After hurriedly placing Huang Yue's women and children, Liu Yu hurried up on the ninth day of the sixth month and rushed to the city of Yizhou that night.

The city of Yizhou was originally a garrison city in the south, a mountain city, close to several mountain systems, and it was also an important city in Dikui, but in a large-scale local conflict that broke out more than ten years ago, the city wall of Yizhou was damaged, although the city wall was repaired later, but because of the holes, the city has lost its meaning. So Dikui withdrew his troops from here, leaving behind a city of Yizhou with only two walls. Since then, Yizhou City no longer has the function of city defense, but has become a border trading city.

Liu Yu inquired before he came to find out that this is also a three-way realm.

At the foot of Yizhou City, Liu Yu looked at the dilapidated city wall, and there was a plaque with blurred handwriting hanging on the gatehouse, and he couldn't make out what was written on it. Maybe it's because it's close to dusk, and you can't even see a figure outside the city, only when you are close to the city gate, a few thin teenagers suddenly come out of nowhere, as if they are small ruffians who came out to spy on intelligence, and when they saw that Liu Yu's caravan guards were all in strict formation, they didn't make a special statement, but flashed directly into the city, probably to report to the people in Yizhou.

"In charge, Yizhou is very dangerous, I'd better be careful." The old guide reminded Liu Yudao.

Liu Yu nodded, he didn't need to be reminded that Yizhou City was not within the scope of his power after all, and when he came to such a place with high mountains and rivers, he naturally had to give priority to saving his life.

After entering the city gate, the situation inside was much better than that outside the city, and the houses gradually increased, but in broad daylight. Doors are closed in every house. There are no wooden buildings. It's all stony. There are also few wooden doors, and most of them are heavy iron doors, which are difficult to break open from the outside. From this point, Liu Yu knew how dangerous Yizhou City was, because without the existence of laws and law enforcers, the people living here could only seek self-protection.

"Where should we go?" Liu Yu asked.

The old man replied respectfully: "I should go to the merchant house and the inn, but I have to hurry, and there are still more than two miles to arrive." At night, there are no more guests, and if you sleep in the open, you will not be disturbed by the ruffians at night. ”

Liu Yu was surprised and asked, "There are also merchant houses and inns here?" ”

"Yes, but the merchant houses and inns are different from the Central Plains cities, and the owner will understand when he arrives. This is the dwelling of Yizhou City, the dwelling is ten rooms and five empty, I also have a few old friends who know each other, if we can't settle down in the merchant house and the inn, we can also come to the dwelling, but settle here. The buying and selling of goods and communication will be very inconvenient, and there will only be a market every ten days. Ordinary residents will only come out once......"

As the old man spoke, the caravan walked towards the northwest of the city, and along the way, the street was so quiet that almost no one could see it. Liu Yu understood from Lao Fang's explanation that the residents here will only come out once in ten days of "catching up with the market", and they will inevitably go back before night, and if they want to buy anything, they will also take advantage of the market period to buy, if they encounter a disaster, the residents here can also come out, even if it is at night, no one will disturb them, this is a conventional rule, do not attack the sick, do not attack the old and young. The rest of the people are not so lucky, if a woman like Qu Ning comes out alone, even if it is blue and white, she will be snatched away, and then there is no trace of anyone, and no one knows where they will go. Nobody cares about this kind of thing.

Speaking of this, Qu Ning's face was also a little jealous, Liu Yu looked at her and couldn't help but smile.

"Is it safe in the merchant house and inn?" Liu Yu asked again.

Lao Fang said: "I can't say that it is absolutely safe, but it is still relatively stable." After all, Yizhou City needs foreign merchants, if the merchants dare not come, then Yizhou City will become a dead city, and the foreign races in the south also rely on Yizhou City to buy and sell some important materials, so in the merchant houses and inns, there are local gangs formed spontaneously to protect the stability of the caravan, but they have to pay some peace money. The most dangerous thing in Yizhou City is the famous mountain kings around Yizhou City, if you encounter the mountain king leading people into the city to loot, even if you stay in the merchant hall and inn, it is not stable, and you need to withdraw temporarily, the land security will clearly give us the way to retreat, but you also need to pay silver. ”

Liu Yu nodded and understood, anyway, here, everything depends on silver. It costs money to protect your life, and it costs money to show the way, needless to say, the basic buying and selling intermediaries or hoarding goods for resale need to use silver to make points. As the saying goes, there are no rules, and there are no rules here.

