Twilight Boundary: Chapter 145 Sweet Potato Burning Call

Chapter 145 Sweet potato burning call

 This job can be taken on.

Miss White Wine didn't like this small job, so she just said a few words, and Hu Ma also happily agreed.

Now I want to make some money, but firstly there are not many opportunities to make big money. Secondly, I am worried that my experience in the world is limited. If I catch up with the big job that the old monkey man said, I will not dare to take it.

 Now that he is cooperating with a reincarnated person with the same identity, and with the white wine lady as a guarantee, this life becomes a little more secure.

 When he woke up the next day, he found an opportunity to discuss with Zhou Datong and others, saying that he had to leave for something, and asked them to take the money back to Zhuangzi first.

This is something I have thought about, after all, it involves the secret of the reincarnated person, so it would be inconvenient to take them with me.

Moreover, Miss White Wine brought news from the Red Lantern Club yesterday. All the shopkeepers have entered the city, and the matter has been settled. There will be no danger for Zhou Datong and the others to return to Zhuangzi now.

"ah?"

 But when Zhou Datong and others heard that Hu Ma was leaving and he was taking the money back to Zhuangzi, they felt a little scared.

They came out of the village together. Although they had gone through some things, they were all used to Hu Ma taking him with him and coming up with ideas. Now that Hu Ma asked them to go on their own, especially with this huge sum of several hundred taels of silver, they felt very happy. More hairy.

If Hu Ma could leave with the money, they would be more relieved.

 But this is just a joke, Hu Ma is going to do something dangerous, and the money is too heavy to carry.

Seeing what they were thinking, Hu Ma said with a smile: "We have all come out to make a living in the world. We are afraid of everything. How can we get along in the future?"

"You will take these coins back to Zhuangzi. This journey will be considered a lot of experience."

"Of course, if you don't encounter trouble, then forget about it. If you do encounter trouble, throw away the money when it's time to throw it away. Remember, if you make money again after the money is gone, you only have one life."

 His words were not intended to be generous.

I really knew that the young man from the village was honest, and he had never seen so much money, so he would really risk his life for money.

“Don’t worry, Brother Huma, if you can’t do this, what else can you say?”

Seeing that Hu Ma had made up his mind, Zhou Datong took out the knife, gritted his teeth and said harshly: "Anyway, we have learned so many moves. If we really meet a thief, I will chop him with one knife."

“Relax, don’t look like I have money on you, otherwise you will be attracted by all the ghosts.”

Hu Ma smiled and gave them instructions, and then said a few words to Zhou Liang in particular.

Among these guys, Zhou Datong is the one who can make a scene and is always full of bad intentions, while Zhou Liang is relatively stable.

After deciding on this matter, they divided the luggage. Hu Ma had to go to work, so the luggage on her was not too heavy. She just carried a mahogany sword and Zhou Datong's waist knife. The name had the mark of the Red Lantern Empress. The weapons were left to them.

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He kept twenty taels of silver with him to spend on the journey.

In fact, it is quite heavy. It is already more than a kilogram of metal. It is so packed in my arms that it is hanging in the money bag around my waist.

As for the horses, let Zhou Datong and others take them away.

Although riding a horse can walk faster, Hu Ma, as a watcher, can drive at night. If he brings a horse, he can only drive during the day and rest at night.

 It is better to rely on these two legs to better control the travel time during the day and night.

Having agreed, Hu Ma sent them away, and then stayed for a while. He asked the shopkeeper and merchants in the shop where Wutong Town was, and set off first.

Now it is no better than in Zhuangzi. There is a map of the surrounding area in Zhuangzi. You can just flip it out and look at it. But outside the territory of the Red Lantern Lady, you can only rely on asking around like people in this world.

And what I found out was not detailed, only a general direction, so I could only ask on the roadside while driving.

After asking about it, I bought two kilograms of noodles in this wild shop and asked the store to deliver them. I also spent a few more copper coins to buy enough toppings made from fat meat and poured them on the noodles to make me full. I ate a meal together with the Qing Tai Sui dried meat I brought out.

 After leaving the door, he walked towards the west and strode forward.

 Zhou Datong and others, who left half an hour earlier than Hu Ma and headed south, were even more nervous.

There were three of them, and one horse was riding in turns. When one of them was resting on the horse, the other two were trotting beside them on two legs.



 But Zhou Liang saw that this was not going to work, and said: "Datong, Zhuzi, we can't do this. Brother Mazi said that we can't let people know that I have good things with me at a glance."

“We were too nervous to get into trouble.”

“You guys are thinking that our baggage contains either silver or sweet potatoes, so that when we are on the road again, we don’t have to worry about others taking advantage of us when they see us.”

 “This is a good idea.”

 Zhou Datong thought for a moment, jumped off his horse and said, "Wait for me."

As he said that, he walked towards a village not far away. After a while, a basket came over. I don’t know whose house he took it out from.

