Cub Nursery

It's starting to get cooler.

There is no rain all year round in the border town, unlike other places where it rains in autumn and cools off one after another. Here, as long as the weeds emerging from the ground are slowly curling up, and the color is getting darker, you know that the weather is getting colder.

"I need to start collecting firewood, or I don't know how to survive this winter." The vegetable snake rubbed its hands, tightened the single clothes on its body, stared at the weeds outside for a while, and then went back to the house to get the basket , ready to come out to pick up some firewood.

"Food Snake, are you really living a life like this? Listen to me, this winter will be over if we endure it."

"That's right, our inn is not loved by parents or mothers, but how much firewood can we use ourselves? If a nobleman comes, he can burn it for you in one night, and he might have to eat it."

"That is to say, the post station has not seen the nobleman for two or three years, right?"

Several Dao soldiers who were not young were chattering, but they didn't stop the vegetable snake from going out. Obviously, they came here like this in previous years, so it's not surprising.

The vegetable snake left the station with a basket on its back, and walked all the way, and only looked back at the small station when it was far away.

The post station is right on the side of the official road, there are no shops in front of the village, and the surrounding area is even more desolate, and no strangers have been seen for many years. The vegetable snake often wonders whether the imperial court has forgotten that there is such a post station. It's not that there is no need to stay here all the time...

Coming out of the border town, only the post station on the road to the capital can occasionally see nobles, but their small post station, the official road leads to the border town on one side, and Qiyuan County, which is not seen by many people.

There is no reason for the border town to go to Qiyuan County, and Qiyuan County is even less likely to provoke the border town, so their small station is useless.

"Hey." Thinking about these things, the cabbage snake tightened her clothes again and continued to walk forward.

The wind blowing on his body made him feel cooler, but he was reluctant to wear thick clothes. If he wore thick clothes now, how would he survive the winter.

The area around here is empty for dozens of miles, and you have to go a long, long way to collect firewood, and you may not be able to find it here.

Hungry growling, Viper took out the water bag and drool, touched half of the dry and hard pancake in his arms. After all, he was not willing to eat it. He still had to rely on the half pancake to get back, let alone go back. There may not be food either.

Some wild vegetables that were growing well on the ground were dug up by vegetable snakes. Although these wild vegetables are full, they can always make the stomach bulge and save some food.

Suddenly, the vegetable snake's body froze, and then quickly rolled, hiding behind a stone.

He was so focused on digging wild vegetables that he didn't notice that there were people on the other side of the stone!

"The wild vegetables here grow better than those in the border town, let's dig more and make soup." Brother Lian said while digging wild vegetables with a shovel.

The wasp glanced at the cabbage snake vaguely, and laughed loudly: "Brother Lian, we have a mission to come out, how can we delay so much?"

Hearing this, Brother Lian moved his body and nodded slightly to show that he understood.

These people spread out from the border town and searched along the official roads. There were always well-disguised stalls in front, and the large forces were hidden behind. Now that Hornet said so deliberately... there is obviously a situation.

"Even if you have a task, you have to eat and drink. These wild vegetables grow so well, it's a pity not to dig them." Brother Lian said, but he slowly stood up and winked at the hornet.

The wasp understood and quietly approached the stone.

But the vegetable snake hiding on the other side of the stone was frightened and excited at the same time. The inn he was in was very small, and he had to go to the yamen of Wotu City for rations every year, and sometimes he would be sent by the yamen to go to the demon city , also went to Qiyuan County Yamen to ask for rations.

The people at the top are fighting aggressively, and they can't do anything about it. It would be nice if they can get rations to last a year.

But now they suddenly met these two people, and I don't know which side sent them down, and whether it was good or bad for their small station.

Vegetable Snake felt his heart beating loudly. His cultivation level was not high, and he barely entered the threshold of Taoist soldiers. He has another chance, can he escape from the small post where people want to be circled to death?

Thinking of this, the vegetable snake's hands began to tremble.

In the small post station, the rations are not enough, so you have to find a way to get some wild vegetables to make a living, but if you leave the post station...

What can he do with such a cultivation base?

"Taoist?" Hornet turned around to take a look, and saw the clothes on Vegetable Snake, even though they were patched, they recognized his identity.

