Chapter 137 Grain Full Festival

Sun Huang led the escorts of the second escort team to the nameless inn where the escort team often stayed.

This inn was in a small alley, without even a signboard. It was in a remote location, and the decoration was shabby. The tables in the lobby were covered with oil stains.

There was nothing he could do about it. The prices in the capital were much higher than those in the county town. The prices of slightly decent restaurants were ridiculously high. Even though Sun Huang had a good income, he felt a little pain.

Duan Rong looked at the shabby inn in front of him and understood the situation of the escorts at once. The income of the escorts was not high. Although it was not a problem to support a family, it could not afford to spend recklessly.

Liu Ao had been an escort for more than ten years, and Duan Rong only got two hundred taels of silver notes from him, which was the most mediocre harvest since he had touched the corpse.

Although the restaurant was a bit shabby, the dishes were good enough. Sun Huang ordered charcoal-grilled veal legs. Two large tables were put together, and more than a dozen people sat around them. The wine jars were even lined up in a row.

Sun Huang opened a jar of wine himself, filled each person's cup, and then took a bowl himself, saying with a smile: "Come on! Brothers, this bowl is for our own heads, celebrating that it is still on our necks! Come on, drink!"

Sun Huang said, and finished a large bowl of strong liquor in one breath.

The escorts were also strong drinkers, and each of them poured a large bowl of wine into their throats...

It was not obvious at first, but after ten bowls of wine, it was clear who had a good alcohol tolerance and who had a poor alcohol tolerance.

Sun Huang was the worst drinker. He was already drunk and unconscious. He lay on the table and couldn't get up...

Yao Liangrong and Zeng Xiangui went over to him to toast, but Sun Huang just waved his hands and couldn't even speak...

Xiao Yu had the best alcohol tolerance. After drinking more than ten bowls, his eyes became brighter and brighter. Duan Rong claimed that he could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, but he felt guilty in front of Xiao Yu. He couldn't stand this kind of strong liquor, especially such a big bowl...

Lu Feng's face was already red, and his eyes were like rabbits. He just sat there blankly, not saying a word, and from time to time he cut some beef and stuffed it into his mouth. Chewing in his mouth...

Tang Dejin and Ren Tiewa were also drunk. Tang Dejin's face was pale. Ren Tiewa held Tang Dejin's hand, wiped his tears and said something...

Wang Ziming, Shao Yongping, and Luo Fanglong leaned on each other's shoulders, slapped the table, and sang. As they sang, tears flowed from the corners of their eyes...

"Knife in hand, head on neck, when will the hatred of the rivers and lakes end?"

"Don't you see, no one collects the bones on the road, three thousand desolate graves are covered with weeds..."

They shouted in a dry voice, and the singing was extremely unpleasant, but Duan Rong looked at these people, and an inexplicable feeling of emotion surged into his heart.

Duan Rong heard a kind of cruelty of the rivers and lakes from the unpleasant tones of these men!

These iron-blooded men with their heads pinned on their waists usually live on the edge of a knife. Only at this moment can they let go of the pressure in their hearts and release the emotions accumulated in their hearts. Although ugly, they are moving...

Duan Rong poured half a bowl of strong liquor in his hand into his throat. The hot liquor stimulated his mouth and esophagus. At this moment, he finally understood why strong liquor exists?

Because strong liquor is as fierce as the rivers and lakes!

A few people got drunk and rested in the inn for a night. In the morning of the next day, they started to return.

Although the city is prosperous, what does it have to do with them?

It is not easy to make a living in this world!

On the return journey, they travel light and without pressure, and the travel speed is at least half higher.

About seven or eight days later, the escort team arrived in Wancheng County again and settled in the inn again.

After settling in, Sun Huang gathered everyone together.

It has been more than 20 days, and there is still no news about Liu Ao who left the escort team.

And Wancheng County is the place where Liu Ao left the escort team. At this time, there is no pressure to send escorts, so Sun Huang sent everyone out to investigate the news everywhere...

And Sun Huang himself went directly to the local county government office.

Sun Huang stuffed some silver into the constable on duty at the county government office, and looked through the autopsy reports of several murders registered by the county government office in the past 20 days.

Sun Huang can be sure that Liu Ao is not among them.

Sun Huang asked the constable about the skinny monk mentioned by Duan Rong, but there was no news either.

When Sun Huang walked out of the Wancheng County Government Office, his face was uncertain. "Liu Ao! Are you dead or alive? If you are still alive, why did you leave the escort team without saying a word?"

At night, those who had inquired about the news came back, and when everyone met, they found nothing.

It's been more than 20 days since the investigation disappeared. Where can we find him? Duan Rong just strolled on the street for most of the day and ate all the street snacks in Wancheng County...

Since there is no news, there is no way. The escort team left Wancheng County early the next morning...

After leaving Wancheng County, the escort team arrived at the territory of Xiangu County about three days later.

That afternoon, the escort team had arrived at the eastern suburbs of Xiangu County, only ten miles away from Xiangu County. It was expected that they would return to Xiangu County in the afternoon.

As the saying goes, everything is good at home, but everything is difficult when you go out.

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Xiangu County, although it is isolated and dilapidated, is my hometown after all. The neighbors on the street are all acquaintances, and it is convenient to do anything.

When the escort team reached the eastern suburbs, they saw many paper offerings discarded on the roadside everywhere, and a huge dragon-shaped paper lantern was hung on the woods of the distant village...

Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know much about some customs in the Jiuzhou world, but he knew them as soon as he searched the memory of his original body.

In the Jiuzhou world, this year is also the Jiachen year. Yesterday happened to be the 13th day of the fourth lunar month, which is the Xiaoman solar term in the Jiuzhou world.

Xiaoman means that the grains of wheat have begun to be full, but not yet mature, which is about the late stage of milk maturity, so it is called Xiaoman.

Jiuzhou is an agricultural society. Xiaoman is a major festival every year. Dragon lanterns are made, dragon gods are worshipped, and prayers are prayed for a year of good weather and good harvests.

Duan Rong sighed slightly in his heart. This is the first Xiaoman Festival since his soul came here, but he missed it and didn't get to appreciate the prosperity of the festival in this world.

Looking at the offerings on the ground at the head of the village, it must have been very lively yesterday.

As they were about to enter the city, the escort team moved faster and soon arrived at the east gate of Xiangu County.

The yamen guarding the gate saw that it was the escort team of Yuanshun Escort Agency and the escort cars were empty, so they only checked the waist badges one by one and let them go.

However, they had only been walking for more than a month, and when they saw the familiar streets and pedestrians, they felt warm in their hearts.

After entering the city, the escort team turned into West Street and went to Yuanshun Escort Agency.

When they arrived at the escort agency, everyone first returned the horses and escort cars to the warehouse, and returned the horses to the horse workshop and the escort cars to the car workshop. When handing over the horses, Duan Rong also saw the horse workshop’s errand boy, Old Man Sun, but at this time, Duan Rong was already wearing the clothes of an escort, and their identities were completely different.

Old Man Sun took the horse from Duan Rong and respectfully called him Escort Master Duan. Duan Rong just hummed lightly and walked away.

After handing over the horses and escort vehicles, Sun Huang led everyone to the backyard. When they passed through the martial arts arena in the middle courtyard, they found that there was no one in the entire martial arts arena.

Everyone felt something was wrong.

This afternoon was a good time to practice martial arts. How could there be no one in the martial arts arena?

Sun Huang's face was tense, and he thought to himself: I'm afraid something happened in the escort agency?