Lu An went on the road alone, went home, didn't go back for three years, and didn't know if his home was still there?

I was an orphan when I was a child, raised by my grandmother, and then after my grandmother died, I was left alone, when I was 7 or 8 years old, I was alone, with the help of my neighbors, I grew up eating a hundred family meals, and then I was arrested and taken as a head.

Three years have passed, I wonder if anyone still remembers themselves?

With such worries, Lu An went on the road uneasily.

After walking for a long time, Lu An felt that he had made a big mistake, why didn't he find a bearded man and ask for a horse?

Before Lu An set off, he looked at a brief map and took a look, Saibei City was in the north of Ningguo, southeast of his hometown Cha County, it was really a bit far, and the map given by the bearded man was a little too sketchy, and he couldn't figure out the distance.

However, after thinking about it carefully, this kind of large-scale, accurate map belongs to strictly confidential military information, and it is to kill the head if it is carried and used without authorization, so it does not matter.

In this way, Lu An walked along the official road alone, hungry, gnawed a steamed bun by himself, poured a pot of water from the roadside stream when he was thirsty, and when he was tired, he rested on the roadside for a while, read the books given by Jiang Tian for a while, and at night he made a bonfire by the roadside by himself and slept by the tree. Fortunately, his personality is the kind of quiet one, and he didn't feel bored at all along the way, and even felt that this kind of day was pretty good, of course, it would be better if there was a horse.

"It's also a bit strange, no one has seen it in the recent period?" Lu An suddenly had such a question.

At the beginning, when I just came out of Saibei City, there were still a lot of people on the road, and as I walked slowly, there were fewer and fewer people, but now the road I am walking is an official road, not a forest path, how can there be no one?

However, in order to hurry home, Lu An deliberately avoided the towns he passed along the way, and tried to go in a straight line as much as possible, so that he had been sleeping in the wild for five or six days.

Now that the last steamed bun has finally been eaten, I must go to the city to replenish some food, and find someone to ask where I have been, and whether I have taken the wrong path.

There is also the need to see what the reason is that there is no one along the way.

When Lu An set off, he began to dress up according to the old fritters in the barracks.

Although there is a piece of jade pendant that can store things, but when you go out, how can anyone be empty-handed, for the sake of insurance, I still carried a bag, took out two pieces of broken silver and put it on my body, although now I can be regarded as a little rich, Hu Yong gave a lot of money in the package, adding up to a few thousand taels or there, it is considered a reward for myself in recent years, and there are some other things.

However, the package given by Jiang Tian contained a bit of a lot of things, all kinds of messy books, and some things that Lu An had never seen.

After decorating himself a little, Lu An now looks like the most ordinary ranger, wearing coarse linen clothes, looking a little shabby, but very neat and clean, with a sword on his back, and the last package is not too big or small.

And this package is also very exquisite, dressed gorgeously, but you carry a flat package, then it means that you may be a rich man, do not use silver, use silver tickets, or you have some valuables on you. But if your package is big, then sorry, you probably put a lot of silver in the eyes of the outside and are a rich man. If you don't even bring a package, then you may be the child of a rich family who comes out to play, and you are also a rich man.

If you are dressed ordinary, carrying a sword and holding a knife, and carrying a package that is not big or small, and you are not in a hurry, in the eyes of others, you are a similar person who is familiar with the routines of the rivers and lakes, and you are also telling others that I came according to the rules, I am knowledgeable, and the well water does not violate the river water. This is a very elaborate doorway, it is difficult to master it without mixing in the road for a few years, and everything in the world can be practiced to achieve true knowledge.

Many people who come out for the first time to go out of the rivers and lakes have suffered losses in this regard, the light ones are robbed of their money and go home with their bare buttocks, and the heavy ones are carried back by people who lack arms and legs.

When encountering people who go to the rivers and lakes for the first time, the so-called green forest heroes generally only take money and do not hurt people's lives, which can be regarded as a rule of the rivers and lakes.

Because if you do it again and again, first, you will make your reputation stink, second, maybe your family will come to take revenge, and third, if you go too far, the people of the government will come to suppress the bandits, so that everyone will have no good fruit to eat.

If a hero in the green forest doesn't even have his own forest, how can he still be called a hero?

So for people who set foot in the rivers and lakes for the first time, the rivers and lakes still give enough kindness, and I hope you can come back a few times in the future, which is one of the reasons why people have always been full of yearning for the rivers and lakes.

Lu An continued to walk forward along the road for a long time, and finally there was a trace of people, it was a small town, and he also saw a post station, the door was open, Lu An wiped the sweat on his head and walked over.

