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The group of people set out along the official road, which was a long and wide road that was cultivated in the wilderness like a field ridge. The road is lined with wild grass and flowers, clinging to the hillside and rising and falling with it.
If the grassland is alive, then this road is its blood. It connects the north, south, west and east, allowing people from all sides to travel safely.
Woye Town is located in the west of the seven northern towns, separated from Yuyi Town by Huaishuo, Wuchuan, Fuming, Rouxuan and Huaihuang towns. In other words, Bai Feng and Murong Yan were traveling in the north, and the next place they could stop was Huaihuang Town, which is the closest place to Yuyi Town.
After leaving Qunma Pass, if nothing unexpected happens, you can reach Huaihuang Town by walking northwest for about three days. Bai Feng and others believed in this.
For Bai Feng and Murong Yan, this trip was one of the few where they didn't have to worry about someone chasing them from behind or setting up an ambush in front of them, and they also had two interesting companions along the way. One of them is a free and easy old man, and the other is an ignorant girl with little experience.
The two of them appear to be particularly abrupt and full of contradictions. This sense of difference will subtly eliminate a lot of loneliness caused by the journey.
Therefore, what gave the pair of heroes a firm belief was not only the map in their hands and the ambition in their hearts, but also the experience gained by Su Qing, who had traveled all over the world for more than ten years, and some innocent questions that Zi Chai often asked. .
They still had a few days to spend on horses and carriages before reaching their next habitat. Chatting and joking is what they often do in their pastime.
"Except for Wuchuan Town and Huaishuo Town, which I dare not go to often, among the seven towns in the north, which place has not been stolen by me once?" Just like the powerful and wealthy businessmen happily show off how many mistresses they have at banquets, Su Qing is also very fond of it. Love to show off to friends what they have done.
Su Qing has many dandy habits left in him. Although he has never been a prince or aristocrat and his background is no nobler than anyone else, he still yearns for those flashy words and thinks he is very funny. In fact, there are many speeches that are ignorant of the rules. .
"I heard that the people in Beizhen are all fierce and brutal villains, out-and-out traitors and thieves. Mr. Su dares to go to such a place to steal, which is really frightening!" Zi Chai responded and asked: "I wonder, will we encounter a vicious barbarian?"
Murong Yan, who was sitting next to Zi Chai, sarcastically said: "Sister Zi Chai, Master Su told you these words, right? In order to make yourself look powerful and tall, you really do everything possible. In my opinion, The people of Beizhen are no different from the people of the Central Plains. It’s just that Beizhen is a remote place. It is also an important military town. It must reject Rouran from the north and pay tribute to the south. People live in poverty and cannot see the way forward, so they are confused all day long. , as time goes by, chaos gradually arises."
"Really? Then why doesn't Mr. Su dare to provoke Wuchuan Town and Huaishuo Town?" Zichai continued to ask.
Su Qing pretended not to hear clearly and yelled into the air: "What? What are you doing to provoke them?" Then he smiled and said nothing, using his duty to ride the horse to escape moral criticism.
Similar conversations often end with the silent representative of one of the parties. Of course, this is just chatting on the surface and can be heard by the four people traveling together. In fact, there are many small secret meetings secretly that are not known to the public.
Judging from the map, if they are lucky, they can encounter one or two lakes on the road, so that they can take a good rest. If the conditions are right, the girls can also get a chance to take a bath.
However, the reality is that they seemed to have been fooled by God. Even though they walked on the road for two days and two nights, they still could not find a new water source. The stored water will be quickly consumed by the horses. Without water dripping into the belly, the dry food will become difficult to swallow, the horses will become weak, and the journey will be delayed.
Just when everyone felt that the crisis was coming, a horse team suddenly appeared on the road ahead.
The leading man was wearing a hunting coat, a hunting bow on his back, and a brocade hat on his head. He claimed to be a young man from a certain family who was out hunting. Seeing that Bai Feng and the others were short of water, he first gave them water bags and meat from the prey, and then personally led them. Go and rest in the nearby woods.
"People who take this road for the first time tend to get lost easily!" He talked eloquently, rode up to Bai Feng, and followed Su Qing and others behind his own convoy: "Are you businessmen? Or... "
"We are traveling artists, you see..." Bai Feng said, taking out his long flute from his saddle bag and showing it to the other party.
"Traveling artist? Then, what kind of beauty is this car carrying?"
"They are all ordinary, not beautiful." Before Bai Feng finished speaking, Su Qing behind him raised his riding whip, waved it angrily, and said angrily: "Brother, just lead the way well, don't ask questions!"
Only then did the young master remember that he had not introduced his past history. He raised his hands and said respectfully to Su Qing and Baifeng: "I am Xiao Sigu. I come from Huaihuang Town. My family runs a small business. I have loved hunting all my life. We will be out hunting for a few days, and it is fate that you and I can meet each other today!"
"Xia Niuli, nice to meet you..."
"My name is Su Qing. Seeing how humble you are, just call me Brother Su!"
Seeing that the two of them had such different temperaments, Xiao Sigu couldn't help but smile and said, "You two are really interesting. Why do you want to go to Beizhen?"
"I heard that a close friend was living in Beizhen, so I spent all my money to go there."
"Brother Bai values love and righteousness; Brother Su also seems to be a sweet-tempered person. It seems that I, Xiao Sigu, have not helped the wrong person!"
After a few polite words, the two girls on the carriage giggled. Murong Yan begged Su Qing through the curtain in front of the car door: "Master Su, please tease him a little more, this master is really interesting when it comes to politeness!"
Zi Chai had already lifted the curtains and stuck her head out to see what was going on.
Xiao Sigu was seen wearing a beard and a beard all over his face, but his eyes looked particularly young. The gentle red and phoenix eyebrows outlined on this rough dark yellow face made people intuitively surprised.
At the same time, Xiao Sigu also looked towards Zichai like a man possessed, unable to open his arms for a long time.
"Brother Xiao, you look like you have extraordinary martial arts skills! I wonder if you can show us some tricks later, and maybe hunt some rabbits!" Su Qing asked the other party to prepare lunch for him without any courtesy, but when he saw the other party He didn't respond for a long time. He only stared at himself and then looked behind him.
Seeing Zi Chai sticking his stupid head outside, Su Qing had to say urgently: "Sister Zi Chai, go in quickly! Don't let the bad guys see you."
"Master Su, what a mighty young man! How come I've never seen him in the Central Plains before?" Zi Chai also exclaimed like crazy, and immediately wanted to stick her head out to see clearly, but she still let Murong Yan next to her stop her. .
"Don't you think I'm powerful enough? I'm just a child with a yellow mouth, far worse than your brother and I when we were young!"
After that, giggles came from the carriage again. It was not until they walked into the woods and found the clear spring that the verbal dispute in the carriage ended completely.
