CHAPTER XXXIV
Xirong and Dayu, Beiyi junction of the peaks and peaks, the terrain is steep, only a common official road can enter and exit, is this hundred miles of ancient road.
There are more than 100 miles of Baili Ancient Road, there are three avenues: the Xirong Mountain Range on the top, the Great Wall of Chongqing on the bottom, the grassland flat land on the right, and countless trails, extending in all directions - but because this is at the border of the three parties, out of the Baili Ancient Road, it is not easy to see individuals.
As soon as Zhong Shuyu received the news brought by Rabadeji, he took Dusk Cloud and Zhiyue to come here overnight, leaving Chun and a few people in Beiwang City to guard the small courtyard for him to prevent the news that he was no longer in Beiwang City from spreading.
But I didn't want to just enter the Baili Ancient Road, and a few people attracted the attention of everyone on the street.
Twilight and Orizuki held their weapons in their hands, one left and one right by Zhong Shuyu's side, their faces wary towards the seemingly nonexistent gaze that exuded murderous aura.
However, Zhong Yuyu's face was calm, and he turned his head to look at this place curiously.
The Baili Ancient Road gives people the feeling of only one word: gray. All the colors here are covered with a layer of gray, as if they haven't been cleaned in hundreds of years. The sky is gray, the roads are gray, the buildings are gray, and the people are gray.
Zhong Zhiyu subconsciously rubbed his sleeves and whispered, "Let's go to Dayu Station first." ”
Twilight nodded to Orizuki and quickened her pace, not daring to relax at all.
The Baili Ancient Road does not belong to the land of any of the three countries, but it is because most of the outlaws who live here are outlaws, who survive here and reproduce generations of descendants, who have become another outlaw because of the environment in which they have lived since childhood.
Until the previous dynasty, the emperor saw that the power here was getting stronger and stronger, so he could no longer sit still, united the three kingdoms to set up three post stations at the Baili Ancient Road, and specially sent troops to guard it.
This system has been inherited from the beginning to this dynasty and has never been changed, and coincidentally, it is her Zhong Jiajun who guards the Dayu Post Station!
Dayu Post Station should be like the courtyard of the northern buildings of Dayu, but it is different from the ordinary courtyard houses, this post station has five floors, and the area is large enough, not so much a courtyard, it looks more like a tulou in southern Fujian. However, its bucket arches and cornices, colorful gold decorations, blue bricks and black tiles, carved pythons and painted cranes, are full of northern style.
The two styles are blended together, and it is unusually harmonious and magnificent, which is incompatible with this gray place.
Presumably, the original intention of building this post station must be to show other countries the style and technology of our Dayu.
"It's not modest at all." Zhong Zhiyu muttered, but his face was full of pride, and then he ignored the eyes behind him, and directly pushed open the door and walked into the post station first.
Twilight and Orizuki neatly closed the door again, shielding the unfriendly glances from the door, and the light dimmed suddenly.
There was a "pop", and there was the sound of flint and steel striking from upstairs, and then a small flame appeared on the stairs. Zhong Zhiyu looked fixedly, and there was a man dressed no different from the outside, holding a candlestick and slowly going downstairs.
The staircase was wooden, and it had been going on for some years, and there should have been some noise when he walked around, but he was silent, as if he were floating down.
didn't know where the other party came from, Zhong Shuyu decided to be friendly first, so he praised: "Your Excellency is so light." ”
"The county lord praises falsely, and his subordinates really dare not praise this light work in front of the county lord's 'Yan'er Fei'." The voice was hoarse, like tearing a rag, and like taking a mouthful of hot water, and the moon frowned when he heard it.
The man "floated" in front of several people, lit the candles next to the counter one by one, and the room lit up.
The layout inside is like a restaurant inn, and this person is standing in the counter, tall and thin, with prominent cheekbones and cloudy eyes, and he doesn't look like he is strong at all.
But Zhong Zhiyu couldn't care about these at this time, and the words of this person just now seemed to tug her heart: "How can you be the county lord?" How do you know that 'Yan'er Fly'? ”
In fact, what she wants to know most is the latter question, this "Yan'er Fei" is a joking name given to her by Bei Chuan, and the two have only talked about it when they joke, and others don't know it.
The man smiled "hehe" and bent over at Zhong Yuyu: "The subordinates are from the Zhong family's army, so naturally they have to recognize the county lord." As for this 'swallow flying'......"
"Da Bing, what do you look like in front of the county lord?!"
A clear male voice came from upstairs, and then there was a sound of "knock knock" footsteps, and a young man dressed in the armor of the Zhong family army walked down from the upper floor, and when he saw Zhong Shuyu, he knelt down on one knee and made a big salute: "The last general, Huang Yuhe, has seen the county lord." ”
“……”
Zhong Zhiyu was silent for a moment, let him get up, pointed to the man in front of him and asked, "Zhong Jiajun's?" ”
"Zhong Jiajun's." Huang Yuhe's face was sad.
Zhong Zhiyu looked Da Bing up and down with suspicious eyes, still unable to believe it: "Then why is he like this?" ”
"Ahem......" Huang Yuhe coughed and said a little embarrassedly: "People who have been in this hundred-mile ancient road for a long time will always have some problems." Seeing that Zhong Zhuyu was puzzled, he added: "The county lord will understand after a few more days." ”
"Well, I don't care about that." Zhong Zhuyu turned his head to look at Da Bing, who looked like he didn't care about himself, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Yan'er Fei?" ”
Da Bing laughed at Zhong Zhuoyu a few more times, and waited until the whip in Zhiyue's hand was raised, and then said: "The little girl from the grassland told her subordinates that she said that the county lord's Yan'er Fei is a first-class light skill in the world. ”
"Have you seen her?!"
"Yes." Da Bing's answer was very fast: "When the Xirong army came back yesterday, the gods were mysterious and secretive, and the subordinates couldn't hold back their curiosity, so they went to take a look at it at night, and the little girl who was hidden was very alert, and even the Xirong guards didn't find their subordinates, but she found out, but after knowing that the minister was the Zhong family's army, she talked to the minister." ”
"Da Bing is Zhong Jiajun's side of the Baili Ancient Road, specializing in intelligence work. If there is any change, it is his duty to find out. Huang Yuhe added.
Zhong Xiyu didn't care about this at all, only nodded perfunctorily, and continued to ask: "Then where is she imprisoned?" ”
"Xijon Station." Da Bing's eyes revealed disdain, as if he was saying how could he ask such nonsense.
"I'm asking where?" Zhong Zhiyu asked patiently. She could finally understand Rabadeji's mood when he came to beg her.
"Yesterday I came in the east courtyard, and today I should be in one of the three courtyards in the southwest and north." Da Bing shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he didn't know.
Huang Yuhe added to him again: "Xirong's post station is divided into four identical courtyards in the southeast, south, and northwest, just to prevent any confidential information from leaking. ”
Only then did Zhong Shuyu face up to the person in front of him.
Huang Yuhe has fair skin and deep facial features, although he looks at Sven, it is completely different from He Yu's weak scholarly anger, perhaps the raised eyebrows add a little unruliness to him.
Zhong Zhiyu looked at him for a moment, unwilling to waste time on inconsequential matters, so he said bluntly: "I want to save her, what can I do?" ”
Huang Yuhe and Da Bing glanced at each other and said, "Xirong has been patrolling very strictly recently, I'm afraid I have to sneak in disguise." ”