After the convoy left the canyon this night, camped in a woodland and repaired, set off early the next morning, and traveled for about half a day, and finally saw the official road leading to Hanchengguan in the distance at ten o'clock in the afternoon!

The official road is smooth and wide, and the road is smooth, and the speed of the carriage stepping on the official road immediately becomes much faster.

Stepping on the official road, everyone's hearts suddenly settled down a lot, both sides of the official road are mostly plains and thick hills, the terrain is flat, and there are no thieves who rob the road, and sometimes you can see the herald soldiers carrying the wind and dust, riding horses galloping, whistling past the convoy.

From time to time, there are post stations and wine shops on both sides, and the environment is obviously lively and stable, of course, you can also see a lot of people, dragging their families with mouths, and big bags and small bags from the north to the south, at a glance, it is to escape the disaster of the northern people.

Unaffected, the convoy continued on its way, and when it passed through a county seat, it handed over the female dependents who had been rescued from Erwang Mountain to the government, and they sent people to escort them home, while the convoy continued north.

Along the way, the post station rested, the carriage traveled, and there was no need to worry about robbers and bandits robbing the road, the convoy was unimpeded, and the guards of the Xiao family only needed to recuperate with peace of mind and take care of the goods immediately.

Seeing that the official road that has been walked for three days is only more than 100 miles away from Hancheng Pass, it will be there for two more days.

That night, the convoy stopped at a post station again, everyone got off the carriage, Xiao Ling'er counted the number of people, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Huh...... What about Wei Xiaobao?"

"Sleeping in the car. Lao Chen said casually.

"Sleeping again?" Xiao Ling'er and Xiao Ding were both a little surprised, since the battle in the canyon that day, in the past few days, even the seriously injured guards in the convoy have recovered most of them and can get on and off the carriage by themselves.

On the contrary, it was Xiang Yun, an idler who avoided the big war all the way, and he couldn't sleep every day, as if he was the most tired in this big war.

"Go and call Brother Wei down, let's go to the post station to have something to eat together." Xiao Ding commanded.

Xiao Ling'er waved her hand to stop it: "Dad, don't pay attention to that guy, an idler has become an uncle, and we want us to ask him to eat, so that he can continue to sleep in the car." ”

The guards also said with disdain on their faces.

"Yes, the head of the family, what the eldest lady said is right, this guy is greedy for life and afraid of death, we are kind enough to take him for a ride, he is not grateful to Dade, he is still so lazy, we really owe him?"

"That is, if we hadn't fought with our lives against those bandits, I'm afraid this kid would have been killed by the bandits a long time ago, where would there be a chance to sleep here. ”

Seeing that the crowd was excited, Xiao Ding was also a little helpless, so he had to sigh, waved his hand and led everyone to the post station, and after everyone finished dinner and returned to their rooms, Xiao Ding asked the post station for some wine and food, and personally sent it to Xiang Yun on the carriage.

"Brother Wei, let's eat something. Xiao Ding lifted the curtain and shouted softly.

Xiang Yun, who was sleeping, slowly opened his eyes, I don't know if it was an illusion, Xiao Ding actually felt that Xiang Yun's gaze was a little sharp, revealing an inexplicable majesty, which made him unable to look directly for a while, but this feeling was only fleeting.

The next moment, Xiang Yun was already smiling and looking at Xiao Ding and the lunch box in his hand: "Thank you Uncle Xiao, it seems that in the team, only you still remember me, an idler." ”

"Hey...... Brother Wei doesn't have to mind, my daughter and these brothers didn't mean to offend, I think they went through a big war, killed and injured many companions, and some resentment in my heart has not disappeared, I hope Brother Wei, you will be more tolerant. ”

When Xiang Yun heard this, he couldn't help but look at Xiao Ding with some curiosity, and he said seriously: "Uncle Xiao, I'm curious, all of them are dissatisfied because I didn't help the team fight with the bandits, and you, as the head of the Xiao family, don't you have any dissatisfaction and opinions with me?"

