She Qing said that it takes three days to get from Linjiang City to Kongcheng, but according to the speed of the current team of the Di family to send relatives, the real time to 'take' is longer than three days.

Maybe it's twice as long.

This is not because the road is rough and bumpy, in fact, if the route between the two cities were marked on the map, it would be a very straight line! The reason why such a straight official road was built between the two state capitals was to facilitate the other side to rush to the rescue as quickly as possible when one side was attacked.

Could it be that when building this road, the two sides didn't think about it, and if one day they turned against each other, wouldn't they also be able to 'insert' their henchmen as quickly as possible? Of course, this is considered, that is, there are times when relatives draw swords against each other, not to mention that the two states only came together because of interests before? It is precisely because of this that there are more than twice as many checkpoints and strongholds on this road as there are ordinary official roads, and if the person passing through does not have a document signed by both parties, it is not expected to pass by.

Of course, these small means alone cannot really play a role in repelling the enemy, and at present, the army has many strongholds and checkpoints, and if it cannot organize effective resistance in a short period of time, it will be just a papier-mâché window, which will be broken with a single stab.

What really played a big role in wartime was the pontoon bridges built along the way.

Normally, the weather in the south is much warmer than usual, the rain is more abundant, and the rivers and lakes are like cobwebs. There are few places in the north that have the same dense rivers and lakes as in the south, and there may be several waterways - the river is frozen after the weather gets colder, especially in the north where Guan and Rao are located, and the ice is often three to five feet thick.

In other places, or on other rivers, it naturally makes no difference, but the river that runs between Guan and Rao does not know what the reason is, that is, it is still flowing in the cold winter, and I don't know how many generations of old people who have lived for generations have never seen it freeze, let alone what ice is three or five feet thick.

This river is called the "moving river", and the opposite of "stillness" is the two states of things, no matter what can only be chosen in these two states, either choose to move or choose to be still, there can be a moment of change, but there is no occupation of both.

Named "moving river", it is moving, it is not frozen.

Although I don't know what the reason is, it does not delay the people who built this straight official road at that time to take advantage of this - it is naturally necessary to set up some obstacles in other places, and the pontoon bridge built on the moving river is about 100 zhang long before and after, and lies on the east and west banks of the moving river, once a war breaks out between the two states, the generals on both sides of the strait have the right to "not report the destruction of the bridge".

It is precisely because of this that the generals who have always been responsible for guarding the customs at both ends of the bridge are the most trusted people in the two states of Zhongkong and Di, not only trusted, but also one of the most powerful generals.

This year, the general who guarded the pass at the end of Raozhou was named Kong Zhiyuan, the brother of Kong Zhongman, the head of the current Confucian family, and he had been ordered to guard the pass in the moving river for nine years, and this year was his last year here - strictly speaking, it was the last month, and if there was another month, he would just guard the pass for ten years. At the beginning of the 'spring' season, the elders of the clan decided to wait for his mission here to be completed, and then directly allow him to enter the ranks of the elders of the clan, in order to praise him for his hard work in garrisoning the Dongjiang River for nearly ten years.

Where can he just use the word "hard work" to describe his efforts in the past ten years? It is not unbearable to stay away from the prosperity of the state capital, and what tortures him the most is the pain of daily fear - he must always be cautious, always pay attention to the situation on the other side, even if he sleeps with a slight movement, he will be awakened, and in the long run, he has actually practiced the ability to sleep with his eyes open!

The reason why this is so is precisely because of what I said before, this pontoon bridge is very important, it is a close bond between Guan and Rao in peacetime, and once the war comes, it will turn into a bloodthirsty blade hanging over the heads of both sides!

However, the good thing is that I only need to hold on for another month, just one month!

Kong Zhiyuan has repeatedly comforted himself like this in his heart, especially in the past three days, he has been muttering like this almost as long as he calms down: There is still a month, only a month......

As for the reason, the soldiers around him all understand: now the relationship between Guan and Rao is not as close as before, in fact, it can be said that it is the most severe time in the past hundred years, and the war may break out one day, if the war starts, then their general, who is finally going to survive, will return to the clan as an elder The matter of returning to the clan as an elder will be postponed indefinitely.

Of course, there is another thing that he can't let go of in the past two days: it stands to reason that it takes more than a day to get from Linjiang City to the border of Guan and Rao, but counting the date when Miss Di Jia left the city, it is now the third day, and there is half a day, even from Linjiang City to Kongcheng, it is enough to arrive - could it be that something happened on the road?

