"Su Niang, quickly prepare the meal." The man took a few steps first, shouted into the house, turned around and said to Yuanhang, "Childe, please come in." ”

"You're welcome." The voyage took a look and stood outside the door.

A woman came out of the door, saw a few strangers in the courtyard, and was stunned for a moment, looking at the man.

The man smiled and said, "These sons promised to lend us horses, and they will come later when they go." ”

The woman answered, nodded and said, "Just don't miss the second brother's big thing." ”

"No, no, no." The man laughed.

"A few sons are in the house, please, the women have prepared gruel." The woman turned around and went into the house, followed by Yuanhang and the others.

There was no hot food for a day, and Yuanhang thought that this gruel was delicious. When he had eaten his fill, he fell asleep in the house.

Towards noon, everyone woke up, and after making up for their sleep, they felt much more comfortable.

Yuanhang and Fu Yashi got together to discuss. The man outside the door tapped on the door and walked in.

"This son, let's leave at this time, okay?"

"Okay, big brother, our horses have strange tempers, I'm afraid they are not easy to control." Yuanhang smiled and said, "Brother Lao has found a few cloth clothes for us, and we will catch the car." ”

"Oops, how does this make. A few sons are willing to lend us horses, and we are grateful, how dare we bother you. The man waved his hand again and again.

"It's okay, you can find it."

The man couldn't excuse himself, and turned to go out. The voyage took off the blindfold and ordered the people to change their hair to the style of ordinary people.

A moment later, the man walked in with a cloth coat in his arms. Everyone changed it, and at a cold glance, it was a group of bankers, but Fu Yashi looked a little whiter.

Put the horse on the cart and see the distress of the voyage. This is a dark cloud stepping on the snow, and it was actually put on a cart.

After making preparations, a group of nearly twenty people set out on the road in six carriages. Talking and laughing along the way, Yuanhang soon became familiar with this man.

"These are reserved for you, and for the purpose of making my brother happy." Yuanhang took out a large piece of silver from his bosom and stuffed it into the arms of the man beside him.

"Childe can't." The man had never seen such a large amount of silver, and was about to excuse himself, but the voyage pushed forward again, and said: "If you don't keep it, won't you live up to my wishes, then you will have the right to eat porridge in the morning." ”

"Then thank you." Seeing that he couldn't refuse, the man put the silver in his arms, and had a lot of good feelings for Yuanhang in his heart.

As dusk approached, I saw that I was about to arrive at the place, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard behind me. Yuantu didn't have to look back to know that it was Yu Bo's officers and soldiers who caught up.

The officers and soldiers of the brigade galloped on horseback, overtook the convoy, stopped, and surrounded the convoy.

There were three generals in the front, one of them carrying a tiger's head and a big sword, and he returned to his horse to stare at this side. The other two wielded a spear and a pair of dovetail hooks.

"Who are you waiting for?" The general with the gun in his hand lifted his horse forward and pointed the gun at the front of the sword.

On the second car, the man in the same car hurriedly jumped down, ran to the front, bent down and said: "General Hui, we are the people of the small mountain village, tomorrow is my brother's big day, today I rushed to the front of Lijiaao to welcome my relatives." ”

The general looked at the man and asked, "Are all the people in the car from your village?" ”

The man looked back, and Yuanhang sat on the wheel and looked at him calmly.

"General Hui, they are all small neighbors, and they come with the small ones to greet their relatives." The man thought that this group of officers and soldiers might have come for Yuanhang and others, and although he hesitated in his heart, he still responded.

The general returned to his horse and said to the general in the middle: "My lord, it is the greeting team of the small mountain village. ”

The general nodded, and said to the general, "Let him come and identify him." ”

From behind these generals, a man stepped out. Yuanhang squinted and saw that it was one of the three people who had run away last night.

The man did not pay attention to the person who was driving the car, but only focused on the car, and when he arrived in front of Yuanhang, he did not even look at it, but then he lifted the curtain behind the car and looked inside.

"Back to the general, there is no one from last night." The man was scared half to death last night, and he only remembered that the leader was a one-eyed dragon, and he couldn't remember the faces of Yuanhang and the others. But I didn't dare to say that I didn't remember, so the garrison didn't kill him.

"General, we chased after them for a day, but we didn't see those people, could it be that they went towards Yubo?"

The general in the middle thought for a moment and said: "Yu Bo has his own garrison to personally investigate, I will continue to chase after him, if I can't catch up tomorrow, I will return to Yu Bo to resume my life." ”

Several generals turned their horses around and continued to chase forward, hula and follow a hundred and ten horses behind them, and dust rose on the official road they stepped on.

