Chapter 173: On the way to Beijing
Lu Zhan held the little snow tiger in his arms and carried it into the small world in the dantian in the form of divine thoughts.
Today's small world can really be described as a high ground and a wide earth, with raised hills, gurgling streams, green vegetation, and "bronze fragments" in the sky that will constantly adjust the light according to the law of the rotation of the moon, and many exotic flowers and plants have been carefully planted on the ground, which are all brought out from the "Black Evil Valley Secret Realm", and Lu Zhan spent a few days of hard work planting all of them in the small world.
Since the "Bronze Fragment" entered this small space in the dantian, the area of the small space has been constantly expanding, but when he broke through the bottleneck and entered the realm of transformation last night, the area of this small world has completely stopped changing.
Lu Zhan put the little snow tiger on the ground, watching it run freely among the flowers and trees, and had a lot of fun, this place was much more spacious than the small room locked in the inn, this little guy could run and play freely.
He looked at the "Sword Pool" in the center of the small world, since there was a "Bronze Fragment" in the small space, the scope of the small space has been constantly expanding, but this "Sword Pool" has always remained the same, the pool is still bubbling with extremely cold ice flames, and the hexagonal ice-like crystal in it is always covered behind a thick layer of frost, and it is impossible to see what is inside.
As soon as Xiao Xuehu saw the "Sword Pool", he no longer dared to approach it, as if the "Sword Pool" was hiding something that scared it.
Lu Zhan thought to himself that this was fine, originally he was a little worried that Xiao Xuehu would fall into this pool, it would definitely die, but now it didn't dare to lean over, but it was safer.
He watched the little snow tiger running freely in that small world, and there was nothing unusual, and he was relieved, he wanted to have the opportunity in the future to raise some other interesting creatures in it, so that this small world in his stomach could truly become a vibrant "animal world".
Starting from Hongzhou City to Chu Jingcheng, the capital of the Great Chu Empire, it has to pass through the three major states of Yizhou, Chongzhou and Hengzhou, and the journey takes about 40 days.
It was late April, and the spring was bright and warm. Lu Zhan was not in a hurry, so he believed in the reins of the horse and walked slowly, enjoying the great mountains and rivers along the way. He had never left Yunmeng City in the first eighteen years of his life, but now he was going to leave home for tens of thousands of miles, embarking on an unknown road, he was curious about the outside world, and at the same time, he also felt a little nervous, after all, the fate of the entire Lu family was tied to his trip to the capital this time.
In order to resist the impending catastrophe of the "Fire Raven Cave", they must think of approaching the royal forces.
Lu Zhan walked all the way to see it, but unfortunately although the scenery along the way was good, the people who lived in the scenery were in a very bad situation. Filled with deserted villages, crumbling towns, and depressed cities, it feels like the country has begun to fall into ruin.
In the evening of that day, he came to a small town in the middle of Chongzhou, this small city was economically backward, and the inns in the city were chaotic and dirty, because the post station in the city was a temporary resting place for officials, messengers, military officers and other court officials, and the accommodation environment was relatively better, so LΓΌ Zhan decided to go to the local post station to stay.
He had in his hand the military seal written by Sima Dadu, the governor of Hongzhou, and also stamped with Sima Xingge's personal seal, so the post station arranged a small courtyard with the best conditions for him to rest.
Don't look at this is just a small post station, because it is close to the official road, so at night, most of the rooms of this small post station have been inhabited by people, and most of the people who stay are small officials and court officials who pass through here, and those dignitaries with prominent status do not disdain to live in this kind of country post station.
Just after the time, most of the guests in the post station have gone back to the room to sleep, the post officer Lao Zhu took two post guards to clean up the tables and chairs in the hall, and suddenly heard a commotion outside the post station door, Lao Zhu frowned, and said to a post man with dissatisfaction: "You go outside to see, which plague god is noisy outside, I don't know that this is the post station, are the officials who live there?"
"Yes. A post guard ran out, but in the blink of an eye, he had already run back in a panic and shouted to Lao Zhu: "Oh no, it's really a plague god who has arrived, and it's General Bi who is shouting outside." β
As soon as he heard that it was General Bi, Lao Zhu suddenly felt that there were two big heads, this General Bi was a major general of the southeast garrison of Chongzhou, and he had 30,000 ironclad cavalry under his command, and he was a well-known figure in the local area.
To say that he is famous, it is not that this person's military exploits are outstanding, nor is it to say how strong this person's martial arts cultivation is, but this person has two things that are very powerful: one is that his father is very powerful, his father Bi Fuqing is a tiger general, but he is an important minister under the command of the four princes of the capital, and holds an important position in the military department of the capital, and his martial arts attainments have been among the top masters in the realm of chemical strength; γ Because of their illustrious family background and military power, the local people often dare to be angry and dare not speak out about his arrogant and unreasonable actions, and adopt an attitude of avoiding them.
