Chapter 596 The old hen fell into the flock of ducks
Outside Yanxia Pass.
Wujin City.
A trading city connecting the inside and outside of the customs.
The entire city's earthen buildings have a strong exotic style.
During the day, the streets and alleys are full of shouting and hawking, and the city is full of peddlers coming and going from all over the place.
In the lobby of the Grey Sail Inn on the street, a group of businessmen dressed in low-key clothes sat around a table.
In addition to this table, there were many guests sitting around, sometimes talking loudly and laughing out loud.
The red-haired man on the left said, "Anirubuda pa la pa la..."
The Hu people on the right, "Walali walaji ala..."
The monk in plain robes in front said, "I'll beat you without showing any blue!"
The man in the hat behind said, "Little chicken wants a baby!"
The old man had a gloomy face and his hair was standing on end.
What the hell is this?
Do you have the guts to say something that living people can understand?
"Grandpa, at this age, this is the first time I feel that I am so ignorant!" The old man lowered his voice and gritted his teeth.
Ever since I came out of quarantine, I haven't been able to use my ears properly for a single day. Everything I hear sounds like the buzzing of flies and mosquitoes!
It feels like an old hen falling into a flock of ducks. I cackle and you quack.
"Grandpa Du, don't say that about yourself. Everyone is like that." Wheat Ear held his cheeks with his hands and looked up at the sky. One really has to travel thousands of miles before knowing his own shortcomings.
If you hadn't come to the outside of the Great Wall, who would have known that there are so many languages in the world besides Middle-earth?
Can't understand.
I don't understand at all.
Tianbao rubbed his ears. His face felt a little numb. He couldn't understand the language and couldn't even hear the gossip.
"Luckily I found an interpreter, otherwise I'd be completely in the dark when I got here." Su Wu sighed, craning his neck to peer out the door. "Where did Yang Zhi rent his carriage? Why hasn't he returned yet?"
"Here they come." Bai Yu glanced somewhere outside the inn, and soon a tall and thin figure ran out.
"Excuse me, my dear guests, for keeping you waiting! Wujin City is overcrowded with travelers, and carriages are hard to come by. When I arrived, the carriages were gone, leaving only a donkey cart, which I had to negotiate to get here. Can we just get off and then change carriages in the next city?" Yang Zhi walked in, took off his fur hat, patted it, and brushed off the dust before returning to his seat with a wry smile. "Next to Wujin City is the desert, and the wind and sand are so strong day and night. I went out for a walk, and the top of my hat is covered in dust."
He was a traveling merchant whom Big Beard met when he was doing business many years ago. He was in his forties and did some small business of reselling in Wujin City to support his family. He had been in this place for more than ten years.
Because he had been there for a long time and had contact with many people from various places and tribes, he could understand a lot of different languages and could even have simple conversations. So when he received a letter from Big Beard saying that he could introduce him to a job as a guide and translator, and that he would be paid well if he did a good job, he immediately accepted it.
No one thinks too much money is a problem.
Tianbao nodded at him, as if to respond to his words.
There were five of them this time, plus Yang Zhi, so there were six of them in total, and one donkey cart should be able to accommodate them all.
The outer regions were too vast. There were Tartars outside the northern border of the Central Plains, barbarians outside the Yanxia Pass, and Xiongnu in the southwestern border... No one knew which tribe in the outer regions the godfather was taken to, so they could only act separately and search separately.
Eldest brother Su An took Bing'er and Wang Bai to the northern border of the Central Plains, while father-in-law Bai Kui and uncle-in-law coaxed Mo Cang to go to the Xiongnu tribe for investigation.
She, Bai Yu, Du Ye Ye, Third Brother and Little Wheat Ear came to Wujin City and set out from here to head to the capital of the Human Kingdom.
The snow fog flower that Grandpa Du mentioned is a flower unique to the Human King’s capital.
