On February 16, the whole country of Western Chu was shaken, that is, the day before Princess Zhaoyang returned to Beijing three days after leaving Bianjing, the drizzle wet clothes, news came from the palace, the new law is about to be promulgated, all men in Western Chu must serve three years of military service, whether you are from a wealthy family or a poor family, whether you are a common person or an official family, military service can not escape, if someone vainly tries to bend the law for personal gain, and the crime of treason, Yang Shuli still can't help but laugh dumbly when he gets the news, he only knows that Sima Yun said that he will not let these scholars have such a good time, and he also heard Sima Yun say that he will not deal with Western Chu scholars with his own hands, but I never thought that Sima Yun would come to such a show, and let the scholar join the army for three years of military service, when he learned the news, this Confucian student was really mixed in his heart, this new law can be promulgated from the palace without thinking about it, and he knows that it has passed Ning Zhiyuan's acquiescence.

Since ancient times, civil and military affairs have nothing to do with each other, and there has never been a reason for scholars to serve in the military, after all, the world says that those who carry knives look down on those who carry pens, and those who carry pens also look down on those who carry knives, so it really chills these scholars in Western Chu.

But he Yang Shuli felt that it was understandable to do this, and letting the scholars go out to experience the taste of joining the army might change a lot, and the change would have to go through pain, if even this pain could not be beared, how could there be a future for Xichu?

When leaving the capital, just a few carriages out of the city, Zhang Mingyue and Sima Yun actually don't like to sit in the carriage, but they can't stand the drizzle, as the saying goes, the rain in February and March is the wettest, the coachman who drives the carriage is the best hand in the princess's mansion, even if he hasn't spoken along the way, Zhang Mingyue can conclude that he is at least a second-grade master by relying on the qi machine alone, and the princess should travel with a group of guards, but Princess Zhaoyang in the middle of the carriage does not want too many people to accompany her, this trip is enough for the old man, and one person can be worth thousands of troops, It's a pity that the famous sword Zhan Lu brought down from Baijian Mountain had already collapsed in the powerful sword intent of the last time the old man opened the gate of heaven with a sword, and the world's famous sword disappeared, otherwise this land sword immortal would be a well-deserved land sword immortal with a sword.

There are three carriages, the first one is Zhang Mingyue and Sima Yun who are sitting, the second one is Princess Zhaoyang and the old man, and the fourth is Li Muzhi and Yang Youqian, the nerds of Li Mansion, all of which are expensive phoenixes, and their space is completely enough for two people to lie together, because it is spring, although Bianjing City is much warmer than Saibei, but after all, it is still a little cool in this rainy weather, and there is charcoal in the mezzanine layer of the carriage like a layer of floor heating, and there are carpets, even if there are some rich people's wings, I am afraid that it is not as good as it.

In addition to the above six people, there are three "grooms", and there is no one else, this should not be like a princess of a country, Zhang Mingyue and Sima Yun in the carriage at the front talked in a low voice.

"We're only nine people on this trip, can nine people really calm down the major sects of Western Chu?"

"Nine, but you only look like nine people. ”

Sima Yun pointed to the top of his head, and then pointed around, as if to say that people are everywhere, but they can't see it, Zhang Mingyue didn't ask more, and only smiled.

"You pushed all the scholars of Xichu into the fire pit like this, and it really surprised me that going out of the city so smoothly today, I originally thought that these scholars would block us from leaving the city. ”

"They're afraid they don't care about us now, and now they should be kneeling outside the palace and waiting for the emperor to take back the order. ”

Sima Yun smiled faintly, bowed down and lifted the curtain of the carriage door, the three carriages stopped at the same time, the city gate was blocked by a person, and was blocked by the Confucian who was over fifty a year but still had a straight waist, Yang Shuli was under the city gate, but he was not worried about the rain above his head, but the spring rain was too soft, and he was wet by the wind a little, but this Confucian did not care at all, there were not many merchants on the streets on rainy days, but the city guards who defended the city stood in the wind and rain as always.

"What do you mean, sir?"

