The third minister from the left arranged the five carriages of Ju Wenli's family behind his own car, and sent his own soldiers to protect them.

Ju Wenli had to talk to Zuo Sanxiang every day and ask many things about the Central Plains, and Zuo Sanxiang patiently answered and explained one by one.

For Zuo Sanxiang, there is no longer a military entanglement with troops to fight along the way, and it is also a good thing to have a little girl pestering him all day long, otherwise Zuo Sanxiang will really suffocate to death.

After Liu Jingchuan sobered up, the first thing he did was to count everyone's kettles, dry food, and supplies in the car.

"Zuo Shuai is also big-hearted, he didn't wait for me to wake up and count the supplies before I went on the road, in case there was water and food on the way, it would be troublesome! Blame me for being greedy! ”

"Lao Liu, rest assured, the supplies are enough this time, by the way, we can pick wild vegetables as much as possible along the way, anyway, save some food and drink, and when we get to Yumen Pass, we won't be afraid!"

"Zuo Shuai, be careful to travel a 10,000-year-old ship, there are still thousands of miles on this way! Most of them are deserted places, so you can't be cautious! ”

"Haha, they all say that I am cautious, but in fact, where is my cautiousness, it is Lao Liu who is cautious! If it weren't for you, the grain and grass alone in the past two years would have been enough for me to drink a pot! ”

Liu Jingchuan waved his hand, "I'm ashamed, if I'm really cautious, where will I be drunk every day!" If there is a war, something will definitely go wrong! ”

"It is precisely because there is no war anymore that it is rare to have an indulgence, humanity is relaxed, and if you do things with your heart and face every day, you will collapse!"

"I haven't seen you drunk, dare you keep being nervous? You'll have to find a way to relax! ”

Zuo Sanxiang smiled and shook his head, "I'm actually relaxing, but it's different from your way, haven't I been a teacher these days?" That's how I relax! ”

"That's right, Tong Yan Wuji, chatting with a teenage girl, teaching her to read and read and recognize flowers and stargazing, more relaxed than us drinking, at least don't have to prevent others from getting you drunk first!"

"You guys take precautions, and in the end they are not all put down, it is better not to take precautions, and tell me to drink and drink happily, why bother with it? You pushed back and forth, a glass of wine spilled halfway, but the words said a thousand words, and then poured it like persuading people to drink medicine, I was shocked when I looked at it! ”

"To put it bluntly, you drank and slipped your head, and after drinking three glasses, you went to the toilet to hide! Zuo Shuai is a first-class man in the war, but when he drinks wine, he is a little daughter-in-law, and he is the one who buckles the rope! It's really boring to drink with you! ”

"Uncle Zuo, Uncle Liu, do you still want to drink?"

Ju Wenli didn't know when she got out, and asked the two big men with a blank face.

"Haha, you little elf, why are you eavesdropping on us?"

"I'm not eavesdropping, but in broad daylight, you are talking here, and there is the sun in heaven and the sand on the earth to witness, how can you eavesdrop?" Ju Wenli said very seriously

Liu Jingchuan couldn't help but squat down, "Ju Wenli, she is really smart and clever, no wonder Zuo Shuai wants to chat with you, it seems that chatting with you is much more interesting than drinking!" ”

"Uncle Liu, it's not good to drink, if you drink again in the future, I won't talk to you!"

"Haha, you take care of me, okay, uncle, don't drink until the Yumen Passes!"

"I don't believe it, there are still thousands of miles away, I don't believe that you can bear not to drink, Wen Li, Uncle Zuo will supervise your Uncle Liu every night from now on, I'm afraid that he will get up in the middle of the night and drink secretly!"

"There are stars and moons to witness at night, and those who lie will have their ears cut off! If Uncle Liu secretly drinks and talks, the moon will come and cut off his ears! ”

Zuo Sanxiang and Liu Jingchuan laughed loudly, "Okay, okay, then we'll wait for the moon to cut off his ears!" ”

"Don't worry, your Uncle Liu and I will definitely count! I won't let the moon cut my ears! ”

Out of Gaochang to Yumen Pass, all the way to the first half of the time, Liu Jing faxed to do not touch a drop of wine, in fact, it was not only for this promise, the main thing was that all the affairs such as eating and medical treatment in the team on the march had to be taken care of by Liu Jing, and he did not dare to let himself drink and make mistakes.

