Master of the rivers and lakes

Chapter 4 The First Night

"You two don't need to panic, I just encountered heavy rain in the mountains, and now I got lost here, just want to borrow a night." Gu Zhen immediately stopped and explained, just kidding, Gu Zhen doesn't want to be confused by others for no reason. Killed.

A few people came out of the house at this time, the leader was an old man with a beard, who looked like Kong Wu was powerful, followed by a young man dressed as a rich man, and the few behind him should be the bodyguards of this bodyguard agency.

"What's going on?" The old man glanced at Gu Zhen, and then asked the two people who were guarding the door before.

"Master, this boy said that he got lost in the heavy rain and came here to spend the night."

After hearing this, the old man looked Gu Zhen up and down again, looking at Gu Zhen's fair face. Although his hair was a little weird, he could still see a bookishness in his delicate face. His feet were muddy and his clothes were stained with a lot of mud. , and the oil umbrella in his hand is still a landscape painting umbrella.

The old man took a step forward and said: "Young master, don't mind, our escorts are always more cautious, I don't know where the young master is from?"

Gu Zhen could feel the scrutiny in the eyes of the other party, and asked himself where he came from. The ghost knows where this place is. Up to now, he has only been to the Linshan faction, and now the Linshan faction is dead. There is no way, Gu Zhen Zhen can only arch his hands like in the TV series and say, "I'm from the Linshan School."

The old man narrowed his eyes, and said with a smile: "So it's Brother Zhang's distinguished guest. Please go ahead, my lord. The old man will leave first."

Gu Zhen stood sideways to the side, the old man beckoned everyone to put the carriage on, and started to walk towards the main road. When he walked past Gu Zhen, the old man looked at Gu Zhen and nodded to Gu Zhen, then turned over with the young man Mounted and walked to the front of the team.

Gu Zhen didn't care about the people in the escort agency who were walking away, and came directly to the door of that family.

"This young master wants to stay overnight, right?" There was only one old woman standing at the door in the house, obviously hearing what Gu Zhen said before.

"It's troublesome for the old lady."

"Is there any trouble or not? Our village is next to the official road from Baima to Yuanzhong. There are many people coming and going for the night. But the huts in the country are simple, so don't get used to it."

The old woman is a talkative person, and she took Gu Zhen to the back of the house while talking to Gu Zhen, including that this village was originally a big village, but the land was relatively barren, and many people moved to Baima Mountain I went, so gradually there are only a few villagers left in the mountain village who are unwilling to leave.

"That's it." The old lady took Gu Zhen to a small side room behind the main house. Everything was fairly complete, a small window, an oil lamp on a small table, and a small bed. It still looked quite clean. Yes, but now Gu Zhen doesn't have so many demands, as long as he has a place to sleep.

"But the old lady doesn't rent here for free, so look at this, my lord." After seeing Gu Zhen nodding, the old lady said afterwards.

Gu Zhen didn't know what to say for a moment, why was it different from the TV drama, but Gu Zhen had no choice but to take money into his arms.

Gu Zhen actually had no money, but the dead Zhang Laoqi did. Zhang Laoqi had a money bag on his body, and inside it was a piece of broken silver the size of a tooth in Gu Zhen's eyes, and there were a dozen or so copper coins.

"Grandma, how much is a night?"

"Not much, not much, in a small village in the countryside, my old lady, I have only myself now, and I can't grow any more land. If I do this to support myself, it will be enough for ten pennies a night." The old woman squinted her eyes and accepted the handed Ten copper coins were carefully placed in his arms and he said, "Then the old lady won't disturb the distinguished guest's rest."

"Wait, mother-in-law, do you have anything to eat?" Gu Zhen was really hungry.

"Yes, but they are all simple food. If the young master doesn't mind, can the old lady bring some?"

After Gu Zhen nodded in agreement, the old woman helped Gu Zhen close the door and left. Gu Zhen sat by the bed, thinking that in TV dramas and novels, you can stay anywhere for free. Why do you need money here?
But looking at the old woman, I am so old and live alone, I can't grow the land anymore, it's okay to make money in a small country hotel, it's not expensive anyway.

After a while, the old lady knocked on Gu Zhen's door, and served Gu Zhen a bowl of porridge, a small dish of dark pickled vegetables, and a relatively dry steamed bun.

"Old lady, that's all we have here. The gentlemen from the Changfeng Escort Agency also ate this." The old lady seemed to be afraid that a fair boy like Gu Zhen wouldn't be used to it.

"It's pretty good, thank you mother-in-law." Gu Zhen actually doesn't mind anything now, as long as some food is good.

After the old woman left, Gu Zhen started to drink the porridge in big gulps. The porridge was really watery, like rice soup. The steamed buns were too hard, but the pickled vegetables tasted good.

However, Gu Zhen still finished eating three times, five times and two times, and then sat on the bed and was just about to go to bed, when he suddenly remembered that he knew martial arts now, isn't it all about practicing martial arts before going to bed in novels?

So Gu Zhen began to meditate, practicing the whole heart method, feeling the flow of power in his body, a smile appeared on the corner of Gu Zhen's mouth unconsciously.

On the other side, the young man from the Changfeng Escort was talking to the old man.

"Father, that person lied. We have received news before that the Linshan faction was wiped out by other sects in Linshan. How did he escape?"

"Whether that person is lying or not is not important. What matters is whether he threatens us. It is not surprising that we meet all kinds of strange people along the way. To be an escort agency is not to take the initiative to make enemies, and not to provoke irrelevant people. , don't meddle in other people's business.

And that person was very strange, he didn't look like he knew martial arts, but when I walked past him, I felt that there was internal force in his body, so he knew martial arts. "

"Thank you for your father's teaching. I guess I'm avoiding something. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so embarrassed."

"Okay, that person doesn't need to worry about him. After walking for a few days to the Baima Mountain Col, you have to be more careful when you get there. The bandits there are more rampant than ever before."

"Father, why do we want to pick up their darts? Our two families have not been in touch with each other for a long time. This time they gave us darts with such a high price, and my child is always uneasy." The young man looked back at the box on the carriage, Sighed.

"Business is business. Forget it. As a father, I always feel uneasy." The old man clenched the reins tightly. The Changfeng Escort Bureau hadn't had business for a long time. Darts, but for him he has to pick up if he doesn't want to.

When he was young, the Changfeng Escort was still very famous around Baima City. Since he took over the Escort, the Changfeng Escort has been worsening day by day. The dart he lost five years ago made Changfeng Escort even worse. The Wind Escort has plummeted, so he is unwilling to give up as long as there is an opportunity, even if it is a poisonous one.

The Escort Agency is his lifelong affair, so what if the other party sets a trap for him, for the sake of the future of the Escort Agency, he would rather go for it.

After an unknown amount of time, a cock crow sounded in this quiet mountain village, and every household got ready to start a busy day, and there were more people carrying things in the direction of Baima City on the official road not far away.

(End of this chapter)