After another five or six days, at the border city about a few hundred kilometers away from the capital, the envoy of Naqujiang escorting Yanbei arrived at the border city on the afternoon of the sixth day.

The group settled in the post station in the border city, the sky was not dark at the moment, Liu Mu saw that he was gradually coming to his own territory, and he also felt that he should have some landlord friendship, so he suggested: "General Qu Xiao, it's dark this day, I also know that you are in a hurry to return to Beijing to resume your life, but it's not too late to leave tomorrow morning, let's rest here for one night today." ”

Qu Jiang saw that although the soldiers who came with him were standing neatly, they were a little tired and floated on their faces after all, so he nodded and said, "Okay." ”

"Yes, thanks to General Qu Xiao's escort along the way, our group can return to our hometown safely, and if you say anything, you have to let me arrange a banquet first, General Qu Xiao, you must appreciate your face."

"It's easy to say, the emperor has ordered the general's palace to send you to the border city safely, and when you get here, you can be regarded as living up to Your Majesty's expectations."

"Qu Xiaojiang will be a promising person in the future, and he will take care of us a lot along the way, and the post station has already arranged a banquet earlier, since it is ready, let's go."

When I arrived at the place where the banquet was set up, Qujiang found that although this land is still the land of the Great Shun Kingdom, the diet and clothing have long been influenced by the culture of Yanbei, and many people of the Great Shun Kingdom wear the strange costumes of Yanbei, but they also look like they have a different taste, especially this hand-grabbed mutton rice, which tastes completely free of the smell of mutton, and gives people a rough and heroic style at a glance.

I couldn't help but feel that Qu Jiang was also a little in the way of the locals, and in the heart of pushing the cup and changing the lamp, he gradually became a little drunk, until he was drunk, and he was carried to the room to rest.

This Liu Mu saw that people were drunk, and arranged for two girls to enter the room to wait for him, Qu Jiang was drunk and didn't know what was going on, and he didn't know what was going on outside.

"What about people?"

This Liu Mu asked the person around him at this moment, the whole person was hidden in the shadows, and when he heard this, he took a step forward and asked, "The young general who came with him, is he asleep?" ”

"I was poured a lot of wine, and two people were arranged to serve in the room, and I won't step out of that room until tomorrow morning."

"That's good, Master Liu, come with me."

The two of them took the four masters to a low house in the post station, and Liuxiang, who was drugged, fainted at the moment, but You Zi's brows were furrowed, and the ghost hand carving pointed to the person on the bed and said to Liu Mu at this moment: "The prince said, please take care of this little woman for a month, and after a month, the prince will return to Yanbei in advance." ”

"Really? Is the prince going back to Yanbei ahead of schedule? ”

"Yes, this woman is extremely important to the prince, please be sure to take care of it."

"Oh? What do you mean? ”

For the good look, the meaning of the positive and derogatory words is different, and the ghost hand carving saw this and said directly: "The delicious food and drink are served, but by all means, people can't run out of your house." ”

"Oh, then I see. Let the prince rest assured that he will definitely put people in prison. ”

The ghost hand carving explained a lot of things again, and repeatedly emphasized that people can't suffer, but they can't let people run out, this Liu Mu saw that people were so entrusted, so he was even more concerned, and couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask, which young lady is this?" ”

At this moment, this lingering fragrance was replaced with a coarse cloth shirt, and a bead was also removed, but the beautiful temperament of everyone between the eyebrows was still there, and at first glance, it was not a girl from the market.

"Miss Chang of the Prime Minister's family."

When this sentence came out, Liu Mu's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "The son of the world is really bold, this, this is me and the prime minister or the world's friends, this, this is ......"

"What kind of world friends, don't forget that your family is in Yanbei, not in Dashun, you have to distinguish the priorities."

Liu Mu finally understood that this Yanbei was going to be handed over to Yan Jifeng in two years, and the whole family relied on the prince to be able to be more promoted and rich, and the prime minister was a distant relative who was not as good as a close neighbor, Liu Mu was still meditating, and the ghost hand carving continued to threaten: "Don't think about asking for a letter to tell the prime minister, then you will not be a person inside and out, you can't stay in Yanbei, and Da Shunguo will not keep you either, you have to think clearly." ”

"Clear, clear, clear. It is an honor for the lower officials to serve the prince."

Seeing that the effect of the ghost hand carving had been achieved, he continued: "Don't worry, this woman is very important to the prince, as long as you are optimistic about this woman, the prince's reward for you will definitely make you satisfied, I heard that you have long coveted the position of Yanbei National Teacher, do this well, and the prince will be able to make you wish in the future." ”

Ghost hand carving is like this, show a bit of intimidation, and then draw a cake to tempt with a bright future, basically it's okay.

Sure enough, Liu Mu's eyes were full of emotion and said: "The people in the court all said that the lower officials were from the Great Shun Kingdom, and they all admonished the King of Yanbei not to let me take up important positions, and I was loyal to Yanbei, but I could only be an envoy who traveled between Yanbei and the Great Shun Kingdom every year, and I really felt wronged."

