When I arrived near Houcheng in Fengzhou, more than half a month had passed. In April, the spring flowers are blooming, and the mountains are covered with fragrant grass. The weather is getting warmer, and there are more birds and finches, chirping, so festive.

The two settled in Houcheng first and bought a few spring clothes. Li Bochen originally had more than 3,000 yuan on his body, but he lost more than 600 all of a sudden. In fact, it is enough to buy only ordinary clothes, which are probably only more than 200. But the next stop was to go to Sujiatun, and he thought that he and Lin Qiao were standing together, such a handsome man and beautiful woman, and he couldn't keep a low profile no matter what. It's better to dress brightly, so that people can know at a glance that there is a great deal, and a lot of trouble will be avoided, so it is rare to be bold.

During the three days of staying in Houcheng, I also inquired about Mengjiatun.

Zhu Hou has a good business in the Jinghu Mountain area and has a solid foundation. Previously, Qin Le said that he had three hundred armor soldiers under his command, but now it seems that he is known as a thousand people. Li Bochen calculated, not to mention that he was a thousand, but only if he had 500 people, he would also be a battalion of troops.

He had commanded a battalion of 500 men when he was in the city of Immeasurables, and he knew that the cost was great. Even if Zhu Hou's people are not as well-equipped as the Infinite Army, they have to be supported by 10,000 people. However, considering that those bandits might also settle their own fields, those one or two thousand people would probably be enough.

But even so, the place where one or two thousand people live can be regarded as a big town or even a small county. On the way, he had returned to that realm and knocked on the side of the hundred and twenty, and what he learned was similar here. It's just that the jurisdiction of one hundred and twenty is not Fengzhou, and you can't come to explore it in person.

He could indeed ask one hundred and twenty to get the yin difference here to that realm, but if he really asked another yin to inquire about Zhu Hou's affairs, the two of them would probably feel strange if they breathed in private. He, the new Emperor of Beichen, is always restrained in his work, and he is helpless for a while. Fortunately, I feel that the foundation of the Qi Cultivation Realm has become more and more stable recently, and I will probably be able to enter the Dragon and Tiger Realm soon.

If you can really leave the Demon Lord clone behind when you enter the realm, everything can be solved. However, the other problem was that he still wanted to find something from the "Cave Heaven Ruins" in Qin Le's mouth, and see how to deal with that clone when the time came. In this case, we have to solve the problem of Zhu Hou first.

In this way, it becomes a dead knot. Li Bochen had to comfort himself: After this incident, he will be able to see the future. These days, I have to worry a lot, and the news I have found out by myself may not be useless.

Three days later, the two went out of the city.

After traveling for about 40 miles, he entered the boundary of Mengjiatun. You can see the mountains in the distance, and it is expected that one of them should be Jinghu Mountain. By this time, fields were already visible on both sides of the road. When the city was scattered, there were large fields outside the city that were abandoned, but when you look here, you can see that there are people working in the fields, and it is a thriving scene.

Lin Qiao saw it and said strangely: "Ah Chen, how can it look better here than outside Sanguan?"

Li Bochen said: "Because of Zhu Hou." There are several bandits outside Sanguan, and if I come to you, there will never be a time to live in peace. But here, only Zhu Hou is powerful, half official and half bandit, but he is not so fierce. ”

He said this himself, and felt a little ironic, so he sighed again: "In any case, even the worst order is better than no order." Looking at it this way, Zhu Hou is really a character. ”

Lin Qiao thought for a while: "Then are you going to let him go?"

Li Bochen couldn't help laughing and said, "It's not a question of whether I want to let him go. Didn't the people in Hou Cheng say that Zhu Hou could smash a boulder with one punch and release lightning in his eyes? If those rumors were true, they might be in the Dragon and Tiger Realm. If I fight with him, I can't say that I will win. ”

"Besides...... Zhu Yi's two guards saw our appearance, but they were afraid that they had already returned to Zhu Hou. I beheaded his son so that he couldn't gain a foothold in Sanguan, and he wouldn't let me go. ”

Speaking of this, he raised his hand and touched his face. When Zhu Yi's two guards and the bandit leaders saw him, they were still full of beards, and then took Lin Qiao away before they shaved it off. People with a beard and without a beard are completely two appearances, Lin Qiao used some means to draw his cheekbones and eyebrow bones, and this subtle adjustment alone made him look very similar to Li Bochen before. After so many days, those people met me on the road, and I really didn't necessarily recognize them.

However, Lin Qiao's appearance is too outstanding, even if a woman dresses as a man, it is difficult to hide the beauty of the country, so she wears a hat and puts down a veil. It is windy in spring in the Northland, which is also a very common dress for women.

