The group walked towards the North City Gate with ten horses, which was still very eye-catching, although there were not many pedestrians on the North Street now.

As we got closer to the outer city, there were more people, and there were some military households living here, and there were many soldiers and old men and women who were not on duty and were chatting together on the roadside.

Seeing their line, especially the string of horses, they all cast strange eyes, and as soon as they walked by, they muttered and muttered.

This scene reminded Qian Yan of the entrance of their house's alley, where there was always a group of people gathering when they went out or went home every day.

Her grandmother was also there often, and sometimes she asked her grandmother to go home with her, but she didn't leave, she only went back very late, saying that if she didn't go home with all the people consumed, then they would be the ones who were paid attention to......

As soon as they arrived in the outer city, He Linling and the three suddenly stopped.

He Linling said to Qian Yan: "Miss Xue, can you please bring these horses over, when the time comes, you can give us twenty taels each, one tael is your hard work." ”

Qian Yan was stunned for a moment, she didn't understand what was going on with the other party, and it was only a few hundred meters away, so she threw out ten taels of silver?

It was still the ugly who transmitted the voice to her, and she understood what was going on.

"There are two people on the other side of the city gate who pretend to rest, but their eyes are sneaky, it should be related to them."

"So far away they can see over there? I didn't even see it. Qian Yan said suspiciously.

Ugly: "They should have thought of their situation and planned for a rainy day, just in time when the blind cat who accidentally hit a dead mouse." ”

Well, Qian Yan's eyes flashed when she heard this, and she smiled lightly: "It's just a few steps, that's ten taels of silver, didn't I take advantage of it?" ”

He Linling also smiled back, "How come, if we hadn't met the girl, we wouldn't have been able to sell it at the price in the horse market, this is what Miss Xue deserves." ”

Qian Yan shook her head, took the reins of the horses, and took them to the open space on the side, "There is no need to be like this, there are people coming and going at the city gate, and it is not good for these horses to rush over, I can go over by myself, and talk to the soldier yesterday, please come here in person, so that you don't need to drive the horses over." ”

He Linling's eyes lit up, "That's fine, we'll wait here, but the ten taels still have to be given, so it will be regarded as an introduction fee for you, and it will be hard for Miss Xue to make a trip." ”

Seeing her like this, Qian Yan didn't shirk it, knowing that she was afraid that it would be difficult to repay the debt she owed, so ten taels should be cleared this time.

This clearing is not far from the city gate in the outer city, it should be used to train soldiers in peacetime, there is a row of wooden shelves and a wall in front of the clearing, there are some ropes or something, the wooden shelves should be used for weapons, and the wall does not know what to do.

I put the horse here just right, and I can't see it from the city gate.

When she walked to the north city gate, she still looked left and right, but she didn't find the two words that Chouchou said, or Chouchou told her the direction and dress of the other party, and she found it.

The two men looked like ordinary passers-by, as if they were about to go out of the city, waiting for someone there or resting their feet first, with no weapons on their bodies, no horses and vehicles beside them, only two burdens, and there was nothing different to see.

Of course, the ugly ugly had probed with his divine sense, and there was a sharp blade hidden in the flat arm, and he happened to see them looking around before, and his expression was not quite right.

I just don't know if it's the same as the group of people who chased and killed the three people before, if so, they can be regarded as saving a trouble.

Otherwise, if they had driven the horses over just now and were discovered by them, even if they didn't know anyone, they would have recognized the horses, and they would definitely count her as a group of three.

Qian Yan was afraid of being targeted by the other party, so in addition to glancing at them from a distance, she passed by them as if nothing happened.

When I walked to the side gate of the north gate, I saw that the soldier was on duty there yesterday, and I guess he was on duty at this time of the day.

Now the sun is on the big day, and the two of them are not stupidly standing under the sun outside the city gate, but standing under the doorway, checking when there are people, and looking at the outside of the city for a while, and looking inside the city for a while.

Now there are not many people in and out of the north city gate, compared to the south city gate is much less, the two of them just looked this way, the soldier who bought the horse yesterday took a few more looks, and when Qian Yan approached, he confirmed that it was the little girl from yesterday.

