After traveling more than ten miles to the east, the sky was about to darken, and the group arrived at the Hucheng Pavilion in the west of Juan County.

There is a city wall built here in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and now hundreds of years have passed, although the ancient city has long been ruined, but the pavilion is built on the basis of the ruins, because it is named.

According to the system of the pavilion of this dynasty, the pavilion house is built on the platform of 100 steps in each square opposite, and there are wooden pillars on the house, which are about more than zhang high, and there are more large slabs through the pillars in all directions, which is to symbolize the solemn and solemn Huan table, and it is also the most significant sign of the pavilion. In the open space in front of the pavilion, there is also a wooden pole, but it is far below the Kanmote, and the long board that is connected to the bottom but parallel to the ground is called "Keimote", which is used as a tool for roughly recording time during the day.

Zhang Meng led the horse to the edge of Guibiao, stretched out his hand to block the drizzle in front of his forehead, looked carefully at the wooden plaque on the courtyard door, turned his head and smiled: "Ming Gong, I finally arrived at the pavilion." ”

Liu Dai, who was riding a horse and walking behind, hummed and chirped, and his face was full of displeasure.

Just half a day ago, Zhang Meng successfully retrieved his beloved concubine Chunji, and called Shi A and Shan Zhong as helpers to lift the overturned cart for him, and take out all the luggage pressed under the car. He originally wanted to share a car with Chunji temporarily, but he didn't expect that Zhang Meng would be followed by a female dependent. In order to show his generosity, he could only give up the bicycle and ride on horseback, all the way through the wind and rain, which was really a pain he had never suffered for most of his life.

The new official took office, but he was in constant turmoil before he left Henan, and of course his mood would not be much better.

When the pavilion chief heard about Liu Dai's identity, he hurriedly went out of the pavilion to greet him. He walked bare-haired, with swords and swords, and most of the pavilion guards accompanying him were wearing armor, looking like they were facing a great enemy.

Different from the administrative units such as townships and li, the pavilion of the same grass-roots organization does not have the functions of managing production, educating the people, collecting taxes, etc., and is mainly responsible for catching thieves and thieves, maintaining basic public order within the ten miles under its jurisdiction, and also undertaking part of the task of receiving post messages, so it is not surprising that there are martial arts and shooting in the pavilion.

The pavilion chief's surname is Song Minghuai, and he is in his early thirties. Wang Yu stepped forward and handed Liu Dai's seal and ribbon to Song Huai for inspection, and Song Huai repeatedly confirmed that it was correct before waving his hand and signaling the pavilion guards to put down their blades.

Wan Qian half-jokingly said: "I have heard that Hucheng Pavilion is a big pavilion, it is better to see it than to hear it, and it is really extraordinary." ”

Song Huai said to Liu Dai: "Recently, thieves have been rampant, the roads are not quiet, and the shape is forbidden. ”

Liu Dai snorted coldly and beat the horse past.

Zhang Meng said: "Please also prepare clothes, meals, and wings, and we will spend the night in the pavilion tonight." ”

Song Huai nodded in agreement, but the moment he saw Zhang Meng's appearance, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Zhang Meng asked, "Jun and I know each other?" ”

Song Huai came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "I was in a trance for a while, and I was rude." As he spoke, he beckoned the pavilion guards to do something.

Zhang Meng helped Cai Yan get off the car, Cai Yan's face was as usual, but he was a little tired between his eyebrows. Later, Chun Ji poked out her head, frowned, and said coquettishly: "The car is too high." While holding on to the wheel to make a helpless look, he aimed his eyes at Zhang Meng.

At this time, Shan Zhong, who was in charge of driving the car, turned around and said to Chun Ji with a smile: "The villain helps Mrs. get out of the car!" ”

When Chun Ji heard this, it was always difficult to deliberately refuse, and her hopes were disappointed, so she could only endure her anger and give Shan Zhong a blank look.