Hearing this, Xiao Ding, who originally planned to leave, was surprised at first, and then simply stepped into the carriage, sat on the ground casually like Xiang Yun, placed the wine and food in the lunch box in front of the two, and personally poured two glasses of wine, and after drinking a glass with Xiang Yun, Xiao Ding smiled.

"If I say that I have never been the slightest dissatisfied with Brother Wei, do you believe it?"

Xiang Yun looked at Xiao Ding with interest, noncommittal.

Xiao Ding continued: "In fact, when I was a child, my father, Ling'er's grandfather, once said something to me, and I remember it very clearly now. ”

He said: "No one has to be good to anyone, and don't feel that you have to be rewarded for your efforts, we just need to be ourselves and have a clear conscience." ”

"This sentence is very important and meaningful to me, and it has made me feel at ease in my life. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Ding looked at Xiang Yun and said, "Just like you, Brother Wei, when I chose to help you and take you on a ride, in addition to my instinctive intuition, I just chose to help you." ”

"In that case, I don't have to think about how you should reciprocate, whether you happen to avoid the attack on the convoy, or whether you are afraid to escape, I should not have any resentment. ”

"If you have the ability to help, you will naturally help, if you don't have the ability, do you have to give a living life to settle it? I think it's not fair, what do you say, Brother Wei?"

Xiao Ding looked at Xiang Yun with a pair of wise eyes, Xiang Yun couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and was a little surprised in his heart, he couldn't imagine that this head of the Xiao family, who was a little indecisive in handling things and was not highly cultivated, could say such philosophical words, which made Xiang Yun a little surprised.

Looking at Xiang Yun, who was slightly stunned, Xiao Ding slightly, poured the wine in the cup again, and said: "Brother Wei doesn't know if you can eliminate the mustard in your heart, don't be like a little girl." ”

Xiang Yun smiled and waved his hand and said: "There is nothing in the world, mediocre people disturb themselves, Uncle Xiao, you are too worried, how can a lazy person like me have so much heart to complain about others." ”

"There is nothing in the world, mediocre people disturb themselves!" Hearing this sentence, Xiao Ding's eyes couldn't help but light up, only to feel that this sentence is Zen far-reaching, very mysterious, and the artistic conception in the sentence is very perceptive, Xiao Ding is quite perceptive, and can't help laughing loudly.

"I can't imagine that Brother Wei, you are still a great talent with a good export!"

"I said it casually, but I don't deserve such praise from Uncle Xiao. ”

"Hahaha...... Just Chong Wei's state of mind, Xiao will give you a drink!"

The two of them, one old and one young, raised their glasses and drank in the carriage, talking and laughing to their heart's content, like old friends who had not seen each other for many years.

Xiao Ding said frankly that when he first met Xiang Yun, he always felt a kind of directness, feeling that Xiang Yun was not simple, and he might be a hermit master.

Xiang Yun laughed, bluntly saying that Xiao Ding's imagination was too rich, and now he was afraid that he would disappoint him, Xiao Ding naturally shook his head with a wry smile, calling himself a blind eye, and let Xiang Yun also punish himself.

After drinking, Xiang Yun naturally asked about the situation outside the Hancheng Pass, which was a question he had always wanted to ask, and it was not until today that he had the opportunity to ask Xiao Ding.

As soon as Xiao Ding heard the words 'Hanchengguan', his originally drunk and hazy expression immediately sobered up for three minutes, his brows were tightly locked, and he seemed to have a sad feeling that could not be dispersed.

"Hey......" he sighed and said: "The current situation in Hanchengguan is not optimistic, my Xiao family has been running the medicinal herb business in Hucheng for more than 20 years, and it seems that the current situation will not last long." ”

"Hmm......" Xiang Yun also frowned slightly, and said with some surprise: "Uncle Xiao, you have been operating in Tiger City for so many years, what is the situation outside the Hancheng Pass now, can you tell me? Could it be that the barbarians really have a tendency to invade Fengyun Country?"

