The young man's eyes turned cold, and his tone was a lot more stern: "It's just a little regretful!" "It's a pity that the person at that gambling house is not the one who tracked you down earlier."

The boy turned his head to look at the alley on the other side of the river, "Otherwise, I'll have to teach him more lessons." “

"What would you do if it were him?"

My gaze stopped at his face, and I couldn't help but be curious.

The young man turned his head and said lightly: "Don't say it, I'm afraid I'll scare you, you're too timid!" ”

Cut, what about talking about it?

I don't want him to do it in my presence.

This guy, I just asked him to tell him that the original plan was so hidden, or is it not a companion?

"Xiaoling, where to go first?" The boy stood on the street and pondered before asking me.

I lowered my head and thought for a moment and said, "Since we are in the southeast, why don't you ask the price of the carriage first." "That's what we planned to do from the beginning, and then we'll go back to the nearest store to buy something!"

Always ask the price of the carriage before deciding what else to do.

I made up my mind that it was more important to get this done first.

"Okay, listen to you!" The boy nodded subconsciously, readily agreed, and walked with me to the place where the carriage was hired.

I walked down the street with him, passing through the crowd, occasionally glancing at the shops on the street.

It didn't take long for us to walk along the street until we arrived at the southeast part of the town, which was the place where the old man told us that we could hire a car!

He and I are not slow, and my back is a little sweaty from walking in winter!

Take a carriage down the mountain from the eldest lady's house where you are temporarily staying. When I was on the mountain road, I asked my uncle about the situation of the town in detail.

The main reason is that the teenager has always been cold and basically didn't say anything, and he was sitting in the car with his eyes closed. So I talked to my uncle almost all the way.

When I entered the town, the old man was in a hurry to go to his daughter's place, so he told me about the location of the hired car.

At first, I was going to ask the old man how much it costs to hire a car here, but considering that the family lives in the mountains for most of the time, and travels in their own carriage, I may not know the market in the town.

That's why I dismissed the idea of inquiry.

The boy and I walked to a street in the southeast of the town, stopped and looked ahead. I saw a lot of carriages parked under the big tree in front of me.

I probably counted, there were more than a dozen!

Speaking of which, I have to mention. The town's carriages all look pretty much the same.

The color is gray, and the style is very different from that of the national capital.

However, looking at the structure of the carriage, it will make people feel that although the car here looks a little ugly, it looks quite sturdy.

Because there are not many people who use horse-drawn carriages in the town. If you hire a car. Most of them have to leave the town to go to a nearby mountain village or further afield.

There are a lot of rugged mountain roads around the town, and if the carriage is not as important as being strong and durable!

We stopped and looked over, and the drivers were either sitting in the cars or gathering at the nearby tea stalls drinking tea.

"Let's go, go over and ask the price, which one do you choose?"

The boy motioned to me.

"Xiaoling, you just decide. Anyway, let's make it clear that I will go to Suzhou. ”

The boy gave me the reins temporarily, but I hesitated. The hand hanging by his side pinched the corner of his clothes and said slowly: "I'm not in a hurry, I want to drink some tea, and it will take only a quarter of an hour." ”

"Come with me."

A smile tugged at the corner of my lips as I slowed my tone to him.

The young man was stunned for a moment: "Xiaoling, the tea on the tea stall over there looks shoddy, are you very thirsty?" ”

The fragrance of tea spreads from the fireside, and those who know how to smell it will know!

The footsteps in the march couldn't help but pause, I squinted at the young man, when did my heart go, this guy is still so picky, it's rare to drink a bowl of tea.

"No, we're going to hire a car, I'll have to listen to the drivers at least a few words before I decide."

I turned to the boy and said, "The cars all look similar, mainly the people who drive the cars." ”

"Xiaoling, when did you become so cautious?" The boy looked at me in surprise.

