Chapter 17 The Heart of the Mountain Ghost
"This boy is very interesting, riding a little donkey to play in the mountains and rivers, don't say it, the peach blossoms on his head are really bright, and I don't know where he picked the peach blossoms from in the season when they have long been over."
"The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom. He must have met him by chance. It's rare for someone to fight and dance like a dance, and this style is just like me. Looking at the fight on the side of the stream that can be described as soothing, Li Yu stroked his hair and was full of spring breeze.
After listening to Li Yu's words, Zhao Hongda squinted his eyes, with an indescribable disgust: "Forget it with your demeanor, you have to be worthy of being compared with others, you look at other people's faces, and then look at yours, except for the flute, I really haven't seen him handsome, but the flute is half a head shorter than others." ”
"Where did you put me? You can't envy God's face, but it's not kind to deliberately ignore it. Yun Tombsheng raised his eyebrows, and lightly whipped Zhao Hongda's buttocks, and the horse trotted up.
Zhao Hongda was shocked when he saw the little white horse under his crotch suddenly run two steps, and after realizing that it was Yun Tombsheng's prank, he pulled the reins, turned the road when the horse's head came and went, and said: "Let's go, I don't look at it, Brother Gongzi is rare, it's not bad if you can make friends, I'm afraid that others will think that we have a plan, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and we will see you again." ”
Han Difu smiled and yawned: "Let's go, it's not interesting, but this boy is a kind-hearted person, and it seems that he has the intention of driving this group of little thieves away, but he doesn't have the idea of hurting people." ”
"It's just that although this world is good, but not all of them are good people, this group of people who cover their faces and don't dare to see people only care about the white jade brocade belt around the waist of Brother Gongzi, maybe they don't realize that this Brother Gongzi doesn't want to kill people, maybe they think that people don't fight back because they are cowardly by nature." Yun Tombsheng pursed his lips, but when he turned his head and saw Yun Qianyu staring intently at the son-in-law who exuded the delicacy of a noble child, he asked with a stinky face: "Is it good-looking?" ”
Several people turned their horses' heads and went to the official road in twos and threes, and in the end only Yun Qianyu was left, and the girl squinted her eyes and looked at Brother Gongzi's casual swordsmanship twice, and then turned the horse's head to follow the few people in front.
The handsome and elegant young man beside the stream at the bottom of the hill had already heard the sound on the mountain, but he didn't bother to look at it deliberately, but he just glanced up inadvertently, but he couldn't give up at that glance.
In his sight, the white-clothed back of the mountain is just like the Qing Shui Luo God in the book of the ancients, the jungle mountain ghost, the shock-like figure is constantly moving away, and the mount under her has been blocked by the small mountain, and only the black hair, the long box, and the white clothes raised with the wind can be seen.
The dress is very simple, if only there was a garland; The handsome boy thought that he already had a peach blossom in his black hair, and he could give her a beautiful wreath by folding a willow; When she wears it, she will be as beautiful as the mountain ghost riding a docile beast.
It's just that the woman's figure has gone away, and by the time the young man climbs the hill, there is no trace of it.
He met it and lost it.
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A group of people had dinner in a small town in the evening, and after the meal, seeing that it was still early, they got on their horses and prepared to drive dozens of miles, and the right to consume food, but unfortunately not long after the departure, when the night covered the land, there was almost no warning of heavy rain slanting down.
Fortunately, a group of people in Yun Tomb brought umbrellas, and one by one pressed the eaves of the umbrella very low, and after walking along the official road, they met a post station, and they smiled happily, although they are all people who practice martial arts, they basically don't have to worry about getting sick in the rain, but who will refuse to shelter from the wind and rain?
The post station is not big, there is a yard on the side, the sound of horses is faintly heard, obviously inside is the military horses prepared by the post station, every thirty or fifty miles around the empire will build a post station, guarded by three or more soldiers, the story of the military emergency report of eight hundred miles a day is to rely on the service provided by the post station to become a reality.
Qingling City is three thousand miles away from the capital, in the past, the general of Zhennan led the troops to suppress the rebellion of South Vietnam, and when he returned to Beijing in triumph, he left the aftermath of Li Dun among the eight generals under his command, and the proud General Li Dun ended the trivial matters of South Vietnam on the way back to Beijing to be sealed, and on the street of Qingling City, because a cook in Xueyu Villa did not get out of the way when buying vegetables, he whipped the cook.
This whip angered the Snow Rain Villa, and the villa immediately sent hundreds of guards to chase and kill Lytton, the vassal king of this land was already in harmony with the capital, so naturally he would not take action to protect the subordinates of General Nanda, then Lyton was also a smart person, and he didn't expect the local gate lord to help at all, and sent the distress letter to General Nanda of Jingcheng Town through military channels as soon as possible.
Three days later, Li Dun finally died outside Yangzhou City, and the general Zhennan's dictation also arrived in Yangzhou City on the same day, Yangzhou is basically in the middle of Qingling City and the capital, three days, the messenger rushed from Qingling City to Fengge Imperial City three thousand miles away and turned back to Yangzhou City, that is, one day and one night can run out of 1,500 or 600 miles, and two days can send the letter of Qingling City to the capital.
