When I arrived at the post station, the shopkeeper didn't recognize Xia Xiaoxiao at first sight, Xia Xiaoxiao was completely different when she was wearing men's clothes and women's clothes, and even Qingxuan didn't recognize her so easily, let alone this little shopkeeper who had only seen her once?

The coachman who sent her yesterday had rushed back to Baicha Town overnight, Xia Xiaoxiao explained to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper called the coachman after half a day, because she had said that she would set off in two days, this was a day in advance, the coachman's luggage on the road was not ready, Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't help but wait in the inn for a long time, and the post station called her to prepare for the road.

While waiting for half a day, Xia Xiaoxiao went to the blacksmith shop and picked out a sharper short sword, and she studied the little short sword in her hand along the way.

Because it is not freshly built, and Xia Xiaoxiao doesn't know so much, she just thinks it's sharp enough to cut meat, this thing is purely for her self-defense, she is a woman's family, it is really unsafe to walk such a long way, and I have also heard that there have always been a lot of robbers on the road to Nanming in the past, and the robbers in the mountains and wilderness can't be completely controlled by the government, which is also the reason why Xia Xiaoxiao changed back to men's clothes before traveling today.

And there is another one, going out to guard against people's hearts, she and the previous coachman on the road in order to hide from Qingxuan had to change into women's clothes, now she doesn't have to hide, naturally men dress safer, such a long way, basically she and the coachman along the way, the coachman is a man, what if she has a bad heart for her?

However, at this time, the coachman who was driving the horses outside the carriage was different from what she imagined, it stands to reason that although there is a gap between this coachman and the previous one, but the gap should not be so big, the shopkeeper said that this person has a body but Xia Xiaoxiao didn't expect that this person would look like a weak scholar, except for dark spots.

It is already spring, the crisp cry of the yellow bird squeaks in the woods, the new green willow buds germinate, the spring breeze is like a light breeze, Xia Xiaoxiao is on the same in order to better blow the wind and better enjoy the scenery, and did not close the car curtain, she leaned on the car screen half lazily and half asleep, listening to the sound of the car rolling and the sound of the horse's hooves stepping on the soil.

This horse should be better than the horse that carried her before, and the speed is also fast, but no matter how fast it is to drag such a big carriage, it can't be fast, and Luo Zhi promised to teach her martial arts, she wants to let him teach her the royal horse before he teaches her martial arts, it is more convenient to have a horse to travel this kind of thing, if she can ride a horse, the time required to get from Baicha Town to Jingzhou will be four or five days less, no, maybe she will be able to throw the people searched by Beigong Yu out of the way on the way to escape at the beginning, You don't have to worry about the rest of the world.

Beigong Yu didn't laugh at her right, she didn't even know how to ride a horse, so why talk about breaking into the rivers and lakes?

Xia Xiaoxiao moved forward from the back of the car, chatting, "Little brother, do you know how to ride a horse?" ”

The coachman is much younger than the previous uncle, Xia Xiaoxiao estimates that he is only twenty-four or five, and it is still quite rude to call the uncle, and the eldest brother seems too familiar, she still prefers to call the little brother a little.

His skin was also dark and swarthy, except for this, he looked pretty good, and the coachmen she saw in the post house were all rough men of five big and three thick, and even when the coachman came to pick her up, she thought that the shopkeeper was tricking her.

At this time, the coachman's same swarthy eyes were looking at the road ahead, although he didn't look like he could do rough work, but he was skilled in driving horses, and replied to Xia Xiaoxiao lightly, "How can you make a horse if you can't ride a horse?" ”

Xia Xiaoxiao hadn't heard of this, and said, "Isn't there a horse whip?" ”

The so-called can't be beaten, she has always been very skinny when she was a child, and when her mother was still alive, she said that she was undersucked, so once she caused something, her mother whipped her and she immediately obeyed, but then her mother was gone, and she had hatred in her heart, which led to Xia Fu's whip being useless to her, but horses are different, as long as they know the pain, they are not afraid of disobedience.

"You can see if it listens to you with a whip."

The coachman glanced at Xia Xiaoxiao with a strange face, and handed the whip in his hand to Xia Xiaoxiao, Xia Xiaoxiao also stared at the coachman with a strange face, shook his head and sat back inside, she couldn't control the horse, she still had a shadow when Beigong Yu teased her and let her ride a horse and almost died.

The coachman has his back to her, wearing a linen shirt, if you just look at this back, but it can be regarded as a bit of appearance, this coachman has few words, unlike the uncle before, as long as he is idle, he will talk to her about family life, his wife and children, and also about the frivolous things when he was young, which led to Xia Xiaoxiao not being so boring in the previous journey, but now, although the coachman she is looking for this time has little money, it makes Xia Xiaoxiao extremely bored all the way, and only sat for a while, I couldn't hold it anymore, and sat down in front of me again, "Little brother, I heard the shopkeeper say that you just went to the post station not long ago to work as a coachman, what did you do before?" ”

"Foolish."

The coachman said casually.

