The eleventh year of Xuyang, July 26th
It was sunny, and the scorching sun burned the earth into an illusion. Liu Xin opened his tent and took a look at the sky. There seemed to be an illusory scene floating in the sky.
"At the end of the vast sea, a tower in the mist stands in the distance. It seems to be shining brightly with stars, as soft as the moon. Penglai is as misty as heaven and earth. Sighing at the chase, a few sand gulls fly away."
It seemed like it was the mirage that Fourth Senior Brother had mentioned. This was the first time Liu Xin had seen such a sight, and it was quite mysterious.
"Brother Liu, eh!"
There was a call from behind, Liu Xin turned around and saw Dan Si who also raised his head with a look of shock.
"Mother, Xipi, what is that? You've seen my mother!" Shan Si exclaimed subconsciously.
Liu Xin, who wanted to hear Shan Sihui's exclamation, suddenly felt presumptuous. The other party was the young master of Yuanwei Escort Agency. The chief escort officer of Yuanwei Escort Agency was not only a well-known escort master in the world, but also a famous one. Rough blank. How could the son of such a person be elegant? He was also deceived by Shan Si's quiet appearance during the past two days.
"That should be a mirage." Liu Xin explained for this miserable illiterate.
Dan Si's eyes were still flashing with horror, immersed in the power of this world.
"Brother Liu." Zheng Xiao clasped his fists and saluted. He just glanced at the scene in the distance, the surprise in his eyes flashed away, and he quickly regained his composure.
He came to Liu Xin solemnly and asked: "Brother Liu was also locked in the camp yesterday. It seems something happened!"
Zheng Xiao is here to exchange information. Several of their second-generation nobles were imprisoned for a day yesterday and were just released today.
And early this morning, Leng Peijun and Gou Liangyu had escorted Jiang Chengdu back to the imperial capital. With the two of them's cultivation and the protection of the Dongchang spies, there shouldn't be any problems.
Li Longshan sent someone to question Jiang Chengdu all night long, but Jiang Chengdu gritted his teeth and kept silent until he left with scars all over the next day, still not revealing anything useful.
"I was also detained for a day." Liu Xin ended the topic with one sentence.
Zheng Xiao sighed and muttered to himself:
“I don’t know if I can continue to choose horses.”
Liu Xin said with a smile: "If we can be released today, I think the matter has been resolved. However, I have been delayed for a day. I will prepare to leave the military horse farm later."
Zheng Xiao was surprised and said: "Brother Liu, don't you think about horses anymore?"
Liu Xin shook his head and said, "I'm not here to watch horses."
Zheng Xiao put his fingers together, knocked on his forehead, and said with a smile: "Look at my brain, Brother Liu never said that he came to Xiangma."
Liu Xin clasped his fists: "I will leave soon, Brother Zheng, see you tomorrow!"
Zheng Xiao cupped his fists in return, and Dan Si over there had also recovered and cupped his fists to signal.
After saying goodbye to a few people, Liu Xin found his way to Lilongshan. He hadn't explained the situation to the person in charge of the military horse farm yet, and he had to make it clear before leaving.
A quarter of an hour later, Liu Xin, Li Longshan and Dai Bangzheng sat in silence in a tent, most afraid of the sudden silence in the air.
Liu Xin had already briefly explained the situation of his being ordered to investigate here, and also showed the dual tokens of Dongchang and Jinyiwei. As a result, Li Longshan was meditating there without saying a word.
The atmosphere slowly fermented in embarrassment, until Liu Xin couldn't stand it anymore, Li Longshan suddenly spoke:
"Let's stop this matter."
Um?
Liu Xin raised his eyebrows, is it over like this?
He looked at Dai Bangzheng and found that the latter nodded with a wry smile.
Li Longshan looked at Liu Xin and said: "There is a traitor here, and I naturally have to bear a certain responsibility. Therefore, I will report this matter to the Duke of Qin secretly, and then give a piece of information to His Majesty, asking for punishment. Mr. Liu, Now that the matter is over, if there is nothing else, please leave the military horse farm as soon as possible."
