Spring rain is as expensive as oil.

For farmers facing the loess with their backs to the sky, a spring rain is enough to make them happy, but for those who are away, the spring rain brings trouble.

Li Ze and his entourage, suffering from poor traffic conditions, only traveled dozens of miles a day, and as soon as the continuous spring rain arrived, the speed of advance plummeted to only twenty or thirty miles a day.

The official road was potholed and muddy, and the carriage walked on it, often stuck in the mud and could not move, but fortunately, when the labor of the group was sufficient, they could only use manpower to push it out.

It doesn't matter if you load a wagon for goods, but you can't be a human being. Especially for Mrs. Wang, who has not been out for more than ten years, she has suffered a lot. The bumpy carriage was enough to make even a strong man unbearable, let alone Madame Wang. Xia Zhu and other female dependents are almost all like this, most of them are pale, as if they are seriously ill.

However, after Liu Ruyan suffered for a while, she disregarded the prevention of her parents, got out of the carriage and asked for a horse, preferring to ride a horse rather than stay in the carriage and suffer.

At this time, the carriage has no shock-absorbing equipment, but whenever there is a small pothole, it will jump so solidly. No matter how comfortably the carriage is, it can't stand the whole carriage bouncing all the way forward.

It's not really nice to ride on a horse. Don't look at this spring rain is sometimes soft and soft, but the spring rain is silent, and the poet always writes very emotionally, but when it falls on the body, the taste is not good.

Not to mention the cold, the key is that after he fell on his body, he didn't care at first, once he felt the cold, most of his clothes were already soaked, and the cold began to penetrate deep into the bone marrow.

Fortunately, Li Ze had the foresight to take Yan Jiu with him, which was originally used to take care of Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Liu, for fear that they would not feel well after a long journey, but now they have become the support of the whole team. Every time he settles down, Yan Jiu is the busiest.

Halfway through, Tu Hu and his party finally joined Li Ze, and with these veterans who had been running around for many years, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Tu Hu and his party rode more than 30 horses, which also greatly enhanced the escort strength of Li Ze and his party.

"Childe, look at the sky, you can't cross the Yellow River today, you have to rest in Mengjin for one night." Tu Hu looked at the sky, then looked at the speed of the team's advance, and said to Li Ze.

"That's all there is to it. Where is Mengjin, is there a suitable inn? Li Ze asked.

"Childe, there is a market town in Mengjindu, and there is also an official post there, which is specially used to receive officials who can't cross the river for a while, Childe, you are an important member today, so naturally you want to live in the official post, whether it is the conditions or safety, it is much better than other ordinary inns." Tu Hu laughed.

"Then live in this official post." Li Zedao: "Let's recuperate for a day or two before crossing the river, once we cross the river, we will arrive at the Eastern Capital, we can't enter the Eastern Capital in disgrace, right?" ”

Tu Hu said with a smile: "The son is the commander of the Henghai Festival, the general of Qianniuwei, and naturally he has the prestige of a general, so I will arrange it in advance and empty the official post Luo." ”

"Go ahead!"

Tu Hu galloped away with several horses.

Gongsun Changming rode his horse to Li Ze's side, and after a long journey, this old man who had traveled south and north was now also described as haggard.

"Mr. Gongsun, you can have a good rest tonight, tomorrow we don't leave, just stay in the official post for another day, do you say that those officials and imperial histories of the imperial court will be included in my book? Tu Hu said that he would go to empty all the people in the official post! Li Ze said half-jokingly.

"Now you are the marshal of a town, the general of Qianniuwei, and a proper member of the imperial court, and judging from the position you are in now, even the emperor will give you three points of thin noodles, not to mention empty and live for one day, or ten days, who dares to say anything? Of course, it is not excluded that there are people who want to be famous and want to go crazy to take you as a pawn, and refer to you, of course, Luo, provided that this person is not afraid of death, and Jiezhen is generally very domineering. Gongsun Changming smiled dryly and said: "Even if someone participates in you, these twists and turns will be thrown into the trash by the door of the Chinese book." ”

"When you arrive in the Eastern Capital, you can be regarded as entering the core area of Datang." Li Ze said with emotion.

"Now there are not many places that the imperial court can effectively control, even if it is Hedong, such an area as Hezhong will vary from person to person, such as Hedong by Gao Biao Renjie Town, and Hezhong is now called by Chen Bang to be appointed Jiezhen, these places can be regarded as loyal to the imperial court, but once these two people go to work, whether the two places in Hedong and Hezhong will be loyal to the imperial court, then we have to say two things!" Gongsun Changming sighed and shook his head: "The Eastern Capital is different, and the imperial court's control over this place is still extremely effective. The current defense envoy of the Eastern Capital is the uncle of His Majesty the Emperor, Fuwang Li Xin, who is a shrewd and capable figure. The 50,000 Shence troops stationed in the eastern capital are under his command, which is a gate of Chang'an! There must be no mistakes. ”

"This blessed king, I want to make a good friend." Li Ze nodded.

