Shao Zhen was not nervous and went back to the inn to pay for the room. The innkeeper asked Li Jun a few questions and said that he went to Q Building to drink, so he didn't know much about it, so he left. The boss is not a troublesome person either. In addition, someone from Datang came forward, and the matter was settled.
Shao Zhen took the few carriages with him, went to the Mercenary Guild to find a few fierce national mercenaries, and then set off for Hongcheng. Of course, before looking for the mercenaries, he went to the Happy Place to earn some gold coins without restraint, and he also cleaned up. Lin Siguo's lurking and killer is also considered rich. It’s just that I haven’t found any plot clues for players so far.
Shao Zhen filled in Li Jun on the identity certificate. Those mercenaries were called A Gu, A Niang, A Mei, A Jie, and A Mei, because if they were to be called by their full names, there would be more than a dozen. The pronunciation is really hard to pronounce.
Shao Zhen didn't have the habit of asking for trouble, so he kept it simple. That Amei is Ajie's biological sister. She comes from an old mercenary family. She thought that sometimes a woman might need to step in on the road, such as when she meets someone who is a woman, so she brought her along for Ajie's sake. Of course, the price was only nine gold coins, which was a 10% discount on ordinary mercenaries. Seeing her unconvinced look, Li Jun wanted to laugh.
In fact, it only took less than a month to get to Hongcheng, but I still paid a relatively high price because gold coins were easier to come by and I wanted to leave safely and quickly.
When leaving the gate of Bianguan City, Ajie's parents came to say goodbye. This old mercenary had traveled to many places and knew a lot of things. He was just old and didn't want to run away, so he married a wife and settled in Bianguan City. A man and a woman live the rest of their lives in peace.
Among them, he urged Ajie to take good care of his sister, and then thanked Li Jun again and again, and even secretly gave Shao Zhen ten gold coins and several maps, just to take care of his strong-tempered sister. He said it was A-mei's first time traveling far away.
He took the map, pushed the gold coins back and said, as long as I don't die, nothing will happen to my sister. The old mother almost wanted to recruit Shao Zhen as her son-in-law. Fortunately, Ajie came to the rescue and was able to set off.
But that sister did have quite a personality. Probably because she was the same age, as soon as her parents left, she rode up to Li Jun and asked if they gave you money to take care of me. Shao Zhen had to smile bitterly and said, no, no. They just told me to be safe on the road. The girl snorted and said with a look of disbelief, I heard them when they were discussing last night, but I won't cause you any trouble.
Shao Zhen thought in his heart, no wonder no one dares to hire you, you are sharp-tongued and you charge such a high price. It is just your first time out, and it is not your first time. But thinking about the promise to the old mercenary, he smiled and said nothing.
The plan is to go to Hongcheng to find the senior officer and kill him, and then see if we can find some opportunities in Hongcheng to advance the plot. Anyway, the goods in the carriage are not very valuable, and you may still lose money if you include the mercenary fee. Quite a few. But with a few Mengbo people, it is always safer in Mengbo Country, and it will not be so boring.
Since Shao Zhen knew a lot of foreign languages, they were chatting and laughing all the way smoothly. They arrived at a forest in the evening. Li Jun looked at the map and estimated that it would take more than ten days to pass through this forest area. On the map On the sign, there are some small barracks deep in the forest, most of which are managed by mercenary unions and do not have permanent residents. So he set up a tent by the forest and settled down. Of course, Shao Zhen also did it himself, mainly to prevent A-mei from being angry, which made Ajie very embarrassed.
A Gu and the others were a little older, so they had arranged everything properly. A Gu was a Mengtang hybrid, Shao Zhen made him the captain, A Nian was his friend, and A Mei was A Jie's friend. They all received junior mercenary certificates from the mercenary guild. Only A-mei is a trainee mercenary. She needs a good review from her employer to get the junior mercenary certificate. So only Amei was not very knowledgeable and asked the boss to work with everyone. But there was only one girl in the team, so everyone gave her some face.
The fire was lit, and everyone gathered around to drink and chat. At this time, the two moons had come out. Listening to everyone talking about things from all over the world, it confirmed the memories they had gained, and they understood the plot a little better.
