The scenery in autumn is stunning.

On both sides of the official road, large swaths of golden yellow spread out to a very distant place, and then at the end of the sky in line with the sky, when the wind blows, it grows arbitrarily for a full year, and the grass branches that are as high as the waist of ordinary people first bow downward, and then shake and straighten, endlessly, like a wave.

Twenty or so carriages sailed through the wilderness, like a sword that had split the gold and blue.

The squeaking sound is endless, you can know the weight of the goods on the car, the size of the convoy is already considerable, and there are tall and brave men behind waving the long whip in their hands, driving more than 30 horses of various colors, where the horse's hooves fall, it is even more dusty.

These men whistled in their mouths, and every time they got up, they could always accurately land on the back of another horse in the galloping herd, without falling to the ground, showing an extremely skillful horse kung fu, if they were in the northern and western regions, they could not help but applaud.

At the head of the procession was a black steed, not too slow, but looking very easy, and at the moment sat a tall, exaggerated man, with a beard and a broad horizontal knife at his waist.

He didn't hold the reins, but held a cowhide map with both hands, on which he was writing and drawing with charcoal, but it was an extremely crude map, and he was staring at it.

The carriages behind him were all loaded with goods, and many people simply sat in front of the carriage, leaning on the canopy, and there were many people on horseback, and almost all of them wore weapons and had a dusty face.

In some places outside the convoy, a red horse was slowly followed, which was quite tall, but a little too thin, and the shoulder bones were slightly protruding. On horseback, a young man dressed in black seemed to have a cold expression.

Wang Anfeng looked into the distance, even with his eyesight, it was difficult to see anything at this distance.

It has been more than half a month since leaving Liangzhou City, because of the concentration on the road, even if it is just a horse-drawn cart, the speed of the caravan is not slow to go there, a few days ago has left Jiannan Road, at this moment, calculating the distance, has entered the northwest area of Daqin.

As soon as they entered the northwest, the temperature plummeted, and when they left Liangzhou City, these merchants were slightly excited in their hearts, and they were not prepared for asceticism, but at this moment, they no longer had the leisure and leisure they had just begun, and their faces were sometimes bitter.

In many cases, it is not because the heart is prepared that you can ignore the next suffering, knowing that you will know, but you are still tired, and it is more likely that you will be more tired.

This plain is still a relatively easy road to walk, if it is a rough and difficult road before, sitting in a carriage, the whole person will be turned upside down, those who have martial arts can still hold on, those merchants who can't do anything at all, but they are all miserable.

Zhou Chao looked at the surrounding environment, stopped and said in a loud voice:

"Everyone, stop first, rest a little, replace the horses to save your footwork, set off in a moment, and work harder, so that we can go to the next city today, and we don't have to sleep in the wilderness."

"When the time comes, you can taste the beef and mutton in the northwest of Daqin, which is different from that in Jiangnan Province, and there is no peculiar smell at all."

Wang Anfeng could almost hear a uniform sigh of joy in the whole procession, and the carriage convoy staggered to a halt, and the hired guards took out the fine horse grass from the carriage and fed it to their mounts, so that the horse, which had endured a lot of fatigue, could recover a little.

Then the horses pulling the cart and the horses behind them were replaced, to ensure the speed to the greatest extent, to save foot strength, and to pull such a heavy load for most of the day, these horses have long been a little unable to support, after stopping the wheezing sound is a little heavy, the edge of the horse's mouth has been foaming.

If we continue to push forward without changing horses, not to mention whether we can arrive before the city is closed, these horses may even die or be injured on the road, and the problem will be much greater.

Wang Anfeng turned over and dismounted, the red thin horse snorted, and ran leisurely to the side of the field to nibble on the grass blades, at this moment the autumn is getting stronger, these grasses are a little dry, far less juicy than fresh horse grass.

Ordinary horses would be a little sick when they eat it, but the evil animal didn't seem to care, and took a bite on the left and right, and ate happily.

Wang Anfeng was curious about how this skinny horse with a tricky mouth had changed his temperament, and suddenly someone called to be careful, and then something flew straight towards him, Wang Anfeng raised his hand to catch the thing, but it was a bag of treated horse grass, and he looked up.

Seeing a round-faced man walking over from the carriage, he smiled and said:

"Give your mount a belly pad."

"In the past few days, we are all very tired, let alone these mounts? If something goes wrong on the road, it's not a simple thing that can be dealt with at that time. ”

"The first time I walked this road, it was like this, and I didn't have a spare mount, and the horse's leg was broken, and it took a lot of effort to get to the next city."

Wang Anfeng looked at the somewhat wet horse grass in his hand, maintained the character of 'knife maniac', nodded, and said coldly:

"Thank you."

The other party didn't care, laughed and chatted twice, and saw that he didn't have anything to talk about, so he immediately said hello and turned back to his goods.

Several carriages were gathered together, the carriages and the bodies of the horses blocked the wind that was blowing day by day on the plain, and several merchants formed a circle, holding a wine jug in their hands, and a large piece of meat, and a dagger, and ate and drank something evenly, and slowly strengthened.

