Chapter 1 Walk Along the Way

In the southwest of the Song Dynasty, May is already the beginning of summer. Although it is only the fourth day of the first lunar month, it still gives people a sense of dryness and heat, especially on the official road where there is almost no cover, and the direct sun shines on people's uncompetence. Therefore, at the hottest time of the day just after noon, officials have always been empty.

But today, there are dozens of riders on this silent official road. In addition to more than 30 riders, there are still two carriages, but the lineup is a little strange. Because one of these two carriages is extremely luxurious. At first glance, it is the driver of a rich family, while the other is a little new and old, which seems to be a carriage rented by someone else.

In addition, more than 30 knights were also divided into two groups. More than 10 people arched around the luxurious carriage and knew at a glance that they were bodyguards, while the other group of 20 people, more energetic knights, were some distance away from them, but did not protect the rest of the carriage.

If such a strange combination is said to be on the road together, it doesn't seem to be the same, but if not, why did they come together? It's not a war years now, and it's even more official here. There is no need to let the two groups of people who have no intersection come together to hurry together.

This strange combination was exactly Xu Jinghong and his entourage who rushed to the capital after receiving instructions from the court, but there were still some more people who did not belong to him in this team. There are also many brothers who went back to the capital with him. Naturally, there will be two more brothers from the original fifth team, such as Xiong Geng, Laogou and Tian Dahu. In addition, there are two companions that Xu Jinghong did not think of. One is Mao Shun, the hunter who repeatedly showed his ability when fighting against barbarians. And the other identity is different from them. It is actually Wang Liehai, the son of Wang Junqing.

Xu Jinghong was not familiar with the third generation of the Wang family, but at Wang Junqing's request, he still agreed to bring Wang Liehai. Although Xu Jinghong couldn't figure out why the Wang family wanted to train his children not to be in the army and put them here, since it was the intention of Wang Chong and Wang Junqing, it was difficult for him to refuse.

Fortunately, Wang Junqing has completely convinced Xu Jinghong after capturing the Black Mountain Cliff, so for the arrangement of his father and grandfather, he let himself follow Xu Jinghong to the capital to see the world. There was no complaints about it. Along the way, he stayed like others, and he could not see the difference in his identity at all. From this point alone, this special companion quickly integrated into Xu Jinghong's team and truly became one of them.

In addition to these two, more than a dozen other people are Xu Jinghong's brothers in the fifth team. From this point alone, Xu Jinghong was grateful to Wang Junqing and others, because if he changed others, he was afraid that he would have to command them another process, but it turned out to be the brothers of his subordinates, so there would be no problem at this point.

However, when he saw that there were only 18 brothers who followed him back to Daliang, Xu Jinghong still felt a pain in his heart. Unexpectedly, in a few months, it turned out that there were less than 20 people left in a team of 50 people who sent food to the front line with him, but they did not have any complaints, which made him feel that he should do something for them.

Now Xu Jinghong can't even see his own future. Naturally, it is impossible to think about their future. The only way is to give them as much as possible in terms of money. However, Yunzhou's previous drills and battles have made Xu Jinghong spend or lose the silver tickets he originally brought. Now he only has hundreds of taels of silver from military merit, which makes him want to give his brothers some benefits.

Once you go to the capital, the food and accommodation of so many people will inevitably become a problem, not to mention the reward for them. In the end, Xu Jinghong had to hit the idea again to turn himself from penniless to a rich gambling stone. And he was also on the way to Daliang. He went to Yunzhou first, hoping to pick up the leak again from there to make a profit.

Because of Xu Jinghong's advertising effect, the business created by Boss Shi's whim gradually became popular in Yunzhou. Many people had some spare money and wanted to earn more people to participate in the ranks of stone gamblers. Therefore, almost every store on the jade street has launched such activities, which is also convenient for Xu Jinghong's behavior.

However, good things like last time are not what they want. Although there are many gambling shops, there are not many good jade that Xu Jinghong can really open. In the end, he only relied on Zhenqi to get a few pieces of jade worth only 3,000 to 4,000 taels. Although this is a miracle for those store owners and bystanders, Xu Jinghong is not satisfied with such a result. Ten or twenty thousand of silver is really nothing to him.

However, this purely luck thing is not up to him. In the end, Xu Jinghong had to leave the street with a little regret. But at the same time, it also saved another group of companions in this industry, Sun Zaiyuan's family.

