Chapter 54: Troubled Times
The dim oil lamp shone faintly, illuminating the large and small maps on the table, and Ren Qiu carefully compared, falling into contemplation from time to time.
"I can't tell the direction at all......"
He found himself lost, and Chunshan County was surrounded by mountains and mountains, and there were no major roads except for the country roads in Sinoli, and nothing else was ominous except for a few iconic mountains on the map.
In this era, there are no national highways or anything like that, and the trails formed are also walked by more people, and there are roads.
What's more, the population of Chunshan County is not large, even if you add the countryside in Siyeli, there are only two or three thousand households at most, and most of them are mountain people who rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, how can they build roads and the like.
On the map, the state capital closest to Chunshan County is also a long twisted line, estimated to be thousands of miles, plus the mountains and waterways, there will only be more and no less, without a familiar guide, it is easy to get lost.
Knock knock~
"Mr. Ren, are you sleeping?" is the shopkeeper of the restaurant.
When Ren Qiu opened the door, he saw the shopkeeper holding a candlelight, followed by two men dressed in short clothes, and frowned: "What's the matter?"
"Mr. Ren, I'm really sorry to disturb your rest so late. ”
The shopkeeper was frightened and said cautiously, "Can you go in and say?"
Ren Qiu looked at him coldly, and did not get out of the way, which made the shopkeeper a little embarrassed, and looked back at the two people behind him: "Steward Yan, this is Mr. Ren......"
The person in the back nodded, stepped forward with a smile and said, "Mr. Ren, the housekeeper of Yanzhi County in Xiachunshan County, but some of them are discussed, I don't know if I can move?"
Ren Qiu glanced at him, burly, with a slight bulge of double frequency, obviously a practitioner with some kung fu, but his attitude was a little arrogant, and his eyes were full of scrutiny.
Seeing that Ren Qiu didn't answer, the man's expression remained unchanged, but his smile gradually fell, and he muttered: "It's indeed a bit abrupt to come to visit so late, and I ask Mr. Ren to forgive me." ”
Ren Qiu still didn't answer, the atmosphere was a little cold, the cold sweat on the shopkeeper's forehead came out, he didn't dare to interject if he wanted to, and he stopped when he wanted to speak.
The man's expression turned ugly, and he coughed before he could continue talking.
Ren Qiu snatched the words and said, "Speak, what's the matter?"
The man choked, even more depressed, looked at Ren Qiu's body that was taller and stronger than him, swallowed this breath forcibly, and said with a smile: "That's the case, my lord is going to leave Chunshan County soon, I want you to escort all the way, the price is negotiable, you just ask." ”
"Yes, three thousand secret pills. ”
"Secret pills?"
The man was confused, and seeing this, Ren Qiu didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, so he closed the door directly and continued to go back to study the map.
The three people outside the door looked at each other, completely confused about the situation, Steward Yan's face was uncertain, and he waved his hand and left with the two of them.
"What is the secret pill?"
"I don't know, the surname Ren won't fool us, I've never heard of any secret pills. ”
In the living room of the Yamen, Yan Zhixian flicked the teacup with his fingers and pondered: "Steward Yan, you are a person who practices martial arts, and even you have never heard of the secret pill, so there are only two possibilities left." ”
"Either this Mr. Ren has already guessed our purpose and deliberately shirked the Ancestral Hall, or ...... This secret pill has a great origin, after all, my Chunshan County is a small place, surrounded by mountains, and there is no business travel, so it is not as big as a big place. ”
"So what now, Mr. Ren will leave tomorrow......"
Everyone was silent, Steward Yan was angry, thinking of Ren Qiu's attitude, he was even more uncomfortable, he was a good character in Chunshan County, no one dared to treat him like this on weekdays, and said: "Master, in my opinion, let's unite a few more big families in the county, and I don't dare to ...... him Lu Dianshi."
