Early the next morning, Liu Xin left the Liu Mansion, and after changing his outfit somewhere, he left the imperial capital with two elites of Dongchang under the command of the original Dongxiang.

Soon after Liu Xin left, Senior Brother Cheng found Li and handed him a letter.

"Uncle Cheng, is this?" Lee was puzzled.

Senior Brother Cheng explained with a smile: "There are some urgent matters at home, and I have to go back. Liu Xin went out in a hurry this morning, this is some official documents from Jinyiwei's side, I hope my sister-in-law can hand it over to Liu Xin for me. ”

Li nodded, not doubting anything else.

Senior Brother Cheng immediately went out and left Liufu, the momentum on his body suddenly changed, that shrewdness and generosity disappeared, and turned into brave and sharp.

Hanzhong is located on the south side of the territory of the governor of Shaanxi, starting from the imperial capital, passing through Baoding, Taiyuan, Pingyang, Xi'an and Hanzhong.

The road is more than 2,000 miles, even if it is a fast horse, it needs to rest along the way, and it can travel up to 200 miles a day. It takes 10 days to arrive.

However, because of the urgency of the task, the commander of Dongchang personally ordered to take three treasure horses worth thousands of gold and travel 400 miles a day, which reduced the cost of the journey by half.

But in this way, the pressure on the knights is greater.

The two elites sent by Dongchang, although they are both ordinary soldiers, both have the cultivation of Xiaocheng Realm. As for Liu Xin's cultivation, in the information of the East Factory, it is clearly marked:

Xiaocheng is at the peak of combat power

This is a judgment drawn from Liu Xin's several shots, especially the fight with the Northern Barbarian Buhe, although the two only fought for a short time, Buhe did not use all his strength. But just those two or three short moves, without Xiaocheng's peak combat power, he couldn't bear it.

In addition to the three treasure horses, the Dongchang side also gave three pieces of inner armor produced by the military forge factory, such an inner armor is enough to resist the blows of the small Cheng Realm level, and effectively disperse the attack power. It is the best in standard level armor.

Liu Xin didn't know what the weapons of the two people in Dongchang were, because the two of them were carrying the same wooden box behind their backs, which could be swords or knives.

And Liu Xin's weapon is a standard long sword that can only be used by thousands of households. The blade of the sword contains brilliance and is blue throughout, and at first glance it is not made of iron, but should be a special metal refined in the workshop of the Ministry of Industry. Although it is the size of a standard sword, it is half as light as a sword forged from ordinary steel.

Liu Xin has not done experiments in terms of hardness, but it is not worse than the hardness of Bailian steel, otherwise it is meaningless.

This weapon was specially asked by Dai De'an to ask Liu Xin's needs.

Since Liu Xin came to the imperial capital, he has never touched the sword again, and of course he has not really shot with all his strength, and now that he has a good sword, Liu Xin's mood is also a little more comfortable.

Four days passed in a hurry, and the three of them worked hard for a hundred days, and at night, one of them in the East Factory judged the direction and then looked for the post station.

After four days of contact, Liu Xin also knew the names of the two.

Among them, Leng Peijun is a tall man, his personality and surname do not match, and he communicates with Liu Xin the most on weekdays, he is good at communication, and he is very familiar with information such as post stations, directions, and routes.

Gou Liangyu is a martial arts idiot, talking endlessly when it comes to practicing, but he is not interested in other things. Although he doesn't talk much on weekdays, he is not a stuffy gourd.

From the chat, I learned that these two people were brought out by Yuan Dongxiang from the army, and they were slightly older than Liu Xin, but they were also young people, Leng Peijun was seven out of twenty, and Gou Liangyu was eight out of twenty.

Night, post station

"My lord, tomorrow we will enter the border of Shaanxi, this place is not alive now, there are several mountain bandits gathered together, I heard that there is a hero conference held. The number of bandits is estimated to be more than 3,000, and this is still information from seven or eight days ago, so the current situation is unknown. Leng Peijun said while soaking his feet.

Soaking your feet is the most convenient way to speed up blood circulation, in fact, for Leng Peijun and Gou Liangyu, two military backgrounds, their butts have already been cocooned, even if they don't stop day and night, it won't be a big deal.

But Liu Xin is different, although Liu Xin has cultivated high, he has been on the mountain, and he has rarely gone down the mountain. Although the riding skills are good, the historical driving time is far inferior, so the buttocks are still soft meat, lacking the protection of the cocoon, four hundred miles a day, even if it is protected by internal force, it is still hot.

The method of soaking the feet is still provided by Gou Liangyu when he rests at night on the first day. The effect is good, supplemented by internal force grooming, and the buttocks can be restored the next day.

Liu Xin silently sighed in his heart, in this world, it is not easy to do anything. Pin your head to the belt of your trousers and become a soldier to suffer these hardships and sins. I'm afraid it's even more difficult for the people to suffer, otherwise they wouldn't have hurried to the barracks in order to survive, and the little fart doll who had just passed the height of the axle would run to the barracks.

Just to stay alive.

For four days they passed through the city without entering, and they saw the mountains and wilderness from outside. Occasionally passing by some villages and seeing the skinny and thin faces of the people, Liu Xin couldn't help but think of the month before he rushed to the imperial capital to take office.

In fact, with his speed, it wouldn't take him a month to reach the imperial capital. In addition to the fact that he was really not in a hurry, there was another reason that along the way, he looked at those people and couldn't help but want to see more.

He would have thought countless times that if he hadn't had a good chance to meet his mother, he would probably have to be reincarnated before his consciousness was born. If I hadn't had the good fortune to meet my master and go up the mountain, I am afraid that I would be like those poor people, digging in the fields, and at the same time suffering from the oppression of the gentry and the threat of banditry.

Every time such a thought came to him, he would be so disappointed in the upper echelons of the country that he would like to pick up his sword and behead them.

But he also knows how many people he can kill on his own. Moreover, after the death of these people, a new horse will immediately appear.

The gentry class cannot be killed.

Because he couldn't do it, Liu Xin could only numb himself, what he saw, he couldn't see it, and what he thought of would forget it afterwards.

If it weren't for the order of the sect, he would rather travel the world, like the fourth senior brother, be a traveler, travel all over the mountains and rivers, and when he encounters injustice, he will draw his sword and cut it!

Liu Xin never answered Leng Peijun's question, Leng Peijun and Gou Liangyu were not surprised by Liu Xin's fugue state on the road from time to time, and the two simply soaked their feet, then left to pour the water, and then rested.

When Liu Xin came back to his senses, the water was already cold, Liu Xin didn't care, the water was poured and he was ready to rest.

Before he got into bed, Liu Xin's ears suddenly moved, and he heard movement in the distance.

He immediately came to the next room, Leng Peijun and Gou Liangyu lived in one room, and Liu Xin was alone.

When the two of them were woken up, there was already a relatively clear voice outside, and Leng Peijun and Gou Liangyu, who were also martial artists in Xiaocheng Realm, had also heard this movement.

Internal force can enhance the five senses, as well as the strength of the limbs, agility, and reactions. The reason why there is such a realm division as Xiaocheng Realm is because the six veins are connected, and after the internal force completes the small circulation, the power of these aspects can be gradually improved.

There is a huge gap between the warriors who have reached this level and those who have not, although there may be little difference in combat power due to various reasons, but there is a world of difference in nature.

The post guards in the post station were ordinary people, and they might have fallen asleep a long time ago, so although the movement outside was getting louder and louder, no one noticed it.

Quickly dressed neatly, Liu Xin and the others left the post station and hid not far away.

This place is in a remote area, few people visit, and there are mountain bandits gathered nearby, and the three of them have already discussed, so be careful.

In the distance, more than a dozen fast horses came, and the first few people held torches, as if they saw the post station approaching, so they quickened their horses.

When the horse arrived at the post station, the post guards in the post station were also awakened, and four post guards came out wearing undershirts and holding weapons.

Quickly came out of the horse and rode on, and said to the post guard: "I am Zheng Xiao, the deputy of the government military guard, hurry up and clean the room, we are going to rest!" ”

After that, a token was thrown out, and a post guard quickly took it, and at a glance he knew the truth was fake, and then he acted with the other three post guards, two of them went to lead the horses, and the two entered the post station, which should have gone to clean and prepare.

"Prepare hot water, I want to take a good shower!" Another knight shouted.

Liu Xin and the others not far away looked at this scene, their hearts were a little settled, Leng Peijun squinted his eyes and seemed to recognize people, and after a while, he said: "My lord, this group seems to be the second-generation disciples of the imperial capital's guards. The one headed is Zheng Xiao, the eldest son of Jing Chuanhou. There are also two who should be Xuande Hou, the heirs of Jing Ninghou. These people all served in the guards. Among them, Zheng Xiao's position is the highest, and he is the deputy of the government army and guard! ”

"How could a group of noble second generations come here?" Liu Xin was a little puzzled, but since he wasn't a mountain bandit, it didn't matter, what they were doing, it had nothing to do with them anyway.

