Everyone in the caravan returned to pack up and greet each other, and the family members behind them cheered. Not a single person in the caravan was killed, one seriously wounded merchant was carried into the carriage and cared for his life, and a few others hung up their lotteries and were unharmed.

Fu Qingyun had already been frightened by the scene of blood splashing, and when he saw the mountain bandits scattering and fleeing, he was afraid of encountering the scattered bandits, so he hurriedly walked to the foot of the mountain with a cane and trembling, hoping to be sheltered by the caravan.

Several businessmen watched Fu Qingyun approach vigilantly, and when they saw Fu Qingyun's young and childish thin face and clubbing his cane, they relaxed their vigilance.

A tall middle-aged man dressed as a merchant shouted at Fu Qingyun: "Little brother, let's go to Nanyang City, come over and take you for a ride." ”

Fu Qingyun was feeling that his legs and feet were sore, his head was sweating, and he was worried about encountering the poisonous hands of mountain bandits, when he heard the middle-aged man's call, he responded happily and limped to the middle-aged man's side.

But I saw that the man was about forty years old, with a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and an extremely charitable and friendly face. Fu Qingyun was a little cramped, and nodded and smiled at the middle-aged man in thanks. The middle-aged man smiled heartily, got into the carriage, sat side by side with a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy in the carriage, stretched out his hand sideways to lift Fu Qingyun into the carriage, and sat down next to the young man.

The caravan slowly moved forward again, and the powerful man who had just shown his might in the fight rode his horse and whipped his horse, shouting to open the way, and his momentum was extraordinary. Looking at the costumes, it should be the head of the dart guard invited by the caravan, and there are five or six young men escorting the team behind the horse team, all dressed as samurai, they should be the dart guards of the dart board, and they are also very brave.

The caravan consisted of more than 20 wagons, loaded with goods, including grain, cloth, fresh meat, etc., all of which were necessary for life. At that time, the world was in turmoil, and the people of Li were hungry and poorly clothed, and the caravan was a valuable thing in this troubled era.

Just thinking about it, the middle-aged man hit the horse and drove to catch up with the dart head who led the way, hugged his fist to the dart head and greeted, and said: "I have heard that Li Dart Head is a famous hero in Nanyang City, and today I saw Li Dart's skills, which is really admirable." ”

Li Darttou laughed and said: "There, there, Lin Ye smiled, the contemptible person is nothing more than a handful of strength, a few hands and three-legged cat kung fu, not worth a dash." However, Lin Ye is not a person in my rivers and lakes, but he is not afraid in the face of mountain bandits, which is the true character of a hero. ”

Lin Ye said with a straight face: "Li Darthead is too modest, if it wasn't for Li Dart's powerful bandits just now, I'm afraid this trip would have been planted in this Funiu Mountain." The two of them complimented each other again and continued to urge the horses forward.

Fu Qingyun knew that this area was the boundary of the Funiu Mountains. The place name of Funiu Mountain has been retained until later generations, the mountain range extends from northwest to southeast, stretches for more than 200 kilometers, and is the watershed of the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Huai River. The mountain range is not high in elevation, mostly low mountains and hills, but it provides an excellent place for mountain bandits to plunder and hide, so the caravans that come and go are formed in formations, and hire dart masters to protect the safety, but they are still frequently harassed by mountain bandits.

The middle-aged man who was called Lin Ye turned his head to look at Fu Qingyun, and saw that Fu Qingyun's cheeks were thin and his body was weak, and he seemed to have suffered a lot, so he asked, "Little brother, where are you from?"

Of course, Fu Qingyun couldn't tell the truth, his experience was a bit shocking, and he had to prevaricate: "Uncle Lin, I fled from Bashu, and I didn't end up here looking for my relatives." ”

Fu Qingyun did his homework well, and knew that the Sichuan Basin had always been marked by Bashu at that time. The eastern part of the Sichuan Basin and parts of Chongqing Municipality were called Ba in the Han Dynasty, and the Qin Dynasty was renamed Ba County during the reign of King Zhou Xun until the Sui Dynasty abolished Ba County as Yuzhou, and the Chengdu Plain area was established as Shu County from the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, until it was upgraded to Chengdu Prefecture during the Tang Dynasty and Tang Xuanzong period.

"Oh, I didn't expect the little brother to trek through mountains and rivers and come from Bashu. Uncle Lin was surprised.

Everyone looked at Fu Qingyun together, and saw that although his body was thin, his eyebrows were full of mountains and rivers, his eyes were peaceful, calm as water, and they all faintly guessed in their hearts that this person must be a big family, a son and brother who fell in the troubled times.

How did they know that Fu Qingyun has been suffering since he was a child, and it was a bizarre life and death encounter, he was a human being in two lives, his mind became resolute and calm, and his temperament was very different from that of ordinary teenagers. At the same time, Fu Qingyun himself is very talented, compared with the vast majority of people who can't even write their own names in this troubled world, they are incomparable.

