After dinner, Wang Yuan wrote a letter in reply to Mrs. Qin Guo, telling Mrs. Qin Guo that there was no need to worry too much, and that Liu Jun was basically sure that Liu Jun had come to find him. And promised Mrs. Qin that once she saw Liu Jun, she would persuade him to return to Chang'an. Tell Mrs. Qin that Zi Yun'er will go with her, and after seeing Liu Jun, she will ask Zi Yun'er to go back to Chang'an with him.

Although with Wang Yuan's understanding of Liu Jun, this stubborn boy would most likely refuse to go back, but in order to reassure Mrs. Qin, he could only make these guarantees temporarily. When Liu Jun sees him again, it is best if Liu Jun agrees to return to Chang'an, then everything will be fine. Otherwise, taking Liu Jun to Fanyang County will invisibly increase a lot of pressure, because Liu Jun is the life of Mrs. Qin Guo. Roots, once there is a mistake, it is really unbearable.

In the early morning of the next day, the entourage of the Lady of Qin's Mansion who had followed Zi Yun'er returned with a letter, and the team also moved forward.

In the early morning, the road was covered with frost, like a thin snow, the air was cold and biting, and the exhaled heat was a white mass, which showed that the temperature was already very cold.

Everyone marched forward in full gear, all the way endlessly, and arrived at Luzhou Mansion in the evening. The local officials got the news and sent people to greet Wang Yuan and his entourage, and settled down for a banquet. The night was very comfortable, I took a hot bath in the inn and slept beautifully.

When it was dawn, the state officials rushed back and forth to tell Wang Yuan about the investigation last night, which was about the whereabouts of Liu Jun and his party. Wang Yuan hopes to find their traces in Luzhou. But the returning officials did not bring good news. Slow to say that in the past three or two days, for more than half a month, there have been no strangers in Luzhou Mansion in and out of the city.

Ziyun'er and Qingyun'er were worried, but Wang Yuan was not too anxious. He knew that he was going to meet with the regiment training soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, and Liu Jun knew that if this kid was sure to come to him, he should go directly to Bingzhou. Bingzhou is nearly a thousand miles away from the capital, and there are several official roads from Chang'an to Bingzhou, and they are not able to take this route.

If Liu Jun was sincere in not letting Mrs. Qin Guo chase him back, he would definitely appear at a distance from the capital. Bingzhou is the best place, because not long after leaving Bingzhou, he entered the border land, and it was only a few days to reach Fanyang County, so Liu Jun should not rush to Fanyang County alone to wait for him.

Leaving Luzhou Mansion and going north, the journey behind is more and more arduous, the official road is rugged and difficult to travel, the mountains and rivers are continuous in the place where it passes, the ruts on the road are half a foot deep, the potholes are extremely uneven, and the hundreds of miles of official roads from Chang'an to Luzhou are simply worlds apart.

Wang Yuan knew that the farther north he got to the border, the worse the roads became. The border section is a bottomless pit that consumes a lot of supplies, and countless grain and grass materials can only be reached through one or two official roads. In these years, there was little ability to build a first-class highway with a solid foundation, and the condition of the road was deteriorating just by the cars and horses. What's more, the further north the official road is, the more it crosses mountains and ravines, and accidents such as landslides, rockfalls, mudslides, and fallen trees often occur, which increases the hard work of the road.

Wang Yuan ordered to slow down, preferring to walk less than to have a sudden situation such as overturning and startling a horse. accidents, loss of manpower and materials. In this way, under the increasingly cold north wind, the team traveled for five full days to complete the journey of more than 300 miles between Luzhou and Bingzhou. Counting the days, it has been almost ten days since I left the capital, and the time has entered October, and it has officially entered the severe winter season.

On the afternoon of the first day of October, the tired brigade finally arrived outside the southern gate of Bingzhou, and the generals and soldiers of the Nanya who escorted Wang Yuan also breathed a long sigh of relief. How easy it is to be a soldier in the capital, there has been such a difficult journey, hundreds of officers and soldiers along the way do not know how many sentences of scolding, and finally arrived at the end of the handover, which is the end of the hard life.

Liu Dehai led the 500 regiments to train soldiers and horses, and he was already looking forward to it here a few days ago. As soon as Wang Yuan led his soldiers and horses into the city and settled down, Liu Dehai brought two captains and five brigade commanders from the garrison to Wang Yuan's residence. After seeing Wang Yuan, Liu Dehai knelt down and kowtowed to greet him, thanking Wang Yuan for his kindness.

Wang Yuan laughed and helped Liu Dehai up and said, "After a few months, let's get together here again." I promised you that day, forgive me for taking months to fulfill, and you must have scolded me a lot in Beihai County. ”

Liu Dehai is not good at concealment, his face turned red when he heard the words, needless to say, Wang Yuan also knew that he had guessed correctly. These guys must have scolded behind their backs after leaving Beihai County, and they don't know how many swear words they sweared.

