Speaking of which, there are three more people to mention.
Li Yan didn't know the true identities of these three people. He only knew that these three people were just like him. They were clerks who worked in the spice shop. By going in and out of the spice shop and transporting spices, they helped people smuggle in shady things.
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The difference is that these three people are older than him, so they have more access to secrets than him.
At Yinshi that day, as usual, after purchasing the Nanyang spices needed for the store, he did not return to Penglai Inn immediately. Instead, he parked the carriage at the designated place according to the instructions.
It was a very deep alley, where only one carriage could pass at a time, and there was no room for turning around. It was dark all around, and except for the high brick walls and the occasional soft cough that came from far and near, it was so quiet that you could only
Hear the pounding of his nervous heartbeat.
There is only one disease in this world that has no cure, and that is the disease of poverty.
Li Yan was afraid of poverty at the bottom, and finally caught an opportunity to make a fortune. Even though his heartbeat would speed up and his palms would sweat every time he came to this place to pick up goods, he would still drive a carriage here as instructed.
Receive goods.
That day, as usual, after he parked the carriage, he got out of the carriage, not even daring to light a torch. He went deep into the alley in the dark to wait for a cup of tea. He heard several night owl calls, and after receiving instructions, he returned the same way.
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The cry of the night owl is their joint signal, which means that the goods have been loaded and it is time to pick them up and hit the road.
If the previous process was followed, he could only be alone when he came and leave alone. The delivery location and remuneration would all be left directly in the car for him by the owner of the cargo, and neither party would meet.
But things were different that night.
Before he got close, through the scattered moonlight shining in the alley, he could vaguely see two vague figures sitting in the carriage, looming like ghosts.
Li Yan was immediately frightened and his heart skipped a beat. He felt as if his heartbeat was about to stop and his scalp felt cold.
After calming down for a while, he gritted his teeth and bravely stepped forward to check the situation.
He knew very well that if he abandoned the carriage and ran away alone, not to mention the powerful cargo owner would not let him go, nor would Li Dajin let him go after returning to Penglai Inn.
So no matter how nervous and scared he was, he had to go through it bravely.
Seeing Li Yan, the figure sitting on the carriage seemed to have been impatient for a long time. He said in an irritated tone: "What's going on? Why have we waited for so long? Get on the road early and don't miss our delivery time."
Hearing the other party's impatient voice, Li Yan, instead of being angry, breathed a sigh of relief and looked happy, as long as he was alive, everything would be easy.
Although he was curious as to why there were two more people guarding the car today, Li Yan didn't ask too many questions. Adhering to his long-standing cautious principle of "don't look around and ask too many questions", he silently got into the car and prepared to drive away.
There are too many strange things today. In the past, copper coins were used to press notes with the delivery address written on them. Today, there were only two coins on the carriage and no note was left.
Among the two people escorting the car, the taller one said coldly: "It's difficult to get to the delivery place today, so we will lead the way ourselves."
There are two people escorting the car here, not three.
Because there is another person in the carriage.
But Li Yan only found out about this later.
Li Yan only knew how to use money to do things, and did not care about other details. He collected the money and drove away.
It's strange to say that the carriage had a hard time getting started. The cargo loaded today was particularly heavy, and the horse pulling the carriage couldn't even pull it a few times at first.
Li Yan whipped the riding crop harder and frowned in displeasure as he said, "Why is the cargo so heavy this time?"
"This order requires extra money."
"When I get back, I need to feed the horse more fodder so that my boss doesn't notice."
The other party was very generous and threw Li Yan a bunch of money directly, not bothering to bargain. It seemed that in their eyes, anything that could be solved with money was a trivial matter.
Li Yan's eyes widened when he saw money. It was the first time he could earn three ounces of money in one trip. One ounce of money was one thousand two hundred copper coins, which was one tael of silver.
Being able to earn three taels of silver in one night is unthinkable to ordinary people.
At this time, an even stranger thing happened. The carriage, which had been heavy and motionless before, was easily pulled by the horse immediately after Li Yan accepted the money.
Li Yan wondered if there were stones blocked under the wheels just now? He wanted to look back behind the car, but the alley was too narrow, just big enough for a carriage to pass, and the environment was dark, so naturally he couldn't see anything.
He didn't take this matter too seriously, he only focused on the three heavy coins in his arms.
Not long after the carriage left, Li Yan vaguely heard footsteps behind the carriage. It seemed like someone was following their carriage?
Because he was not transporting goods alone tonight, and there were two big people sitting next to him, Li Yan muttered: Normally you don’t even see a wild dog in this alley, why are there so many people in this alley tonight...
