In the scorching summer, the sun is shining.

On the loess road leading from Dangjun to Surabaya County, more than 200 black-clothed cavalry galloped like wolf smoke, killing coldly, and the pedestrians they occasionally encountered were also panicked to give way.

The first person in black with a broadsword on his back was Zhao Jun, and the few people who followed him were Li Youbaiying, Gongzi Gao, as well as Guan Ying, Bo Lang and Hu Hai.

Bo Lang is the giant man who smashed the carriage, and when Zhao Jun asked him about his name, he said that he only had a nickname, so Zhao Jun called him Bo Lang, because he became famous there.

When Guan Ying passed by Suiyang, he handed over the family business to his younger brother Guan Xi to take care of, and I believe that no one dared to embarrass Guan Ying with his previous prestige and current identity in Suiyang.

At this time, although Zhao Jun was riding on a horse, his heart had already flown to Pei County.

Peixian has too much concern for him, this is the first ancient city he came into contact with after crossing over, there is the beautiful life he and his sister Zhao Ling, there are happy memories of Tang Li, Ren Huan, and Cao Wuxian, and his three-year agreement with Lu Pheasant

Of course, there are also enmities with Liu Bang and others, and now it's time to settle accounts.

In addition, the emperor's promise before leaving was also very tempting to him, as long as he successfully completed the task of clearing out the remnants and identifying the assassins, then returning to Xianyang would not only be able to be the position of the three commanders of the Black Ice Terrace, but even the emperor's pro-army commander, responsible for the training of the pro-army and the Black Feather Guard.

Although the ultimate goal of the Zhao army is to decentralize the counties and manage their own forces, if they can be the emperor's pro-army commander, it will be a lot of qualifications.

The Qin Dynasty mainly selects officials based on merit and fame, or whether there is a recommendation from officials in the court, and he believes that with this qualification, with the addition of his own meritorious title, as well as the recommendation of Meng Yi and others, it is absolutely no problem to get a county guard.

Thinking of these, Zhao Jun was in a very good mood all the way, and he didn't feel tired during the run.

Although Dangjun and Surabaya County are next to each other, but because there is no gallop road in the middle, the road is not easy to walk, Zhao Jun and others although they rode fast horses, but they also ran for nearly ten days before they arrived in Surabaya County.

When passing by the junction of Dangjun and Surabaya County, Zhao Jun found Shang Kun who rescued him from Surabaya when he fled, and after the two reminisced, he wrote a letter asking Shang Kun to go to the frontier to join the army.

Once when Zhao Jun left, he said that if he had power in the future, he would help Shang Kun return to the army, Shang Kun only thought it was a joke at the time, and it would be good for Zhao Jun to survive as a fugitive, but he didn't expect that Zhao Jun was reborn now, and his promise was fulfilled in just three years.

After solving this matter, Zhao Jun did not stay, and went straight to Pei County, and arrived at the boundary of Pei County four or five days later.

There is a big green ridge in the north of Pei County, it seems to be a long dragon lying horizontally for hundreds of miles from east to west, the height is not too high, but standing on it on horseback just overlooks the entire Pei County City, as well as the suburbs within a radius of ten miles outside the city.

Pei County is still so quiet, the air in the early morning is also exceptionally fresh, you can faintly see a lot of farmers working in the fields, in addition there are several chimneys in the city are smoking green smoke, it seems quiet and peaceful, most of Pei County is mostly low thatched houses, naturally can not be compared with the magnificent and majestic Xianyang, but the water network outside the city is dense and swampy, the grass and trees are fertile and lush, but it is a different scenery.

"It's been three years, Pei County, and my Zhao Jun is back again." Zhao Jun looked at Pei County from afar, his eyes were a little vicissitudes, and countless feelings surged in his heart for a while.

Li You asked beside him, "Captain, do you need to send someone to notify the county order to greet us first?" ”

Zhao Jun shook his head: "No need, let's not enter the city first, you come with me." ”

At that moment, Zhao Jun galloped out as soon as he rode his horse, and Li You glanced at each other suspiciously, but he didn't say anything, and followed together.

The reason why Zhao Jun didn't plan to bring troops into the city first was because he wanted to secretly observe the current situation in Peixian County first, and whether Wang Ling and other bandits had anything to do with Qi Chu's remnants, which would be very beneficial to his future actions, so that he would not be blinded and fooled.

Therefore, he took people to bypass the city of Peixian and went to Sangli Village, where he lived at the beginning.