The two gossiped all the way, and the whole convoy moved forward slowly, anyway, they couldn't cross the river today, and the big guys were all relaxed, until the Mengjindu market town finally appeared in the field of vision, and the big guy's mood was even higher.

During the journey, they were quite well prepared, but they could only ensure that they had a hot meal, drank hot water, and things like taking a hot bath, not to mention the general guards, even Li Ze, did not have them. At night, you can stay in the official station, take a hot bath, drink a bowl of hot soup, and then lie on the bed instead of sleeping on the hard floor, that is the greatest enjoyment.

The sound of horses' hooves and the slaughtering tiger and flying horses came.

"All ready?" Li Zexiao asked, Tu Hu has always been familiar with these aspects.

Tu Hu's face was a little solemn, he glanced at the people around the convoy, and said in a low voice: "Childe, take a step to speak." ”

Li Ze was shocked, the two rode their horses to the side, and Li Ze reached out and called Gongsun Changming over.

"What's going on?"

"Childe, there's something wrong with the official post!" Tu Hu said in a low voice.

"Wrong?"

Tu Hu nodded: "A month ago, I went to this official post. At that time, the officials in this official post were not the same as they are now. ”

"It's normal for officials to be transferred, what's there to be curious about?" Li Ze was puzzled.

"Childe, it's normal for officials to be transferred, but it's not normal for the post guards below to be replaced, I secretly observed it, the gatekeepers, the housekeepers, and even the people who manage the livestock have changed." Tu Hu shook his head and said.

That's not normal.

Gongsun Changming narrowed his eyes: "Tu Hu, how do you know that they have all changed?" ”

Tu Hu said: "We are running business outside, even if we have a few more eyes in the back of the head, otherwise I don't know how to die if I die, a month ago I began to survey the route for Gongzi to enter Beijing, along the way I am naturally more carefully observed, especially those who want to contact with Gongzi, but also keep an extra mind." ”

"In this case, there is a problem with this official post, but who is going to calculate me? Mengjin is only a Yellow River from the eastern capital, only dozens of miles away, could it be that King Fu wants to clean me up? ”

"It's unlikely!" Gongsun Changming shook his head: "Gongzi is now responsible for the safety of the northern land, if something happens to King Fu's land, where can King Fu bear this responsibility?" ”

"No matter who wants to be unfavorable to the son, but this official post is unbearable." Tuhu Road. "I've sent people to get ready to find a boat and cross the river overnight."

Li Ze and Gongsun Changming glanced at each other, and they both shook their heads slowly.

"This official post, I'm afraid we still have to live in it." Li Ze said in a low voice.

"Why?" Tu Hu didn't want to know that there were tigers in the mountains at all, and he still walked to Tiger Mountain, if it was him, he would not be afraid, but now that Li Ze, the old lady and others were in the team, where did he dare to take this risk?

Gongsun Changming looked at Tu Hu and explained: "No matter who wants to beat Gongzi's idea, this person must be an amazing figure. Since even places like the post station can be cleared of manpower, do you think that in other places, the opponent will not make arrangements? ”

Tu Hu was taken aback.

"The official post is in the market town, and the building is quite strong, since we know that there is a problem inside, after entering, we can control these people first, and then garrison them. And if you camp in the wilderness, it's even more dangerous. Gongsun Changming said.

"Why don't you cross the river overnight?" Tuhu Road.

"Crossing the river?" Li Ze smiled: "There are more than 100 of us, where is there such a big ship to cross us at one time?" Even if there were, would we dare to sit? How many of us are well-versed in water? If we can only pass through a group of people at a time, and the other side only needs to make a little arrangement on both sides of the strait, we will disperse our own manpower. ”

Tu Hu was shocked, "Childe, it's me who owes it to thought." ”

"We are still going to live in the official post, you send someone to find a boat to cross the river, take my seal, and go to find the blessed king Li Xin. If this matter had nothing to do with him, he would have raised a large army to meet me. If there is something, most likely it will be tonight, we will resist in the official post, I want to see who is in the end, who wants my Li Ze's life so painstakingly. ”

"There are too many people who want your life." Gongsun Changming was relaxed at the moment. "Childe, this matter can't be hidden from the old lady, you better wait for a letter with the old lady first, and then make it clear to the generals, prepare to fight, knowing that the son still dares to come to the idea with more than 100 elite combat forces, and the enemy will inevitably have a lot of manpower at that time."

"I'll send someone across the river right away." Tuhu Road.

"Send a few more groups of people, one group holds the son's seal, one group holds my private seal, Fuwang Li Xin, and I have also intersected in the past, and he also recognizes my seal." Gongsun Changming said.