Qin Huaidao faced the inquiry and said calmly: "There are two choices, escape to Huashan, the mountains are high and dense, the roads are complicated, and it is not easy to be exposed, so hide for a while and then come out; Or go north, go to the grassland, Taiyuan Wang has incorporated some small tribes, there are certain network resources on the grassland, the sky is high and the earth is far away, it can't be traced, and Wang Tongbiao can slowly grow on the grassland, in order to come to the future. ”

"Shhh Xu Shiji's pupils shrank suddenly, and he asked: "The old man also heard that the five surnames and Qiwangdu have an inexplicable relationship with the grassland aliens, your analysis is very reasonable, which is the most likely?" ”

"If it's me, go north, go to the grassland, and try to come to the future." Qin Huaidao said in a deep voice.

"But what if you don't go? Once you choose the wrong one, you will miss the opportunity to chase and kill, let the tiger return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles, and it will be difficult for the saint to explain. Xu Shiji said worriedly.

Qin Huaidao smiled: "What are you afraid of, go to the north first, if you make a mistake, it means that they are in the territory, and if you return to continue the pursuit, if you let them escape to the grassland, it will be impossible to chase them again." ”

"It makes sense, you kid is very good, and he said that he can't march and fight, Lao Tzu thinks you are stronger than Qin Qiong." Xu Shiji slapped Qin Huaidao on the shoulder with satisfaction, and added: "There is an order from the saint, there are clues about the assassination of the coal truckman, so you can quickly return to Chang'an to investigate the case." ”

"Got a clue?"

Qin Huaidao was overjoyed, the assassination led to no one to help transport coal, no coal could not burn bricks, the weather was cold, the old and young masters of Qinjiazhuang were afraid that they would not be able to bear it, in case of heavy snowfall, those dilapidated thatched houses had to collapse one or two percent, I don't know how many people would die, we must solve the assassination as soon as possible and resume coal transportation.

"What, don't want to go back?" Xu Shiji asked.

"No, the juniors will leave for home." Qin Huaidao said decisively, although the matter of the Wang family is urgent, but there is no big problem with Xu Shiji, it should be able to catch Wang Tongbiao, and it is not meaningful to stay, it is better to go back to solve the assassination and resume coal transportation as soon as possible, the life and death of Qinjiazhuang Qiankou is a top priority, and he can't afford to delay, and added: "Let them follow, the juniors and Luo Zhang can return to Chang'an." ”

"Yes!" Xu Shiji agreed.

At this time, Cheng Chumo and others came over, and Qin Huaidao asked bluntly: "Do you go back to Chang'an with me, or go with General Xu to hunt down the anti-thieves and make meritorious contributions?" ”

"Go after the thief."

"How can you miss such a thing as a war?"

Everyone has stated that military merit is the foundation of martial arts, and no one wants to miss it.

After some conversation, Qin Huaidao introduced Zhao Shuwen to Xu Shiji, took Luo Zhang to fight the horse back to Chang'an, and took a hundred war horses with him by the way.

Xu Shiji looked at the back of Qin Huaidao leaving, his eyes were full of appreciation, and he said secretly: "You are not greedy for merit at a young age, you know how to make trade-offs, and your future future is absolutely limitless." ”

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Qin Huaidao didn't know Xu Shiji's thoughts, otherwise he would have died of laughter, and trotted forward with the war horse, in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Luo Zhang, a hundred war horses, thousands of taels of silver, make a lot of money, they will all be given to you to rebuild the mountain protection team, this time you can't be turned over by drugs - shame!" ”

"Uncle, do you really give it all to me?"

"Why, don't want it, forget it."

"No, I want, I want, with these war horses, I can form a cavalry, and look back who dares to come to Coal Mountain to make trouble, then let's go directly to Coal Mountain?" Luo Zhang asked excitedly.

