More than ten carriages were added one after another, the convoy became longer and longer, and there were more and more people.
Lei Xingkong was listening to Zhou Jiuzhong talking about some scenery in the capital, when suddenly——
"Yeah, yeah, yeah..."
From the front of the motorcade, there was the sound of horse hooves.
The sound came extremely fast, and the speed sounded like it was no ordinary packhorse. Lei Xingkong looked up and saw a group of men in fine uniforms riding tall horses, galloping very fast.
When the group of men passed by, Lei Xingkong took a closer look. Each of them had weapons on their bodies, and some even carried small crossbows on their backs. They looked quite fierce.
After the group of men walked away, Lei Xingkong asked: "Uncle Zhou, who are these people?"
Zhou Jiuzhong took a look and replied: "They are the warriors hired by the caravan to protect the caravan this time."
After a pause, Zhou Jiuzhong looked around and said in a low voice: "Most of these people are from the military. They were originally top-notch figures in the military. However, because of their excellent skills, they gathered together and started collecting money."
A life-saving job."
"oh!"
Lei Xingkong understood.
These people, to put it bluntly, are bodyguards who work for money.
Zhou Jiuzhong continued: "You may think that they are protecting the caravan, but in fact, what they do is no different from thieves."
"oh?"
Lei Xingkong was curious: "Uncle Zhou, how do you say this?"
Zhou Jiuzhong swallowed and lowered his voice: "They are secretly related to the bandits in the mountains, so they are very violent. They come to force the caravan to hire them, and they charge extremely high prices. If the caravan does not hire them,
They will let the thieves in the mountains come to rob the road. In the past, there were caravans who were unwilling to pay the money and refused to hire them. But in the end, not only were all the goods robbed, but even the people were killed.
There are not many left, alas, poor drivers who drive horses, they are just trying to make a living for their families, they can’t escape either.”
Everyone was killed until no one was left?
Lei Xingkong frowned slightly upon hearing this.
As the saying goes, thieves have their own ways. Taking over a mountain and becoming a king is actually just for wealth. Killing everyone would be too vicious.
In the memory of the previous life, there was also information about these "bodyguards", but I had never been exposed to it. This time, I had a more intuitive understanding.
"After caravans were robbed several times in a row, no caravans dared to refuse them anymore. After all, if the caravans did not spend the money, even the driver of the horse would not be willing to take the job. Those caravans could only be used as
You can spend money to buy a piece of peace." After sighing softly, Zhou Jiuzhong said: "Forget it, if you don't talk about these disgusting things, it won't make people feel unhappy after hearing them."
It was not appropriate to talk about this topic, so Zhou Jiuzhong quickly dismissed it and continued to talk about other things.
Since the matter was none of his own, Lei Xingkong didn't ask any more questions, and instead asked about the customs and customs of various places in the Yong Kingdom.
Although Zhou Jiuchong was just a coachman, he was well-informed because he traveled around the country all the year round. He casually told Lei Xingkong interesting things about various places, and Lei Xingkong listened with great interest and enjoyed it endlessly.
…
After nightfall.
The convoy finally arrived at the resting station - Shanmen Station.
The station is located at the entrance of Lianyun Mountains, like a gate, so this station is called Shanmen Station.
There are many houses in Shanmen Post. As soon as the caravan arrived, the postmen quickly came out to receive them. After a while, they settled everyone properly. At first glance, they looked like they were cooked.
When the Yong Kingdom set up inns in various places, they were for official use only. However, due to the high cost of maintaining these inns, they were gradually opened to civilian use. Nowadays, they are used more by caravans, and the inns can also make profits from it.
Lei Xingkong and Zhou Jiuzhong were arranged in a room in Datongpu.
On the common bunk, everyone slept together, the smell was turbid, and the noise was extremely noisy...
Lei Xingkong had seen worse environments and didn't care. Instead, he felt a little weird when he saw a little girl like Zhou Xiaozhi crowding into the shop with a bunch of big men.
Fortunately, Zhou Xiaozhi was still young, so it didn't matter at this time. Zhou Xiaozhi seemed to be used to it. She was extremely obedient, carrying a wooden bucket that she got from nowhere, and said to her father: "Dad, I'll go out and get you some hot water to wash your feet."
.”
"Um!"
Zhou Jiuchong was talking to his colleague next to him and only waved his hand.
Zhou Xiaozhi carried the bucket and walked out.
Lei Xingkong looked at the little girl's back, couldn't help but smile, and secretly praised: "It's true that the children of the poor have taken over the family early. The barrel looks very heavy. If it is filled with hot water, it will only become heavier.
As soon as she came, she thought of fetching water for her father to wash his feet and relieve his fatigue. She is really a well-behaved and filial child."
Lei Xingkong withdrew his gaze and lay quietly on the bed, observing the circulation of the Canglong energy in his body.
This whole day, although he kept chatting with Zhou Jiuzhong, on the other side, his second soul continued to guide Canglong's energy to circulate around the sky.
This is the first time he has used the second soul to practice for such a long time.
After such a day, the progress has been amazing.
The Canglong energy that enveloped his heart was obviously thicker. In a few days, he might be able to accumulate enough Canglong energy to temper his heart.
"I have to be on the road for a while, so I can practice well in this way!" Lei Xingkong thought with satisfaction.
The benefits of the second soul became more and more obvious, which made him feel very happy.
If he hadn't encountered a tide of beasts at the Dibei outpost and been hit by the thunder summoned by the giant wolf, he wouldn't have accidentally obtained the blood essence of the great warrior wizard. Now that he thinks about it, he really survived the catastrophe, and he will have a future.
blessing.
After coming back to his senses, Lei Xingkong turned around and looked around. Zhou Jiuzhong was still talking to someone, but Zhou Xiaozhi had not come back.
"Is it too difficult for the child to carry such a heavy thing?"
With this thought, Lei Xingkong got up from the bed and walked out of the room. He had nothing to do anyway, so he wanted to lend a hand.
As soon as he left the room, he happened to see Zhou Xiaozhi walking in from outside the courtyard.
On the uneven path, the little figure carried the bucket and walked forward slowly, stopping to rest every few steps before walking again.
Seeing such a scene, Lei Xingkong couldn't help but feel some pity in his heart, and he stepped over to help.
at this time--
Several shaky figures turned out from the side of the path and walked towards Zhou Xiaozhi.
When Zhou Xiaozhi saw those people, she reacted very quickly. She immediately carried the bucket to the side with great difficulty, trying to get away.
Unexpectedly, the leader of the group of people did not know whether he stepped on something, his feet suddenly slipped, and he staggered into Zhou Xiaozhi.
"ah……"
Zhou Xiaozhi exclaimed softly.
The man was tall, and as soon as he bumped into him, she was knocked to the ground and the bucket in her hand also fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards——
"Wow!"
All the hot water in the bucket poured out at once and fell on the man.
The man yelled angrily, then jumped up and kicked Zhou Xiaozhi on the ground without thinking.
At the same time, he yelled and cursed: "He... damn, he has... no eyes... and I'm... all over... all over..."
Zhou Xiaozhi was kicked and fell away, and it was difficult to get up for a while.
While scolding, the man walked towards Zhou Xiaozhi again. He didn't know what he was holding in his hand, and he raised his hand to wave it down.