Yuan's Rong, Li Xuan and others listened to them tell interesting stories about their youth

Yuan Shirong just laughed, and Li Xuan couldn't help but think about it: "If you can get acquainted with Wen Jun when you are young, how good it would be!" ”

Riding a horse and stepping forward at night, Su Renting got closer and closer to the front of Dian Wei and Li Dian The two of them pressed their swords, paying attention to the movement on the edge of the field on the road and another cool breeze blowing, Li Xuan said "Ah", stroked his forehead with his hand, and said, "Is it raining?" A drop of water fell on his forehead, and before he could speak, a drop of autumn rain fell from the night sky in the autumn wind

There are four larger rivers in the territory of Changshan country, the temperature in the mountains in the west is low, there are many spring streams, there is the mainland of Julu County in the east, there is the chicken ze of Zhao country in the south, the rain is abundant in Pingri, it rains every month, and it rains for half a month in a row

Wen Chou prefers rainy days

He raised his face, stretched out his hand, and felt the raindrops falling in the autumn breeze, the autumn rain was cool, the raindrops fell on his face and hands one after another, and suddenly felt that the cool soaked rain came quickly, and soon became a line of falling, hitting the trees on the road, the sound of horses' hooves mixed into it, the more crisp the mountains and fields, the road trees towering, the rain curtain under the night gave people a sense of remoteness, he smiled: "What a torrential rain!" Gentlemen, the Su Ren Pavilion is not far away, I will wait to ride faster, so that I can suffer a little less rain."

The man in front of him drew his sword and shouted, "Who is it?" ”

Hearing this, Dian Wei, who was behind the guard, immediately drove his horse forward, took out an iron halberd, and stood up to Wen Qiu's side Li Dian reacted a little slowly, but he also turned his horse backwards in time, escorted to Wen Qiu's left side, drew his sword to guard against Yuan's Rong Xun Yu Li Xuan also strangled the horse one after another, drew his sword, protected Wen Qiu in the Chinese ugly calmly, and slowly stopped the horse. Press the knife and look at it

In the night rain, five or six young men in scarves and short clothes stood up from the fields on both sides of the roadside, all with weapons in their hands, two of them holding bows and crossbows, aimed at Wen Chou and the others from a distance, and the rest were all swords, and a man with a knife came to the road from the field. Standing more than ten steps away in front of Wen Chou and the others, he looked at Wen Chou and the others consciously, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Dian Wei Li Dian is the two ugly guards: Dian Wei Xingge is calm and doesn't talk much; Li Dianxing is anxious to talk a lot

Dian Wei ignored this man, only glanced at him, and then focused his attention on the two crossbowmen in the distance on the field, holding the teaching, if the fight started, how could he take out the two enemies who threatened Xing the strongest in the shortest time

Li Dian clenched the ring knife. He asked, "Who are you?" Hiding on the side of the road at night, isn't it a thief? ”

Yuan Shirong said in a low voice: "Wen Jun, these people are all local accents, although there are not many of them, only four or five people, but look at the weapons they carry, swords, crossbows and bows, not like ordinary thieves."

In the past two days, they have seen several groups of young and strong homeless people with fierce eyes. These people have a local accent, which first excludes that they will not be out-of-town refugees, although the management of weapons in this dynasty is very loose. The officials are allowed to wear swords and swords, but crossbows and bows are not ordinary people can afford to buy, although the number of people on the opposite side is small, but there are not only two crossbows, but also a clear division of labor, there are close-range swords and long-distance bows. And when the road was blocked, except for one person who stepped forward to ask questions, the rest were scattered on the field, faintly forming a siege of Wen Chou and others, such a dynamic move. If you follow the art of war, you are not like an ordinary thief

The person on the other side smiled and said, "Your thin man's accent is not from my Changshan country, I think you are a thief!" Where did you come from, and where did you come from, but if you have anything to say, show it to me; If not, don't blame me for being rude! As he spoke, two men with bows and crossbows in the field opened the strings with arrows, and the other two swordsmen with swords raised their swords at their waists, and rushed out with a gesture and leaped to try

The "passing document" is the "pass", which is a "road certificate" issued by the local county temple to the officials who traveled far away

Xun Yu said softly: "Ask me to wait for Wenjun to pass through, this group of people is indeed not like thieves, aren't they the pawns of this pavilion?" ”

Wen Chou served as the head of the Shahe Pavilion, and knew the responsibilities of the pavilion department, not hesitating, the main responsibility of the pavilion department is to protect the territory, maintain law and order in the territory Generally speaking, since these people asked them to pass the paperwork, it should be the pavilion of the pavilion, but now the chaos has just passed, the place is restless, the thieves are in groups, many pavilions are in vain, and there are very few people who dare to send people out to patrol the rings at night, they have come all the way, but this is the first time that someone in the pavilion has blocked the way to "pass".

