Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

The next morning, Su Yingjian and Luo Dao said goodbye to everyone and set out back to Luoyang.

Although he was still very concerned about what Gu Xu and his adoptive father were doing near Tongshan, Su Yingjian did not pry into it too much based on the principle of mutual trust and non-interference among allies.

After eating the lunch that the village chief had carefully prepared with the efforts of the entire village, Gu Yue and his group prepared to leave.

The lunch was very sumptuous. Is this what it feels like to go back to your hometown during the Spring Festival? A large table of food, simple but solid, with a half-sized fat pig, a sheep, and several chickens; there were also various fresh summer fruits and vegetables and delicious lake fish.

At the dinner table, we learned that Tongshan Village did not rely solely on Zhou Qiong's money to survive. Their pickled dried fish was very popular in the nearby Tongshan County, and they also made a fortune from the wild ginseng and dried mushrooms on Tongshan. This was all thanks to the money Zhou Qiong left behind, which gave them the capital to build roads and buy cars to transport their goods out.

Therefore, when the village chief said that Gu Xu and his group were the family members of that noble man, the villagers were particularly enthusiastic.

Three carriages set off with a box of gold and silver, half a carriage of salted fish and half a carriage of wild pepper.

The destination was not Liuli Town, but Guozhou Prefecture.

Guozhou Prefecture was the capital of Guozhou in Guannei Dao. The administrative division of Northern Qin was similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, divided into three levels: Dao, Zhou, and County. However, only Zhou and County had clear chief executives, and Dao was similar to the "xxx region" in the modern world, such as the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region and the three northeastern provinces.

The state level is more like a city, except that each state is larger. Each state generally has a state capital, with a governor's office and other institutions; but larger states may also have a prefectural capital. For example, Luonan Road, where Liuli Town is located, includes several states, and Yuzhou is one of them, including the state capital of Yuzhou Prefecture, and two prefectural capitals of Yuning Prefecture and Huaizhong Prefecture.

In short...trouble!

Guozhou Prefecture is a relatively large city in Guannei Road. Gu Yue chose this place as his destination for only one reason: it is located between the two major economic centers of Northern Qin: Chang'an and Luoyang. In recent years, it has developed rapidly and is in great need of manpower. Refugees from the war often gather here to sell themselves as servants. Over time, it has become the largest human trading market nearby.

Gu Yue needs manpower.

Although Gu Xu said that Li Taohua could be trusted, he still didn't want to borrow Gu Xu's favor. What he wanted was someone with a clean background, loyal and smart, and younger, who could be trained for a long time; if he was introduced by Li Taohua, he would not be able to give any opinions if the person was not suitable.

I always feel like I belong to someone else.

Originally, due to the reduction in chicken supply, Gu Yue gave up the idea of ​​recruiting help, thinking that he could do it himself; but after experiencing an assassination, he found that the current situation was no longer suitable for him and Gu Xu to show up in public, they had to hide and not let anyone discover their tracks.

And he is always busy with work, so no investigation can be advanced.

Although Shi San is useful, there is only one person.

Gu Yue began to understand why all the protagonists of career-based novels had their own teams.

Finally, nothing unexpected happened during this journey. After four days of travel, the group of seven arrived safely in Guozhou Prefecture.

"No one should be following us." Gu Yue kept looking around after entering the city.

"No, Wuyun has been watching." Gu Xu comforted. He also found that Gu Yue seemed to be afraid of someone's undercover appearing around him. He had to take a detour to come to Guozhou Prefecture, which was not far away, to do something that he could do on the way back to Liuli Town.

"It's better to be cautious." Gu Yue touched his chest.

He is a cannon fodder, not the protagonist, so the success rate of undercover assassination against him is very high.

Unless I stick with Gu Xu every day.

It is quite far from Liuli Town. The scenery of Guozhou Prefecture is quite different from that of Luonan Road. You can see continuous mountains in the distance, and the architectural style is more solemn and majestic.

"It's indeed prosperous, and it feels a little bigger than Yu Ning Mansion." Gu Yue looked around.

It was afternoon when the sun was fading, and the streets were bustling with people. It was better near the city gate, but once you entered the wide main street of Guozhou Prefecture, the number of people setting up stalls on both sides of the road suddenly increased. Some shops had already put up lantern signs, and everyone seemed to be busy.

There were also many carriages, most of which were luxurious and spacious. The simple cars of Gu Yue and others were not very conspicuous among them.

Gu Yue had already seen the people squatting on the street with grass on their heads, most of them were young and middle-aged men. These people did not have a business, more or less, they all had some bad reasons, which was not within Gu Yue's consideration.

The wheels rolled forward, and Wu Yan was looking for a place to stay. Gu Yue looked out of the carriage, and the surrounding buildings and people were slowly moving backwards.

A shop suddenly passed from sight.

"Wait, slow down!" Gu Yue called out quickly, stretching his head to look at the store that was already two or three meters away.

It was a low-key building with two floors. There was a medicine stove and a banner at the door. There were four big characters on the plaque: "Baoshun Pharmacy".

Baoshun Pharmacy!

Gu Yue retracted his head and pointed the shop to Gu Xu.

"Baoshun Pharmacy...is it written in the account book?" Gu Xu frowned.

"Baoshun is a good name, but we cannot rule out the possibility of having the same name as someone else. We have to go and take a look." Gu Yue said.

"No." Gu Xu said immediately.

"Why?" Gu Yue was stunned.

"...Our identities are sensitive now. When the pepper garden was burned, we were the first suspects. Your image is very special, so it is not appropriate for you to show up." Gu Xu said. He held Gu Yue's hand tightly, fearing that this man would jump out of the car on the spot.

"That's right... let's wait and see." Gu Yue calmed down.

No hurry, no hurry. We have only just arrived.

They found an inn that looked reliable and booked three rooms. After four days of non-stop travel, they were all a little tired and had to rest here for a day.

After packing up the luggage, we went downstairs. The first floor of the inn was the dining area. It was not as good as the free meals at the Yuningfu Inn, but it was not expensive to buy them alone. Now that everyone was rich, Gu Xu arranged for seven people to book a large table and ordered several dishes.

"Damn it, I've been eating dry food for four days and I'm so dry." Wu Huo stuffed meat into his mouth and then drank tea in large gulps.

Gu Yue ate absent-mindedly.

He was still thinking about the Baoshun Pharmacy. He hadn't seen Qin Zhaoyue's men come to collect the account books for several months, and he almost forgot about it. After experiencing another thrilling assassination, his attention was drawn to Gu Xu's life experience. If he hadn't changed his route to Guozhou, it would probably take a while for the poisonous weeds to make any progress.

"Can you disguise yourself?" Gu Yue suddenly asked.

The three secret guards all looked at Wu Yun.

It was a short glance, but Gu Yue caught it keenly. He immediately looked at Wu Yun, his eyes sparkling: "You..."

"What do you want to do?" Gu Xu interrupted their eye contact and asked.

"Since my features are quite obvious, why not change my appearance and go to that pharmacy to find out what's going on?" Gu Yue said.

"It's too dangerous. No." Gu Xu flatly refused.