Ruan Kang and his companions felt that Su Yue and the others could be with him, and the journey in the next few days would save a lot of heart. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info they have already seen their skills just now, and Guang Su Yue's golden knife is enough to deter ordinary thieves.

Their thoughts also make sense, and the general thief wants to weigh it when he sees this majestic golden knife. But the real master can only really feel tricky when he sees the one in Liao Tingyun's hand.

Therefore, Ruan Kang not only agreed to Su Yue's request for partner, but also bluntly refused the road fee that Su Yue wanted to give them.

Ruan Kang's fellow villagers shouted in the back, and it can be summed up in one sentence: This little thing should not ask for money.

The four of them followed the merchants through the mountains of the Wolf Road. The road is long, the original bored Tong Xi can come this time, her hometown in the Central Plains is a tea plant, so after smelling the fragrance of tea in the burden, she looked around, saying that this is like his own hair tip, that is white tea, when he saw Ruan Kang's burden is a rope sleeve with two large baskets, the big holes and small holes in the basket are covered with straw, and when he sees that he is full of straw, the burden is pressed like a full long bow, so he stepped forward to ask. Ruan Kang smiled and told her that all that was hidden under the straw was porcelain.

Su Yue saw all this, and he understood that the one wrapped in a thick cloth to prevent moisture was tea, and the one with a little fragrance and odor was silk, and seven or eight people picked it, and it was just that.

He smiled and asked Ruan Kang: "This porcelain must be easy to sell." ”

Ruan Kang understood what he meant, and smiled slightly: "The price of porcelain is a little higher, but we can't compare with those giants who do business with princes and nobles, we can't get such a fine finished product." ”

Dian Yin answered him and said, "Then these you picked are heavy and fragile, why don't you be the same as them?"

Ruan Kang smiled slightly, and said: "People outside the eight counties are not like us, they can't grow tea, they can't burn porcelain, and they can't sericulture. These are all sold to them by us, the merchants of all sizes in the eight counties. But if we all sell tea, then tea will not be valuable, on the contrary, the price of silk and porcelain will be too high, and in this case, many families will have no way to live. ”

The old boss interjected at this time: "So the rules of our business are: young and strong young people sell silk, middle-aged people sell porcelain, and old people sell tea." Everyone has something to eat, after all, everyone has a young time, and everyone has an old day. ”

Su and Dian suddenly realized. Tong Xi still looked puzzled: "Why let the young and strong children pick silk, the old people often say that young people always have inexhaustible strength." Shouldn't they be better suited to pick this?"

Without waiting for Ruan Kang to speak, Su Yue replied first: "Young people are strong in blood, but they are not stable enough, and a load of porcelain cannot be picked up in the land market." ”

Speaking of this, Su, Dian and others couldn't help but praise Ruan Kang for doing business and the orderliness of the industry. The old man turned his head and smiled, and the furrows on his face became deeper and deeper. He smiled and said, "Xiaokangzi is the new leader in the future!"

The fog is steaming in the morning, the cold air hits people in the evening, the mountain road is rugged, and the pine and fir can't be seen endlessly. After a lot of hard work, after three days, I finally got down the foothills and walked out of the forest. But he entered the stone forest, and the scorching sun in the stone forest was scorching, and there were thousands of postures and all kinds of boulders. It's like entering a stone town. It didn't take long for the big guy to sweat profusely.

Su Yue and the four of them followed Ruan Kang and others in the stone forest for a few hours, only to see a big mountain pass with huge boulders.

There is a strange scene after the mountain pass, although it is still a pile of stones, but the sun is obviously not as hot as before, and the ground is sparse and there are some weeds. From time to time, a cool breeze blows. There is only one mountain pass apart, and the difference is so big. After walking for a long time, I saw a white line rushing down from the top of a high mountain in the distance. The river zigzagged from the foothills to their feet, and then turned before them.

The old man pointed to the waterfall and Su Yue and said, "Then, that is the country of good people." Su Yue and the others followed the direction of his finger and looked into the distance, because it was too far to see the whole picture of the mountain clearly, and they could only vaguely see all kinds of verdant trees, shrubs and trees, as well as a few houses on the top of the mountain.

