Wen Erba was ordered to go first, and when he saw Wenyi, he explained the beginning and end of the matter in detail. Literature and art are in a good mood, so they can move forward boldly with confidence.

On this day, they came to a small town, and there was a peculiar phenomenon, where several houses of the people in the town were inns, and many men were shouting: "There are already twenty of them in the black pine forest, and there are still ten left." "The caravan hired twenty helpers, seventeen of them, and three of them are missing."

Literary curiosity stepped forward and asked, "This little brother, why is everyone forming a group here?" Can't you go over yourself? ”

The guy laughed, "It's the first time my brother has been here, right?" This side is the black pine forest, hundreds of miles long, vast and boundless, there are countless mountain bandits and robbers in it, like you can't get out if you go in, so everyone stays here for a short time, and then goes in together when there are more people. ”

Wenyi asked again: "Can't you go around it?" ”

The guy said, "Yes, it will take three months to walk around the left and four months to walk around the right, you can try." ”

Wenyi's face suddenly darkened and shouted: "I'm going to leave this black pine forest, didn't you say that there is a caravan that lacks three helpers?" There are exactly three of us, and we're going to sign up. ”

The guy looked the three of them up and down and said, "These two uncles are fine, you little guy who doesn't have any hair doesn't know if they want it, the little one goes in and asks." After saying that, he slipped into the inn.

After a while, a fat rich man with a kind face walked out, squinted his eyes and looked at the three of them and smiled: "The two of them are good men, there is no problem." It's just that this baby is too small, so let's take it for the sake of the two strong men. ”

Wenyi was unconvinced: "Uncle, don't look at me as small, I am also a civil and military all-rounder who can fight on the horse and write when he gets off the horse." There was also a share of the master in the battle of Chang'an back then! ”

The fat rich man laughed and said, "It's not a wonder that people can say, okay, count your share, as long as we can get out of the black pine forest safely, each of you can get three dollars of silver, what do you think?" ”

Wenyi said: "You still have to take care of the food!" ”

The fat rich man nodded and said, "Okay, you kid will be with me, you won't be too lonely along the way." ”

The three of them followed him into the inn. The fat rich man introduced: "The contemptible man is surnamed Wang, and he sells cloth and silk for a living. He often travels between Chang'an and Hebei, and this time he is going to transport ten truckloads of cotton cloth over. There are dozens of times through the black pine forest, and there are countless bandits and robbers in the forest, some of them will be safe as long as they pay the filial piety money, and some will rob them, but there are still a few robbers, so they take care of some help in this black pine town just in case. ”

Literature and art curiously: "Cotton? I've only heard of linen and silk, but what is cotton? ”

Wang Caizhu said: "This is a new kind of cloth from Chang'an, made of white stacks in the Western Regions, soft and warm and cheap, but it cannot be produced in large quantities now, only near Chang'an." There are also a lot of white stacks on the car, but the people who grow these white stacks like to call it cotton and cotton cloth. ”

Literature and art suddenly, since the use of cotton was taught to the villagers, he did not ask again, did not expect that now it can produce cotton cloth, at this speed, the popularization of the whole country is just around the corner.

After lunch, everyone was going on the road, and they talked and laughed along the way and talked harmoniously with the rich man. The mountain road is rough and not easy to walk, so everyone walks very slowly. After traveling only forty miles a day, they camped on the roadside, and twenty helpers and forty men took turns to keep vigil. Because of his young age, the rich man Wang took care of him, so he didn't let him participate in the vigil, and let him sleep in a tent with him.

On the third day, I also encountered three or four bandits on the road, and when I saw that they were outnumbered, they disappeared. Until this afternoon, a group of robbers of fifty or sixty people blocked the way, led by a reckless man with a scar on his face, holding a big knife in his hand and shouting at the convoy: "I drove this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to live from here, leave to buy road money!" ”

The rich man was also accustomed to seeing storms, so he took out a bulging money bag from his bosom and handed it over, saying, "This king, this is a little filial piety silver, and take it to buy some wine with his brothers." ”

The man took his hand and said, "What is the goods in your car?" ”

The rich man said with a smile: "It's all worthless cloth, ready to be sold to Hebei to make some small money." ”

The man raised his eyebrows and returned the silver bag to the rich man, saying, "You don't want your silver, just leave half of your cloth for us." ”

The rich man frowned and said, "King, this is not suitable, I still have to rely on these cloths to support the family, if you give half of it, my whole family will not be able to live!" ”

The man's face suddenly changed and said, "Uncle Ben just said it's okay!" Don't hand over half of Buxiu to come out of the black pine forest! The subordinates also instantly pulled out their weapons and were ready to attack at any time.

The rich man Wang retreated to the convoy and secretly made a gesture of rushing, Wenyi stepped forward and said to the big man at this time: "I see that your brother is less than a hundred, and a cart of cloth can't be used up. Why? ”

The man sneered: "You little baby ask so much, half of today's cloth Laozi is going to be decided!" ”

Literature and art look at the weapons in the hands of those minions are rusty, and some of them are still broken, thinking that these people should have been refugees before, and they became bandits because they couldn't get by. Let's see if we can ask something, this man doesn't look like a real villain, there should be something unspeakable.

