mortal clerk

Chapter 13 Sign the contract and set off

There was nothing to say all the way, but two or three hours later, the two had already arrived on the official road.

The so-called official road was originally built by Zhong Dazhou in order to better control the local area and the surrounding small countries.However, in recent years, as the spices, precious wood, jade and tortoiseshell of the southwest are very popular in God, more and more business travelers come to purchase, and it has gradually become a business way.

At the intersection from Niuxi Town to Guandao, several tea sheds were set up to provide resting places for passers-by.Li Lao Er bid farewell to the carriage that sent him off at the hotel, and took Li Qingniu to order a pot of tea in the tea shed and waited.

At noon, a caravan consisting of more than a dozen carriages and escorts from far away arrived at the tea shed.When Li Laoer saw it, he quickly got up and waved.

"Deacon Mu, I'm here as promised."

At this time, a middle-aged businessman who was dressed luxuriously and did not look like the southwestern one got out of the carriage with an old man, and happily greeted Li Laosan.

"Oh, Deacon Li, if you really keep your promise, the things have been brought!"

Li Laoer also greeted him with a smile, and handed over a wooden box with both hands: "Deacon Mu, I am a manager of a small shop in the mountains, how dare I call you a deacon in front of you."

"Deacon Li is too modest. They are all like-minded people."

"I have brought the things, can I sign the contract now?"

"Hahaha, Deacon Li is really straightforward! I have already prepared the agreement!" After finishing speaking, with a wave of his hand, an old master held a wooden tray and handed it to the two of them.

I saw that there was no pen and ink on the plate, only a scroll of contract and a silver needle.

Li Laosan picked up the contract and read it carefully, thinking while watching, it seems that this is the legendary "blood contract", which needs to be signed with the blood of the contractor.Fortunately, I have heard of this thing before, otherwise I would make a fool of myself today.

Immediately, he pricked his middle finger with a silver needle in a wooden tray, and dripped a drop of blood on his name.In an instant, the blood energy spread on the roll, forming a red spot, and then returned to calm.

Deacon Mu looked at Li Laosan, thinking that this mountain villager also knew that this was a blood contract, it depends on whether he really knew or pretended to know, as long as you sign it, you won't have to worry about finding you in the future.But there was no expression on his face, and he dripped a drop of blood under his own name with a smile.

Li Qingniu watched curiously from the side, but didn't dare to ask face to face, holding back all the time.It wasn't until the transaction was completed and they boarded the last carriage that they finally couldn't help but speak.

"Second Dad, why did you poke your fingers with a needle just now?"

"Xiao Niu'er, you have learned a lot, this is the blood contract!"

As he spoke, he took out a non-silk and non-cotton scroll, on which there were faint spells.

"What is a blood contract?"

When Li Qingniu saw it, he wanted to reach out to grab it, but Li Lao Er immediately retracted it and slapped Li Qingniu's paw away.

"All nonsense, this thing can't be played!"

"Second Dad, let me see it! Don't worry, I will never break it! Second Dad, show me..."

Li Lao Er was so entangled by Li Qingniu that he couldn't bear it, so he had to pass the scroll over and confessed seriously.

"Xiao Niu'er, hold it carefully, this is the meal ticket for the two of us in the future and the way for you to enter school!"

Li Qingniu took it carefully, and opened it to look at it, seeing some words and some strange symbols on it, but he couldn't figure out why.

"Second dad, is this the blood contract? Apart from these weird tadpoles, there's nothing special about it!"

"Silly boy, this is not a tadpole! This is a spell!"

"Ah? Second dad, what is a spell?"

"Um, second dad, I don't know, it's probably similar to those amulets or something."

"Oh, what's the use of those things?"

Li Laoer thought for a while and replied: "This is a contract that the merchants in Shendu will only use when they trade bulk commodities. I heard that as long as the blood of both parties is dripped, no one can escape. I don't know how to use it. I do not know!"

"What do you mean you can't escape?"

"Boy, I haven't seen the real thing, but I have heard that this blood contract is something invented by the Chamber of Commerce of the God City. Anyway, it is very strange!"

Li Qingniu heard that there is such a magical thing, but he admired Li Laoer even more.

"Second Dad, you are amazing, you know a lot!"

"Xiao Niu'er, there are actually many things that the second dad doesn't understand. It's just that the second dad has been working in the restaurant for decades, and most of the contacts are businessmen, and the more he hears, the more knowledge he will gain."

Then he said earnestly: "Xiao Niuer, the ancients said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Experience and reading are equally important for you to understand the world.

You still have a long way to go in the future. This world is very big. If you want to understand him, you have to study hard and go around more. If one day you can go to the place where our ancestors came-Gods Take a look, you may be able to know what the world looks like! "

"Oh, Second Dad, don't worry, I will study hard and finish ten thousand books!"

"Hahaha, silly boy, remember, you must read at least [-] books!"

"Ah! Well! But isn't it easier to go ten thousand miles?"

"This is a metaphor. It tells you to walk more and learn more. If you don't even understand the book, no matter how much you walk, it's just a hurry."

"Then second dad, what do you want me to do after studying and gaining knowledge?"

Li's second son was also asked and didn't know how to answer, thinking, yes!What do you do after reading?According to the legends of our ancestors, we only said that we should worship our ancestors and keep the relics, but we didn't specify what we were going to do!

Perhaps, I was selfish, and I just wanted to pin my unfulfilled dreams and regrets on this child.

Or maybe it's just that I want to find out why my ancestors came to such a remote place and let us descendants live so hard.It seems that there is a voice in the dark, let me send you out!

After a long silence, Li Qingniu didn't dare to interrupt, he tilted his head and waited for Li's second answer.

"You have to find the answer to this question yourself. My second father only knows that if you go out of the mountain village and see the outside world, you will have a bright future. But I think, go back to the place where your ancestors lived and take a look. By the way, it is always good to end this secret of the ancestors!"

"Okay! Second Dad, I will go to the capital of God to have a look in the future and start a career! But I don't know where our ancestors are in the capital of God? How will this secret be resolved?"

Li Er Er sighed: "I asked my dad like that back then!"

"Did grandpa say anything back then?"

Li Laoer spread his hands together: "Your great grandfather died before he finished speaking!"

"what!?"

"Okay, little cow, don't think about it anymore. The most important thing for you is to study hard. From now on, you will learn skills, gain knowledge, achieve a career, marry a few beautiful wives, and spread the branches and leaves for our old Li family. ! As for other things, it’s useless for us to think too much now, the road is always going step by step, so there’s no rush.”

"Oh! I listen to my second dad!"

While the father and father were talking, with a sound of "Let's go!" The convoy set off for Guimen County.

Li Qingniu embarked on a completely different path from his parents in looking forward to the future.

　Trapped alone in a dream, surrounded by a lot of people, but I can't make myself new!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)