Zhao Junsheng explained: "At this time and that time, you also heard Miss Wan say just now that in more than two months, the emperor will tour south, and how many people will the emperor entourage?" Not to mention the troops guarding along the way, just say that there are thousands of eunuchs, palace maids, officials, scribes, retinues, etc. In normal times, the price of livestock will definitely go down, but the situation is different when the emperor comes, the emperor's entourage and the escort army they have to eat and drink well, and they have to eat and drink well, so wherever the emperor goes, the price will rise! ”

Mulan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she smiled: "How do I think you seem to be very keen about making money, it seems that I won't be cold and hungry after marrying you!" ”

Zhao Junsheng patted his chest with a smug look: "Of course, let's see who your husband is!" ”

After Mulan left, Zhao Junsheng hurried to work, and he rushed out the clothes customized by customers in the past two days overnight.

The next morning, he rented the space for dyeing and weaving, and hired carpenters to make spinning machines and looms, procured spinning materials and dyes, and ordered a large number of tools for sewing and cutting.

It was busy until the afternoon, Zhao Junsheng was busy, but he didn't eat a grain of rice all day, and he was already hungry on the way back to his shop, and he happened to see a wine shop next to him, and the business seemed to be good, so he walked in.

"Guest officer, please come inside!" The shopkeeper came out and led Zhao Junsheng into the wine shop.

Zhao Junsheng walked to the only empty table and sat down and said to the shopkeeper: "Two or three snacks, two cakes, and a bowl of wine!" ”

"Okay, wait, guest officer! Three appetizers, two cakes, and a bowl of sake! The shopkeeper shouted to remind the shopkeeper of the bookkeeping, and then went to the back kitchen to report the food.

The wine and food were quickly served, and Zhao Junsheng ate and drank unhurriedly, listening to the nonsense of the drinkers around him.

At this time, he heard a sigh from behind him: "The old man died a miserable death, and he died at the hands of the Jiangyang thief Junzi Lan!" Master, although he often beats and scolds us on weekdays, he is never stingy in terms of food and clothing, and now that the master is gone, I am afraid that our brothers will have a hard time in the future! ”

Another voice said, "Who's to say it's not, it's a pity!" The old man said yesterday evening that he still wanted to see the tragic situation of Hua Mulan smuggling horses to Liu Song in the south and being arrested and imprisoned, but now he can't see it! ”

Zhao Junsheng was shocked, these two people were Yao Desheng's entourage! Will Mulan be caught smuggling horses to Liu Song in the south? What's going on?

Zhao Junsheng guessed this matter in a twist of his mind, he realized the seriousness of this matter, and immediately walked outside the door and called a child to take out two five-baht coins and said: "Little brother, go to Zhao Ji Garment Shop and ask the shopkeeper Feng San to send two brothers over immediately, just say Zhao Junsheng is waiting for them here, these two coins will buy you sugar gourds to eat, and after reporting the news, the shopkeeper Feng will give you three more coins, do you want to go?" ”

"I'll go!" The child stretched out his dirty hand, grabbed two copper coins, and ran in the direction of Zhao Ji's clothing.

Zhao Junsheng returned to the table and sat down quietly to continue to eat and drink, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the two brothers from Huajiabao each rode fast horses from Zhao Ji's clothing shop, they dismounted and walked into the wine store to find Zhao Junsheng, hugged their fists and said: "Uncle, what do you command?" ”

Zhao Junsheng pressed his hand and motioned for the two to sit down, and then said in a low voice: "Selling horses is a trap!" Do you see the two behind me? They are in the know! Don't move, don't be impatient! ”

The two brothers of Huajiabao were startled at first, and then they wanted to get up and catch the two directly, but they were held down by Zhao Junsheng, only to hear Zhao Junsheng continue to whisper: "The day before yesterday, there were just assassins, and there were many patrols on the street at this time, so it is not appropriate to do it here." I need to ride your horses to chase your young lady, and you will leave them to you to keep an eye on, and when they get out, find a secluded place and do it, and quietly take them back to the shop and find a room in the backyard and lock them up, understand? ”

The two glanced at each other, nodded to Zhao Junsheng together, and promised in a low voice: "Understood!" ”

"Little Er, two more cakes and a pound of braised beef to pack! In addition, give me half a pound of grease in a porcelain bottle! Zhao Junsheng raised his hand and shouted, and then reached out and took out a handful of copper coins and put them on the table.

"Great!"

After a while, Zhao Junsheng took the oiled paper bag and the porcelain bottle filled with grease handed by the shopkeeper, patted the shoulders of the two Huajiabao brothers and said, "Eat slowly, go first!" ”

The two clasped their fists and said, "Uncle, go slowly!" ”

Zhao Junsheng walked out of the liquor store with an oiled paper bag, untied the reins of the two horses, stepped on one of them, led the other, and galloped away in the direction of the east city gate.

Zhao Junsheng didn't know how to ride a horse, but at this time he had no other way but to rush the ducks to the shelves. A horse is not a motorcycle or a car, it is a living being, it has a temper and character, and it cannot be fiddled with it in the same way as a motorcycle and a car.

Zhao Junsheng stumbled all the way out of the city gate from the wine shop, the horse was not obedient at all, sometimes it lost its temper and refused to go anyway, so anxious that Zhao Junsheng jumped to his feet.

It wasn't until an hour had passed that Zhao Junsheng was able to communicate and exchange with it a little, so that it could understand some of his meaning, and he could barely let it run according to his thoughts and intentions.

Although Zhao Junsheng can't ride a horse, but his grandfather Zhao Gui was an elite scout in the army back then, and his riding skills are quite exquisite, Grandpa once chatted with him during dinner, and riding is divided into three realms: the first realm, beginners let the horse understand the meaning of the knight, so that the horse can run according to the knight's meaning at any time, and learn to ride a horse when this step is done; In the second realm, the knight is familiar with the horse's nature, and can understand the horse's mood and physical condition at any time, and can adjust the posture to let the horse run in the most comfortable and happy posture, and run the fastest speed and the most stable state; The third level of the realm, the unity of people and horses! Knights and horses can be very familiar with each other, have feelings, life and death depend on each other, life and death are entrusted, can understand each other's minds, and are the closest partners!

Zhao Junsheng was only at the beginning stage at this time, not even to mention understanding the horse's nature, and even letting the horse barely run according to his intentions was a little reluctant.

After running twenty miles, he had to change horses to maintain his speed, and after running for another hour or so, it was already dark, so he had to cut down branches on the side of the road to make long sticks, tore off the hem of his clothes and tied them to one end of the stick, took out a porcelain bottle stained with grease to make a torch, lit the torch with a fire fold, and then got on the horse and continued on his way.

Then he saw through the light of the torches that there were a dozen men and seven or eight horses lying on the road in front of him, and the ground was sprinkled with dried black-brown blood, and abandoned swords and spears.

"Law-" Zhao Junsheng hurriedly stopped his horse, in this black light blind fire, dozens of miles radius desolate wilderness encountered corpses all over the ground or was he the first person in two lives, how not to be afraid and frightened? Don't look at him shooting Liu Fulin with a flying needle the night before yesterday, but he really didn't feel anything at that time, but it was very different from the situation at this time, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead and back instantly.

Looking left and right, seeing that there was no one around, he jumped off the horse and held the torch slowly and cautiously towards the corpses.