As soon as Meng Ran said these words, Hu Jinqiu's face became a little confused.
The reason why Hu Jinqiu said this to Meng Ran may be because he couldn't let go, or because he didn't want to cause any trouble to Meng Ran, or maybe he only had a one-time relationship with Meng Ran, and the friendship was not that good.
In short, of course he knew that chatting with friends was a lame excuse, but it was an excuse anyway, allowing Meng Ran to leave without intervening.
Hu Jinqiu was rejecting Meng Ran's help in a very tactful way, but Meng Ran's answer seemed a little unreasonable.
So Hu Jinqiu felt that he was a little embarrassed, but he did know the origins and background of the four robbers in front of him. He really didn't want to cause any trouble to Meng Ran. If something unexpected happened, he would not be able to do anything. Neither can afford to atone.
So the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.
From the corner of his eye, he saw that the expressions on the faces of the four robbers were getting more and more impatient. Hu Jinqiu felt more and more uneasy. He quickly explained a few words in Western dialect, then turned to Meng Ran and said: "Girl, It’s really okay, please leave quickly.”
Meng Ran didn't say such nonsense that you don't have to be polite with me. She was not the kind of person who knows each other. She said calmly: "It's okay if you want me to leave. How about this, Brother Hu? How much do they want? Please tell me." Prepare a double copy for me, and I’ll leave when everything is fine.”
Originally, the other merchants and bodyguards in the caravan were a little happy at this time. I don’t know what kind of bad luck Boss Hu had gotten to know the fairy girl on the mountain, and how could he have such a chance to appear here when the caravan was in danger? He saw that the other party came here just to save the caravan from dire straits, but in the blink of an eye, the style of painting changed. Why did he take advantage of others' danger and add insult to injury? This little girl doesn't look like that kind of person. Sure enough, people on the mountain can't make common sense.
Hu Jinqiu said in his heart, Auntie, aren't you causing trouble for me? The four people in front of me are all practitioners on Kunlun Mountain. It will be difficult for you to mix things up that we can settle with a little money.
But seeing that Meng Ran had no intention of leaving, and Hu Jinqiu was indeed kind-hearted and didn't want to drag Meng Ran into this muddy water, the atmosphere became tense again.
Meng Ran was not in a hurry, and Qi Zhen and Li Qiang, who were observing silently from a distance, were not in a hurry either. The four robbers seemed to be quite anxious, but the most anxious ones were the caravan members.
There are strict requirements on how many miles a caravan travels every day, and where to rest, drink, eat, and stay, in order to reduce the cost on the road as much as possible. For every extra day of travel, that is forty The cost of many people and horses is nothing but money.
One of the four robbers, a woman, probably didn't like the way Meng Ran was holding his sword in mid-air. She took two steps forward, pointed at Meng Ran's nose, and said something in a squeaky voice.
"Brother Hu, what did she say?" Meng Ran asked.
Hu Jinqiu looked bitter and replied softly: "She asked you what you do. If you don't want to die, leave quickly and don't get in the way."
Hu Jinqiu really didn't want to save face for Meng Ran. He just translated whatever was said without even a hint of cover.
In fact, this was a clever trick played by Hu Jinqiu. If Meng Ran really couldn't stand the intimidation of the other party, he would just leave. That's it, you gods who come and go are different from us, you can't afford to offend, you can't afford to offend.
After hearing this, Meng Ran felt a little nervous in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face and he said to Hu Jinqiu: "Brother Hu, please send me a message, saying that you and I are not familiar with each other, but I am traveling with them, and I am also a robber. We robbers in the Central Plains follow the rules of the river and lake. If they come first, let them start first. We will wait until they are done robbing."
Hu Jinqiu said in his heart that this is all the same. We are indeed not familiar with it, but you don't look like a robber in your outfit.
However, what he was thinking about was one thing, and he still conveyed what Meng Ran said intact.
Upon hearing Hu Jinqiu's retelling, his expression immediately changed, and he spoke fiercely to Meng Ran again. Anyway, his expression was quite intense, but after Hu Jinqiu's translation, the emotion in his words was completely gone. The tense situation made Meng Ran feel a little angry for a while.
When two people quarrel, unless they are face-to-face swearing and greeting female members of the other party's family, as long as there is an interpreter in the middle, it is actually quite difficult to start a fight.
"She said this is the Kunlun Mountains of the Western Region, not the Central Plains. Why do you come here to rob and rob our business? She also said that practitioners from the Central Plains are not welcome in the Western Region. She told you to get out quickly, or she will take action."
Hu Jinqiu spoke, but felt helpless in his heart.
What the hell is this?