The vegetable snake regained consciousness, subconsciously hid to the side, and at the same time took out the yellow talisman that had been kept in its bosom.

The opponent's cultivation level was high, and he felt out of breath. Only then did he see the hornet clearly. Seeing that he was wearing neat clothes and his body was well-groomed, he knew that the person in front of him could not be compared to him. of.

The status and status are not comparable, and the cultivation base is even more inferior.

"Where are you a Taoist soldier? From the post station?" Hornet could sense that the vegetable snake's cultivation level was low, but she didn't relax.

The lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, let alone him.

On the other side, brother Lian also walked around, looked up and down the vegetable snake, saw that the clothes on his body were patched, he was also thin, the basket beside him seemed to have some thoughts, and the many calluses on his hands did not look like he was suffering The body was left behind, as if it was left over from work on weekdays.

He certainly didn't dress up like this on purpose, he was originally like this.

Brother Lian said clearly: "Except for the post station, there is probably no other place where there are Taoist soldiers."

"I..." The vegetable snake didn't know the depth of the other party, and didn't want to reveal her identity.

"Don't worry, we have no malicious intentions." Brother Lian interrupted the vegetable snake and said directly, "This place is still some distance from the post station, so... are you going out to dig wild vegetables or collect firewood? In this way, the days of the post station should be Not so good."

"We are ordered by General Yang to check all the surrounding stations..."

Having said that, Brother Lian changed the subject again, he didn't say why he came out to investigate, but said: "But I am from Master Yan."

Hearing this, the vegetable snake was taken aback.

"Master Yan? But Yan Xun, Master Yan?" The vegetable snake stepped forward and looked at Brother Lian expectantly.

He didn't know or know the other adults in the court. Even if they didn't go back to Wotu City to ask for rations, they were just meeting the small officials of other people's yamen. unseen.

But he has heard of Yan Xun!

No matter in Wotu City, Mieyao City, or even Qiyuan County, there are pharmacies selling typhoid granules, and the price is the same, you can buy a bag for a few pennies.

I've bought vegetable snakes before, and it's fine to drink a pack of typhoid granules when I have a headache on weekdays.

I heard that Shanghan Granules came out of Yan Xun's hands, and then sent to various places in Daqin by the third prince, and the price of Shanghan Granules is the same in all places, just to make it affordable for ordinary people.

Master Yan like this must be a kind person with the world in mind.

The vegetable snake looked at Brother Lian earnestly, trying to make sure if it was true.He also knew that he should guard against the two people in front of him, but if it really had something to do with Lord Yan, how could he guard against it?

Brother Lian's expression was awkward, and with a flick of his wrist, he took out a mechanism the size of half an egg. It was a small bird, bouncing around in Brother Lian's hands like a living one, and looked puzzled when he saw the vegetable snake Brother Lian flipped his wrist and put away the little bird, said with a smile: "This is given to me by Dan Honghong."

This is the one who proves that he is Yan Xun.

Who doesn't know that the cubs around Yan Xun are very capable, and they are used to making some weird mechanisms. Anyway, only Yan Xun has such exquisite mechanisms, and others will never be able to make them.

Sure enough, most of the vigilance on the vegetable snake's face was gone, "Then the mission you just mentioned?"

He didn't pretend he didn't hear it just now, but said it frankly.

"General Yang ordered to thoroughly investigate the post stations around the border town." Brother Lian glanced at the wasp, saw him nodding, and then pointed to himself, "I was ordered by my lord to see what's in your post station. If it’s missing, send someone back to deliver it.”

"Among other things, most of the houses in the post station have to be rebuilt. You Dao soldiers will have clothes and enough rations, and you can see the doctor twice a year. When the time comes, my lord will send a doctor to the post station for consultation."

"My lord also explained that he is going to find a way to exchange for you, and he will not be able to stay in this small inn for the rest of his life."

"But before that, I have to figure out, is there something strange about your station?"

border town.

Jing Fengye knelt down beside Yan Xun, rubbed the ink with one hand, and said, "This city... is actually the most dangerous place."

Except for the military households in the border towns here, there are Taoist soldiers with cultivation base, and Yan Xun is surrounded by monster cubs.

