Chapter 22: Disguise

It was no wonder that these three teenagers showed such surprised expressions, in the eastern territory, no matter the country, who did not fear Wuxian City, and who dared to disobey the authority of the medicine tasting conference! Wuxian City, that is a force that even the princes and kings of various countries dare not underestimate.

Wuxian City is adjacent to the south of Jiang State, west and north are bordered by other vassal states, although it is a small city, the population is less than 10,000, but it is not managed by any country, it is a country of its own, for more than ten years, none of the surrounding vassal states dare to invade Wuxian City, just because the owner of Wuxian City, is respected as a god in the world. An Shice, no one knows where he came from, and no one has really seen him, everyone in the world only knows that he is a premonition wizard.

Foresight is a type of wizard who is good at prophecy and divination, easy to observe the heavens, can know the future, and is even more calculated. Within the mainland, from national wars and disputes to trivial civil matters, they can't escape the divination of the prescient sorcerer. Any prophetic wizard will be tried to win over by the vassal states at any cost, and some people once said that being able to be assisted by a prophetic wizard is better than a million male soldiers in hand, and his status is extremely prominent.

An Shice's strategy has never been miscalculated, his eyes can penetrate the bottleneck of time, can know the past, but also know the future, but this person is very eccentric, he refused the pull of many powerful princes, and chose to live in seclusion in the eastern border, a small city, Wuxian City.

Seven years ago, Jiang and Rongguo had a war because of territorial issues, the war began, Jiang Guo was unfavorable, even the war was defeated, almost to the time of the country's life and death, and later Jiang Guo got the help of An Shice, An Shice did not go out of Wuxian City one step, but he was able to give advice, and the decisive victory was thousands of miles away, how many times Rongguo attacked because of An Shice's calculations and failed, in the last battle, Rongguo's 50,000 troops had just arrived at the position, and when they were encamped, they were attacked by Jiang's army, and they returned defeated, and finally Rongguo had to stop the army, ending the war.

Since then, An Shice has become even more famous, and countless people have come to visit, down to the farmers in the mountains and fields, and up to the princes and generals. Every day, there is an endless flow of people in the city, and the traffic is busy, just for divination and asking for hexagrams, but where there are hexagrams, each hexagram must be accurate. And there are even princes and kings of various countries, who have paid a lot of money, and even did not hesitate to personally bend down to ask An Shice to assist in the great cause, but they were all rejected thousands of miles away. Because it is difficult to find, An Shice's name has become more mysterious, and many people in the mainland, when they mention him, they will call him a god in awe.

Twelve years ago, he wrote a book that recorded all kinds of precious pills today, and it is also now considered the most authoritative pill ranking - Shennong Ce, once the strategy is famous, it is the greatest honor in this life for the medicine wizard, and it has attracted countless medicine wizards to compete for it.

The next day, early in the morning.

"Every year on August 12, An Shice will send out invitations to famous medicine wizards to go to Wuxian City to participate in the medicine tasting conference. During the conference, the elixirs refined by the medicine wizards will be evaluated, and the good elixirs will be included in the Shennong policy. As long as he is famous, the value of the medicine wizard will immediately rise and become famous in all countries. In the past twelve years, the medicine tasting conference has selected many rare medicines, among which there are many pills with more than six flavors, and now most of the famous alchemy families have been the leaders of the medicine tasting conference, even in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are many medicine wizards who do not hesitate to spend months, trek tens of thousands of miles, and venture to Wuxian City to participate in the medicine tasting conference. ”

"Because of the fame of the medicine tasting conference, it has also attracted many outlaws and money-hungry thieves, as long as they can steal a pill from the medicine wizards who participated in the conference, its value is far more than ten thousand taels of gold. Leading to Wuxian City, no matter the avenues and roads, a hundred miles away, there are thieves and thieves, and it is said that every year, thousands of people die because of the medicine tasting conference. ”

"Well, that's a good investigation. After listening to Xin'er and Lin Dong's reports, Wu Jian nodded approvingly. Then his gaze moved to Yang Ming again, "Since it is so dangerous, how do you plan to protect Mr. Que Qing and arrive in Wuxian City safely?"

Yang Ming held several stacks of papyrus paper full of handwriting in his hand, this was the result of the investigation they had spent all day yesterday and the countermeasures they had discussed, and this was also the first cultivation task that Wu Jian gave them, to make an escort plan. Because it is a matter of human life, if you don't do it, you will take your own life. Yang Ming couldn't help but be a little nervous, swallowed his saliva, and said: "According to the investigation, Wuxian City purchases precious spices from Jiang Guo every year in August, and we can disguise ourselves as traders who transport spices and call Wuxian City the name of Wuxian City, even if we are thieves, we don't dare to steal the goods belonging to Wuxian City." ”

Wu Jian held his chin and pondered carefully: "Cover people's eyes and ears, and use the name of Wuxian City to deter the other party......" Wu Jian's tone did not fluctuate, so that Yang Ming and the three of them couldn't hear the feelings in his words, did they agree or deny?

