Suzhou Prefecture is thousands of miles away from Shandong, and the escort prisoners can only take the land route, and cannot take advantage of the "Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal", so Zhong Nan's trip will take about a month. Before leaving, the two caught a lot of silver, and Zhou Bing'er gave enough coils alone, Zhong Nan thought that the journey would not be too hard, but he knew that because of the remote walking route, all of them avoided big towns, and only occasionally encountered a market to eat and drink well and sleep well, so he suffered a lot along the way and suffered a lot of sins.

After leaving Nanzhili, the escort team was transferred to Henan, but when they encountered a torrential rain, the three of them could not find the nearest village, so they could only set up a simple tent in the field. The rain fell for two days, and the three of them nested in the tent for two days, but fortunately they didn't get much rain, otherwise they would have had a cold and fever or something like that, and it would be a big trouble. After that, the road was smoother, and there were no major natural or man-made disasters, although there were several waves of thieves, but the other party saw that they were a team escorting prisoners, so they didn't pay much attention. Walking and stopping in such a windy and camping area, before he arrived in Shandong, Zhong Nan had already lost a lot of weight.

After a few more days, the three of them had already arrived at the border area of Shandong, which was mostly swampy, and due to natural disasters and wars, the neighborhood was deserted. Seeing that it is about to get dark, there is no store in the village before, and the three of them are estimated to be sleeping in the wild again tonight.

The leader of the catcher is called Wei Wenming, in his thirties, tall and thin, who rarely speaks, but he is a shrewd character; The other catcher is called Niu Dazhuang, as his name suggests, tall and burly, but his mind is much simpler. The two of them found a slightly higher dry place, and then unloaded the package on their backs, which contained the three people's bedding and dry food and other supplies. Originally, the prisoners on the way had to be put on shackles, anklets, handcuffs and other torture tools, but because of the dots, Zhong Nan did not need to be shackled along the way, but simply used handcuffs. At this time, Zhong Nan's handcuffs had also been untied, and he and the two catchers worked together, put some dry branches and dry leaves on the ground, and then spread a large piece of felt cloth as a bed for resting at night, and when he fell asleep, he only needed to lie on it, and then covered the quilt, barely able to cope with it for a night.

After that, Niu Dazhuang made a fire, roasted the cold and hard dry food and dried meat, and the three of them began dinner. The dry food is a flatbread bought at a market two days ago, and the jerky is prepared by Qiu Xiang before leaving for Suzhou. Along the way, Zhong Nan's diet was not too bad, he ate whatever the two caught quickly, and he could still fight tooth sacrifices in the market every few days, and he was treated much better than most prisoners who were confiscated. Just eating the grilled jerky, Zhong Nan thought of Qiu Xiang again, I don't know where this stubborn woman is now, how is she doing?

After eating and drinking, the three of them chatted casually for a while and then beckoned to sleep. More than 20 days of getting along day and night has blurred the boundary between prisoners and officials, the three of them get along well, Zhong Nan did not think about escaping, looking for things for the fast catchers, and the fast catchers are also trying to make it as convenient as possible for Zhong Nan at the right time. Sleeping until midnight, Zhong Nan was awakened by a large amount of fluid in his body, and he had to drink a lot of water every time he ate jerky, which inevitably caused him to get up at night. Zhong Nan woke up Niu Da Zhuang after getting up, Da Zhuang was troublesome, and let him solve it alone, Zhong Nan thought, you are really relieved, aren't you afraid that I will run away?

Zhong Nan went straight to the edge of a swamp not far away, unbuttoned his belt, half-removed his pants, and released surging body fluids, and in his confusion he found that a dark red bright spot in the swamp was moving towards him. The bright spot was only the size of a broad bean at first, but it grew bigger and bigger as the distance got closer, and before he could open his eyes and take a closer look, he saw a red light shooting towards him, and then he felt that his calf seemed to be bitten by something.

Zhong Nan looked down and saw that it was an animal with a dark red light, like a toad, more than twice as big as an ordinary toad, this guy didn't let go after biting someone, but the light on his body quickly dimmed, and when the light disappeared completely, it fell straight to the ground as if its body was stiff.

It was only at this time that Zhong Nan felt that there was a numb feeling in the bite place, but he didn't feel pain, and soon, this feeling quickly turned into pain, like being shocked by a super electric current, and then the pain gradually intensified, and spread from the calf to the whole body. At first, Zhong Nan could still hold on, but later he couldn't bear it, and shouted "Ah......", and then fell unconscious.

