Chapter 141: Forming a group and setting off

There was nothing to say all night, although the wind and sun were beautiful the next day, but it was still cold outside the border gate, the two put away the tent and galloped towards Mochizuki City, when approaching the Great Wall, Lightning Lily suddenly stopped, only to see her face flushed, shortness of breath, and her delicate demeanor made Yun Fei's heart beat twice as fast, and the little Yun Fei below was also about to move, Yun Fei was about to ask her what she was going to do, but Lightning Lily said first: "Fei Fei, let me go into your space"!

Yun Fei smiled evilly and asked, "Sister Lili, what are you going to do in broad daylight?" It's better to bear with it, and when you get to Mochizuki City, you're talking"!

Lightning Lily's face turned red when she heard this, and she took a sip and said, "Phew! You've only been thinking about doing that all day, I feel like I'm going to break through the realm, and I want to retreat and cultivate for a while!"

Yun Fei's old face turned red, because he wanted to be crooked, and teased: "Didn't you just break through?" Could it be that the cultivation speed is too fast, and he is going to go crazy"?

Lightning Lily said indignantly, "You're just going crazy, your whole family is like a demon!" Ay! It's not all your fault, the true yuan you left in my body the day before yesterday contains the power of the Five Elements Origin, and now it's running around in my body, I have to absorb and refine, and it is estimated that after absorption, I will upgrade again!"

Yun Fei reluctantly asked, "How long are you going to retreat?"

Lightning Lily smiled, pointed at Yun Fei's head and said: "That's not easy to say, it's as short as ten years and eight years, and as long as a hundred years and a thousand years, we Semitic retreats will not advance or leave, hum!" Let you see and taste, and starve you to death"! After speaking, she flashed into the "Xuantian Fantasy Realm", she already had a trace of Yun Fei's divine soul, and she could enter Yun Fei's space at will. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yun Fei smiled helplessly, he was alone again, the horse galloped up, at dusk, Yun Fei had come to the outside of Mochizuki City, the open ground outside the city was flickering, the camp tent stretched for several miles, it was estimated that there was an army stationed ready to attack the country of Yimang, Yun Fei led the horse to the gate of Mochizuki City, the soldiers guarding the city glanced at Yun Fei dressed as a hunter, and after receiving a gold leaf entrance fee, he was released.

Mochizuki City is rectangular, long from east to west, wide from north to south, a small river passes through the city from north to south, most of the city is brick and stone buildings, wood carved doors and windows, the architectural style is a bit like the ancient town in the west of the earth, although it is a small town, but the scale of the town is not small, it is equivalent to the scale of the prefecture-level city of the Chinese country on the earth, the street is wide, the people are noisy, although it is night, but the street is also very lively, all kinds of merchants shout to solicit past guests, the hotel and teahouse on the street are full of people, There are also some greased and whitewashed women standing on the second floor of the street to greet customers, it seems that no matter what planet, this industry is indispensable, and from time to time patrolling soldiers rush by, telling people that this is already a border gate; Taverns have always been the best place to inquire about news, Yunfei came to a street tavern, asked for a plate of peanuts, a plate of beef in sauce, drank the local specialty "Gu Dong Pour", and paid attention to the conversation of the diners around him.

At this moment, the largest inn in Mochizuki City, the Xianheng Inn, was brightly lit, and the inn was heavily guarded inside and outside, and there were no foreign tourists, obviously this place had been taken over by a wealthy merchant or traveling official; In one of the most luxurious rooms of the inn, the old man in brocade clothes that Yunfei saw on the road sat in the brazier and became contemplative, he was more than 50 years old, his body was slightly blessed, his skin was slightly dark, he was wearing a gorgeous fur coat, and his eyes were shining on his face that had experienced vicissitudes, and his martial arts had reached the realm of a heaven-level warrior, and next to him sat Hada, the lord of Mochizuki City, and General Li Minghao, the commander of the border garrison, and the three of them were talking about the return of the treasure to Beijing, at this time, there was a knock on the door, and Hada said: "Come in"! The door opened, and a beautiful girl dressed in a gorgeous aristocratic costume walked in, she stepped forward and hugged the old man in brocade tightly and said, "Dad, you are finally back, let Yingying worry to death"!

The old man in brocade patted his daughter's back lovingly and said, "Isn't this safe to come back, good daughter, how is the caravan here?"

Yingying: "Second uncle, General Li is good", after speaking, she sat down next to the old man in brocade, stretched out her hand to bake the fire, and said: "The caravan has set off 8 days in advance"!

