"This is all your credit, now that the thieves have been exterminated, don't worry about the danger, the old man will talk about what you have done everywhere and give you a reputation, since you have learned martial arts, it is good to have some fame."

The next morning, the knight said goodbye and left, but Xiang Bo was not in a hurry to rest, and said a few words to Zhu Da excitedly.

The way out of learning martial arts is either the official army or the rivers and lakes, no matter which one, if you can make a name for yourself earlier, you will always go more smoothly, if you are spread everywhere that you are brave and strong, remember it in the hearts of relevant people, there will always be a convenience for recruitment.

"Master, when you go to the big cabinet to report the news, do you mean that you killed the thief by the river?" Seeing Xiang Bo nodding, Zhu Da asked again: "Will the salt stack cabinet keep secrets, and will this matter be talked about everywhere?" ”

"The big cabinet is very tight, otherwise it wouldn't be able to do such a big business."

"Master, the leader of the thieves hasn't been caught yet, if the news gets out, there will definitely be a risk, no matter how secret the big cabinet is, if the news of the thief killed in vain is said in the past, everyone thinks it is novel, and if it is not in order, it will be nonsense, and it will cause trouble when the time comes, Master, we can't have any carelessness now." Zhu Da said cautiously.

Xiang Bo pondered for a moment, shook his head and said with a smile: "What you said makes sense, then don't talk about it, let's turn our master and apprentice upside down, I'm a fifty or sixty-year-old man, it's not as thoughtful as you think." ”

In the past few days, Xiang Bo has also turned down the axis, and he was going to rest after breakfast, and said to Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun before going to bed: "You are ready to prepare, send that girl home tomorrow, after such a long delay, the girl's parents don't know what to do in a hurry." ”

Hearing this, not only Zhou Qingyun was excited, but even Zhu Da was a little excited, in the past twelve years of life, he has not been far away, and it is a great thing to be able to go to the prosperous Zhengjiaji and see the world outside Baibao Village, not to mention that he thought about this last night.

When he went home to cook at noon, Zhu Da specially told the girl Qin Qin, Qin Qin cried again in the morning because of homesickness, and immediately clapped happily when she heard this, to say that this Qin Qin is indeed a strange elf, and after being happy, she actually wiped her tears again, Zhu Wangshi hurriedly came over to comfort and ask, only to hear the girl sobbing and said: "Uncle and aunt and brother are so good to me, I am reluctant to leave." “

"Then I won't go." Zhu Da said with a smile.

Before the words fell, Qin Qin's eyes immediately widened and said, "Reluctant, reluctant, there is nothing to be reluctant to!" ”

Dare to love this girl pretending to cry there, this kind of childish cunning of pretending to be an adult makes everyone can't help laughing, the girl Qin Qin lowered her head with a flushed face, and didn't dare to raise her head.

In the afternoon, Xiang Bo woke up and went directly to Li Zongqi's house, the two chatted, but there were no thirty people on duty at night, only ten people were left, and the others went back to rest, this decision made the villagers rejoice, although the night patrol is a matter related to their own safety, but as the weather gets colder and colder, the hard work is also real, not to mention that there has been nothing to do these days, everyone has been slack, Li Zongqi is so compliant with the will of the people, of course everyone is happy to obey their fate.

There are not many people in the village who have been to Zhengjiaji, Xiang Bo happens to be one, from Baibao Village to Zhengjiaji is not a casual go, nearly thirty miles back and forth, to spend the night outside, it is a big deal for the ordinary people of this era, after knowing the travel arrangements from Zhu Da, although his parents are worried but helpless, now they really can't control Zhu Da.

When he got up in the morning, Zhu Da was packing up and counting the things he wanted to carry, he didn't expect that he would be so excited, he was like a teenager who had never really been out of the house, and he couldn't sleep in the morning.

When she went out, her mother Zhu Wang's eyes were red, although she had not been with the girl for a few days, she liked this quirky little girl very much, and she was really reluctant to be separated like this, Qin Qin also made a reluctant expression, but Zhu Da could see that it was pretending at a glance, so he could only smile bitterly and pretend not to see.

Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun carried a burden, and Xiang Bo carried a bamboo basket, and there were some dry food luggage in the basket, but this basket was mainly used to hold Qin Qin, although the girl could walk a few steps, she could not expect to travel long distances, and someone had to carry it, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun still held wooden guns and bows and arrows, and daggers were worn with them, only Xiang Bo himself carried a knife, don't look at it as an old man and three young people, with their force, they can completely protect themselves.

The road to Zhengjiaji is to go south ten miles along the river, and then cross the river and walk west for about five miles, but this road is not very easy to walk, the road along the river is not an official road, but a small road that people step on horses, potholes and rugged, there are weeds in the road, and you can even distinguish to find the way when you walk.

"Now the year is not good, except for the merchants and vendors who will run around, there are few people who go out everywhere in the village, and there are few people who even come with the river, and it is estimated that not many people walk on this road all year round." Xiang Bo said while walking, on the one hand, it was to solve the boredom of the road, and on the other hand, it was to explain and teach Zhu Da and them, these things seem to be shallow, but few people can know them.

