Liu Heng was riding on the horse, skillfully grasping the reins and urging the horse forward.
This body almost became a guerrilla soldier before, but he didn't become a guerrilla soldier because he didn't want to change his surname. Therefore, he offended the guerrilla and was thrown into the lowest-status firearms camp, but he knew everything a soldier should know. , only the bow and arrow are worse.
"So Shi Yunhu and Ma Yunjiu are dead?" Liu Heng asked Yang Yuan on the other horse.
Yang Yuan couldn't ride a horse, so he could only share a horse with others and let others take him.
Leaving the bandit camp this time, Liu Heng took only Yang Yuan and three other riders who could ride horses, and the group of five people and four horses went to Lingqiu.
"That's what it says on the notice. It's not just Shi Yunhu, but also the names of you and Li Tou, the head master." Yang Yuan hugged the waist of the rider in front of him with both hands and tilted his head hard when speaking.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "I didn't expect that I would be killed. I just don't know if Shi Yunhu and the others are really dead."
"Definitely dead." Yang Yuan tilted his head and said, "Besieged by thousands of troops, Shi Yunhu couldn't fly out even if he had wings."
The rider who was leading Yang Yuan on horseback said: "The government has determined that we are dead, so this trip to Lingqiu should be much safer. Master, do we want to change our names?"
Liu Heng said: "Don't go to such trouble, there are a few people with the same name in the world who are not new."
Several fast horses rushed all the way to Lingqiu. They spent the night in the wild and entered Lingqiu city the next day.
Lingqiu City is not that big. It is divided into east and west cities. Liu Heng and the others entered the city from the east city. There were dilapidated houses on both sides. In the middle was a main road paved with ash and slag, with drainage ditches on both sides. It was hot at this time. At that time, there was a foul smell in the ditch.
There is an open-air tea shop not far from the east city gate. There are several men wearing short jackets sitting on several benches.
Behind the few men was Yahang. The bright disguise was hung on a wooden stick outside the door. Several of them were Yazi of Yahang. When they saw Liu Heng and others riding into the city, they gathered around.
"Masters, would you like some iron ingots? Good iron made in a good furnace will be crunchy and crisp when played by hand. Swords made with such good iron will be good weapons for blowing hair and breaking hair." Na Yazi saw Liu Heng's waist. Hanging a knife, he saw that he was a swordsman and a gun wielder, so he immediately picked up the weapon.
Warriors hang swords and literati hang swords. Those who hang swords may not know how to use swords, but those who hang swords will definitely know how to use swords.
"No need." Liu Heng did not stop and urged the horse to continue moving forward.
Yazi from Yaxing did not give up, and followed him in two steps, saying: "Looking at your face, this man must be your first time in Lingqiu. You are looking for someone to buy and sell goods. As long as you need me, I will help you." It can all be done for you.”
"Huh." Liu Heng pulled the reins, and the three horses following him also stopped.
Liu Heng turned his head to look at Ya Zi beside the horse and said, "Can you really do anything? Who do I want to ask about?"
Na Yazi slapped his chest and said: "As long as you are in Lingqiu City, you can ask. If you don't know and see the sign over there, you can just burn it. From now on, Yaxing will be renamed and closed." .”
The brand of Yahang is the triangular sign hanging in front of the door, hanging upside down on an extended wooden stick.
Liu Heng glanced at it and said with a smile: "I won't burn the pretense of your dental shop, nor will I destroy your brand. I just want to ask about one person. This person is from Lingqiu County. This person has an iron yard over there in Dongshan. .”
"There are many big and small iron farm owners on the other side of Dongshan, and the most famous one is undoubtedly the Xu family. I don't know which one you are going to find?" Na Yazi said, "If it's something about the Xu family, even if the younger one knows about it, he won't know it." Dare to say it.”
Liu Heng said: "I don't know if it's the Xu family, and I don't need you to do anything. Just tell me the name and where they live."
"Okay, then you ask, which iron pit owner you are looking for." Na Yazi said: "To tell you the truth, every one of the iron pit owners in Dongshan is known to everyone."
Liu Heng said: "A few days ago, someone here defrauded someone of a thousand taels of silver, failed to give him a single iron ingot, and even injured him. Is this the case?"
Yazi thought for a moment and said: "To be honest, this is true. The person who deceived me is really the owner of the iron yard in Dongshan. However, his iron yard is not big, with only two small stoves. The person who was deceived is a young man. Outsiders, those few outsiders disappeared after the incident..."
Having said this, Na Yazi stopped.
Liu Heng took out a tael of silver from his arms and threw it to him. Yazi took it carefully with both hands, weighed it and put it into his sleeves.
"Sir, please be open." Na Yazi bowed his hand towards Liu Heng and continued, "The owner of the iron yard is called Chen Dafu. He lives in the first house at the entrance of the alley next to Xicheng. He is the only one who lives in the house. Over the years, the family fortune has been almost ruined by eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. The iron farm has long been abandoned, and even his wife has been sold into a brothel. The neighbors are not willing to talk to him, and even the dogs are disgusted by him. "
After Yazi finished speaking, Liu Heng took out another tael of silver and threw it over, saying, "Do you understand what it means?"
"Don't worry, sir, even if someone cuts it into small pieces with a knife or ax, it won't open." Yazi accepted the money with a smile.
Liu Heng ignored him, clamped the horse's belly with his feet, flicked the reins and rode away. Yang Yuan and three other riders followed behind.
After they walked away, another Yazi came over and said to the Yazi who was talking to Liu Heng: "Third brother, these guys are not easy to mess with at first glance. Obedient, they are probably the ones Chen Dafu deceived not long ago." The helper the Lord has found."
"This matter has nothing to do with us. You think we can't find Chen Dafu if we don't tell them. Go back and tell the people below that you have been stricter in the past two days. Although we are not afraid of these dragons crossing the river, don't let yourself get stuck. All sexy."
"Understood, I'll pass it on right now." With that said, he turned around and walked back.
The Yazi who stayed behind glanced at the retreating figures of Liu Heng and the others, reached out and pinched the silver in his sleeves, and walked towards Yazi humming a tune.
After walking far away, Yang Yuan said in confusion: "Dadang... Mr. Liu, we can inquire about Chen Dafu ourselves. Why do we spend money to ask people from the dental clinic to inquire about it?"
"The people in Yaxing are well-informed. Others may not know it, and it is easy to ask Chen Dafu's head to make him aware of it in advance." Liu Heng urged the horse to walk forward slowly, "You show the way, I will go to you first." That blacksmith shop I mentioned."
Yang Yuan raised his hand and pointed forward and said: "The blacksmith shop is in the east city, just turn the corner in front of it."
The group of people turned in from the intersection and walked twenty steps to the door of a blacksmith shop.
After dismounting, Liu Heng and Yang Yuan walked into the blacksmith shop, leaving the other three people outside to look after the horses.
As soon as I entered the blacksmith shop, I was greeted by a wave of heat. It was hot enough on the road outside, but it was several degrees higher inside the blacksmith shop than outside.
"What do you want to buy?" A young man dressed as a waiter came up to him.
Yang Yuan said: "Go to your master and tell him that you have business to discuss."
The blacksmith shop boy looked at Yang Yuan, then at the other person who was always staring at the iron tools in the shop, and then said: "Wait a moment, you two."
There was a room connected to the blacksmith shop. The blacksmith shop clerk opened the curtain and shouted inside: "Master, someone is looking for you."
