As Lin Feng expected, there were no accidents this night, and they passed peacefully.

As soon as the morning sun rose from the east, Lin Feng and the three of them got up.

While they were having dinner on the first floor of the inn, they handed over the information they had discovered...... After Lin Feng made a decision yesterday evening, they took advantage of the curfew to go to some inns and collect some information about the caravan, and today they needed to decide which caravan to sneak into and go to Chang'an.

"Zide, how are you there?" Sun Fujia asked Lin Feng.

Lin Feng hurried to eat and said: "Man'er and I walked to three inns, two of which each inhabited a caravan, but these two caravans, one is going to the Jiangnan region, and the other is going to Chang'an, so I only have one caravan to choose from." ”

Sun Fujia nodded and said, "My situation here is the same as yours, I have walked two inns, but there is only one inn where a caravan lives, fortunately, the destination of this caravan is also Chang'an." ”

"Looks like we're in luck."

Lin Feng said with a smile: "In more than an hour, we have found two caravans that can be used, and we can also choose one of the two, and there is a chance to choose, which is even better than I expected." ”

When Sun Fujia heard this, he shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It may not be possible to choose one of the two, no accident, we can only choose the caravan you found." ”

"Oh?"

Lin Feng raised his eyebrows, looked at Sun Fujia with some curiosity, and said, "Why did Sun Langzhong say that?" Is there anything wrong with the caravan you found? ”

Xiao Man'er, who was quietly drinking porridge, also raised her head when she heard this, and looked at Sun Fujia with doubts.

Seeing Sun Fujia, he sighed and said, "Although the caravan I found was also going to Chang'an, this caravan was not my Tang Dynasty merchant, and it was not so easy to buy and mix in." ”

"Not a Datang merchant?"

Lin Feng seemed to think of something, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he said, "You mean a foreigner?" ”

Sun Fujia nodded and said, "This is a caravan from the Western Regions. ”

"Merchant of the Western Regions?"

"That's right."

Lin Feng suddenly became interested, and he said, "How much does Sun Langzhong know about this caravan in the Western Regions? ”

Sun Fujia said: "I made a brief inquiry, this caravan often travels back and forth between the Western Regions and Datang, at least twice a year, it will buy silk from Datang and ship it to the Western Regions, and then buy things from the Western Regions that Datang does not have and ship them to Datang for sale." ”

Merchants on the Silk Road?

Lin Feng couldn't help but think of the "Silk Road" in his heart, and nodded, the Tang Dynasty was indeed the most prosperous period of the Silk Road.

Moreover, the royal family of the Li family is very tolerant and open, and provides a lot of convenience for countries to come to the Tang Dynasty to do business, so it is also common for foreign merchants to come and go to the Tang Dynasty.

"Where's the number of people?" Lin Feng asked.

Sun Fujia said: "Because the merchants of the Western Regions travel a long way, and the journey is dangerous, they often gather enough people to have enough self-protection to set off, this caravan has at least one hundred and fifty or sixty people, and there are dozens of guards alone. ”

"One hundred and fifty or sixty ......"

Lin Feng touched his chin and said, "It's three times the number of people in the caravan that Man'er and I found...... Even if the five of us were hidden in it, it would be very inconspicuous, and indeed more suitable than the caravan I found. ”

"And this caravan has dozens of guards, there are many guards, when the Four Elephants organization acts, it will think more, which can also delay more time for us, from these two points, this caravan from the Western Regions is the most suitable for us."

Xiao Man'er also nodded again and again.

The reason why they chose the caravan was because there were many people in the caravan, and it was not easy for them to be found when they hid in it, so the more people in the caravan, the safer they were.

