Rain has nourished Luliu Town. The stone slabs and moss in the town are wet. The sun is rising and the air is clear. It is a sunny day, suitable for traveling and visiting relatives and friends. ¡ñ¡Ð
In the Tongliao Inn, Zhang Weidong saw the scenery outside the wall through the empty window, including pedestrians on the streets and scattered buildings. There is also the fragrance of the earth, which makes people feel relaxed and happy. On the side, Xu Qing was feeding Xiao Yueyue and Xiao Zhanghui, while Goudan was causing trouble. Xiao Yueyue was restless while eating and wanted to play with brother Goudan.
¡°The weather is nice!¡±
In the front yard, Zhao Erbao, Zhao Tiedan, Zhao Gongjian and his son, and a group of boys and girls were preparing carriages and horses, loading goods, grain and grass into the carriages, and they were preparing to set off.
Zhang Weidong also didn¡¯t expect that the rain would cause everyone to stay in the Tongliao Inn for three days. They didn't leave the house for three days, but they ate well and slept well, and everyone recovered. However, in the past three days, Zhang Weidong has been asking everyone to practice martial arts diligently. Since they can't go out, they should practice martial arts in the room.
Others are practicing martial arts and reading, and Zhang Weidong is not idle either.
On the first day, Boss Wu, Feng Gao and Yu Qiuxia, the three business owners of 'Big Head Wu', came to visit. They not only brought medical fees and medicine fees, but also brought a lot of processed medicinal powders of high quality and variety. complete. Zhang Weidong requested these medicinal materials, which allowed them to deduct the cost from the consultation fees and medication fees. They were mainly used to prepare detoxification potions with snake gallbladder, which can detoxify hundreds of poisons.
The next day, a deputy general officer of the Anyuan Escort Bureau and the escort chief Wang Hai came to visit again, thanked him again, and finally left the consultation fee and medicine expenses. At the same time, Zhang Weidong and Anyuan Escort and others completed an escort mission. Big business worth hundreds of gold.
On the third day, Boss Chen, accompanied by the head guard Jiang Long, finally came to the door with a gift. There was quite a lot of movement. The innkeeper is always with you. Not only that, Wu, Feng and Yu are three small business owners. The head escort of Anyuan Escort Bureau also arrived.
This is not because Zhang Weidong has great reputation, but because Zhang Weidong has prepared a batch of precious snake medicine, which is rare in the market. They came to divide this batch of snake medicine. In order to convince themselves, these people also brought a well-known doctor from Green Willow Town to argue for the medicine. The price of a portion of snake medicine ranged from 30 silver coins to 5 gold coins. After some fierce bargaining, the price was cut in half.
Even so, Zhang Weidong has made a lot of money. These people left more than four hundred gold coins behind, and some of them bought elixirs for later use.
After the supplies are completed, Zhang¡¯s group will leave Luliu Town. Not only the Anyuan Escort Bureau, but also the Zheng Wu Escort Bureau, a total of 100 escorts accompanied him, and the head of the Anyuan Escort Bureau was an old acquaintance Wang Hai, who volunteered to escort. In the agreement, the two escort agencies will escort Zhang Weidong and his party to Jingyang County in the Great Qin Kingdom.
This will traverse more than 20 counties in Qi and Daqin and last for at least ten months. And the road is not smooth.
These escorts are strong and strong. The sword was carried with him, and the evil aura was rampant, making some Xiaoxiao dare not approach easily.
At this time, two groups of hundreds of people gathered in front of the Tongliao Inn. There are two escort flags, one is 'Anyuan' and the other is 'Zheng Wu'. Stand ready. Not long after, Xu Qing and others came downstairs one after another. A group of women, children, old and young.
"Boss, are these old and weak women and children our employers? I don't see that they are quite wealthy. I wonder where they come from?" An escort from the Zhengwu Escort Agency looked in the direction of the front yard, a little confused. In his eyes, these people were just a small wealthy family whose clothes and manners were not noble and elegant enough.
? 50 people came from Zheng Wu Escort Agency, which was considered a big business. Therefore, the escort chiefs and deputy escort chiefs sent were all warriors. The escort's name is Chen Hu, who is in his thirties and has a fair face, giving people a gloomy feeling.
