Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Cripple Who Is Not Crippled
Guishan Fort was originally a city, and it was also extremely prosperous.
But that was hundreds of years ago, when this was not the border of Liyang, and later Liyang became the master of this place, and the border was extended for more than 30 miles, so this border city was abandoned, and gradually became the dilapidated appearance it is today, and ruins can be seen everywhere.
But there are still a lot of people here.
With the construction of the post road, the merchants of Liyang gradually prospered, and the money on the grassland was easy to make, but it was still not good to sell a large number of goods directly to the enemy at the border.
However, this still could not stop the merchants from driving profits, so there is now Guishan Fort, even if those officials and generals in charge of this matter know the situation here, they are deaf, pretending not to see, and do not know how much black money they have invested here.
The carriages splashed a lot of smoke and dust, and people didn't care, because it was like this all year round, and there were merchants piling up a lot of goods on the roadside, shouting and ready to sell, of course, these were just businessmen who did small business, and the real rich merchants had already gone to some secret places with the connectors waiting here.
Although the Changfeng Dart Bureau is also one of the many poor ghosts, but the owner of the goods they escorted is indeed a real rich businessman, so they are separated here, and they agree to meet here after two hours, Li Wenshuo didn't care very much, and walked towards the shop on the side after answering the call.
Chen Xu looked at Li Wenshuo's back and said, "Xiao Langjun, there are many three sects and nine streams here, don't trust others and walk around at will." ”
Li Wenshuo has always agreed with the words of his predecessors, and he is as good as a stream, these are the valuable experiences that have been exchanged for many years of walking in the rivers and lakes, and after turning around to thank him, he also walked into the distance with a smile on his face.
Qi Xinnan frowned slightly, a little worried, but he didn't stop it, this kind of place seems to be kind, but the most taboo thing is to be alone, if people who have no ability are left alone here, it is really difficult to see the sun the next day, most of them will be robbed and then violently corpsed in the wilderness, or they will be captured and sold to the nobles on the grassland as slaves, and some grassland nobles like the white and pure Central Plains sons and daughters the most.
Obviously, in Qi Xinnan's cognition, Li Wenshuo is either the former or the latter, and he suddenly doesn't have much hope for Li Wenshuo's safety.
From time to time, there were children wearing tattered straw sandals and even walking barefoot on the ground, a pair of small feet were blue from the cold, and Li Wenshuo frowned slightly when he saw this scene.
The border in early spring is still cold and terrifying, even Li Wenshuo's clothes are still lined with a thin jacket, not to mention just some children, leaning on the side of the road and asking, a fat businessman with a mustache looked at Li Wenshuo carefully, looked at the big sword behind Li Wenshuo, forcibly endured the greed in his heart, and said softly: " It's just some fugitives who have fled here, or the children of slaves who have escaped without permission, and some may still have a little barbarian blood in their bodies, who will care if they live or die, this brother, I advise you, you don't just send this kindness, there are too many of these people, and there is an endless stream, you can't help everyone, and even if you help one of them, for example, give him a good pair of shoes, maybe the next day he will be targeted by other slaves because of these shoes, and then the corpse wilderness. ”
Li Wenshuo nodded slightly, these things are not something he can solve, this is a matter of the state, if you have time, write a letter to Liu Ye'er, or you can alleviate the situation here a little, and secretly wrote it down in his heart, so he asked out loud: "Do you know where to sell horses and the map of the grassland." ”
Hearing this, the fat merchant was stunned, looked around, and said in a low voice, "Childe plans to go to the grassland?"
"What, what's wrong?" Li Wenshuo looked at the fat businessman's cautious appearance, and suddenly felt that there was something strange in it.
The fat merchant shook his head, looked at Li Wenshuo with a dead man's gaze, pointed to the direction behind him, and said in a cold voice: "Go back, about three hundred steps away, find Liu Cripple, that is the best guide here." After speaking, he turned around and didn't look at Li Wenshuo.