When more than 200 of his people set foot on the road to Sangli Village, it caused a burst of amazement among the people in the fields, but they didn't think much about it, thinking that they were people from the imperial court, so they didn't dare to talk about it.

After Zhao Jun led people all the way back to the village, he left all his men in the woods in front of his yard, while he walked into the yard alone.

The yard is still the same as it used to be, but it is much dilapidated, and a small tree in the yard has also died, making it look very depressed.

'Squeak' pushed the door open and entered the house, only to see a thick layer of dust on the few household items in the room, and the surrounding walls were also covered with cobwebs, and there was a strong sour smell.

Walking in the narrow room, looking at familiar things, Zhao Jun's mind kept recalling the scenes with his sister here, and the longing in his heart became heavier and heavier.

"No, someone has been here?"

Suddenly, Zhao Jun found rows of somewhat disorderly footprints from the dusty ground, which looked slightly smaller than a woman.

Zhao Jun's heart moved, so he walked directly to the west room, only to see that the west room was full of dust like the outer room, but it was spotless on the bed, and the bedding left at the beginning was neatly stacked at the head of the bed, but Zhao Jun clearly remembered that he was in a hurry and had no time to clean it up, and there was no dust on it.

Walking to the bed, Zhao Jun observed carefully, and after a while, he pinched a few long hairs with his fingers, as well as a gray headband.

"Ling'er, are you back? Why don't you come to me, is it to blame brother? Zhao Jun's heart suddenly swelled with a strong sourness.

It wasn't until half an hour later that Zhao Jun sorted out his mood and walked out of the courtyard, and then went to the woods to meet a few people.

"Guan Ying and I will enter the city, Li You will take the others to find a secret place nearby to stay first, no change is allowed without my order, it is best not to let others find out." Zhao Jun opened his mouth and said, he never fights uncertain battles, don't look at the small city of Peixian, but the water in it is very deep, so he must first make a secret visit and find out the general situation to facilitate his later actions.

When a few people heard it, they immediately respected the order, and Hu Hai also clamored to go, but Zhao Jun didn't agree, with the arrogant personality of this second ancestor, maybe something would happen when he entered the city, and he also secretly visited a fart.

Later, in order to hide their identities, Zhao Jun and Guan Ying changed into shabby and ordinary clothes before entering the city.

Pei County has not changed much from a few years ago, and there are still a few shops on the street, but when passing by Cao's wine shop, Zhao Jun found that the area has doubled, and the door decoration is also good, and the customer flow is very large, while several other wine shops have disappeared, it seems that Liu Ji's status in Pei County is much higher, Zhao Jun thought to himself.

Next, Zhao Jun took a turn around the county again, and he didn't know who the current county commander was, but it seemed that he had a good relationship with Liu Ji, because there were Liu Ji's subordinates swaggering everywhere.

The defense at the entrance of the county government is also much tighter than before, which should be influenced by Zhao Jun back then, but there is nothing to inquire about the robbers of Wang Ling and the remnants of Qi Chu, probably because the government has blocked the news.

When Zhao Jun inquired about the news from the local people, many people recognized Zhao Jun, although Zhao Jun is now a lot taller and stronger, and his momentum is not comparable to the youth of the year, but in general, his face has not changed, and it is still easy to recognize.

After recognizing Zhao Jun, they were first surprised, and then they were hesitant about Zhao Jun's problems, as if they were reluctant to associate with Zhao Jun, and some simply avoided from afar, like avoiding the plague god, but in the same way, most of them had some pity in their eyes.

"What's going on?" When he walked to the corner of a remote alley, Guan Ying couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Jun opened his mouth and said, "Maybe it has something to do with some of my grievances back then." ”

Saying that, Zhao Jun roughly told Guan Ying about what happened with Liu Ji back then, which caused Guan Ying to scold in the end: "What kind of Liu Ji is this, it's too much of a thing, and you have to kill everyone after using others?" ”

Zhao Jun smiled and shook his head, it is strange that the future generation of emperors does not hate, but he was still too immature at the beginning.

"Who is scolding Brother Ji, I don't want to live anymore?" Just when Zhao Jun and the others were about to turn the corner, two people suddenly came out of the corner, and one of them said angrily.

The other person also had the same cold and angry face, but his eyes suddenly widened when his eyes touched Zhao Jun, and he stammered a little after a while: "Zhao, are you back?" ”

"It's me back." Zhao Jun glanced at him coldly, and the other person shouted angrily, he didn't expect to meet them here, neither of them had changed much, just looking at their arrogant and blushing faces, they should have had a good life in the past few years.

