Chapter 505: Why bother
Xie Shence, who was thrown into the sheepfold, did not have the previous treatment, and for a whole day, he was tied with his hands behind his back, and he was squeezed into a small corner by a flock of sheep to fight against the pungent smell.
Hungry and dizzy, Xie Shence couldn't help but miss the broth of the last meal, and at the same time regretted why he didn't eat it desperately in the first place.
In the middle of the night, Xie Shence, who was half asleep, heard someone shouting.
"Lord Jimon? Lord Jimone? Lord Jimone"
Is that the woman?
Xie Shence struggled to his feet, his face sideways to adjust to the light of the torch.
The woman looked around and whispered, "Lord Shenwei, I'll get you out!" ”
Xie Shence smiled, and said in a hoarse throat: "Who are you from Yi Zhixie?" ”
"Lord Shenwei, I'm his concubine."
As if she was afraid that Xie Shence would not believe it, the woman added: "His favorite concubine." My father is the third man under Lord Danbe, and he needs to win over my father with all his strength in order to gain a foothold in Xilin. ”
Xie Shence said, "You still call me Lord Shenwei? ”
The woman was slightly embarrassed and said, "I do doubt your identity, but whether you are a Shenwei or a Jinren, you are a big man on either side." I asked Yi Zhi to send troops to find you. Of course, the destruction of that tribe was only incidental. ”
Xie Shence sneered: "Aren't you really afraid that I am a divine guard?" ”
The woman was obviously shocked, and then said with a far-fetched smile: "I believe that you and I saved you, and you will not cross the river and tear down the bridge." ”
"If I were a godguard, it would be more logical to cross the river and tear down the bridge."
The woman was in shock and panic.
"I'm not a Shenwei, I'm a Jin. The Jin people of Blackwater County. ”
The woman breathed a sigh of relief, and Xie Shence estimated that if she spoke a little later, she would be ready to kill herself.
"The caravan from the northwest to Yan Kingdom and the Yuwen Department, my family accounts for half."
A smile appeared on the woman's face.
"I can get you out."
Xie Shence said: "What about the reward?" ”
"Help me."
The seemingly upside-down conversation made Xie Shence shake his head and said, "Heishui County is too far away from Xilin, and it can't quench your thirst at a critical time. And even if it is to reflect your value through trade, it is unrealistic to make Yi Zhixian rely on you and your people even more. The profits on the pass need to go through the government, but also through the hands of the Yuwen Ministry and the border army of the Yan State, and there are very few that can finally fall into your hands. Even if it is a complete smuggling, some losses are inevitable. ”
No matter what kind of commodity it is, starting from Heishui County, which is the closest to Xilin in the northwest, it has to pass through the territory of the Yuwen Department, as well as the warning area of the border army of the Yan Kingdom, which rarely appears but has to be guarded against. The approach of the Yuwen Department is very simple, you are a guest here with us? Welcome. Why did you go to Yan Kingdom? Sorry, please pay a commission of 20% of the value of the goods first. As for the border army of Yan State, although it is not as good as the Yuwen Department, it is only fifty steps and one hundred steps.
Therefore, Xie Shence said that even if there is a large-scale trade, the actual benefits that can be organized by such a caravan to the local Xilin or this woman are very small. This is also the reason why Xie Shence rejected Yi Zhixian before.
Even Yi Zhixian can't make money, and he can't make money even more when he Xie Shence. And it's easy to offend the Ministry of Literature.
The woman's eyes darkened slightly, and then she said, "I need money."
"No problem."
The woman held out a finger.
"One hundred thousand taels? No problem. ”
The woman was stunned.
"Let me out, then?"
"Oh oh" The woman who came back to her senses hurriedly used a knife to cut the rope on Xie Shence's hand, and then handed over the food that had been prepared a long time ago.
It's just that Xie Shence is full of stench, where is there an appetite?
The woman was immersed in great joy, and one finger was one hundred thousand taels, and she felt that this finger of hers must be the most valuable finger in the whole world. Immediately, she regretted a little, why didn't she stretch out two, three, four, five, or even casually quote a million?
What she meant was that in a year, fifty thousand taels of silver.
Who knew that Xie Shence directly said 100,000 taels.
As for the deadline, of course, the woman was worried about Xie Shence's breach of contract, and she was more worried about Xie Shence's gaffe, but based on her, letting go of a Xie Shence would certainly be beneficial to her people, but more importantly, what she could get for herself. Even if Xie Shence didn't give a penny, as long as he could go back alive, she would be able to get enough benefits.
As for what kind of benefit it is, it is a personal obscurity that can only be understood and cannot be spoken.
Quietly leaving the camp, passing through several checkpoints on the way that were obviously handled by her own people, the woman said: "My name is Dugu Xin." ”
Xie Shence nodded and said, "After I go back, I know what to say." ”
It's nothing more than saying that I am a child of a family in Heishui County, and I was helped by a Xilin woman named Dugu Xin in an accident, and I am willing to repay her as much as I can if possible, her friends are my friends, and her enemies are my enemies, etc.
Dugu Xin nodded, and an attendant put water and food on the horse's back, and then Xie Shence galloped away in the night.
Xie Shence, who was bumped on horseback with a foul smell, simply forgot the woman's name in a blink of an eye, and even forgot the promise he made of 100,000 taels of silver.
's clumsy acting skills, and Yi Zhi's full of loopholes, made Xie Shence almost couldn't help laughing when he answered women's questions seriously.
