From the capital to naturalization, there are more than 1,300 miles. Although Cao Hao and his entourage took two days to reach Zhangjiakou, but after arriving outside the mouth, the speed slowed down.

More than 900 miles from Zhangjiakou to naturalization, a post station is set up every 80 to 100 miles, and there are 11 post stations in total.

Not to mention that the distance between the middle is far away, and the scale of this post station cannot be compared with the mouth.

The post station here is jointly managed by the military department and the Imperial Court, but most of the people who make the post are Mongolian natives. Different from the post station in the mouth, the post station here is mainly for the convenience of transmitting military information and transporting materials.

Not to mention the simplicity and crampedness of this place, the key is that there are not enough horses, and there are only a dozen horses in each post station, and not all of them can be called. The rest of the cattle are camels.

In each inn, there were fifty or sixty camels.

The road conditions here are not good, and the endless grassland can only be seen from the traces of the wheels.

Luckily, it's not yet the rainy season, otherwise the delay would have been even longer.

Because they could only change half of the horses at the post station each time, they were not as fast as in the mouth, more than 900 miles, and they walked for eight days to arrive.

When this group arrived at the city of naturalization, it was already the afternoon of the first day of the fifth month.

The moment he saw the naturalized city wall, Iduri's tears of excitement almost fell.

Along the way, he gritted his teeth and held on, although the first half of the pull was because of the love of face, but the back was a little afraid to rest.

Afraid that after he rested, he would never want to ride a horse again, so he finally gritted his teeth and survived until now.

The guards were also happy, not to mention anything else, when they arrived here, they were stationed in the Eight Banners of the Right Guard, how could they exchange the horses used on the road.

In the past few days, they have been worn out by the bad horses in the post stations along the way.

Now, I really have nothing else to ask for, just to have a better ride on this ride. Otherwise, staying on horseback for longer hours every day would be really depressing.

Yi Duli arrived at his destination, but Cao Yan and the others only completed one-third of their journey.

The residence of the Great Lama of Hutuketu is in Urge, the central banner of the Tushetu Khanate, and it is still nearly 2,800 miles away from naturalization.

When they arrived in Naturalization City, Cao Yan and the others got a piece of news.

Two days ago, the naturalized general Fei Yanggu had already taken some of the Right Guard Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners on this side and set off to Tuihe to defend against the enemy.

In addition, from the general's palace, everyone also learned that on April 23, the emperor ordered that Heilongjiang and Karaqin should be transferred to Guihua to assemble and go to the northwest as the third route soldier.

This is already a posture of starting a war, so the purpose of Cao Yan's group is a little funny.

The guards were quite enthusiastic, and in their sighs, they regretted that they could not serve in front of General Feiyangu's account.

Cao Yan was a little bottomless in his heart, and he didn't know if there was a change in history, and the war in the northwest in the last years of Kangxi was moved to this time. There is still a lot of thunder and a little rain, and this "vigorous" war will not end.

This Urge is the territory of Outer Mongolia, and the influence of the imperial court there is very weak.

According to the rules, the princes of Inner Mongolia are considered internal vassals, and Outer Mongolia is an outer vassal. In Inner Mongolia, the imperial court was allowed to demarcate pastures, but in Outer Mongolia it rarely intervened.

Nalan Fusen took Kangxi's edict and transferred fifty Mongolian Eight Banners from the General's Mansion.

From naturalization to Urge, there are occasional post stations in the middle, and they are not as large-scale as before.

In this line, there are more than 70 people, all of whom are high-grade geldings selected from the right guard of the Eight Banners, with two horses and two saddles, for the purpose of transferring on the road.

The grassland in May does not have the heat of early summer, only verdant green and boundless flowers.

Blue sky, white clouds, green land, and white rivers are like gentle ribbons, sprinkling silver light between heaven and earth.

Cao Yan's state of mind is also changing day by day.

People live in this world, the most insignificant, but they are partial to think that they are the "chief of all spirits" and want to control the world.

In my heart, although there is no earth-shaking heart, I also want to bother to manage and work hard for the well-being of my family and my future comfortable life.

"One sand and one world, one flower and one paradise. Hold the infinite in the palm of your hand, and the moment is eternal", I seem to be paying too much attention to the result, but ignoring the scenery along the way.

Impetuous, sophisticated, lost the calmness of the past.

Is it because I want to ask for more, care more, and be a little greedy?

Cao Yan, who was riding on horseback and galloping wildly, couldn't help but introspect and said that he wanted to accompany his wife on a trip, but he couldn't make it for many years; Thinking about providing a good playground for children, I always find excuses to put it off again and again; I want to honor my parents a lot, but there is a lot of effort to speak in every day.

