Chapter 7: Meeting
Xu Han has never been a selfless person, except when facing a few people.
The reason why he took the initiative to propose the vigil was not to consider the safety of everyone, but just the encounter in Senluo Hall and Chang'an, which made Xu Han realize a very simple, but also very profound truth.
In this world, many times, only you are worthy of trust.
He looked at the bonfire, stunned, Xuan'er squatted on his lap, glanced at him, felt a little bored, then rolled up, squinted and dozed.
This is a long-term mode of getting along with one person and one cat, simple, quiet and warm to each other.
Zhen Yue's arrival undoubtedly broke this peace.
The boy raised his head, and Xuan'er's amber eyes widened.
The bewitching woman did not shy away from men and women at all, and sat straight next to Xu Han, and the faint fragrance blew to the tip of Xu Han's nose with the night breeze. Xu Han's face was as usual, but he looked at the woman's gaze with some doubts, and the black cat sneezed, as if he was a little displeased.
"Your name is Xu Han?" The woman looked at Xu Han, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and I have to say that it was a very attractive smile.
"Hmm. Xu Han nodded, but he didn't have the heart to appreciate the beautiful scenery in front of him.
"That Xu Han, who is rumored to have died in half a year?" the woman asked again.
Half a year ago, there was a civil strife in Chang'an, although Mr. Lu and others had hunted down Xu Han in Chang'an after that, but the arrival of that man caused time to stagnate, so in the eyes of everyone, it should be Xu Han's divine soldiers who fell from the sky to kill the black robe, and the next moment Xu Han and the black robe all disappeared, and Qin Keqing, that is, the current empress Yuwen Nanjing, obtained all the dragon energy.
Therefore, after searching for no results, they issued an obituary, saying that Xu Han, the owner of Tiance Mansion, sacrificed his life for the country, and even prepared a very grand funeral for it. This is also the reason why Xu Han is outspoken about his real name.
It's just that Xu Han didn't expect that Zhen Yue would suddenly ask such a question.
"Since he is dead, how can he be alive?" But soon Xu Han shook his head and responded lightly, without revealing any discoloration or hesitation during the whole process.
After Zhen Yue asked this question again, she kept looking at Xu Han directly, trying to see some clues from the young man's face.
Of course, she had never seen the young mansion master of Tiance Mansion, but she had heard of it somewhat, such as her young age, such as the black cat on her shoulder. That's why it's at this point.
Of course, she didn't get the results she expected, and she didn't care about it.
However, Xu Han seemed to be a little dissatisfied with her temptation, and his brows furrowed slightly. Zhen Yue simply stopped this topic and said straight to the point: "I have a faint feeling that the banditry in Antler Plains is not simple. ”
But the topic still didn't seem to arouse the boy's interest, and he lowered his head and combed the black cat in his arms.
Of course, Zhen Yue, who has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, will not be annoyed by this, she continued to smile and said: "We can be regarded as grasshoppers on the same rope now, and it is good for everyone to help each other, isn't it?"
"And then?" asked the boy without looking up.
"I'd like to know what you think of the bandits, and we'll give you the information we know. Zhen Yue tried her best to make her words sound sincere enough, although she didn't want to admit it, she did feel great pressure because of the young man's salty and non-salty attitude.
And although the young man raised his head after hearing this, he just looked at her with his cold gaze, and did not say anything.
Zhen Yue was slightly stunned, but soon came back to her senses.
She sank her gaze and said again: "Actually, we don't know much, and even after you asked, we learned that it was also a person from the Senluo Palace..."
Zhen Yue saw that after saying this, the other party still didn't mean to respond, she gritted her teeth, and said: "We had some contacts with Senluo Hall before, and we were responsible for contacting various caravans to transport goods to Great Xia, and the reason why I think those bandits are extremely difficult is because these caravans that have been intercepted and killed seem to have helped us transport those goods..."
"What goods?" This time, before Zhen Yue's words were finished, he was interrupted by Xu Hansheng.
"Huh?" Zhen Yue was stunned again, she didn't understand that Xu Han would ask such a question, but for some reason she still subconsciously responded: "I can't say it, it seems to be a kind of elixir, the color is purple, I can't tell what it is." ”
"Zidan?" Xu Han's brows furrowed even deeper, and he asked again, "So there are also in this cargo?"
"I don't know about this, we lost contact with Senluo Hall a few days ago, but Boss Gan did often do this kind of business in the past. Zhen Yue said, but he still didn't understand what this pill had to do with those robbers.
But Xu Han obviously didn't have the heart to explain to her, he stood up at that time and gently put the black cat on his lap on his shoulder.
Then he took a step and walked straight to the carriage parked aside, and before Zhen Yue could figure out what he meant, he saw one of Xu Han's hands suddenly stretched out from that time, and lifted the wooden box placed in the carriage to carry the goods.
This action naturally caused a lot of noise, and everyone around was awakened one after another, and raised their eyes to look here.
