Chapter 40: On the Road Alone
Huang Xinqing, who finally returned to the Fu Mansion, had a feeling of one day in heaven and ten years on earth, and obviously felt that he had only stayed in the Heavenly Bird Star Palace for about a week before he was rumored to the entrance of Chuanliang Mountain, and at this moment he was actually told that he had not returned for more than three months.
And what's even worse is that half a month ago, the imperial capital sent an immortal driver to pick up the candidate of the Holy Maiden, and the eldest lady waited for three days to see that it was really delayed, so she went to the Tianshu Immortal Courtyard first.
What to do?
What can I do? Go by yourself, the holy maiden medicine boy is a heavy soldier in the country or something, he is a family member in the Fu Mansion, so he can't pull a convoy with escorts to escort him all the way to the west, right?
But in order to travel, Huang Xinqing still prepared well. First, he went to the Drunken Immortal Mansion to consign some of the best Pei Yuan Dan that day Qi Bo refined, and then exchanged it for a lot of spirit stone silver coins in case of emergency.
Then after learning that Luan'er couldn't follow the eldest lady to the Imperial Capital Tianshu Immortal Courtyard, he gave Luan'er the wood spirit and a set of methods that could be cultivated around the wood spirit from the ancestor, hoping that Luan'er, a little girl, could also improve some of her strength, after all, the first person she saw in the fairy world was Luan'er.
The wood essence is a pure yin body, and it is extremely suitable for women's cultivation, not to mention that the methods given by the ancestor are naturally high-end goods. It's just that I didn't expect that Luan'er, who was already hit by the sudden departure of the eldest lady, when she received Huang Xinqing's parting gift, she cried directly, almost hurting the Taiyin and Lung meridians, and made Huang Xinqing scramble to comfort her.
When saying goodbye to Old Man Fu Yunxin, Huang Xinqing proposed to bring some fairy bombs, but was decisively rejected by Old Man Fu on the grounds that he had brought all of them to the eldest lady. The daughter is biological.,It's understandable that people like themselves who don't know how to save don't have it.。。
It's the day of departure
Huang Xinqing came to the post station in Qingshan City with a shield and a thick package on his back (I can't afford or buy a storage ring, don't ask, it's all tears. I saw that the carriages and horses here were not lively. Different from the previous secret mission to Qingyu, this time Huang Xinqing decided to find a caravan to transport goods to accompany him, on the one hand, it is a lot more convenient for someone to lead the way, and on the other hand, you can also eat and drink on the road and bring a lot of luggage, and at the same time, people are happy and comfortable, and you can enjoy the scenery along the way with peace of mind.
"Imperial Capital! Imperial Capital!?!! on the way, you can also enjoy the food made by the original Imperial Capital Imperial Kitchen, the number of places is limited, if you want to buy it as soon as possible!" A twelve-year-old girl dressed in coarse linen clothes, dressed neatly and neatly, dressed as a man, was trying her best to attract visitors.
It's just that the convoy behind him is obviously not very attractive, and there are several strong guards standing on both sides of the convoy next to it, and even the large convoy has bodyguards who are training in the period of qi sitting on display, and each carriage or earth rhinoceros is equipped with luxury.
Look at the little girl's side again, standing at a glance is a few of their own ordinary strong men, and the carriage is equipped with ordinary, the mule cart cargo is a full seven or eight cars, obviously non-professional passenger vehicles, but to transport goods on the way to carry tourists, to be placed in the present world designated no passenger transport qualification certificate.
Huang Xinqing looked at the situation, then beckoned the little girl over, and asked with a smile: "You can enjoy the food cooked by the imperial kitchen on the way, but what the girl said is true?"
"Of course, my father is the retired imperial capital chef, so it's like a fake. And we also brought a lot of Qingyu specialties with the car to ensure that the son is satisfied. The little chest stood up and said confidently, for fear that Huang Xinqing would not believe that he would run away again.
"I'm just alone, the first time I went to the imperial capital, I wasn't very familiar with the fares, can you see if this spirit stone is enough?" Huang Xinqing said, took out a high-grade spirit stone from his arms and handed it over.
