To tell the truth, Li Mao was a little tempted and a little hesitant, Xiangchu Yuezhou was already very close to the Song Kingdom, but he didn't know anything about the Tang Kingdom, if he could arrive in Yuezhou with the Xu family first, and then go to the Song Kingdom, it would be a good choice. [with _ dream]ā

But their family of three are all ordinary people, and Dunhuang Mansion to Yuezhou has almost crossed most of the Tang Kingdom, and I am afraid that the road will take several years, will it delay their time and affect their own major events?

The most important thing is that so far, he has not obtained the household registration of the Tang State, no household registration, no road guide, he can't cross the state and county in the Tang State at will, and when the household registration is handled, I don't know if I can catch up with the time for the Xu family to set off.

Xu Jiu saw that Li Mao was a little hesitant, and couldn't help asking: "Li Zhuangshi, what is there to hide?" You might as well say it and listen to it, the old man and I have a small thin face in the black and white of Dunhuang Mansion, if there is a place to help, the old man is naturally duty-bound!"

Li Mao said: "Don't hide it from my father-in-law, I do have the idea of going to the south to see it, and if I can go with my father-in-law's family, it will naturally be a blessing."

But I was a homeless before, and this time I made a special trip to Dunhuang Mansion to offer 100 heads of horse thieves in the Western Regions, just in exchange for the household registration and road guide of the Tang Kingdom.

But when the household registration and road guide will be done, I don't know the bottom of my heart, for fear of delaying the time for my father-in-law to return to his hometown. ”

Xu Jiu frowned and said: "I see, the speed of handling household registration and road guidance completely depends on the efficiency of the state government yamen, I don't know if Li Zhuangshi has found a good guarantor in Dunhuang Mansion?"

Li Mao asked strangely, "What is that for?"

Xu Jiu also replied in surprise: "According to the official regulations of the Tang Dynasty, the homeless people who sacrifice the head of a horse thief with 100 pieces can indeed be exchanged for the household registration of the Tang Kingdom!"

But didn't anyone tell Li Zhuangshi? It also has a premise, you must have three good families in the state capital to guarantee for you, and you can finally get a household registration. ”

Li Mao was stunned for a moment, then got up angrily and said, "Could it be that Huang Qian always lied to me? This person only said half of what he said, and he clearly wanted to trap me, and he really deserved to be killed." ”

Xu Jiu hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Mr. Huang Qian, Xiao Lao'er knows, although his ability is poor, and he is a little slippery, but in such a matter, he should not dare to kill the strong man."

Maybe Mr. Huang Qian forgot to tell you about it, if the strong man is willing to go to Yuezhou with Xiao Lao'er's family, Xiao Lao'er will come forward to help you contact three good families to guarantee for you, so that you can obtain a Datang household registration, do you think it's okay?"

Li Mao hurriedly bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "Thank you so much for your concern, but this matter is very important, please let me and my uncle think about it for one night, and before arriving at Dunhuang Mansion tomorrow, I will definitely give my uncle an answer." ”

Xu Jiu also hurriedly got up and saluted back and said: "Li Zhuangshi's words are very reasonable, the hour is not early, and the little old man will retire first, I hope to hear the good news of the strong man tomorrow." ”

The two sides exchanged a few more polite words, and Li Mao personally sent Xu Jiu to his carriage before turning around and returning to his tent.

The effect of the Xu family's family medicine seems to be quite good, Li Mao applied the ointment to his face before going to sleep, and immediately felt a coolness coming from the affected area, and a medicinal force penetrated into the skin and reached the muscles, and began to repair the skin of his severely damaged face, making Li Mao feel a lot more comfortable.

I don't know how the burns on Li Mao's face came about, and when the homeless people found him, his face was already badly burned and had not healed.

However, there are no specialized doctors among the displaced people, and the sanitary conditions are poor, so the burns on Li Mao's face have not been treated in time, so they have not been better, and there are even signs of deterioration recently.

This kind of pain has been tormenting him, always making him unable to rest well, and after applying the ointment today, it actually worked a miracle, and soon the burning sensation on Li Mao's face was greatly reduced.

