In order to prevent road bandits from ambushing the wild weeds on both sides of the road, the wild weeds that can grow up to the waist height of adults are removed by the roots, and then covered with quicklime to prevent the weeds from revival, which is very clean.

Stepping on the hard, thick and flat brick ground, feeling the thick feeling transmitted from the soles of the feet to the whole body, I can't help but feel a sense of peace of mind, which is also the reason why many road governors will complain about the muddy and gray roads in other parts of their hometown after retirement, after all, this kind of road that gives people a sense of security will not be bored for a lifetime.

After resting for a day, the road governor appeared in high spirits on the empty official road, wearing a heart armor, with a simple knife tied around his waist, fully equipped, you must know that many people who wander the black and gray road like to work at night, night is the natural protective color of this kind of people, smuggling and trafficking or something is found to face the disaster of killing, often this kind of people are outlaws, will not be afraid of the background of the official family, but will brazenly draw a knife to win a glimmer of life.

Touched the wanted warrant stuffed in his arms, for those who dare to take risks he wants to meet and does not want to meet, once the road inspector successfully catches the wanted criminal, in addition to the merits of the wanted criminal's bounty will also go to the road governor who caught the wanted criminal, these guys are like loaches in the rice field, slippery and do not lose their hands, obviously there but can not be caught, every time they are about to succeed, they will always be taken advantage of by these guys and do not know how to slip there, but relatively, these guys' martial arts are not high, not even the third-rate level of the rivers and lakes, at best, they can only be regarded as strong ordinary people, if they meet, although they will encounter a vicious battle, but after weighing his ability to be regarded as the middle of the middle reaches in the rivers and lakes, this road overseer is still confident that he can make this extra money.

After all, he is different from those old oilmen, he has just become a father, and his mind is full of thoughts on how to give more to the unborn child, and he is full of energy.

Carrying a lantern with a butter candle, this road governor rode the rationed horses and looked left and right to inspect the road conditions, because of the perennial lime powder on both sides of the road, so there were no snakes, insects, rats and ants at the same time, there were no snakes, insects, rats and ants on the official road, and there were road inspectors patrolling the road at night, and those road bandits and thieves would not be happy to approach the official road at night, and if they didn't do their own heads, they would become the merits and bounties of the road governor, so both sides of the official road were also a rare place to stay in the wild for those who were in a hurry.

This horse is also an old horse assigned from above, and over the years, he also knows the road on this official road, and he does not need to deliberately control it, and the road governor on horseback has more energy on both sides of the road.

Since Emperor Liyang took office, several bloody purge orders have completely washed the rivers and lakes, although a new system was later re-established, and a livelihood business that can solve the livelihood problem of Jianghu guests was also established, but there are still many Jianghu guests who do not appreciate it, and even say that they hate Liyang Huang, including many of the fish that slipped through the net of the Jianghu forces that were wiped out in the bloody purge order and those who agree with the "assimilation conspiracy theory" The old-fashioned charlatans, these people are staunch traitors, and they definitely don't mind besieging and killing one or two officials and family members in the course of their activities, disgusting and disgusting to the royal family.

Originally, the road overseer was supposed to be a team of two, but today another colleague ate a bad stomach during the day and entered the infirmary, although the doctor said that it would be fine for one night, but this led to him being the only one to patrol the road tonight, which also means that the risk he took tonight has increased exponentially.

The two sides of the road were dark in the depths, and no one knew what to hide in the dark corners, although it was the end of summer, but the night was somewhat cool, but I didn't know whether the coolness was from the outside or the weakness of the heart, and the young overseer tightened the long-handled grip in his hand, as if only the faint orange light from the butter wax lantern he was carrying in his hand could bring him peace of mind—although this peace of mind was only three feet around.

The old horse does not need to be deliberately driven, he will walk along the route in his memory, walking and walking, and suddenly the horse's hooves stopped, and the heart of the road governor was suddenly raised, and his hand involuntarily smeared the handle of the Pu knife - this is what the old horse heard in the crotch.

If it was five years ago, he would naturally rush up happily to find out what this situation was, no matter whether it was success or failure, it was a merit, but now he has a family, and he is no longer the silly boy who fed the whole family without being hungry, and now he is not only a husband, but also a first-time father, for him, the second half of his life has just begun, and he doesn't want any accidents in the future planning.

In just a few breaths, the crisp and pleasant sound of the bell came from a distance, and the crisp bell of the big night couldn't help but make the road overseer think of the conjecture of ghosts and gods circulating among the people.