I heard from A Gu that his father was from Tang State and seemed to have a certain status in Tang State. However, he passed away twenty years ago when A Gu was ten years old and never heard from him again. A Gu was not very sensible at that time. I just lived with my mother. When I grew up, I wanted to go find my father, but my mother didn't allow it, saying that I couldn't go there without any news from my father. When Shao Zhen heard this, he understood in his heart that he was probably another descendant of a lurker. But A Gu himself didn't seem to know and continued to chat.
A Gu's father left a large amount of money before he left, so A Gu grew up in a happy life. However, as he grew up and learned martial arts, he had to find something to do, so he I have been wasting my time in the mercenary union. This time I followed Shao Zhen. Firstly, I thought Shao Zhen was from Tang State. Secondly, I had already walked the road to Hongcheng several times. Although the risk was there, it was not big, so Agu The mother agreed.
Ah Nian is A Gu's good friend since childhood, and he is also a mixed-race Tangmeng. However, his family background is not as good as A Gu's, so he has been working in the mercenary union for a long time. But his skills are not yet good enough for Ah Gu, so he is only a junior mercenary.
The other three are simple. They are basically novices, but because they have some relationship with the mercenary union in Border City, for example, the veteran mercenary is a small cadre in the guild. So we all followed this trip to Hongcheng, which was not too risky but had good rewards.
After drinking a large bag of kumiss, Shao Zhen went into his own tent to rest. Of course, practicing was inevitable.
The next day, I was woken up by the little girl's singing. I knew that this girl's family wanted her to go to a music school or something, because her voice was really melodious and charming. I guess after the novelty of being a mercenary wears off, I'll start singing or something.
We are about to enter the forest. I heard from A Gu that there are quite a lot of beasts in the forest. Most people still walk around, but the big caravan is not afraid because the journey time is much shorter, but Shao Zhen is in a hurry to get there. Hongcheng, so a few people also went straight through the forest. Of course, they also built two very strong carriages at the suggestion of the mercenary union. If the beasts are too powerful, they can throw the goods out, and the people can go in to hide and wait for rescue. .
In fact, the old foxes in the mercenary union have long seen that Shao Zhen's goods are not profitable. It is probably that some young man from a big family came out to gain experience or something, but there are rules in the business, so they just do whatever they want. Each has its own benefits.
This forest is really big. After walking for a long time, the road was lined with tall trees that covered the sky. Maybe it was because of the needs of the war that such a road was opened in this huge forest, but as we continued to go deeper, There are more and more wild beasts, howling loudly on the roadside, but there are still few man-eating beasts. According to A Gu, this situation will last for more than ten days.
When Shao Zhen listened, he also felt that he had underestimated the difficulty, and when Amei listened, although she still looked stubborn, there was also a little fear deep in her eyes.
It soon became dark, and A Gu led everyone into a small empty barracks. Since there was no war now, the barracks was also empty. It was usually lent to the mercenaries. Of course, it would be nice to give something to the management officer as a tribute. Necessary, and also help with maintenance and so on.
There is already a relatively large caravan next to the barracks. They entered the forest yesterday, but there are many ordinary horses and ordinary people, so they are greatly disturbed by wild beasts. The journey is much slower than that of Li Jun. Fully doubled. Since Meng'e Country is relatively peaceful now, there are very few strongmen in the woods, and the danger mainly comes from wild beasts. Therefore, they did not hire mercenaries, so they could not enter the barracks, so they had to station themselves near the barracks.
After A Gu led his people in, he closed the door directly. He didn't say anything to the people in the caravan, he just said hello.
Shao Zhen went in and took a look. The barracks was really small, but the walls were built in all directions to make it look bigger. It is estimated that when the soldiers were actually inhabited, only the officials could live in the house, and the others could only set up tents. The barracks was built on a hillside. You could see the outside situation from the roof of the barracks. I ran up and took a look. The lush woods had darkened, and all I could see were tents outside the walls.
A Gu gave everyone some food and told them to rest early. They had to rush tomorrow, otherwise they would have to camp in the wild if they couldn't get to the next military station. The risk would be multiplied several times. Of course, these words were mainly meant for Amei, so Amei went to rest with Ajie in a cowardly manner. However, it was quite lively outside the wall. There were many people in the caravan, and they were not in a hurry, so they were still drinking and chatting. of.
Shao Zhen practiced the exercises in the house with peace of mind, and fell asleep with his whole body warm, but his light green mental power seemed to have no change.