After Xu Jiu got into the carriage, he immediately closed the carriage door, lowered the wooden plank on the front gear, and bolted the carriage door firmly.

Then he went to Mrs. Xu's side and lay down, while Xu Ai lay on the other side of Mrs. Xu, it seemed that she should be very tired during the day, and she was already asleep at this time.

Mrs. Xu felt that Xu Jiu was lying down, and couldn't help but ask, "Master, how is it? Did that Li Mao agree to send us back to Yuezhou?"

"Shh~~!" Xu Jiu motioned to Mrs. to speak quietly, and then turned sideways and whispered to Mrs. "Although he hasn't agreed yet, saying that he wants to think about it, I think at least ninety percent hope that he will agree." ”

Mrs. Xu also whispered, "Then did he mention any conditions?"

Xu Jiu sighed lightly and said, "I didn't expect him to be not a ranger, but a wanderer! This is something we didn't expect before, but my words are not good enough to take it back." ”

Mrs. Xu gasped and said, "Could it be that his asking price is outrageous?"

Xu Jiu said: "That's not true, he didn't mention the remuneration at all, he just hoped that we could help him get the household registration of the Tang Kingdom, so that he could accompany us to Yuezhou, otherwise, a person with no identity like him may be arrested by the people in the government before he stepped out of the boundary of Dunhuang Mansion." ”

Mrs. Xu asked a little worriedly: "Is it difficult to get a household registration in our Tang Kingdom?"

"It's not very difficult, according to the Tang Law: Exiles who donate 100 heads of horse thieves in the Western Regions can automatically obtain the household registration of the Tang Kingdom, but they also need three good families to be guaranteed. ”

"Master, it is not a matter for you to find a few guarantors in Dunhuang Mansion. I just went over to see it, although this Li Mao looks ugly, but he speaks modestly and politely, and acts calmly and kindly, he shouldn't be a bad person, why don't you help him. ”

"Well, you don't know, ma'am. As the saying goes: Knowing the face of a person does not know his heart, his origin is unknown, and his martial arts are strong, he is a good person; if he is a bad person, it is a long way to go to Yuezhou, if he has a bad heart, the three of us are powerless, how should we deal with it?"

"Hey, sir, what you said is reasonable, we women don't understand these things, how to decide, or you have to make your own decision. ”

"Well, sleep, tomorrow there is still half a day's journey to Dunhuang Mansion, and then see how he answers." ”

The husband and wife said good night to each other, and soon after Mrs. Xu's gentle breathing came, it seems that she fainted once today, and Mrs. Xu is really tired.

But Xu Jiu was so preoccupied that he couldn't sleep, and the space in the carriage was small, so he couldn't let him toss and turn, so he had to stare at the dark roof of the carriage in a daze.

He was thinking about how to exchange the chambers of commerce, real estate, real estate, shops and other valuable things in Dunhuang Mansion for something easy to carry, after all, the road back to his hometown was far away, even if he wanted to bring soft goods, it had to be the kind of easy to carry and travel.

If that Li Mao really agreed to escort them to Yuezhou, then he had to prevent him from changing on the way, it seems that it is obviously not possible to ask for a guard, I don't know if I can invite other good guards.

In fact, there are not many private guards in Dunhuang Mansion, and the price Xu Jiu can afford, but no guard is willing to leave his hometown and go to a place as far away as Yuezhou.

......

Xu Jiu kept thinking about it like this, and he didn't fall asleep in a daze until he was ugly.

Li Mao had a rare night's sleep, and since he woke up, he had barely had a peaceful life with the group of homeless people, spending most of his time running for his life, running, hunting, and reveling.

Last night the weather was beautiful, and there was no strong wind that is common in the moor, and when Li Mao got up in the morning, the bonfire in front of the tent had not yet been extinguished.

Li Mao baked some more cakes and dried meat for breakfast over the bonfire, and ate it quickly.

