Chapter 50: The road faces north

In the end, the two of them still found a team of merchants from Shunda Station to lead the way.

The merchants walked the fixed trade routes for many years, and were most familiar with the surrounding villages and settlements along the way. If the underworld penetrates into the mundane, these places are just to their taste, so these places are also the target of Chang Ning and Lu Ming.

There are three merchants in this team, and the leader is an old man surnamed Mu, who is the second among the brothers, so the single name is a Zhong character. The old man Mu Zhong has been in the business for half his life, and his footsteps have almost covered half of Hezhou.

The coachman in the merchant team, who became an orphan when he was young, was adopted by Mu Zhong, regarded him as his own, and gave the name Mu Shun, hoping that he would have a smooth and peaceful life, and this name also made Changning feel very kind.

Mu Shun has been running with merchants since he was a child, his face is still green, but his body bones are extremely strong, and the big bag of 100 catties is not panting at all when he gets into the carriage.

The last person is Mu Zhong's only daughter, who is still older than Mu Shun, with a little bit of vicissitudes of life on her face, but she can't hide the beauty of her daughter's family. A single name is a clever word, and all the food and clothing of the three people in the group are all taken care of by her, which is exactly what her name is.

Jiankou Town to Cangshuguan is a mature trade route, there are many large and small merchants, and there are not many people who can endure the temperament to go down from village to village along the way to do business, and the old man Mu Zhong is one of them. also thanks to the blessing of the sword mound, even if he deviates from the official road, as long as he is not too far away, he is not afraid of sudden troubles, and he is empty of people and money.

When the old man was young, he was still vigorous, and he dared to break into the world alone. After having a daughter, he gradually became conservative in his business style. Later, he adopted Mu Shun, settled down for a while with his savings, and waited until the two children were older, and then began to resume his business along the road from Jiankou Town to Cangshuguan, until now.

The old horse, who has been with the old man all his life, is old and can no longer afford the burden of pulling a cart for long distances. The old man had a deep relationship with the horse, so he left the old horse at home and let his wife feed it. This time I came to Shunda Station, looking for another horse to use, but this season is the peak season for the use of carriages and horses, and for a time the old man can afford to afford a horse is not a horse left.

In the midst of sorrow, the man in the Shunda post found him, saying that there were two immortals looking for a guide, but the road was mostly to remote places, and the time would be delayed for a long time. That is to say, the old man has been dealing with Shunda Yi for half his life, and he is familiar with the guys here, so such good things will find the old man first.

Naturally, the elderly will not not.

I was worried about how the two immortals would behave, but when they met, they found that they were the same age as their own children, and the two of them had extremely delicate faces, and they were quite polite in their conversation, and the old man's heart settled down. After all, these immortals come and go, often just a flash of light, because of the relationship between the transit in Jiankou Town, I have seen a lot of them over the years, but as an old man, it is the first time that they really deal with each other face-to-face.

The carriages and horses are ready, and the goods are loaded. What used to be a lean horse pulling a caravan has now become a fairly sturdy two horses pulling a cart each. One is an old caravan of the old man, Mu Shun is driving, sitting the old man and Qiao'er, followed by a delicate four-wheeled carriage, and it is Changning who is driving.

At the beginning of the road, the old man was still bold enough to ask Changning if the two had a destination, and if so, the caravan would go to the destination of the two first, so as not to delay time. Changning waved his hand and said that as long as he followed the consistent route of the caravan, he would naturally inform him if there was anything, and then he would return to the car and continue to catch the car. Seeing his extremely skillful posture, although the old man was puzzled in his heart, how dare he say it.

With two immortals behind him, the immortals also named and said that they were going to a remote place, and the old man's heart naturally ignited the momentum of his youth again, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to go to a dangerous place to see again. Those places usually have rarer mountain treasures, and they also pay more attention to the sparse and ordinary daily necessities elsewhere, and one entry and one entry is often a huge profit. What's more, this kind of return to the spirit of youth, thinking so, the old man's wrinkled face also relaxed, Qiao'er looked at her father's expression, and naturally followed the joy, and the words gradually increased, and there was a burst of laughter in the caravan.

Changning listened to the bursts of laughter in front of him, and thought of his father and mother for no reason. Although the previous family inevitably slept in the open air, the wind and rain were together after all, and they became immortals who were both envied and feared by mortals, but they had to be separated from their families, and gradually became involved in a more dangerous whirlpool.

Along the way, Mu Zhong was still a little restrained, Mu Shun had always been Mu Ne, but Mu Qiao quickly became familiar with Lu Ming. Later, for more than half of the day, Lu Ming followed Mu Qiao to squeeze in the front car, listening to Mu Shun talk about the experience of doing business when he was young.

After all, she is still a little girl's heart, and those things in the green forest and grass are the most appetizing to her. Mu Shun went south and north to do business, the kung fu on the mouth was the most neat, and the danger came out of his mouth was a twist and turn, and the aftertaste was endless, not to mention the deer roar, even Changning, who was driving in the back and occasionally heard a few words floating over, listened to it with relish.

When Mu Shun was tired of telling the story, Lu Ming pulled Mu Qiao and scurried around in the forest not deep on the side of the road. It is rare to say, Mu Qiao looks petite and small, but she can follow Lu Ming through the dense trees without hindrance, she seems to be born with some kind of sense of Dao power in the grass and trees, and can always rely on intuition to find some medicinal materials that even Changning and Lu Ming think are of good grade.

"Wow Sister Muqiao, why don't you go to the Sword Shrine to try it, the senior sisters of the Medical Pavilion will definitely like you to death." Lu Ming looked at the herbs that had been piled up in the car in a few days, and couldn't help but sigh.

Mu Qiao smiled, just thinking that Lu Ming was joking, and he didn't take it seriously. After arranging the herbs, he went to prepare his own rations. The Mu family said nothing and refused to let Changning, the immortal in their eyes, cook.

At first, Changning was worried that Lu Ming would not be used to picking his mouth, but he didn't think that although Mu Qiao's craftsmanship was not as good as Changning, it also had a unique flavor, and under the slightly rough seasoning, Lu Ming's eating appearance was not much better than when eating the dishes made by Changning.