After staying in Liujia Village for an afternoon, the team started again the next day, heading east along the main road.
Several old people in the village also got up before dawn, ran to the head of the village, and watched the team go away.
Perhaps, it is not accurate to say that they get up early.
Just last night, several of them didn't sleep at all! Whenever there was any disturbance outside, they would quickly put on their clothes and peek through the cracks in the door, for fear that someone would break into the house and carry them away with their belongings.
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"gone!"
"Hey, I finally left!"
Holding his hands together, he watched the last person in the team disappear at the end of the road. Old man Liu, who had dark circles under his eyes, finally let out a long sigh of relief.
When the old man Li next to him saw it, he couldn't help but sneer: "Didn't someone say that these people can't be bandits? Then who got up over and over again last night?"
"Can't I get up and go to the latrine?" When someone told him something important, Old Man Liu's old face suddenly turned red. He immediately turned his head fiercely, looked at Old Man Li and said, "Besides, I can't get up at night, what are you doing?"
Know?"
"How do I know? As soon as you go out, my dog follows you! You come in and out more than ten times a night, and my dog also follows you back and forth more than ten times! No, in the morning
I’m so tired that I can’t get up!”
"Your dog? Humph, I think you are talking about yourself!"
"Fart...fart! Old man, I slept soundly last night! Isn't that the number 100? I remember when I was a soldier, I saw a lot of big scenes!"
"I've seen too many big scenes. People are making kings and marquises. How come you have nothing but injuries?"
"I...I am a noble and upright person, and I regard fame as dirt!"
"Treat fame like dung? Tsk tsk, who was it that year ago, who almost got slapped in the face by the Widow Wang in the village just for a puddle of cow dung on the ground?"
With all the worries in their hearts gone, the two old rivals resumed their daily bickering habitually.
As for the other old men, they also started to watch the excitement out of habit. Two of them even skillfully took the wine stored at home and placed bets.
However, before they could decide the winner this time, another group of fast horses came towards them on the road outside the village.
"Who is this again?"
Hearing the rapid sound of the horse's hoofbeats, the two noisy old men, blushing and thick-necked, became silent at the same time, and looked together towards the location where the sound of the horse's hoofbeats came from.
I saw smoke and dust billowing on the road in the distance! It was as if countless cavalry were charging, rushing towards here. The violent sound of horse hooves made the ground beneath my feet seem to tremble.
"No! This shouldn't belong to those people. Come back!"
Seeing the horseback riding team rolling in from the distance like a yellow dragon, Old Man Li was immediately frightened and his face turned pale! He wanted to run away, but his legs were already so weak that he couldn't use any strength!
And it was not just Old Man Li who was like this, but the others were almost the same. They couldn't move at all! They could only watch blankly as those fast horses rushed along the road and rushed directly to the entrance of the village.
"Ahem, old men! Are you from this village?" Soon, the knight reined in his horse and stopped, and the leader politely asked the old man who was already scared to death: "Have you ever seen this before?
Xiaohou's team passed by here?"
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After a while, the team of fast horses set off again, chasing the group in the direction they left in the morning.
Several old men at the entrance of the village were still standing under the willow tree. The cold wind blew the willow branches, and some of them hit their faces. However, these old men seemed not to notice, and their old eyes were full of shock...
"That person just now was the Governor? Then the Xiao Hou he was talking about was just yesterday..."
"Absolutely, you can't be wrong! The old man thought those people were not simple from the beginning! Now look at it! It's true!"
"By the way, he also borrowed our fishing net!"
"Hey! I'll exchange my good fishing net for your broken fishing net..."
"Go away! That's my family's heirloom! Give it to you? Just dream about it?"
The small village suddenly became lively because of a piece of news!
Including the fishing net that Xiao Han once used and the stone on which he sat, they have become treasures in the village!
Even more unexpected is:
Because Xiao Han once caught and ate fish in the river ditch here!
This small and unknown village immediately became a popular restaurant in the neighborhood and a hot spot in the eyes of wealthy households! Countless people flocked here just to taste the fish that Xiaohou of Sanyuan County had eaten.
With such celebrity effect, a fish of the same species, caught from a river in a village, is more than ten times more expensive than one caught outside! In this way, it is still priceless!
So much so that during that period of time, all the fish, shrimps and crabs in Liujiacun's ditch were wiped out and all were caught! If it hadn't been stopped by the old man in the village later, it is estimated that these prodigal sons would not even be able to catch the fish, shrimps and crabs in the ditch.
The water can be scooped out cleanly!
However, these are things for the future and will not be mentioned again for the time being.
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"Xiao Han? Why did you stop again?"
Only twenty miles away from Liujiacun, Xiao Han once again ordered a break.
But this time, even Liu Hongji noticed something was wrong, and frowned and came over to Xiao Han to ask for clarification.
"I was tired yesterday and don't feel well. Take a rest!" In response to Liu Hongji's question, Xiao Han sighed, glanced at the way he came, and said casually.
"Hey, why do I feel like you're waiting for someone?" Liu Hongji followed Xiao Han's gaze and asked suspiciously.
"No! Who can we wait for?" Xiao Han blushed and shook his head: "I'm just tired! Don't think too much!"
"Don't think too much about it?" It's okay that Xiao Han didn't explain. This explanation made Liu Hongji even more suspicious!
He turned around and looked around, and suddenly saw a large stone standing on the roadside not far ahead.
That is the boundary stone, which symbolizes the boundary of Luoyang. If you pass here, you will be considered as the territory of Luoyang City.
"Huh? Is there an unwritten rule in the Tang Dynasty that the governor is not allowed to leave the state unless there is a special event?"
Looking at the boundary stone, Liu Hongji suddenly understood. He immediately rounded his eyes and stared at Xiao Han closely!
"Yes, is there such a rule? I, I don't know very well!" Xiao Han's eyes were a little dodgey, as if he had a guilty conscience.
"You don't know? Otherwise, we're tired and we've traveled two miles, why don't we go over there to rest?" Liu Hongji rolled his eyes and said maliciously.
"This has stopped, why bother anymore? Take a short rest and leave in a while, leave in a while..." Xiao Han wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the way he came, and prevaricated.