This brocade-clothed old man is named Hami, is the foreign affairs housekeeper of the king of the Eastern Regions, and is responsible for the procurement of daily necessities in the palace, this time he was ordered to come to Mochizuki City to escort the palace treasures - Xiuxian Stone (the name of the secular people for the energy crystal) back to the royal city, Xiuxian Stone is the Great Qin Empire to worship the immortals What they need to cultivate, it is very precious, who can find and give the immortal to the empire first, you can get the favor of the immortals, not only will you have no worries about food and clothing in the future, but also have a strong backing, you must know that even the princes of the empire are trying to find a way to tie up the immortals, The support of the immortals is directly related to the succession to the throne, if Nima, the king of the Eastern Regions, dedicates the 8 immortal cultivation stones he got this time to the emperor, he will be able to get the emperor's reward, transfer back to the imperial city, and leave this wild place where birds don't, so after getting the news that the immortal cultivation stone was found in the Desire Sea Forest, King Nima was very excited, and reported to the imperial family on the one hand, asking them to send a master to escort the immortal cultivation stone, and on the other hand, he secretly ordered Hami to go to Mochizuki City to escort the immortal cultivation stone back to the capital.

The Eastern Regions Kingdom is more than 20,000 kilometers away from this border town, and on the way to climb over 3 mountains of more than 10,000 meters and cross 10 large rivers, which passes through the death swamp, the harsh climate, the fierce monsters, and the bandits blocking the road, the hardships and dangers along the way can be imagined, so the merchants or tourists must form a team and hire a large number of guards to protect them in order to make the trip; Hami listened to her daughter's words, frowned and asked, "Why did they leave early"?

Yingying: "According to reliable sources, at the end of this month, there was an abyssal jackal pack near the Death Swamp, and the merchant group set off early in order to avoid the time when the wolves appeared, and President Wang of the Chamber of Commerce asked me to apologize to you."

Hami: "Humph! A group of profiteers who forgot their righteousness, how can I clean them up after seeing the royal city"! For the sake of insurance, Hami did not tell anyone about his mission this time except for the city lord and General Li, otherwise President Wang of the Chamber of Commerce would not dare to leave the king's caravan even if he ate the leopard's gall.

The city lord of Hada, who was sitting on the side, said worriedly: "Big brother, although the matter of our escort of the treasure back to the royal city is very confidential, but there is no impermeable wall, and now there is no caravan cover and a large number of guards to protect it, this trip will be very dangerous, for the sake of safety, I think you should wait until next month and set off with the next caravan."

Hami shook his head and said: "No, the eagle has already passed a book on it, telling me to quickly escort the treasure back to the royal city, the innate warrior sent by the empire to get the treasure can't wait, I can't delay any longer, I'll leave tomorrow!"

General Li: "The empire is really strong, and the treasure escort actually dispatched the innate war division, Ha Steward, you can leave tomorrow, I will send an army to escort you"!

Hami thought for a while and said: "No, now that the border is using troops, you send more troops will affect the war, and if you encounter less situations, it will not play much role, and using the army to escort the caravan will attract more attention, I think it is better to hire an escort team to travel by escorting ordinary goods, so it may be safer."

Hada thought for a while and said: "That's okay, there are often single caravans on this trade route, and we get some leather goods, precious herbs and other materials to put on the surface, so as not to attract too much attention."

Hami: "Well, that's it, second brother, do you have a reliable candidate for the mercenary team?"

Hada thought for a while and said: "The Bar mercenary team is resting in the city, the captain's name is Bar Zaclada, a mid-level war master, brave and good at fighting, and has a wide range of friends, there are many bandits on this trade route who give him face, I think they can be hired, but, for the sake of secrecy, we will only tell Barr the truth about the goods"!

Hami: "How many people are in this convoy"?

Hada: "There were 50 men, 20 samurai, 20 archers, 10 shield pikemen".

Hami: "Well, the scale is not too big, the strength is okay, is Bar Zaclada reliable"?

Hada: "Very reliable, I have saved his life in the past, and our family's material exchange in the royal city has always hired them to escort them, there has been no mistake, this time we will hire them in the name of escorting the family's goods, so that it will not arouse suspicion."

Hami nodded and said, "Okay, just hire them, Yingying, tell the old servant Harazi to pack up overnight and leave tomorrow morning!" Tell Harazi to take charge of the box, and keep it from the inch; By the way, bring more diamonds and gold as tolls, we try not to clash with the robbers we meet, buy the road if we can, write down their faces and flags, hum! After returning safely, we will send the army to clean it up, and our Ha family's money will not be so easy to get."