Because the alley was narrow and the sight was blocked by high brick walls on both sides, Li Yan planned to lift the small curtain of the carriage to see who was following the carriage.
The carriages of freight carriages always have a small window at the driver's position, which is convenient for checking the condition of the goods in the carriage and whether they have been overturned or damaged.
Although there is a curtain at the rear of the car to block flying dust on the road, there is a small gap between the curtains, and you can still see the situation behind the car if you look closely.
When Li Yan said this, his voice suddenly stopped and his body trembled with fear, as if he was recalling an extremely terrifying scene. His face was full of fear, and he looked lost.
Fatty Li has experience in dealing with this kind of situation. He just cracked a few big-eared melon seeds and pulled them out. People have the most brittle skin. The burning pain coming from the face, all the three souls and seven souls were pulled back immediately.
Fatty Li was so merciless that Li Yan's cheek was swollen and black and blue.
But no one pitied Li Yan.
The current situation can only be said to be that this person deserves it.
Li Yan, who had withdrawn all three souls and seven souls, began to stumble and continue talking...
Hearing footsteps following the car, just when Li Yan was about to lift the small curtain to check, a cold hand suddenly grabbed his raised wrist. The hand was colder than ice and he couldn't feel it at all.
body temperature.
Li Yan was pinched in pain and tried to pull his hand away, but he couldn't. Instead, the force on his wrist continued to increase.
The person holding his wrist was the taller one of the two escorting the car. The other person's voice was hoarse and he said in a very low voice: "Don't look back, don't go back, focus on your journey."
It looked like he was deeply afraid of being heard by the people following the carriage.
Li Yan was startled by the other party's face. The other party's face was frighteningly pale at the moment, like a dead person who had just been fished out of the river. There was fear in his eyes, and he was actually more nervous and scared than him.
Seeing the two people escorting the car with the same nervous and fearful expressions, Li Yan was also frightened and shivered. He was infected by the fearful expression on the other side and was scared to death. His mind was full of random thoughts along the way, even how to get to the destination.
Don't remember.
When he came back to his senses, the carriage had stopped. The two people escorting the carriage walked behind the carriage and screamed like night owls, and jumped out of the carriage. Only then did Li Yan realize that there was another person in the carriage.
The opponent held the Five Emperors Copper Coin Sword in one hand and a small incense burner in the other. The small incense burner lit a stick of incense. Most of the incense had been burned, leaving only the last bit.
The third man's voice sounded like he was thirty years old, and he was the oldest among the three. Although the other man was not wearing a robe, the two magical weapons in his hand had revealed his identity.
Judging from the other party's voice, he was probably just like them. He was a young Taoist priest from some Taoist temple who secretly came out to make a fortune without telling the disciples.
The third person got off the carriage and scolded the two people escorting the carriage, asking them to hurry up and move the things on the carriage. The time was coming soon.
"We didn't expect that guy to be greedy and timid than a dog. He was scared to death along the way and wasted our time." The two escorting the car explained in a low voice.
But the third person didn't listen to the explanation at all and scolded the two for their incompetence.
The two people escorting the car looked very afraid of the third person and did not dare to refute.
The confused Li Yan came to his senses at this moment. When he heard the word "hour", he subconsciously looked at the incense burner held by the third person.
Just from this glance, the third person immediately sensed the situation and turned back to look at the carriage.
The moment their eyes met, Li Yan felt as if he had been hit hard on the back of the head by a hammer, and his head exploded. He quickly lowered his head in fear, not daring to look around anymore.
After another scolding, the third man began to instruct the two escorting people to unload the things from the car.
Although it was dark and there were no lights around, with just a few moonlight, Li Yan could vaguely see that what was lifted out of the car was a sack.
The sack was about the height of a person, and both ends were tied up with hemp ropes. It was very heavy to carry, and it seemed difficult for two people to lift it one at a time.
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Li Yan later figured out that the sack that was as tall as a person should contain a dead person...
Li Yan did not see where the three of them ended up, because after the two escorts carried the goods, they left him alone without taking his carriage back.
He experienced too much that day. After Li Yan returned to Penglai Inn, he fell seriously ill that day. In his sleep, he dreamed more than once of being chased by footsteps in a dark alley...
When Li Dajin heard this, he became very angry. He stepped forward and kicked Li Yan several times angrily, scolding Li Yan for being a wolf. He was kind enough to give Li Yan two days off that day so that Li Yan could have a good rest. As a result, Li Yan was
To repay him like this, he did so many dirty things behind his back.
Li Yan was beaten and scolded so much that he did not dare to fight back, so he cried and huddled in the corner.
If he hadn't been stopped by Fatty Li, Li Yan would have been beaten half to death by Li Dajin.
To be continued...