“”

According to Xia Xiaoxiao, there are many ways to mix the day, one is to soak in the gambling house, such as Lu Wuxian, and the other is to soak in the flower building, such as Ji Xiaoer, she wanted to continue to ask, but seeing the appearance of the coachman, she obviously didn't want to tell her, so she moved forward again, "Little brother, I heard the shopkeeper call you Ah Yi, what is your full name?" ”

"Huang Yi."

There were some gravel under the carriageway, Xia Xiaoxiao hit the grid fence without holding her head well, the sound was quite loud, she sat back in pain, and then made no sound, but came to a conclusion that the coachman was not very good-tempered.

No wonder the prices are so cheap!

Out of Jingzhou City is already the middle of the night, because this time is the avenue, all the way can be passed by large or small towns or villages, not as bumpy as the mountain road before, see not far from the city pass, estimated to go out of the deserted road for a while, Xia Xiaoxiao found an inn and planned to stay one night and then go out of the city, by the way to prepare more dry food.

Xia Xiaoxiao got out of the car, because she had to keep the money on her at this time, and she didn't call the coachman, but he unceremoniously got out of the car and followed her into the inn.

Although it was the middle of the night, it was not the time for these inns to close, but Xia Xiaoxiao didn't expect that there were still many people who hadn't eaten so late, and the dining table in the inn was full of many people, and most of these people looked like they were in a hurry, obviously like they were going somewhere.

The shopkeeper, who was busy, took the time to greet him and asked happily, "Second master, do you want to stay in the store?" ”

Xia Xiaoxiao is also brocade because of the good clothes she wears, which looks much brighter than the chauffeur's linen shirt, and when the shopkeeper asked, his eyes were looking at Xia Xiaoxiao, Xia Xiaoxiao compared two fingers and sat down at the table and said, "Two rooms, let's eat first." ”

The coachman also sat down opposite her, Xia Xiaoxiao looked at him for a long time and saw that he didn't have any reaction, so he asked Xiao Er how much silver taels he paid for the time being, and the shopkeeper turned in to arrange it, Xia Xiaoxiao looked at the coachman for a long time, and he was also staring at Xia Xiaoxiao for a long time, without any reaction, and then slowly asked her, "What are you looking at?" ”

Xia Xiaoxiao coughed embarrassedly twice, stretched out his hand and spread it in front of him, embarrassed to speak, and said euphemistically after seeing that he still didn't have any reaction for a long time, "The coachman who drove me before, the accommodation and tips are all flat silver." ”

The coachman picked up the tea and poured himself a cup for himself, and said inexplicably, "The shopkeeper didn't make it clear to you?" We travel, and we have food and accommodation all covered by our employers. ”

Xia Xiaoxiao was stunned, didn't the shopkeeper explain it to her? It was the shopkeeper who didn't tell her at all!

Xia Xiaoxiao felt that she had been cheated on this way, according to this calculation, wouldn't this trip be equivalent to the cost of two people?

"I don't know if you've heard of it, the martial arts conference that should have been held once every ten years has been advanced by five years, and it is said that the news of the totem fragment that disappeared on the rivers and lakes has been revealed again, and it looks like it was revealed that it fell into the hands of Wen Qiya back then, and this conference was able to let so many sects on the rivers and lakes go, it is said that this time, even the owner of the Red Kelou, who has never been involved in such things, seems to have the intention of going."

Xia Xiaoxiao was about to talk to the coachman twice, when the whispered whispers at the table behind her inadvertently fell into her ears, and she forgot all the words she was about to say at once, and her mind was full of two words that came out of that person's mouth: totem, landlord.

At this moment, the shopkeeper brought the food one by one, and the voices of the two disappeared, Xia Xiaoxiao twisted his eyebrows, and absentmindedly took out his chopsticks to pretend to eat the food, the landlord, the landlord of the Red Kelou, thought that they were talking about Murong Dumpling.

That day, I heard that Qingxuan Dao Murong Tinglian was indeed going to the martial arts conference, could it be that it was also the totem they said in their mouths?

Xia Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered the totem she got in the Xiyun Palace, she had seen it with her own eyes, and there was nothing special about it, she still couldn't remember what the lines on the map looked like, but it was just a totem, even if Beigong Yu said those words to her, she won the world, but in the end, Xia Xiaoxiao didn't believe it, it should be a general fantasy thing?

Martial arts conference, Xia Xiaoxiao once talked to Ji Xiaoer, the last martial arts conference was held for the election of the leader of the martial arts alliance, it stands to reason that she shouldn't come so soon for the second time, she thought that it was just a simple election for the leader of the martial arts league, but if it was for the totem

Xia Xiaoxiao was a little scared, and continued to hear another person whisper, "Heh, no wonder I have seen a lot of people rushing on this road recently, I'm afraid that many people are also going for this martial arts conference, right?" ”

"You're really right, the Qingwumen Kemo faction, the two sects that are not weak, will go, not to mention, the Red Kelou, which has always been based on selling intelligence, will also go to the scene a little surprisingly, but Gudumen, there has been no news and big movements on the rivers and lakes in the past few years, this time I also heard that it seems that it will also go to Jiang Yicheng, now, Jiang Yicheng is afraid that it will be lively."