Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Mighty Desert 01 Blame others
"It turns out that you are worried about this matter!" Fu Zhu's throat seemed to be very uncomfortable, coughed twice, and then smiled: "Then you also underestimate me and this Lord Ren!" Pointing at Ren Tianbai, he said: "Do you know who he is? He is the only son of the former Nanjing Criminal Department Chief Arrest Ren Qiuzhi Ren Chief, Ren Tianbai Ren Shaoxia, even the head of Kunlun saw him, he was respectful and commensurate with brothers!"
"What's the use of you telling them this!" Ren Tianbai saw the old camel looking at him blankly, but he shook his head and said: "They are not from the martial arts, they know these things, but what the old man said has some truth, since they don't want to go, that's it!"
"This is to the north, the journey is still long!" Fu Dongzhu coughed, but he didn't agree with what Ren Tianbai said, waved his hand and said: "There are many deserted places along the way, if there are only you and me, we can't bring many things, and there will inevitably be some hardships on the road, since they are afraid of that Fang Hunting Head, I have an idea, there are many swordsmen in this city, so hire more than a dozen swordsmen to escort us to the north, wouldn't it be convenient?"
"You're not doing this too much!" Ren Tianbai sneered a little, Fang Zhutou Those people, if they really came, they could take care of it by themselves, and hire some swordsmen to do anything, but when they turned their heads and saw the old camel handle, they were all happy, and they understood in their hearts that Fudongzhu was not to hire swordsmen to escort them, but to make these camel drivers feel at ease, thinking that this person spared a lot of money all the way for the comfort of the road, just to ask for a non-windy meal and sleeping, it was also a little impressive!
In the walled city of Yulin, there are a lot of swordsmen, most of them are for those merchants who come and go from the north to the south in the city, and they found ten people who are not bad, and promised to give each person five hundred taels of silver, and escort themselves with Ren Tianbai, as well as these camelmen, all the way to Fengzhou Wei, if there is a return trip, then it will be counted as silver!
"Ten people are five thousand taels!" Ren Tianbai knew the price of these swordsmen, and said a little staggeringly: "It seems that Zun is really rich, since we came out of Kunlun, together with food and living, counting these five thousand taels, you have already spent 10,000 taels to go out, it is really a general price!"
"You don't count the three thousand taels that you gave to the old camel!" Fu Dongzhu said unconcernedly: "But I said before, these silvers are not mine, so I don't feel distressed to make them, this is also what the master has ordered, everything but to be suitable, now the silver has spent a lot, this is suitable, in fact, it is somewhat unsatisfactory!"
"These are not satisfactory!" Ren Tianbai looked at the camel drivers in the camel caravan, and put all kinds of things purchased in the city on the camels one by one, and some cattle and sheep, all of which were driven by camel drivers and walked with the camel caravan, in order not to eat dry meat, as for all kinds of spices, not to mention, even the tents used for night rest, all of them were replaced with new ones, if these were said in the Central Plains, they were really a little simple, but if you look at this desolate grassland, it is really a word of luxury!
"I look at these swordsmen, I'm afraid they were hired for nothing!" The group set off from the Yulin Walled City, walked for five or six days in a row, and the wind and waves were always calm, and they never encountered the wind and sand, Ren Tianbai couldn't help but smile on the horse: "The five thousand taels of people are a little effortless, and even I want to be a swordsman!"
"It's nothing to hire for nothing!" Fu Dongzhu rode a horse, walking side by side with Ren Tianbai, and also smiled faintly: "What I'm afraid of is that I have to pay for it, and then Ren Shaoxia will be able to be a swordsman, but I'm not afraid to give you more silver!"
"There are Tartars in front!" Ren Tianbai was startled when he heard the sound, and hurriedly urged his horse forward, only to see a burst of dust in front of him, and more than 20 horsemen galloped over, all dressed as Mongolian men, and each of them had a long knife in his hand, flashing in the sunlight! Fu Dongzhu also drove his horse over, looked at it and sneered: "These Mongolians are so bold that they dare to come here to rob!"
"It's over, it's over!" the old camel brought out his crying, stomped his feet and said: "This time, if you meet horse thieves and robbers, it is just to cut off the money and property, and you can also take your life back, this will meet the Mongolian Tartars, even if you don't cut off your head on the spot, you will be taken captive to the tribe, and that generation can come back that year......
"Hahaha!" among the hired swordsmen, someone suddenly laughed loudly: "This old guy is a good guy, but this time, you didn't meet Mongolian Tatars, they just wore Tartar clothes!"
Ren Tianbai's face sank suddenly, and he already understood what the word "compensation" meant just now, it seems that this time it was actually a wolf into the room, these ten swordsmen, and these people wearing Mongolian clothes, are in a group!
"Boss Song, is this trip a good oil and water?" The men in Mongolian clothes in front of them had already galloped to the front, and shouted loudly: "This time is enough for you to eat for several years!"
"This is not the blessing of your Fang Catcher!" The swordsman known as Boss Song shouted: "They are a little smart, they know that your Fang Catcher has to find their bad luck, and they specially sought us to protect their journey, but they didn't expect that we would follow Fang Catcher, that is the real brother who has died!"
"Hahaha, just don't they think of it!" Fang Zhutou had already come to the front, pushed the fur hat on his head back, revealed his face, and laughed loudly: "Who are they looking for, they want to find you Song Meng, but this is not the fat meat sent to the door?"
"It turned out to be Fang Zhutou!" Fu Dongzhu looked at Fang Zhutou and sneered: "You are so bold, you dare to gather people and intercept us halfway, is it child's play for you to be the head of the Criminal Department?"
"The head hall of the Criminal Department?" Fang Zhutou pretended to be stunned, raised the long knife in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's really a big deal! If you tell me this in the Criminal Department, I will have to kneel down and beg for mercy now, but unfortunately, this is not the Criminal Department, but the desert grassland, you are so majestic, I'm afraid you can't shake a little?"
"Fang Zhutou, what do you mean by coming here?" Ren Tianbai rode on his horse, looked at those swordsmen surrounding the camel caravoy, and said quietly: "Even if we offended you before, don't we have to be so excited?" Why don't I be the master and compensate you some silver, how about we don't owe each other?"
"Don't worry!" Fang Zhutou smirked, waved the long knife in his hand and said: "Once today's day passes, you and we must not owe each other! However, you don't have to think about going back, in a few days, the Jingshi Criminal Department will receive a report from our adults, you and your group, went deep into the grassland, was killed by the Mongolian Tartar rangers, and no one survived, this statement is quite comprehensive?"