Chapter 30: Re-entering the city
When the third division heard Li Yan's statement, he was relieved, "Maybe after recuperation, I really don't need to go deep into that dangerous place anymore, I hope this son can cultivate to the peak of the first layer of condensation as soon as possible, and then after I break through to the fourth layer, I still have to go and find out what is marked on the map." β
Since this is the case, Ji Junshi stood up, ready to go back to recuperate in peace, he just stood up, and saw Li Yan looking a little speechless, so he smiled and said, "Is there anything else?"
Li Yan plucked up his courage and said, "Teacher, the disciple wants to go to the city. β
Ji Junshi's face was still a little smiling, and he couldn't help but pause, and then raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Yan hurriedly replied, "Don't blame the teacher, the disciple just wants to go into the city and hand over some silver taels to the people in the same village in the city, so that they can bring them to their parents at home, and ...... In addition, the disciple also wants to go out for a walk, and has been cultivating in the valley, but recently he feels that his mood is unstable and his progress is a little sluggish, so he wants to go out for a walk, which may help his mood somewhat. β
Ji Junshi was silent when he heard this, according to what he thought in his heart, it was best for Li Yan to spend twelve hours a day on cultivation, even then he would be slow to cultivate, but what Li Yan said at the moment was also conclusive, if he really refused, then this kid would inevitably be angry, and his cultivation was estimated to be half the effort.
At the moment, he smiled at Li Yan, who was worried, "Well, that's the case, then you can go, but let Chen An and Li Yin go with you, the two of them are familiar with the things in the city, and you have been cultivating here, and you are not familiar with many people and things in the city, and it is easy to get things done with him." β
Li Yan's face was worried, he really didn't know what the result would be if he made such a request, if this teacher was suspicious at this time, then it could be said that there was little hope of escaping again. When he heard that he could go out, he was overjoyed, but the words behind the third division made him stagnate.
He could hear the end, and he didn't know in his heart, this was for his sake, it was clear that the two of them were arranged to supervise him at all times, if he wanted to escape, it would be extremely difficult, it was estimated that Chen An and Li Yin would definitely be told not to leave him half a step at any time. He originally wanted to go out, go around the city, and then find an opportunity to hide and escape, but at this time, this idea is so naΓ―ve.
"Thank you, teacher!" Li Yan bowed with a happy face.
"Well, then you clean up, I'll go and explain to Chen An and Li Yin, if you have anything, just let the two of you handle it directly. With that, he turned and walked out the door.
Li Yan stood in place and was silent for a while, and then turned around and went to the box to take out the silver taels, he said in his heart, "I can only take one step at a time, and I must go if I have the opportunity, but these silver taels must be taken with me no matter what, if I can get rid of them, they will be used for future use, if I can't get out, they will all be handed over to Li Shan or Li Yu, and they will be brought to my father and mother by someone from the village." β
When Li Yan came to the valley, Chen An and Li Yin were already standing here with their hands down, and the stone door of the house of the third division inside the valley mouth had been closed, and the black wooden sign had been hung on the handle outside the door, but he knew that if he escaped from the valley at this time, the third division in the house would definitely appear in front of him for the first time.
"Childe, shall we enter the city now?"
Li Yan's contemplation was interrupted, and he looked up at Chen Anzheng looking at him with a charming smile, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the two people in front of him, one was sleek and the other was meticulous, and how easy it was to get out of his sight.
"Let's go!" he said, raising his legs and walking towards the square outside the front valley.
"Childe, are we going to ride a horse, or are we just going to walk over" Chen An chased after him from behind and asked.
Li Yan stopped and turned around, "Oh, can you still ride a horse?
"Of course, adults are just their own preferences, and the distance of about two miles is not too far. Chen An replied.
"Okay, then let's ride a horse," Li Yan said after a little hesitation.
"Yes, Childe," the two bowed and replied.
When Li Yan stood on the square outside the valley, looking back at the three big characters of "Military Division's Mansion" outside the valley, he felt a sigh in his heart as if he had returned to the world, although this square is still this square, the two rows of stone houses are still the same, and now they are still those soldiers standing guard or resting, as well as those women who can enter the valley every day, but it seems to be two worlds and two airs. At the same time, he also felt that the aura here was almost zero, and the feeling of being able to breathe fresh was gone, but he still liked the air here, because there was a free breath here.
The soldiers in front of the stone house looked at Li Yan standing in the center of the field, although Li Yan had met them for the third time, they still felt a kind of mystery.
Chen An and Li Yin had already pulled out three horses from the woods behind the stone house at this time, all of them were fat and healthy, and they looked like good horses in the army.
On the winding downhill path, the lush trees on both sides, in late autumn, are full of dark green and gold, and the sunlight spills down from the huge and towering canopy, shining on the slow three horses, and the sound ......of horses' hooves echoes through the mountain forest.
Although the years in the valley are only February, there have been many changes in my mind, and I have long regarded the world outside the valley as a wide blue sky, as for whether to leap by bird from now on, but I am confused.
After a while, I have crossed the forest path, and I turned right to get onto the official road.
The three of them rode towards the north gate of Qingshan Pass, during which Li Yan also deliberately pulled away Chen An and Li Yin several times quickly or slowly, but with the three-legged cat riding skills he learned in the village, he didn't want to pull away from the two of them anyway, and these two people knew at a glance that they were also born in the army.
Although Li Yan is now at the first level of the immortal condensation period, he has never learned any immortal arts, even if even the martial arts are only a few superficial country tricks, although he thinks that it is possible to kill these two people with spiritual power to urge the superficial martial arts, but at this time, it is broad daylight, and two dynasty soldiers in military uniforms are here to do it, except that he will only summon more soldiers, there will be no other possibility; The third is that these two people look like they have experienced battlefield killings, and he has no bottom in his heart against this kind of person, even if he is against the previous person, let alone dealing with two people at the same time, the estimate of winning is really not very big.
