mortal clerk

Chapter 27
Li Laoer drove the carriage and followed closely behind the caravan for more than two months.

The old horse was too old, and gradually lost its strength, so it had to quietly move some goods to the carriage it was riding on.

Fortunately, after that attack, their carriage was handed over to Xiao Anzi, and Xiao Anzi only asked Li Qingniu to help mow the grass and make supper for the horses every day when he camped and rested. Fat."

Li Qingniu used to ride in a caravan's carriage, only thought that driving should be very interesting, but after more than two months, when he had to mow grass and feed the horses every day, he felt that it was extremely hard work.On the other hand, Xiaobai just hugged the grass, and even hugged half of it and dropped the other half.

One day, the caravan came to a small river, and saw the river flowing eastward slowly, clear and clear, but the caravan did not stop, and went around a small hillside to find a dense forest before setting up camp.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Li Qingniu took Xiaobai with a scythe to mow grass on the nearby hillside.

The grass here is very lush, but I dare not go far, after all, I have encountered many poisonous insects and beasts along the way.After a while, Li Qingniu cut two bundles of grass, and each of them carried Xiaobai to his carriage.

Watching the horses grazing, Li Qingniu couldn't help sighing to Xiaobai.

"Xiaobai, when I was in the village, what I hated the most was mowing grass and herding cattle. I wanted to come out to make a living, so I wouldn't have to do these useless jobs. I never thought about mowing grass and feeding horses. It's meaningless! "

But Xiaobai happily watched the horse eating the grass in his hand, but didn't hear it.

Li Qingniu saw that Xiaobai ignored him, but only looked at the horse and smiled, so he asked in surprise: "Xiaobai, we have known each other for almost two months, and this is the first time I see you smiling!"

Xiaobai seemed to understand, and immediately stopped smiling.

"I said Xiaobai, do you really not know how to speak, or do you not understand what I am saying?"

Xiao Bai shook his head, then nodded again, making Li Qingniu confused.

While Li Qingniu was teasing Xiaobai, Lao Shen arrived on patrol.Li Qingniu hurriedly called to stop.

"Old Shentou, why don't you camp by the river, it's so far away now, it's difficult to fetch water to feed the horses."

Lao Shen looked at Li Qingniu with a proud expression on his face.

"I know you kid wants to ask, don't you know, this river is not an ordinary river, it's called Chongshui, did you find out when you crossed the river, why is the bridge built so high?"

Li Qingniu thought about it. Although the river was fierce, the bridge deck was more than ten feet above the water surface. He asked curiously: "With such a high bridge, is it possible that the river will flood?"

"You're smart, but you're only half right. Not only will the worm water river suddenly swell, but it's said that there is a kind of worm in the river that will come out to look for food every night. As long as it is a living thing, it is only a cup of tea to encounter worms." time will be devoured to the bone! That's why the bridge deck is more than ten feet above the water!"

"No wonder the river is so clean, it was eaten by insects. Isn't this insect the same as those monsters?"

"It's different. The monster sucks the blood and soul of people, but the bone-eating worm eats everything, no matter people or cows and horses. So boy, don't go to the river to fetch water. The other side of the hillside There is a small spring, go there to fetch water."

After finishing speaking, Old Shen continued to patrol.Li Qingniu thought about it for a while, and always felt that Lao Shen's story was unreliable, but along the way, the things he encountered had long ceased to be miraculous, so he had to ask Xiaobai to fetch water together.

Li Lao Er was flipping through the fur mountain goods, and it rained several times on the road, so he wanted to light a fire while resting and roast, and he would be able to reach the next market town in two days.He thought to himself, although Li Qingniu earned back ten gold coins last time, but when he thought of going to the county town, he would have to spend a lot of money. Li Qingniu spent a lot of money during his studies, although Deacon Mu promised to introduce Enrollment is a government school, and food and accommodation are provided, but this child must leave some spare money for him.Otherwise. Ugh.
As it was not far from the market town, the number of people camping on the official road began to increase, and there were five or six groups of people near Li Qingniu's caravan alone.

The carriage of one of the caravans is particularly special. Although it is not big, it is completely covered, and the situation inside cannot be seen at all.It's just that there are more than a dozen guards around the convoy wearing uniforms, seemingly relaxed and doing their own chores, but everyone stares at the carriage from the corner of their eyes from time to time.

In the other caravan, a group of people were drinking and eating meat around the bonfire, it was very lively.The curtains of a carriage were gently opened, a pair of eyes stared at Li Qingniu and Xiaobai for a long time, and smiled slightly in the dim light.

Li Qingniu and Xiaobai didn't know it, after cutting the grass and feeding the horses, they took out their own dry food and dried meat, and had dinner with Li Laoer with the freshly boiled hot water.I thought, I can save a little bit.But looking at other people in the camp drinking and eating meat around the campfire, I was so hungry.

Seeing that the two of them were almost bleeding to the ground, Li Laoer said with a smile: "Don't look, we will reach the market town in the future. After selling this cart of goods, I will take you to a restaurant for dinner." OK."

The two of them naturally agreed, but when they were chatting, there was a sound of fast-running horseshoes from the north of the official road.After a while, a team of more than 20 people passed through the camp and galloped to the southwest.

At this time, Lao Shen appeared from nowhere, behind Li Qingniu and the others, he suddenly said: "This group of people is not ordinary!" The three of them were also startled.

Immediately, Li Qingniu, the most lively person, asked: "Old Shen, what's different about this group of people?"

Old Shen took advantage of the situation to sit down on the pony beside the fire, and asked Li Qingniu back.

"We've been walking for so long, is there anything special about the people you meet?"

"No, they are all transporting goods with chariots and horses!"

"That's right. If it's an ordinary business trip going back and forth, there must be a horse-drawn carriage to transport the goods. And this team not only rides horses that are all thousand-mile horses, but there are no vehicles to follow except for weapons such as hard bows and long swords... and ..."

"And what, you don't have to keep it up, just say it quickly."

"What are you in a hurry for, boy, among this group of people, the two worst people are also second-rank warriors, and the two leaders are also at the top of fifth rank."

"Ah! So powerful, who are they!" Li Qingniu was surprised.

Old Shen pursed his lips and continued to say mysteriously: "The captain said that those people should be patrol officers from Guimen County!"

"What is a Ranger?" For Li Qingniu, it was another new term.

"Although this patrolling general is in charge of patrolling the official roads in name, in fact, it should be specially used by Guimen County to monitor the Yufu Kingdom. Although there are only more than 20 of them, each of them is at least a barnyard general. grade!"

After Lao Shen finished speaking, he felt a little lost again.Li Qingniu didn't notice Lao Shen's loss, he just asked, "Then where are they going? They seem to be in a hurry."

Old Shen shook his head and said: "I don't know about this kind of thing. Nine times out of ten, there is something wrong with the Yufu Kingdom, which sent this special team to gallop through the night."

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And in the deep forest more than 20 miles away, the Black Panther Battalion also chose to set up camp.Captain Heihu gave the order. Now the team has entered the depths of Guimen County. From tomorrow onwards, everyone can only walk around day and night, otherwise it will be very easy to expose the target and cause unnecessary trouble.

What they didn't know was that on the official road not far from where they quietly camped, the cavalry commander's squad was running southward at full speed, and the two groups of people and horses were staggered.

　It's still a cliché to ask for a collection recommendation!

　　


(End of this chapter)