Cang Xiangtian sent Yuanhang and the others to the junction of Nubei and Qi State, pointed to the border pass, and said: "Lord Ye, forty miles ahead is the Langxi Mansion of Qi State, and after Langxi is the official mall. The adults only need to pass through these two border cities to reach Kaizhou in the Liang Kingdom. I have walked this road a few times, it is very easy to walk, and I will not send much to the sky. ”

Yuanhang dismounted to greet him, hugged Cang Xiangtian gratefully, and said softly: "Don't forget our agreement, we will definitely meet again in the Central Plains." ”

"Don't worry, don't worry, don't dare to forget." The two hugged each other tightly, each stepped back and separated, and said goodbye.

Yuanhang and others walked through the border pass and went all the way. When I entered the Central Plains, the climate became humid, and I obviously felt much warmer than outside the Saiwai.

"Yashi, how long have we walked to get here?" Yuanhang asked with his horse tilted his head.

"Young master, twelve." Yashi replied casually. Yuanhang nodded, he knew in his heart that he had been walking for twelve days and sunsets, but he still had to make sure that Yashi remembered it, which was related to the overall situation.

"You should be familiar with this route, right?" Because Yuanhang wanted to go back to Houtang to resume his life, he took the east road when he returned, and returned to Jiangzhou, and went around the entire Central Plains and a large circle outside the Saiwai.

Fu Yashi knew that Yuanhang's question was referring to his last mission to Qi, but he still shook his head and replied: "I'm not familiar with it, I just passed the official mall and turned west, and I am more familiar with it when I get to Louguan." ”

The voyage gas almost went back to the air, and when he arrived at Louguan, he entered the Liang country, do you still need to be familiar with it?

Damu Haoxing said in the back: "Your Excellency, just rest assured, this road can cross the two border cities of Qi outside the city, and we don't need to enter the city." ”

Yuanhang turned around and asked, "Didn't you take the mountain road again?" ”

Damu Haoxing shook his head and said: "Walking down the bluestone city wall, the Qi garrison can see us, but after a long time, they don't bother to come down and check, as long as it is not an army, they can pass smoothly." ”

Rest assured, as long as you don't take the mountain road, it doesn't matter if you slow down, you don't want to climb the city wall anymore.

After walking for another seven days, he finally passed through the territory of Qi and arrived at the Louguan of Liang State. When he arrived here, Yuanhang let out a sigh of relief, and he could be regarded as returning safely.

The building is dangerous, built on the mountain. There are many soldiers under the gate, and the people who came from the Qi country are strictly investigated, and there is no leakage in the slightest, and Yuan Hang sees it in his eyes and nods.

"Stop, dismount and check." Seeing the large number of people in Yuanhang's party, several soldiers pointed their spears at them and surrounded them.

"This is Lord Jiangzhou Garrison Ye, quickly call your general to come over." With his legs clamped, the mount trotted a few steps to the front.

After hearing this, the soldier in front looked at the voyage, still holding the spear in his hand, and said: "The border is urgent, if you are a garrison, please show the waist card to pass." ”

Yuanhang nodded, turned over and dismounted, walked in front of the soldier, took out his waist card and handed it over.

The soldier naturally recognized that the second-rank captain was much taller than General Hu in Louguan, not to mention that he was a small soldier. Hurriedly threw the spear aside, knelt down on one knee, raised the waist card above his head with both hands, and said: "The duty of my subordinates is to offend my lord, and I ask your lord to forgive me." The soldiers behind him cheered and all knelt down.

Yuanhang stretched out his hand to help the soldier up, and said with a smile: "What a crime, you should be rewarded for strictly guarding the border pass." If the investigation is lax, I am afraid that I will really lose my life. ”

"Lord Xie, please enter the customs, and I will immediately tell General Hu to come to greet you." When the soldier saw that Yuanhang did not blame himself, he was very happy in his heart, and hurriedly dodged to get out of the way.

"Okay, go and get some food for us, we haven't eaten well this way." Yuanhang nodded, and when he entered the customs first, he set foot on the land of his own country.

The general guarding the pass is called Hutong, and he was originally a partial general under Gu Xin, Gu Xin knew the weight of Louguan, and handed over this burden to him when he left. Hutong martial arts are average, but he is good at defense, keep in mind Gu Xin's words, and train the soldiers shrewdly, and there has been no mistake in Lou Guan in his hands.

Hutong naturally knew the daimyo of the voyage, and when he heard that the soldiers had arrived at the gate, he hurriedly trotted out to greet him.

"The last general building is closed to the army alley, see Lord Ye." When Hutong saw the voyage, he bent over and knelt. Yuanhang stepped forward to support him, and said with a smile: "I have seen Louguan, General Hu has managed the army well, and the soldiers have checked in an orderly manner, all of which are your achievements." ”

"Thank you for your praise, the last general will not dare to take credit." Hutong Shili said.

"I have an urgent matter to go back to the back hall to face the saint, this is a long way, so I won't delay here for more. General Hu prepared lunch for us, and after eating, we were about to hurry. Yuanhang was grunting with hunger, and he didn't want to be more polite with him, so hurry up and serve the food.

Hutong hurriedly responded, invited Yuanhang and others to enter, and ordered the soldiers to hurry up and make a fire.

After eating, everyone was about to leave, and Hutong couldn't hold on anymore, so he sent fifty soldiers to escort him. Yuan Voyage said that the border pass was important, politely declined, and continued to move forward with everyone.

To Kaizhou, the governor of Kaizhou and the garrison personally went out of the city to greet each other, and they were very embarrassed to make a long voyage. He is also a garrison, and he has the same position as the Kaizhou garrison, so the governor is half a position higher than himself, how dare he let people greet him. If you don't welcome it, you can't do it, who called the voyage Although it is a garrison, it is a second-class official residence. In the entire country, except for him, the rest of the Zhizhou garrisons are no more than four products.

The garrison of Kaizhou sent a general and a hundred soldiers to escort the voyage across the Longjiang River until the voyage was sent to the boundary of Guzhou. As long as there is no accident in Kaizhou, they are thankful.

The same is true of Guzhou, officials at all levels go out of the city to greet each other, and it is the first time that Yuanhang is so majestic, frequently waving to the people on both sides of the street, and the smug color jumps on his face.

The garrison of Guzhou also did not dare to be careless, and sent a general and a partial general to lead 200 soldiers to escort the voyage to Yizhou, which was grand, and it was estimated that it was only inferior to Emperor Yinwen.

Coming out of Guzhou, the voyage became heavy. After going forward for more than ten miles, he arrived at the Tiantianyu, where there was a good brother of his, Limo.

When they arrived at the intersection, Yuanhang asked the escorted soldiers to wait on the official road, and he and the others went down the road to the Tianyu, and the two generals followed in.

I haven't been here for a long time, and I can't see the path here. With their impressions, Yuanhang and others finally found the lonely grave of Limo.

The forest is quiet, the weeds are green, and this rugged man is now quietly sleeping here. There is no more sword light and blood shadow, no more disputes with the world, only with the green mountains as a companion, and the loess depends on each other. What is left is just the eternal smile in the eyes of the voyage.

"Brother Mo, I'm here." Yuanhang lifted his robe and knelt down on his knees in front of Mo's grave. Ah Jin and the others put some food, wine and meat on the table.

Yuanhang looked like Li Mo in his mind, as if he was looking at himself with a smile, and said, "My lord, why did you come to see me, give me the wine quickly, but I'm hungry." By the way, what's wrong with my sister, adults have to treat her well, otherwise I'll leave Mo ......"

When Yuanhang saw Li Mo say this, tears flowed down the water, raised the wine jar, and drank the wine with his own tears.

