I don't know if I don't go far away, even if my group has made full preparations before setting off, but as soon as I get on the road, all kinds of problems come one after another.

At this time, the dog really envied the candidates who lived in Gyeonggi and did not have to go through the hardships of rushing.

"Brother Wang, can you still hold up this belly?"

The weather at the beginning of September was really when the autumn tiger was raging, there was no cool breeze in the air at all, and the pole carried the flag of "the provincial test of Longzhou Lifting the Son of the Ministry of Liberation", and the head was drooping "dejected" along the way.

"Brother Wang, if you feel uncomfortable, let's stop and make it convenient for you!"

The "brother Wang" in the mouth of the dog is the celebration banquet, drunk and accosted with the dog, and later chatted to know, no wonder he came up to chat with himself, it turned out that he was the son of Longzhou County, and I guessed that I had heard of the dog's name, but it was not all.

"Brother Zhao, I can still hold on! While the road is still gentle, let's hurry up! ”

The dog, who had received the reply, had no choice but to tell him that he had something to say, and rode his big green mule to the front of the procession.

"Brothers, hurry up and strive for Li Zhuang where we are resting in front tonight!"

Originally, the dog thought that there were three stewards on the road as companions, so how could it be easier, but this old slippery head, as soon as he got out of the Longzhou boundary, he drove the caravan away with a roar, and the angry dog stomped his feet.

"I said Brother Zhao! In this scorching sun, why are we in such a hurry? A round-headed and big-eared man pushed away the boy who was wiping the sweat on his cheeks, and angrily questioned the dog.

"That's right! The Provincial Examination of the Ministry of Rites was only held on March 3, and it is only the beginning of September! But with five months to go, why are we in such a hurry? Don't you want to chase the caravan that goes first? ”

Li Caixun, the lifter of Jiangyou County, has tried all the lifters of his peers since the team set off, except for Zhang Liang and Zhang Juren of Pingwu County, everyone else is not in their eyes, and even arrogant.

As far as the six moves that the chain hall tried, he was not very respectful, if it weren't for the fact that the dog was the leader of the two giants of the Longzhou government, he would not have taken the initiative to talk to the dog at all.

As the saying goes, talented people are proud of their talents, and his tone is so unkind, the dogs don't bother to pay attention to him.

just arched his hand to the first to ask the question: "I don't know if you have ever been to Lin'an Dadu?" ”

Including Li Caixun, several people shook their heads in unison, and the background of several of them was already known to the dog, after all, he still had a task on his back.

The dog coughed and said loudly: "Look at the time, it is true that there are still five months, but I asked several colleagues who have been to Lin'an, it will take two months to climb mountains and mountains along the way, and even find a boat to cross the river!" ”

"If we go slowly, in case of heavy rain, breaking down the official road and blocking traffic, we have to prepare to take a detour, the time is impossible to estimate, if it is delayed, it is not easy to rush when it is cold!"

"The most important! What are we going to Lin'an for? Participate in the imperial examination! Although I see that the big guys will find time to read books on the road, but how much can I learn, so the younger brother thought, let's hurry up and hurry, don't waste all your time on the road, and wait until you get to Kyoto to study with peace of mind, right? As the saying goes, it's too early to be late! ”

The words were reasonable, and everyone finally understood why the two ministers chose the dog leader.

"So, let's do it!"

The round-headed, big-eared man was the first to speak again, and then climbed into the carriage, and the servant who drove the carriage flicked his whip and whipped his horse's buttocks.

Seeing this, the others also rushed to the carriage, and those with large cattle also rushed away, and only five or six people remained, walking slowly with baskets on their backs.

Where on foot they could catch up with the people in the carriage, so in a short time the men were left far behind.

Seeing this, the dog had no choice but to sigh and say, "A few brothers, how about taking the younger brother's carriage?" ”

A few people glanced at the carriage full of salutes, laughed, shook their hands and said, "Brother Zhao, don't worry!" Let's hurry up and try to reach Li Zhuang in front of us when it gets dark! It's just that Brother Zhao is troublesome and says to the owner of the village, leave us food! ”

The weather was very hot, and the dogs didn't want to guard a few of them, so they arched their hands and said, "I'm waiting for you to eat in Lizhuang", and beat the horses...... Well, the mule ran away.

The route to Lin'an, the dog and the people discussed is to go through Longqing Mansion, along the Minjiang River to the east, into Kuizhou Road to Jinghu North Road, and then along the Yangtze River (that is, the Yangtze River) continue to the east, through Huainan West Road, Jiangnan East Road, Liangzhejiang West Road, to reach the destination, Lin'an.

Along the way, I was tired of passing through the state and county, climbing mountains and wading through rivers, but fortunately, there were donkeys and carriages to travel, and the bumpy level of the official road was acceptable, even if it was not acceptable, for the sake of the future, everyone could grit their teeth and endure it.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were 23 roads, and after the loss of the northern land, there were still 16 roads within the reach of the power (Shaoxing 17-year system).

In addition to the 300 prefectures, counties, and caves, there were more than 700 counties in the Southern Song Dynasty, while there were 1,255 in the Northern Song Dynasty.

As for the village, well, there is no way to count, just like Li Zhuang, twenty-one households, more than 120 people are considered a village.

