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After a while, Chen Xiuyuan closed his eyes and fell asleep.
In his sleep, he heard the sound of "squeak, squeak" above his head, and hurriedly woke up, opened his sleepy eyes, and saw a pair of cute little squirrels on the branches above his head, while holding a huge and friendless pine cone to eat, while looking at him curiously with wide black eyes, Chen Xiuyuan couldn't help but smile.
By this time it was dawn, the mist had lifted, and the morning dew was hanging on the leaves, occasionally dripping down and bending the supple grass on the forest floor. The fresh air was mixed with the moist earthy smell and the faint fragrance of various wildflowers, Chen Xiuyuan couldn't help but take a few deep breaths, and felt refreshed and vibrant.
After a short time, everyone in the Fu'an Dart Bureau had woken up, and after everyone washed a little, took out water and dry food to eat, Liu Baoan urged Wei, Li and others to help the coffin go on the road and turn back. After sending them away, Liu Baoan turned around and told Wu and Leng about Chen Xiuyuan's idea last night, but he didn't say that it was from Chen Xiuyuan's plan, but only said that it was all his own plan, so as not to be too distracted. Although Wu and Leng had many doubts in their hearts, they had to agree. At that moment, Liu Baoan took out the pen and ink, and wrote a famous letter with his own hands, in which the words were earnest, praying that the other party would read the righteousness of the dart line, give a helping hand, and borrow several dart masters, executioners and Wu and Leng on the road together, and promised that after the matter was completed, there would be a promise of heavy remuneration, so that the two of them would hold the book and go to other darts to borrow someone nearby. and made an appointment to deliver the salt dart safely, and then ordered the two of them to rush to Jianning Mansion to meet.
After sending the two of them away along with the dart cart, Liu Baoan and Chen Xiuyuan glanced at each other, and they both breathed a long sigh of relief. At that moment, according to what Chen Xiuyuan said last night, the two of them made a slight disguise. Chen Xiuyuan smeared some of the soil in the forest with water and smeared it on his face, making his face sallow, and after he was injured, he lost his heroic spirit, and then he was like a thin little old man. Liu Baoan groaned slightly, picked up a sharp knife from the ground, shaved all the beards on his face, and looked like he was much younger and a different person. When the two of them saw their strange appearances, they both laughed for a while. Liu Baoan felt that his appearance was not majestic enough, which did not match his identity as the head of the Fu'an Dart Bureau, because he had a full beard and a good façade, just because the beard was long and dense, and it was a little inconvenient to "lift the beard and smile", how could he laugh like this time, and he would be happy!
Then the two of them supported each other and reluctantly got on their horses and hired a mule cart in the town ahead. For the first two days, the mule cart walked slowly, and in one day it only walked fifty or sixty miles, but the two of them easily did not show their heads, and they were safe and sound in the carriage. After the third day, Liu Baoan and Chen Xiuyuan's injuries became lighter, so they abandoned the car and rode horses. Along the way, he found Lang Chinese medicine for Liu Baoan in the market towns along the way, and after taking several good medicines, the two finally recovered from their injuries after ten days, and Chen Xiu was far from not only having his martial arts restored to his old view, but also because he fought with Xia Chang several times in the apricot forest, he had quite a comprehension, and he was especially better than the past in martial arts cultivation.
On this day, the two came to an endless plain and wilderness, only to see that the eyes suddenly opened up, a horse flat, and saw a small shepherd boy in the field in the distance straddle the back of a long-horned buffalo, the big buffalo carried the shepherd boy slowly walking on the ridge of the narrow field, the shepherd boy was blowing the flute horizontally, the flute sound was melodious, comfortable, pleasant.
Liu Baoan calculated that it was less than three days away from the 20-day period of handing over the Heavenly Machine Order when he received the dart, but fortunately, it was less than 100 miles away from Jianning Mansion, and it was expected that it would not take three days, and it would be possible to arrive within one or two days.
Chen Xiuyuan saw that the terrain here was open, and his mind was also open-minded, and he couldn't help but let out a long howl when he was relaxed, although this roar was still inferior to the power of Ning Ning running wildly and opening his mouth to roar at the same time, but it was not far away. Since I knew that since I went down the mountain, although I have been running around for days, fortunately, my skills have not decreased, but I have actually entered the country more and more, and I am happy in my heart.
The two of them knew that Jianning Mansion was within a hundred miles, so they slowed down the reins of their horses for a while, and let the horses wander in the wilderness, no longer riding their horses wildly. That night, I didn't rush to go that night, so I found a clean and spacious inn in a town early to rest, and the two stayed overnight. Liu Baoan followed the rules of walking darts, although he didn't drink alcohol, he talked to Chen Xiuyuan about the rules of the rivers and lakes, and Chen Xiuyuan also discussed the scenery along the way with him. The two talked about the fact that in the past ten days, although it is common to see martial arts people with blades on the road, they are still calm along the way, and they feel that most of it is thanks to the fact that Lu Zhangmen personally presided over and helped him in secret.