Passing through the station

Nguyen Bai is particularly majestic today.

Not only other people think so, even Ruan Bai himself thinks that he is too stylish.As soon as he entered the examination room/kitchen, he was silent, and everyone ate like a well-educated family, and there was no sound when he drank porridge.

No, this is not the examination room, but the kitchen.If he kept going like this, half of the people would suffer from indigestion today, so they quickly rubbed their faces to look as harmless as possible.

Unexpectedly, when he changed his face like this, everyone became even more nervous, and they didn't even dare to breathe out. They always felt that the master today was so scary, and suddenly remembered the day the master killed the Huns, and the whole river was dyed red...

Chu Hao smiled slightly, and rubbed Ruan Bai's face, which was so stupid, and the tender skin of the young man was restored to be smooth and tender, and it felt like a hard-boiled egg.

Ruan Bai grabbed Chu Hao's hand away: "Eat." Although this guy's palm is not very rough, there are quite a lot of calluses, and any more rubbing will remove a layer of his skin.

Chu Hao looked at the traces of red marks on Ruan Bai's face, then looked down at his hands, his thick eyebrows frowned.

As a result, I still didn't have a good breakfast.

When they were assembled in the yard, Xu Er and the others' faces were pale and blue.Sure enough, an adult is an adult, even if you are young, you are still an adult.

Ruan Bai didn't bother to say nonsense like don't be nervous, and looked at the four people who each carried a package, which should have some necessary drinking water and food.He didn't remind him of this, and he didn't know if they had all considered it, or someone was kind.He didn't care about the process, and handed four identical letters to four people: "Your task is to send this letter to Leyang Station."

Sending letters is one of the basic jobs of postmen, and they have no objection.

"Yes, my lord!" The four replied sonorously, and carefully put away the letter.

In the cold air, the moist breath turned into streaks of white mist.

Ruan Bai led the people out of the gate and stood still at the gate: "Get ready, run!"

The four of them ran out in a swarm.

Ruan Bai also got on his horse and slowly followed behind them.

The speed of the four people is about the same, except that at the beginning, they used the speed of sprinting, and then they probably recovered and started to jog.They run every morning, from Huangyi to Shunyang Pass, back and forth twenty miles.The test this time was from Huangyi to Leyangyi, a total of [-] miles. It sounded like it was only ten miles away, but in fact they didn't have much confidence in their physical strength.

During these two and a half days, they mostly spent getting familiar with the horses and riding them.

The number of horses in Dazhou is very small.They are only auxiliary troops, and they don't have much chance to ride horses even at home, and Tang Xinhou taught them how to do it now.In such a short time, even if there are people with extraordinary talents, they can't tell, let alone bridge the gap. In the second half of the thirty miles, they only pray that they can ride back smoothly.

Chu Hao rode his horse and walked beside Ruan Bai. In order to prevent accidents caused by the distance between the two groups in the middle, the invigilator team this time was actually very strong.

Chu Hao watched for a while, then his eyes fell on Ruan Bai's gloves wrapped in buns: "Aren't you worried about them getting lost?"

Every year after the winter solstice, the Shunyang Pass is basically closed.Messages are not delivered at all unless exceptional circumstances are encountered.

"There is only one official road in total, where can I throw it?" This is the same as before when going out, there were only a few roads; now when going out, not only are there all roads in front of you, but also elevated tunnels, and you can make a wrong turn if you don't pay attention.If you can get lost on such a road, it is simply not enough to describe the road blindness, and it means that you are not suitable to be a postman at all, otherwise you can lose people when sending letters.

Chu Hao rode his horse closer.They are riding war horses now, and the character of war horses is generally more docile. Ruan Bai's mount didn't react at all, allowing Chu Hao to smoothly hold Ruan Bai's Baozi hand in his palm: "Second brother always has a lot of strange ideas. Wonderful idea."

He always thought that he had seen Ruan Bai under his nose, but in fact, when he looked away, Ruan Bai could make a lot of things.Like his current glove, he didn't see when he made it.

The inner part of the glove is wool that he crocheted, covered with a layer of leather.Originally, his plan was to stop here, but after experimenting, the weather was too cold.So he put another layer of leather on top of the leather, and stuffed wool inside, and the finished product was like this, ugly to look at, but warm enough to keep.

He took the bun and shook Chu Hao's hand: "This is a test product, not very flexible. I'll make a new one for you."

The last two words hit Chu Hao instantly.Ever since he met Ergou, he has been approaching him proactively, and even after expressing his heart, he has not received any clear answer. Now, do these two words... mean that Ruan Bai agrees?

The tip of Chu Hao's nose was a little red, and he wanted to ask, but he felt that he hadn't even taken care of his family, so he couldn't give Ruan Bai a reliable guarantee.But if he didn't ask, he always felt like a stick in his throat, and he was not happy at all.

Ruan Bai didn't know why, seeing Chu Hao looking at him eagerly, with his bare hands showing his head, looking at his fully armed appearance, he lowered his head and took off the woolen cap and handed it over: "Put it on."

Chu Hao was shocked: "Brother is not cold, hurry up and wear it yourself, don't catch a cold."