Yingying: "Yes, Dad, I'll arrange it"!

In the tavern, Yun Fei drank wine slowly, ate soy sauce beef and peanuts, listened to the gossip of the people around him, and learned from the chatter of the people sitting there that because the road to the royal city was long and extremely dangerous, unless it was a super master like a congenital war master, generally no one dared to go back and forth between the border city and the capital alone, merchants or travelers were all hired guards to go to the endless abyss, and they would inevitably pass through the royal city. In this way, it is possible to reveal his identity as a monk, and now the future is uncertain, Yunfei does not want to leak his strength in the secular world too early, so he plans to join a certain escort team, follow everyone to act, and at the same time, you can also appreciate the beautiful mountains and rivers and customs of the Eastern Regions Kingdom.

Having made up his mind, Yun Fei settled the wine account and led the horse to walk slowly on the street, although it was already night, the street was bright with torches, and the people were noisy, there were businessmen, there were gentlemen looking for fun, and there were people like Yunfei who led the horses to hang out, he had been stopped by the prostitutes-women soliciting customers more than once to do business, in their eyes, this delicate hunter must have come from Gangshan to sell leather goods, with a child in his pocket, a young person, and a good customer, but Yunfei was unmoved, only stopped in front of a mountain warehouse buying station, He took out the animal skins, animal bones and some medicinal herbs he hunted in the forest and said, "Boss, this is what I hunted and the herbs I picked, how much do you think it is worth?" In fact, Yun Fei is not short of money, when he came out, Lightning Lily packed up all the diamonds and jewels in the elf worship temple, Yun Fei's real purpose was to inquire through the boss where to go to the royal city to form a group.

Boss Wang of the mountain cargo station saw Yunfei's forest hunter dressed up, and thought to himself, there is a hillbilly, and he can make a lot of money, but when he saw the spiny tail of a complete spiny-tailed leopard in Yunfei's cargo, he was really startled, here, unless there is an urgent need, the general hunter does not dare to hunt the thorn-tailed leopard, that is, to hunt it, it must also form a team of more than 20 people, and there must be a war division above the prefecture level to lead the team to command, but this master hunted one by himself, Let Boss Wang, who wanted to deceive this hillbilly, respectfully exchange the platinum beans of comparable value, and the people in the border towns are very respectful and worship the strong; Yunfei took the pocket containing the platinum beans, put them in his pocket, and asked casually: "Boss, I'm going to Wangcheng to do business, where can I form a group?"

Boss Wang replied politely: "Mr. is going to the capital, there are two places where you can form a group, if you want to set off with the caravan, go to the chamber of commerce center in the west of the town to register, and when the number of people is gathered, they will inform you to set off, of course, the cost of hiring an escort team personnel should be shared; If you want to be a mercenary, you need to register at the mercenary station in the south of the town, but you must have certain skills to join the mercenary group, such as martial arts, archery or javelin throwing, Mr. can hunt the thorn-tailed leopard alone, archery skills must be very good, and you can be the captain of the archery team in the mercenary."

Thanks to the shopkeeper Wang, Yun Fei went out of the mountain warehouse to buy the station, did not delay any longer to wander around, led the horse straight to the mercenary station in the south of the town, but when he asked there, it was unfortunate that a mercenary team recently set off 8 days ago, and then the team will have to wait for next month, Yunfei can't wait that long, turned around and was about to leave, when he was suddenly stopped by the person in charge of registration at the mercenary station and said: "Sir, if you are in a hurry to go to the capital, you might as well go to the central square to try your luck, there may be a mercenary team guarding the caravan to recruit people"!

Balzac Rada, in his 40s, bronzed skin, tall and strong, his face was engraved with vicissitudes of wrinkles, which did not match his age, he wore the leopard skin soft armor that mercenaries usually wear, and wore a gold eagle badge on his chest, indicating that he was the leader of the mercenary group, a mid-level war division of the Baltian class, a former general of the royal garrison, experienced in a hundred battles, however, when he was out fighting, his wife was favored and defiled by a local tycoon, and his wife committed suicide with hatred, A pair of children were also cut down by the rich man, after Barr learned about it, his heart and gall were broken, and he broke away from the army and rushed home that night, and after killing the rich family of 108 with a single sword, he went to the government to surrender, and was about to be killed, the lord of Mochizuki City saw that he was a rare talent, and gave him a death mission to go to the country of Yi Mang to spy on intelligence, if the task was completed and he could come back alive, all his sins would be forgiven, but Barr went alone for a month, and came back from the task scarred and obtained a pardon, originally General Li wanted him to stay in the army, Barr was tired of the life of the army and did not agree, and later, with the support of the Ha family, he established the Barr mercenary team, which was famous for its strong combat strength, loyalty and trustworthiness on the escort line between the border pass and the royal city.

