Under the leadership of Yin Ying, Long Yuan came to the small dilapidated house where the old liar lived temporarily in Liting City, but there was no trace of the old liar, so the two of them asked the old liar's neighbors about the old liar.

"You say the old liar!" Hearing that Long Yuan was asking about the old liar, the old liar's neighbor said with a little schadenfreude: "He seems to have offended a certain big man a few days ago, and now he is estimated to have run to which city to flee for his life." ”

After speaking, he also pouted at the old liar's house, "Ah, I haven't had time to clean up the broken copper and iron in a house, and it looks like I won't be back in a short time." ”

"Then do you know where he went?" Long Yuan asked a little unwillingly.

"Huh. The old liar's neighbor sneered, and looked at Long Yuan with idiotic eyes, "This son is really good at laughing, he is going to run for his life and not go on a blind date, how can he tell me!"

Long Yuan was also a little embarrassed when he heard the teasing meaning in the words of the old liar neighbor. He was also concerned about it, and forgot about it for a while.

"My lord, what should we do now?" After saying goodbye to the old liar neighbor, Yin Ying said to Long Yuan.

"Go to his room and see if there are any clues. Although he knew that it was unlikely, Long Yuan still held on to a glimmer of hope.

After tinkering in the old liar's broken house for more than an hour, Long Yuan also deliberately used his mediation to create things, but unfortunately he still found nothing.

"Nothing of value. Yin Ying glanced at the parchment roll in his hand dissatisfied, and was about to throw it aside.

"Wait a minute!" Long Yuan stopped Yin Ying's movements, pointed to the sheepskin scroll in Yin Ying's hand and said, "Bring it over and show me." ”

Long Yuan spread out the parchment scroll and carefully checked the contents on it, as time passed, the flickering light in Long Yuan's eyes became more and more intense, looking at Long Yuan's appearance, Yin Ying also leaned forward curiously.

"What is this painting!" Yin Ying asked Long Yuan with a slight frown, and asked Long Yuan with puzzlement.

I saw that on the parchment roll, many crooked black lines were drawn with a brush, these lines were deep and shallow, thick and thin, long and short, and there were small characters and arrows written next to each line, and Long Yuan also found the name of Liting City at the top of a thick line.

Long Yuan was like a treasure, and his gaze was reluctant to move away from the sheepskin scroll and said: "This is the waterway map of the Dongling Continent. ”

"Aqueduct map, is it valuable?" Yin Ying stared at the parchment scroll in Long Yuan's hand with bright eyes.

Yin Ying's expression made Long Yuan's head full of black lines, he found that Yin Ying was actually a money fan, and he opened and closed his mouth with money, but Long Yuan also expressed his understanding of this, and said in his heart: I don't know how much human life is worth in his heart?

"It's a priceless treasure for runners, if you release news, it's worth this amount!" Long Yuan stretched out a finger and shook it in front of Yin Ying's eyes.

"Ten taels?"

Long Yuan shook his head.

"One hundred taels!" Yin Ying screamed.

Long Yuan shook his head again, then looked at Yin Ying with disdain and said, "One thousand taels of gold." ”

"What, a thousand taels of gold!"

Yin Ying was a cat that had been stepped on by his tail and jumped to his feet, as if he felt that his voice was a little loud, and hurriedly covered his mouth with both hands.

His throat was dry, and he kept grunting and saliva, and he was reluctant to take his eyes off the parchment.

"Let me touch, let me touch. Excitedly, he grabbed the parchment roll, wiped the parchment roll with his palms with starry eyes, and said stupidly: "Is this what it feels like to have a thousand taels of gold? ”

Yin Ying's demented appearance made Long Yuan couldn't help but rub his temples, "Wipe your saliva quickly, it's all flowing out!"

"Let's go, let's go back!" Seeing that Yin Ying had returned to normal, Long Yuan took back the parchment scroll from Yin Ying, who was reluctant to give up.