He said in his heart: "Is it a pavilion pawn, or a thief disguise?" Xu Xu smiled and said, "With good ears, we are indeed outsiders, but we have already moved to Yuanshi, but this time I went to Zhending County to visit friends" Ling Li Xuan, "took the documents to this strong man" When Li Xuan took the documents, he asked the person who blocked the way, "Dare to ask the foot, but is the pavilion chief of your pavilion?" ”

This person didn't answer, stared at Li Xuan and took out the paperwork and asked him to send it over

Wen Chou coughed, Li Xuan knew what Wen Chou meant, got off the horse, held a sword in one hand and a document in the other, walked a few steps forward, retreated when he was still four or five steps away from this person, threw the document over, and then quickly retreated behind Li Diandianwei, and got on the horse again

The people who stand in the way and Wen Chou and others don't know the details of each other, and they are like great enemies with each other

The rain fell and rustled, Wen Chou and the others' clothes had been pierced, the wind was blowing, and the person on the other side was staring at Wen Chou and the others, and carefully picked up the paperwork with a knife

Wen Chou looked at him so carefully Nirvana, and then looked forward to the rest of the people on the field, he had not put these people in his eyes for a long time, and at this moment he sighed, and said in his heart: "Pedestrians bow and arrow at their waists, meet on the road like an enemy, alas, the chaotic weather is also"

The person on the other side read the book several times in a row, and after repeated confirmation, he judged that this book was true, put away his saber, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the foot is from Yingchuan Xu County, and the surname is Chen, I don't know what to call the Taiqiu Gong?" ”

In order not to attract the attention of the officials along the road, he lost the original intention of the private line of micro-service, so he fraudulently used the surname of his wife's Xu County Chen

Hearing this person ask about his relationship with Chen Yu, he was surprised and said: "A person from Yeting in Jizhou also knows the name of Taiqiu Gong in our state? He replied, "Taiqiu Gong is the ancestor of the lower clan."

"Oh? The foot is actually the grandson of Taiqiu Gong? In this way, it is rude" This man hurriedly ordered all the people in the field to put away their weapons, walk closer, and return the documents of Wen Chou

I saw that they had put away their weapons. The people in the field were also on the road, Wen Chou and the others were relieved, knowing that these people must be the pavilion pawns of the pavilion, Wen Chou signaled to Dian Wei Dian Wei and others to also put away their weapons, Li Xuan took back the book, Wen Chou dismounted, and said with a smile: "Do you know the name of my ancestor?" ”

"I don't know, but the pavilion chief of my pavilion has great admiration for Taiqiu Gong, and often tells us the story of Taiqiu Gong's noble character and his love for the people and benevolent government when he is in office. I didn't expect to meet the clansmen of Taiqiu Gong tonight, so I was rude, don't blame me if I dare to invite distinguished guests."

Chen Yu served as Wen Xichang in his early years, worked in Wenxi for half a year, and made remarkable political achievements, so he relocated to Taiqiu Chang Wen Xi was in Hedong County, not close to Changshan Country, nor very far away, it is not surprising that his political achievements in Wenxi were introduced into Changshan Country

It's not strange, it's also very strange, after all, Chen Yu and Ren Wenxi have been many years ago. If the scholar doctor in Jizhou said that he knew what was going on, it was reasonable, but the chief of the pavilion in front of him knew his deeds many years ago, which was very strange

Xun Yu turned to look at Wen Chou Yuanrong and said, "Dare to ask the chief of the pavilion about his surname?" ”

This person smiled and said to Wen Chou: "Speaking of which, my Pavilion Chief and Zuxia still have the same surname, and his surname is Chen Zhiwu."

