Li Bochen's luck was adjusted until the second half of the night, and he finally felt that the spiritual power in his body was barely smoother, so he fell asleep with his head wrapped in a big curtain. When I woke up, I was full of energy, and when I saw the rising sun and sprinkle thousands of rays of light, my emotions couldn't help but be lifted.

Thinking about what happened yesterday, my heart is much calmer.

He sat wrapped in his clothes for a while, and said in his heart, this way to the old land of Li Guo, he should also take a good look and think about it. The Linxi Jun in Li Ding's mouth is a generation of Ming monarchs, and if he really manages the territory under his jurisdiction in an orderly manner and allows people to live and work in peace and contentment, then there is no need to regard him as an enemy.

He is not a person who is ambitious and greedy for power. If the people are miserable because of their own selfish desires, what is the difference between them and the bandits and villains they usually hate?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh twice - I really think I can dominate the world, right? The change of people's hearts is really interesting!

Now that he was open-minded, he arose and led his horse to the river to drink, while he stripped naked and took a good bath. Then he went ashore and ate all the remaining dry cakes, drank all the water in the water bladder, and fed the white horse a few handfuls of beans, and then set out on the road.

When I was about a mile away from the mouth of the Kaede Valley, I gradually saw pedestrians. But most of them are out of the valley, and few are in the valley. He listened to those people, most of them had a Li Guo accent, and their expressions were also very sluggish, maybe they were fleeing.

When I saw the outpost at the mouth of the valley from a distance, I found that there were many soldiers there.

Six horses were tied to the stakes on either side of the outpost, and a dozen armored sergeants rested in the roadside shed. On the side of the road stood a wooden notice with several postings on it. Li Bochen got closer and saw his portrait at a glance. He had also seen it elsewhere and knew that he was accused of desertion and rebellion.

He dismounted and led his horse to the post. In addition to the dozen or so sergeants resting, there were also two soldiers guarding the door to check the documents for customs clearance. Li Bochen waited for the person in front of him to be asked a few words and let him go, so he stepped forward and handed over his paperwork.

His thing is half-true - it was indeed issued by the government, but he bought it with money in a county town.

The little soldier guarding the pass took the document and looked at it, and felt that there was nothing abnormal, so he glanced at his face, opened his mouth and asked, "What are you doing over there?"

Li Bochen knew that this was a routine inquiry, so he said in a Li Guo accent: "Visit relatives, and then pick up your family." ”

The soldier nodded, reaching out to hand him back. At this time, he inadvertently glanced at the wooden notice, and then his face changed, and he couldn't help but look at Li Bochen again, and then look at the list on the wooden notice. Then the hand stiffened.

Li Bochen didn't rush to pick up the paper, but only stared at his face, and said in a deep voice: "Master Jun, what's wrong?"

The soldier's face slowly turned white, and his eyes flashed, glancing at the dozen or so soldiers in the roadside shed. Those people were gathering together to drink and gossip around a fire, and they didn't care about it.

He didn't seem to know what to say for a while, so he said, "You ......"

Li Bochen saw that he only had a layer of fluff on his lips, and his body was also very thin. Covered by a military uniform, it looks like a skinny hanger. Now it seems that he recognizes himself, and he is so frightened that he feels like he wants to cry. He said to himself, this man's eyesight is good—he has grown a beard, and he has not escaped his eyes.

He also glanced at the wooden notice, and smiled: "The military master thinks I look like that person? It said that that person even dared to kill your king and grandson, but I was afraid that he was an outlaw." ”

At this time, several soldiers in the shed looked over here, and one of them made a gesture to get up, and said, "Little Liu, what's wrong?"

Xiao Bing seemed to be jumped by the man's voice, his hand trembled, and he stuffed the text into Li Bochen's hand, and said, "It's okay, it's okay!"

The man glanced at him a few more times and sat down again.

Li Bochen took the text into his arms and smiled: "Thank you, Master Jun." ”

The little soldier panicked and didn't look at him, and said in a low voice, "Let's go!"

Li Bochen raised his feet and took a step, then suddenly stopped, and said, "Did you see two people passing by here a few days ago? One of them is about fifty, burly, and looks like this. ”

He raised his hand and took out a wooden plaque engraved with Ye Lu's face from his bosom and handed it to the little soldier.

