Zhao Zheng held the reins and sat on the edge of the carriage, sometimes waving the reins lightly, urging the two horses pulling the carriage. Both horses were very obedient, and with a little drive they would run hard, and their feet were quite fast, and it was not a problem to travel three or five hundred miles a day.

The more south he goes, the more pleasant the climate is, and with Zhao Zhengxian's current physique, he doesn't feel cold even if he wears a single coat.

This is the official road, and it has been thousands of miles since the last stop, Gujing Town.

On that day, Zhao Zheng left all the imperial liquor in an inaccessible mass grave, and then hid his identity and sent an unrelated hunter to deliver an envelope indicating the location of the imperial liquor to Cao's mansion. After doing all this, he left Gujing Town and set out on his way south again.

Although I didn't confirm it with my own eyes, I think there shouldn't be any mistakes, and the Cao family should have got all the imperial wine.

Looking back on the whole thing, it is really a bit funny, he was going to Cao's house to steal the imperial wine, but he ran into another group of thieves who stole the imperial wine in advance, he failed to steal the imperial wine, but became a good person, and chased back the lost imperial wine for the Cao family.

The whole thing is full of twists and turns, but it finally ended in a happy ending, he got the imperial wine he wanted, and the Cao family was also spared, but the only party that suffered losses was the five ghosts who moved the mountain, but this was all their own fault, and they couldn't complain about others.

Speaking of the five ghosts who moved mountains, Xu Ruyi, the painted skin ghost among the five ghosts, still stayed by Zhao Zheng's side, and now he stayed in the back compartment.

This place is already quite far away from Gujing Town, and there has been no disturbance in the past two days, Zhao Zheng plans to find an opportunity to release Xu Ruyi today and let Xu Ruyi reunite with his family. He wanted to persuade the family of the five ghosts who moved the mountain to rein in the precipice. Don't do all that rooster and dog thief stuff anymore. But he knew that it was only a matter of words. Can't change people's minds.

As the old saying goes, the country is easy to change, and its nature is difficult to change.

Before you know it, it's noon, and it's the sunniest time of the day, and it's warm on your body.

Zhao Zheng grabbed the carriage, knocked on the wooden board of the carriage, and shouted, "Miss Xu, it's time for us to have lunch." ”

The curtains in front of the car were lifted. Xu Ruyi leaned forward with a stiff face, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why did you have lunch, I was already hungry." ”

Since yesterday, Zhao Zheng has untied the rope tied to Xu Ruyi's body and lifted the restrictions on him. He is now not afraid that Xu Ruyi will escape, if Xu Ruyi escapes, he will be calm.

The two got out of the carriage separately, and Zhao Zheng took materials from the spot, drew his sword and cut some branches, and lit a fire on the ground. I cooked a pot of broth, and heated the dried steamed buns on the cage drawer. Made a simple and solid lunch.

Although Zhao Zheng respected Xu Ruyi like a guest along the way and treated him well, after all, the family of the five ghosts who moved the mountain lost nearly one million dollars. Xu Ruyi didn't have a good face for Zhao Zheng along the way, and sometimes he would make remarks to squeeze Zhao Zheng. Zhao Zheng has a good temper and has never been angry about it.

"Hey, black eats black, where are you going south?" Halfway through eating, Xu Ruyi asked while chewing on steamed buns. Zhao Zheng refused to reveal his name to her, so she called Zhao Zheng "black eats black" all the way, and this temporary title is also appropriate.

"I am going south this time to take a boat to the Western Ocean and show my country's prestige to the coastal countries." Zhao Zheng smiled lightly and casually recklessly nonsense. He and Xu Ruyi are not friends, how could he tell the truth about his itinerary.

"Hmph, just forget it if you don't say it, don't fool me."

"Instead of thinking about where I go, think about where you are going. I've decided to let you go, and after this meal, you can leave. ”

"Will you let me go?" Xu Ruyi didn't show much joy when he heard this.

"If I don't let you go, you'll have to eat up all the dry food I brought. Alas, you said that you have a daughter's family, how can the amount of food be bigger than mine. Zhao Zheng joked. He is very serious when he is doing business, but he is very casual in ordinary times, and he can talk nonsense with anyone.

"You don't wronged people, I don't eat as much in a day as you eat in one meal." Xu Ruyi glanced at Zhao Zheng fiercely.

"Hehe, even if it's not for dry food, I can't keep you. I made a pact with your grandfather before that once I confirmed that I was safe, I would let you go, and I couldn't keep my word. ”

"Hmph, it's easy to please God, it's hard to send God, you want me to go, but I just won't go." Xu Ruyi deliberately made it difficult.

"You're not leaving?" Zhao Zheng was slightly surprised.

"That's right, not only will I not leave, but I will also rely on you to let you cook for me."

"You don't even want to see your family in order to trouble me? If they don't see you, they'll be in a hurry. ”

"I can't help it in a hurry. The matter has been revealed, they will definitely leave Gujing Town, and they dare not stay any longer, even if I return to Gujing Town, I will not see them. The only way to do this is to go to a place where we usually hide and wait for them. ”

"Your family is also an old man, you must have your own contact methods, you can contact them as much as you want, then it's not up to me."

"You can't do it if you don't care. Our family has multiple hiding places, and according to the rules that our family used to set, if we were separated from our family, we would go to the nearest hiding place. Accordingly, the nearest hiding place is in the south, and even if I leave you, I will have to continue south along this road. Rather than bothering to find another carriage or horse, I might as well rely on you and give you a ride. Wouldn't it be nice if you met bandits or robbers on the road, and you could take care of them. ”

"Hehe, you think really beautifully, you found a free carriage, a free bodyguard, and a free cook, it's just killing three birds with one stone."