Escort Chen glanced at the men of the Anyuan Escort Agency and said, "Don't worry about that! We at the Zhengwu Escort Agency will accept the escorts of those who can afford the reward. We will not ask about the source, only the destination. This is the rule. .¡±
"Ha, isn't this curious? It is said that the employer of this escort is a famous doctor who is good at preparing snake medicine. He has even reached a deal with several companies for several hundred gold coins. Tsk tsk, this money can buy thousands He has become a big landowner! No wonder he not only hired our bodyguards, but also hired Madman Wang and others from the Anyuan Bodyguard Bureau!"
"A few hundred gold coins? Real or fake?"
"Don't believe it? Let me tell you that this escort trip is going to Jingyang County in the Great Qin Kingdom. Do you think about how big a business this is? At least this amount!"
"This doctor actually makes so much money. If I had known this, I would have studied medicine!"
"You study medicine? Haha, then there will be one more butcher in the world¡ª¡ª"
"Ha ha!"
When Biao Chen saw that his men were talking nonsense, he said, "Shut up, everyone. If you don't want to go, I'll replace you with someone else!"
Substitution? This escort is a fat one. No one wants to be exchanged back, soHe smacked his lips and stopped talking. But the blood aroused by the gold coins could not be calmed down for a while.
Not to mention that the escorts from the Zhengwu Escort Bureau were in a difficult mood, even the people from the Anyuan Escort Bureau were also curious and talked in low voices to find out the truth of the matter. Paper cannot contain the fire, and such a large transaction cannot be hidden from anyone.
However, half of the 50 people in the Anyuan Escort Bureau experienced the snake disaster and were lucky enough to save one life. They were grateful to Zhang Weidong. As soon as the uninformed escort mentioned it, these people immediately issued a warning so that no one dared to mess up again. After asking about it, I just don¡¯t know what I think.
Money attracts people¡¯s hearts, let alone a huge sum of money? It's enough to make many people take risks.
Wang Hai was a little worried as he listened to the conversation among his men. This escort trip is not easy!
"Hey, isn't this Boss Chen's chief of guard, Jiang Long? Big Tou Wu?" Someone with sharp eyes recognized the two people from afar. The two people entered the gate together and were talking to Zhang Weidong. It seemed that they were seeing him off.
After a while, the team finally set off.
The well-dressed escorts were solemn and marched left and right. Only a few horses were left at the head, but nearly thirty carriages were guarded in the middle. Most of them were supplies of daily necessities, food, grass, and goods. In addition to women and young children, sixteen boys and girls walked with spears on their backs to exercise their endurance and perseverance.
Five people, Zhao Erbao, Zhao Tiedan, Zhao Gongjian, Zhao Falcon, and Zhao Houndou, were riding horses, guarding only two carriages. Zhang Weidong played the role of the groom. He took off his fancy clothes and wore an ordinary cotton robe and cap. He was leaning against the frame of a carriage in front of him, but he didn't have a riding whip in his hand. Instead, it is a copper flask with a pointed mouth, plain and simple.
He occasionally took a sip.
However, the wine in this jug is not delicious, but has a strong bitter taste. This is medicinal wine, but its medicinal properties are much stronger than ordinary medicinal wine. Ginseng, velvet antler, wolfberry and other medicinal materials are only the most common ones, and there are also some other more valuable elixirs. This medicinal wine is mainly used to replenish the body. It is a great tonic and a special replenisher. Except for Zhang Weidong, I am afraid that ordinary warriors cannot drink it.
This is a recipe that Zhang Weidong came up with to nourish the body's shortcomings due to self-healing. Few are better than nothing.
His injuries were too severe. Although he was lucky enough not to die, he was seriously injured. The Yuanji Realm great monk's full-power spiritual weapon is not easy to receive with a sword. Although the wound can no longer be seen on the chest, the wound is inside, in the Dantian and the soul. Now the destructive Zhen Yuanzheng and Zhang Weidong's own power They are killing each other, and this consumes Zhang Weidong's vitality.