But when Sun Fujia heard this, he frowned and said: "I naturally know this, but these merchants in the Western Regions, because of the difficult and dangerous journey, are extremely vigilant, they will not let outsiders join them, so as not to encounter danger, it is not something that can easily impress them with some money." ”

Lin Feng listened to Sun Fujia's words, nodded slightly, and his fingertips gently tapped the table: "This is indeed a problem. ”

In the middle of the Silk Road, they had to pass through many countries, and they had to pass through uninhabited mountains and deserts, and the road was very steep, and there were many unknown dangers, which caused these merchants to be extremely wary of anyone, and it was not easy to join them halfway.

Even if the merchants are profitable, but in the midst of danger and petty profits, these extremely vigilant merchants from the Western Regions will make the safest decisions.

All in all, money alone is not enough to impress the other party.

Sun Fujia saw Lin Feng frowning and contemplating, and persuaded: "Although the conditions of the caravan in the Western Regions are very good in all aspects, it is too difficult to blend in, and the probability of success is not high, we have limited time, and these caravans will all set off in a while, so we still choose the caravan you found, our caravan of the Tang Dynasty is still relatively easy to talk to." ”

"I understand what you mean in Sun Langzhong, but as you think, it is difficult for us outsiders to infiltrate the caravan in the Western Regions...... Then the people of the Four Elephants Organization will definitely have the same idea, that is to say, we choose the Western Regions caravan, which is definitely safer than other caravans. ”

Lin Feng's eyes flashed with thought, and his brain was spinning wildly, thinking about the method, and said, "Since there is the best choice, you must not give up." ”

Of course, there is a more important point that Lin Feng didn't say...... Western Regions Caravan, Western Regions Merchant, these two terms really made it difficult for Lin Feng not to care.

Among the currently known three forces, he has fought many times with the Four Elephants Organization and the Golden Hairpin Inheritance Family, and has different degrees of understanding of these two forces, but he can only say that he has no understanding of the Western Regions merchant who is hiding in the back to spread the news of the Golden Hairpin.

But he knew that Chang'an in the future would definitely become the center of the chaotic competition between the three forces, and the merchants of the Western Regions would inevitably have plans in Chang'an, so he urgently needed to find clues about the merchants of the Western Regions and understand this force.

And now, a caravan from the Western Regions happened to appear in front of him, how could he let it go?

Of course, this caravan may not be the power of the mysterious Western Regions merchant, and it may not be related to the Western Regions merchant, but what if? After all, this caravan is going to Chang'an, and Chang'an is about to usher in great changes...... Therefore, the probability is not nothing, even if it is only a 1 in 10,000 probability, Lin Feng must seize it.

Not to mention...... They are all from the Western Regions, and they are all powerful merchants, even if they have nothing to do with that mysterious force, they may know some relevant secrets.

In addition, hiding in the Western Regions caravan can more effectively evade the pursuit of the Four Elephants Organization...... This series of things made Lin Feng imperative for this caravan in the Western Regions.

"However, money can't impress them, so how can we make them accept us without revealing their identities......

Lin Feng's eyes flickered, and his brain was like a sieve, sifting out those methods that didn't work one by one, and finally ...... There were a few methods that could be used, and he picked and chose the one with the highest chance of success.

"You wait here for a while, and I'll go back and change my clothes and dress up."

Lin Feng got up suddenly, and after saying a word to Xiao Man'er and Sun Fujia, he quickly walked up the stairs and returned to the room.

Only the two of them stared at each other blankly.

"What did Zide think of?" Sun Fujia asked.

Xiao Man'er blinked her smart eyes, and then smiled: "Definitely so, after all, for him, there is no so-called impossible thing in this world, even the sunken ship can be salvaged by a miracle, these merchants in the Western Regions, can it be more difficult than salvaging the sunken ship?" ”

Sun Fujia thought about it, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "That's right, then let's see what method Zide will use to pry open the hearts of these merchants in the Western Regions." ”

It didn't take long for Lin Feng to return from upstairs.

And when he came to the two of them, Sun Fujia and Xiao Man'er were directly stunned.

