Laura, Jack Jones, and countless other adventurers have taught us that to become a great explorer, a strong body is essential. Since I came back from the ancient building, I changed my lazy and lazy style, carefully formulated a fitness plan, practiced every day, rain or shine, not only that, but I also asked Ruier to teach me archery and hunting, Ruier also because of my change, my attitude towards me has changed a lot, often remind me, and the daily diet is more targeted. Of course, since she tasted my cooking, she was only responsible for collecting ingredients.

"I'll give you a gift," Rui'er said to me mysteriously, smiling.

"Gifts? Is it that high-tech pistol? ”

"You think too much, that thing can't be given to you, the use of a pistol in ancient times is also an act of destroying the flow of time, do you want me to do anything with you?" Rui'er retracted her smile and said to me very seriously.

"What's that gift?"

"Well, this is it," he said, pulling out a crossbow from his back, "I went to the mountains again a few days ago, took some materials from the mechanical worms, and then went to the blacksmith shop in the town outside the valley to make it for you myself."

I took the **, carefully examined, the whole crossbow is made of metal, the texture of the line has nothing to say, the crossbow body is not reflective, easy to hide, the handle is divided into two front and back, the dual-handed crossbow can effectively improve the stability of shooting, the upper end of the crossbow is a double-row crossbow back, which improves the shooting speed, however, I did not see the bowstring.

Rui'er took the crossbow, held a handle in one hand, and pulled it back and forth with force, only to hear the sound of "click", and the crossbow was divided into two.

"This crossbow uses an internal mechanism to shoot fire, which can be loaded with 40 short arrows at one time, and when combined into a crossbow, the range can reach 200 meters, or it can be divided into two small crossbows like this to shoot continuously at close range, and the crossbow back can be retracted for easy carrying."

What a great guy, it's a shrunken version of the Uzi Assault Gun, and it can also be dual-wielded. I hurriedly took it back into my hand and kept wiping it.

"Thank you, Rui'er, for doing this especially for me."

"Thank you, you have time to practice your feel more, and next time you encounter danger, it's time for you to rush forward." A hint of crimson floated across Rui'er's face, and she hurriedly glanced away, "By the way, I learned to make short arrows by myself, and I don't have so much money for you to buy them." ”

"Okay, okay, hehe."

The days go by day by day, every day fitness, crossbows, short arrows, but also fulfilling, occasionally receive Qi Tong sent a flying pigeon book, the content is just some rumors, the more peaceful life, the more I want to adventure heart more restless, just like this two spring and autumn, this morning, just had breakfast, ready to go out hunting with Rui'er, but from a distance to see a person is walking towards the direction of the old house, when the person walks in, it turns out to be Qi Tong.

"How have your Highness been all these years?" Qi Tong bowed to me.

I took a closer look at Qi Tong, I haven't seen him for two years, there is no big change, his eyes are bright, his figure is not as thin as before, and his complexion is a lot ruddy, it seems that setting up a stall to do business is more suitable for him than being an errand in the Yamen.

"Brother Qi doesn't have to be polite, go in and talk." As I spoke, I turned sideways to get into the house.

Hearing me call him "Brother Qi", Qi Tong was obviously a little flustered, waving his hands and giving gifts, making a mess, his face was red to his neck, I patted him on the shoulder and said: "Brother Qi don't be nervous, it has been two years since I fled from the imperial city, where do you see where I still have the appearance of a prince now?" Besides, Brother Qi and I have also experienced life and death together, so why shouldn't you and I be called brothers? With that, he dragged him into the house.

Seeing this situation, Qi Tong did not shirk, the three of us sat down in the hall, Rui'er came up with three cups of tea on the side, Qi Tong calmed down, and said:

"Your Highness, yesterday I received a letter sent by General Zhou, and I have already read the contents of the letter."

"Oh? What does the letter say? ”

"Your Royal Highness, General Zhou said in the letter that since he left here, he went all the way to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian to inquire about the whereabouts of the first emperor, and met a lot of talented people on the rivers and lakes on the way.

