Chapter Twenty-Eight: Xing Congcheng

"Where are you from, what are you doing in the Purple Star Country?"

One of the defenders frowned and looked at the unkempt Su Yu'er, who had been a little unable to move after days of hunger.

"I'm from the Xuanwu Kingdom..."

"It's just a beggar from the Xuanwu Kingdom, what time are you wasting, hurry up and come here to investigate!"

Before Su Yu'er could finish speaking, another defender shouted that there were too many pedestrians lining up to enter the city, and he couldn't check it a little.

"Got it!"

The defender glanced at Su Yu'er and turned back to his post.

Su Yu'er silently opened her mouth and moved her steps towards the crowd.

"Stinky beggar, stay away from me!"

The man in front of Su Yu'er turned his head to look at him and waved his hand in disgust.

Su Yu'er was angry in her heart, but her body was so hungry that she didn't have any strength, so she didn't bother to reason with them.

"Next!"

Soon, Su Yu'er walked in front of the defenders, who looked at him in a dirty cloth coat, and didn't bother to search and waved him in.

"I'm so hungry..."

Su Yu'er walked into Xing Congcheng with his stomach covered, he wanted to ask passers-by to give him some food, but when people saw his dirty face and tattered clothes, they all walked away in disgust before he could get closer.

"Sell baked cakes, fragrant baked cakes have just come out of the oven!"

In the crowd, a loud shouting attracted Su Yu'er's attention, it was a middle-aged man with a full beard, shouting with a fat belly.

"Yakiniku..."

Su Yu'er's eyes lit up, looking at the baked cake in front of the big man, and a trace of saliva quietly flowed from the corner of her mouth.

The golden baked cakes were placed side by side, exuding an attractive fragrance, and in a trance, Su Yu'er seemed to see his father and mother who were always bickering.

"Boss, how do you sell baked cakes?"

"Five cents a piece, hehe, how many do you want from the guest officer? Hey, why is it a stinky beggar, go away, don't delay Uncle Ben to do business!"

When the middle-aged man heard someone asking, he hurriedly turned his head with a smile and looked at it, but when he saw the beggar-like Su Yu'er, he frowned and scolded again.

"I, I'm not a beggar!"

Su Yu'er said angrily.

"Oh, do you have the money? If you want to eat pancakes, you can't afford it!"

The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and said.

"I don't have any money, but I can trade this for a baked cake..."

Su Yu'er suddenly wilted like a deflated balloon, he listened to the rumbling sound of his stomach, finally gritted his teeth, and took out the small wooden box behind him with a reluctant face.

"How much is a small wooden box worth?"

The middle-aged man waved his hand disdainfully.

"This box can be used to put money, you see that you do business on weekdays, if you always put copper coins in your pocket, wouldn't it be easy to lose them?"

Su Yu'er took out the pen and paper he had used to write the IOU from the small wooden box.

"And there is a brush and some coarse paper in it, and I will give it to you together, and I only need a baked cake and a sip of water to drink. ”

He looked at the middle-aged man pleadingly, he was so hungry that he might not be able to hold on if he didn't eat.

"Okay, look at you pitiful, I'll change it with you!"

The big man took the small wooden box and looked at it carefully, although the material of this wooden box is ordinary, but the workmanship is okay, and it can be used for a while if you want to take it home.

"Oh, take it. ”

The middle-aged man put down the small wooden box, reached out and handed Su Yu'er a baked cake, and then bent down to pick up his kettle and throw it to him.

"The kettle is for you, I don't want anything used by the beggar!"

"Please take good care of this chest, I will come back to redeem it later. ”

Su Yu'er took the baked cake and kettle, looked at the small wooden box behind the big man, and gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about it when you have money!"

The middle-aged man waved his hand impatiently.

"Let's go, don't affect my business!"

Su Yu'er took a deep breath, took a big bite of the baked cake in his hand, raised the kettle and poured a mouthful of water, and turned his head to walk north.

Soon, his emaciated figure disappeared into the crowd.

Time passed quietly, the evening sunset hung obliquely in the air, on a stall on the main street of Xingcong City, three or three two drinkers sat scattered, the weather was cold, and the cold wind at night was even more biting, but they were tired of a day, but they liked to take advantage of the night, come to the nearby stall to drink a few taels of wine, and when they warmed their bodies, they were gossiping with the brothers around them, and the fatigue of the day was relaxed at this moment.

