Escort system

Chapter 1

Fire in July.

The afternoon sun is like a hot oil pan, with rays of hot oil pouring down on the heads of pedestrians.In the distance, a convoy of vehicles moved slowly along a rugged path.There are five people in this group, and the leader is a young man riding on a horse. He has a high nose bridge, a straight waist, sword eyebrows and star eyes, and he has a handsome appearance.The young man was dressed in a black suit, with a pair of calfskin boots on his feet, and a long sword with a black sheath hanging on his waist. The silver light is shining and eye-catching.

The four people following the young man were also wearing black strong clothes, the cuffs and the bottom of the robe were embroidered with silver thread, and in the middle of a ball of silver thread on the chest, the word "big" was written squarely.The four of them held short knives and stood around a large cart, raising their eyes from time to time to look around, looking vigilant and tough.On top of the cart, there was a big box made of ebony wood placed squarely. The copper nails on the box were shining brightly. The sides of the box were wrapped seventeen or eight times with hemp rope as thick as a wrist. Securely fastened to the shaft.

The wheels bumped all the way along the rugged muddy ground, leaving a series of deep and long ruts. Experienced quacks can tell at a glance that this cart must be carrying some extremely heavy cargo.The most peculiar thing is that the front end of such a heavy cart is actually pulled by a bald mule.

Along the way, the mule was obviously very tired, snorting heavily towards the sky from time to time, the corners of his mouth were even frothy, as if he was going to die of exhaustion under the scorching sun any moment.

"Damn it, the sun in Guangdong Province is really poisonous. Logically speaking, in our Fuzhou Prefecture, it's not so hot in July. It's not like here. It seems to be all over my heart, lungs, and heart." It’s like it’s all roasted on the fire.”

Among the four of them, an old man who was sweating profusely kept wiping his face with his sleeve, and muttered to the man beside him, "San'er, are you hot? Would you like me to help you for a while?"

Beside the old man, a burly man smiled foolishly at the old money. Snake-like drops of sweat dripped down his dark face, soaking the word "big" on his chest. The man named San'er looked up at the flagpole on his shoulders, and said in a low voice, "It's okay, Dad, I'm not tired. As the young escort said, this is the first time in the past ten years that our Escort Bureau has escorted us." , you have to stand up the golden signboard of the Escort, so that those little thieves who cut the diameter, the bandits will know that it is the car that our Escort is betting on, and they will put up their tricks. Father, you are not as strong as I am, If we can’t lift this dart flag, the reputation of our Great Escort Bureau will be ruined.”

Old Qiantou raised his hand and knocked on Qian San'er's chestnut, and cursed: "Fuck you, you bastard knows how to play ball. I think back then, if I, Old Qian, hadn't traveled all over the world with Mr. The Escort Bureau has a great foundation. Where did you come from such a good fortune, you don’t need to wield a knife and learn how to use a sword, and you don’t need to tie your head to your trouser belt to fight with bandits. If you go to Guangdong, you will get seven or eight taels of silver."

The big man named Qian San leaned his dart flag heavily on his shoulder with his left hand, wiped the sweat on his face with his right hand, and said in a low voice: "Father, we are all walking the official way this way, only this way The pass money handed over to those ranger officers and soldiers cost tens of taels. I see that those officers and soldiers are all strong and powerful. Close your eyes."

The old money spat heavily on the ground, squinted at his son and cursed: "Bah! What do you know, you little bastard? As the saying goes, it's dark under the lights. Naturally, ordinary little thieves dare not do this on the official road." I don't want Ben's business. But if you encounter those horse bandits roaring in groups, even the ordinary rangers on the official road will not dare to take care of them. What's more, hehe... the government raises bandits, black eats black, these people In the early years of pickling, I met Mr. Ye's bodyguard a lot."

Qian San stretched out his hand and scratched his head, then suddenly asked after a long while: "Father, tell me what the bandits and robbers in Guangdong look like? The second aunt of the dish said that this Cantonese population is very tricky, saying that things that fly in the sky don’t eat flies, things that crawl on the ground don’t eat benches, and other things are human meat barbecued pork, and they can eat it. I heard from my second aunt that the Cantonese especially like to eat our Fujian..."

"Go, go, you fucking listen to Second Aunt's nonsense. These long-haired, short-sighted women don't have the ability to fart, so they just know how to chew their tongues. I will go to the escort with Mr. Ye Guangdong, eighty times if not a hundred times, have you ever seen your father, I am missing half a thigh or an arm?" The old money raised his eyes and looked towards a hill not far away, pointing Looking at the woods in front of him, he yelled: "Young Escort, Pingyanggang is in front of you, after crossing the hill and walking for half a day, you will reach the boundary of Huizhou Prefecture."

The young man on the horse was muttering to himself, and kept mumbling: "Where are you, grandpa? Where is the system...?" Hearing the old money man shouting behind him, he suddenly turned around and saw the old money man. The father, son, and the other two people were all sweating profusely, and said with slightly suffocated faces: "Uncle Qian, third brother, you two are tired in this hot weather. There is a forest in front. Let's go to the front to have a rest and drink some water and wine before we come back. How about crossing the hill?"

The old money looked worriedly at the forest not far ahead, then glanced back at the two young riders behind him, pondered for a moment and said: "It's okay, let's rest at the foot of the mountain and raise our feet." Get your spirits up, hurry up before dark, and spend the night at Huizhou Mansion. What do you think, young guard?"