The soldier only glanced at it, and said busily: "Yes, yes, I passed here four days ago...... Let's go!"

Seeing that Li Bochen still had no intention of taking a step, he lowered his voice and dragged his crying: "The other one is about the same age, but he has a white beard...... Really, let's go!"

Li Bochen smiled: "Thank you." ”

Then he turned on his horse and galloped into the valley. Walking forward for a while, I couldn't help but look back again, and sighed in my heart. The little soldier looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, and his eyesight was so good that he recognized himself. But he should know that his "former commander of the Infinite Army" is not easy to mess with, and he can kill Wang Sun Gongzi, and he will not care about killing at the pass, so he doesn't want to cause trouble.

Looking at his military uniform, it should be a town army, or maybe he was newly conscripted. In order to catch themselves as a traitor, all localities have obviously strengthened their defenses, and the dozen or so veterans in the shed should also be newly transferred. But these people don't seem to have much combat effectiveness, I'm afraid they are all old and weak.

Have the elite of the town's soldiers also been transferred to the north?

In the past month, he also wanted to find out how the war was going in the north, but ordinary people didn't seem to know, and many people even thought that the north was spreading good news. Although the Sui Kingdom is big, I don't know how long it will last, and when the demon beast army goes south, I don't know what to do with those people.

He sighed again and galloped.

After less than an hour, they came out of the valley, but it was early spring, and they did not encounter the scene of the maple leaves on the mountain, but found a clear spring filled with water bladders.

After leaving the valley, he saw Yima Pingchuan, and knew that it should be the boundary of Li Guo. Li Bochen stopped his horse and took a breath of relief and looked ahead. It was still morning, and the vast plains in front of me should be full of fields, but no one was working, and the fields were covered with wild grass.

He thought that the fields outside the city were covered with straw, but this place looked a little desolate. Li Guo's old land experienced the war more than ten years ago, and now it is greatly damaged.

In fact, it was not only Li Guo who was seriously injured - Beiyuan was taken away by the Demon Kingdom when he was attacking Li more than ten years ago.

In the past, it would have to go through a guard post of the Li State, but now that it is governed by the five countries, it will be less troublesome.

He slowly walked forward with the belly of the horse, and said in his heart, is this my hometown? If he is really Beichen, the people here can be regarded as his "people". I didn't feel anything before I stepped into the old land of Li Guo, but now I feel a heavy weight on my shoulders.

By noon, I saw a city pass looming in front of me. According to his previous experience, it should be very far away, so he planned to rest for the time being. At this time, I saw an old man walking from a nearby forest, leading a child.

Li Bochen dismounted and said hello, "Uncle, I want to ask you something." ”

The old man wore a loose bun on the top of his head, wore a black cloth coat, and was originally going to avoid his horse, but he stood down after listening to his greeting, looked him up and down, and said, "What does the official want to ask?"

Li Bochen said: "Do you know where there are leaf cakes around here?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "The official asked about 'Su Ye Cake'?"

Li Bochen thought about it, it was exactly - the Su character was pronounced in the Sui Kingdom, it turned out to be such a name, and he nodded busily and said, "Yes." ”

The old man said: "I have eaten it a few years ago, but no one has made it over the years, but it is not uncommon - if the officials want to taste it, they will sell it in the front Sanguan City." ”

Li Bochen said: "Thank you, uncle." ”

He arched his hand, and tried to lead the horse to the side of the road and tell it to eat some forage. But the old man said again: "Official, the road is not easy to walk these days, you should be careful." The officials of Sanguan City are very fierce, and it is not more than ten years ago. ”

This man is warm-hearted. How could Li Bochen not know that there was a danger hidden ahead? But he couldn't help but go. Then he smiled again: "Thank you." ”

The old man took a slow step, and led the child away again.

When they walked out of a section and went down another path, Li Bochen's heart moved slightly-

It's just a passerby, how can he suddenly remind himself that "the road is not easy to walk"? From here to the Sanguan City in front of him, it is obviously a smooth road, is there something in the words?

Who is it?

He immediately turned his face, but the old and the young had disappeared into the forest beside the path, and were nowhere to be seen. Li Bochen remembered that the old man also carried a rattan basket in his hand, and a small shovel was placed in the basket, looking like he was going to dig wild vegetables in the field.

He thought again, am I being overly concerned?