The two looked at Lin Feng's clothes, looked at Lin Feng's appearance, their faces could not hide their surprise and stunned, Sun Fujia couldn't help but say, "Zide, what kind of dress are you?" How did you put on your robe? ”

I saw that Lin Feng was wearing a white Taoist robe, holding a whisk in his hand, a wisp of beard on his mouth, and his makeup was slightly older, looking like a Taoist priest in his thirties. Do you feel like you're a superior person? ”

Sun Fujia looked at it carefully for a long time before he said: "There is indeed a feeling of a Taoist priest, but you still look a little young, if your hair is white, then you really have some fairy wind bones." ”

Lin Feng sighed: "On the one hand, this kind of disguise is too time-consuming, and when I finish the disguise, the caravans in the Western Regions may all leave, on the other hand, I am still too young, and if I want to disguise that kind of particularly old person, it is easy to have discord, and we will be together for a few days, so it is too risky, once it is discovered, it will be really troublesome." ”

"So it's better to be generous, young is young...... After all, there is no law that requires that the enlightened person be old. ”

When it comes to sophistry, Sun Fujia is naturally not Lin Feng's opponent, he saw Lin Feng's outfit and guessed: "Do you want to gain their trust as a Taoist priest?" But the identity of the Taoist priest is nothing special, right? ”

Lin Feng smiled and said: "The identity of a Taoist priest is indeed nothing special, but there is a Taoist priest who can distinguish good luck and evil, then it is different." ”

While speaking, Lin Feng walked outside and said, "Let's go, let's go to them, on the way, Sun Langzhong will share with me the more specific news you heard, and whether I can succeed in the next place depends on my skills." ”

A quarter of an hour later.

The group came to an inn two blocks away from the inn where they lived.

As soon as they arrived, they found that there were already Gentiles who were completely different from the Tang people, and they were carrying goods from the inn to the outside, and they had already begun to pack their things and prepare for their departure.

Seeing this scene, Sun Fujia said: "We don't have much time, they will definitely set off immediately after they finish cleaning up." ”

Lin Feng bowed slightly, and he said, "Who is the leader of the caravan?" ”

Sun Fujia looked for a while, and then said: "It's the fat man who stood at the door and commanded everyone to carry things." ”

Lin Feng followed Sun Fujia's prompt and found the leader of the caravan.

I saw that this was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties, he was dressed in exotic clothes with obvious characteristics, a fat figure, a high nose bridge, inverted eye sockets, and blue pupils, a standard Western Regions appearance.

At this time, he was commanding everyone in a bad temper, and from time to time he raised his head to look at the sun, as if he felt that it was too late.

But it's not too late now, and it's not too late...... Lin Feng's eyes flashed slightly, and he had some guesses in his heart.

At this moment, a man dressed in gray ran over, stopped in front of the fat merchant, and handed the fat merchant a delicate box.

The fat merchant opened the box and took out the contents of the box, Lin Feng looked at it from afar, and saw that it was a jade pendant with a very good texture.

The fat merchant took a closer look, then nodded, put the jade pendant back in the box, and gave the gray-clothed man some copper plates to leave.

At this time, Lin Feng found that the lid of the box was printed with three words of hot stamping - Xinyue Xuan.

Seeing this scene, Lin Feng pondered a little, and then said, "Let's go, go and meet him." ”

As he spoke, Lin Feng straightened his back, held the dust whisk, and strode towards the inn opposite.

When he arrived at the door of the inn, he deliberately collided with the shoulder of the caravan leader who had lost his temper, and directly hit the caravan leader and almost didn't fall.

"Who? Don't have long eyes? What are those two eyeballs on the face for? ”

The leader of the caravan already had a bad face, and at this time, he was almost knocked down, and looked directly at Lin Feng angrily.

When Lin Feng heard this, his footsteps stopped, he turned to look at the angry caravan leader, and was about to apologize, but suddenly, his face turned straight, and he suddenly stepped forward and came directly to the caravan leader.