The two discussed, Li Bochen changed his name to Chen Boli, and Lin Qiao changed his name to Lin Xianyin. only said that he had provoked right and wrong in other states, so he went to Fengzhou to avoid trouble. The details next to it, just look at the situation in the future.

Lin Qiao said, "That...... Shall we go find a place to live first?"

She lifted her veil and looked into the distance, and could see many houses dotted among the fields. People in Houcheng said that Mengjiatun has now become a lively market town, and if you can really see a stretch of houses in the north, there are several streets in the vertical and horizontal. In addition to this market town, there are many larger courtyards, which should be the residences of wealthy families in the vicinity.

Li Bochen nodded and said, "Yes." But this time we won't live in an inn, let's get a separate courtyard by ourselves. ”

Lin Qiao was stunned: "Are we going to live here for a long time?"

Li Bochen also looked into the distance. The northern land of Li is much colder than that of the Sui realm, but the Sui realm is cloudy and rainy, but the northern land has four distinct seasons, and there are bright and shining sunshine every day. At this time, I saw the distant mountains like daisies, the fields were verdant, and the courtyards with black tiles and white walls were dotted in the meantime, a peaceful scene. The bright sunshine is cast between this heaven and earth, and the spring breeze brings the fragrance of plants and trees, which is really refreshing.

If he were asked to choose a place to live in seclusion, he really planned to stay here and not leave.

He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and sighed: "I really want to, but not for this." The Chang family is my relative, but after so many years, Chang ...... My mother secretly left home by herself, and I don't know if they recognize it. ”

"And I don't know what their minds are like. If I suddenly come to the door and ask them if there is anything difficult, I don't know if they will hand me over. It's better to find a place to stay and take a look slowly - this is no way, this kind of place, most people are close to each other. Let's stay in the guest house in the market town for two and not leave, and we will be noticed after a long time. To say that he wanted to settle here to avoid disaster would not be too noticeable. ”

Lin Qiao thought for a while and said with a smile: "Ah Chen has a point. ”

Two quarters of an hour later, the two entered the market town. The prosperity of this place is not as good as that of Zhangcheng, Sanguan, and Houcheng, but it can also be called lively, which is beyond Li Bochen's expectations. There are many pedestrians on a long north-south street, but most of them look like farmers. There are also many people who have dragged their families with them, and it seems that they have fled from afar.

He looked strangely, looked left and right, and found that there was a blacksmith shop on the side of the street, and there were four wooden pillars in front of the shop. ”

The two dismounted in front of the shop, Li Bochen led the horse to the door and took a look inside, and saw that the room was a little dim, and a man in his thirties was sitting on a chaise longue drinking tea, half-squinting, humming some small songs in his mouth, which seemed to be very leisurely.

An ordinary blacksmith shop should be red, but he is deserted here.

Li Bochen said: "Excuse me, can you get on the horse's foot?"

The blacksmith glanced up at him and said, "Yes, do you have iron?"

Is there any iron? What is this? Li Bochen said, "Don't you have a horseshoe here?"

The blacksmith was still lying down, and said lazily: "Brother outsider?"

"Yes, passing by the Precious Land. ”

The blacksmith smiled: "Bentun is not allowed to hide ironware. I don't have a single nail here except for a cooking pot. Brothers, if they want to put on their horseshoe, they must bring their own. ”

Do not keep iron utensils...... Li Bochen thought of Zhu Hou. Is he going to make armor and collect all the iron weapons? This man is not a small ambitious. But listening to the blacksmith, who seemed to be very talkative, he did not ask in vain.

Li Bochen thought about it, took out the iron leaf from his arms, and said, "Forget it." But my thing is broken, can I fix it?"

This iron leaf was beaten by him in a town more than ten days ago, and he has been idle for the past few days and has nothing to blow, and the timbre is really different from that of Konoha. There is less desolation and hoarseness, and more excitement and clearing. But a few days ago, he wanted to use Yao Hou to repair the corner, but he accidentally cut a gap in the mouthpiece.

When the blacksmith saw that he was still not leaving, he got up from his chaise longue and walked over. He took the iron leaf and looked at it, frowned, "What is this?"

And he said, "Please come inside." ”

Li Bochen tied the two horses and walked in with Lin Qiao. He paid attention to the blacksmith, and found that when Lin Qiao walked in, he didn't even look at it, only stared at the iron leaves carefully.

This is somewhat unusual. Although Lin Qiao covered his face, he was well-dressed and beautiful, and there was a hazy and unreal beauty through the veil. Ordinary people can't help but take a second look at it, no matter what kind of mind they have, but this blacksmith doesn't care. And listening to him, there is no vulgarity at all, but he is generous and decent, and seems to be very educated.