I couldn't help it, and couldn't help laughing: "I've always been very cautious, but you didn't see it, okay?!" ”

After speaking, I glanced at him and said calmly: "The tea stall is not just for drinking tea, it is also necessary to listen to some news, keep up." ”

It was only after I had taken a few steps that the boy caught up with me and muttered, "Why did I follow again?" ”

I heard him mutter, and said in my heart that if it weren't for his good idea, I should have eaten delicious food in Suzhou City at this time, chatted with my senior brother, and had the best tea!

My brother is going to enjoy being famous, okay!

Not because of him!

At this time, I was afraid that a carriage would be pitted, so I had to observe and make a decision, and be careful.

I approached the tea stall with the boy and chose a table in the shade of a tree, with three or four square tables next to it.

Many of the coachmen sitting above were drinking the tea made by the owner of the tea stall.

I glanced at the table next to me and saw the color of the tea in the bowl, which was crude as the boy had said.

After thinking about it, I still asked for a pot of tea, and after waiting for a while, the owner of the tea stall brought the tea.

I reached out and poured it for the boy, and poured myself a bowl too.

Seeing that he didn't drink, I picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

Although the tea is not very good, you always have to drink a little when you sit down, and it is not so abrupt when you put it in the crowd.

The boy looked at me thoughtfully.

I groaned and lowered my voice to the boy, "It's always right to be careful, or you can interpret it as me ran into a thug at the gambling house and almost got scared by an accident." ”

"Hiring a carriage will determine whether we can get to Suzhou smoothly or not," the corners of my mouth tugged, and my tone was very affirmative, "I need to at least get to know these people." ”

The boy nodded slightly

There were three coachmen sitting at the next table.

Two of them were older, probably in their forties. There was also a younger one, about the same age as the hapless man I saw who had been hijacked by the gambling house.

The three of them gathered together and chatted over tea. "Is Master Wang coming to us soon?" One of them, a middle-aged coachman dressed in brown, said.

The coachman sitting across from him immediately replied, "I heard that it has been a few days since I came out of the capital. It's time to get to our neighborhood. “

The younger coachman turned his head to look at him and asked, "Why doesn't Master Wang take the waterway?" “

The brown-clothed coachman frowned and glanced at him, and said in a soft tone: "They are going from the national capital to the north, don't you know that our town is going south to the waterway from the capital of the Great River to the north, and we have to take the Great River waterway." ”

He lowered his eyelids and thought: "The river has reached the vicinity of the Suzhou section, which is the most dangerous pass." ”

"With such a big battle as Master Wang, I'm afraid that a dangerous beach won't work." The young coachman's tone was disdainful.

"That's what you think about too easily!" The brown-clad coachman disagreed.

"Even if it's a few people. It's also a loss, knowing that the waters are dangerous, isn't it? ”

"Besides, go north. The river is close to the north, and it is the cold winter season," he continued, after a pause. "It's going to freeze over there."

"Except for these reasons. There is also a very important point, with such a large team, it is easy to find supplies by land, for example, Suzhou City is ahead, and it is extremely convenient to stay for two days to rest. ”

I listened intently as the brown-clad driver analyzed the reasoning one by one.

I was surprised that although it was a small talk at the tea stall, I was impressed, and the other party was a brain.

I turned my head and saw that the boy was equally attentive. By the way, he also picked up the tea bowl on the table and subconsciously took a sip. Then he frowned again and hurriedly put down the tea bowl.

I watched his actions, laughed in my heart, leaned over and said, "Hey, did you say what he said?" ”

"Of course it makes sense, but I'm also going by land."

In an instant, I was a little stunned, stared at the young man and asked, "I said you're very strange, we had an accident in that deep valley, and we have been walking on the waterway!" “

I looked at him with wide eyes and said, "Isn't it strange that you are saying that now!" ”

"Since you like to travel by land, is there anyone who forces you to take a boat?"

The young man said casually: "At the beginning, I took the waterway in order to get to Suzhou as soon as possible, and the boat boss I hired is experienced, and I also believe that he can arrive safely." ”

"Xiaoling, it was an accident to encounter those robbers halfway through, and I didn't expect it."