Without waiting for Tilt Yan to step forward, he said a word to the soldier on duty next to him and greeted Tilt Yan.

looked at Qian Yan, and said with some curiosity: "Girl, it's really you, I really didn't recognize your costume just now, are you going out of the city or ......?"

That's how he asked, seeing that Qian Yan didn't take anything empty-handed, and didn't ride a horse to catch a car, he definitely didn't go out of the city.

He suspected that the other party was coming to look for him, after all, he told the other party yesterday that if there were still horses, he could still come to him, but he didn't expect the other party to come the next day.

Sure enough, I heard the other party say: "Didn't the military master say yesterday that if you have horses, can you still sell them, a friend of mine also came over today, and he has ten horses there, and my ones are a batch of goods."

The two of us ate together, and he had two more horses than mine, and if you still need it, you can take a look, but I don't know if you have time now. ”

The soldier hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Is it over there in the south of this city now?" ”

Qian Yan shook her head, "No, it's not that far, just in this outer city, I drove the horses over, for fear that when I rushed to the city gate, I would block the road and affect your duty, so I stayed not far from here, just in the open space out of the inner city." ”

When the man heard this, he smiled and said, "That's no problem, girl, you wait a minute, I'll go up and talk to you, and I'll go over with you to have a look." ”

Tilt Yan smiled and nodded, "Okay." ”

Seeing that people had gone up to the castle tower like yesterday, she stood sideways, the door hole on this side was not so wide, and there were soldiers with weapons inside, and she would stand there again to affect the entry and exit of others.

The man came down from the tower in a short time, and with him came down a soldier dressed the same as him, who took his place and stood there.

"Let's go, and the girl and I will go over there to have a look, and if it is suitable, go straight to our yard where the horses are kept."

Or the girl was thoughtful, and drove all the horses to this city gate, which is really not easy to say. ”

Although collecting horses is also official business, after all, it is an errand led by his second uncle, and his job is to guard the city gates, so it is indeed a bit bad for people to see him doing this.

When this person just went up, Chouchou told Qian Yan that this person's second uncle was not on the city tower yesterday, only his father was on duty above.

Yesterday was also a coincidence, and Qian Yan happened to meet his second uncle who had just received an errand to buy horses, otherwise he really couldn't trade so happily.

The soldier introduced himself to Qian Yan as he walked: "My surname is Feng Dongyue, and I haven't asked the girl for your surname. ”

Qian Yan replied: "The little woman's surname is Xue." ”

As soon as Feng Dongyue heard this surname, he asked in surprise: "The girl is the ...... of Xue Changshi's family."

Before he finished speaking, Qian Yan waved his hand and said: "I have nothing to do with Xue Changshi, if I really want to calculate it, it is just a surname that happens to be a surname, even if I have relatives, it is estimated that it is far away, and I didn't move." ”

She's leaving, so don't make trouble for others, it's better to clear up the relationship.

Feng Dongyue smiled and nodded, and did not continue the topic.

He had heard of several daughters of the Xue Changshi family, but it seemed that they were all married, and there should be no one of this age, so he didn't think about the daughters of the Xue family.

Those of them who were on duty at the city gate, especially his father, who was also the general of the prison gate, still knew a little about the family of the governor above.

He just looked at the clothes on Qian Yan's body today and guessed that the surname was there, and the other party might be a relative of the Xue family's side branch or his own family.

Even if the relationship is relatively far away, the family conditions should be good, yesterday he saw that the other party's demeanor did not look like an ordinary girl, so although the other party came with a few horses, he didn't feel that the other party was an ordinary horse dealer, it is estimated that he just got that batch of horses, because he couldn't take them away, he simply sold them for money.

Although it is a little strange why the other party has two women with children and a group of horses, but this is none of his business, after all, his second uncle happened to receive such an errand, and it was a matter of drowsiness and someone to send a pillow, and both parties benefited, so there was nothing to worry about.

As long as the second uncle's task is completed, there will definitely be no benefits for him, a win-win situation, why not do it.

It didn't take long for them to reach the place where the horses were, and when they got there, they found that there were only horses left, and ten horses were tied to wooden shelves, but all three of the He family were gone.