"Wang Qin's envoy will do what he says, and I am extremely ashamed. With the support of the envoy this time, I am deeply honored to be able to leave that ghost place in Beihai County as your personal entourage. Following Wang Qin's errand must be very enjoyable. The brothers of Beihai County are still talking about it. ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, this trip is just as my personal guard, not to fight and kill." General Liu wants to fulfill your duties, and without my orders, there must be no movement, otherwise I will not obey it. You must know that we are going to Fanyang County, which is the territory of An Lushan, and it is also the place where the Yi people and the Khitan fought with my Datang. ”

Liu Dehai and the others all said: "Wang Qin, don't worry, we will strictly obey your orders and will not mess around." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and nodded, and immediately asked Chen Zhong and Liu Dehai and others to hand over weapons and horses, Liu Dehai and the regimental training soldiers and horses have enjoyed such treatment, these armor, blades, bows, arrows and horses are all specially selected materials by Yang Guozhong, and they are all equipment for the guards and horses in the capital. Liu Dehai and the others couldn't close their mouths, and the soldiers and horses of Nanya covered their mouths and snickered, slandering these buns that they had never seen the world.

It was not until the time of the lantern that the materials were handed over. In the evening, Pei Zhengqing, the governor of the state, set up a banquet to entertain Wang Qincha who came to the capital, Wang Yuan borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and invited the generals escorted by Nanya to set up more than a dozen tables of hospitality, thanking them for escorting all the way. The meals on more than a dozen tables cost Pei Zhengqing a lot of money, and Pei Zhengqing grinned in distress, and nagged for more than ten days before putting it down.

But until the second watch day after the end of the banquet, when I returned to the pavilion, I had to go to bed, and Liu Jun and his party, who had been inquiring since the afternoon, still had no trace. Bingzhou is a place where dozens of counties are densely frequented, and there are thousands of people entering and leaving every day, and there is no way to verify whether Liu Jun and his party have entered Bingzhou. But if Liu Jun is in the state, there is no reason not to know the news that he has arrived.

Zi Yun'er and Qing Yun'er were even more sad, they were both personal servants by Madame's side, and they had served Mrs. Qin Guo for many years, how could they not know that Liu Jun's loss was a big disaster for Mrs. Qin Guo. How can you not be anxious with you?

Although Wang Yuan pretended to comfort them as if nothing had happened, he also began to drum in his heart, and his idea of whether Liu Jun really came to him began to waver, after all, he was a ten-year-old child, and his ideas were wild, and he couldn't do anything.

That night, Wang Yuan heard the suppressed sobbing voices of Zi Yun'er and Qing Yun'er on the bed outside the pavilion.

After dawn, the soldiers and horses escorted by Nan Ya returned to Beijing, and after Wang Yuan sent them away, he did not immediately Qichen, and deliberately stayed until the third pole of the sun, just to let Liu Jun appear in more time, but it backfired, and Liu Jun did not appear at all.

In desperation, everyone had to leave Qichen and Bingzhou, there were still hundreds of miles to go behind, and they couldn't rub the time too obviously.

Just when Wang Yuandu had already begun to determine that Liu Jun was not going to merge the state, on the official road twenty miles away from the east gate of the state, Liu Jun and more than 20 of his guards appeared and stopped in front of the team.

After receiving the report, Wang Yuan and Qingyun'er Ziyun'er came to the head of the team on horseback, and saw Liu Jun wrapped up like a zongzi sitting on the white BMW of the lion in the night, and his little face was red and purple from the cold.

"Teacher, but it's time to wait for you, your speed is too slow, I've been waiting for you for two days in Bingzhou." Liu Jun smiled and bowed on his horse.

Wang Yuan rolled his eyes and stepped forward and said, "Why didn't you come to me earlier?" We are so worried that you will not be looking for me, so we must tell your mother to look for you elsewhere. ”

Liu Jun smiled and said, "Teacher, I know you must want me to go back to Chang'an." If those Nanya soldiers don't leave, I won't show up. Otherwise, they tied me up and tied me back. But now no one is forcing me to go back. Therefore I will not show up to see you, but I will go out of the city early and wait for you on the road. ”

Wang Yuan suddenly praised this kid for being a big ghost and having too many eyes. It turned out that he was worried that he would let Nanya's soldiers and horses tie him up and go back to Chang'an.

"Hey, aren't you embarrassed to teach the teacher?" Wang Yuan sighed.

"Teacher, please, take me with you, there are so many people protecting us, it will definitely be fine." Liu Jun pleaded.

Wang Yuan was helpless, and said to Ziyun'er: "You go and persuade." My words don't seem to work. ”