Qiu County.
As the name suggests, there are hills all over the place, so many that no one can remember how many there are, and so many that more than half of the hills have no names.
Because there are too many hills here, the population is sparse, and it covers a vast area. Although it is only a county, it is actually larger than a county. It is the largest county in the entire Tiandu Prefecture.
This county is adjacent to Wuyuan County, which is the westernmost county in Lingzhou. Going further west is Huangzhou, the border area of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a place where the Four Wars were fought.
On an official road leading to Wuyuan County, a group of people was arriving leisurely.
There were about twenty people in total, all men, wearing very simple clothes, many of them in rags.
What is completely consistent is that they are all riding horses and carrying weapons at their belts.
In the middle of the team, there were five flatbed trucks pulling, each with some boxes on them. The boxes were locked and sealed.
There is a flag stuck on the handle of the flatbed truck, with red letters on a black background and the four characters "Weiyuan Escort Agency" embroidered on it.
This team is clearly a dart team.
The leader was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a fat head and big ears, a full face of beard, a thick and loud voice, and half of his sentences were filled with swear words.
He held a portrait in his hand and said, "Damn! Who is this Wang Xuanfu? A head is worth so much money!"
A young man who was half a body behind him replied: "I guess he has taken the concubine of some great master."
The middle-aged man slapped him on the back of the head and cursed: "Fuck you! Why is this concubine so valuable? One hundred thousand taels of gold. Do you fucking know how much one hundred thousand taels of gold is?"
The young man sneered twice and said, "Boss, do you know how much one hundred thousand taels of gold is?"
Although the middle-aged man is the chief escort of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau, he has never seen so much gold. He said vaguely: "The number one card of "Xiangyiyuan" is only worth a hundred taels of gold in one night, and a hundred thousand taels of gold. You Just think about how many fucking nights you can sleep.”
"A thousand nights, this will make her smoke!" the young man said with a lewd smile.
"Hey! You're too weak! If it were me, if she could last a month, I wouldn't be a pure man!" said another man behind him.
"A month? Ten days! I can make her pee in ten days!"
"Tch! Three days! Three days at most! I won't even let her poop!"
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More slot men joined the discussion team.
A few people at the back of the team wanted to join in, but they couldn't get close, so they could only talk in private.
Several of them are relatively young, one has a bald head, one has a dark face, one has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and one has disheveled hair, with one eye covered by bangs and only the other eye exposed.
The bald man tilted his head, grinned and said to the man with blond hair who was half a body behind him: "Doctor Wang, do you know who Wang Xuanfu is? One head is worth one hundred thousand taels of gold."
The man with disheveled hair smiled and said nothing. He knew, and knew who Wang Xuanfu was better than anyone else.
Because no one in the world knows your own details better than you. If there is, then this person must be your enemy!
This man with disheveled hair is Wang Cheng.
That day, he was chased by the old man Yintong. He had no choice but to jump into the river. Because he had the inner elixir of the colorful toad protecting him, neither ice nor water could hurt him. Therefore, he luckily escaped the pursuit of the old man Yintong. .
He fled all the way without thinking about where to escape. In short, he always appeared in places with many rivers. I almost lived in the water for three days in a row, swam for countless miles, and finally got rid of the soul-chasing beast.
This is why Pan Meng didn't wait for the news of his appearance. In fact, he didn't know the false news that Pan Meng had people release.
When he landed, he had already arrived at the border of Qiu County, and met Zhang Laosan and others from the Weiyuan Escort Agency.
Because several people in the team were injured while walking escorts, he treated a few of them out of kindness, and Zhang Laosan, the chief escort leader, treated him as a guest.
In fact, Zhang Laosan had been guarding against him. How could any of the guests follow him at the back of the line?
He was also happy and leisurely. After so many years, Zhang Laosan's eyes were very poisonous. If he stayed together for a long time, he would inevitably see his flaws, and then his head would really be taken out. Go and claim your reward.
"I didn't expect my head to be so valuable!"
Wang Cheng secretly laughed at himself, never expecting that his head would one day be put on the shelf.
He felt heavy in his heart. Now he could be said to be out of Ninghou's control, but his subordinates were still there, and he wondered if Ninghou would embarrass them.
Of course, even if Ning Hou really vents his anger on Xu Chao and others, he will not show up again. After Qinglong's severe beating, he knew very well that he would never have a second chance to escape from Ninghou.
Just like what his master told him before he died, the road he took was full of dangers and he had to survive.
"Brothers, Wuyuan County is almost here. Let's hurry up and make it to Wuyuan County before dark!"
The voice of the chief escort Zhang Laosan came from the front, and a group of men followed him by shouting "wow wah", and the team suddenly sped up.
evening.
A group of about twenty people finally arrived at Wuyuan County, a county town the size of an ordinary county town.