Ruan Bai's eyes showed a fierce look: "You can wear it if you want, so much nonsense." He took off the scarf and wrapped it around his head and neck a few times, only revealing a pair of eyes.

Seeing that Ruan Bai was well protected, Chu Hao had no choice but to put on the hat that still had Ruan Bai's body temperature. He felt warm in his heart, and even his palms were slightly sweating: "Second brother."

Ruan Bai's face was slightly heated by him, and he thought to himself that it must be because the scarf was wrapped thickly, so it wasn't blushing.Why is he blushing like a big man?

The four people jogging all the way in front gradually felt strenuous.It's less than five miles away from Huangyi, and it's just warming up normally, but now there is snow under the feet, although it has only reached the ankle, but the road ahead is obviously not optimistic.

Chu Hao followed behind and explained: "This section of the road is no worse than Huangyi to Shunyang Pass. Although there is not much snow these days, people run every day, and even a little snow has been cleared away. A few miles away The land and the official roads can be buried in the snow and cannot be seen clearly."

Ruan Bai looked over at a glance, and it was indeed the same as what Chu Hao said.It's easy to get lost in such a white situation, that's why Chu Hao said that before.

He frowned: "Why don't you plant a few trees by the side of the road?"

"Planting trees?" Chu Hao was puzzled.

"There should be some evergreen tree species nearby, right? They are covered with green leaves all year round." Ruan Bai stretched out a bun hand and gestured on both sides, "Choose one or two that are easy to live, and plant them on both sides at intervals. One. In this way, there will be a reference point in winter, so as not to get lost, and it can also provide some shade in summer.”

Chu Hao thought for a while, then frowned slightly: "The idea is good, but where does the money come from?"

"Saplings are expensive?"

Chu Hao shook his head: "That's not true. The official road is maintained by the imperial court and the local government every year, and there are corvees every year, but the money is already tight and can't be moved at all; and if you do these things, you may even be punished." Read one."

"Ah?" Ruan Bai is an honest agent who only knows how to perform tasks, and really doesn't know the details of these twists and turns. risk?

Seeing that Ruan Bai didn't understand, Chu Hao broke it up and told him, "Anything with an official name is a big deal. If it's big, it's about a country, but if it's small, it's against the rules of the ancestors." .Planting trees on both sides of the official road? It has never happened before. It has never happened in the past, why should it be done? Isn’t this a waste of money and money?”

Ruan Bai was stunned for a while, then nodded: "Oh, I understand."

So what he wants to do in the future, he must stand at the highest point of morality, bind his image with a sage and gentleman at all times, grasp the initiative of public opinion, and if conditions permit, it is best to cultivate a group of sailors, ready to It's good to criticize.He is not afraid of public opinion building up momentum, spat and so on.

Ruan Bai's face was covered too tightly, Chu Hao couldn't see his specific expression, and he felt a little uneasy when he heard Ruan Bai's short reply, so he confirmed: "Do you really understand?"

Ruan Bai nodded solemnly: "Yes, I understand." After thinking for a while, he asked again, "The country is not punished with words, right?" From the perspective of Shunyang Pass where Ruan Bai is located, the current Great Zhou Dynasty is 1000 million It is backward, but from Chu Hao and others, it is not difficult to know that the Great Zhou Dynasty is still very strong.Zhou people, especially those from developed areas such as the capital, have strong self-confidence.Under normal circumstances, this kind of country would not pay attention to the nonsense of ordinary people.

"Of course not!" Chu Hao quickly denied, and then said, "However, the second brother is now an official in the court, so you still need to be careful when speaking." Although no one would be bored enough to deal with a small post Cheng, can someone kill a chicken for monkeys?There are no fools in the capital, and his identity won't be hidden for long.

"Well, I will discuss it with you when the time comes." Ruan Bai promised.

While talking, the group of four in front could no longer maintain their jogging speed, the snow layer was already close to their calves, and there was no reference in their field of vision.

Zhang Daniu, who was born as an Orion, bent over to scrape away a little layer of snow, then straightened up and looked around, pointing in one direction.So the group of four moved forward again.

I usually run twenty miles in the morning, usually about half an hour.This time, it took them a full two hours to cover the thirty miles.

Xu Wu led the horse and waited at Leyang Station, received the letter, and after checking it, each of them gave four raw eggs.

Cao Da rolled up his sleeves and hid behind the door to watch the excitement.Post-pawn examination, what a new thing.He looked back at his postman, thinking about whether he should take the test as well, it seemed quite interesting.

Xu Wu explained to the four people who couldn't even ride a horse: "Your task is to bring these goods back intact!"

The four opened their mouths, staring in a daze at the four eggs that would break at the first knock.Who came up with this idea!

Ruan Bai rubbed his chin: "Eggs are so hard to buy. I originally wanted to give each person ten, but now I can only make do with it."

The author has something to say: who is a good person

Xiaobai: I am a good person.

Persimmon: A good man is full of bad water.

Xiaobai: This is called the blackness of the near ink.

Persimmon: Nonsense, I am really a good person!

Xiao Tiantian (ノへ￣,): My heart is so tired, the bad guys have to grab the good ones.