Different from the bustle downstairs, the private room on the second floor seems to be much more deserted, and the waiter who leads the way is a collector's girl named Laze.

Raze led us into the private room, poured water and said, "The merchants who come and go are not all rough people from the mountains. Our private rooms here are all elegant residences looking at the water and the moon. You see, the meal hasn't arrived yet, and most of it has already been packed. ”

"You guys reminds me of a movie."

Raze asked, "What movie?" ”

"Dragon Gate Inn."

Raze smiled and said, "You're really good at laughing." ”

As soon as Laze left, Xu Yaxian said: "Why are there still child laborers here, the little waiter just now looks like he is not yet fifteen years old." ”

I took a sip of fragrant tea and said: "People may come to work-study, you see in the depths of this mountain, it is not easy for poor children to make money, these mountain dolls have learned addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to come out to help their parents set up stalls to make money, nothing unusual." ”

Xu Yaxian couldn't understand this, Ren Yonghai waved his hand: "You two don't argue, in fact, it's not bad here, a little farther away, it is not populated all year round, and the aborigines there can't even read big characters." So what, it's not like a lifetime has passed. I heard that there was still a master of Tusi in charge of the local family, and the common people lived a hard life before liberation. ”

As soon as Xu Yaxian heard this, she came up again with reluctance, and said that she wanted to "study" academic issues well, as long as this girl fought over the question of who was right and who was wrong, it was like taking rat medicine, and she had to quarrel so much that she couldn't persuade her. I had no choice but to push open the door of the private room and go out to breathe.

I crouched in the corner at one end of the aisle, pondering my next steps and so on. When I went ashore, I inquired, this is a multi-ethnic mixed water village, and the public facilities basically retain the self-reliance and self-sufficiency of local residents.

Just thinking about it, the bamboo building under his feet suddenly began to shake rhythmically, and soon, the sound of Laze came along with the footsteps of climbing the building.

I said in my heart that this little girl can do it, the work of a cigarette has actually brought people? Hurriedly extinguished the cigarette butt and prepared to stand up from the corner.

At this time, Xu Yaxian and Ren Yonghai seemed to have finished their "research", each occupying a corner, and no one answered anyone. I had to play a round and tell them that Raze had returned.

As I was talking, the door of the private room was pushed open from the outside, and Ra Ze poked her head in with a grin, and I waved at her, and Ra immediately ran in: "Hehe." ”

"What about people?"

"Old man Guo's joke is not over yet, I called Uncle Ciwang, he has much more knowledge than Old Man Guo."

"Who's Ciwang?"

"I haven't even heard of Uncle Ciwang's name, but at first glance, it looks like a dumpling from the city. He is the big hero of the original horse gang, and the most famous horse pot head in Shizhai Jiugou. As long as it is a deal that Uncle Wang takes, there is nothing that can't be delivered, and even the ghost burial ridge has been there! ”

Ma Guotou is the honorific name of the leader of the horse gang. Eating and watching the pot, the person known as the pot head is the general leader of the horse gang, and all actions must be commanded by him. Before liberation, the transportation facilities were backward, and many roads were impassable for ordinary people. In many places, food and clothing are all transported by horse gangs.

The most famous ancient tea horse road in history is the road that relies on horses to help children walk inch by inch with horses' hooves and feet.

"Uncle Ciwang is also from the caravan?"

"It's already the ex's." Dunzhu frowned, and also felt that this matter was not done properly, but Old Man Guo's business has not stopped, and we can't force him to leave. So, Dondrup nodded at me and said, "It's okay to ask first." ”

Then he coughed and said to Raze: "Little girl, don't think I don't know, this time Wang is your relative, and you are quite good at this abacus." ”

"Hehe, the fertilizer water doesn't flow into the fields of outsiders."

"Hahaha, this little girl, ghostly."

"You're going into the mountains, aren't you?" Raze asked suddenly.

I looked at Ren Yonghai in surprise, then at Dunzhu, and said with a smile: "How do you know?" ”

"Generally, people who ask Old Man Guo about things have to go into the mountains."

"Really? Has someone been here before? ”

La Ze said with a smile: "Yes, there are quite a few, but ordinary people in Heiyun Village can't enter, and there are many wolves on the mountain at this time." There are few of you, it's too dangerous. ”

"Do you know the road?"

"I don't know, but even a good guide wouldn't joke with the lives of his guests for money."

Dunzhu agreed with him: "You haven't seen the beasts here, you don't know how powerful. Many experienced hunters have perished in the mountains outside. ”

"Can the caravan get in?"

Raze knew that Dunzhu belonged to the caravan, and said with a smile: "Of course the caravan can go in, but when they go in, they can only be watched, and they can't walk around." ”

"Really?" I looked at Dunzhu.

Dunzhu shrugged his shoulders and said, "She's right. ”

"And what if we don't follow the rules?"

"You may die a miserable death, but maybe, Heiyun Village is not as terrible as you imagined, and the people there are not all fierce and vicious." Raze said, "Well, if Uncle Ciwang leads the team, maybe it can." ”

Hearing her say this, I was interested in this Ciwang, "Why can you lead the team with Uncle Ciwang?" You're not going to bluff me, are you? ”

"Why don't you people believe what I say, Uncle Ciwang really entered Heiyun Village back then, and he was not discovered by the people in the village, and he was unscathed when he came out, I know all this."