As he spoke, the caravan arrived outside the merchant hall that Lao Fang said, which immediately made Liu Yu feel a little popular.

The merchant hall, in the final analysis, is just a larger building, several connected courtyards are like the courtyard of a dignitary in Chang'an City, and some people at the door of the merchant hall are arguing with a few empty carriages, and it seems that there is a quarrel because of the lack of interest talks. Because Liu Yue didn't understand what these people were saying, Liu Yu didn't particularly care, but the old man understood, and told Liu Yu: "Yesterday, the surrounding mountain kings just looted recently, and the goods of those merchants were looted. ”

Only then did Liu Yu know what was going on. Lao Fang also said before that although the city of Yizhou is unstable, the business travelers from the north are basically safe, whether it is the bandits in the city who are doing evil, or those mountain kings, they are just trying to make money, or arrest a few people from the south to go back to supplement the people. The merchants from the north, they just robbed the money, because only these merchants from the north formed Yizhou City, a border trading city, if they robbed them this time, no one would bring goods next time.

Those who quarreled at the entrance of the merchant house were because the local security guards did not notify them in time that there were bandits coming, so that they did not have time to retreat, and not only were they robbed of the goods, but also robbed of all the silver, so that they did not even have a return journey. The northern merchants believed that they should be guaranteed if they paid the peace silver. After a quarrel, the land insurance seemed to feel "reasonable", and after the most Lu lost a little silver, the matter was over.

The merchants entered the merchant house, and it seemed that they were going to stay another night, and the next day they were going to return. Although they all looked a little embarrassed, they didn't react too violently. As long as people are stable, there is nothing to do. This is the basis for doing business in Yizhou City. Because the money they earn every time they come here is the money they make from several trips elsewhere, so a failure of their business will not affect their future adventures.

Liu Yue didn't know much about contacting the local security, so Liu Yue also asked the old party to do it, and the old party was also familiar with the local security. The local Bao Zhi Lu Dao is a guest introduced by the old party, or a guest who came for the first time, looking at Liu Yu's gaze, there are some thieves, Liu Yue knows that these local security guards will definitely bully the newcomers. In case of anything to escape, the ground security will definitely notify you after the last, Liu Yu is not worried about this, although the people under him do not look like five big and three thick men, but they are all first-class good hands, even if they don't use muskets, they are enough to be one against two or three.

"The one in charge has all said it." The old party paid the peace silver, and after checking the matter with the local security, he came back and reported to Liu Yu, "We live in the Tianzi room, and the goods can be transported to the backyard for the time being." It's also close to the back door. ”

"Hmm."

Liu Yu nodded and arranged for someone to lead the horse to the backyard. When he arrived in the backyard, he saw some outsiders setting up tents around the stables in the backyard, Liu Yu pointed and asked, "Old Fang, what are they doing?" ”

"If you go back to the house, if there are few guards for the merchant travelers, they will choose to live around the stable, so that they can get the news of the attack of the Mountain King, and they can walk quickly."

Liu Yuxin said, no wonder so many guests here can still live in the Tianzi room, it turns out that he thinks he is a Kaizi. The price of living here is likely to come at a cost of both money and people. Even if the bandits were willing to let them go, they would definitely snatch the muskets and goods, even Qu Ning and the ensuing Doreen.

In Liu Yu's view, it doesn't matter whether Qu Ning goes to be Mrs. Zhai or not, but the musket and goods can't be lost, firstly, it is a loss of face, and secondly, it involves his safety. It is not easy for the mountain king to guess their identities when he sees the muskets, and he may not be merciful when the time comes.

"I see. Lao Fang, you go and tell those people, we don't live in the Tianzi house, we also live here. ”

Lao Fang was a little surprised, he didn't expect that this dignified King Lin also had a habit of masochism.

"But if you are in charge, you can't return the house when it's set."

"That's okay, the house is empty, we can camp here."

The old man nodded in understanding, no matter what, he still had to go back and talk to Dibao. When the old party came back, he also brought a message from the land protection.

"The boss, the local security said, I want to talk to you about business."