Then, Li Mao pulled out the long knife at his waist, and faced Dongfang's continuous swinging, slashing, and blocking, a knife was as fast as a knife, and soon, the whining wind sounded around him with the swing of the long knife.

This is the habit of morning exercise he developed after waking up, Li Mao didn't know what kung fu he knew before, but he was sure that it was definitely not a knife technique, but in this desert, the long knife was undoubtedly the sharpest and most suitable weapon for combat.

Because he lost the power of the true yuan and could not cast spells, he could only practice martial arts to defend against the enemy, Li Mao decisively gave up his familiar bamboo cane-like weapon and chose a more powerful long knife.

After a brief warm-up, Li Mao felt that he was starting to heat up, and he pulled out another long knife, holding one in each of his left and right hands, and swung it quickly.

This long knife has a narrow and curved blade, an extremely sharp edge, which can be cut, sharpened, stabbed, and blocked, and can also lock the opponent's blade when the double knife is used, which is very suitable for desert combat.

These two knives and a book of knives were the first horse thief killed by Li Mao after waking up, and they were found from him.

That man was a famous lone thief from the surname Zhaowu Jiu, and he himself did not expect to die at the hands of an unknown outcast.

Li Mao also won the support of the group of displaced people with this battle and became the leader.

Since then, Li Mao's thirst for strong force has increased, and through unremitting efforts, his martial arts skills have grown every day.

Li Mao easily waved the double knife like a silver ball, not a single leaf sticks, no splashing water, at first the sound of whining the knife, and then turned into a rumbling thunder.

The head of the Xu family's guards was the first to get up, and as soon as he came out of the tent, he saw Li Mao's dancing knife, looked at it twice, and was stunned on the spot.

Although his own martial arts are not very high, he can still tell at a glance who is a master and who is a showman.

This Li Mao's knife skills are not only skilled, but also the realm of sword intent is very high, just look at his knife skills have reached the point of returning to the basics!

There weren't too many changes in moves, just the double knives that were swung according to the strength, trajectory and inertia were able to envelop all the square kilometers under the blade, and with this move, he was many times more clever than himself.

In his estimation, not to mention Guazhou Mansion and Dunhuang Mansion, even Ganzhou Road and Suzhou Road cannot find a few such powerful knife masters.

He was so fascinated that he forgot to wake up those snooze boys!

He only hoped that he would take a few more glances at Li Mao's dancing knife, so that he could understand some methods of using the knife, so that his knife skills, which had been stagnant for many years, would also improve.

At this time, Master Xu also got up, he opened the carriage door, got out of the carriage, and was immediately attracted by the momentum of Li Mao's sword dance.

Although Xu Jiu didn't know martial arts, he saw that the leader of the guards was in a daze, and hurriedly walked over, stood next to the leader of the guards and asked, "Master Guo, how is this Li Mao's martial arts?"

Master Guo's eyes were already overwhelmed at this time, and he didn't turn his head to answer directly: "Master, absolute master!" is the only good knife hand Guo has seen in his life!. ”

Xu Jiu's eyes lit up and asked, "How is that better than Master Guo?"

"Ha, are you kidding? The light of the fireflies, how can you compete with Haoyue, you compare me with Master Li, it is the biggest insult to him, he can also rank in the top 1,000 in the entire Tang Kingdom martial arts with this set of sword techniques. ”

After Master Guo finished speaking, he looked sideways and realized that it was Master Xu, and hurriedly apologized and said, "Master, I'm sorry! I thought it was those uncompetitive boys, but I didn't expect it to be you next to me. ”

Xu Jiu waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I don't know much about martial arts, I just asked casually, I don't know what the character of this Master Li is, can you recruit him over?"

Master Guo said with a straight face: "Master, Master Li's sword technique is upright and magnificent, just like a master's demeanor, and the person who can use such a knife technique should not be a bad person."

If you can help him while he's down, a master like him will definitely bring you more rewards in the future. ”

Xu Jiu nodded and said, "Okay, I've written down what Master Guo said." ”

After speaking, he watched Li Mao practice the sword technique more intently, although he couldn't understand it at all, but after watching it for a while, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.