Who among the gangsters wants to fall in love?

Chapter 8: White Shadow at the Bend of the River
Whether Zhao Wumian can find a wife is another matter. Luo Chaoyan herself is not a spoiled and arrogant person. She knows that it is inappropriate to reveal her original appearance, but she is also a woman. It is unbearable to be dirty and sticky. She just cleaned herself up now that she has time. She will naturally continue to disguise herself when she sets off.

The grilled fish was sizzling, and Luo Chaoyan took out a few small bottles and sprinkled powder on them. The fish meat was mixed with the fragrance of herbs, which made people salivate... Zhao Wumian bit into the grilled fish and said, "This powder smells like herbs, it's quite fragrant. Is it also a specialty of Guixuan Valley?"

Luo Chaoyan took small bites of the grilled fish. At this moment, she had the elegance of a princess. She nodded and said, "Although Guixuan Valley is not among the three major sects, it is also among the six major sects. It's just that it is not known for its military strength. There are many weirdos in the valley, all of them are cooks, farmers, doctors and the like."

"That's amazing! They are all professions that are closely related to the people. They are much better than warriors who only know how to fight and kill all day long." Zhao Wumian did not expect that there was such a strange sect in this world, and could not help laughing.

Luo Chaoyan was slightly startled, and raised her little face to show surprise, "I thought so too. The martial arts of Dali are fierce, and most people don't care about Guixuan Valley, thinking that it is not worthy of being a martial arts sect. But they don't know, if there are no cooks and farmers, where will their food and drink come from? How can the country and society be maintained?"

"The foundation of the country." Zhao Wumian simply summarized it, and then turned his head to look, "Gui Xuan Gu won't send someone to escort you?"

Luo Chaoyan was in a good mood and explained, "No one in the valley knows that I am a princess. They only treat me as an ordinary disciple. This is related to the foundation of the country, so I dare not trust the master of the valley easily... Besides, I have not had any contact with the master of the valley for so many years. I only learned medical skills from my master, and she..."

Luo Chaoyan frowned slightly and shook her head, "Two years ago, she left me a letter and left without saying goodbye. I don't know where she is now."

"What are the three major sects..." Zhao Wumian asked again.

The two women looked at each other, remembering something, and saw Su Qingqi took out a paper map from her bag and stroked it with her fingertips, "We are currently in Xiurong. If we go south, we will reach Pingyang, which is Xiaoxitian... As one of the three major sects, I don't know if it is an enemy or a friend to us."

Xiurong? Pingyang? Xiaoxitian?

Zhao Wumian also leaned over to take a look, and the three of them gathered around the map with the grilled fish.

Ancient maps were not as clear as modern ones, and the administrative divisions were also very different, but Zhao Wumian was also a college student in his previous life, studying liberal arts with excellent grades in geography. After comparing it with the map of Shanxi in his mind, he suddenly realized that Xiurong was Xinzhou and Pingyang was Linfen.

"Xiao Xitian is a holy place of Buddhism, and they rarely interfere in the affairs of the imperial court..." Luo Chaoyan thought for a while, then shook her head, "At this moment, even the people in the imperial court cannot be trusted, let alone the martial arts sects? It's better to avoid them."

Zhao Wumian's attention was drawn to a place name, "Hequ... is very close to us."

Shanxi is rich in coal mines. As far as Zhao Wumian knows, there is a large mine in Hequ, but he doesn't know whether it has been mined in this world.

"It's quite close. When I came here, I went to Hequ to buy supplies. I can go back and forth in less than two hours on my White Lady."

"White Lady? Your horse?"

"Yes, this is the thousand-mile horse that my brother got from the grassland. There are less than twenty of them in the whole of Dali."

"Can it drink realgar wine?"

“How can a drunk horse run?”

Zhao Wumian stood up straight. No one in this world could understand his story. He finished the grilled fish, pushed the door open and walked out of the house. He took the fish bones and threw them at Bai Niangzi, "Oi! Horse, there is no grass for you to eat in the heavy snow. Eat some fish bones to supplement your calcium?"

White Snake turned her head away very humanely, snorted, and looked down on Zhao Wumian. The two black horses in the mountain village came forward and shared the fish bones. They looked easy to feed.

Although they eat grass, they are so hungry that they want to eat not only bones but also stones.

