Even if it has been developed for thirty years, most of the places in Nanzhao are still not low-level monks can move around at will, and the main means of livelihood of the Nantuo Dart Bureau is to travel back and forth, escort large quantities of materials, and protect traveling merchants.

Of course, their fees are also very high, which is not affordable for the average ordinary person. When he first arrived, Gu Zuo himself definitely didn't dare to travel alone, all the way was eight hundred miles, all of them were steep mountains, and there were many demon beasts, poisonous insects, miasma, and maze valleys, no matter what kind of situation he encountered, he could die if he followed the old horses who knew the way of the dart game, and he could avoid most of the dangers.

The dart head of the dart is surnamed Cheng, and the cultivation is in the late stage of foundation building, and the surname of the deputy dart head is Zhou, in the early stage of foundation building, in addition to four dart masters, one is a complete gas refining, and three are in the late stage of qi refining.

There are also three executioners, two women and one man, although they have not practiced, but they are very neat in their actions, and their gestures are all heroic and martial, and they are kung fu boxers.

When Gu Zuo arrived, the executioners were tying things to a wheelbarrow, loaded with tents, bedding, stoves, ropes, dry food, etc., and after tying them tightly with ropes, they also put a few iron axes, copper hammers, and spears.

The dart masters hadn't arrived yet, but there were already five or six travelers waiting for the darts like Gu Zuo.

A slightly darkened female executioner walked over, holding a list in her hand, checking them one by one, and Gu Zuo paid three times on the spot. The female executioner asked Gu Zuo if it was the first time to follow the dart, Gu Zuo honestly admitted, and the other party reminded him: "The more west, the more expensive the food and clothing, I don't know if the guests are prepared, if not, it is better to buy some in the dart shop, but you need to bring your own." ”

Gu Zuo had also heard that the prices over there were more expensive, so he didn't pay much attention to it, but he was reminded at the moment, and he was thinking about buying some. So he followed the female executioner to a side room, bought two pieces of cloth, a few knives of paper, a pen and more than a dozen pieces of old ink, six changes of clothes and eight pairs of shoes, all of which were stuffed into the storage wrench and filled it up.

After buying things, it took a consistent half, Gu Zuo saw that the appearance and figure of this female tripper were in line with his taste, and the shopping guide was also very careful, so he gave a reward, almost twenty yuan. When the female executioner saw that he was generous, she immediately introduced herself, saying that her name was Ding Jiugu, and she just had to tell her if there was anything on the way.

When they came out, there were already people outside. Six dart masters, three executioners, and eighteen followers, carrying several wheelbarrows, rushed out of the city of Luofu County.

When he left the city, Cheng Darthead, who was over fifty years old, shouted: "Nantuo Wanli - Hewu!"

Zhou tied a cyan pennant to the wheelbarrow pushed by the runner, and the flag swayed slowly in the breeze.

At the beginning of the trip, they were very energetic, but after walking for half a day, they began to get bored, so Gu Zuo began to look at these people one by one. Since his cultivation has progressed to the Great Advancement, his perception of true qi, or spiritual power, has become more and more keen, and it is clear which of the monks in the team are in the perception of the sea of qi. Even if everyone has a magic weapon on them, they can detect it.

Among them, Cheng and Zhou's two dart-headed magic weapons, Gu Zuo guessed that it was a bag hanging from their waists, and there was nothing else, it was estimated that the good things were in this storage magic weapon, and Gu Zuo couldn't see through it.

In addition, Gu Zuo could also detect the spirit stones on their bodies, more or less, like shining silver sand in Gu Zuo's sea of qi.

It's just that the tracking technique is still flawed in terms of accuracy, and he can't figure out the specific direction, when these people are alone, he can judge whether the other party has magic weapons or spirit stones on them, and once they get together, they can't identify who these highlights belong to.

After probing the magic weapons on their bodies, Gu Zuo began to settle accounts again. Eighteen dart players, each of them three times, this is fifty-four times, the dart board also has to manage everyone along the way for seven days of food and drink, earning must be earned, but not as much as imagined, unless a person dart can be regarded as a big profit.

Gu Zuo is the owner of the Huaixian Pavilion, and he also has the qualifications to darts, so he began to observe carefully to see if he could enter this line. The generous reward to Ding Jiugu just now was actually for the convenience of the talk, and of course he was walking by Ding Jiugu's side at the moment.