Li Xuan suddenly realized and said: "But it turned out to be the same surname, no wonder you know the name of Taiqiu Gong!" ”

This person shook his head and said, "My pavilion chief not only knows the name of Taiqiu Gong, but also the names of Guizhou's Li family, Xun family, Zhong family, Du family, Guo family and other surnames!" ”

Wen Chou said in his heart: "So to speak. This pavilion chief named Xu Rong is in the wild pavilion and has lofty ambitions."

Aim high. It was impossible for him to get to know the celebrities and gentlemen of the state

Wen Chou said again: "I remember the last time I waited for the Suren Pavilion on the road, the pavilion chief of this pavilion seemed to be surnamed Deng ,......."

He then smiled and said: "If you don't care about the name of the scholar clan in Wuzhou, you can also enter the ear of the heroes of your county...... don't hide your feet, we will come out of the Yuan clan." All the way through the county through the pavilion, only in Guiting met the people who checked the road, Guiting security must be the first in the county to govern Guiting so strictly and orderly, Guiting's pavilion chief should have been in Guiting for a long time, right? ”

"No, no, no, the pavilion chief of my pavilion was originally Deng Jun. Half a month ago, Benting was robbed, he was killed by thieves in the county, because he knew that Chen Junshan could deal with the drama, because he was transferred to Benting to take office,—— he was originally the pavilion chief of the county Xibo Guangting"

"Governing the drama" is to deal with heavy and difficult affairs, but it turns out that the pavilion chief surnamed Deng was victimized by thieves! Luancheng County knew that Xu Rong had the talent to govern dramas, so he was reappointed as the pavilion chief of the pavilion, so to speak, he had just been in office for more than ten days, and he was able to organize the patrol of the pavilion after only ten days in office

The autumn rain was getting heavier, and the person on the other side said: "It's already a curfew at this time, and it's raining again, I'm afraid you won't be able to make it tonight, so why don't you stay in the house of this pavilion for one night, and don't know what to do?" ”

"That's what it means"

This man instructed the rest of the people, telling them to go back to the road, still ambushing in the wilderness, guarding the road, and taking Wen Chou and others to the pavilion Wen Chou and others to bring rain gear, just now before they took it out, they met these people, Li Xuan took it out at this time, and gave it to all the people to see that the person who led the way had no rain gear, and beckoned him to come with him to take shelter from the rain, he smiled and said: "In the countryside, it is nothing to receive some rain."

Although this person is only a pavilion pawn, his speech and demeanor are very generous, and he can't help but think of his colleague in Shahe Pavilion, and said: "This person's demeanor is much stronger than that of the Dumai Fan brothers" dismounted and walked on foot, walked side by side with this person, and asked: "Is the foot from this pavilion?" ”

The man smiled: "I'm not from this pavilion, I'm from Huangyuling in this county."

"Why did you come to this pavilion as a pavilion pawn?"

"Follow Chen Jun"

"Oh? Is it an old acquaintance with Chen Jun? ”

"It's Ai Chen Jun who is also from Huangyuling, the two of us have known each other since childhood...... not only me and Chen Jun are old acquaintances, but those people just now and Chen Jun are also old acquaintances, two of them are also from Huangyuling, the other two are from Boguangting, and the other is from Shiyi County."

"People from Shiyi County?"

"Chen Jun and his wife are very hospitable, there are many teenagers in the neighboring Ting County, and this time Chen Jun has been reappointed as the head of the Su Pavilion, I know that there are many thieves in this pavilion, and it is difficult to treat, so I have come to help Chen Jun."

Hearing this, Xun Yu glanced at Wen Chou again

Fang turned around because he was surprised that this pavilion chief named Xu Rong actually knew the name of the Chen family in Xu County; At this time, he turned around because this pavilion chief named Xu Rong was so good at making friends with famous people and young people, which was somewhat similar to what Wen Chou did when he was in Shahe Pavilion

Wen Chou said in his heart: "This pavilion chief named Xu Rongzhi seems to have ambitions."

