After Fu County, when I was about to reach Zitong, there was a horse chasing after me.

Hearing the news from Wei Xian behind the palace, Xin Er stopped moving forward and waited for the ride to arrive.

The rider rode along the official road and came at a gallop.

The rider was a scribe, who stopped his horse, jumped down, saluted and said, "In Xia Yang Hezhi, meet the general." ”

When Xin Er looked at it, wasn't it the Shu Shi and Huanmeng who secretly helped him during the school parade the day before yesterday, and Sima Yang Hezhi under Huanmeng's account?

That day, Huan Meng was choked by Xin Er, and when he was speechless, Yang Hezhi asked Huan Meng to order the formation of troops, which seemed to be looking for Huan Meng to find a step, but in fact, he secretly helped Xin Er to avoid Huan Meng's fierce counterattack after relieving himself, Xin Er knew this.

Only Yang Hezhi is a subordinate of Huanmeng, and Xin Er is not very familiar with him, so it is not good to express his gratitude to him in person afterwards, so he only taught Li Liang to deputy, found an opportunity, and expressed it slightly, but today he caught up, I don't know why?

Xin Er pondered, also dismounted to the ground, returned the salute, and said with a smile: "Why did Sima chase him?" But what did Duke Huan command? ”

Yang Hezhi rode the horse for too long, after running out of Chengdu, there was almost no rest on the road, day and night, the scarf was crooked by the wind, the exposed hair bun was messy, the eyes were full of red bloodshots, the lips were dry, and the white clothes were dusty; His thighs were worn to the skin, and he only got off the horse, and the two steps he took to the side made him grin with pain.

He packed up his scarf and clothes a little, tried his best to make a neat appearance, and replied: "Huan Jingzhou has no orders, and he is no longer a minister of Huan Jingzhou." ”

Xin Er's heart moved, pretending to be puzzled, and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Yang Hezhi sighed and said: "Huan Jingzhou is a masterpiece in the world, and it is a pity that Yuan Ziqiao is favored by him, and he is jealous and arrogant. I already wanted to hang the seal in the green bamboo, and I went away, who would have thought that I was fortunate enough to know the general a few days ago! The general rode into the Huan camp alone, literary and strategic, heroic, high-level soldiers, and extraordinary discussions; When the school field is five thousand Jingzhou tigers and wolves, scarves and cranes, if you are in the mountains and forests, you will be sure that the Sword Pavilion belongs with one arrow, and He Zhi admires it to the extreme. If the general does not give up, he is willing to enter Shu from the general. ”

Xin Er was overjoyed, hurriedly stepped forward, helped him up, and said with a smile: "When I first met Mr. in the Huan Gong Tent, although I didn't have much conversation with Mr., I already felt that I was speculating with Mr.; The day before yesterday, Mr. Domon helped him, and he wanted to thank him personally, but he did not dare to take the liberty and let Birming come to the door. It's great that Mr. Buyi is willing to join Long today! This is really what I hope for selfishly, and I dare not ask for it! ”

Li Liang coughed and pulled the placket of Xin'er's clothes.

Xin Er turned his head and asked, "Gou Zi, what's wrong?" ”

"Ming Gong, please move a little, Liang has a word to advance."

Xin Er followed him to the side.

Li Liang said solemnly: "Ming Gong, Yang Hezhi can't ask for it!" ”

"Why?"

"He is the board Sima of Huan Jingzhou,...... What else is 'hanging the seal on the green bamboo', does he have a seal? Whiteboard Sima only! But then again, despite this, he is from Huan Jingzhou after all. If Ming Gong rashly accepts it, Huan Jingzhou is afraid that it will be unhappy! ”

Xin Er looked back at Yang Hezhi, who was standing by the horse not far away, but saw that he was thin, and under the backdrop of more than a hundred strong armor soldiers nearby, he couldn't help but feel weak, as if from his body, he saw a bird wandering and looking for branches and perching, and thought in his heart: "This is the first scholar who took the initiative to come to me from other camps, even if it provoked Huan Jingzhou's anger, I will also accept it!" ”

He turned his gaze back and said to Li Liang with a smile, "Qing's words make sense, but Gou Zi, as you said, Yang Hezhi is just a board Sima; Huan Jingzhou Pingshu to the present, wantonly to attract the hearts of the people, recommend, exclude the Shu Qin former ministers, Shu land celebrities more than one hundred ten! The high-ranking person is recommended to enter the Jiangzuo Dynasty, and the high-ranking person is not only the army and Sima in his house, but also the board and Sima. Yang Hezhi is not very conspicuous among them, I just accepted him, even if Huan Jingzhou is a little unhappy, but will he still start a war with me because of this? ”

"That's what I said, but Ming Gong ......"

