The Inverted Dragon is Scale

Shimen town.

This is an important town outside the pass, the merchants of the Xifeng Empire and the desert, as well as a barter place for some nomads. Some goods transported from the customs also agreed to be unloaded here. Naturally, relevant partners came to pick up the goods. It is the completion of this escort mission to safely transport the goods to Shimen town.

"Go to Shimen town and wear gold and silver to drink wing soup."

This proverb is enough to explain the large trading volume and high profit of Shimen town.

Shimen town is an independent Town, with no village in front and no store in the back. Standing alone between the Gobi.

Although it belonged to the westerly Empire, it was not managed and guarded by the imperial border forces. The four merchants gathered here, which also supported the prosperity of this lonely town. Three teachings and nine streams are mixed. It's hard for you to imagine that the old man sleeping in the corner is a recidivist of the Empire, and you certainly don't know that the clever young man with an abacus is a big flower thief----

Shimen town has a huge arched gate, which is simply stacked with three boulders.

It is said that it was written by Lu Jian, a border guard hundreds of years ago. Lu Jian guarded the border with a top-grade land of idle clouds. When facing the strong enemy in the desert, he cleaved Qingming mountain, took three large stones and built this stone gate. He said: if the enemy in the desert dares to cross this gate, I will kill it.

Those desert cavalry saw these three simple but magnificent stone gates, hesitated again and again, and the whole army retreated.

Shimen pass was named after the war, and some people established a town after the pass, resulting in the current Shimen town.

Today is not a good day. The autumn wind is particularly cold and the dust is particularly thick.

Between the wind and dust, the long motorcade marched hard towards Shimen pass.

The caravan composed of dozens of carts is not large or small. For people in Shimen town who are used to seeing the big market, it is not a big deal.

However, to their surprise, the convoy composed of dozens of carriages only saw horses and goods behind them, but there was no groom, escort or steward.

"What's going on? Why didn't a living person see it? "

"Hahaha, I've only seen people selling goods, but I haven't seen horses doing business yet - can these horses still collect some money after handing over the goods?"

"I must have met a sand thief. None of the people in the caravan escaped - but why didn't the sand thief rob the goods? Have dogs changed their shit eating habits? "

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The first horse pulled the truck into Shimen pass, and then dozens of carts entered the pass one after another.

From the end of the line, a horse came out on a black horse.

With a young boy sitting on his horse, one man and one sword, he rushed over with a whole convoy.

The young man has black hair and face and is dusty. The clothes on the body can't see the original color and look dirty.

A few idle men wanted to find out where they came from. Before they approached, they retreated in horror.

The smell of blood on the young people is so strong that they feel nauseous.

Li shepherd dragged the reins of his horse and led the motorcade into Shimen square in Shimen town.

He glanced around, ignored other people's advice and comments, and shouted hoarsely, "who will receive the goods, the escort guaranteed by Guanzhong Wanli escort agency?"

Out of the crowd came a few men in fur coats and hats.

They are riding horses, carrying bows and arrows and horse chopping knives. These people look like nomads on the grassland.

The head of the big beard stared at Li shepherd with wary eyes and asked aloud, "who are you? What about the escort of Wanli escort agency? "

"I'm Li shepherd. I'm a friend of Gan Yang, the escort leader of Wanli escort agency. Who are you?"

"This batch of medicinal materials is what we want." The bearded man said in a deep voice, "you are Gan Yang's friend. Where has Gan Yang gone? And the steward and the guys? Without their paperwork, how can we hand it over? "

Li shepherd reached into his arms, took out a piece of paper and said, "I'll give you the goods and you'll give me the silver note. Let's settle the money and goods, and then both parties sign on the contract - I got it from the steward. "

The bearded man looked at the contract and said, "where are they?"

"Dead." Said Li shepherd.

"How did you die?"

"Killed by sand thieves."

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After listening to Li shepherd's words, people talked about it one after another.

Some people sympathize with Wanli escort agency and those escorts in charge, while others condemn the atrocities of sand thieves again and again.

The bearded man pondered for a moment and said, "show me the contract."

Li shepherd handed over the contract.

The bearded man took the contract and tore it up with a hiss.

"We're done with this business." Said the bearded man. He looked at Li shepherd with a smile and said, "we are not familiar with people. We have no bottom in our hearts when we start business. What if the goods are not the right version? What if the medicine you sent is inferior? Otherwise, you can ship it back as you like -- "

Li shepherd looked at him expressionless, waiting for him to say no.

