Although there are still more than ten days before the arrival of the military academy of the military department, if you count the time spent on preparation and travel, their time is actually very tight. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The Wang family and the Tang family obviously realized this, and their original plan to treat guests for three days had to be canceled, and they invited some leading figures of Xiaohe Township to a banquet in Lushan Restaurant instead.

Although it was late January, the river had not yet thawed, so they could not take a boat, so they could only ride to the capital on horseback, and for two days, everyone was busy packing their luggage.

At night, Li Yanqing wandered alone in the old mansion, he looked at the incomparably familiar grass and trees, looked at the house that had accompanied him for five years, or curled up in the nest to sleep, and his heart swelled with infinite nostalgia.

Tomorrow he will leave here for Beijing, and although he will return, the focus of his life will not be his hometown.

Li Yanqing gently stroked Da Hei, his nose was a little sour, I don't know if Da Hei was still there when he came back?

Suddenly, there was a little movement in the grove in the distance, it seemed that someone was shouting in a low voice, Li Yanqing was stunned, so he walked quickly to the wall, stared into the woods for a moment, he jumped over the courtyard wall, and ran towards the woods.

The woods were pitch black, and after walking a dozen steps, the moonlight penetrated into the woods and reflected in a clearing, only to see the cold light shining in the clearing, and a sharp sword flew up and down, dancing through the wind and rain.

Li Yanqing hid behind a big tree, looked at Qing'er who was practicing swords, and saw that she had a resolute face, completely without the weakness when she was lonely and helpless in the cell, her body moved like a fly, sometimes the milk swallow threw herself into the forest, the long sword in her hand was like a lightning stab, and sometimes the harrier turned over and jumped on the tree lightly.

She is only eight years old, and her swordsmanship and light skills are so strong, I really don't know how her father trained her?

But Li Yanqing didn't disturb her, and quietly retreated, quickly leaving the woods.

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Before dawn, Li Yanqing got up early, and while combing his hair, the magpie muttered unhappily: "Said to take me with you, people's necks are looking forward to growing, but in the end, they changed their hexagrams, and their words are not counted, what a manly husband!" ”

Li Yanqing was angry and funny, turned around and knocked on her head, "Why can't I talk anymore?" I'm going to take you to the capital, but not now, when I settle down there, I'll let you go, otherwise I won't even have a place to live, what will I do then? ”

"What if you buy another maid over there and forget about us?"

"Don't think about it all day long, others are not as worried as you, I will write to you when I settle down, you, Qing'er and Sister-in-law Ju will go together, and you can still take a boat at that time, and the road will not be so hard."

Speaking of this, Li Yanqing saw a figure dodging at the door, so he smiled and beckoned, "Qing'er, you come over too!" ”

After a while, Qing'er walked over slowly, standing in front of Li Yanqing with her head down, Li Yanqing saw that her body was weak, her expression was as calm as water, and she thought of her perseverance and decisiveness when she practiced martial arts last night, as if two people were attached to one body.

Li Yanqing said to her softly: "I heard the magpie say that you know words very quickly, you already know three or four hundred words, although the progress is very fast, but there is still a distance from being able to read, and then study hard for a few months, learn a thousand words and read nine hundred sentences, you can slowly read "The Great Sage Monster Hunt", in short, it is a sentence, calm down and read a sentence to read, and when I settle down in the capital, I will also take you over, remember?" ”

Qing'er nodded lightly, "Qing'er remembers!" ”

Li Yanqing paused and said with a smile: "I thought about it yesterday, that sword is still too heavy and too big for you, go back to the capital, and I will buy you a women's hibiscus sword." ”

"Thank you, big brother!"

Qing'er ran back to the house, took the sword back and returned it to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing saw that she had misunderstood, so he smiled and said: "You still keep this sword first, and when I buy you a new sword, you won't be too late to give it to me!" ”

At this time, Uncle Zhong said in the courtyard: "Little official, it's time to go." ”

"I'm coming!"