Qian Yan secretly rolled her eyes in her heart, this was really too careful.

She felt that she and Chouchou had thought about it right just now, and the other party was really careful everywhere, and she didn't find out that someone was spying on her or anything.

This is for the sake of caution, I don't want to expose it, I should have seen her bring someone from afar, so I found a place to hide.

Qian Yan didn't say much, fortunately she didn't say that her friend was waiting here just now, she just said that her friend's horse asked her to come over and help sell it, otherwise it would be really difficult to explain, and it would be easy to arouse people's suspicions.

As soon as Feng Dongyue looked at these horses, he knew that they were indeed in the same batch as the eight horses from yesterday, not only the same quality, but also the style of the saddle.

But I also had to go through the motions, and looked at the teeth of the horses one by one, and their hooves, all of which were good horses in the prime of life, and the hooves had just been repaired for a short time, and they paid for it happily.

This time it was good to settle the account, a total of ten horses, exactly two hundred and ten taels, and gave two silver tickets of one hundred taels, and then gave ten taels of silver.

Qian Yan didn't say anything and took it, this ingot of silver happened to be her benefit fee, and she just pretended to be it when the time came.

Then, according to Feng Dongyue's request, he helped him drive the horse to a courtyard not far to the north.

At first glance, this yard is a special place for horses, and there are two people watching from it.

There was only one room in the courtyard for people, and the rest were all stables, among which were the eight horses he had bought from Tilt Yan yesterday.

The horses also bared their teeth or snorted when they saw Tilt Yan, as if they were greeting her.

Feng Dongyue was a little surprised and said, "These horses still know you!" ”

Qian Yan smiled and said: "Anyway, I have also raised them for a while, and I will definitely remember them when I feed them with good grass and good materials." ”

Feng Dongyue laughed, didn't take it seriously, drove the ten horses into the stable with her, said to the two horse officials, asked them to put some grass and water in the trough for the horses, and then went out of the yard with Tianyan.

Before parting, he said that sentence to Qian Yan, "If Miss Xue still has horses, you can go over to find me, if I am not there, you can find my father, and he will take care of this matter." ”

Qian Yan smiled and agreed, and the two parted ways.

Qian Yan walked directly into the city, because she heard Ugly Chou say that the three of them were waiting in the third alley of the inner city, which was a dead end, and there was no one in it.

Qian Yan asked, can the two people on the other side of the city gate go? Chouchou said that the two went out of the city, but they did not leave, and sat in a tea shed on the side of the official road outside the city, probably trying to wait for the rabbit.

When Qian Yan walked to the alley, she saw the three of them walking out of it, and Qian Yan didn't ask anything, she directly took out the two silver tickets and handed them to He Linling.

He smiled and said to them: "It's already lunchtime, and I won't earn your ten taels of silver in vain, so why don't you go and have a good meal, and after eating in a while, I will go and drive the donkey cart out for you, and it won't take much time." ”

The three of them glanced at each other and exchanged a look, He Linling nodded at Qian Yan, "How can you let Miss Xue break the bank, we should invite you for this meal, this is a lot of money." ”

This is not a lie, they didn't expect the saddle to sell for money before, and the horse dealer obviously wouldn't remind them, which is also considered to be over-profitable.

The two sides came and went for a while, and in the end, He Linling had the upper hand, and the group walked east together, the restaurants were on the side of East Street, and there were only some snack stalls on the south side.

Qian Yan and He Linling chatted as they walked.

"Did Miss Xue settle here after that?"

Qian Yan shook her head, "That's not it, I came out to travel, but I just met an acquaintance passing by here, and I gave it a ride by the way, and I'm going to leave here tomorrow." ”

He Linling's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he asked curiously, "Then which direction is Miss Xue going to go next?" ”

Seeing her appearance, she was afraid that the other party would want to go with her, so she replied, "Next, I'm going to go north and go to Yecheng to find a friend." ”

He Linling said with some disappointment: "That's it, it's a pity, if the girl goes south, we can still go on the same road for a while, and we just have a good look for each other." ”