As soon as Lou Qin's words came out, Hua Duxiu and Shen Lijia looked at each other, a little blindsided.

Shen Lijia asked, "Why, can't we even hire a guide for a lot of money?"

Lou Qin said with a smile: "Do you think that you are just hired to lead the way? Being a guide in Snake Valley, that is a business with your head hanging on your belt, leading you raw melon eggs/children along the way, either being bitten by poisonous snakes and dying in the wilderness, or being caught as slaves by bandits and robbers, is this an ordinary thing that ordinary people can do?"

Hua Duxiu was also a little panicked.

What's the situation, I've come all the way to the Snake Valley, and my legs are on my body, can't I still walk?

Hua Duxiu said: "Is there a map to sell, can the two of us go by ourselves?"

Lou Qin said: "The map is there, but the Snake Valley is too big, and the terrain of the Snake Valley is that the valley surrounds the valley, just like a super gossip array, obviously the destination you want to go to is a few miles away in a straight line, but you can't get around it through the mountains, and it's useless to give you a map." ”

Hua Duxiu was dumbfounded: "What should I do then?"

Lou Qin said: "For people like you who want to cross the Snake Valley from north to south, there is only one way, and that is to follow the caravan guarded by the official army. ”

"There are professional guides in the army, and there are large army escorts who are not afraid of bandits on the road. Private caravans only travel short distances between towns and cities, and no one dares to do the same as you. ”

Hua Duxiu said: "But I heard that there have been no caravans of this kind going south recently?"

Lou Qin said: "Yes, this month's caravan has been launched, you can wait for next month." ”

"Brother, I'm not saying this to let you stay in my store for a longer time and earn more money, I'm purely thinking about you. ”

Hua Duxiu fell into deep thought.

Wait a month?

Impossible, absolutely impossible to wait so long.

He and Shen Lijia came non-stop, in order to put aside all possible pursuers and return to the Trapped Demon Valley safely.

Let them wait a month?

What if I wait for the people of the sticky pole division to come?

What should I do when the old monsters from the Leopard King Gate come, or the protectors of the Iron King Temple?

This is the Snake Valley, not the Mobei Realm, which can't be beaten and can be run.

There are poisonous snakes everywhere in the wild here, and if you don't run well, you can be bitten and killed.

Besides, he also has a little fat man, who can not move without moving with others, a harmonious society and you and me, safety first.

Hua Duxiu was embarrassed: "Don't hide it, I have important military affairs to do, and I can't wait that long." Sister Lou, money is not a problem, what my brothers lack is not money, what they lack is time, is safety, do you think there is any other way?"

Lou Qin thought about it again, looked at Hua Duxiu and Shen Lijia with expectant eyes, and finally nodded and said:

"There's another way. ”

Hua Duxiu and the two asked together, "What way?"

Lou Qin said: "Take the relay, divide the north and south into several sections, and complete them separately. ”

Hua Duxiu asked, "How to do it in sections?"

Lou Qin said: "I can't hide it, the little girl's husband is in Qingjin City, he is the leader of the garrison in Qingjin City, and my uncle happens to be visiting relatives in Qingjin City, and he will return to the Black Forest Sect to practice martial arts in the near future." ”

"In that case, we can rush to Qingjin City to meet them first, and my husband will send a team of warriors to escort you and Uncle to Anlin City, where we can choose the opportunity to set off with the southbound caravan, and then we can pass through the Snake Valley. ”

Shen Lijia was overjoyed, but Hua Duxiu frowned and said, "It's just that in this way, I have to trouble my brother-in-law to send someone to escort me, which is really too troublesome for you." ”

Lou Qin said: "It's okay, everyone is your own person, you are all from the official army, don't be polite! Brother, you two are doing this favor, I will help!"

Hua Duxiu was moved for a while, such a free and bold sister, he really wanted to have more.

"Ah, by the way, Sister Lou, do you want to go to Qingjin City with us?"

Lou Qin's face was slightly red, and she said with a smile: "Yes, I just planned to go to Qingjin City to stay with my husband for a few days, so I will take you with me." ”

Shen Lijia smiled evilly: "That's it, Sister Lou, it seems that you haven't been married for a long time?"

Lou Qin said: "Nonsense, I have been married for many years, but my husband is an army warrior and has been stationed abroad all the year round, and it is inconvenient to go back and forth on this road. ”

Hua Duxiu said: "Jiajia, don't inquire about Sister Lou's family affairs, it's rude." ”

Lou Qin said: "It's not in the way, and there's nothing unspeakable." The main thing is that you two are military attachés of the Mobei Governor's Palace, and my husband is also a military attache of the Governor's Palace, so I feel close when I see you two. ”

Shen Lijia said stupidly: "Sister, I see that you are also close, brother-in-law, did you say?"

Hua Duxiu had no choice but to nod: "Yes, yes, close." ”

Lou Qin was stunned: "You call him brother-in-law?"

Shen Lijia hurriedly covered her mouth and said, "No, no, Sister Lou, you heard it wrong, what I said is that we will definitely be close to our brother-in-law when we see it in the future, right, Sister Lou?"

Lou Qin smiled: "That's still brother-in-law, where did I hear it wrong." ”

Hua Duxiu slapped his palm on Shen Lijia's head: "Shut up!"

The three of you say a word, the more they talk, the more speculative they become, just like old friends who haven't seen each other for many years, plus Lou Qin has always thought that Hua Duxiu and the two are imperial officers, and there is a lot more trust in the conversation.

Hua Duxiu suddenly asked: "By the way, Sister Lou, have you heard your brother-in-law talk about the institution of 'Sticky Pole Division'?"