Two or three miles. Rustling night rain, a pavilion sits on the side of the road, in front of the house stands a more than a foot high Huabiao, the house is brightly lit before the door, has heard the noise from it

The person who led the way smiled and said: "There are many thieves in this pavilion, and it is not enough for me to wait for a few to check the road at night, so Chen Jun arranged several classes of teenagers. Take turns to watch the night in the house, once you meet ing, you will run to the thief late at night, dry and boring, sometimes Chen Jun will buy some meat and vegetables to sell some turbid wine, and these Chinese New Year's Eve drink country pavilions, compared to the county post, if there is anything wrong, Jun is lucky! ”

Wen Chou nodded with a smile

(The man goes up to the stage and knocks at the door of the courtyard.) Quoting the ugly and others entered, strode into the hall in the front yard, and reported to the pavilion chief Xu Rong

Soon, several people came out of the hall

The first person, more than Chinese New Year's Eve, tall and tall, although he was dressed in cloth and straw shoes, but his appearance was majestic, and he strode down the stairs of the hall. I didn't mind coming to the courtyard in the rain, and came to Dewen Chou and the others approaching. After bowing to the end, he said: "Xu Rong, the chief of the Pavilion in Xiasu, has seen Chen Jun and the gentlemen of the Humble Pavilion, and it is a blessing to be able to get the gentlemen of all the famous clans to stay!" ”

He spoke in a low voice, slightly deep. However, the words are clear, deep and powerful

Except for Li Dian, all the people in Wenchou are not low, but they are not as tall as Xu Rong

Wen Chou said in his heart: "What a strong man, look at his height." I'm scared of more than eight feet" and said with a smile, "It's raining at night, and I can't go anymore, so I have to bother Guiting" and told Li Xuan, "Take the money"

Xu Rongli got up, looked at the people silently, and said in his heart: "Han Wang said that this person is a disciple of the Chen family in Xu County, and his accent is indeed from Yuzhou, and judging by his bearing, he is indeed a scholar."

Han Wang is the person who brought Wen Chou and the others to the pavilion, if he had the documents as evidence in the time of peace, then there is no need to doubt the identity of the person who took the documents, but now that it is a chaotic time, it is said that no one will forge the documents

He glanced at the horses of Wen Chou and the others, his eyes were on Dian Wei's body for a moment, and then he thought: "Although these people are dressed frugally, they all ride horses, and each has a halberd and a sword, and they do look like people who are traveling from afar. Such a majestic person must be a hero, but respectfully from the side of this person who claims to be a disciple of the Chen family,......, this person's identity should be true"

Determined that Wen Chou's identity was true, he said: "When the distinguished guest comes to the door, he has to be blessed with light, and he suddenly makes the ugly house shine, how dare he accept the money again?" Noticing that the clothes in the rain gear of Wen Chou and the others were wet, he invited them to the backyard, and ordered Han Wang, "Lead the horses of the distinguished guests into the stables and feed them with jīng material" and instructed several people who came out of the hall from him, "You two go to prepare food, and you two will light a fire from the backyard house where I went for the guests to dry their clothes" and personally led the way, leading Wen Chou and the others to the backyard

Go to the backyard and pass through the hall gate, Wen Chou looked inside, and saw that torches were planted on the wall of the hall, and the brazier was in the middle, reflecting the red light in the hall, and seven or eight teenagers sat on the ground around the brazier, with messy cups and plates, and were drinking in Botian

Xu Rong led Wen Chou and the others into the backyard, personally opened the door of the upper room, and personally lit the candles, invited Wen Chou and the others to enter, and said: "The countryside and the wild pavilion, the furniture is coarse, and only this guest room is okay, please ask Chen Jun to stay in this room tonight" Apologetically said to Xun Yu Yuan Shirong and others, "As for all gentlemen, if you don't dislike it, please come to the house where I am waiting to rest."

The two teenagers who followed him to the backyard crouched in the corner and lit the brazier in the room

The candle flame shook the shadow, Wen Chou looked at the interior layout, secretly surprised, and said: "There are all kinds of bedding in this room, although they are not as good as the wealthy families, but they are far better than the ordinary private houses and pavilions. It is to entertain the nobles who pass by and stay overnight

This Xu Rong is a meticulous person, if he is not careful and ambitious, it is impossible to prepare such a room in the first ten days of taking office

Yuan Shirong said: "How can we live in Chen Jun's house? Don't I see that there are other guest houses in this backyard? ”

"Other guest houses are really simple, only one bed, one seat and one bedding, you are honored guests, how can you let you live in such a simple house?"

Wen Chou smiled: "It's okay" pointed to the bed in this guest house, and said, "This bed is very big, enough for three people to sleep in this room, and a few more people in the rest of the guest house."

