Big Song Xiaohou Ye

Chapter 201
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is reasonable to say that the weather is not so hot, but for some reason these few days, the weather is extremely hot, and sometimes the sun is very poisonous tomorrow, but it suddenly becomes dark in a blink of an eye, and it becomes dark again after a while. The sky is clear, and it seems that a heavy rain is brewing.

This day, the sun was already very poisonous before noon, the hot sun was shining on the road, and even the air on the road was a little choked, and the weeds on the roadside had already curled up, as if they had been roasted by fire , There are very few pedestrians on the wide official road, only a group of people in the distance are walking alone.

There were a total of 300 people in this team, all of them were wearing gray clothes, carrying packages on their backs, and riding tall horses. The three hundred men walked in neat steps. Although they were already sweating profusely, no one complained. The eyes are very firm.

The leader is a young man in a brocade robe. Although the young man is dressed in a civil attire, he exudes an unconcealable heroism. This person is Li Ce. At this time, he is holding a broken folding fan in his hand and constantly Fan the wind.

"Damn it! It's really a good day for traveling, and it's almost sunburned!"

Li Ce cursed secretly, threw the broken fan in his hand, and said to Ning Feiyu beside him, "Let's rest here for a while, and let the brothers drink some water."

Ning Feiyu turned the horse's head and said loudly: "The general has an order to rest where he is."

Li Ce gave the order, and the three hundred men came to life instantly, picked up the kettle and poured water on their heads.

One person got off the carriage, it was Fan Zhongyan, the inspector this time, Li Ce saw him get off the carriage, so he got off his horse and walked over.

"Master Fan, drink some water." Li Ce handed over a skin bag filled with water.

Fan Zhongyan finally took a sip and said: "It's not an option to go on in such a stuffy weather. I don't need the carriage, and I will ride on the road after the rest. In this way, we should be able to reach the next town after dark."

Li Ce glanced at him in surprise and said, "Master Fan can still ride a horse?"

Fan Zhongyan stroked his short beard under his chin and laughed, "Don't think I'm just a scholar who has no strength to restrain a chicken. I'm proficient in horse hunting, can't I still know how to ride a horse?"

"You know how to meet horses?" Li Ce became interested and hurriedly asked, and stopped calling Fan Zhongyan an adult.

Fan Zhongyan looked around at the surrounding horses, nodded and said: "These horses are all from the Southwest. Southwest horses generally have large heads, high necks, long manes, tails, and mane hairs, good body structure, and solid hooves. Good at climbing mountains and ridges, able to carry heavy loads, but not good enough to be used as a war horse."

Li Ce looked back at the horses everyone was riding, and it seemed that this was really the case, so he couldn't help but admire Fan Zhongyan's ability again.

After the rest, everyone got on their horses and continued on their way. Without the drag of the carriage, they rode their horses and galloped, not only at a much faster speed, but also galloping so fast that the wind was blowing on their bodies, and they could not feel the scorching heat.

When everyone arrived at the town in the evening, there were several "boom, boom" thunders, and the pouring rain finally fell!
Li Ce looked at the pouring rain outside the post station, and said to Fan Zhongyan: "My lord's ability to ride a horse is really an eye-opener for the boy. I didn't expect that a civil servant, my lord, can have such abilities. I really admire it!"

Fan Zhongyan also looked at the heavy rain and said with a smile: "When I was traveling around the world in the past, I met a Master Xiangma, and I learned all these skills from him."

Li Ce suddenly said with a shy face, "Can you teach me too, my lord?"

Fan Zhongyan didn't expect this kid to be so straightforward, he was stunned for a moment and laughed loudly: "What's the matter, I'll teach you tomorrow on the road!"

The torrential rain lasted all night, and the rain stopped around noon on the second day. After eating, everyone continued on their way.Along the way, Fan Zhongyan continued to explain various secret skills of Xiangma to Li Ce, and Li Ce benefited a lot from listening.

On the third day, everyone had reached the southern boundary of Hebei East Road, but the road ahead was blocked by a large group of people.

The soldiers who explored the way came back and reported: "General, the rain has soared in the past few days, and the bridge in the river ahead has been washed away, and the front cannot be passed."

Li Ce glanced at the wide river in front of him, and frowned: "Then is there another way?"

The soldier said: "Just now, I have inquired, so I can only take the Zhending Mansion on West Hebei Road."

Li Ce was pleasantly surprised: "Leave from Zhending Mansion? Wouldn't it be possible to go home by the way?"

Fan Zhongyan also came over at this time, and heard the words: "Then let's use the Zhending Mansion. It happens that I have an old friend who is also in the Zhending Mansion, so I will visit him by the way."

Li Ce is overjoyed, it's really a hero who sees the same thing, haha...

Entering the boundary of Hebei West Road, Li Ce felt like revisiting his old place, but last time he was escorted away by the yamen, this time he returned to his hometown with honor, the scenery is still the same, but the mood of the people watching the scenery is the same as yours , Li Ce couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Fan Zhongyan looked at his expression and asked: "Li Ce, I remember you are also from Hebei West Road, right?"

Li Ce nodded and said, "The boy is from the Zhending Mansion."

Fan Zhongyan smiled and said: "My old friend is also from Zhending Mansion, I wonder if you have heard of it? After all, we haven't seen each other for almost ten years."

Li Ce thought to himself: I have not lived in Zhending Mansion for a long time, and Fan Zhongyan must know some well-known family, maybe he will be a high-ranking official, so don't let him go for a while.

