After passing Qingyuan Prefecture, the couple galloped forty or fifty miles in the night before entering the territory of Shaoxing Prefecture.

Like Qingyuan Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion was also on the way to Hangzhou. Because he was worried about being overtaken by his master, Chen Xuanfeng decided not to stay overnight in Xiaoxing and went on his way at night as usual.

It would be best if we could pass Shaoxing Prefecture at night. Even if we abandon the two horses and walk for a while, we would still have plenty of time. We could even go to Jiaxing and other places to visit before April 15th. That way

Just in time to avoid the master who might come.

From Qingyuan Prefecture to Shaoxing Prefecture, the official road is more than three hundred miles.

The official roads at this time cannot be compared with the highways of later generations. Most of the highways in later generations were laid in straight lines, with various elevated roads, various interchanges, and various bridges. However, the official roads at this time needed to avoid rivers and hills.

As it winds and twists, the distance naturally increases.

Three hundred miles is already considered a long journey. Fortunately, Chen Mei and the two have war horses. Although these two war horses do not have the foot power to walk a thousand miles a day and eight hundred miles a night, they can still finish the distance in one night.

Not too difficult.

Chen Mei and Chen Mei rode so fast that their two horses were foaming at the mouth. When the sky was dim, they finally arrived outside the city of Shaoxing.

When they were two or three miles away from the city gate, the couple got off their horses and led the horses towards the city gate.

Shaoxing City and Mingzhou City in the morning light were completely different. There was actually a group of soldiers guarding the gate. The number of soldiers was about fifty, and they all stood upright, which gave people a sense of solemnity.

Chen Xuanfeng couldn't help but wonder, this was not the first time he came to Shaoxing Prefecture, but there had never been such a strict military formation here before? What happened today? Is there a military parade?

Don't say that the Song Dynasty army has never held a military parade since the fall of Gao Qiu. Just say that even if it really wants to hold a military parade, it shouldn't be held at the city gate, right? Shouldn't it be at the school grounds?

Feeling confused, he stopped and looked behind him, waiting for an old farmer whom he and his wife had just passed by on horseback. When the old farmer approached, he asked: "My father-in-law, do you know what these soldiers at the city gate are doing?"

Just by listening to the accent, the old farmer knew that Chen Xuanfeng was a foreigner, so he replied: "It is said that there is going to be a war with the Kingdom of Jin. Starting from the day of the second grade of junior high school, the prefect has been recruiting troops and martyrs. There is a notice posted at the city gate. If you

If you are literate, you can read it yourself.”

Chen Xuanfeng is a novice in history. Apart from the very important test content in school textbooks, all the historical allusions he knows are from martial arts novels.

Regardless of whether the story in the novel is official history or unofficial history, or whether it is made up by the author, Chen Xuanfeng basically knows nothing about any historical content that is not mentioned in martial arts novels.

So he didn't know that starting from the first day of the first lunar month of this year, the Southern Song Dynasty court had changed the Yuan Dynasty to Kaixi. And the Southern Song Dynasty court, which had been weak for decades, finally "risen". Under the insistence of Prime Minister Han Zhouzhou,

Emperor Ningzong was already preparing to issue an edict for the Northern Expedition, which was scheduled for early May.

Regarding the Southern Song Dynasty's resistance to the Jin Dynasty, Chen Xuanfeng held an indifferent attitude.

What have you been doing? When Yue Fei was alive, the Song Dynasty had the only chance to avenge its shame, but Zhao Gou and Qin Hui killed Yue Fei.

I have been cowardly for sixty or seventy years, and now I just think of resisting gold. What is the use of it?

You can't defeat the Jin Kingdom, and it will not be the Jin Kingdom that will destroy you in the Southern Song Dynasty in the future, but Mongolia. You are determined to destroy the Jin Kingdom, but you are exposing your teeth. Aren't you afraid of the cold?

Different from the people of the Southern Song Dynasty at this time, Chen Xuanfeng, who came from later generations and was educated in the ideology of fifty-six ethnic groups, did not have any deep hatred for the Jurchen people. From the perspective of a bystander, he jumped out of the matter and looked at it.

The issues and concepts are different from today’s anti-gold faction.

After learning the whole story from the old farmer, Chen Xuanfeng relaxed his somewhat nervous mood. Since a war is imminent, it is only normal to prepare troops and prepare for the disaster.

