In the grass next to the official road, Ning Changrong and a few people were squatting inside, looking at the road surface on the official road from time to time, with anticipation in their eyes.

They all had a few pieces of bread on them, and they were eating and drinking at the same time.

Ning Da Niu took a sip of water, and said angrily: "Changrong, we've been waiting for so long, won't no one come?" ”

They have been here for two days, and today is the third day, not to mention the merchants, not even a ghost.

Ning Lao Er sat on the side and said while biting the cake: "Yes, we have only fed mosquitoes in the past two days." ”

Ning Husheng wiped his mouth after eating, and looked at the cakes in the baggage, "Changrong, our remaining cakes can be eaten for two more days at most, and it will take a day to go back." If we can't wait tomorrow, we'll have to go back. ”

Ning Changrong was a little unwilling, they walked for a day, and the distance back and forth was two days, if he returned empty-handed, then what was his plan for this trip?

I knew that Ning Shuiqiang should be brought with me, the other party is also a hunter, and he can still hunt in this mountain, so that they can last another day or two.

But just think about it, bring these people out, the manpower in the camp is no longer enough.

Ning Changrong chewed the cake in his hand tastelessly, "Then wait another day." I really can't do it, so I can only go back. ”

In fact, you can also replenish salt by drinking animal blood, but doesn't this become Ru Mao drinking blood? If you can buy Yanning, Changrong should try to buy more.

And how can there be so much animal blood in the mountains for them to drink? Even if they can hit every day?

"Smack!"

Ning Lao Er slapped his feet and killed the mosquito that wanted to suck his blood.

"The mosquitoes on this mountain are really poisonous, Husheng, you give me the fire fold, and I will order some mosquito repellent grass."

Ning Husheng took out a fire fold and a few mosquito repellent grasses from his bag and handed them over.

In the evening, after dinner, several people waited for several hours, and after they couldn't stay up, they left one person to keep vigil, and everyone else fell asleep.

In the early hours of the morning, Ning Husheng was called up by Ning Lao Er on duty to take over the other party's duty, and he yawned while looking at the official road.

Add some firewood to the fire from time to time.

It was not cold at the foot of the mountain, and the firewood was used to drive away wild beasts.

Suddenly, he saw some stars in the distance, Ning Husheng rubbed his eyes, and after seeing clearly, he stood up again to confirm.

Finding that there was indeed someone in front of him who was hurrying with a torch, he hurriedly woke up Ning Changrong and them, "Changrong! Wake up, big cow! Someone seems to be coming up ahead! ”

Leaning on the trunk of the tree, Ning Daniu, who was sleeping soundly, was pushed by Ning Husheng and fell directly to the ground, just about to open his mouth to scold, when he heard the other party's words, he quickly stood up and looked into the distance.

"Looks like someone is coming to us."

Ning Changrong also saw that according to the distance traveled by these people, it would take about half an hour to reach them. They are now standing on the mountain, so they can see far away.

"Put out the fire. We slowly descended the mountain, not knowing who was down there, and we would talk about it when we saw it clearly. ”

Several people hurriedly picked up the soil next to them, covered them on the fire, extinguished the fire, and slowly walked down the mountain.

Walking to the foot of the mountain closest to the official road, several people hid themselves, took out the bread in their pockets, and waited while eating.

"It's coming, it's coming. Be discreet. Ning Changrong and the others hid in the bushes.

By this time it was already dawning, and the torches that the men were holding had been extinguished.

Ning Changrong looked at this group of people estimated to have more than 20 people, and the carriage behind them also pulled a lot of boxes, large and small.

When he was able to see their faces closer, he took a look at what they were wearing, and although their wagons were carrying a lot of goods, he couldn't be sure whether they were the merchant's troop.

"Da Niu, you go down with me."

Ning Changrong turned his head and said, "Husheng, second brother, you two are waiting above, if you encounter a situation, you won't respond to us." ”

Ning Husheng took the lead in objecting, "How can this work!?" I'll go with Da Niu, and you and Changfu will stay on it. ”

Ning Lao Er and Ning Da Niu also persuaded separately: "You can't go down and take risks, you are our backbone." ”

Ning Changrong didn't beat a few people in the end, and sent the most slippery Ning Da Niu down, and they responded on it.

"If the situation is not right, run up the hill immediately, and we will stop them with our hands." Ning Changrong explained again and again.

A good person was brought out by him, and of course he had to bring it back completely.

"Don't worry, Evergreen."

Ning Da Niu waited for the group to approach, and immediately came out of the grass where he was hiding.

His sudden appearance caused a riot in the ranks below.

"Who?!" A man in a strong suit in the lead snapped.

Ning Da Niu smiled and said, "You are a team of merchants? I want to buy something from you. ”

The leading man in a strong suit looked around, and Ning Changrong immediately instructed Ning Lao and the two to shake the trunk, trying to create an illusion that there were many people hidden on the mountain.

Not to mention the man in the suit, but their entire team was frightened when they saw the movement on their bodies. I thought I had encountered some kind of green forest road bandit who robbed the house.

A middle-aged man with a medium appearance came out of the team, and the man in the power suit stepped back when he saw him, and he could see that the team was headed by him.

"What does this brother want to buy? We are indeed a team of merchants. ”

Ning Daniu's eyes lit up, "Do you sell salt?" What about grain? ”

The middle-aged man nodded, "Naturally, there are sales, as for the grain, we haven't prepared much, and it has been sold out along the way." ”

After a pause, the middle-aged man said again:

"It's just that the price of our salt is not cheap, and this brother also knows that the world is not peaceful now, and we have taken a big risk when we come here, that is, I have doubled the number of people who are holding the dart, and the cost has also increased."

Ning Da Niu looked at the mountain, Ning Changrong received the signal, and the trees on the mountain began to shake again, giving the illusion that there were many people running down the mountain.

The middle-aged man's face was ugly, and he understood that the other party was a threat, "The price is easy to say, and meeting is fate." ”

Ning Da Niu happily bought twenty taels of silver salt at a low price of twenty wen. Carrying the salt on his right shoulder, he carried a few batches of cloth under his left armpit and walked directly up the mountain.

After Ning Changrong saw him come up, several people hurriedly went up to greet him.

"How? How much did it cost? How can there still be cloth? ”

When Ning Da Niu went down, Ning Changrong gave him five ingots of silver.

Ning Da Niu took out the remaining silver from his arms and handed it to Ning Changrong, and said with a smile: "Once twenty Wen." Bought twenty taels. The cloth is sent. ”

Ning Husheng was surprised, "How can it be so cheap?" "These merchants have traveled so far and far, and the cost of the road is more than this, how can they be sold so cheaply? Moreover, how could people possibly send them cloth?

Ning Da Niu framed the other party and made him think that there were still many people on their mountain who had to sell at a low price.

"I tell you, this group of caravans is not a good thing, and I saw their caravan signs when I went to serve as a servant. They are all dogs who collude with those officials, I heard that they are from a big family, if there are really so many people on our mountain, I will definitely not give him this money! ”

"I took the cloth handily, and they don't lack it anyway." Ning Da Niu looks like a simple and honest person, in fact, he has more eyes than anyone else, what kind of person is he These people will not be smooth out because of this.

(End of chapter)