"Lao Wang, I heard that your dart bureau has received a big order this time?"

"That's right, after this order, I will save enough money to buy land, and my family will be able to live a stable life at that time. ”

"Yo, buying land is not for fun, you haven't saved enough money for so many years, this order is enough?"

The two men in the stall were drinking and talking, and the man called Lao Wang was strong and large, not to mention the big one, and a scar on his face that almost half of his face was even more terrifying.

"Although this order is very rewarding, the risk to take is also the biggest I have encountered in my life!"

Lao Wang took a sip of the liquor in the bowl, squinted his eyes with satisfaction, and shook his head at the same time.

"Do you know that the things I escorted are almost all the blacksmiths' inventories in the Purple Star Country, and the caravan will have to go through dozens of cities from the time we set off from Xingcong City to leave the Purple Star Country, and it will meet with several other caravans, the scale is really the only one I have ever seen in my Wang Manchuan's life, and it is said that they have hired at least three darts this time!"

"Blacksmith, could it be that the thing you are going to escort is a weapon? At one time, the weapons of the entire Purple Star Country, such a big movement, would the adults in the palace let it go?"

The man's eyes widened and he said with a shocked expression.

"Be quiet!"

The first rule of the dart game is not to disclose the news of the goods, although Lao Wang broke the rules after drinking, but he still reacted immediately, reached out and quickly covered his friend's mouth.

Fortunately, the people around them did not notice their conversation and still drank and laughed on their own.

Lao Wang breathed a sigh of relief, slowly retracted his hand, picked up the wine jug and filled the two wine bowls on the table with wine, and said in a low voice.

"Do you know who my employer is?"

"I don't know, who is it?"

The man shook his head and asked curiously.

A hint of mystery flashed on Lao Wang's drunken face, and he leaned down with a chuckle, beckoning his friends to listen.

"Blood Moon Country!"

"Blood Moon Country? It turned out to be the three major countries, no wonder those adults in the palace didn't dare to squeak. ”

The man was startled, frowned, and said.

"I heard that although the Blood Moon Country is among the three major countries in the Tianwu Continent, the situation in its country is the most chaotic, bandits are rampant, horse thieves are everywhere, and there are demon beasts infesting behind it all year round, if you go there, the risk is indeed the greatest!"

"But the rewards are also the most generous. ”

Lao Wang picked up the wine bowl and shook it, drank it all in one gulp, and smacked his lips comfortably.

There are bandits and horse thieves in the blood moon, and there are fierce monsters outside, but there are few iron mines in the land in the country, so they can only buy weapons to fight the enemy all year round.

"Well, I wish you a triumphant return, and then you won't have to live this day of licking blood from the knife edge again. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, said no more, and pushed the cup to change the cup and drank bitterly.

If it's not for life, who would be willing to pin their head to their waist.

The moonlight was cold and bright, and the few tables of drinkers on the stall left before and after, leaving only Lao Wang and their table still drinking.

"It's not early, it's going to be out tomorrow, don't drink!"

Lao Wang looked at the sky and shook his head.

"Little Er, check out!"

"Yes, two masters, four pots of wine and two side dishes, a total of twenty-eight yuan. ”

Lao Wang put the money on the table and stood up slowly.

"Your alcohol consumption is getting worse and worse, so I'll send you back." ”

The man shook his head and helped Lao Wang to walk in the direction of the dart game.

"The two masters go slowly!"

Xiao Er looked at the figures of the two in the distance, reached out and picked up the copper coins on the table, checked them, and closed the stall with a smile.

It was very late at night, no one noticed, near the garbage heap next to the stall, a dark shadow slowly moved, it was a ragged young man, his dirty face could not be seen clearly, but a pair of eyes were unusually bright, like the bright moon in the sky.

"Where's the beggar?"

Xiao Er watched the young man walk out, frowned and waved his hand, and just wanted to drive him away, the young man had already turned around and left.

"Strange guy. ”

Xiao Er looked at the young man's back, shook his head and continued to clean up the stall, he didn't notice that the direction the young man was walking was the same road that Lao Wang and the others left.

"Blood Moon Country..."

Su Yu'er muttered to herself, following the two backs in front of her.