Zhang Yu, Zheng Anping and his entourage sent the people of Guanyi back to Guanyi, and the old and weak women and children of Guanyi rose up to welcome them ten miles away, and the sound of crying was everywhere. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Yu hurriedly drove away with a few people. Zheng Anping and the others were left in the Great Wall Post to observe the movements of Guanyi, while Zhang Yu and Cao Bao rushed back to Daliang, apparently to discuss further action with Xinlingjun. Zheng Anping and the others observed for three hours, only to see the people in Guanyi returning to the city, and there was nothing unusual.

It's Zheng Anping's turn to go to the city again. He finished and went up to the city tower, and Xiao Si was putting his hands to his ears and listening intently. Zheng Anping slapped him and said, "Can you smell it?" ”

Xiao Si turned around, saw that it was Zheng Anping, and whispered: "Shh~!" Someone's out of town! ”

Zheng Anping asked quietly: "Where are you going?" ”

Xiao Si pointed his hand and said, "To the south!" ”

Zheng Anping looked at Xiao Si's hand, the sky was dark, and the scenery in the distance was shrouded in a vast expanse. But when you look closely, it seems as if there is a figure walking slowly on the edge of the sky.

Zheng Anping said: "I am also on duty in order." You return, there is porridge in the ding, sip it quickly. ”

Xiao Si put down his hand, rubbed it, and said, "It's four pairs." ”

Zheng Anping exclaimed: "Four pairs? He pointed his hand and asked, "Two people over there?" ”

Xiao Si said: "Yes, you only see one person?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "Wei Ru's words, I don't see anyone. What a two! ”

Xiao Si said: "If you don't hear it, what's the use of watching it?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "There may be gains, but it is not known!" ”

Xiao Si rubbed his hands and went down to the city.

Zheng Anping pinched his two hands into a slit, put them in front of him, started from the small city, and moved south inch by inch, and sure enough, on the horizon, he found a moving black shadow, stared at the black shadow for half a day, and finally found that this black shadow was indeed two people. Zheng Anping began to admire Xiao Si a little, and he could hear that it was two people at such a distance with his ears.

Zheng Anping used this method to move inch by inch along the horizon to the ends of both sides, and there was no new discovery. He lowered his hand and rested his eyes. The soldier on duty at night next to him came over to talk and said, "The doctor is looking for a small city? ”

Zheng Anping suddenly felt that he might be able to get some useful information by chatting with the soldiers who often went to the city to patrol the city, so he asked, "Brother Yiguan Xiaochenghu?" ”

The soldier said: "When you go to the city, you can see the wasteland, but there are a few people in the small city." ”

Zheng Anping said: "I look at the young people in the city, what do they do? ”

The soldier said: "Get rich to do business, why rely on Litian!" ”

Zheng Anping said: "What is business? ”

The soldier said: "This city is also out of the beam in the east, Luoyang in the west, Zheng in the south, and Handan across the river, which is the middle of the world." If they don't want to be rich, can they get it? ”

Zheng Anping said: "Brother is also in business? ”

The soldier said: "There is a long house, and I have heard a lot, and I admire it very much." The only thing to do is difficult. ”

Zheng Anping said: "The long-term house businessman, quite a small town? ”

The soldier said: "Don't go!" Merchants from all over the world gathered, and business was followed. ”

Zheng Anping said: "It's a time of war, and it's difficult for businessmen to do it!" ”

The soldier said, "No." If the city is not closed, the merchants will not stop, and it will not be a break from war. Recently, businessmen have set up more grain ships. …… I don't know where to go. ”

As the conversation deepened, the sky became darker and darker, and Zheng Anping had no hope of finding a figure five miles away, and the small city was crawling in the dark night, as if he was asleep, without any movement.

Suddenly, the soldier said, "Someone is coming!" ”

Zheng Anping said: "The sky is very dark, and there is no moonlight, how do you know? ”

The soldier said: "The doctor is easy to see under the moonlight, and I don't know how easy it is to be on a moonless night." Who? On a moonless night, it is difficult for my eyes to see, and it is also difficult for pedestrians to see, so it is impossible to raise fire. And between the fire, its hidden lines will be revealed. ”

Zheng Anping looked at the sky again, and even the horizon had lost his trace, not knowing where the sky ended and where the earth rose. A little light, in the dark night looks very eye-catching, although small, but like the stars in the sky, there is nothing to hide.

Zheng Anping pinched his hands again, put them in front of his eyes, and looked in that direction, and under the reference of his fingers, he could vaguely distinguish that the firelight was coming closer. Zheng Anping was very excited and said: "Brother's eyesight is also beyond ordinary people!" ”

The soldier said, "Keep watch for the night, so you can get the ear." It's not me, all my brothers can see it. ”

Zheng Anping said: "But if you see something, I wish my brother will teach it." ”

The soldier said: "The doctor wants to see the small city, and others also want to see it?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "Brother Qiguan is different from the small city? ”

The soldier said, "I haven't seen it." ”

Zheng Anping said: "If there is no difference in the small city, if the brother sees the difference, he can tell each other to kill the night." ”

The soldier really pointed out several details that Zheng Anping hadn't noticed, such as the rabbit hiding in the dead grass and the night owl lying on the tree...... In the dim darkness of the night, one killing after another was staged silently.

