"Owner, this is the money for the car that just carried passengers. ”

When Mu Qing was still being hung in the Liuye Bookstore, Zhang Anping, who drove him to the bookstore, had already returned to the one-day car shop in the south of the city in an empty car.

Hou Yiyong, the owner of the car dealership, is a horse-faced, in his thirties, wearing an uncommon set of tight-fitting hakama. He was sitting at the counter of the car dealership, and at this time he was munching on the oily fat intestine noodles. While sucking the noodles, he casually spread the 100 copper coins handed over by Zhang Anping on the counter.

"Lao Zhang, it opened early in the morning, and it's still wide. Hou Yiyong wiped his mouth with the sleeve of the hemp leaf skin, then counted ten copper coins and handed them to Zhang Anping, and said with a smile.

"Haha, thanks to the owner for giving such a job. Zhang Anping smiled and arched his hand to compliment.

"Well, is it early in the morning that the medicinal herb dealers are going to the trading market in the north of the city?" asked Hou Yiyong to Zhang Anping in a casual chat.

Located in the southern part of the continent, the Tennan Marsh Forest is closest to Suzaku Castle, which was the southern gateway to the Imperial Dynasty. Among them, the swamp poisonous miasma cloth, and the depths are even more poisonous beasts are raging, but such a special environment has given birth to rare medicinal materials that are not found anywhere else.

The car shop is close to the south gate of Vermilion Bird City, and it usually carries some medicinal herb dealers from the Tiannan Marsh Forest, so Hou Yiyong will ask this question.

"The owner, you guessed wrong, the little one took a good scholar to Qingyun Street this time. ”

Zhang Anping has been in the car dealership for a few months, doing the work of renting a car to solicit customers, and often dealing with all kinds of people, he has always found out the relationship behind Hou Yiyong from the chatter that is similar to probing on weekdays, but he also knows that these are not things he can explore, so he should say what he should say on weekdays.

"Oh, what a good person? Lao Zhang, tell me quickly. When Hou Yiyong heard Qingyun Street, his eyes flashed brightly, and he planned to ask Zhang Anping for an understanding.

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"Before March 4th, go to the Jiachen room of the Skylark Inn in the north of the city, and hold the token to talk in detail with the person who receives it. ”

Mu Qing looked at the specific mission information given to him by Li Cheng, a pair of sword eyebrows were about to break through the sky, and he asked Li Cheng with a dissatisfied face: "What? This is the specific information you gave me?"

Li Cheng stopped his steps towards the bookstore in front of him, turned around and said to Mu Qing nonchalantly: "This employer is the first time to come to the door, saying that it is the introduction of the elders, and the four gold is just a deposit. ”

"If you still have doubts, I can assume that you have voluntarily abandoned this mission. After Li Cheng finished speaking, without waiting for Mu Qing to react, he turned around and continued to walk towards the bookstore in front of him in complete disregard.

"Hmph!" Mu Qing made up his mind to do a good job in this mission.

As the hour passes, the tourists of Qingyun Street are increasing, and the cool breeze of the early morning blows away the mist under the willows on the street.

At this time, Mu Qing was hiding in a willow branch place, looking at the token in his hand with a depressed face.

This should be a sachet stored close to the body, soft satin texture, with colored silk embroidered with exquisite and delicate stitching to create a bright and delicate color, and in the middle of the embroidered with gold thread a "Liu" character.

"Lark Inn?"

Mu Qing planned to find an employer today, but he still had to prepare.

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"Ma Xiaoer, you go to Qingyun Street now to see if this person is still there. At the back door of the dealership one day, the owner of the car dealership, who was eight feet tall, leaned against the door and held a toothpick, instructing a young man dressed as a vendor.

After Hou Yiyong chatted with Zhang Anping, he came to the back without delay and summoned his subordinates.

"Especially in the vicinity of the Willow Leaf Bookstore, you should be careful not to alarm the people in the bookstore. ”

"Well, I see, sir. ”

After the young merchant who was called Ma Xiaoer answered the order, he picked up the burden of goods that was put aside, and he was like a bird between the changes under his feet.

Looking at the distant back of the most powerful subordinate sneaking down, Hou Yiyong's eyes flashed with ease. He felt that even if half an hour had passed, as long as Ma Xiaoer found a clue, he would not lose it.

Now he vaguely expects that it will be a big fish.

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Suzaku City has a population of one million, and there are two types of inner and outer cities. The population of the inner city is not large, and it is impossible for people of noble status to live in it, and the most populous place in the outer city is in the north of the city, because most of the merchants and rich people gather here, so there are all kinds of shops and restaurants here, and even the air is filled with the smell of money.

On the second floor of the Skylark Inn, the guests sat at the table in twos and threes, drinking morning tea and eating snacks.

At this time, the shouting from the street was gradually boiling, Liu Weirui glanced at the letter placed next to the teacup, felt irritable in her heart, and got up to add a cup of tea to Li Niu, who was sitting opposite.

"Uncle Li, have you been leaving for a long time?" Liu Weirui vented her dissatisfaction with the contents of the letter in her tone, and asked Li Niu, the family martial artist who was guarding the safety of the caravan this time.

Li Niu has been coming to the Liu family in Jinguancheng for more than ten years for some reason, and he has almost watched Liu Weirui grow from a general girl to a slim peach and plum year.

He said to Liu Weirui in a kind tone: "I also received the letter forwarded to me by the young lady last night, and the meaning of the letter is that I hope I will get better as soon as possible. ”

Although Li Niu is a subordinate in their family, he has already become a powerful figure in the family because of his one-in-a-hundred martial arts and long-standing loyal character.