This is a bit embarrassing... You just kicked the person away without saying anything, but that's fine.
However, Liu Xin was also a thick-skinned person, and there was no strange color on his face. He stood up, bowed and left.
Seeing Liu Xin leaving, Li Longshan's serious expression relaxed slightly, and he looked at Dai Bangzheng and said, "Send off to Mr. Liu!"
Dai Bangzheng stood up, saluted, and caught up with Liu Xin.
"Don't worry about Liu Qianhu, Commander Li is such a person." Dai Bangzheng general Li Longshan chatted with Liu Xin in detail about his daily work style.
Liu Xin was filled with emotion and concluded: "It turns out that our Commander Li is an introvert. People who don't know his temperament thought he was withdrawn, but he turned out to be a sociophobic person."
"What is social fear?" Dai Bangzheng asked puzzledly.
Liu Xin waved his hand to indicate that this was not the point: "So Commander Li is doing this to calm the situation and cut through the mess quickly."
Li Longshan's apology letter seems to be saying: Your Majesty and Duke Qin, please don't send anyone here. I have sentenced myself. You can just hand down the sentence. I am afraid of society!
Dai Bangzheng escorted Liu Xin all the way out of the city. After leaving the inner city gate, Liu Xin saw a fierce horse breaking away from the horse breeder's hand and running towards Liu Xin in a twisted manner.
"Liu Qianhu, be careful!" Dai Bangzheng pulled out his saber and stopped in front of Liu Xin.
This fierce horse seemed to have an injury on its feet. It staggered when running and was not very fast.
Liu Xin patted Dai Bangzheng, indicating that he did not need to protect him, and then he took two steps forward. The fierce horse seemed to have seen him coming, staggering all the way, and finally arrived in front of Liu Xin. With a twist, the whole horse fell sideways.
He fell heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust. When the dust dispersed, Liu Xin looked at the horse's head that fell at his feet. There was a kind of pleading in his black grape-like eyes.
The horse breeder hurried over with a look of panic on his face: "My lords, this horse broke its leg and refused to be treated. Today, we were sending it to its resting place. However, it went crazy for some reason and asked these two lords." Forgive me!"
As he spoke, the horse breeder raised his whip high and was about to whip it down, but was caught tightly by a big hand in mid-air.
The horse breeder was stunned for a moment, and then looked in horror at Liu Xin who stopped him.
Liu Xin didn't care about the horse breeder's attitude. Instead, he became interested in the horse and asked, "What's wrong with him? Why should he be sent to rest? The leg injury can't be cured?"
The so-called rest is actually humane destruction.
The horse breeder said in fear: "This horse is still underage. Although the leg is broken, it can be cured. However, the horse refused to treat itself and has already kicked and injured three doctors. Then the person in charge reported it to the police. , approval has been issued from above, let it rest in peace."
Liu Xin squatted down while listening and gently stroked the horse's head with his palm. After listening, he thought for a moment, then turned and asked: "Master Dai, I want to take this horse away, what procedures are required?"
Dai Bangzheng smiled and said: "I have already checked the box to go to rest in peace. If Liu Qianhu likes it, he can just take it with him. No formalities are required!"
"Thank you!" Liu Xin cupped his hands, then looked back at the horse. They looked at each other, and Liu Xin said softly: "If you want to follow me, stand up by yourself!"
This fiery horse with mottled hair snorted, and then actually struggled to get up. However, the fall just now may have aggravated the leg injury. Its legs did not dare to use force, and it struggled for a long time and still did not get up.
Liu Xin didn't help it, just watched it.
Somehow, Liu Xin felt as if he had seen it before. The thought that this was not a horse, but a comrade-in-arms came into my mind.
He didn't know what was wrong with him, so he remained silent and encouraged the horse with his eyes.
Dai Bangzheng asked the horse breeder: "What kind of horse is this?"
The horse breeder said: "A cross between sweat blood and grassland species."
Dai Bangzheng nodded: "No wonder the hair is impure."