After receiving the response, Yang Zhi saw that the sponsors had no intention of blaming him for acting on his own initiative, so he felt relieved and dispersed. He said, "To get to the capital, we must first pass through the desert and turn to Sunset City. There's a caravan heading to Sunset City at noon, so we should go with them so we can have someone to look after us. Most large caravans that come to Wujin City for business have bodyguards to escort them along the way, so it will be much safer to go with them. Although the city is sparsely populated during the day, it is not peaceful at night. There are bandits everywhere, and there are also scattered nomadic tribes. They will rob and kill any strangers they encounter."
As he spoke, his eyes quickly swept over the two female sponsors, and he had a few words in his heart that he didn't dare say out loud for fear of being scolded or offended.
The two heroines are so beautiful that it is not an exaggeration to say that they are beauties of natural beauty. If such beauties are not protected by anyone, not to mention how dangerous it would be if they encounter barbarians after leaving the city, they are not safe even in this Wujin City.
Looking at the other three people traveling together, the thin and small old man with messy hair can be ignored, and the other two young ones look tall and big, but being tall may not be of any use outside the Great Wall, as two fists cannot beat four hands!
He hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice. "Hey, there's a blacksmith shop in town that sells all kinds of self-defense gear, including swords, knives, and crossbows. Want to buy some? I can show you the way. I'm an old acquaintance of the blacksmith, and he'll definitely give you a fair price for my sake. Want some?"
The poisonous old man raised his triangular eyes, straightened his back and said unhappily, "Buying something for self-defense? Do you look down on this old man?"
Yang Zhi, "No, no, no, old sir, please don't misunderstand me. It's better to be on the safe side. Outside the pass is different from inside the pass. There is no order here——"
His life is his life too. If he doesn't listen to advice, he will never risk his life to save others if he really encounters any danger. He will definitely run away first.
He has elderly parents and young children at home, and he took the job because of the generous reward. Otherwise, he would not dare to earn such a life-threatening salary. He just believed in his ability to escape.
Tianbao smiled and looked outside at the sky. The sun was rising higher and higher. It was noon after dinner. "There's no need to buy self-defense. Let's eat first and then we'll set off."
Bai Yu, Su Wu and Xiao Mai Sui standing beside him also smiled, without any trace of nervousness or fear on their faces.
Yang Zhi saw that they were not afraid, but he was really afraid.
But people don't listen to advice.
What else can he say as a errand boy who makes money?
During the meal, the financiers chatted and laughed as usual. Yang Zhi agreed with them on the surface, but planned at least three escape routes in his mind.
"Ah!—whoa!"
"Zha Ke Lu Bu, hahaha!"
After they had finished their meal and had just put down their chopsticks, they heard a flurry of shouting outside the inn, all the sound of birdsong.
The old man slumped his shoulders, feeling exhausted and losing interest in watching the fun. With a sad face, he asked Yang Zhi, "What are they saying outside?"
Yang Zhi immediately translated, "'Ah! - No!', 'Why are you shy? Hahaha!'"
Five people, "..."
The girl who was shouting for help had already fallen at the door of the inn. She was only about ten years old and was so scared that her face turned pale and her eyes were full of tears.
A burly man was approaching slowly from behind with an arrogant laugh. Passersby stepped back when they saw him and no one stepped forward to meddle.
Yang Zhi looked at the scene, his face showing anger and pity, "It's the blacksmith's daughter... This bastard is out to harm the girl again!"
Seeing that the burly man was about to grab the girl, Yang Zhi's hat was almost gouged with a hole. Finally, he gritted his teeth, stood up and rushed out. He stumbled and bumped into the burly man's outstretched arm, interrupting his attempt to grab the girl.
Taking advantage of this moment, the girl who fell to the ground immediately got up and ran, quickly disappearing into the alley next to her.
"Oh, yes, I'm sorry... Lord Ajin, I deserve to die! It's all my fault that I ran out blindly without paying attention to the road and ruined your good deeds! Lord Ajin, please be magnanimous and forgive me this time!" Yang Zhi caught a glimpse of the little girl, raised his hat, clasped his hands together, and kept bowing for mercy, looking as cowardly as he could be.
Five people at the dinner table, "..."
I met another acting genius.
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