On the way back from Yushi Street, Xu Jinghong heard several calls for help at the entrance of an alley. Out of the sense of justice of the students of the police academy in his previous life, he followed the sound and happened to see several big men chasing a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe with steel knives. Xu Jinghong helped the other party and saved him.

After not wanting to take a look, Xu Jinghong actually recognized the identity of the other party. It was Sun Zaiyuan. It turned out that after Ye Hao's death a few days ago, the counselor who betrayed him felt safe and missed his relatives, so he made a request to Wang Chong to leave the barracks. Wang Chong also felt that he had not made any mistakes. Instead, he did a big favor and did not force him to stay. He also told his family that he was in Lingzhou, so he sent someone to send him back to Yunzhou.

But Sun Zaiyuan didn't expect that Ye Hao still had some hardcore party members in Yunzhou, and they also knew about Sun Zaiyuan's betrayal of Ye Hao. Since his family has been taken away earlier, they will naturally not keep their hands on the real culprit. After stepping into Yunzhou City, Sun Zaiyuan has been desperate, and because the other party has guarded several gates, he can't even get out. If Xu Jinghong hadn't appeared in time this time, I'm afraid he would really have died this time.

Seeing this, Xu Jinghong accepted this person and prepared to take him to Lingzhou to see his family. Anyway, Lingzhou is also on its own way forward, but it can't delay its journey. Just because Sun Zaeyuan was seriously injured and could not ride a horse, they had to hire a carriage for him to walk.

And this sudden trip to Yunzhou also made Xu Jinghong meet Liu Mo and others again. Because of Ye Hao's complete fall, Yunzhou has now become Liu Mo's world. Naturally, they can't hide his governor when they come here. Therefore, when Xu Jinghong returned to his inn with Sun Zaiyuan, he was surprised to find that Liu Mo and his younger brother Liu had been waiting there for a long time.

When we met, there was a burst of greeting. Naturally, the Liu brothers praised Xu Jinghong's achievements today, saying that they did not see the wrong person. Xu Jinghong's ability was extraordinary, but he missed one opportunity before. Although this is a compliment to Xu Jinghong, it also shows his meaning. After all, Xu Jinghong can be promoted by the Liu family.

In this regard, Xu Jinghong also expressed his gratitude, and at the same time tentatively asked the two of them what their intentions were to see what they were doing. The Liu brothers did not hide anything and expressed their intention this time: "We have indeed wanted to ask you for help when we came to see Jinghong this time. That is, the dog Kaiyang will go to the capital as an official, but there is less person to take care of him on the way, so I want you to walk with him so that there is a care on the way.

Xu Jinghong couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard such a request. He really couldn't figure out how he could mix his son with his own military personnel with the status of the Liu family. But since the other party has made a request, and he can't refuse anyway, he quickly agreed: "Since the two masters Liu are so highly regarded, they must live up to their trust and send Mr. Liu back to the capital safely."

"So we can rest assured." With that, Liu Mo wink at the entourage beside him again, and someone took out two sets of gold ingots: "It's just a hundred taels of gold, which is a thank you and your brothers. I hope you must accept it."

Xu Jinghong did not refuse this gold, because he knew that it would take a lot of silver to go to the capital, and it would be good to get more. And the silver was also received to ream the Liu family, so they accepted it calmly.

Because of this, among Xu Jinghong's colleagues who went to the capital, there was a luxurious carriage and more than a dozen bodyguards. However, Liu Kaiyang did not look up to these big soldiers because of some conflicts with Xu Jinghong before and his self-serving identity, so he kept a certain distance from them even on the same road.

Xu Jinghong did not pay attention to this. At first, he wanted to borrow the power of the other party, but later he went to the barracks and the capital he was going to now could not reach the touch of the Liu family, so his relationship with the Liu family slowly faded. Of course, it is not a bad thing for him to maintain a certain relationship with the Liu family in some aspects. It is always good to have another friend, especially when the enemy he has to face is so powerful.

However, this does not mean that Xu Jinghong will care too much about Liu Kaiyang. Xu Jinghong is far away from this self-righteous young master. Except that everyone gathers together every day, there is little intersection with it, which is obviously very different from what the Liu Mo brothers want to see.

Such a strange combination has finally approached the real Central Plains after four or five days on the deserted road. Their first stop is Lingzhou!

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