Although the spring in Longyou is still a little cold, but when you look up, the surroundings are already full of life, the warm current melts the ice under the rock layer, and the thick crystal water droplets drip down along the stone cracks.

The snow moistens the land, soaking last year's hawthorns, and the hibernating grass roots are quietly waking up and struggling to grow outward.

Through the thick moisture in the air, the smell of warm land can already be smelled.

A pheasant in heat stands on top of a treetop and calls loudly, showing off its brilliant tail feathers, looking for a mate.

'Whoosh! A crude arrow shot through the pheasant's body, and the pheasant swooped down from the high branches.

Guo Song flashed out from behind a big tree and said with a smile: "I was carried away by love, and I was talking about you." ”

He picked up the pheasant, ran to a babbling stream, removed the feather, washed and peeled the pheasant clean, cut off the neck and head of the chicken, and threw it with the internal organs to the fierce man who was watching aside.

Guo Song threaded the chicken into a thick branch, set it on the branch and crackled and grilled it.

"You don't like this kind of barbecue pheasant, go back and uncle shoot a vole for you, let you eat alone, and promise not to rob you."

Guo Song babbled and read, Mengzi got impatient to hear it, flapped his wings and flew up, and went to find food by himself.

After only a moment, a burst of meat fragrance hit his nose, Guo Song's eyes lit up, and he took out a piece of salt the size of a little finger from the cloth bag behind him, crushed it, and carefully sprinkled it on the prey, and then tore off a chicken leg and devoured it.

It has been seven days since Guo Song left Kongtong Mountain, he did not take the official road, but picked up the remote path to the north, although he believed that Zixiao Heavenly Palace did not dare to tell the truth to the imperial court, but Zixiao Heavenly Palace was burned, which would inevitably alarm the officials in Longyou, and he was too dazzling to wear a Taoist uniform.

Of course, Guo Song can also go and change his clothes, but he doesn't have any money on him, and there are only a dozen fern powder and wild vegetable dumplings and a small bag of salt left in the coarse cloth bag behind him, as well as a water hyacinth, which Zhang Mingchun told his junior brother to prepare for him.

Then there was the thousand-year-old ironwood sword and a pair of homemade earthen bows and arrows left to him by the master, which were all his possessions.

After eating and drinking, Guo Song found a cliff cave that was difficult for wild beasts to reach, Meimei slept well, and woke up refreshed, he stood up and stretched his waist, there was a pass in the distance, he found out yesterday, where is this pass?

Mengzi seems to be a little dissatisfied with his solitary food, and he doesn't know where he flew to forage for food.

Guo Song and Mengzi have been together for more than four years, they have long been familiar with each other, and it is the norm not to see each other for a day or two, in fact, Guo Song sometimes hopes that Mengzi can leave himself to live independently, to find his partner, and have children.

So the best thing to do is not to worry about it, not to worry about it, and let everything take its course, so as not to waste feelings.

In fact, he said so much nonsense because the fierce son led him the wrong way, which made him really annoyed in his heart.

Guo Song is a little lost now, he was not familiar with this area in his previous life, not to mention that this was the Tang Dynasty 1,300 years ago, he has been walking north for seven days, and he is at a loss where he is now.

At this moment, a sound of talking faintly came from a distance, Guo Song was stunned, he jumped off the cliff and quickly ran towards the place where he spoke.

Putting aside a bunch of tribulus terrestris, Guo Song was suddenly surprised and delighted, under the hillside is a wide and flat official road, a team of donkey carts full of goods is slowly moving north on the official road, several handlebar type are arguing loudly about something, just this caravan, there are no pedestrians in front and behind.

"Wait!"

Guo Song shouted and ran down the hillside, and a steward sitting in the cart saw him and hurriedly beckoned the convoy to stop.

The steward jumped out of the donkey cart and stepped forward and asked, "Is the little master calling us?" ”

Although Guo Song is very tall, with a height of one meter nine, his appearance is very young, he walked in a round way, and said with a smile on his face: "I am a Taoist priest of Kongtong Mountain, and I went out to practice on the order of my master, but I was a little lost, and I implore my uncle to guide me." ”

The steward smiled, this little Taoist priest is a little interesting, he actually calls himself uncle, not the donor, is this to return to his hometown?

"It turned out to be the head of Kongtong Mountain, this is the boundary of Xiaoguan, and twenty miles further is Xiaoguan, where is the head of the road going?"

It turned out that the pass was Xiao Pass, and he had only walked more than 200 miles in seven days, Guo Song was a little frustrated, it was too far to take the mountain path, and it was convenient to take the official road.

"I'm going to Lingzhou!"

"It's right to go to Lingzhou, after Xiaoguan, along the official road to the north, you can get to Lingzhou for two or three days all the way north."

"Thank you Uncle for your advice!"

"You're welcome, or you can come with us! We are going to Xiazhou to make deliveries, and we can walk together for a while. ”

The steward was very polite and pointed to the big car, "It's too tiring to walk, get in the car and sit!" ”

Guo Song was not polite, he jumped directly on the donkey cart and sat with the steward, he drank a few sips of spring water, and took out a bracken powder vegetable dumpling and chewed it, this is the dry food prepared for him by Jingle Palace, and now it is the time when the green and yellow are not available, and the conditions of Jingle Palace are also very difficult.