One day and one night more than a thousand miles rely on the military horses in the post station and the food prepared by the post station, the horse is tired of running and then change one, change the time of the horse to take the dry food on the road, fill the water bladder with water, in addition to the road without any rest time, the messenger on the horse began to the destination, basically the feet do not touch the ground in the middle, only run all the way.
Several people led the horses to stand under the eaves, and there was a sound of walking in the house, and Yun Tombsheng was just about to step forward and knock on the door, but before his hand touched the door, the door happened to open.
"Whoa."
A strong man with a stubble on his face and a suit of armor opened the door, looked at a few people outside the door, and frowned slightly.
"We would like to stay here for one night." Zhao Hongda stepped forward slightly, his Zhao family has a lot of influence in the officialdom, especially in the capital, his third uncle is the old lady who is polite to everyone in the court, and he is the current emperor and one of the disciples of his third uncle.
Seeing that the strong man standing at the door wanted to stop talking, Zhao Hongda smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry about the cost of staying in the hotel, we are not from the Ministry of War, so naturally there will be no shortage of silver." ”
"This." The strong man seemed to have something unspeakable, so he stood at the door, his face was about to speak and stopped, a sound of footsteps came, and a thin and tall middle-aged man squeezed out of the door, hugged his fists at a group of people, pointed upstairs and said: "Today, there are several officials of the military department who have official duties to rest at the post station, and there are only two rooms left, I am afraid that there are less." ”
"It's okay, there aren't enough beds, so we can meditate." Li Yu waved his hand, looking indifferent, and after speaking, he raised his feet and walked into the house.
The thin middle-aged man with a sad face also wanted to talk and stopped, they couldn't afford to provoke those few military officials, these young people were not mortals in their clothing and bearing, a group of young men and brothers would frolic for a long time when they got together, needless to say, he didn't dare to drive people away, and finally said: "Can you be a little aggrieved tonight, don't make noise, it's really those adults who have deliberately explained." ”
"Don't worry, we're on our way tomorrow, and we'll rest early." Li Yu, who was lively by nature, waved his hand, and when he turned to enter the house, he pointed at Zhao Hongda and said, "Even if there is any noise, if the officials are dissatisfied, you can tell them that the children of the old lady in the capital are here." ”
The middle-aged man was frightened, and hurriedly saluted Zhao Hongda, the petty officials and officials in the remote areas may not know the magnates in the whole capital, but the old lady has been in the dynasty for decades, and the peach and plum are all over the world, so the reputation is naturally greater.
"This big brother is polite, help lead the way, let's lead the horses to the stables first." Zhao Hongda waved his hand, smiled, and shouted to Li Yu, who was looking out in the house: "Lead your own horse, there is no little servant of yours here." ”
"I'll come, I'll come." The tall and thin man walked quickly to Li Yu's yellow horse and grabbed the reins, and the strong man who was a little wooden walked quickly to the courtyard, obviously going to open the courtyard door first, which is the reason why many people fight for the head and also for officials and businessmen, as long as you have a head, a face and a status, there are people respectfully facing you wherever you go.
On the way, Yun Tomb asked a question that he was a little curious about: "This old brother, how do you know that we are outside the door?" Is it better ear or eyesight? ”
"According to the regulations, no matter day or night, there must be someone standing guard at this station, once you meet someone who immediately planted a small yellow flag, you must immediately bring dry food and water to wait on the side of the road, those messengers will take it away if they need it, they will not stop if they don't need it, if you see the horses a little tired from a distance, you have to lead the most energetic horses to the side of the road to replace the tired horses, I was just upstairs at the window." The thin middle-aged man tied the reins in his hand to the pillar and explained to Yun Tombsheng.
"I see, no wonder I can get to the capital in two days." Yun Tombsheng raised the corners of his mouth slightly and nodded, glanced back at Yun Qianyu, and happened to meet Yun Qianyu's gaze, and smiled.
"That's right, if it's urgent, you can almost get to the capital in two days from here." The post station guard naturally didn't know why the two of them had a good heart, smiled and responded, walked slightly sideways on the stairs, and led a group of people upstairs.
The first floor was filled with bits and pieces, there was a utility room with hay stacks, a kitchen for cooking, and a few post men's rooms were also on the first floor, so there were no spare rooms, only seven or eight rooms on the second floor.
"We are only a third-class post, a total of five people, usually only need to provide supplies, basically do not need us to send things, I am the post chief of this station," the middle-aged man took a few people away in front of the door of the northernmost room, pointed to the two rooms opposite the door, hugged his fist slightly apologetically, and said: "Usually no one stays here, today is a coincidence, I met a piece, there are only these two empty rooms, I can only trouble you to arrange it yourself." ”
"How do you divide this? Two girls in one room, one for the remaining six of us? Li Yu, who was dressed in pink, bared his teeth at Yun Bailing and made an unfair grimace, Yun Bailing's personality was very lively, so he played with Li Yu and Zhao Hongda for a long time.
Yun Qianyu couldn't quite melt into this small circle, Li Yu and the others were a little enthusiastic, but they couldn't bear Yun Qianyu's cold face, and they were still as cold and indifferent as strangers they met for the first time.