Chapter 1159: Bodyguard
The rain nourishes the green willow town, the town's stone slabs and moss are wet, the sun is rising, the air is clear, this is a sunny day, it is suitable for travel, it is suitable for visiting relatives and friends.
In the Tongliao Inn, Zhang Weidong saw the scenery outside the wall through the empty window, the streets and pedestrians, and the scattered layers of buildings. There is also the fragrance of the land, which makes people feel refreshed. On the side, Xu Qing was feeding Xiao Yueyue and Xiao Zhang Hui, but the dog was making trouble on the side, and Xiao Yueyue was also restless to eat, and wanted to play with Brother Goudan.
"It's a nice day!"
In the front yard, Zhao Erbao, Zhao Tiedan, Zhao Gongjian father and son, and a group of teenagers and girls were preparing carriages and horses, loading goods, grain and grass on the carriage, which was ready to set off.
Zhang Weidong didn't expect that the rain would make everyone stay in the 'Tongliao Inn' for three days. For three days, I stayed at home, but I ate and slept well, and everyone recovered. However, in the past three days, Zhang Weidong has always required everyone to practice martial arts, since he can't go out, he will practice martial arts in the room.
Others are practicing martial arts and literacy, and Zhang Weidong is not idle.
On the first day, the three business bosses of 'Big Head Wu' Wu, Feng Gao, and Yu Qiuxia came to visit, not only bringing the consultation fee and medicine fees, but also bringing a lot of medicine powder that has been processed, with high quality and complete variety. These medicinal materials were requested by Zhang Weidong, so that they deducted the cost from the consultation fee and medicine fee, and were mainly used to configure antidotes with snake gall bladder, which can cure all kinds of poisons.
The next day, a deputy general manager of the Anyuan Dart Bureau and Wang Hai, the head of the dart, visited again, thanked him again, and finally left the consultation fee and medicine fee. At the same time, Zhang Weidong and An Yuan Dart Bureau and others reached a bodyguard task. A big business worth hundreds of gold.
On the third day, Boss Chen, accompanied by Jiang Long, the chief of the guard, finally came to the door with a gift. There was a lot of movement. The inn's shopkeeper is always accompanied. Not only that, but Wu, Feng, and Yu are the three small business owners. The head of the Anyuan Dart Bureau also arrived.
This is not that Zhang Weidong has a lot of face, but that Zhang Weidong has configured a batch of precious snake medicines, which are rare on the market. They came to divide up the snake medicine. In order to be convinced, these people also brought a well-known doctor from Greenwillow Town to defend the medicine, a snake medicine, the price ranged from 30 silver coins to 5 gold coins, and after some fierce bargaining, it was cut in half.
Even so, Zhang Weidong made a lot of money. These people left behind more than four hundred gold coins, some of which had purchased elixirs for backup.
After the supply was completed, Zhang's group was about to leave Greenwillow Town. Not only Anyuan Dart Bureau, but also Zheng Wu Dart Bureau, a total of 100 dart masters accompanied him, and the dart head of Anyuan Dart Bureau was an old acquaintance Wang Hai, who volunteered to escort him. In the agreement, the two dart bureaus will escort Zhang Weidong and his party to Jingyang County in the Great Qin State.
This had to cross more than 20 counties of Qi and Great Qin, and lasted at least ten months. And the road is not smooth.
These dart masters are strong and strong. The swords were carried with him, and the evil spirit was rampant, so that some Xiaoxiao did not dare to approach easily.
At this time, in front of the Tongliao Inn, two groups of hundreds of people gathered. Two dart flags, one 'Anyuan' and one 'Zheng Wu'. Embattled. After a while, Xu Qing and others went downstairs one after another. A group of women, children, and children.
"Darthead, are these old and weak women and children our employers? I don't know what it is?" a dart master from the Zheng Wu Dart Bureau looked at the direction of the front yard, a little puzzled. In his eyes, these people are just a small wealthy family, and their clothes and manners are not luxurious and atmospheric.
