Chapter Forty-Seven, Caravans

The three of them still regretted that they didn't buy a carriage before leaving Luoyang, although it was not very far from Jiangling, but if they wanted to walk over on foot, it would take a few days or even ten days to walk over, besides, they remembered that Luoyang and Jiangling also had business dealings, if so, if they found a caravan to accompany them, although there was a drag of goods, but they would not get lost, so that they would not have to be like now, and they would not hold the map in their hands all the time.

Thinking of this, Chu Haoge said to the two, then hurriedly stepped forward, stopped the caravan, arched his hand to the few merchants in front of him who were leading on horseback, and said loudly to the front: "Everyone, stay for the time being." He also knew that it was very rude to block the way of others, so he had to do a good job of etiquette, so that people felt that they had no malicious intentions, so he bowed his waist and looked like a talented scholar.

"Huh?!" He stepped forward to block the way, and the person walking in front of him did not respond to him immediately, but several people next to the person, as if they were guards, were about to pull out the sword on their waists as soon as they touched it, and the sword was about to come out of the scabbard, making a muffled sound of gold and iron rubbing.

“?” Chu Haoge was taken aback by them, looking at so many people staring at him with unkind faces, these people were all on horseback, looking at him condescendingly.

"Hmm." He didn't know what to say for a while, and when he saw that these guys were treating him as a robbery, he couldn't help but whisper in his heart: "Have you ever seen a person come out to rob the Tao?" He looked back at Jiuli Qiantaro and Murong who were looking at him not far away, and muttered in his heart: "There are still two girls with ......."

"Hmm." The leader waved his hand, signaling that those guards didn't need to be nervous, after all, in his opinion, Chu Haoge was just a teenage little doll, and he would definitely not be able to make any big waves, and only after those people relaxed, did he smile with Chu Haoge and said, "Little brother, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Whew." Chu Haoge was relieved to see that these people were no longer nervous at him, and he said: "Brother Tai, don't be surprised, Xiaosheng and the two girls want to go to Jiangling, but there is nothing to do, this trip is high and the road is far away, if you only rely on stepping to come, it will take a while, seeing that you are passing by here and also want to go to the south, Xiaosheng is so cheeky to go here, I hope to be able to carry me and wait all the way." ”

"This ......" The leader is a sturdy middle-aged man, with a scruffy beard, who looks about the same age as his father, and there is nothing wrong with him calling him uncle like this, but before Chu Haoge left, the emperor's uncle instructed him that those with white hair on their heads are called uncles, and those without white hair are called brothers.

Although he heard Chu Haoge call him brother, it was because he was an equal, not only did he not complain in his heart that this kid didn't know how to be polite, he was not big or small, but he was a little happy, after all, he was already middle-aged, how could he be willing to let people always remind him that he was an old man? In his heart, he said that this kid was quite good at talking, but he didn't know how to treat Chu Haoge this time, after all, he was not the one in this team who could speak.

He looked back at the carriage behind him, and then said to Chu Haoge: "I'm just a dart, and I still have to ask for the opinion of my employer, little brother, please wait a minute." So saying, he turned his horse and went straight in the direction of the carriage, muttering a few words through the curtain next to the carriage.

At this time, Murong and Jiuli Qiantaro had already walked to Chu Haoge's side and asked him how was going on here, did those people agree? Chu Haoge said that he didn't know, and Murong on the side comforted him and said, "It's okay, if they don't agree, let's go to Jiangling, anyway, we have walked for so long, it's not bad for this way." ”

Chu Haoge nodded, and then looked at the carriage, the bearded middle-aged man and the people inside said a few words through the curtain, they couldn't hear what was said, they only saw that the curtain opened a crack first, as if someone poked out some faces, glanced at the three of them, and then put down the curtain again, and said a few more words to the middle-aged man.

After a while, the middle-aged man swung the horse again, and drove the horse for a few breaths to come to the three people, and after reining in the horse, he jumped down from the horse, facing the three people, and then he said: "Three, the young lady has already responded, but there is no extra carriage and horses, if the three do not dislike it, they will ride in the same car with the young lady." ”

Chu Haoge glanced at the carriage, it turned out that it was a girl riding here, he thought to himself: "I don't know what it looks like...... Thinking of this, he glanced back at Murong and Jiuli Qianyao, these two people are very dangerous masters.