The man wiped his sweat, returned to the car, sat down on the wheel, and glanced at the voyage.

Yuanhang smiled lightly and drove out in the carriage.

rushed to Lijiaao, and the man arranged a place to stay for Yuanhang and others. Yuanhang stopped the man, a little reluctant, and said: "I'm going to go on the road tomorrow, I'm afraid I can't go back with you." ”

The man looked at the voyage in surprise, and said in his heart: If you don't go back, do you want us to pull the car back?

Yuanhang took the silver taels handed by Ah Jin, and said to the man, "These silver taels are enough for you to buy horses, and tomorrow you will buy them, and the horses will be yours." ”

The man reacted and thanked him repeatedly. The voyage saw off the man, and said to everyone: "I have found out clearly, there is a fork in the road ten miles to the east, which can lead to Baiyue County, and from there it can turn north to Yin Mall." Tomorrow we will spare some long distances, but we can avoid the officers and troops in front. ”

Everyone nodded yes and went to sleep. Yuanhang still had a bruise on his right eye, so he took out a piece of linen cloth and put a plaster on it, slapped it on his eye and fell asleep.

As soon as it was dawn on the second day, everyone got up, packed up their belongings, and after saying goodbye to the man, they led their horses out of Lijiaao and went east along the official road.

After traveling for more than ten miles, there was indeed a fork in the road that extended to the right, and Yuanhang and others came down the path and hurried forward all the way.

After walking for a long time, the path actually led to the bottom of a mountain. Yuanhang pointed to the mountain and said: "The man said that this mountain is called Bald Mountain, it seems that it is really true, and there are not a few trees on the mountain. ”

"But do you want to go up the mountain?" Fu Yashi asked on the side.

"No need, cross this mountain at the bottom of the mountain, and you will arrive at Baiyue County not far in front." Yuanhang pointed to the side and said, "Go this way." ”

A few people walked around the mountain, and after the mountain the road widened, and after a quarter of an hour, a city appeared in front of them.

"Young master, it's here." Ah Kim pointed forward and shouted.

"It should be, let's go into the city." The voyage urged the sunspots, and several people ran out.

This is the county seat of Baiyue, and it is better to say that it is a closed village than a county seat. This city is located at the junction of Shang and Qi, and is in the deep mountains, far away from the official road. Originally, it was the city of the Shang State, but later the Qi people gathered more and more, and it became the Qi State.

When Yuanhang and the others came to the city, they looked up and saw that the city was dilapidated and unguarded, so even half of the city gate was broken, and the other half was clinging to the wall of the doorway, and it was estimated that it could not be closed.

When you enter the city, the road is uneven, and it is not as good as the road in the village. There are not many merchants on both sides, and they are depressed, and they frown when they see the voyage.

"Young master, this place is so remote, and it can also be called the county seat?" Dao Zi led the horse forward and sailed in parallel.

Meteor shouted behind him, "I thought I was starving to death with good food." ”

"Let's find an inn to stay in first." Everyone walked towards the city, and kept looking around, but they didn't find a single Bu Yan with the inn written on it.

"This old man, where is the inn?" Ah Jin stopped an old man carrying a burden and stepped forward to ask.

The old man looked at them, shook his head and said, "If you open an inn here, you will have nothing to lose, and you won't have an outsider for a year, who will go to the inn." ”

"Where can I rest?"

The old man thought for a while, pointed to the north street, and said, "There is a tavern there, and it is the only one in the city, you can go and inquire to see if you can stay." ”

Ah Jin hurriedly thanked the old man and led Yuanhang and the others to North Street.

"There." Ah Jin pointed forward, and a raged cloth hung in front of him, perhaps he had not come to the guest for a long time, and he didn't even bother to shake it.

Several men tied their horses to the door of the tavern and walked in. There was only one little girl in the house, eight or nine years old. Seeing Yuanhang and the others coming in, he turned around and shouted in a delicate voice: "Grandpa, grandpa, someone is here." ”

"Who's coming?" An old voice came from behind, and a white-haired old man lifted the curtain and walked out of the back room.

Yuanhang stepped forward to salute and said, "Old man, we have come from afar and want to eat something here and spend the night, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

The old man looked at them and asked, "Where did the little brothers come from?" ”

"We are here from Qibo and want to go to Yin Tian City." After the voyage was finished, he regretted it.