With nervousness, the three of them stared at Wu Jian, like students who had finished handing in their exam papers and were anxiously waiting for the teacher's answer.

Wu Jian didn't make any comments, but turned to Que Qing and asked, "What does Mr. Que Qing think?"

"I don't have any opinion, the three teenagers are really smart. My life depends entirely on you. After that, Que Qing bowed again and again, and each stroke exceeded ninety degrees. Originally, medicine wizards would spend a lot of money to hire special bodyguards to escort them, but Que Qing was not a wealthy person, so he really took out so many silver taels, so he had to ask for help from his old friend, Weng Lao.

Weng Lao once participated in the medicine tasting conference, but now that he is old, he is no longer so obsessed with fame and fortune, so he naturally can't gamble his life for it. There was no other way, so Weng Lao thought of Wu Jian, and after Wu Jian heard it, he immediately agreed, and took this escort mission as the practice of Yang Ming and the three of them.

Unbeknownst to them, however, the dangers of this mission were far beyond imagination, and it was like a trip to death. Afterwards, Yang Ming always recalled that when he went out to practice for the first time in his life, even after many years, he was shocked into a cold sweat.

Nodding, Wu Jian waved his right hand and shouted: "On this trip, we are exactly five people, five people are a team, which is the most basic unit of the army's march, from now on, you are soldiers, on the first day I will temporarily serve as the captain of the team, and in the next few days, the three of you will take turns to be the captain." Wu Commander, leading the team, at the same time, the life and death of the whole team, the success or failure of the task are also related to the Wu Commander, you don't underestimate the Wu Commander, the generals of the army, all start from the small Wu Commander. ”

Finally, he glanced at it again, and the three high-spirited teenagers were like generals reviewing their own soldiers, and from their firm eyes, Wu Jian read a kind of morale that was waiting for him.

"Okay, let's go. ”

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Wuxian City is in the south of Jiang State, hundreds of miles away from Chaohua County of Jiang State, this city stands against the mountain, the geographical location is quite steep. All the way is a woodland trail, rugged and difficult, there are only two big roads, but there are often thieves to rob the road, very dangerous, so every year to participate in the drug tasting conference, few people will blatantly take the road, most of them will choose the remote path. However, Yang Ming and his entourage went the opposite way and took the avenue.

At this time, it was just after noon, and the sun was like fire, so that the earth was in a state of steaming. There were hardly any pedestrians on the avenue, except for a carriage that drove slowly, its voice was silent and monotonous, and there was only one horse pulling it, not handsome, but strong. There was a yellow flag on the car that read "Witchham City" in clear letters.

There were two teenagers driving the car, the one on the left was slightly older, about eighteen years old, dressed plainly, with some fluffy hair, although he was not handsome, but he was also thick eyebrows and big eyes, very energetic. The young man on the right is obviously young, about twelve or thirteen years old, and his face is still a little thin, but it makes people feel very friendly.

Today is the third day of the team's trip, and the captain is Yang Ming.

The boy leaned back in the car like this, with a soft smile on his face, like the finishing touch, and quipped:

"I didn't expect that Brother Lin Dong would still catch a car, and I can consider being a groom in the future. ”

"Hahaha," Lin Dong held the reins in his left hand and the whip in his right hand, and said with a smile: "When I was a child, I worked as a horse servant in a rich man's house for a few years, which can be regarded as a return to my old business." ”

Listening to Lin Dong's relaxed words, Yang Ming knew how many bitter tears he had hidden in his words, before Yang Ming studied martial arts academy, he was also a sheep herding baby in the village. But it is precisely because of the experience of being superior to others that they have stimulated their desire to be masters. Laughing at the bitterness of the past is not to forget, but to remember more deeply.

"But this Wuxian City is really extravagant, the spices in the car behind us cost a small bag of one hundred taels of silver, which is more expensive than gold. Thinking of the money spent on purchasing this batch of spices, Lin Dong couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

In order to perfectly disguise themselves as merchants transporting spices, Yang Ming and they bought a batch of high-quality spices from the largest spice shop in Chaohua County, Dingxiang Pavilion, and spent a total of two thousand taels of silver, of course, this expense, whether it is Yang Ming, or Wu Jian, Que Qing, etc., is unbearable, fortunately, among their companions is the county lord of Jiang State, Jiang Xin'er.

