In early May of the seventh year of Kaitai, the high temperatures for several consecutive days made the entire air stagnate. It was so hot in May. It seemed that this summer was not easy to get tired.

I rode my horse all the way north and stayed in a restaurant at night and rushed to the road during the day. Unexpectedly, this horse had a huge appetite. I thought that Han Yu once said that one horse could eat a thousand miles or eat a grain of grain, but this horse ate a lot and even grinds the foreigners on the road, which made me very angry. So I gave it a very poetic name, a foodie.

The foodie's expenses are nearly fifty cents a day, which makes me regret borrowing horses from my senior brother. Fortunately, there are many weeds, vines and branches on the roadside. When resting on the roadside, I can get some food for it. At first, the foodie was picky about food, but later I directly threatened that if it didn't eat, I would sell it to the food store and then became more honest.

At noon that day, on the northern official road, the scorching sun was in the sky, and I saw that the foodies were slowly reluctant to rush on the road. It happened that there was a shade in front of me, so I went to enjoy the cool air.

There was a team of people under the shade of the tree, which looked like a group of traveling merchants, and there were several people from the martial arts world beside them. They should be guards or bodyguards hired by this group of merchants.

When I heard those people speak, they all have a Jinan accent and feel very friendly.

I took out the pancake and ate some things with beef. I was about to untie the water bag, but I found that there was a hole in the water bag, and the water inside had leaked. Alas, the water bag I bought for thirty cents when I was learning art in Mount Tai. After five years of use, I finally died.

So I walked towards the caravans. As soon as I took a few steps, the people from the world pulled out their swords and looked at me with a vigilant look on their faces.

I worked in the escort agency for two years and naturally understood these rules. When I went out, I would not violate the river. Now that I broke into the other party’s warning area, I was provoking.

I raised the water bag and said to the old man in Jinan dialect: I have walked all the way and found that the water bag was broken and dry. Can you borrow some water?

The man in the lead said, I'm sorry for this brother, we don't have much water anymore.

The rest of the caravan looked here, looking worried, and I felt something was wrong. But when I went out, I was in love with others, and I couldn't care if I didn't help, so I retreated back a little embarrassedly.

At this time, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old man walked out of the caravan, holding a kettle in his hand, and handed it to me, "Brother, drink mine."

I took the kettle, took a few sips, and took out a few pieces of dried beef from my arms and stuffed it to him. Thank you, brother!

The two sides told each other, and I realized that these people were escorts from the Tongwei Escort Agency of Jiangnan. They escorted a caravan from Jiangnan back to Jinan Mansion. On the way, they were targeted by a group of Jiangyang thieves, so they were careful all the way.

Tongwei Escort Agency is well-known in Jiangnan, but it is limited to Jiangnan. When we come to the north, especially in Shandong, the gangs, all kinds of heroes do not give face at all. Walking in the world, one is to rely on martial arts and the other is to rely on friendship. Martial arts rely on exchanges and friendships. Friendship depends on drinking, and both hands must be grasped, and both hands must be strong. The Jiangnan martial arts world is not good enough, which is equivalent to cutting off one's own arm. This joke is widely circulated in the world.

I said I was an escort from the Central Plains Escort Agency, and the other party was still a little suspicious. I took out the escort certificate and told some things about Jiang Chong, so they reluctantly believed it. The old escort leader was surnamed Zhang and said that our escort team had encountered some trouble and did not want to involve you, but everyone was with him. If you can help us complete this escort, we would like to repay you with ten taels of silver.

I was a little moved. Ten taels of silver were my three-month salary, but I was also afraid that I would have a life to make money.

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) So I said: I can't guarantee that it will work, but if I use it, I will never refuse.

Zhang Paotou is an old man, so he can naturally hear what I mean. If someone comes with martial arts skills, I can help you if I can. If I am a martial arts master, I don’t have to abide by the professional ethics of the escort master. I have to leave.

After avoiding the sun at noon, the caravan continued to rush forward, while I rode the foodie behind, not far or near, and the people from the Tongwei Escort Agency also agreed to my approach.

I looked at the composition of the caravan. There were seven or eight taels of carriages in front, which were filled with porcelain, silk, and tight supplies. They didn't seem to be valuable. If I were in our escort agency, if it were just these escort goods, the maximum silver for the escort was only fifty or sixty taels. Now I have offered me a part-time salary of ten taels of silver. If this trip was not a secret escort, then Mao Ni would probably be in the black carriage in the middle.

The carriage was airtight and covered by black cloth. No one was seen coming down along the way. The old driver was driving. I tried to use my spiritual sense to detect the old man's martial arts, but the other party noticed it. Among these people, the one with the highest martial arts skills was the old driver.

In the next two days, the caravan walked slowly. Sometimes you could see a few secret whistles staring at the caravan from afar, but most of the time it was a little fleeting. I told Zhang Pao Head that someone had set his sights on us.

Zhang Piaotou said, they were aiming at us seven or eight days ago, but for some reason they have not taken action. Qin Piaotou, I am not sure about this matter, so please keep it confidential.