"Gouzi! Although our army occupied Hanzhong and Jiange, Chengdu was owned by Huan Jingzhou! Chengdu is the capital of Shu and Qin, and the talents and talents of the counties of Shu are gathered in Si, and these wise men and capable ministers have been mostly recruited by Huan Jingzhou. Although the Sword Pavilion is dangerous, Ranqing doesn't hear that 'it is not in danger in Germany', and it doesn't hear that it is 'knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent'? If you want to make the Sword Pavilion and Hanzhong firmly belong to me and Dingxi, you must have a Shu scholar who is familiar with the situation in Shudi! Compared to the unhappiness that may cause Huan Jingzhou, this is the most important thing! ”

Li Liang said: "But Ming Gong, we are not familiar with Yang Hezhi, do we know if he has talent or not, can he use it?" ”

Xin Er smiled: "It doesn't matter if he has talent or not, the key is that he is a Shu scholar, that's enough!" ”

Li Liang's eyes lit up and said, "Oh! Liang understood, Ming Gong called this 'horse bones in Qianjin City'. ”

Xin Er turned around, didn't mention what Li Liang said, and said to Yang Hezhi with a smile: "Mr. has chased him from Chengdu all the way, it must have been very hard, right?" And endure a little longer, and when I get to the county seat of Zitong in front of me, I will send someone to buy a deer cart, and Mr. will be able to rest. ”

Yang Hezhi is a smart person, where could he not guess what Li Liang would say to Xin Er, since Xin Er didn't mention it, he pretended not to know, and said respectfully: "Thank you Ming Gong." ”

Getting up, Yang Hezhi said, "He Zhi has one thing, he has something to do with Ming Gong." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Pseudo-Qin ministers Wang Teng, Deng Hao, Zan Ding, according to Wenshan in the west, Linqiong in the south, Fan Jun is the main after supporting the Fan family, and six or seven days ago, raise the flag to make trouble!"

When Li Liang heard this, he remembered the analysis made by Xin Er before the school parade, and said to Xin Er with admiration: "Ming Gong is like a god!" ”

Xin Er said: "Six or seven days ago, there was chaos? ”

"Yes."

Pinched his fingers and calculated, six or seven days ago, when Xin Er first arrived in Huan Ying, Huan Meng did not go to quell the rebellion, but it took four days to use all means to ask Xin Er for the Sword Pavilion. Xin Er touched his beard and said with a smile: "Duke Huan is really eager for the Sword Pavilion!" ”

He pondered and said: "Huan Jingzhou is self-assured, and the school field parades the formation, forcing me by force; Although I left Chengdu safely, with his thirst for the Sword Pavilion, Jingzhou must not have given up on my Sword Pavilion! When I return to the Sword Pavilion, I should also use the color to suggest to him that I know his weaknesses, and remind him not to beat my Sword Pavilion again. ”

The group remounted and headed north.

In order to take care of Yang Hezhi, the current speed of travel is quite slow compared to before.

On the way forward, Xin Er remembered something, asked Yang Hezhi, and said, "I remember that Mr.'s father is also under the account of Duke Huan. Mr. is coming to vote for me today, Duke Huan will not be angry with Mr.'s father, right? ”

Yang Hezhi said: "Before I left Chengdu, I had already expressed my heart to my father. ”

Xin Er asked, "What did the patriarch of the gentleman say?" ”

Yang Hezhi said: "My father said to me: 'When you were young, people praised you as my family's thousand-mile horse, and you should gallop thousands of miles and go!'" ’”

Xin Er sighed, and said to Li Liang, Wei Shu, and Wei Xian: "How is Bozhu's patriarch also Xiuye? It can be called free and easy. ”

Outside Zitong County, Wei Xian took two cong riders, entered the city, bought a deer cart in the city, bought some other sundries by the way, and piled them all on the deer cart, divided one from the horse, got off the horse and pushed the cart, and returned to the road outside the city, where Xin Er and others were waiting.

smelled a foul smell from afar, Li Liang covered his nose, waited for the deer cart to get close, looked at it, and asked, "What is this?" ”

"I saw it in the market, so I bought it."