The wind, snowstorm, and wild wolf and poisonous snakes on this road have not been able to stop the team of the left three phases returning to the court, and compared with the time when they came, the Loulan people, fire dragon people, and Di people who came out to loot from time to time on this road are gone.

The caravan on the road also encountered several caravans, but they were all funded by the family, and the three prime ministers on the left asked one by one, but they never saw the caravan of Huxi Cliff.

When there were still five hundred miles away from Yumen Pass, Zuo Sanxiang was surprised to find that a post station was also being built here.

Seeing the team of the three prime ministers on the left, the leading supervisor immediately stopped and greeted him, and saw that the team was also waving the banner of the beam, and the supervisor probably knew what the situation was, so he showed a smile, "Dare to ask the adults are from Liu Dadu's army?" ”

"Exactly, I am the third minister of the left, this is Liu Jingchuan, we are edicted to return to the court, may I ask your Excellency to build a post here?"

"Yo yo yo, it turned out to be the famous Zuo Dashuai, disrespectful and disrespectful! The small one is Hong Da, the overseer who built the post station, and the small one meets Zuo Shuai! Brothers, come and meet Zuo Shuai! ”

"Hurry up, please get up, it's all for the country, you have worked hard, is this post station arranged by Yumen Pass, or is it an edict of the imperial court?"

"This is an order from the imperial court, saying that in order to connect the Western Regions, a post station should be built every five hundred miles, and horses, grain, and grass should be prepared for the operation of the army's caravan messengers! We are the first group of people to set out, and after we have built this long river post, the second and third groups of people will come

Finish! If Zuo Shuai arrives a few days late, he can rest in our Changhe Station! It's not finished yet, so please forgive the little ones for being lazy! ”

Zuo Sanxiang looked at the post station under construction and nodded, "Very good, the imperial court has made wise decisions, and you have done a good job!" We'll camp near your tent! ”

"Please also ask Zuo Shuai and Master Liu to give the little ones some pointers and see if there is anything wrong!" Hongda bent over and smiled and made a gesture of please

Hong Da was originally a polite remark, but he didn't expect that Zuo Sanxiang and Liu Jingchuan had personally supervised the construction of the post station, and this look showed the problem.

"Hongda, why is there no water grass in that water depression?"

Hong Da looked in the direction of the three phases on the left, it was a puddle that he had cleaned with people in the past few days, and there were several wells dug next to it.

"Zuo Shuai, that's the case, there are too many aquatic plants in the puddle, and they look dirty, so the little one took people to clean up for a few days before they got all the aquatic plants out!"

Liu Jingchuan was a little anxious, "Where do you put the aquatic plants that came out?" ”

Hong Da looked at Liu Jingchuan with some surprise: "Back to Lord Liu, we will pile up this aquatic grass in the camp, ready to dry it for forage, don't dare to waste the small ones!" I don't know what's wrong with the little ones doing this? Please also show it to Mr. Liu! ”

"Big mistake! Hurry up and lead someone to get the aquatic plants back into the puddle, it's too late! ”

"Lord Liu, why is this? Finally, the water is a little cleaner, this? ”

Zuo Sanxiang patted Hongda's shoulder, "Hurry up and do what Lord Liu said, it's late, this post station will be abandoned, there will be no water here in the future, and it will be useless to have a post station empty!" ”

Hongda still doesn't understand: "Why is there no water when there is no water and grass?" The little ones really don't understand! ”

"You, do you know that this aquatic plant covers the sun and protects the water hidden under the aquatic weed, and the dew that condenses on the leaves of the aquatic plant will drip into the puddle every night, so that there is water in this puddle. Now that you have removed the water and weeds, and within a month the puddle will dry up, where do you say that the water will come from? ”

Zuo Sanxiang pointed to the puddle again, "Hongda, you go and see if the water in the puddle is less than a few days ago!" You go and see it first! We've always been convinced! ”

Hong Da immediately ran to the puddle with three people, and then came back dejectedly, "Zuo Shuai, Lord Liu, I was wrong. Brothers, hurry up and bring back the aquatic plants and put them in the water! Be quick! Don't leave a single aquatic plant in the camp, send it all back to the puddle! ”

Looking at Hongda and the others who were covered in mud, Liu Jingchuan took out the four pots of wine he had accumulated, "Hongda, this is the wine we brought from Gaochang, you take it and share it with the brothers!" ”

Hong Da didn't dare to come over, and the left third minister beckoned to him, "Don't you dare to drink the wine sent by Lord Liu?" You and your brothers have worked so hard, we all see it, these four pots of wine are to comfort you! Let's go and get it and divide it with my brothers! ”

After Zuo Sanxiang spoke, Hong Da wiped his hands on his body before going to bring the wine back.

