How many roads are there from Xuchang to Tancheng? If you follow the way you walked at that time, starting from Xuchang, you will first reach Shangqiu, which is about 160 kilometers; Then it was rerouted from Shangqiu to Pengcheng, which was about 140 kilometers; Finally, it is more than 100 kilometers from Pengcheng to Tancheng. All things considered, Lu Ren had to walk more than 400 kilometers to take up his post in Tancheng. If converted to Hanli, it is nearly more than 1,000 miles.

400 kilometers, if it is in modern times, get an okay car and then get on the highway, at most it is a day's thing; It's faster if you take a train. It's a pity that Lu Ren is in the late Han Dynasty, and with the current situation, it will take at least about seven days to arrive. In fact, Lu Ren is going to spend half a month on the road, and it is almost the same to walk twenty or thirty kilometers a day.

You must know that the number of 20 or 30 kilometers sounds very bad, but when converted into Hanli, it is 60 or 70 miles, and with the traffic conditions at that time, it can be said that under normal circumstances, it is already very fast. For example, Xia Houyuan's "five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days" is said to be the Hurricane Army, but in fact, his troops only travel 170 Han miles a day, which is less than 80 kilometers in modern kilometers...... Lu Ren didn't plan to use his group as a military envoy and play a rapid march.

In short, Lu Ren's group was walking forward on the road whether it was fast or not, and it was not slow to say that it was slow, and when they arrived in Shangqiu, they rested in Shangqiu for a day, and then continued to move forward. A few days later, Pengcheng was only a day's journey away.

"Pengcheng...... In fact, this Pengcheng is the later Xuzhou City, which belongs to Jiangsu Province; The city of Xuzhou in Tao Qian's era refers to the city of Tancheng, the seat of Xuzhou he selected, but later it belonged to Shandong Province...... Speaking of which, it seems that after Lao Cao moved the Xuzhou Governance Office to Pengcheng, Pengcheng was called away by Xuzhou and Xuzhou, right?

"It's a pity, now it's not long before Lao Cao snatched Xuzhou from Liu Bei's hands, didn't the governance office say that it could be moved, don't I still have to run to Tancheng? Don't say anything else. I'm almost tired of this way! ”

Muttering so much in his heart, Lu Ren sat a little depressed in the carriage, so he simply sat on the wheel and chatted with a few Lu and Mi disciples who were guarding the car with him. While chatting here, the people in front of him suddenly rushed to the front of the car and reported to Lu Renyu that more than 100 people and horses had been found not far ahead, but they didn't look like robbers or other thieves. But just in case, please make some preparations.

After hearing this, Lu Ren didn't dare to be careless. Although the current Pengcheng realm is Cao Cao's sphere of influence, things like Liukou have always been elusive and unguardable. In addition, Lu Ren has historical records that Tian Feng and Fu Zhi advised Yuan Shao to send guerrilla troops to harass Cao Cao's subordinates during this period. This was adopted by Yuan Shao, so it is not surprising that Yuan Shao's small-scale troops appeared in Cao Cao's subordinate territory, if he really encountered this kind of troops, he would not have to start fighting immediately?

Thinking of this, Lu Ren couldn't help but secretly congratulate himself that he had three hundred cavalry dispatched by Zhang Xiu by his side, plus the children of the Lu and Mi clans that he carried, there were a total of more than five hundred people, and the strength to do the one hundred or so people on the opposite side was still there, at least at least he would not make a mistake in his heart.

So Lu Ren asked everyone to be on guard, and the road continued to move forward. But then again. When two teams of people meet, they always have to say hello. Even if you are a thief who blocks the road, doesn't you always shout something like "I opened this mountain, I planted this tree"? So Lu Ren sent a few people over. Ask the other person what their origins are.

After all, no matter how you say that Lu Ren is now the assassin of Xuzhou, everything on the land of Xuzhou is under his jurisdiction, and if he meets someone and wants to ask something, it is a veritable justification. But Lu Ren also told the person who went to interrogate. If you don't have to, don't report your name. Because if this matter develops in a good direction, for example, the other party is just a big family here in Pengcheng, then as soon as he hears that it is Lu Ren, he will most likely come over to salute and say hello. Then there is a relationship to invite dinner or something like that, and Lu Ren's trip will most likely be delayed;

And to the bad side, for example, the other party is really a guerrilla force sent here by Yuan Shao, and when I heard that it was the new Xuzhou assassin Shi Lu Ren...... Without explaining his identity, the other party saw that there were many people in Lu Ren, and he might not come to provoke Lu Ren, but if he heard that it was Lu Ren, the other party might do something risky when he was eager to invite merit. In short, to put it simply, Lu Ren didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble on the road.

In this way, Lu Ren sent people over. And after a while, the person who went to ask came back to report to Lu Ren, saying that the other party was a big family near Pengcheng, and he came out to hunt when he had nothing to do recently, so Lu Ren didn't have to worry. Of course, these are just words on the scene, the two sides are just saying hello to each other, and Lu Ren will not easily relax his guard because of this, so he still tells everyone to be careful, and then continue to hurry.