The news that Xiang Yun got before, in addition to learning from Yu Niang at the Yu Niang Inn, was more about hearing the oral accounts of the refugees along the way, most of which were rumors in the market, and he couldn't believe it.

And Xiang Yun knows that businessmen with deep roots like Xiao Ding are often the most sensitive to the political situation and have the most news channels, and their news is often the most authentic and reliable.

Xiao Ding didn't have anything to hide from Xiang Yun, so he told Xiang Yun about the situation outside Hancheng Pass.

It turned out that more than ten years ago, the armistice agreement signed between the barbarian emperor and Fengyun State had agreed that the two sides would take Hucheng as the boundary, and the two countries would be free to trade in Hucheng, and neither country would be allowed to use swords and soldiers without permission, and each would send generals to garrison the north and south borders to jointly maintain law and order in Hucheng.

At that time, the general stationed on the barbarian border was a veteran of the barbarians, the general stationed at the border of Hancheng Pass, and also a veteran general of the Fengyun Kingdom.

Then, the generals of Hanchengguan retreated to the second line because of old age, and the limelight was flourishing as the eldest son of the king who was rising side by side, and Xiang Jinglei, the general of Jinwu of Fengyun Country, was ordered to sit in Hanchengguan, although there was a little turmoil during the period, but it was also peaceful.

It wasn't until a few months ago, after the turmoil in Tiger City, that rumors spread that the barbarians would once again be on the border of Fengyun Country.

Then the news came from the country that Xiang Lingtian was seriously injured in the southern expedition, and for a while, the military and political circles of Hanchengguan had no chance to appease the people, and the entire northern border was in turmoil in an instant, with displaced people and bandits rampant.

"Is it because of the turmoil in Tiger City and these rumors that the northern border is so turbulent?"

Xiang Yun was a little puzzled, he had heard of these rumors, they were all the same, and he also maintained a half-believing attitude towards them.

But Xiao Ding smiled bitterly: "If it's really just gossip, how can it make such a big move?"

"Is there still an inside story?" Xiang Yun's eyes flashed.

Only then did Xiao Ding tell what he knew, some more confidential things.

It turned out that in the confrontation between the Fengyun Kingdom and the barbarians, it seemed that the snow wolf cavalry led by Xiang Lingtian in the Fengyun Country turned defeat into victory, and even rushed into the hinterland of the barbarians for hundreds of miles, forcing the barbarian emperor to surrender, and he was imposing.

In fact, the fact is that the barbarians not only went south to war with Fengyun Kingdom, but also declared war with another dynasty to the east.

This dynasty is the Tianxuan Continent, a powerful super dynasty 'Western Xia Dynasty'!

This battle mobilized nearly ninety percent of the barbarian troops, resulting in no one or two barbarian armies in the southern expedition, coupled with Xiang Lingtian's snow wolf riding fiercely and fiercely, exceeding the expectations of the barbarian military, which finally won by surprise.

In the eastern war, the Western Xia Dynasty finally defeated the barbarian army, and the barbarian front collapsed on all fronts, and there was no strength to fight again, so it was forced to sign an armistice agreement with the Western Xia Dynasty and the Fengyun Kingdom.

The root of this great war is because of the barbarian army, and a huge part of the military strength has fallen into a bitter battle with the Western Xia Dynasty, otherwise, if the whole country invades the Fengyun Kingdom, even if Xiang Lingtian is in charge, I am afraid that it will not be able to reverse the situation.

And now, after more than ten years of recuperation, the Fengyun Kingdom is certainly more powerful, but the barbarians have also recovered their combat strength at a terrifying speed, and their strength has reached its peak again.

A tiger that has recovered from its injuries, even if it was seriously injured before, after healing, it has the power to eat elephants!