Yu Jun

Chapter 7 The Mule
Those who crossed the river, a group of six people, all dressed as farmers mowing grass in the city, carried a basket on their backs, and when they reached the bank of the river, they pushed out a half-sized man with a dove-shaped face and let him cross the river first.

The half-child raised his foot and stepped into the sand.

The foot sank immediately, and didn't stop until it reached the calf. After that, he pulled out his leg with great effort, and stepped forward again in a muddy manner.

If he accidentally stepped on the live sand, the live sand would completely engulf him.

The child's thin body dangled on the water, like a kite about to break its string.

The sweat in Wu Jin's palms immediately soaked the sugar, the sweet smell radiated from his fingers, and even his eyes were covered with a layer of fragrance.

That child is a beggar in Yuhua Street, named Qi Chang, who often asks him for pancakes. He doesn't even have a home, so what's the use of mowing grass?

As for the other four men and one woman, they didn't look like they were mowing grass, but they seemed to be selling goods.

This group of people should be a caravan specializing in "leaking ships".

He suddenly remembered the words he heard in the academy: "You are not allowed to use mules. That was the rule of your Mo family 100 years ago. Now that people have changed, the rules have naturally changed!"

The little beggar is a mule, a human mule used to explore roads and transport goods by leaking boats.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Mo Lingfeng.

Mo Lingfeng stared straight at the group of people, and didn't move except for the candy in his mouth, as if he was waiting for the group of people to cross the river.

The little beggar led the way in fear every step of the way, and the caravan followed behind him, getting closer and closer to Mo Lingfeng.

When Wu Jin looked at them, they also looked over frequently, the fierce light in their eyes was undisguised.

The leaker is cruel.

Wu Jin once heard from Mrs. Huang that when the human mule used by the leaker merchant died, the leaker merchant would shave the mule and eat it, then grind the bones, make pills, and sell it privately as a fragrant medicine.

They looked here, but there was no one in the surrounding area, if the caravan became suspicious, they might cause disaster.

He turned the horse's head and said in a low voice, "Miss Mo, let's go."

Mo Lingfeng nodded vaguely, reined in the horse's bridle, and walked towards the horse garden with Wu Jin.

Not far away, Wu Jin couldn't help but turn around again, and saw that the little beggar had already led her across the river.

The little beggar seemed to recognize him, and looked over frequently, with a sad face and tears in his eyes.

Seeing this, a man went up to the little beggar and asked carefully.

Wu Jin clutched the horse's bridle tightly with one hand, and squeezed the candy with the other, her palms became more and more wet, the candy was sticky and sticky to her palm, and the sweetness became stronger and stronger.

The Loubo merchant and the Mo family are both giants, and he is caught in the midst of them, and he is an overconfident fly.

It's just that people and mules are poor.

He suppressed his beating heart, put the candy in his sleeve, and said to Mo Lingfeng: "You go first, I will come as soon as I go."

Turning the horse's head again, he ran to the river, turned off the horse, rushed to the little beggar, grabbed the hem of his clothes with his hands, and dragged the little beggar onto the horse with great force: "Qi Chang, you let me Look for it! The cake money owed to me is gone, if the academy didn’t come here for class today, I still haven’t found it anywhere!”

He supported the little beggar's buttocks to push up, and the little beggar also grabbed the stirrup to climb up, but Wu Jin kept saying, "Go, let our teacher be the center, you give me a debt You have the nerve to rely on my hard-earned money!"

He came quickly and hurriedly, the group of people were stunned for a moment, then you looked at me, I looked at you, and then looked at Wu Jin, it was like watching a play.

They haven't seen any scenes before, Wu Jin's behavior is simply ridiculous, only courage is commendable.

When the little beggar got on the horse with all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and when Wu Jin was about to get on the horse, the first person came out and grabbed Wu Jin's wrist with lightning speed.

"Mr. Xiucai," he said with a half-smile, "a good person can't just do it casually."

Wu Jin was sweating all over her body and subsided in an instant, her whole body was cold: "It's true that you can't be a good person, otherwise you won't even get back the cake money, please let go, my teacher can't find me, I should be anxious."

The man sneered, but he really let go.

They don't want to make a fuss, especially the teachers and students of the academy are as stubborn as donkeys.

He folded his hands and looked at the little beggar on the horse: "Boy, I will pay the money for you, come down."

The little beggar was shaking like chaff, lying on the horse. Seeing this, the man sneered, and stretched out his hand to pull him off the horse.

Wu Jin stretched out her sweaty hand to block him: "I'm leaving, please get out of the way."

Seeing this, the man's eyes were full of sternness, and several men behind him put their hands on their waists one after another.

At this moment, Mo Lingfeng's sweet and crisp voice came over: "Liu Chengqi."

The man standing beside Wu Jin was stunned for a moment. He looked behind the horse and saw that Mo Lingfeng hadn't gone far. At this moment, he rode back, and the gold collar on his neck was particularly eye-catching.

She jumped off the horse and walked to Wu Jin's side.

Liu Chengqi's expression changed, and he smiled and said, "Ms. Mo, I didn't expect to see you here. The river bank is dangerous. You'd better go back to the horse farm."

After that, he glanced at Wu Jin again.

It was only then that Wu Jin realized that her hands were shaking violently, and quickly hid them in her sleeves.

Mo Lingfeng looked at him contemptuously: "Don't worry about it."

She pointed to the only woman in the team: "Come here."

The woman looked at Liu Chengqi like a frightened bird, Liu Chengqi nodded, and then the woman took a step and walked to Mo Lingfeng's side tremblingly: "I have seen Miss Mo."

Mo Lingfeng waved to the female guard who followed her: "Yin Nan, let's see what good things she brought back."

"No!" Just as Liu Chengqi was about to reach out his hand, Yin Nan's female guard was already one step ahead of him. She dodged in front of the woman, knelt down on the ground, stretched her hand under her skirt, and then pulled her down, only to hear the woman scream Yelling, his complexion turned pale in an instant, and he fell to the ground slumped.

The things in the basket on her body also fell out - there was only a layer of grass on the top, and the bottom was full of colorful beads and strange stones.

The blood quickly flowed out of her body, pooled under her body, and soaked into the sand of the river beach, leaving only the strong and pungent rust smell.

And Yin Nan's hands were covered with blood, holding an ivory half arm's length.

Wu Jin stared at Yin Nan's hands, and stared straight at his eyes. The bloody ivory stimulated his face to turn pale. The entire Shuo River flowed fiercely in his mind. It wasn't water, it was all blood.

The gossip of the prostitute and the pity of the little beggar were never as straightforward as they are now, spreading a hell in front of him.

The sky turned leaden gray, the wind made whining noises, the river roared uncontrollably, the horses turned their hooves restlessly, and there were distant shouts in the distance, but Wu Jin didn't hear anything, only knew that her lips were trembling.

Liu Chengqi's face changed again and again, motioning for someone to take the woman away, clear away the things, and then looked at the black spot in the distance - it was impossible to tell who it was.

He became impatient, and said to Mo Lingfeng: "Dirty your eyes, damn it, little people go ahead first, and then go to the house to make amends later."

Mo Lingfeng said with a serious face, "Mules are not allowed."

(End of this chapter)