Three hundred and twenty-five town three mountains eighteen
The old man with white beard and white hair leaned down tremblingly on the ground with a dragon-headed cane. He squeezed it gently with his upper hand, and all the charcoal fell down. He got closer and looked at the charred car body that had been soaked in water.
, indeed exactly the same as the cart behind him and the escort team.
The old man sighed slightly and slowly straightened up, regardless of the support of the people around him: "It is indeed the big car of our escort agency. It was not chopped up and burned in the past two months, at least it was half a year ago."
In fact, from a distance, he already knew that these were the carts that were robbed and killed in the Suzhou realm, but it made sense that as the chief escort of the Wuhe Escort Agency, he should take a look.
Song Yanchao is already very old. Even as a martial artist, few of his contemporaries with similar realms can live to this age. In recent years, all the treasures from the Wuhe Escort Bureau that have the effect of prolonging life have been collected, and most of them are used in
After all, the escort bureau is currently in a lean period, and the escort team has suffered many misfortunes. It is most in need of a Dinghaishenzhen to take charge of the overall situation.
The head escort of Wu He Escort Bureau, who was still energetic three years ago, now looks very much like a dying old man for some reason, with a look of despair and death lingering on his face.
The escorts of Wuhe Escort Agency dispersed and were on guard. Before coming, these escorts were more or less aware of the dangers in Suzhou. The brothers who were escorting escorts in Suzhou were attacked and killed by Xiaoyaoshan in groups, while the chief escorts
It was only today that the leader personally led the team to recover the situation. All the escorts were filled with anger, wishing that the thieves from Xiaoyaoshan would come and kill them right now.
"This is the fourth group of people we have found along the way. The bodies may be buried nearby..." A bodyguard came close and lowered his voice: "Even if you bring some bones back, it is better than empty-handed and fighting with these bodyguards."
My family can’t explain it.”
According to the rules of the Wuhe Escort Agency, if something unexpected happens to the escort while escorting the escort, and the body is too far away to be transported back to the Escort Agency, the bones must be brought back to his family. However, most of the Escort Agency personnel who are attacked in Suzhou are only a few.
Many people escaped, and there was no news about the whole escort. No one was alive, and there was no time to collect the corpses of their companions.
During the Jinzhou War, the money accumulated by relying on food, bodyguards and bodyguards, even if all was paid to the employer who lost the goods and the orphans and widows of the fallen bodyguards, was still a drop in the bucket. If it were not for the generous donations from the proprietors of the Wuhe Bodyguard Bureau, what would have been in the past
The escort flags of the No. 1 Escort Bureau in Dayao may have to be taken off by creditors. If the escort flags of Wu He Escort Bureau are really taken off, the seniors who established the territory for the Escort Bureau with swords and spears enshrined in the ancestral hall of the Escort Bureau will not be allowed to do so.
Come to life from anger?
"There's no need to look for it. Burning the people from our escort agency and the cart together is the most trouble-free and labor-saving way for them." Song Yanchao turned his head on the ground and paused lightly, "The human corpses and the wood were burned together.
Heaping ashes, you can find the bones but you can't tell who belongs to them... Well, let them come over and collect some and bring them back to the escort agency."
Song Yanchao tried his best to suppress the pain in his whole body and walked slowly towards the cart he was riding in. When he entered the carriage of the cart, he lightly pressed a hidden compartment on the wall. Inside the hidden compartment was a tin bag, full of eyes.
Song Yanchao, who was greedy and eager, couldn't wait to tear open the tin bag, revealing a semi-black and transparent paste, like black jade, with a strange fragrance.
It took a long time with his excessively trembling hands to get the tinder box, but he couldn't light the candle. The increasingly anxious old man gradually lost his patience, so he simply held the entire tin bag and burned it on the tinder box.
Threads of green smoke spread inside the cart,
Like the aftertaste of burning spices, Song Yanchao greedily sniffed the green smoke, ignoring the blisters on his palms caused by the hot tin package. The pain that surged through his body and the burning sensation in his palms slowly subsided.
The muscles are also relaxed.
Song Yanchao closed his eyes, as if he had returned to his heyday in a trance, and his ears were filled with praise and compliments.
He smiled.
....
Three or five men with swords hanging loosely on their waists were enjoying the shade under the shade of the trees. They looked like they were sergeants from the Suzhou Army, but they were not wearing armor.
Keep an eye on the road not far away that is lined with horses.
It is not uncommon for sergeants of the Suzhou Prefecture Army to set up private checkpoints near the garrison to collect money for traveling. Businessmen who come and go in Suzhou often don't mind paying a few taels of silver to buy the way. Even if a state army is ridiculed again
For the paper shelf, it is more than enough to pack up a team of lone merchants.
These people were all pawns under the command of the commander of the Suzhou Army. They spent a lot of effort to get this horse, just so they could get some money for drinks when they had nothing to do. Strange to say, they didn't get there until noon.
There were twenty or thirty people, most of whom were ordinary people from nearby villages. They only had a few copper coins and could not buy a pot of good wine. They worked hard for half a day in vain.