When he woke up again, it was the evening of the next day, Zhong Nan opened his eyes, and saw Wei Wenming and Niu Dazhuang surrounding him left and right, with a worried look on his face, he opened his mouth embarrassedly and asked, "What's wrong with me?" ”

Seeing that the honest Da Zhuang finally woke up, he let out a sigh of relief, and then patted Zhong Nan on the shoulder, "Ouch my mother, you can be regarded as awake, if something really happens, how can I deal with Wei Ye!" ”

Zhong Nan looked at Wei Wenming, "Master Wei, what's the situation?" I just remember going to pee last night and then I felt like I was bitten by a toad and then I fainted. ”

Wei Wenming recounted what happened next: Hearing the scream, Wei Wenming and Niu Dazhuang were both awakened, and found Zhong Nan by the swamp, and found that he was unconscious, his face was red, and his body was also hot. The two carried him to the camping point, poured water and drank, and baked him with a damp cotton cloth and applied it to his forehead, and worked until dawn before his body temperature returned to normal, but there was still no sign of awakening.

Less than an hour later, Zhong Nan shivered all over his body, covered him with three quilts, his body was still very cold, and a thin layer of hoarfrost formed on his face, the two couldn't find a way, so they could only build a few more fires around the person, and after several hours, his body temperature returned to normal again, but the person was still in a coma, and he didn't know when he would wake up.

The two catchers had never encountered such a situation, and with a limited level of education, they didn't know what strange illness Zhong Nan had, so they could only stay by the side. After discussion, the two decided to wait another night, if after tonight, Zhong Nan still didn't wake up, Niu Dazhuang went to the nearest yamen to seek support, after all, if Zhong Nan hung up on the way to escort, Wei Wenming and Niu Dazhuang would inevitably be punished. Fortunately, Zhong Nan woke up before night, and the two of them didn't have to worry about it anymore.

After listening to Wei Wenming's story, Zhong Nan picked up the kettle and drank two sips of hot water, then stood up and walked a few steps, found that there was nothing uncomfortable, pulled up his pants and checked his calf, and only saw two small holes, and they were already scarred. The wound was very small, and it looked like it had been bitten by an animal like a small snake, but Zhong Nan remembered that he was bitten by a dark red toad, but how to explain this tooth mark? Toads don't have teeth, right? What could it be if it wasn't a toad? ……… Too many questions filled Zhong Nan's mind, but thinking that he was in normal health now and did not feel the slightest discomfort, he stopped thinking about it.

Early the next morning, the three of them packed up and set off again to their destination, the end point of this escort trip was Jinan Mansion, and it was only three or five days away from where they are now. At this time, Shandong had six prefectures under its jurisdiction, Jinan Mansion, Dongchang Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion were called the West Three Prefectures, and Qingzhou Mansion, Laizhou Mansion and Dengzhou Mansion were the three eastern prefectures. Jinan Mansion is the capital of Shandong, located in the northwest of central Shandong, is the most prosperous place in the whole Shandong Province, because of the many springs, it is also known as the spring city, Zhong Nan still remembers that he used to have an article about "Baotu Spring" in his Chinese textbook.

Four days later, the three arrived at Jinan Mansion, and after Wei Wenming completed the handover procedures in the yamen, he returned to Suzhou with Niu Dazhuang. Before parting, Zhong Nan asked Wei Ye to return to Suzhou to help find out the news of Qiuxiang, and if there was any news, he would write to tell him; The other is to thank Zhou Bing'er for his help, and Wei Wenming agreed.

Then the officials of the Jinan Prefecture registered Zhong Nan and used a red-hot soldering iron to leave a mark on the shoulder blade of his back - the sign of a shield. This indicates that from now on, Zhong Nan will become a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, as long as people do not die, they will have to practice martial arts for life, and if they want to return to the identity of ordinary people, they can only kill the enemy on the battlefield like Di Qing and accumulate meritorious deeds.

Feeling the pain in the shoulder blade area, Zhong Nan sighed with emotion, thinking that it was fortunate that he was not tattooed on his face like Lin Chong, Wu Song and others, otherwise even if he got lucky to get rid of the military in the future, it would affect his appearance, from this point of view, the Ming Dynasty was much more civilized and progressive than the Song Dynasty!

Zhong Nan's assigned military camp was located in Qingzhou Mansion, although it was not as good as Jinan Mansion, but it was much stronger than Dengzhou Mansion or Laizhou Prefecture.

Originally, the southern army to Shandong was assigned to Deng, Lai Erzhou, it was a letter from Cao Zhifu that made him assigned to Qingzhou, it turned out that this Cao Zhifu had been an official in Shandong for several years before, and he had some friendship with the current Jinan prefect Deng Guangxiao, so Zhou Binger begged the prefect to write a letter to Deng Guangxiao and asked him to help assign Zhong Nan to a slightly better state capital.

Although Deng Guangxiao is not in charge of the army, he also has some relationship with the Shandong military, not to mention that this is just a matter of one sentence, Deng Guangxiao and the officer in charge of this matter in the army mentioned a few words, and changed Zhong Nan's military place casually. Zhong Nan didn't know these things, and at this time he was in a cell in Jinan Mansion, waiting for a few days to go to Qingzhou Mansion with other soldiers to start his military career.