On this day, it was all a men's trolley, and Ding Jiugu and another Yang family were on the side. This section of the road out of the city is very easy to walk, the team is either a monk or a martial artist, and they walk very fast, and they walk out of more than 20 miles at noon.

During the lunch break, the team went to a tea shop on the side of the road, where tea and dry food were immediately delivered, and everyone was satisfied. After resting for an hour, the team continued on the road, divided into two sections, the first section of the foot traveled more than ten miles, came to the mountain pass for a short rest, and the second section went directly into the mountain.

In the evening, tents are set up and bonfires are built in a leeward col in the mountains. The male executioner was busy unloading the truck and setting up the tent, while Ding Jiugu and the Yang woman began to cook the food.

After eating, everyone sat around the bonfire, chatting all over the world, which also made Gu Zuo greatly knowledgeable. He secretly inquired with Ding Jiugu: "Jiugu, how much can you earn on this trip?"

He was already familiar with Jiugu on the road, and Jiugu was also very refreshing, and told generously: "The three of us earn less, and we have always made up for it when we run a dart, and there are more dart masters. ”

This account is very easy to calculate, and after a trip, the Nantuo Dart Bureau can take half of the dart money!

Gu Zuo sighed: "It's ......really good to take twenty-eight runs?"

Ding Jiugu snorted: "What's more, the six of them all brought storage magic weapons to help the Rongji Silk Village in Lishui County bring goods, and this money is also from the dart bureau." ”

Gu Zuo asked in a low voice, "How much is that?"

Ding Jiugu said: "The market price of the pledged goods is one percent of the value of the goods. ”

This girl has been darts in Nanzhao for six years, and she is very clear about the doorway inside, but she also has a bottom line, what she says is well known to everyone, and if she can't say it, she is tight-lipped, even if Gu Zuo is tempted by rewards, she still doesn't spit out.

Despite this, after walking for two days, Gu Zuo also had a relatively clear understanding of the business of the dart game.

Darts do make money, if you go with people and goods, you can get more than sixty percent of the cost of darts, but they also invest a lot, to equip the dart master with fighting magic weapons, storage magic weapons and a variety of healing elixirs, and sometimes to prepare elixir for the dart master to help practice.

In addition, he also has to pay taxes to the Zhao country where he is located, Gu Zuo doesn't know how much the tax of the Nantuo Dart Bureau is, but ten or twenty times a year is indispensable.

Of course, there is also a sum of money that the dart board must prepare, and if the dart master and the executioner are injured or injured, they will have to compensate a large amount of bereavement compensation, which is a lot of money. For example, Jiugu, her own pension is thirty times.

"If I die one day, the board will send the money to my parents. Looking at the bonfire, Ding Jiugu muttered.

On the third day, it was Ding Jiugu's turn to be the executioner, she put a soft towel around her neck, put the two ties of the wheelbarrow on her neck, exerted her arms with strength, set up the cart and walked forward, no slower than the male executioner.

The team walked along the trail in the valley, and the sound of rushing water was heard in front of them, which was the edict boundary between Luofu Zhao and Yongchang Zhao - Cangshui. After walking for a while, he turned out of the mountain road, and a turbulent river appeared in front of Gu Zuo's eyes.

On both sides of the river are steep mountains, they are in the middle of the mountainside only two feet wide mountain road, under the feet of more than ten zhang deep is the river, there are shoal reefs in the river, countless how many whirlpools are turning, the waves are splashing, the sound of the water is roaring, the momentum is compelling.

Deputy Zhou shouted: "Cheer up, keep an eye on your feet, don't fall into the water, it will be difficult to save!"

As soon as the words fell, a black snake suddenly came out of the crack in the rock and bit towards Ding Jiugu. Ding Jiugu reacted quickly, buried his head down, and drilled out from under the rope, and in the cold flash, he had pulled out the waist knife, and the black snake was immediately cut in half and fell into the water.

But because of the force under her feet, the place where Ding Jiugu stepped on suddenly collapsed, her body was crooked, and the whole person fell towards the cliff.

At the moment of falling, Ding Jiugu glanced at Gu Zuo, and her eyes seemed to reveal a sense of relief and serenity.