Late at night the next day.

With Zheng Ergou's skills, he could easily blend out the towers of Blackwater City without attracting the attention of any border guards. He only carried the letter that He Yue and Qiao Xuebin wrote to Zhang Banlei last night. After walking out of the outer city gate, he relied on his memory, first circled the desert outside the gate twice, found the mark he left the day before yesterday in a group of sand dunes, followed it, walked for a while, and then circled east and west twice.

Not far away, there were several large tents, and the light from the campfires was not bright at night. Several horses were tied to each tent, and outside the first main tent, two people were sitting around a pot, drinking and cooking something. Zheng Ergou breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't get lost.

In the northern border area of the Qinshan Kingdom and the Underworld Kingdom, the barren desert stretches for more than ten miles, and it is unimaginably wide. This desert leads directly to a desert city in the country. Zheng Ergou observed carefully for a while. The figure moved, and like a ghost, it circled around the last tent at a great speed.

"Who are you!!" Zheng Ergou simply broke in directly, startling the people inside. He hurriedly made a small gesture and threw a piece of broken silver into the hand of the person who shouted. Glancing outside, fortunately there was no commotion, he opened the entrance to the tent and crept in.

There weren't many people inside, just two. When the two of them saw him come in, they stopped shouting, and both picked up the swords beside them in their hands. Zheng Ergou sat down and explained, "Two big brothers, you should know Brother Zhang Banlei, right?"

The face of the man who shouted at the beginning softened, "Know.... Wait, you were sent by the guy who asked Brother Zhang to buy mink fur?"

The two of them glanced at each other, and Zheng Ergou nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes, don't make a sound, two big brothers." My master sent me to discuss something privately with Brother Zhang. Don't let others know about it. ”

There were only three beds in the tent and a burning pot that smelled of meat. The two put down the weapons in their hands, and the shouting man saw that Zheng Ergou had been staring at the pot, and hurriedly said, "Brother, this meat is something we finally eat, don't fight its idea." Huh, do you want to drink the wine?" he handed over the gourd in his hand.

Zheng Ergou smiled, took a sip, it was very strong, almost choked him, and quickly handed it back. The man took a sip before continuing, "Brother Zhang has already told us about this. Two days ago he had taken a long detour to buy leather from that tribe. Damn, not enough money has cost us both of our savings. Say what can be sold for a big price. Did you have something to do with him? By the way, how did you come out? Also, my surname is Huang, his surname is Liu, and you ......."

"Brother Huang, Brother Liu. Listen to me first, okay. Zheng Ergou hurriedly stopped his chatterbox. This guy seems to be a talker. "Things have changed recently. You don't care how I got it together. The fact is that in the past few days, for some reason, the border control in Blackwater City has become stricter. I've heard that because of this, your entry has been delayed for a few more days. Is that the case?"

They looked puzzled and nodded, "After all, this barbarian mink leather is a relatively sensitive thing." The first batch of shipments has been strictly controlled by the imperial court. My young lady thinks that the style of the imperial court Shanggong design is not good-looking, so she wants to buy some raw materials and find someone to make them. But this is a sensitive commodity after all, and she is afraid that something will happen here at the border gate. She had a new plan, so I brought a letter to Brother Zhang. ”

Zheng Ergou looked around and asked suspiciously, "Isn't he with you?"

The man surnamed Liu said, "Brother Zhang hasn't come back yet. However, according to the time of his departure, if nothing goes wrong, he will be able to rush back early tomorrow morning at the latest. ”

"If you don't leave us the letter, we'll pass it on to him. ”

Zheng Ergou sighed, shook his head again, and said, "It's not proper, there are some things that my eldest lady specially asked me to discuss with him in person." ”

"Then brother, you can wait here for a while, maybe he may come back later. The chatter said, and then asked curiously, "Your young lady is really interesting." By the way, how do you know so much about the situation on our side?"

"I found your location once the other day, so I found you so easily today. Zheng Ergou confessed.

"Obediently, who are you? Those guards are so fierce to defend us, why do you want to come out?"

"Hey, I've done some light work since I was in elementary school, and it's not a problem to fly the eaves and walk the wall. Coming out late at night and early in the morning, it is not easy to get their attention. Nothing awesome. Zheng Ergou explained.

