Shi Gao stepped forward and asked, "Who is coming and what is the matter?" ”

The middle-aged man looked at them, and saw that these men were the sons and attendants of the eunuchs, so he turned back and asked the farmer who followed them. The farmers pointed and said something, and the middle-aged man nodded frequently, and his expression was much more relaxed. After a while, he turned around and said, "I am the head of the Chiyang Pavilion. Then he asked, "Who are you?" Why are you here? ”

Shi Gao glanced at Liu Xun, pondered for a moment, and said, "We are people from the Leling Marquis's Mansion. After speaking, he didn't know how to introduce Liu Xun, so he said vaguely: "This son is idle today, and the weather is fine, so he went out to hunt and hunt wild ducks on this river beach." ”

When the pavilion chief heard that it was a person from the Hou Mansion, he saw that Liu Xun was extraordinary, and the entourage was also strong, so he respectfully stood up and said, "It turned out to be the son of the Hou Mansion, disrespectful." ”

Liu Xun looked at the farmer behind him and asked suspiciously, "Are you coming for us?" ”

The pavilion chief turned around and told the farmer to stand back and not disturb the son, before turning around and saying, "This is a misunderstanding. In the past few days, a group of people have come here to shoot and hunt, and to catch foxes, rabbits and other prey. The gang did not know the severity of the matter, and galloped through the fields and trampled on the wheat fields. The farmer's hard work was lost, and everyone was resentful, so they came to me. Today the farmer saw someone shooting again and found me, so I pursued them with them. When I saw you from afar, I thought it was the same group, but when I got closer, I realized that I had made a mistake. ”

Speaking of this, the pavilion chief bowed and said, "It doesn't hurt for the prince to come to this river beach to hunt wild ducks." The villain abruptly abrupt the son, and I hope to forgive me. ”

Liu Xun had a good impression of the pavilion chief in his heart, and was about to respond, when he found that he was still carrying two wild ducks in his hands, he couldn't help but laugh, handed them to his entourage, waved his hand, and said: "It is the duty of the pavilion chief to be in charge of public security, arrest thieves, and manage civil affairs, so why apologize." ”

The pavilion chief said: "Son's generosity, I am ashamed." ”

Shi Gao asked curiously, "What is the matter with those people you are looking for?" “”

The pavilion chief led people to ask for the guilt, but he recognized the wrong person, and he was also worried that these officials and eunuchs would blame him, but Liu Xun and Shi Gao didn't care, so they put their minds at ease and said: "Those people claim to be from the Chang'an Grand Sima Mansion, and they are extremely arrogant. ”

"The Huo family?" Liu Xun was slightly stunned.

"This group of people has only come in recent days, sometimes dozens, sometimes hundreds, chasing birds and beasts, whistling and roaring, trampling on many wheat fields. When a farmer saw it, he didn't dare to come forward to theorize, so he sued me, and I rushed over. "It's a matter of giving it up.

Scoop asked, "What about finding them?" ”

The pavilion chief looked serious: "Recover compensation for the farmer." ”

Liu Xun looked at him deeply and was touched in his heart.

The pavilion chief seemed to remember something, and a puzzled expression appeared on his face, and he continued: "But strange, these people are not only shooting, but also wearing armor to practice formations. ”

"Wearing armor and practicing formations?" Liu Xun was taken aback.

"The farmer saw them practicing their formation in the col." The pavilion chief said nonchalantly. He looked up at the gray sky, and said, "It's not early, let's go look elsewhere." Farewell. ”

Looking at the distant figures of the pavilion chief and the farmer, Liu Xun pondered for a long time, turned around, swept his gaze over everyone, and said slowly: "The reason why the people cultivate the fields with peace of mind and do not sigh and resent, is because of the political peace and litigation. And I can do it together—" He pointed sideways at the pavilion chief's back and raised his voice and said, "These are the loyal and diligent officials at all levels. When they heard this, they all bowed their hands and stood solemnly.

Liu Xun said, lowered his head and fell into contemplation, and muttered to himself: "Wear armor and practice formation." After a while, he raised his head and stared at Shi Gao.