As the bell drew nearer and the silhouette in the darkness became clearer, it was a carriage:

Compared with the troika, the carriage was wider and larger, and the four corners of the carriage were hung with golden and yellow bells, from which the bells rang all the way, and there was no curtain in front of the carriage, and there seemed to be another entrance and exit; normally the troika required at least two horses as power, let alone this peculiar behemoth, but in front of it was only a small pure white donkey with a thin tail flicking, and the little donkey was driven by a carrot hanging in front of a boom, and it seemed that it was not worth carrying this weight for itThe end of the boom was in the hands of a groom in the driver's seat of the carriage, who hung his head and could not see his face clearly, but under the robe was a snow-white coat, and a silky luster could be seen in the moonlight, and the overseer judged that this was definitely not a garment that the groom could afford to wear; the carriage was followed by a group of people, who seemed to be suppressing something, punching and kicking, and there was no way to speak of it, and a young man dressed in white sat cross-legged on the roof of the carriage, and did not know whether he was asleep or awake, and the other long-legged woman was masked with a light veil, and could not see the true face。

The strange configuration of this group of people made the road overseer furious.

There is no shortage of strange people and strange people on the rivers and lakes, and there are not a few strange things that have been seen over the years, and the road governor took a deep breath at the moment, secretly exercised the source of qi and blood, and drove the old horse forward, but the old horse was motionless as if it was rooted under the hoof, and he had no choice but to dismount and stop on foot.

Seeing that the road governor was blocking the road, the groom put away the boom, and saw that the carrots he had been chasing all the way were put away, Bai Mao'er snorted unhappily, and his front hooves kept plowing the ground, until the groom broke off a piece and fed it to calm down, happily flicking his little tail, happily chewing the fruits of his hard-won labor.

Seeing the carriage cooperating with him to stop on the side of the road, the road superintendent's heart was much more steady: "You don't need to panic, I'm just a routine night check by the official's family, dare to ask where you came from and where are you going?"

As he spoke, he took a few steps closer, but when the flame of the butter candle illuminated the three feet in front of him, it made the road overseer's heart tremble, and he was about to draw his sword.

How ugly was this groom in front of him! A face like a butter candle melting wax as if a wax man had melted! At this moment, all the people who followed the carriage raised their heads, and they were all such demonic faces!

The night breeze blew, the butter candles were blown swaying, and the orange and red lights that shone on the terrible faces of these people also flickered and dimmed, and I don't know if it was an illusion, the road governor felt that the eyes of the gang behind the carriage were full of malice, and with that hideous face like melting wax, it was probably nothing more than Yin Cao coming into the world?

"Who are you in charge of?

This sentence was quite loud, and I don't know if I was frightened, and I no longer spoke politely, and there was some bold meaning behind the words.

"Click. ”

The side door of the carriage opened, and a person got out of the carriage, and the road inspector was ready to see a face like melting wax with a knife in his hand, but he didn't want to see an ordinary face.

Although the man in front of him is middle-aged, his sword eyebrows look a lot more attractive, his forehead is slightly raised, and he looks quite noble, at least compared with other weirdos with wax faces, it is much more pleasing to the eye.

This person is the shopkeeper, but this good appearance is contrary to the previous ordinary appearance, which is naturally Bai Xiaosheng's handiwork.

"This official. The shopkeeper hugged his fists and looked kind: "We are all honest businessmen, I don't know what to learn when we stop us?"

The road governor looked at the man in front of him, this person was dressed in a spacious robe, but he didn't look fat on his body, his breath was well-proportioned, but his qi and blood looked a little weak, it seemed that an ordinary person who didn't know martial arts was sick, and the road governor frowned and carried a butter candle and lantern to compare: "...... these people?"

The shopkeeper's pretense smiled bitterly: "Back to the official master, these are the servants of the house, and the house at home suffered a fire, but the servants of the mansion have some martial arts, and their faces are smoked by the fire and protect the well-thought-out dogs and girls in the family." As he spoke, he pointed to Bai Xiaosheng, who had been disguised, and Mo Xiaoxiao, who was covered with light veil, who were sitting in the carriage, and then pointed to the wild thieves behind the carriage with a face of natural disasters and man-made disasters: "Although these domestic servants were lucky to survive, they all fell into the ugly appearance of burning wax, but they all picked up a life, they were all their own families, so they naturally went all the way, and this time they went to Wolong Mountain to seek refuge with their relatives." ”

The Overseer nodded, "I see." "I secretly said in my heart: No wonder it gives people a weird and uncoordinated feeling, it turned out to be a family fleeing, such an embarrassed appearance is really unbearable, this man's lack of anger must be a serious illness after the disaster, this year ordinary people have two or three spare clothes is already considered a luxury, and the clothes worn by the carriage servants must have been given by the master's family because their clothes were burned by the fire?

The road governor secretly shook his head in his heart and sighed, the lord is affectionate, the servant is righteous, and he only blames natural disasters and man-made disasters for not being long-sighted.

The shopkeeper took out a family crest from his sleeve and handed it to the road governor, the road governor took it, glanced at the family crest and did not doubt him, his tight face relaxed, and glanced at the terrifying "domestic servants", for these loyal people are very admirable, nodded and handed the family crest back to the shopkeeper: "That's really not easy, about three or four hours ahead of you will enter the Wolong Mountain area, you are careful on the road, I hope you are getting safer." "Master Xie Guan Ji Yan. ”

The road governor watched the carriage drift away, and when he turned around, he saw that his old horse had moved to the side of the road silently at some point, and he was angry: "You spirit, but you know that Mingzhe protects your life, I'm afraid that you won't be able to die if I die." ”

The old horse neighed and snorted as he looked at the carriage that was drifting away.