Barr came out of the Xianheng Inn, although he took over the high-commission escort task of the Hami steward, but he was not only not happy, but worried, escorting the king's important treasures did not use the army or the large mercenary group to escort it, the danger on the road can be imagined, if the information is revealed in advance, the bandits along the way will definitely fight desperately, although he is a little thin in the rivers and lakes, but in front of interests, the gods and horses are floating clouds, this job is not easy to do, not only does it lose the honor of the mercenary team, And to lose the king's treasure is to commit the crime of killing the head, and if you are alone, you will die at the end of the world, but what about these brothers who were born and died with yourself? But the Ha family has been very kind to him, and now it is difficult to find him, and with his character, he can't help but take it, and when he returns to the station, Barr tells his most trusted strategist Situ Leiyu about the matter, and seeks a strategy.

Situ Leiyu is thin and pale, but you can't judge people by their appearance, this guy is born with divine power, a late-stage battle master at the ground level and resourceful, he listened to Barr's words and groaned for a while and said: "Captain, since we have taken this job, we have to do it with all our hearts, after doing this vote, we can rest for a while, and Toris also has the money to redeem her family's house, now, what we have to do is to keep it strictly secret and study a safe and secure route."

Barr: "Let the brothers stay in the dark and work hard, I can't do it, I think it's better to tell them about the danger of carrying out the mission, and let the brothers choose for themselves whether to go or not"!

Situ Leiyu admired Baal's sincerity and integrity the most, he looked into Baal's eyes and said: "Captain, the brothers follow you to trust you, they all live as guards, if you tell the truth, they will still follow you, but there are many people, maybe anyone will confide or be greedy, so this mission will be more dangerous, so we can't say, or when it comes to a critical moment, we will tell them, this is safer"!

Barr weighed the pros and cons and said guiltily: "Okay, listen to you, which way are we going this time"?

Situ Leiyu spread out the map and said: "There are 3 roads to the capital, 1 big road and 2 small roads, the small roads are hidden and many miles less than the main roads, but they have to pass through dangerous places such as the Valley of the Lost Soul, Baizhang Cliff, and the Wannian Glacier, and they are easy to be ambushed; Since we escort ordinary goods on the bright side, simply take the road openly, so fast, if you can catch up with the merchant group team that set off 8 days ago, it will be safer, if you can't catch up, and then choose a small road when approaching the capital, and the choice of the path should be random, which is conducive to secrecy"!

Barr: "Okay, that's it, we lost 3 archers on the last mission, you sent Toris to the central square to recruit archers, by the way, are the 3 archers' pensions ready"?

Situ Leiyu: "According to your orders, each family will give 3 times the commission, which has been implemented, this mission is dangerous, I want to find good loyalty and archery, I will go to recruit troops with Tao Lisi, I will personally check it"!

When Yun Fei came to the central square of Moon City, it was already a child's time, in fact, the central square was not difficult to find, it was in the center of the city, but the night in this city was very lively, and the people coming and going made the streets crowded.

Situ Leiyu, Tao Lisi and two members of the mercenary group stayed in the central square for two hours, not a qualified archer was found, in fact, there was a middle-aged man with good archery skills, when Tao Lisi wanted to recruit, Situ Lei Yu secretly shook his head at her, although Tao Lisi, who was eager to recruit the archer before leaving, did not understand why Situ Lei Yu did this, but he was the strategist of the mercenary team, and he was good at calculation, Tao Lisi still chose to give up, and then Tao Lisi asked puzzled: "My dear grand strategist, We're going to leave tomorrow, we don't have much time to find someone, it's hard to find a qualified one, why don't you want it"?

Situ Leiyu didn't answer Tao Lisi's words immediately, he whispered a few words to a mercenary next to him, and the mercenary followed the middle-aged archer, after doing this, Situ Leiyu turned around and said: "Captain Tao Lisi, everything I do is for everyone to be able to successfully complete the escort task and get paid, so you do as I want, and I'll explain it to you when you get to the capital!"

