Chapter Twenty-Five: The Night Visitor
Before dusk, Yu Dao smoked a donkey and ran to Qinan County.
When he got off the donkey, Yu Dao was still a little surprised, he looked at the ugly and excited donkey next to him, and touched the short whip in his hand.
"It's a good whip, not only for driving, but also for training donkeys to get water. Put away the short whip, Yu Dao carried the sword on his back and walked towards Qinan County.
Although Qinan County is a small county, it also has a wall about one zhang high. The city wall is not yet talked about, after all, the county center is so big, but it is enclosed, and the length is more than a mile.
The walls are made of loess rammed, and some willow branches and trees may have been added as skeletons, which looks very rudimentary.
In these troubled times, walls are very important. With or without this wall, when Qinan County faced bandits, the situation was completely different.
Yu Dao walked through the small door hole and walked towards the interior of the county. Although someone was standing on the edge of the doorway, the other party only glanced at him, and then squinted with a wilting pestle.
Obviously, the armament here is not tight at all.
Holding the donkey, Yu Dao walked on the streets of Qinan County, and finally found some popularity.
Qinan County is different from Qibei County, although the two counties are adjacent to Qishan, but on the one hand, the water and soil are abundant, and on the other hand, the water and soil are poor, resulting in a great difference in the situation of the two counties.
On the way to Qinan County, Yu Dao did not meet many pedestrians and businessmen at all, and it was obvious that the people's livelihood in Qinan County was quite withered.
There were still a few vendors on the street who were not resting, and when they saw someone approaching, they hurriedly called out.
"Come on, Yangchun noodles, delicious Yangchun noodles!"
"Mantou! Mantou!" ......
There are also people in the shop shouting: "The ancestral blacksmith's craftsmanship can make swords and forge swords." "The world is not peaceful, and swords have long been clearly sold.
Yu Dao just glanced at these people curiously, and then walked down the street to find an inn that looked good.
"Shopkeeper, stay in the hotel. ”
The shopkeeper wearing a hat at the table heard the voice and hurriedly turned out: "Okay! He called out to the man, "Melon seeds, come quickly......
The donkey was led into the stable to take care of him, and Yu Dao also followed the man upstairs. There are a lot of vacant rooms in the inn, and Yu Dao chose a side one.
After a brief tidying up, he asked his men to prepare the bath water and walked downstairs to eat something.
This inn does not have rice green wine, but there is bamboo leaf green, Yu Dao has no choice, so he can only let the shopkeeper put a small bottle of bamboo leaf green.
There are many kinds of fruits and vegetables in this life, and what Yu Dao has seen in his previous life is all in this world. He ate peanuts with chopsticks while wondering how to find the place the shepherd had said.
Although Qinan County is a small county and the county center is small, it does not mean that its actual scope is very small. Not to mention anything else, at least one-third of the territory of Qishan belongs to Qinan County.
Therefore, it is not easy to find a place for shepherds and people to trade in such a large area. Fortunately, there is still more time, and Yu Dao is confident that he will find out the location of the "ghost market" in time.
After all, no matter how deeply a "ghost market" is hidden, it will always reveal some clues, especially for the people living around.
When the guy told Yu Dao that the hot water was ready, Yu Dao also finished his dinner and walked upstairs.
After washing, he wore a loose Taoist robe, without a belt, and sat peacefully at his desk reading a book. The gourd and the ghost sword are placed on the table, illuminated by candles, which is quite mysterious.
It was late at night, Yu Dao suddenly stretched his waist, moved his muscles, put down the book, and said to himself: "Red sleeves add fragrance to read at night...... It's a pity that our family is a Taoist priest. ”
Wu sighed to himself, "The book in my hand is also a Taoist scripture that teaches people to become monks." As he spoke, the room fell silent again, except for the flickering of the white candles.
