Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Merchants of Chuzhou
Wei Qing touched his chin and thought for a while before he spoke: "Zhuergen should not appear here for no reason, the Jin people must have tricks to inflict on Pei Guanren, I think there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, instead of staying by Pei Guanren's side, it is better to go to Chuzhou to find out the truth, what do you think?"
Liao Lingping replied without thinking about it: "Yes, now that we know that the dog thief Zhuergen is in Chuzhou, we will go quietly and kill him secretly, and everything will be fine."
"I think it's better to be cautious", Li Rui held Liao Lingping's hand and said, "Sister Ping, I know that you are worried about your father's hatred, but Jin Ren knows that Zhuergen is not Brother Wei's opponent, and he actually sent him to do this, there must be something tricky in it."
Liao Lingping clenched his fists when he heard this, and only after a moment did he slowly relax, and Li Rui slowly continued: "The Jin people sent a Zhuergen who is not very clever in martial arts to come here, either there is another master in the secret, and if it is not good, it is his master who is away from Guyan, or he does not plan to use force against Pei Guanren at all."
Wei Qing's heart tightened, and secretly said that it would not be easy to do it if Liguyan really came here, with his skills, several people on his side plus Pei Jun, I am afraid that he is not his opponent, fortunately, Liguyan's face is completely ruined, and it is very easy to recognize, and he must remind Pei Jun to be on guard later, and he must not let Guyan get close to him, and give him a chance.
Cao Lu looked at Wei Qing, turned his head to look at Li Rui again, and said blankly: "Then what should I do now, whether to continue to stay here to prevent Liguyan from assassinating Pei Guanren, or to go to Chuzhou to kill Zhuergen according to what Fang just said."
Li Rui thought for a moment and said: "I have a plan, I think that since Gu Yan can fight with Brother Zhou, his martial arts cultivation will inevitably far surpass his peers, and we are afraid that staying here will not help much, so it is better to go to Chuzhou."
"Then you just said that you should be cautious", Liao Lingping said with a dumbfounded, "Speaking of which, you still have to go to Chuzhou, and this matter must finally fall on the body of Zhuergen."
Li Rui replied: "As I said, it's just that I don't think there is any need to rush to get rid of Na Zhuergen, we will keep an eye on him secretly, and after finding out the other party's tricks, we will take a preemptive strategy, lest the Jin people send others again after getting rid of Zhuergen."
Wei Qing was convinced by what Li Rui said, but he was worried that Liao Lingping would not agree in a hurry to take revenge, so he couldn't help but secretly squint at the look on her face, Liao Lingping noticed Wei Qing's gaze, glanced back at Wei Qing fiercely, and said softly: "You can put your hanging heart back into your own belly, I won't ruin your big thing in order to kill Zhuergen."
Wei Qing was broken by Liao Lingping, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and hurriedly covered up the past under the pretext of discussing the itinerary.
That night, Wei Qing saw Pei Jun, and said that there was a beggar gang to help do, and he came to bid him off.
Wei Qing felt both helpless and funny, he didn't expect these two to fall in love so much, so he had to secretly keep giving Cao Lu a look. Cao Lu understood, first confessed the friendship between himself and Pei Jun, and said that he would come to visit again after the help was over, Pei Jun reluctantly agreed, and asked the servant to offer fifty taels of silver as a coil.
Early in the morning of the second day, Wei Qing and the four of them hired a carriage to set off for Chuzhou, when they arrived in Chuzhou, there were also Jin soldiers at the gate of the city to set up a card check, but the investigation was not strict, Wei Qing made a name, and deduced that it was to enter the city to do business, and after some broken silver, he was released.
After entering the city, the four of them found a small inn in a remote location to stay, because they were afraid of bumping into Zhu'ergen on the street and being recognized, and they didn't dare to go out and walk around at will, Wei Qing had to ask the shopkeeper to buy a few new clothes in the city's clothes store, dressed himself and Cao Lu as merchants, and covered most of their faces with the felt hats they bought, and then the two walked to various shops on the street, casually pretending to look at the goods, and took the opportunity to inquire about the situation in the city.
After a day, I didn't get any news related to Zhu'ergen, but I heard that because the Jin army in Chuzhou was killed in battle, it was estimated that the Jin army in Chuzhou would not have the idea of launching an offensive for a while, Wei Qing was not in a hurry, anyway, the coil given by Pei Jun was enough for the four of them to spend, and then he just walked around the city every day to see if he could find something.
On this day, Wei Qing and Cao Lu were sitting in a teahouse near the city gate drinking tea, and the two of them were chatting nonsense without a word, but their eyes looked at the pedestrians entering and leaving the city gate from time to time, trying to see if there was a chance to find the root of the pearl, but until the tea was white, they still found nothing.
The two were about to get up and leave their seats, when they suddenly heard the neighing of horses at the gate of the city, and when they opened their eyes, they saw that there was a group of merchants pulling goods into the city, and the wheel of a carriage in the middle was unintentionally sunk into a hole in the road, and the handlebars of the carriage were holding the horse's head, trying to lead the horses to drag the wagon out, but the goods on the cart were heavy, and it was difficult to move even if the horse's hooves were kicked around.
After the city gate was blocked, the pedestrians who came in and out were extremely inconvenient, and they all gathered around the carriage to point their hands and come up with ideas, and the soldiers defending the city also stepped forward to scold when they saw this, urging the handlebar type to move the car as soon as possible, otherwise the goods on the car would be confiscated.
As he spoke, he saw a strong man walking up quickly from behind, looking like the leader of the trading house leading the team, he first nodded and gave the gatekeeper a few strings of copper coins, said some good words and coaxed, and then turned back to the handlebar style of the car and said angrily: "Stupid, quickly unload a few pieces of goods and come down, and then reload the car when it is pulled out."
The leader of the merchant house turned around this time, revealing his face, Wei Qing and Cao Lu were very surprised when they saw it, only to see that the leader of the merchant house was full of beard, and the old man had a scar from the corner of his right eyebrows to the corner of his left mouth.
Wei Qing quietly pulled Cao Lu to sit down again, and after Pi Wan and his party moved the carriage and reloaded the goods on the road, he threw a few copper coins on the table, got up and secretly followed behind, to see what they wanted.
Pi Wan and his entourage did not invest in the store to rest, it seems that they are not passing through here, they have about a dozen people, driving three carriages full of goods, and went straight to a shop called "Yongxin Commercial Bank" in the west of the city, and went around to the back door and directly began to stop and unload, it seems that it is by no means the first business contact, Shaoqing, the back door of the shop came out of a person dressed as a shopkeeper, and greeted Pi Wan enthusiastically, Wei Qing looked from afar, and after seeing the face of the shopkeeper, the surprise in his heart was even more indescribable.