There are 50 people from the Zheng Wu Dart Bureau, which can be regarded as a big business, so the dart heads and deputy dart heads sent are all martial artists. And the dart head is called Chen Hu, in his thirties, his face is white, giving people a gloomy feeling.
Chen Dart glanced at the people of the Anyuan Dart Bureau on the side, and said: "Don't worry about that heart! Whoever gives the reward, our Zheng Wu Dart Bureau will take whom's dart, and we don't ask about the source, only ask the destination, this is the rule." β
"Ha, isn't this curious? It is said that the employer of this dart is a well-known doctor who is good at dispensing snake medicine, and has even reached a deal of several hundred gold coins with several companies.
"A few hundred gold coins?
"Don't believe it, let me tell you, this escort is going to Jingyang County of the Great Qin Kingdom, you calculate, how big a business is this? At least this amount!"
"This doctor is so profitable, I knew it was like this, and I also studied medicine!"
"You study medicine? haha, there's one more butcher in the worldβ"
"Haha!"
Chen Darttou saw that his subordinates were not talking like words, so he said: "Shut up for me, if you don't want to go, I'll change someone!"
Substitutions? This dart is a fat difference. No one wanted to be replaced, so they smacked their lips and stopped talking. But the hard work stirred up by the gold coin was difficult to calm down for a while.
Not to mention that the dart masters of the Zheng Wu Dart Bureau were uneasy, even the people of the Anyuan Dart Bureau were also curious, and they talked in low voices to find out the truth of the matter. Paper can't hold the fire, and such a large transaction can't hide anyone.
However, half of the 50 people in the Anyuan Dart Bureau experienced the snake disaster, and they were lucky to save their lives, and they were grateful to Zhang Weidong.
Money is a lot of money, and it's enough to make many people take risks.
Wang Hai listened to the conversation of his subordinates and was a little worried. This trip is not easy!
"Hey, isn't this Boss Chen's chief of guard, Jiang Long?"
In another moment, the team finally set off.
The energetic dart masters were solemn, accompanying them left and right, only a few horses were left to take the lead, but there were nearly thirty carriages in the middle, most of which were supplies of daily necessities, grain and grass, and goods. In addition to women and young children, sixteen young girls walked with spears on their backs to exercise their endurance and perseverance.
Zhao Erbao, Zhao Tiedan, Zhao Bow and Arrow, Zhao Falcon, and Zhao Hound five people rode horses, only protecting about two vans, and Zhang Weidong played the role of a groom. took off his fancy clothes, and wore an ordinary cotton robe and a small hat. Leaning against the frame of a carriage in front of him, but he didn't have a whip in his hand. Rather, it is a copper wine jug with a pointed spout, unpretentious.
He took a small sip occasionally.
However, the wine in this jug is not very tasty, but has a strong bitter taste. This is a medicinal wine, but it is much stronger than ordinary medicinal wine. Ginseng, deer antler, wolfberry and other herbs are just the most common, and there are some other more valuable elixirs. This medicinal wine is mainly used to tonify the body, and it is a big tonic and a special tonic. Except for Zhang Weidong, I'm afraid ordinary martial artists can't drink it.
This is a recipe that Zhang Weidong came up with to nourish the deficit left by the body's self-healing. Nothing is better than nothing.
His injuries were too severe, and although he didn't die by luck, he was fundamentally injured. The Yuan Extreme Realm Great Cultivator's full strength of the spiritual weapon is not easy to catch, although the wound is no longer visible on the chest, but the wound is inside, in the dantian, in the soul, and now the destructive True Yuan is and Zhang Weidong's own strength is consuming each other, and this consumes Zhang Weidong's vitality.
The procession passed by a courtyard on the side of the street, and someone whispered, "Isn't this Dr. Liu's mansion? Why was it sealed by the government? What happened?"