Although the woman secretly let Xie Shence go out of the intention of stabilizing her position, it may not be that there is no acquiescence and connivance of Yi Zhixi, and it is even a conspiracy between the two of them, wanting to use this kind of dripping grace in exchange for Xie Shence's spring of reciprocation.
It's just that Xie Shence can't see it? In the eyes of the former Admiral Tiqi, this technique was simply a trick played by Mengtong. Adults are invincible, and children are intrigues.
Xie Shence ran seventy miles in one go, and only stopped at dawn to clean up the stench and wounds on his body. Seventy miles, for a Xianbei scout who travels two hundred miles a day, it is only half a day, and it is easy to catch up with him. However, Xie Shence believed in that woman's ability, since he could make Yi Zhixian have to rely on her people to be the king, and even have the ability to play small moves under Yi Zhixi's nose, he would never be unprepared for this. It's not a problem to drag it out for two or three days.
Ten days later, Xie Shence appeared in Heishui County.
In a restaurant on the border of Heishui County, a man with a hat for the shade was eating a table full of delicacies, which did not match the table of delicacies, and the clothes on this man's body were really shabby, if he hadn't thrown out a silver ingot when he entered the building, Xiao Er would have driven him away as a poor egg who ate white food. The man is naturally thankful.
Opposite the restaurant is the Qinglou, the business of the Qinglou is cold during the day, but at this time it is already noon, and the sleepy girl also gets up. The girls leaned on the railing to eat melon seeds, drank juice, rested their tempting breasts on the railing, looked at the pedestrians on the road below or the guests in the opposite restaurant, laughed boldly, and met people who had a thief's heart but no courage or no money, and would deliberately leak some light and make fun of it.
A gust of wind blew, and it happened to blow the light veil on Xie Shence's face, so the opposite one let out an exclamation from the upper floor.
"What a handsome brother."
"Why did he bring a hat to Yushu Linfeng!"
"I've never hated hats as much as I do today!"
"If he comes, I won't take a penny tonight, and I'm willing to post it"
"Little brother! Come and sit down and accompany my sisters to relieve their boredom."
Xie Shence took off the hat, smiled at the girls in the Qinglou, and walked away with his fists clenched.
"He's coming?"
"Cui'er! Let's take a look at my aunt, have you done any makeup on my face? ”
"It's damn too hot, I'm going to go back and change into cool clothes, Xiuxiu helps me get a good seat, I want him to see me!"
The girls in the Qinglou rumbled, and they ran clean in an instant, which made the flower children who were originally basking in the sun under the restaurant opposite annoyed for a while. Although I don't want to think that one or two big white steamed buns will fly down, and I don't want to touch my dog's paws in this life, but it is a great blessing to be able to see it! Why did they all run away as soon as your little white face came out! If you can eat at the table, can't you buy a hat of better quality?
Xie Shence didn't know that three or five Huazi were slandering him, and in fact, he didn't ask Hanako to dare to block him directly. After Xie Shence got out of the restaurant, he went directly to the east of the city.
Two hours later, Xie Shence came to Wuli Alley. Then he knocked on the door of a house, said something, and the family let him in.
"Use the fastest way to tell Tiemenguan that I'm still alive."
Soon after, a carrier pigeon flew into the sky from an inconspicuous corner and, after circling for a few weeks, quickly headed west and disappeared into the sky.
At the same time, a middle-aged man and a bewitching woman appeared in Zhang Lancheng with a caravan.
"Both Tiqi's news and our news indicate that there was a reason for Zhang Lancheng's massacre, and it was probably because Zhang Lancheng's southerners harbored the fugitives of Yan State. Now the southerners of Zhanglancheng only have dead people except slaves. It is said that some people were leaked on the day of the massacre, but their whereabouts are now unknown. ”
"You take them to live in the city, don't move around at will, except for the necessary 'trading', it is strictly forbidden to have out-of-line actions!"
"Mr. Big This is"
"I'm going to go to some officials' houses."
"You're suspicious!"
The bewitching woman covered her mouth.
"Could that fugitive be"
"It's just a suspicion, I'm not sure it's Feng Zhi, but other than that, I can't think of anything else. It is really unrealistic to say that the southerners will be willing to be exterminated for the sake of Fengzhi, but if it is not, could it be that the party of the left prime minister of Yan State has been completely uprooted? Otherwise, how could Zhang Lancheng dare to slaughter the southerners so blatantly? ”
The woman frowned and said, "Maybe it's a fugitive from the fish pond?" ”
"It's not that simple, remember the half of the silver mask that Li Zhenfan showed us?"
The woman nodded, her face solemn, and the senior brother said: "That's the Yaksha fish farmer, the left minister of Yan Kingdom has been suppressed by the right minister, but without her instructions, Zhang Lancheng would definitely not dare to kill people blatantly, so this incident is likely to be her command." And once her target is Feng Zhi, I can't guarantee whether Feng Zhi is still alive now. Miss Xu, I will stay in Zhang Lancheng for three days, and if there is still no result after three days, you will go back first. ”
That woman was Xu Luwei.
Xu Luwei shook his head and said: "I won't leave, if I can't find him for a day, I won't go back for a day." I don't have the face to go back and I don't want to go back. ”
The senior brother sighed and said, "Why bother? ”
Why bother? Xu Luwei laughed at herself and did not speak.