Late at night in Shule City, each household put up a door bolt, the noisy dog was pulled into the firewood room, and a child cried and couldn't sleep, and his mother whispered a few words, "Beirong is here." The child will be able to fall asleep and no longer make a sound, which is very effective. A group of sergeants looked around the city, and it was reasonable not to see anyone else moving, but the reflection of a man appeared in the direction indicated by the torch. The sergeant, who had just enlisted for 15 days, immediately drew his sword and stared closely at the direction of the figure. The other sergeants in the ranks did not react much, a veteran on the right side of the recruit held down the hilt of his sword, and the leading junior commander did not react, just stopped in place and waited.

The man got closer and closer, and seeing that the patrol sergeant's expression had not changed, he leaned over, took a small bag from his cuff, and respectfully handed it to the leader. The leader weighed the weight, threw the bag to the lieutenant behind him, and continued with the group.

Steward Long waited until the last sergeant left, and immediately disappeared into darkness.

"Master, the one surnamed Yun agreed."

"What are his conditions?"

"Except for the five-cent monthly interest that the Zhang family wants to go, the surname Yun doesn't want money."

"Oh? What did he want? Master Liu was a little strange, lying on the bed and thinking.

"One hundred and eighty-seven good daughters on the altar are red," the dragon steward said slowly, "and he also asked the master to answer him a question." ”

"One hundred and eighty-seven..."Master Liu sat up from the bed as if he heard something terrible, and the blood on his face decreased by half, "Impossible..."

"Sir!" Steward Long hurriedly stepped forward, "Take care of your body!" ”

Old Man Liu's expression changed, the corners of his mouth were buzzing, and his eyes were a little hollow.

"He... How old is he this year? ”

"The surname Yun didn't say, but as far as the young one is concerned, he is about sixteen or seventeen years old."

"Sixteen or seven..."Master Liu suddenly lost his backbone, and he actually fell.

"Sir! Come on! ”

Two hours later, Old Man Liu slowly opened his eyes, but his expression was no longer bright, and he looked like he had aged for ten years.

He motioned to Steward Dragon, who waved his hand to let the servants leave the room.

"Master, you're awake."

"Aaron, how long have you been with me?"

"Fifteen years."

"You came the year Ying'er was born. If you do the math, Ying'er will soon be able to get married. There was a hint of joy in Master Liu's eyes, but it disappeared immediately.

Steward Long didn't say a word, bowed his head and said nothing.

"What should come will come, and it's time to come." Master Liu sat up with difficulty, and Steward Long hurriedly supported him, "Ah Long, help me study ink." ”

Master Liu sat on the bed, looked around, the green rose curtain tent was neat and tidy, the alder shadow pattern table was lined up on the left and right, one side of the inkstone had already been studied, and the wolf pen Xuancheng paper Dongyang Town.

Speechless, Master Liu repaired a book, and Steward Long personally sent it to Lin'an.

The next morning, the city gates were opened, the flow of people was surging, and the caravans were half as small as yesterday, but there were still people who chose to carry goods out of the customs for sale, and if they could come back, the profits would far exceed the goods. On the eve of departure, the Liu family caravan stopped at a city behind the city gate to replenish supplies before leaving. There are still few people in the morning market, but the shouting is not stopped.

"Ten steamed buns for a penny, good white noodles..."

"Good knife wound medicine, fifty wen a bottle..."

The owner of the tea stall next door was busy making tea soup, and the two of them were sitting here drinking tea unhurriedly.

Both of them were dressed in coarse cotton clothes, and white air drifted between their breaths.

"Yun Gongzi, the weapon has been put away, and no one can find it except us."

"Let's start when we get to the place." Jiang Yun said, "Go and put it." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Yigu went to arrange the follow-up after hearing this, while Jiang Yun was thinking about how to get back the batch of medicinal materials later.

This group of people is Jiang Yun's good hand from the Liu family, but it is still a lot worse than the dart master in the dart game, but it is better than the number of people, this time Master Liu gave him a full thirty-five people, almost the entire Liu Mansion Zhuangding is pulled, it can be seen how much he values this batch of medicinal materials.

But everything was still so calm, nothing had changed in the city, the shouting was still there, and the mist was rising.

Not far from the stall, the boss cut the opening at the winter fruit, gently put it into the porcelain bottle, the wood under the mellow fire, the aroma of warm wine grinning. The children looked curiously, but the boss did not drive them away, but washed a few and handed them to them. One of them wanted to touch the porcelain bottle, but was grabbed by the boss's hand, "The wine is warm, don't play." ”

Jiang Yun found a seat and sat down, "Two pots of winter wine." ”

The shopkeeper glanced at Jiang Yun, "It's not a local." ”

"No, I'll go back when I'm done."