Li Bochen said in his heart, this person is afraid that it is not simple. He looked at the blacksmith again, and saw that although he had a beard, his face was white, his hands were not very rough, his breath was very long, and his eyes were very attentive...... This person should have cultivated himself.

But it's not a big deal. In this tunzi, the blacksmith should also be regarded as a figure with a head and a face. If you have a solid family background and have cultivated the Fa, it is really common to give it a try.

Li Bochen found a clean wooden stool and asked Lin Qiao to sit and rest, and said to the blacksmith: "This is a musical instrument, the mouthpiece has been scraped by me, and I want to fix it." ”

The blacksmith looked at it again and smiled, "That's easy. ”

After saying this, he walked back to the recliner with the iron leaf and sat down, and said to Li Bochen: "Brother, please sit down too." You're not just here to fix this, are you? Tell me, what do you want to inquire about?"

Li Bochen was slightly stunned, and the first thought in his heart was, is this person ambushed here? Is it Ye Lu's accomplice? But seeing the blacksmith's calm face, he knew that he was wrong.

The blacksmith seemed to guess his thoughts, and smiled, "Don't worry too much, brother. The two of you have extraordinary bearings, and when you come to this tunzi, most of you are not passing by, but you want to defect to General Zhu on Jinghu Mountain. Let me guess - who has offended, and has come to avoid trouble?"

Li Bochen slowly sat down beside Lin Qiao and said, "Oh, so there are a lot of people like me?"

The blacksmith said, "A lot." General Zhu - recruit troops, and heroes will vote. This month, hundreds of people came from all over the country, all of them, green forest heroes. ”

His face was as usual when he spoke, but Li Bochen always felt that there was a hint of sarcasm in his words. He was silent for a while, and then said, "If I really mean that, does my brother have a way?"

The blacksmith smiled: "The surname is Yu, and the single name is a fierce character." If you want to talk about the way, there is. But there is a great general on Jinghu Mountain, more than a dozen generals, all commanders, and countless commanders, if the brothers want to go the way, they have to see how much gold and silver there is. ”

Li Bochen was stunned when he heard this. The military system of the six countries is much the same, and they all have four generals of the pillar state who opened the government and built teeth. In each prefecture, there are four towns and four generals. Most of those with these names are the sons of the king, who have a respected status but may not command the army.

The generals under him are the ones who really lead the troops. According to the system, each general must command 100,000 people, and the generals under his command will command 30,000 people. This Zhu Hou proclaimed himself a general, and did he really seal a bunch of generals and commanders? It was the first time that he had heard of a general with only a few hundred soldiers.

This blacksmith is also really fast-talking. But in this way, Li Bochen felt a little uneasy in his heart - he wanted to find someone to inquire about the situation of Zhu Hou and the Chang family, but as soon as he found it, did he find the right person?

He smiled and said, "It's a pity." I don't have much gold and silver, and I don't know how to be a soldier, so I'm afraid I won't be able to go through Brother Yu's door. ”

Yu Meng smiled and said, "What's the matter, brother is not at ease, and it doesn't matter." To tell you the truth, I'm not the only one who has this way. If you go around the streets, those who dye cloth, kill pigs, and sell refreshments also have a way. ”

Leaned back again, and said: "Who doesn't have a relative or friend to work under that general? Lao Liu, who is weaving baskets opposite, his nephew used to be a sheep herder, and now he is a commander, you can also ask him." ”

This is not a lie. Li Bochen listened to this and put his heart upside down.

When the blacksmith saw that he was silent for a while, he stood up again and said, "Is this iron leaf still repaired?"

"Repair. ”

The blacksmith went to the other end of the room and pulled up the bellows.

The house became noisy. Li Bochen turned around and looked out, confirmed that there was nothing abnormal, and said in a low voice: "Xiaoman, do you think this person is ......?"

Lin Qiao said softly: "I don't think it's anything. ”

Li Bochen nodded. Lin Qiao may not be as good as him, but after getting along for more than ten days, she gradually felt that she was very accurate in seeing people. She said it was nothing, and he was really relieved.

Then he said: "Brother Yu, let me ask you something, where are there houses nearby that are rented or sold?"

Yu Meng didn't look back, and said loudly: "You're late." Three or four months earlier, empty houses were everywhere. Now there is a group of green forest heroes, many of whom have small families, and they all occupy about the same. You really want to find - this is Meng Jiatun, you look for Meng Niangzi. ”

After a pause, he said: "Looking west out of the market town, there is an old poplar tree on the hill, and her house is underneath. ”