General Guo let go, Nie Canjun finally found something, "The village is near Tingzhou, and it takes three or four days to get there from Xizhou. If we ride horses, we should be able to get there in three days, but..."
He paused and said, "No one is willing to lead us the way."
Man Bao: "Is it because our money is not high enough?"
"No," Nie Canjun said, "There are rumors outside that Danshi Village is a place cursed by gods, and no one wants to go there."
He said: "Since the news of the prince's poisoning came out, the Duhu Mansion has even sealed off the village over there. Few people can come out from there, let alone anyone who goes in. After inquiring about the place, I thought about asking Those who know the way will lead the way, but as soon as they say to go to Danshi Village, they refuse, no matter how much money they pay, it’s useless.”
Man Bao was speechless for a while, Bai Shan frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Then find out the way, we will go there by ourselves."
He turned his head to look at Daji, and said, "Daji, you go with Nie Canjun."
He didn't intend to take Nie Canjun and the others with him, he only planned to take Daji and a few guards there.
Nie Canjun originally had objections, but when he heard that Mr. Zhuang and the others would not go, he accepted the arrangement.
They started to buy things, water on the road, and a lot of rice noodles and local fabrics. They only planned to bring a carriage, so everything was loaded on the cart, except for the inside, the roof and the belly of the cart and the back of the cart. Lots of stuff tied up.
When Da Yu and others who rented a house opposite met, they immediately ran over to inquire, "Are you leaving?"
"No, go out to work." Man Bao recalled that he had not seen them for several days, but he didn't expect that they lived across the street, so he couldn't help but wonder, "Why do you live across the street?"
Da Yu said: "It's going to be a long time, it's not cost-effective to stay in a hotel, so we also rented a yard."
Man Bao figured out the taste, and asked, "Aren't you going home?"
Da Yu sighed, "Isn't there a lot of horse thieves on the road? So we want to wait for a while, and we can go together when you finish your business. The money you get back will be less."
Man Bao: "...are you afraid of horse thieves?"
Didn't you guys just do horse thieves before
And they don’t have much to carry. If it’s spices and gems, the things are small and easy to carry, put them in a box and stuff them in your arms. They don’t look like they are easy to mess with. Horse thieves will not be blind as long as they are not blind trouble them.
She thought they would go back after selling the goods.
Heavy Rain and the others really prepared this way before, but...
Heavy rain sighed deeply, leaned over and whispered: "Horse thieves are not scary, what is scary are officers and soldiers. According to reliable news, as long as people like us go on the road, they will be immediately suppressed by officers and soldiers as horse thieves. There is no chance, just cut off the head and count it as military merit, and the gems and spices we brought are naturally considered as others'."
So it's better to follow Zhou Man and the others to be safer, at least they won't be suppressed as horse thieves.
After pondering for a while, Bai Shan said: "In this way, you should pay for our guards, right?"
heavy rain:…
He turned his head and left, "Forget it, just pretend that I haven't been here. It's the same when the business road opens and there are more people on the road before we leave."
He doesn't believe that the Anxi army can suppress the bandits until next year.
Bai Shan smiled and stopped him, "It's just a joke, you can go on the same journey with us, but we haven't decided on the time to go back, so, you go to see Li Guanshi, we came from the same place after all. It’s okay to go back and take care of each other.”
It's mutual support, not employment.
Da Yu also understood, but he was quite happy, thinking about it for a while and secretly said: Although there is no money for the guards, they will be less embarrassed by the officers and soldiers when they go back, and it should be quite easy to enter the customs.
The event had just been decided, and Da Yu also had the leisure to care about them. He leaned against the wall shaking his legs and asked, "You guys are going on a long trip. It just so happens that we have sold a lot of goods. Do you want us to guard you?"
Bai Shan declined, he didn't bring all his own guards with him, and they are not needed yet.
Da Yu was very curious, "Anxi really has a prescription for preventing smallpox?"
How has he never heard of it
Bai Shan said calmly: "If you inquire carefully, you can always hear some news."
"Are you going out now to inquire about this?"
Bai Shan smiled and didn't explain much.
The next day they left the city, Bai Erlang and the others sent the people to the gate of the city, and when their chariots and horses were gone, Bai Erlang immediately let out a wow, put his shoulders on the necks of Liu Huan and Yin Or, and called for friends Said: "Let's go, let's take a walk around Xizhou City."
Zhou Liru turned his head and said, "Take me!"
Bai Erlang agreed, "Okay!"
Liu Huan hesitated, "No, some places are not easy for girls to go to."
Zhou Liru said: "What's wrong with going, don't you just want to go to the song and dance studio?"
Liu Huan: "... how do you know?"
"I heard you talking to Second Young Master Bai."
Liu Huan was afraid to speak immediately, and turned to look at the other two friends.
Yin Ru said, "Just go."
Anyway, it's not like I haven't seen them before, there are ten more at home.
Bai Erlang didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhou Liru going to these places. Didn't Manbao just play with them like this when he was a child
Subconsciously, where they can go, so can their aunts and nephews.
Only Liu Huan struggled for a while, but quickly put aside his worries, and the four of them went to play without going back to the yard.
As soon as Nie Canjun turned around, they ran away. He shook his head. If Mr. Zhuang didn't come, they would be free, really.
The guards who followed them didn't feel that there was anything wrong, and headed towards the entertainment place with the same arrogance as the masters.
At this time, Bai Shan and Man Bao were heading north with their hats on. Tingzhou was in the north of Xizhou, a more desolate place.
But that place didn't reach Tingzhou, it was just close to Tingzhou.
The place where the meteorite fell was not too far from Danshi Village. Man Bao remembered what the two villagers who were sent to Beijing said that at night, a particularly shining star fell from the sky and broke into three pieces in mid-air. A fireball, the whole earth shook when it fell.
Frightened, they rushed out of the house and looked into the distance, only to see flames in the direction of the desert.
It was in the desert, but the fire lasted for two days before it stopped, because there was only Danshi Village in that area, so they finally decided to take a look.
It was a big pit, and finally they found a very, very beautiful huge gem there. There were craftsmen in Danshi Village who had worked for the king, and the whole village belonged to the king, so they wanted to dedicate the gem to the king in order to ask for it. Have to move to a better place to live.