The sun at noon hangs in the sky, radiating its heat wantonly.
On the rugged mountain road, a carriage with all the curtains opened for ventilation was driving leisurely.
Qin Yire was helpless, so he could only stick his head out of the window, close his eyes, and look content with the wind brought by the carriage, smell the fragrance of the grass and trees all over the mountains and fields, and listen to the cheerful chirping of insects all around.
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Suddenly, a burst of noisy sounds from people talking reached his ears, and then he was choked by the smell of horse manure mixed with the smell of human sweat carried by the east wind.
Qin Yi opened his eyes and found that the surrounding trees had become shorter. Looking up, he could see a tall portal standing in the distance.
"There is?"
When Qin Wei heard the movement, he looked up and said listlessly: "Qinglin Pass, it seems that we are going to Shangguan Road."
"Guan Dao?" Qin Yi repeated in surprise that he had just heard the new term.
Qin Wei raised his head and glanced at Qin Yi, and asked in disbelief: "You haven't walked through the official road, have you?"
Qin Yi replied angrily: "I have never been out of Qinjia Village since I was a child. Of course I have never walked through the official road?"
Not only have I never been there, I have never even seen or heard of it.
Qin Wei shook his head, Qin Yi was indeed a bumpkin.
Don't know anything.
However, when Qin Wei looked at Qin Yi now, he felt that he was much more pleasing to the eye than before, and he patiently explained to him.
"The official road is a four-foot-wide flat and straight road made of hard soil built and maintained by the imperial court to facilitate the passage of horse-drawn carriages."
"Qinglin County, where we are going, has a north-south official road connecting Qinglin County and Huaiyuan County."
"With the speed of our carriage, as long as we get on the official road, we can reach Qinglin County before dinner."
While the two were talking, the turbulence of the carriage suddenly dropped sharply, and the direction of the carriage also made a ninety-degree turn. Qin Yi raised his head and looked out the window.
It is indeed a four-foot-wide avenue.
It's really spacious.
The carriage drove smoothly from north to south in the center of the official road. As the road became smoother, the speed of the carriage continued to accelerate.
The carriage passed by pedestrians on both sides from time to time.
Although it was faster and less bumpy, Qin Yi didn't like the smell outside, let alone the noisy sounds outside, so he immediately lowered the curtains.
Huang Lao saw that the dust on the road was a bit heavy, so he also lowered the door curtain.
The carriage suddenly became stuffy.
"A calm mind naturally cools down."
Qin Yi whispered to himself, then crossed his legs, closed his eyes, and used the external and internal shape method of the stinging dragon stake instead of the divine shape method, replacing it with the secret method of entering concentration.
Although this does not have the effect of strengthening the body of the stinging dragon stake, it does have the effect of regulating the inner breath and shortening the cooling time of the stinging dragon pile.
The dragon sting pile and the secret method of rejuvenation are different from the secret method of entering concentration and cannot be practiced continuously.
You need to rest for one to two days every time you practice the stinging dragon pile to allow the body to recover slowly, otherwise it will cause a heavy burden on the body and even cause hidden injuries.
However, Qin Yi used this method to not only shorten the interval, but also regulate his internal breath and increase the body's recovery speed.
Qin Xu opened his eyes and glanced at Qin Yi with satisfaction.
It can be done so quickly.
Really smart.
Qin Wei suddenly felt sour when he saw Qin Yi's actions.
Can the secret method of stinging the dragon and the secret method of entering concentration still be played like this?
If you have good understanding, you can do whatever you want like this?
Someone who has learned these two secret techniques before but failed to do so can only huddle in a corner and secretly feel sad.
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Early this morning, on the official road leading to Qinglin County, a long caravan consisting of sixteen carriages, a trading house and nearly a hundred merchants, a total of hundreds of people, passed the Qinglin Pass and slowly headed towards Qinglin.
Travel in the direction of the county seat.
Each carriage in this caravan carries two flags.
"Chen's Trading Company" and "Lingwei Escort Agency" are embroidered on them respectively.
Some bodyguards, riding horses with the "Lingwei Bodyguard Bureau" flag hanging on their backs and wearing the same style of leather armor, patrolled the caravan from time to time.
By noon, people and horses were exhausted, and the people in the caravan were moving slower and slower.
A young man of fourteen or fifteen years old in brocade clothes walked out of a carriage. He glanced at the carriage shaft with disgust and asked the people inside to get a cushion before sitting down on the carriage shaft.
Mr. Liu, who was driving the car, looked at the young man in surprise and asked, "Master, why are you out here? It's not clean outside. You've made yourself sick if you accidentally stir up dirty things."
Chen Shaoqing covered his nose with a handkerchief, shook his head and said, "It's too stuffy in there. I'm going to come out for some air."
Chen Shaoqing looked enviously at the escort from the Lingwei Escort Agency who passed by the carriage while patrolling on horseback: "How majestic!"
Mr. Liu shook his head with a smile and said: "Master, these escorts only look majestic, but in fact, they are suffering. They can't eat well, sleep well, and live a life that I don't understand today.
On a bloody day, what’s so rare?”
Chen Shaoqing still looked at the escort riding back and forth with envy, shook his head and said, "You don't understand."
What he envied was not the life of a bodyguard, but the status of a bodyguard, coming from a branch of the Huaishui Ling family, a wealthy family.
Only with this identity can you practice martial arts.
Otherwise, if you want to learn martial arts, you can only learn the martial arts of the martial arts. Once you learn the martial arts of the martial arts, you will violate the laws of the court and renounce the imperial court. You can only abandon the peaceful days and wander around the world.
He is the young master of Chen's Trading Company, so naturally he is not willing to give up his current life of fine clothing and fine food and wander around the world.
An inconspicuous-looking carriage drove past quickly in the middle of the official road.
Chen Shaoqing was stunned for a moment and pointed to the carriage road: "Liu Laobashi, look, how dare that car run in the middle of the official road? It's really a life-threatening situation."
Mr. Liu glanced at Shi with his peripheral vision and continued driving down the driveway without turning his head: "That's the noble's carriage."
"Ah? A noble's carriage? Do nobles have such a simple carriage? I have never seen one before."
Chen Shaoqing thought about all the noble carriages he had seen in Huaiyuan County, and shook his head with a look of disbelief.
Mr. Liu said with a smile: "Master, don't just look at the decoration of the carriage. Look at the horse pulling the carriage. It is a pure blue tall and strong war horse, which is not something ordinary people can use. You
Let’s look at the clothes worn by the old man who drives the car. Tsk tsk, the material and the workmanship are very particular. It’s not comparable to someone like me. Even the old man who drives the car is so empty.
To be honest, what are the people sitting in the carriage other than nobles?"
Chen Shaoqing recalled it for a while, then thought of something, and said excitedly, "Yes, yes, it's Liu's skill and your sharp eyes that see so accurately. If you didn't remind me, I really didn't notice it."
In response to Chen Shaoqing's praise, Mr. Liu was very helpful. He chuckled and said: "Haha... There are so many people who followed me around and met many people. I have developed a good eye. If I didn't have this eyesight, I wouldn't know how to do it."
Let us drive the young master's car, don't you think so?"