Noon.

A round of scorching sun in the sky shone on the earth, and the Yunwang Mansion was full of people, which seemed to be very lively.

The prince is about to go far away, and he will inevitably be busy for a while.

The time has come, and King Tang personally came to see him off, accompanied by Fang Xuanling, Cheng Zhijie and others, as well as ......

"King Yun, this is Xiao'er, his name is Cheng Chumo, nicknamed Tie Niu, this eastward journey, he will accompany you to protect you along the way." Cheng Zhijie said.

Li Yun glanced at the humble Cheng Chumo, and then looked at Fang Xuanling, he finally knew who he wanted that day.

It turned out to be a bastard boy from the old Cheng family, this Cheng Chumo is not a good stubble, his father is a demon king of the mixed world, and he is also half a little demon king, and he is very wild.

"Then thank you to the boss."

"Thanks for what? You saved Second Brother Qin, you are my benefactor of Lao Cheng, this kid is at your disposal as a cow and a horse, don't be polite. ”

Cheng Zhijie laughed, but Cheng Chumo gave him a blank look, and said in his heart Is this his own father?

"Haha! Brother Tie Niu, then we have to take care of us along the way. Li Yun stretched out his hand.

Cheng Chu silently ignored him, and after being kicked hard by Cheng Zhijie, he shook hands with Li Yun to show goodwill.

"Stinky boy, I asked you to protect King Yun, but I didn't let you be the uncle, you are not allowed to play tricks along the way, otherwise, Lao Tzu will throw all your beloved Tibetan wine into the lake." Cheng Zhijie reprimanded.

As soon as he heard that his father was going to throw away the wine, Cheng Chumo was instantly stunned, his dead rib was wine, and he was addicted to alcohol, so he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Don't worry, my son promises to serve King Yun comfortably." ”

Seeing the father and son, everyone laughed for a while, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

"Be safe on the road and don't be reckless."

Before leaving, Li Shimin instructed again.

Not long after, Li Yun, Lin Qingzhu and Cheng Chumo embarked on the eastbound road.

Before getting on the horse, Li Yun looked at Fang Xuanling, but saw that he nodded slightly, and he didn't dare to care too much in public, after all, the relationship between the two was too tense now, so as not to make a big fuss about it.

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Starting from the East Gate of Chang'an, walk along the official road, all the way east, ride a horse from Kannai-do to Gyeonggi-do, and then drive from Gyeonggi-do to Hedong-do.

It's a thousand miles away, not a three-day or two-day drive.

In ancient times, roads were not as high as they are today, and there were no asphalt roads, cement roads, etc.

Some are just gray-yellow dirt roads, and ruts, horse prints, and pedestrian footsteps abound.

The three of them rode fast, and in order to find a place to stay at the inn before dark, they hastened their journey.

After several days, the three of them finally came to Puzhou, which is about 500 miles away from Chang'an City.

After coming to Puzhou, Li Yun found an inn to stay in temporarily, and after leaving Lin Qingzhu and Cheng Chumo at the inn, he came to the city alone to wander around.

In addition to investigating the Linzi case, what is more important is to patrol the hunt on behalf of the sky and investigate the people's situation.

When I came back from the outside, it was already evening, and Puzhou was not as prosperous as Chang'an, and after nightfall, there were very few pedestrians on the street, as if I had entered a ghost town.

Back at the inn, Tie Niu actually sat in the lobby drinking alone, he was addicted to alcohol, and he couldn't leave the wine for a moment, as long as his eyes saw the wine instantly emitting fine light, and his saliva was indecent.

"Boss! Two catties of cooked beef, a jar of old wine. ”

Cheng Chumo found a place, sat down, and hummed a little song, seemingly in a good mood.

When he was in Chang'an, Cheng Chumo was under the control of Cheng Zhijie, where did he dare to drink wine and eat meat, but now that he has come out, he has not indulged it well, and completely forgot the purpose of this trip to protect Li Yun.

Li Yun came to sit down opposite him, Cheng Chu glanced at him silently, and said locally: "Those words are for my father, don't really use chicken feathers as arrows." ”

"What?"

"Of course it's to protect you, if it weren't for my father's face, I wouldn't have bothered to join you."

Cheng Chumo said that he was not familiar with Li Yun, and his reputation was not very good, so Cheng Chumo did not like him very much.

Li Yun was not angry, and smiled: "I know." ”

The words "I don't want to" were barely written on his bitter melon face.

Seeing that Li Yun was quite knowledgeable, Cheng Chumo didn't bother to say more, he asked Li Yun unceremoniously: "Do you know how to drink?" ”

"Occasionally, I have a few drinks on my own, but not much."

Cheng Chumo said with a disgusted face: "Damn! A big man can't even drink much, and I look down on you. ”

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Li Yun sweated wildly, that was just a humble word, this kid really believed it, if he really drank happily, I am afraid that he would not be able to drink one Li Yun even if he was two.

"I'm telling you, if you want to be my friend, you must be able to drink a lot of wine, eat a lot of meat, what kind of man is a girl."

As he was talking, the boss brought two catties of beef and a jar of old wine, but Cheng Chumo didn't care, grabbed the beef with his hand and stuffed it into his mouth.

Immediately he took a bowl, filled it with wine, and then took a sip of it.

However, as soon as the wine was drunk in his mouth, Cheng Chumo spit out all the wine and meat, and said angrily: "Boss! Are you deceiving me that I have no money, then this kind of broken wine fools Lao Tzu, believe it or not, Lao Tzu smashed your shop. ”

The innkeeper ran over and said bitterly: "Guest officer, this wine is the best wine in the store, how dare the little one deceive you?" ”

"Fart!! This wine is hard to swallow, and I dare to say that it is the best wine. ”

This wine can't be tasted in the mouths of ordinary people, but Cheng Chumo is famous for his mouth, he is a drunkard, and he knows the quality of the wine as soon as he tastes it.

After that, Cheng Chumo was about to smash the store, but fortunately he was stopped by Li Yun.

The innkeeper was also helpless, he said: "Guest officer, don't you know, it's not that the wine in the small shop is bad, but that the wine in the entire Puzhou City is not good." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"You are outsiders, don't know our local situation, originally our local people drink water from the spring water flowing down from the mountain, the water is clear and sweet, is the best water for winemaking, but later the spring water was taken by a local family as their own, plus this year, the sky has suffered a great drought, there is no water in the river, the people can only drink Chen Tan water, this wine is taken from it."

No wonder this is the case, Chen Tan water is stagnant water, how can it be delicious to use it to make wine.

After listening, Cheng Chumo was also half angry, but said angrily: "Bold! Who dares to occupy the people's water source and build a mansion? Why don't you report to the police? ”

The innkeeper booed and said cautiously: "Where do we ordinary people dare to report to the official? This person is a tyrant in Puzhou, rampant and domineering, his brother-in-law is the prefect of Puzhou, who dares to provoke him. ”

As he was talking, a group of bullies suddenly came to the inn, and they came to the hall with a fierce look and shouted: "Boss, get out, this month's protection fee has not been paid." ”