"Oh? Xinghua Mansion, aren't you your hometown? ”

"It's the ancestral home of the grass people," Qi Tong paused, and then said, "Without further ado, I'd better leave as soon as possible and go to join General Zhou." ”

"Very well, I'll leave tomorrow," I said, standing up. I was finally able to get out of here, I was finally able to start my adventure, and my whole body felt my blood boiling.

Early the next morning, Rui'er and I took our bags and prepared to go, Qi Tong had been waiting for us in front of the gate early, yesterday when leaving, I gave Qi Tong some of the palace gadgets I had brought with me before, let him go to the pawnshop to change some coils, today he met, and returned to me intact, listen to his own explanation, yesterday when I went back, he put the book stall out, the world has been peaceful in the past two years, there are many people who buy books and calligraphy and paintings, plus he himself understands medical skills, occasionally helps people to see a disease, writes a prescription, and also makes a lot of money, He can afford the cost of this trip. This made me feel embarrassed, but it was hard to shirk, so I had to give him the jade wrench I had brought with me in the palace before.

Rui'er is very reluctant, three steps and one turn, since Zhou Cong brought Rui'er back, this is also the first time Rui'er left the old mansion of the Zhou family, so many years, she has long regarded this old mansion as her home, but there is no way to leave this time, after all, she is my monitor, she has to follow wherever I go, and besides, the ancient building was buried, the base was destroyed, and she also needed to find other ways to report the situation to the above.

The road from Chengtianfu to Xinghuafu is long, it is very inconvenient to take the land route, there are many people, and it is safest to take the waterway, we have prepared some more dry food in the town outside the valley, and bought a fishing boat at the wharf, and the three of us traveled all the way to the south. Since Rui'er regained her memory, she has more and more skills, and she can ride a horse and drive, so it is naturally no problem to be at the helm of a boat. The three of them talked and laughed together, and along the way, Qi Tong also told us a lot about his hometown.

Xinghua Mansion, is now Putian City, the local sea, in addition to fishing as a business, there are many people engaged in maritime trade, "brave the wind and waves, adventure obstacles, profit from other counties, foreign fan" is to describe these traveling merchants Haijia, and with the increasing development of maritime trade, another profession also came into being, that is, piracy, listening to Qi Tong said, he often heard when he was a child, a family relied on being a traveling merchant to earn family property, and as a result, went to sea to meet pirates, the ship was gone, and the people were gone. The imperial court also sent officers and soldiers to the sea to suppress bandits, but the pirates were haunted, and the reports submitted by the subordinates about the encounters of bandits by traveling merchants were not much in a year, so the local government did not pay much attention to them. The locals have the custom of worshiping Mazu, also to ensure their own safety at sea. In addition to fishing and traveling merchants, the local cultural atmosphere is also very strong, according to historical records, since the emergence of the imperial examination system, there are a total of 21 champions, 7 people in the list, 5 people in the flowers, the people are also proud of the imperial examination, so it is not surprising that Qi Tongzu practiced medicine in the last generation.

About a month later, we came to the boundary of Xinghua Prefecture, Qi Tong said that the waterway would not be passable further, we had to abandon the boat and change to walking, and there were four or five days of time, the three of us came to a place called Yuping County, Qi Tong's family lived in the county seat. There is a relevant card to enter the city, and you need to submit your identity documents to the official guarding the city gate for registration, and then pay a little customs clearance fee. When we were in the old house of the Zhou family, Qi Tong had a flying pigeon to pass a book, asking us to draw up a fake identity, so that it is easy to do identity documents, I told him in the reply that I have changed my name to Wen San, Qi Tong also sent a message to persuade me not to use such a non-level name, hum, I don't want to think about it, who gave such a non-level name, do I dare not use it?

