In early spring, on the outskirts of Chang'an, the weeping willows pulled out green sprouts, and the soft branches swayed in the wind.

The spring breeze does not blow away the eyebrows.

The carriage traveled leisurely, by the Baqiao, a team of thousands of fine horsemen lined up to wait, saw Li Su's immediate arrival, for the first knight to ride a horse, to Li Su in front of the carriage a few zhang away, the knight dismounted and saluted.

"Jiang Quan, the commander of the right military guard, Xiaowei Yingguoyi, visited Jingyang County, and Dingyuan General Li Beijia."

Li Su had already gotten out of the carriage, seeing that the military general bowed and saluted, he hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and helped him up, as a polite and high-quality last magnatate, Li Su also gave him a salute back, his hands were just folded, and his waist had not had time to bend down, but he saw that Jiang Quan's face was already a little panicked, and Zheng Xiaolou, who had been standing quietly next to him, was quick to hold Li Su's elbow and stopped Li Su's bending movement in time.

“…… Don't make a fuss! Captain Guo Yi is a fifth-rank military attaché, you are a fourth-rank civil official, and there are also fifth-grade martial arts titles and fifth-rank titles, and you are harming him by saluting him! ”

Zheng Xiaolou's tone was light, and after speaking, he didn't forget to throw a disdainful look at Li Su again.

Jiang Quan glanced at Zheng Xiaolou gratefully, lowered his head and said, "This strong man is right, Li Beijia must not be defeated." ”

Li Su was a little embarrassed, although he had been an official for a long time, he was still very unfamiliar with the official system and rules of Datang.

"Ah, then forget it, this is a thousand miles away from Xizhou, and Li has first thanked General Jiang and his soldiers for their kindness in escorting them all the way."

Jiang Quan hurriedly bowed down and said: "Where the duties are, they are all the duties of the last general. ”

Li Su said with a smile: "Traveling thousands of miles, everyone has to spend a lot of time together, you and I are too polite, along the way, regardless of official positions and humility, everyone will make friends on an equal footing." You can call me the word 'Zizheng'. ”

Jiang Quan didn't dare to say anything.

After the greetings, Li Su looked at Jiang Quan carefully.

Glancing up and down, it was indeed a Wei Wuzi, Jiang Quan was about twenty-four or five years old, with a burly body and a dark complexion. There is a handful of black whiskers on his lips, and the whole person looks much more mature, his eyes are not shining, and his temples are not raised high, but his ears are quite interesting, they seem to be a pair of attractive ears, and Li Su always feels that those ears are always in a state of support, like a cautious rabbit, always vigilant against the outside world. As soon as there is a wind and grass, the girl will run away.

Li Su couldn't help muttering in his heart.

If you unfortunately encounter a bandit on the road, this guy shouldn't really leave him like a rabbit and run alone, right?

You can't blame Li Su for living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, Li Su himself is very suspicious, and it is really not easy to gain his trust.

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After joining up with the thousand-man elite cavalry, Li Su naturally became the administrative and military chief of the Cypriot team, and looked up at the sky. Li Su waved his hand and ordered to set off.

The team departs. Just walked not far, the sound of hooves behind him rumbled, Li Su looked back, but saw dust in the distance, and another team of elite horsemen galloped over.

"Brother Xian, I'll send you off!"

A rough voice drifted in the distance.

Li Su smiled. Listen to the voice and you will know who it is.

In a moment, Cheng Chumo led a group of people from the Lu Guogong Mansion to kill before rushing to Li Su.

"Brother Xian is not interesting enough, he didn't say a word when he left, he said that I would see you off today, but why didn't you wait for me?"

Cheng Chu rolled his eyes at him dissatisfied. I was in a hurry just now, and the yellow dust covered my face after Lerma, mixed with the beads of sweat on my face, melted into a yellow mud soup, and flowed down my rough cheeks.

The corners of Li Su's eyes twitched a few times.

He found that his cleanliness habit has a tendency to be cured in recent years, and he has been cut off from such a dirty person before, and now he can still talk and laugh with him, which is really ...... Afraid of his father's big axe.

"Brother Cheng works hard, why should you and my brother stick to vulgarity, just don't send it." Li Su arched his hand and smiled.

Cheng Chu grinned silently: "Send!" Good brother out of the plug, why can't I send it? ”

Saying that, Cheng Chumo showed a look of envy and loss, and sighed: "You go, I don't know what year and month I can return to Chang'an, I have one less brother of Lao Cheng, but you are so lucky, you will go to Saiwai for the first time you are transferred, and you are a civil and military attaché, and you will definitely make contributions within a year or two, which is much stronger than my stupid father who inherited the title by kicking his legs......"

Li Su's eyelids jumped again, wanting to pump him.

People's values are so different, should you really break off with him?

"You think I'm lucky?"

Cheng Chumo nodded heavily, his eyes were full of envy, obviously not lying.

"Before I leave Chang'an, why don't you go and talk to Your Majesty and let you go to Xizhou instead of me?"

Cheng Chumo's eyes lit up, and his voice trembled with excitement: "I know that my old Cheng is not blind with these tricks, and I don't recognize your brother in vain!" Good brother, can this be taken seriously? ”

"Seriously." Li Su nodded very seriously, absolutely in his heart, he didn't enjoy the delicious food and drink at home, and went to eat and sleep outside for thousands of miles, a fool can do it.

