Song Yuanhuanzhi

On a path where the weeds have been trampled bare.

Bi Yansheng sat at the root of the tree with his back against the trunk. He slowly took out a steamed bun from his bag and handed it over.

"Eat?"

The middle-aged man with white hair on the sideburns was dressed in cloth. He slowly raised his head and his face was revealed. Although it was a bit haggard and scruffy, he could still identify him as Duwu, who had just been informed of his death.

Du Wu took Bi Yansheng's steamed buns with both hands and said in a hoarse voice: "Thank you, young hero."

Bi Yansheng looked at him like this with amusement, "Do you have to be so angry? It's only been so long that a few of the burns on your mouth have soaked up."

"Young hero doesn't understand."

Bi Yansheng raised his eyebrows and said, "I really don't understand you officials. I thought the imperial court sent someone who could take care of things, but I didn't expect this..."

It was difficult for Bi Yansheng to say what he said next. After all, he had just experienced life and death.

Du Wu was lucky. Almost all the people he sent out were wiped out. Bi Yansheng showed up in time and knew about Du Wu's situation. With Jiangzhou's special situation, Du Wu might have died before he even arrived in Jiangzhou. In order to better solve Jiangzhou's problems, Du Wu cannot die.

So after Bi Yansheng made up his mind to save the person, and rushed with all his strength, the person was finally saved by him. Fortunately, his hard work paid off.

Now a golden cicada has come out of its shell, and it has turned from bright to dark. It depends on what Master Du Wu plans to do after arriving in Jiangzhou.

Du Wu was chewing steamed buns. He had been suffering from internal heat for the past two days, and even if he was allowed to eat, his food would be tasteless.

Duwu listened to Bi Yansheng's unfinished words and sighed, "Young hero is right, I didn't think carefully. The situation in Jiangzhou is probably worse than I expected."

"Thank you so much, young hero. Can you do me a favor, young hero? When this matter comes to an end, I will definitely give you a reward that satisfies the young hero." Du Wu stood up, wiped the debris at the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and then handed over his hand. He bowed slightly, showing no airs of being a high-ranking official.

Bi Yansheng nodded: "It's easy to talk, after all, I am also a righteous man who fights in the world, so it's okay to help by the way."

Duwu straightened up after receiving the reply and felt relieved.

Fortunately, he got the help of this martyr from the world and saved his life from the man in black. If he entered Jiangzhou alone, he would only die a few days later. If he could be escorted by this young man with strong martial arts skills, he would He will definitely reach Jiangzhou safely, and he will be able to find a solution after arriving in Jiangzhou.

After a short rest, the two continued on their way.

Because Duwu looked worried and frowning, Bi Yansheng didn't want to say anything more.

Bi Yansheng is a good-looking person, and if the other person is good-looking, he looks comfortable and talks more.

This is all nonsense. Although it can be seen from his appearance that he was not bad when he was young, his face is full of wrinkles now. In addition, after the previous disaster, his whole mentality has not recovered, and he has such a "bad attitude towards appearance". "A little" was scrawled, which made him unable to stand it, let alone have the desire to speak.

The two of them walked quietly and silently.

two hours later

"It's getting late. I think this is a good place to rest for a night. You go ahead and collect firewood to light the fire. I'll go see if there are any pheasants, hares or the like." Bi Yansheng wanted to improve the food, so he just ate steamed buns and pancakes these days. Almost choking him to death.

Du Wu responded quickly.

When Bi Yansheng saw Du Wu conscientiously picking up dry firewood nearby, he still reminded him: "Remember this location, don't go too far and get lost. I won't look for you if you get lost!"

Duwu's back stiffened, he coughed sheepishly and said directly: "Don't worry, young hero, I'll pick it up nearby."

Duwu was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and has never touched it in his life. He knows how to pick up the firewood, but he has not yet learned how to light a firewood pile.

Finally, before dark, I didn’t light it up either.His two dark eyes just looked at the two flints in his hands. These two ordinary things stumped him, a dignified second-grade official.

"Hurry up! You are trying to feed the wolf, right?" A fierce voice came from the direction where Du Wu and Bi Yansheng came from.

Duwu's first reaction was to hide. He wandered left and right. There were no huge shelters here, not even big rocks. He gritted his teeth and ran directly to the grass half a man high and lay down on his back, not daring to move.

As soon as Duwu lay down, the sounds over there were getting closer and closer, including sounds of whipping and scolding, sounds of begging for mercy and pain, and many and chaotic footsteps.

Duwu confirmed that he was not the one who was chasing him. His tense expression relaxed and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Boss, it's so late, why don't you rest here for the night?"

The man who was called the boss said nothing.

Another person also said: "Boss, it's still three days' journey from Jiangzhou. It shouldn't be a problem if we take a rest for the night."

"Yes, that's right, boss."

A voice said in surprise: "Boss, there is still firewood here, we don't need to pick it up."

老大原本想要松口了，听了这话又警戒道：“搜一搜，看看这附近有没有人！”

Duwu: "!!!"

When Du Wu was worried, a hand put his shoulder and a "shh" came from his ear.

And there was no one in the place where Duwu was hiding.

Duwu, who was rescued in time by Bi Yansheng, was hung on a tree. With the light of those people's fire, he finally saw the situation on the ground clearly.

There were several burly men, holding torches in one hand and either sabers or whips in the other hand. The sound of whipping he just heard should be the sound of the man holding the whip.

And several burly men were guarding a dozen teenagers, who looked to be in their teens, which was a good age for them to be able to work and withstand hard work.

They lined up one by one, with a rope starting from the young boy in the lead, and each one had their hands tied with their hands clasped together in front of their stomachs, until the last one.

Duwu frowned. He had just heard about Jiangzhou. Could it be that those men wanted to traffic these children to Jiangzhou?
He only knew that women and children were generally trafficked, and he had never seen anyone directly selling teenagers, and there were more than a dozen of them at one time.

Downward
After checking the surrounding situation, a man ran up to the boss and said, "Boss, those firewood may have been left by people who passed by before."

The man who was called the boss still couldn't let go. He pondered for a while and said after a while: "I know the brothers have worked hard, but this job can't be missed. Let's have a good rest when we get to the town tomorrow. Let’s drink wine and eat meat, and let everyone have enough rest before setting off. We will continue on our way tonight, brothers, please bear with us.”

As soon as the boss said something, the other people didn't dare to say anything else.

They follow the boss for more than a day or two, and they are also aware of their worries about the boss.

The boss is cautious and suspicious. He could have rested, but his rest was disrupted by the inexplicable pair of firewood.

They couldn't rest and could only curse the man who collected firewood secretly. No one dared to complain about the boss.

The last group of people left just as they came.

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