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Chapter 36 Bozhou
When Nie Zhongyou looked over, Li Xia knew that he, the "No. [-] man", was going to come forward and find a way.

His gaze fell on the spear in Liu Jinsuo's hand, and he said, "Find a dense forest and bury all the weapons, and we'll go back to Caicheng."

"why?"

Li Xia said: "They deployed their forces on the official roads, tightening outside and loosening inside, so there were fewer people in the city. We didn't carry weapons and divided into two groups. It is difficult for them to search for us in such a large state and county.

Also, yesterday when I stayed overnight in Guiji Town, my hair was still untied, which is the most recognizable feature.After a day or two, they were able to find Guiji, so they concluded that we had already left the city, and the focus of the search would also be outside the city. "

"No, what's the matter?" Liu Jinsuo said, "I can't leave my gun!"

"Bury it up." Nie Zhongyou said lightly.

"Oh."

Lin Zi asked: "But without a weapon, if you are found, you won't be able to escape."

"Once you're found, you won't be able to escape even if you have weapons." Li Xia said, "But don't worry, the city is safe, their blockade method can only block us in Shouzhou, and if it doesn't work, they still have the token of the Di family. "

"But we can't be stuck here all the time, we still have dispatches to do."

"There is always a time when the checkpoints they set are slack, just leave when the time comes."

Now that Li Xia said so, everyone felt relieved and buried their weapons.

After a while, Liu Jinsuo scratched his head, then suddenly realized, and said, "So we were just stuck in Xiacai City, I thought it was over."

Hearing this, Li Xia frowned, his eyes revealing his thoughts.

"Brother Li, have you grown taller than when I first met you?" Liu Jinsuo asked again.

The rough man's voice was very loud, disrupting Li Xia's thoughts.

Speaking of this, Li Xia said "um", turned to Nie Zhongyou, and said, "Go back to the city, buy some milk to drink? Well... If you really don't have any, get some fish and tofu to stew."

"The goods and copper coins are lost, and there is no wealth."

"This is for you, it should be worth some money, buy more..."

Gao Mingyue followed behind and saw Li Xia take out a few jade beads and hand them to Nie Zhongyou.

Looking at this scene, Wei Wei was a little distracted, and she didn't know what she was thinking...

A group of people came out of the woods, mixed with the civilians who wanted to enter the city, and walked towards Xiacai City.

While walking, Li Xia seemed to think of something again, and suddenly said: "You go into the city, and Mr. Han and I will go to the checkpoint over there."

"What's the matter? The interrogation is so strict, so don't get caught."

"Mr. Han has a Henan accent. If I pretend to be his grandson, I won't be caught."

Lin Zi narrowed his eyes and said, "I'll go with you."

"Need not."

Lin Zi was obviously worried, and glanced at Nie Zhongyou again.

"Go." Nie Zhongyou said.

……

Li Xia and Han Chengxu pretended to be picking up firewood and walked towards the checkpoint. As expected, they saw that the road was blocked, and anyone who wanted to leave Shouzhou was strictly interrogated.

Han Chengxu looked like he couldn't move, and sat resting on the side of the road, while Ren Li Xia secretly observed.

After a while, six people came galloping from the south on fast horses, and they were quite handsome when they got off the horses.

"Let Joe get away with it!"

A soldier on the other side of the checkpoint shouted and opened the fence.

Li Xia looked at this scene from a distance, and his eyes became more thoughtful.

"What's wrong with Joe? Are you leaving now? Tighten the outside and loose the inside...what are you doing blocking us in Shouzhou..."

Looking up again, the six riders had already gone far away, leaving only smoke and dust on the official road.

Li Xia is very envious of the fast horse, the light fur, and the fast speed.

He had never seen such a good horse south of the Huaihe River.

Think back to the team led by Nie Zhongyou, but there were only a few rough horses pulling the cart, and they were slow.

"Mr. Han, how many miles does that fast horse travel in a day?"

Han Chengxu said: "According to his speed, it is possible to travel more than two hundred miles a day."

"On that day, we can go to Yingzhou."

"Yes." Han Chengxu looked at the road with his old eyes, and murmured: "If it were us, we would have to go on this road."

"Let's go back and drink fish soup..."

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"drive!"

Qiao Ju galloped with his horse's belly between his legs, passing the hills next to the official road.

Thinking back on the opponent he met these two days, Qiao Ju decisively decided not to get entangled with him in Shouzhou.

He will lay a net in Yingzhou and wait for them.

But before that, he had to go back to Bozhou to report the matter and transfer more capable manpower.

This time, it wasn't Hong Deyi's kind of garrison who was not good at hunting.

"Tuotuo? I'll wait for you..."

~~
Bozhou.

Bozhou borders Yingzhou in the southwest, Shouzhou in the south, and Guide Mansion in the north.

After the battle between Mongolia and Jin, Song and Jin, Bozhou was in decline.It wasn't until two years ago that Zhang Rou was ordered to move to Bozhou that the people's livelihood improved here.

Zhang Rou built houses, mansions, and city walls, and built a bridge to connect with Guide Mansion in the north, so that the people could gather and live in peace again.He also restored the Confucian Temple and invited many great Confucians to set up libraries to teach, which revived Bozhou's culture and education.

Nowadays, there is a constant flow of merchants, boats and vehicles in Bozhou city, just like in the time of peace and prosperity.

Therefore, Zhang Rou's Military and Civilian Mansion is an extremely prominent existence in Bozhou City...