"Wait! I'm going to enter the palace to see Your Majesty! ”

Cheng Chumo didn't say a word, turned the horse's head and waited to raise the whip. A curvy eye next to him quickly grabbed his reins, and said softly with an ugly face: "Little grandfather...... Don't make a fuss! ”

Cheng Chu was silent for a moment, and then came back to his senses, finally not stupidly home, and finally realized how unrealistic this idea was, so he sighed dejectedly.

Li Su also sighed, he and Cheng Chumo were equally disappointed, and at the same time, he also found that whenever the big man is around, there is always a subordinate who is quick to do stupid things.

"I ...... I'd better send it to you. Cheng Chumo said with a sad face, Li Su knew very well that his sad face had nothing to do with parting sorrowfully, it was purely because he couldn't run outside the plug to spread joy.

Cheng got off the horse silently, and at the corner of his eye, he found a row of weeping willows planted by the side of the bridge, so he stepped forward and broke a willow branch down and inserted it into the wheel of Li Su's carriage.

Li Su hurriedly bowed down and thanked him.

This is the custom of the Tang people, the Baqiao outside Chang'an has always been the place where friends and relatives say goodbye, and it is also the custom of Guanzhong to fold the willow at parting, because the "willow" sound is close to "stay", and the friend folds the willow, which means "stay", and the meaning of the reluctance to talk about it, so the Baqiao Bridge is used as a golden place to say goodbye, and the weeping willows planted along the river by the bridge have poured blood mold.

Chang'an as a large city of millions of people, ushered in the sending of friends like stars, every day this fold a section, that fold a section, a good weeping willow tree was folded scattered, the quality of a little higher also know that sorry, the scene waved a poem to commemorate the parting, by the way to mention that this section did not recruit no one did not provoke anyone's willow branches, the lower quality probably patted the ass and left, at most left a sentence "go, next time we meet and drink together." ”

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"Let's go, let's have a drink next time!"

It is not hypocritical for a big man to say goodbye, Li Su threw down this sentence, and under Cheng Chumo's envious gaze, a thousand horsemen escorted Li Su's five big carriages and swayed on the road.

Li Su's carriage is very comfortable, the decoration in the compartment is quite luxurious, the low table, the stove, the cushions are all available, the ground is even paved with a black bear skin in good condition, the low table has been deliberately designed by Li Su, there are six small drawers at the bottom, which are filled with all kinds of snacks and wine after being opened, and even the car wheel has been transformed by Li Su invited craftsmen, and a few pieces of extremely rare Qianlian soft iron are installed on the axle, as a shock absorption system, and the degree of shaking is very slight when sitting in it, which is very comfortable and comfortable.

Traveling thousands of miles is so hard, Li Su will never let himself be too tired, and the place where he can enjoy must be enjoyed, even if he spends a lot of money to achieve the purpose of enjoyment.

The official road outside Chang'an was quite flat, and the carriage was as stable as Mount Tai, Li Su sat in the car, took out a yellowed sheepskin map from the drawer, and began to study it intently.

Looking at the circles of cities on the map, as well as the winding and infinitely long road, Li Su felt a headache.

This road is too long, so long that it makes people desperate, I really want to die on the road.

After leaving Chang'an, first go north to Jingzhou, and then gradually turn to the west, to Yuanzhou, Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and then along the north of the Qilian Mountains, go to Suzhou, Shazhou...... When I arrived in Shazhou, this road was only half completed, and the other half of the road was even more difficult, because I had to enter the desert.

Go north out of Shazhou and pass through Yumen Pass...... That's right, it's the Yumen Pass in the Tang poem "The spring breeze does not pass the Yumen Pass", enter the desert, walk hundreds of miles to Yizhou, and then ...... The thousand-man cavalry accompanied him to his death and entered the depths of the desert, where Xizhou was in the center.

Tang Seng learned the scriptures and had a monkey with boundless magic to protect him, what about Li Su? Li Su only has a thousand ordinary people around him, and when he encounters a storm in the desert, his personal force is bursting again, and he has to die how he should die.

Li Su put away the map and let out a long sigh, with a worried look on his face.

After a long time, I don't know what to remember, Li Su suddenly opened the curtain of the carriage and called Zheng Xiaolou, who had been guarding the carriage on horseback, over.

"When we left the village, the villagers sent me, did you see Wang Zhu in the crowd?" Li Su asked.

Zheng Xiaolou twisted his eyebrows and recalled for a long time, and shook his head: "I only saw his younger brother Wang Zhi, but I have never seen Wang Zhu. ”

Li Su had an ominous premonition in his heart, and muttered, "I don't remember seeing him either...... That's bad. ”

"What's wrong?"

Li Su sighed: "Tell Jiang Quan, the cavalry team is slow, this kid will probably follow...... Their brothers had done this before. ”

Zheng Xiaolou's cool face twitched, and said, "His mother-in-law is so powerful...... Probably not, right? ”

Although Zheng Xiaolou follows a cool style, he lives in Taiping Village and inevitably hears some gossip, such as the Wang family's powerful mother-in-law.

"Maybe, this kid has always been eager to make a contribution, and if he is beaten half to death by his aunt, he will drag the other half of his life to come." Li Su said coldly. (To be continued......)