On the official road in Luocheng, a long motorcade headed northward against the wind.

A gust of wind blew, making the copper bell hanging on the old cattle's neck jingle.

The escorts pressed the brim of their hats with one hand, bent their waists, and walked against the wind and sand, step by step with great difficulty.

The maids and boys huddled together on the draft-laden bullock carts, while the nobles hid in the carriages and hugged the copper stoves to warm their hands.

Only Chen Wei, dressed in a black cloak, rode his horse and walked beside the convoy, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the carriage, Xiaoman secretly opened the cotton curtain and whispered: "Do you think my young master looks like a knight in the world?"

After seeing no response for a long time, she turned back to look at Su Zhou in the car: "You are talking!"

Su Zhou sat in the wooden box, leaning on the edge of the wooden box, and rolled his eyes weakly: "Your young master's lips trembled when he saw blood. Do you still want to be a knight-errant?"

Xiao Man recalled that last night, his young master was really in a panic, and he was far from the image of a knight-errant.

But she still said stubbornly: "No one is very powerful at the beginning. You and I are senior officials, so of course we don't need to be afraid. If the young master becomes a senior official, maybe he won't be afraid anymore... Wuyun, what do you mean?

Right?"

Xiao Man looked at Wu Yun who had been lying in the car, but Wu Yun didn't even raise his eyelids and just listened silently to the conversation between the two.

Its mission in the car was to eavesdrop. This was the reason why Chen Ji left Su Zhou behind. Otherwise, it would have run out and laid on Zao Zao's head, which would have been majestic.

Su Zhou calmly said: "I want to correct one thing. Jianghu is just Jianghu. Today's Jianghu only has Jianghu people, not knights."

Xiaoman had a look of confusion on his face, and after thinking for a long time, he still didn't understand the difference.

When she finally thought about it, she simply stopped thinking about it: "Is there any way you can find a way to practice?"

"You want to find a way for him to practice?" Su Zhou glanced at her: "Give me the stove and I will tell you."

Xiaoman hesitated.

Su Zhou sneered: "You keep doing your best for your son, but you can't even bear to give up a hand stove?"

Xiaoman gritted his teeth: "Okay! But you say it first!"

Su Zhou leaned on the wooden box and said lazily: "Aren't the methods of spiritual practice readily available and available all over the street?"

Xiaoman was shocked and asked: "What are you talking about?"

Su Zhou sneered: "I can only say that you are ignorant. Haven't you seen people who practice Tai Chi and Baduanjin in the early morning to maintain their health?"

Xiaoman rubbed the small heater in his hand, puzzled: "You fart, can that be considered a path to spiritual practice?"

Su Zhou calmly said: "Forget it. Earlier, the founder of Tai Chi was a great master of the Shinto realm. Looking at the entire Ning Dynasty, he had no rivals. But I don't know what happened. His direct disciple Sun betrayed the disciple and made the practice public.

At

Everyone in the world practiced Tai Chi, but no one could reach the innate realm. Later, people also began to use Tai Chi to maintain their health. Not to mention the innate realm, there were no people who could practice to the acquired peak, only some charlatans remained.

"

Xiaoman thought seriously for a moment: "So if we kill all the people who practice Tai Chi, the only one left who practices Tai Chi can hope to reach the realm of Shinto?"

Su Zhou opened his mouth and hesitated for a while before replying: "Probably so."

Xiaoman sighed: "It's a bit difficult."

Su Zhou said angrily: "What are you thinking? Are you crazy? There are many similar cultivation methods in the world and in the military. If your son is willing to spend money, it will be easy for him to cultivate to the peak of the day after tomorrow."

Xiao Man clutched his wallet: "How much does it cost to buy a spiritual path? Where can I buy it?"

Su Zhou thought for a while: "Zi Shi Ghost Market in Panjiayuan in the capital occasionally sells them. As for the price of the cultivation method, it depends on what level the most powerful master of this method has reached. If there are only acquired masters in this method, then this method

It is worth five hundred taels of silver. If there is an innate master in this door, this door will be worth three thousand taels of silver."

Xiaoman asked: "Where is the Tao-seeking realm?"

Su Zhou sneered and said: "Who can sell it for money if they can cultivate to the realm of seeking the Tao? Those who cultivate to the realm of seeking the Tao before the age of thirty-six can live more than a hundred years. This kind of thing cannot be bought with money.

Yes. I advise you not to think about practicing Buddhism. With your son’s timid temperament, hanging around in the world will only result in being eaten to pieces. Okay, give me the stove."

Xiaoman stuffed the copper hand stove into his arms, rubbed his neck and said: "You just talked about things that everyone in the world knows, and you didn't find me a way to practice. It can't be counted."

Su Zhou laughed angrily: "It's a pity that you don't become a profiteer."

Xiaoman's eyes lit up: "You think so too?"

Su Zhou: "...Do you think I'm praising you?"

"I just thought you were complimenting me."