The corners of the ghost hand carving's mouth caught a malicious smile, and when he saw this, he comforted: "So, the prince has returned to Yanbei, and he will definitely give you a better future." ”

"Yes, yes, then the things that the son of this world has explained, the lower officials must do it well,"

The ghost hand carved nodded, knowing that the situation in Yanbei is also quite complicated, and the prince has already begun to pave the way for himself before he comes back, he wants to use all means to cut off the minions of the princes of Yanbei Wang, so that those brothers who are concubines also know that the prince is not a vegetarian, but also in order to take over the throne of Yanbei in the coming day, more smoothly.

"That's good, the prince's explanation is actually simple, and Lord Liu has a lot of means, so he shouldn't even be able to look down on a woman."

"It's nature. Please rest assured. ”

Seeing this, the ghost hand carving nodded, and when he was about to go down, he instructed: "By the way, this woman is very scheming, I escorted her all the way, used a lot of means, and the drug was wasted a lot, as soon as I woke up, I started to act as a demon to escape, you have to be vigilant." ”

"Yes, there is a warm room in Xiaguan's house, except for an iron door, there is no side exit, once you close it, you will be served with good food and drink every day, and you will be fine."

"That's good, I'm in a hurry to go back to the prince, in a few days the year will be down, the emperor has to invite the prince into the palace every year at the family banquet, I don't worry, so I rushed back overnight."

"Okay, the next official will send you out of the post station."

The ghost hand carving waved his hand, shook his head and said: "Although the young general is drunk, there are still many soldiers from the Great Shun Kingdom, and it is not good to be seen, I will leave now, I am not eye-catching alone." ”

"Okay, then stay safe all the way."

The ghost hand carving nodded, and when he was about to go out, he glanced at Liuxiang, who was still asleep on the bed, and then left.

Qu Jiang felt a terrible pain in his head, and when he woke up in the middle of the night, he found two disheveled women beside him, and immediately woke up, got out of bed in a panic, and asked loudly, "Who are you?" Who let you go to my bed? ”

The two women also woke up, glanced at each other before continuing, "It was arranged by Lord Liu." ”

Qu Jiang's head was full of black lines, and he didn't dare to look at the exposed skin of the two women, and said with a red face: "Go out, go out, I don't need you to wait." ”

"But Master Liu said, let me wait for you to rest while serving the general."

"Then you go and bring me some supper, you go and prepare some hot water for me."

As soon as Qu Jiang woke up, he felt that the clothes on his body were sticky, and all the wine he had drunk before had been sprinkled on his body, and he only cared about drinking at that time, and he didn't eat, and when he woke up at this moment, he felt very sad that his stomach was empty.

"Yes, the slave will go down and prepare."

It wasn't until the two dusty women got dressed and went out that Qu Jiang was completely relieved, and when he thought about what he shouldn't have done to them just now, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

It may be that he drank too much wine before, and he felt a urge to urinate, so he hurriedly put on his coat and walked out, and walked back after being convenient from the hut, but he seemed to see a figure flashing in the corridor in front of him in the dark night, and he couldn't help but follow.

It wasn't until the figure walked into the light that Qu Jiang saw that the person was Liu Mu, so he greeted him and said, "Lord Liu." ”

This Liu Mu was startled, and quickly turned his head, and when he saw that it was Qu Jiang, he politely asked, "Why hasn't Qu Xiaojiang slept so late at night?" ”

This Qu Jiang is an informal person, and when he saw this person asking himself like this, he said bluntly: "I only cared about drinking with adults before, and I didn't eat half a cent of rice. ”

"Speaking of supper, Ming'er is a small year, it is the festival of the stove, every household has made dumplings, take the meaning: send off the dumplings to the wind, the lower official guesses, and the supper will be served later, nine times out of ten are dumplings,"

"It doesn't matter what you eat, just fill your stomach."

This Qu Jiang's words were very straightforward, and Liu Mu thought that he shouldn't talk about these customs with a little general who was in the martial arts, so he smiled and said: "Also, it's the lower official who is selling off, it's not too early, the little general should go back to the room first." ”

Qu Jiang arched his hand, which can be regarded as saying goodbye to this Liu Mu.

Liu Mumu sent Qu Jiang back to the room, and immediately asked the people around him: "How long has this young general Qu been awake?" ”

"It didn't take long for my subordinates to keep an eye on it, and I just went to the thatched house, and then I ran into you."

"That's good, but don't hide the people well, let this young general know, we can't eat and walk around,"

"Yes, the subordinates must hide it, and the young general will leave early tomorrow morning, and this young general doesn't know what happened in the capital, so he won't be suspicious of this matter."

"That's good."

When Qu Jiang returned to the room, the bath water was also prepared, and the dumplings with rice vinegar were also served, Qu Jiang quickly ran out of supper, then took a bath, changed into clean clothes, and kicked the two people out of the room, so that they could be regarded as sleeping quietly.