After several secret observations, Li Yan could only reluctantly give up the idea of escaping outside the city.
Two miles or so of the distance, horseback riding can be said to be in a blink of an eye, the road more than some of the pedestrians and commercial buses are also going to the direction of the city gate, just like this, soon far away to see the north city gate, at this time there are two rows of soldiers, respectively check some of the business travelers and pedestrians in and out of the Qingshan Pass.
Although the three of them did not come at a gallop, they were also quite fast, but they were somewhat conspicuous, and the guards of the city had gathered to look at them with weapons.
Li Yan didn't mean to do this, but he was sandwiched between Chen An and Li Yin, and he couldn't help but increase his speed a lot, according to his character, the more low-key he was, the more he liked it. He began to pull the reins and slow down, and even then, he galloped to the city gates.
"Who is coming? Aren't you afraid of violating military law by galloping so fast?" The defenders of the city were in the middle of the stroke, and one of them had already pulled out his waist knife and jumped in front of everyone, and the soldiers behind him also instantly supported their spears on the ground, and the tips of several spears were cold, pointing directly at the necks and bellies of the three horses.
Li Yan only felt that the cold light in front of him was dazzling, if his horse galloped forward two steps, it would be a spear that could pass through the horse's neck, and by the way, he would also wear him as a string of sugar gourds, at this time, a hand next to him suddenly stretched out, and pulled the reins of Li Yan's horse hard, and the front hooves of the three war horses were raised, and in a few neighings, the three horses took a few steps back and stood still.
"I said Lao Liu, you are too hot, haha" Chen An jumped off the horse in laughter, and Li Yan saw clearly that Li Yin grabbed the reins of his horse with one hand and his reins with the other, so that the two horses stopped at the same time.
"Oh, who am I, it turns out that I am the 'Chief Manager Chen' who was promoted to the Military Division's Mansion, are you trying to break through the city gate? The person who jumped out of the crowd just now said gloomily.
"Lao Liu, I've changed from the leader of a team to a soldier in the house, what are you still nagging? I'm accompanying Lord Li into the city for something, Lord Li accidentally didn't control the speed of the horse, forgive me, forgive me!"
"Lord Li, which Lord Li? Huh......"
Li Yan had already dismounted at this time, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed in his heart, his riding skills were really unsightly, and he almost broke into the door, he threw down the reins of his horse, looked up at the officer standing on the road, and was about to apologize, but he couldn't help but see this person's face clearly.
The officer on duty was the Liu Chengyong he saw when he first entered the city, and Liu Chengyong also recognized him a little, but he was not sure, after all, it was just one side.
"Well, this is Lord Li's waist card. Chen An held the reins with one hand, and with the other hand, he took out a waist card from his body and threw it over.
Liu Chengyong stretched out his hand and put the waist card into his hand, and looked down to see that it was a royal insult lieutenant waist card, which was a few levels higher than his official position from the ninth grade, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly looked up at Li Yan with an apologetic face.
Li Yan saw Liu Chengyong looking at him, and hurriedly hugged his fists and saluted, "I've seen Captain Liu, I was not good at riding just now, but I disturbed everyone, so I apologized here." β
"Are you? You are the kid from Lijia Village in Daqingshan" As soon as the words came out, Liu Chengyong knew that he had lost his temper and caused trouble, so he hurriedly crossed his hands and saluted, "The subordinates are reckless, and the subordinates are guilty, please punish the adults." β
This time Li Yan was stunned, and then he hesitated to look at Chen An and Li Yin next to him, Li Yin held a horse's reins in one hand, his expression was serious and still silent, Chen An looked at Liu Chengyong who bowed down and waited for the guilty to be convicted in surprise, and then stepped forward and bowed, "Son, please forgive Captain Liu for the crime of losing his words, I don't know if you two have seen it before?"
"I've seen it, the first time I came to Qingshan Pass to enlist in the army, it was Captain Liu who checked and released me, but Captain Liu, why is this?"
Chen Anduo is old and sophisticated, and after a little thought, he understood Li Yan's doubts now, so he came to Li Yan's side and said in a low voice, "Childe, you are now the post of deputy lieutenant, but Captain Liu's boss, the waist card that he showed him just now is yours, but you rarely come out to walk after you do it, so one is in Lord Ji, and when you go out today, Lord Ji handed it over to his subordinates, so that it can be used in the city, and just now Captain Liu lost his words for a while, so he ......" Chen An looked at Li Yan with some embarrassment, he has been tortured by this master's temper for a while now, who knows if it will suddenly explode today, and he can't help but be a little worried about Liu Chengyong in his heart.
The twenty soldiers on duty in the Military Division's Mansion were also selected from a battalion in the army, and he had also been in the second team of the Battle C Battalion before, and this Liu Chengyong was also an old acquaintance, he had cooperated many times on the battlefield, and he had rolled together in life and death, but now Liu Chengyong is loyal to Marshal Hong, and he is now more inclined to the third division.
After Li Yan heard this, his face suddenly realized, although he knew that he still had a position in the army, but he didn't know anything about what he did and how many officials he had, and now it seemed that he should be higher than the captain of the city guard. How did he know that this was not only a little higher than Liu Chengyong, but in fact, it was two or three levels higher, Marshal Hong gave him this official position at the beginning, it was just a false name, knowing that he would only take another path in the future, it was just that the favor of the water made the face of the third division more bright, and the third division also had his own plans, don't say that an official position from the eighth grade, even if it is to give Li Yan the position of military advisor, as long as Hong Linying can do it, he has no problem, but whether Li Yan can enjoy this official position alive is another matter.