I nodded, why don’t I go and check it out for you? Or grab a few tongues and ask, now the enemy is dark and bright, like flesh on an anvil. If you cannot organize an effective counterattack, you may be slaughtered.

Zhang Yiwei was a little hesitant, we didn’t have much work...

I smiled, it's okay, I'll do this.

At night, the inn was full, and we stayed in an inn next to the official road. I fed the foodies early and chatted with several escorts at night.

The content of the chat naturally cannot avoid the Jiangnan Martial Arts Conference, especially the rise of the Demon Sect, which is even more unexpected to the entire Jianghu.

After a month of the martial arts conference, there was no sound of the devil's culprit in the world. On the contrary, the Devil's culprit, which took over the Tiandihui Association and established branches in various places, actually promoted the God of Light, and even taught the teachings to poor people, giving alms to porridge, and more and more scholars were taught.

Of course, there are many things to do to grab territory. Bribery of the government, grabbing important checkpoints, docks, ferry charging rights, etc. will never be ambiguous, but what are these? Those examples of gangs fighting for the sake of interests have not happened one day? Although those famous and upright factions do not do these things openly, they have colluded with green forests in various places in private and reached many agreements secretly. If they entered the gang at that time, they would inevitably be filled with righteous indignation when they heard such things. Now it seems as natural as eating and drinking water.

When we were on the road, drinking was a taboo, but we still drank a little. At night, I was exercising my energy in the room, and my veins were broken. I wondered if I could try to get my internal force to bypass and force the opening of the large and small circles, but the effect was not great.

I released my magical identification and investigated the situation around me. I heard several people from Tongwei Escort Agency discussing countermeasures.

I immediately entered the Shandong territory. Boss Zhang, the old man refused to leave the carriage. The brothers behind him followed him for more than half a month. Do you have to have an explanation?

Zhang Boxing said: I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, I've already followed him

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) A few brothers on Shandong Road greeted me. When we arrived at the fallen land, we started.

When I heard this, I felt something was wrong. These people were clearly trying to guard the black corpse robbers on the road. I was afraid that the merchants who hired corpses would still be kept in the dark.

In the escort agency business, escorts colluded with outsiders to grab escort goods. This is the most serious one of the prohibited escorts' practice regulations, and it also violates the Ming Dynasty's laws. Every year, the warning education organized by the escort agency and Liushemen is to visit the economic prisons in the Ministry of Justice, and most of the escort agency crimes are such black escorts.

I thought I could take the opportunity to make some extra money, but I expected that it would be like this. It was the case that there was no reason for the pie to fall from the sky. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel discouraged and secretly made up my mind to leave the team early tomorrow morning.

Someone listened to the other party: What should I do if the escort from the Central Plains Escort Agency?

Zhang Piaotou said, this guy doesn't know the depth of his martial arts. If he doesn't have a strong idea, he will kill him and blame the Central Plains Escort Agency. Then they will be so yellow and muddy that they will fall into their crotch. They will be either shit or shit.

I was secretly angry and immediately stopped the idea of ​​leaving. You little bastards of seven or eighth grade, I can kill you with one hand, but I actually hit the small plan on our Central Plains Escort Agency. I want to see what your Tongwei Escort Agency has.

The next day, I took the initiative to go to our house to chat. Shi Tou, the young man who gave me water, asked, "Is Brother Qin really an escort?"

I nodded with a smile.

Then why don’t you see your weapons?

Well, I can't say that I can't buy weapons without money, so I pretended to be cold and cold, walking around the world, rarely encountering enemies, so I didn't bring weapons.

I heard that experts can fly and walk around, and they can draw several feet out at once. Can you show it to me?

...

I looked dark, do you think I was a street performer?

I couldn't stand Shi Tou's nagging, so I wanted to walk away. Shi Tou resolutely chased after him. I asked Shi Tou if he had learned martial arts. He said that he had traveled back and forth with his family to work fur business with his family since he was a child. Although he wanted to learn, he had no chance.

I patted him on the shoulder, it would be fine if he didn't learn, but once he entered the world, he couldn't help himself. It would be better to do some small business at home and live a good life.

A 14 or 15-year-old woman came over and sent dry food to Shitou. Shitou was a little unhappy. Didn’t you tell you that I’ll eat it later, and I’m asking for advice on Kung Fu with Daxia Qin!

The woman was scolded by Shi Tou, and she lowered her head and dared not speak, so she slowly retreated. Shi Tou didn't care. This was my wife, and my family married her, and I didn't like her very much. My parents were anxious to hold her grandson.

No, if I hadn't gone to Taishan to learn arts and had not gone to the capital after I became a teacher, I would have already married and had children at home, and lived a simple life, and sometimes I thought about it, such a life would be good.

I miss my parents at home more and more. As the saying goes, my parents are here and I don’t travel far away, but I have been traveling around since I was twelve years old. I have only a few days to go home every year. I thought that this time I will stay at home for a few more days, and the boss has no time to go back anyway.

In a day, we entered Shandong territory and walked twenty miles further to the slope. I looked at Zhang and his group and began to become particularly sensitive, with eyes spreading everywhere, and I grew old and looked at the black carriage in the middle.

I rode my horse a few steps faster and came to the old man's carriage.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!