Hongyu and He Nan walked slowly on the trail with two horses, one in front of the other, and the reason why they took the trail instead of the official road must not be too much to say.

Thinking with his ass, he can also know that no matter whether Qi Dan learns the news sooner or later, He Nan's escape will definitely be wanted. His current identity is probably between a ranger and a fugitive, and of course Hongyu, who is responsible for protecting him, can't wear that swaggering and conspicuous red dress, at this time the two of them are wearing the most ordinary gray-brown cloth clothes, and they look like ordinary people.

Speaking of dressing, Hongyu originally wanted He Nan to wear a black night suit and mask his face with a black cloth to hide his identity and appearance, but He Nan vetoed on the spot: "You really don't understand? ”

"When you come out like this in broad daylight, you don't look like a good person, and you don't look like a fugitive if you are not a fugitive. If I really listen to you, I'm afraid that as soon as I entered the inn with my front foot, I would have been reported to the local official with my back foot. The more a rogue like me, the more I have to dress up and blend in with the crowd - have you heard too many storytelling, and really think that the bandits must wear black, and the villain must write the word evil in his name?"

He Nan originally thought that with Hongyu's experience, she wouldn't even understand such a shallow truth, she said this deliberately to make a fuss on her own, but how did he know that Hongyu really didn't understand these things-although Hongyu has been a secret arrow for nearly two years, she has always been protected by the people around her, where does she have any experience in breaking into the rivers and lakes? That is, He Nan, who has been mixed up from the human essence since childhood, will understand these things.

In the final analysis, no matter how good Hongyu's martial arts talent is, she is still a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl who does not understand the world.

The two of them rode their horses so leisurely, and suddenly Hongyu turned her head as if she remembered something and asked He Nan: "Why are you ......?"

"It's not that I like to walk behind people, it's that I don't like people behind me. ”

"What's the difference?" Hongyu blinked with a pair of beautiful eyes, very puzzled by He Nan's words.

"Since you have asked the question sincerely, then I will tell you with great mercy—" He Nan said with his teeth and claws on his horse, "I will teach you a little more practical experience...... It's dangerous to leave your back to someone else – you can see the danger from the front, and it's easier to detect and avoid it, but the danger from behind is not the same thing at all...... As the saying goes, it's easy to dodge with an open gun, but it's hard to defend against a hidden arrow. He Nan poured his experience into the world, "You say yes." ”

Hongyu nodded, convinced of his words.

He Nan has been away from his hometown for a long time, and at this time, it is easy to leave Shanhe Mansion, so he naturally wants to go home first to worship his ancestors. But the direction in which the two of them are now traveling is not to the north, but to the west, which is also He Nan's idea - his ancestral home must have been investigated by Qi Dan clearly, if he wants to send someone to arrest him, going north is naturally the first choice. But he didn't have to go straight to the north, and every time the road forked in, he would throw stones and ask for directions, as long as he didn't go back along the same road, he could go wherever he went - he didn't even know where he was going, how could Qi Dan know? No matter how many people he sent, the possibility of finding himself was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and as long as he delayed for a while, the danger factor of returning to his hometown would be greatly reduced, and the road that the father-in-law of the land pointed out to him was to go west first.

The first destination of the two of them on this trip was Luoyan City, northwest of Bai Yujing.

Most of the land of Shengguo is located in the plain area, and the road is almost unimpeded, and it only takes less than ten days to travel from Bai Yujing to Luoyan City, but He Nan deliberately slowed down his speed and "gave up" some time for the chasing soldiers to go ahead of him, and now he has been traveling for nearly 20 days, and he has finally entered the county rule of Luoyan City.

"Today we will rest here for a night, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be sacrificial activities and programs in the city, you might as well go into the city tomorrow to celebrate the festival. When the two came to the vicinity of a small village and town, He Nan looked around and said to Hongyu.

Hongyu also looked at the small village and town with smoke curling from the cooking, and nodded in agreement.

The two led the horse into the village, still the red rain at the head, and the queen of the palace. After a while, He Nan found a more spacious courtyard and beckoned Hongyu to come. In the courtyard, there was a burly man with a turtle spine on his shoulders who was fetching water by the well, and when he saw the two approaching, he asked, "What do you two do?"

He Nan arched his hand at the man, and lied that the two were husband and wife: "My husband and wife are rangers who travel all over the world, and they want to enter the Luoyan City to spend the Dragon Boat Festival here, but it is not early today, so I want to find a family here to borrow a night for fear that the county city will close the city gate...... The room price is calculated according to the standard of the inn in Luoyan City, I wonder if Brother Tai can be convenient?"

The man carefully looked at the two of them for a moment, and smiled boldly: "It's easy to say." Then he opened the small fence door in front of the courtyard and motioned for the two to come in. "There is also a small courtyard at the back of the house, which is where I usually put my miscellaneous items, if you don't dislike keeping your horses there. I have a total of three rooms in my house, I live in the middle one, you can stay in the right one tonight, the bedroom is a little smaller, if there is anything you are not satisfied with...... Thank you for your understanding. After the man finished speaking, he smiled and rubbed his hands.

Seeing that this man had been so warmly entertained, of course it was impossible to have any objections, so he thanked him and walked to the backyard with Hongyu to tie the horse, and by the way, he took a look at the bedroom of the two tonight.

As soon as the two of them entered the hut on the right, Hongyu frowned. The space in the house is not large, and some of the sundries piled up occupy half of the country, but it does not give people a sense of disorganization, but is cleaned up in an orderly manner, and the whole house inexplicably makes people feel clean and warm.

"What's wrong with you, why do you look a little unhappy?" He Nan asked when he saw Hongyu's embarrassed face. "Could it be...... Do you think this house is not good?"