One of them, a man with a somewhat thin figure and sunken cheeks, saw the round-faced merchant coming back from the opposite side, greeted him twice, and handed over the thing in his hand, who seemed to be familiar with them, and was not polite, took it at once, cut off a large piece of meat with a dagger, and put it in his mouth to chew.

A smile appeared on the thin man's face, and he said:

"You're not at all polite."

The round-faced merchant took a sip of wine and laughed: "Our friendship of twenty or thirty years, if I am polite to you, won't I look down on you?" ”

The thin man smiled, obviously not caring, and a person next to him tightened his clothes, looked at the round-faced merchant, and said curiously:

"Old Sun, where did you just go? I see, how did you come from behind? Could it be that at your age, you still have to change horses in person? ”

Sun Ren shook his head and sighed: "Where can this be done, when you are old, you have to serve the old, after I injured my waist once a few years ago, I can't even ride a horse, how can I ask for hardship?" I just went to give the medicine man a piece of horse grass. ”

"Otherwise, I'm afraid his horse won't hold up."

The voice paused, and he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh:

"The horse was so thin that he didn't have much energy."

The previous emaciated man frowned, then shook his head, and said with disdain:

"Is that the person? Hey, I said you're too kind, that person claims to be a pharmacist, and at first glance he is planning to go to the Western Regions to fight for a rich and wealthy family, I have seen a lot of this kind of person. ”

"You see that he is so poor that he only has that horse, and he has no goods, and he thinks that he is a mount that he has changed from his belongings, but even so, every time he goes to the city, he has to open another room for himself, and he is very generous."

"People like this who are so poor that they have to pretend to be generous, one is counted as one, and if they go to the outside world, they will come back empty-handed, and the silver will not be kept in their hands at all."

A person next to him ate a mouthful of meat and echoed:

"That's not it."

"You know that when I was young, I also rode a horse and wielded a knife, that kid looked like a tall horse, but even driving such a mount would make a leak, and he had no ability, and he had no capital, so wouldn't it be a waste of time to go out?"

"And this guy is brave enough, two days ago, when he encountered the green forest that robbed the road, he didn't just hide aside and didn't draw his knife."

"I see, the black knife he put on the horse's back must be a fake, maybe it's just that the wood is painted black, and it must be empty, otherwise the horse will definitely not be able to carry it, and it may fall to the ground with a snap."

The crowd laughed.

The emaciated man smiled: "That's not it, if he has the strength and strength to wield such a big black knife, even if he doesn't have a good horse like us, no matter what, there will be only such a thin horse, in short, Lao Sun, your bag of horse grass is in vain." ”

Sun Ren wiped the wine on his beard and smiled disappreliantly:

"It doesn't hurt."

"Young people, it's always a good thing to be able to go out and see the world."

Later, the man said strangely: "Old Sun, when did you become like this?" Back then, you were so strict that you scared a lot of people away. ”

The emaciated man smiled: "This has to be talked about in detail, Lao Sun has encountered a good thing, he is naturally in a good mood, and he is in a good mood, no matter how good a person is, he will become easy to talk to......"

The others were curious, and asked again and again, the emaciated man was about to speak, and he heard a whistle in front of him, and when he looked again, Zhou Chao, who seemed to be like an iron tower, had already turned over and got on the horse and stood in front, it turned out that the moment of rest had passed.

The emaciated man threw the last piece of meat in his mouth and said with a smile:

"Let's go, I'm in the city today, and I'll talk to you ......."

The neighing of the horses was endless, and the convoy that had just stopped for a moment or so started again, Wang Anfeng fed the horse grass to the thin horse, and then still followed the convoy slowly, the thin horse still looked listless.

It's like when you just set off.

Zhou Chao really said that he was very experienced, and he was very sure of the distance between the cities and the speed of the people's travel, and before it was dark enough to walk, he finally arrived at a city, and entered the city before the big city gate was closed.

Zhou Chao has a familiar inn, and he has already sent his subordinates to hurry up to make a point, and the inn sent Xiao Er to wait at the gate of the city, and after seeing everyone, he was busy leading the way.

Wang Anfeng led the horse, still silent, looking at the surrounding buildings left and right, and corresponded to the information given to him by Jiu Zizai's predecessors in his heart, confirming that this city was just ordinary in the intelligence, and it was not worth paying special attention to, and he was immediately distracted to see the scenery in the city.

Sure enough, it is different from the Central Plains and the Jiangnan generation, the architectural style, the layout of the city, the rough ground seems to be wrapped in the rough and sandy north wind, but it is not majestic, and in a county town, it also gives people the feeling of a majestic city.

And when he looked at the layout of the city, everyone had already arrived at an inn, and there was already a big man waiting there at the door, and when he saw Zhou Chao from a distance, he let out a series of heroic laughter from his mouth, and his arms were stretched out, and he stepped forward.