"My God, brother, you're amazing. If we also have your ability, where would we be locked up by the Stygian Kingdom for half a month, and then locked up by our own people for ten days. The man surnamed Huang patted him on the shoulder heavily and said enviously.

"Oh, it's too difficult for you to enter the customs, isn't it? Aren't you a caravan under the name of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"What's the use of that identity in the Underworld? The only thing that works is that our caravan is a member of the Northern Trade Alliance. This trade alliance encompasses the powerful caravans of many surrounding countries. Recognized by the imperial court of every country. There are rules between each other that all members of the alliance, no matter what time of day and during the war, must be allowed to pass through the major border gates. If it weren't for this identity, we probably wouldn't even be able to get out of the Hades Kingdom! But now the control on these two sides is too strict, and we wrote an application for customs clearance, and they let us stay at the border of the Hades for half a month, and they often come to check, for fear that we are spies. I finally got out of the country of Hades, and my home is also a bird. We've been stuck here for a week!"

The man surnamed Huang complained incessantly. Zheng Ergou finally found an opportunity to interject, "I have never heard of this alliance. That's really hard for you. You can't make a living in business. ”

The man surnamed Huang seemed to have found a confidant, and nodded again and again, "Damn, brother, what you said is so right." Let me tell you something about the country of Hades. He poured a sip of the wine from the gourd into his mouth, only to find that there was not much wine left. frowned, and shouted, "Lao Liu, is there still wine in the pot?"

"You've already drunk the! Get out of here and ask for the boss!"

"Okay! I'm going to come back with a tank this time. You said the boss is getting better and better lately... Little brother, in the past week, I can't eat a mouthful of meat, in this place. Boss, they have prepared a lot of good wine... Wait a minute......"

He lifted the tent and staggered out. The man surnamed Liu smiled helplessly, "This guy is like this!"

Zheng Ergou also smiled and nodded, "No one will come in, right?"

"No, it won't. Everyone is resting in the tent at this time. The guests stayed in another part of the area not far from us. Before the man surnamed Liu could finish speaking, he opened the tent again, came in with a vat of spirits, and laughed, "Comfortable! How the hell is the boss treating us so well like a living bodhisattva recently!

Take out three bowls and pour one bowl for one person. The broth in the pot is also cooked. After the two brothers had finished the bowl, they took out the broth and put it in the bowl and continued to eat. After eating a bowl, pour the wine again. As soon as the wine and meat touched his lips, the chatter began to tell the story.

“... When I was still trapped in the country of Hades. We submitted the application to the generals of the Underworld. Then they told us to find a place to rest everywhere, and the goods were placed in the storehouses of the castle towers, and only the horses could carry them. But every two days they had to sign the horses and check them. Listen to what people say! Ten days of hotel fares, so many fucking people, we have to pay for it ourselves! What kind of eyes do those bastards look at us? Disdainful and full of murderous spirit. I dare say that if we weren't from the Trade Alliance, they would have stabbed us in the neck a long time ago. But that's not the most excessive. ”

"We can't help it, twenty or so people. Half groom, half guest ......"

"Wait, big brother, I didn't mean to interrupt you. I'm a little curious, what are the identities of these guests?" Zheng Ergou couldn't help but ask.

The chatter glanced at him strangely, and patiently explained, "Brother, many people who go out to do business now will choose to hide their true identities and pretend to be civilians. And we don't have the right to intervene in the specific process of their business. Only the boss and a few talkative dudes know their true identities. It sounds weird, but that's what it is. When we received our guests at the border three months ago, they were dressed as civilians, so I don't know who they were. ”

Damn! Zheng Ergou scolded secretly in his heart. Those nobles of the Underworld took advantage of this!

"Listen to me continue. Do you know what's the most excesses? Because we have a clear difference in appearance from those barbarians, everyone who walks down the street knows that we are from Qinshan Country. eyes rolling, eager to slaughter us. In the process of looking for a hotel, do you know what to say about the most disgusting one? The untouchables and dogs of Qinshan Country are not allowed to enter, let's get out? Fuck, who the fuck has ever seen such a business? Half of the people wanted to smash the store directly. ”

"That's it, I haven't had a place to live. There are only two places that may accept us. One is a smoke house, you know what a smoke house is, right?"