Hongyu silently stretched out her finger and pointed to something in front of the two of them, which was a bed leaning against the inside of the wall. The reason why she didn't speak was very simple - once she opened her mouth to mention the question of how to sleep in a bed, He Nan would definitely not let out any good farts, so she simply stopped talking.

Unexpectedly, the sun came out in the west today, and He Nan was unexpectedly empathetic: "Do you want to say that a bed can't sleep? That's easy to do, I'll go to the eldest brother for a futon to spread on the ground, and I will sleep on the ground, and you will sleep on the ground." ”

Usually, he will either say flamboyantly, "Of course husband and wife want to sleep together," or he will look impatient, "Of course I sleep in the bed, where do you like to sleep?" When things go wrong, there must be demons, Hongyu couldn't help but wonder in her heart what bad things He Nan wanted to do again.

"What? you want to sleep with me?" He Nan saw that Hongyu didn't say a word, and sure enough, he began to be cheap and flirtatious again. Hongyu glared back at him, and hurriedly threw the luggage in his hand on the bed to take a good place. He Nan also found it amusing to see her anxious like a small animal protecting food, and smiled nonchalantly and walked out of the room.

The man seemed to be done, and was sitting at a stone table in the courtyard, reading a book in his hand. He Nan leaned over and sat next to the man, thanked the man again, and reported to his home: "In Xia He Nan...... The people of Axe Yang County are a scattered person who is idle and wild cranes, and that girl is the inner red rain, who travels all over the world with me. ”

The man put down the book in his hand and also hugged his fists and saluted: "In Xiamenghe, a native of Zoujia Village, Luoyan County...... Be a teacher in the county. ”

As soon as these words came out, He Nan was so frightened that he almost died in his seat. He thought that this five big and three rough brother Tai was a simple and honest crop handle, or a butcher who slaughtered pigs and cattle, or something like that, but he didn't expect him to claim to be a teacher. "Brother, don't you want to joke with me......"

Unexpectedly, Meng He replied sincerely: "Brother He, don't judge people by their appearance, although I have a rough appearance, which is different from ordinary white scholars, but I am a genuine person who has passed the examination and is a talented person - who said that a scholar can't be burly and strong?"

He Nan's eyes fell on the book that Meng He put aside, and on the cover of the book was the word "Wenjing", which was a classic compiled by the great Confucian and his disciples in the previous dynasty. The pages of this book have been turned over, and there are traces of deliberately pressed flatness, it seems that Meng He has often studied this book and kept it well. He nodded at Meng He, his face was a little ashamed, and he felt a little respectful: "What Brother Meng said is extremely true, I am a little presumptuous. ”

He thought of something again, and asked: "Since Brother Meng has been admitted to Xiucai, why don't you further take the test to become famous, become a person, and get an official and a half-position to become a teacher?"

Unexpectedly, Meng He also gave He Nan an explanation: "I passed the exam, but it's a pity that I was impersonated...... However, I didn't want to be an official, and it was okay to be a teacher, but I was at ease. Meng He's expression was still smiling, and he didn't seem to care about this matter. But He Nan's eyesight is a must, how could he not see that this honest man's eyes were gloomy, and he still couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart?

"Are there many examples of people being impersonated like you?" He Nan was a little curious.

Meng He glanced at He Nan with a strange expression: "I see that Brother He, your conversation is quite extraordinary, I think you have read some books, how can you not know that there are many cats in today's imperial examinations?" He touched his chin and recalled: "Many of the candidates who went with me and became acquainted with him were far better than me, but among these people, there were only one in ten who were able to pass the examination, and some people who did not learn and had no skills and were full of fat brains were happily becoming officials...... I'm not complaining, but it's intriguing when you think about it. ”

"This is really ......" He Nan didn't know how to answer, he was recommended by Mao Sui to devote himself to the Shanhe Academy, and he had to deal with the exams in the Shanhe Academy. Although the difficulty is only higher than that of the imperial examination and the screening is stricter, and even some outstanding ones have to go through the interview hosted by Li Mastiff himself, as long as they pass the government examination, they are students of Shanhe Mansion, and they can be regarded as half a foot in Vanity Fair. Over the years, he had also heard of examples of collusion between examiners and candidates, but he didn't expect that the cases of really talented people being hired were only two or three out of ten.

"Brother He, I see that you are quite young, I am afraid that you are not yet the age of a weak crown, and you must have never participated in the imperial examination. But you don't have to worry too much, if you are really talented, you will definitely be able to get in. Meng He saw He Nan's sad look, and thought that he was worried about the future, but instead persuaded He Nan to come. "It is not surprising that these injustices are commonplace in the world, and it is better to be anxious about them than to live freely. ”

"But the things that people are accustomed to in this world must be good and right?" He Nan's face was heavy, gloomy as if he could wring out water, and he asked Meng He such a question.

Meng He's face flashed with a hint of surprise, but he still replied without thinking: "Of course not. ”

The answer he gave was also the answer He Nan wanted, but he didn't know who else could change the way of the world. He Nan nodded, and said slowly: "I hope that there will be a great sage in this world who can help the people through the world......

After Meng He listened to He Nan's words, he was also a little moved. He is twenty-nine this year, and looking at He Nan is like looking at his former self, and he can't help but sigh in his heart. "Brother He, how much does he drink? I have a few jars of rice wine at home, if you don't dislike it, we can drink it and talk about it. ”

He Nan saw that Meng He took the initiative to invite, and was naturally overjoyed, so he took a jar of rice wine and two small bowls with Meng He, and went to the small wine shop in the village and town to buy a roast chicken and two catties of cooked beef, and sat at this stone table to push the cup and change the lamp, and talked eloquently.