Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 58

Li Zhen actually wanted to say, "Which of your eyes can see that I am powerless", but considering the difference in the number of "enemies and us", if you can't say this, people will have to stab yourself with a knife ( LA) ass~ eyes opened.

So I didn't dare.

Although he didn't mean to go with him, but as the saying goes, you don't hit someone with a smiling face when you reach out your hand. This person is quite high-status at first glance. It is really unreasonable for someone in the barren mountains to be buried in the ground because he refuses to be a gentleman.

So he clasped his fists together again, and thanked him with the Ziwu seal expressing respect:
"Thank you for the kindness of this son, the poor will be disrespectful."

"Haha~"

This extravagant young master really looks pretty good. Hearing Li Zhen's polite words, he smiled heartily and waved:

"It's all right, Shang Nian."

The guard who left Li Zhen's old horse just now responded respectfully:
"Son."

"Let the Taoist priest follow you, and teach him by the way... What is the Taoist priest called?"

"Poverty and keep the beginning."

Hearing Li Zhen's answer, the young master nodded:
"Well, let's teach Priest Jiaoshou Chu how to ride a horse."

"Yes, son!"

After the guard named Shang Nian agreed, the young master nodded, and the two girls on the left and right accompanied him to leave.

And when the young master left, the bearded commander said:

"Pack up your luggage and set off."

All the guards around held their swords and nodded at the same time:

"Yes!"

……

"Nothing, you don't need to worry, just ride... Relax, legs. Watch your legs, don't clamp them so tightly."

"...????"

Li Zhen, who was riding a horse, had question marks on his face.

There's something wrong with you buddy.

But Shang Nian kept correcting his posture with the scabbard in a serious manner.

First of all, he is asked to relax. When walking slowly, people have to follow the strength of the horse.

The second is the posture, where to relax, what to do...

The other party seems to be very proficient in horseback riding, and has a great talent for teaching... Of course, it is not ruled out that Li Zhen can learn quickly.In short, after walking for about a stick of incense, Li Zhen was already able to control this old horse proficiently.

And because he wanted to teach Li Zhen how to ride a horse, Shang Nian and Li Zhen naturally fell to the back of the team.

After watching Li Zhen come with a "go, stop, run, stop, go" movement, he nodded:

"That's right, Taoist priest, you learn quite quickly."

"Haha~ It's better to teach the layman. Thank you, layman~"

Thanks politely, he and Shang Nian continued to walk side by side at the end of the line.

The speed of this caravan is determined by mules and horses.

Everything on the mule and horse was covered with oilcloth, and Li Zhen couldn't see what it was.

But he didn't ask much, including the origin of this group of people.

If people don't take the initiative to talk about it, if they want to inquire about it themselves, it is easy to make people think wrong.

But it's not like we can't talk about anything.

For example now:

"Layman, who are those... just now?"

"them?"

Shangnian is actually not very old, but his skin is darker, so he looks a bit old-fashioned.

After hearing Li Zhen's words, he sneered:
"Either a horse thief, or a spy pretending to be a horse thief."

"Pretend... to be a horse thief?"

Li Zhen was taken aback.

Shangnian shook his head:

"I can't tell you too much without the order of the senior brother or the son, and I advise Taoist priests not to inquire."

Li Zhen nodded:
"It should be so, Pindao is just asking."

"Well, that's good, Taoist priest, if you meet us, you are actually meeting a noble person."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Because if you go on like this, the road will be really uneven. The young master is kind-hearted, and he can't bear to have your body thrown into the wilderness for no reason, so I just take you along for a while. But...you better not ask too much, understand ?”

"..."

Li Zhen thought for a while, then nodded thoughtfully:
"Understood, hey... Pindao is just a poor Taoist priest, so it's useless to me to ask so much. But... this life-saving grace, Pindao will never forget it. Thank you layman."

"Small things."

Shang Nian waved his hand casually.

On the white official road, the caravan walked towards the distance step by step.

……

This walk is a whole day.

According to Shang Nian, if you walk at this speed, you will almost reach Qianfu Mountain in half a day.

But traveling at night is too dangerous.

So at sunset, the entire caravan set up camp.

It was only at this time that Li Zhen felt the difference in this team quite belatedly.

In fact, it's not that he's unresponsive, it's just that sometimes you can't guess certain things if you don't see them with your own eyes.

According to his philosophy, camping is either to find a station or something to shelter from the wind and rain, or it is to put up a tent.

But this group is different.

The old rules, the circle spread out.

The carriage is still in the middle.

Two guards pulled out two sleepers from the carriage, supported them on the frame of the carriage, fixed the balance of the two carriages, and then untied the horse that had been harnessed to the carriage for a day.

The mules and horses still circled the carriage, and some guards took out leather troughs from nowhere, and poured feed mixed with salt, grass stalks, and beans into them.The heads of the mules and horses were turned outward, and the luggage on their backs was placed beside them, one next to the other, forming a protective wall with staggered heights in a blink of an eye.

Then came the guards.

The guards were divided into three groups. After receiving the order to rest, the first group began to run and wander in the night in groups of two.

It's like investigating.

And the other group of people are those who feed the mules and horses.

The last group of people, including Li Zhen and Shang Nian, took a large pot and started cooking.

There is nothing to say about the meal. Dry cakes are served with snow, cooked together in a pot, and stewed with dried meat that I don’t know what it is.

The taste is quite fragrant.

What really caught his attention was the tents these people used to sleep in.

With the saddle as the roof, a layer of felt was pulled out on one side, and it was directly nailed into the snow with wooden wedges.Inside is a layer of animal skin.

This layer of felt, fixed from the saddle, is like the rope that holds the horse, holding it in place.

A few guards who worked faster were already lying down inside while they were waiting for their meals.

After a few whistles, their horses either fell to their knees or lay on their sides.

In this way, people and horses sleep together, and the body temperature of the horse provides a very good heating effect in this icy world.And the felt and animal skin locked in the temperature... Just by looking at it, you can tell that it must be very comfortable and warm.

Seeing all this, Li Zhen gradually had a shallow understanding in his heart.

This group of people...regardless of their strength, they should always live with horses in this way, otherwise they would not have such a tacit understanding.Secondly... They should have a certain degree of military literacy, whether it is defense, investigation, or work in shifts, they are all quite mature.

These people...

not simple.

(End of this chapter)