Listening to Yongya's scolding to himself, plus Zhao Jun said Liu Ji's matter before, he suddenly replied with an unhappy face: "Liu Ji is your father, I scolded him and didn't scold you, what are you doing when you come out, if you don't accept it, we will compare." ”

"You, you" Yongya was first angry when he was scolded by the baby, but when he saw Zhao Jun, he was also shocked and stammered.

In the end, after the two calmed down, they looked at Zhao Jun carefully again, and saw that Zhao Jun seemed to be dressed very downwardly, and suddenly his courage rose again.

Judging Shiqi said coldly: "Zhao Jun, we were a little sorry for you back then, but you killed Lu Xuan, and Xiahou Ying was also beaten into a eunuch by you, which is too much, and now we don't owe you, but you owe us." ”

"Excessive? What you owe? Zhao Jun sneered: "What a strong word, I don't want to talk to you too much now, help me bring a message to Liu Ji, and ask him to wash my neck for me." ”

Guan Ying was also very angry when he listened to his crooked reasoning by listening to it, and scolded angrily when he moved his mouth: "Have you been kicked in the brain by a donkey, and you are only allowed to kill people, so people can't resist?" You think you're the emperor, phew, shameless. ”

Judging his face when he was scolded by the baby, his face turned pale with anger, I really don't know where Zhao Jun and this person came from, they obviously came back from despair.

"What, dissatisfied? Why don't we compare and compare? "The infant demonstratively erected his King Kong-like body, and the poor judge of one of his literati was really unbearable in front of him, and even the relatively strong figure of Yongya could only stand aside.

Yongya raised his head next to him and shouted: "It's just the courage of the horseman, you are all fugitives, what kind of ability is it to win against us, and have the ability to move my brother Ji to try?" I can tell you, Brother Ji is not an ordinary person now, and now you are no longer worthy of being Brother Ji's opponent, Brother Ji wants to clean you up is a matter of mouth. ””

After he calmed down, he also knew that it was unwise to be brave at this time, so he said in a threatening tone: "Zhao Jun, I advise you that if you know each other, it is best to leave Pei County as soon as possible, Brother Ji is going to hold a marriage in the next few days and don't want to see blood, otherwise you will not end well." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, just help me bring the words." Zhao Jun said lightly.

Judging by the fact that he was stunned for a moment, he shook his head secretly, Zhao Jun was really as ignorant and reckless as he was back then, and finally shook his head and pulled his teeth and left, report this matter to Liu Ji to deal with.

"You just wait for Brother Ji to clean you up." Laughing as he walked.

"Don't leave yet, wait for Lao Tzu to clean you up first." The baby was angry next to him and wanted to chase the two.

Zhao Jun grabbed him and said: "These people are just jumping into the city, you and I have been living in the city for the past two days, and we are talking about the situation first." ”

After listening to it, he barely suppressed his anger, and he thought about it again, with Zhao Jun's current identity, these people are indeed just a nasty jumper.

In the end, Guan Ying followed Zhao Jun to rent a farmer's wing house in the west of the county, near the city gate, and there was no store in this small place in Pei County.

It's just that that night, the farmer's conversation made Zhao Jun suddenly feel like he was electrocuted.

"Old man, the day after tomorrow, will we go to the marriage of Liu Ji and the second girl of the Lu family, Lu Pheasant?" The old woman asked.

The old man said: "Go, of course go, the two of them are ordinary people in our county who can't afford to mess with, if you don't go to sweep the face, then those ruffians under Liu Ji will be in trouble to find us." ”

"What? Lu Pheasant wants to marry Liu Ji? At this time, Zhao Junru, who heard it on the side, was shocked by electricity, his mind was instantly blank, and his face was pale without a trace of blood.

Originally, he wanted to find out the situation first and then go to visit Tang Li, and then take over Ren Ao, and finally wait for him to take Lu Pheasant through the door in a beautiful manner, but he didn't expect Lu Pheasant to marry Liu Bang at all?

"Young man, what's wrong with you?" The old couple didn't know Zhao Jun, and when they saw that he was different, they asked.

Guan Ying also knew that Zhao Jun couldn't reveal his identity, although he didn't understand why Zhao Jun was like this, but he still smiled: "It's okay, my brother is a little dizzy, I'll help him go back to the room to rest." ”

(To be continued)