Chapter 1. Too initial also 36. Horse thief
"I finally slipped out and met a horse thief, do you know where these people are coming from? Talking? ”
Shen Gui and Fourteen lay on the back of the hillside, revealing two pairs of eyes, their hair buns were full of weeds, and from a distance, they had blended in with the lush grass around them. Not far away, on the grass, there are two horses grazing leisurely.
"I'm sorry, I forgot."
Shen Gui regretted it after asking, and turned his head to look at Fourteen with a calm face.
"You don't have a mission today, do you? We're just out hanging out, and it's better to have more than less, right? ”
Shen Gui lowered his voice, his eyes fixed on the distance, the team of knights who didn't know what to escort.
I don't know if Fourteen understands Shen Gui's self-created dance sign language, he just shrugged Shen Gui's shoulders, rolled his eyelids, and lowered his head to check what he was carrying.
"No comment? You're such a big person, you don't have any idea at all. If you meet Qi Yan in the future, you have to let that kid cheat his pants. ”
Shen Gui said this, but he took out a small wooden stick in his hand, dragged Fourteen's clothes, pulled out a small piece of grass, and began to write and draw on the land.
"Got it?" Shen Gui raised his head again, his thumb and index finger formed a circle, and the other three opened, gesturing and asking in a low voice Fourteen, Fourteen thought about it, looked up at the sky, and gestured for a quarter and a half hours. The two men nodded at the same time, turned over and rode back.
"Brothers on the prairie, can you tell me where this is? People in Xiaqingshan City were riding horses in the suburbs today, but the horses were startled halfway and galloped with me. By the time the beast came to his senses, I would be here. Please help me show me the way......" At this time, Shen Gui took out a delicate silver purse from his arms and took out a silver ticket. The leader in front saw at a glance that on this purse, there was the word 'Huinan' embroidered with gold wire.
Getting closer, it is easy to see at a glance that this group of men riding on horseback are all people from the Mobei grassland. After listening to what Shen Gui said, the leader made a whistle behind him, and the men behind him and the several carts they were escorting stopped in place.
Shen Gui looked behind him, and saw that in addition to a few carts, there were also many captives who seemed to be the people of Youbei, who were tied with hemp rope at this time, and were tied to both sides of the cart in strings.
As soon as Shen Gui saw these captives, he guessed that this group of people was a grass thief wandering on the Kolk grassland.
"This little brother, are you going to Qingshan City? Then you're on the wrong track. It's no wonder that you're not a steppe person, so it's naturally easy to get lost. Right now, my brothers and I are going to do business in Fengjing City. We don't go the same way, but you can follow us. When you get on the official road of Youbei, you can go back along the mainland. What do you think? ”
As soon as the leader blinked his eyes, he had already looked at Shen Gui from top to bottom. Although this child is dressed ordinarily, in Youbei Third Road, a child of such an age actually has a horse that can be ridden and played, it must not be an ordinary family. What's more, as soon as he made a move, it was a silver ticket, and even the silver purse he took out had the words "Huinan Bank". In this way, this child must not be just an ordinary rich kid. Thinking of this section, the man immediately put on a smiling face and answered Shen Gui eagerly.
Shen Gui listened to the other party's enthusiastic reply, and had a thick layer of goosebumps all over his body, and said in his heart: It is said that the prairie men are all rectums. In this way, it seems that the person in front of him is also a master of pulling mosquito coils on a large size.
"It's so good, and I have friends on the grassland. Shen Gui bowed and saluted, then looked at this person's eyes and said sincerely, "You guys have really done you a great favor. I once heard the teacher in my family say that all the men on the grassland are good at drinking. Today, I will use this mere 100 taels of silver tickets, plus a pot of good wine, to thank all the grassland friends for their kindness.
After saying that, Shen Gui turned around and untied the water bladder hanging on the saddle, pulled out the wooden plug and drank it first, then covered the plug and threw it at the other party: "Little brother, I will do it first as respect." ”
The leader of this group of horse thieves squinted his eyes and looked at Shen Gui, who was drinking, and thought in his heart: although this child was dressed ordinarily, he was generous, and the knowledge and courage revealed between the answers were not comparable to ordinary children. Now take out a pot of wine and drink it first. If this is the case for an old man, then this hand is just showing that his wine is not poisonous; But right now, this person is just a rich little boy, I think he is traveling without his family, and he doesn't have any experience in the rivers and lakes, just pretending to be heroic.
Although this man had already defined Shen Gui as a second-year teenager in his heart, he laughed loudly on his face, and beckoned behind him, and a wine bag flew into his hand:
"We grassland people respect the heroic man the most, don't look at my brother who is young now, but I think it won't be long before you will become an eagle soaring in the sky. This bag of wine is divided into two people, which is a bit stingy. Come on, come on, I'll have a drink with my brother today. ”
After that, he also raised his head and drank wine.
Shen Gui's left fingernail was still secretly picking at the wax seal on the cork, but seeing the leader's reaction, it was estimated that he was already suspicious, so he re-inserted the stopper and stuffed it back into the wine bag. Then he threw it in the direction behind the man:
"Let's come some of these big brothers, too. I'm a small drinker, so one of you took a sip and helped my brother divide it. After speaking, he didn't care about the other party, took out some dry food, took a water bladder, ate by himself, and kept adjusting his sitting posture:
"On weekdays, when I see others riding horses, I am quite envious. Today, I rode it myself, and I knew the pain of riding a horse. I've been running crazy with this beast for a day, my thighs and buttocks are worn out, and now the blood blisters on my hands still hurt my heart. Shen Gui said, stretched out his hands, and shook them in front of the other party's eyes.
The man looked at the direction of the sun, looked at Shen Gui's awkward sitting posture, and his hand that was strangled by the saddle and blistered, and couldn't help but alleviate some doubts in his heart. A half-sized horse thief behind him, seeing that Shen Gui was resting and eating, also stepped forward and whispered a few words to the leader of the horse thieves. After receiving the order, he turned around and shouted to the horse thief behind him:
"Let's rest, eat, drink, and eat and drink, and by the way see if any of the captives are dead, and if so, untie the noose and throw the corpse away."
When the group of horse thieves behind them heard this, they all relaxed, turned over and dismounted. Some went in the direction of the captives to inspect them, others brought out jerky mare's milk wine to prepare food, and six men brought rations and led their horses, and while eating, they went to the back of the low slope, in search of water for the horses.
"Big brother, what are you loading in the cart behind you? Why are there so many people tied to each other? What can this old and young man guard? Shen Gui ate dry food and pretended to inquire casually.
"Hey, don't hide it from your brother. My brother and I are not doing a very good job, and I am helping a few gang of horse thieves on the grassland to sell their stolen goods. The group of people chained to the car are not guards. Don't look at the tattered clothes they are wearing now, but if they are pressed into Fengjing City, they will all turn into white silver! ”
The leader of the horse thieves, after Shen Gui's pretentiousness, heard Shen Gui's bullshit questions at this moment, and immediately hooked up his own conversation and chatted with him half-truths. After all, who would be on guard against a rich boy who sneaks away from traveling?
"Looking at the appearance of these people, it seems that they are all people from the north. You take them into the capital to exchange for silver, so you are not afraid of being detained by the government? Shen Gui asked as he looked at the captive chained to the cart seemingly casually.
"Hey, of course we won't be entering Fengjing. Isn't there a tooth shop in the middle to help? We and the buyer have never seen each other. Who wants to redeem their relatives, or who wants to buy a little girl to fill the house, we don't care. In our industry, from ancient times to the present, there is only one rule, see money to speak! ”
After the leader finished speaking, he smiled smugly.