Taking this old road again, Yan Liqiang became a wise old horse and led everyone straight to Huijiaji. Because there was no threat from the Black Wind Bandits, Yan Li forced them to take the Langya Valley route that Sun Bingchen did not take last time.
The terrain of the Langya Valley is dangerous. Both sides of the narrow valley are bare ridges and cliffs that are intertwined like wolf teeth. Only in the middle of the ridges and cliffs is a winding path, less than ten meters wide, just enough to pass through. Several carriages or seven or eight horses travel in parallel.
The disappearance of the Black Wind Bandits has made the trail in Langya Valley lively and no longer as deserted as before. At least in broad daylight, there are still a few caravans taking this road from Ganzhou to Lanzhou. .
The caravans were a little nervous when they heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind, but they relaxed again when they saw Yan Liqiang's team and carriage. Yan Liqiang and his team were all men, and they were all very tough. They all carried swords and bows. When those teams saw Yan Liqiang and the others rushing towards them, they quickly stopped and made way for Yan Liqiang and the others to pass first. They continued continuously along the way. This is true for several caravans encountered.
The four-wheeled carriage ran much faster than the two-wheeled carriage. There were not many people in the team, and the four-wheeled carriage ran briskly, so Yan Liqiang and his party arrived at Huijiaji before the sun set.
Under the setting sun, Huijiaji looks like a waning and impoverished old man, lying everywhere in a wilderness, with a desolate atmosphere everywhere. Compared with when he and Sun Bingchen came here, two years ago In the past, Huijiaji seemed to have not changed at all. On the dilapidated adobe wall outside Huijiaji, several gray figures were looking warily towards Yan Liqiang and the others. Just as Yan Liqiang and his team approached When Huijiaji was about two hundred meters away, a man on the earthen wall of Huijiaji had already raised his bow and shot an arrow towards them.
The arrow did not hit anyone, but hit the ground, just a few dozen steps in front of Yan Liqiang and the others. When Yan Liqiang and the others stopped, everything was still the same as before.
"Who are you?" shouted the people on the wall.
"Serious people, I came to live in your Huijiaji two years ago, and your Chang Lizheng has met me!" Yan Liqiang raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, and then responded loudly to the people on the other side of the Huijiaji.
"What is that thing you are pulling in your carriage?"
"Wealth!"
"Don't rush over, ride over slowly. If you rush over, the bows and arrows in our hands will not have eyes!"
"Everyone just follow me, don't rush, to avoid misunderstanding!" Yan Liqiang mobilized the dark clouds and snow under his crotch again, and led everyone slowly towards Hui Jiaji.
"I didn't expect this Huijiaji to be quite careful!" Shi Dafeng said.
"The people from Huijiaji were born in a poor land. They have been dealing with bandits and robbers since they were young. They all know and have experienced what methods those bandits and robbers can use. If not, they might not be able to survive in this area. Those who survived in a desolate place would have been slaughtered long ago!" Yan Liqiang explained, "Last time we encountered the Black Wind Bandits, those Black Wind Bandits couldn't do anything to Hui Jiaji!"
"I see!"
"Teacher Shi is right. After reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, one will gain knowledge. I looked at the various layouts and methods of Huijiaji. They are similar to those of military fortresses. They have some abilities. No wonder you are so polite. The first place to come is here!" Shen Teng sighed from the side.
Yan Liqiang smiled.
When Yan Liqiang led people to the entrance of Huijiaji, thirty or forty men had gathered inside Huijiaji, waiting for Yan Liqiang and the others. The faces of the men in Huijiaji were gray and black, with only their eyes They were shining brightly, each holding a spear and a bow and arrow, with a fierce expression.
Seeing Yan Liqiang's carriage approaching, two of them said nothing and wanted to get on the carriage to check.
"What are you doing?" Zhou Yong's eyes narrowed, and his hand was already pressed on the handle of the knife at his waist. The sergeants who followed Zhou Yong also put their hands on the circlip of the knife handle, ready to draw out the knife at any time.
"The rules of Huijiaji are that carriages entering Huijiaji must be inspected. We want to see if anyone is hiding in the car!" A man in his forties looked at Zhou Yong fiercely, waved his hand, and several people next to him Ten men from the Huijiaji gathered around like a pack of wolf dogs, holding various long and short weapons in their hands, aiming at Zhou Yong and Yan Liqiang.
"Zhou Yong, open the carriage compartment and let them inspect it!" Yan Liqiang spoke calmly.
Zhou Yong took a deep breath, jumped off the rhinoceros horse himself, and opened the lock on the carriage of a carriage, "Look!"
There was no one in the carriage, only bundles of bows and arrows were placed in the carriage. Seeing those arrows, the men from the Hui family gathered around the carriage were shocked, because there were so many people in the carriage. There are at least three to four thousand arrows, and one can tell at a glance that those arrows are of high quality and cannot be made by ordinary people.
"Why are there so many arrows in your carriage? What are you going to do?" The man from Huijiaji who just spoke frowned and looked at Yan Liqiang and asked.
"Of course arrows are used to kill people. As for why we have so many arrows, that has nothing to do with you. We are doing as the Romans do when we ask you to inspect them, and we are also respecting the rules of your Hui family. You just need to know what is inside this carriage. It’s fine without anyone!” Yan Liqiang smiled lightly, “Do you still need to check?”
