Chapter 21 Travel Gate
The person in charge of the travel gate in Taiping Town is a chubby bald man. It is already autumn weather, and he is still wearing a loose thin shirt, but it cannot hide his fat belly. From time to time, he holds Buddhist beads in one hand.
Wiping the sweat on his head with a handkerchief, he looked like he was spending the summer. He saw an old and a young customer coming in from the door and eating candied haws. Although he felt strange, he still greeted him with a smile: "You two
Sir, our store has been engaged in escort transportation for many years, and its reputation is second to none in the Jin Kingdom. I don’t know whether you two gentlemen want to send something or have someone escort you to a designated place?"
Ada asked: "What's the price for escorting to the designated place?"
The fat steward crossed the Buddha beads on his hand, smiled and said, "Then it depends on where the guest officer is going."
Ada replied: "The border of Qin."
When the fat steward heard that this was a big deal, the journey from here to the border of Qin was not only long, but also uneven. He weighed it and said, "Accommodation and food are all included, two hundred taels of silver."
Ah Da frowned, the price was obviously not something he could afford, but fortunately he just asked casually.
When Shi Wu heard the quotation, he opened his mouth wide and couldn't help but said: "It costs two hundred taels of silver for two people. This is too expensive."
The fat steward smiled and said to Shi Wu: "Little brother, you misunderstood. I said two hundred taels of silver per person."
After saying that, the fat steward saw Shi Wu and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
The fat steward continued to talk to Ah Daodao: "I didn't give you an arbitrary price. Our route to Xingxingmen is definitely the best, not to mention that the road has been uneven recently. A group of bandits have gathered on Lei Xing Mountain, five hundred miles away, in recent years.
, specializes in robbing passers-by and merchants. But as long as you take the transport truck at our travel gate, I will keep the two passengers and they will pass by while drinking wine and singing songs. Let’s talk about it further, on the Dongjiang River at the Fengdu Pass
, the fog is deep every winter, and if there is no big boat sitting on it, you may not know where it went. My two guests, I am not trying to scare you, two hundred taels of silver each is really not expensive."
Shi Wu swallowed his saliva and looked at A Da. The fat steward said that even Shi Wu, who had no money in his pocket, wanted to take their travel car.
Ah Da replied: "Perhaps everything you said is true, and I have always believed in your travel door's signboard."
The fat steward was overjoyed when he heard this, rubbed his hands and said, "This man has an accurate vision. Why don't you pay a deposit first and open an order?"
Ada added: "But we don't have so much money."
The fat steward's smiling face suddenly froze. He didn't give up and said, "Sir, when I first saw you, I thought you had a kind face. Just now, I thought I was overthinking it, but now that I've taken a closer look,
Ah, you really look like my late father. Hey, I won’t beat around the bush anymore. With my reputation as a manager in this store for many years, I will give you two an internal price, which is only three hundred taels!"
What the fat steward said was sincere and sincere, making Ada feel like he was such a filial son.
Ada looked at the fat steward expressionlessly and said word by word: "No."
The fat shopkeeper finally lost his smile, coughed and said, "How many do you have? I'll see where I can send you."
Ah Dadao: "No need, I just want a map from here to Qin."
"Hmm?" The fat shopkeeper narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Ah Da and Shi Wudao again, "Old man, it's a long journey. If you carry such a baby with you again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach Qin."
Ada confirmed again: "I will buy the map."
The fat steward sighed and said, "Then let me tell you first, Traveling Gate never sells maps at a higher price, and if someone is found to be counterfeiting and reselling them, as long as they find a copy of the map, Traveling Gate can follow the clues and find them all.
That's all I've said. If you still want the map, I'll ask someone to get it for you."
Ah Da Dao: "Go get it."
The fat steward called one of his men over, whispered a few words in his ear, and the man ran to the back room.
Shi Wu quietly pulled Ah Da's sleeves and said as thinly as a mosquito: "Grandpa Ah, do we have enough money?"
Ah Da also whispered: "I don't know."
Shi Wu felt dizzy when he heard this. He pretended to be relaxed and looked around, thinking about where he should run when the fight started.
The man handed a roll of cowhide-shaped maps to the fat steward. The fat steward reached out to take it, looked at the price on the map, and said to Ah Da Dao: "Old man, the map is right here. I looked at it and asked for it.
Fifty taels, let’s hand over the money in one hand and the pictures in the other.”
Ah Da Dao: "Okay, but I need to verify the drawing."
Hearing what Ah Da said, Shi Wu thought to himself: "Grandpa Ah, you don't really want to rob me, do you? I can't run as fast as before."
The fat steward laughed and said: "Okay, you should check the map, but you must buy it after seeing it." After that, he opened the map and put it on the table.
Ah Da stepped forward and first looked at the prices marked on the map. After reading it, he went to confirm the places mentioned by the fat steward just now. Sure enough, he saw the signs of Lei Xing Mountain and Feng Ferry. Looking further down, there were even more branching paths.
too much.