Su Yue sighed lightly, turned his head sideways and took a look at Dian Yin, they were all secretly glad that they were in a partnership with them, otherwise how could they find this good country?

The group walked along the river again, and in a moment they saw a round arched stone bridge, which was wonderful. It's like a giant grinding disc with a corner cut off and three holes in the bridge. Willow trees are planted on the other side of the creek. The gentle breeze blows the delicate willow branches, which contrasts with the desolation on this side of the river.

Ruan Kang unloaded his burden in front of the bridge, and the merchants behind him also stopped to unload their burdens.

Su Yueqi asked, "It's almost here, why did you stop?"

Ruan Kang smiled heartily: "It's early, the country of good people looks close, and it takes some strength to climb those bends and turns of the mountains." We stopped because of the rules of this bridge, which is called 'walking on the bridge and worshiping willows'. ”

Tong Rhino also collapsed on the ground: "Rest, rest, my feet are broken." Dian Yin picked up her stubble and smiled: "People are not tired of carrying the burden." ”

Su Yue ignored them, but asked Ruan Kangdao: "What is the meaning of 'walking on the bridge and worshiping willows'?"

"Isn't it that you are away all the year round, seeing this willow tree, seeing things and homesick, and thinking about your relatives. Dianyin smiled.

"Ha, we are all rough people, how can there be so much exquisiteness, 'Xingqiao Bailiu' is the eight-county businessman, you have to worship when you come here, first worship the bridge, and then worship the willow. Ruan Kang saw that they were still confused, "Okay, don't panic, just follow us later." ”

After speaking, he wiped the sweat from his face, and several merchants joined him, folded their hands, bowed to the arched bridge, and read in their mouths: "Ten thousand good life is better than Nanshan." Su Yue and Dian Yin both followed. When she was worshipping in the background, she caught a glimpse of Tong Xi's body and didn't move, so she pulled the placket of her clothes, but the little girl said: "Here in the wilderness, who knows if you worship or not, don't care about him!"

That Ruan Kang said: "We worship every time, and if we don't worship, I don't know if it's really not important, but I heard that there is an official in charge of this in the country of good people." Even if no one cares about it, people still say, 'There are gods in the head', sometimes we should worship the gods of heaven and earth, and ask people to bless us all the way. ”

Su Yue glared at Tong Xi, and then she suddenly said: "There is even an official who specializes in this, hey, let's follow the customs." ”

Ruan Kang smiled as she bowed to the stone bridge and said what they had just said. Ruan Kang took Su Yue and others to cross the bridge with their burdens, and bowed to the willows along the river, chanting "Good cows, good people, ten thousand blessings, Jin'an".

Everyone was busy forgetting a person, until Ruan Kang saw the tall and thin person who had been following behind Tong Xi, wearing a black gauze hat and holding a long sword, Tong Xi worshiped from the bridge to Liu'an, and the Yiren kept following, but never worshipped, and after Tong Xi worshipped, she walked forward alone.

The black veil covered her face, and no one could see her expression.

Liao Tingyun said very little, and basically didn't contact others all the way, and Ruan Kang didn't dare to talk to her directly, so he only looked at Su Yue. Su Yue was also stunned for a moment: "Uh...... This is the servant of the little sister, and if the little sister worships, she will worship. ”

When Ruan Kang heard this, he beat a drum in his heart: "I have heard of a servant for the master, where is there a master for the servant." Of course, I just thought about it in my heart, and I didn't dare to say half a word.

Su Yue and Dian Yin actually looked embarrassed, especially Su Yue, after speaking, he reacted, the traces of the perfunctory sentence just now were too heavy, thinking about what to say to ease the atmosphere, and saw that the arch bridge was engraved with the three big characters "Tongqu Road", so he asked with a smile: "How can such a small bridge be called such an atmospheric name?"

