Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 484 483. Are you sick?

After eating, everyone set out on the road again.After walking for about an hour, Li Zhen, who was sitting on the crossbar, finally saw the boundary marker belonging to Hedong County.

The handwriting on the boundary marker has been blurred and faded, but the words "Hedong" can still be seen.

It seemed to be raining here last night, and it was still a little wet under the sun under the boundary marker.

"Here it is."

Hearing his words, Xuanzang, who was driving the carriage, responded:
"Ah."

"Cui Jushi, how should we go?"

Cui Caiwei, who opened the curtain when she heard the movement, took a look and pointed to the left:
"One or two miles ahead, there is a fork in the road, just go to the left."

After speaking, she seemed to be avoiding something, and closed the curtain again.

Li Zhen looked at Sun Simiao behind him.

The Taoist rode on a tiger, holding a book and studying hard.

And thanks to Rhubarb, chasing thunder and moonlight along the way were a little restless.The carriage, which has always been stable, was fast and slow, which seemed very uneasy.

"Daozhang Sun, what should Dahuang do when the time comes?"

"It's okay. Pindao has a nest."

Sun Simiao replied without raising his head.

And Li Zhen looked at the cloth bag hanging on his body again.

You have to admit that Sun Laodao's bag is a bit unscientific.

It looks like an ordinary front and rear dummy backpack, and its appearance is nothing more than ordinary.But... Li Zhen saw it with his own eyes, Lao Sun stuffed the five books into it one after another, but the cloth bag still looked half-bulged.

"Could this be the legendary space ring? This thing is a bit out of line, teacher."

he thought to himself.

But with this endorsement, Li Zhen felt that he would not be too surprised even if the old grandson found a Gundam from inside.

After walking for a while, as expected, I saw a fork in the road.Coincidentally, on the other side of the T-junction, there was also a team heading in the same direction as Li Zhen's carriage.

Nothing at first.

The team, including guards and grooms, had a total of one or two hundred people, and the scale was not small.

Li Zhen's speed should be slower. When the chariot and horse pass by, just follow behind.But the problem is that there is a tiger behind the carriage.

As Da Huang reminded the Taoist on his back of a low growl due to someone in front, the mules and horses in the team immediately became restless.

The neighing sound woke up Sun Simiao, and also the group of guards.

"Shh!"

The leading guards on horseback drew their weapons.

"..."

Sun Simiao was taken aback for a moment, when Xuanzang stopped the car.

Li Zhen jumped out of the car understandingly, and bowed to several guards not far away:
"Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun, alarmed all strong men, Pindao apologizes here. This tiger is the mount of Pindao's brother, please don't worry... Please pass first, Pindao should be courteous."

After speaking, Jishou.

Polite.

The distance between the people on both sides was about twenty steps, and maybe it was because of Li Zhen's kind face, or maybe it was because of these kind words.

After he finished speaking, the guard leader, whose eyes were injured by someone, wearing a blindfold with only one eye, thought for three or four seconds, and waved forward to signal the team to move on, but he left Once he got out of the team, he reached the front of Li Zhen's side.

It is possible that if the other party makes any move, it means that he must pass this level first.

At the same time, he exuded a chilling aura that belonged to a general of a hundred battles.

Only then did the people in the team continue to move forward, the groom tightened the mules and horses, and the others put their hands on the weapons at their waists.

Amidst the rattling sound, the team passed Li Zhen and the others without slowing down.

After walking a distance of about thirty steps, the one-eyed man withdrew his gaze from the carriage, looked at the polite Li Zhen and nodded, but he did not see coercion, but said in a flat voice:

"Is the priest going to Yu Qun?"

Li Zhen handed over:

"Exactly."

"……Um."

The man responded:
"Yujiao is no better than other places. Although the river east is chaotic, it is always stable and orderly here. If the Taoist leader goes there, he does not need to worry about the intrusion of thieves, but he must abide by the rules here. It is forbidden to start disputes within a radius of fifteen miles. And if the mount of the Taoist senior brother is not easy to take care of there, it may cause a lot of trouble. I hope everyone knows that this is the end of the story, and the guard commander of a certain Jinding company Wu Bi, the mountains are high and the waters are long, so go ahead and leave."

After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands and rode away.

Li Zhen's voice came from behind:

"Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun, thank you Commander Wu for your words, and Li Zhen, the poor Taoist, thank you."

He concealed his name.

After all, although I dare not say how well-known I am, there are really not many people in the world who know the name "Li Zhen".

The man didn't respond, but after Li Zhen got up, he looked at the caravan for a few moments, and sat back on the carriage again.

"Monk, did you see it? They pulled something."

"Amitabha."

Xuanzang sang the Buddha's name and nodded:

"If the poor monk is not mistaken, there is some food on it. At the same time, there is a smell of meat. Presumably... there should be some meat."

The carriage was not in a hurry, but wanted to wait for them to go far.

After Xuanzang finished speaking, Sun Simiao got off the tiger too, looked at the team with a frown and whispered:

"Are they going to sell grain in Yujiao?"