The fat merchant was still angrily questioning Lin Feng just now, but when he saw the Taoist priest in front of him suddenly come to him, he was shocked, and subconsciously took a step back, saying, "What are you doing?" ”

Lin Feng's deep eyes looked at the fat merchant, and at the same time his fingertips pinched, as if he was calculating something, and after a while, he shook his head, and sighed: "Woe, woe." ”

After speaking, Lin Feng shook his head and turned around and walked towards the inn.

This scene directly made the leader of the caravan stunned for a moment, and at this moment, he heard the beautiful woman next to the young Taoist priest in front of him ask, "Daoist, you are talking about misfortune?" What's wrong with him? ”

The leader of the caravan subconsciously pricked up his ears and listened.

I heard a long and calm voice sounding: "The poor Taoist temple has just turned black in the face of this layman, and a dark cloud is shrouded in the top of his head, no accident, within a few days, there should be a disaster." ”

"What?" The caravan leader's face changed.

The woman said, "Really? Why didn't the chief tell him? ”

Lin Feng shook the dust lightly and said slowly: "Poor Dao just accidentally collided with him, and he spoke badly, this is a manifestation of no fate, my Taoist pays attention to karma, there is no fate, why do you need to say it, and look at the way he just looked, even if Poor Dao said it, he may not believe it, why do that meaningless thing." ”

Lin Feng didn't know how a real Taoist would communicate with people, but it didn't matter, this Western Regions merchant would definitely not know more about Taoist priests than he did.

So he is not afraid of revealing his stuff at all, not to mention, for this businessman, the identity of the Taoist priest is not important, what matters is what he just said.

He understands human nature and knows that many businessmen will believe in some things...... Even in later generations, some people who do business will raise cats, or put all kinds of symbolic objects on the counter, the more rich and statused people, the older people, the more they will often care about gods, Buddhas and ghosts.

So he used this method, thinking about attracting the attention of the other party first, as long as the other party took the initiative to establish contact with him, then the next rhythm would be taken over by himself.

To deal with these vigilant people, you must not take the initiative to approach, and taking the initiative to approach will only make the other party feel that you have bad intentions and become more vigilant...... But if the other party takes the initiative to approach him and invite him to join, it will be completely different.

Now that the hook has been dropped, it's up to the businessman to take the bait.

Lin Feng's mind was full of thoughts, but his feet did not stop, and after answering Xiao Man'er's words, he continued to walk towards the inn without stopping.

Xiao Man'er was anxious in her heart, not knowing if this merchant from the Western Regions would take the bait, just as she wanted to open her mouth again to cooperate with Lin Feng to ask more questions, she heard a voice suddenly sound from behind her: "Dao Chief, wait a minute." ”

Hearing this voice, Xiao Man'er's eyes suddenly lit up, and she hurriedly looked at Lin Feng.

Seeing that Lin Feng calmly stopped, he turned to look at the merchant in the Western Regions, and said calmly: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, is there anything wrong with the merchant?" ”

The merchant of the Western Regions walked quickly to Lin Feng, his brows furrowed, his blue eyes stared at Lin Feng, as if he was looking at Lin Feng's ability, and said, "I just heard the Dao Chief say that I have a calamity?" ”

Lin Feng said calmly: "It is indeed from the mouth of the poor road. ”

"Do I really have a calamity? It's not that I don't believe in the Taoist, it's just that the Taoist suddenly said such a sentence without a beginning or an end, which makes it difficult for me to accept. ”

Lin Feng glanced at the merchants of the Western Regions and said slowly, "Does the merchant suspect that the poor road is talking nonsense?" ”

"This ......" The merchants of the Western Regions couldn't figure out Lin Feng's details for a while, and they hesitated a little.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Congratulations to the merchants, happy to your son, if the merchants move forward at the current speed, they will be able to arrive in Chang'an when your son is full moon and celebrate your son." ”

"What!?"

The merchant of the Western Regions was suddenly stunned.

