Chapter 678 Seven Six Three: There Is Something Strange

The bandits were rampant and the situation in the Western Region was not peaceful. Gradually, fewer businessmen went to the Western Region to do business.

Once there are fewer businessmen, there will be no business to do in the market, and there will be fewer and fewer people in the market, and it will gradually become deserted.

However, desertedness is deserted, and many people are willing to take risks despite the huge benefits.

The spices from the Western Regions are famous far and wide. If you go to the Western Regions to purchase spices, the merchants in the Song Dynasty will pay the same price as cabbage.

On the contrary, vegetables that were cheap in the Song Dynasty and grains that were mediocre in price were sold at high prices in the Western Regions.

Goods such as silk, satin, and tea were also in short supply in the Western Regions.

Black Crow said that if you want to go to the Western Regions, you can hire an escort to escort you.

The bandits were rampant and unattended, which led to the opening of many escort agencies in the Yangtianguan area. If some caravans wanted to take risks, they would hire escort agencies to escort them, which was relatively safer.

It just so happened that a caravan was going to Yelang Kingdom in the Western Regions recently. They hired the most powerful Hulu Escort Agency in the Yangtianguan area and were leaving tomorrow.

If Chen Mo goes to the Western Regions, he can follow him.

Chen Mo told Nalan Yiren, Si Song, and Liang Mu the news he learned from Black Crow.

Si Song thought about it for a while and decided that it would be better to follow the caravan.

After all, they don't know the way. If no one leads them, they may get lost in the vast desert.

And blending in with the crowd, it is not so conspicuous.

They were going to the Western Region to find someone. Before they found someone, it was better to keep a low profile.

Chen Mo felt that what Si Song said made sense, then he looked at Nalan Yiren and said softly: "Miss Nalan, I think you should change your mask to something else, otherwise you will still attract more attention like this. ”

After all, she had said before that the material of her mask was a kind of ironwood unique to Baiyue. If she arrived in the Western Regions and was not found yet, she would be noticed by Tang Yichen in the dark, which would be a bad thing.

"My dear, I think Mr. Chen's words make sense." Si Song said.

Outside, Si Song and others no longer regarded themselves as kings of Wei.

"I understand." Nalan Yiren had an idea in his mind.

Now that he had decided to follow the caravan, Chen Mo let Black Crow do the talking.

Soon after, the black crow came back, and both the caravan and the Hulu Escort agreed.

After all, one more person means more strength. When passing through the desert, the more people there are, the better.

However, the Hulu Escort Bureau asked Black Crow for forty taels of silver.

Twelve taels per person.

Pay a deposit of five taels first.

Let Chen Mo and the others arrive at the checkpoint before 10:00 tomorrow. After paying, there is still a balance of thirty-five taels.

Chen Mo and others have no problem.

In the evening, Chen and Mo set up a tent in the backyard of the teahouse.

Nalan Yiren also changed her clothes for Chen Mo to see.

A relatively loose black robe, mainly black in color, with a length from the shoulders to the heels. It is different from the black robes worn by the Nalanyi people before. It is very simple and loose, with no unnecessary decorations, and tightly covers the body from top to bottom. cover.

Under the black robe, Nalanyi also wore loose wide-leg pants, which covered the curves of her body.

A black veil covers the Naranyi man's head and face, leaving only his eyes exposed.

Nalan Yi said that she said that women from the Western Regions all dress like this.

In response, Chen Mo nodded. Before coming over, Chen Mo also learned about the Western Regions.

…

The next day.

Chen Mo and others arrived at the pass early before the hour arrived, and the sun slowly rose from the distant horizon.

In front of the pass, under an old tree with no branches and leaves of unknown species, vehicles were parked, and the vehicle was pulled by a huge black camel. This camel is a unique species in this world and is not a spiritual species. The beast was twice as big as the camel Chen Mo had seen in his previous life.

On both sides of the vehicle, there were many people riding camels, but these camels were not as big as the camels pulling the vehicle.

Most of these people had bare arms and were only wearing a rough leather coat. They looked a little tough. Behind them, the cold weapons shone with a piercing luster in the sunlight.

Black Crow came with Chen Mo and said that the camels these people were riding were still young, only one year old, while the camels pulling the cart were already adults.

"Why are you here just now? We have been waiting for you for a long time." A middle-aged man with a scar on his face saw the black crow, walked up to him, and said reproachfully.

