The road just out of the city gate is not very easy to walk, because there are too many dense forests here, it is not easy to make a wide avenue, but fortunately, as long as you have walked this section of the road, the road behind it will be much smoother. But for now, they still have to bump for a short time.

The wheels creaked, and after crushing over a stone, it continued to run forward.

Lu Chengyan was also a little strange when he heard this, and at the moment he looked at Rong and said softly: "It is said that there has not been thawed over there this year, and it is easy to capsize in the cold wind on the road, so no one is willing to take it." "Otherwise, it would have been possible to get to the place in about eight or nine days, but I didn't expect to delay nearly twice as long.

Rong gently folded his cloak, picked up the Jiang clan's book again, turned the page of Jiang Yushan and said, "When we pass, almost all those green shoots will be completely pulled out." ”

Lu Chengyan immediately answered: "What Madame said is very true. ”

Rong glanced at him lightly, handed over a book casually, and said, "The road is leisurely, let's see what to do with the local crops." ”

After Lu Chengyan casually flipped a page or two, he threw it aside, leaned against the wall of the carriage, and said boredly: "I have turned this book three times, mainly because of the lack of water, but there was a lot of rain last year, and the snow this winter can be stored." ”

Rong gently put down the book in his hand, frowned slightly, and propped his chin and said: "I suspect that there is a problem with the construction of their cistern, or there is too little construction to supply all the farmland, which causes these tenants to work hard all year long, but in the end they harvest very little grain." ”

"This county keeper named Jiang Yushan asks for tax reductions and exemptions every year, and he doesn't say that he wants appropriations or anything. However, I heard from Governor Yin that the allocation was still made, after all, if there was no food for the winter, most of the people in this county would have to die. Lu Chengyan said.

Rong Qingqing couldn't help but scold: "Is this county guard useless?" Since there is an appropriation for this, in addition to food and clothing for people, there is no money left over to build more reservoirs? These crops are so-called unsuitable for planting, natural disasters and pests, can't we think of ways to solve them? Why is it that his eyes are focused on the immediate and not long-term? It's no wonder that it's been a few years since I took office, and I haven't made any achievements other than tax reductions. ”

In this way, Jiang Yushan can still be the county guard for so long. It can only be said that this person has no merit and no fault, so he just took it, because it seemed that there was no proper reason to remove him from his post.

The carriage continued on its way over the dead branches and stones.

In the summer, the lush greenery that seemed as far as the eye could see was completely gone, and only the bare branches crisscrossed it, but it could not stop the wanton splashing of sunlight at all. The light rushed through the cracks in the branches without hesitation, and the specks of light, which had been cut into pieces, fell on the roof of the carriage that was speeding up.

This section of Lu Rong is lightly estimated to be unfamiliar, but Lu Chengyan, Zhao Nanyu and Yao Yan are very familiar.

When Yuan Lang was besieged at that time, it was in this dense forest, the huge canopy of trees blocked the sunlight, the rotting leaves were stacked, and everything was so quiet that even one or two bird calls could make them nervous. Later, although the rescue went well, the man who hid in the dense forest and released arrows also made them remember.

So as soon as he arrived at this place, Yao Yan immediately ordered people to go faster, even if it was bumpy, it didn't matter, it was the right thing to leave this unlucky place quickly.

Rong gently opened the window and let the cold wind blow in. She leaned against the window and looked out, the jolting of the carriage not dampening her interest in the slightest.

"No wonder this part of the road is not easy to walk, this bare tree is estimated to be able to completely block out the sun in the summer." Rong said with a soft sigh.

Lu Chengyan nodded and said: "There are a lot of gravel on the ground, but this is the only way out of the city, it is estimated that when the prince walks, this road will be widened." ”

Rong gently looked up through the window, and the dead branches all the way to the end were like hands with teeth and claws, which inexplicably made people feel a little chill in their hearts.

"Husband." Rong whispered softly.

Lu Chengyan raised his head from the book in surprise, and when he saw Rong Qing's somewhat unreasonable face, he sat down all of a sudden, half-hugged Rong and asked gently, "What's the matter?" What's uncomfortable? I told them to go a little slower. ”

Rong gently grabbed Lu Chengyan and said, "No, I just think this road is a little weird." ”

Lu Chengyan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Don't worry, we don't want to see this place, Yao Yan arranged for them to speed up and leave here soon." ”

Rong nodded slightly, thinking that he was probably just thinking too much. After a while, she took a deep breath, and the cold air entered her lungs through her nose, and the whole person immediately became a lot more awake.

"Close the window, it's still cold." Lu Chengyan gently whispered.

Rong nodded slightly, and when he stretched out his hand and was about to close the window, a black shadow flashed by, and Rong gently looked back at Lu Chengyan.

Lu Chengyan was also surprised, he also saw the black shadow just now.

"Is it wrong, probably some kind of black hare or something......" Rong asked with a nervous expression on his face.

Lu Chengyan shook his head affirmatively, his face was slightly condensed, and said, "It's not a rabbit, and the rabbit is not that big." And this is not a paddock, there will be no fierce beasts at all, let alone winter...... So the estimate we just saw is personal! ”

It's a person who just ran over, or a man in black!

Rong gently opened his eyes slightly and looked at Lu Chengyan: They were targeted.

"When did you start targeting? Is it when Governor Yin comes to Lufu, or when we choose goods, or when we are ready to go out? Rong couldn't help frowning.

Lu Chengyan closed the window completely, then hugged Rong lightly and whispered, "Don't be afraid, I'll let Yao Yan be careful later." "They haven't been out of the city for a long time, so it's definitely not a thief who is eyeing them, and at this point in time, even the bandits are probably reluctant to go out.

Rong gently grabbed Lu Chengyan's arm and tried to calm himself down.

Now it is clear that someone is ready to deal with them directly and completely when they leave Kyoto, so the answer is already coming out: old fox!

"There's no one else but the old fox." Rong said softly.

The old fox in Kyoto is not easy to do, and he has to find an upright reason to do it, but once he gets out of Kyoto, even if something happens on the official road, he can directly blame it on the bandits, which is really calculating.