"Mom!" Chu Ran woke up instantly, the room was still empty, but the sentence "Mom will wait for you at the end of the sky to save your father" still sounded so clearly in his heart.

"Father?" He has been dependent on his mother since he was a child, until he was 8 years old, and he felt that he had lost even his only relative. Chu Ran walked outside, locked the door, and stood at the door for a long time......

"Mom, I'll go! Daddy? I have Daddy too! Wait for me. Chu Ran wiped his tears, turned around and walked out of the town, his expression seemed to have a hint of firmness.

It didn't take long to come to the city gate, there were many small merchants and vendors at the city gate, Chu Ran walked straight to the beast pen at the city gate, (there will be a beast pen at each city gate, which belongs to the merchants who keep and sell mounts) Qingshan Town is just a small town, the beast pen is not big, there is only one boss and one guy.

"Wild child, we are not a restaurant here, and we have no food for you. The guy saw Chu Ran, who was dressed in shabby clothes, approaching, and said with an unkind face.

"I'm here to buy a mount. Chu Ran casually threw out the 50 taels of gold given by Li Rui and said coldly.

"It's not enough to succeed and more to lose, why don't you go to work soon?" The shopkeeper who was sitting on the recliner and smoking with a big cigarette pouch hurriedly got up, kicked the guy, picked up the 50 taels of gold thrown by Chu Ran and handed it back to Chu Ran.

"Come on, come on, young man, please, I'll introduce you to you. Chu Ran put away the gold and followed the shopkeeper towards the courtyard.

The yard is not big, there is a house on the left that is estimated to be where the usual shopkeeper lives, and there is a shed on the right with some mounts tethered to it.

"This is a red wind horse, which travels 800 miles a day. Chu Ran followed the shopkeeper and looked at the red wind horse next to him, he was tall, his whole body was blood red, and there was a white pattern from his neck to his tail, but he looked relatively docile.

"This is a jade horse, but the average woman rides and travels thousands of miles a day. The shopkeeper pointed to a slightly smaller snow-white pony next to the Red Wind Horse.

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"This is a thousand-mile leopard, traveling two thousand miles a day. This mount is definitely in line with the temperament of the young man, and it is also the best mount we have here. What do you think, young man?" With the introduction of the shopkeeper and the last mount, Chu Ran looked at the leopard in a separate fence next to him, which was twice as large as the usual leopard, but there was a lightning bolt on each side that was particularly conspicuous.

"Well, that's it. ”

"Shaoxia is really a good eye, this thousand miles leopard has just turned 1 year old, or a juvenile can travel two thousand miles a day, and Shaoxia is the same as the dragon and phoenix among people, a good horse among leopards, with the growth of time will have a lot of room for development......"

"How much?" Chu Ran interrupted helplessly as he watched the shopkeeper talk endlessly.

"This 50 taels of gold, the young man will be able to strengthen his wings like a tiger with this thousand-mile leopard......"

"Okay, where is the big bazaar?" Chu Ran looked at the shopkeeper and started talking again, and hurriedly took out money to interrupt.

"This is thousands of miles to the south, and there is a pass called Tao Ran at the border of our Chu State, which is said to be Tao Ran Pass, which is at the junction of the Song State and the Chu State. Legend has it that once the two kingdoms of Song and Chu went to war and confronted each other there. There were more than 10 million dead and wounded, and there was not much left on both sides. The next day, when people cleaned up the battlefield, they found that all the corpses had disappeared, and the blades were piled up into a mountain, and a monument was erected next to it: "Thousands of war souls have no place to return, and Tao Ran has been reborn." The emperors of the two countries were shocked, and hurriedly signed an armistice agreement, because they did not understand the intention of the gods, the two sides set up the place as a common share, jointly controlled, divided the tax equally, and built a pass with the monument as the center, named "Tao Ran" one is to commemorate the soul of the war dead, and the other is to serve as a place for peaceful trade between the two countries. Using it as a medium to make friends between the two countries, it was also the largest trading market for Chu and Song. ”

"Well, thank you, shopkeeper. Chu Ran didn't interrupt the shopkeeper's speech this time, and he was also shocked in his heart, there were more than 10 million dead and injured, what kind of scene was that, there were only a few thousand people in Qingshan Town, but tens of millions of people could die in a war, it was too terrifying. While thinking, he led his Qianli leopard and walked out of the city.

