Chapter 64: First encounter with a mercenary
Gu Xing spoke loudly, which naturally attracted everyone's attention, and when he saw that it was a child, he suddenly sighed, but the old man was very surprised, and subconsciously asked: "Have you reached your cultivation?"
Gu Xing knew what he meant, and smiled: "The kid has just broken through to the martial artist level. β
The sound of "sucking, hissing, and swishing" instantly remembered, Gu Xing knew what these people were thinking, it was nothing more than that he was too young, but his cultivation had reached the level of a martial artist, this was not the Zhongzhou Continent, the cultivation resources here were scarce, the aura was insufficient, and many people could not cross the martial artist level in their lifetime, so they naturally shocked these people.
The old man didn't seem to expect Gu Xing to have a martial artist-level cultivation at a young age, his eyebrows curled up for no reason, and the essence in his eyes flashed, but he didn't immediately agree, but continued to ask: "Then does your family know that you came out?"
In the old man's mind, a person who has reached the level of a martial artist at such a young age must be the son of the Gaomen compound, and naturally he does not dare to take people away, otherwise, before he gets out of this town, there will be some trouble, although he is not afraid, but he can't afford it.
Gu Xing shook his head slightly: "The kid came out to practice, the family agreed, don't worry, no one will trouble you." β
The old man was slightly stunned, as if he didn't expect Gu Xing to say such a thing, he couldn't help but look Gu Xing up and down carefully, although there were some waves in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face, and nodded: "Since that's the case, then go with us." β
When Gu Xing heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart, and walked quickly behind the old man, there were some people who had been recruited, Gu Xing clenched his fists at these people slightly, and it could be regarded as saying hello, but these people did not say anything at all, neither happy nor dissatisfied with Gu Xing's joining, it seemed that Gu Xingjia did not join or did not have any effect on them.
Gu Xing glanced at these people who were dressed a little similarly, and was slightly disappointed in his heart, he thought that he could talk to them, but he didn't expect these people to be like wood, shaking his head slightly, Gu Xing turned around and walked to the back of these people.
The old man continued to speak loudly about the rewards and benefits of following along, but no one joined in, and then he reluctantly turned back.
Gu Xing naturally understood his helplessness, but he ignored the Black Forest's deterrence of everyone, not everyone could go there, just like Gu Xing, a newborn calf, and those who would join for a high reward.
After the old man walked back, he waved his hand at those people and said, "Let's go, get ready, let's leave before noon." β
A group of people cheered, followed the old man to the other end of the town, Gu Xing also followed everyone all the way, not long, and walked to an inn, this inn seems to be not small, with Gu Xing's feeling, this inn should be the largest in this town, because the signboard on the faΓ§ade is golden, and Gu Xing is also the first time to see the golden signboard inn in this town.
As Gu Xing expected, this inn is really not ordinary, when you enter it, there is no kind of furnishings like other inns, but they are all valuable objects, Gu Xing secretly said: "Powerful enough, is there any big backer behind this inn?" Then, Gu Xing suddenly remembered that the signboard at the door of the inn seemed to read: "Zhumen Inn".
"The surname Zhu, that's the national surname, is it behind this inn...?" Gu Xing paused slightly in his heart, as if he understood something, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The old man arranged for everyone to take care of their bags, but Gu Xing didn't have anything to bring, but seeing that many people were carrying packages and the like, he thought about it for a while, and also went outside to buy some food, kettles, dry food and clothes, and wrapped a package that was not too big or small, so that it looked much better, and would not arouse others to suspect that he had storage items.
When the day was almost in the middle of the day, the old man came to the courtyard and gathered everyone, Gu Xing roughly counted, dressed almost the same, it seemed that there were more than 30 soldiers, and the same as himself, they were conscripted, about less than ten people, not much, and, judging from the way they performed, these people seemed... How to say it, give Gu Xing the feeling that they are poor, yes, this is the feeling, it seems that they are coming for the honorarium, the old man turned his head to look at the lined carriages outside, shook his head slightly, and then turned around and said: "We need to escort my young lady back to the imperial capital this time, the road is a little far, some of you want to quit now, it can be said that if you are on the road, unless you reach the destination, otherwise, there will be those who quit halfway, and there will be no forgiveness!"
The old man said the last word, and suddenly his whole body exuded a burst of fierce coercion, Gu Xing obviously felt that the others were shocked, and the whole audience exuded a kind of fear, Gu Xing didn't know why, he could actually feel this feeling, in fact, it was only because Gu Xing's soul power was much higher than that of other people, he would feel it, however, the momentum and coercion exuded by the old man was just ordinary for Gu Xing, but even so, Gu Xing was also surprised, because judging from the coercion it exuded, this old man turned out to be a veritable martial arts powerhouse, a young lady, and actually had a martial arts master to protect her, and the identity of this young lady was not simple, Gu Xing was secretly vigilant in his heart, but he looked indifferent on his face.
