Alienated Martial Arts.

Chapter 136 Contact
The sky is cold and the ground is freezing, and the night is like water.

In the dilapidated Taoist temple, two fires rose in the largest room.

Drive out all the chilling air.

Most of the people rested around the fire with their eyes closed, and a few energetic ones couldn't sleep, so they gathered together and whispered.

Wei Hong yawned and put down his needle and thread.

Glancing at the sleeping parents beside him, there was a little sadness on their faces.

"Sister Hong, what are you thinking?"

Qu Chang came over quietly and asked in a low voice.

"I didn't think of anything."

Wei Hong sighed, but asked again, "Sister Qushang, have you ever been to Fucheng?"

"Went once a few years ago."

"So, in the eyes of Sister Qushang, how is Fucheng?"

"Compared to the remote and bitter Cangyuan City, Fucheng is naturally better, not only more prosperous, but also safer."

Qu Shang laughed, "I just want to settle down there and live a truly stable and prosperous life, but it's not easy."

"Will it cost a lot of money to buy a house there?"

Wei Hong sighed and squeezed the money bag sewn inside the cotton coat.

There is only less than one tael of silver in it.

It was the savings that I had saved from working day and night in the Jade Workshop these days.

She was a little distracted, thinking of her family's yard in Cangyuan City.

Brother Tao spent tens of taels of silver to buy it back then.

Then, if you settle down in Fucheng, you will need to spend several hundred taels of silver.

"To buy a house, it depends on which area you bought it in."

Qu Shang fell into memory, "I can't remember exactly what happened a few years ago, it seems to be a better place, a larger house would cost at least a thousand taels of silver.

Of course, there are places that are cheaper, but after all, it is the capital city of a state, even if it is a narrow courtyard on the edge of the city, it may not be possible to get it without dozens of taels of silver. "

Wei Hong sighed secretly, and then asked, "If you want to rent a yard, how much does it cost every year?"

"I don't even know that."

Qu Shang shook his head, "When I went to Fucheng, I either stayed in an inn or went to my uncle's house. I didn't look for a yard to rent."

Speaking of this, she suddenly laughed, "Could it be that Hongmei is worried that she will be homeless in Fucheng?"

Wei Hong hesitated, then nodded.

"If you want to settle in Fucheng, it is naturally difficult to have money, but more importantly, you must have the strength that you can really show."

Qu Shang sighed, "Don't worry, sister, with your brother as a great expert, even if you can't get ahead in Fucheng, you can keep your family's food and clothing without worry."

"My brother, is he really powerful?"

"Even Granny Pan said that he is very powerful, so of course he is very powerful."

Qu Chang didn't have any doubts about this, "Otherwise, why would I be so reassuring and bold, I should eat and sleep, and never consider the safety issues along the way?"

"Why?" Wei Hong lowered his head to think about the matter, and subconsciously asked.

"Of course the sky is falling, and your brother Tao is on top. It's not up to us weak girls to cry and give away their heads for nothing."

"Brother Tao, he is really so powerful."

When Wei Hong heard someone praising his younger brother, he immediately rolled his eyes with laughter.

After a while, he fell down again, "I just don't know what I can do to help him."

"It's not easy, you do what he tells you to do.

If he doesn't speak, you just stay quietly and don't move, understand? "

Suddenly, a crunching sound came from far and near.

The conversation between the two women was interrupted immediately.

They came to the door curiously, and as soon as they looked around, they were blocked by two Qingshan Club disciples.

It was a team with more than a dozen carriages.

The disciples of the Qingshan Club who were guarding at night reacted immediately. One rushed into the temple to wake up the others, and the other three covered each other, hiding their bodies and approaching for reconnaissance.

"who!"

There seemed to be experts in the convoy, and the whereabouts of the three were immediately discovered.

Immediately, he let out a low shout, and pulled out an iron mace with his backhand.

There was a continuous sound of drawing a knife.

There were even a few people who bent their bows and set up arrows, aiming at the gate ahead.

In the Taoist temple, the fire has been extinguished.

Everyone held their long knives tightly, buckled their concealed weapons, and quickly occupied a favorable position.

The battle is imminent.

At this moment, a fat middle-aged man walked out of the motorcade.

He clasped his fists together, smiling all over his face, "When Xiang Gua goes high, we are all a family; family and friends eat all over the world.

We are the convoy of Nanming Commercial Bank, and we accidentally disturbed the dreams of all brothers, a little apology is not a respect. "

After the words were finished, a young servant in green and felt hat came out of the motorcade, holding a small red cloth bag in his hand, and put it ten steps away from the door.

