Chapter 30: The Journey of the Liao Kingdom (8)
On the snow, a carriage carrying a large amount of supplies was moving, leaving two straight lines of car prints, and the person driving the carriage was Jiang Xun, as for the two people in the back seat, Chu Yinuo and Li Shunping, they were all resting, after all, they were indeed tired because of the previous labor, so the responsibility of driving was naturally handed over to Jiang Xun.
Although Li Shunping handed over the map to Jiang Xun and told him a few road signs that needed attention, Jiang Xun was still a little anxious, after all, he was not familiar with the road in life, and there was also this snow, some road signs used to be covered by snow, and he had to observe carefully, but Jiang Xun's ability was not bad, and his concentration had recovered a lot because of his previous sleep, otherwise even he didn't know how many road signs he would miss, and he didn't know if he would deviate from the correct path for 108,000 miles.
Even so, Jiang Xun could only bite the bullet, after all, although this matter was troublesome, he still had the confidence to do it well with his ability.
"Jiang Xun, leave it to me next, you go and rest. Chu Enoch poked his head out from behind Jiang Xun.
Jiang Xun looked at Chu Enoch suspiciously: "What, have you rested enough?"
"Probably. Chu Enoch smiled, then came out directly and sat next to Jiang Xun, took the reins from Jiang Xun's hand, and said, "But even if I don't sleep for a few days, I can drive very well." ”
Jiang Xun looked at Chu Enoch's driving technique and found that he was indeed very skilled, but he was faintly uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know why.
"Well, okay, I'll go back and rest first, pay attention to the road signs, some places will be covered with snow. Jiang Xun reminded Chu Enoch.
"Don't worry, I've been here before, and even though it's snowing, I can recognize eight or nine. Chu Enoch replied.
Hearing Chu Enoch's words, Jiang Xun raised his eyebrows, thought about it again and again, and felt that there was still no problem, so he turned around and entered the carriage.
As soon as he entered the carriage, he was greeted by warmth, and Jiang Xun saw Li Shunping lying on his side, resting, snoring steadily.
Jiang Xun smiled from the bottom of his heart, he casually found a place where he could sit down, closed his eyes by relying on some of the materials placed here, and wanted to rest for a while before going to drive the carriage for Chu Enoch.
But after closing his eyes for a moment, Jiang Xun felt a violent vibration.
"What's going on!" Li Shunping woke up one step ahead of Jiang Xun, looked at it in fear, and then looked at Jiang Xun, who had also just opened his eyes.
"You're not going to tell me that it's Senior Brother Chu who is driving the carriage now, right?" asked Li Shunping tremblingly.
Jiang Xun looked puzzled: "Is there any problem?"
"That's a big problem, but it's too late to tell you now. Li Shunping sighed and patted the cushion.
Jiang Xun could feel that the carriage was no longer so shaky, and at this time, Chu Enoch leaned in from the front curtain and smiled embarrassedly: "Uh, that ......"
Li Shunping showed an expression of "I understand" and asked, "How about it, we shouldn't have fallen off the cliff, right?"
Jiang Xun was taken aback when he heard this, this is a flat river, where did the cliff come from, is he so worried about Chu Enoch's driving skills?
"The two wheels of the carriage seem to have fallen off for some reason. Chu Enoch explained the current situation.
"Oh, that's fine. Li Shunping showed a relieved expression, which made Jiang Xun feel chills in his back.
"Speaking of which, the quality of this carriage is really poor, it can actually lose tires......" Jiang Xun complained about the carriage.
But Li Shunping was stunned when he heard Jiang Xun's words.
He remembered what the shopkeeper had said to him when he rented a carriage:
"Guest officer, this is a carriage that can carry the largest amount of goods!" the boss introduced Li Shunping attentively.
Li Shunping was a little strange, he obviously looked at the fact that there were a few bigger carriages over there, but those carriages were a little shabby, forget it, maybe it was because they were dilapidated so they might carry less goods, so he didn't have any suspicions, and after giving the boss money, he got in the car and prepared to drive.
"Guest officer, this is a gift from the shop. The boss stuffed a cigarette to Li Shunping.
Li Shunping looked at the cigarette: "Boss, I don't need this thing much for me. ”
"But this is the rule!" the boss explained: "Our country's carriage shop will send a cigarette when the guest rents or buys the carriage, after all, this cigarette can drive away the cold and refresh the mind, and sending this cigarette represents the blessing of the store door to the guest driving all the way, even if you don't smoke, you have to send it, this is the rule, you can't change it." ”
"I know," Li Shunping smiled, "I mean this cigarette is a lot cheaper than the previous one!"
"The world has been restless lately, how can you still be so rich!"
"Yes. Li Shunping put away the cigarette and nodded to the boss, "Goodbye." ”
"Congratulations to the guest officer, I wish the guest officer a smooth journey!"
Li Shunping frowned, and his head was faintly painful. No way?
"Senior?" Seeing that Li Shunping was silent, Jiang Xun said hesitantly.
"Nothing. Li Shunping smiled and joked to Jiang Xun and Chu Enoch who were looking at him: "Because of Chu Enoch, we may have to drag this cart of things." ”
"Hey, hey, you shouldn't blame me, right?" Chu Enoch smiled bitterly.
"Don't say more, why don't you go and see if you can fix it if you have this spare time?" Li Shunping said angrily to Chu Enoch.
"That's right!" Jiang Xun fanned the flames on the side.
