Chapter 40: Trouble on the way
The foot of Yuqing Mountain.
Chen Yuan walked towards the thatched hut where he lived before, after he entered the inner courtyard, he had nothing on his body, and now he came down to the mountain, naturally there was nothing, but thinking that his home was in Wuli County, Dongshan County, there were still ten days away from here, even if it was a carriage drive, it would take two or three days, so he had to prepare a few changes of clothes on the way, so as not to be disgraced after entering the house.
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan pushed open the door of the house, opened the box from a cloud of dust, took a few coarse cloth clothes from it, pulled a wide cloth, wrapped it, and carried it on his back.
When everything was ready, Chen Yuan walked out of the hut and walked towards the nearest Pongxian Town.
Pongxian Town.
Wang Dafu sent some people from the store to the carriage at the door to continuously transport goods, these goods are local specialties, not valuable in the local area, but they are indeed hard to find in other places. Since Wang Dafu discovered this, he has started the business of businessman, and he has really made some achievements.
In this Pengxian Town, now Wang Dafu is also a big family, with dozens of properties under the household, and the door shop is open to the most prosperous street in the town.
On this day, as usual, Wang Dafu hired a few martial artists from the dart bureau, and then collected some thugs who were on the way at the entrance of the town, and was just about to set off, but saw a Taoist priest coming from outside the town.
I saw that he was wearing a plain Taoist robe, cloth shoes, and cloth belts, and his appearance was very ordinary, but Wang Dafu, who had seen many big scenes, faintly saw a trace of indescribable momentum from his body, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
There are Taoist priests who are not surprised, after all, this Pang Xian Town is close to Yuqing Mountain, and there are often some Taoist disciples who go down the mountain to buy some items, but Wang Dafu, a Taoist priest with this kind of momentum, has never seen it.
Isn't it an immortal master on the mountain?
As soon as this thought came out, Wang Dafu himself was startled by himself, but then he shook his head and sighed, how could the immortal master be dressed so shabby, he must have been a little tired recently, and he thought too much.
"Dare to ask where the layman is going?"
Just when Wang Dafu was thinking about it, the Taoist priest had already come to him, bowed, and asked.
"Huh......? We are going to sell goods in Nawuli County, I don't know what the Taoist chief is ......" Wang Dafu saw that the young Taoist was polite, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately hugged his fists, had a little doubt, and politely returned.
And the Taoist in front of him is Chen Yuan, who has just come down from Yuqing Mountain!
Chen Yuan also had a plan in his heart, it was a long way to go to Wuli County, and if he walked, it would inevitably take more time and work, and it would be better to hire a carriage from the town to save some time. Of course, if there is a merchant who travels along the way, he can also take a ride, after all, he does not have much money left.
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan couldn't help but feel a little difficult, he almost didn't need any money in the mountains, and his cultivation was supplied with pills, so that he had taken the concept of money in this world very lightly, because he didn't use his contribution points in exchange for much money. If you ride the carriage all the way, I am afraid that you will be driven down if you are not halfway through.
And because Chen Yuan's family is also doing the business of Jia merchants, he knows that if a businessman goes far away, he will not refuse to meet some people who want to take a ride on the road, after all, the more people there are, the more robbers and horse thieves and others dare not rob, and it is not a problem to carry a few people, so it is good to go out and do good deeds.
Chen Yuan heard that Wang Dafu and the others were going to Wuli County, and he was also happy in his heart, so he saluted again and said: "The layman is polite, and the trail is also about to go to Wuli County, I wonder if the layman can take a ride on the trail?"
Hearing this, Wang Dafu suddenly realized, it turned out that he wanted to take a ride with the wind, this kind of thing Wang Dafu is also used to seeing, generally speaking, if someone wants to take the road, he will not refuse, not to mention that the Taoist chief in front of him is polite and polite, and his words are good, and even Wang Dafu's mind is very good, and he said happily at the moment: "What a layman, I don't just do business, the Taoist is really polite...... If the Taoist wants to ride, Wang Dafu is naturally very happy!"
"Wang Jushi is polite, the common name of the trail is Chen Yuan......" Chen Yuan heard this, and also said his life, and then under Wang Dafu's push, he embarrassedly entered the carriage of a carriage and sat with several martial artists.
Chen Yuan originally wanted to find an axle to sit down, but Wang Dafu was a sincere person, and he would let a Taoist priest sit outside, so he immediately pushed Chen Yuan in, Chen Yuan said thank you helplessly, so he had to push open the curtain and enter.
In the carriage, Chen Yuan saw several young men in armor sitting around, and when he saw Chen Yuan and his soldiers entering, he moved his body and vacated one.
"Thank you!" Chen Yuan clenched his fists and looked around, but saw that one of them had a soft breath and no masculinity, so he had a slight guess in his heart, but he didn't care, just withdrew his gaze and sat up with his eyes closed.
"Huh?" Although the man was only glanced at by Chen Yuan, he also discovered something, and then glanced sideways at Chen Yuan's body.