His eyes widened instantly, and he looked at Lin Feng in disbelief: "You...... How would you know. ”

Sun Fujia and Xiao Man'er, who were following behind Lin Feng, also looked at each other.

They didn't know about it, how could Lin Feng know, and looking at the appearance of the merchants in the Western Regions, what Lin Feng said was very accurate.

Lin Feng faced everyone's stunned expressions, shook the dust, and said calmly: "It's just a little bit of Taoism, it's nothing." ”

Listening to Lin Feng's words, the merchant of the Western Regions finally looked at Lin Feng's expression, and he hurriedly said, "That Dao Chief, do you know what I want?" ”

Lin Feng smiled: "Are you asking Poor Dao to tell your fortune?" Do you want to succeed? ”

The merchant of the Western Regions hurriedly shook his head: "I just want to know if the Dao Chief can know what I want." ”

You're still testing me, and you're really vigilant...... Lin Feng said lightly: "Poor Dao has pinched his fingers this morning, and today he will meet a destined person, since the businessman wants to know, then Poor Dao will say a few more words." ”

He pinched his fingertips, calculated it in a good way, and then said, "You ask for the future of your son...... But it's hard. ”

The Western Regions merchant's face changed suddenly, and the expression he looked at Lin Feng completely changed at this moment, and he hurriedly said, "Why is it difficult?" ”

Lin Feng looked at him and said slowly, "Poor Dao just said that you will have trouble in the future...... No, you will encounter disasters on the way to Chang'an next, and since you are in trouble, how can your son have a future? ”

"This ...... This ......"

The merchant of the Western Regions was completely fooled by Lin Feng, and he no longer had any doubts about Lin Feng's words at the moment.

He hurriedly saluted Lin Feng and said, "Please help me, as long as the Daoist can help me, no matter what the price, I am willing to bear it!" ”

Looking at the merchants of the Western Regions like this, Sun Fujia and Xiao Man'er couldn't help but sigh in their hearts...... Lin Feng is really powerful, he is simply invincible when he deceives people.

They thought that Lin Feng would take advantage of the situation to agree, but who knew that Lin Feng shook his head and refused.

"Poor Dao can't help you." Lin Feng said.

As soon as these words came out, the merchants of the Western Regions were like being struck by lightning, and their faces suddenly turned as white as paper.

Sun Fujia and Xiao Man'er were stunned, and they didn't understand why Lin Feng refused.

"Why? Why doesn't the Taoist want to help me? If it is because of my rudeness to the Taoist just now, I am willing to give everything to ask the Taoist for forgiveness, and only ask the Taoist to help me through the calamity. The merchant of the Western Regions hurriedly said.

Lin Feng shook his head and said calmly: "It's not about this, whether you are rude to Poor Dao, Poor Dao doesn't care. ”

"That's?"

Lin Feng looked at him and said: "Your calamity is very strange, Poor Dao can't really see it for a while, I can't be sure what calamity you will encounter, I can only know that your calamity will happen on the road, so you let Poor Dao help you now, Poor Dao really has no choice." ”

"That'...... That ......"

The Western Regions merchant's eyes rolled rapidly, and he suddenly thought of a way, and hurriedly saluted Lin Feng and said, "Ask the Dao Master to go forward with me...... As long as the Taoist chief is willing to follow me, after arriving in Chang'an, I am willing to pay for the repair of the Taoist temple where the Taoist chief is located to repay the Taoist chief. ”

Lin Feng frowned: "Daoist acts, how can he care about these yellow and white things?" ”

The merchant of the Western Regions hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it is my narrow vision, but I still ask the Taoist to save me, as long as the Taoist is willing to save me, I am willing to do anything." ”

Lin Feng shook his head and sighed: "That's it, you should be the destined person that Poor Dao calculated this morning, since Poor Dao has discovered your signs of calamity...... Then feel free to take a ride, but there are still a few friends in the poor road......"

"If they are also willing, they can also go to Chang'an together, and I will arrange everything." The merchant of the Western Regions hurriedly said.