......

"Shopkeeper, is your emblem real?" Mo Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

Don't look at the road governor who is relaxed, that's because after looking at the family crest, there are family crests in these years are wealthy families, the details implied in the emblem represent the rise of a family, the number of leaves, the type of bird feathers, and even the scratches on the family crest, some details in the family crest can not be read if you don't understand the family history, the family crest is not just anyone can imitate it.

"Don't ask me. The shopkeeper was lying in the carriage: "That's all provided by Xiaobai." After that, he raised his hand and touched the jewel embedded in the ceiling, the jewel emitted a faint fluorescence, and the brightness did not have to be much worse than the candle flame, and the shopkeeper took advantage of the fluorescence to look at the book he took from Bai Xiaosheng.

Mo Xiaoxiao looked at Bai Xiaosheng curiously, Bai Xiaosheng lazily stuffed the bamboo slips he had finished reading back into the box cage and glanced at Mo Xiaoxiao: "Of course it's true, there is indeed such a family on the rivers and lakes, it's true that the mansion was burned, it's also true that the appearance of the servants was ruined, it's also true that the master's head and a pair of children are also true, and it's also true that he went to seek refuge with his relatives around Wolong Mountain." ”

"So what's fake?"

Bai Xiaosheng buckled the cage and said lightly: "It's fake to live until now, these people haven't been able to escape the disaster in the end, and they died on the way to Wolong Mountain." ”

Mo Xiaoxiao was silent when she heard this, but what she thought in her heart had already flown back to the Mo family's mansion, she was thinking, her family would definitely not have that day, she still wanted to let the Mo family last for generations, and she would still be the daughter of the Mo family at that time, and she would run around the yard with a group of imps who teased insects all day long.

"Shh!!" Ning Shisan, who had a wax-melting monster face, lowered his voice: "You guys be quieter!, what if the road overseer just heard it!"

"How could you hear that?" Mo Xiao pouted: "We are not slow, and the distance here is more than a thousand steps." Having said that, he stopped talking about the matter.

She looked at the scenery in the distance mixed with the night, her eyes were blazing, and she didn't feel sleepy: those mountains didn't know which one was Wolong Mountain, and her hope, the hope of the Mo family, was in front of her, and the previous struggle and pain seemed to be a dream.

He was eliminated by the chivalrous qualification assessment, the Mo family lost its reliance and became a slaughtering fish, and the future was bleak.

For others, the chivalrous qualification is just a name, a privilege, and for Mo Xiaoxiao, the last straw of the Mo family at that time, the sense of powerlessness after failure and the fear of not daring to face the future still haunt Mo Xiaoxiao's heart.

She blinked and looked at the night sky, looking at the stars and she felt unreal: This is not a dream, is it? Will I wake up and find that I am actually lying on the side of the road, covered in bruises? Could it be that my home has become a ruin, and my younger brothers and sisters are lying in ruins? Will it be ......

Thinking of this, Mo Xiaoxiao couldn't help but shrink his legs......

"Hey, woman, you've crossed the line!" Bai Xiaosheng pushed Mo Xiaoxiao with an unhappy face: "This is my territory!"

This push seemed to end Mo Xiaoxiaoshen's conjecture of flying out of the sky, Mo Xiaoxiao felt that the corners of his eyes were a little moist, wiped them without a trace, and leaned closer to Bai Xiaosheng more and more, and smiled arrogantly: "Miss Ben just wants to cross the line!

The two of them on the roof of the car, you push me and squeeze each other and don't give in, Bai Xiaosheng is full of resentment, and Mo Xiaoxiao is smiling under the veil - he is really lucky!

In the night, the bell jingled to the passengers, Bai Mao'er flicked her little tail and happily pulled the huge carriage chasing the carrot that symbolized happiness, Ning Shisan drove proudly, Guo Xiaodao followed behind the carriage and was still being served by the wild thieves.

Bai Xiaosheng was not angry: "Shopkeeper!

A lazy voice came out of the carriage: "Xiaobai, people are guests." ”

Bai Xiaosheng's grievances could only turn into a sad cry: "Ah——!!!"

The wild thieves surrounded Guo Xiaodao in the back, punching and kicking, and they didn't forget to chat a few words.

"What's this called?"

"I remember the shopkeeper saying that this is called 'impotent rage' or something, it feels quite appropriate?"

"Yes, yes, that's it. ”

Xiaodao sat in the back seat of the carriage, swinging his legs, thinking that if he got the chivalrous qualification this time, the first thing he would do was to rely on the watchtower to solve the ghost problem of his martial arts illness.

The fact that everyone conducted the chivalrous qualification assessment was not hidden from Ning Shisan, who drove the carriage: "Shopkeeper, what are you going to do after you get the chivalrous qualification?"

A lazy voice rang out in the carriage: "Who knows? ”

The carriage drifted away in the night.