Zhao Wumian stroked the horses gently. Fodder was indeed a problem. Su Qingqi had stayed in inns all the way before and had no worries about fodder, but now she didn't want to go to the town if she could avoid it. It was so cold that there was not much grass or even leaves. If the horses were gone, the three of them would not be able to leave Shanxi even if they ran their legs off. Where could they get fodder?
They still had to go to the town to prepare not only fodder, but also various supplies such as dry food, weapons, and clothes. They could not live by fishing, nor could they survive the winter with these thin clothes.

Zhao Wumian pushed the door open and entered the house, telling the two girls about the plan. It was necessary to purchase supplies, and they hesitated for a moment but did not object.

"It's best to go shopping alone. Thanks to Wu Ming, I'm afraid the outside world knows that we are three people traveling together, so we should avoid showing up together." Su Qingqi paused for a moment, and then said, "If we encounter danger, it's better than the three of us being caught in one fell swoop."

It's a bit cruel, but this is the fact. Besides, except for Su Qingqi's White Snake, the other two horses were already too hungry to have enough strength, and the three of them couldn't ride together at the moment.

"Who's going?" Luo Chaoyan drank hot water from a small bowl and looked at Su Qingqi and Zhao Wumian.

She doesn't know martial arts and is a core figure who must not get into trouble, so she can only choose between Zhao Wumian and Su Qingqi.

Su Qingqi's eyes were bright, and she obviously wanted to go, but she wanted to leave Zhao Wumian and Luo Chaoyan alone in a room... If she left and Zhao Wumian's true nature was exposed, wouldn't Luo Chaoyan be a lamb to be slaughtered?
Therefore, there is nothing to discuss about the candidates.

Time was tight and any delay would increase the danger, so Zhao Wumian drank a bowl of hot water to warm himself up, then stood up with his hand on the hilt of the knife, pushed the door open and came to Bai Niangzi again, followed by the two women.

Luo Chaoyan handed a small porcelain bottle and a wooden token to Zhao Wumian, "There are five healing pills in it, mainly for internal injuries. You will also need to buy some golden wound medicine for external injuries. This token is Gui Xuan Gu's identity certificate, and it must be of some use in the martial arts world... Be careful."

Su Qingqi gently stroked Bai Niangzi's head and whispered to her that she should bear with it for just this short distance and let Zhao Wumian ride for her.

White Snake swung her tail in dissatisfaction, but when Zhao Wumian jumped on the horse, she did not throw him off.

Su Qingqi looked up at Zhao Wumian, her pink lips trembling for a while, wanting to say something, but she finally sighed, nodded slightly, and said: "Go early and come back early, the emperor and I will wait for you here. If there are pursuers here after you leave, we will leave immediately... You don't have to look for us."

What this means is that if the pursuers surrounded this place immediately after Zhao Wumian left, it would most likely be related to Zhao Wumian... Whether it was a coincidence or the fact, Su Qingqi could no longer believe Zhao Wumian.

"Qingqi." Luo Chaoyan interrupted Su Qingqi and looked up at Zhao Wumian. "Go ahead. We'll wait for you here. If anything goes wrong, we'll leave a mark."

The two women's completely different reactions to him were a bit amusing. Zhao Wumian chuckled, said nothing more, squeezed the horse's belly, and the white horse under his crotch neighed loudly. It ran like a white shadow, raising a large piece of snow fog, and ran towards the river bend in the heavy snow.

Purchasing supplies is one thing, but Zhao Wumian wanted to do another thing when he went to Hequ.

The able-bodied men of Jiangpan Village were nowhere to be found. Zhao Wumian guessed that they had been sold to the mine... Didn't the bandits he met when he just woke up also say that they wanted to sell Zhao Wumian to Sixth Master?

Liu Ye guessed that it was the coal boss.

At the moment, we are on the run, not sightseeing. Acting chivalrously would only bring trouble upon ourselves, but if it is convenient, we should just do it.

Zhao Wumian is a hot-blooded man, a modern person with normal moral standards. It is impossible for him to turn a blind eye to the tragic situation in Jiangpan Village. If he is so cautious as to ignore it and only care about himself... then he will not be living like a human being.

It's just a machine that will do whatever it takes to achieve its goal.

We should also vent our anger for the workers in our previous lives. The black-hearted capitalists should all be hung on street lamps. Is there any capitalist more classic than the coal boss?

(End of this chapter)