From the other side, I went back to the post room, and the second generation of the nobles and their guards were still there washing the horses' noses.

Although they are all second generations, they still inherit the habits from their ancestors for horses, and for them, there are not many things to care about, but horses are definitely one of them.

One of the nobles saw the three treasure horses in the post stable, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly called Zheng Xiao and the others.

"Zheng Xiao, these three horses are all treasure horses!" This noble second generation stared at the three horses, his eyes shining, and he looked salivating.

Zheng Xiao is the oldest of the second generation of this group of nobles, he saw the covetousness in the eyes of this noble, and immediately admonished coldly: "Shi Wenbin, put away the thoughts that shouldn't be." This is the territory of the governor of Shaanxi, and the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm is nearby. In this way, three treasure horses appear at the same time, and it is very likely that they are big people in the military horse farm. This time, we were going to the military horse farm to pick a treasure horse, and your father and my father spent a great deal of money to get this opportunity, don't cherish it! ”

The second generation of Xungui named Shi Wenbin retracted his gaze and muttered away.

Zheng Xiao knew what kind of goods this group of people were on weekdays, and as soon as they left the imperial capital, it would be like opening some floodgates, releasing the beasts in their hearts, and they were all tight.

But it was also because he was in the team that the fathers of the second generation of these nobles were relieved that they came out.

Everyone left, Zheng Xiao was right, they were originally going to the military horse farm to select the treasure horse, since they could get it, it would be useless to see more here. And it is very likely that as Zheng Xiao said, the owners of these three treasure horses are not trivial.

Although they will turn into cross-river dragons when they leave the imperial capital, there is no need to make trouble with the ground snake, and besides, the other party may be a fierce dragon on the ground.

A group of nobles and nobles ate on the first floor of the post station, they deviated the route, so they arrived at this post station much later, and one by one they were so hungry that their chests were close to their backs, so there were escorts who took out meat from the package, which were prepared in the city they had passed before. Asked the post keeper for some charcoal, and a group of people barbecued outside the post station.

In the night, the cyan smoke rose, and it didn't take long for it to enter Liu Xin's room on the second floor of the post station. ”

After a group of nobles left the imperial capital, they were like wild horses on the loose, and the excitement has not yet dispersed. Moreover, in this wilderness, there was no curfew, no spies with ears on the wall, and no elders nearby, and a group of young people were extremely relaxed.

"Brother Xiao, you said that you will take us out this time, in addition to choosing the right mount, you also have to take us to do a big thing, this way, it looks like we are about to go to Hanzhong, now can you reveal it to your brothers!"

A second-generation gentleman asked while tearing the chicken thighs that his own guards had roasted for him.

His words attracted the attention of several noble second generations, and all of a sudden, the eyes of the seven noble second generations sitting around the fire fell on Zheng Xiao's face.

Zheng Xiao didn't let his guards help bake food like other Xungui second-generation, he always liked to do it himself, flipping the iron stick in his hand to heat the meat evenly, and his palms were wide and rough, which was completely different from the white and tender palms of several other Xungui second-generation people.

Seeing that several people were looking at him with unconcealed curiosity, Zheng Xiao knew that he hadn't told them these days, this curiosity had swelled to the extreme, and it would not be beautiful to drag it out, so he said lightly: "The main purpose of coming out this time is actually to take you to meet someone!" ”

See Personal?

A few second generations of honors, you look at me, I look at you, among them, Shi Wenbin laughed and said: "The person who can let us come out to meet us should not be born yet, Zheng Xiao, don't joke with us!" ”

Shi Wenbin is the most arrogant of all people, with his domineering personality, he has been suppressed in the imperial capital for a long time, and his temperament has become more and more extreme, and he is also the guy that Zheng Xiao focuses on.

Zheng Xiao smiled and didn't talk to Shi Wenbin, but shook his head disapplausively.

Shi Wenbin saw that Zheng Xiao was ignoring him, and his heart was full of anger, he stood up, sneered and said to Zheng Xiao: "Although I came out this time to choose a few mounts for our brothers, we didn't have to come in person." It was your words that aroused the big guy's thoughts, and it's time to make it clear. Since you said that you want to take us to meet people, then you should say that with our identity, who do we need to take the initiative to meet, and how many people in the world need us to take the initiative? ”

Shi Wenbin's words were extremely domineering, and the other nobles couldn't help but nod in agreement, although in the imperial capital, they were like pitiful insects one by one, but out of the imperial capital, Zhengyang world, there were really few people in their eyes.