After the old man's sharp eyes looked around, he saw that no one came out, so he retracted his momentum and said: "Okay, that's the case, let's go!" After that, he didn't introduce himself to anyone, and took the lead in moving forward, out of the inn, a train of ten carts, quietly parked at the door of the inn, and there were a few guards around to guard, Gu Xing's eyes focused on the horse pulling the cart, this horse was tall and abnormal, looking mighty and extraordinary, all handsome, but unfortunately Gu Xing didn't know the origin of this horse, otherwise he would be even more surprised.
And some of the other people seemed to see the doorway, and their faces changed a little, and then returned to normal, so they must know the origin of this breed of horse.
Gu Xing followed the flow of people ignorantly, and those who were almost uniformly dressed scattered in all directions, surrounding the ten carts in the center, waiting for the old man's order, the carriage started instantly, and the group also began to walk forward, although the town is big, there are times when they go out, all the way non-stop, the group of people and horses out of the town, speed up, about ten miles away, the people in front of them suddenly stopped, Gu Xing and several other people were at the end, I don't know what happened, I had to stop and stop, Gu Xing muttered: " This master is also a little stingy, isn't it faster if they are all riding horses?!"
When a person next to him heard Gu Xing's words, he sighed slightly: "The main family didn't let us walk, but we can't buy that kind of horse pulling a cart here, and if you want to pass through the Black Forest, ordinary horses can't do it." β
Gu Xing then understood, and couldn't help but turn his head to look, but saw a person in his thirties smiling bitterly at himself and said, Gu Xing was speechless, and was about to ask about the situation, but he heard someone in front of him shouting: "The person who came is someone who went to the imperial capital?"
When Gu Xing heard this, the voice was very loud, and he hurried forward to see what kind of people it was, it was best to encounter the robbery, and it was better to see what Wuzong's shot was like, after all, Wuwang had seen it, although he didn't see the details, although Wuzong was worse, it was best to see it.
There are their own people all around, and no one cares about Gu Xing, and their attention is in front, but it is also because Gu Xing is one of the conscription guards, and he soon arrived at the front of the team, and when he looked forward, he was taken aback, and saw a large number of people and horses in front, looking at it, there were almost a hundred people, and all of them were riding horses, and everyone had weapons in their hands, however, these horses could not be compared with those horses pulling carts, even so, Gu Xing could see that these horses were not the kind of horses that were when Li Yaoshi hijacked him, and they were definitely different breeds.
Just when Gu Xing was still paying attention to those horses, he heard someone on the other side ask again: "Who are you in charge here?" β
Gu Xing was shocked by this voice, raised his eyes, but saw a big man in front of the crowd, riding on the horse even taller, his face was slightly dark, it seemed to be sunbathed all the year round, the most powerful thing is that this person actually wore a set of armor, black armor, and then look at his back, there are also some people with armor, but they are not alive, some have helmets, some have armor, anyway, only the person in front is the one in the front.
Just as Gu Xing was looking at them, a voice came from his ears: "Old Zhu Quanlu, I don't know what you mean by coming?"
Gu Xing didn't need to look to know who it was, but he heard the other party's big man laugh loudly: "It turned out to be the Zhu family, we are from the mercenary battalion, I hope you can hire us for a long time." As for those people...", the meaning was obvious. Gu Xing also frowned slightly, if according to what this big man thought, the old man hired these mercenaries, he would need to go on the road alone, which would be more troublesome, although he didn't have a destination yet.
Just when Gu Xing was worried, he heard the old man laugh and said: "Okay, very good, since your camp is willing to come to take over this job, the old man has responded, but the others are the guards found by the old man, and they are not bad for these gold coins, so they won't care if they want to come to your camp." β
The person who came didn't seem to expect the old man to be like this, he paused slightly, but said loudly: "We're going through the Black Forest, these people seem to be a little worse, right?" Although the threat was subtle, it was also obvious.
The old man looked back, but no one answered anything, Gu Xing also showed a faint smile, and he didn't feel funny in his heart: "Although the Black Forest itself doesn't know what the place is, those people obviously understand that since they agreed, there is a good chance that they will come for a high reward." Gu Xing thought in his heart, suddenly thought of himself, and couldn't help but smile: "Then is it for the reward?"
At this moment, the old man laughed: "Since you intend to pay a commission, the old man can't ask for it, but it's better to say this reward in advance, don't lose because of your camp at that time, it's not good to be endless with my master." β
When the big man on the other side heard this, he also laughed, and seemed to be a little arrogant, but Gu Xing heard other intentions in his voice, and couldn't help frowning slightly.