"Zhou Rui'er, your ancestral home is Chengtianfu, what are you doing here?" The official guarding the city glanced at Rui'er with a domineering expression.

"Visiting relatives and friends." Rui'er replied angrily.

"What kind of attitude, I see that your identity is suspicious, follow me back to the yamen, I will interrogate carefully."

"You dare!" As she spoke, Rui'er was about to do it. As soon as I saw this tense posture, I hurriedly stepped forward to pull Rui'er away, and pulled the official aside, and said with a smile on my face: "Oh, this poor brother, my brother and sister are here with my friend to return to their hometowns, by the way, bring some local products, my sister has never been out since she was a child, and her temper is strange, you must not rest assured, you can take this bit of silver, and drink tea with your brothers." With that, he took out a small piece of silver from his bosom and stuffed it into the hand of the servant.

"Okay, okay, you go over there and register your and her names, go into the city and settle down, don't look for trouble." The official consciously put away the money.

I wrote my name on the table, walked to Rui'er's side again, and whispered to her: "Is it necessary to lose your temper, as long as we can enter the city smoothly, you won't see him in the future, you see now, the customs clearance fee of ten copper plates, now give out one or two silver, can you get it?" ”

Rui'er pretended not to hear, and while I was unprepared, she stepped on me hard, and I was about to cry out in pain, when I suddenly heard the official say, "You are Qi Tong?" ”

Well? What went wrong? I saw that the official was holding Qi Tong's identity document in one hand, while looking at it incessantly, the previous pickled and splashed expression was gone, and his face was serious, which made us nervous this time, could it be that the fake identity was seen through? But only my and Rui'er's identities are fake, but Qi Tong's identities are real! Why did this official make a 180-degree change in alignment?

"The grass people are Qi Tong." Qi Tong was stunned for a moment and replied. Apparently he didn't understand why.

"Are you Qi Tong of the Tongji Tang Qi family?"

"Exactly down there."

The official didn't ask any further, he glanced at Qi Tong again, then walked to the other officer, leaned down and said something in his ear, and the officer also looked back at Qi Tong, and then ran towards the city.

"Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, the identity document of this Qi Gongzi is a little different from the records of the government, I will ask another guy to go back to the door of the yamen to check again" After saying that, he pulled me aside again, took out the one or two silver from his arms just now, and stuffed it back into my hand.

"Wen Gongzi, I was offended a lot just now, we people are also acting on orders, recently I heard that there are thieves who often disguise themselves in the city to do some stealing, let us strictly check the merchants who come and go, don't be surprised."

The attitude of the official suddenly became so polite, I felt that the matter might not be so simple, and I wanted to ask again, but the official had already returned to the city gate to continue to check on other passers-by.

After waiting for a long time, the officials who ran back to the city ran back again, followed by seven or eight officials, these people ran to the gate of the city, and automatically stood on both sides in two columns, and then, a person in an official uniform also trotted all the way up, ran to Qi Tong in a few steps, his face was full of red light, grabbed Qi Tong's hand, and said:

"Master Qi, Master Qi, you can be regarded as coming back, if you don't come back, the life of the lower official will be gone."

After speaking, he beckoned the officials around him and asked them to hurry up and prepare the sedan chair.

"What did you say, my lord, why didn't I understand?"

"Lord Qi, the details of the matter, I will pay you details when I will go to the next official, and I will take the order first!" Then he took out the decree from his bosom and prepared to read it.

After receiving the holy decree, I was going to kneel, so I quickly pulled Rui'er to kneel, and Qi Tong and the other officials also knelt on the ground.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, the original five cities of the Terracotta and Horses clerks are all through, since childhood hard to study medical books, hanging pots to help the world, is really a good talent, now read its Jing is difficult to meritorious, promoted to the four products of the hospital with the same knowledge, immediately take office, admire this."

What the? Is it difficult to be meritorious? Promoted to the same knowledge of the Sipintai Hospital? After listening to the reading of the decree, the three of them were stunned.