In the evening, Lan Mingxu came back, and everyone in the Lan family had dinner together, which was regarded as seeing off Lan Mingxu.

Su Yuerong looked at Lan Mingxu who was sitting on the side, felt uncomfortable, and said for a long time: "Xu'er, pay attention to safety when you get there." ”

"Got it, mother!" Lan Mingxu replied softly, knowing that the family was worried about him, so he was relieved: "I will pay attention to it then, don't worry." Besides, with so many people going along, nothing will happen. ”

As soon as Lan Mingxu's words fell, Lan Zhongtang, as the head of the family, spoke, he coughed and said in a deep voice: "Okay, Xu'er will naturally pay attention, it's just to clear the thieves, and he will come back in less than a month." ”

The old lady was angry, glared at Lan Zhongtang, and retorted unhappily: "It's easy to say, that's a thief, how can it be so easy to pay off." ”

Lan Zhongtang didn't dare to contradict his mother, so he could only say helplessly: "It's my fault, let's eat, let Xu'er rest early after eating." ”

Lan Zhongtang said so, out of consideration for Lan Mingxu, everyone didn't say a word, and let Lan Mingxu leave after eating directly.

......

After eating, Lan Weixing called Hua Fengqing over and took him to Lan Mingxu's yard.

"Big brother, this is Hua Fengqing, you know." Lan Weixing introduced Hua Fengqing to Lan Mingxu and continued, "Tomorrow he will leave with four people and two of King Cheng's subordinates with him. ”

Lan Mingxu naturally knew Hua Fengqing, first because of the rumors with Lan Weixing, and later because he had seen him at the training ground.

Lan Mingxu didn't know much about Hua Fengqing's situation, but he simply heard Lan Weixing say that he bought it from the underground slave market, and he didn't ask in detail.

"Okay." Lan Mingxu looked at Hua Fengqing's delicate face, shook his head, and said, "Thank you!" ”

Hua Fengqing also looked back at Lan Mingxu, and when he heard Lan Mingxu's thanks, he replied: "It should be." ”

Hua Fengqing also doesn't know much about Lan Mingxu, but he knows that Lan Mingxu is Lan Weixing's eldest brother, and he usually has no intersection, but Hua Feng will definitely take good care of Lan Mingxu.

After Lan Weixing introduced the two, he asked them to communicate with each other about what they needed to bring or other things, so Hua Fengqing was left alone.

......

On the second day, early in the morning, the carriage of the Blue Mansion was already ready at the door.

Lan Weixing accompanied his family to go out to send Lan Mingxu, and Lan Weixing saw Lan Mingxu wearing the ugly sachet that Lan Weixing gave before.

I hope this sachet can bring Lan Mingxu good luck, Lan Weixing thought silently in his heart.

Lan Mingxu said goodbye to everyone and got into the carriage, and Nan Si and Nan Qi had already come to gather.

Hua Fengqing was originally going to sit outside the carriage and drive, but as soon as he sat down, he was stopped by Lan Mingxu in the carriage.

I only heard Lan Mingxu's voice coming: "You can also sit in the carriage with me!" ”

Hua Fengqing was not pretentious, directly lifted the curtain of the carriage, walked in, and sat down in a corner of the carriage.

Because the place where the thieves were cleared was a little far away from the capital, and it took several days to travel, Lan Mingxu felt bored on the road.

Lan Mingxu read the book on the carriage for a while, and it was a little boring, so he looked at Hua Fengqing, who had been closing his eyes and not speaking, and said, "I don't know how old Brother Hua is this year?" ”

I don't know why, Lan Mingxu looked at Hua Fengqing, and couldn't treat him as an ordinary subordinate at all.

Hua Fengqing, who had been meditating and cultivating, was slightly surprised when he heard Lan Mingxu's voice, opened his eyes, and replied, "Eighteen! ”

Lan Mingxu bowed his head and said, "Eighteen words are the age to marry a wife." ”

"Don't worry, I don't have the intention of marrying a wife for the time being."