The little girl had obviously never seen a spirit stone of this quality, so she was not sure for a while, so she ran back to the convoy with the spirit stone to discuss with her father, but she came back after a while.
"This son, my father said, don't have so much, this is looking for you two medium-grade spirit stones, two low-grade spirit stones, and a few silver coins, please take it. However, if Childe wants to eat more good food, then I can leave another piece of lower grade spirit stone and these silver coins. The little girl held her hands in change, looking at Huang Xinqing expectantly, her big eyes flickering as if she was waiting for Huang Xinqing to say something good.
"Hehe, uncle still has this little money, so you don't need to make change, but you can prepare more on the way to eat, let's have a good time together." Before Huang Xinqing went out, he asked the housekeeper a little about the cost of the journey, but he didn't expect the price given by the other party to be lower than expected.
"That's great! Thank you, uncle, don't worry, I'll go and steal the fine bamboo leaf wine that my father kept secret from my mother. The little girl was immediately happy when she heard this, although she didn't understand why this person looked like he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he actually called himself a girl for a while, and called himself an uncle for a while, but he still understood the truth that money is a master. "Uncle is more modest than Uncle? Well, this boy is so good, it must be like this. ”
Then Huang Xinqing communicated with the owner of the team, a gentle-looking man in white shirts who was about forty years old, and the other party probably had the strength to practice qi at four or five levels, and saw that Huang Xinqing did not look like a treacherous person, and he didn't seem to know how to do anything, so he was relieved to let him get into the car. In fact, Huang Xinqing, under the influence of the blood of the stars, if he wanted to deliberately conceal his cultivation, it would be difficult to distinguish his realm clearly if he said that the Qi cultivation period was the Yuan Infant Period.
Since the fare on the road had already been earned, the whole convoy immediately set off in full gear, and was not ready to wait for other passing tourists.
Although the carriage in which Huang Xinqing was sitting was not very luxurious, it was spacious and clean, and there was a small table fixed in the middle of the carriage to put some wine and food that was not easy to spill. Immediately, he called the little girl over and asked for some sauce and wine, and the two chatted while eating all the way.
It turned out that the little girl's name was Yue'er, and her father was originally the imperial chef of the imperial capital, but later offended the powerful because of her upright personality, so she quit and returned to her hometown. At present, it is mainly engaged in the transportation of Qingyu special ingredients between Qingshan City and the imperial capital, but because it is difficult to preserve many ingredients, the business situation is sometimes good and sometimes bad and unstable, so the family conditions are average and almost all the money is bet on the goods. A few days ago, I finally had a little money to spare, so I bought a few second-hand carriages, and every time I brought some rich guests along the way, I could earn a little more.
There were less than ten people accompanying the trip, in addition to the owner Yue'er, there was also a brother of Yue'er and five or six poor men who were loading and unloading and bodyguards.
It takes about a month or so for the carriage to travel all the way from Qingshan City to the imperial capital, and along the way, Yue'er patiently explained the folk tales and fairy legends of the mountains and rivers, as if she was already a qualified little guide, so that Huang Xinqing not only sighed that the children of the merchant family were in charge early. I still remember that I used to travel to some cities in the south in my current life, and the eight or nine-year-old children who visited the store would solicit introductions, which made Huang Xinqing, who was born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine in the north, admire it in his heart.
After about ten days of travel, the convoy came to a hilly area, and the road began to become potholes, causing the carriage to jolt, and there were some damaged vehicles on both sides of the road. Huang Xinqing obviously felt that the speed of travel became faster and everyone's expressions became nervous, and after asking, he learned that the name of this place is called Fushan, which is located in the three-city junction and three areas, and it is the place where robberies often occur, and it is the place where merchants who come and go are most worried.
Huang Xinqing looked up at the sky, at this time it was close to Xinshi, since he was a child, his parents had warned himself that Xinshi was not an auspicious time, and in addition to the necessary meridian flow injection, he should avoid treatment during this period as much as possible. . . The convoy happened to pass through the dangerous terrain at this time, and the front will be smooth?