"Wait a minute!" The young escort seemed to have just remembered, "Isn't the Immortal Master trying to rob our escort?"
"Nothing is taken away."
"That's right, the immortal master's magic is so powerful, why bother to rob our escort?" The young escort seemed to suddenly remember, and then hesitantly said, "But this escort seems to be extremely valuable. If others know that our escort agency leaks the secret at will, I’m afraid…”
"Don't be nervous." Song You just looked at him indifferently, "Slowly think about what you have to worry about and explain, and tell them one by one. I will only listen to the origin and name of the goods, and do nothing else."
"good……"
The escort then spoke slowly: "Actually, we don't know who sent this escort or where it will be sent. We are just a link in the middle. What's the specifics, let alone the villain? I'm afraid even the escort chief Peng doesn't know. The villain only knows that it was sent from Yangzhou, to Yaozhou. Because Yaozhou has poor mountains and rivers, the road is difficult, and there are often bandits and bandits, so the escort agency from other places cannot get through, and Our escort agency specializes in business in Yaozhou, and we are familiar with all the mountains, so we will deliver it. The goods are only in one box. After it is delivered to Fengzhou, someone else will pick it up."
"Sounds like a lot of trips."
"I heard that it has been more than ten years, at least two times a year, or more than four or five times. The younger one has been following for a few years." The young escort said, "It is said that there were some sent from Yizhou in the past, and it was about the same. Because our escort agency is basically the only one who dares to say that there are a lot of goods crossing Yaozhou and we are the most capable, so we deliver all this section, but the Yizhou side suddenly stopped a few years ago."
"Yizhou?"
Song You became a little interested.
"At that time, the villain hadn't entered the escort agency yet, so he didn't even know."
"So what's inside?"
"We escorts, if the employer doesn't tell us, according to the rules, we can't ask what's inside. And the escort chief Peng is very strict about the rules, and we are not allowed to touch it easily."
Song You smiled after hearing this.
During the day today, I could tell that the bearded man was a man of rules, but maybe it wasn't just rules. It could also be that the escort leader had been in the world for a long time and had a wide range of knowledge. He had a scale in his heart and knew what was okay. Do, what must not be done.
"continue."
"But if you walk too much at night, you will inevitably encounter ghosts, and people's hearts are unpredictable. Every year, we escort almost the same number of escorts through this road. Every year, some of the most capable people in the escort agency come to escort them. Gradually, it also caused a stir. On the surrounding roads, the King of Mountains noticed that some came to see us, so Head Guard Peng gave them more money. Anyway, the money given by the escort was quite a lot, and some people had their minds set on it, so they couldn't help but do it."
The young bodyguard paused as he spoke: "There was an incident at the beginning of this year. A mountain king brought many people and wanted to rob the bodyguard regardless of past feelings. They refused to listen no matter what they said. We killed several brothers before we killed them. I fought back, but the boxes on the car were also pried open by them, and the oilcloth was also torn by them. Fortunately, there were many things inside. I rushed over at that time and saw the things inside. There was also a list inside. The number of names for everything..."
"Is it a medicinal material?"
"How does the immortal master know?"
"Guess."
"Master Immortal knows everything like a god!" The bodyguard immediately complimented, "There are indeed medicinal materials in it, there are only a few of them, but many villains have never heard of them. Those who have heard of a few of them are already scary to death."
"Tell me."
"It's like the Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng, dragon bones, lin horns, and red fruits." The escort tried hard to recall what happened some time ago. "There are two other things that I have never heard of before. Judging from the quantity, they seem to be larger than the Thousand-Year Spirit Ginseng." Dragon bones, lin horns and the like are even rarer, they are called earth spirits and fragrant roots, and I don’t know what they do.”
"Earth spirit and fragrant root?"
"One is a kind of khaki bead..." The escort looked embarrassed. "I wanted to steal some, but after touching it, it felt hot to the touch. However, seeing that everything was written down in detail on the list, I was afraid of injuring the escort agency. , and put it back. There was another one that looked like a tree root, pitch black, as big as a chopstick, and looked like a mouse tail. I don’t know what it was, but it smelled very bad. It was fine when wrapped in oilcloth, but once it was spread out, it smelled bad. It just spread out, like meat smelling bad."
"Stinks?"
Song You was stunned for a moment, then frowned.
Among these medicinal materials, it goes without saying that the Thousand-Year-Old Ginseng is just a good-quality Thousand-Year-Old Mountain Ginseng. Dragon bones are actually fossils of ancient organisms, and some also refer to the bones of ancient monsters. There are many types. Common dragon bones can be bought in drug stores and are not expensive. They are the main component of the golden sore medicine. However, the best dragon bones are also extremely precious, but Unavailable by chance. Linjiao is usually the horn of a deer demon, while Zhuguo is actually a wild fruit grown in the mountains that has received the aura of heaven and earth. It often appears in stories and legends.
The earth spirit is the essence of the land, which is generally not available to ordinary people. It can only be found by those who practice spiritual practice. According to legend, it is mostly spherical or oval in shape.
Then only this fragrant root is left.
Song You had actually heard of Xianggen.