On this day, Zhang Wenjing was sitting in the boudoir practicing calligraphy in the backyard of the vast Zhang family mansion, when she suddenly saw a maid running past in a hurry from the window.

So she put down her pen, got up and walked downstairs.

"But Brother Jiu wants to see me?"

"Yes, Jiulang is in the pavilion in front."

"Understood, I went to see him in the past..."

Zhang Wenjing has an oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, a straight nose, and fat skin. She is extremely beautiful, but it gives people a feeling of being difficult to get close to.

Zhang Rou gave birth to twelve sons, and finally got two daughters, and she doted on them very much. As the eldest daughter of the Zhang family, Zhang Wenjing, although she was not proud of being favored, was very reserved and wealthy.She has just turned 16 years old, but her temperament is already dignified and heavy.

She went all the way to the pool pavilion, and she saw Zhang Hongfan sitting there.

Because Zhang's sons and daughters are ranked separately, one is called "Nine Brothers" and the other is "Big Sister".

Seeing Li, Zhang Hongfan smiled and said, "I'm going to Shuntian Road to say goodbye to you."

Zhang Hongfan has just reached his full age, tall and well-groomed.What's even more rare is that he has grown three long beards at this age, which makes him look like a bearded man.

Zhang Wenjing bowed and asked, "Is Ninth Brother going to be an official?"

"It's not a good thing either. A few days ago, a few Dali remnants assassinated a Mongolian general under the rule of Sixth Brother. Sixth Brother had to go to Helin City and explain to Dahan in person. I will take care of Shuntian Road for him."

"Brother Six will be all right?"

"It's okay, he just went to report on his work, just explain it." Zhang Hongfan said: "You don't have to worry about it, I'm leaving today, and I have a few things to explain to you before I leave. For one thing, my manuscripts, classics, and musical instruments are all Someone has moved it to the backyard, you can go get it at any time..."

When Zhang Wenjing heard it, there was joy in his eyes.

There was a kind of joy of "as soon as my brother leaves, all his things will be mine", but she restrained her again in an instant.

Seeing her happy, Zhang Hongfan smiled, but then turned his face away, and said, "Secondly, don't get angry with your father anymore. Qiao Ju is my classmate, I know him well, he is indeed your good friend Match. Father doted on you, so he booked this marriage for you. "

"But my father didn't even ask me..."

"Listen to me, Qiao Ju has a calm temperament, outstanding talent, and comes from a poor background. After he married you, he would never dare to let you suffer any grievances. This is the painstaking effort of his father. There are countless dignitaries, why did father find Qiao Ju as your son-in-law?"

Zhang Wenjing was still not very happy, turned her body sideways, and said, "But I don't like it."

Zhang Hongfan smiled wryly, and asked, "Where does he offend you, I'll let him change it."

"I don't want to gossip about people behind their backs."

"It's not about right and wrong, you just tell your brother what you don't like about Qiao Ju."

Zhang Wenjing clasped her hands, turned sideways, and said, "If you want to say it, it's the word 'keen'."

Zhang Hongfan understood as soon as he heard it.

But he wanted his sister to explain clearly, and asked, "What's the explanation?"

"Speaking more deeply, it is hard to guarantee that he is not a dragon and a phoenix. Who knows whether he treats me because he loves me, or because he loves his father's power? To put it bluntly, the husband-in-law I want should be neither humble nor overbearing, and have a celebrity demeanor. , not a...snobbish...honest man who doesn't dare to lift his head in front of my father."

For the last few words, Zhang Wenjing changed a word when it came to her lips.

Zhang Hongfan shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said deliberately: "So you think he came from a poor background."

"No, I don't hate the poor and love the rich..."

"Then what are you going to do? You don't like those high-school kids, you say they are arrogant and arrogant; it's hard to find a handsome guy from a humble family for you, but you think he's honest? Eldest sister, your vision is too high."

"Humph."

"It's not that your father and brother don't follow you, but what should you do with your father and brother at this age? If you don't marry again, you will be satisfied when the Mongolian guard comes to propose marriage and let you marry that rude China?"

In a word, Zhang Wenjing lowered her head and remained silent.

Zhang Hongfan's eloquence is good, that's why he was sent by his father to be a lobbyist before he left. Seeing that his sister was unhappy, he sighed and said, "You believe Brother Ninth, Qiao Ju is already We can find a good match for you, if you marry him, you will have a good life in the future."

"Brother Nine is saying that I have no choice."

"He was selected for you after all the talented men, otherwise the Mongols..."

"Understood." Zhang Wenjing finally compromisingly replied, "Joe Jianzhang, just Qiao Jianzhang."

"That's good, don't be angry with your father?"

"Oh."

"Then Brother Nine is gone."

Zhang Hongfan raised his hand, turned around and left, quite carefree.

Zhang Wenjing thought for a while, took two small steps forward, and said, "Brother Nine is the most assiduous in studying and practicing martial arts. As you said in your poem, 'Half a window is cold and rainy night is deep, and the orchid ointment is burned for an inch of gold', this time To become an official, my sister wishes my brother a bright future."

"Haha." Zhang Hongfan laughed and groaned casually, and he had already left the courtyard.

"Mo Xiao has been on the dusty wall for ten years, and he has also broken the hearts of sages. Ten years of sharpening the sword, once it is unsheathed, it will lean on the sky and cry..."

(End of this chapter)