"What's the matter, Xiao Qi?" The man with a big waist next to him looked at Xiao Qi suspiciously, and saw that the latter's eyes kept scanning the Taoist priest who had just come in, and couldn't help asking.
"Nothing, just curious. The man named Xiao Qi shook his head, then turned his head away.
"Let's all rest for a while, and we will go to the vigil in the evening!" said another slightly older martial artist, and then also looked at Chen Yuan, seeing that the latter was still sitting calmly with his eyes closed, he also admired in his heart, the concentration of these Taoist priests is really good!
Of course, this martial artist didn't think about Chen Yuan's identity in his heart, but even if Chen Yuan's intentions were ill, there were four or five people in this carriage, and a weak Taoist priest was afraid that he would be tired of being alive, so he would have bad intentions.
Without thinking about it, there was silence in the carriage again.
Outside, Wang Dafu shouted, and the convoy moved slowly under the influence of several horsemen, and several martial artists rode on horses and accompanied the convoy left and right.
After two days, Chen Yuan did not take a step out of the carriage, closed his eyes and practiced luck, which surprised the martial artists who had changed several times on the side, Wang Dafu saw it, and his heart was like this, and he was not too worried, so he only ordered a few subordinates to send a few steamed buns to Chen Yuan.
Of course, every time Chen Yuan saw someone who came to deliver food, he just smiled slightly, then accepted the food, put it aside, and after thanking him, he cultivated again.
That night, several martial artists gathered around the bonfire and joked to each other: "Have you ever seen that Taoist priest, pretending to be a god and a ghost, can you really think that you are an immortal master?"
As soon as these words came out, several martial artists also laughed, and the few martial artists who did not keep vigil even picked up their wine glasses and filled their mouthfuls. The wine entered his stomach, his face was flushed, and his speech became casual.
"That's not good, maybe someone is an immortal master?" The other martial artist seemed to be a little drunk, smiled, and raised his glass to Xiao Qi.
Ha...... Haha, there was another burst of laughter.
"Xiao Qi, you've been here for so many days, why haven't I ever seen you drink?"
Everyone laughed half-heartedly, and when they heard this, they couldn't help but coax and said
"That's right, Xiao Qi, I haven't seen you drink wine since you Brother Hong, is it possible, you can't even drink wine?"
"Come, Xiao Qi have a drink, you won't keep vigil tonight anyway......"
Seeing this, the young man named Xiao Qi smiled reluctantly and said bitterly: "Brothers, I really don't like to drink, besides, drinking is wrong and costs money, where does Xiao Qi dare to drink?"
"Nonsense, where is the trouble of drinking, your brother Dong has never drunk and made mistakes, but it is true that it costs money, but today this wine is provided by the master's family, no money, this is not a pleasure to drink him?" The martial artist who called himself Brother Dong added another glass of wine to himself and slowly poured it into his mouth.
When Xiao Qi heard this, he was about to refute, but suddenly heard a "boom", and a sharp arrow grazed past his ear and nailed straight to the head of Dong Ge with a confused face, and for a while, the red and white flowed to the ground.
Robbers! Robbers......
The words came out from another martial artist who was keeping vigil, but as soon as he shouted twice, another arrow shot from outside, hitting his heart. Immediately, the flames rose from all directions, and piles of robbers with torches and long knives in their mouths swooped out from the mountains and grass, and surrounded the convoy!
Seeing this scene, everyone who was originally a little drunk woke up, and they all raised the Pu knife in their waists, staring around vigilantly.
Seeing that Brother Dong died tragically in front of him, Xiao Qi couldn't help biting his teeth, and he also took the sword out of his waist and held it to the thief.
Wang Dafu was already frightened at this moment, and his whole body hid under the carriage, reciting all the gods and Buddhas in his mouth, and scolding a few words in his heart, how could he encounter such a thing!
"The little ones, all his horses were killed by Lao Tzu, and the 'rice cakes' were divided, and a good year was lived!" A vicious-looking leader rode a horse out of the little minions, waved his knife, and shouted, "Give it to Lao Tzu!"
The robbers are about 100 people, this rushed up together, just a few back and forth, and the martial artist with only a dozen people could not cut a few people, the red knife entered, the white knife came out, although the strength of the martial artist was strong, but it could not reach the station of the wheel, and at the moment another person was cut in the head, and the brain was scattered!
Although Xiao Qi's force is not very strong, but his body is first-class, he dodged among the thieves, and took advantage of the situation to kill a few, suddenly, a sharp blade flew in, facing Xiao Qi's head, Xiao Qi couldn't dodge, so he had to turn his head down, and wiped it dangerously, but the bun on his head was knocked down.
Suddenly, his long hair fluttered, and in the eyes of everyone, he didn't look like a man at all.
"Boss, there's a woman!" shouted a small minion.
When the head heard this, his eyes looked over, and when he saw Xiao Qi, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he shouted:
"Little brothers, tie up that girl for Lao Tzu!"
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