Although it has only been half a year apart, the mood of this dart is very different.

The last time he darted, Zhao Ya was just an inconspicuous executioner, but now he has become a solo dart master.

Especially walking on the official road, the passing merchants saw Zhao Ya walking in the middle of the dart team, and they couldn't help but cast surprised and envious eyes.

After all, the dart master has seen a lot, but there are really few who are as young as Zhao Ya.

If it were someone else, it would inevitably be a little fluttery at the moment.

But instead of being the slightest bit proud, Zhao Ya became more and more cautious.

After all, this is his first time walking a dart on his own, and there is no room for error.

At the same time, Zhao Ya also keenly observed that there seemed to be more homeless people on the official road.

There were ragged people everywhere.

They gathered in groups of three or five, with dull faces and withered faces, wandering along the official road like walking corpses.

Zhao Ya's heart tightened, knowing that there should be another place that has suffered a disaster, otherwise there would not be so many more displaced people.

And there are only two who wait for the fate of these homeless people, either directly in the belly of wild beasts, or starve to death and then be devoured by wild dogs.

Recalling the descriptions of the famine of the displaced people in the history books he had read before, Zhao Ya's heart couldn't help but feel heavy.

This is a sign of imminent chaos.

A glimpse of the whole leopard, this vast territory of Dayan is obviously like an old man in his twilight years, already terminally ill.

In this case, the only thing Zhao Ya can do is to maintain a cautious and low-key mentality, but at the same time, he must be prepared to deal with challenges.

After all, sometimes it's not that you are cautious and you won't have an accident, especially in the context of this chaotic world, sometimes just for an inconspicuous or even ridiculous motive will burst out and kill people, not to mention that you also have a dart team.

Really.

After walking not far, about thirty or forty miles from the city, a chaotic team appeared on the official road ahead.

The men were dressed in tattered clothes, but they were better off than the outcasts, at least not so scrawny, and there was still some light in their eyes.

The leaders were even stronger, with rusty blades in their hands, and were asking for money from the small merchants who passed by.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Ya immediately raised his vigilance, and glanced at the people behind him.

The runners were all ready.

Tan Dong's face was even more flushed with excitement, and he waited for Zhao Ya to give an order and rushed over.

But at this moment, these people couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Zhao Ya's dart team, especially the dart flag hanging on the dart car, and then took the initiative to get out of the way.

Zhao Ya breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and immediately led everyone through.

After walking away, Zhao Ya glanced back at these people, and his eyes flashed slightly.

If you are not mistaken, the blades in the hands of the leaders are only in the army.

And they all have obvious traces of training on them.

This shows that they are not farmers who farm the land, and are likely to be deserters in the army.

Thinking of the news he heard some time ago, saying that several counties in the south had begun to fight, Zhao Ya deduced that these deserters should have come from the south.

That's not good news.

However, these deserters were not fools, and when they saw their dart carts, they did not stop them, but took the initiative to get out of the way.

At this time, Zhao Ya finally felt how valuable the signboard of the Changlong Dart Bureau was.

Because of the presence of Meng Lei, a martial artist from the Three Realms, within a radius of one or two hundred miles, whether it is a bandit who occupies the mountain as the king or a deserter who crosses the border, he has to give face.

It can be seen that only strength is the foundation for surviving in troubled times.

After passing this barrier, the further down you go, the more shocking the sight becomes.

The homeless people were entrenched on the side of the road, and some of them looked at the passing merchants with hungry wolf eyes, as if they could choose to eat them at any time.

But more of them sat there numbly, and then fell silently, never able to get up again.

This situation made these originally enthusiastic executioners a little nervous.

Tan Dong couldn't help but step forward and said in a low voice: "Head, why are there so many homeless people?" ”

After going out, Tan Dong consciously changed his title from Brother Zhao to his head.

"What? Scared? ”

"It's not that I'm afraid, but I'm a little panicked."

Speaking of this, Tan Dong's face was a little solemn, and he looked at the people on the side of the road, "Especially after seeing that there are many children inside, I always feel a little panicked in my heart." ”

Zhao Ya was silent.

Why didn't he see it?

But Zhao Ya knew that he couldn't do anything at the moment, so he could only pat Tan Dong on the shoulder.

"Don't think about it so much, it's not something we can control, let's go!"

There was silence for the rest of the journey, and in the evening, they came to the inn where they had stayed years ago.

The inn is still open, but it is a little more dilapidated and lifeless.

It wasn't until Zhao Ya and the others arrived that the inn finally gained some popularity.

The guy greeted the guests attentively, and the shopkeeper came to Zhao Ya's side and said with a smile on his face.

"This is Zhao Dartmaster, he is really young and heroic, please come in quickly, please come in."

Zhao Ya smiled, "You're welcome, prepare a small courtyard for us first." ”

"Don't worry, I don't need your orders, I've already prepared."

Zhao Ya nodded.

This is the good thing about staying in an inn that you know, you don't need to order a lot of things, the other party is ready.

After settling the dart car first, and after dinner, Zhao Ya assigned the people on duty at night, and then called the shopkeeper to chat.

"I see that the inn is empty, and there are not many guests."

"Ugh." The shopkeeper sighed and said with a bitter face: "Now that there are wars everywhere, people can't even eat, and who is willing to spend money to live in a hotel." ”

"Is it getting more and more chaotic in the south now?"

Zhao Ya knew that this kind of shopkeeper who opened a store was generally well-informed, so he couldn't help asking.

"Well, I heard that Linhai County and Wanshou County have been fighting each other, and several surrounding counties are also ready to move, and those rich and powerful are gearing up, but it's just suffering our people." The shopkeeper sighed.

Zhao Ya chatted with the shopkeeper a few more words, and then rested.

After a night of silence, after settling the restaurant account early the next morning, Zhao Ya and his party set off again.

The rest of the journey went smoothly, and we arrived at the town of Hekou in the evening.

Last time, Zhao Ya didn't come because he stayed in the inn to take care of Wei Yu, but this time Zhao Ya found that this estuary town was very lively.

Because it is adjacent to the mouth of the Sancha River, there are many merchants coming and going, so the business here is very prosperous.

The Hong family in the inner city of the Dancing Elephant City has a silver horn here.

Zhao Ya and his entourage came to the silver number, delivered the dart ticket, counted the goods, and after the affairs were completed, the shopkeeper of the silver number handed over the silver two to be transported back to Zhao Ya clearly, loaded and sealed.

It's late at night after all this is done.

The shopkeeper of the Hong family's silver number is not bad, arranged a few rooms for Zhao Ya and others to live in, and brought food.

Although he was still among the silver horns, Zhao Ya still didn't dare to take it lightly, and still sent people to keep vigil in batches.