As for why he didn't take the official road, Xiang Bo also explained that he had to take the official road far away, and even more, the girl Qin Qin in the basket was not easy to explain, if someone was targeted at him, it would always be troublesome, and after crossing the Xia Mi River, he would go to the official road, and there might be less trouble.

Zhu Da listened very carefully, he observed both sides of the road very carefully, and confirmed Xiang Bo's words in his heart, as well as the memories of more than 20 years, he had also passed by this side back then.

After leaving Baibao Village for a few miles, the road became more and more difficult to walk, not to mention, the surrounding area looked a little desolate, although there were also fields after harvesting, but it looked obviously not as neat as near the village, according to Xiang Bo said that it would take another half an hour to walk before seeing another village.

"Master, this side is so close to the Xiami River, why don't you open more water to water the ground, isn't it good to harvest more?" Juda couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Qingyun's face was full of ignorance, at this time, the basket was not covered with a cloth, and the girl Qin Qin was also curious, they didn't know what Zhu Da was asking.

Xiang Bo glanced at Zhu Da, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Who doesn't know that the harvest is good when watering the land, but how can there be so many people cultivating the wasteland, and there are so many people in every family, then again, if you reclaim the mature land, can you make a cheap profit, either the rent will be added, or it will be taken away by someone, who will spend this effort if you come and go." ”

Only the eldest son of the military household can inherit the family business, which leads to the fact that there will never be many people in the family, and there is no manpower to talk about cultivating the wasteland, and the cooked land that is watered is a good field property, and the military households and small people are simply unable to keep it.

Looking at the not very neat ridges, at first glance, they are water diversion ditches that have been in disrepair for a long time, and then think about the system of military households tuntian that imprisons enthusiasm, Zhu Da can only think of the word "backwardness".

After a few steps forward, Qin Qin, who had been probing her brain in the basket and looking around, screamed and retracted directly, her movement startled several people, and when she looked forward, she found a corpse in the hay.

When he first saw it, Zhu Da thought that the body of the thief had been fished up, but when he got closer, he found that it was not, this corpse looked quite terrifying, but he could still see that he had been dead for a while, not to mention that it was dozens of steps away from the river.

Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun were like great enemies, Xiang Bo didn't care, and explained a few words: "If there is a corpse around Baibao Village, it will definitely be reported to the official, and it will be buried on the spot if it is not good, but this is the junction of the two villages, and no one wants to care about the trouble, so it will become like this, nothing unusual." ”

Speaking of this, Xiang Bo sighed and said with emotion: "It is said that the world is peaceful, but it is just encircled in one place and I don't know the outside, I feel peaceful when I look at nothing, I go out to transport salt back and forth, that is, ten or twenty miles away, this kind of corpse can always be seen, the salt sellers in each village sit and walk outside, and you can hear the victims every few months, if it is peaceful, how can so many people die." ”

Even those who couldn't understand could hear the solemnity in Xiang Bo's tone, everyone walked forward in silence, and Qin Qin, who came out again, suddenly shouted: "There is smoke coming out of the north again." “

"It seems that the Tartars are moving in the north again, and they can't tell when they will come in, do you say this is peace?" Xiang Bo said in a sullen voice.

Without waiting for Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun to answer, Qin Qin replied crisply: "My father said that even if the Tartars break in, they don't have to be afraid, they just want to grab things, when the time comes, those who can enter the city will enter the city, and those who hide in the mountains will hide in the mountains, and the Tartars will stay in our Daming for a short time, and they will leave sooner or later, and they will come back when they leave." “

Everyone was stunned, Xiang Bo and Zhu Da were dumbfounded, Qin Xiucai's words were not wrong, but they were said by the little girl in a childish tone, interesting and cute, only Zhou Qingyun on the side scratched his head and couldn't understand what everyone was talking about and why they were laughing, and he looked very distressed.

"Zhu Da, I heard people say in the past that our Datong scholars are either sour people who study hard, or they are powerful characters who can be military advisors, and this girl's father is powerful if he can't do it well." Qin Qin's interjection made Xiang Bo feel good, and he joked with a smile.

"Master is right, if you can teach such a smart daughter, you must be a father." Zhu Da echoed with a smile.

Zhu Da really wanted to meet this Qin Qin's father, in this era, it is definitely not simple to teach his daughter to be a character like this, at least it will be very interesting, walking and thinking, but his thoughts drifted away, he knew that this was the Jiajing period, but he had never studied history seriously back then, and he had no impression of what happened in this era at all.

"It seems to be quite peaceful" was rejected by himself as soon as he had this idea, and it seems that he watched some kind of drama film and television to have this impression, which is not accurate.

The "unpredictable prophet" can't be counted on, who would have thought that there would be today, you must know that today, how could you slack off and relax in school and society back then, and only seize the time to study and improve yourself.

Up to now, I can only grasp what I can grasp, I still remember a lot of skills and insights back then, and I still have to work hard to practice self-improvement in this era, and I can only rely on myself.