"Yes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Tang Xu nodded.

"So where do you want to go? You say, let's listen, if you drop by, it's not impossible to go together. Said the bearded merchant.

"To the west." Tang Xu's words sounded a bit pretentious, but he really only had such a thought.

"Further west, you're going to get out of the customs." The bearded merchant looked at Tang Xu with interest.

"Yes, I know." Tang Xu felt that there was something in this person's words, but he didn't want to miss this opportunity to travel west together.

"Are you going to Lanzhou?" The other merchant looked like a gentleman, not like a businessman, but like a scholar, and when he saw that they had been talking for a long time, he couldn't help but talk to him.

"Yes, too." Tang Xu replied casually, as long as you go west, you can go anywhere.

"We still have important matters, so we won't talk to you, little brother." The bearded merchant felt that Tang Xu was strange and didn't want to continue.

"Please stay, two of you." Tang Xu also knew that if he couldn't come for a reason, people would definitely not be willing to bring him, but how could he say it?

"In this world, it's not easy to eat a mouthful, I don't have any skills, I borrowed some money from someone and wanted to learn to do business, I heard that people in the west like tea and porcelain, so I want to try my luck. It's just a long way, and I'm afraid I won't be able to reach it alone, so I want to find someone to accompany me, and there is a good one to take care of on the way. Tang Xu's words were half-true, and he was beating a drum in his heart, afraid of goofs. However, the bearded man and the Sven merchant did not leave immediately after hearing this, but they did not reply to him immediately.

"You have to have capital to do business." The bearded merchant pondered for a long time before he spoke.

"I have the capital." Tang Xu's stupidity came up again, seeing that others were shaken, he hurriedly took out the money to show that he did have the strength to do business.

"It seems that the little brother is not lying, then our brothers will not go around the bend with you, you can go on the road with us, but the safety of property on the road is not responsible, you also know, there is chaos everywhere, no one can take care of anyone, if you can't take care of it at that time, don't blame us." The bearded man's face was a little strange, and the Sven merchant looked at him without speaking.

"Thank you! Thanks a lot! Tang Xu was so happy that he didn't notice these details at all.

"Then you go and buy the goods first, and meet here in three days." The bearded merchant smiled, and then left with his companions.

In the next three days, Tang Xu listened to Ah Cai's instructions, spent a lot of money to buy some silk and tea, loaded a car, and Ah Cai also found him a coachman. The coachman is a young man, named Wang Dali, with great strength, good driving skills, and honest people, Tang Xu looks very satisfied.

"Ho! There's a lot of stuff, and it looks like you're trying to make a lot of money. "On the appointed day, the bearded man and the Sven merchant arrived as promised, and brought a lot of things, drove four carriages, and had some followers. On the pretext of ensuring safety, the bearded man looked up and down in Tang Xu's carriage, inside and out.

"However, doing business is not a trick, it is difficult to say whether it is a profit or a loss, and the road is long and unpredictable, don't think about it too easily." Tang Xu looked at the cart full of goods, and he felt a sense of accomplishment, but the bearded words made him nervous.

"Yes, I know." Tang Xu nodded, he felt that the beard was a little strange, but he couldn't figure it out for a while. In short, first on the road, Liu Shenxian said that everything should be thought twice, and if you have good thoughts, you will always turn evil into good fortune.

"Let's go!" When everything was ready, the bearded man turned on his horse and kicked the horse in the belly hard, and the convoy slowly moved forward.

Tang Xu didn't know how to ride a horse, sitting in the carriage, Wang Dali really had good skills, and the carriage walked very smoothly. Tang Xu sat for a long time and began to feel sleepy, and when he woke up, the convoy had been going on for a day, and it was almost night.

"Little brother, it's inconvenient to travel when it's dark, so let's rest here for the night." When the convoy stopped, the bearded man lifted the curtain of Tang Xu's carriage.

"Where is this?" Tang Xu leaned out and saw that except for the convoy and the entourage, the surroundings were very desolate, and there were no people within a radius of several miles.

"There is no name, the little brother doesn't have to know where this is, let's go west for two more days, and it will be the border of the Great Jin. Then go in the northwest direction, and with us, we can reach Lanzhou in about ten days. The bearded man replied.

"Yes." Tang Xu nodded, got down from the car and followed the bearded man to work on the night camp, Wang Dali led the horse aside to graze, and when he came back, he took out the things that would make a fire from the car and lit a bonfire, and then cleaned up a clean place by the fire for Tang Xu to rest.

"What's this brother's name?" The bearded man looked at Wang Dali for a long time, seeing that he did things neatly and properly without saying a word, and he liked it a little in his heart.

"Wang Dali." Wang Dali didn't answer him first, and when he was busy, he saw that the bearded man was still waiting for him to answer, and then he said dryly.

"House slaves?" The bearded man turned his head and asked Tang Xu, Tang Xu was frightened, and hurriedly waved his hand, saying that he was not a house slave, but just helping to catch the car.

"It's getting late, go to bed. Although it is not peaceful here, my men will take turns to keep watch, and the rest of them will be at ease. The bearded man didn't speak, got up and looked around, and then beckoned the big guy to sleep.

Although Tang Xu didn't walk on the ground, he also had back pain after nesting in the carriage all day, Wang Dali told him to lie down after he got a good place to sleep, and he fell asleep not long after lying down.