Lou Qin said: "I've heard, isn't the 'Sticky Pole Division' a secret agent organization under Baibao Manor?"

Hua Duxiu said: "It's worthy of being an insider, and he really knows how to do it." ”

Lou Qin said: "You kid, how can you boast so much." What does the sticky rod do, you ask?"

Hua Duxiu said: "In our place, the Governor's Mansion and the Sticky Pole Division are eager to get along with each other, and the relationship is not very harmonious, I don't know what the relationship between the two families is in Snake Valley?"

Lou Qin said indignantly: "In Snake Valley, the relationship between these two families is even worse!"

Hua Duxiu was overjoyed: "Oh, how bad is it?"

Lou Qin said: "The armies of other realms probably rarely fight, right? Unlike Snake Valley, the army of Snake Valley has been fighting against bandit groups and warlords of all walks of life all year round, and has its own intelligence system. ”

"And the 'Sticky Pole Division' itself is engaged in intelligence espionage and assassination work, secretly fighting with various warlords, and always cooperating very poorly with the military operations of the Governor's Palace. They think very highly of themselves and have great contempt for the military's intelligence system. ”

"Over time, these two families will take care of each other, not to mention that they will not get along with each other, and there will even be conflicts in the open and in the dark. ”

Hua Duxiu breathed a sigh of relief and scolded: "This group of dogs eats the money of the government but doesn't do anything, they know that they will harm the people and take advantage of it, and they should really thunder and crack the sky!"

Lou Qin covered her mouth and smiled: "Little White Dragon, are you very angry with the 'Sticky Pole Division'?"

Shen Lijia snorted lightly: "Sister Lou, you don't know, Xiao Bailong has suffered the loss of the Sticky Pole Division, and of course he hates those people. ”

Lou Qin said: "That's no wonder. ”

Hua Duxiu didn't want to say more on this topic, and asked again: "Sister Lou, how far is Qingjin City from Golden Horn City?

Lou Qin said: "It's far away, the straight-line distance is close to 200 miles, but there are several mountains to climb in the middle, and you have to take a back and forth folding route, which is not very easy to walk, and you can't be in a hurry." ”

"Also, it's not the three of us, the three of us set off, and we won't even be able to walk half the way before we have to be intercepted and killed by robbers. ”

Shen Lijia said: "That can't be, I and Xiao Bailong are very good, I can fight ten by myself, and he can fight eleven by himself, Sister Lou, you don't have to be afraid, we will protect you!"

Lou Qin smiled: "You, let's rest for a while." ”

"If I go to Qingjin City, I'll go tomorrow and ask for a guide who understands the road conditions, he knows how to walk to avoid the bandits' den, and I have to hire a few more talisman warriors to prevent other caravans from being hacked on the road. ”

Shen Li Jiaqi said: "Other caravans?"

Lou Qin nodded: "The atmosphere in Snake Valley is very bad, those caravans are likely to have slave owners who do human trafficking, don't look at them and laugh in front of them, once they find a weak team, they will intercept and kill each other at any time, rob the property, and then tie people up and sell them far away." ”

Shen Lijia wiped his cold sweat, looked at Hua Duxiu and said, "Fortunately, the caravan we followed when we came here doesn't like human trafficking, otherwise we would have been sold by them at a high price for such a beautiful man." ”

Lou Qin laughed out loud, and Shen Lijia feigned anger and said, "What are you laughing at, am I not right!"

Lou Qin hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, you are right!"

Hua Duxiu said: "Okay, little fat dragon, don't you know that there is a thing called a mirror in the world?

Shen Lijia corrected: "It's a little fat dragon, not a little fat dragon." ”

The three of them frolicked for a while, and when they were full, Lou Qin called the shopkeeper to come over and clean up the scraps.

Hua Duxiu took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels from his arms and handed it to Lou Qin:

"Sister Lou, thanks to meeting you, otherwise we really don't know how to get there. You take the five hundred taels first, the room fee, the meal fee, and the money for hiring guides and guards tomorrow will all come out of here, if it is not enough, you can say it, and I will give it again. ”

Lou Qin exclaimed: "You kid is very generous! Don't show your wealth in Snake Valley, otherwise you will be targeted by bad people 100%!"

"Also, you can take this money, when I hire someone to leave, I will definitely collect as much as I should collect after the room and food money are calculated, but you don't need to pay for the hired person, I haven't visited my relatives for almost a year, if you don't come, I will hire someone to go to Qingjin City sooner or later." ”

Shen Lijia slapped the silver ticket on the table with one palm and said:

"Sister Lou, you can take this money. Xiao Bailong is on a business trip at public expense, and the money is sent by the government, and he will embezzle it if he can't spend it, and he will not return it to the public anyway. ”

Lou Qin was surprised: "Is the Mobei Governor's Mansion so rich?

Shen Lijia said solemnly: "That's right, the Mobei Governor's Mansion is too generous, they gave Xiao Bailong a lot of money, so big that you dare not imagine, so big that it scares you when you say it!"

Lou Qin looked at Hua Duxiu in disbelief, and Hua Duxiu said:

"The actual amount is indeed a bit large, I still won't say it, I can't show my wealth. You can accept this money, Sister Lou, as long as you can successfully pass through the Snake Valley and complete the tasks on my shoulders, this money will be a hundred times more valuable. ”

Lou Qin sighed softly and said, "Okay, my husband has been a military attache in Snake Valley for more than ten years, and he hasn't saved so much money over the years, so you Mobei are rich......"

Hua Duxiu looked up to the sky and sighed: "Alas, there is a lot of money, and it is tiring......"