Jiang Shenyu hurriedly walked over, touched him gently, and whispered, "Or, forget it?" ”

"What, don't you like it?"

"That's a little too expensive, isn't it...... Moreover, even if I bought it, I could only keep it, and it didn't fit me to wear it. ”

Although as a princess, she is not short of money, but she has never used such a large amount of money, and now they are incognito, and they don't have so much money at all. If an ordinary person wears such a good step shake, he will definitely attract attention, and now they can keep a low profile.

When the shopkeeper heard Jiang Shenyu's words, he hurriedly said, "Son, just according to what you said about four hundred and ninety-nine taels, how about it?" ”

"Forget it, shopkeeper, we don't want it." Jiang Shenyu said first.

Before leaving Linzi, Yang Dianfeng took a thousand taels of summer golden tickets from Xu Miao, who opened a rouge shop, and now it is still in his pocket! The money itself was used as a cover for Xu Miao to run the store before he came, but he didn't expect Xu Miao not only to lurk smoothly, but also to make a lot of money from it.

Jiang Shenyu thinks that Xu Xiang can't get the funds of the Chu State now, he doesn't have so much money, and it is not worth spending so much for the sake of a step.

Seeing that Jiang Shenyu insisted on not buying it, he could only shake his head.

The two walked out of the jewelry store and met an acquaintance.

This person is Yu Aqing beside Jiang Fu, that is, Xu He, the Xinghuo Hidden Guard.

"The villain has seen His Royal Highness and the princess!"

"Why are you here?" It stands to reason that Jiang Duan has a lot of things to deal with after entering the city, and there are only a few people who can help him, so naturally he will not be idle.

"Oh, Your Highness ordered me to come to you!"

"Looking for me?"

"Well, it seems that the scout has sent some news back, so I asked you to go over and discuss." Xu He replied.

After coming to the Hancheng Mansion, someone led Jiang Shenyu to lunch, and Xu He took him to the study of the Mansion, and Jiang Duan was already waiting for him alone.

"What's the matter, uncle?" Xu Xiang sat down, picked up the tea on the table and drank it.

Jiang Duan put down the bamboo slip in his hand and said, "Just now the spies came to report that an army carrying grain had gathered in Jishui County, and the number was about two thousand. ”

"By land or by water?" Xu Xiang asked.

"It's not clear."

"Where's the map?" Xu Xiang asked.

Jiang Duan took out the sheepskin map, and Xu Xiang immediately took the tea on the table aside and spread it out.

"If 2,000 people go by water, they must use 4,000 people to ensure that the news will not leak! If you go by land, you will definitely pass through Hakojo, so you don't have to worry. So, I'll talk to you about it. Jiang Duan pointed to the water and said.

Xu Xiang pondered for a moment and said, "If you take the waterway, let them go." ”

"Put?" Jiang Duan was puzzled, "These two thousand people are escorted, and there must be at least 10,000 stone of grain, so let them go like this?" These grains and grass must have been shipped to Lu Ping, and if they reached Lu Ping's hands, it would not be good. ”

Xu Xianglu smiled and said, "I just said to let them go, but I didn't say to give the grain and grass to Lu Ping." ”

"Huh?"

"Don't worry, if they take the waterway, I'll leave it to me! You act according to the plan, let's force Lu Ping into the sun as soon as possible! You tell the spies to keep an eye on them, and let me know as soon as they're sure they're on the waterway. ”

Jiang Duan asked, "Then how many people do you need?" ”

"If you don't have enough people, I don't want your people."

"No one? Then how can you deal with the 2,000 grain army alone? ”

"Don't worry, the mountain people have their own tricks!" A mysterious smile appeared on Xu Xiang's face, which made Jiang Duan confused, and he found that he couldn't understand Xu Xiang at all.

Fifteen miles east of Hancheng, there is a village called Huojia Village.

The location of Huojia Village is between Hancheng and Sunyang, and from the mountains to the west, there is Stone Town, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Hancheng. And rowing out from the east side of the water is Bagou Town, which belongs to the scope of Yangyang City.

Although the location is good, the villagers living here are not wealthy.

There are more than 100 households in this village, and most of the villagers make a living from fishing and hunting. To the east of the village is to draw water, which is very convenient for fishing, and to the west is a dense mountain forest, called Jar Ridge.

Jar Ridge is full of hundred-year-old trees, and when the first rays of the morning sun shine on this quiet mountain forest, birds and animals begin their activity - foraging.

Huo Daming and Huo Xiaoming are hunters in the village and often go to the mountains to hunt.

There are a lot of prey in this jar ridge, and there are no fierce beasts, most of them are small animals such as hares and pheasants. And it is also very easy to fight, so the two brothers often take their prey around the jar ridge to the town below the mountain to exchange for daily necessities such as salt and cloth.

Early in the morning, the two brothers went into the mountains, and when they were halfway up the mountain, their waists were already full of prey.