Xin Er looked and saw two horses of cloth on the deer cart, a jar of sake, a few birds, beasts, fish and insects made of bamboo and rattan, brown and grass, two bags of tea cakes, and a deer leg. The stench came from the deer's legs.

Yang Hezhi introduced Xin Er and said: "This is the cloth woven by the people, that is, the brocade; This sake and bamboo weaving are also produced by the people. …… During the Warring States Period, the people and Qin Zeng made an alliance to non-aggression against each other, and agreed that 'Qin invaded and lost a pair of yellow dragons, and Qin lost sake for a minute', and the jade carved with the green dragon was used to compare the price of sake, which shows its treasure. Tea cakes, I don't need to talk about it. He pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "The person who was given by the Ming Gong to wash the stomach and intestines is also, and it is the prescription of my Shu land." ”

Li Liang fanned the wind with his hand, the smell was endless, and he said: "Sake, tea cakes, I know." This deer leg is bad, isn't it? It stinks! ”

Yang Hezhi said with a smile: "Jun is in Hanzhong and Sword Pavilion, haven't you ever eaten this thing?" ”

Li Liang said: "No, I haven't seen it." ”

The discipline of the Xiner army was strict, and the soldiers were not allowed to go out of the camp and enter the city for no reason, so as not to disturb the people, so that after the defeat of the middle of the Han Dynasty, Li Liang, including Wei Shu and Wei Xian, had always been in the army and had never gone out; The officials in charge of procurement in the army will only buy some sake, tea cakes and other things, and give them to Xiner, and will never offer stinky deer legs, and Li Liang and others will certainly not see this thing.

Yang Hezhi said: "This deer leg is made by the method of concoction in my Shu land, take the deer and kill it, bury it in the ground, stink it and then eat it." That's what I eat! You might as well give it a try, to ensure that you will be addicted after eating it once, and think about the next time every day. ”

Xin Er also saw this thing for the first time, and after listening to Yang Hezhi's words, he felt fresh, and sighed, "It's a place and a vulgarity!" "What is the principle of this method of making food? I don't understand.

Shu people's diet, stinky as beautiful, this venison production method, sounds incomprehensible, but if you investigate the fundamental, the principle is also simple, and the practice of pickles, sauerkraut and other things is actually roughly similar.

Li Liang shook his head again and again and said, "Forget it." He asked Wei Xian and said, "Ming asked you to buy a deer cart, why are you buying so many of these messy things?" ”

Wei Xian replied: "Xian usually has no time to go out of the camp, so I take this opportunity to buy some Shu specialties in case Ming Gong returns to Guyin, so that he can give them to others." ”

Xin Er smiled and said, "Qing has a heart!" Looking at Zitong County, he asked Wei Xian and said, "You can buy these things from the city, the security in the county should be very good, right?" Is the city quite lively? ”

Wei Xian replied: "It is no different from the ordinary county in my Dingxi. ”

Xin Er shook his head and thought in his heart: "The battle of Chengdu has only passed for ten months, and Zitong County can be the same as before." Huan Jingzhou not only has military cadres, but also has governance ability! ”

The cloth, deer legs and other things, each carried by the rider, Yang Hezhi sat on the deer cart, one from the back to push it, and everyone continued to hurry.

A deer cart is a wheelbarrow, with a bucket on the top and a wheel on the bottom, one person sits in the bucket and one person pushes behind. This kind of car is suitable for mountain roads. At the end of the Qin Dynasty in the previous generation, the power in Shu was divided, and there was an immortal material in the country, and he invented a kind of baggage transport vehicle that was easy to drive in the mountains, called "Wooden Ox Liuma", which is said to be based on the unicycle of the deer cart as the prototype and created.

Seven or eight days later, Xin Er led Li Liang, Yang Hezhi and others to return to the Sword Pavilion after passing through Qinde County, where Gao Yan Cao was Zhenshu.

Xin Er didn't rest, and immediately wrote a book and sent it to Huanmeng.

The letter wrote: "Hearing that Wang Teng, Deng Hao, and Zan Ding are in rebellion, there are few public soldiers, and if they are not strong, our army can help." ”

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