At noon, Zhu Shencheng and his entourage walked out of Sheep's Head Mountain, and continued to walk east after leaving the mountain.

That night, the group arrived at the vicinity of Dayuling to camp, rested in Dayuling for another night, and continued to rush the next day, and waited until the evening, they finally arrived at the destination of Zhao Village.

When they arrived in Zhao Village, Zhu Shencone's tight string along the way finally relaxed, and the next thing was much simpler, there were Zhu Shencone's collaborators in Zhao Village, and everyone trusted each other in many transactions, and handed over the goods step by step to settle the accounts, and when the money arrived, this trip to salt was completely completed.

According to the plan, he was originally going to prepare for the return trip after resting in Zhao Village for two days, but because of the incident in Sheep's Head Mountain, Zhu Shencone made a temporary adjustment.

He asked Wang Jinwu to stay and assist Wang Chuer, Wang Gui and others to stay in Zhao Village for a few more days, firstly, to purchase some things, which were naturally the grain promised to Li Hu, including farm tools and seeds.

Second, Zhu Shencone wants to go to Pingshun in the north by the way, Pingshun is not far from Zhao Village, Zhu Shencone will only go back and forth for three or four days at most, if there is no accident, when he comes back, the things that Wang Chuer and others have done are almost done.

went to Pingshun, Zhu Shencone didn't take anyone with him, just went alone.

Leaving Zhao Village, he soon got on the official road and then went all the way north.

The official road is much easier to walk than the path that comes from the salt, and I walked more than 20 miles in half a day, and I looked at the sun and found a place on the side of the road to rest and drink water.

As soon as he sat down, Zhu Shencone was taking out a water bladder and drinking water, and before he could take two sips, he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves in his ears.

Slightly stunned, Zhu Shencone put down the water bladder and turned his head to look in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came.

I saw a cloud of dust and smoke rising not far behind, and in a blink of an eye, I saw four horses running over.

The leader is a young general, this young general is wearing a soft chain mail, and the three riders behind him are all placket cotton armor, these people are riding war horses, and there are sabers and three-eyed firearms hanging next to the saddle.

Zhu Shencone felt a little strange, after all, the position he was in now was not close to the nine sides, so it stands to reason that the border army would come here? Moreover, the young man in the lead looked clearly eighteen or nineteen years old, about the same age as Zhu Shencong, but he was wearing the clothes of a middle-level officer, and he was at least a deputy general manager in terms of rank.

Slightly distracted, the four horses galloped past Zhu Shencone like a gust of wind, and the young general at the front saw Zhu Shencone resting on the side of the road just glanced at it, but did not stop, and continued to whip his horse quickly.

In an instant, the four horses ran away, leaving only the dust raised on the official road to fall slowly.

Zhu Shencone didn't care, he continued to sit and rest, and after drinking water, he rested for about half a column of incense before getting up and continuing to walk forward.

In the evening, Zhu Shencone finally came to a place south of Binh Thuan along the official road, which was not far from Binh Thuan, and continued to move forward for about a few miles, which was Binh Thuan City.

Zhu Shencone did not enter the city, he did not come to Pingshun City to enter Pingshun City, his purpose was to be located in a small town in the south of the city, there is a post station here, and the post man of this post station, Zhou Anmin, is Zhu Shencon's brother-in-law.

Zhu Shencone's eldest sister Zhu Xiuer got married several years ago and married from Pingyang to Pingshun.

Brother-in-law Zhou Anmin's ancestors are also considered to be official eunuchs, but the family business has long been broken after a hundred years, Zhou Anmin's post man sounds good, but in fact there is no grade, the so-called post is just the director of a local government guest house.

Although Zhu Xiuer is a clan daughter, it stands to reason that there are rules for clan daughters to marry, but their family is a low-level clan.

It has been more than 200 years since the founding of the country, and there are many people in the entire Ming clan, and a low-level sect girl like Zhu Xiuer has long been unparticular about marrying people, and Yi Cheng is holding an iron rice bowl no matter how he says, and he can get some oil and water in the entertainment expenses of the post station on weekdays, and he can get some benefits when he meets generous guests, and marrying Zhou Anmin is much better than marrying ordinary people.

Zhou Anmin is worthy of Zhu Xiuer in terms of age and appearance, and the two are also very affectionate after they get married, Zhu Xiuer gave Zhou Anmin two sons, the eldest Zhou Chong is five years old this year, the second Zhou Bin is three years old this year, and the two nephews are smart and lively, and the family can be regarded as harmonious and beautiful.

