Chapter 10: There is a covenant
The city of Heborao was built along the Sigar River, and in the narrow valley of the river, there were many large and small square-shaped buildings, and these houses made of earth, stones, and rough wood were not uncommon in later generations, and in some underdeveloped countries.
At noon, the sun becomes a little scorching, and the dust on the dry streets is picked up by the footsteps of pedestrians, allowing the mountain breeze to blow through the river valley and immediately fill the entire neighborhood.
Yang Yu walked out of the dust, squinted his eyes, faintly saw the signboard of the old Shijia store, hurriedly ran over, entered the door and stomped his feet repeatedly, and coughed twice from his throat.
"Eat sand, I've told you, this kind of weather, even if you go, you may not be able to wait."
Shi Chongzhi beckoned to him, Yang walked over in surprise, and the former lowered his voice and whispered in his ear.
"The man arrived, upstairs."
"What?"
Seeing his incredulous face, Shi Chongzhi hurriedly recounted the matter.
"The man who came was about six feet tall, and spoke Sogdian, and the code words were correct, and the passage was right, but it was just ......"
"Just what?"
"It's just that he is wearing Tubo heavy armor, one person and four horses, and he is a little unsure."
Shi Chongzhi said in the future, and Yang Yu also fell into deep thought when he heard it.
The Tibetan people raise a lot of horses, and it is not uncommon for one person to have more horses, and it is even more unusual to ride the Praetorian Guard, which is equivalent to Zampu, but how could he know about this? Both of them suddenly thought of a possibility, and Yang Yu's face changed suddenly.
"Where are the horses?"
"On the back slot." Shi Chongzhi raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the backyard.
Yang Pre didn't answer, pulled out his feet and left, this foot horse shop covers a large area, in addition to the hall on the first floor and the guest rooms on the second floor, there is also a part of the room in the backyard, which is for the guys to live, in addition, there is a courtyard for the merchants to place the camels and horses and goods, and the periphery of the yard is a manger.
There were already hundreds of camels and horses crowded in the manger, and when he asked someone, he was taken to the side by a fellow and pointed at him.
In the small trough, four horses of different colors are eating forage, just look at their appearance, you know, these are good war horses, high shoulders and long legs, strong chest and broad back, one of the black horses is still majestic, Yang pre-thought of a thought, went around the back of the horse, and opened the long tail.
"Be careful!" The man who fed the horses exclaimed in surprise when he saw his movements.
Yang had prepared in advance, and without waiting for the horse's hooves to kick over, he avoided it in a flash, but with such a glance, he clearly saw that there was a distinct mark on the black horse's buttocks.
A beating fire!
He concocted it in the same way, and sure enough, the other three horses were the same, and the result was obvious, these horses were not only the war horses of the Tubo people, but all of them came from the Subi tribe.
Back in the lobby, Shi Chongzhi gestured with his eyes, he nodded silently, both of them looked a little solemn, did things get to the worst?
If Wulang falls into the hands of the Tubo people and reveals all the secrets and plates, doesn't that mean that they are also in danger?
"You go, when the time comes, I will say that I am entrusted by someone, as long as they can't find the owner, they shouldn't be embarrassed by this small shop." In desperation, Shi Chongzhi had to remind him.
Yang Yu shook his head: "Whether you are dead or alive, there must always be a quasi-letter, what can someone order?" ”
"Food, water, and needlework." Shi Chongzhi thought for a moment and guessed his intention: "Are you going to pretend to be a buddy and meet that person?" That's a good idea. ”
At this time, it was the time to eat, there were many customers in the store, and the ingredients were not processed so quickly, so when Yang Yu came back, the things had not been delivered yet, and when everything was ready, he pretended to be a guy in the store, carried those things, and knocked on the door of the guest room.
"Come in."
Hearing the voice, Yang Yu was stunned for a moment, this is clearly Gorou himself!
On the outer street of the old Shijia store, a group of five people stopped when they approached the door of the store, and the masked woman at the head saw that the store was already full of people, and signaled to her entourage, the man nodded and left them, and the rest of the woman, under the leadership of the woman, turned into a restaurant diagonally opposite.
This is a restaurant opened by a local, business is not very good, at this hour, there are only less than a third of the customers sitting in it, the four of them found a place by the corner, the leader of the woman before sitting down, took out a satin hand towel, wiped the black and shiny stool.
"A pot of oil tea, a plate of mutton, three points of naan cakes, is there any wine?" Among the four people, two men and two women, all dressed in Tibetan costumes, a man called the store and instructed in the Tibetan language.
"Only the barley that was aged last year." The shopkeeper is a middle-aged local, and the Tubo dialect is a bit blunt.
"Hit a pot."
The shopkeeper bowed to them and retreated backwards, these people were extraordinarily dressed, and they were the nobles of the city, how could they afford to offend a small shop like this.
It was all cooked food, cut and plated, and soon, the table was full of food, and the naan cake the size of a wooden basin was baked very crispy, and the woman at the head broke off a piece and stuffed it into her mouth, and chewed it carefully without saying a word, and no one dared to speak until a figure hurriedly ran in.
"Lady, inquire clearly, the person is in the store." The visitor ran directly to the woman's side and whispered in her ear.
"Really?" The woman's eyes lit up, and she also replied in Chinese.
"You can't be wrong, there are four horses fed on the back trough, and the younger one has personally inspected them, and each one bears the mark of the Subians."
The woman was so frightened that her eyes were round, she killed someone and crossed the goods, she didn't want to flee quickly, she actually swaggered into the city, and still lived in the inn, was she afraid that people would not recognize her?
"Or? The little ones go to explore the way first. ”
The woman hesitated for a moment and shook her head: "They won't see you, this time, I have to go in person." ”
"Lady......" All the entourage stood up.
"You just wait here, and if I don't come out after an hour, do as I was told."
There was an unmistakable look in the woman's eyes, and with that, she turned and walked out of the restaurant and walked towards the foot horse shop opposite.
Shi Chongzhi was a little absent-minded, since Yang Yu went up, every once in a while, he would unconsciously glance at the staircase, so when a woman's voice reached his ears, his gaze had not yet turned, and his face showed a little impatience.
"I'm sorry, it's full up and down, if you don't want to wait, it's better to let the guys in the small shop find another place for you to stay, not far away, to ensure clean." After decades of experience, there is still no water in the mouth.
"No need, I have an appointment with a customer of your store, please ask the store to show the way." The woman's Chinese language is soft and soft, and it is very good.
Shi Chongzhi was slightly stunned: "Oh? But I don't know which guest officer. ”
"Kang Langjun from Xizhou."