Early in the morning, Liu Xu went on the road, all the way to the east, to Dengzhou!

The two people who are with Liu Xu, one is called Xi Huaren and the other is called Lu Feng, both of whom are first-class catchers in the state government. When Liu Xu worked as a clerk in the state government and followed the criminal master Hong Qing to deal with the criminal name matters, he also had a lot of dealings with them. The two are strong in martial arts, and they are well-known among the state government's fast catchers, and both of them are Kou Zhun's henchmen.

Liu Xu knew that Kou Zhun had sent these two highly skilled martial arts catchers to follow him, and he had the intention of caring for himself.

Liu Xu went to Dengzhou this time to pretend to be a businessman to hide people's eyes and ears, and Xi Huaren and Lu Feng pretended to be buddies.

Dengzhou is more than 500 miles away from Qingzhou, and it is impossible for the three of them to go on foot. They were riding in a long-distance manned car from the Xujia car and horse in Qingzhou. Of course, they also have a choice of riding horses, but the Great Song Dynasty horses are very scarce, if the three of them are traveling on horseback, it will be too dazzling, and the task of the three of them is to go to the secret visit.

Besides, Liu Xu's equestrian skills have improved after a period of practice, but they are still very average. It's okay to ride a Taiping horse in the city, but if it's a long journey, Liu Xu is really a little daunting. Although the horse riding is fast, but after 500 miles, I am afraid that I will be tired enough, and the horse has to be fed and cleaned up, and the cost is too high. Therefore, people at this time travel long distances, and generally take large carts with horses and horses.

The big car that Liu Xu was riding in was the largest car and horse company in Qingzhou City, the Xu family's car and horse company.

The big car of Xujia car and horse line is sturdy and steady, easy to travel far away, there are two kinds of special cargo and special people, and its semicolon is all over the 38 counties of seven states, one government and one army on Jingdong East Road. Large cars can be repaired, maintained or transferred in semicolons, which is very convenient.

In the Great Song Dynasty, the cars of the rich and noble families were generally only used in the city, or to go near the city, and few ran long distances, because the damage to the car was too great for running long distances, and it was not practical. People who have a car driver, if they travel long distances, most of them are driven by cars and horses. Because even if the rich family is not afraid of damage and is willing to use their own car to drive a long distance, it is also a problem if half of the road breaks down, and there is no store in front of the village or behind it. In addition, most of the cars of those rich and noble families are used for transportation in the city, which is comfortable and spacious, and is not suitable for long-distance travel.

The carriage of the carriage that Liu Xu, Xi Huaren, and Lu Feng were riding in was large, and it could seat twelve people if it was full, but the big car that Liu Xu and they were riding in only carried eight people when they left Qingzhou.

In addition to Liu Xu and the three of them, there were two girls in the car, the older ones were about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a round round emerald shirt with tight sleeves and oblique placket, willow eyebrows, apricot eyes, bright eyes and bright teeth, very beautiful. However, Liu Xu found that although she looked quiet and gentle on her face, her eyes revealed a heroic spirit from time to time. As for the younger girl, she was about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a goose yellow jacket, with a sweet face, and she was also beautiful. The two girls leaned against the innermost part of the carriage, very quiet, and rarely spoke, except occasionally whispered a few words to each other.

And the other three are obviously a family of three, a couple who are not very old, leading a boy who is about four or five years old. The husband and wife each carried a blanket on their shoulders, and the man also carried a big burden. The couple is obviously simple and honest, but also taciturn. When Liu Xu got into the car, after nodding to them, there was no more communication.

As for the two girls, Liu Xu is a young man, and it is not easy to talk to them at will. Liu Xu just smiled and nodded when he got into the car, which was regarded as a greeting.

Liu Xu and his entourage went out of Qingzhou and went all the way to the east.

Most of the southern and western parts of Yidu County, Fuguo County, Qingzhou, are mountainous areas, while the northern and eastern parts are a flat river with fertile fields for thousands of miles.

In May, when the wheat has grown very tall, and by this time, the weather has begun to warm up, and it is the busy time for the wheat to hoe and water. On both sides of the road and in the endless fields, there is a busy scene everywhere.

Liu Xu looked at this stable and busy scene, thought of the war in Hexi and the chaos in Shudi, and then thought about the attack on the city by the pirates in Dengzhou who he was going to visit secretly, and couldn't help but sigh: Why are there so many wars, and how good it would be if they all lived in peace and stability here and now!

Of course, Liu Xu just sighed casually, Liu Xu, who had never experienced war in his previous life and this life, had not really felt the cruelty of war at this time!

In the carriage, Liu Xu chatted with Xi Huaren and Lu Feng to pass the boring time on the way.

Xi Huaren and Lu Feng, as Kou Zhun's henchmen, knew that Liu Xu was Kou Zhun's student, and they also knew how much Kou Zhun attached importance to Liu Xu, and although Liu Xu was young, he was already the first talent in Qingzhou, and Liu Xu's future in the future was unlimited. The two of them are just a small catcher, and the distance between them and Liu Xu is very different, of course they want to take this opportunity to have a good relationship with Liu Xu.

The two not only respect Liu Xu in their words, but also obey Liu Xu's orders in action.