"Of course!" The man gritted his teeth and looked at the carriages in Yan Liqiang's team. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he came directly to a carriage with particularly deep ruts in the middle of the team. "Open the door of this carriage." Carriage, we want to see what’s inside?”
Zhou Yong glanced at Yan Liqiang, Yan Liqiang waved gently, and Zhou Yong opened the door of the carriage.
The carriage contained four bronze iron wooden boxes. After opening the carriage, a young man from Huijiaji jumped into the carriage and opened a wooden box inside.
A dazzling silver light directly blinded the eyes of countless people outside the carriage.
Everything in the box was filled with silver. The ingots of white silver, exuding an alluring luster, were lying quietly in the alley of the carriage carriage, filling the box to the top.
In an instant, the eyes of a bunch of Huijiaji men outside the carriage were wide-eyed. There was a sound of swallowing saliva all around. They loaded the money in the carriage and dragged them to Huijiaji. To be honest, the people around them I have almost never seen those men from Huijiaji who are so big. But the silver in this carriage is probably twenty or thirty thousand taels. To the people from Huijiaji, this is a huge amount that makes people feel uncomfortable. Numbers that will make you dizzy.
In the carriages of these carriages, there are either weapons or silver. What kind of person has the courage to haul so much silver
The man from Huijiaji swallowed hard and was about to say something. The man next to him, who had been staring at Yan Liqiang's face just now, suddenly came over to him. He whispered a few words in his ear. Even the person closest to him could only vaguely hear the words "The year before last... Sun Bingchen... Black Wind Thief... Can't mess with..."...
The man listened, but his expression suddenly changed. He frowned and looked at Yan Liqiang deeply, as if there were flowers on Yan Liqiang's face. Finally, he took a deep breath and waved his hand, "Okay. You can go in!"
Yan Liqiang knew that he had been recognized by the people in Huijiaji. After all, the interval was not long. Although his appearance and body shape had changed somewhat in the past two years, it had not yet changed to the point of changing his appearance. In addition, the last time he was in Huijiaji left such a deep impression on them that even if they were recognized, it would be normal.
Yan Liqiang waved his hand, and then led the people into Huijiaji and headed directly towards Huijiaji's inn.
Looking at the backs of Yan Liqiang and the others, the man who stopped Yan Liqiang just now squinted his eyes for a while, and finally ran towards another place in Huijiaji.
Just half an hour later, Yan Liqiang saw the hunched and wrinkled face of Hui Jiaji's Li Zhenglu again in the inn room of Hui Jiaji. In his eyes, he looked like a coyote that had begun to shed its fur. Although his body was bent, his eyes were cunning, revealing a hint of aggression.
"Chang Lu in Huijiaji has met Mr. Yan!" Before Yan Liqiang could speak, Chang Lu forced a salute to Yan Li and spoke first.
"Haha, you know me!" Yan Liqiang looked at him with interest.
"If you don't even know Young Master Yan, who became famous all over the world after following Sun Bingchen to the Imperial City, all of us in the Hui Family should be blinded!" Chang Lu sighed, "I don't know Young Master Yan. Why did you come to Huijiaji this time?”
Ever since Chang Lu walked in, Yan Liqiang had been looking at him. The thought snake in Yan Liqiang's head also transmitted every thought in Chang Lu's mind to Yan Liqiang.
Yan Liqiang had already had something to say, but the thought that came from the snake mind really shocked Yan Liqiang. He was almost dumbfounded. For half a minute, he just stared at Chang Lu blankly, unable to say a word.
"What's wrong, Mr. Yan? Why don't you say a word?" Chang Lu blinked slightly and continued to speak.
It wasn't that Yan Liqiang didn't speak, but his heart was in a state of overflowing, and he quickly made an important decision based on the thoughts sent by the Nian Snake.
"Does Chang Lizheng believe that there is a soul in this world?" Yan Liqiang suddenly asked a question that Chang Lu didn't expect.
Chang Lu was also stunned for a moment, glanced at Yan Liqiang, many thoughts flashed through his mind, and then continued to hunched over, smiling humbly, "Old man is about to die, and people who are about to be buried in the city, of course I believe this, old man I still want to go to heaven after being buried, but I'm afraid that the gatekeepers in heaven think I'm humble and won't let me go up there. I heard that Mr. Yan can meet a god in a dream. Can you please intercede with the god? Let's see. Let’s see if we can be accommodating to the old man, let him have some light, and go to heaven to see it!”
Yan Liqiang also sighed and looked at Chang Lu seriously, "I dreamed about my great-grandfather a few days ago. My great-grandfather said that he had an old subordinate named Fu Changde who lived in seclusion in Huijiaji and changed his name. , became Chang Lu. My great-grandfather asked me to come to him, saying that as long as that person knows my identity, he will definitely help me! "
Just when Yan Liqiang said the three words "Fu Changde", Chang Lu's whole aura suddenly changed. He raised his head, his eyes flashed, and a dangerous and powerful feeling suddenly appeared on his whole body. He stared at Yan Liqiang with his breath. At this moment, the hairless hyena seemed to have turned into a lion. His silver beard and hair moved automatically without the wind, and he was so powerful...
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