"Then thank you, brother." Saying that, he bowed to the middle-aged man, he felt more and more unnatural, this guy is probably the same age as Uncle Huang, if Uncle Huang says that, then he will call him big brother.

"Huh." The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Okay, you are not very old, you are only eighteen this year, they all call me Uncle Hong, you can also call me Uncle Hong with them." "Although he doesn't want to be called old, this generation is not messy, and when he called it just now, his heart is already much more comfortable, and he doesn't have to come to Chu Haoge's side to find a balance.

Then Chu Haoge and Uncle Hong introduced each other, and Uncle Hong led the three of them to the carriage, and the three of them paid close attention to the caravan, the caravan was not very long, most of them were goods, only three carriages were carrying people, and the rest were full of boxes and bags.

Chu Haoge, who had just arrived here, snorted, frowned slightly, and muttered in his heart: "How can there be a smell...... "Looking at the goods in the distance, it was a little strange, could it be that this is transporting food, and it is broken?"

Murong in the back pushed him and asked him what was going on, he quickly shook his head, Murong and Jiuli Qiantaro didn't have his sensitive sense of smell, so they didn't smell any strange smell, at this time, the curtain of the carriage had been opened, and two attendants brought a ladder, which was to be stepped on when getting into the carriage, otherwise ordinary people who would jump directly to it, even if they had that ability, they were afraid of losing their demeanor.

The three of them boarded the carriage one after another, and at this time, one of the attendants opened the curtain of the carriage, and a crisp voice came from inside: "Three of you, please come in." ”

Then they got into the carriage, which was much more spacious than it looked from the outside, and the three of them saw the woman.

The woman has a well-proportioned figure and a dignified appearance, but she can't see her face, not because she has a realm equivalent to the white-haired fairy, which can make people look at her face and can't see her face clearly, but she really wears a veil, and after the veil filters the gaze, the three of them can't clearly see what the woman looks like, and they can only hear her voice is very good.

They looked at the woman, and the woman also looked at them, this woman saw that Murong and Chu Haoge were carrying weapons, and she frowned at first, but in this wilderness, if a few people are walking, it is not normal to defend themselves without a blade, besides, Murong's knife is still relatively long, and it is difficult to deploy it in this not wide carriage, not to mention the whip and the huge starlight sword, unless the carriage is dismantled first, it is a question whether it can be pulled out.

Seeing that the three of them should have no bad intentions, her brows soon relaxed, and she invited the three of them into the carriage and sat down very friendly.

"In Xia Chu Haoge, thank you Miss first." The first thing Chu Haoge did when he came up was to thank the main master, after all, in this way, he could save them a lot of wrongs, and he was a lady who looked quite slender, so he naturally wanted to come forward to talk, of course, the most important thing is etiquette, others have helped you, so naturally you have to thank you.

The woman's veil did not cover her eyes, her eyes were very beautiful, like two bright night pearls, very clear, like a gentle pool of water, she let out a chuckle, but the voice was not loud, she said: "Chu Gongzi is polite, just call me Ming'er." ”

"Hmm...... Then thank you Miss Ming'er. ”

After that, Murong and Jiuli Qiantaro also introduced one after another, and they knew her, at this time, the convoy also began to move, after all, they were not tour groups, and they couldn't delay too long, so the three of them chatted with her.

In his words, he learned that this caravan was going to Jiangling, and it was from Lincheng in Luoyang, and when they passed by here, Chu Haoge and they were really lucky to meet them on the way.

This woman calls herself Ming'er, and she mentioned it in her conversation, she should be the lady of a big family, but they don't know why she has to travel far away. It was probably to transport goods, but it is difficult to know why she was sent as a female streamer.

"Those outside are all people from the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau, and all the people in the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau are masters, and there are very few missing darts." Ming'er said, looked at the three of them again, smiled lightly, and said, "I heard that the family members of the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau have learned martial arts with General Chu Jianyi Chu," talked about those people outside, and Miss Ming'er didn't hide it, and told Chu Haoge and others everything she knew.