"My name is Chu Ran, and you will be my only partner in the future, but I don't know if you can remember me. After leaving the city, Chu Ran stared at the Qianli Leopard and said, but the Qianli Leopard didn't react, just scratched the ground with his paws.

"I'll give you a name too, you're only 1 year old, I'm 12 years old, I'll call you Xiao Er in the future. Little two, let's go. "Roll over the leopard and gallop south.

A day later

At Taoran Pass, a young man dressed like a beggar led a thousand-mile leopard to stand at the pass and look up. On the book "Tao Ran" vigorous big characters, on both sides of the two sentences left by Tao Ran "tens of millions of war souls have no place to return" and "Tao Ran is reincarnated" and set up wartime blood soldiers as a commemoration, although it is not a handwritten book by an immortal, but it also makes Chu Ran feel a little inexplicable sadness in his heart.

"This war is really not a good thing, so many people die at every turn. Let the gods come down to help clean up the battlefield, alas...... In the future, it is better to stay away. Chu Ran said and patted his chest.

"May I ask where I want to buy the pills?" Chu Ran asked the guards at the pass.

"Go straight, turn left at Yanyu Building, that street is full of pills. Please keep your mount in the animal pen next to it, you are not allowed to ride in the city, but you will have to pay a tael of silver to enter the city. The guards explained kindly, not at all as vicious as the guards elsewhere. I didn't look down on Chu Ran because of Chu Ran's shabby clothes, and being able to lead a thousand miles of leopards to walk shows that at least they can't provoke them, a thousand miles of leopards cost dozens to hundreds of taels of gold, and their annual military salary is only 2 taels of gold, and one or two pieces of gold are the living expenses of ordinary people for a year, plus this is the sad place for all soldiers. So this guard was very kind to Chu Ran's words.

After taking out a tael of silver and giving it to the guards, Chu Ran led the Qianli Leopard to the city, and just walked into the city gate, the person at the door of the beast pen next to him had already walked towards him.

"I am the treasurer of Tao Ran's beast pen, please hand over the mount to me, and pay ten taels of silver to keep the gold, and I will help you take care of the mount." The man stretched out his hand.

Chu Ran took out the silver he was going to give to his mother, and glanced at the 5 taels left, so he had no choice but to take out 5 taels of gold and hand it over.

This kid is dressed so shabby, but he is holding a thousand miles of leopard, and he can throw out five taels of gold at will, it must not be simple. The shopkeeper thought in his heart, hurriedly ran back and took out 4 taels of gold and gave it to Chu Ran. (One tael of gold is equal to ten taels of silver, and one tael of silver is equal to a hundred pennies.) At the same time, he gave Chu Ran a hand card, and when the time came, he could retrieve the mount with his hand.

"Feed my little two, little two, wait for me obediently. Chu Ran threw back 4 taels of gold to the shopkeeper, patted the little two heads and handed them to the shopkeeper and walked towards the city.

"Okay, good young man. The shopkeeper took the gold and said with a flattering face.

Chu Ran has been living in the mountains since he was a child, and at most he will go to Qingshan Town. Tao Ran's bustling streets immediately aroused his interest, and each stall had to be carefully watched. Even everyone who walked by him had to take a look. But the eyes of others look at him differently, some are disgusted, some are surprised, and some secretly shake their heads, there are a large number of people coming and going to Taoran Pass every day, but the general beggars are begging at the city gate, after all, one or two pieces of silver is enough for them to eat for a long time.

"Hey, boss, what is this?" he asked, picking up a pot that felt strange.

"Go, go, little beggar. Don't bother me with my business. The peddler's face was full of disgust.

"The boss said it. Chu Ran was not angry because of the hawker's face and language, he was used to it.

"I don't want to run the toilet every night, it's convenient to use at home. But you don't need to. The peddler was very interested when he saw Chu Ran, and glanced at him and said casually.

"Wow, you people in the city are just different, you still have to use pots. Chu Ran glanced at it with disdain and turned to leave.

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"This young man, I see that you are locked all around, why don't you come and help you calculate a hexagram?" was walking when an old man next to him stopped him.