At the end of the winter of the forty-fourth year of the Great Jin Dynasty, one morning at the end of December.

In front of the gate of the backyard of the Tongshan County Ya, a detachment of brigades has been organized, with five carts in the middle and nearly 100 carts behind.

There were about 12 or 30 men working inside, and there were also more than 200 guards behind the Zhu family's private soldiers.

This is naturally the team that escorted Zhu Lingwu back to the ancestral land of the Zhu family in Chilong Mansion, and also followed the Zhu family's trading and business travel in Tongshan County, forming a large convoy.

This is only the manpower of the Zhu family, and many other merchants in Tongshan County heard about this and contacted the Zhu family's foreign affairs housekeeper in Tongshan County, asking to join them on the road.

After some contact, the foreign affairs housekeeper of the Zhu family understood Zhu Junyan, and agreed to their request, and naturally charged a fee.

Therefore, there are still many merchant vehicles waiting in front of the east gate of Tongshan County, waiting for Zhu's convoy to arrive, form a larger team, and go to Chong'an Domestic Mansion together.

Tongshan County is located in the borderland, from Tongshan County to Chong'an Domestic Government, even if it is Yongling Mansion, to which Tongshan County belongs, you have to pass through a lot of barren mountains and wilderness.

Yongling Mansion, as the name suggests, is a place full of mountains, although it is not like the 100,000 Demon Mountains, completely reduced to the territory of monsters, but on the way from Tongshan County to Yongling Mansion, not to mention the herds of fierce beasts and bandits, there are still many monsters hidden in it.

Therefore, from the land of Chong'an to Tongshan County, not to mention those adventurers, many adventurers themselves are part-time thieves, and other business travelers do not have more than 100 people to escort, so they dare not walk at all.

Especially at the end of the year, the adventurers and business travelers here in Tongshan County have to go home for the New Year, and there are many adventurers who have not fished haode for a year, so they plan to go home for the New Year halfway.

This made the business travelers who went back to Tongshan County have to get together on the road, and they didn't dare to recruit adventurers from Tongshan County as escorts casually, who knows if there are thieves and spies among these people, and that is not to lure wolves into the house.

Although many caravans originally had their own escorts, but by the end of the year these teams were insufficient, and now they heard that the private army of the Zhu clan in Tongshan County was going to escort them back to Chilong Mansion, and many merchants who were on the way and those who were not on the way inevitably came over.

Those merchants who are not on the way, even if they can follow them out of Yongling Mansion, can reduce a lot of risks, and the Zhu family's private soldiers are not comparable to the escort team hired by these merchants, even if the personal strength of the Zhu family's private soldiers is not as good as the martial arts masters in the business brigade escort team.

However, the Zhu family's private soldiers formed a military formation as a whole, and fought against these martial arts masters who walked on the rivers and lakes, and the final victory was probably the Zhu family's private soldiers.

In particular, the Zhu family's private soldiers, led by Liu Ping himself, naturally made the journey home safer, of course, since these caravans wanted to go with the Zhu family, the Zhu family's foreign affairs chief in Tongshan County also handed over the command of these caravan escort teams to Liu Ping.

In this way, for Liu Ping, he has a lot more liliang to protect Zhu Lingwu, and only those business travelers will not care too much.

At this time, Zhu's convoy was almost ready, just waiting for the most critical Xiao Yanai to go out, and the whole convoy could hit the road.

And Zhu Lingwu had already gotten up, with the help of the three personal maids beside him, dressed neatly, wearing a cloak covering his head, and walked out of the courtyard of his private house surrounded by a group of small servants.

Zhu Lingwu's cheap father, Zhu Junyan, dressed in scholarly clothes, accompanied by a group of domestic slaves, also walked out of the Tongshan County Intermediate Court.

In front of the backyard of the county government, Liu Ping also changed into a captain's armor, holding a long knife in his hand, and was already waiting here.

Not long after, Zhu Lingwu and Zhu Junyan met in front of the backyard of the county government, and the little guys and house slaves around them naturally scattered to both sides, they were all people with vision.

And Liu Ping stepped forward directly, went to Zhu Junyan, saluted with a knife, and told Zhu Junyan that the convoy was ready and ready to set off at any time.

Listening to Liu Ping's words, Zhu Junyan sighed, then turned his head to look at Zhu Lingwu, and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.

"Xiao Wu, along the way, listen to Liu Ping's arrangement, don't mess around and cause trouble!"

Zhu Junyan said in his mouth, and touched Zhu Lingwu's head with one hand, thinking that he would not see his children for more than a year, and he still had a loss in his heart.

However, since he was appointed as the magistrate of Chong'an State, he had no choice but to take care of the country first and then his family, in fact, it was also because Tongshan County was too dangerous, otherwise he would not even have time to go home for the New Year.

"Daddy, don't worry, I'm stuck in the car all the way, it's okay! Well, anyway, it's also a poor mountain along the way, and there's nothing to see, so I'm just teaching my little Daji to read and write in the car!"

Zhu Lingwu glanced at the little white fox held in the arms of the maidservant Qiuyang on the side, and promised Zhu Junyan.

Since this little white fox was taken back to the courtyard of the private house by Zhu Lingwu, he was quickly liked by the three personal maids around him, and the little white fox also knew how to please them, so now the three maids rushed to take care of it all day long, but today it was snatched by Qiuyang.

However, Zhu Lingwu knew that this was also what the little white fox was secretly exerting, but it was a pity that the three maids around him were all ordinary women, so naturally they couldn't stop the little white fox's charm.

"You idiot, alas, no matter what, it's better to have this fox with you than to go out and make trouble! Okay, Captain Liu, there will be you on the way, and the hour is not too early, it is better to set off early, and you can catch up with the post station on the road, than to sleep outside! This idiot, if you are disobedient on the road, you just have to teach you a lesson, no matter how you say, he will also call you a few masters!"

Zhu Junyan didn't have much to do with Zhu Lingwu, so he had to turn to Liu Ping and instruct.

"No, don't worry, the master will do his best to send the little young master back to his home safely!"

Liu Ping hurriedly bowed to Zhu Junyan with a knife and promised.

At the moment, following Zhu Lingwu's group of little servants, he hugged Zhu Lingwu and walked towards a huge carriage, which had a space of more than 20 square meters, just like a modern RV, and it took six horses to drive in front of it.

Zhu Lingwu's other two personal maidservants had already sorted out for Zhu Lingwu in the carriage, and soon asked Chuyang's maidservants to open the curtain of the carriage for Zhu Lingwu.

A small servant also put the wooden ladder for Zhu Lingwu to get into the carriage, Zhu Lingwu took steps to get into the carriage, the carriage had already been padded with thick animal skins, and incense burners, several cases, and snacks such as vegetables, fruits, and dried meat were placed, which was similar to Zhu Lingwu's private bedroom.

When Zhu Lingwu got into the carriage, Chu Yang and Xia Yang came up to wait for Zhu Lingwu to do a good job by the window, which was also comfortable and warm.

There was no need for Zhu Lingwu to speak, Xia Yang had already forked the window of the carriage with a wooden pole, and Zhu Lingwu waved his hand to Zhu Junyan in the carriage to greet him.

Zhu Junyan nodded to Zhu Lingwu, and then motioned to Liu Ping to let the convoy go......