Ruan Kang felt embarrassed, he asked this question, and also took the opportunity to step down, and immediately smiled: "It is said that this bridge was originally a wooden plank bridge, which was washed away every year by a big flood, and drowned people, so the locals called it 'Tong Ming Bridge', and later a good man surnamed Wan in the country of good people paid to build this stone arch bridge, and felt that the word 'Tong Ming' was too unlucky, because this bridge was mainly taken by us foreign businessmen, so he named it 'Tong Qu Road'." ”

"Is that the 'good man' we mentioned when we just bowed?"

Su Yue thought about this person, but he was a little bold. Because either they are kind-hearted or for peace of mind, there are rich people who build bridges and roads everywhere, but people always have some private thoughts, either to erect a monument to record their exploits, or to name the things they have built with their own surnames or self-inflicted names. Su Yue felt that this person should be a broad-minded person, and he could make friends if he had the opportunity.

After walking in the stone forest here, you can clearly hear the sound of your waterfall. To the left of the waterfall is a clear beach, which is not deep because you can hear the murmuring of the water. When you walk in, you can see that the beach is full of large and small pebbles. The pebbles stretch from the creek to the smooth pebble beach behind. Behind the pebble beach is a small bamboo forest, and several long-tailed birds with their long black and white tails loom in the breeze.

On the right side of the waterfall are a few large boxy houses, not like market towns or villages, but rather like public houses.

Ruan Kang pointed to the houses and said: "There are many rules in that country, so the official family built a trading office at the foot of this mountain, called the tea port, to facilitate foreign trade and business. Don't look at the few houses, but there are inns, pawnshops, tea shops, and taverns. ”

Dian Yinqi said: "What's the matter, you don't enter the country of good people?"

The old boss said in the back: "We only do business with the officials here at the foot of the mountain every time, and we never go up, and we have to climb the slope for two hours." ”

When Tong Xi heard this, he pouted: "Don't go in this way, and you won't have a lot of fun." ”

Su Yue said: "Where to go back, do you have a choice?" In front of Ruan Kang and others, Su Yue didn't dare to say it too clearly. Fortunately, this girl is not stupid, although she did not speak, she also put away her wayward temper to show everyone to withdraw the previous words.

Seeing her like this, Su Yue felt funny again, and comforted her again: "Don't say anything else, I've walked such a long way, it's a pity not to go up and see if it's a pity." ”

Dian Yin also comforted: "With us here, what are you afraid of?"

Liao Tingyun snorted coldly and went to the tea port first.

In the middle of the road is a large bluestone stele, on which the leader is engraved with two big characters with red seals of "tea port". There is a passage below. It turns out that it has been built here for more than 400 years. Because the people of the country from the princes and nobles to the Pingtou people love to drink the green tea produced in the eight counties, so this port was built for the convenience of tea merchants from all over the country. At the beginning of the establishment of the port, because of the large number of business travelers, it was a prosperous place, and then gradually declined, so the official family engraved a monument to commemorate.

After entering the port, Ruan Kang and the others had to deliver the goods, and they had to separate from Su Yue and the others.

Su Yue said: "Let's separate now, why don't we go together, and then choose a guest house, find a tavern, and have a good drink." ”

Na Ruan Kang said: "Thank you for your kindness, but unless there is a natural or man-made disaster, the rules of our group are not to stay in the inn." ”

Su Yue nodded in understanding. Dian Yin said: "It's getting late, isn't it more dangerous for you to walk at night after selling the goods?"

Ruan Kang said: "In comparison, the road is much safer, although we all have money, but we have a lot of people, the average little thief will not touch us, there are you like this, even if you do that line, it is also to pick rich businessmen, don't look down on our two money, we are actually not afraid of anything else, just afraid of a ghost, what kind of drug tricks, and then a roll and bag meeting, this kind of we are most afraid, the rest is basically fine." ”

The old man, at this time, pulled Ruan Kang with a haha: "What he said was all for outsiders, but in fact, it was mainly because of our big silver, and it was a pity to spend it here." ”

Everyone laughed. Only Tong Xi didn't understand it, so he asked east and west.

