The road is getting farther and farther, from the county city to the royal city, and now I have to leave the country again.
Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books. If walking back and forth on the road between the county and the city is so boring, walking all over the world is actually quite interesting.
If he could travel to a distant place, Zhou Xiaozhou would be somewhat interested in the profession of escort, which was similar to traveling at public expense.
How wonderful it is to travel around and get paid for it!
"Traveling a dart is not about fighting and killing. When you fall to the stage of fighting and killing, it is the most unsuccessful time. Missing the dart is not far away."
Qiao Xing specially reminded him, "You must use your brain when encountering problems. A good escort must be a smart person, not a reckless person who only knows how to fight."
"oh oh····"
Zhou Xiaozhou nodded, fighting is easy to get injured, so why fight when you have nothing to do...
He was quite familiar with the journey to Qingyuan County, and the carriage was very fast, so it would not be a problem to cover more than a hundred miles in a day.
We arrived at Qingyuan County in less than three days.
If you run fast, you can actually make the round trip in one day.
When leaving Qingyuan County and heading west, Zhou Xiaozhou was unfamiliar with it and had never been there.
Qiao Xing went there and gave some guidance: "Just follow the mainland, pass through Dingwuguan, and then go to Daxing City in Wenqu Kingdom.
Don't walk too fast so as not to attract other people's attention. "
Normal play speed.
Walking towards a strange place is like walking towards poetry and distance, with confused and expectant eyes, hoping to find some surprises and different scenery.
"The distance is hope or disaster. If you can't come back, you will die in a foreign land. If you come back, you may bring back a few poems, that's all."
Qiao Xing asked casually: "Can you also write poetry?"
"Written blindly."
He smiled, looked at the pedestrians and business travelers on the road, and sighed,
"But seeing how miserable people are in the world,
Everyone is busy in a hurry.
It’s rare to open your eyebrows and smile,
Remember not to walk haphazardly when traveling. "
"Hey, I can indeed speak well, and I have a little literary talent."
Qiao Xing said with a smile, "You are indeed more suitable for taking the literary path, but it is difficult to get through the literary path. It is very difficult for a child from a poor family to get ahead. Those who control the official career in the court are from aristocratic families. No matter how talented a child from a poor family is, I can't get past the various barriers they set up, and I can only serve as their pawn."
After staying in the royal city for several years, she has a good understanding of some things in the royal city.
Zhou Xiaozhou asked: "Really can't get ahead?"
"Maybe, but it must be difficult."
She shook her head with a wry smile, "My aunt has been in the royal city for so long, and she has never heard of a child from a poor family rising up. No matter how small an official is, it is difficult for someone who is not from a noble family to get up.
The one in my family is so incompetent, but he can still get a part-time official position.
Now that the Zuo family has fallen, he will no longer be able to survive and will be driven away soon. "
Why would such a wise woman fall in love with Young Master Zuo?
Zhou Xiaozhou was puzzled and asked: "How did my aunt get deceived by him?"
"I was deceived."
Qiao Xing said helplessly, "I was young and ignorant at that time. Seeing his appearance and talent, I thought he could be a great person. He said he was unmarried and believed him. It was only when he went to his house that he realized he had been deceived.
Once the raw rice is cooked, there is nothing we can do. "
“How do you make cooked rice from raw rice?”
That night at her house, I heard some cooking noises.
"You brat, even my aunt dares to tease you."
Qiao Xing changed the topic, "If you want to pursue a literary career, don't think about being an official. Become an official. Some capable officials are quite powerful. They can even counter those incompetent officials and gain real power."
After hearing what she said, Zhou Xiaozhou became less concerned about obtaining fame and said with a smile: "If possible, it would be best to be a god, free and easy."
"It depends on chance. It's hard to come by."
Qiao Xing said with a smile, "You don't seem to be a lucky person. You may have great opportunities."
A woman was walking along the roadside holding a little girl. The little girl fell and scratched her foot, crying loudly.
Qiao Xing sighed: "Stop it. If you can help someone, you still have to help."
On the escort road, it is taboo to meddle in other people's business.
Escort Wu would definitely not care if something like this happened.
As a mother, Qiao Xing still couldn't help herself, so she got out of the car, picked up the little girl, and invited the mother and daughter into the car. I cleaned the little girl's wound, took out the medicinal wine I brought with me, and bandaged her.
"Thank you. Thank you so much. I don't even know what to do. Thank you for meeting such kind people."
The woman was so grateful that she shed tears. If she still held the little girl while walking, she would not be able to walk very far. She was helpless.
"Sister-in-law, where are you going?"
"Her father works in the county town ahead. This girl insisted on making a fuss to find her father. As a result, she couldn't walk on the road herself. She walked for a whole day and only walked halfway."
It was getting dark, and it would be a big deal if a mother and daughter fell on the road. They might be in danger.
Zhou Xiaozhou sped up and rushed to the county seat ahead. It was already dark.
After sending the mother and daughter to the location, they found an inn to stay at.
"If you can help someone, just do it. It's just a little effort. It's always more comfortable to do good things than to do bad things."
For one good deed every day, Qiao Xing smiled and gave Zhou Xiaozhou an extra meal, and asked for a bottle of wine during the meal.
In fact, she wanted to drink some wine.
Neither of them drank much, and Zhou Xiaozhou poured more than half of the bottle of wine into a wine gourd and hung it on his waist.
However, this inn happened to have only one room left.
Zhou Xiaozhou said: "I'm going to sleep in the car."
"Why are you sleeping in the car, are you afraid that your aunt will eat you?
Anyway, my aunt wants to meditate at night, so you can sleep on the bed. "
"Well····"
It’s quite awkward to have a man and a woman alone in the same room!
"Children of the world, what are you doing, mother-in-law and mother-in-law?"
Well, we are all children of the world, and we cannot stick to these small details.
It’s fine if you don’t cook, uncooked rice is still uncooked rice.
Qiao Xing really wants to meditate and practice. As for whether it is the cultivation method of immortality or the inner strength of a warrior, there is no need to ask, everyone has some secrets.
Zhou Xiaozhou didn't even want to be discovered that he was practicing something, so he simply fell asleep tonight.
The hidden dart carried by Qiao Xing was in a brocade box, more than a foot long, and it never left his side.
I don’t know what it is, there’s no need to know what it’s not supposed to be.
In the middle of the night, there was some movement outside the door, and Zhou Xiaozhou woke up immediately.
Seeing him so startled, Qiao Xing nodded with satisfaction and motioned for him to speak out to scare the thief away.
Zhou Xiaozhou pretended to cough a few times and pretended to get up to relieve himself. When he opened the door and came out, he felt that several people were ambushing him.
He didn't go to the latrine and peed directly in the corridor.
Immediately caused the roar next door: "Who?
Peeing here is worse than an animal. "
"Sleepwalking, I'm sleepwalking..."