Toris shook her round chest and said angrily, "Cut!" You love to explain or not, it's rare"! After saying that, he recruited archers, Situ Leiyu touched his nose helplessly, and said in his heart: "Yes, she won't let me go to bed tonight!"

Toris, 30 years old, with long hair and a shawl, looks like a Nordic woman from the earth, tall and strong, with some freckles scattered on her handsome face, she is wearing white copper wire soft armor and a red cloak, she is a level 3 archer, she has been born and died together for many years, she and Situ Leiyu have developed feelings, she has already felt that this escort mission is unusual, seeing that this guy keeps it secret from herself, she is angry, "Hmph! Call you to make a bunk at night"!

Tao Lisi's enrollment standard today is to give two arrows a chance, shoot an apple placed on the stone pillar of the square 300 meters away, when Yun Fei arrived, there was only a pair of father and son left in front of him, the father was in his 60s, with a white beard on his face, wearing cheap rattan armor, his son was about 18 years old, fair and thin, with long eyelashes, and a pair of beautiful big eyes gave people a feeling of a sissy and little fresh meat, and his father was wearing cheap rattan armor, Yun Fei's divine sense swept the boy and found a little secret, but it had nothing to do with him, Yunfei didn't say anything.

Tao Lisi looked at the last 3 people and sighed, except for the older ones, it was the sissy cannon (Yun Fei was also thin and fair-skinned, and he looked weak and impassive, and was directly classified by Tao Lisi as a sissy), this time I was afraid that I couldn't find a suitable manpower, so I said lazily: "You guys test shoot one by one"!

The old man is obviously experienced in a hundred battles, and he calmly opens his bow and arrows, "whoosh"! With a sound, the apple on the stone pillar 300 meters away was in the middle, and the old son began to test the shot, due to nervousness, the hand pulling the bowstring trembled slightly, "whoosh"! The first arrow passed by, and the boy drew the bow again, and then the father on the side said: "Child, don't be nervous, do what I teach you to do, you can do it"! After listening to his father's words, the boy relaxed, drew his bow, aimed, and released his arrows, all in one go, "whoosh"! Shoot apples; After the test shot, the two looked at Toris expectantly, Toris thought for a while, looked at Situ Leiyu, and saw that he had no objection and said: "This kid stays, Dad, you are old and can't stand the bumps on the road, so let's go home"!

After listening to Toris's words, the two were mixed, and the boy wanted to step forward to say something, but when he saw Touris watching a young man who was applying for the test, he didn't bother again, and stood aside with his father.

Yun Fei didn't want to be too ostentatious, he used two arrows to complete the test shot, and was reluctantly admitted by Tao Lisi, seeing that everyone was packing up their things and leaving, the boy walked up to Tao Lisi and bowed and said: "Captain, please accept my father, our family lives in the suburbs of Wangcheng, we don't have money to go home now, we don't want to be paid, just go with the team!"

Dad also said earnestly: "Captain, don't worry, I won't hold everyone back"!

Seeing the scene in front of him, the kind-hearted Tao Lisi took out two platinum beans and said: "Dad, this road is extremely dangerous, we have to escort the caravan, the task is very heavy, I can't take you, I will advance some money for your son first, you better stay in the city first, wait for your son to earn money from this escort, and then come back with our team, you can go home together"!

The father and son were very disappointed when they heard this, but they didn't dwell too much, the son took the platinum beans, thanked Toris, and then handed it to his father and said, "Dad, you stay at the inn here first, and wait for me to come back to you"!

Daddy seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Child, you have to be careful along the way, follow the captain safely, Dad I know a secret path, I will walk from the path, maybe I will get home before you!"

The boy said with tears in his eyes, "Dad, this is too dangerous".

Situ Leiyu, who had been observing the three people on the side, heard his father's words, his heart moved, and he came over and asked, "Dad, are you familiar with the road from the border pass to the capital?" Can you walk a carriage on the path you just mentioned?"

Dad replied sincerely: "I have been a mercenary on this road for 40 years, of course I am familiar with it, and I can take a smaller carriage on that road."

Situ Leiyu: "Do many people know that way"?

Dad sighed: "In the early years, only a few people knew, and after such a long time, most of the people who knew died, and now I am the only one who knows."

Situ Leiyu: "You've been admitted"!

The boy hugged his father happily when he heard this, and Toris glanced at Situ Leiyu strangely, but didn't say anything, and several people returned to the Baral mercenary station together.