Before Black Crow could speak, the middle-aged man spoke again: "Didn't we agree on four people yesterday? Why did it change to five people and two old men? They look very sick."

"It's just four people. I brought them here. If I don't go, is there any age requirement?"

"Forget it, forget it, have you brought the remaining silver?"

"Give."

"You, you guys, hurry up and come over. There are only two camels left. You two can ride one. Hurry up." The scarred man seemed to be in a hurry. After collecting the money, he hurriedly called Chen Mo and others to come over quickly. Very bad.

Chen and Mo all frowned slightly, but thinking they were just passers-by and there was no need to cause trouble, they walked over without saying anything.

A man with bare arms pointed to two empty camels.

"Why are there still goods?" Liang Mu frowned and found that there were still goods tied to the camel.

"You don't have any luggage, either. It won't be in the way," the man said.

Chen Mo and his companions traveled in simple outfits, and the luggage they carried with them was only a set of clothes for changing, dry food, and water.

Liang Mu was about to say that it was not a matter of bringing luggage or not. The escort fee of ten taels per person was not low. It was fine if two people shared a camel, but they did it this way.

Moreover, he was the patriarch of the Liang family, and he was already a bit arrogant.

But before he could finish his words, the scarred man said in a bad tone: "Are you going to sit down or not? No."

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, it's our fault. Be kind, be kind." At this moment, a middle-aged man with a somewhat sturdy figure and a very kind face came over with two people, and then ordered them to unload the goods on the camel.

Seeing this, the scarred man could only take back his angry words, snorted coldly, and urged Liang Mu and his companions to hurry up.

Chen Mo found that this person was dressed differently from the scarred man and his group, still wearing long robes, and guessed that this person should be from the caravan, while the scarred man and those wearing rough leather clothes were from the Hulu Escort Agency.

After the cargo was unloaded, the kind-looking middle-aged man thought that Liang Mu was the leader among the four people, and he bowed to Liang Mu and said, "This old man, I am Han Yang, the manager of the caravan. I am very sorry for what happened just now. Please forgive me, old sir."

Since the other party said so, what else can Liang Mu say, he can only give up.

Seeing that Liang Mu forgave him, Han Yang bowed again, and then smiled at Chen Mo and the other two one by one, and after a gesture, he returned to the vehicle in the middle of the caravan.

Chen Mo looked at Han Yang's back as he left and raised his eyebrows. This person's strength is a sixth-grade warrior, and the strength number on his forehead shows that it is even higher than that of the scarred man.

"Brother Liang, let me share a camel with you."

Just when Chen Mo was about to let Nalan Yiren and Si Song share a camel, and he and Liang Mu squeezed in, Si Song spoke first and said to Liang Mu.

Liang Mu glanced at Nalan Yiren and Chen Mo and nodded.

"Are you ready?" The scarred man who was called Hulu Escort Head by Han Yang urged again.

Chen Mo was too lazy to pay attention to him. When he was about to say that he would sit in the front, Nalan Yiren sat on it first.

Chen Mo sat behind Nalan Yiren.

Although the humps of this black camel were relatively wide, it was still relatively crowded for two people to sit on it.

The moment he sat on it, Chen Mo directly felt the fullness of the other's millstone.

He found that Nalan Yiren's body was obviously stiff for a while, and wanted to sit forward, but between the two humps, Nalan Yiren could not move forward or backward, so she could only bite her lip and whispered: "Don't move."

"I'll try." Chen Mo smiled bitterly.

There was nothing wrong with Liang Mu and Si Song. They were both at the age of "purity of mind and few desires" and they were both men, so they would not think too much.

The convoy headed towards the pass.

There were armed men guarding the pass. They were not from the court, but some gang-like people who were collecting "pass fees".

When the convoy accompanied by Chen Mo was received, the scarred man just drew his knife, and the "guard" retreated and let the convoy pass.

Han Yang gave some silver coins to the "guard".

Chen Mo said in his heart: "When I come back from the Western Regions, I will definitely send someone to govern Xiliang properly."

...

The road to the Western Regions is indeed difficult to travel. This is a red and yellow desert. The strong wind swept through the desert with sand, and the wind whistled and whistled.

Looking around, it was almost impossible to find a human figure, only golden sand.