Sure enough, he still has the last word.

Big beard was a little uncomfortable by Li shepherd's calm expression, but he still had to finish what he should say.

He looked at Li shepherd and said, "you said that all the escorts and managers of Wanli escort agency were killed by sand thieves. Who are you? How did you get here? How did you get the goods? "

"As I said, I am Gan Yang's friend."

"Friends? You're not a sand thief, are you? " Beard said coldly.

As soon as this was said, all the people in Shimen square were ready to rush up and kill.

They are all businessmen. They eat near Shimen square. If sand thieves dare to come here and make up their mind, they will rob them of their jobs and cut off their wealth. They don't hesitate to work hard with them.

Li shepherd was still indifferent, not moved by the intentional anger of beard.

He glanced at the scraps of paper on the ground and said, "it's all to earn a bite. Why? In order to deliver the goods, all the 32 escorts of Wanli escort agency died, and the steward and the waiter died -- they bought these in exchange for their lives. It is also the last time in their life that they can earn a little coolie money for their family. Give me the money and I'll give you the goods. Let's settle this, won't we? "

Beard remained unmoved and said in a cold voice, "I said, I can't take this goods. We don't care about friendship. I said we should trade with whoever we trade with. Never break our promise - if you are a sand thief, you kill people and rob goods, and take the money from me? Am I worthy of my partner? I am worthy of those escort companions of Wanli escort agency? "

"What do you want?" Li shepherd looked at him and asked.

"It's what you want." Bearded said coldly, "first, you can send this shipment back. From where, and then back the same way. Or it can be transported to your sand thief base camp. Second, you can give me the goods and we can renegotiate the price -- "

This is blackmail.

If you follow what he said, send this batch of medicinal materials back. Not to mention whether there will be any danger on the road and whether he can live or not. Even if the road is damaged, I'm afraid it's also an astronomical figure - what profit will this batch of medicinal materials make at that time? Where did the money come from? Where does the escort pay from?

As for what he said, give him the goods and renegotiate the price, that is, take advantage of the fire naked.

They are sure that Li shepherd can't transport this batch of medicinal materials back, so he can only ship it in Shimen needle. Apart from them, other families must not come to rob him of the goods - in this way, he casually gave the other party a little money to send away, and didn't he pick up this large quantity of goods for nothing? You know, medicinal materials are rare. If they are transported to Loulan city in the desert, they will be worth hundreds of times.

"What if I disagree with both?" Li Shepherd said aloud.

Big beard and many of his companions laughed. He looked at Li shepherd and said, "what do you want to do?"

"Why are you all forcing me?" Li shepherd took the Tongtian sword from his waist and muttered, "Why are you forcing me? The sand thieves forced me, so I killed them all. Now you're going to force me -- "

Choke-------

Tongtian sword came out of its scabbard, and the bright brilliance shone on everyone's eyes in Shimen square.

Bearded's face was gloomy and asked aloud, "you said - you killed all those sand thieves?"

"Yes." Li shepherd looked at his beard and said, "I killed those sand thieves and their people -"

"You" -- "beard obviously didn't believe it. Li Shepherd is only one person, and he is so young. How much ability can he have even if he starts practicing when he is sucking?

He knows the abilities of the sand thieves and the scale of the sand thieves. Even if you just wipe out a group of people, it takes great power to do it.

"I'm not used to explaining to others --" Li shepherd held his sword flat, looked at his beard and said, "give me money or die."

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Guanzhong. Wanli escort agency.

The old lead escort fell weakly to the ground, holding a large box of silver in his arms. His eyes were dull and his voice said weakly, "it's all gone, it's all gone."

A shabby courtyard.

A woman was sitting on the bed making clothes. When she heard the sound of footsteps outside, the wrinkles on her face stretched out and shouted happily, "Liangzi, Liangzi is back."

For a long time, a strange voice said, "I'm not Liangzi. I'm Liangzi's friend ----- he has a dart to send. Let me send you something."

Li shepherd went to the head of the bed and put a bag of gold coins into the woman's hand.

"Liangzi's friend?" The woman looked at Li shepherd suspiciously and asked, "where's Liangzi? Where has Liangzi gone? "“ He went to the south of the Yangtze River. " Li shepherd turned away with a hoarse voice and tears on his face. He was tall and straight, hurried outside and said, "he said that his father had been to Jiangnan, which is the most prosperous and affluent city ----- he would escort a long escort team to see it."“ Liangzi - "the woman wailed. This novel has been translated by www.readwn.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation.