Guangling is more than 360 miles away from Lai'an, and even if there is an official road, it cannot be reached within a day or two.

Lu Shen was injured and was not suitable for riding a horse, so he could only pick an extremely strong and spacious carriage from the Lu family firm, and Li Chengen escorted him along the road with more than ten masters, and slowly and leisurely went north.

The reason why he chose a spacious carriage, Lu Shen gave a very perfect reason - if the carriage was too small, it would not fit him and Lin Xi.

When he announced this decision, Lin Xi blinked and asked, "I'm going too?" ”

Lu Shen's answer was reasonable: "Senior sister still has a lot of serious things to do, she must hurry up and teach me the outer door exercises, this time and again may take half a month, how can you waste time so much?" ”

So Lin Xi was abducted and taken north, and when she came to the second gate of the Lu Mansion as promised, she found that there was not only one carriage, but also three carriages loaded with all kinds of things in the back.

Lin Xi asked curiously, "What are these?" ”

Lu Shen raised his hand to Li Chengen and the other nurses, and said seriously: "It is inevitable that there will be no shop in front of the village and no store in the back on the road, so I asked the housekeeper to prepare food and drink, as well as a felt tent specially to cope with the rain." If we can't go into the city after dark, we all have a place to sleep. By the way, senior sister, you have a special felt tent, do you want to bring another maid? ”

Lin Xi looked up at Chaoyang, stared at Lu Shen's face for a moment, frowned, and said, "Who are you?" ”

Lee Seung-eun couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The other nurses turned their heads away.

Lu Shen coughed lightly twice, and said very aggrievedly: "Senior sister, I haven't slept well in the past two nights, just for the sake of our comfort on the road." ”

"If you put all your mind into martial arts, I will be happier."

Lin Xi walked past him with his head held his head held high, and suddenly said, "But Ling's proposal also has merit, so in my opinion, let's take her." ”

She raised her hand and pointed to Song Pei, the big girl who came out to see her off.

Lu Shen didn't expect such a turnaround, but how could he break his promise when the words had already been spoken, so he could only agree with a smile.

Song Pei froze in place, sneering, not knowing how to reply.

Lin Xi smiled at her gently, and said in a slow tone: "I'm sorry for you to work hard, let the young master of your family send you double the monthly money, and I'll give you another sum of silver when I come back." ”

Song Peiqiao's face was slightly red, and she hurriedly said: "It is the honor of the maid to give Miss Lin a face, but she never dares to accept the girl's reward." ”

Lin Xi's gaze softened: "This is not a disguise. Go ahead, just pack a few changes of clothes, anyway, your young master is very well prepared. ”

Song Pei looked at Lu Shen cautiously.

"Do what Senior Sister says."

Lu Shen smiled and agreed.

After a while, Song Pei, who was so anxious that fine beads of sweat appeared on her face, came out with a burden, and then Lin Xi directly took her hand and boarded the sturdy and spacious carriage.

Lu Shen hesitated for a moment, but finally followed with a smile.

Li Chengen and the others were all high-headed horses, escorting the carriage out of the Lu Mansion, and then walked out of the north gate of Guangling and walked on the official road, all the way to the north.

The carriage was very stable, but the atmosphere in the carriage was a little strange.

The source lies in Song Pei.

Of course, she didn't dare to speculate about the relationship between Lu Shen and Lin Xi, but she also knew that this Lin girl had helped Lu Shen a lot during this time, and the two were veritable senior sisters and brothers, maybe there were a lot of serious things to talk about, and staying here by herself was undoubtedly a little hindering.

"Song Pei, ah......"

Lu Shen suddenly spoke.

Song Pei, who had been sitting upright and didn't even dare to raise her head, hurriedly responded: "Young master, the maid is here." ”

Lu Shen said with a smile: "What are you doing so nervously? ”

Song Pei raised his head, and saw Lu Shen, who was sitting opposite, with a warm smile, and turned his head cautiously, only to see that Lin Xi was closing his eyes and recuperating.

She suddenly felt that she was thinking too much, so she shook her head and said, "Young master, it's not ...... It's nothing. ”

For her careful thoughts, Lu Shen did not break it, skipped this section and said to Lin Xi: "Senior sister." ”

"Huh?" Lin Xi responded.

Lu Shen asked with a smile: "After you killed Mo Shanke, did the Marshal Qing Yugong of the Jing Dynasty get angry?" ”

Lin Xi's eyes moved slightly, and she suddenly remembered this incident.

On the city wall of Guangling that day, she witnessed the Jing army slaughtering civilians with impunity, and she told Lu Shen about it in a moment of excitement.

However, who killed Mershanko?

As a major event that has caused a sensation in the north and south in recent years, there are countless people who know about this matter, because Mo Shanke is Qing Yugong's very trusted confidant, and killing him is tantamount to slapping the marshal of the capital.

Everyone knows that the person who ambushed and killed Moshanke was a reckless and heroic Bodhisattva in the North.

Thinking of Lu Shen asking about the true body of the Bodhisattva when he first saw him, he kept his mouth shut and didn't answer, and at this moment, Lin Xi couldn't help but blush slightly.

Because she's not someone who is used to lying.

Song Pei looked left and right, and she suddenly didn't understand why the atmosphere was a little charming.

As the chief maid of Lu Mansion Xiyuan, sixteen-year-old Song Pei has already determined his destiny, that is, to serve Lu Shen wholeheartedly, so as to repay the kindness of the Lu family.

As Lu Shen grows older and is approaching the crown, a very important matter will gradually be put on the agenda.