Although he was talking, Zheng Anping didn't give up the little fire for a moment, and he couldn't ignore it, because in the chat, the light became brighter and brighter - although it was just a small bright spot.

Brother Su has come to take over. Zheng Anping pointed out the bright spot to Brother Su. Brother Su said that he saw it. Brother Su said that it was already night, and Zheng Anping had to do a festival charm, otherwise everyone would not be able to leave the post house at night, let alone be on duty. Zheng Anping agreed, and introduced Brother Su to the soldier, and introduced Brother Su: "This brother is talented and has excellent eyesight. The soldier said, "But no more than Lauer! ”

After Zheng Anping went down to the city, he came to the guard house and handled the festival talisman for the night walk. The city gate guard complimented: "But if you have the uniform of a military soldier, who dares to ask!" Zheng Anping smiled: "Just in case." ”

After leaving the guard station, I returned to the post house, although I met a few people who patrolled the sentry on the road, and sure enough, I saw the clothes of the soldiers, and I didn't ask. Brother Dog and Little Four were blind in the dark, spread out the straw mat early, and lay down with their clothes together. Zheng Anping came in, and he couldn't see anything in the dark, so he went to the kitchen and lit a torch to come in, and then he found his place. The torches with straw bales didn't burn long before they went out. Zheng Anping put the festival charm on a few cases and said: "The street has been cleaned, and the festival charm must be carried out when leaving the post, and it must be passed." The two men agreed.

Zheng Anping lay down, and Brother Dog said, "What do you see, brother?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "I don't see anything. But when he saw that the people he saw the four brothers left the city, he saw people coming with fire again. It is necessary to go into the city. ”

Brother Dog said: "People who walk in the night, do you have to commit adultery? ”

Zheng Anping said: "Even if you commit adultery, what can you do? But the ears of the view. ”

Brother Dog said: "Mr. Zhang asked us to wait for the secret whistle, and there is nothing unusual in the middle of the night......"

Zheng Anping said: "This midnight, there is still the middle of the night, how can it be safe?" Don't be careless! ”

Brother Dog said: "He is also a nobleman, embracing Qiu to the fire, eating meat and drinking. We are alone, brave the wind and cold, and can't sleep at night! ”

Zheng Anping said: "He is a nobleman, although he embraces Qiu Xianghuo, eats meat and drinks alcohol, he can't sleep. They will also plan and plan and raise all nights...... He is like us, but the lower value is also, that is, lying down and sleeping. ”

Xiao Si sneered and said: "There is still no pillow, why lie high!" ”

Zheng Anping said: "Lying on the pillow arm, do you have to lie down without height? Everyone laughed.

Zheng Anping was lying on the seat with his arms on his pillow, although he was talking and laughing with his companions, his heart had a lot of ups and downs. The soldier's words gave Zheng Anping a revelation, if a small town in a few miles, lacking in armament, the city is low and shallow, and it can still gather merchants from all over the world, if it supports the name of Xinling Jun, builds a big city, and has thousands of soldiers, wouldn't it be worse than Tao? The only fly in the ointment is that there is only one chasm flowing here, and it would be even more perfect if it could be a big boat like Jishui.

"I will also consult Mr., and it will be decided!" Zheng Anping thought to himself. Although the brothers around him can live and die together, they are obviously not business materials, but they are useful.

He thought of the little slave again. Xinlingjun gave him a marriage, but he didn't know how to dispose of it. His house in Donghongli was built according to the specifications of the common people, with no stage and no steps. Now there are five lords, who are considered sergeants, and Yili can raise the base of the house to a height of two feet and set up three steps. But thinking about how much soil and how much work it took to build a two-foot-high foundation, I retreated. But if you marry a bride and don't have a new house, it's a pity......

The little slave had a skin-to-skin relationship with herself, and her child didn't seem to be able to get along...... Xin Lingjun said that the child is talented and intelligent, and he needs to be trained well, how to train him? When you grow up, you can send it to the order.

If you want to deal with people in a small town, especially if you want to do business with people in the city, can a small slave help? If the little slave can help, then ......

I still have to find a way to tidy up the house......

Zheng Anping thought wildly in his heart, and gradually fell asleep.

Two shifts in the night woke him up, and he greeted the commuters and those who got off work in a daze, and then went back to sleep. When I woke up, it was dawn. He took Xiao Si back, and he was no longer on duty, so he gathered together what he saw and heard at night in the post house, in a simple sentence, it was no different. The spark went out on its own, and I don't know where the man ended up, but everyone guessed that he should have spent the night in the city. The people who went out of the city did not know where they went, and it was not known whether they had returned overnight or had stayed outside for the night. Even the little four, who had an ear for Traling, didn't hear anything special. Zheng Anping decided to report the news he knew to Zhang Yu.

But it wasn't Zhang Yu who came over today, but Mr. Jin. As soon as he and Cao Bao took the car, they rushed to the post house before dawn, and it can be seen that they set off from Daliang very early—maybe even the city gate that was opened.

The four of them invited the two gentlemen into the inn, went to the kitchen to get millet, salt and other things, and began to make breakfast.

Mr. Jin said that the main task of his visit today is to inspect the topography of Guanyi in order to plan the boundary between the country and the wilderness. Ask four people to help bring two rides. There are also some applications in the car, which should be used for drawing atlases.

Zheng Anping reported the results of the night observation, and Mr. Jin did not seem to have any impression, but praised proliferatedly: "The sons have worked hard! ”