After leaving the Changheyi, he walked for more than 20 days and came to the Yumen Pass, where the Yumen Pass guard Du Cun took people out of the city to greet him.

This Du Cun is a descendant of the Jingzhao Du clan and a member of the family, but when he was born as a child, he was already like a civilian, and he finally became a border general by fighting in the army, and Zuo Sanxiang also attached great importance to him.

"Brother Du is so courteous, Zuo is ashamed of it!"

"Brother Zuo has made immortal achievements in the Western Regions, can't I still let someone Du go out of the city to greet him? Do you look down on someone Du or? Hahaha"

"You and I don't have to be so polite, Brother Du, is there corn porridge in Guancheng? Zuo has eaten jerky flatbread for more than half a year, and he really doesn't want to eat it anymore! ”

Du Cun looked at the swarthy Zuo Sanxiang, "Oh, there is meat to eat and bread to eat, I am envious, good, there are many merchants in this city, corn is indispensable, and rice is available!" You want to drink porridge, Lao Du will give you a full tube! Give me some of your jerky and flatbread. ”

"I heard that people who eat rice porridge are snow-white! I'm going to eat rice porridge too! ”

Ju Wenli also got out of the car and ran in front of Zuo Sanxiang.

Du Cun looked at Ju Wenli and immediately laughed evilly, "Okay, you are a left-handed third phase, your daughters are so old, no wonder you are desperately fighting in the Western Regions, it turns out that you have a love history in the Western Regions!" What a merry genius! ”

"Brother Du said cautiously, this is Ju Wenli of the Gaochang royal family, not the daughter of someone Zuo, this time I am specially following us on the pilgrimage to see the Son of Heaven!"

"Oh oh, oh, oh, my Lao Du said the wrong thing, okay, three glasses of wine at night!"

"Lao Du, I won't be fooled by you, when it comes to drinking, I have Master Liu to accompany you! I just mean it! ”

After only staying at Yumen Pass for three days, Zuo Sanxiang and the others set off again, and this time they no longer needed to worry about supplies along the road.

But there are other things to worry about, if the rest of Yu Wanli's troops return to the Central Plains, someone will definitely come to Zuo Sanxiang halfway to take revenge, and it is very likely that the Yu family will hire a killer to take revenge in private.

However, this kind of worry Zuo Sanxiang only told Liu Jingchuan and his thirty personal soldiers, and Zuo Sanxiang suggested that he walk in front with great fanfare with his own soldiers under the banner, so that Liu Jingchuan and Ju Wenli could travel three days away from Zuo Sanxiang, in case Liu Jingchuan and Ju Wenli's family were accidentally injured.

"My Lao Liu knows what you mean, but when have we ever been separated! You are thinking about us, but why can't we share and face it together? And have you thought about it, in case the Assassins take us hostage?

What do you do? Since there is a lot of fanfare, we will use the banner of returning to the Hajj to meet the Gaochang envoys, and forgive them for not daring to attack the convoy of the Gaochang envoys! Since we want to make a big fanfare, we will first send people to the counties along the way to report, so that everyone will know that there will be crowds on the road at that time, even if they want to start, they have to scruple! ”

The third person from the left looked around Liu Jingchuan for a while, "Old Liu, it's really my honor to work with a hero like you, but we can't let Ju Wenli's family take this risk with me!" ”

"Since they have chosen this path, they must go on, and if you choose to take them back to the Central Plains, you should think of everything that may happen, instead of facing it alone when danger comes!"

Zuo Sanxiang paced back and forth, and Liu Jingchuan was anxious, "Old Zuo, this is not your style!" It seems that you really regard Ju Wenli as your daughter, I have never seen you mess around like today! ”

"Well, the eldest husband shouldn't hesitate, just do as you say, and we'll break the road together! What should come will come! ”

Walked for four days to Dunhuang, stayed in Dunhuang for half a day, was about to set off, there were masked people to kill the left three phases, fortunately, the left three phases of the personal soldiers desperately escorted the masked man to kill back.

From this weather, the left three ministers divided the personal soldiers and the guards into three shifts to rest and guard, so they walked a little slower than the original.