The young man said a few words one after another, looked at me and lowered his voice and said, "Master Wang is different, it can't be compared." ”

"Anyway, if I lead the team of Wang Shi, I will go by land."

The next table continued to chat.

"Having been in the army for a few years is just different from us." The young coachman was persuaded, and complimented the man.

They had all drunk a pot of tea, and then they saw a guest from the town coming to hire a car under the tree, so the three of them stood up in unison.

After exchanging glances, the oldest one looked at the young coachman and said, "You go first, I've been pulling back and forth in the morning, and you haven't done business yet." ”

This clearly means humility!

The young man was not polite, and walked over with an arch of his hand, and the coachman from the other tables also went over to ask questions.

Among the men, the young coachman prevailed, and drove the town's guests to the road leading to the outside of the town.

The boy and I still sat at the same table and drank tea, and after one person left the next table, there were only two people left, and not long after, the coachman who had returned from outside the town also sat down to drink tea.

This time the whole table was full, just enough to make up a table.

But what they said about it was that didn't interest me much.

I listened to it for a while, and I felt that I was in a state of interest.

The young man frowned and looked at the tea on the table and said, "Xiaoling, it's almost, right?" "It's time to go, you go and pick a car and ask, you have to go somewhere else, you forgot?" "I haven't forgotten, I just want to wait."

I turned my head to look at the pedestrians on the street as if nothing had happened.

As he spoke, two cars came back, one after the other.

Hearing this, I turned my head sideways and glanced quietly.

This time it's even more coincidental!

One of the cars, which had an immediate inquiry, was going to a nearby village.

The driver had just returned to town, and he didn't have time to rest, so he turned around and caught the next shift!

No one will turn down a door-to-door business, especially if the business of hiring a car is not ideal.

I suddenly had an idea - is it that the business of the gambling house is similar to hiring a car, and there are few people walking around in recent times, which has led to the recession of the gambling house?

When I stopped under the tree, I was not far away, and I heard the conversation of the customer in front of me when he asked for the price, and I had a good idea of it. "Let's go!" I stood up first, looked at the young man and said, "Let's go buy some dry food and bring it with us, and come back later." "Xiaoling," I took a few steps, and the boy paid for the tea and caught up with him and asked, "Why don't you ask the price?" “

I turned my head to stare at the boy and said, "Well, I probably know it in my heart, it must be enough." "That money bag you just got has a lot of money in it."

The boy was surprised, but he didn't ask much, this was what he had planned to buy, so he followed me back to the nearest street.

I bought two packs of pastries at a dim sum shop and paid a little extra for them to wrap in cloth for easy carrying.

When I came out of the dim sum shop, I looked at a few nearby shops and saw that there was nothing I was looking for in the near area, but I seemed to see the target in the distance.

"Let's go, go there." I looked back at the boy and said.

Just now he watched me move quickly in the dim sum shop to get the dry food to be brought on the road, and the burden was still carried by him, and now he has to follow me on.

The road was not far, we walked half a street, and we came to the street I said.

After a moment's pause, I walked straight into the blacksmith's shop and quickly scanned the shop.

The young man followed behind me, and at this time suddenly said: "Xiaoling, you want to buy self-defense equipment, you said it earlier, I thought you were going somewhere!" ”

"Still, will you use it?" The young man looked skeptical, and his tone was even more uncertain.

"Isn't it for self-defense? It's up to you! "It's prepared." I turned my head to look at him and said in a calm tone

I weighed several daggers in my hand, and I picked the lightest of them.

Although it seems to be a little less lethal than the others, the advantage is that it is small and lightweight.

"Do you need any skill to use this thing?" I asked the teenager.

How did he understand it before, could it be that he thought I was going to buy a big saber or something?

It's not just that the money isn't enough, but what do the onlookers and the people they meet halfway through with such an obvious weapon think?

And the coachman I'm going to hire, are you sure they'll talk to me about the price calmly when they see someone with a sword coming?

It's like a dagger at hand, it can be hidden on the body, and I won't take it out until I have to! (To be continued......)