At the beginning of the journey, because he was sitting behind Nalan Yiren, the camel would cause some friction between the two bodies before walking, which made Chen Mo feel a little comfortable. However, as the sun was high, that kind of enjoyment suddenly disappeared, replaced by the scorching heat of the sun.

After all, Chen Mo was pretending to be an ordinary person, and he did not mobilize his innate spiritual energy or anything.

In this state, Chen Mo had no other thoughts.

Chen Mo and his friends were like this, and the people from the escort agency and the caravan were even more so. They had to drink water once in a while, and in order to save energy, they did not talk.

In the desert, it was difficult to know the time, and it was difficult to find a cool place.

When resting, a group of people rested under camels and vehicles.

The people from the escort agency sat together.

The people from the caravan sat together.

Chen Mo and his four people sat together.

Eating dry food and drinking water.

"Manager Han, won't the nobleman in the car come down to eat something?" The scarred man said to Han Yang who got off the car, with a completely different attitude from that to Chen Mo and the others, with a friendly face.

"No, I'll just take some food to the car." Han Yang said.

The scarred man didn't say much, but took some food and water, came to Chen Mo, put it in front of Liang Mu, and said: "This old man, I'm sorry for offending you this morning. I was thinking that it would be less sunny to travel early, so I didn't pay attention to my tone. I'm sorry for offending you. Sorry."

It was a different attitude from the morning.

"It's okay." Several hours have passed. With Liang Mu's intelligence, he has long since taken it lightly, or perhaps, he has not taken the other party seriously at all, just like people won't care about an ant, even though Liang Mu's cultivation has been abolished now.

"From the tone of the old man, you don't sound like a Xiliang person? What are you going to the Western Regions for?" The scarred man asked, looking at Chen Mo and the others.

Liang Mu also glanced at Chen Mo. With his shrewdness, his acting skills were superb. He said, "He offended someone and fled to the Western Regions."

Seeing that Liang Mu was unwilling to say more, the scarred man looked at the four people again. Judging from their dress, they did look like they were fleeing, because Chen Mo and the others were dressed very "simple" at the moment, and their faces were ruddy, so they were definitely not from poor families, which made the scarred man believe Liang Mu a little.

Without asking any more questions, the scarred man got up and left.

As soon as the scarred man left, Nalan Yiren whispered: "It's not poisonous, you can eat it."

When the scarred man asked questions just now, Nalan Yiren secretly checked the food and water sent by the other party.

"This man is a bit weird." Liang Mu whispered.

"As long as it doesn't bother us, we don't care." Chen Mo said.

Several people nodded.

Next, Chen Mo learned from their chat that it was indeed as he guessed.

The strong man with bare arms and rough leather clothes was from the escort agency.

The scarred man was the escort chief of the escort agency, a sixth-rank warrior named Hulugu, and the "founder" of the Hulugu Escort Agency.

There were about thirty of them in total.

The remaining less than ten people were from the caravan, wearing long robes.

And I heard from Hulugu that there was another nobleman in the carriage.

…

After resting for about two quarters of an hour, the team continued on their journey.

There were no obvious signs in the desert to identify the direction, and the footprints left by the predecessors had long been covered by the wind and sand. If it was a novice, Xiaobai would definitely get lost in such a situation.

After walking for about an hour, the team stopped to rest again.

Hulugu brought food and water again.

After Nalan Yiren checked it, there was still no problem.

After resting for only two quarters of an hour, the team set off again.

The next time they rested, it was at night.

The night enveloped the desert, and the bright moonlight poured down all over the sky.

The originally hot desert suddenly became cold at night.

The caravan had set up tents early and had several fires around them.

Both the people from the escort agency and the caravan went into the tents to rest.

Chen Mo found that the nobleman that Hulugu had called had not come down from the carriage.

Hulugu brought food and water again.

After Nalan Yiren's inspection, there was still no problem.

One night passed.

This night was particularly peaceful and nothing happened.

The next day, just after dawn, Hulugu brought food and said that after eating, he would set off on his journey.

But this time, Nalan Yiren found that there were problems with the food and water after the inspection.

"There's something strange." Si Song also found it.

At this time, Hulugu, who was distributing food to the caravan, turned his head and looked at Chen Mo.

Si Song picked up the food Hulugu brought and ate it. Hulugu smiled and continued to distribute food.