Kong Zhiyuan is not worried about delaying the marriage, it is ridiculous to say, now the ordinary people of Guan and Rao may not know the meaning of the marriage between the two families, but the high-level and middle-level officials who know a little bit about the inside story are as clear as a mirror in their hearts: the meaning of this marriage lies in the fact that it has no meaning!

Yes, there is no point in marrying!

Now that the hatred between the two states has reached the point of life and death, the two families will inevitably go to war one day in the future, and the marriage is just a little delayed for the arrival of this "certain day".

When Raozhou temporarily survives the crisis, then that day will come soon - in an instant!

Therefore, from a slightly longer point of view, this marriage does not make sense.

If there is a long term, there will be a near future, and the significance of the near future lies in the fact that at least before Raozhou retreats from the enemy, the two families cannot fight.

From this point of view, Miss Diyin, who plays the role of a hostage.

Since he is a hostage, the "marriage date" on the surface is naturally not so important - Kong Zhiyuan is worried about whether the flute will come or not.

If she comes, it doesn't matter if it's early or late; If she doesn't come, I'm afraid it won't be so easy for her to return to the family - Kong Biao, the eldest son of Kong Zhongyi, the current patriarch of the Kong family, but he personally wrote to him to ensure that Diyin can come, because only when he comes, he can take it as a forbidden body, and only then can he get rid of his beast 'desire' and temporarily be in his first ...... I don't know if it's the first wife, it won't seem so boring before there is a candidate.

Fortunately, although the waiting time was longer, this morning the defenders on the opposite side came with news: the Di family's family send-off team will arrive in half a day.

Kong Zhiyuan seemed to have seen the picture of the group of people in the clan bowing down to him to say goodbye...... This forced him to keep urging time to go, hurry up: there's still a month, it's only a month, how can a fucking month be so hard!

The guard general of Guanzhou is named Xu Zesheng, although he is not a member of the Di family, but he also has a close relationship with the Di family, and is the wife of the current head of the Di family.

said to be a "veteran", in fact, Xu Zesheng is only forty years old, although it seems that he looks a little older than his peers - especially compared with those old men in Linjiang City who only know how to collect rent, go to the kiln and raise plays, I am afraid that outsiders seem to be a generation behind!

When he saw the team of relatives from a distance in his field of vision, Xu Zesheng suddenly had a sense of powerlessness - how could he not know why the team that could arrive in more than a day was delayed for two days?

Look at the team that should be jubilant and silent like a mourning team sending the spirit, see the two tall horses as if lazy and pull the not very heavy carriage to move slowly, and then look at the difference behind the other team of 100 people and horses following behind silently seeing off...... Xu Zesheng didn't know it, and he should know it now.

They didn't want to send the flute out of Guanzhou, they deliberately slowed down, they knew that once the carriage left Guanzhou, it was really stepping into the ghost 'gate' - not to mention whether the flute could come back alive during the war, that is, whether it could last until the day of the war in the hands of the eldest young master of the Kong family, who was inferior to the ** beast, was a question that could not be thought about.

If you think, there is only one result; I don't want to, maybe I can leave more hope in my heart.

When there were still less than 20 zhang away from the guard at this end of the bridge, Xu Zesheng personally led his 100 personal guards to meet the team, and saw the opposite team stop from a distance, and then the people who sent the relatives - except for a few maids who accompanied the marriage and the groom who drove the dowry cart, all retreated silently one by one.

The only one who stepped forward was a one-armed man on horseback.

Although he couldn't see his appearance clearly, Xu Zesheng knew that the person was his eldest nephew. In the battle of Dingdu City, he was 'shot' by Kong Zhongyi and broke an arm, although after a period of rest, there was no big problem, but after all, the arm is not hair and beard, and there is no possibility of growing it after it is broken.

At this time, the flute sounded the 'spirit' god was not very good, but when he came to the carriage, he still deliberately mentioned the 'spirit' spirit, and after jumping off the horse, he said to himself: "On weekdays, the second brother advises me to be more patient, but I don't know why he disobeyed his father in front of everyone this time, so he was locked up at home to recuperate...... If he thought that he couldn't come to see you off in person today, he would have regretted it! ”

Di Sheng spoke out against his father, who was also the head of the Di family, when his sister got married, so he was beaten half to death, so he was locked up in the house and not allowed to go out, so he couldn't send his sister who was married and didn't know if there was a possibility of returning.

After being silent for a long time, he didn't hear anyone in the carriage answer, he smiled bitterly, but he didn't know how, but when he was halfway through the laughter, his throat was jammed, and the rest of the laughter couldn't laugh anyway.

"You...... You avoid that beast, don't think about it...... In a short time, your second brother and I will definitely go to Kongcheng in person.