Before dawn the next day, Tang Xu was called up, saying that it was dark early in winter, so he should hurry as soon as possible, and he might be able to find a place for people to settle down at night. Tang Xu didn't understand anything, he believed whatever the bearded man said. Wang Dali didn't sleep much last night, and woke up from time to time to take a look at the situation, which made Tang Xu very ashamed with two dark circles under his eyes, but Wang Dali didn't say anything, he still did his own thing, Tang Xu wanted to give him more money, and he didn't want it.

"This is something I should share, and I don't have to worry about it." Wang Dali smiled.

"If you don't accept it, I won't be happy, and I'm embarrassed to ask you to do anything for me in the future." Tang Xu said half-jokingly.

"Okay." Wang vigorously compromised, but he only needed two or three big money, saying that it would not be rewarded, and it would not be too late to add money if he did well.

"That Wang Dali is a good hand."

"Just stop."

After resting for a while, the convoy was ready to set off again, and when Tang Xu went back, he heard the bearded man biting his companion's ears in a whisper, and he didn't know what they were talking about, and he was inexplicably a little uncomfortable.

The day was quite easy to walk, and there were fewer bumps on the road, Tang Xu didn't want to be stuffy in the carriage anymore, so he came out and sat side by side with Wang Dali.

"Almost at the border? There are no checkpoints here? Tang Xu asked Wang Dali in a low voice, how can there be no border guard posts in such an important place as the national border? Wang Dali didn't speak, just nodded and continued to concentrate on driving.

"This place is so poor that there is not even a robbery, and the little brother puts his heart in his stomach." The bearded man rode up from behind, and Wang Dali glanced at him meaninglessly, and the bearded man shrugged his shoulders and slowed down again.

"It's not as peaceful as you think, so be careful in everything." Wang Dali saw that the beard had fallen to the back, and only then replied to Tang Xu. Tang Xu also became vigilant after hearing this, he believed in Wang Dali, he felt that Wang Dali was a good person, a good person like Liu Shenxian and Liu Lao Wu.

"Stop!" Tang Xu wanted to say something, but he didn't know who shouted in front of him, and everyone stopped.

"Don't panic, we don't mean anything else, we just want to borrow some money to spend, keep the carriage and horses and the money on our bodies, and promise not to move a finger of you, if you don't know what's interesting, then don't blame us for doing it." Wang Dali's car was relatively fast, and now Tang Xu's carriage was now almost at the front of the entire convoy, facing seven or eight thieves on horseback.

What to do? Tang Xu had never seen this formation, and he broke out in a cold sweat. I followed Liu Lao Wu to fight wolves before, but what I encountered was just some animals, how could these fierce villains be scary?

"When you go out, it's just to eat, uncles raise your noble hands and let us go." At this time, the bearded man urged the horse to catch up from behind, blocking the middle of the bandit and Tang Xu's carriage.

"Everyone is here to eat, and no one wants to get along with anyone." The head of the bandit was covered with flesh, a thick winter coat tied around his body, and a long, obvious scar on the exposed half of his neck.

"If the masters take everything away, won't they just let us die?" The bearded man had an anxious look on his face, and Tang Xu had some admiration for him at this moment.

"I'll kill you!" The leader of the bandits lost his patience and was about to start grabbing, and the others also drew their broadswords and were ready to rush forward at any time.

"Uncle spare your life! Uncle spare his life! The bearded man seemed to be frightened by this battle, fell from his horse, and crawled to the thief leader, and knelt down with a thud and made a few noises, knocking his forehead until blood was oozing outward.

"You know the current affairs, and lead the way!" The leader of the thieves threw the reins of his horse to the bearded man, and sat upright on his horse, so that he could not be imposing. The rest of the bandits were also stained, with long faces, and roared excitedly.

The bearded man walked in front of him with his waist hunched, as if he had broken his leg when he got off the horse just now, and he limped very slowly, getting slower and slower, and when he was about to reach Tang Xu's carriage, the bearded man jumped and jumped and sat behind the head of the bandit, holding the reins in one hand and the dagger in the other, pressing the neck of the head of the bandit.

"Tell all your brethren to dismount and throw their knives on the ground." The bearded man spoke, and he didn't forget to exert force in his hands, and the head of the bandit was forced by the sharp blade to make his neck hurt, and he couldn't stop baring his teeth.

"Do you hear me?" The bearded man saw that he didn't react, so he added more force, and the bandit leader screamed in pain, and quickly asked his subordinates to dismount and kneel.

"Lan Jun, ask someone to tie up these guys, put away their weapons, and maybe they will be used in the future." The bearded man dragged the thief leader off his horse and walked over to the Sven merchant. Lan Jun did as he said, didn't say a word, and went back to the carriage to stay.

"It's so dangerous, thanks to Brother Beard, otherwise we would be miserable now." All this happened too fast, and Tang Xu still couldn't react.

"Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, especially when you go out, you have to be more careful." Wang Dali didn't seem to buy the beard's account, and still looked indifferent.

"Haha, Brother Mighty is right, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable." The bearded man came over at this time, and just heard Wang Dali's words, not only did he not mind, but he also smiled heartily, which made Tang Xu a little embarrassed.