For the future young grandmother, Song Pei also quietly thought about it in the dead of night.

She knew very well that she didn't have any right to beak, but she also hoped that the young grandmother would have a generous and gentle temperament, which was naturally human nature.

Now it seems that this Lin girl is really good.

Although Fang Cai is only a few small details that are very inconspicuous, Song Pei believes that his feelings will not be wrong.

Of course, Lin Xi didn't know that the maid's mind sitting next to her had drifted out of the clouds, she looked at the smile on Lu Shen's face, and said apologetically: "Senior brother, don't blame, I don't mean to hide it from you." ”

Lu Shen hurriedly shook his head and said, "Senior sister, where are you talking about this?" At that time, we had just met, and it was not appropriate to talk about it in a shallow way. In fact, I'm really curious, it is said that Namo Shanke's identity is extraordinary, even if it is just to show other henchmen, Qing Yugong will not give up, he did not send someone to investigate this matter? ”

Lin Xi's originally somewhat nervous mood calmed down, thought for a while and said, "I don't know what Qing Yugong himself thinks, but he did take action. His eldest daughter's name is Qing Yu Huaijin, and everyone in Jing calls her the county lord, who is very favored by Qing Yugong, and has handed over a large number of masters from the side to her. After the death of Moshanke, Qingyu Huaijin sent a large number of masters to chase and intercept in the territory of the Jing Dynasty, which did cause us some trouble. ”

Lu Shen asked, "And then?" ”

Lin Xi's expression was still calm, and he said indifferently: "We evacuated safely, and killed more than ten of them on the way." ”

Lu Shen couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and praised sincerely: "Senior sister is really amazing!" ”

Lin Xi smiled slightly.

At Lu Shen's request, she began to tell the story of the Northland Green Forest.

In her quiet and gentle tone, Lu Shen gradually listened to it fascinated.

Song Pei suddenly had a feeling that it would be great if time could stay at this moment.

In the following days, everyone hurried unhurriedly while admiring the scenery of Huaizhou, and it was the seventh day of the sixth month when they entered the territory of Lai'an Mansion.

The next day, the carriage arrived at Lai'an City, and after being inspected by the defenders at the city gate, Li Chengen was just about to send people to the city to find an inn to settle down, when he saw several familiar figures standing by the roadside.

After a while, he came to the carriage and said in a slightly strange tone: "Young master, the master is in the city, and he has arranged a place for us to live in advance. ”

Lu Shen's calm voice came from inside the carriage: "Got it, follow him." ”

The house prepared by Lu Tong is still an elegant garden, the carriage goes straight into the Yimen, and there are well-behaved and sensible maids waiting for Lin Xi.

Lu Shen was led to the study by a housekeeper in the house, and when he stepped inside, he saw a middle-aged man with a sincere smile on his face.

Lu Shen meticulously saluted and greeted him, and then served tea to Lu Tong very respectfully.

Lu Tong seemed embarrassed to accept it, and looked a little cramped.

After Lu Shen sat down, he said when he saw this: "Is my father unwell?" ”

Lu Tong smiled: "It's good to be a father. Shen'er, I heard that you have repeatedly performed miraculous feats in Guangling, not only did you wipe out the pseudo-Yan, but also assisted General Duan to defend the city, and finally took the initiative to lead the troops out of the city to fight? I was quite worried about my father during this time, afraid that you would encounter danger at home, and I was proud of you, our old Lu family has never been as talented as Shen'er. ”

For Lu Shen, he already had too many questions in his heart.

But he didn't ramble and ramble, but looked directly into Lu Tong's eyes, sighed lightly, and said, "Actually, if you are serious, my father's talent in military affairs is much better than mine, right?" ”

The smile on Lu Tong's face froze, and then disappeared little by little, until it became a long silence.

"Why?" He asked.

Lu Shen's tone was obviously respectful, and there was no anger at finding that he was hiding many things: "It's still the past incident related to the Seven Star Gang." My father said at the time that the Seven Star Gang was targeted by the imperial court officials and soldiers, and it was you who found a way to transport food into the mountains so that those people could survive. If my father didn't have a relationship with the military, how could he avoid the eyes of the officials and the army and send a large amount of grain to it without realizing it? ”

"Li Chengen's martial arts talent is very good, and even Senior Sister Lin recognizes it, but he is willing to be an ordinary nurse at a young age. Not only that, but he also knows the way of training soldiers and the art of military formation, and such a talent can completely win a better future from the army, but he did not do so. ”

"Our family's important nursing home not only knows martial arts, but almost everyone knows the way on the battlefield. Without these dozens of people as skeletons, I would not have been able to mix with a group of reckless, let alone turn them into charging cavalry. How can an ordinary businessman do this? What's more, the warp weaving department is unaware of this, which can only show that behind his father stands a big man in the military. ”

"As for myself, I haven't read much of the subset of scriptures and histories, but I have read a lot of military books, and even if someone else says a paragraph casually, I can know which military book it is from."

Lu Shen said unhurriedly, and finally said: "If all this is the case, the suspicions all point to one thing, although my father is a well-known businessman in Huaizhou, his true identity is inseparable from the military. To be more precise, my father must have had a military experience, but for some reason he gave up his military identity. ”

Lu Tong listened quietly.

Looking at the earnest look on Lu Shen's face, the middle-aged man laughed again.

It's just that this time his smile is no longer honest, but a little more calm and relaxed, and he is also very relieved.

He said slowly: "Now that you have grown up, you should indeed know something. If you don't think you're long-winded, then today we will talk about what happened back then. ”

(End of chapter)