Shi Gao naturally guessed what Liu Xun was thinking, and stepped forward and said softly: "I'll go find out about this matter right away." ”

Liu Xun bowed his head slightly and said, "Go back to the palace." ”

I was delayed for some time just now, but I didn't realize that it was getting late. Liu Xun got on the horse, only ran a few steps, then grabbed the reins and stopped, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Hurry back now, the city gate has been closed." If you shout to open the city gate, I am afraid that tomorrow the government and the opposition will know that the emperor is on a micro-safari. ”

Shi Gao nodded and said with a smile: "There must be an official who says that he is wandering and misleading the country, and advises His Majesty not to indulge in this, and the historian will also write down 'The emperor travels on a safari and knocks on the city gate at night'." ”

The corners of Liu Xun's mouth brought a playful smile: "What would you say?" ”

Shi Gao quickly replied: "Your Majesty observes the people's customs and is sympathetic to the people's feelings. ”

Liu Xun smiled, gently pinched the horse's belly with his legs, and said, "Let's go, find a guest house to spend the night, and return to the palace tomorrow morning." ”

The group walked along the avenue and came to a small town. The town's guest house was too small to accommodate so many of them, so Shi Gao asked the store where there was a more spacious guest house, and the store replied that there was a spacious guest house more than ten miles outside the town.

Liu Xun and his entourage walked more than ten miles, and sure enough, they saw a courtyard with a "Chiyang Guest House" banner. The people dismounted and stepped into the door.

The courtyard of the guest house is very large, and there is a row of stables by the wall, and Yu Linlang, who accompanied him, led the horses over and tied them. Shi Gao shouted, "Is the store there?" ”

As soon as the words fell, an old man greeted him and said, "I am the shopkeeper, what do you want from the guest officer?" ”

Shi Gao said: "There are good rooms for us to rest, and then prepare some hot dishes and hot meals, and I am hungry all the way." In addition, these horses must also be fed. ”

When the old man saw that most of the people in this group were young men, and each of them carried bows, arrows, blades, and more than a dozen mounts, he muttered in his heart, and asked for his name and origin. Scoop was vague and vague, just urging him to quickly lead them to the guest room.

The old man felt that these people were not good, and he asked some questions on the way to the guest room with them, but they were all answered by Shi Gao.

The old man returned to his house, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, so he called his wife and said softly: "This group of people is not quite right. ”

The old woman looked there for a while, disapproving: "What's wrong, I think they are all serious young people." ”

"These young men wield guns and knives, neither like the people of the government, nor like those who have a decent business, they must be some thieves who are traitors and criminals." The old man felt that his judgment would not be wrong, and said confidently.

The old woman hesitated and said, "I don't look like a thief." Even if it's a thief, there are so many of them, we can't catch them. I don't think it's better not to alarm them, just inform the pavilion chief tomorrow and let the pavilion chief go to check. ”

The old man glared at her with disdain, and said: "As the people of the Han Dynasty, we should abide by the law and act bravely." ”

The old woman said that he was no more, so she stopped paying attention to him.

The old man was stubborn, and went out and quietly called a few young men in the guest house who were carrying firewood to feed the horses, saying that those guests looked like gangsters, and if they were tied up and sent to the official, there would be a reward. These young fellows didn't know what it was important to, and when they heard that it was to catch thieves and that there was a reward from the government, they were all eager to try it.

The old woman didn't know that her wife had gone to gather people, so she came to the door of the guest room, smiled and asked what dishes she wanted to eat.

Shi Gao said: "Just pick the good ones in your store and send them over." ”

The old woman promised on the one hand, and took the opportunity to scan everyone. She felt that these people were well-behaved and did not look like gangsters, and if she followed her wife's idea, she was afraid that she would cause trouble, and she couldn't help but feel worried.

She left the room and went straight back to her room. When the old man saw her coming, he leaned into her ear and whispered, "I have already told my fellows that I will tie them up and send them to the official while they are unprepared." ”

The old woman was startled and said, "There are so many of them, there are only a few of us, how can we tie them up." ”

The old man turned sideways to look out of the door, turned around and said proudly, "You don't have to worry about this." Didn't they ask for food and drink? We will send more wine in, and when they are drunk, we can tie them up and send them to the officials tomorrow morning. ”

The old woman still wanted to persuade, but the old man waved his hand impatiently: "You go and prepare the wine and food, I will drink with them later, I don't believe in drunk them." ”

The old woman was quite dissatisfied: "It's really nosy. ”

The old man was annoyed, jumped up and reprimanded: "If my Han people are like you, where does social righteousness come from." ”

The old woman muttered: "It's still socially upright, and I don't look at how many breaths I still have." These words choked the old man's eyes and blew his beard.

Seeing that the old man was about to go crazy again, she quickly got up: "I'm going to cook to prepare wine and food." As he spoke, he ran out of the door.