After waiting for almost two incense sticks, An Jingzhi saw An Yuping walking back from outside the village.
The other party walked up to An Jingzhi, took out two pieces of paper and said, "This is the pass. If you don't have it along the way, you will probably be arrested."
An Jingzhi was stunned. Yes, he had forgotten. No wonder he asked why An Yuping suddenly went out.
"Brother, you are really careful." He touched An Yuping's head and praised him, "Let's go, let's set off quickly. If we are late, we will miss the resting place."
An Yuping was stunned and blinked for a long time before coming back to his senses: "Oh, okay." He walked towards home in a daze. Did his eldest brother just touch his head?
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he was obviously in a good mood.
Under the worried gazes of Bai Chunniang and the old housekeeper, the three of them walked further and further away.
All the household matters were left to the two of them to take care of.
Originally, Bai Chunniang was in charge of the backyard affairs of the house, and the old housekeeper was in charge of the land affairs.
Without An Jingzhi's interference, the two of them will be able to manage things more easily.
When we got on the official road, the carriage was still a little bumpy, but less bumpy than on the small road.
In addition, the cushions inside the carriage had been modified to a certain extent, so An Jingzhi was able to adapt to the journey.
"ah!"
An Yuping was sitting in the carriage with his back straight, reading a book, when he was suddenly jolted by the bumpy ride outside and his forehead hit the carriage.
"I'm sorry, young master," the anxious voice of the servant boy came from outside the car: "There is someone in front..." The voice became lower and lower, with a hint of fear.
The two brothers each had a carriage, and at this time Gong Rong also stopped the carriage.
"Master, someone is robbing us."
An Jingzhi lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out. There were three little thieves.
He curled his lips and said, "Hurry up and solve it. Don't delay my journey. I don't want to sleep in the wilderness."
Gong Rong heard a sound and quickly pulled out a long knife from the bottom of the carriage with his right hand.
The servant boy also tremblingly took out a big knife from under the carriage, holding it with both hands, his eyes full of fear.
An Yuping held a long sword and looked calmly at the three thieves in front of him.
"Second Young Master," Gong Rong said, his right hand holding a long knife, dragging it across the ground with a rustling sound, "Leave this matter to me."
Gong Rong also learned a few tricks from Master Wu, but he was not proficient in archery and only liked to swing his long sword around.
An Yuping nodded, and Gong Rong stepped forward and said coldly to the three thieves in front:
"Get out of here if you know what's good for you. If you delay our young master's journey, I'll kill you."
"Hey," the three bandits in front of him laughed instead of getting angry, "I really met someone who is not afraid of death."
The three men looked at An Yuping and his servant with a frail appearance and did not take them seriously.
Even if Gong Rong was a little scary, he was just one person, while there were three of them.
"I'm in a good mood today, so I'll leave you a way to live," he looked at Gong Rong with a mocking expression: "If you know what's good for you, leave the silver and horses. Otherwise, humph." The other party raised his knife and chopped it, full of threats.
Gong Rong didn't say any more words and ran towards the three people on the road, dragging his long sword.
The three men also each held a knife, looking at the passerby who was not aware of his own danger with a look of readiness.
They took a semi-encirclement formation, standing in three directions around him, staring at each other, and rushed forward with knives raised.
"ah!"
Just after taking half a step forward, one of the thieves found that the fingers holding the long knife had fallen off, and the long knife in his hand was forced to fall.
"Third brother!" Another thief was furious when he saw this, and rushed forward with a knife, slashing at Gong Rong's waist.
Gong Rong would definitely dodge the opponent's attack by leaning sideways, kicking the opponent's knife away with his foot, and then waving his hand, and the enemy would fall to the ground.
In less than a cup of tea, the three men fell to the ground wailing. None of them were seriously injured, but their wounds were bleeding profusely.
Gong Rong also tied him to a tree with a rope.
"Master, it's been resolved."
An Jingzhi lifted the curtain of the carriage, took a look outside, and nodded: "Let's set off quickly."
Every blow these bandits swung with their swords was deadly. It was already a great success that Gong Rong didn't kill them. As for whether they could survive, it all depended on themselves.
An Yuping on the other side also breathed a sigh of relief and got back into the carriage.
The three of them slowly drove past several howling bandits.
They had just left the county government office when they encountered robbers not long ago, although An Yuping never told anyone about what happened on the way to the exam.
In fact, it goes without saying that this journey will definitely not be peaceful. If he didn't have good legs and feet skills, he might have been left dead in the wilderness at any time.
As we slowly drove to the next county town, a dark curtain gradually fell over the sky.
"Master, we need to rest here for one night."
They entered the county town smoothly and checked into an inn.
The next morning, at daybreak, the four of them set out again.
They drove all the way to the next slightly larger city before they stopped temporarily.
I found an inn with similar conditions to stay in.
After asking Gong Rong to arrange the horses, An Jingzhi put down his luggage and went to An Yuping's room.
"We'll stay in this city for a few days. We're so bored every day, and my butt can't stand the shaking."
An Yuping: “…” Don’t think I don’t know that you, brother, have modified the carriage.
"Okay, big brother, you have to be careful. This is different from where we are." The implication is that you can't cause trouble here.
The elder brother had added many twists and turns to their journey along the way, under the pretext of writing articles for him and adding inspiration.
"Don't worry, big brother knows what's going on." After saying that, he left the inn.
After waiting for a while, Gong Rong, who had dealt with the luggage, came behind him.
Gong Rong followed An Jingzhi and looked around with curiosity in his eyes.
"Master, this Jizhou city is even bigger than our county's. There are so many people here."
"That's right, this expense is too expensive. I asked him to feed the horse with better stuff, and it cost two cents of silver." Gong Rong looked heartbroken.
"You can't fool me about the horse. If the horse fails, you will have to carry me on your back."
"That can't happen." Gong Rong quickly promised, "I've already told them to take good care of it for us."
"Let's go." An Jingzhi said as he stepped forward: "Let's see what's the difference between Jizhou City and our place."
Along the way, he could clearly feel that the closer he got to the capital, the more prosperous and lively it became.
"Selling coal——"
"Tanghulu——"
"Cooked pancakes——"
The market was filled with lively hawking sounds, and passers-by looked relaxed.
Gong Rong followed An Jingzhi closely in the crowd: "Hey, this place of the young master is really different from ours."
"Young Master, look over there, there's a monkey jumping through a fire ring!"
An Jingzhi glanced at it indifferently and said, "What's so good about this?"
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