The small plaque of 'Liu Mansion' was shattered into several pieces. Thrown to the base of the wall, the gate was sealed, and there were some traces of swords on it. And in front of the door, on the steps sat two officers with knives.
"Which Doctor Liu?"
"Which one else? Jiang Long, Jiang Guard's colleague. The one who lives under Boss Chen together!"
"I heard that the night before yesterday, Liu's house was robbed. The thief is ruthless, and the robbery cannot be successful. He also injured people, and Dr. Liu was unlucky. He was kidnapped by thieves, and he put down his words, and if he didn't pay the ransom, he would tear up the ticket! His whereabouts are still unknown, and I am afraid that there will be less luck. Hey, a good family was torn apart, and Dr. Liu's wife and concubine moved out of Liu's mansion with their belongings-"
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The whispered conversation of the dart masters could not hide from Zhang Weidong.
However, he only glanced at it in surprise, and then stopped paying attention.
There has never been a shortage of vendettas, kidnappings and ransom in this world, it happens every day, but some people are unlucky and some people are lucky.
The team went out of the territory of Green Willow Town, and although they encountered one or two suspicious people, there were many strong people in the team, and everything went well. Stop-and-go, occasional supplies along the way, for eight or nine days, it has been hundreds of miles away.
Last night, the team rested in a broken temple, and there were other pedestrians in the temple, including mothers and sons, porters, small teams, lone people, old and young, men and women, more than 20 people, who did not seem to be a threat. Those pedestrians saw that Zhang's team was growing, and this morning, they asked for protection, and did not hesitate to send a little money, but as a result, Chen Hu and Wang Hai decisively refused.
In the morning, after burying the pot and feeding the mules and horses, the party set out again, but the men followed not far behind, refusing to leave.
Wang Hai came over to ask for instructions, and Zhang Weidong said: "You are experienced, just look at it, I have no opinion." β
"Doctor Zhang, these people have clean hands and feet, they don't look like people who practice martial arts, but just in case, let them stay at least a mile away from the convoy, even if the convoy is repaired, they are not allowed to approach. Wang Hai thought for a while and said.
"So be it. Zhang Weidong said.
"By the way, Doctor Zhang, there is a dangerous place ahead, the Black Stone Stream, in the past, there were occasional bandits ambushing here, robbing passing merchants, just because they were ambushed on the cliff and threatened with falling rocks, so most merchants would choose to leave some goods or money, so they could pass the customs smoothly. I asked people to explore the way, even if there are really bandits in ambush, Dr. Zhang doesn't need to panic, we will deal with it. Wang Hai said again.
Zhang Weidong looked up and looked into the distance, there were many shadows, there seemed to be peaks and mountains, but he couldn't see it clearly.
"If you really want to use tolls, as long as it's not too much, you can agree, and you should be careful. Zhang Weidong admonished.
"Rest assured, Dr. Zhang!"
Wangshan ran a dead horse.
The black stone stream that Wang Hai said seemed to be not far, but it took more than three hours. The black stone stream is located in a mountain, with a deep stream and ravine on one side and a high cliff on the other, and the road is opened up on the cliff. It is said that the black stone stream is several miles long, and after that, it has to go up dozens of miles in the mountains to get out of the mountain smoothly. The mountains and forests are dense, it is easy to hide, and many bandits and thieves like to rob here. Although the government has cleared many times, the bandits and bandits have suffered heavy losses, and the remaining adventures may survive by diving into the mountains and forests, so there will still be people who take risks.
The convoy stopped in front of it, and then sent a wagon, and several dart masters dressed up outposts to explore the way.
About half an hour later, the carriage returned, and everything was fine.
"Set up camp on the spot and stay overnight, but don't light a fire!" Set off tomorrow morning!" Wang Hai, Chen Hu and Zhang Weidong discussed, and it seemed safe to enter the mountain stream at night, but it was not wise, mainly because there were oil bottles in Zhang's convoy. (To be continued.) )