At that time, the setting sun was like blood, invading the sunset, reflecting half of the sky red. The four black flags on the post station corner tower were flying in the wind, and the sound of the sound of the buzzing war drums and the whimpering horns sounded, it was a bit of the iron-blooded artistic conception of the yellow sand in the desert of the set sun.

Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu had already changed their horses. Walking beside Zhou Shixian, seeing the posture in the post station, Li Banghua turned around and smiled, "It's really interesting, isn't it?"

Zhou Shixian nodded, thinking that the old man had been in charge of the Ministry of War and was not an outsider in military affairs. His words were considered a compliment to Zhou Jiayi.

When he received the scout's return at noon, he thought the post station was lax and there was no guard against it, and he was quite jealous of the post station. Now it seems that this is not the case. Faced with such a huge convoy that suddenly appeared, the post station's response was so fast and cautious, not only in a proper manner, but it was a bit surprising.

In the convoy, Zhuang Yanchao led the Four Horsemen Jinyiwei to the first place, galloped towards the gate of the post station, preparing to shout the door. Unexpectedly, there was a Luzhai outside the gate of the post station. When they saw them rushing, they not only did not close the gate, but opened to both sides. A fat man in a black robe led more than 20 people to swarm out, bent his bow and arrow, and took guns and spears, and he actually planned to come out to fight.

Zhuang Yanchao immediately shouted: "Li Banghua, the Zuodu Censor, and Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of Revenue of Hanlin Academy, went south to worship Xiaoling Mausoleum, and handed over shops along the water and land stations along the way, and offered them all together!"

After saying this, more than 20 people at the entrance of the station suddenly had a commotion. The leading fat man stepped forward and asked loudly, "Who are you?"

"The General Banner of the Fushi Nan Town of Jinyiwei, Zhuang Yanchao."

I heard that the person coming was an officer of the Jinyiwei, so the fat man was slightly flinched. He first signaled his left and right to put the weapons in his hand down, and then asked: "It's an extraordinary time now, and the post station must be more careful! May I ask Mr. Zhuangqi, how many cars and how many people are there in the convoy?"

"Ten big cars, one hundred and ninety people are amazing!"

"I dare to ask Lord Li, where is Lord Ni?"

Zhuang Yanchao immediately raised his hand. After a while, Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu came with Ruan Ming and several lieutenants.

"I am Li Banghua, this is Ni Yuanlu and Lord Ni."

As soon as he said this, the fat man would immediately give way to the road and invite him in. Unexpectedly, the fat man was very strong and asked loudly: "Is it related to the disc?"

Ruan Ming jumped off his horse, stepped forward a few steps, and said, "Can we all have all the fire cards, please check it out."

The fat man took the thing over and meticulously checked the fire cards and the official documents with his own meticulous examination. He checked them correctly. After thinking for a while, he asked with his neck in his neck: "You said that you will go south to worship the tombs and naturally carry the imperial edict, please show it for verification."

"You fart!" Li Banghua was furious, "You are an unfamiliar official, and you are always checking the imperial edict, afraid you are crazy!"

Unexpectedly, the fat man nodded and said, "It's right to scold me. If the two adults took out the imperial edict, I would think something was strange."

After saying that, he knelt on both knees, kowtowed, and shouted: "Chu Sining, the head of the Zhou family's post, welcome the two angels!"

Li Banghua didn't expect that the postmaster would change as soon as he said, and hurriedly said, "It turns out that it is Chu Yicheng, so there is no need to be too polite, please get up."

Chu Yicheng didn't have a mother-in-law, so he started to speak and immediately directed his subordinates to move the three rows of Luzhai at the door. Some guided them in front, and some opened the gate wider, allowing the convoy outside to rumble into the rumble."

Zhou Shixian entered with the emperor and empress's car. When he looked around, he thought that the inn that my house was really huge, and it was no problem to accommodate more than 100 people and about 300 horses. He saw that Ruan Ming was negotiating with Chu Yicheng about a series of things in the house and horse house, so he first circled around the square courtyard.

The layout of the post station is roughly the same as the scouts from the previous three thousand battalions. It is a concave shape facing north and south. On the north side is a two-story building, and there are bungalows on the east and west sides. The outside is surrounded by fences that are more than one person high. The wood used in the houses and fences are very good, and they are solid and solid.

There is a corner tower in each corner of the station, which is about two floors high. Each corner tower is equipped with a black flag as the rules are as follows, and several postmen are watching them vigilantly. Some hold bows and arrows, and some hold old-fashioned muskets. It seems that if necessary, each corner tower can always accommodate seven or eight postmen to defend inside.

The most interesting thing is that there is a rockery, a pool in the center of the courtyard, and a scattered bucket. If you sit on it, you can see the surrounding scenery at a glance.

There are no houses on the south side of the station, all of which are tall fences and gates.

Overall, although this inn is very disciplined and suspected of being extravagant, the one named Chu manages the place in an orderly manner and has a good operation.

At this time, Ruan Ming had finished his negotiations with Chu Yicheng and brought him to Zhou Shixian.

"This is Zhou Baihu of the Jinyiwei, and also Lord Li's nephew and grandson. This time, the two masters went south and he was responsible for the guards along the way." Ruan Ming introduced, "This is the postmaster of Zhou's post, Chu Sining."

When the two met for the first time, they naturally exchanged greetings. Zhou Shixian witnessed what happened just now and felt that the postmaster was heroic and had a great affection for him. When Chu Sining saw Zhou Shixian so young, he led the entire guard of the convoy to the south. He was surprised, and then he thought that he was Li Banghua and Lord Li's nephew and grandson, so that was not surprising.

According to the arrangement reached by Ruan Ming and Chu Sining, the soldiers of Shenji Camp moved into the bungalow on the east side. The cavalry of the Three Thousand Battalions and some Jinyi Captains lived on the first floor on the north side. The two adults and inner servants, together with another Jinyi Captain, lived on the second floor on the north side.

The row of bungalows on the south side were originally lived by postmen, chefs, kunzi, gangmen and others from the post station, and there were nearly a hundred people in total.

It was interesting when it got off the bus. Chongzhen pretended to be a sick and afraid of the wind. Wang Chengen took several lieutenants and helped him upstairs.

Johnson Chan was originally a missionary, and said God blessed, and he would not arouse any suspicion wherever he went. The soldier with his leg injured was carried into the house by several companions.

When the queen and the princess got off the car, everyone was shocked. The queen was led by the queen, with two princesses, and three of them were wearing solid-colored mink clothes and mink hats. At a glance, you could see that they were all top-notch fur, dressed as a rich and wealthy family.

The queen was wearing a marten, showing graceful appearance. Princess Changping wore a marten, and her face in the fur hat looked more and more bright and charming. Princess Zhaoren wore a marten, without seeing her hands on the top or feet on the bottom, and could not see her eyes. She was like a furry little beast, arching around the ground.

The queen was supported by Zhuzi to go upstairs. It was the princesses' turn, and Zhou Shixian could only do it himself. He supported Princess Changping with his left hand, and simply grabbed Princess Zhaoren in the waist with his right arm and walked up the stairs. Princess Zhaoren seemed to be a fat cat with a squeezing the back of her neck, and was tamed by Zhou Shixian under her ribs, and remained motionless.
Chapter completed!