While the horse breeder and Dai Bangzheng were talking, the horse staggered and finally stood up. One of its front hoofs touched the ground, but Liu Xin kept squatting and moved forward two steps.
There was vigilance in the horse's eyes, but it made no other movements. Dai Bangzheng was amazed by this scene.
Although this horse is a hybrid, it has some spirituality.
Liu Xin pressed his hands on the horse's hooves, and he knew how to touch the bones. He simply judged that the fracture was caused by excessive force. As long as it was reattached, it would be able to recover after a period of time.
He also judged from the bones that this was a horse that was no more than one and a half years old. It was a young horse and its body would recover faster.
Using his internal strength, Liu Xin slowly stroked the horse's leg, and then when the other party wasn't paying attention, he used his hands hard, and with a click, the bones connected.
Woohoo!
Then there was a painful scream.
Liu Xin stood up, but the horse did not kick him in sudden severe pain. Instead, it took two steps back, as if it was afraid of stepping on Liu Xin.
"Haha, what a good horse. Look at your red hair, so I'll call you Red Rabbit!"
It seemed that he was remembering the words that his fourth senior brother once said, and the one he remembered most deeply was the red rabbit horse.
Sun Long is among men, and red rabbits are among horses. These were Sun Long's original words at that time.
Patting the horse's head gently, Chitu leaned his head affectionately on Liu Xin's palm. Liu Xin turned around and asked: "I have already connected its bones, and they will recover after a while. Master Dai, will I do this?" You can still take it away.”
A horse that is about to be humanely destroyed and a horse that has been cured naturally have different treatments, so Liu Xin needs to confirm.
Dai Bangzheng didn't expect Liu Xin to be able to do this, and couldn't help but said: "I didn't expect Liu Qianhu to have this skill. It doesn't matter, this horse was cured by Liu Qianhu, so it will naturally belong to Liu Qianhu."
"Thank you, Liu Xin!" Liu Xin solemnly clasped his fists.
He had a deep feeling that he must take Chitu away today.
As soon as Liu Xin took the lead, Chitu followed. Although he didn't walk fast, he had four legs and could keep up with Liu Xin's pace.
After leaving the outer city gate and saying goodbye to Dai Bangzheng, Liu Xin walked in the direction of Hanzhong Mansion.
This official road connects the military horse farm and Hanzhong Mansion and was specially built. There are not many people walking on the road. After all, there is a military horse farm at one end, and few people go there on weekdays.
He was carrying a horse that was about half the age of a young boy, with mottled hair. Only when he got closer could he see the shiny red hair at the bottom among the hair. Liu Xin himself was also wearing regular clothes, so not many people noticed them while walking on the road.
An hour and a half later, Liu Xin and Chitu, who were swaying on their way, could already see the city wall of Hanzhong Mansion. They should arrive in another two-quarters of an hour.
At this moment, Liu Xin heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind. There were not many, just a few riders.
Liu Xin thought, maybe it was Dan Si, Zheng Xiao and his group who had already finished the show and were catching up.
He led Chitu to the side of the official road. The horse behind him was very fast. If he couldn't dodge, it would be a problem.
When the knights behind him got closer, Liu Xin discovered that it was not Shansi and the others. The one headed by the knight was wearing a slutty purple costume and a golden crown on his head. He didn't know if something was smeared on his face, his lips were red and his teeth were white.
This handsome man was holding a riding crop, whipping it excitedly, and kept shouting "Drive!" Behind him were people in uniforms, who should be guards. They sat down on their horses with quivers on their backs, and carried big bows behind them. There is a sword at the waist.
Looking at this posture, this group of people has extraordinary origins.
The handsome man's horse riding skills were very good and he was very fast. When he passed by Liu Xin, he didn't even look at Liu Xin and went straight over, bringing up a puff of smoke.
The guards behind him followed closely, and one of them even approached Liu Xin's position. Liu Xin could only take two steps back. The guard rode a horse and passed by where Liu Xin had been standing before, and an unpleasant sound suddenly appeared in the wind. laughter.
