Chapter 268 On the Road

"A plague?" Li Huowang, who was about to leave, was instantly attracted by the chat between the two people. His intuition told him that this might be what he was looking for.

Completely ignoring the Lu family on the stage, Li Huowang quickly moved closer to the tall and fat people, waiting for them to continue.

However, what made Li Huowang anxious was that when he accidentally listened, the other party kept talking, but when he listened intently, the other party shut up.

Li Huowang simply walked up to the fat man and gently pushed his shoulder with his arm. "My friend, may I ask what's going on in Pi County? Why is there a plague? I've never heard of it before."

The fat man who was listening intently to the fan show on the stage suddenly became displeased when Li Huowang asked him this question. "What's wrong with you? Who are you?"

When the fat man saw the two pieces of silver handed over by Li Huowang, his eyes immediately went straight. He swallowed the rude words on his lips again.

"Please tell me that my uncle is in Pi County. When he heard that there was a plague there, he felt really anxious, so he was so reckless."

Regardless of whether the other party believed the lies Li Huowang made up, at least for the sake of money, he seemed very helpful.

"Hey, brother, you told me about this earlier, what do I think of it?" A fat hand hidden in the cuff stretched out and took the two pieces of silver.

"Don't worry, your uncle is fine. There is no plague in Pixian County. They are all alive." At this point, the fat man wearing a watermelon hat paused slightly.

"But, Ge Lang'er, if you really want to kiss your biological uncle, it would be best to take him out of Pi County. The feng shui of that place is not good."

When he said this, his voice lowered subconsciously, as if he was afraid of being heard by something.

"Let me tell you, last time I went there to do business, I found that the people living there were nervous and looked bad. I don't know what they did. It's no wonder that others said that they were so stupid. There is a plague in the county, and the face is uglier than that of a person suffering from the plague."

"People in the entire county are nervous and look bad?"

Li Huowang, who was standing there, thought about it carefully and asked again: "Apart from that, is there anything else unusual happening in this county?"

Although nothing strange happens in this world, it is still impossible to tell what happened to the people of Pixian County based on these two points.

"I don't know about that. I just passed by there and returned after a short while. If you are really worried, then you can go to Pi County to have a look. Anyway, it's only about ten days away, so there's nothing wrong with you. Don’t you think I’ll be back soon?”

"Ten days' journey?" Li Huowang thought for a while, then turned and walked towards the inn.

When Bai Lingmiao's map was spread out in front of Li Huowang, Li Huowang quickly found the location of Pixian County, which happened to be on the same road as Niuxin Mountain.

After thinking carefully for a moment, Li Huowang finally decided to go there and have a look.

People in a county are behaving strangely, no matter how you look at things, it's not a big deal. There is a high chance that you will encounter Jian Tiansi there.

And this is his only choice now. There isn't even an alternative.

At this moment, Lu Xiucai rushed in from outside the house excitedly. Just as he was about to speak, Li Huowang raised his head and said to him: "Go and tell your father. Stop acting after today's play. We will continue on our way tomorrow."

Lu Xiucai, holding a copper coin in his hand, nodded repeatedly, turned around and rushed outside.

Others had long been accustomed to Li Huowang's sudden departure. They had prepared the ox cart and the newly purchased carriage, and put everything they needed on them.

As for where Li Huowang was going and what he was going to do, they didn't bother to ask, or they didn't dare to ask, so they just kept following him.

If there was any change this time from before, it was that the Lu family class, which had always been dejected, now had a different look.

Everyone's face was flushed, and their energy had returned after being beaten by their peers.

"Hehehe~ Little Dao Master, Little Dao Master~ We agreed before that this is your share, but my share."

The happy Lu Zhuangyuan reached out and handed a handful of copper coins mixed with broken silver to Li Huowang.

Li Huowang looked at Lu Zhuangyuan, who was smiling like a chrysanthemum, "What? Did you get so much reward?"

Does he know that in the past, the Lu family's class sang like that, but they didn't have so much reward?

"Hahaha, after all, this is also Daliang. Those people are all rich, they are all rich~"

Lu Zhuangyuan said with a smile and put the copper coins and silver in his hands on the bullock cart.

Zhao Wu, who was driving the carriage, saw that Li Huowang did not refuse, so he took out a piece of thick thread and strung together the scattered copper coins one by one.

Of course Li Huowang did not refuse. Although the money was not much, it was a steady flow of money, so that he would not have to waste time on these daily chores.

And at least with this money, other people can eat better. "Take out the bacon tonight and make bacon stew."

Just after saying this, a clear sound of swallowing came to Li Huowang's ears. Logically speaking, after eating so much meat on the Qingqiu grassland, he shouldn't be so greedy.

"Whose voice is this? Didn't you eat today?"

Li Huowang turned his head, only to find that the man was not one of his own, but a grey-haired and lean man named Mai Ke. Beside him was a young man who looked honest and honest.

The two of them seemed to be traveling together.

As if he felt that the other party was looking at him, the old Mike pretended not to care and looked at the harvested rice fields on the other side.

"Gurgling~" There was a sound in the stomach. Old Mai Ke lowered his hands holding the pole on his shoulders, grabbed the hemp rope of his trousers from left to right, and tightened it a little harder.

Li Huowang looked at their shabby patched clothes, turned around and continued on his way.

Along the way, no one else spoke except Gou Wa, who was chatting a little.

When the sun turned west, the bullock cart slowly stopped, and as usual, everyone began to divide their work to make dinner.

"Senior Brother Li, look! There is Grandma Ding on the side of the road here, making a wild vegetable soup, which can be used to relieve the greasiness of the bacon!"

Li Huowang, who was looking at the map, didn't even hear who said this.

His attention is now focused on the map in his hand. God knows if the ratio of this map is correct. If it goes astray, it will waste several days of travel.

Soon dinner will be ready. Today's dinner is bacon stewed rice with wild vegetable soup.

Looking at the large bowl of shiny rice in front of him and the red and white bacon between the rice, Li Huowang raised his head again and glanced at Liang Maike who was squatting in the distance.

They were using the cold water they had just scooped from the stream and eating the cereals they had taken out of their bags.

The wheat guest stared straight at the rice in Li Huowang's hand, but was quickly pressed down by the old wheat guest.

"Go get two bowls of rice and deliver them to them." Li Huowang said to Bai Lingmiao beside him.

"Yeah." Bai Lingmiao nodded and turned towards the pot.