The man opened the cloth bag and backed away slowly until he disappeared deep into the convoy.

"It's a bag of silver, sir."

Shang Bian's eyes flashed, and he whispered.

"This is treating us as a robbery."

Wei Tao smiled slightly, and asked again, "Has anyone heard of this Nanming firm?"

It was quiet all around, no one spoke.

"Young Master Wei, I have heard of it myself."

Qu Shang's voice sounded from inside the house, "This is a commercial firm in the prefecture city of Qizhou. It mainly travels between the Central Plains and the Northland, and deals in fur and medicinal materials. My concubine is in the shop Yahang in Cangyuan City, and I have had a relationship with them before. transactions."

Wei Tao said, "Are you sure it's real, or is it a gangster pretending to be a business?"

"This...this concubine can't guarantee it."

Qu Shang carefully observed the convoy opposite through the crack of the door, "However, their flags and clothes are exactly the same as the Nanming Trading Company in my memory."

Wei Tao thought for a moment, "Then collect the money and let them leave quickly."

"My lord, let me go." Crow gritted his teeth and volunteered.

He had just walked a few steps when Wei Tao's voice came from behind him again.

"If they are really from Fucheng, then ask to see if they can go with them, and there may be someone to take care of them on the way."

Accompanied by the creaking door, the guards of the convoy became visibly nervous.

But only the black crow came out alone.

He dropped the long knife and raised his hands high, indicating that he had no hostility.

"Friends of Nanming Company, we are people from Qu's Leather Goods in Cangyuan City. We have cooperated in business before..."

"Qu's leather goods?"

Suddenly, a clear female voice sounded from the convoy, "Who is your shopkeeper and what is his name?"

"Sister Nanling!"

Qu Shang's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he shouted, "Sister Nan, I'm Qu Shang!"

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The two convoys, one in front and one behind, slowly moved forward on the official road.

Wei Tao and the rich middle-aged man had a good chat.

This person's name is Luo Cheng, and he is the head of the Nanming Escort Bureau under the Nanming Company.

These years traveling with caravans, he has rich experience in the world, and Wei Tao has learned a lot of information that he has never been exposed to.

Luo Cheng is also very interested in Wei Tao.

Especially with a height of more than two meters and a muscular figure that cannot be completely concealed by even clothes, Luo Cheng wondered more than once what kind of strength this person is.

The sky gradually darkened.

The two teams stopped by a small river.

Gather firewood for the fire, fetch water for cooking.

Nanling was holding a porcelain bowl, sipping hot medicinal porridge.

Luo Cheng was at the side smoking a dry cigarette, the red flame flickering under the night.

"Uncle Luo, after a day of contact, what do you think of Wei Tao's strength?"

Nanling slowly finished a bowl of medicinal porridge, then turned his head and glanced over there.

Luo Cheng exhaled a puff of smoke ring, and frowned involuntarily, "Miss San, I'm a little unclear."

"Even you can't figure it out?"

She was surprised, "Uncle Luo has the strength of the second transformation of qi and blood. Even if he puts it in the entire Escort Bureau, he can still be ranked in the top five. How can he still not see through a warrior from a small remote city?"

"It's really hard to see through."

Luo Cheng thought about it and slowly said, "At the beginning, I thought he was just born with good physical condition, even if he was internally training Qi and blood, he was just an ordinary warrior;
Later, I feel that this person is at least capable of transforming qi and blood, and may even exceed the height of the second rank, or even the third rank.

But after a whole day of contact, I became suspicious again, thinking that he didn't seem to have practiced advanced internal training methods, and it was really just that his physical fitness was superior to others. "

Speaking of this, he was a little puzzled, "Also, they are fighting under the banner of the Cangyuan Qu family, but the core of the whole team is the martial artist surnamed Wei instead.

The attitude of those young people in Tsing Yi was by no means comparable to that of the superiors and subordinates in the general sense, and even faintly gave off the feeling of a dead man. "

Nan Ling was thoughtful, "Then Uncle Luo thinks, can we take this person under his command?"

"After all, the situation is getting chaotic now. Although we are in Fucheng, we have to plan ahead and make some preparations in advance."

Luo Cheng replied, "Since the third lady is interested, I can make indirect remarks first.

Anyway, there is still a long way to Fucheng, so there is no need to be too anxious. "

"Also, his parents and sister are also in the team. The third lady can start with his family members and gradually draw closer."

Nanling clapped his palms and smiled, "Uncle Luo reminded us that we will work together to capture him before returning home."

"However, before that, it's best to test his level of strength.

Don't be a silver pewter tip, wasting our precious resources in vain. "

(End of this chapter)