The leading corps commander saw that his sergeants were all as wilted as cabbage struck by frost, and he weighed the string of copper plates in his hand. He didn't even think about going out to a restaurant, but he could buy a few ladles of village fermented soil to make a living.
Maybe there is still some left over, and it would be good to have some fried peanuts and pork head meat to go with the wine.
"Boss, someone is coming!"
The commander saw his sergeant pointing at the road and said in surprise, so he turned around and looked, and sure enough, there were several large vehicles approaching from a distance.
"Get your appearance in order. Don't be regarded as a thieves by other merchants. After all, our Kuibei camp is also an old camp. Don't lose your dignity like those green men who come in to make a living."
The sergeants, who had originally opened their clothes and exposed their breasts, hurriedly dressed themselves up and followed the team leader in formation. They happened to run into a large car in front of them.
"What kind of goods are carried on the cart? Do you have any luggage with you?" the captain asked the driver of the big cart with a straight face.
The team leader was a little surprised. How could this majestic man with a strong body of more than eight feet be reduced to driving a cart for others? He immediately admired his talent and pretended not to care.
: "If one day you no longer want to drive carts for others, go to the nearby state army camp and join the army. Although the money and food may not be as much as those of you who drive carts, if you have some martial arts skills, you may be able to ride better than me.
This corps commander has a higher position, even commander, centurion..."
The burly man sneered and said: "Master, there is nothing we can do. There are more than a dozen people in the family, the old and the young. The boy with a handle has to save a dowry to marry his daughter-in-law, and the daughter without a handle has to save a dowry to get married. The old lady in the family is weak.
It’s not that good, I spent a bunch of money just to buy medicine from the drug store..."
When the sergeant nearby saw that the corps commander was actually chatting with the man driving the cart, he coughed twice. No matter how extravagant the man's words were, he was just trying to save money on the road. This man driving the cart was saving money.
It's true that they paid for the passing money, so if they stayed here to work for a long time, could they go to drink the northwest wind?
The corps commander, who was hinted and reminded by his sergeant, suddenly came to his senses and raised his tone again to interrogate: "We'll talk about the gossip later. Let's get the car first."
I’ll tell you exactly what kind of goods are on board and how to transport them.”
"When I return to the army, the carriage is full of cloth and silk, which are being sold from Suzhou to the north." The burly man looked flattering, and when he handed the package to the corps leader, he also brought a child's fist-sized bag with him.
The latter understood it and weighed the cloth bag in his sleeves. He couldn't help but secretly praise this man for being sensible.
After taking a cursory glance at the merchants and looking at the days passed by the superiors, this group of merchants seemed to have stayed in Suzhou for a while, but it was nothing. They were not engaged in murder and arson. He was a team leader as big as a sesame seed and a mung bean.
The money is safe in the bag, but there is no way to control that much.
"They are all clean and innocent, no need to check anymore." The proud team leader winked at the sergeants behind him, waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
The snowflake-patterned silver bag is safe, chickens, ducks and fish will come to you uninvited, and your life will be as happy as a fairy.
"More than ten miles further, there is an inn. Not only the prices are fair, but the wine and the cooking skills are not bad." The team leader slapped his forehead and yelled at the burly man who had already caught up with the cart.
The latter raised his riding whip to indicate that he heard the words of the corporal commander.
"Come on, let's go into the city today to have a tooth ceremony." The corps commander tossed the small cloth bag and was about to take the group of cheering sergeants into the city. After thinking about it, he decided to remove the road blocker, and then the group headed towards the nearby city.
Go.
"Your Majesty, these government lackeys, why do you want to let them live?" The curtain of the carriage driven by Wu Erlang was opened, and the young man Tiao, who was as dark as charcoal, said angrily, "These people in the wilderness here,
They have made the king so humble. If the king says anything, I will immediately turn around and cut them down before catching up with the team. I will not delay the king's business."
"The situation is like this everywhere at the bottom of the mountain. These pawns from the state army are willing to discuss how many taels of silver they want from us, and they will give it to us. But if they push further, Xiao Heizi, you will naturally go to Sajia if you don't tell us.
Kill these people." Wu Erlang, who was regarded by the corps leader as the driver of the big cart, smiled at the young man who was still aggrieved and was called Xiao Heizi. "Although we in Xiaoyaoshan are at odds with the Gouri government, we are all doing it for the sake of reputation.
Ordinary people who have enough to eat don’t have the right to cry out for beating or killing at the slightest grievance.”
The young man called Xiao Heizi nodded with deep understanding, feeling in his heart that the king's words were not much more refreshing than the third master who acted coquettishly.
However, these little black men still dared to keep these thoughts in their hearts. After all, the third boss, who he privately called a sissy, was sitting at an arm's length away from him.
It's up to us, the fifth leader of the family, to have an appetite for him. He doesn't talk much on weekdays, but his decisiveness in killing with a sword has been praised by even the king with a thumbs up. Xiao Heizi glanced inside the carriage.
The fifth master, who was not much older than him, felt a little discouraged. He just didn't know if he could be a little boss on the mountain at his age.
The fifth leader seemed to notice Xiao Heizi's gaze and nodded slightly.