Xu Rong saw that Wen was ugly, so he no longer insisted, and said with a smile: "Listen to the arrangement of the honored guest"

He went out in person again, opened the doors of the remaining guest houses in the rain, and casually Dian Wei and the others picked up the smoke and returned to this outside, but this time he did not enter, bowed at the door, and said: "Please Chen Jun wait, the food will be delivered immediately, if there is any other need, please just say it, send someone to the front yard to inform Chen Jun that the road is hard, and he will not disturb him much."

Wen Chou walked to the door of the room, and watched him stride through the courtyard gate with his sword and go to the front yard

The two young men who lit the fire lit the brazier, brought in some charcoal wood, piled it up by the basin, and said goodbye, but did not leave, but went to the room selected by Li Dian and others, and lit the fire tray before leaving

The brazier is lit, the heating is used to it, and the body is cold

At this time, there were no outsiders in the backyard, and everyone gathered in the room where Wen Chou lived, Li Xuan helped Wen Chou take off his coat and put it on the side of the brazier to bake Xun Yu was surprised, and said: "This name Xu Rong, entertain us respectfully and maintain politeness and enthusiasm but not overdo it, there are such characters in the wild pavilion?" ”

Xu Rong's various actions, personally leading the way, personally opening the door, inviting Dian Wei and others to live in their house, etc., are obviously showing favor to Wen Chou, but these gestures are cautious and moderate, unlike some people's excessive enthusiasm and flattery, but it will be annoying

Wen Chou asked Yuan Shirong: "Gongzai, have you ever heard of this person's name before?" ”

Yuan's Rong Yiqi Xu Rong shook his head and said, "No"

Wen Chou sighed: "'Within ten steps, there will be vanilla; Ten rooms of the city, there must be a loyal man's line of the county square rì, the previous encounter Cen Zhu, now in the Xu Rong countryside pavilion, everywhere are virtuous people......, Gongzai, your county is full of talents"

Although the population of Zhao County is small, there are more than 100,000 people, and it is normal for some virtuous people to come out of the population of hundreds of thousands Cen Zhu Xu Rong buried the countryside and was not allowed to come out, but because of their background Cen Zhu's family was poor, Xu Rong was willing to come to be the head of this fighting food pavilion, and he thought that he was also a child of a poor family from a poor family who wanted to come forward, even if the local chief officials were not greedy for ink, and they were not prejudiced against the poor family, and they could choose and promote talents fairly, but the chief officials often lived in the house, but it was difficult to know what kind of talents were among the poor people under his rule. If he didn't have to serve privately, he was afraid that he wouldn't have the opportunity to meet Cen Zhu and Xu Rong, and he wouldn't know their talents

Not long after, the three teenagers held the food box and sent it indoors

When they left, Li Xuan opened the food box, there was meat, vegetables and rice, and the wine and wine had been warmed, and the wine and food were steaming, and the aroma was fragrant

Xun Yu smiled and said: "There is a lot of wine and meat, but this pavilion chief Chen Jun is rich"

When they passed by the hall gate in the front yard, the teenagers in the hall drank and ate meat, and the meals given to them were also wine and meat, not to mention that when the current chaos was in peace, it was not easy for a rural pavilion to prepare such meals

Li Xuan turned the chopsticks upside down, lit the candlelight with the handle of the chopstick, and said: "Not only is there wine and meat, but there are candles in the guest house, which is indeed rich."

Li Dian interjected and said: "Only this guest house has lit candles, I went to look at other guest houses, only pay candles"

The candle is a lighting tool made of fine firewood, Wen Chou was in the Shahe Pavilion back then, and he didn't light this thing, and when he lit it, the smoke choked people, but then again, the candle was often used by ordinary people, and the candle was expensive, and only the rich and noble could afford it

Xu Rong arranged for Wen Chou to live in this guest house, the furniture and bedding are good, and the things that take light are good, and his intentions can be seen everywhere

Li Xuan was young, he followed Wen Chou early, and he didn't know the difficulties of the children of the Han family, if Tian Chou fashion and other children of the Han family were here, they would definitely sigh

This Xu Rong is obviously a person who is unwilling to accept the status quo, warmly and moderately greets the clean and comfortable guest house, all of which is nothing more than because he eagerly hopes to meet nobles, and he has been the pavilion chief to promote him to be the head of the pavilion, and has been in contact with many such children of the Han family, and can experience Xu Rong's unwilling mood of eagerness to progress but no way out (to be continued. )