I seem to be busy with my work, and I seem to be lazy, so I just talk about it again and again, and I mix it up.

How many times can life be said after another, although his fate is not according to history, before his son is born, but who can bless himself to be a 100-year-old?

Birth, old age, sickness and death, the way of nature, how can the choice of people's hearts become more becoming.

Of course, you cannot complain, but always live with trepidation; But you can't let it go, don't plan for the future.

It is really a very troublesome thing to be born in the world, if you can be like this goshawk, free to roam in the sky; How pleasant it would be to be like this gray wolf, running freely on the grassland.

When Cao Yan found out about his changes, he couldn't help but be stunned, could it be that because he was going to the residence of the Great Lama, he also became a Buddha?

Although compared with the nature of this world, the red world makes people tired, but only when they are thousands of miles away from their families, they can appreciate the preciousness of family affection more and more.

Sometimes, Cao Yan only feels that he is funny.

It's really a contradictory idea, not only feeling tired in my heart because of the bondage of family affection, but also being attached to the warmth given by this family, so that my heart is no longer lonely.

The surname is so selfish and hypocritical.

Along the way, it was not only Cao Yan who changed, but also the ten guards, who also became restrained when they went to the capital in this so-called gallop.

From the initial complaint that the food at the post station was not good, to now everyone can shoot yellow sheep and hares at any time, directly peel them, roast them half-raw and half-cooked, and they can also eat half-full.

Not to mention yellow sheep, hares, or steppe wolves, these guards saw it in their hearts, and they were also itchy, and they wanted to try their skills.

If it weren't for the dozens of Mongolian soldiers, everyone would have done it a long time ago.

As Shi Yun said, after this trip, I didn't learn anything else, and those who peeled the skin and removed the bones can be regarded as having a bit of craftsmanship. The horse's riding kung fu, of course, is not to be said.

He was the nephew of Ituri, the youngest of the guards.

This year is only sixteen or seventeen, a mouth yard is the most powerful, every time I take a break on the way, I hear him "boom", "boom" non-stop, there is no moment of leisure.

Xiao Man saw it, it was so strange that he couldn't help but ask Nalan Fusen during a nap: "Fu Ye, this Yun Ye was also like this when he was on an errand?" ”

In a word, it made the guards laugh.

Although their identities are different, their guards are all sons of powerful people, and Xiaoman is just a servant of the Cao family, but along the way, they are familiar with each other, and they are less restrained when they speak.

Shi Yun smiled and "coughed", hugged his arms and said: "Shanren has their own tricks, your child's family, what are you doing asking this?" ”

Among the crowd, he was obviously the youngest, but he didn't admit it.

Because Xiaoman has a baby face and is not much older than him, he was treated as a small one.

Xiao Man was not angry when he heard this, but because he knew that Shiyun's mouth was powerful, he didn't take advantage of his mouth, so he didn't answer.

Nalan Fusen smiled and looked at Shiyun, and then at Cao Yan next to him.

When Cao Yan first entered Beijing, he was only the age of Shiyun, but he acted steadily, and he refused to say much in the first half of the sentence.

Seeing that Nalan Fusen didn't answer, Heshan said with a smile: "Xiaoman, this Uncle Yun's clever plan was obtained from the mountains, and the secret is two pecans." When he was on duty, he stuffed the pecan in his mouth, and two hours passed. ”

Xiao Man was stunned when he heard this, Cao Yan couldn't help but look at Shi Yun when he heard it.

is not only on an errand in front of the emperor, but can also retain this innocent romance, is the surname simple, or is the family negligent in discipline?

Shi Yun had already laughed out loud, took out two thumb-sized pecans from his purse, and said playfully: "This is a precious thing, it can't be said to be a door god, and it can also be a door guard!" ”

Everyone watched him play treasure, and they all laughed "haha", and the sound came far away in this empty grassland...... Although the big guy looks a lot darker because of the wind and sun every day, the initial fatigue has gradually disappeared, and the physical strength has increased much compared to the past.

In this industry, they are all young and strong, and after this physical strength is gradually sufficient, they are a little energetic.

As the saying goes, stay in the barracks for three years, and the sow races the sable.

In this conversation, there are more and more meat jokes from the big guys.

Occasionally, when passing by the Mongolian herdsman's house, everyone looks at the Mongolian woman's eyes and shines. If it weren't for being in front of people, I was afraid that someone would have been unbearable and would have stepped forward with their belts down.