"Yeah, I used to think that cubs are actually very powerful, but..." Yan Xun sighed softly, "After all, they are all cubs."

They are all monster cubs, nothing special, if Taoist soldiers attack them, it is actually very dangerous.

"Did your lord think about this a long time ago, that's why..." Jing Fengye's lips moved, but he didn't say anything further.He found that what he knew was only a little bit, and he never seemed to have a thorough understanding of Yan Xun's arrangements and plans.

At the beginning Yan Xun arranged to build a railway, one leading to the deep mountains, where countless trucks of coal were brought in, and the other leading to the border town, where the Daoist soldiers in the whole Great Qin were the most powerful.

At that time, he thought that Yan Xun wanted to get the moon first, and wanted to do something to the demon country, but now it seems that it is more than one purpose.

The planning inside is not interlocking, but layer upon layer. If the outer layer is not removed, the inner layer will not be exposed.

This time the Guangming cub had an accident, Yan Xun didn't hide it from anyone, on the one hand, he had the Guiyuan blue Ganoderma lucidum, on the other hand... Let the Taoist soldiers see that their chances of winning against the monster cubs are actually not that great.

But before the discovery of Guiyuan Lan Ganoderma lucidum, if Taoist soldiers attacked these monster cubs, they might really succeed.

Then think about the fact that the cubs are very free in the capital, and at that time... there may be some Dao soldiers with extreme ideas to attack, but the cubs are also protected by Dao soldiers.Only in the border town, no matter how many Dao soldiers are there to protect the cubs, no matter how powerful they are, can they still be compared to the Dao soldiers in the entire border town battalion?

Jing Fengye remembered what Yan Xun said, the Taoist soldiers in the border towns are all soldiers, although they traded for killing monsters in exchange for military exploits, but they never attack the weak, let alone distinguish right from wrong.

Except for the Dao soldiers in the border town camp, there is really no guarantee that the Dao soldiers stationed in other places can be like the Dao soldiers in the border town camp.

All these twists and turns, was it decided when Yan Xun ordered the railway construction?

Yan Xun took a brush and drew a circle on the paper, "Master Jing, not all operas are sung, the most dangerous place is the safest place. The place in the capital city can't compare to the frontier city. Besides... the forces in the capital city It's complicated, and some of the hands that can climb to the high place are clean, but the border town is different, although almost all the Taoist soldiers have blood on their hands, but they are the ones who can hold the bottom line best."

Even if they hated the Taoist soldiers who attacked the city from the demon kingdom, they brought cotton seeds, mulberry branches, and set up textile workshops so that the military households in the border towns could have shelter, so that the Taoist soldiers in the border towns could eat and clothe themselves warmly. There are also battle robes, Guiyuan green ganoderma, and even... the cubs also go to the battlefield to kill monsters.

In the eyes of some smart people, they may think that Yan Xun is deliberately buying people's hearts, or he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to do something, but the border town soldiers will not think too much, they will only repay kindness and revenge.

So Yan Xun brought the cubs to the border town, which seemed like sheep entering the tiger's mouth, but who would have thought that the tiger has a bottom line, and it is better than anyone else?

"I haven't figured it out yet." Jing Fengye lowered his head, very depressed.

Yan Xun took the brush and drew a circle again, "If you can figure it out, I won't plan these things, I can just leave it to you. Everyone has their own strengths, even I am not perfect. "

"My lord." Jing Fengye hurriedly put down the ink stick, knelt down behind Yan Xun, and held him in his arms.

He knew that Yan Xun was thinking about the Guangming cub.

When such a thing happened, no one thought of it, neither did Yan Xun.

"After all, it was my negligence. I thought it would be all right to let the border guards not attack the cubs, but I forgot that even if they don't attack, there will be people who will come to the border town." Yan Xun took a deep breath, put the brush Putting it down, he leaned into Jing Fengye's arms and said, "This time, we will start cleaning up from the border towns. I'm afraid there will be ideas in the capital."

The emperor granted him the title of Marquis of the county, and gave him a fief, which was a big enough concession, but now Yan Xun wanted to stir up trouble in the border town.