Sima Yun frowned, took out the clothes that had been changed on the road from the carriage, got out of the carriage, and walked to Confucius in the mud.

"It doesn't have to be that way. ”

Yang Shuli smiled faintly and pushed away the brand-new green shirt, Xichu advocates black, and most people value black, so this green shirt looks like Sima Yun's.

"Yang Shuli is now close to the sixtieth year, only reading all his life, because he is old and can no longer do things to march and fight, but the heart of worrying about the country is always there, now there is Sima Gongzi for my Xichu to make a good plan to change the law, strengthen my Xichu, it is really the blessing of my Xichu, today coincides with the princess is also present, Yang Shuli will thank Sima Gongzi for my Xichu scholars, if it is not for Gongzi Jinyan Emperor, I am afraid that Xichu Confucianism will continue to be pedantic, Sima Gongzi is worshiped by Yang Zhili. ”

After his father Yang Xiu, another respected Confucian scholar in Bianjing City, bowed to the man in his twenties at the gate of the city in this drizzling rain.

Sima Yun didn't help the Confucian student, but when he got up, he put the green shirt on Yang Lili's shoulder.

"Mr. should know the crisis of Chu and the righteousness of the world, there is a gentleman in Western Chu, why worry that there is no successor to Confucianism. ”

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The carriage and horse team went out of Bianjing City, and went east, the first stop was the Qingyang Mountain Qi Practitioner who was offended by Sima Yun at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, it was the spring light, Princess Zhaoyang was unwilling to take the land route, so she found a post station to store the three carriages, the post station is an official post, the curator is also well-informed, and it can be seen that people are not rich or expensive when they see that they are three phoenixes entering the post station, otherwise ordinary people don't say that there is this phoenix, that is, they can go up and take a nap for a while is enough to blow the cow for a while, but although there are many people passing by the post station for many years, but there is no real person who will make a sensation when it comes outBut in fact, five or six products are almost the limit of what they can see, let alone the princess of a country? But this little man with a pair of mouse eyes is also a quick-eyed character, knowing that the few people in front of him are not ordinary people, so he said that the one-armed little old man who plucked his ears and buttoned his nose from time to time, although he didn't look good, but he could sit with the graceful and luxurious woman in the middle, how could he be an ordinary person? Generally, if you don't go up to set up a near, then you are really sorry for yourself, after all, if you really accidentally get into a big official, maybe this life will almost be soaring, and then you don't have to wronged yourself Women follow themselves to live this kind of life.

"Where are the guest officers going? It's so late, do you need to stay here for one night, we are here as an official post, it's not expensive, besides, I don't think a few of them are like the masters who lack money. ”

The little mouse-eyed stationmaster looked at several people, and finally chose Sima Yun, who seemed to be the best talker, just because except for the woman in the middle, it was difficult for anyone else to look like someone who could call the shots, except for Sima Yun.

"Indeed, we are not short of silver. ”

Sima Yun took out five taels of silver ingots and handed them to this little man, this was probably the most bold time Zhang Mingyue felt that he and Sima Yun had been the most bold in the past few years, and the shot was five taels of silver, which was exchanged for when he was doing business in the past, five taels of silver was almost enough to buy half a human life.

Sima Yun smiled.

"We will stay here for one night tonight, and we need you to help us prepare a boat and go down the east and east of Jiang Shui to Qingyang Mountain. ”

"You want to go ginger water?"

The little post station master frowned, Jiang Shui is sent down from the Tianshan Mountains in Western Chu, from west to east through Qingyang Mountain into the East China Sea, although it is not as good as the Guangling River of the Northern Wei Dynasty to cut off the entire Northern Wei Dynasty, but in fact, the mileage is not a lot, it is spring, Jiang Shui is soothing, go to Qingyang Mountain for four days, if the midsummer flash flood Jiang Shui is surging for up to two days, just as the stationmaster of this post station has to be reminded a few more words.

"If it's not a particularly urgent matter, I suggest that you still take the land route is better, recently there are water thieves in Jiang Shui, looting business ships, a month has been a lot of merchants on their way, Jiang Shui below the corpse has at least salvaged hundreds of corpses this month, there is no shortage of masters in this group of water thieves, it is better not to go. ”

"Is there such a thing?"