Li Yanqing picked up the leather bag, got up and smiled at the two little ladies and said, "I should go, I will write to you when I turn back!" ”

The magpie and Qing'er followed him to the yard, the horses were ready, Uncle Zhong washed the white horse Snow Sword cleanly, and when the Snow Sword saw Li Yanqing coming out, he immediately stretched out his long mouth, arched affectionately on Li Yanqing's face, and kicked twice on the stone slab with his hooves, as if urging the master to hurry up.

At this time, Sister-in-law Ju also walked out of the kitchen quickly, and handed a straw bag to Li Yanqing, which was still steaming hot, "Here are twenty freshly steamed meat buns, and the little officials will eat them on the way!" ”

"Thank you, Sister-in-law!"

Li Yanqing put the bun into the horse bag, touched Da Hei's head again, hugged it tightly, Da Hei snuggled him and whimpered twice, and reluctantly licked the little master's hand.

"Uncle Zhong, Da Hei will leave it to you."

"Petty officials, don't worry! I will definitely take good care of it. ”

Li Yanqing recognized that he stepped on the horse, the horse kicked and walked a few steps, he clamped his legs, and the horse ran out of the courtyard gate like an arrow.

Everyone flocked to the door and waved goodbye to him, "Little official, have a good trip!" ”

Li Yanqing turned around and said loudly: "You guys also take care!" ”

The horses rushed into the night fog and faded into the distance.

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Next to the inn in Lushan Town, Yue Fei, Wang Gui and Tang Huai were patiently waiting for Li Yanqing, Wang Gui and Tang Huai both had industries in the capital, they didn't need to bring many things, they only needed to bring enough travel expenses.

Both of them wore samurai uniforms made of brocade, with long swords at their waists, bows and arrows on their backs, and their respective weapons hanging on the saddle bridge, Tang Huai was a hook and sickle spear, about nine feet long, extremely sharp, but he still held a small golden folding fan in his hand, which he never left his body.

Wang Gui is a forty-pound gold-backed tiger tooth knife, made of iron, extremely sharp, is one of Zhou Dong's most proud collections, he gave it to Wang Gui, in addition, Wang Gui also carried a steel whip.

Ordinary people are not allowed to carry heavy weapons, but they are Wuju people who enter Beijing, and there is a special permit document that allows them to carry them.

Wang Gui and Tang Huai were in good spirits and looked exceptionally handsome and hearty.

Yue Fei also wore a moon-white samurai suit made of fine linen, and rode a flamingo that Li Yanqing lent him under his crotch, his big green horse was too old to withstand a long journey, Yue Fei was wearing a sword on his back, a cold and shining silver spear was hung on the saddle bridge, and a fifteen-pound corrugated gong was on his back.

Yue Fei's family is not well-off, this time they took the martial arts test to raise people, although the county bachelors and the people did not take it seriously, and could not enjoy the glory of going out of the city to greet and cross the streets, but they were vigorously commended by Jiang Dadao, the county magistrate, each person rewarded them with twenty taels of silver, and Yue Fei also just solved the problem of travel expenses.

In addition, the military department has a good salary in martial arts, not only is the cost of room and board free, but also there is a subsidy of 50 yuan per day, Yue Fei basically does not have to spend money at home to study martial arts.

This was his wise decision, otherwise after he finished his state school, no matter whether he could be admitted to Taixue or not, he would have to go home to farm, and his family would not be able to support him to go to the capital to study.

At this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the three of them were in high spirits, this must be Li Yanqing coming.

Not long after, Li Yanqing rushed over, and Lao Yuan smiled apologetically: "Let everyone wait for a long time!" ”

Li Yanqing's dress was different from them, he wore a white shirt, a tour crown, a leather belt around his waist, a typical scholar's dress, he didn't bring any weapons, but there was a big leather bag hanging on the saddle bridge, which was his copper bow and iron arrows, but the steel wire strings had been removed, and the copper tire bow and iron arrows were brushed with a layer of oil and carefully wrapped in oiled paper.

He looked like a scholar who was about to go on a study tour, and he seemed a little out of place among the three heroic samurai.

