Qin Shi: Sword Asks the Bright Moon

Chapter 9
After parting from the old hunter in front of the village, Yang Ming and Xiao Xuenv had no intention of resting, but headed north in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The hinterland of Zhao State is still dangerous for them, and only by entering Yanmen County as soon as possible can they get a temporary respite.

Yang Ming's obsession with three thousand pieces of gold made Yang Ming very cautious, and his luck with Xue Nu was also very good. During this journey, he never encountered any dangers or accidents, except that it was not good to eat and sleep in the open.

When the time came to December, Yang Ming finally stepped across the frozen river and came to a city in Zhao State that once belonged to Zhongshan State: Dongyuan.

This name looks very ordinary, but in the future, it has a famous name: SJZ.

Dongyuan connects the north and south of Zhao State, connects Qidi in the east, enters Jingxingsai in the west, and goes straight to the west of Taihang Mountain.

There are salt from Qi State, various metals from South Korea, and lacquerware and silk from Chu State.

All caravans that need to travel westward from south to north will gather here to form a larger caravan, and jointly fund and hire warriors as caravan guards. They will pass through Jingxing Pass, enter the west of Taihang Mountain, and then go north. After crossing Mount Heng, enter Dai County and Yanmen, sell the supplies in hand, and then buy back the special products of Dai County and Yanmen County, such as: horses, furs, and animal tendons.

In the past, these caravans did not need to hire such large-scale guards as long as they paid enough protection fees for the garrisons in various places, but the situation changed more than ten years ago.

After the Battle of Changping more than ten years ago, Qin State took advantage of the situation and captured Taiyuan County of Zhao State. In the following years, there were many competitions between Zhao State and Qin State in Taiyuan County. The most recent one was four years ago. , the current King of Qin, when Qin Wangzheng first came to the throne, Taiyuan County rebelled from top to bottom, and was later suppressed by General Meng Ao.

The battle between the two countries in Taiyuan County for many years, in addition to the tens of thousands of casualties, another result is that there are many bandits in the mountains to the north of Taiyuan County.

Every time the Zhao people failed to resist, the defeated soldiers and refugees would enter the vast mountains and become bandits. After more than ten years of accumulation, it has already become a paradise for bandits.

Therefore, the only option for these caravans to enter Dai County and Yanmen County smoothly through there is to cooperate with each other and jointly invest in the hiring of guards, so that they can bargain with the bandits that are constantly emerging on the trade road.
And the purpose of Yang Ming's coming here is precisely for this purpose, the caravan is the best cover for Yang Ming and Xuenv.

Yang Ming, who was strolling on the street, looked at the caravans that were calling for recruits, and chose a suitable caravan for himself.

At this time, Xue Nu was riding on Yang Ming's neck, supporting Yang Ming's head with one hand to stabilize his body, and pressing the bearskin hat on top of his head with the other hand, lest the hat fall off and expose something that shouldn't be exposed.

In the past half a month, Xue Nu has grown a layer of shallow hair, but it is a pity that Yang Ming is not very good at shaving his head compared to hunting and killing. Therefore, at this time There are hair stubbles of different shades on the small head of Xue Nu, which makes this little girl look decadent when facing herself.

Although she is still young, she also knows beauty and ugliness, especially her understanding of herself.

After finding the target, Yang Ming directly found a decent Yuelai Inn that chained the entire heavens and worlds, and stayed directly.

In the past period of time, he had no resistance to a hot bath and a soft bed after eating and sleeping all the way.

In the room occupied by Yang Ming, behind the screen, white water vapor was transpiring, making the dry thing a bit more damp. Yang Ming, who took off all the clothes he hadn't changed for a long time, tried the water temperature, and walked straight away. After entering the bathtub, the arms and legs, which are much longer than those of an ordinary fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, could only curl up in the bathtub.

"If you have money, the first thing to do is to buy a big house, and then build a big bath, a bath that you can swim in." Yang Ming thought to himself, enjoying the soft feeling from the surging hot water.

The obsession with the house came from his previous life, while the obsession with the bathhouse came from this time.

"Well, ah!" When Yang Ming fell into fantasy, there was a slight intoxicated sound from the other side of the screen.

Yang Ming looked along, and in the reflection on the screen display, Xiao Xuenv was stepping on a bench with a pair of round short legs, and plunged her head into the small bathtub prepared for her, which was even more mischievous. After spit out a few blisters, he moved into the bathtub and submerged himself in the hot water.

In the past few days, Yang Ming had suffered enough, but Xue Nu was even more uncomfortable.

In the steaming heat, a faint red color soon appeared on the round face of Xiaoxue Nu, and a pair of small hands were stirring in the bathtub, scrubbing her miserable little body.

Yang Ming leaned against the edge of the bathtub, thinking about the next thing.

After sending Xuenv to Yanmen County, she can get three thousand gold, which is a huge sum of money. The next step is to go to Qin State, or to Linzi, try to worship Jixia Academy, and make a fortune for herself What about the identity of the disciple?
As for keeping Xuenv by his side, Yang Ming never thought about it. Whether it was Guo Kai or Queen Zhao, Yang Ming couldn't bear the matter involved in Xuenv with his current strength. Besides, his future was still uncertain. How could he take care of a five or six-year-old girl without a source.

Yang Ming, who had put on clean clothes, was lazily lying on the soft couch by the window. The afternoon sun shone on his body through the paging, and the bones all over his body felt a little more itchy.

On one side of his body, the little Xuenv curled up into a ball and fell asleep, but a pair of small hands were firmly holding Yang Ming's two fingers, as if this could give him a sense of security in his sleep.

For Xiao Xuenv, the experience of less than a month in the past is too long, and it is too pitiful. In a short period of time, she experienced the disaster of family destruction, and the murderer was her own mother. Such things are unbearable for adults, let alone a child.

Therefore, even in her sleep, Xue Nu's brows were tightened, and something was muttering in her mouth.

"Yanmen County, Xuenv, Feixue Pavilion, what is the connection between them? What will you experience later? And how did you become the number one dancer in the land of Yanzhao?" Yang Ming stretched out his palm Put it between Xue Nu's eyebrows, and with a flick of your fingers, smooth Xue Nu's frowning brows.

(End of this chapter)