Border Cook

Chapter 617 Addiction
Lu Qiyan and Xia Yunji did the same. They also arranged people to take turns on duty at night, and then they had dinner with Xia Mingyue.

Fried tofu, stir-fried bean sprouts, crispy chicken, braised fish, the staple food is scallion rolls, and the soup is millet porridge.

The meals were home cooked and tasted delicious, and everyone enjoyed the meal very satisfyingly.

After dinner, although they had been running around all day, they had been resting with their eyes closed or sleeping in the carriage the whole time. Now that they had arrived at a new place, Xia Mingyue was very awake and not sleepy at all.

Seeing Lu Qiyan checking the route at the table, planning where to stay tomorrow, and writing a letter to send someone to deliver it in advance, Xia Mingyue stood by and helped spread the paper and grind the ink.

Seeing this, Lu Qiyan paused in his writing motion and looked at Xia Mingyue with a smile, "I am deeply honored to have you here to add fragrance to my life."

"Then next time you can help me, it will be considered as a courtesy, how about it?" Xia Mingyue joked.

"That's even more of an honor." Lu Qiyan smiled even more.

Xia Yunji next to him, "..."

Didn't see it!
I was already quite full after dinner, and now I'm even fuller.

So, he decided to go find Wu Jin to play with!

At this time, Wu Jin was walking slowly in the post station. Wherever he came to, he would stop for a moment, sniff carefully, and then leave. He did not stop until he had walked around the entire yard of the post station.

"Don't worry, I have sent people to patrol everywhere." Xia Yunji reached out and patted Wu Jin's forehead.

Wu Jin raised his chin proudly.

You patrol your area and it patrols its area, without delaying or interfering with each other.

Seeing that Wu Jin did not agree with his point of view, Xia Yunji chuckled and took Wu Jin for a walk to help him digest his food.

Inside the room, Lu Qiyan finished writing a letter and put it aside to dry the ink stains. Xia Mingyue saw that he needed to rush to a place called Ping'anyi on his route tomorrow. The map showed that the route was longer than today's. She smiled and said, "It seems that we need to set off early tomorrow."

"Yes." Lu Qiyan said, "Not only do we have to set off early, but we won't have to rest for too long tomorrow. I've already told the cooks to prepare some more dry food tomorrow morning for lunch."

"Yeah," Xia Mingyue nodded and laughed, "I used to think that when officials traveled, there were many post stations along the way and they could stay anywhere. Now it seems that they are just like ordinary people and need to hurry as fast as possible."

"In fact, there are many post stations, but the delegation is large, and there are many escorts and entourages. The number of stations that can accommodate so many people at the same time is limited."

Lu Qiyan explained, "Besides, some post stations do not accept people other than messengers to stay, so it is not suitable to go there."

According to the Great Zhou Kingdom's regulations on post stations, there is a post station every twenty miles on the fastest route from the border checkpoints to the capital. These post stations are specially used for delivering letters.

When delivering letters, the messengers had to change horses at each post station to ensure the speed of delivery. If they were found not to change horses, they would be punished with forty strokes of the cane.

Such frequent transfers can ensure the courier's travel speed, traveling 800 miles a day, and delivering urgent letters to the designated destination as quickly as possible.

However, such a speed of 800 miles a day is extremely exhausting for the couriers and the horses at the post stations. Therefore, unless it is urgent military information or the emperor's decree, ordinary letters are not easily sent by express delivery of 800 miles a day. Instead, different speeds such as 600 miles, 400 miles, or 200 miles a day are chosen according to the severity of the situation.

Such post stations usually have messengers frequently appearing, and the letters they deliver are likely to involve various information such as military intelligence, official appointments, and material distribution, so it is not appropriate for irrelevant people to know. Naturally, it is even more inappropriate for Li Juncheng and other people from Jinweiguo to know anything.

Xia Mingyue nodded when she heard this, "I see."

I didn't know that there were such detailed divisions on the post station. It is said that reading ten thousand books and traveling ten thousand miles are beneficial. What I saw and learned along the way can be regarded as gaining a lot of knowledge.

Seeing Xia Mingyue's face beaming with joy because she knew something new, Lu Qiyan also smiled, put the written letter in an envelope, and asked his subordinates to send it to Ping'an Posthouse at full speed overnight.

After finishing all these, he smiled and said, "Madam, why don't you take a rest?"

"Maybe I slept too much during the day, so I'm not very sleepy now."

"In that case..." Lu Qiyan said with a smile, "I read a new storybook a few days ago, and the content is quite exciting. Why don't I tell my wife about it?"

Live action audiobooks?

Xia Mingyue was feeling bored after a day of traveling, and when she heard Lu Qiyan's proposal, she immediately became excited, "Okay."

"But you can only speak for half an hour."

She was either leaning or sleeping along the way, which was quite relaxing and comfortable. However, Lu Qiyan was busy all the way and was very tired. They had to set off early tomorrow morning, so she couldn't let Lu Qiyan sleep too late.

Lu Qiyan understood what Xia Mingyue meant and agreed with a smile, "Okay, just half an hour."

After saying that, he took the cup of water handed to him by Xia Mingyue, took a sip to moisten his throat, and then spoke.

"This storybook is called "Jinxiu Lu". It is said that in the third year of Shunde, in Yangzhou City, a family surnamed You gave birth to a baby girl in March when the peach blossoms were in full bloom. Her father named her Jinxiu..."

The story sounded very interesting. Xia Mingyue held her chin and listened attentively.

And at this moment, there is also a person who is reading this book "Jinxiulu" and is fascinated by it.

He had already read half of the story, which was the part when You Jinxiu had just become a concubine, and was hated by the imperial concubine and was made to suffer in every way.

At this time, You Jinxiu no longer had the innocence she had when she first entered the palace, nor did she easily trust the kindness of others. She was more mature and careful, and she was neither humble nor overbearing in the face of the imperial concubine's difficulties...

This You Jinxiu has really grown up. Suddenly I am looking forward to the fight between her and the imperial concubine.

And looking at the current situation, why do I feel that this queen who always plays the role of a good person is actually not a good person?

By the way, when introducing this storybook, Lu Qiyan once said that You Jinxiu would eventually become the empress dowager, and the queen would definitely be killed by her in the end.

Suddenly I really want to know how this queen finally made her move and how she was defeated...

Li Juncheng subconsciously wanted to turn the page a few pages, but after thinking about it, he took his hand back.

The ups and downs of life are all part of our experience. If we could just turn over them so easily, wouldn’t it be a bit too much to be afraid of facing reality?
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