While walking in Hezhou, outside Jingyu City, after getting rid of Immortal Queen Yongyang, the guards found a bunch of miscellaneous books, including an evil method for extending life through the ghosts of people who did not die of natural old age. Among the medicinal materials obtained are fragrant roots. Except for a few people, anyone who hears this name will not associate it with smell.
But it’s reasonable to think so——
People in the world often call smelly things "fragrant", which is an elegant way of calling them.
"..."
Song You's expression became more solemn, but he also had more doubts.
Because he thought of the evil magic that he had only glanced at briefly before burning it, thought of incense roots, and thought of extending life, then he remembered that these thousand-year-old spiritual ginseng and dragon bones seemed to be written on them.
It's just that the evil method was not powerful at the beginning. Even if it extended life to the heavens, it would only be a hundred or two hundred years. There are many ways to extend life in the world, which are more upright and more effective than it.
It's a pity that the book has been burned...
"Later, we discussed it for a long time, and Mr. Peng put the box back, sent the pressed dart intact to Fengzhou, told the truth to the people over there, asked them to tell the buyer, and then waited there. After a few days, no one came to see us, so we came back." The escort didn't know what he was thinking, so he just continued, "Peng, the escort leader, is very worried, fearing that the goods are precious and the person transporting the escort has no identity. Your Majesty, you may be angry with us, and you are afraid of losing this business in the future. But we are only part of the middle section, and the journey is long. The last time was only a month ago. When we returned to the escort agency, we almost immediately came again. New escort, we have no choice but to inform the people over there and ask them to take the news back with them when they go back, and then continue this trip. We don’t know what will happen in the future..."
"..."
"Immortal Master? Immortal Master?"
"Thank you very much."
Song You came back to his senses, sat cross-legged on the bed, and immediately smiled at him: "Don't worry, I am a practitioner, and I will do what I say. I will never tell anyone about the secrets I have leaked. I only told the head guard that you are here." I was caught stealing property in my room at night. It is up to the bodyguard to deal with it. He is still young and has martial arts skills. It is not too late to rein in the situation. If he changes his ways, he may have a bright future."
"Master Immortal..." the bodyguard said greedily, "I wonder if, for the sake of my explanation in such detail, I don't want to tell the bodyguard?"
"No."
Song You looked at him calmly: "But you really helped me a lot. Maybe I can give you some advice."
"What's the idea?"
"As the saying goes, there is leniency for those who confess." Song You said to him, "If you are willing to take the initiative to tell the escort that you were caught stealing property at night, we can cooperate with him and tell a lie, saying that we did not do too much that night. It's hard for you, maybe the escort chief will give you a lighter punishment because you have never had any evil thoughts about the goods being escorted."
The escort's eyes flickered and he thought for several times before handing over:
"Thank you, Master Immortal!"
"It's late at night. Let's get some rest early." Song You glanced at him and said tactfully, "He is a straight-tempered person. He should be an open-minded person and should not have crooked thoughts. People can easily see that."
"The villain needs to be taught..."
After the escort finished speaking, he glanced at the table next to the Taoist.
The cat was sitting upright and licking its paws.
Then he looked back at the door——
The tiger had disappeared at some point, and the door was open and empty, as if the tiger had never appeared.
"Farewell..."
After the escort finished speaking, he took two tentative steps and looked back at the cat. He saw that the cat was still focused on licking its paws and didn't even look at him.
The escort breathed a sigh of relief and ran out quickly without even closing the door.
"..."
Song You couldn't help but shook his head.
What a reckless temperament.
The calico cat on the table also stopped licking its hands, stared blankly at the door, and then frowned. He quickly jumped up, landed on the ground, stretched, walked over slowly, and closed the door.
"Taoist priest!"
"Um?"
"What did you ask about?"
"Didn't Empress Sanhua hear you?"
"I don't understand~"
"Miss Sanhua, please go to bed early." Song You had already laid down but did not close his eyes, but stared at the curtain in trance, "We will leave early tomorrow morning."
"Is Sanhua Empress too stupid to help you?"
"On the contrary, it all depends on the help of Empress Sanhua." Song You said truthfully, but fearing that she might not believe it, he added, "The Imperial Master has cleaned the ghost town in the mountains so clean that I can't smell anything. If I hadn't been a cat God’s Sanhua Empress, I’m afraid no one will notice the smell in the air.”
"Miss Sanhua is amazing!"
"And smart."
"Where are we going?"
"Go back to Fengzhou."
"Go back to Fengzhou~"
Song You was still full of thoughts.
Early the next morning, on the hill outside Zhengxi City.
The Taoist left early, and the bodyguard also left early.
At this time, Song You stood on the top of the hillside with his maroon horse and calico cat, watching the escort team passing below. The young escort limped behind with a bruised nose and a swollen face.
Not long after, the swallow flew down.
"As expected, sir, no one was following us when we came, and no one was monitoring us. At least that was the case for the dozens of miles that Yan An explored. But when we flew back to take a look, there were demons hiding on the roadside."
"Thanks a lot."
"It should be..."
At this moment, the bodyguard at the foot of the mountain also saw the person standing on the mountain. With vigilance, he recognized him as the Taoist who stayed in the inn last night.
Several escorts immediately became nervous.
The escort named Peng raised his hand and arched his head towards Song You.
Song You also saluted him.
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