Seeing this, Chu Enoch could only nod helplessly, and got out of the car to see the situation of the carriage.
"Jiang Xun. When Jiang Xun was also about to get out of the car, Li Shunping stopped him, Jiang Xun turned his head and looked at Li Shunping suspiciously, wondering what else was going on. I saw Li Shunping's face solemn and at the same time, he said to him earnestly: "You can tell that you are a member of the Xunyu Hall, but you must not tell others your soul shadow ability and your identity...... Even your native country, you know?"
Hearing this, Jiang Xun nodded: "I know." ”
"Okay, you go down, wait for me to slow down, I'll go down and have a look. Li Shunping sighed and leaned back on his seat like a deflated balloon.
"Yes. Jiang Xun answered and got out of the car.
Li Shunping sat in the car by himself, lowered his head and thought, and finally he made up his mind, opened the curtain of the car, and let his soul shadow crow fly out of the car window. "What a slack. Li Shunping muttered a monologue and watched the crow leave.
Jiang Xun, who was carefully observing the axle, naturally didn't notice this small movement, and Chu Enoch asked Jiang Xun on the side: "Do you think there is any problem?"
"No, it always feels like it's too broken and I fell off. "This axle is indeed too broken, the top of the pulling place is full of rust, and even the wood at the junction has a lot of cracking marks, Jiang Xun looked at it for a long time and came to this conclusion.
"Isn't that the problem?" Chu Enoch smiled.
"yes, that's a problem. Jiang Xun touched the connection and said with a solemn face, "This car doesn't look like that kind of old car from the outside, how can this happen?"
"In this world, it is normal for profiteers to exist. ”
"......" Jiang Xun was silent, Chu Enoch's words actually made sense, after all, the cost of renting this kind of new-looking car is indeed more expensive than renting an old car, but will this be the case?
"So, what do you think?" Jiang Xun asked.
"Of course, I have to ask the owner of the car shop for money. Chu Enoch replied as a matter of course.
"What are you discussing?" Li Shunping quietly appeared behind the two of them, with a smile on his face.
"Begging for money!" Chu Enoch replied without thinking.
Jiang Xun was stunned by Chu Enoch's answer and almost didn't slow down, but Li Shunping nodded after listening to Chu Enoch's answer: "Indeed, I didn't expect that boss to look like a good person but actually be a profiteer!"
Jiang Xun sighed, but when he was about to say something, he felt that something was wrong, because he didn't know why he felt that Jiang Xun and Li Shunping were suddenly beating faster when they said this, could it be that there was something hidden behind this? Jiang Xun subconsciously touched his chest and calmed down.
The seemingly inappropriate conversation between Li Shunping and Chu Enoch continued.
"Then how do you ask the senior, I think that boss may have closed the door after lying to you. ”
"Then I rented this carriage, so didn't I make a lot of money, how could he close the door?"
"It's a definite thing, after all, we have things to do, and we don't have that much time, right?"
"After we are done, there should be some time to go to the door to ask for money, right?"
"Then what are we going to do now, we don't have wheels now, and the carriage can't move at all!"
"Somebody will come to our aid, and I don't believe there is no one passing by in this place. ”
"Then it's all up to the seniors, and I'll do my part when you go to ask for money. ”
"In this way, thank you Brother Chu. ”
"Where, where. ”
Where are these two people begging for money, this clearly writes revenge on their faces, okay? And these two people are still laughing, and they are even more creepy!
Jiang Xun could only look at it dumbfounded, as long as he was stunned, he felt that it was really difficult for him to interject the words of these two people.
But Chu Enoch looked at Jiang Xun, who was staying on the side, turned his head, and said to Li Shunping: "I think it's better not to bring Jiang Xun, I think we may have to pay for him if I take him." ”
Li Shunping clasped his hands to his chest, with a deeply appreciative expression: "Senior Brother Chu, you are right, I think Senior Brother Jiang is indeed not suitable to go to the door to ask for money." ”
"Uh......" Jiang Xun was speechless.
"Although that's the case, then we still have to wait for someone to save us, after all, we can't leave now, or let Jiang Xun ride to a nearby town? Chu Enoch asked.
"That's right, but these horses can only be used to pull carts, so we'd better get on them. Li Shunping responded.
"Why?" Jiang Xun looked at the horse pulling the carriage with a curious expression.
"The horses used to pull carriages in Liao are basically cold-resistant, and even if they are left on the snow for four or five days, they can still be alive. And the disadvantage of this breeding is that these horses that specialize in pulling carriages can only be used to pull carriages, because the brain is really a little bad, and if you ride these horses you may give your head a hoof. Li Shunping said.
"So, what we need to think about now is whether we're going to have to make some kind of markers to get people passing by to notice us? Chu Enoch smiled.
No, then a big carriage is parked on the road, how can pedestrians not come to take a look, no matter how you say it, it will not be ignored, right?
"Well, Senior Brother Chu makes a lot of sense, so I'll leave it to you. Li Shunping patted Chu Enoch on the shoulder.
"Yes!"
"......" Jiang Xun looked at these two people, and always felt that something bad was going to happen.
Ten quarters of an hour later, a pretty woman on horseback passed by when she spotted the wagon stranded like a whale in the distance, but when she looked closer, she found it...... There is a snowman pushing next to him, and the snowman is wearing a red pants on his head, which does look very conspicuous in the white expanse.