Dunzhu said disdainfully: "Don't listen to her nonsense, no one can enter the forbidden land of Heiyun Village without being discovered, it is impossible to retreat with his whole body, the mountains are full of beasts and traps, and it is impossible for him to do it alone." ”

Although Dunzhu insisted that Raze's words were not to be believed, I felt that it was not too much to go over and say hello. As for whether they can take us in, not necessarily, it is better to know one more friend.

So he asked Raze to inform him first, and said that someone was going to disturb Uncle Ciwang's Yaxing.

"The most annoying thing for you fake politeness!" Not long after pulling in the room, I heard the sound of thunder in the private room next door, and then there was a "bang", and our door opened.

The strong man like Tiefutu laughed and broke in, pointed at Dunzhu and scolded with a smile: "You bastard boy, people have been hiding next door for so long, you don't know how to put a fart, and you still have me in your eyes." ”

"Uncle Ciwang is talking about business, who dares to whisker in front of the tiger. Come, let me introduce, these two are a business that the younger brother just received, you have to sell me a thin noodle this time to help them. ”

"Dunzhu's friend is my Ciwang's friend, don't worry, I'll take care of this matter. What are you looking for......"

"I'm more anxious than a cat scratching my heart. Please be sure to help the old pot head, and add three percent after the matter is completed. It's best to be able to leave tonight. ”

Dunzhu pretended to cough, then walked up to Uncle Ciwang and said, "Uncle Ciwang, this matter is not big, it is not small, you see if you can do it, if it is convenient, this business will be handed over to you." ”

Uncle Ciwang looked at Dunzhu and asked, "Where are you going, if I take you for a ride, it won't hurt?" ”

"I just wanted to go to Heiyun Village, and no one would lead the team. If Uncle Ciwang is willing to show us the way, it will be the best. ”

"Oh? Black Cloud Village. Uncle Ciwang laughed, "What kind of place are you going to be there, travel?!" ”

"It's a lie to say that tourism, and no one can believe it." I laughed, "I won't tell you anything, we encountered a strange thing on the way here. ”

"Strange things?"

"Yes, weird, weird, weird."

Uncle Ciwang's banner is the "Iron Horse Gang" left over from the former Qing Dynasty, and in the past, he specialized in "hard goods". The so-called "hard goods" are the goods that the horse team usually does not dare to receive, and the arms and smoke are all-encompassing.

It is said that when it was first liberated, the Kham area, the big bandit Yunlin, was a stinger in the heart of the local government. A group of People's Liberation Army troops went into the mountains to suppress the bandits, but was besieged by the bandits in the poisonous swamp forest. At that time, that place had not yet been absorbed, and it belonged to the three-regardless zone, and no one dared to approach it easily. Uncle Ciwang took the initiative to ask Ying, and with his brothers in the horse gang, he climbed up from behind the cliff, delivered the ammunition to the People's Liberation Army, and fought a beautiful breakthrough battle.

"Tell me about it."

"A beast that attacks people."

"This mountain is full of wild beasts, and it is not uncommon to attack people."

"A wild beast that will retreat."

As soon as I finished speaking, Ci Wang's body suddenly trembled, looked at me exaggeratedly, and asked, "Where did you meet me?" ”

"On the mountain road twenty miles outside the water village."

"You-" Ciwang obviously knew something, but he saw that there were outsiders next to him, and it was difficult to speak directly, so he swallowed back the words.

He just whispered, "If you have anything to say, you can say it when no one is around." ”

That night, I drank wine and ate meat. Uncle Ciwang took a few of us into his team.

Although Uncle Ciwang has nominally "honorably retired" from the caravan, he is not idle on weekdays and continues to do his old job. His team consisted of twenty mules and horses and eight horsemen. The only female member of the team is Raze's sister, named Deyang Ram.

Uncle Ciwang said, don't look at Xiao Nizi's age, but she is an expert in using "medicine". "Medicine" is their generic term for poisons. It is a three-point poison, so poison is a double-edged sword in their eyes, so it is quite taboo to call it by its name on weekdays, and they all use "medicine" to refer to it.

Whoever has a person who has "medication", others can't clearly explain it, everyone knows it, and they all avoid him.

Deyang Ram's family has been raising insects and medicines for generations, and in her generation, because she was excluded by the clan, she had to escape from her own village and wander outside. Fortunately, Uncle Ciwang was righteous and didn't care about those worldly taboos, so he left her in the horse gang and acted as a doctor.

As soon as Caiyun next to me heard that there was a good practitioner in medicine in the team, he immediately came to his senses. So he went to the place where the team was assembled to find Deyang Ram, and wanted to ask her for advice.

As soon as they arrived at the edge of the manger outside, they heard Deyang Ram arguing with Uncle Ciwang, and for a while neither advanced nor retreated, so he had to hide behind the hay pile and watch what happened.

"I don't agree with this trip." De Yang Ram's voice fluctuated widely.

"Girl, the people and goods are already in the team, if I push him now, where will the flag of the Iron Horse Gang be planted in the future?"

"The name is important or the lives of the brothers in the gang are important, you should know how dangerous the forbidden land of Heiyun Village is, and we are not short of money, so it's better not to wade into the troubled waters this time. Uncle Ciwang, just listen to me this time, don't lose cattle and sheep to pick up sesame seeds. ”

"I've thought about all of this, but I have to take this business today."

"Why?" Deyang Ram did not give up and continued to fight to the death with Uncle Ciwang, and I saw that I had no chance to step forward and interject, so I had to secretly retreat again.

Walking around the stable, the people in the team were ready to go, and everyone was checking the horses' cargo.