"Big brother, you're lucky today! Why don't you go back to the village? Ah Hua is sick, and it just so happens that this wild phoenix chicken can make up for her. Huo Xiaoming held a spotted pheasant in his hand and said.

Huo Daming nodded, he had indeed gained a lot of money today, even if he caught more prey later, their brothers would not be able to bear it.

"Bang!" Just as the two brothers were about to go down the mountain to leave, they heard a loud noise from the depths of the Jar Ridge.

"What's going on?" Huo Daming looked in the direction of his voice and said suspiciously.

"Let's go! Check it out! Curiosity drove the two brothers deeper into the forest, and as they went, they heard a loud noise similar to the one just now.

Circumventing the hill, they saw four strangers under the hill, three men and one woman, one of whom was a young man in a blue brocade coat and the woman in a long white dress sitting on a large tree, and behind him was a middle-aged man with a long sword, and a striking scar on his face.

Not far away, a man in a gray robe, armed with an arm-long stick, aimed at pheasants outside the bushes.

"Bang!" There was a loud bang, and a spark rose from the front of the stick, and the pheasant in the bush flapped its wings and fled quickly, and the bush where it had been was was shattered as if it had been struck by a boulder.

"Lao Yang, you still have to practice your marksmanship!" The blue-clothed young man got up, walked to the gray-robed man's side, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said earnestly.

The gray-robed man showed a look of shame and handed the wooden stick to the hand of the blue-clothed young man.

The young man in blue took the stick, fiddled with it at random, looked left and right, and finally fixed his eyes on another bush not far away, where there was a huge pheasant.

There was only a loud noise, and before the pheasant could crow twice, it fell to the ground without any movement.

"What is this?" Huo Xiaoming's eyes showed a look of shock, he was thirty steps away, and the pheasant, who had always been agile, was knocked down without having time to react?

Huo Daming's heart was no less shocked than him, thinking that if he and his younger brother had such a weapon, wouldn't hunting be much easier? He couldn't help but look at the bow and arrow behind his back and sighed a little.

"Who?" The conversation between the two brothers seemed to be discovered by the people below the hill, and the man with the long sword leaped forward, came in their direction, and fell behind them.

The long sword was drawn, pointing directly at the two brothers, so that they did not dare to move.

"Brother Qin, it's just a hunter in the mountains, don't be so nervous!" The man in blue turned to look at the hill and said.

These four people are Xu Xiang and others, yesterday afternoon, the spies reported that those grain transporters in Jishui County took the waterway, so Xu Xiang quickly set off with Jiang Shenyu and Yang Dianfeng Qin.

Their destination was Huojia Village, but they had never been to this place, so in the evening, they did not succeed in crossing the Jar Ridge.

The four of them had to stay overnight in the mountains, and when they were able to find their way after dawn the next day.

Early in the morning, the four of them continued to find the way, during which they were ready to hunt some prey to satisfy their hunger, so Xu Xiang taught Yang Dianfeng to use a gun to catch the prey.

Qin Zhong withdrew the long sword, and the Huo family brothers breathed a sigh of relief, this scarred man was obviously a person who knew martial arts, and none of them were opponents of one hand, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to move when they were pointed at the sword.

Yang Dianfeng took the pheasant and came to the hill with Xu Xiang and Jiang Shenyu.

"You two are hunters in Huojia Village?" Xu Xiang asked with a warm smile.

"Yes! Yes! Huo Daming hurriedly replied, "My name is Huo Daming, and this is my younger brother Huo Xiaoming." I don't know why Childe and his party are in this jar ridge? ”

Judging from the luxurious degree of clothing and the skills of the guards who followed, Huo Daming judged that the man in blue in front of him was either rich or noble. It's really a little puzzling that a noble son like this would appear in this remote place.

"My name is Shui Xiang, and this is Jiang Xiaoyu, Qin Chong, and Yang Dianfeng. We are all from Hancheng, and I heard that from Stone Town up, you can reach Huojia Village through Jar Ridge, and you can take a shortcut to Yangyang, so we came to take a walk on this road, but I didn't expect to get lost in Jar Ridge. ”

"Water phase! Sure enough, it's a nobleman! Huo Daming's guess in his heart was confirmed, and he muttered to himself.

"Huh?" Xu Xiang didn't hear his words clearly, and hummed with a hint of doubt.

"Nothing! It's nothing! Childe is going to Sunyang, right? Huo Daming hurriedly said.

"Not really, just walk this road, see if it's not feasible!"

"Oh, it works! Feasible! The people of our village often go to Stone Town below Jar Ridge to change things, and we have walked this road countless times. And on the east side of the village, opposite the water is Bagou Town in Yang! ”

"Good! Those two brothers, if it is convenient, can you take us to Huojia Village? ”

"That's no problem, Childe, please!" Huo Daming hurriedly said, pointing in the direction of Huojia Village.

"Thank you!"