He laughed and said, "I used to concentrate on reading the books of sages and sages, but I ignored the sophistication of the world. I only know three or five people in Zhending Mansion."

Fan Zhongyan was surprised and amused and said: "You only read the books of sages? You?"

Li Ce scratched his head and said: "That was before, before, haha..." After saying this, this guy felt a little embarrassed in his heart, and really thought about how his actions, speech and behavior were not influenced by the sage books at all. look.

The two chatted all the way, from customs to military national policy, the more Fan Zhongyan chatted, the more speculative he became. No wonder this young man has been so popular recently. This knowledge alone is far superior to his peers. Some of them have unique insights, even he himself sighed Not as good.

At noon on the second day, a group of people had already arrived at Zhending Mansion, and they temporarily stayed at the post station of Zhending Mansion.

Fan Zhongyan sent someone to report to the city in advance, and his old friend had already set up a banquet at home to wait for him.Fan Zhongyan asked Li Ce to go with him, and Li Ce was most troubled by this occasion, not to mention how he was willing to accompany him to the banquet because his mind was all on Xian'er at this time.Fan Zhongyan had no choice but to take two entourages to the banquet.

After Fan Zhongyan left, Li Ce also brought two of his own soldiers into the city in disguise, and the rest of the soldiers were handed over to Ning Feiyu for the time being.

Li Ce is straddling a green horse, with a long sword hanging from his waist, and there is an unconcealable heroism in Wenxiu, what a handsome young man!While reining in his horse and walking slowly, he kept looking at the things on both sides of Yong'an Street.

After walking for a few months, the Zhending Mansion is still the same, and the world is still going around without anyone... Li Ce felt emotional for a while.He Ruinian didn't know that he was back, and he didn't know how this old bastard would feel when he saw him again?I would really like to see how he doesn't like me, but he can't kill me!
"Hey, this handsome young man looks familiar..." the people on the street whispered.

"Yes, it looks like I've seen it somewhere before." Someone frowned and thought.

Li Ce smacked his lips when he heard this, and said for them in his heart: On the beheading stage of the execution ground...

Two soldiers followed behind Li Ce. The two were expressionless and kept vigilant about their surroundings. One of them noticed a commoner pointing at Li Ce. He glanced over with a cold look. The murderous look in his eyes scared the commoner. Immediately shut up.

Li Ce turned back with a sassy smile and said, "It's okay, they are all ordinary people."

The soldiers were extremely respectful to Li Ce, and nodded lightly when they heard the words, putting away the murderous aura that was exuding.

Li Ce praised secretly, Di Qing is really good at training such outstanding soldiers within the time of diagnosis!
After a while, they arrived at Yu Xian'er's restaurant - Feng Lou.However, Fenglou seems to be being renovated behind closed doors, and craftsmen, carpenters, and masons coming in and out are busy working.

Heh, I didn't expect that Xian'er is quite good at business, and she has the money to carry out major renovations.Li Ce got off the horse, looked at the exterior wall of Fenglou that had been painted with interest, nodded and said, "That's right, it looks better than before."

Just as he was about to step into the building, a servant stopped him and said, "Excuse me, sir, the shop is under renovation and closed."

Seeing this young man, he had never seen him before, Li Ce couldn't help but smiled and said, "Are you a new boy? Where's Chen Er?"

The young man looked at Li Ce, grinned and said, "What about Chen Er and Chen San? I'm Zhao Dahu, and I'm the shopkeeper here."

Li Ce looked him up and down, laughed and said, "Your shopkeeper?"

Zhao Dahu saw his disbelief, and argued anxiously, "What's wrong? It doesn't look like it."

"Not like."

"Go, go, stay where it's cool! Don't hinder my work." After finishing speaking, Zhao Dahu ignored him, picked up a log on the ground and walked towards the shop.

What kind of dumbass is Chen Erzhao... Li Ce shook his head and smiled.

He followed into the building and looked around, only to realize that there was no one he knew in the building, Chef Yang, Brother Zhou, and Chen Er were all here, and...in this shop!The dark beams and roof ridges in this store were clearly burned!

Something happened to Fenglou!
Li Ce stopped Zhao Dahu with a stride, stared and asked, "Let me ask you, who is the current owner of this restaurant?"

Zhao Dahu didn't want to talk to him anymore, but when he saw a murderous look in his angry eyes, he couldn't help but trembled and said: "It's me, Zhao Dahu."

Li Ce's heart skipped a beat, and he asked a series of questions: "When did you take over? What happened to Fenglou? Where is the original hostess of this restaurant?"

Zhao Dahu put down the crossbar in his hands, patted the dust on his hands, pointed to the charred and blackened roof beams and said: "Well, you also saw that there was a big fire here, and the hostess wanted to pay off the debt, so she bought the restaurant I."

"How could it catch fire?!" Li Ce asked loudly.

Zhao Dahu stared and said, "How do I know, I didn't order it!"

"Where is the hostess of this restaurant now?"

"Half a month ago, I took over this mess. Hey, don't tell me, that little lady was born with a beautiful face. I heard that she is the number one beauty in our Zhending Mansion..." Zhao Dahu was talking enviously, when suddenly Seeing Li Ce's murderous eyes, he quickly shut up.

Li Ce learned from his disorganized information that Yu Xian'er was at least fine, so he couldn't help but feel relieved.

(End of this chapter)