"What business?"

"It's the medicinal materials we brought, these are all in short supply in Yizhou City, and the land protection wants to collect them for resale......"

Liu Yu nodded and said, "Then let's talk to the local security." ”

Lao Fang saw that Liu Yu was very cautious and smart when he came to Yizhou City, thinking that Liu Yu would not sell, because he couldn't make a lot of money by selling to the local insurance. But he didn't expect that Liu Yu would also "make a fool" once.

In fact, Liu Yu had full consideration before doing this, his first thought was to obtain the intelligence support of the land security, give some sweetness in exchange for some information, and besides, if he refused the land security, the value of this batch of goods was enough to induce the mountain bandits to rob it. Liu Yu could already guess that the land security must be in collusion with the mountain bandits, a nest of snakes and rats.

Under the guidance of the old party, Liu Yu took people over to talk to the local insurance about business. The original price of medicinal materials was about 500 taels, and the price of the land insurance was 3,000 taels.

For general goods, the cost is 500 taels, and the local retail price is 600 to 700 taels. The transportation to other provinces can reach 800 to 1,000 taels, which depends on the distance and cost of the goods, and the long-distance transportation in the north and south can double the price, which can reach about 2,000 taels. When I got here, I was kept down by the land, and the medicinal materials of five hundred taels were also worth three thousand taels.

From Meiguan to the south, this road is very difficult to walk, either take the official road, then you have to pass through the range of the power of each local leader, not to mention that it may be looted, but it is certain that the geese will pluck their feathers. If you take the mountain road like Liu Yu, you will encounter wild beasts in the mountains, not to mention the road alone, and the robbery of mountain bandits and ethnic minorities will make ordinary business travelers unbearable.

Liu Yu was also in a hurry, at this time the local ethnic minorities were busy migrating, and they had no time to rob others, and the mountain bandits were also facing the encirclement and suppression of the local kui, so Liu Yu walked down this way, if he didn't count the part of his own trouble, it should be stable.

Liu Yu agreed to the price of land insurance, and did not make a transaction immediately, but said that he would officially trade in the future. Because it was already night, Liu Yu didn't seem too anxious about anything. Go back to the tent. Liu Yu wanted to sleep peacefully. But they ran into trouble.

It's summer. The mosquitoes in Yizhou City seem to be particularly against Liu Yu, and Liu Yu's whole body is itchy when he is stared at by mosquitoes. There was no way, Liu Yu had to put on his clothes and come out of the tent, and the soldiers were still patrolling with swords at this time.

"The big boss." Lian Husheng saw Liu Yu come out and came over to ask what was going on.

"I had to move in, there were too many mosquitoes." Liu Yu said helplessly.

Lian Husheng said with a smile: "There are a lot of mosquitoes along the way, and I thought that the master was not afraid." ”

"Those on the road really didn't take it seriously, somehow. Maybe the mosquitoes in Yizhou City are particularly friendly to me. The body is delicate, as if it can't endure hardship. ”

Liu Yue was afraid that Duo Lin would not be able to stand the mosquitoes here, so he went to Duo Lin's tent to see it, but who knew that Xiao Nizi slept very sweetly, as if she was not disturbed by mosquitoes at all. Liu Yu sighed helplessly, so he had to go into the house to sleep first, and called a few guards to keep vigil for him outside the door.

When he arrived at the house, Liu Yu was refreshed, looking at the warm pillow on the high bed, Liu Yuden seemed to find the feeling of going home. He was ready to take off his clothes and go back to sleep. Suddenly, there seemed to be something unusual behind him, and he turned around. A dark shadow was facing him from the window.

After Liu Yu's instant shock, he quickly settled down, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Familiar taste, familiar feeling, in such a strange environment, meeting an old acquaintance who has not been seen for a long time, Liu Yu is still very happy in his heart.

Liu Yu ignored the danger at the moment and bullied him.

"Want to die?" A very cold voice came from the mouth of the shadow, a very old man's voice, the kind that made people shudder when they heard it.

Who knew that his reminder not only did not make Liu Yu retreat, but Liu Yu rushed forward and hugged "him". The person in Liu Yu's arms trembled, and at this time, he had already taken off the human skin mask on "his" face.

Liu Liniang, who I haven't seen for a long time.