When Cao Yan saw this, he couldn't help but be vigilant in his heart, and said to Nalan Fusen that secretly increasing the distance of each day made these people have no energy to think about this.

But it's better to block than to be sparse, this young man thinks of women, how can he ban it if he wants to?

After a while, I passed through the residence of the Khalkha king, which was a relatively prosperous town, and there were some paved markets on both sides of the street.

I heard that the imperial court passed here, and the palace was very attentive, and the steward of the county palace personally came out to greet him and welcomed Cao Yan and his party to the palace for entertainment.

That night, in addition to roasting whole sheep, hand-handled meat, mare's milk wine, and other foods, it was rare to serve docile Mongolian slave girls to entertain guests.

Seeing that those people were really uncomfortable, Nalan Fusen and Cao Yan turned a blind eye and didn't talk any more.

Because he said that he would continue to hurry, Cao Yan returned to the guest room after eating wine and food with Nalan Fusen.

The Cao family's little servants were all there, and there were four remaining guards in front of the palace, all of whom were lined up and placed guards around Cao Yan's bedroom.

Among the remaining four guards, Shi Yun was impressively listed.

Nalan Fusen looked at it and was quite surprised, this kid was shouting for the happiest woman before, why is he not honest at the moment?

Shi Yun was stunned and did not speak.

Heshan smiled beside him: "The head also thinks it's strange, right? I was about to ask this boy if he didn't stuff people into his house because he was so tender-faced. ”

Shi Yun's face turned red when he was said, he straightened his chest, and said stiffly: "Who is tender, I can't stand the smell of sheep!" ”

Heshan didn't believe it, and quipped: "Is it because you can't stand the smell of the sheep, or do you remember others in your heart?" What's the matter, I can't forget the one I met during the Lantern Festival? I didn't even see my face, and I didn't know if there was someone else, so what was there to remember? Even if you touch it again, you won't recognize it. ”

"How can you not recognize it?" Shi Yun was a little unconvinced: "Although I was drunk, I heard her voice. ”

When Cao Yan and Nalan Fusen heard it, there was an allusion in it.

It turned out that at the fifteenth day of the first month of Shiyun, he was just in time for Xiu Mu, and was pulled by several friends to eat and drink. I wanted to have a good time, so I left a small servant waiting by my side.

When he came back, he was drunk, he was holding his urine on the road, and he wanted to find a solution, so he was in a daze, so he went to the fork in the road with the little girl.

But he was so drunk that he slipped off the horse, not to mention, when the night wind blew, Shiyun was already drowsy and weak.

Seeing that he was dressed brightly, a few splashes took him off into the alley, except for the dirty pants, the others were cleaned.

Shi Yun knew in his heart, but because he ate too much wine, his body couldn't move.

The fifteenth has not yet been civilized, there is still snow on the roadside, and Shiyun doesn't know if he is drunk or frozen, so he fell asleep in a daze.

When I was in the province again, I was already wrapped in clothes, and I heard a woman say: "In the end, it is a surname, send it to the nearest inn and let him rest for one night." In addition to paying for a night's lodging, there is no need to leave any additional money, but if you are very drunk, you have hands and feet, and when you wake up, you will not freeze and starve to death, and you can't waste money. ”

I heard another female voice pleading: "Girl, look at his age, blame the pitiful, otherwise, take him in our house and be a little servant?" ”

The woman before said: "There are countless poor people in this world, who can save whom?" Life and death depend on fate, no one in this world is a bodhisattva......"

Although the woman's voice was cold, the next words still made Shi Yun grateful.

"Go to the pawnshop and get him an old leather jacket, it's warm, it's not eye-catching, it......'s cheap," the woman commanded casually...... Shiyun retracted the old memories, and said with a bit of heroism and stubbornness: "The grace of dripping water is still reciprocated by springs." For me, it is already a life-saving grace, if I don't want to reciprocate, then wouldn't it be better than a beast? It's my mother, and I also said that I want to thank that girl......"

* Beijing, Little Black Tiger Hutong.

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Xiao Xi saw it, hurriedly found a clean handkerchief and handed it over, and said with a little worry: "Is the girl tired?" Let's rest early today, this summer, if you have a cold, you will also suffer! ”

Han Jiang took the clean handkerchief, wiped his tears and snot, shook his head and said, "Don't get in the way, you have to settle the account." ”

Speaking of this, she remembered something and said: "Ming'er's sacrifices are all ready, the third master of the Cao family is out of the funeral, and the number of ceremonies is indispensable......"

(To be continued)