"The king of the county, there is the southbound post in front, which is also the closest post station to Xi'an Prefecture, let's stay here for one night, and we can reach Xi'an Prefecture the day after tomorrow." At dusk, he came to Zhao Yan's carriage and pointed to a post station on the official road in the distance.

"Oh?" Zhao Yan also poked his head out of the car window when he heard this, and then took a serious look at the southbound post in the distance, only to see that this post station was located alone next to the official road, and it seemed that the scale was not small, but the houses and walls were already very dilapidated, and it seemed that this post station had been around for some years.

Soon Zhao Yan and their team came to the gate of this post station, only to see a plaque with three big characters written on the door, which is a very new plaque, which is a little out of place with the dilapidated post station, but Zhao Yan knows that the names of the previous post stations are written in Western Xia characters, and now after being occupied by the Great Song Dynasty, all the post stations have changed their plaques, and almost all the post stations where Zhao Yan and them live are like this along the way.

Although it was getting late, the post station had already received the news that Zhao Yan and their team were coming, so the post men and post guards in the post station had already stood outside the door to greet them, and after seeing the team stop, the head of the post man immediately stepped forward to greet him with a smile on his face.

I saw that the middle-aged post man had a few words, and the other party also nodded and agreed, and then the soldiers in front immediately entered the post station and searched all the rooms inside. After confirming that there was no danger, Zhao Yan and the others entered the post station, during which Zhao Yan did not even get off the carriage. As for Li Liangzuo's carriage, it was also placed in the post station.

After entering the post station, Zhao Yan stepped out of the carriage, his room had already been arranged, and it was in the quietest courtyard behind the post station, but Zhao Yan was not in a hurry to go back to rest, but personally arranged Li Liangzuo's carriage. After all, they will arrive in Xi'an Prefecture the day after tomorrow, which also means that the remnants of Western Xia may come to the rescue of Li Liangzuo at any time. So they have to be careful and careful, the guarding of Li Liangzuo in the past two days was personally arranged by Zhao Yan.

Li Liangzuo's carriage was carried to the open space in front of the post hall, and then a group of soldiers began to prepare to set up tents. This is because Li Liangzuo's carriage is too wide, and the gate of the general house cannot enter at all, and Li Liangzuo cannot leave the carriage at will, so even if there is a post station, Li Liangzuo has to live in a tent.

But at this moment, I saw that the seed suddenly walked quickly and said: "King Jun, that post man just now said that the door of the lobby is relatively wide, and it should allow the carriage to enter, so I might as well place the carriage in the lobby." In addition, we have a large number of people, and the lobby will be full of soldiers, and by the way, we can also guard Li Liangzuo. ”

I heard the seed say this. Zhao Yan also turned his head to look at the door of the lobby, and found that the door of this lobby was indeed relatively wide, and it seemed that it should allow the carriage to pass through Guò, which also made him nod and said, "Okay, let people try to see if they can enter the lobby!" ”

With the order of the planter, the soldiers who were camped immediately put down their work. He began to push the carriage to the lobby door, only to find that the door was only a few inches wider than the carriage. The fact that they could really enter also made the soldiers very happy, and they pushed the carriage in with a shout.

Zhao Yan also followed the carriage into the lobby to take a look, and found that the area of the entire lobby is not small, there are several windows around, and the tables and chairs in the lobby have been packed up and placed around, leaving a large open space in the middle, and it is more than enough to park a carriage, and at night it is also full of soldiers, and there should be no problem with safety.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and then explained the guard matters at night again, and the general in charge of guarding Li Liangzuo also bowed down to receive the order, and patted his chest to ensure that there would be absolutely no problems, which also made Zhao Yan finally put his mind at ease, turned around and left the lobby.

As soon as Zhao Yan came out of the door of the lobby, he saw that the middle-aged man was standing not far away, thinking that this person had reminded him, and at that moment Zhao Yan motioned for him to come forward, he had something to say to him.

Seeing Zhao Yan's gesture, the middle-aged Yicheng also showed an excited look on his face, and immediately trotted forward to Zhao Yan and bowed down and said, "Xiaguan see the county king!" ”

"Don't be polite, I don't know your surname?" Zhao Yan asked as much as he could make a kind look.

"King Qiyu, ...... The surname of the lower official is the name of Tian, and the king of the county can call the name of the lower official or Tian Yicheng. Tian Yicheng saluted again, his face was even more excited, and he even stammered a little when he spoke.

"Haha, Tian Yicheng doesn't have to be nervous, I think this southbound post is a big post station, although it is a little dilapidated, but it is not far from Xi'an Prefecture, but why are there only us in the post station, and I haven't seen other merchants?" When Zhao Yan said the end, his eyes were also full of suspicion staring at the Tian Yicheng in front of him, when he came in just now, he had already found that the entire post station was empty, except for their team, there were only some post guards who were busy.