Liu Xu is easy-going, and he is the kind of person who respects him and he respects you, seeing that the two respect him, Liu Xu is also very kind and polite to the two. When the three of them chatted casually, Liu Xu called Brother Xi and Brother Lu, and resolutely did not allow the two to call themselves Liu Gongzi, just let them call themselves Erlang or Yunkai, the two of them were also flattered, and the three of them talked happily.

After the big car crossed the giant ocean water, it went out of Yidu County, and then out of Qingzhou, and then east was Changle County under the jurisdiction of Weizhou. Juyang water, also known as Mi River, originates from the western foot of Yishan in Linqu County, Qingzhou, and flows through Linqu County, Yidu County, and Shouguang County into the Bohai Sea from south to north, and is the largest river in Qingzhou. The Yidu County and Changle County in Qingzhou of the Great Song Dynasty are bounded by the Mi River.

In May, the blue waves ripple on the surface of the Mihe River, the willows on the riverside are fresh, and the flowers are vibrant, which is very beautiful.

The temperature difference between the early morning and noon in May is still very large, and when the coolness of the early morning is replaced by the dry heat of noon, Liu Xu and their big car arrived at the Xu's Che Ma Xing branch in Changle County. At noon they would stop here to see if there were any passengers who had boarded the bus from here.

There is a big car shop in the branch of Xu's Carriage and Horse Dealership, which provides meals and accommodation, of course, the conditions are not much better. Liu Xu went in to take a look at the food, not only was it rough and unpalatable, but the price was not cheap, just looking at it, he lost his appetite, and then Liu Xu turned around and went out, planning to find a restaurant to eat.

When Liu Xu came out, he saw that the two girls took out two cooking cakes from their small baggage, one for each person, and the two asked the store for a bowl of boiled water, and ate the dry cooking cake with the bowl of boiling water next to the cart.

Seeing that the two beautiful girls were so embarrassed, Liu Xu couldn't help but feel a little compassionate, and had the heart to invite the two of them out to the restaurant to eat together. However, Liu Xu immediately thought that he had no relatives and no reason with others, so he rashly invited, for fear that others would misunderstand that he had other plans, so he had to shake his head helplessly.

At that moment, Liu Xu invited Xi Huaren and Lu Feng to go out, found a good restaurant on the street, and ate and drank. Liu Xu is now the big shopkeeper of Yunmen Wine House and Tianxia Xian Restaurant, and he is also a rich man, not only carrying a lot of silver money with him, but also carrying a 500 yuan flying money voucher. Of course, this flying money was used by Liu Xu to buy suitable seafood after he arrived in Dengzhou. However, even if Liu Xu carried the money with him, he could eat and drink enough along the way, so he would not suffer himself in eating and drinking.

The passengers who did not get on the bus from the Changle County branch, when the bus continued to rush in the afternoon, there were still Liu Xu and the eight of them in the carriage.

Sleepy in spring and lack in autumn, Xi Huaren and Lu Feng drank a lot at noon, a little tired, and fell asleep against the wall of the carriage. Liu Xu was very energetic, and when he saw that the two were asleep, he couldn't help but be bored, so he chatted with the man with his wife and children.

After some small talk, basically Liu Xu asked, and the man answered. It turned out that the man's name was Huang Dakui, a native of Zouping County, Zizhou, and he went to Beihai County, Weizhou to join his third uncle. The man was a little wooden, did Liu Xu and him have any common language, chatted for a while, and then had nothing to say.

Liu Xu was bored, so he wanted to chat with two beautiful little girls and gossip. However, Liu Xu chatted with them for a long time, and only asked that the two of them were the same as himself, and they also went to Dengzhou, and they couldn't ask anything else. Liu Xu asked them their names, but they just blushed and shook their heads, reluctant to say it. Obviously, the two girls went out alone, and they were still very guarded, and they didn't want to talk to anyone.

chatting was boring, Liu Xu couldn't help but be bored, and closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Just over half of the afternoon, there was still some time before the evening, the cart arrived in Weizhou, and the people on the cart stopped at the Weizhou branch of Xu's carriage and horse shop tonight.

If you go further from Weizhou to Ruth, even if you reach the nearest branch of Xu's carriage and horse company - Changyi County, there is still forty or fifty miles away from here, and tonight you can't arrive before the city gate is closed, so it is unrealistic to let everyone sleep in the wilderness, and besides, the carriage and horse company also has its own rules, that is, you must rest at your own branch at night. One is for safety; Second, when you arrive at the semicolon, there will be guests who get off the bus, and there will also be guests who get on the bus from this branch.

Liu Xu estimated that he had walked about 130 or 40 miles a day today, and he couldn't help but feel a little helpless about the traffic in this era. In the future, if you drive, it is estimated that it will only take an hour, but in this era, it will take a whole day.

Huang Dakui's family of three, who was in the same car as Liu Xu, arrived in Weizhou, because Huang Dakui was going to Beihai County in Weizhou. After paying the rest of the fare, they left with their baggage.

Liu Xu asked for two upper rooms in the big car shop of the carriage and horse shop, and went to settle down with Xi Huaren and Lu Feng. When Liu Xu entered, he glanced at the two little sisters in the same car, and saw that they lived in the cheapest room in the big car shop.