The reborn sycophant

Going northeast, I walked for a day, turned over several small mountains, and arrived at the border of Qinchuan, which is [-] miles away, and there are plains all around. A different kind of enjoyment.

As the most abundant part of the Yellow River Basin, there are eight large and small rivers around Chang'an, which surround or pass through Chang'an. Therefore, there is a saying that "eight rivers surround Chang'an".

When Wei Chuyan and their donkey cart drove to the back, they often followed the river.After all, it was near the capital, and the surrounding area was extremely lively.People come and go on the road, and boats of all sizes walk on the river. On small boats, fishermen row and sing songs, while on big boats, people often play on the deck watching the scenery.

It's human again.

Compared with the various caravans they met along the way, the little donkey cart of the two of them looked a little shabby. Even so, there were still many people who could only travel by legs and cast envious eyes.

Occasionally, some people will show some doubts, such a small child, where is he going to drive the donkey cart?Who is sitting in the car?

In fact, there was no one in the car.

Wei Chuyan was going to sit in front of the cart and drive the donkey, and Zhao Ji sat next to her. Fortunately, the driver's seat was spacious, and the two little people didn't seem crowded.

Arriving at the territory she was familiar with, Zhao Ji became more lively and was talking to Wei Chuyan when several fast horses ran past, raising a cloud of dust, she accidentally inhaled and coughed continuously.Wei Chuyan leaned against the frame of the cart beside him, whipped the donkey with one hand, untied the water bag from his waist with one hand, unscrewed it and handed it to her with one hand, his movements were flowing like clouds and water, and he had already recovered all his strength.

Zhao Ji embraced the water bag, drank a couple of sips in a hurry, and then he felt better.

"You don't want to be told to stay in the car, but you want to eat dirt outside."

"I'm so bored in the car, I'd rather watch outside... I can't see you, and I'm not always safe."

Zhao Ji stuffed the water bag into the car, and sat next to Wei Chuyan, extremely dependent.

After listening to her, Wei Chuyan paused the hand holding the whip in the air, then sighed, and whipped the donkey who was walking slowly.

Both of them were wearing plain sackcloth, and eating the dust all the way, their faces were yellowed by the dust, not so eye-catching.The weather in July and August is the hottest time around Chang'an. In the afternoon when the sun is the strongest, there are fewer people on the roadside, and there are few farmers in the farmland on one side, only the cicadas are still singing.

The hotter it gets, the louder these little bugs cling to the lush trees, as if they want to compete with summer.

I am very familiar with this kind of high temperature. For the two people who came from the severe drought, this is nothing. As long as there is water to drink, it is heaven.

Seeing an old farmer on the road, Chuyan stopped the car and walked over there. Zhao Ji was about to follow, but she stopped her: "I'll be back in a while, watch the car, wait for me."

Zhao Ji stood beside the car, leading the donkey to prevent it from suddenly moving forward, his eyes followed Wei Chuyan, wet like a puppy.

Over there, Wei Chuyan didn't know what he said to the old farmer. After a while, the farmer took off the bamboo hat around his neck and handed it to her. He smiled and replied a few words, his face wrinkled into a ball, Some ugly, but inexplicably kind of taste.

Back in the car, put the big hat on the head of the milk bag beside him, Wei Chuyan lashed the donkey with a few whips, and continued on his way.Zhao Ji was covered by the bamboo hat, and for a moment, he couldn't even see his face.

Accompanied by a burst of coolness.

Taking off the bamboo hat, Zhao Ji was curious about this kind of thing. Zhao Ji held it in his hand for a while and looked at Wei Chuyan. : "This is called a bamboo hat, something that farmers use to keep out the sun and rain, oh, the fishermen I saw earlier also wore this, remember?"

Zhao Jing hummed, and put the bamboo hat on Chu Yan's head. Seeing that her beautiful face was covered by the shadow, and her eyes seemed to no longer be slightly squinted like when they were illuminated by the sun, Zhao Ji smiled happily. When she lowered her eyes, her peach blossom eyes bent into a small moon.

"Does this make it easier to see? I see that you always squint your eyes. If you want to drive, you must cover some sunlight. What are you wearing for me? I don't know how to drive a donkey." Zhao Ji said, patted Luo Wei Chuyan wanted to take off the hat, grabbed the edge of the hat with both hands, and carefully put it on for her: "Okay, you put it on, don't take it off!"

After all, she grabbed Wei Chuyan's hand worriedly.

The fingers were wrapped in the soft palm, a little hot, but not uncomfortable.Wei Chuyan took a look at Zhao Ji, saw that she was secretly glancing at him, then turned her head to look forward "concentrating".Zhao Ji still looked at her secretly, basically looking at her profile.Perhaps it was because most of his face was cast in shadows, Wei Chuyan's facial features appeared more three-dimensional and looked thinner.

"This is what you asked for."

On the rickety car shaft, Wei Chuyan still pulled his hand, but couldn't pull it back.

"Since it's for me, then if I'm willing to give it to you, then you can wear it. I can't see far away if I cover my eyes with this bamboo hat. I want to see Qin Chuan more."

Having learned from Wei Chuyan, Zhao Ji doesn't change his face when he tells a lie.

"By the way, I see that you didn't give him any money, why is he willing to give you the bamboo hat? What did you say to him?"

