Looking south to Buzhou, within the territory of Kunwu Kingdom.
At dusk, the setting sun casts its crimson rays onto the vast green and slightly golden wheat fields spread across the vast plains, making the oxcarts passing through the wheat fields seem like they are driving on the sparkling sea.
The driver, wearing a black cloth and a hat, was complaining to the old cow pulling the cart slowly, but the cow kept its pace and remained unmoved. The bucket behind the driver was loaded with bulging goods.
The goods were covered by a piece of khaki grass cloth.
Tread! Tread! At this time, the sound of rapid horse hooves came from behind the car, and at the same time, there was the sound of men shouting.
"Drive!" "Old man pulling the cart, stop!" "I'm talking about you!"
The coachman pulled hard on the reins twice, but the old cow ignored him completely. He had no choice but to loosen the reins and raise his hands to indicate that he had done nothing.
Tap tap tap——
Six riders riding horses of different colors, but wearing similar bronze armor and weapons, quickly approached the bullock cart and stopped the stubborn bull with all their strength.
"I have been ordered by the king to track down fugitives. Take off your hat and let us see your face!" The leading rider turned his horse's head and looked down at the driver.
"Ah? Fugitive?" The coachman took off his hat, revealing a weather-beaten face with a thick beard and gray hair. He looked to be in his fifties.
The riders looked relaxed, and the leader's tone softened: "Where are you from? Where are you going?"
"I came from the outskirts of Zhensu and was going to Kunwu ahead to deliver goods to them." The old coachman replied slightly nervously.
"Goods?" Another rider approached the carriage and raised his hand to lift the cover; "...what is this?"
The carriage was loaded with large and small bamboo and rattan baskets, and these woven containers were filled with dark red soil.
"This is clay," the old coachman said, "It can be used to shape clay kilns and fire pottery and porcelain, or tiles and bricks. Ordinary copper and iron will rust and crack after being in contact for a long time, so it can only be packed in rattan baskets."
His last words caused a rider who tried to poke the dirt with a bronze ax to withdraw his weapon.
The leader of the riders was hesitating when he saw a carriage coming from the direction of Kunwu Kingdom. There were also various rattan baskets in the carriage, but they were not loaded with soil. Instead, they were filled with some finished pottery and grain cloth.
The carriage driver waved to the old coachman here, but because there were several well-armed riders there, he didn't say much.
"..." The leader hesitated for a moment, turned the spearhead, and quickly poked several larger rattan baskets a few times. Then he turned his horse's head and pointed in the direction of Kunwu: "Let's go!"
Seeing the six horses disappearing away, the old coachman covered the cane basket with a cloth, drank the cows for a long time, and then slowly started on the road again.
When we finally arrived at a settlement in Kunwu Country, it was completely dark. The old coachman also saw several riders in the settlement who also planned to stay here.
These riders watched him complete the transaction with several pottery workshops and exchange some supplies. After going to the inn to rest, they withdrew their scrutinizing gaze.
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"Hey! Master! You are very good!" As soon as the old coachman walked into his house, someone tapped him on the shoulder.
"I turned from an uncle to an uncle..." Yi Yin touched the beard around his mouth: "But it seems that I can't refute it."
He turned around and looked at the cheerful girl...forget it, you can't spoil her, she's just Meixi.
She was wearing a pair of coarse cloth clothes that were very similar in color to the body of the oxcart. At least the quality was much worse than when she escaped from the Xia Palace, but she didn't seem to care at all.
"You probably didn't notice," Meixi chirped, "After they left, they sneaked around the wheat field and followed you. I could see clearly from under the car that they were missing a few people just now.
It’s just cleaning up the ears of wheat.”
"Ah... they must be checking the carriage now, but they certainly didn't expect that you had already left before your eyes were blocked when you entered the settlement." Yi Yin nodded and began to sort out his clothes and belongings.
The identity I borrowed this time was that of a real clay merchant who traveled between Zhensu and Kunwu - of course, he belonged to the Shang State, so after the incident was over, all the proceeds from this round trip had to be given to the old man.
"Then, what should we do next?" Mei Xi blinked and looked at him: "I compared it and found that I couldn't outrun those horses."
"It would be fine if you are really a monster. Such a half-hearted person can only hide the monster power of his voice... Tsk." Yi Yin shook his head: "Continue to follow me. Currently, 'Kunwu', 'Gu', and 'Wei'
, these three kingdoms are all Fang Kingdoms directly under the Xia Dynasty, and the guards can move as they please, it would be better to get the 'Ge Kingdom' and our 'Shang Kingdom'."
"A half-assed demon power? What about your face? And this." Meixi went to pull Yi Yin's beard.
"It's just a simple application of the power of 'witch'. The legendary witch has more than that," Yi Yin pressed Mei Xi's head and pushed her away, "Go and have a rest. An old man who has been traveling all day in the middle of the night
It’s also very suspicious to keep a light on.”
"Hey~" Meixi took advantage of her strength to retreat, rolled onto the bed, and made a seductive expression with her charming fox-like face: "Then come up~?"
"And then you were beaten half to death by the demonic power that protected you?" Yi Yin took out a parcel from his belongings and spread it on the floor with an expressionless face. "You have to go on a journey tomorrow. If you feel that you are trapped under the bullock cart,
If it’s very energy-saving, you don’t need to sleep.”
"Hmm... hum." Meixi jumped out of bed and opened her mouth to blow out the lamp.
call--
There was a strange wind sound that was definitely not like blowing out a lamp, and the lamp was not blown out either.
Yi Yin was wondering what Mei Xi was playing when she suddenly pounced on him from behind: "Tiger, tiger, tiger - big tiger!"
He was led by the girl and turned around half a circle involuntarily, and then he saw a big, eye-catching white-fronted tiger appear out of thin air in the inn hut, looking here with a playful look.
"Don't panic, this is not a tiger," Yi Yin looked at the white tiger's green eyes, the strange long hair on its head, and a pair of black wings: "It is one of the four legendary evils, [Qiongqi]."
"Are you even more panicked?" Meixi shouted.
"There's really no need to panic. If it's a tiger, we might be eaten if we can't defeat it," Yi Yin said, "But if it's Qiongqi, it just depends on its mood... there's no need to fight."
"..." My sister was speechless with joy, but she also refused to look around.
"Well, before the formal conversation, I have to correct you a mistake," "Qiongqi" said in a fluent voice: "My current name is 'Mother of the Golden Light', and I am a disciple of the Lord Jie Jiao Tongtian."