The two hugged affectionately, and the little two guys in the inn helped the carriage and mounts that they would bring to the house, all parked in the vacated backyard, and everyone stood on the ground, moving their muscles and bones, and they were all grinning for a while, but today's boat and car were tired, and their muscles and bones were really stiff and tired.

After entering, the caravan still set the rooms together, and this time they did not settle for Wang Anfeng, who stepped forward and reopened a room for himself, and then asked the cook for some eggs and soybeans.

The egg whites, egg yolks, and boiled soybeans were stirred in a bucket and sprinkled with a handful of salt before they were carried to the lean horse.

It must not be too late to feed, or he fears that the beast will starve and kick the other horses to death. The third master said that this horse was trained in the polar fighting white bear, and then cleaned up the ordinary beasts, and the ordinary horses were really not enough for its few hooves.

He maintained the temperament of a knife maniac, and others didn't bother to greet him, Wang Anfeng was also happy and quiet, and sent the grass and grain configured by the war horse to the thin horse, and watched it eat it all before turning back.

The temperature of the autumn night is quite cold, and in the northwest area, the temperature is okay during the day, and it is very cold at night.

Wang Anfeng was about to go inside after feeding the horse, when he opened the door, the curtain was knocked open, and a person walked out of it, his footsteps were hurried, and he almost directly hit Wang Anfeng's body.

Wang Anfeng took a step sideways to avoid it, and then with a moment of light, he saw clearly that the person who came was a young man in his twenties, who was a sword eyebrow, but there was a scar on his face, which destroyed the overall coordination and added a bit of anger.

The latter's head drooped slightly, his eyes seemed to be staring at the ground all the time, and he never apologized to Wang Anfeng, as if there was a vicious wolf chasing behind him, and left in a hurry.

Wang Anfeng frowned, retracted his gaze, walked into the inn, handed the wooden barrel back to the back kitchen, and originally planned to go upstairs directly to the room, but he had already walked to the side of the staircase, and suddenly heard a tall young man next to him slap the table heavily, quite a little eyebrows, and said loudly:

"So, Master Jiang has entered the court, and I can have some expectations!"

Jiang Fuzi?

Hearing this familiar title, Wang Anfeng's footsteps subconsciously paused slightly.

There were three people sitting at the table next to them.

The person who opened his mouth was wearing a scarf, and judging from his attire, he should be a scholar, but in the northwest area, even if he was a scholar, he was also with a heroic spirit in his bones, and he was tall, and he seemed to be on the rise, and said loudly:

"And today, the recommended position is completely in the hands of the three princes, if you want to get an official position, you have to ask for money, after entering the Taixue, you have to endure everywhere, only promises, I am studying and learning swords, for the sake of the family and the country, what I want is Lang Lang Qiankun, how can I bow my head to those families to be slaves?!"

"The soft bones who are used to kneeling, seeing the real opponent, seeing greater difficulties, except for kneeling and begging for mercy in a panic, what can it be for? How to defend the country? How to earn lives for the people?! ”

"Now the officials recommend the family, and the children of the family are officials again after they enter the school, the officials are the families, the families are officials, generation after generation, as if they are reincarnating, children and grandchildren, endless! As time goes by, this world is the world of the world? For the world of the family? ”

"The people of the world have suffered for a long time!"

"A certain is unwilling to study and enter the office, to put it simply, the bones are hard, I can't kneel, I want to sweep away, and I don't have this means, I can only sigh."

"Now that Master Jiang has entered the Taixue, he is a bachelor, and with the nobility of Mr., he will definitely get rid of the disadvantages of the family's recommendation, and return the world to a vast universe, a certain cultivation for several years, and now I heard about it, and I have the heart to enter the office."

After saying that, he drank again and again, his posture was heroic and uninhibited, his eyes became brighter and brighter the more he drank, and he was not drunk at all, and he noticed Wang Anfeng who stopped next to him, and he did not have the stubbornness of ordinary scholars, and said with a smile:

"Does this strong man seem to be interested in this matter as well?"

Wang Anfeng maintained a cold expression and said:

"The so-called Master Jiang, but Mr. Jiang Shouyi?"

The tall scholar smiled, "Yes." ”

"Have you ever heard of the name of the gentleman? Have you ever believed that if Mr. stays in Taixue, the atmosphere of the world will be swept away? ! ”

Wang Anfeng was silent, thinking of the middle-aged scholar with a gentle and mellow smile, thinking of the fragrance of the piano and tea, his heart was unconsciously soft, and said:

"If it's someone else, don't believe it."

"If it is Master Jiang, I believe ......"

"Hah! The strong man is really insightful! ”

The scholar was overjoyed, so he wanted to pull Wang Anfeng to drink together, so he got up and filled a bowl of wine, turned around, and saw only the back, but he had already gone upstairs, so he sighed, muttered a few words, looked at the wine bowl in his hand, smiled, tilted his neck and poured the Northwest spirits into his throat, settled the account, and went away with his friends singing.

PS: Today's update presents............

Four thousand eight hundred words like this~ split each chapter two thousand four, a little less...... After that, find a way to make it up