Tian Yicheng kept his head down, and didn't see Zhao Yan's suspicious gaze, but at this time, he said with a wry smile: "King Qiyu, there were originally a lot of merchants living in the post station, but the messenger sent by the general before ordered the subordinate to drive everyone out of the post station, and you can only let the county king and your team live, the subordinate originally refused, but the messenger was too tough, and in the end, the subordinate could only persuade everyone to leave, and now these people have temporarily settled on the edge of the forest south of the post station, The king of the county can see them when he goes out. ”

Hearing that it was the order of the seed man, Zhao Yan couldn't help but be stunned, but then he thought again, don't look at the seed brother in front of him is very respectful, but in front of other people, the seed is very domineering and unreasonable, plus the task of escorting Li Liangzuo this time is too important, so it is reasonable for him to drive the others out of the post station.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan strode to the door again and looked at the woods in the south, and sure enough, he found that there were people there who were setting up tents, and he could even see some convoys pulling things, which seemed to be the people who lived in the post station before.

"Tian Yicheng, this king's trip has a lot to do with it, since the general has driven people away, then he can only wronged them, but you will let people make more dinner for those people, which can be regarded as the king's compensation for them." Zhao Yan commanded immediately.

"The king of the county is merciful, the lower official will do it!" Tian Yicheng also immediately agreed, and his eyes looking at Zhao Yan were also full of admiration, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, I'm afraid he wouldn't have dared to believe that the king of a country cared so much about the people?

Next, Zhao Yan walked around the post station at will, and even went up to the second floor of the post station to look at the surrounding environment, and found that there was a flat river around the post station, except for the woods in the south, there was no place to hide soldiers at all, but even so, Zhao Yan was not completely relieved, and sent people to the woods in the south to take a look, but in addition to the dozens of merchants who were driven out, they did not find any hidden people at all.

At this time, Chong Ge found Zhao Yanyu again and reported: "The king of the county, the last general personally led people to carefully search the post station inside and out again, and did not find anything abnormal, I think those remnants should want to do it in the last two days!" ”

"Well, I told the soldiers to have a good night's rest, and to recuperate their spirits to deal with the situation tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!" After hearing this, Zhao Yan also immediately ordered that they would only arrive in Xi'an Prefecture the day after tomorrow, which also gave those remnants of Western Xia two days and one night, and this time should be the best time for them to rescue Li Liangzuo.

"Whoa!" Zhao Yan also felt a little tired at this time, and went back to the room to rest, and soon a guard brought dinner, Zhao Yan ate some hastily, and then looked at the sky It was still early, so he came out of the room again, planning to see Li Liangzuo again.

At this time, it was already the beginning of the lanterns, and one team after another of the soldiers in charge of patrolling surrounded the entire post station, making the post station a large military camp, and the rest of the soldiers were just preparing to start the meal, and there was a smell of food wafting over the entire post station, but Zhao Yan knew that the food in the army actually tasted very bad.

When Zhao Yan came to the lobby, he found that a bonfire had risen in the open space outside the lobby door, and many soldiers were eating around the fire, and the lobby was also full of soldiers who were eating, because the room was not enough, so after they finished eating, they would also stay in the lobby, and the two tables were a good bed.

When Zhao Yan came to the lobby, he saw that he was squatting by the fire with a big bowl to eat, Zhao Yan did not alarm him, and went straight into the lobby to look at Li Liangzuo, only to find that the other party was curled up in the corner of the carriage, a pair of narrow eyes full of longing staring at the rice bowls of the soldiers in the lobby, looking like a hungry lone wolf.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the taste of hunger is not pleasant, right?" Zhao Yan came to Li Liangzuo with a smile and asked. The last time Li Liangzuo killed Queen Liang, Zhao Yan was very unhappy, and he couldn't kill Li Liangzuo, so he later cut off Li Liangzuo's food supply in a fit of anger.

"Zhao Yan, although I am your captive, I am also the emperor of Western Xia, if you insult me in this way, it is contempt for the emperor, no wonder you are not afraid that someone will attack you in the future?" Li Liangzuo said with hatred on his face when he saw Zhao Yan.

The emperor cannot be humiliated, this is not an empty word, now Zhao Yan can insult Li Liangzuo, but if you let someone know, maybe someone will be charged with contempt for imperial power, after all, Li Liangzuo's identity is equivalent to Zhao Shu, and the disrespect for Li Liangzuo is also disrespectful to Zhao Shu, this logic may be a little difficult to understand in the eyes of later generations, but it is a very normal thing for people in the era of the Great Song Dynasty. (To be continued)