"I only have gold on me. They made this bamboo hat by themselves. If I sell it, it is only worth a few coppers. It is not appropriate to exchange gold for it. If I really gave it to the old farmer, maybe I will give it to him and us. It will cause disaster." Wei Chuyan leaned lazily on the car after the banquet, his eyes were a little tired: "Besides, not everyone has to compare by the slightest bit, as far as the old man is concerned, since he has a field here, it belongs to his family. It must be not far away, and he didn't wear a bamboo hat, which means he can withstand the weather, so I went to ask him for it."

"Are you sure he will give it to you?"

"No, I just tried it. If he gives it, it will be good. If he doesn't give it, I have tried it. It's much better than seeing the possibility but not working hard."

Zhao Ji listened thoughtfully.

"Besides, you see, I got it. This place is different from... and Jingzhou. When everyone has no time to take care of themselves, it is very difficult to ask for things from them. It is difficult for others, because everyone wants to live. And here, since the bamboo hat is just a dust, if he can help others, he will generally not refuse."

Zhao Ji nodded thoughtfully, and a few geese wailed from the sky, her eyes were drawn to it.A group of wild geese were floating gracefully in the sky, behind them were thin clouds, faint and far away, like the sky she saw in the palace city.

"It's not far from Chang'an."

"Yes, not far away."

Both of them felt a little emotional.

After talking for a while, the donkey was lazy again. Wei Chuyan hit it a few times, and it began to run in small steps, gliding along the straight road with the cart.

Then...a team in front came into view.

Bullock carts, mules and donkeys, and a group of people followed behind, pulling the team very long.There were some men with vicious looks on the mules, some thin children on the ox carts, and the people strung together into grasshoppers were all young men and women with miserable faces.

They are all familiar faces.

His face turned cold, he didn't expect such a coincidence to meet this team of businessmen.Wei Chuyan pulled the reins, and said quickly: "Ji, you get into the car to hide. They shouldn't recognize us, but the words of the two people are too obvious, and it is easy to make them suspicious. If there is only one person driving the car, they should There will be no suspicion that we are the ones who ran away the night before."

Zhao Ji felt that it was reasonable, and got into the car neatly, listening to the movement outside.

Pushing down the bamboo hat a little, Wei Chuyan drove the donkey cart forward, there were many people walking in that team, so she quickly caught up with her, swaying, Wei Chuyan walked beside them without looking sideways Then, I vaguely heard some annoyed words from over there.

"The two lambs that ran away the night before were good guys. Alas, they were worth half a car. I didn't expect to run away in such a close place! I told you to keep an eye on them, As a result, they all slept like pigs and died!"

"Who knew they'd be able to wrestle the rope away, what the hell..."

"Oh, the old man's request is urgent. There are not enough lambs. Our errand is a mess."

"It's not all of you, let you watch it, don't die too many people, and end up exhausted all the way, you can see for yourself how much is left!"

......

Amidst such complaints, the little donkey cart gradually passed the team of traders and headed to the other end of the road.After walking a long distance, so far that he could not hear the voice behind, Zhao Ji poked his head out of the carriage and pressed Wei Chuyan back.

"It's not far away yet, it just so happens that the sun is very bright, you should sleep in it."

Zhao Ji rubbed his forehead and sat back in the car, feeling suddenly depressed.

After escaping the night before, probably out of a kind of defense, I actually didn't think about those traffickers anymore, but today I met again... those people who I had deliberately ignored before entered my heart again.

"Actually, if we go to Chang'an first and contact the palace, Ji, we can save those people."

If they returned to the palace, their own safety would no longer be threatened. As Zhao Ji, he could save them with a raise of his hand.

"I hate that person that night, I don't want to save them anymore."

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ji refused.

Wei Chuyan tightened the rope, hissed twice, stopped the car again, and opened the curtain to look at Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji sat in the car with a sullen face.

"Do you really not want to be saved?"

"I don't want to be saved."

"Don't you like that person who contradicts himself?"

Zhao Ji nodded, his eyes suddenly became very indifferent.

"What about the others, don't they want to be saved?"

"Oh, other people... only the one who woke up the night before, if more people wake up... I think they will do the same thing! If this is the case, why should I save them? They Even if it's pitiful, it's also hateful!"

After a while, there was another voice from behind, those dealers had caught up, Wei Chuyan wanted to say something more, so he had to put down and drive the car forward again.

Not long after walking, a man on a mule and horse caught up with her and started a conversation with her: "My child, you are so young, why are you driving the cart by yourself?"

While talking, the man looked into the car, as if he wanted to check something.

Wei Chuyan glanced at him, and deliberately changed his voice: "It's not too young, sir, I'm going to get married in two or three years, I'll catch a car, send some customers to Chang'an, and earn some hard-earned money. Subsidize the family."

"Oh? You're so young, so you just want to get married? Some of my team are suffering from the heat, and I want you to take a ride. I'll give you the money at the price. Do you want it?"

Wei Chuyan glanced at him with a sideways smile and didn't answer, as if he was a little moved.Inside the car, Zhao Ji clenched his fists.

At the same time, in the line behind the donkey cart, faint voices came to the ears of Wei Chuyan, who had keen hearing.

"Why don't you just forget about it. This place is no better than Jingzhou. Arresting people casually will alarm the government. Besides, we don't know who is sitting in the kid's car, so we better not make trouble."

"That's why I called the fourth brother to investigate. If you can catch it, you can catch it. If you can't catch it, you can think of other ways. There is no one on this road. It's a good opportunity. If there is another caravan passing by later, even if you want to catch it gone."

It turned out that they didn't suspect that they had fallen in love with her, but they were attracted to her.

Who is that "big master" who made these businessmen put together enough people at all costs?