"It's killing four birds with one stone, if you slack off one day, I can still take the opportunity to get a little benefit from you and make up for the loss caused by this miss." Xu Ruyi glanced at the money bag on Zhao Zheng's waist and said slyly, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, you better be careful with your money bag." ”

"If you say that, I won't dare to keep you by my side." Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly, feeling stuck to the kraft candy.

"It's not up to you to decide whether to stay or not, I've already decided with you, don't try to get rid of me until I reach the hiding place." Xu Ruyi deliberately angered Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng thought about it for a while, in the game. The family of the five ghosts who moved mountains did have multiple hiding places. One of the hideouts is not far from here. Located in the south, it is called "Ghost Shadow Pavilion", which is buried deep underground and very secretive. From this point of view, Xu Ruyi's words just now should be true, she and her family have to rush to the "Ghost Shadow Pavilion" in the south to meet.

It's nothing to send Xu Ruyi for a while, anyway, Zhao Zheng can't go far. In a few days, he will be able to reach his next destination, Vena Villa.

The Zichu Sword that is about to be born is produced in the Sword Casting Villa, but it is not the news announced in the Sword Casting Villa, but the news announced in the Luoshu Villa, which is located in the center of the Great Yan Kingdom. The purpose of this is to spread the word to the whole country more quickly. Due to the unique geographical location of Vena Mountain Villa and the status of the rivers and lakes, it is really the best place to announce the news.

The territory of the Great Yan Kingdom is composed of four continents, forming a clumpy shape, like a flame. Vena Mountain Resort is located right in the heart of this flame, although it cannot be the absolute center. But it's not much worse.

Vena Villa is a martial arts family, the same as Sword Casting Villa. It belongs to one of the seventeen villages in the "one temple, three Qing, five mountains, eight gates, nine sects, thirteen gangs, fifteen clans, sixteen villages, seventeen villages, twenty-eight bureaus, and thirty-six islands", and the status of the rivers and lakes is much higher than that of the Cao family, which specializes in winemaking, and is highly respected by all parties.

In a few days, it will be the 66th birthday of the owner of Vena Villa, when Vena Villa will hold a birthday banquet to entertain relatives and friends from all walks of life, and heroes from all walks of life.

The Sword Forge Villa will take this opportunity to announce the news of the appearance of the Zichu Sword, and set up some special rules to distribute the "tokens" used to compete for the Zichu Sword. Only when you get this special "token" can you have the qualification to go to the Sword Forge Villa to compete for the Zichu Sword in the future.

Zhao Zheng's trip to Luoshu Villa was to obtain this special token, and the purchase of wood carvings and the theft of imperial wine were preliminary preparations.

Vena Villa holds a birthday banquet, not everyone is invited, and those who are qualified to sit are all relatives and friends of the owner, or people with a certain status in the rivers and lakes. Zhao Zheng is a fledgling and has no friendship with the owner of Luoshu Villa, let alone any status in the rivers and lakes, and is not qualified to participate in the birthday banquet, so he can only find another way.

The owner of Vena Villa is an elegant person, who likes to collect all kinds of artworks on weekdays, among which he has a special fondness for wood carvings and has collected a lot of wood carvings. If you go to the birthday banquet with a fine wood carving, you will never be kicked out. Zhao Zheng bought a good wood carving to keep it as an invitation.

As for the imperial wine of the Cao family, it also has its special use, and it can naturally come in handy when the time comes, and its role is no less than that of wood carving.

Go to Luoshu Villa to get a special token, if everything goes well, it won't be far from successfully obtaining the Zichu Sword.

Thinking of the cold frost and the proud sword, Zhao Zheng's heart immediately caused a burst of heat, he knew too well how a good sword can help a martial artist, if he can win the Zichu Sword, it will greatly improve his own strength, and he can quickly make a name for himself in the rivers and lakes, and there is more than one benefit.

There will inevitably be many difficulties in this process, but with his understanding of the whole process and his strength beyond most of the competitors, he still has a good chance of winning Zichu Sword. This certainty is about seventy or eighty percent, which is already very high, and it is worth gambling.

"If you want to pester me, I'll pester me, anyway, it's not bad for your mouth, but you can't eat rice, and the chores such as washing dishes will be handed over to you in the future." Zhao Zheng dusted off the steamed bun scum in his hand and compromised.

"Okay, I'll brush it, I'll brush it." Xu Ruyi knew the sense of proportion, and did not dare to be too presumptuous, so he agreed to this small request.

After eating lunch and packing up, the two continued to get on their horses and hurried away, and passed peacefully for many days.

On this day, the sky was gloomy, dark clouds were thick, and after brewing for a long time, a spring rain sprinkled on the earth. This is the first spring rain of the year, and the rain is not small, and the raindrops are dense.

Zhao Zheng had a carport above his head to cover it, but he still couldn't stop the spring rain with a hint of coolness, and it didn't take long for him to be drenched by the rain. He used the internal force of the dantian to resist the damp chill on his body. The wet clothes clinging to the skin are very uncomfortable.

He wanted to stop and rest for a while, and when the rain stopped, he slowed down and looked for a good place to park on the road. After walking forward for a while, I saw a light on the left side of the road ahead, which seemed to be someone's house. He was overjoyed and immediately drove forward, wanting to spend the night and take shelter from the rain. (To be continued......)