It didn't take long for the two sides to officially meet, and then greet each other and say hello, and they passed each other. Because Lu Ren didn't want to cause some unnecessary things, he hid in the car and didn't show up.

Originally, there would be nothing to do after passing by like this, but Lu Ren was still a little uneasy, so he pulled out a small slit in the car curtain and looked out to see the other party's situation. It's just that under this look, Lu Ren feels that the situation seems to be a little wrong.

How to say that? What stunned Lu Ren the most was that the other party's white horses were almost all the same, and there were so many hundred or so horses at a glance, which would really give people a strong visual impact. In fact, not only Lu Ren was a little surprised, even Zhang Xiu's three hundred cavalrymen were talking in a low voice, and compared to Lu Ren, these cavalrymen were all people who knew and loved horses, so most of the eyes looking at the white horses on the other side were full of envy.

But on the contrary, Lu Ren secretly became vigilant, and secretly said in his heart: "No! There are not a few wealthy and wealthy families in Pengcheng, but after all, it is the Central China Plain, and it does not produce such tall white horses very much. If it's just three horses, five horses, or more than a dozen horses, and all the hundreds or so horses are just raised in captivity by large families, it's really a little unreasonable. Of course, you can buy it with money, but these are high-quality white horses, not cabbage! How much does it cost to pay for such a hundred or so horses? With my current net worth, I don't dare to think that there is a big family here in Pengcheng that has this ability? No, you have to tell your men to be careful. ”

Thinking so in his heart, Lu Ren was ready to call someone over and give him another good advice. But before he could shout, Lu Ren's eyes caught a glimpse of the other party's leader, and vaguely, Lu Ren felt as if he had seen this person somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

At this time, the person on the opposite side was also quietly watching Lu Ren's party. This leader looks like he is about twenty-eight or nine years old, and his appearance is not to be said, he definitely belongs to the category of heroic and handsome. Because people are riding on horses, the specific height can't be seen, but Lu Ren thinks that no matter how he says it, he must have more than one meter eight. And the most important thing is that Lu Ren feels that this guy has a temperament, a temperament that makes people feel very decent at first glance.

But I saw that Zhang Xiu's three hundred cavalry were secretly envious of the other party's white horse, and when this buddy saw these three hundred cavalry, his eyes were also slightly bright, which was a look with a little surprise and a little appreciation. And suddenly, this guy seemed to notice that Lu Ren was secretly watching his gaze, and his eyes like lightning also looked at Lu Ren.

Maybe out of some habit, this guy turned over his hand and took the weapon that was hanging in a place where Lu Ren's eyes couldn't see it, and then subconsciously tightened his wrist. It's just that as soon as this buddy flashed his weapon, Lu Ren felt his head buzz, and some memory fragments that were almost forgotten by him appeared in his mind. After a closer examination, Lu Ren secretly exclaimed in his heart: "That's right! It's him! He had a sister, and I said I should have met him before. It's been years, and I've almost forgotten it! ”

Hurriedly opened the curtain of the car, and Lu Ren shouted to the buddy: "The person opposite, is it Changshan Zhaoyun and Zhao Zilong?" ”

This handsome man was stunned when he heard this, and driven by vigilance, the spear in his hand tightened his grip a little tighter, and he responded coldly to Lu Ren: "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

Lu Ren also got out of the carriage at this time, standing on the wheel and carefully identifying. Soon, those vague fragments of a few years ago gradually became clear in his mind, and Lu Ren also confirmed his thoughts, so he arched his hand and smiled at the other party: "No wonder General Zilong doesn't remember me." It's been six or seven years now, right? At that time in Xuzhou, I only met General Zilong in a hurry, and I was just an unknown person who delivered a letter at that time, so it was reasonable that General Zilong would not remember me. ”

This handsome man was stunned again, lowered his head and secretly recalled: "Xuzhou six or seven years ago? Did he meet me when he delivered the letter? Wait, at that time, I was borrowed by Liu Yuanjun to rescue Xuzhou, and later Cao Cao sent someone to send a letter to retire...... Yes!? Wasn't that messenger ...... later?"

As soon as he thought of this, the handsome man arched his hand to Lu Ren and asked, "Is Your Excellency ...... Lu Yihao Lu servant shooting!? ”

Lu Ren smiled at the other party a little embarrassed, and knew that the other party was Zhao Yun. But that's the way it is, at that time, he was really a veritable nobody, and Brother Yun was one of Lu Ren's idols in this era, and now he unexpectedly met his idol, no matter how he said it, he would be a little embarrassed.

But before Lu Ren and Zhao Yun could talk again, a shrill voice beside Zhao Yun exclaimed, and this voice knew that it was a woman as soon as he heard it, but what surprised Lu Ren the most was that this woman's next words surprised Lu Ren to the extreme: "Lu Servant shoots!" It's really a land servant shot! Lu Servant, is Ziliang by your side? ”

Lu Ren looked at the woman who was shouting again, and almost didn't fall off the car:

"Zhen, Zhen Jiang!? How did you end up here!? (To be continued......)