Li Wenshuo also felt a little strange, turned around to leave, suddenly heard the neighing of the horse in front of him, the sound of hooves like rolling thunder, looked up, only to see a strong man wearing a blue cloth robe, red cloth webbing around his waist, tiger eyes round, lifting a giant knife that is much simpler than the military standard horse chopping knife, the tip of the knife cut the ground, so vigorous came to the fat businessman, snorted coldly, stabbed the big knife into the ground, and pulled it at the fat businessman.
The fat merchant was horrified in his heart, and hurriedly retreated when he saw this, but where did he pass this big man who had obviously practiced martial arts, but he was lifted up by the collar in an instant, and hurriedly begged for mercy and said: "My lord, spare my life, my lord, if you have anything to say, I will give you whatever you want." ”
"Boy, you dare to add stones to your uncle's grain, I think you are impatient!"
Seeing this, Li Wenshuo shook his head, he didn't want to care about these pickled things, and turned around to leave, but who knew that the big man just threw the fat man on the ground and grabbed him.
Li Wenshuo frowned slightly, dodged away, and then looked at the strong man's eyes with a cold ruthlessness, and said coldly: "What are you going to do, this fat man has nothing to do with me." ”
The big man sneered, he knew this all the year round in this area, and said coldly: "So what, it doesn't matter if it's not up to you, it's the uncle who has the final say, tsk, I've never seen such a white and tender kid, maybe it can be worth a few hundred taels of silver when sold in the grassland." ”
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Li Wenshuo's face, as if he wanted to pinch it.
Li Wenshuo snorted coldly, and suddenly felt a little annoyed in his heart, this man was actually doing the business of selling Zhongyuan Erlang to aliens as slaves, and it seemed that he had done a lot, which was intolerable in Li Wenshuo's opinion.
So the man's arm was removed in an instant, and then there was a flower in front of him, and he only felt a sore nose, and then he covered his face and fell to the ground and howled, and blood continued to drip from his face.
The eyes of the people around him changed instantly when they looked at Li Wenshuo, and some young people who were originally eager to try it instantly put away the blades in their hands, and secretly rejoiced, fortunately, they didn't make a move in a hurry, otherwise they were afraid that they would have to fold here, why didn't they think that it would be easy to mess with if they dared to dress like this and walk here alone?
Li Wenshuo snorted coldly, turned around and left, the fat boss saw this, and hurriedly followed, seeing this, Li Wenshuo sneered and said, "What are you doing with me." ”
The fat boss rubbed his hands and smiled: "Naturally, it's for you, Childe, didn't you say that you want to go to the grassland, just let the little one be a guide for you." ”
"Oh, I think you've offended people and can't stay here. Li Wenshuo suddenly stopped, looked at the fat businessman's eyes, and said with a smile, "Let me guess, are you afraid that if you go back here, you will have to be intercepted and killed on the way, so why don't you follow me to the grassland and go back from the border city elsewhere, isn't it?"
The fat businessman who was seen through his mind couldn't see anything weak, and said with a shy face: "Childe is really clever, and he guessed what the little one wanted to do in a word." ”
Li Wenshuo snorted coldly, continued to walk forward, and said, "Didn't you say that the best guide here is Liu Cripple, then why am I looking for you." ”
The fat man rubbed his hands, quickly followed, and said with a smile: "Childe, you don't know, you just caused a big disaster, that person is nothing, but the person behind him is not to be underestimated, he is a bandit in the Xianfeng realm, if you don't leave here quickly, I'm afraid it's not your life in danger." Saying that, he also made a compassionate look, Li Wenshuo naturally thought he didn't see it, didn't hear it, seeing this, the fat man was a little anxious, and said loudly: "Son, the little one is that Liu lame." ”
Hearing this, Li Wenshuo paused, turned around, looked at this fat man who was walking like a fly with interest, looked up and down twice, and was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Oh, I don't think you're lame?"
The fat man laughed, stepped forward with low eyebrows, and whispered, "Naturally, you will be lame when you should be lame." ”