Lin Feng shook the dust and nodded slowly: "Then so be it." ”

"Thank you, I'll go and tell them to prepare a carriage for the chief."

The leader of the caravan was afraid that Lin Feng would return, so he hurriedly ran out to make arrangements.

Looking at his back, Sun Fujia couldn't help but say: "Zide, it was really done by you." ”

Xiao Man'er's beautiful eyes looked at Lin Feng with brilliance, and said, "And this is the result of his repeated requests, he will definitely not doubt the reason why we follow his caravan, but feel that it is all his luck." ”

Lin Feng smiled lightly: "It's good that I didn't show my stuffing." ”

Speaking of this, Sun Fujia couldn't help but be curious: "Zide, how do you know that he has a child in Chang'an, and he is not yet a month old?" And how do you know that what he is doing is the future of his son? ”

When Xiao Man'er heard this, she also looked at Lin Feng curiously.

Lin Feng smiled, looked at the busy fat businessman, and said, "It's very simple. ”

"Just outside, I noticed that he had been urging the workers to carry the goods, and had been looking up at the sun, if it was late now, it would be normal, but it was obviously very early, and he was still like this...... Then there is only one possibility, he is in a hurry. ”

"And he came from the Western Regions, and he also went around some more cities in Datang, and if he didn't go far, he wouldn't pass through here at all...... This shows that before he goes to Chang'an, he should think about selling some things in other cities first, and then finally arrive in Chang'an, and this also shows that he should not be in a particularly hurry to go to Chang'an. ”

However, the current situation is that he is in a hurry, very anxious, no surprise...... He must have encountered something recently, and suddenly he was concerned about time. ”

"But I wasn't sure at the time that he was in a hurry because of something unexpected."

"Until that gray-clothed guy came and brought him a jade pendant."

Xiao Man'er's eyes flashed, and she said, "That jade pendant is of good texture. ”

Just now she also saw the jade pendant that the merchant had picked up.

Lin Feng nodded and said, "The jade pendant is not important, the important thing is that on the box containing the jade pendant, the words 'Xinyue Xuan' are written." ”

"And 'Xinyue Xuan' happens to be very familiar to me, it is Zhao Deshun specially created for these rich people, which are the most precious jewelry jade pendants, and in Xinyue Xuan, the most famous business is to tailor a newborn jade pendant according to demand - Zhao Deshun also specially promoted what 'father's deepest love' and the like, so that the rich and powerful will go to Xinyue Xuan for their newborn heirs to tailor a jade pendant full of father's love."

Such a jade pendant is usually given to the child by the father at the full moon banquet...... Therefore, after seeing that jade pendant, I realized that this should be the most famous newborn jade pendant of Xinyue Xuan. ”

"In addition, he was not in a hurry before, and suddenly he was anxious about the time, which is more in line with the speculation that he received a letter from home on the way to business, suddenly learned that the heir was born, and then thought about rushing back before the arrival of the child's full moon banquet."

"As for his children ...... in Chang'an"

Lin Feng smiled and said, "He came from the Western Regions, and the journey from the Western Regions to Chang'an is two or three months, and no matter how much he hurryes, he won't have time at all...... But now he hurried to hurry, obviously because he thought he could catch up, and he had been going back and forth between Chang'an and the Western Regions, so I concluded that his child was not in the Western Regions, but in Chang'an, and only in this way could he be in time. ”

Sun Fujia listened to Lin Feng's words, his face could not hide his emotion and admiration, he couldn't help but say: "So that's the case...... I really thought you figured it out. ”

Xiao Man'er also looked at Lin Feng with amazement.

Lin Feng shook his head and smiled: "How can I tell fortunes, it's just an inference based on the clues I have, there is a good saying, when playing against people, you have to find a way to pull the other party into your own professional scope to give a dimensionality reduction blow, and it just so happens to ...... Reasoning from clues is my specialty. ”

(End of chapter)