At the moment, the two groups of people are separated, one sells goods without mentioning, and the other group stays in the store, but the scenery here is good, but it is very depressed, there are many people in each inn, but most of these people are cautious merchants from all walks of life, and they go to bed early as soon as it gets dark, and what Ruan Kang said about the tea shop, tavern, and pawn are all deserted and pitiful, sparsely populated, and Su, Dian and others also feel bored, so they go to bed early as soon as it gets dark, and they set off before the sun goes up the mountain on the second day.

Sure enough, as the old leader said, the winding mountain road leading to the country of good people is not so easy to walk, although the road is wide, there are no steps, it is only a potholed mud road, no wonder the officials here want to build a commercial port at the foot of the mountain, Tong Xi didn't walk for a while and couldn't stand it, and was almost carried up by Su Yue and Dian Yin. It wasn't long before she was sitting on a rock by the side of the road. Dian Yin said to himself: "I really don't know how the people here got the goods from the outside." ”

Tong Xi wiped the beads of sweat on his head and said with a miserable smile: "The three-legged toad is not easy to find, and the four-legged mule is not yet available?"

Dianyin pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said to her: "When we left the inn in front, there were mules pulling carts on the street, why did they all disappear as soon as we went uphill?"

Tong Xi was speechless.

Su Yue smiled but did not speak.

Seeing him smile, Dian Yin asked, "The general is well-informed, what do you see?"

Su Yue didn't answer his words, looked down at the stone under Tong Xi's feet, there seemed to be some words on it, he asked Tong Xi to get out of the way, it turned out that the years had washed away, some of the handwriting had been blurred, but the general meaning was still clearly legible, it turned out that this was also a bustling street market, and the tea port at the foot of the mountain was connected. It's just that later the tea port declined, and this street market also died and followed in its footsteps.

Su Yue observed in the mud on both sides of the avenue again, and sure enough, there were some square foundation traces. Tong Xi was curious, and he picked it up. Su Yue looked around the avenue and the tea port, and sighed: "Presumably, this place was also full of traffic, shoulder to shoulder, but I didn't expect it to be so desolate now!"

Tong Xi suddenly realized: "I said, this road looks wide but it is so difficult to climb, it turns out that no one has repaired it for too long." Saying this, she suddenly remembered something, and said, "So, at that time on the bridge, did the bearer coax me! There are few people here, can there be someone to take care of there?"

Su Yue and Dian Yin just laughed.

"General, if this road was once prosperous and shoulder to shoulder, there must have been more merchants and travelers from various counties, it would be even more unreasonable. Dianyin still hasn't forgotten the doubts in front of him.

Su Yue said with a smile: "What my brother said is yes, this road does not distinguish between pedestrian and horse roads, there is only one dirt road." If the bustling street market was full of people, how could it be possible to vacate the road for mules and horses, so there was only one possibility, the mules and horses went up the mountain through other roads. It's just that this road is very hidden, and ordinary people won't know that it is adjacent to the eight counties in the south, and the circle of the Qi people in the north, and this kind of wartime lifeline will not let the average person know, so the goods of the eight counties are sent to the scenery of the country of good people, and you and I can't see it. Presumably that road is much easier to follow than here. ”

As soon as Tong Xi heard that there was a better way to go, he took Su Yue's arm and asked him to find another way out.

"You and I can't find this kind of road, and it's hard to find it," Su Yue took her hand from her arm, "It's not worth taking a big risk for this little thing." ”

Set off again, rested several times, and finally climbed to the end of the avenue, what caught my eye was a huge white marble archway, and the lintel was carved out of the five big characters of "the best and the best people". On each side of the mountain gate sits a mighty stone lion, or with a pearl in its mouth, or a beast with its feet pressed.

When the four of them entered the gate of the white marble mountain, they didn't know that the dark clouds overhead were covered, and the lightning in front of their foreheads was frequent.

Once you go to the high city, you are sad, and the poplars and willows are like Tingzhou.

The clouds are sinking at the beginning of the day, and the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings!

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