"Isn't life just to live? As long as Guiyuan Lan Ganoderma is around, no one dares to do anything to adults." Jing Fengye squeezed Yan Xun's wrist, feeling a little fatter at last, and then slightly relaxed Take a breath.

Huo Lao said that the method of healing is very useful, but Yan Xun has no chance.

"Yeah, people live to live, not to die." Yan Xun sneered, "If I go back to the capital now, those who know the news will probably come to post posts and flatter me. Fortunately, Xiao Dan followed Peking University. ..."

What kind of place is Dali Temple? Ordinary people dare not mess with it. Even if they know that the baby is in Dali Temple, not many people dare to get close to it.

"It's too timely to return to Yuanlan Ganoderma lucidum, otherwise...it's a mess, and even I can't think of a suitable solution." Yan Xun still has lingering fears in retrospect.

If there is no Guiyuan blue Ganoderma lucidum, then the bright cubs can only be soaked in the Guiyuan liquid all the time. With such a slow recovery speed, I don’t know how long it will take for the bright cubs to recover. Ten years, a hundred years, or a thousand years are possible. .

"I don't know what's going on outside..." Yan Xun rubbed his brows and couldn't help yawning.

"My lord, rest." Jing Fengye hurriedly pushed the low table aside and spread out the mattress.

Yan Xun took advantage of the situation and lay down, still couldn't help but think about the things outside, "We can't help you with the outer city wall for the time being, you keep an eye on Dan Juju, he always wants to go out, there must be a reason we don't know , it’s just a demon kingdom…”

As he was talking, Yan Xun felt that his mind was like a ball of paste, very tired, he didn't realize that he fell asleep.

Watching Yan Xun fall asleep, Jing Fengye cleared the low table.

Originally, Yan Xun wanted to pick up a pen to practice calligraphy, and asked Jing Fengye to write a page for him to copy, but in the end he drew two circles, thinking all about outside things, so he didn't have the heart to really practice calligraphy.

Jing Fengye looked at the two circles drawn by Yan Xun, but still carefully put them away and put them in his closet, turning a blind eye to the strong characters he had written, and casually put them aside, disposing of them as waste paper.

When seeing this group of Taoist soldiers, the cabbage snake had no doubts.

In front of Lian Geer and Huang Feng, the vegetable snake told everything about the small station, wishing that the eighteen generations of the ancestors of the other Taoist soldiers would tell the story.

"Have you ever heard anything strange around the post station, strange noises and so on..." Brother Lian asked, "Some shady things will always be hidden in the dark, and there will always be clues. As long as it is a living person , you have to eat, drink, and scatter, and you can’t hide this from anyone.”

The vegetable snake thought about it, and suddenly his expression changed, "It's a bit strange to say so. The post station is very small, and there are only a few of us Taoist soldiers. Every year, we will discuss going to Wotu City, Mie Yao City or Qiyuan County to ask for food rations." ..."

The little people in the post station don’t look up and look down, and there are almost no nobles in the post station, and they don’t have to receive guests. They get along day and night, and they may not care about some small details on weekdays, but now Brother Lian said so , the vegetable snake noticed something.

"The rations that I have to come back every year are only a little bit. I didn't care about it at first, but now I think about it..." How much rations can the few Taoist soldiers chew? Some.

Thinking about it carefully, I seem to have bought it, but the rations at the post station are still not enough every year, and they are always tight every year.

"Every year I have to go out to dig wild vegetables and gather firewood, otherwise I wouldn't be able to survive the winter at all." The vegetable snake whispered, "There is nothing strange about this."

The basket he used was made up by himself, and he felt that he was not like a Taoist soldier, but like an honest farmer.

"You come out by yourself every year?" Brother Lian asked.

The vegetable snake subconsciously nodded, and then her expression changed.

If he came out by himself every year, he would not have thought much about it before, he just thought that the other Taoist soldiers in the station liked to be lazy, but now that he thinks about it, is it because others deliberately dismissed him.

But the post station is still so big, what can we do to push him away?

The vegetable snake couldn't figure it out, and Brother Lian didn't continue to ask, let alone reveal anything.

"Go to Tantan and you will find out." Brother Lian snorted coldly, "If you dare to attack a little scholar, no matter whether there are thousands of people or tens of thousands of people, one of them will not want to live!"