The young man on the horse seemed a little distraught. Hearing the old Qian's shout, he thought for a while and said, "Uncle Qian is very thoughtful, so let's do it this way." After speaking, he immediately fell into deep thought again.

The five of them walked for a while and came to the woods.It is noon now, and the hot sun shines through the thick branches and leaves into the forest, like sharp swords out of their sheaths.Ye Di turned over and jumped off the horse, picked up a clean rock and sat down, then closed his eyes and muttered, "Brother Diao? Master Diao? Teacher, come out quickly..."

The four of Lao Qian and the first class didn't take it seriously, and went straight to find a place to lie or sit, took out the skin pouch from their waist, and gulped a few mouthfuls.

Qian San carefully leaned the flagpole on his shoulder against a big tree, stretched out his hand to rub his slightly sore left shoulder, sat down next to Lao Qiantou, took a peek at Ye Di, and whispered: "Dad, you think Ati doesn't have anything important to do, right? Coming all the way from Fuzhou, Ati doesn't eat or drink water. He just sits secretly by himself every day and chants a mantra. When you talk to each other, it looks scary to me. Dad, is Ati infected with some kind of miasma?"

The old money raised his leg and kicked his worry-looking son's ass fiercely, cursing in a low voice: "Bah, bah, bah, you're talking useless nonsense in broad daylight. If you're so nonsense, I'm going to smack you hard."

Turning his head to look at Ye Di, sighed softly and whispered: "Hey, the young escort is dumb and eats coptis, and he suffers in his own heart. A month ago, the old escort Ye, who had washed his hands in a golden basin for a long time, was suddenly invited to the capital To do business, who knows that the strongman will kill you halfway. Our big escort has been relying on the money left by the old escort for these years, and the business of the escort has not opened for more than ten years. This old escort Ye Let's go, there is no backbone in the whole situation. As a last resort, the young escort had to pick up the escort flag of the old escort again, and open the way. Unexpectedly, as soon as we left Fuzhou Mansion, we encountered a group of horse bandits who robbed us. The rough tricks of the Escort's hands can knock people down in a few or two strokes. If it weren't for the help of a passing female hero, I am afraid that there would be no such name as the Great Escort in this Jianghu. Seeing that Ye Lao Escort set a record His foundation is about to be ruined, does the young bodyguard feel it in his heart?"

Sitting aside, Ye Di heard the father and son muttering, and a wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He couldn't help but recall what happened half a month ago: Ye Di was playing a classic NetEase mobile game on the road with his mobile phone, and suddenly the screen of his mobile phone suddenly As soon as it turned dark, Ye Di was ecstatic and said: Finally got a new fucking SSR, Xuan Bu changes his life, Krypton doesn't save him.

Just when I was happy, I heard a harsh brake sound, and the last image of Ye Di in that world was frozen on the face of the truck driver who was devastated...

When Ye Di suddenly woke up from the nightmare-like car accident, he was already in the present world.At this moment, this Ye Di is already that "Ye Di".

Whether it is Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming of Zhuang Zhou, Ye Di is not in the mood to dwell on these philosophical issues, the only thing he thinks at this moment is: What is my golden finger?Ye Di searched all over his body first, trying to find some mysterious ring pendant, but failed.Then they whispered around in a soft voice: "Grandpa?"teacher?Mr. Mink?system……

However, despite Ye Di's cognition of routines after reading all the online articles, he still couldn't find out where his golden finger was.Ye Di, who was still unwilling to give up, was about to try the little things on his body again by using the routine of recognizing the master with blood, when the old Qiantou stood up and said: "Young escort, I see this place is high in mountains and dense in forests, and it is far away from the official road. , In the early years, I heard that there were people doing some cheap business here, how about we hurry over this Qingyanggang before dawn, and rest in Huizhou?"

Ye Di opened his eyes and saw the old money man taking a copper gong from the mule cart while talking, and asked, "Uncle Qian, what are you doing with that broken gong?"

Old Qiantou proudly raised the gong in his hand, and said with a smile: "Young escort leader, this is your first time as an escort. You don't know the rules of our escort route. Back then, I followed Mr. Ye, the escort leader, and traveled all over the country. Ye The old escort's ancient green dragon sword is powerful in all directions, and I, Old Qian, are leading the way with this gong in my hand. When passing by the land of some bandit mountain kings, all I need to do is display the escort flag and sound the gong to ensure that your business is prosperous. A group of bandits made changes."

Ye Di looked at the gong carefully and saw that the gong was stained with rust. The originally dark yellow surface of the gong was dull and there were a few holes, obviously because it had not been used for a long time.Seeing the suspicious look on Ye Di's face, Lao Qiantou aroused the spirit of his youth and sang in a mellow voice: "When the golden gong rings, the Escort Bureau arrives. Where the golden gong rings, the heroes give way. When the golden gong rings again, there are thousands of taels of gold." . ” Lifting the mallet with his right hand, he struck the gong vigorously.

There was only a crisp sound of clang, and a lump of matter fell from the tree in front of him with a clatter.In an instant, there were seven or eight big men holding short clubs in the shadows among the trees. The leader of the man with a horse face pointed to the hill behind him, and said the famous sentence that has been passed down for thousands of years: "I opened this road, and this tree I planted..."

(End of this chapter)