After the death of his father and brother, Zhu Shencone took up the burden of the family alone, and Zhu Shencone had not yet pulled Wangjia Village to smuggle salt, at that time, not only Zhu Shencone had to live, but also his sister-in-law Zhang and his newborn niece Qiao'er had to be supported.

At that time, thanks to my sister and brother-in-law, the two of them came from Pingshun to help take care of the funeral, and when they left, they also left some silver taels for Zhu Shencong, and told them to contact themselves if there is anything, although Zhou Anmin's family is not rich, but as a post is still much better than ordinary people, everyone is relatives, and they will definitely not stand idly by if they can help.

Speaking of which, Zhu Shencone took the people of Wangjia Village to smuggle salt together, and the initial capital came from Wang Anmin, if it weren't for the silver left behind when Wang Anmin left, Zhu Shencone would not be able to do the trade of illicit salt even if he wanted to.

In the past two years, Zhu Shencone has gradually lived a much better life by relying on the trade of illegal salt, and even Wangjiacun has benefited a lot.

Drinking water and thinking of the source, Zhu Shencone, who helped his sister and brother-in-law, has always kept it in his heart, so every time he goes to Zhao Village, as long as he has time, he will take the time to come to Pingshun to see his sister, brother-in-law and two nephews, and they have a deep relationship with each other.

Familiar with the road to the post station, Zhu Shencone just entered the door and met the old Tang who came out of the house, the old Tang is over fifty years old, and he is already a grandfather, and he has been a post guard here for a lifetime.

"Hey, Sixth Master, you're here, I haven't seen you for a few days." Seeing Zhu Shencong, Old Tang greeted with a grin, his face was wrinkled, he was wearing a patched robe, and his teeth had fallen out a lot as he got older, and this smile seemed empty.

"Uncle Tang, how are you old?"

"Good! I'm tired of the sixth master, my old man is in good health! Sixth master, you came to see the lord and the lady, right? Please come in quickly, please come in, there is a distinguished guest just now, the lord is entertaining in the south courtyard, the lady and the young master are in the backyard, you go over by yourself, the old man, I have to be busy first. As he spoke, Old Tang pointed to the things in his hand, he was holding a large bundle of hay, and it seemed that he was about to go to the side courtyard.

"Did the adult pass by today?" Zhu Shencone subconsciously asked.

Old Tang shook his head and smiled: "It's not the lord of the court, it's the fifth son of the black general of the Zhangjiakou garrison." ”

"Zhangjiakou garrison black general's son?" Zhu Shencone frowned and wondered.

Old Tang nodded, and he told Zhu Shencone that this black general was actually Hei Yunlong, the former commander of the Xuanfu avant-garde, and he had just been promoted to the garrison of Zhangjiakou by order of the imperial court.

When it came to Heiyunlong, Zhu Shencone suddenly realized, Heiyunlong is also from Shanxi, his hometown is in Datong, and Zhu Shencone is a fellow countryman.

However, Hei Yunlong has always served in the Xuanfu and served as the avant-garde commander, Zhu Shencheng has also heard of the Datong Hei family, but he has never seen it, but he didn't expect Hei Yunlong's family to appear here.

With a slight movement in his heart, Zhu Shencone followed Lao Tang to the side yard to take a look, and as expected, there were a few horses grazing in the stable over there, Zhu Shencone recognized it at a glance, it was the one he had met on the halfway, and one of the horses was not the young general's mount? After making trouble for a long time, this young general is actually the fifth son of the Black Cloud Dragon.

Knowing the identity of the other party, Zhu Shencone didn't want to see the other party.

After all, his identity is too sensitive, leaving Pingyang City to walk outside, Zhu Shencone uses Wang Shen's pseudonym, and the household registration and documents used are not his own.

And he has no friendship with the Hei family, Hei Yunlong is a border general, and it is not a good thing for a low-level clan to contact the border general in case it is known. Besides, he came to visit his sister and brother-in-law this time, and he didn't want to get into any trouble.

Leaving the side yard, Zhu Shencone went straight to the backyard where his sister and brother-in-law lived.

The backyard of the post station is the residence of the post man, which is somewhat similar to the official yamen, but unlike the county yafu, the conditions of the post station are naturally much worse, even if it is a backyard, it is just an ordinary small courtyard.