"Huh?!" Chu Haoge was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Father...... General Chu? His father had just called halfway through, and hurriedly called General Chu, this was the second time he had heard of his father's news since he traveled, the first time was naturally at Old Man Mei's, and this time he heard it again, so he was naturally taken aback. Although he also knew that the man had only learned martial arts with his father, the chances of finding his father with this clue were not high, but it was enough for him to be excited.

"Yes, it's that righteous General Chu, who is just jealous of the sky......" She thought that Chu Haoge was startled when she heard General Chu's reputation, Miss Ming'er shook her head and said, "It's just that there has been no news from General Chu for a long time." Before Chu Haoge could ask about his father's news, Ming'er was the first to say it.

"Alas......" Chu Haoge also shook his head, and Murong on the side glanced at him, giving him a comforting look, and didn't say anything that shouldn't be said.

"By the way, Miss Ming'er, do you know if there is a family with a branch of the Chu family in Jiangling?" Chu Haoge followed her words and asked.

Miss Ming'er glanced at him and said softly: "Naturally, I know that the status of the Chu family is transcendent, and the status of the family that is related to the Chu family will naturally rise, but it's just ......" Miss Ming'er said with her brows furrowed, as if she was a little dissatisfied with the Chu family in Jiangling.

"Just what?" Chu Haoge really can't stand these ladies, so is Jiuli Qiantaro, and so is this Ming'er girl, can't she finish talking at once? He had to say it several times, and he asked, "Could it be that something happened to the Chu family in Jiangling?" As he spoke, his back was numb, if this was the case, wouldn't he really run in vain?

Miss Ming'er shook her head and whispered to Chu Haoge, "No, it's just ...... The Chu family in Jiangling changed their surname to 'Lin' more than ten years ago. ”

"What?" When Murong heard this, he asked a little strangely, "Can this surname be changed casually?" "She has never heard of any family or clan that casually changed their surname, and if there was, it was only because there was some change and they were forced to change it, and those families or clans who were forced to change their surnames seemed to have suffered great humiliation, and they would swear to regain their 'original surname'.

"Why?" Chu Haoge on the side was also a little strange, what does this mean, "Chu" only takes the forest above, isn't this forgetting the roots?

"I don't know......" Miss Ming'er shook her head, and said with a little disdain in her voice: "I probably saw that the Chu family was sick, and I thought that the surname Chu was unlucky......" She was just halfway through speaking, her voice stopped abruptly, and she remembered that there was a person surnamed Chu in front of her, although she didn't think that Chu Haoge had anything to do with that Chu Wangfu, but after all, it was also an insult to someone's surname, which was very impolite.

Miss Ming'er hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, Master Chu, I didn't mean to offend." ”

Chu Haoge smiled lightly, waved his hand at Miss Ming'er, and said, "It's okay, no one has said that before." "Indeed, there are many people who have said this, saying that the surname Chu is unlucky, if he wants to take care of it, he will die of exhaustion.

"......" Miss Ming'er looked at Chu Haoge's smile like a spring breeze, if someone else insulted the surname, she would definitely be angry, but the son in front of her was unmoved, saying that the gentleman has a temper and more bearing, naturally he will not turn his face to others for an offensive word, so she also looked at Chu Haoge twice.

Outside the carriage, Uncle Hong was riding a horse, chatting with the young dart master next to him, and said about the three people who got into Ming'er's girl's car just now, and the young dart master said, "Alas...... That kid just now was really lucky, he married two beautiful women by himself...... Alas......" After he finished speaking, another dart master next to him also said: "Yes, look at that kid's thin arms and thin legs, he looks like a little white face, really." When he said this, he had a very sour taste, when he saw Chu Haoge with Murong and Jiuli Qiantaro just now, he was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched, and he couldn't wait to go up and bite Chu Haoge to death directly.

"Cut" Uncle Hong was not moved by what they said, and cut very contemptuously, and said: "You guys, you are still too young, unlike Uncle Hong and me, I am from the past, and I know at a glance that the two girls have not had a husband and wife relationship with that little brother." ”