Princess Zhaoyang's face was ugly, but I have to say that she was born into the royal family, even if you have a small action, it contains a lot of power, but after a slight change in face, the little stationmaster couldn't stop trembling, and her heart was not strong, how could a woman make herself a big man so nervous.

The little stationmaster said unhurriedly.

"Naturally, I won't lie to you, last time there was a merchant with about the same number of people as you, I persuaded them, they didn't listen, but the accident happened the next day, when the body was salvageated, I also went to see it, a pair of eyes were almost eaten by fish, that picture is now terrifying to think about. ”

"If something like this happens, won't the government send someone to take care of it?"

"The government, of course the government has to take care of it, but the few people in the government are okay on land, but when they get to the water, where are the opponents of others, and they are all beaten into the river and swim back, but I heard them say that there is a guy in this group of water thieves who is very powerful, carrying a sword and a high hat on his head, at most thirty years old, and a bamboo pole can fly a big boat. ”

"Alright, got it, you go down. ”

Sima Yun waved his hand.

"But you still have to look for the ship for us, it's better to find a big ship, if no one wants to take the helm, we'll just buy the ship. ”

The little stationmaster probably also knew that what the next group of people were going to say was not something he could hear, so he retreated with interest, others asked for a boat, he just got a boat, and others didn't believe in evil and wanted to die, so let them go.

After the little stationmaster retreated, Sima Yun frowned slightly.

"In the past six months, I have read all the things in the rivers and lakes of Xichu, and I have also known many top masters in Xichu, but I have never heard of such a young man, in his thirties, who flies a big ship with a pole, although there is no lack of means to transfer thousands of pounds, but what is even more terrifying is the real strength of this person, to do the above things, at least it should be a realm of immortality, such a character I really shouldn't have heard of. ”

"I don't know where this person came from, why do you want to be a water thief since you have this magical power, what do you think, old man?"

The princess threw this question to the one-armed little old man who was pointing out Yang Youqian's sword book under the lamp on the side.

"Old man, you practice swordsmanship, and you are a land sword immortal that is rare to see in a hundred years, and you should know everything about the swordsmanship in the world. ”

That's exactly what he said. ”

The one-armed little old man nodded.

"It's just that the old man has never seen this kid, and he doesn't know the number of ways he makes the sword, it's hard to see from these alone, you Xichu Wulin has the Heavenly Sword, the Silent Sword, and the Sword of Broken Thoughts, how it is, I only know when I see it. ”

After all, no matter how powerful a kendo master is, how can he compare with the one-armed little old man in front of him?

Zhang Mingyue was used to sleeping late at night, the drizzle still never stopped, the little man was busy dealing with the big and small things of the station, and when he saw Zhang Mingyue going out, he still didn't stop, just don't smile over his head.

"Why doesn't my little brother rest?

"Not really, it's just that it's too early to fall asleep. ”

Zhang Mingyue leaned on the railing and looked at the starless night sky, stunned.

"Miss your sweetheart, right?"

"Yes, not quite. ”

Zhang Mingyue's answer was ambiguous.

"It's a pity that you have to hurry tomorrow, otherwise I will call my mother-in-law to come and cook a good meal for you personally, otherwise I won't have to make do with this meal in the evening." ”

"That's not necessary, it doesn't matter what you eat, as long as you can eat, okay, don't bother you busy, you are so diligent, your wife must be a very virtuous woman. ”

"Isn't that right?"

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The little man stationmaster is extremely efficient in doing things, otherwise he would not become the stationmaster of this official station, but the boat is not bought, but rented, the boat is not a big ship that can take hundreds of people, but a small boat, just because the boat family is dependent on each other's grandchildren and granddaughters, this boat is almost the home of the two, has lived out of the feelings, and the feelings can not be measured by money, the old man of the boat personally took the helm to send a few people east, although some do not understand why the two grandchildren are in the water at this juncture when the water thieves are rampant, but since others are willing to take the helm, it will save the heart of spending money to hire someone to take the helm。

Before parting, the little stationmaster stopped talking, and Zhang Mingyue asked with a smile when he saw this.