At that moment, Mei Chaofeng and Mei Chaofeng led their horses towards the city gate, and wanted to take a look at what the notice at the gate was written on. Even if they were not interested in fighting against Jin, it would be good to learn the traditional Chinese characters of this era.

The two men led the horses across the moat suspension bridge, and when they walked towards the door, the soldiers lined up on the left and right did not move. Not only did they not come forward to question, but they did not look sideways, as if the two people and horses passing by did not exist. Only

Two men dressed as officers, one on the left and one on the right, glanced at the couple, but had no intention of interrogating them.

So Chen Xuanfeng became more and more relaxed and stopped in front of the city gate. Just when he raised his head to look at the notice, he heard someone behind him exclaimed: "Isn't that the horse that both Zhang and Liu have their heads on? How did they get to this pair?"

In the hands of men and women? They are horse thieves! Take them down!"

When Chen Xuanfeng heard the sound, he immediately exclaimed something bad. He turned around and found that the person who screamed was one of the two officers. He couldn't help but secretly regret in his heart. The Southern Song Dynasty war horses were so short that people knew horses. What did he just do?

Didn't you let go of these two horses? You caused trouble out of thin air.

In contrast, Mei Chaofeng was calmer than Chen Xuanfeng. He only briefly recalled the costumes of the two knights whose horses were robbed by him in Mingzhou City. They were not in Song Army uniforms. Why did they all have heads?

In just an instant, two rows of fifty soldiers surrounded Chen Mei and the two of them, and the shining swords were pointed directly at Chen Mei and the two.

In such a situation, Chen Mei and Chen Mei were unable to fly. The officer who had warned him earlier became much calmer and ordered a soldier: "Ding Liu, go to the government office quickly and inform Chief Cheng to come and detain the prisoners, and ask him to bring more people."

, these two thieves are both Lianjiazi! "

Ding Liu took the order and ran into the city gate. The officer then looked at Chen Mei and asked, "How did you two get these two horses?"

Chen Xuanfeng replied angrily: "Don't you say we are horse thieves? Why are you asking where this horse came from? Could it be that you were framed by us just now?"

Chen Xuanfeng's theory was to delay time, because at this moment he had not yet decided whether to abandon his horse and break out of the encirclement, and then bypass Shaoxing City.

Another way is to temporarily pretend that you are at ease, follow the police officers into the city, escape when you get to the city, and then pass directly through the city like in Mingzhou City.

Both options have their pros and cons, making it difficult to choose.

The former has a higher success rate in breaking out. It is not a big problem for me and my wife to deal with only two officers and fifty swordsmen. However, this may cause the soldiers and horses in the city to pursue them wildly. Once the soldiers and horses in Shaoxing City start to chase and intercept me from the four city gates,

It would be difficult to get around the city, and you would probably end up trapped in the barren mountains outside the city.

Compared with the first option, the advantage of the second option is that it is very sudden. The opponent should not expect that you dare to risk your life and survive. Once you escape successfully, you can rush out before the enemy can react.

Simon.

However, there are certain unknown variables in this plan. For example, if the policeman who came to escort him and his wife was cautious enough and tried to pass the chain through their bones, he would not be able to pretend and would have to commit murder immediately.

Furthermore, I don’t know if there are any masters in the army yamen in Shaoxing City. If there are a few figures of Wu Song or Shi Wengong’s level, entering the city will be like a sheep in a tiger’s mouth. Not to mention whether they can defeat the opponent, it will form a entanglement.

If you fight, you will also lose the opportunity to escape.

In this situation, Chen Xuanfeng had to think more carefully, because judging from "Water Margin", the Song Dynasty's army was not all useless, and there were some who could fight.

He was still making a difficult decision, but Mei Chaofeng suddenly and confidently said to the officer: "Who do you think is the horse thief? We stole these two horses!"

Mei Chaofeng felt that she and the couple were the right ones. After all, the two knights in Mingzhou City were the first to curse and attack, while her husband and wife were the last to snatch the horse. She even felt that just snatching their horse would give them an advantage.

It would be polite to kill them!

Mei Chaofeng was thinking of his own reasons, but after hearing this, the officer's face changed drastically. He immediately looked into the city gate and shouted: "Ding Liu, the thief stabbed your hand. Please inform the magistrate and invite Master Ke over."

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When Chen Xuanfeng saw this, his head was as big as a bucket. He felt tight in his chest and almost choked out a mouthful of blood. Why is my wife so down to earth?

Forget it, since they already value you and your wife, stop thinking about taking advantage and shout immediately: "Do it!"
Chapter completed!