"Li Niang came in the middle of the night, it should be a farewell to her arms, how can she wear such a scary thing, I lose my appetite when I see it."

Liu Liniang's face showed a faint anger, and there seemed to be a little shame in this anger.

"Twelve Shao, how can you tell the slave family at a glance?" Liu Liniang regained her original voice.

"It's not that hard...... It feels like we're all old acquaintances, and this feeling is finally there. ”

Liu Liniang frowned, she didn't believe what Liu Yu said, when she was in Mingzhou, she was surprised that her outfit was recognized by Liu Yu, and her disguise was her forte, but she didn't expect to be recognized by Liu Yu every time.

As Liu Yu spoke, his hand holding Liu Liniang tightened.

"Twelve less, it's time for you to let go." Liu Liniang was "light", and reminded with an unhappy expression on her face.

"Not loose." Liu Yu leaned his head over, and the two of them could smell their breathing, "Liniang's farewell is half a year, I miss it in my heart, and now that I hold it, how can I let it go easily?" ”

Liu Liniang smiled faintly and said: "Twelve young people, your ability to be a thin girl is not small, and you have never said such beautiful words to despise the slave family." ”

"Then today, I'll be light and light, and you ......"

Liu Liniang originally thought that Liu Yu was just playing tricks, but she didn't expect Liu Yu to hug him and really not let go.

"Release!"

"Don't let go!"

Liu Liniang immediately raised her foot and stomped down, Liu Yu's foot was in pain, and Liu Yue almost exclaimed in surprise to lead the guards outside the door. Liu Yu immediately put her open mouth on Liu Liniang's shoulder, Liu Liniang couldn't bear it at all, her arms were a little hard to open Liu Yu's arms, and she also took two steps back and walked to the bed.

Liu Yu wanted to get closer again, but Liu Liniang had already shown Liu Yu the unsheathed sword.

Liu Yu spread his hands helplessly and said: "Li Niang, why don't you understand my lovesickness......"

Liu Liniang ignored him, stood by the bed instead, looked at the ordinary wooden frame bed, turned her head and sighed: "His Royal Highness Linwang, why make fun of a weak and beautiful woman like Liniang?" ”

Liu Liniang is a "weak Qianqian's female streamer"? I'm afraid this is a big joke, Liu Liniang's background is strong, and her exact identity, Liu Yu is still confused. And what Liu Yu said was completely out of his whim, he didn't come to joke with Liu Liniang this time, he had already made up his mind to take Liu Liniang back when he went back this time.

"Liniang ......"

"Twelve less." Liu Liniang resumed her usual title for Liu Yu, which was originally a little ambiguous, "When the slave family learned that you left Meiguan, they knew that you had already left for the south, and you came to wait for the twelve young people to come at the risk of danger, who knew that Lu Dao would wait so long." If the twelve young people don't come today, the slave family will leave to go back tomorrow, and I'm afraid you and I won't see each other again. ”

Liu Yu didn't expect Liu Liniang's intelligence network to be so accurate and be able to find out his southward movement, if she leaked the news, then he would be really dangerous.

"Liniang, forgive me, I'm in some trouble on the way."

"Twelve Shao is talking about the little girl of the Yue tribe outside."

Liu Yu didn't expect Liu Liniang to inquire so clearly, and she even knew about Duo Lin.

Liu Yucheng nodded.

"Hey!" Liu Liniang sighed and said, "The twelve young people have an outstanding demeanor and extraordinary spirit, which girl's family will fall in love when they see it...... What do you do? ”

Liu Liniang was talking, but she didn't expect Liu Yu to bully her and protect her from behind. With Liu Liniang's alertness, if she were someone else, she would definitely not have a chance to get close to her, but in front of Liu Yu, she didn't mention vigilance in the first place, and she didn't expect that Liu Yu would succeed again so easily.

"I don't care if others are devoted to me or not, I just want to know Lu Dao, in Liniang's heart, have you also been devoted to me as a kid?" Liu Yu said, his head rested on Liu Liniang's shoulder, and the two were as close as lovers.

Liu Liniang only sighed slightly, with a little force in her hand, Liu Yu felt numb all over her body, and Liu Liniang also broke away from his embrace, and turned around to look at Liu Yu with a distorted face with a solemn face. (To be continued......)