"These bastards!" Liu Xin cursed angrily in a low voice. If it weren't for Red Rabbit's bad legs and feet, he would have to catch up and teach him a lesson.
Liu Xin's time in officialdom was still short, and he had not yet developed the composure of an official. There is also a possibility that he will never be able to raise him in this life. Liu Xin thinks that he is a Jianghu person, and he will always be a Jianghu person, and the Jianghu spirit will always be at its peak.
Two quarters of an hour later, after checking the road guide, Liu Xin successfully entered Hanzhong Mansion.
Because the mission at the military horse farm went extremely smoothly, there were still eleven or twelve days until the Jin Yiwei team arrived from behind. Maybe Leng Peijun and the others would meet him on the way back. In that case, the team might arrive faster, but it would take at least five or six days. During this time, he could relax and relax.
When he got down the mountain, he felt like he was bound by invisible bonds. Now that the bonds were briefly removed, he naturally wanted to have some fun.
I found an inn and asked the servants to take good care of Chitu. With Chitu's physique, the injury should be almost healed in less than half a month. It is estimated that Chitu will be able to ride when he returns to the imperial capital after the mission.
As for his precious colt, it was already given to Leng Peijun and others to carry Jiang Chengdu away.
For the next two days, Liu Xin lived a peaceful and comfortable life. On this day, Liu Xin came to a theater, which he would come to for the past two days, because the plays here were pretty good and the performances were not repeated every day. , Liu Xin likes to listen to stories, and he also likes to watch plays, so he takes some time to come and listen every day.
Less than a quarter of an hour after we sat down, the show started.
Not long after, Liu Xinzheng was watching the highlight. Two burly men suddenly jumped up on the stage, with swords on their waists, and they looked fierce.
Liu Xin frowned, feeling that the clothes on the two men looked familiar.
The performers on the stage were forced to the backstage, and the people watching the theater got up and left one after another. Liu Xin thought for a while, and was just about to go backstage to take a look, but saw a man who seemed to be the manager of the theater coming out, and there were only a few people there. The guest cupped his fists and said:
"Dear guests, nothing happens. You can stay for a while while the fun continues."
After saying this hastily, the shopkeeper hurried back to the backstage. The audience in the audience stopped leaving, and Liu Xin heard a few people chatting there:
"It seems that it's Chen Baihu again. This Li Niang from Lanfangyuan didn't escape after all."
Another person said: "Looking at what Shopkeeper Tong said, I know that Li Niang must have followed it."
Someone else said: "You two, keep your voices down, don't let those captains hear you!"
Then the three of them started talking in low voices.
Liu Xin sat down silently, lowered his head and frowned. The word "camp captain" made him very concerned.
There are only imperial guards in the world.
Hanzhong Mansion is considered a large city, and there should be thousands of households of Jin Yiwei stationed there. I don’t know who these people are under.
The two strong men with swords entered the backstage and never came out. Until the play started again, Liu Xin still didn't notice anyone coming out, so he probably left the backstage.
The play resumed, but Liu Xin's heart sank and he couldn't get up. He was deep in thought, tapping the back of the chair subconsciously with his fingers.
As Deputy Qianhu of Nanzhen Fusi, one of his responsibilities is to supervise the internal affairs of Jinyiwei, and he has the responsibility of inspector. If it was really Jin Yiwei who did these things of bullying men and women, then he would have reasons to take care of it, but his appointment documents are still on the way, and the only thing on his body that can prove his identity is a waist tag.
Of course the waist card is real, but without the appointment documents, he can't mobilize the royal guards here, let alone suppress them with his status.
He is only the Deputy Qianhu, the highest commander of the Jinyi Guards in Hanzhong Prefecture, and should be a Qianhu.
Being able to do these things with great fanfare, Liu Xin believed that this Qianhu would not be able to escape his involvement.
Since you can't use your official career, let's return to your old profession. Liu Xin smiled and looked relaxed.
This is returning to a field I am familiar with, and it is still so relaxing.