"Indeed, if you don't have an idea, you can wait for a while, and it's not too late to find someone who is destined." Lan Mingxu followed Hua Fengqing's words.

Lan Mingxu almost wanted to slap himself in his heart, I don't know what is going on with him today, he is usually clever and clever, he is embarrassed to chat, and he can't find a topic, so he comes up and says that people should marry a wife.

Although Hua Fengqing didn't know what Lan Mingxu wanted to say, he still answered his words at this time: "Hmm! ”

The car was accompanied by a clear "um" from Hua Fengqing, and the silence returned.

Lan Mingxu thought for a while, continued to open his mouth to break the silence, and said: "When I went to the training ground before, I saw you practicing martial arts, Brother Hua's martial arts seem to be very high, I think there is Brother Hua here, I should be very safe this time." ”

After speaking, Lan Mingxu couldn't wait to stop his mouth, what he said, how to say it, didn't think about it, but Lan Mingxu was silent on the surface.

Hua Fengqing couldn't understand what Lan Mingxu wanted to do, could it be that he was reminding him to protect Lan Mingxu when the time came?

"Don't call me brother, just call me Fengqing." Hua Fengqing listened to Lan Mingxu's mouthful of "flower brother", and felt particularly awkward.

Then Hua Fengqing still said: "Don't worry, I will protect you." ”

"I didn't mean that." Lan Mingxu didn't know how to explain the meaning of what he said just now, so he could only explain dryly: "I'm complimenting your martial arts. ”

"Hmm!" Hua Fengqing glanced at Lan Mingxu and closed his eyes again.

Lan Mingxu looked at Hua Fengqing's face, which was more beautiful than a woman, and somehow couldn't take his eyes off it, it was obvious that he had failed to find a topic again.

In the end, Lan Mingxu simply closed his eyes and rested, and said no more.

......

A few days later, the group was sitting in a tea shop drinking tea and resting, Lan Mingxu called Xiao Er over and asked, "Xiao Er, ask, how far is Ningding County from here?" ”

When Xiao Er heard this, he asked, "Guest officer, are you going to Ningding County?" ”

Lan Mingxu bowed his head, took out a small piece of broken silver from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Er, and said, "Yes, I just don't know what the situation is in Ningding County now?" ”

Xiao Er accepted the money, and was naturally very happy, but when he thought of the place where the guest officer and his party went, he frowned and persuaded: "If the guest officer goes to Ningding County, then I advise you to change places." ”

"Why do you say that?" Lan Mingxu asked puzzledly, looking at Xiao Er's very informed appearance, and asked Xiao Er to sit down.

The little second was not ambiguous, sat directly beside Lan Mingxu, and said: "The guest officer is a foreigner, probably because he doesn't know Ningding County, where there are many bandits, there are them in every mountain, and they are particularly difficult. All the merchants who passed by there were looted, burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil, and the local people were miserable. ”

Lan Mingxu frowned, this was even more serious than he had imagined, and asked suspiciously, "Why are the bandits there so arrogant, and the local county guard doesn't take care of it?" ”

If it had become so serious, shouldn't the local county guard have reported it earlier, why did it drag on to this point?

"Whew!" Xiao Er glanced to the side, and then whispered to Lan Mingxu: "At the beginning, there were not so many bandits, and the county guard didn't care about anything at that time, but later the thieves became more and more arrogant, developed rapidly, and finally became so serious that the county guard couldn't control it, and even the county guard had to look at the face of the bandits." ”

Xiao Er was talking about it, and he didn't pay attention to Lan Mingxu's expression, and continued: "The county guard has no choice, so he colludes with the bandits, so as to ensure that the county guard is not threatened." ”

After speaking, Xiao Er sighed and said, "But in this way, the people's lives will be more difficult." ”

Xiao Er's words made Lan Mingxu wonder, since the bandits and the county guards colluded together, why did the county guards of Ningding County rush to report to the imperial court for thousands of miles, asking the imperial court to send troops to clear the bandits?