As soon as he heard that General Bi had arrived, although the post officer Lao Zhu was not happy, he still had to trot out to greet him. He forced a smile and ran out of the door, only to see five troika cars parked in the open space in front of the door, and from the carriage came a large flock of flowery warblers and warblers, these beautiful women surrounded a tall, handsome young general.
The young general had obviously drunk a lot of yellow soup, and his steps were already vain and unsteady on his feet, but he saw him holding a few flowery women in his left and right arms, followed by a master who was cranking a feather fan and dressed as a strategist.
Lao Zhu ran to the young general, saluted and said, "The lower official doesn't know that General Bi has arrived, and he has missed the distance, and I hope the general will forgive me." β
General Nabi put his arms on the fragrant shoulders of the two beautiful women, and with a strong smell of wine in his mouth, he smiled at Lao Zhu and said: "Hurry up and open me ten best rooms, Uncle I have fun today, and I have invited all the beauties of this half of the city, and I will definitely set up a peerless battle of the jade pestle to fight the hundred witches." β
As he spoke, he waved his hand and shouted to the glamorous girls who accompanied him: "You little ladies listen to General Ben, uncle, I will fight a wheel battle with you tonight, and if the little lady finally knocks down General Ben's spear in the battle array, I will reward her with a large ingot of gold." β
All the glamorous women laughed together, all of them were gearing up, eager to try, and they all wanted to win the gold ingot of color.
Lao Zhu said to General Bi with an embarrassed face: "It's really unfortunate that the general came, my post station is full tonight, and now there is not even a single empty room." Why don't you move somewhere else, General?"
"Fart. General Bi's face changed, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "General Ben wants to live in this place, who dares to say no." You don't have a room, don't you? Then get rid of all the guys who are borrowing here tonight, who dares to say a 'no', let him come to the edge of the general's long sword and say. β
"This ......" Lao Zhu said with a dry smile: "It's not good to do this, no matter how you say it, they are all officials of the imperial court." β
"What's wrong with the court officials. General Bi said with a calm face: "Aren't they just a bunch of small civil officials the size of sesame mung beans? General Ben's family is all from a dignified military general, and they fought for the birth and death of the imperial court. What kind of bullshit are they civilian officials? If they want to get out of here, they can afford to look up to them, and if General Ben wants to tell these guys to crawl out upside down, they must do the same. β
"I can't do it, and the general must not do it. Lao Zhu anxiously grabbed the hand-cranked feather fan, pretending to be a dashing master, and begged him softly: "This master, please persuade your general, he did this, but he violated my Dachu law." β
The master patted Lao Zhu on the shoulder, smiled disapprovingly, and said: "Our General Bi is rushing to the capital today to meet General Bi and His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince.
Lao Zhu hurriedly said: "It's not that he won't be allowed to live, but the general brought so many people at once, it really can't be arranged." β
The master slowly pointed at those beautiful women with a feather fan and said: "These women, even if there are too many, our master came out this time, and he also brought 300 personal guards, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many soldiers to enter the post station, so they had to camp outside the city, and he would have brought more than ten times as many people." Or I'll give you a good idea, make sure you don't feel embarrassed, and you can get rid of all those petty officials and small characters. β
Lao Zhu looked at him helplessly and asked, "What's the idea?"
"As for you, knock on the doors of those petty officials one by one, and say that the rooms they live in have been forcibly requisitioned by our master. If anyone is not convinced, let them come and ask the master in person. I want to see how many of them have the courage to ask. β
Lao Zhu sighed: "Okay, I have to try this method according to what you said." As he spoke, he really knocked on the door next to the room, and used the rhetoric according to the method taught by the master.
Speaking of this method is really effective, all those who have knocked on the door by him, although many people feel angry, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, but no one dares to really stand up and question face-to-face, they all roll up the bed and leave obediently, and soon vacate ten rooms.
Lao Zhu sent people to clean the ten rooms again, and prepared to let General Bi and others live there.
But once General Bi got drunk, he loved to toss around, he got ten rooms according to his wishes, but he still felt dissatisfied, and pointed to the best small courtyard and said to Lao Zhu: "I ...... I'm going to live in that room tonight. β
"That's not going to work. Lao Zhu simply refused: "There is a VIP living there, I don't dare to chase him, I won't be able to lose my head." β
"There are VIPs living there?" General Bi shouted angrily: "What...... Which dignitary has the value of General Ben?"
"This guest of honor has the personal handwriting of Lord Sima, the governor of Hongzhou. Lao Zhu shook his hand and said to General Bi: "Please, General Bi, the ten rooms you want are all prepared for you, please, please ......" He stretched out his hand and frequently pointed to the doors of each room in the post station, inviting him to enter.
But General Bi was used to being arrogant, and snorted coldly when he heard this: "What is this Hongzhou Governor, this is the boundary of Chongzhou, and the people of Hongzhou should come to spread the wilderness? β
(To be continued)