"No."

Cui Nvxia, who had been hidden since the very beginning, finally lifted the curtain.

"Jinding Company is the largest salt merchant in Yugu...the sub-colon under Cui's Company. They don't do business with outsiders, but they specialize in transporting the materials needed by Cui's Company."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Sun Simiao, who wanted to talk the most, moved his mouth...

But looking at the other monk and Taoist priests, they acted as if they "didn't hear anything", and finally shut their mouths obediently.

Fine.

I don't know what layman Cui is hiding.

I don't understand.

Li Zhen, who still "didn't hear anything", nodded:
"So that's it. Let me just say, this team of food... less than a thousand catties, the guards are more than the driver. If it is a normal business, it must be a loss. So that's it... Well, Cui Jushi, let's go to Yu What should I do?"

"Just find a place to rest your feet, and leave the rest to me."

"……it is good."

Li Zhen responded and turned to look at Sun Simiao:

"Daozhang, what about rhubarb?"

"..."

Sun Simiao thought for a while, then touched the cloth bag for a while, and found out a yellow paper charm folded into a triangle.

"Here, eat."

"Ow~"

Tiger seemed a little reluctant.

The Taoist stared:
"Hurry up! Beat you up!"

"..."

The rhubarb's tail, which had lost a bit of tiger dignity, swallowed the yellow paper obediently.

"Go. Avoid people, don't eat sheep, don't eat chicken, don't eat things raised by other people, understand!"

"Ow~"

The tiger gave a low growl, turned around and ran towards the mountain behind him.

The Taoist didn't explain what he did, but clapped his hands:

"Okay, let's go."

"……Um."

Li Zhen, who was more and more curious about the methods of this first-grade alchemist, responded, thought for a while, and said to Xuanzang:
"Monk, you squeeze with Jushi Cui. Your bald head is too conspicuous... I will drive with Daoist Sun."

"Amitabha, Layman Cui, the poor monk is rude."

Xuanzang didn't have any objections, and got into the carriage after Cui Caiwei stepped aside.

The carriage went back on the road and walked along the convoy's footprint for about half an hour. Finally, they saw the outline of a city.

Yuqian is just a county seat, and logically speaking, it's not that big.

But when he saw the tall city wall made of stone and the bustling stalls outside the city wall, Li Zhen was in a daze for a while... as if he had not come to a small county town, but a military center.

What's more, the busy crowd outside the city, whether it's horses or horses, is surging, just like going to a market.

And Li Zhen also saw a large number of people, both men and women, waiting in a special area outside the city, and they didn't know what they were doing.

"drive."

He drove towards the city gate.

And this carriage, which can be called "luxury" wherever it goes, doesn't seem to attract any attention from the people here.

like air.

At this time...

"Porters! Porters! Fifty porters! One day to raise rice! Need someone with good legs and feet! Twenty Wen a person!"

"..."

"..."

The strange words caught the attention of Li Zhen and Sun Simiao.

Looking in the direction where the voice came from, two guards surrounded the man who spoke, and they were shouting to the surroundings as they walked towards the crowd that they saw in the distance just now.

And as he shouted, soon, some people around... who looked unkempt and unkempt began to run after him, raising their hands while running:
"Me! Me! Me!"

"My lord, the little one has very good legs and feet!"

"My lord! My lord! Look at the little one! Look at the little one!"

"My lord! The small one is worth 25 papers! I beg you to bring the small one!"

The crowd became restless, and countless people even jumped over the carriage from behind Li Zhen's carriage and chased after the three of them.

As he walked, he raised his hands anxiously. In his hands, there were strings of copper coins.

As the sound went away, more and more people followed, and finally, they were completely "buried".

"...Daozhang Sun."

Li Zhen, who opened his mouth at some point, stared straight at that. Under the protection of two guards, he boarded a high platform that seemed to be specially built, facing the group of fans who raised their hands like star fans. , the man with some copper coins in his hands was pointing, and the shouter who seemed to be picking someone, stammered and asked Sun Simiao:

"He...what does he mean?...meaning...to find...to find a porter...for...a liter of rice...but...and then...but to charge...twenty cents for registration fee?"

"Uh……"

After thinking twice in his head, he understood the literal meaning of "registration fee" in Li Zhen's mouth, and Sun Simiao also opened his mouth...

But he didn't know what to say.

Subconsciously, he turned his attention to Xuanzang who was observing from the side of the curtain...

Xuanzang was obviously also confused.

To put it bluntly, it is only right and proper for the porter to work hard and the client to pay.

Nothing wrong.

But what is that [-] Wen... registration fee?
Then there are still 25 papers?

listen...

Is this plausible?

this person...

Before Xuanzang could think it through, Li Zhen had already murmured what he wanted to express in a very vulgar metaphor:

"Is this group of people... sick? Or... Taoist priest, can you go and have a look?"

"..."

Hearing this, Sun Simiao was speechless.

The future Lord Yao suddenly wanted to slap him to death...

Don't stay alive.

(End of this chapter)