Su Zhou was silent for a moment: "As an official, why are you willing to be his maid?"

"I'm not willing to do that." Xiaoman turned around and looked at Chen Ji with calm eyes: "I promised others that I would not leave the Chen family until the young master married a wife and started a family. At that time, I would take a large sum of money to remain anonymous.

Get on with your life."

…

…

In the cold wind, one of the men in charge of clearing the way from Liang's Escort shouted: "We have arrived in Mengjin County, and we will stay here today."

Chen Ji patted Zaozao's neck, and Zaozao understood immediately, turned around and walked through the biting cold wind to the team of Liang's Escort Agency.

But he saw the bodyguard standing beside the official road, unfolding a sheepskin map, and said to Zhang Zhuo: "Master Zhang, we will stop in Mengjin today. The next journey will be to the economic source, Changzhi, Licheng, Handan, Xingtai, Shimen, and Baoding. If you want to

If I want to reach the capital before the deadline, I'm afraid I'll have to walk an extra two hours every day, and I won't be able to be as leisurely as I am today."

Zhang Zhuo pointed his finger on the sheepskin map, squinting his eyes and silently counting the time: "Can your people withstand it?"

Liang Biaotou laughed happily and said: "This is a trivial matter for us. On this escort trip, there are inns where we can stay on the way. It is very comfortable to drink two mouthfuls of hot soup every day. When I went to Ganzhou for escort,

I still have to sleep in the snow."

Zhang Zhuo thought for a moment: "What did the Taihang bandits say? Will it alarm them?"

Liang Liang bowed his head and cupped his hands: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, our Liang's Escort Bureau has also built a good reputation. The Taihang Mountain bandits will not dare to go down the mountain when they see my escort calling for escort."

Zhang Zhuo hummed, "Okay, then we'll go according to your plan."

Liang Biaotou put the map in his arms and waved to the escorts behind him: "Enter the city!"

After that, he took a sack from the bullock cart and walked from the front to the end of the motorcade. Every time he passed an escort, he would take out a sling of copper coins from the bag and hand it to him.

This is the rule of the escort agency. Every time you go to a resting place, you will be paid once.

The significance of separate development is that if they are all sent out at once, these escorts can throw them into brothels or gambling houses in one go. If they are not sent out for a long time, they have to worry about the escorts leaving their picks.

At this time, Chen Ji jumped off the horse, held the reins and walked to Zhang Zhuo: "Sir Zhang, these bodyguards alone may not be enough. I have observed that except for the head guard Liang, the rest are not senior officers."

Zhang Zhuo nodded: "There are still more than twenty dead soldiers of the Zhang family hidden among the young men. If there is a crisis, you only need to shout 'Wind and Snow Qianshan', and they will be deployed by you."

He continued: "I have one more thing to ask of you."

"Master Zhang, please speak."

Zhang Zhuo looked into the distance: "If we really encounter danger, I mean if, if even you can't cope with it, I hope you can protect Zhang Xia and Zhang Zheng and escape immediately, and don't worry about those belongings anymore.

"

Chen Ji turned around and looked at the long motorcade: "Master Zhang, are you willing to give up?"

Zhang Zhuo smiled and said: "If money is gone, you can still be greedy, but if people are gone, it is really gone."

"I understand," Chen Ji took Zaozao and was about to leave.

But he heard Zhang Zhuo calling him: "Chen Ji."

Chen Ji turned around: "What's the matter, Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Zhuo stroked his beard and said, "Don't take what your aunt said to you this morning to heart."

Chen Jizhan smiled and said: "Master Zhang is worrying too much, I know it well."

Zhang Zhuo suddenly changed the topic: "The reason why she said those words to you is because I mentioned it to her many times, hoping to facilitate the matter between you and Zhang Xia. But now that I know your feelings for the princess, there is no need to talk about the past.

Ti, if you live up to the Zhang family, the Zhang family will do their best to help you."

Chen Ji smiled and cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang."

After that, he took the reins and left.

Behind him, Zhang Zheng quietly approached Zhang Zhuo: "Dad, that's not what you told me before."

Zhang Zhuo glared at him, rolled up his sleeves and got on the carriage: "Do you know what delaying the attack is? Go away and play in the mud."

…

…

Chen Ji walked very slowly, and a bullock cart passed by him. He only heard one of the bodyguards saying in a loud voice: "Brother, we just returned to Luocheng from Runan. We had a good stay here, why do we have to go here?"

It's a escort trip. The escort boss has said that we don't need to take this escort trip."

Another escort holding a bull nose ring said calmly: "This escort is going to the capital. When we arrive in the capital, we will part ways with the escort agency and stay there. I heard that the capital is extremely prosperous, and it is difficult to make a name for yourself if you don't go there."

Isn’t it a pity to have a head?”

When the bodyguard passed by Chen Ji, he smiled politely at him, and then continued to lead the bullock cart against the wind while throwing the copper coins he had just received to his younger brother: "Put the copper coins away, this is my brother.
To be continued...