But Xu Han didn't care, he overturned the wooden box to the ground with one foot, and the goods inside were suddenly poured out, all of which were silk specialties of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"Brother Xu, who are you?" Holding two bags of dog-headed gold tightly and going to the tenth room again, the concubine Gan Boss was also awakened at that time, he hurriedly stepped forward and walked to Xu Han's side, and asked anxiously.
Boss Gan was not stupid, he realized from the attitude of the adult and Zhen Yue towards Xu Han that this young man was not as unbearable as he looked, and he was also surprised to see him move so strangely at this moment, but he didn't dare to scold, for fear of angering the other party.
But Xu Han didn't seem to hear his inquiry, and when he saw that there was nothing else in the box of goods, he walked to another carriage and did the same.
In just a few dozen breaths, he pushed all the goods on the four wagons to the ground, but still found nothing.
Boss Gan saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, but he didn't dare to be angry, so he could only walk quickly to Zhen Yue's side and said anxiously: "Miss Zhen, what is Brother Xu doing? Isn't it enough to apologize?"
With Boss Gan's coppery mind, how could he understand Xu Han's intentions.
Although Zhen Yue couldn't figure out Xu Han's mind for a while, she also knew that the other party should not deliberately retaliate because of Boss Gan's contempt before, so she said with calm eyes: "Wait." ”
Of course, the words "wait" are light, but at the very beginning of the conversation, the goods on two more carriages were overturned and scattered to the ground.
Such a scene, Boss Gan saw it in his eyes and hurt in his heart.
And just when Xu Han overturned the seventh carriage, this time, what was spilled was a box full of rice grain.
Great Xia is not as good as the Great Zhou of the number of disasters, Li Yulin, the emperor of Great Xia in these years, can be described as a martial arts, Great Xia is also abundant, the supply of rice and grain exceeds demand, the price is much worse than that of Great Zhou, if the grain from Great Xia to Great Zhou can still make a difference, and from Great Zhou to Great Xia, it is obviously not a reasonable thing.
Of course, Xu Han also understood this, so he walked quickly to the wooden box, stretched out his hand and knocked on the wooden box, and the sound he made was obviously a little hollow.
"This!" A look of panic suddenly appeared on Boss Gan's face, but before he could say this, Xu Han's hand stretched out again, and without using the slightest bit of true yuan, Shengsheng blasted the bottom of the wooden box open with his arm.
At this time, everyone discovered that there was still a hidden compartment at the bottom of the wooden box, and as it was broken by Xu Han, a purple pill the size of an abacus bead in the dark compartment was also sprinkled out at that time.
Xu Han picked up one of the purple pills at that time and put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it.
"Demon pill. Then those two words came out of his mouth.
These are two extremely unfamiliar words to everyone present, whether it is Zhen Yue and his party who are in charge of the intermediary contact or Boss Gan and others who are in charge of transportation, they have never known what this thing is.
And Xu Han didn't have the meaning of explanation, but stood in place at that time, frowning, but he didn't notice that Xuan'er on his shoulder jumped down after smelling the smell of the elixir, squatting next to the dark compartment of the wooden box and eating the demon pill one bite at a time.
Although Xu Han has been alone most of the time in the past six months, he and Su Mu'an, Ning Zhumang, and Chu Qiuli often pass on news, and he also knows a lot of things.
For example, what is the half-demon, such as the movement of the supreme real person in the Taiyin Palace, and who is the black robe who stirred up trouble in Chang'an that day.
Half-demon, dragon qi, demon pill, supreme real person, Taiyin Palace, caravan, banditry.
The words kept echoing in his mind, and his brow furrowed deeper and deeper. Suddenly, his body shook, and something that had been bothering him for a long time suddenly became clear.
He walked over to the man's carriage and looked up at it.
"What do you want?" asked Xu Han.
There was no noise in the carriage, and it seemed that it was constantly responding to Xu Han.
"Kill those bandits, or just want to find out where they came from?" But Xu Han didn't care, and continued to say to himself.
This time, the voice of the man in the carriage rang out: "Is there a difference?"
"Naturally. ”
"If it is the former, I will not accompany this transaction. ”
"And if it's the latter..."Xu Han said this, deliberately stopped.
"How?" asked the man in the carriage.
"Then I already know the answer. The corners of Xu Han's mouth raised slightly at that time.
"Well, who is it?" the man's voice suddenly became a little urgent.
"What answer do I want?" Xu Han asked rhetorically.
As a result, there was silence in the carriage again.
It wasn't until more than ten breaths later that the man spoke again: "If you want to ask about the person named Liu Sheng in the Gu Forest of Shangyun City in Qingzhou seven years ago..."
For some reason, Xu Han smelled a different smell from the man's voice, and he stared at the carriage with wide eyes.
At that time, the curtain of the carriage was slowly opened, the firelight of the camp and the starlight in the sky shone into the dark carriage, and the appearance of the person gradually appeared in Xu Han's eyes.
At the same time as seeing the person's appearance clearly, Xu Han's body shook, his pupils dilated suddenly, and a look of horror rose to his eyebrows.
And the man's voice also sounded slowly at that time: "I think he should be alive." ”