Just when Ada wanted to continue reading, the fat steward rolled up the map and said: "Old man, you have also seen the map. Please pay me. If you give me the money, you can go home and read it slowly."
Ah Da Dao: "Okay." As he said that, Ah Da coughed and put his hand into his arms. When Shi Wu heard Ah Da's cough, he thought it was a secret signal and immediately ran out.
When the fat steward saw this, his face turned cold. The beads in his hand were like a rope, circling and binding Ada's right hand that was stretched out into his arms. He laughed angrily and said, "Yes, yes, I'm sorry, you two are just here to entertain me. Huh, it's me.
The Smiling Buddha can no longer smile, but you two are tired of living, so you dare to come to travel and act wild."
After saying that, five or six well-built men rushed out of the back room, and they looked like Lian Jiazi.
Ada looked doubtfully at Shi Wu who had been carried back from the door. Then he was shaken internally. The beads in his right hand scattered and exploded. The fat steward was even shocked and fell to the ground. Ada said again with
With great speed, he grabbed the Buddhist beads flying in the air one by one and placed them on the counter intact.
The fat steward suddenly stood up, holding his numb right hand, cold sweat dripping from his forehead and said: "Innate warrior? What about innate warriors! It's not like my traveling sect has never killed innate warriors! You are here to rob..." Before I could wait.
After the fat steward finished speaking, he saw Ada put his right hand into his arms again, and then took out a few banknotes from his arms, licked his fingers with his tongue, and after counting carefully, he added five to ten taels.
The banknotes were placed on the table. Then Ada looked at the fat steward and Shi Wu as if they were looking at fools, picked up the map and left.
"Eh..." The fat steward was completely confused now. He looked at Shi Wudao in confusion, "Little brother, what did you just run away from?"
Shi Wu thought to himself: "I don't have Grandpa's skills, so of course I have to run away first."
Shi Wu whistled, his eyes wandering and said, "I need to pee."
The fat steward took a breath of air. He really wanted to strangle Shi Wu to death with a smile. But after seeing Ah Da's skills, he quickly caught up with Ah Da with a smile on his face and said, "Master, if you have business next time, keep coming. You can repay me."
Its name is the Smiling Buddha, and it can be discounted."
Ah Da just walked like this, turning a deaf ear. Shi Wu, who was put down, shook his head at the fat steward, indicating that he really had no eyesight, and then flew after Ah Da in front of him.
Shi Wu secretly glanced behind him and saw that no one was catching up. He took a deep breath and said, "Grandpa, why didn't you run just now?"
Ah Da Dao: "Why should I run?"
Shi Wudao: "Didn't your cough give me a hint that you are going to grab the picture and tell me to run away quickly?"
Ah Da stretched out his left hand and handed his bunch of candied haws to Shi Wudao: "I just ate this sweet and sour one, and my throat got tired, so I coughed."
Shi Wu was stunned and took the candied haws from A Da's hand, deciding not to eat it again during this period.
Back at the inn, Ada helped Shi Wu light the charcoal stove, and the room immediately became warm.
Ada asked Shi Wu to go to bed after washing up. He wanted to study how to walk the next journey. Shi Wu obediently washed up and climbed into bed. After a day of fatigue, he fell into a deep sleep as soon as he touched the soft quilt.
passed.
Under the lamp, Ada took out the cowhide map from his arms. He looked at it and found that it was about five thousand miles away from the Qin border, passing through towns and cities, and then passing through Lei Xing Mountain, which was five hundred miles away.
After traveling three hundred miles to Fengdu Pass, after crossing the Dongjiang River, we had to choose one of four paths to reach the Wangbo Desert. Only after passing the Wangbo Desert could we touch a little bit of the Qin Kingdom. Ah Da counted the money on his body.
Silver, I have to lament that a penny can stump a heroic man. He now has a total of twenty-two taels of silver with the banknotes, plus the fifty taels for buying maps, this is the income of Lintao Pavilion in ten years. No.
Not to mention, Shi Lintao really had no intention of making money. But now Ada was suffering. He had to think carefully. Even if he and Shi Wu walked forward, every time they crossed the river, the boat money would not be enough.
If you don't give it, I'm afraid the money won't be enough.
Ah Da suddenly laughed at himself: "If I had known then, I should have withdrawn the life money I spent in Wuyou Valley." When he thought of life money, he thought of several friends on his blood list.
"I haven't appeared in the world for ten years. Ah Jiu must have taken my life money and left the valley. Speaking of Ah Wu and Ah Liu, they have almost saved up enough money. The first thing those two boys will do when they leave the valley is
It's about marrying a wife and having a baby. It's just hard for Lao Xu. He, the contact person, lost the number one killer on the blood list and must have been punished by the Valley Master to face the wall. Will he encounter them again when he goes back this time?
"Ada laughed as she thought about it, then fell silent after laughing.
Ada shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He blew out the candles, took off the long cloth bundle behind him and placed it in front of him, then closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the stool, so that he could maintain the highest level of vigilance. This is
Chapter completed!