Yu Dao didn't continue to read, nor did he go to bed, and after being silent for a long time, he suddenly spoke: "Late night visitors, why don't you show up directly." ”
After saying this, less than a breath was taken, and the pane suddenly sounded. Yu Dao looked up and immediately found a figure standing by the window.
This person was dressed in a crimson brocade robe, with a sword at his waist, and an official hat on his head, but his back was to Yu Dao.
Yu Dao completely put down the book, he leaned on his face, pressed it on the desk, and said leisurely: "I don't know why the embroidered clothes envoy came?"
The man was looking out the window, and tonight the moon was dark and the stars were sparse, and there was no wind. Hearing Yu Dao's words, he groaned and said, "The Taoist is so alert, as soon as the little envoy fell to the roof, he was discovered by the Taoist chief. ”
Yu Dao heard it, but didn't take it, he flicked his nails and said, "If you have something, just say it." ”
When the visitor heard Yu Dao's words, his body paused, and finally turned to face Yu Dao. As soon as he turned around, a face armor suddenly appeared in Yu Dao's eyes.
This man is the embroidered knight who appeared in the wine shop. But now he is dismounted, and he has no armor on his chest. Yu Dao found that the coldness in his eyes was much less, but at first glance, it still made people feel indifferent.
Yu Dao looked at each other and said jokingly: "Is it difficult, the adults are here to talk to Xiaodao at night." ”
"I'm afraid it's not so close. ”
The embroidered knight ignored Yu Dao's words, and he walked directly in front of Yu Dao, three feet away from Yu Dao. Standing still, he stared at Yu Dao and slowly spoke:
"This afternoon, after the envoy took care of his official duties, he immediately hit his horse and chased after the chief. I went to Qibei County first, searched for the inns to no avail, and asked someone to look for them, so I knew that I had come to Qinan County. ”
So he immediately beat his horse and galloped to this Qinan County, which lasted two hours on the way, without a moment of rest. ”
When Yu Dao heard it, there was no reaction on his face, and he responded without being salty: "Oh, it seems that you are looking for me in a hurry." ”
The embroidered knight didn't care about Yu Dao's attitude, and continued: "It's really inappropriate for the little envoy to take the liberty of coming to the door. ”
"The little envoy was originally going to visit the next day, but as soon as he arrived at the governor's room, he was noticed by the chief. ”
After talking carefully, the embroidered knight looked up at Yu Dao, looked at Yu Dao's eyes, and said in a sincere tone: "When I came to the door tonight, I asked for something." ”
"Hmm. Hearing that the other party finally got down to business, Yu Dao raised his eyes, and he yawned, "Say." ”
The embroidered knight paused, he looked at Yu Dao, and spoke: "The little envoy hopes that he can get the help of the sword in the hand of the Taoist chief." ”
"Huh!" Yu Dao suddenly chuckled when he heard this. Then he looked at the knight in embroidery, and said, "You are so interesting that you come to the door at night to ask for money." ”
Yu Dao was sitting, "I heard that you embroidered clothes, although it is harsh, but you know etiquette." He leaned over to look at the embroidered knight and said slowly, "Do you know how rude you are?" ”
The embroidered knight bowed his head and said, "I'm ashamed." ”
Hearing the other party's words, Yu Dao closed his eyes again, and he said coldly: "Take off your armor and talk to me again." ”
The embroidered knight heard Yu Dao's words and did not answer for a while. He looked up and found that Yu Daozheng had his eyes closed, obviously not wanting to deal with him from the bottom of his heart.
The knight thought for a long time, and finally said hesitantly, "No......"
There was a rustling sound.
Yu Dao was pondering in his heart at this time, the embroidered envoy in front of him was wearing a visor when he first saw him, and he didn't know if the face under the visor was too ugly or scarred.
Finally, I heard the knight whisper, "Dao Chief, you have taken off your armor." ”
Hearing this, Yu Dao slowly opened his eyes. When he saw it clearly, his eyelids suddenly jumped......