Guangning is located at the throat of Liaodong. It is the gateway to guard Shanhaiguan and a barrier to protect the capital.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Liaodong General Army has stationed heavy troops here. It is also the Ming Dynasty's highest military headquarters in the Northeast.
The chief rudder of the Wanma Gang is also here.
Cao Jinxing traveled in plain clothes this time, not to eliminate the thieves, but to find out the information first, meet up with Shen Xiang, and then wait for backup to annihilate them in one fell swoop!
[Black Scaled Golden Flame Snake] is unpredictable and there are countless snake corpses in the dark. If the news leaks out and they are forced to jump over the wall, it will definitely cause a lot of unnecessary deaths and injuries.
Therefore, we cannot alert the enemy.
He took off his flying fish clothes and put on the common clothes of an ordinary merchant. Then he wrapped the Xiuchun Dao and Xue Po Sword in cloth and hid them in a pile of tea leaves. Finally, he put a [Rooted Noodle] on himself and became an ordinary tea leaf. business.
Traveling quickly.
Cao Jinxing used the fastest speed to change several horses, and it took him a whole day and night to reach Guangning, and then went straight to Guanyi.
Then, I saw countless sword marks and blood stains in front of the inn!
It was already evening and the sun was setting in the west.
Cao Jinxing led the horse and immediately carried tea leaves and swords. He was dressed as a merchant and stood in front of the post office, looking at the dozens of scratches crisscrossing the bluestone street.
The afterglow of the setting sun stretched his figure longer.
"This was done the night before yesterday."
There is a small shop next to Guanyi with the sign "Chen Ji Pancake". The shopkeeper is a fat middle-aged man. He is squatting by the door smoking a cigarette. Seeing that he is interested in the sword marks, he casually said:
"In the world of martial arts, people come and go. I used to think that storytellers were talking nonsense, but now I know that there are actually people who can break mountains and rubble... I took a sword and pierced the pillars of my house!"
The shopkeeper sighed: "It's not peaceful recently, there are a lot of fights. If you are doing business, you have to be careful."
Cao Jinxing led the horse over and handed over a few pennies: "Here are two cakes."
"okay!"
The shopkeeper immediately stopped sighing and turned around to greet the waiter to get the cake.
Cao Jinxing Ruo accidentally glanced at the sword mark on the doorpost. It was made by a long sword and penetrated directly. The width of the sword blade was the same as that of the Condensing Light Sword.
This kind of powerful swordsmanship...
In front of Guanyi Gate...
Condensing Light Sword...
Shen Xiang...
Cao Jinxing took a deep breath, put on a smile, and said: "Shopkeeper, I am a businessman from Hebei. I am new to Guibao. I want to sell some tea. May I ask Ma Shi..."
"oh!"
Before Cao Jinxing could finish speaking, the shopkeeper had already understood: "The day after tomorrow is the fifteenth day. On the day when the market opens, the horse market will be in Luotuogou, thirty miles outside the town. It will be open until twenty. Then there will be Duoyan over there. When the Mongolians come over, they can exchange whatever they want for silk, tea, etc. Horses, ginseng, mink skins... However, sir, the goods you brought are a bit short... Did you come here by yourself?"
Cao Jinxing said with a smile: "For a small business, entering a caravan costs money."
The shopkeeper said clearly: "That's true. But you are so courageous. You actually dare to walk such a long way alone. Take my advice and go with the caravan. Thirty miles is not far, but there are many people recently. None of them are on this road! Does Huiyou Escort Bureau know? One of the top ten escort bureaus in the Central Plains, Hongchang Bank paid for it half a month ago, and the chief escort personally pledged the goods. Inexplicably, not even the person with the goods was gone! Evil nature It’s awesome, but be careful!”
"Yeah! That's exactly what I meant."
Cao Jinxing beat the snake and followed the stick and said: "I wonder if there are any big caravans coming recently. They are protected by experts. Don't worry about giving the money to them."
"have!"
The shopkeeper took a puff of dry cigarette and said: "A team just passed by me this morning. There are many people with accents from Jiangnan, and they look like they have the skills. You can pay some money and go to the horse market with them, right here
We’ll stay at Wenhe Inn, just follow this road and you’ll be there.”
"Thank you, shopkeeper."
Cao Jinxing cupped his hands, took the cake with one hand, added a dozen copper coins to the other hand and handed it to him. He said with a smile: "With this little money, the shopkeeper can buy some tobacco leaves to smoke."
The shopkeeper quickly pushed out: "Hey, it's just a few words, brother, what are you doing..."
"It should be."
Cao Jinxing gave the money, took the reins, and while eating the cake, led the horse to Wenhe Inn.
The shopkeeper watched him leave.
A young man behind him said in admiration: "You are so awesome. You made several extra bucks with just a few words!"
"You know nothing!"
The shopkeeper turned around and shouted: "This is a kindness, you kid is just looking for money! Haven't you ever heard of someone meeting by chance and drawing a sword to help? There is no need for you to draw a sword now, just say a few more words, and you will know money, money, money every day!"
The young man couldn't help but look at him with admiration: "Wow, I didn't expect your level to be so high. Will your monthly salary go up a bit..."
"What's the increase? No money!"
"..."
…
Wenhe Inn.
Cao Jinxing tied the horse and went in. He found that the caravan members were having a meal. There were so many people that they almost filled the lobby. Cao Jinxing did not attract any attention when he entered the door.
Staying here tonight.
Cao Jinxing wanted to move to a lower room, but the shopkeeper said he only had a common room and had no other options, so he had to make do with it...
Living in the hotel was not going well, but joining the caravan was going smoothly.
At this time, he had no martial arts skills and no money. He was the kind of person that robbers would not even bother to look at when walking. The caravan leader had no reason to embarrass him.
——Even if you don’t pay the money, you won’t be evicted if you just follow him, let alone if you give him the money.
For ordinary people who are not a threat, the "heroes" are happy to give them something cheap, which helps spread their reputation.
Cao Jinxing was of course grateful and took the opportunity to find out where this group of people came from.
Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, you would prefer to go to the Tiger Mountains. If you dare to do this, you must have a good background.
The person who paid for the shipment was a silk merchant named Shen from Jiangnan, who was known as the richest man in Jiangnan. This time he sent 30,000 pieces of silk for trade.
The hired guard is also very famous, and he is actually from Perak Hall!
Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall is famous for its firearms and the sixth-grade high-level spiritual martial arts "Hunyuan Thunderbolt Hand", which has extraordinary strength.
This time, the third leader of Perak Hall, Lei Zongliang, who is at the third level of Tongyou, is here, and he also brings five innate masters with him.
Such a person perfectly meets the requirements of the people behind the scenes... I hope they will take action again this time, just in time to trace the source and find Shen Xiang...
Cao Jinxing thought to himself.
"Where did my brother come from?"
After solving the caravan's problem, Cao Jinxing carried his luggage into Datongpu.
As soon as he entered the door, an ordinary-looking and familiar young man asked with a smile, and patted the bed next to him thoughtfully:
"There's still room next to me."
There are more than a dozen beds lined up in a bunk bed, with people right next to each other. At this time, many people have already put their luggage on the bed to occupy the space.
Cao Jinxing arrived late and had no choice.
"I'm from Hebei."
Cao Jinxing walked over from Shan Ruliu, looked at him, his expression was as usual, and he thought to himself: Five levels of innate talent!
"What a coincidence, so am I."
The young man looked at him with a smile on his face and thought to himself: Root mask!