He took the other two people with him, found a secluded place, divided the several hundred taels of silver into two parts, put the larger part into the basket, took off his coat, and buckled the basket on his back. , tied tightly and covered with clothes.

 Looking like this, it looks like a hunchback. The other silver is put into the chain and put on the horse's back. Such a hunchback rides a horse, and two other good men follow, which not only ensures speed, but also looks less conspicuous.

However, after traveling like this, in the afternoon, when he was about to check into the store, he still found that someone was following him at some point behind him. He did not come up to talk to him, nor was he in a hurry. He followed them slowly.

Zhou Datong and the others were also smart and realized something was wrong. They discussed with each other in a low voice: "That boy has been following us from the place where we ate before. He followed us when we entered the alley. Maybe he was following us."

Zhao Zhu was stunned for a moment and said: "Jie Dao? According to what the second master and Mazi brother did, this should give people some benefit..."

“When do you get points for giving benefits? This person is obviously trying to figure out whether we are fat or not…”

Zhou Datong lowered his voice. He sat on his horse, looked forward, and said: "There might be his accomplices in the large reed field in front of us. When we pass by and block our front and back roads, they will Take action."

After some discussion, the speed slowed down. Sure enough, the man following behind him also slowed down and kept a distance from them.

So Zhou Datong simply reined in his horse and stared at the opponent.

The man couldn't stop, so he could only come over slowly, pretending that nothing happened, and walked past them.

Zhou Datong suddenly shouted: "Brother, come here."

The man was startled, stopped, looked at them sideways, and said, "What?"

Zhou Datong said: "We are destined to meet each other in this wilderness. Do you have any money with you to borrow flowers?"

The man was shocked when he heard this: "What?"

Zhou Datong pulled out the knife directly: "Brothers have nothing to eat. I want to borrow some money from you."

 “You asked me to borrow money?”

The man laughed angrily. Facing three people alone, he was not afraid. He also pulled out a knife with his backhand and said, "Did you know that you have crossed the border?"

"Master Hua is waiting in front. The only ones doing business on this road are our Master Hua and his family. Look at you two boys and a hunchback. You really don't know how to live or die. You think that the dozen brothers under our Master Hua are vegetarians?" of?"

"ah?"

Zhou Datong was surprised: "Are we going together?"

　　He hurriedly clasped his fists: "Brother, don't blame me. I didn't know you were also on the right path."

 “Get out of here!”

The man was impatient and waved his hand. At the same time, he took out a willow whistle from his arms and blew it hard a few times.

Zhou Datong and others ran away in dejection. Sure enough, they passed the reed marsh in front of them without anyone stopping them. However, they faintly heard a few low laughs coming from the reed marsh, and someone said something like "Master Hua's name" My head was so frightened that I **** myself" and the like.

 …

“These guys would be quite difficult to deal with if they let themselves go.”

And half an hour later, dozens of miles away, Hu Ma also burned incense, called Xiao Hongtang back, and asked Zhou Datong and the others about the situation on the half-day journey, and felt funny for a moment.

He was indeed a little worried earlier, so he asked Xiao Hongtang to follow a few of them. But seeing that they were reliable in their work, he really didn't worry anymore, took Xiao Hongtang with him, and accelerated towards Wutong Town.

In this way, we traveled during the day and midnight, and at night we just found a woodshed in the village to rest. It was faster than when we took the horses with Zhou Datong and the others. After two days and one night, it was better than the white wine lady said. We arrived at Wutong Town one day early.

Seeing that this was a small town after all, it finally had an inn, so I paid for the money to stay and have a good rest.

　　When you get to this inn, you don't have to sleep in a big bunk bed. You have an upper room.

And you don’t need to boil the foot-washing water yourself, just ask the waiter to bring it to you.

He took advantage of the daytime and walked around the county town, taking note of several major roads that crisscrossed it. Then he returned to the inn, had a hearty meal, and went to bed early. It was about midnight, and sure enough, a voice suddenly sounded: "Sweet potato burning is calling in Wutong Town..."

 “Can anyone reincarnated hear it?”

 “Sweet potato roast…”

　　　…”

Hu Ma took a deep breath and saw that she was standing in front of the incense burner. In the burner in front of her, a pillar of life incense was burning.

Silently turning his lungs from life to death, his voice sounded a little hoarse, and he slowly replied: "Lao Baigan has received it. I was introduced by Miss White Wine. Brother, can I help you?"

　　　…”

The moment he responded, a wisp of fragrance came in from outside the mist and connected with the fragrance wafting from his life fragrance. Then Hu Ma heard the somewhat surprising voice, as if ringing in her ears: "As expected..."

 “Your code name is Lao Baigan?”

 “Hiss...why are all your code names for wine?”

　　　…”

Hu Ma was shocked: "If you ask me, who should I ask?"

 (End of this chapter)