"It's good to go back, it's not like it used to be." The shopkeeper gently held the porcelain bottle with the warm liquor and put it down, "The snow has receded, and Beirong is about to come." It's not a good day. ”

"If it was in the past, how could Beirong dare to offend." The shopkeeper said slowly, "At that time, my brother and I often went out of the plug, so we didn't have to be afraid too much, but since we came back, we died, and we fled." ”

Jiang Yun was silent, "I'm afraid there is no Beirong, and the surroundings are not peaceful." ”

"What can we ordinary people do?"

"It's just a stealing life."

Jiang Yun took a sip of the liquor, the thick aroma of the wine came to his nose, and the spicy liquor poured into his throat, adding a bit of heat.

Xiao Yigu swallowed his saliva, and Jiang Yun smiled, "This bottle is yours." ”

Xiao Yigu hurriedly thanked him, picked up the wine and drank wildly.

"Are the three dart masters here?"

"Not yet." Xiao Yigu was a little helpless, "They said wait an hour ago. ”

Jiang Yun frowned, "Then let's go." ”

"But..."

Jiang Yun turned over and got on his horse and was about to leave, but saw three people staggering over at the entrance of the street.

"Didn't you say wait!" Zhang San said angrily, "We haven't cooled yet. Oh, we're not ready yet. ”

Since Ouyang Dart Master of the Longmen Dart Bureau was beaten half to death, the Longmen Dart Bureau announced that it would not accept any orders for escorting goods, and now the only one who dares to accept it is the Yunhai Dart Bureau.

This trip followed Jiang Yun and their caravan were the three dart masters of the Yunhai Dart Bureau, Zhang San, Zhao Si, and Ma Wu.

"That's right, if you don't wait for us, if you encounter anything along the way, it won't have anything to do with our Yunhai Dart Bureau." Zhao Si said angrily, "The stinky boy who has not dried up." ”

"If you are like this, if you meet a bandit, I am afraid you will not have much way to live." Jiang Yun looked at the three people who were full of alcohol and said lightly.

"That's not necessarily, we are the number one Yunhai dart game in Shule City." Ma Wu staggered to the caravan, his face still stained, "But if you make the three of us unhappy, no one will be able to protect you from this town." ”

Xiao Yigu clenched his fists, but he still beckoned the three of them to the caravan, and even they took the opportunity to touch a few jars of daughter red as if they couldn't see it.

The caravan slowly left, and the shopkeeper behind him packed up the wine bottles, then cut a few winter fruits, carefully put in the wine, and waited for the moment when the wine was warm. The child did not know where he went, and there were several pits of winter fruits on the ground.

Shule City out of a hundred miles is the town far pass guarded by heavy soldiers, out of the pass is the Beirong nomadic land, Beirong needs the tea and cotton clothes and other things in the pass, the merchants often exchange this for cattle and sheep, etc., come and go to communicate with each other, can earn a lot of profits. But a hundred miles between Shule City and Zhenyuan Pass, the majestic and precipitous, the mountains are uneven, and several passes are extremely dangerous, so during the infestation of the bandits, because of the complexity of the environment, they often come and go without a trace, and can not be traced. For this situation, the soldiers of Shule City and Zhenyuanguan all turned a blind eye, and occasionally the bandits were too rampant to sweep away.

After Master Liu's caravan was robbed yesterday, today's caravan suddenly decreased a lot, and many people doubted Master Liu's mind, after all, his caravan was just robbed yesterday, and he continued to send caravans today. But invariably, other caravans other than the Liu family caravan stopped at the entrance of the plank road. Jiang Yun didn't say anything, and walked straight over, and the Liu family caravan also walked over. When the Liu family caravan walked out of the ten miles or so, the other caravans slowly passed through the entrance.

The three dart masters of the Yunhai Dart Bureau were lying in the carriage and fell asleep, Jiang Yun looked at the carriage, and then looked at the steep mountain shape above, and called Xiao Yigu over.

"How far is it from where you were robbed last time?"

"It's not far, only about five miles."

"Well, listen to me." Jiang Yun said a few words to Xiao Yigu, and a trace of surprise flashed on Xiao Yigu's face, but he still nodded and quietly instructed the others.

After Jiang Yun finished speaking, he looked at the carriage, then looked at the steep place above, and rode forward slowly.

Walking here, the plank road becomes narrower and narrower, only allowing ten people to pass at the same time, the cliff is towering, and some water droplets are dripping from time to time at the beginning of the winter snow, making a snapping sound. It was very calm, or silent, and there was no bird chirping in the forest, only the sound of the wind blowing through the mist.

"Whoosh-" A sharp sound broke all the silence, only to see that as soon as the sound came out, a good hand of the Liu family was stabbed in the shoulder and fell down.

"Roaring ——!" There was a deafening roar on both sides of the cliff, and a large number of figures emerged from the forest in an instant.