"How about it, little brother, let's go together!" The businessman persuaded, "If you are alone, if you encounter those bandits, you probably won't be able to live. If you all come together, you can have someone to take care of you."
"All right!"
Kong Qing thought about it carefully, and felt that what the other party said was also very reasonable.
It's much safer if we walk together.
Inside the Scarlet Blood Sword, Chen Hao rolled his eyes.
Is it really safe if we walk together
Don't see it!
The more people, the bigger the goal!
Such a big target, such a fat lamb, as long as it can be swallowed, how can the bandits let it go
It is of course more beneficial for this group of businessmen to gather more people and rush through together.
Because they have too many goods, no matter how they go, they are very conspicuous and easy to be targeted.
Since it was easy to be targeted, the merchants simply put their minds together and assembled all their teams...
But a lone ranger like Kong Qing can pass through that area alone!
Anyway, his goal is small, as long as his luck is not too bad, he can cross without disturbing the bandits.
Maybe, even if he is discovered by bandits, bandits won't talk to him... because he doesn't look like the kind of person who has money.
Therefore, there is actually no need for Kong Qing to join the team assembled by the merchants.
But since he likes it, he can do whatever he wants.
Chen Hao stayed by Kong Qing's side all the time, just to see if Kong Qing would open the package and see the red blood before arriving at Jingyue Sect.
After all, this is the first time that the Scarlet Blood Sword has been so neglected.
Come to think of it, it's kind of humorous...
Following the businessman and staying in a small inn, Kong Qing chatted with the businessman.
The businessman was more talkative, and after a few words, Kong Qing knew that the other party was Ma Haolin, who was originally from the Xu Kingdom, and his cultivation base was a little stronger than his, but not by much.
Ma Haolin has been relying on business to make ends meet.
Three years ago, his business improved slightly, but after a big business gamble, he lost all his savings and owed a lot of debts. After a period of depression, he borrowed some money under the persuasion of his wife. Started from scratch, started a business.
"When I went out, Cai Guodu was still safe, everywhere was unobstructed, and the road did not pick up things..." Ma Haolin said distressedly, "When I was about to go back, the Aurora Pavilion collapsed."
"The Aurora Pavilion is down, does it have anything to do with Brother Ma's business?"
"Of course it has something to do with it!" Ma Haolin said, "If the Aurora Pavilion is still there, do you think I will be worried about those bandits?"
Kong Qing sighed: "I don't know where Senior Deng went!"
Kong Qing grew up hearing the legend of Deng Yifei.
He even sold a portrait of Deng Yifei to hang in his bedroom for a gold coin he saved with great difficulty.
It is said that if you pray once a day, you can practice faster...
"I don't know, it's all because of the bastards of the Martial Arts Alliance!" Ma Haolin said to Kong Qing in a low voice, "Little brother, you may not know, if it weren't for what Senior Deng said in the Tiancheng Mountains, most of the entire Cai Kingdom They're all about to fight!"
"What words?"
"It's just that no war in the southern region is allowed!" Ma Haolin looked at Kong Qing with doubts, "You don't know?"
Kong Qing laughed and said: "I know, I know, I just didn't remember it all at once!"
"Let me tell you, didn't Cai Guo betray Senior Deng?" Ma Haolin whispered, "After the disbandment of Aurora Pavilion, many areas began to be out of Cai Guo's control. In our hometown, I heard that there is Cai Guo. The appointed city lord was killed... Without Aurora Pavilion, without senior Deng, with Cai Guo's strength, he could not control such a large area at all. If it weren't for the words senior Deng left, Cai Guo would have been besieged on all sides !"
Kong Qing cursed: "The god damn Martial Arts Alliance!"
Ma Haolin also laughed and said: "Yes! God damn martial arts alliance!"
If it weren't for the people of the Martial Arts Union targeting Aurora Pavilion and Deng Yifei, he wouldn't have stayed in Xikou City and dared not go home because he was afraid of bandits.
The two had just cursed, and a loud voice sounded behind them:
"That's right! Those people from the Martial Arts Union are idiots!" Kong Qing and Ma Haolin all turned around and looked in the direction of the voice. , who do you think?"
"right!"
"well said!"
"Let's drink!"
"..."
Ma Haolin shrugged, and then took another drink: "It's very popular in our place to scold the Martial Arts Alliance... I feel at ease after scolding."
"oh!"
After staying in the inn for three days, Ma Haolin informed Kong Qing to leave on the fourth day.
On the morning of the fourth day, as expected, countless teams of convoys, guards, and mercenaries began to leave the city one after another.
Kong Qing followed Ma Haolin and followed the flow of people out of the city.
Ma Haolin's business can't compare with those caravans, so he drives a carriage that pulls goods.
There are other businessmen beside him, similar to Ma Haolin's situation, they seem to be Ma Haolin's acquaintances, everyone is talking and laughing, but there is no tension.
Kong Qing glanced at Ma Haolin's wheels, and heard that the cargo should not be very heavy.
"Brother Ma, what are you pulling?"
"Perfume and rouge!" Ma Haolin smiled proudly, "These perfumes and rouge are extremely high-quality goods, but I don't know why, they don't seem to have much reputation, and the price is not high, as long as I can bring the goods to my hometown Over there, even if you can't make a lot of money, it's okay to make a small profit!"
"oh!"
When Ma Haolin and Kong Qing came to the gate of Xikou City, a warrior dressed as a mercenary ran over and said, "Follow up, let's go together, don't hang too far!"
"Okay, let's follow!"
"..."
After walking a certain distance, Ma Haolin told Kong Qing in a low voice: "The mercenary just now was invited by people from the Stone Chamber of Commerce, and the person who organized us to rush over this time is the Stone Chamber of Commerce. There are more than 3,000 mercenaries and guards, and they are so powerful!"
"Sitong Chamber of Commerce, is it very strong?"
"Behind the Sitong Chamber of Commerce is the He family in Tonghai City. The daughter of the head of the He family married the third young master of the Songyang Hao family. The Songyang Hao family is just a branch of the Hao family in Xu State. Pavilion Fenge Pavilion Master, do you think the Sitong Chamber of Commerce is powerful or not?"
Kong Qing sighed, "That's really amazing!"
In the Scarlet Blood Sword, after listening to Ma Haolin's words, Chen Hao just wanted to curse "Fuck"!
Among the more than 3,000 people, Kong Qing was very inconspicuous.
Seven days later, more than half of the dangerous journey had passed, and many merchants and warriors were optimistic that those bandits would definitely not dare to attack them.
Ma Haolin waved his whip to tell the horse to go faster. Looking at the bright sunshine and the dark green mountains in the distance, he said with emotion: "I haven't seen my son for a year, and I don't know how much he has grown. Have you practiced martial arts well, I wonder if he is as naughty as before!"
(end of this chapter)