Unable to control himself any longer, Yuanhang cried.

"Brother, it's very good from autumn, I gave birth to a daughter, named Zhiqiu. When the children are older, I will take them with me to see you. Yuanhang said crying. Sprinkle the wine on the grave one at a time.

Everyone paid tribute for a while in front of Mo's grave, and Fu Yashi persuaded them to sail on the road, otherwise they were afraid of missing the post station at night. Yuanhang looked at Limo's grave, got up and gave a deep salute to the two generals who followed behind, and the frightened two generals hurriedly returned the salute, not knowing what Yuanhang was going to do.

"Two generals, I can't stay in Guzhou for a long time, my brother is buried here, no one takes care of him, and I ask the two generals to go back to inform the state, and ask him to send someone to repair this place for my brother, and send someone to pay tribute to it during the New Year's holidays, so I will have a good reward for Ye Yuanhang in the future." The voyage was to see that Limo's grave had been washed away by the rain, and wanted people to rebuild it.

The two generals nodded and said, "Lord Ye, just rest assured, the last general will definitely complete this matter, and send a few more soldiers to guard here." ”

"Thank you." Yuanhang nodded, looked back, wiped away his tears, and walked out of the forest.

When he arrived in Yizhou, Yuanhang received a warmer welcome. He used to be the governor here, and the people still remember him.

"The last general Yizhou garrisoned Korean, and I have seen Lord Ye." A military general with full armor clasped his fists in front of the expedition horse. Yuanhang laughed, jumped off the horse, and stepped forward to hug Han.

"You kid, you rose fast enough, you were still a general when I was here, and now you are on guard." This Korean language was under Sun Ke when he first arrived in Yizhou on a long voyage, and when he broke Xiaoliang's soldiers and horses, he was only a partial general at that time, and he was also ordered to dig the Yizhou moat.

Korean grinned, and he was very touched by the voyage without forgetting the old feelings. It's just that he is already forty-two years old, but he has become a kid in his mouth.

"Lord Ye still remembers me." Han said with a smile.

"Naturally, I remember that when we fought against Xiaoliang together, how could we forget the brothers who shared life and death." Yuanhang replied with a smile.

Han Yu nodded and said, "The last general will be able to be a guard, and I have to thank Lord Ye." ”

Yuanhang laughed, knowing that he meant that he transferred Sun Ke, Qin Chao and others by himself, so he gave him the opportunity to be a garrison.

"Lord Ye, Lord Zhizhou is unwell and can't come to greet you, please forgive me." Korean accompanied the voyage into the city, speaking as he went.

"It's okay, I'm just passing by, so I don't have to bother Lord Zhizhou." Yuanhang didn't care, and walked towards the city with a smile.

Rest overnight in the garrison mansion, and early the next morning, the voyage took the sword purple and ah gold, went out of the house to the street, and walked towards his pawnshop.

Since withdrawing from Yizhou, Yuanhang has lost the pawnshop to Dong Fuzi. Dong Fuzi couldn't take care of it himself, so he closed the bank, leaving only the pawnshop to operate. In the past year or so, it has been prosperous, but it is also comfortable, not only accepting many apprentices, but also marrying a concubine.

Yuanhang approached the shop and stopped to look ahead. Seeing that the shop is still the same, and people come and go from time to time inside and outside the door, it seems that the business is quite prosperous.

"Whether you go or not, don't get in the way of our house." A woman's voice came from behind her, and Yuanhang and the others looked back.

"Yes...... It's Lord Ye. The woman opened her mouth in astonishment and looked at the voyage.

Yuanhang remembered that this woman was Nadu Yue'e, and he had broken her case.

"It's me, I haven't seen you for many days, how are you and that butcher?" Only then did Yuanhang notice that she was standing in front of her butcher's shop, no wonder she wanted to come out to drive herself.