Yan Zhixian nodded slightly, pinched his brows, and sighed: "That's it, you go back to rest first, and the shopkeeper Chu stays for a while." ”
After Steward Yan went out, Yan Zhixian said: "You are my person, Lu Dianshi knows, you take Steward Yan over tonight, you must have received news over there, pay attention to safety when you go back." ”
"You don't have to worry. ”
The shopkeeper Chu wanted to speak and stopped, gritted his teeth and said: "Yan Zhixian, if you don't make a decision, once Lu Dianshi makes the first move, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave." ”
"How can I not know? But in this situation, how can I go, I am afraid that as soon as I get out of the city, Lu Dianshi will chase after me. ”
Yan Zhixian's eyes were slightly tired, and he said: "Lu Dianshi's martial arts are strong, and he can defeat dozens of people, plus the rest of the ruffians ......."
He didn't say the next words, but the shopkeeper Chu understood that if he hadn't been afraid of Yan Zhixian's identity, he was afraid that Lu Dianshi would have killed people and seized power long ago.
And on their side, they are also strict stewards who know martial arts, and they can defeat more than ten people, but they have no other manpower, and two punches are difficult to defeat four hands. ”
......
The next day, Ren Qiu packed his luggage, ate some food, prepared fire, salt and a few sets of clothes, and went straight out of the restaurant.
There was a slight pause at the door of the restaurant, and his eyes glanced at a corner, where several men in short clothes squatted in the corner and looked at this side from time to time.
frowned, not careless.
Out of Chunshan County, only four or five miles, to a forest, suddenly out of dozens of people, led by a few people he had seen in the restaurant.
"This friend, you ......"
Before the words fell, his eyes were dark, and he saw Ren Qiu standing in front of him, looking at him coldly with a pair of bronze eyes: "What do you want to say?"
"I ......"
"Forget it, I don't want to hear it. ”
Ren Qiu pinched his neck, twisted it slightly, and threw it casually as if it were in tatters.
"Lu Dian Shi ......"
The rest swallowed his saliva and looked at Lu Dianshi's corpse in horror, his head was blank, and only fear remained.
Ren Qiufang was about to leave, but suddenly paused, and looked at the person he met in the restaurant yesterday: "Do you know the route of Gyeongju Mansion?"
Fang Wenlong's face turned pale, and he looked at the others out of the corner of his eye, all of them slowly retreated, gritting his teeth: "I know, I know, I have been there a few times in the past few years." ”
"Alright, lead the way. ”
Ha?
Fang Wenlong was stunned, his train of thought was a little unable to keep up, and he wanted to say something, but the rest of the gang made an uproar and fled frantically, and soon only he and Ren Qiu were left.
"Let's go, what are you doing in a daze?"
"Okay, okay. ”
Fang Wenlong grimaced, stubbornly walked forward, secretly glanced at the corpse on the ground, and trembled in his heart.
Raiding foreigners has been going on for many years, and this time is no exception.
Last night, Yan Zhixian sent someone to contact Ren Qiu, and they had already received the news, and they also learned that Steward Yan had been rejected, and the secret pill made Lu Dianshi even more greedy.
Others don't know, but Lu Dianshi knows that he was once a disciple of the First Martial Academy in his county, and occasionally heard some news.
So there was a scene in front of me, I wanted to rely on the large number of people, plus my qi and blood were perfect, and I couldn't turn the sky even if I forgave Ren Qiu.
......
"What? Lu Dianshi is dead?"
In the yamen, Yan Zhixian was shocked, the teacup in his hand was overturned, his hands were so hot that he grinned, and he couldn't wait to ask: "What happened?"
The shopkeeper Chu was overjoyed and said: "Lu Dianshi took a group of people and prepared to rob Mr. Ren as before, but he was killed before he finished speaking......
"This ......"
Happiness came too suddenly, a little unexpectedly.
Steward Yan's face was a little pale, and he lowered his head and thought about last night, he was still not convinced, and he was about to try Ren Qiu, but now he felt chills all over his body when he thought about it.
......