"This is not an ordinary spice, but a famous fragrance of ginger and a hundred fragrances. Wash it with water 100 times, and the aroma will not disperse. Hearing the teenagers' conversation, Xin'er poked her head out of the car and sat down among the teenagers. In addition to the spices in the car, there were two big men, Wu Jian and Que Qing, one of whom was half-closed and unconscious, and the other was holding his package tightly, looking cautious as if he was neurotic, and he was really bored, so Xin'er sat outside the car and was with Yang Ming. At this point, three days had passed since their departure.

In order to hide people's eyes, Xin'er also changed into ordinary clothes, silky long black hair combed into a neat ponytail, a pink suit, tightly wrapped the body that had begun to develop, although she was only twelve years old, but her slightly upturned chest was already very tasteful, especially the slender waist that was not won by countless women. Xin'er sat in the middle like this, and the two teenagers were instantly covered by her invisible brilliance, like a beautiful lily, standing delicately among the green leaves.

"I heard that An Shice is an old man in his hundreds, how can he still be a woman like this?" Lin Dong shook his body, and there was a sour taste in his tone.

"It's not An Shice who likes Baimaoxiang, but his righteous daughter. Speaking of this, Xin'er's gaze pointed to Yang Ming, and suddenly, an indescribable light flashed, "Su Buying!"

As soon as this name came out, the male hormones in Yang Ming's body became inexplicably excited, after all, such a touching beauty, no one will forget it.

Perhaps sensing the slight change in Xin'er's eyes, Yang Ming quickly restrained the expression on his face, replaced it with an indifferent look, and said slowly: "It turns out that she is from Wuxian City, no wonder she has such a high status in the Martial Arts Academy." ”

In Yang Ming's memory, every time Su Buying appears, she is almost always hugging each other, like the stars holding the moon, it turns out that she has Wu Xiancheng as the backstage, plus her own strength of the second place on the celebrity list, background, strength, and peerless beauty of the country and the city, every item is impeccable.

"But she is from Wuxian City, why can she enter Jiang Guo's martial arts academy?" Yang Ming raised a new question, the martial arts academy of various countries is the military center of the country, and it is absolutely impossible for people from other countries to enter, and the people who enter the academy are strictly vetted, which is also to prevent spies from other countries from getting involved.

"That's because seven years ago, An Shice, the master of Wuxian City, helped Jiang Guo win the war with Rongguo, and after the war, An Shice refused my father's heavy reward, but made a request, that is, I hope that in the future, I can let my righteous daughter enter Jiang Guo's martial arts academy to cultivate, because of kindness, my father had to agree to An Shice's request. I really don't understand what An Shice wants to do, and Su Buying, a woman, is always mysterious, I always think they have some conspiracy?" Xin'er's tone was a little vigilant, even though An Shice had saved Jiang Guo, but obviously Xin'er still couldn't trust Wuxian City.

"Why are you so familiar with her, don't you know this? It just so happens that you go to Wuham City this time, you can also catch up with her. Xin'er's tone changed abruptly, and she said with some sarcasm, which made Yang Mingzhi feel a chill suddenly creeping up in his heart.

"I've only met her a few times and talked once, how do you know this?" Yang Ming knew that Xin'er was talking about the last lift assessment, Su Buying actually bet five thousand taels of silver on Yang Ming, betting that he would win. This matter has already spread in the academy, and many people are speculating about the relationship between Yang Ming and Su Buying.

This incident also made Yang Ming's reputation rise another notch in the academy, although it was a little peachy.

"I think Su Buying wants to take Yang Ming into her harem. I've heard that Su Buying has no less than 100 people in the male harem group in the academy. Lin Dong suddenly interjected, looking at Yang Ming playfully.

Although there is some sour taste in the words, there is no malice, this is the usual daily life of the three of them, you are sarcastic, I am teasing, just to alleviate the boredom and loneliness along the way, so that the tense nerves can temporarily rest.

With the crisp laughter of the teenagers, the carriage drove leisurely on the golden road, and a graceful shadow passed on the ground. However, they don't know that behind this seemingly harmonious picture, there is a murderous secret.

One fat and one thin two black shadows appeared in the forest beside the road, they were fast, as if they were wild monkeys in the mountains, suddenly, the two black shadows stopped on a luxuriant branch, through the cover of the leaves, one of them held two portraits in his hand, his eyes were greedy and cold pointed to the carriage driving on the road, like a beast-like tooth between the blood-red tongue of flesh, licking the air, said

"Hee-hee, I found two heads worth three thousand taels of silver. ”

The man's voice was very harsh, like the cold wind of winter, making the air tremble. And the two portraits that the man is holding in his hand at the moment, one of them is a thin middle-aged man, looking at it, it is the medicine wizard Yang Ming and the others escorted, Que Qing, and the other portrait is a young boy, take a closer look, it turned out to be Yang Ming himself.