As the team passed by a courtyard on the street, someone whispered: "Isn't this Dr. Liu's house? Why was it blocked by the government? What happened?"
The small plaque of 'Liu Mansion' was broken into several pieces. It was thrown on the wall. The door had been sealed, and there were mottled marks of swords on it. In front of the door, two government officials with swords were sitting on the steps.
"Which Dr. Liu?"
"Which one else? Jiang Long, a colleague of Jiang Guard. The one who lived together under Boss Chen!"
"I heard that the night before yesterday, Liu's house was robbed. The thief was ruthless and failed to steal the money. He also hurt people, so Dr. Liu was unlucky. He was kidnapped by the thieves, and he promised that if the ransom was not paid, he would break up! So far! The whereabouts are unknown, and I'm afraid the odds are at risk. Alas, a good family was torn apart. Dr. Liu's wives and concubines took away their belongings and moved out of Liu's house¡ª¡ª"
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The whispers of the escorts could not be hidden from Zhang Weidong.
However, he just glanced over there in surprise, and then stopped paying attention.
There is no shortage of vendettas, kidnappings and extortion in this world. They happen every day. It¡¯s just that some people are unlucky and some are lucky.
The team left the boundaries of Luliu Town. Although they encountered one or two groups of people acting suspiciously, there were many people in the team and everything went smoothly. Stop and go, occasionally replenishing supplies along the way, and in a blink of an eye, we were hundreds of miles away.
Last night, the team rested in a dilapidated temple. There were other pedestrians in the temple, including mothers and children, porters, small groups, lone people, more than 20 people, old and young, men and women, who seemed not to be a threat. Seeing the growth of Zhang's team, the passers-by asked for blessings early this morning and even gave some money. However, Chen Hu and Wang Hai decisively refused.
In the morning, after burying pots to make rice and feeding the mules and horses, the team set off again, but those people followed not far behind and refused to leave.
Wang Hai came over to ask for instructions, and Zhang Weidong said: "You have rich experience, just do whatever you want. I have no objection."
"Doctor Zhang, these people have clean hands and feet and are not like martial arts practitioners. But just in case, let them stay at least one mile away from the convoy. Even if the convoy is repairing, they are not allowed to get close." Wang Hai thought for a moment and said.
"Then let's do it." Zhang Weidong said.
"By the way, Dr. Zhang, we have to go throughIt is in a dangerous place, Black Rock Stream. In the past, bandits occasionally ambush here and rob passing merchants. Just because they ambush on the cliff and threaten with falling rocks, most merchants will choose to leave some goods or money, and then pass smoothly. I'll let people go explore the road. Even if there are really bandits ambushing Dr. Zhang, there is no need to panic, we will take care of it. "Wang Hai said again.
Zhang Weidong looked up and looked into the distance. There seemed to be mountains and mountains in the distance, but he couldn't see them clearly.
"If you really want to use tolls, as long as it's not excessive, you can agree, but you should also be careful." Zhang Weidong warned.
"Doctor Zhang, don't worry!"
Wangshan is like a dead horse.
The Black Stone Stream that Wang Hai mentioned seemed not far away, but it took more than three hours of walking. Black Rock Stream is located in a mountain, with deep streams and ravines on one side and high cliffs on the other. The road was opened on the cliff. It is said that the Black Stone Stream is several miles long, and after that, it has to go dozens of miles in the mountains to get out of the mountain smoothly. The dense mountains and forests make it easy to hide, and many bandits like to rob here. Although the government has suppressed many times, the bandits and bandits have suffered heavy losses. The remaining adventurers may survive by diving into the mountains and forests, so some people will still take risks.
The convoy stopped in front, and then a carriage and several bodyguards in suits were sent out to explore the way.
About half an hour later, the road exploration carriage returned and everything was fine.
"Camp on the spot and spend the night, but don't light a fire! Let's set off tomorrow morning!" Wang Hai, Chen Hu and Zhang Weidong discussed it. It seemed safe to enter the mountain stream at night, but it was unwise, mainly because Zhang's motorcade had oil bottles. . (To be continued.)