The post station belongs to every place, there is only one purpose, that is to send letters, the so-called hundreds of miles of urgency, if you only rely on a horse, it is estimated that you will run to death halfway, you will generally go to the post station to eat, drink and change horses, and even farther, you have to change people, like from Saibei City to Ning King City, it will take a day to transmit military information, which is achieved through this kind of post station.

So Lu An was very familiar with the post station when he saw it, and he felt the same as his own people.

I saw the door open, so I walked in and saw someone.

Lu An saw the man lying on the table snoring, looked around, and didn't notice anyone else.

Lu An frowned, there was still such a post soldier, and he shouted directly: "Where is the post chief? Six hundred miles north of the Saibei is urgent." ”

The man woke up directly, sat on the ground, and got up nervously: "The villain is here, I don't know what to order?"

"Dare to sleep in broad daylight, don't you want to die?" Lu An scolded again.

The man's eyes hadn't opened yet, but the cold sweat was scared out by Lu An, his mouth opened and closed without saying a word, and then he knelt down again, and he was directly frightened and cried.

When Lu An saw such a big man crying, he really looked disgusted, and kicked him in the past, no longer joking with him.

The man saw that there was nothing to say, so he dared to look up at Lu An slightly.

At a glance, I felt that I had been deceived, a person dressed like this was not a herald at all.

Standing up, he shouted directly: "Okay, you stinky boy, you dare to play Uncle Ben? This is also a place where you can come in? Do you want to find death? Provoke me? You even dare to pretend to be a Daning soldier? Who gave you the guts?"

Lu An was dumbfounded, this series of swearful words was really coherent.

After the man finished speaking, he also picked up the guy and planned to do it with Lu An.

When Lu An saw this scene, his heart was cold, his face was expressionless, and he watched him take the knife and slash directly at him.

Frivolous steps, weak arms, unsteady center of gravity, garbage.

Lu An turned sideways, then rushed forward, and hit with a knee, and the man lay on the ground and held his stomach and vomited bitter juice directly, unable to speak.

Lu An stepped aside and moved a chair, sat in front of him, and just looked at him.

After a long while, the man finally stopped holding his stomach, slowly got up, and tried to straighten his waist, but he still couldn't get up.

Lu An looked at it for a while, a little impatient, kicked the stool for him, and the man sat down honestly.

Then Lu An stared at this young man in his twenties, thin, with a yellow complexion, messy hair, and a little dirty clothes.

This person's name is Zhao Le, he has been a gangster since he was a child, he grew up in this town, although he is a gangster, but he doesn't know how to punch or kick at all, but he is a person who is more able to speak, and he can make sense of good or bad.

For this job, he likes it quite a bit, and finally he doesn't have to look at people's eyes. When he went out, he didn't mention how majestic he was, after all, no matter how young he was, he was also an official, and the bosses in the town who looked down on him before all nodded when they saw him, for fear of offending the knife in his hand.

As a result, today, someone really dared to offend this knife, and he still hasn't recovered from that kick, and he hasn't figured out why he kicked me?

Lu An was also thinking about this question, he shot too hard just now, and he wouldn't kick stupidly? But why did I kick him just now? Isn't it a bit too much?

The two looked at each other unconsciously, Zhao Le immediately lowered his head in fear, not daring to look at each other, what the hell is this person going to do?

Lu An was also thinking, should I ask something? As soon as we meet, I kick others like this, what should I say to relieve the embarrassment?

After hesitating for a moment, Lu An still asked, "Recently, are you busy?"

Zhao Le raised his head, glanced at Lu An with innocent eyes, and replied, "No, not too busy." ”

When Lu An heard this answer, he said again: "Me too, I'm not too busy." ”

Then the two were silent again.

Zhao Le really wants to cry now, this person, I don't know who it is, he scared him as soon as he came in, and then almost kicked him to cripple him with another kick, did he offend someone recently? Could it be that he didn't give money for eating the noodles of the old man Yang in the noodle restaurant yesterday, and he looked at his daughter more? Today he asked people to retaliate against me? This is too ruthless, I didn't do anything.

Lu An saw that the man's expression was getting more and more pitiful, as if he was about to cry.

Just as he was wondering, Zhao Le suddenly knelt down, grabbed Lu An's hand and said, "Daxia, spare your life, I will pay back the money immediately, and I will never look at his daughter again, please spare your life." ”

Lu An was so frightened that he jumped onto the chair when he was caught by this, and his eyes were frightened.

Then he quickly pulled his hand out of Zhao Le's hand and said cautiously: "Okay, if I don't kill you, you sit down first." ”

Zhao Le wiped his tears and sat down again.

Lu An got down from the chair, sat down as well, and asked, "What's your name?"

"Zhao Le. ”

"What's wrong?"