The pavilion house of Hucheng Pavilion is a three-entry quadrangle, the front yard is open in the middle of the gate, the top of the hanging hill is placed, and there are stables on both sides. The atrium consists of a hall, a side school on the left and right wings, a gatehouse, and a clan, which is a toilet. In the backyard, there is also a fence connected to a pig pen and a chicken field, a cooking room, a prison and a dungeon for temporary prisoners, a barn for storing utensils, and a sinus cellar for storing grain.

There are clothes for passers-by to change in the pavilion, and even if the style is simple, it is better than getting wet. Under Song Huai's arrangement, except for Cai Yan and Chunji, the two female dependents who had been sitting in the car, the rest of them first changed their clothes and put their luggage in the wing, and then waited for dinner together in the hall.

The four walls of the hall are flat by white ash surface, smooth and hard, and the light is dim on a rainy day and night, but there are many lights in the hall house, which reflect each other, so the hall is as bright as day.

Liu Dai was in a bad mood, sitting on the couch with his eyes closed, Wang Yu and Wan Qian sitting on his left and right, far away from Zhang Meng, Shi A, and Shan Zhong.

"Zhang Langjun, does Sister Ling need to deliver food later?"

As Liu Dai's servant, he was grateful to Zhang Meng for saving himself and the lord, but he didn't know the feud between Zhang Meng and Liu Dai.

Zhang Meng smiled and said: "No need, the sister said that she had no appetite, and she rested early tonight." He claimed that Cai Yan was his cousin, and Liu Dai and others had little contact with the Zhang family in Dunhuang.

Cai Yan has always been very depressed since she came out of Luoyang, even if she did not show regret, but at the beginning of the big change, it is indeed human nature to feel restless, especially at this juncture when Cai Yong is about to go home, she suddenly lost the opportunity to reunite with her father, and the sadness and melancholy in her heart can be imagined.

Zhang Meng can understand Cai Yan's state of mind very well, for him, it is not easy for Cai Yan to put down everything without hesitation and resolutely follow him to escape, so he naturally will not ask for more.

The road ahead is boundless, and what the future holds, the answer can only be delivered to time after all.

Before Song Huai arrived, Zhang Meng paced slowly in the hall and found that there were many portraits painted on Baqiao paper on the wall in the corner facing south. The pavilion is generally located at the key point of traffic, and it is combined with the function of maintaining law and order while providing post travel, and is responsible for screening pedestrians and arresting key criminals who have fled from crime.

If the prisoner has been arrested or killed, he will not tear it off, but will only cover it with a new one, so the wall of the hall is covered with portraits on top of each other, many and thick, and even smells of paper mildew.

Zhang Meng raised his head slightly and looked at a few list articles, which described most of them as murders, robberies and other traitors, which were similar, and he felt bored after reading them for a while, so he wanted to leave. Who knew that at this time, Shi A and Shan Zhong suddenly waved to him secretly, with intriguing expressions on their faces.

Walked to the two of them and looked up, there are two pairs of sea fishing lists hanging here, a portrait on the left is a middle-aged man in his thirties, even if he only sketches a few outlines, but he is still familiar, and then look at the name of the wanted criminal, I can't help but be surprised, it turned out to be written "Peiguo Cao Cao" four words. Looking carefully at the description of the list, it turned out that just a few days ago, Cao Cao refused the position of Xiaocai lieutenant appointed by the imperial court, and escaped from Luoyang alone.

Zhang Meng secretly thought: "Bao Xin and Yuan Shao fled one after another, and the forces of the General's Mansion were wiped out, and Cao Cao's escape was a matter of time sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to be the same time as my escape." Still in surprise, his eyes glanced at the list on the right, and he was shocked, and instantly understood the reason why Shi A and Shan Zhong called him.

But I saw that a more familiar face was drawn on the list, and "Dunhuang Zhang Meng" was written with a red pen on the side.