Wang Gui smiled and reached out and pinched the copper bow in his leather bag, "I just made a bet with Lao Tang whether you had a bow or not, and I won!" ”

Wang Gui turned around and said triumphantly: "Okay, you can have dinner today!" ”

Tang Huai pursed his lips, shook his small fan and said: "Some people bring three hundred taels of silver and still don't forget to take advantage of other people, what is it called to be rich and unkind, this is it." ”

"Go——, your kid also brought three hundred taels of silver, and you're embarrassed to say me!"

Yue Fei frowned, "You two don't make trouble, it's not too early, we should go!" ”

Li Yanqing laughed, "Let's go, let's go, go to the capital to make a fortune and get promoted!" ”

"Go to the capital!"

Wang Gui and Tang Huai cheered at the same time, and the four of them rode their horses and galloped south.

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From Xiangzhou to the capital Bianliang is actually not far, after crossing the Yellow River in Baima, and then through Huazhou to enter the boundary of Kaifeng Prefecture, the four people only need to walk for four days to reach Bianjing.

At noon that day, a group of four people arrived at Chenqiao Town, which was about 40 miles away from Bianjing, where the Chenqiao Mutiny took place.

To their surprise, although it is only forty miles away from Bianjing, it is very dilapidated, not as prosperous as Lushan Town, and the population is not large, there are sparse houses on both sides of the official road, but the official road is full of people coming and going, very lively, mainly the caravans going north and south.

"I found out how this Kaifeng Mansion is much more desolate than Xiangzhou, all the way south, there is wasteland everywhere, and the population is not large, this is actually the Kaifeng Mansion where the capital is located?"

Wang Guidong looked around, along the way he had the most testimonials, his mouth did not stop for a moment, one moment commented that there were too few woods in the south of Xiangzhou, and the other time he said that the Yellow River was not frozen enough to be strong, and for a while he criticized the soldiers at the checkpoint for being irresponsible, and actually did not read his documents and entered Kaifeng Mansion, and he began to dislike Kaifeng Mansion for its small population and desolate place.

Wang Gui pointed to a few open spaces on the side of the road and said, "There are so many merchants coming and going, and there is still empty land?" If I buy these vacant lots and repair inns and taverns, I will make a lot of money!" ”

Wang Gui's nagging had long been unable to resonate with everyone, and Li Yanqing asked Tang Huaidao: "Is there a place to eat near here?" ”

Tang Huai was the only one among them who had ever been to the capital, and it was three years ago when he came to the Chinese New Year, he thought about it, and said, "I remember that there is a tea shed not far in front of me, and it seems that you can eat." ”

"Then let's go to the tea shed and sit down!"

Li Yanqing's suggestion was responded to by everyone, everyone sped up and ran forward, and after a while, a tea shed appeared in front, covering a large area, and half of the people sat under the tea shed, they just arrived at the door, and the shopkeeper of the tea shed greeted them, "Welcome four small officials to drink tea!" ”

"Do you have food?"

"Yes! Yes! There are steamed buns, blood visceral noodles, meat foam noodles, sugar porridge, bone soup, north and south soup, fried meat, fried fish, delicious and cheap, to ensure the satisfaction of the four petty officials! ”

The four men turned over and dismounted, handed the horses to the treasurer, and tied them to the stakes at the door, where they found a table and sat down, so that they could see their horses at all times.

Li Yanqing looked around, the people who rested and drank tea in the tea shed were basically businessmen, with heavy cargo bags stacked around him, and hundreds of donkeys tied outside.

At this time, Yue Fei turned his arm at Li Yanqing, and glanced back, Li Yanqing turned around, only to find that there was also a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy sitting behind them, wearing a cyan samurai uniform, with thick eyebrows and leopard eyes, dark skin, not tall, but exceptionally strong, and a pair of corrugated gold maces were placed on the table, each of which weighed at least twenty catties.

While drinking tea, the young man's eyes glanced at Li Yanqing's feet from time to time, Li Yanqing lowered his head, and found that the leather bag in which he put the copper bow was loosened at some point, revealing half of the bow handle.