After walking only a mile or two out of the city, Li Yiru felt unbearable to be stared at by the deer hunters, and every time the afterglow quietly swept towards the red-haired cloak, he could always turn his head appropriately and catch Li Yiru's gaze.

Then a stiff smile bloomed.

The boy only felt goosebumps rise all over his body, and he slowed down his horse and walked around to Bai Ling's side, so that the second brother could help him block this strangely behaved entourage.

So the deer hunter also slowed down his horse and went directly around Li Yiru's side, sandwiching the boy between himself and Bai Ling.

So again and again.

Li Yiru was a little annoyed, and finally said directly to the deer hunter when he tried to change sides for the fifth time, "Don't follow me anymore!" ”

The deer hunter narrowed his eyes, "Until you get to Zhuozhou, I'm going to keep you safe." ”

"Can't you keep me safe if you stay away from me?"

"Yes." The deer hunter laughed, "But it's more fun to follow you this way." ”

Li Yiru was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that the other party was playing tricks on himself, and opened his mouth several times, but after a long time, he couldn't think of anything that could restrain the other party, so he had to squeeze the reins tightly, and rushed to the front of the team with a "drive-".

The deer hunter smiled, and was about to step forward when he suddenly heard a voice from behind him, "Hey." ”

Bai Ling looked at him, "Your name is Gule?" ”

The deer hunter raised his eyebrows slightly, and let out a soft "huh", as if surprised that Bai Ling was able to say his name directly.

"Isn't it?"

"Uh-huh." The deer hunter nodded.

Bai Ling smiled and lowered his voice, "Are you a golden man?" ”

The deer hunter slowed his horse slightly, parallel to Burling.

"It seems that Chang Jiajun trusts you very much," the deer hunter said softly, "and even told you my name." ”

"Really?" Bai Ling looked at him, "What's the big deal secret about your name...... General Chang told me, so it means that he trusts me? ”

The deer hunter laughed, "No, if it weren't for trusting you, you wouldn't be alive now." ”

Bai Ling frowned, faintly felt that the deer hunter had something to say, and when he saw the military flag embroidered with "Zhou" in front of him, he suddenly understood.

"In this way, you are indeed a golden man."

The deer hunter was noncommittal.

Bai Ling smiled again, "You are a golden man, but you are doing things for General Chang...... You and General Chang don't want some unrelated people to find out about this, did you just want to say this? ”

The deer hunter snapped his fingers and smiled, "Pretty smart." ”

"When Li Yiru arrives in Zhuozhou, what are you going to do?" Bai Ling asked.

"It's very simple," replied the deer hunter with a smile, looking ahead, "and when he finishes recording his confession, he will give it to the local yamen to be locked up." His family was not at ease, so he personally rushed to Zhuozhou to pick him up. ”

"Shuzhou is far from here...... Bai Ling whispered on horseback, "Then it seems that you will be staying in Zhuozhou for a long time in the future." ”

"Of course not." The deer hunter smiled, "When we send him to Zhuozhou, we won't care." ”

Bai Ling was a little surprised for a moment, and turned his head to look at him, "Then what if something happens to him in Zhuozhou?" ”

"That's General Chang's business," the deer hunter rode closer, "...... After all, General Chang had already advanced the bounty money to me first. He wants to use this young man as a favor for the Li family in Chuanning, and we have less to do, so why not? ”

Bai Ling couldn't help but glance at the deer hunter, and the two of them chatted with each other.

……

In the evening, the march was suspended, and the baggage troops placed at the end of the line began to set up tents and campfires, and began to build stoves and fires.

Li Yiru sat with Bai Ling and Wang Meng to eat, but neither of them moved the dishes and chopsticks - because before eating, Wang Meng went to inspect the team first.

This seems to be Wang Meng's habit.

During the march, there was usually no stove at noon, and the soldiers relied on the dry food they carried on their shoulders to satisfy their hunger, and when they set up camp in the evening, they rebuilt the fire and cooked a serious meal.

At this time, Wang Meng made a round around the front and back, looking at the food of the soldiers in the army, and at the same time casually asking what everyone had seen and heard during the march today.

This is of course a good habit, but it is bitter for Bai and Li, who are hungry at this time, but they can't eat the hot food in front of them.

The boy raised his gaze into the air, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and then looked left and right.

Seeing that there was no sign of the deer hunters around, and he didn't hear them talking, Li Yiru became vigilant.

"They're hiding." Bai Ling said softly, "Are you looking for a deer hunter?" ”

Li Yiru nodded, "These people are too difficult......"

Bai Ling smiled and told Li Yiru about the conversation with Gule during the day, the young man's face turned pale when he heard it, he thought that he would be escorted back to his house even after recording his confession in Zhuozhou, but he never expected that his family would come to pick him up in person!

The young man was stunned, "Doesn't that mean that I went to Zhuozhou and had to sit in the class room?" ”

“…… Maybe you don't have to sit in the class room," Bai Ling glanced at him, "but a period of confinement is indispensable—you might as well run away from home and get caught, don't you think about it for a while?" ”

Li Yiru immediately grabbed Bai Ling's arm, "Second brother, save me!" ”

Bai Ling looked at him, "Your family is afraid that something will happen to you on the way, so they would rather travel thousands of miles to Zhuozhou to pick you up, and you ran away like this, aren't they more worried than when they came?" ”

"......" Li Yiru seemed to think of this layer at this time, he was silent for a moment at the campfire in the distance, and then let out a long sigh, "But I really don't want to go back, they don't listen to it when I talk well...... If I was really escorted back to Shuzhou by my mother this time, I wouldn't be able to escape the marriage. ”

"You have run away from marriage, and the woman is still willing to marry her daughter to you?" Bai Ling blinked, "Is that family's heart too big?" ”

"Even if the last one is unwilling...... There are always people who are willing to marry into the Li family. Li Yiru scratched her head, and slumped on the sandbag behind her with a tired expression, "My mother wants to hug her grandson and wants to go crazy, as long as the door can match, it doesn't matter which girl he is." ”

Bai Ling glanced at the young man sympathetically, "...... That's true, it's not easy to do. ”

Li Yiru was sad for a while, and suddenly turned his head, "By the way, what about the second brother's family, I heard you say that they were in the north before, do you have any whereabouts now?" ”

"yes, there it is." Bai Ling nodded, "In Jingzhou." ”

“！” Li Yiru's eyes lit up - he came here with the intention of making up for his grandfather Li Yuan's failure to go north to Jingzhou, "Jingzhou! ”

"yes." Bai Ling's face reflected the firelight, and his expression became gentle, "I will go to Yanzhou with General Wang Meng first, and then follow the other Chang family troops to the north via Fuzhou." ”

Li Yiru hugged his head and sighed, "...... Second brother, take me away! Please! ”