It is also one of the many clan natural villages under the jurisdiction of Longqing Province.

The whole village does not have a foreign surname, even if the one who recruited in is surnamed Li, he respected an ancestor before his death, and entered an ancestral grave after his death.

Therefore, the person in charge of the village is a group of old men surnamed Li, all of whom are black-faced linen clothes, and the only one who shows a little white light in his dark cheeks is Li Laohan, the owner of Li Zhuang.

"Uncle! The younger generation and his party are to solve the Lin'an Dadu to participate in the provincial examination, passing by here, it is late, and the outside is restless, so I want to borrow a house in your village to live, a meal money house money forage money, we settle one by one, I don't know if you have free land to lend us to live? ”

The old owner of Li Zhuang is old, his ears are a little back, and he didn't hear what the dog said for a while, but fortunately, his eyes were not spent, and he saw a group of people dressed as scholars, especially the flag in front of the team, which was unknown.

directly grinned: "Oh, you guys are this year's lifter?" It's so late in the day, don't sleep in the wilderness, come to our village, stay one night at ease, and hurry tomorrow. ”

When the person with the back of the ear speaks, he will subconsciously speak loudly, even if the person who is talking to is not behind the ear, he will also speak with a loud voice.

The dog's ears were buzzing by him, and he knew that the old farmer was behind his ears, and he didn't make any other explanation, so he arched his hand and said, "So, thank you Mrs. Li!" ”

The old owner of Li didn't listen carefully to the dog's speech, but when he saw him look respectful and then saluted himself, he was happy in his heart, and said in his mouth, "It's really such a polite number of scholars, not like the three sons of my family, who rob houses all day long, idle and misbehaving!" It's quite unreasonable! ”

Dogs: ......

Suddenly hearing the old man say this, the hearts of the people were entangled, and they looked around nervously one by one, guessing in their hearts, didn't they enter a black village?

Then they all looked at the dogs.

They are afraid, and the dogs are also afraid, this has just walked to Lizhou East Road, is it over, and it is self-throwing?

"Old Master Li, I don't know what kind of business your village is doing, that, the younger generations came to poor land, and they have to travel thousands of miles to Lin'an, so ......"

The dog stopped silently, and the rest of the people behind him stopped.

Li Laohan, who was walking in front of him to lead the way, suddenly saw that the scholars had stopped, and the petty official led by him touched his stomach for a while, and then spread his hands at himself, and he was still muttering in his mouth.

"What are you eating? Hahaha, you are all precious ministers, it is rare to come to our village to take care of the drops, rest assured! ”

After speaking, he said to a little baby with a finger next to him: "Go, notify from door to door, and say that there are distinguished guests coming to the village, let each family come to the village with two catties of rice!" ”

"I know, I'll go!"

Pedal, pedal, pedal, little doll ran away.

The dog watched all this silently, thinking to himself, this doesn't look like a robber! He beckoned his peers and said, "Let's go!" It should be fine! ”

Everyone entered the village, and they didn't have to run if they wanted to, so everyone gritted their teeth and followed, and everyone followed, but they were still worried, so they secretly looked at the village of Li Zhuang through the afterglow.

Adobe houses, fence walls, chickens, ducks, geese and dogs running all over the ground, leafy greens in the front yard, pigs and sheep in the back shed.

This situation is the appearance of most peasant families in the Great Song Dynasty at this time, and everyone thinks that if they are bandits, they must at least see some forbidden things! For example, war horses, or leather armor, weapons, even if it is an old flag, or a wounded person, but this Li Zhuang, several people are almost at the end and have not seen a suspicious point.

Is it so calm that I misheard what the old farmer said?

"Don't be angry, officials! The juniors have gone out to do business, and they won't come back until the sun goes down, but it's not in the way, and we old guys can still dance and use knives, so we don't have to worry about this meal. ”

As he spoke, the old owner of Li kicked a thin old man in the left leg and scolded fiercely: "You're blind! I didn't see the nobles coming, so I didn't call your Hun family out to call your son! ”

The old owner of Li used a little force in this kick, and the thin old man lay down on the ground with a pop, and couldn't get up for half a day, everyone looked down, heh! The legs were kicked off, and the fake wooden legs were exposed, which startled everyone.

Just when a few timid people whispered to the dog, looking for a reason to leave.

A string of horses' hooves sounded outside the Zhuangzi, and listened carefully to the sound of the clanging of weapons, this time, everyone was completely panicked, and when the big man saw this, he pulled out the steel knife on his waist, turned over on the horse, and ran towards the Zhuangzi Gate with a few dumb men.

The one-zhang high adobe wall was not very strong for the heavily armed horse bandits, but the dogs who had been in the battle battle knew that by guarding the village gate, their group would have some precious time to defend and prepare.

So at the same time as Da Lang rushed out, the dog also hurriedly shouted: "Surround the carriage together, and take out all the torches in a while, and if someone comes, throw torches and burn them!" Hey, hey, those idiots, don't go and help, the horse bandits will rush in and your head will be gone! ”

The dog shouted urgently, and everyone also stepped forward to help in a panic, in the den of thieves, it is impossible to hide and run, you can only break the cauldron and sink the boat to resist, and when the fire is ignited, the strong men or villagers of the nearby villages can also run to the county government to report to the official, right?