The letter lying quietly on the pear blossom wood table at this moment was handed over to Li Niu by Liu Weirui last night. Because the envelope was written as a letter to Li Niu, Liu Weirui showed respect and immediately handed over the letter to Li Niu last night. Who would have thought that the family urgently summoned Li Niu back and accompanied the second and third children to escort a batch of important goods to Baidi City.

She temporarily suppressed the speculation that was rising in her heart, and asked Li Niu, "Uncle Li, is the place you took me there this morning credible?"

Li Niu directly drank the bird's tongue tea poured by his eldest lady in one gulp, his tone had the power of trust, and he said to Liu Weirui in a loud voice: "Don't worry, this is still the doorway I knew when I roamed the rivers and lakes, since it still exists, there is no problem." ”

After Li Niu finished speaking, he looked at the suspicious look on his own young lady's face, just now he also asked his own young lady what happened after she entered that place, guessing that it might be the reason why his own young lady had never been in contact with these. So he smiled and comforted and said: "If Miss is not at ease, Lao Li Da can wait for someone to come over there and then rush back, I am different from a caravan alone, if I don't stop on the road, I will rush back in five days at most." ”

Vermilion Bird City is more than 700 kilometers away from Jinguan City, even if the army is 800 miles expedited, it will take a day, and it is the kind of good horse that changes every fifty miles, and people do not rest for a moment, so Li Niu said that he can rush back to Jinguan City in five days, which is terrifying enough.

There were other things in her heart, Liu Weirui didn't notice these details, she shook her head at Li Niu, and said: "Forget it, since Uncle Li, you said that there is no problem, then Uncle Li, you should leave as soon as possible to rush back, after all, that batch of goods is an important step for our Liu family to make friends with internal officials and supervisors." ”

Li Niu knew that the deal was reached by Miss a year ago, but he didn't think about it, but let the group of second brothers who were used to living the life of the second ancestor take the job away, and he intuitively felt that this time the family hurriedly called him back, something unexpected should happen.

So before leaving, he still said to Liu Weirui unusually: "In fact, the trade route to the imperial capital is the safest, but I didn't expect the family to urgently recruit me to go back to escort it, and the matter was urgent, so I came up with such an idea to Miss, I will leave to catch up in a quarter of an hour, Miss, you have to pay attention to safety, Xiaosi has studied with me for a few years, you can call him to protect you." ”

Liu Weirui nodded, she knew that Li Niu had also seen the recent trend of family disputes, her good-looking simple eyebrows raised upward, she didn't care how much trouble the second and third children could make, her tone quickly stabilized, and said to Li Niu: "Trouble Uncle Li to worry about family affairs, I will pay attention to safety." ”

When the time came to noon, on the Changshou Street where the Skylark Inn was located, the tourists were sparse. The sunshine after the rain is warm but not scorching, which only makes people want to rest in the warm spring sun.

Liu Weirui got up early and went to Qingyun Street, and then went out of the city to send Li Niu off the road, talked about some family matters, and now felt tired and rested on the bed.

Unexpectedly, there was a knock on the door, and in a trance, the visitor in front of him was introduced. She motioned for the other party to sit behind the screen, and quietly looked at the person as she pulled herself together.

I saw that the visitor was about 30 years old, wearing a blue shirt made of monofilament, which was a common merchant dress in Suzaku City, but his shoulders were broad, and he was eight feet tall, and his clothes were lined with smooth ironing, which made him have a unique style of grace. This person has a pair of imposing sword eyebrows that are skimmed to the sides, a high nose, a fair face, and a smooth beard.

It is Mu Qing after the disguise.

"I don't know what happened to this gentleman?" After guiding the other party to sit down, she motioned to Xiaochan, the personal maid in the side room, to serve tea to Mu Qing.

Mu Qing had already recognized that the person in front of him was the "Rui Gongzi" she met in the morning, and now she was still dressed as a man.

After a short period of surprise, thinking of his superb disguise technique, Mu Qing's heart was stable, but he quietly took the initiative.

He waited for the maid Xiaochan to bring the tea and exit the screen, and then he unhurriedly put the embroidered sachet in the center of the small table.

Liu Weirui looked at the sachet on the table, and shook it for a moment, and suddenly realized that it was this morning, but she felt that Li Niu had rich experience, and she didn't expect that this morning's event would be done so quickly.

"Name, age, identity, the more detailed the better. Mu Qing took the lead.

Liu Weirui stared at Mu Qing's face with a puzzled expression, as if she felt that this person was a fool who had been empty for a long time.

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"Escort the caravan all the way from Vermilion Bird City to Jinguan City?" After the air condensation just now, Mu Qing finally knew his first mission.

The feeling he felt at this moment was really indescribable in words, as if he had to eat those bugs raw in order to satisfy his hunger during the previous survival training, and his chest felt a panache of discomfort.

As an Assassin, even as a novice, he never thought that his first mission was not to kill people.

In fact, he never knew that because of the targeting of various forces, Hidden Valley had already gone beyond the business of hiring and killing.

It just so happened that in order to express his heart to the four elders, Chen Xun deliberately made things difficult when Mu Qing entered the bookstore, in order to cause Mu Qing to be eager to prove his rebellious mentality, so that he unconsciously chose this level as Ding Shang's more difficult task, but he didn't know that after all, he fell into the trap woven for him.

Of course, it still looks like a well-intentioned trap.