"Gotta got..." the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded on the official road, "Get out of the way!" The knights in front of him shouted incessantly, and the few pedestrians on the road avoided them, and the dirt was lifted high by the galloping horses' hooves.

"Childe, there is a tea shed in front, let's rest for a while before leaving, Jinyang Mansion is not far away, and we will definitely arrive tonight." Si Cha and Zhou Chengyun rode side by side, persuading in their mouths.

Zhou Chengyun raised his head, squinted his eyes slightly and looked forward, "Okay, go rest your feet, raise your horsepower, and then rush to Jinyang in one go." ”

In the past, he was not so domineering on the official road, and when he encountered pedestrians, he rode slowly and slowly, and only ran at high speed when no one was around, but this time he couldn't take care of so much.

After Zhou Chengyun returned to Jiezhou from Zhuolushan, he has been busy dealing with the backlog of matters between his family and the Pujie Chamber of Commerce, in late spring and early summer, it is a good season for drying salt, so busy that he is anxious, just sorted out the details of various affairs, and when he was ready to go north to Baozhou in a few days, a letter from Feinu made him have to set off early.

Before he left Zhuolu Mountain, Feinu was specially transferred from a few nearby branches to stay, and he talked to Zhiwen at that time to communicate with each other.

The letter said that Zhuolu Mountain is being attacked by bandits day and night, including Wang Jiayin, Chuang Wang, Guo Tianxing and other well-known leaders, the total number of bandits is not less than 100,000, Zhuolu Trading Company has been withdrawn from the market town, so far, the mountain can not hold out, the bandits can not enter the clouds.

Zhou Chengyun was anxious as soon as he read this letter, although Zhuolu Mountain is steep, and there are two moat-like passes that can be defended, but there are only a thousand people who can go to the battlefield.

As for defeating the bandits, it would be even more impossible, Zhou Chengyun didn't even think about it.

After thinking about it again and again, Zhou Chengyun explained the affairs in his hand, and hurriedly went north with people, his first stop was Jinyang, the capital of western Jinxi, where Geng Ruqi, the governor of western Jinxi, was located.

Zhou Chengyun's initial idea was very simple, that is, by virtue of his friendship with Governor Geng, he asked him to help, although there are two towns of Datong and Xuanfu between Jinxi and Baozhou, it is impossible to use troops across the border, but with Geng Ruqi's high position as governor, he only needs to issue a private letter to Baozhou, and it is impossible for Baozhou not to sell Governor Geng's face, even if it is to make a few soldiers, Zhou Chengyun does not ask for anything else, as long as he can scare the bandits away, he is very satisfied.

But along the way, Zhou Chengyun began to worry about whether his idea was a little naïve, and it was not easy to ask Geng Ruqi to take out such a letter, Baoan Prefecture is not a territory of western Jinxi, and to write such a letter, but to risk being impeached by the officials, this is not just a matter of friendship.

But the matter has come to this, Zhou Chengyun has no other way but to try, for this reason he specially flew slaves on the road to pass the book, so that the big shopkeeper of Jinyang prepared yellow and white things for him, of course, in order to do what he likes, antique calligraphy and painting can not be less.

A group of people waited until they got the tea shed, got off the horse to drink tea and eat, fed the horse and brushed the horse without mentioning, and after resting almost, they continued to move forward, and when the sunset was only a touch of residual sun on the ground, the Jinyang city wall was already in front of them.

"Lead the way in front of the head and go to Governor Geng's mansion." After entering the city at the last time, Zhou Chengyun impatiently ordered, "Send someone to find the shopkeeper here again, and ask him to send me a gift to the gate of Geng's mansion." ”

"Don't worry, Childe!" Si Cha knew why Zhou Chengyun was so urgent, in fact, he was more anxious than his son-in-law, if Zhuolu Mountain was attacked by bandits, the 300,000 taels of silver that his son threw in would be all lost.

But as a personal scholar, he still has to fulfill his responsibilities, Si Cha grabbed Zhou Chengyun's horse reins and reminded, "Childe, we look like a dusty servant, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go to see the governor." ”

Zhou Chengyun looked at his plastered robe, Si Cha also slept like this, and even there was a lot of dust on his hair and eyebrows, so he smiled and said, "Yes, if you go to see Governor Geng like this, I'm afraid that you will be beaten with a stick, let's go, wash and wash first." ”

Hurriedly found an inn, and after some washing, Zhou Chengyun changed his clothes and was about to set off, asking to see the big shopkeeper in Jinyang.

Zhou Chengyun was in a hurry to find Geng Ruqi, he didn't want to see him, but the gifts he had prepared were all in the hands of this person, so he had to ask Si Cha to call him in.

"Childe, there's an urgent secret letter just delivered." As soon as the big shopkeeper of Jinyang entered the door, without waiting for Zhou Chengyun to speak, he handed over a volume of secret letters that had not yet been opened, and then retired, with his identity, he was not qualified to participate.

Zhou Chengyun took it and opened it, there was not much content on the letter, just a few glances, and he could roughly read it.

After a while, Zhou Chengyun, who had been frowning all the way, smiled for the first time, and then couldn't stop laughing.

"Childe, what's the pleasure?" Si Cha asked curiously.

"Great joy, great joy!" Zhou Chengyun smiled, "Come on, you can take a look too." Then he handed the letter over.

"This..."Si Cha looked up in disbelief after reading it, "Is this true?" ”

The secret letter said that the fierce battle of Zhuolu Mountain was in full swing, and Zhiwen suddenly appeared with a large group of cavalry, and the inside and outside were combined, not only relieved the siege of Zhuolu Mountain, but also shot the two major bandit leaders, and there were not a few bandits who were killed and captured.

Zhou Chengyun nodded, "You can't deceive people for such a big thing, besides, I believe that the Zheng family kid, he can always surprise people." ”

"It would be nice if this letter came a few days earlier, or if we left a few days later, we didn't have to make this trip." Si Cha sighed that this secret letter was delivered after they left Jiezhou, because Zhou Chengyun was not there, and then it was sent to Jinyang.

"Otherwise," Zhou Chengyun shook his head and said, "Actually, the matter of Jiezhou has been almost done, I originally planned to go to Zhuolu Mountain in the next two days, I just left early and late, there is not much difference, we all have to come to Jinyang." ”

"Childe, should we still go to Governor Geng?" Sicha asked.

Zhou Chengyun paced a few steps in the room, did not answer Si Cha, but said with a smile, "I didn't expect that our shopkeeper of Jinyang is still a lucky star, you go and call him in, and I will talk to him." ”

"I've seen Childe." When the shopkeeper came in, he bowed and saluted.

"The shopkeeper is polite." Zhou Chengyun returned the courtesy, "If I'm not mistaken, your surname is also Zhou, right?" ”

"That's right, Childe has a really good memory." Shopkeeper Zhou replied, "When the old man was still there, he went to Jinyang to open up business routes, because he was his own family, he hit me off at first sight, and thanks to his favor, I made me the big shopkeeper here." ”

"Shopkeeper Zhou has done a lot of things in Jinyang over the years, and I thank you first."

"Childe, where is this, don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Shopkeeper Zhou thanked him.