"Brother, my name is Lin Zhengjun, what's your name?" The young man sandwiched between Lin Ye and Fu Qingyun looked at Fu Qingyun and asked.

"My name is Fu Qingyun, I should be older than you, I am fifteen years old this year, I will call you Brother Zhengjun. ”

"Okay, Brother Qingyun, you are two years older than me. This young man named Lin Zhengjun follows his father all the year round and is not afraid of life.

Although the boy is still young, he was born neatly and neatly, and he has the potential of a handsome man, but he gave birth to a pair of fox eyes and thin lips, giving people a feeling of affection.

"Brother Qingyun, I heard that the high roads of Bashu Mountain are dangerous, and it is difficult for birds to cross, how did you come all the way?" Lin Zhengjun followed his father to sell east and west, but he never walked out of the boundary of Jingzhou, and he was naturally very curious about the distant and legendary Bashu.

Fu Qingyun relied on the geographical knowledge he learned in books, and said nonsense: "I'll come here by boat." First walk across the entire Shu County Plain, arrive at Ba County and then take a boat along the Yangtze River downstream, cross the White Emperor City, break through the Three Gorges, and arrive at Nanyang County, which is indeed dangerous and dangerous along the way. ”

"The Three Gorges, you have to cross the Three Gorges. I heard Brother Liu Xiu talk about it, saying that the Three Gorges Mountain is high and the water is rapid, and the beach is high and the waves are high, which is very scary. Brother Qingyun, what does the Three Gorges look like?"

Fu Qingyun replied with a smile: "From top to bottom, the Three Gorges are Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge, and Xiling Gorge, which are the three most dangerous gorges in the section from Bashu to Jingzhou. The river is turbulent, majestic and meandering, the mountains on both sides of the river are abrupt, the cliffs are lined up, there is the majestic momentum of 'controlling Bayu in the west and collecting ten thousand gullies, and even Jingchu pressing the mountain in the east', and there are many water rushes in the beach, and there are hidden dangerous opportunities everywhere, and the danger is extremely dangerous. ”

"Wow! I really want to go to the Three Gorges to see it myself!" Lin Zhengjun said with a smile.

Fu Qingyun depicted the Three Gorges vividly in a few sentences. Uncle Lin has been listening attentively, and when he saw Fu Qingyun's extraordinary speech and exquisite words, his heart moved, and he asked, "Little brother, listening to your words, the mansion must be a famous family, right?"

Except for the bureaucrats and gentry, wealthy businessmen and tycoons, it was not easy for ordinary people to survive, and they had no chance to read and write, and the vast majority of them could not even write their own names. So as soon as Fu Qingyun's words came out, Uncle Lin decided that Fu Qingyun must be a child of a famous family.

Fu Qingyun didn't defend either, knowing that some things became more and more interesting the more he explained, so he had to talk nonsense perfunctory.

Uncle Lin asked, "Virtuous nephew, I don't know what your plans are for this trip, whether to return to Bashu or go to Nanyang City to make a living?"

Fu Qingyun said: "The parents of the little nephew are no longer alive, and they can't find their relatives in Nanyang, and they are already homeless. Now I have to try my luck in Nanyang City to see if I can make a living. ”

Uncle Lin was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Although we are peddlers and pawns with lowly status, we can barely survive in this troubled world. If the virtuous nephew does not dislike it, he dares to invite the virtuous nephew to live in the cold house temporarily. How about making plans when the virtuous nephew finds another high branch?" Uncle Lin's tone was extremely sincere, and his title changed from "little brother" to "virtuous nephew", and the closeness was overflowing.

Uncle Lin said that his status was low, and it was indeed the case in the Western Han Dynasty. In more than 2,000 years of feudal history, the concept of "agriculture and commerce" is the main tone of traditional Chinese economic thought, since the Warring States period formed the "reward farming war" and "suppress business" policy, after the Qin and Han dynasties, "emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business" and "worship of the original and suppress the end" gradually became a national policy.

Fu Qingyun was worried about how to fill his stomach, and when he saw Uncle Lin's sincere invitation, he was naturally grateful in his heart, and immediately agreed.

Uncle Lin sighed and said: "Don't hide it from my nephew, my nephew went early, the child was unattended, and he never studied, so he followed me everywhere and suffered a lot, I am ashamed of my mother." Today, I saw that the virtuous nephew talked elegantly and eloquently, and he must be a talented and learned person, so I moved my selfish heart and wanted to ask the virtuous nephew to give more teaching to the child in his spare time. ”

Lin Zhengjun looked at Fu Qingyun with a look of anticipation. Fu Qingyun stretched out his hand to hold Lin Zhengjun's hand, and said with a smile: "Uncle Lin praised it, I am the same age as Brother Zhengjun, and I dare not teach it, so in the future, we brothers will study together." ”

Uncle Lin was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Fu Qingyun: "Okay, everyone will be a family in the future, if there is any difficulty in the virtuous nephew, just say it." ”