Wenyi opened his mouth and said: "Look, you are also a man, so how about we make a bet?" ”

The man said, "Bet on what? ”

Wenyi said: "I have a long sword here, you have a long knife, let's cut each other, see whose weapon is broken first, and the one who loses must answer the other party's three questions truthfully." ”

The man looked at the inconspicuous long sword in his hand, and then at his heavy broadsword and said, "It's better than that, I'll play with you today." After speaking, he picked up the big knife and walked towards literature and art. Literature and art are not polite, and they swing their swords and slash towards the broadsword. The swords intersected, and only the sound of "bang" was heard, and the man's big sword was broken in two, and the literary sword did not even have a gap.

The man looked at the knife in his hand in disbelief. Wenyi smiled and said: "Let me introduce myself first, I and my two brothers are known as the 'Auspicious Three Treasures', and I am the Three Treasures." I don't know the name of this good man? ”

Only then did the man come back to his senses and blurted out: "You are a three-star of the mourning family!" ”

The literary face suddenly darkened, as the saying goes, it's really good, it's good not to go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. No one called them how good the "auspicious three treasures" were, and even the mountain bandits who cut the path knew the "three-star mourning door".

Wenyi said stiffly: "I don't know the name of Brother Tai? ”

The man patted his chest and said: "I am 'leaving a knife' Liu Wu, and the 'three-star mourner' is famous, and I have admired it for a long time!" ”

Wenyi gritted his teeth and corrected: "It's the auspicious three treasures!" Let's not talk about this for now, if you lose, you have to answer me honestly with three questions! It's not a good guy who cheats! ”

Liu Wu put the remaining half of the knife in his waist and said, "You ask, I will tell the truth." ”

Wenyi said: "The first question, I see that there are less than 100 of you, why do you need so much cloth? ”

Liu Wu sighed and said: "There are not only mountain bandits and robbers in the black pine forest, but also many poor people who have fled here. Lack of food and clothing, I collected money and went outside to exchange for food, but the cloth was not easy to buy. You are merchants of cloth, and you can borrow some of them. ”

Wenyi said: "The second question, if we grit our teeth and refuse to give, what will you do?" ”

Liu Wu said: "I know that asking for half of the cloth is indeed excessive, if you really don't give it, I will grab two cars and leave, and I will not embarrass you." ”

Wenyi nodded and said, "The third question, I want to join the gang, do you agree?" ”

Liu Wu thought for a while and shook his head and said: "No, I have also heard of the 'Mourning Gate Samsung', where every family has suffered disasters, and every household in the place where I have passed is in disarray." I'm going to take over your stockade, and it's going to be over!" ”

Literature and art are angry! said: "If you are willing to let me be the second leader of your village, I will let the rich man give you all the goods!" ”

Liu Wu struggled for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "If you can leave all the cloth, I will fight to make you the second master even if I suffer a disaster!" ”

Wenyi nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, you are waiting here." After speaking, he returned to the rich man Wang and said: "Uncle Wang, you are also going to Hebei this time to sell cloth, it is better for you to ask for a price, and it will save you from running around hard." ”

The rich man said with a sad face: "I didn't expect to meet you, a mourning star, you said it lightly, and bought all the cloths, do you know how much these cloths are worth?" ”

Wen Yi smiled and smiled at Wen Erba Nunu, Wen Erba took out a wooden box from the ox cart and carried it to the rich man, Wenyi said, "You bid." The kid should still be able to afford it. ”

Although the box had not yet been opened, the rich man Wang knew that there was a lot of silver in it when he saw Wen Erba's struggling appearance. Silently pondered in his heart and said: "Xiaoyi, uncle won't lie to you, a total of thirty trucks of cotton cloth and ten trucks of cotton, a total of 12,000 yuan, and the cart and donkey will be sent to you." ”

Wenyi felt that the price was right, so he nodded and said: "There are too many copper coins, and it is 10,000 taels of silver for silver, which is too heavy, I have 1,500 taels of gold, Uncle Wang is a real person, and the kid never takes advantage of others, counting the fire consumption, the kid paid 1,100 taels of gold to buy all the goods." What does Uncle Wang think? ”

The rich man Wang immediately laughed into a chrysanthemum, nodded and said, "Okay, okay, deal." ”

Wenyi said: "In this case, Uncle Wang will count the money." After speaking, he asked Wen Erba to take out four hundred taels of gold from the box, and handed the rest to the rich man Wang for inspection.

The gold of literature and art is cast by itself, and the Tang Dynasty has not specified the specifications of gold yet, so literature and art are made into small squares of ten taels and a piece of paper, with the word "Wen" printed on it. Every 10 pieces are placed in a compartment, so it is very easy to count.

After the rich man Wang finished counting, he beckoned the family and helped the idle to put the car on the side of the road, and Xiang Wenyi and Liu Wugong bowed their hands and went back happily with the gold.

Wenyi said to Liu Wu: "Brother Liu, do you think my brother is still a mourning star?" Is there such a generous mourning star? ”