They rely on nothing else, or their own fathers still hold real power.

With the addition of Zheng Xiao, these eight second-generation nobles actually represent eight powerful figures who are rare among today's nobles.

Just like Zheng Xiao's father, Jingchuan Hou Zheng Xinkou, is now the commander of the Eastern Army, and he is a member of the three products!

And the arrogant and domineering Shi Wenbin's father, although Xuande Hou Shi Laiyou is slightly inferior to Jingchuan Hou, but he is also the commander of the Northern Army, from the third grade.

As for the other fathers, they are also all powerful factions in the army, and the lowest grade is also from the command of the fourth grade, which is equivalent to the grade of Jinyi Wei Dai De'an and Kou Gang!

The eight of them are combined, even if they face a third-grade master, the latter has to give a smile.

Therefore, Shi Wenbin felt that Zheng Xiao had let a group of them come all the way to see someone, which was too embarrassing!

Liu Xin on the second floor of the post station was already ready to sleep, but the group of guys downstairs had a lot of voices, and the martial artists were deaf and clear, so they could hear clearly, when he heard Shi Wenbin's words, his eyes opened suddenly, and his pajamas temporarily dissipated, and he listened intently to the movements below.

The second generation of a group of powerful factions came out in a group, and he was also curious about who they were going to meet.

At this time, a round-faced fat man in the second generation of Xungui suddenly remembered something, he opened his mouth faintly, and asked uncertainly: "I really want to remember the righteous son of Qin Guogong, who is on duty in Hanzhong, Brother Xiao, is it not him who we want to meet?" ”

The righteous son of the Qin State!

The corners of Liu Xin's mouth couldn't help but smile a little, this person was the person he was going to see as a Jinyi guard.

Zheng Xiao's denying voice came from downstairs: "It's not him, the righteous son of Qin Guo, he is far from qualified!" ”

Wow!

There was an uproar downstairs, and it seemed that the other noble second generations did not agree with Zheng Xiao's words.

Liu Xin didn't know that if it was divided according to the factions in the army, the fathers of the group of people downstairs all belonged to the lineage of Qin Guogong Tuoba Yunhan. The righteous son of the Qin State is half of their young master!

Liu Xin listened intently, he didn't know the hidden information in it, but it didn't prevent him from listening carefully.

It's not a great thing to earn intelligence while lying down.

You must know that although this group of second-generation people are arrogant and domineering, all of them are gentlemen, but when they were in the imperial capital, they were all very honest and stricter than anyone else.

This is to come to a post station in the wilderness, thousands of miles away from the imperial capital, so I boldly chatted.

No one answered Zheng Xiao's words, although he knew that there would be no secret agents next to him to eavesdrop, and the guards who followed him were also the most loyal in each family, but the second generation still had to watch out for each other.

Although it is a person in a boat now, it will not always be a person in a boat.

The political thinking of the second generation of honorables is good.

Zheng Xiao is hard to hit the iron, and he knows that he will definitely be able to do something in the future, so he does not shy away from saying such things.

"It's not the military that we're going to meet this time!" Zheng Xiao threw a bombshell again.

"It's not the military, is it the local governor's officer?" Shi Wenbin couldn't help but ask, he felt that Zheng Xiao was joking.

Outside the imperial capital, except for some figures in the military, other local officialdom, even if it is the governor of a province, he still doesn't pay attention to it.

"Brother Xiao, don't tease us, hurry up!" The other second-generation urged, his heart pounding back and forth, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

Zheng Xiao smiled slightly, glanced at the meat he had roasted by himself, and said with satisfaction: "I don't know if you have heard of the bandits in Shaanxi?" ”

"What does this have to do with the man you're talking about?" Shi Wenbin was dissatisfied.

Zheng Xiao got up and handed his grilled meat to his guard, the guard was stunned at first, and then quickly took it gratefully, Zheng Xiao gave the other party a gentle smile, and the guard suddenly smiled.

Zheng Xiao paced, came behind the frowning Shi Wenbin, and patted the latter's shoulders with both hands, the latter just wanted to break free dissatisfied, but the next moment he froze in place, because Zheng Xiao said:

"What we want to meet this time is one of the leaders of this group of mountain bandits!"

On the second floor, Liu Xin suddenly got up, staring at the floor with his eyes, as if he wanted to penetrate the wooden floor slab and see Zheng Xiao's face downstairs.