"My lord, it shouldn't be, Weizhong has a wife and a son, we are dead, and their family will not survive."
A duke secretly glanced at the post chief, and lowered his eyebrows and said pleasing to the eye."
Then why hasn't he come yet?
Don't you know if this is an eight-hundred-mile expedited?
Eight hundred miles in a hurry!
He didn't understand what that meant.What will be the consequences!
”The post chief's face was hideous, and his already fat body trembled.Of course I do.The 800-mile expedited delivery was the most important and urgent intelligence and orders.The Tang law stipulates that if the delay is an urgent military document, the crime will be increased by three degrees, and the failure of the war due to the delay of the letter will be sentenced to death by hanging.Not only the parties are guilty, but their superiors are also guilty.The public wiped their sweat wildly, their faces turned pale, and their voices trembled: "My lord, why don't we send someone to take a look?"
If there is a real accident and the time is delayed, the trouble will be great......"
The post chief grabbed the placket of a duke's clothes, lifted him slightly, and spitted sideways: "Do you think I don't know?"
But where are the surplus horses now?
”yes, four batches a day.Every time the fast horse runs hard, it takes at least one day to cultivate, and eight horses are needed to take turns for two days.Besides, horses are also needed to pass other documents, so where can a small post station get extra horses?
The townspeople had nothing to say.The post chief gasped, slowly let go of his hand, and said bitterly: "You, ride my horse to see it immediately, and you must go back as soon as possible." ”The man's face was full of disbelief.This is your personal horse, and you refused to let others ride it when you were injured on the government's horse before.The post chief scolded: "Grandma, don't go quickly!"
”"Yes, yes, yes!"
The man replied in a loud voice, and trotted to the stable.It didn't take long.The duke led the horse to the commander, and fearing that he would regret it, asked again, "My lord, have I really gone?"
”"Go!
What are you grinding!
”The captain kicked the duke in the ass.The duke immediately turned on his horse and was about to swing his whip fiercely.At this moment, the post chief suddenly saw smoke and dust rising from the other side of the road, and immediately shouted: "Stop, stop!"
Don't go, don't go!
”Unfortunately, it backfired, and the inertia caused the whip to fall on the horse, and the public could not react.Under this whip, the post chief's horse rushed out in an instant, and when he returned to the post chief, Li Bai had already dismounted.Li Bai lifted the package and said under the hopeful eyes of the post chief: "Weizhong, you are not late. ”"It's not up to him to be late or not!"
The post chief snatched the package violently, untied and looked at the three sealed bamboo tubes that were undamaged, and finally breathed a sigh of relief."
Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
The postmaster re-fastened the package, and then quickly tied it to the postman who had already prepared it.The sagekeeper grabbed the reins, turned over his horse, and whipped hard.The horse neighed, and at once galloped out in a frenzy, and in an instant disappeared in the dust raised.The post chief wiped his sweat and breathed a long sigh of relief."
Wei Zhong is dead, the pension is going to be paid, right?"
Li Bai said in a deep voice.The post chief glanced at Li Bai contemptuously, and when he saw the sword at Li Bai's waist, his face became slightly serious, and he said casually: "What?
Still want a pension?
Do you think that the money of the imperial court fell from the sky?
He was delayed for half an hour this time, and I have to report to the higher authorities to hold him accountable!
”After saying that, the post chief flicked his sleeves and left."
How can this be justified, how can this be justified!"
Li Bai's face was pale.The other dukes shook their heads, unable to see a trace of sadness, as if they had long been accustomed to it.After the public walked away, Li Bai stood for a long time.In this way, until an honest-looking public man came over and persuaded Li Bai to leave.Li Bai suddenly grabbed the sleeve of the honest man and said, "Where did this lychee come from?"
Why is there such a hurry?
”The honest man looked left and right, and motioned to go out and speak.Outside the post station, under a certain tree.Honest and honest: "I think Your Excellency has an extraordinary temperament and should have a certain status, but the villain still advises you, it's better not to worry about this matter." ”Li Bai said expressionlessly: "I know, this is the lychee that Yang Guifei wanted." ”The honest man also said seriously: "Your Excellency just knows." ”Li Bai said: "You haven't answered my question yet. ”The honest man shook his head and sighed: "It's autumn now, except for places like Lingnan, where else can there be fresh lychees?"
”"Haha, hahaha."
Li Bai smiled inexplicably, but he smiled very heavily."
There are 4,000 miles from Lingnan to Chang'an, and there is a post station every 20 miles, and every horse needs to run desperately to run from the previous post station to the next post station in a quarter of an hour.At the same time, each station must be changed to change people and horses, in order to give full play to the fastest speed of the fast horse, in this way, day and night 800 miles of expedited, in order to deliver the lychee to the hands of the concubine Niangniang within three days, alas. ”Speaking of this, the honest man also said sadly.Fast horses run hard, and they can indeed run at speeds of 60 kilometers per hour in a short time.After running a post station in a quarter of an hour, you can run 160 miles in one hour and 960 miles in half a day.Of course, you can run 960 miles during the day, and at night, it is estimated that you can only run 700 miles, day and night, and you can run about 1660 miles in one day and one night.That's right, and only in this way can it take countless manpower and material resources to achieve such a miracle.This is the power of imperial power, which is not something that ordinary people can imagine.Li Bai made a rough calculation, and then understood that what the honest man said was true, and he said hoarsely: "This is a relay race that exchanges life for time, the mountains are high and the roads are long, the roads are dangerous, and people may die at every moment, is Your Majesty really so cruel?"
”The honest man was shocked, put his index finger to his mouth and said, "Shhh ”After speaking, the honest man looked around and saw that there was no one else around and relaxed a little."
Your Excellency, it seems that you are also a family man, you must not say these words, otherwise it will affect many people."
Li Bai looked at the half-white man with sideburns, shook his head and said, "Then why aren't you afraid?"
”The honest man froze in place, tears slowly moistening his eyes.He turned his head, wiped his tears, stared at Li Bai with a sad heart, and said slowly: "My son, who died three years ago, and his daughter-in-law also remarried, and he has no grandson, what do I have to be afraid of?"
It's just that I don't want to see innocent people suffer any more unjustified disasters. ”Li Bai was silent for a moment and said, "Can you tell me where Wei Zhong's home is, I want to go and see." ”The honest man then pointed in the direction, and said that Weizhong's home was in Weiping.Li Bai thanked him, then rode back to the tree where Weizhong was placed, picked Weizhong on his horse, and went to Weiping.