The steward glanced at the bracken powder vegetable dumplings in his hand, he knew this kind of wild vegetable food, during the Anshi Rebellion, many people relied on this to survive, but it has been ten years since the Anshi Rebellion ended, and there are still people who eat this?

He suddenly felt sympathy in his heart, so he took out a thick piece of dough from the dry food bag behind him and handed it to Guo Song, and said with a smile: "My aunt made it, it tastes good, you can taste it!" ”

"Thank you, uncle!"

Guo Song took the dough and took a bite, the sweetness of the flour made him have an endless aftertaste, it seemed that this was the first time he tasted flour when he came to Datang, and a casual move by the middle-aged steward made Guo Song feel a warmth in his heart.

"Where is Uncle from?"

"I am from Suide County, Yanzhou, but I have been making a living in the capital, and this time the owner asked me to send a batch of goods to Xiazhou."

"It's not safe on the road!"

The steward nodded, "It's really not safe, but if you want to support your family, you have to leave if it's not safe!" Fortunately, I was lucky enough to have no robbers along the way. ”

"Steward Yu, don't talk nonsense!"

The handlebar style of the car in front of him suddenly turned around and reminded him very seriously.

The steward's face changed, and he slapped himself in the face lightly, walking on the road, the most taboo is to say that it is safe and sound, saying that he has not met a robber, and the robber will appear soon.

But for the time being, there will be nothing to do, and after walking for another half an hour, Xiao Guan is in front of me, and there are more vehicles and pedestrians on the official road.

As soon as Guo Song looked up, he saw a black dot hovering over Xiao Guan, don't follow if you have the ability, Guo Song took a bite of the dough cake fiercely.

........

Xiao Guan Longshui entered the official army, and the Yellow River in Qinghai rolled up the clouds.

The North Pole turned into a dragon and a tiger, and Xirong rested the dogs and sheep.

Xiao Pass is a part of the Great Wall of Sui, is also the north gate of Guanzhong, the terrain is dangerous, the pass is majestic, stands majestically, here is the way for the northwest nomads to invade the Guanzhong, for thousands of years, Xiao Pass inside and outside the Jin Ge Iron Horse, the battle is endless, under the mountain cliff in the wilderness, you can see the rusty sword and the accumulated white bones everywhere.

After descending from Xiaoguan, there is a gently undulating hilly area, where many Han villages are scattered, and at the foot of the mountain there is an official road north along the Weiru River, which can reach Lingzhou in two days.

In addition, there is an official road running east-west, which goes northeast along the Liupan Mountains until you reach Xiazhou.

Steward Yu went through the formalities, the donkey convoy slowly entered the customs, a burly brigade commander came over to count the number of people, he suddenly pointed at Guo Song, "How can there be one more person, is this Taoist priest with you?" ”

Steward Yu hurriedly said: "This Taoist chief is the Taoist priest of Kongtong Mountain we met on the road, and we will walk with us. ”

Hearing that it was a Taoist priest of Kongtong Mountain, the brigade marshal's face was a little softer, and he looked at Guo Song and asked, "Is there a degree?" ”

Guo Song took out the degree from his arms and gave it to him, this is his Taoist certificate, which indicates the place of origin, the place of monkhood, if you want to return to the vulgar, you can cancel the degree by handing it over to the government of origin, and at the same time go to the household registration.

Guo Song went to Lingzhou this time, and a very important thing was to go to the Lingzhou government to cancel his Taoist registration and restore his legal identity.

The brigade commander was actually illiterate, and when he saw that there was a red official seal underneath, he returned the official seal to him and waved his hand, "Let them pass!" ”

Guo Song took Du Mu back into his arms, and when he looked up, he found a notice posted on the wall of the pass.

In addition, the garrison has issued a reward order to cut off the head of a party cavalry, reward 20 taels of silver, and purchase the party cavalry armor at a high price, which is valid for half a year.

On the fourth day of the second month of the eighth year of the Great Calendar, Zhang Feng was guarded

It was also stamped with a big red seal guarded by Xiao Guan.

Guo Song touched the Yu steward with his arm and said to the notice, "Uncle, look! ”

Steward Yu glanced at the notice, and suddenly turned pale, there were actually party members riding outside the gate, why didn't the owner tell himself?

"Uncle can go and inquire to see if there is a caravan to Xiazhou, and you can go together."

A sentence reminded Steward Yu, and he nodded hurriedly, "I'll go and inquire." ”

The city of Xiaoguan is like a small city, with many shops built out of wood, including wine shops, inns, grocery stores, snack shops, and even a brothel.

Perhaps because of the beginning of spring, there are not many guests coming and going, and it seems a little deserted, and many merchants have walked directly through the gate and did not stay here.

After a while, Steward Yu ran out of breath from the liquor store, got into the cart and ordered, "Hurry up!" ”

More than a dozen donkey carts drove and walked towards the outside of the city.

"No one wants to go along?" Guo Song asked.

"It's not! There is a Jima town thirty miles ahead, and the merchants all go there to concentrate, and every ten days everyone sets off together to Xiazhou and Lingzhou, and there are special samurai guards, and tomorrow morning is exactly the departure time, and we have to rush over overnight. ”

Guo Song looked at the sky, it was already dusk, he felt that something was wrong, but the rest of the steward was in a hurry, and he didn't want to say anything?

The donkey convoy passed Xiao Pass and drove along the bumpy downhill road to Jima Town, thirty miles away.