Zhao Er poured a cold wind into his stomach today, only to feel that his heart and intestines were about to be knotted, as if he thought that Chen Shun had gone first, and he would be able to have a hot meal as soon as he arrived on the ground, and he didn't want this idiot to stay in the camp to work up and down, but came here to wait.

It deserves to be planted for the rest of his life!

He was angry, squinted his eyes and scolded Chen Shun, and did not wait for the official to check the documents, ask where to rest, and then turn around with his two companions, urging the servants to hurry to the camp.

At this time, it is three o'clock in the unitary hour, in the ordinary time, it is past the meal, Daning County is located on the border, a few years ago by the Beiban entry, killed a pass, at this time the population is even smaller. Because it was almost time for curfew, there was not a single pedestrian on the road, and some snowflakes were falling, which made it seem that this pedestrian was facing the cold wind and snow, which was very pitiful.

Zhao Er walked all the way on the horse, his heart was burning all the way, he wanted to spit on the ground, who knew that his mouth was very dry, he couldn't even cough up phlegm, he reached out and touched the gourd on his waist, it was so good, it was empty, and he couldn't even make a sound.

He turned his head to look at the two companions beside him, both of whom were also annoyed, and one of them saw him touching the gourd and looked over, and replied angrily, "Don't count on me, I've been thirsty for almost an hour!" ”

There is snow on the road, but it is so cold that people shiver at the first touch, everyone has been blown all the way by the cold wind, and the peers are all colds, if you can endure it, who wants to eat the snow blocks!

Zhao Er felt that his anger was even greater, he whipped the whip at the mule on the right side, and shouted to the servant behind him: "Go faster, have you fed all the food you eat during the day into the dog's belly?!" ”

The servants bowed their heads one by one to listen to the scolding, although they did not dare to refute, but they all slandered: how can there be any food, but after gnawing a steamed bun, it is still frozen like a stone! If there is food, it will also be fed to your dog's belly!

Zhao Er couldn't have guessed that these servants, who were as quiet as sick quails on weekdays, would have such presumptuous thoughts, but he didn't bother to guess, he was hungry, pressed the fire, and just waited for a reason, and he was going to find someone.

Fortunately, Daning County has a small jurisdiction, there is only one road, and it doesn't take long to arrive at Sutou, which is a barracks sitting quietly in the corner, and the sergeants who want to come to it have already been opened.

When he got to the ground, Zhao Er turned over and dismounted, not wanting the toes of his toes to freeze and numb, so the soles of his feet fell to the ground, and he didn't pay attention to them, and almost twisted.

He threw the reins into the hand of the servant next to him, took a few steps forward, kicked the barracks door open, and was about to shout, when the aroma of soup and rice came to the surface, and in the open air in the middle of the camp, seven or eight piles of firewood were burning.

Involuntarily, Zhao Er put out his voice, he looked around left and right, and saw a person standing in the distance, about to shout, not wanting the other party to come straight over, and said with a smile: "Second Brother Zhao is here, come in and wash your face!" ”

It's Gu Yanzhang!

Zhao Er stomped his feet, followed him into the barracks next to him, as soon as the door opened, he only stepped in two steps, and felt that the inside was much warmer than the outside, and when he looked closely, he saw that there were three or four large barrels higher than his waist in the room, all of which were half full, and he was steaming at this time, and there were two cloth towels next to the barrel.

Zhao Er stepped forward quickly, tried the water temperature, only felt that it was very comfortable to start, and the soldier was not particular, buried his head in the water, quickly scrubbed twice, picked up the cloth towel and wiped it on his face a few times, and suddenly felt that the whole person was refreshed, and most of the anger was gone.

Gu Yanzhang said beside him: "I have asked someone to boil hot water, and after dinner in the evening, Second Brother Zhao will soak his feet." ”

Zhao Er exhaled a large mouthful of turbidity, as if he had eaten a cool drink of well water on dog days, and there was no discomfort in his whole body.

Before he could speak, he only heard Gu Yanzhang say again: "The meal is ready, Brother Chen took some silver money out, I asked someone to buy a few chickens, and there is hot soup to drink tonight." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Er couldn't help but smile on his face, Fang Cai's anger was only like a piece of ice the size of a fingernail, under the scorching sun, it was sunburned, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye, and even the water stains on the ground were wiped out.

Sure enough, everyone arrived at one time, and a few Daning County officials who stayed to take care of the barracks brought the food, and everyone had a bowl of hot soup, although it was bland, and after distributing it, there were only a few shredded chickens in each bowl, but in the eyes of these servants who had traveled all day and only ate some cold and hard dry food, even if it was the delicacies on the Queen Mother's peach banquet, it was estimated that it was just this taste.

After the meal was distributed, in addition to the hot soup, there was also hot rice and hot dishes, and a cooking cake, and after everyone had eaten, there was a drink of old ginger to drink.

Everyone sat around the fire, ate food, drank ginger water, almost all of them sweated, and soaked their hot feet again before going to bed, only to feel that the fatigue of the whole body was hooked out, and when they got on the kang - the cover was warm!

Not only the servants, but also the mules that pull the heavy baggage, today they are also separated from several rooms to rest, so that they do not need to be crowded into one place, and they are not counted when they are full, and they also get some water mixed with wine to drink.

The next day, Zhao Er did not urge everyone to get up, told them to sleep a full night, and then set off after cleaning up.

Gu Yanzhang showed Chen Shun an account, in fact, the meals were arranged by the county government, he just took the money to buy a few chickens, because he gave a few more copper plates, the farmer also put on a few catties of ginger, bought dozens of catties of firewood, and used it up overnight, a total of half a penny, so that Chen Shun's heart hung high finally fell to the ground.

If you can get to the place on time, it will take ten times more, compared to going to Dingyao Mountain to give it out, it is a drop in the bucket at all!

Chen Shun pulled Gu Yanzhang to thank him, he asked in detail, he wanted to do it by himself the next day, who knew that it sounded easy, but it was difficult to do, although he still arrived at the ground early, the cost was more than double that of Gu Yanzhang the day before, but to do things, either pull down like this, or pull down like that.

After all, it is a trip of fifty or sixty people, and there is no preparation, and as soon as you get started, who can immediately sort it out!

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, everyone privately turns their heads and ears together, and they all know that Gu Xiucai did it well. The next day, someone took the initiative to talk to Chen Shunti, saying that he was willing to help Gu Xiucai escort the car, and asked him to go first to help with accommodation.

Chen Shun took a beating, knowing that he couldn't do it, and he was no longer reluctant, so he took Gu Yanzhang with him every day.

Everyone stayed overnight, compared to before, the journey was half faster, seeing that they could reach Dingyao Mountain after walking two more distances, this evening, Gu Yanzhang followed Chen Shun to the ground first, and the piles were properly tied, waiting for the convoy to come, not wanting to hear the sound of horses' hooves outside, and after a while, the camp gate was pushed open from the outside.