The city wall is only over three meters high, far less than Tiandu Fucheng. The wall is not made of hard bluestone, but the most common yellow bricks, with cracks in many places.
Although the city is small, it still can't annihilate everyone's excitement. They have been traveling for nearly two days and really don't want to sleep in the open.
After paying dozens of taels of tax money, the soldiers guarding the city did not embarrass Zhang Laosan and others, nor did they go to check, but just let them into the city.
This is not the first time Weiyuan Escort Bureau has passed by here. Zhang Laosan, the chief escort officer, is very familiar with the soldiers guarding the city.
Wang Cheng followed everyone into the city. There was no document about his arrest posted at the city gate, which made him feel even more relieved.
Soon after entering the city, they came to an inn called "Xilaile" in the west of the city.
When they arrived, there were already several tables of people in the inn, drinking and joking, and it was very lively.
Wang Cheng followed the chief escort Zhang Laosan and others to the innermost tables of the inn. Several tables were put together into one long table, which could accommodate everyone.
"Waiter, bring me all the good wine and food!" Zhang Laosan shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Third Master, please wait for a moment and I'll get it for you." The waiter obviously recognized Zhang Laosan.
Soon, a large table of wine and food was arranged.
Zhang Laosan picked up the wine bowl, looked at the brothers, and said: "Old rule, the ten brothers who are keeping vigil tonight are not allowed to drink. The other brothers can only drink three bowls at most!"
Everyone nodded. The escort agency has always taken "escorts" more seriously than their lives. Drinking too much will cause trouble.
That is to say, this is not the first time they have dealt with this inn, they are very familiar with it, and they would never drink alcohol in a place where they work.
Wang Cheng also placed a bowl filled with wine in front of him, but he didn't drink a sip, he just ate some vegetables.
The food here is naturally not as good as Tiandufu, and the cooking style is more simple and rough like the northwest, but it is also in line with the taste of rough guys like Zhang Laosan.
Halfway through the meal, Zhang Laosan came to Wang Cheng with a bowl of wine, sat down beside him familiarly, put his arm around his shoulders and said: "Doctor Wang, my third son has no other skills. I have been an escort for so many years." , I have mastered this pair of moves."
He pointed at his eyes and whispered: "You are a capable person. These juniors have no eyes to see Mount Tai and have never seen a real dragon. Don't take offense to them."
Wang Cheng was shocked. Why was this old man telling him this for no reason?
Have you recognized him?
He focused his gaze and looked at Zhang Laosan, but Zhang Laosan accidentally lowered his head.
He took out a money bag from his arms and stuffed it into Wang Cheng's hand, saying, "This is the medical fee you paid to save my brother earlier. It's not too much."
Wang Cheng felt the weight in his hand, it was at least fifty taels, and the medical fee could not be considered small.
He immediately thought of something. Giving him so much money at once was driving him away.
So he wisely said, "Thank you for your support along the way, Chief Bodyguard. I'm almost at my destination, so I won't bother Chief Bodyguard any more."
Zhang Laosan patted Wang Cheng on the shoulder and said with a "haha" smile: "I know that Doctor Wang is a capable person, and it is true."
Wang Cheng stopped asking for trouble, had a simple meal, booked a guest room with the waiter, and went upstairs alone.
Several people who had been treated by Wang Cheng before were a little unhappy, as their own bodyguard's actions were a bit unethical.
"Boss, haven't you always told us before that what our escort agency lacks the most is a doctor? Doctor Wang is so skilled in medicine, even better than Dr. Hu in our county. Why did you let him go?" A young man asked: Explain.
"You kid know nothing!"
Zhang Laosan slapped the man on the back of the head and cursed: "I told you so, but even you know that Dr. Wang has excellent medical skills. Do you think he is a simple person?"
The man lowered his head and said nothing.
They are most afraid of meeting people of unknown origin when traveling as escorts, because no one knows whether these people are coming for their "escorts", so they usually do not interact with strangers.
"Hmph! You kid still has a lot to learn! It's good to have a good heart, but don't treat everyone as a good person!"
After giving the young man a few more words of instruction, Zhang Laosan asked everyone to finish their meal and rest as soon as possible. They still had a long way to go tomorrow.
After everyone had eaten, they came to a courtyard behind the inn, which was the single courtyard where they were accommodated.
There are always people guarding the independent courtyard in case something goes wrong with the "guards". A new group of people have been put in to guard the "guards". It is already dark.
There were fewer and fewer people eating in the inn, and they went back to their rooms to rest one after another.
The night is like water.
Everything was silent.
Zhang Laosan was lying on the bed alone, his eyes closed and snoring loudly.
What was placed beside him was the escort he was responsible for escorting. There were twenty boxes, which almost filled the entire room.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes, which were as big and round as copper bells.
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