Along the way, Yin Ying chattered endlessly, at first Long Yuan was willing to talk to him, but in the end, Long Yuan was annoyed and stopped paying attention to him, seeing that Long Yuan no longer talked, Yin Ying actually talked to Long Yuan.

Under the bombardment against Yin Ying, Long Yuan finally returned to the inn where the caravan was resting, and Long Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he stood outside the inn door.

"Steward Dragon, you're back. Seeing Long Yuan coming in, Lao Zhang, who was on duty, greeted him, and when he saw Yin Ying following Long Yuan, his expression froze, "Why are you?"

It is not difficult to see from Lao Zhang's tone that he knows Yin Ying, Long Yuan thought: Could it be that Yin Ying also did something to Lao Zhang!

"Why can't it be me!" Yin Ying replied with an unhappy expression.

"You little thief, pay back the money you stole from me last time. Lao Zhang took out his cigarette stick and pointed at Yin Ying, blew his beard and glared.

Yin Ying is also a master who is not afraid of things, and shouted to Lao Zhang with a stalk of his neck: "Why should I return the money I stole with my ability?"

"You kid is looking for a fight!"

"Come on, come on!"

Seeing that the smell of gunpowder between the two of them was getting stronger and stronger, Long Yuan had to stand up and stop it, "You two don't say a word." ”

"Yin Ying, you go to the house first, I have something to talk to Lao Zhang. Long Yuan said to Yin Ying.

"Humph!"

Yin Ying tilted his head like a winning rooster, leaving a back of his head for Lao Zhang, and the angry Lao Zhang gritted his teeth and stomped his feet.

"Okay, Lao Zhang, Yin Ying is still a child, don't be like him. Long Yuan comforted Lao Zhang with a faint smile.

"Steward Long, it seems that you are not very old, it is not good to talk so old-fashioned. Lao Zhang said jokingly, in exchange for a burst of Long Yuan's eyes.

"By the way, what do you want to tell me?" said after the teasing, Lao Zhang Zhengse said.

Long Yuan leaned against the carriage and said with a very leisurely and lazy expression: "What are your plans for the next trip, I want to hear it." ”

Lao Zhang lit a pot of cigarettes for himself again, looked at the rising white smoke, he pondered for a moment and said: "Starting from Liting City and going all the way east, you can reach the junction of Beisha Province and Lanshi Province in about a month, and there are a few places to copy the path on the way, so that you can go up for a few days."

However, I have never been out of Beisha Province, so I don't know much about Lanshi Province, so I suggest that we keep following the official road until we enter the first city of Lanshi Province, and we can buy a map for reference. ”

If he didn't get the waterway map, Long Yuan would definitely agree with Lao Zhang's plan, because before developing the trade route of his own caravan, it was safest to take the official road, although he would make a detour through many unnecessary cities, but this was also what every caravan must experience in developing the road.

For a runner, developing a trade route of their own is tantamount to a financial route, and the runner will regard the trade route as more important than life, unless it is absolutely necessary, otherwise they will not share their trade route with others.

"Lao Zhang, have you ever thought about taking the waterway?" After listening to Lao Zhang's plan, Long Yuan neither agreed nor objected, but asked rhetorically.

"Waterway?" Lao Zhang stopped the cigarette stick in his hand and looked at Long Yuan suspiciously, he didn't quite understand what Long Yuan meant, "I often hear the runners in the south say that taking the waterway is indeed much more convenient than the land and waterway, but we don't have a waterway map, and we are likely to lose our way if we go with the flow." ”

Lao Zhang shook his head, he didn't quite agree with Long Yuan's proposal.

"Who said we don't have a waterway map?" Long Yuan smiled mysteriously, took out the parchment scroll he found from the old liar's house from his arms, and spread it out in front of Lao Zhang, "Look, what is this!"

"Waterway map!"

Lao Zhang fixed his eyes, his head was smart, and he screamed silently.