier Country, but if their own people don't live around them, it will be too late to rescue them if something happens.
The old soldier has been working here for nearly ten years, and has stayed here since he retired from the battlefield, and has never left in his life, and seems to see the embarrassment of the young man in front of him, so he smiled and said: "Young man, this way, there is a grocery room next to the guest room, if you don't like it, you can clean it up by yourself, and there should be three or four people in the crowd." ”
Ye Chen was relieved after hearing this, as long as there were people around the mission, the rest of the people could live in the stables. Then he turned his head to look at Mei and Wei, and the two quietly disappeared into the night.
Ye Chen, Zou Hu and Xiao lived in the general store, the envoys of the first and second missions lived in the two rooms of Bingshang and Bingxia, respectively, while Chen Bing and Hu Jie lived in the stable with their brothers from the receiving dart bureau. Because Huaguo has extremely strict requirements for official posts, the environment in the stable is not as bad as imagined, except for the smell of horse urine. Although Chen Bing was a little aggrieved and wanted to live in the guest room, he didn't mention it to Ye Chen, because he understood Ye Chen's arrangement, and the three people who could fight were arranged next to the two rooms of the mission, which was also for the safety of the mission to a great extent, and he himself could carry a few catties and taels.
After the room was arranged, Casada, the head of the mission of the First Dove Kingdom, knocked on the door of the grocery room and asked Ye Chen if he could go down and have something to eat.
Ye Chen stood on the top of the corridor on the second floor and looked at the brightly lit hall below, except for the two tables of middle-aged men wearing official uniforms who were eating with their heads bowed, there was no one else, so he agreed to the request of the head of the mission of the First Dove Kingdom, and asked the head of the mission of the Lier Kingdom Akubei, and the undoubted answer and excitement actually made Ye Chen feel a little proud in his heart.
Ye Chen left Wei in the corridor on the second floor to observe the surrounding situation, while he and Zou Hu walked down the wooden staircase with four messengers one after the other.
The old soldier glanced at the few people downstairs, then turned around and walked to the back kitchen. When Casada said that he wanted to drink a little of the famous Dalu wine in China, he was rejected by the old soldier, the reason is very simple, there is no alcohol to drink in the major official posts in China, whether it is rice wine or white wine, it is not allowed by Dahua law, and those who violate the order are severely punished.
The chief of the Lier Kingdom Mission said to Ye Chen with a smile: "Lord Ye, we have always admired Dahua's Dalu wine, which tastes good and has great strength. Can you help us figure out a way, besides, you can warm up with some wine in the cold. ”
Ye Chen got up and pulled the old soldier to the side and said with a smile: "Dad, can you think of a way, just one cup per person, a total of four cups, just taste it." ”
The old warrior listened to this old man's cry, and his heart was very happy. However, in front of the law, the old soldier had no choice but to apologize: "Young man, I'm really sorry, the old man doesn't have it here, besides, there is no store in the village in front of the village, and it's a big night, where can I get you this dozen reed wine!" ”
Ye Chen took the old soldier and walked two steps to the door, and said in a low voice: "Dad, I really don't believe that you have a mouth full of wine." ”