"It's only been one night, could it be that you can't live in a relationship?"

", I'm a pure man, and I don't have so much hypocrisy from girls. ”

The little stationmaster scratched his head.

"Then if you have anything to say, just say it, there won't be that shop in this village. ”

"Well, I just want to remind you to be careful next, come back if you really can't do it, and I will help you. ”

Zhang Mingyue smiled dumbly.

Even if you encounter danger, what help can you provide to us as a stationmaster, but you don't want to hurt people's self-esteem.

"Alright, we'll come to you if you need it. ”

With a wave of his hand, the big boat went down the river.

The little stationmaster was still watching by the riverside until a shallow woman's voice came.

"Everyone is gone, what are you still looking at here?"

"Look at this group of people, lady, let me tell you, although I haven't said a few words to this group of nobles, I always feel that this group of people is not an ordinary person, maybe it is the best person I Chen Daliang have ever seen in my life. ”

The little stationmaster turned around and looked at the beautiful girl in front of him.

"Dawn, I don't know how many good deeds I did in my last life to get such a lady as you, although you won't let me touch you for the time being, but it doesn't matter, when I save enough money, I will take you to Bianjing, I will always find your brother, and then I will personally propose in front of your brother, you will not refuse me at that time, alas, by the way, I seem to have heard you say what your brother's name is Sima, it seems that there is also a person named Sima or something in this team, could it be your brother. ”

"Probably not, where is such a coincidence. ”

The woman named Dawn couldn't help but look at the big boat that was drifting away, and there was indeed a man in a green shirt at the bow of the boat, just like the man in a green shirt who forcibly stuffed the entire cottage to her and made her owe a favor.

But she never believed that there was such a coincidence in the world, just as she didn't believe that the cottage disappeared overnight a few months ago, and she could no longer repay his favor, but she should have told him anyway.

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The big boat goes down from west to east along the ginger water, there is a spring light along the way, the ginger water in spring is still with a hint of coolness, but it is extremely clear, you can see the swimming fish two or three feet underwater, the sky is finally better, this day Chaoyang was born, the boatman is an old man of the age of the sixtieth year, although it is an old man, but I think it should be perennial by supporting the boat to carry passengers for a living, and I have developed a strong muscle, when I hold the boat, I only wear a sweatshirt in the bow of the boat, and his granddaughter is only seventeen or eighteen years old, because she is from a boatman's family, and there is no shortage of shyness of some peasant girls, and her head hangs lower after seeing the princess who is also a woman, probably because of self-esteem, Where do women not love beauty when they reach a certain age, especially after meeting a woman who doesn't know how much more beautiful than herself, the princess was born and raised in this land, and she has no freshness for it, but Zhang Mingyue and Sima Yun stand on the bow of the boat, at this time the red sun hangs high, swaying on the gentle river surface red half of the sky, the ancients had clouds and spring to ginger water red like fire, even if it is not fire, it is almost like fire. The two of them chatted with the old man of the boatman all morning, but they knew a lot about the customs and customs on the banks of the Jiang Shui River, but at noon, the ginger water gradually flowed rapidly.

"There is a pass called a line of heaven again, a line of heaven because of the narrow terrain so the water flow is turbulent, the big ship can not pass, only I am such a small ship can pass, but there is also a high test of the helmsman's technology, after a line of sky, the downstream river surface will gradually open up, there are many reefs, a little careless will hit the reef, that is, that generation of water thieves for trouble, we arrived at that generation is almost the afternoon, try to speed up the speed to avoid as well. ”

About the water thief last night, I had heard what the little man said at the post station, so he didn't have the intention of continuing to inquire, Sima Yun may have been tired from standing, so he went back to the warehouse to rest, and the peasant woman brought a lot of green fruits that only grow in spring on the banks of the Jiangshui River, and took a plate and handed it to Zhang Mingyue, but she didn't dare to look at the young man in front of her, but she blushed to the depths of her neck with a simple movement.

Zhang Mingyue laughed and laughed.