Sure enough, the old man asked, "Since you are going to Yin Tiancheng, you should take the official road, the road is much easier and closer, why do you come around here." ”

"Well, I'm on the wrong path, I can only stay here for the night, and I'll be on my way tomorrow." Yuanhang hurriedly took out a small piece of silver from his bosom, handed it to the old man, and asked, "We are hungry, can we have something to eat?" ”

The old man hesitated for a moment, but then took the silver and put it in his bosom, and said to them, "Feel free to sit down, and you can only make some simple food." ”

After a while, the old man brought out half a pot of cakes, a bowl of dried radish, and half a bowl of bacon on the table. The little girl looked at the bacon and swallowed her saliva, pulled the old man's clothes, and shouted, "Grandpa, I want to eat bacon too." ”

The old man turned around and touched the girl's little head, bowed his head and said, "Qing'er, the bacon is for the guests, and there are radish strips in the back room, if you are hungry, go and eat it." ”

"Grandpa, grandpa......" The little girl stretched out her voice and shook the old man.

"Little girl, come here." Yuanhang beckoned to her, picked up half a bowl of bacon, and said, "I'll give this to you, take it and eat it." ”

The little girl looked at the bacon greedily, but she didn't dare to pick it up, so she hid behind the old man, showing half of her head and looking at the voyage.

"Guest officer, you eat, children are not sensible." The old man hugged the little girl and waved it with one hand to let Yuanhang take it back.

"You old man, you have meat at home but don't give it to your children, so it's hard for you to keep it for yourself." Dao Zi slapped the table and stood up. The frightened little girl hurriedly retracted her head.

"Sit down." Yuanhang looked up and glared at Dao Zi. Dao Zi pointed at the old man and sat back on the stool hatefully.

"Old man, don't be afraid, my brother is anxious, but he is not a bad person." Yuanhang smiled and apologized.

The old man waved his hand and smiled: "It's not weird, it's not weird." ”

"Dare to ask the old man, why is it so depressed here?"

After hearing this, the old man sighed heavily and said, "The guest officer doesn't know anything." ”

Seeing that he had something else to hide, Yuanhang pulled over a stool and said, "Old man, please sit down and speak." ”

"Huh." The old man came over, sat down beside Yuanhang, and spoke.

"At first, the mountains and rivers here were beautiful, and the people lived a stable life. Originally, it belonged to the Shang State, and the Shang army was also stationed here, this was not a Shang Qi war, the Shang army was transferred from here, and even the garrison was withdrawn to Qibo, so there was no one to take care of it here. The old man shook his head, and then said: "There is a mountain thirty miles west of the city, where there are one hundred and ten bandits, and the merchant army here did not dare to come, but now that the merchant army has withdrawn, they will go down the mountain to occupy the city, rob the grain, and forcibly collect taxes and silver......

"Damn it, how can that be." Dao Zi slapped the table heavily and scolded, scaring the old man into not daring to speak.

"Shut up." Yuanhang glanced at him, turned back and continued to listen to the old man.

"They came once every six months, and the prime of life in the city also resisted, but they couldn't beat them, but dozens of people were killed. Now, almost all those who are sharp in their legs and feet have fled out, and only the old, weak, sick and disabled remain in the city. He glanced at the half bowl of spicy meat, then looked at the little girl, and said heavily: "I'm afraid that the gang of thieves will come again tonight, and this bacon was originally reserved for them, how dare I give it to the child." But when you gave me money, I gave it to you, and when they came, I gave it to me, so that my fathers and grandchildren would be safe. ”

"His grandmother's." This voyage didn't hold back, and jumped up slapping the table.

"Young master, you ......" Dao Zi looked up at the voyage.

"Shut up, give me a lot of food, and kill all those thieves when you're full." The eyebrows of the voyage qi were upside down, and he gritted his teeth.

"Shut up too......" Dao Zi muttered, grabbed the dry food and stuffed it into his mouth, grabbed another piece of bacon, thought for a while and put it back in the bowl, pushing the bowl in front of the old man.

Yuanhang calmed his breath, picked up the bowl and handed it to the old man, and said: "Don't worry, old man, it's just that if you don't know, we know it today, so we have to take care of it." You give it to the children to eat, and when the thieves come, I will kill them all. ”

The old man said with trepidation, "There are hundreds of them, you ......."

Dao Zi stuffed dry food in his mouth, and said disdainfully: "So what, hundreds of officers and soldiers ......"

"Smack." Yuanhang slapped him on the head and shouted: "I can't stop you if I eat, shut up for me." ”

"Haha......" Fu Yashi and the others couldn't hold back anymore and laughed.