"I don't give money for dinner, and I peek at other people's daughters. ”

"How do you deal with the law?"

"Punish and confiscate this month's Yulu and whip Xing ten times. ”

"Is there anything else wrong?"

"No, right?"

"Isn't it a sin to sleep in the inn in broad daylight? Lu An said.

When Zhao Le heard this, he knelt down again and cried, "My lord, spare my life." ”

Lu An looked at Zhao Le like this, and felt disgusted, could it be that all the soldiers in Daning are like this? So we are fighting like this on the front line, and behind us are these straw bales?

Lu An felt a little pain in his heart.

"Stand up, are you a soldier of Daning? What do you look like when you kneel? Do you have any backbone? Do you know that the front line is fighting now? And what about you? Kneel in front of me like a coward?" Lu An couldn't help but shout.

Zhao Le was stunned by this series of questions, and he couldn't say a word for half a salary.

"Stand up and grab your knife. Lu An said coldly.

Zhao Le stood up tremblingly, glanced at the standard war knife lying on the ground, and slowly moved to the edge of the knife, bent down to pick it up, and held it in his hand.

Lu An's eyes were cold, he looked at Zhao Le's trembling hands, and said, "Daning military regulations, people don't die, and knives don't leave their hands." ”

Zhao Le nodded in fear, not daring to move more.

Lu An glanced at Zhao Le irritably, beckoned, and motioned for him to sit down.

Zhao Le put away the knife and sat down opposite Lu An again.

Lu An asked directly, "Where is this?"

Zhao Le was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied: "This is Qingshui Town." ”

"Qingshui Town?" Lu An was a little confused, he had never heard of such a place, and he felt as if he was lost. Then he asked, "And which is the closest city to here?"

Zhao Le thought about it for a moment and said, "It's in Autumn Lake City, 50 miles east of here. ”

When Lu An heard this, he immediately searched for the map in his mind, roughly found his location, Autumn Lake City, Dongfang, and then came to a conclusion, that is, he took the wrong road, he should have turned a corner a long time ago, and he could accept it if he walked an extra day.

After Lu An figured it out, he immediately thought of another question and asked, "Why are there so few people on this road recently?" I haven't seen a few people for two days. ”

Zhao Le hesitated for a moment and said, "I haven't seen anyone here for 5 or 6 days, and you are the first foreigner I've seen in the past few days." ”

"5 or 6 days, how is it possible?" Lu An asked incredulously.

"Really, if it's a little popular, then I won't sleep in the post station in the middle of the day, and no one will come. Zhao Le was instantly anxious.

"Who are the people who passed by before?" Lu An thought it was strange.

"Basically, people who go to business, go to Autumn Lake City, and then go to the north, such as Saibei City. Zhao Le blurted out directly.

"Are you sure?" questioned Lu An.

"I'm sure, I've been in this post for more than half a year, and I've only seen people go to the north, but very few people come from the direction you came from today, and if you go to the north from this direction, and then go back, you will take another road, and if you pass on military information, you will not usually stop at me. Zhao Le said with certainty.

"Why?" said Lu An, puzzled.

"Maybe it's because this road is relatively close, but it's more dangerous, so the merchants choose this shortcut in order to get to the north quickly. But if you come back, you generally take another safer road, and you can also go to a few towns in the south to do business, so there are not many people on this road, but it's a little inexplicable these days. Zhao Le replied.

Lu An wondered, there was no one who was good, and he was worried all the way, for fear that someone would ambush and rob him.

But there must be something big going on here, otherwise it would be impossible to not even have a person.

"Have you heard anything lately?" asked Lu An.

"No, I haven't seen anyone except you lately, let alone any news, this town is so big, and there are some trivial things that happen every day in the town, but that's not what adults want to know. Zhao Le replied quickly.

Lu An was a little surprised, and said: "I can't see it, you can't hold the knife steadily, but your mouth is very slippery, and these words are all in a string, and there is no panting." ”

Zhao Le bent down and smiled a little.

Lu An thought for a while, took out a few pieces of silver, threw them to Zhao Le, and said: "I'll live here today, I'll leave tomorrow, you go and prepare some food, I have something to ask you at night, by the way, remember to buy more steamed buns." ”

Zhao Le was stunned for a moment, holding these few pieces of silver, so that he would also have money to take?

"Also, buy another jug of wine. Lu An shouted.

Zhao Le went out and thought, what a strange person, he beat someone, and even gave me back the money, I didn't lie to him, even if I wanted to, I didn't have the courage, the sword on his back looked sharp, it should be much sharper than the knife on his body.

Zhao Le shook his head, it's good to make money, take care of him, and jump happily.