"Yes!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile, I am afraid that Li Er will pick up a layer when he returns to Chang'an by driving the war horse, and there will be a total of 100 horses, so it is better to go directly to Tongguan County, suddenly thinking of something, Zhengse asked: "Luo Zhang, will you blame me for not letting you go with you to make military merits just now?" ”

"No, although I don't know why Uncle did this, Uncle must have a deep meaning, follow Uncle to be happy, be a rich man in the future, marry a bunch of wives and concubines, have a bunch of children, and pass on the lineage, it's good, what about military merits? It's not for the sake of rewarding silver to marry a wife and have children, the titles are all over, and we don't need military merits for titles like other people, right? ”

"Hahaha, you kid can see through, then I'll rest assured." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, relieved, just now he was really worried that Luo Zhang was young and vigorous, and he couldn't think about it, so he had to fight for that military merit.

Luo Zhang suddenly said: "Uncle don't worry, I've thought about it these days, the dukedom of the country is the king, and it is impossible for the saint to be rewarded, so why bother to fight for military merits?" As for the reward for meritorious service, you can earn more with Uncle Ao, and you don't have to risk death. ”

"That's right, it won't be long before Uncle can give you countless amounts of silver, but in life, you always have to do something meaningful and want to do." Qin Huaidao was completely relieved, and being able to say these words showed that this kid really wanted to understand, and he was not lying to himself.

"What is meaningful? Do you take care of Qinjiazhuang like Uncle? ”

"You'll find out when you're older, drive!" Qin Huaidao shook the reins.

The two laughed and ran all the way.

At dusk, the two came to the coal mountain, Qin Huaidao checked it, explained some things and then changed horses to continue to hurry, and when they arrived in Chang'an, it was already night, and they could not enter the city, so they could only take the horse and change the route, and go straight to Qinjiazhuang.

The moonlight was hazy and the roads were bumpy.

Qin Huaidao had to slow down a little, and finally came to the entrance of Qinjiazhuang Village, and saw that the paddy fields had been changed into ponds, and the middle earth dams were criss-crossed, straight and uniform, and the width was not small, so there was no need to worry about collapse, the water was stored, but it was far from enough, and it would be better to wait for the beginning of spring.

After entering the village, someone in the dark shouted: "Stop, who is it!" ”

"Me!"

"Young master?" Soon, a man came in the woods ahead, carrying a torch.

Qin Huaidao stepped forward and said, "Are you on duty tonight?" Good vigilance. ”

"Young Master Xie praised, the weather is cold, Xue Li asked to change it once an hour, so as not to freeze, it was not long after it was replaced, it was still in spirit, I dare not say it later, it is too cold."

Qin Huaidao looked around, pointed to a high ground and said: "Inform me to arrange for someone to dig a hole on the hillside early tomorrow morning, the entrance is smaller, the inside is larger, you can hide three or five people, it will not be cold when you burn the fire, and you can also observe this side of the intersection." ”

"Good way, so-and-so made a note." The other party was overjoyed.

It is not bad for this kind of fortification to be used as a secret sentinel point, Qin Huaidao didn't say more, and led the horse to the vicinity of the ancestral hall to take a look, there were people talking around the fire, so he found a place to tie the horse and walked in.

"Young master, it's good that you're here." Jia Youcai recognized it as Qin Huaidao and shouted in surprise.

Xue Rengui also got up to greet him: "I've seen the young master!" ”

"Don't be polite, sit down and talk, Uncle Jia, is something wrong?" Qin Huaidao found a place to sit down, stretched out his hand to roast the fire, it was not light to freeze all the way, and Rao was a little young and vigorous.

Jia Youcai hurriedly said: "Young master, someone in Chang'an offered 50,000 taels and wanted to buy the method of burning bricks. ”

"Fifty thousand?"

Qin Huaidao was very disdainful, he wanted to take 50,000 yuan, and he underestimated the value of coke too much, and asked rhetorically: "What background does this person have, could he be the person behind the coal burning mountain?" ”