After walking for half a month, Zuo Sanxiang found that he couldn't do this: "The purpose of the assassins is to delay our return to Beijing so that we can gather people and prepare to ambush us!" Before you get to Wuwei, you don't need to be so vigilant, speed up! ”

Everyone was a little worried, and Zuo Sanxiang drew a picture on the ground, "Next, there are only three places in Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Wuwei that can stay, and the rest of the places are just grasslands and deserts, and the assassins don't know that we will pass through that path, and the ambush on this section of the road is not only possible to fight the air, but also to supply and camp." I judge that they will continue to ambush and follow us in Wuwei, because from Wuwei, there are two routes back to Chang'an! ”

Liu Jingchuan also knows a lot about geography, and immediately added, "When you arrive in Wuwei, you will see it!" If you take the Fengxiang route, you can take the waterway, and you can also take the waterway in the Jingzhou area of the northern route, but I expect that the ships are limited, and they will definitely be able to send people to do things in advance. Therefore, we have to take more land routes. However, whether it is the south route or the north route, the two ferry crossings are the most dangerous places! I don't know which brothers in the army are familiar with water! ”

Zuo Sanxiang smiled, "My personal soldiers happen to be people from Jingzhou, Jiangnan and other places, and they have been soaking in the water since they were children!" Don't be afraid of this! But you still have to be careful, after all, the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light! ”

When he arrived in Wuwei, he was attacked by a masked man again, but the masked man was not in love with the last time, and fled after a while of contact.

"It seems that there are capable people behind the assassins, who are constantly tempting, one is to attract our attention and influence our judgment, and the other is to detect our strength and combat power! Next, I'm going to take the southern route, what do you think? ”

Most of the guards are from the Fengxiang Army, and they are most familiar with the southern route, and if there is a danger after arriving in Fengxiang, they can defect to the Fengxiang Army.

Everyone readily agreed, and Liu Jingchuan pondered for a while and agreed.

All the way to Xianyang Gudu, the guard of the ferry saluted Zuo Sanxiang and invited them to get on the boat, Zuo Sanxiang looked at the four ordinary passenger boats and waved his hand, "Today we only go to the ferry, don't get on the boat!" I am a dignified general who has returned to the west, how can I take this kind of boat? I'm going to wait for the imperial court's ship! ”

"This is sent by the imperial court, snubbing the adult, it is all the villain's dereliction of duty, and now the imperial court is short of funds, please forgive Zuo Shuai! After crossing the river, there is an honor guard on the other side of the river to welcome Zuo Shuai! Please don't embarrass the villain! ”

Zuo Sanxiang sneered, "Since there are car drivers and honor guards on the other side, I'll wait for them to come!" I won't cross the river today, I won't cross the river tomorrow, when will the court send a big boat over, when will I cross the river again! ”

"Toast without eating and drinking! Brothers, destroy this thief! ”

The ferry guard shouted! Dozens of masked people were killed, all of them took lime bags and threw them at the convoy of the left three phases, and then opened their bows and arrows to shoot over, and the left three phases turned over and hid in the belly of the horse and shouted "Protect the car!" Shield the enemy! ”

When Zuo Sanxiang stopped in Fengxiang, he bought ten carriages and hid his own soldiers, and hired thirty coachmen to pretend to be his own soldiers to pull the carts.

The Assassin killed more than 30 people by throwing arrows and fire, and blinded the guards with lime powder, and when he saw that the time had come, he swarmed them.

At this time, the soldiers hiding in the car all jumped down with shields in their left hands and swords in their right hands and fought with the assassins.

"Remember, keep your mouth alive!"

The Assassins were gradually defeated, but it was too late to escape, and the guards wiped their eyes with the oil reserved by Liu Jingchuan to surround the Assassins on the periphery, and the pro-soldiers also squeezed the Assassins together and could not move.

The Assassin at the head shouted, "Give me a knife, and I will give you a knife, don't fall into their hands!" ”

The ensuing scene shocked Zuo Sanxiang and the others, and the assassins threw away their long knives and swords, which were caught in their shields, and took out daggers from their arms and stabbed each other vigorously.

None of the assassins survived, and Zuo Sanxiang shook his head, "Why bother? Report it to your local government! By the way, the boat has to go back to the fisherman's house along the road to look for it, and the boat at this ferry port will leak if it goes to the middle of the river! You guys go and see if there's something wrong with the bottom of the boat? ”

Everyone checked for a while, and the bottom of the boat docked at the ferry port was chiseled and temporarily glued with glue and sawdust, and the water had begun to seep.