"Excuse me, little brother, hey, that little brother! Please stop for a moment—may I ask if you are going to Lingwu?"
The coachman's footsteps were fast. Although he didn't look like he had a high level of cultivation, he had obviously undergone good training. He followed the carriage for a while, chasing behind and kept calling to Lid. It seemed that if Lid didn't stop, he planned to follow until he ran out of strength.
"Stop."
Lid yelled outside, and the carriage stopped. The coachman who rushed all the way quickly ran under the window, propping his knees with both hands, panting for a while:
"Hey... Wait for me to catch my breath first—brother, it's like this. I think your carriage is different from others. It has been well protected against the cold, so I have the courage to come up and ask. Our carriage Ah, it broke down on the way. Look, the one parked by the side of the road is the one. The wheels are all dented, so it probably can’t be repaired. We don’t have any extra baggage on us, so I want to ask you, if you If you are also going to Lingwu, can you do me a favor and give us a ride?"
The coachman seemed to be a very clever person, his tone of speech was just right, with a wry smile on his face, he folded his hands and bowed to Li De again and again.
At this time, the man in white who was standing in front of the coachman also came up, and he appeared in Lide's field of vision silently in just two breaths, and when Lide noticed him, his steps It became slow again, and stood beside the coachman calmly.
Lid narrowed his eyes slightly.
It was a good excuse not to be entangled. Even if Lid didn't believe it, it was impossible for them to take out all their belongings to have a look. Having said that, the final decision rests with Lead. Whether it is the coachman or the man in white, although they both give people a mysterious feeling, there is no hostility from them.
Lied said:
"You two are going to Lingwu too? Are you going to participate in this year's Northward Journey?"
The coachman shook his head, glanced at the man in white beside him, and then replied to Lied:
"No, no. We won't do such a dangerous thing. Yes... This child has a relative in Lingwu. He hasn't been back for so many years. I want to go back this year."
The man in white looked at Lide, neither admitting nor denying, and only said:
"My name is nonsense."
Unlike the coachman, there was not much emotion in his voice, and even if he wanted to ask Lied to give him a ride, there was no pleading in his words. His attitude seemed to embarrass the coachman a little bit. He rubbed his hands and walked forward, and said to Lid in a low voice:
"I don't have a name, because I am the last in the family, and others call me the youngest. I have been a coachman for Mr. Li Yan for many years. In the past, Mr. Li was doing business in the south and saved a lot of money. The shop's accounts are getting worse and worse, so I plan to go back to Lingwu to join my relatives. To tell you the truth, my son has lost a lot of money he earned over the years, and he has borrowed a lot of foreign debts. Those creditors saw that our son's business is not good, and they started The idea of seizing the business, asking our young master to sell valuable belongings to pay back the money... We kept our anonymity along the way, and the young master even wore a cloak to hide his face, for fear of being recognized by debt collectors. If you can give us a ride, in the future There must be rewards."
Lide pondered for a long time after hearing this, and asked seriously:
"Can you play chess?"
The youngest didn't expect that Lide would suddenly turn the topic to this, his eyes widened for a moment, and he said blankly:
"ah?!"
But he immediately reacted and said:
"Yes, yes. Small people like us, walking around the streets on weekdays, chatting and playing chess is the only pastime. How can we not?"
Lied nodded and asked again:
"What about playing cards?"
"There will be several."
"Okay, you're qualified, let's get in the car."
Like an interviewer, Lied declared that two people passed the test with a simple sentence. This made the youngest one unexpected, and the nonsense on the side also looked at Lide more. Seeing that Lide had retracted his head into the car, the youngest hesitantly looked back at the broken carriage he was driving before, and then at Lian Yan.
Without saying a word, Lide stepped on the pedals and got into Lide's car.
The youngest gritted his teeth and climbed up.
In order to explain the reason, he told Lid that he didn't have much money on him, but in fact this was a complete lie. This young man in white is an important target of his escort on this trip. In order to ensure that he arrives as safely as possible, the abandoned carriage by the road still contained a lot of gold and silver treasures, which were used to manage relationships and deal with emergencies. Now if you say no, you don't want it, the youngest's face is obviously distressed.
Lide had a panoramic view of his expression, but Lide just smiled and didn't say anything.
Li De didn't care much about who these people were and what they went to Lingwu for. Anyway, they have no clear conflict of interest with themselves, so there is nothing wrong with being a traveling companion. Just like when he left Yuxi City to go to the sea of clouds, he chatted happily with Fang Yuan who was traveling with him.
After Mr. Lie got into the car, his eyes calmly passed over Alaya and Hilo, and finally settled on Lid's bulging chest. There was obviously something hidden there. He stared at it for a while, and saw a group of small colorless slimes poking out their heads quietly, glanced at him quickly, and retracted into Lid's arms.
Useless hiding.
Li Yan stared at the place where the little slime disappeared for a while, then silently looked away.
Lide supported his head, turned his head, and said to Li Yan and the youngest:
"A brief introduction. My name is Jiade. These two are people around me, and they don't like to talk very much. You can call the younger one Xiaobing, and the older one is Dabing. The one in my arms is mine. Pet, there is no name at the moment, you can call it Serge."
Li Yan nodded to everyone solemnly, while the youngest rubbed his hands and smiled:
"I don't know what little brother Jiade is going to do in Lingwu?"
Lide raised his head and thought for a while, then replied with great pain:
"I'm afraid it's to lead a horse for someone else."
The youngest frowned, and immediately decided not to ask this question any further.
After all, it just so happened that he didn't care who Lide and these people were or what they were doing in Lingwu, as long as Lide could bring him and Lide to Lingwu safely, it was enough for them. Especially when he saw that he had a slime on his body as a pet, the youngest knew that he must have some special connections. Ordinary checkpoints would not check his car carefully, and nonsense should be safe here.
The youngest heaved a sigh of relief, and suddenly found Li De looking at him with a half-smile.
Lide touched a chessboard from behind, put it in front of his eyes, and said:
"Didn't you say you can play chess? Come, play two games with me. If you lose too badly, the door is there, go down by yourself."