Zheng Ergou nodded, he had heard of this kind of thing, not only a place to smoke big cigarettes, but also a large number of prostitution activities.

"The smoke house is okay. The other is the temple! And even the monks in the temple have a very cold attitude when they see us, and they are the worst to live and eat. Damn, those few days really have to doubt life. We had a dozen or so guests in a smoke house, and our own brothers had to stay in the temple. I really can't stand these ten days. Fuck, fuck the brute!"

"But now that I think about it, if someone enters the country through Xingyangcheng Pass in the past two months, it will be the most miserable. Because there are two large passes in the north that fall within the scope of the trade union treaty, one is the Heishui Pass and the other is the Xingyang Pass. If you go that way... We would have died in the chaos long ago. Listening to those rumors about the front line, it is terrifying. A small battle in three days, a big battle in five days. The corpses can be spread over the desert between the two countries for more than ten miles. ”

"When we were trapped in the country of Stygian, once a few of our brothers led a dozen horses to the pass for them to check. On that day we saw prisoners of war brought in from the front and escorted through the city to the underworld. They look just like us. Each one was unclothed, and there were whip marks after being tortured. The way they look at us. Alas... Do not say. It's like hoping we'll get through it, and it's like hoping we can... How to say it, it's more of a little, very tragic. ”

"After seeing this that day, we were really speechless. The attitude of the cavalry of the Underworld who escorted them made me feel sick, and the captured warriors walked over with their heads held high without fear on their faces. Although they may not come back. While the barbarian general was rough on us and on the horses, we were all thinking about the captured soldiers. What did those Stygian Creatures do to us? After we left the customs, after submitting the application to the Qin Shanguo, I thought that after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent people to several major customs to supervise the work of entering and exiting the customs, we would be able to enter quickly. I didn't expect to have to wait so long... Lao Liu, you told me a few days ago that you were a little disappointed. I feel the same way now. As a citizen of Qinshan Country, he was humiliated by this group of barbarians, and he couldn't even go back to his home. And our army soldiers ... I really don't want to say it....."

While talking, the two buddies bowled each other, and before they knew it, they had already drunk each other in half a jar of spirits. And Zheng Ergou saw that he had only drunk two bowls, and couldn't help blushing a little. After drinking, he spit out the truth, and the more the talkative brother spoke, the more moved he became, and the traveler was overflowing with sorrow. Hearing this, Zheng Ergou was also embarrassed.

"yes... We are the people of Qinshan Kingdom. We also endured such humiliation in the country of Hades... Why don't you let us go home!" the man surnamed Liu grumbled drunkenly and let out a long sigh.

"Two big brothers! Don't think so! There must be something wrong with the border pass. Absolutely no one doubted your loyalty. After all, it was a time when the war was severe, and it made sense for him to be strict in management. Believe in them, believe in our troops on the front line, believe in Qinshan Kingdom! This war will definitely be won, and those barbarian lands will eventually become our cities. Just wait, be patient, and do what you have to do for each other. What you should do is to wait for the notice from the border gate and then go home and bring the purchased materials back to Qinshan Kingdom. What is the need to be disappointed? You must continue to trust our country, everything you have done is also contributing to the Qinshan country! And in the end, you will definitely wait for the return! We will definitely usher in victory!" Zheng Ergou persuaded excitedly. Although he is an alien teenager, the most sincere emotions of the two can't help but move him. He couldn't watch the two brothers feel sorry for themselves. Everyone who loves his country deeply should not be let down.

"I know... I understand what you're saying. Who doesn't want our army to raze the cities of those dead barbarians to the ground ... I was just... Just whining, it's okay ... Belch... Just whining. Huang Huaxuan stood up, drank another bowl tremblingly, said with a smirk, and then fell down, and let out a earth-shattering snoring sound with the man surnamed Liu, who had already slept as a dead pig.

At this time, the tent was lifted again, "Damn... A smell of alcohol, you two are crazy! I'll go, you're ..... Hmm..."

Zhang Banlei is back. Another fuss master, Zheng Ergou was helpless, rushed behind him with a very fast body, covered his mouth, "Please don't shout!". Drag him to the center of the tent.