Naturally, other people in the caravan also understood both the Central Plains dialect and the Western Region dialect, so the scene became a bit joyful for a while. Generally speaking, a group of people first watched Meng Ran speak the Central Plains dialect, and then watched Hu Jinqiu translate the words. After the Western Region dialect was conveyed, he turned to the four robbers, watched their reactions, listened to them talking a lot of Western Region dialect, and then looked at Hu Jinqiu to see how he translated it into the Central Plains dialect for Meng Ran.
A bit like a spectator watching a tennis game come and go.
"I came here to rob because I knew him before, but occasionally I got itchy and bumped into an acquaintance. If I don't rob, I'd be sorry for our friendship. I didn't stop you from doing it. You can just do whatever you want, don't worry about it. Me." Meng Ran said.
"No, this is our Kunlun Mountains. You can't do this without our permission. If you really want to rob them here, you are going against our Kunlun Mountains. Don't blame us for being rude." said the woman.
"Why are you so polite? Come and listen to me?" Meng Ran said.
"We in the Western Regions don't have the saying of pity and cherish the jade. We will never be as hypocritical as you Central Plains people and can't bear to do anything." The woman said.
"Then let's have a fight. If you win, I will leave. If I win, you will leave. How about that?" Meng Ran asked.
"Yes, but you can't fly," the woman said.
"That's not possible. The content of my training on the mountain is to fly with a sword. How can I fight you if I don't fly?" Meng Ran rolled his eyes at her.
Originally, the two of them could talk clearly about the start of the fight in just a few words, but with Hu Jinqiu translating, it took half an hour before the fight started, which was very tiring for the caravans watching the show around them. .
Many businessmen have already begun to order their bodyguards to rest their horses where they are, and to feed them water when they need it, and eat dry food when they need it. Maybe they will have to camp in the wild tonight.
The woman insisted that Meng Ran flying with his sword was not equal to the fight between them, and was bullying. Meng Ran said that besides flying, I don’t know how to do anything else. Isn’t it a bit too much for you not to let me fly? Otherwise, you should rob first. After you rob, I will rob the head office. The woman said no, this is my Kunlun Mountain chassis. You can't just rob it. Meng Ran said that's fine, let's have a fight. Then The woman said yes, you can't fly...
Human beings are essentially repeaters.
Hu Jinqiu said, I beg you, otherwise you two will argue first and we will leave first. Then whoever wins will tell me and I will send you money, okay? How can I waste so much time with you guys?
The two said the same two words in different languages: "No."
The meaning of the four robbers is that if you don't give us money, you must not try to slip from under our hands. Meng Ran means that if you leave, you won't even have an interpreter. If there is a fight, there will be a misunderstanding. I can't even explain it clearly.
The imminent battle suddenly turned into a grinding battle. Neither the caravan members nor the four robbers had sufficient psychological expectations for this matter.
The four robbers, who were originally facing a formidable enemy, relaxed when they saw that Meng Ran had no intention of fighting if they came up.
The robbers relaxed, and the caravan naturally relaxed as well.
As for Meng Ran, he stepped on the sword and flew as fast as he wanted, so naturally he was the least panicked one.
While chatting, Meng Ran thought of asking Hu Jinqiu what was going on.
It turns out that selling goods to the Western Regions has almost the same meaning as running business in the Central Plains. The reason is actually very simple. There are poor people everywhere, so there are bandits who go up to the mountains to become thieves and fall into the grass to become bandits.
But what is different from the Central Plains is that the gangsters in the Central Plains generally pay attention to the moral principles of the world, and generally seek wealth rather than risk life. However, the folk customs in the Western Region are strong, the territory is vast and sparsely populated, and most places are still in a state of anarchy. So that kind of murder and robbery is not uncommon.
To bring goods to the Western Regions, in addition to cultivating and hiring bodyguards that you can completely trust, you often need to find protection from local forces.
In the past few years, the greatest force that can protect passing caravans has been the immortal cultivators of Kunlun Mountain.
But in exchange, these caravans often have to pay a large sum of money to Kunlun Mountain for protection when passing by.
In recent years, businessmen and immortal cultivators have often relied on this mutually beneficial relationship to create such a magical connection between the mountains and the mountains in the Western Region.
Speaking of this, Hu Jinqiu showed a wry smile on his face, and said helplessly: "But I don't know what's going on this year. The amount of offerings required in previous years has increased several times this year. According to this method of payment, we bastards I’m afraid I won’t even be able to make any money, and I still have to pay for it, do you think we can give it to you?”
Meng Ran still understood the difference between gross profit and net profit. He nodded after hearing this and understood why the two sides were in a stalemate.
It turned out to be not a robbery. Mobile phone users please browse to watch Game of Thrones for a better user experience.