"Alright, alright, sir, how are you?" Du Yue'e obviously didn't expect to meet Yuanhang, this is her great benefactor, she responded in a panic, and hurriedly shouted to the house: "Master, come out to greet the adult." ”

Butcher Zhang ran out of the door, and was very surprised to see Yuanhang, and hurriedly invited Yuanhang into the house. Yuanhang couldn't shirk it, so he went in, and Dao Zi and others were waiting on the street.

Yuanhang looked inside the house, and it was still the same as before, but there was much less meat hanging in the room. He smiled lightly and said, "But isn't the business bad?" Why is there only a little meat in the morning? ”

Du Yue'e poured a glass of water and handed it over, smiled bitterly, and said: "Business is okay, but there are more miscellaneous taxes than before, but it is not as good as before." ”

Yuanhang put down the water cup and asked strangely: "I have only been away from the Central Plains for more than three months, and the imperial court has raised taxes and silver?" ”

Butcher Zhang shook his head and said: "How can it be three months, it has been rising for more than half a year, and since the new arrival in Zhizhou, the tax and silver have risen." ”

Yuanhang frowned after hearing this, and the tax and silver can only rise and fall if the court plays and the emperor approves it. When he left Liang State, he had never heard of the increase in tax silver, and it seemed that the tax silver in Yizhou was greasy, and it must be that this Zhizhou was greedy, and he was really bold enough.

"It would be good if the adults were still in Yizhou, and the people could live and work in peace and contentment." Du Yue'e sighed and looked at Butcher Zhang.

"Oh, you don't have to worry, there will be news from the DPRK and China." After a few small talks, he got up and said goodbye and went to the pawnshop opposite.

The pawnshop was much more spacious, and Mr. Dong blocked a few counters on the left side of the first floor to collect the goods. The counter on the front is full of overdue items that are being sold.

A woman at the counter was knocking melon seeds, looking at her age of no more than thirty, with a small black mole on her left eyebrow, and her appearance was quite white and clean, with a bit of pose.

When the woman saw Yuanhang and the others coming in, she saw that they were not ordinary people, so she hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "A few guest officers, do you want to be some items, or do you want to buy some exquisite goods?" ”

Yuanhang walked over, looked inside the counter, looked up and smiled, "I neither buy nor sell." ”

The woman put away her smile, looked at Yuanhang, and asked, "Then where are you from?" ”

"I'm looking for the boss here."

"I am, what to say to me." The woman asked, twisting her waist and turning sideways to the distance.

Yuanhang took a closer look, this woman is in good shape, and the exquisite S-shape can be seen on the side, but why does she say that she is the boss, could it be that Master Dong cashed out the pawnshop?

"I'm looking for Master Dong." Yuanhang asked in a deep voice.

The woman seemed to be a little impatient, threw the melon seeds in her hand on the counter, and shouted to the guy on the side: "Go upstairs and call the master, there are guests looking for you." ”

"Sir?" Yuanhang wanted to laugh in his heart, Master Dong, Master Dong, okay, the old cow has eaten tender grass.

"Who?" The sound of slow footsteps came from upstairs, and Master Dong walked down slowly. Halfway through, he saw Yuanhang looking up, blinked, and hurriedly ran downstairs.

"Ouch." In a hurry, Master Dong almost fell to the ground. Yuanhang laughed and said, "You slow down, it's not easy to fall at this age." ”

Dong Fuzi trotted in front of Yuanhang, bent down and said, "My lord, have you returned to Yizhou?" ”

"No, just drop by and see you."

Master Dong hurriedly dodged and said, "My lord, please go upstairs." ”

Yuanhang nodded and walked upstairs. Master Dong shouted to the woman, "What are you doing, go and serve tea." After saying that, he followed Yuanhang and ran upstairs.

The woman looked stunned, not knowing who Yuanhang was. It's strange, even if the Zhizhou guards came to this store, I didn't see the master so respectful.