A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 137 Grain Full Festival

Sun Huang brought the escort masters of the second escort team to the nameless inn where the escort team often stayed.

This inn is located in a small alley, without even a sign. The location is very remote, the decoration is shabby, and the tables in the lobby are covered in grease.

There was nothing that could be done about it. The prices in the capital were much higher than in the counties and towns. Even the slightly decent restaurants had ridiculously high prices. Even though Sun Huang had a good income, he still felt a little pain.

Duan Rong looked at the dilapidated inn in front of him and immediately understood the situation of the bodyguards. The income of the bodyguards was actually not high. Although it was enough to support a family, they could not afford to spend recklessly.

Liu Ao had been a bodyguard for more than ten years, but Duan Rong only found two hundred taels of silver notes from him, which was the least he had ever gained since he started stealing corpses.

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

Sun Huang opened a jar of wine himself, filled each person's glass, and then took a bowl himself. He said with a smile, "Come on! Brothers, this bowl is for our own heads, to celebrate that they are still on our necks! Come on, drink!"

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

The escorts were also very strong-willed, and each of them poured a large bowl of wine down their throats...

It’s hard to tell at first, but after ten bowls of wine, it becomes clear who has a good alcohol tolerance and who has a poor alcohol tolerance.

Sun Huang was the one with the worst alcohol tolerance. 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 say a word...

Xiao Yu's alcohol tolerance was the best. 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 a little guilty in front of Xiao Yu. He could not stand such a strong liquor, especially such a large 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 put it in his mouth to chew...

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

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

"Knife in hand, head on neck, when will the hatred in the martial arts world end?"

"Don't you see, the bones on the road are left uncollected, and the three thousand desolate graves are overgrown with weeds..."

They sang in a dry, shouting voice, which was extremely unpleasant to the ear, but when Duan Rong looked at these people, an inexplicable feeling of emotion welled up in his heart.

Duan Rong sensed the cruelty of the underworld from the unpleasant tones of these men!

These iron-blooded men who wear their heads 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 they are ugly, they are still moving...

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

Because liquor is as cruel as the underworld!
After getting drunk, they rested in the inn for a night. Early the next morning, they started their journey back.

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

It’s really not easy to make a living in this world!
On the return trip, we traveled light and without any stress, so our travel speed increased by at least half.

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

After everything was settled, Sun Huang gathered everyone together.

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

Wancheng County was where Liu Ao left the escort team. Without the pressure of escorting, Sun Huang sent everyone out to gather information...

Sun Huang himself went directly to the local county government office. He gave some silver to the constable on duty at the county government office and looked through the coroner's autopsy reports of several murder cases registered at the county government office in the past twenty days.

Sun Huang could be sure that Liu Ao was not there.

Sun Huang asked the constable again about the skinny monk that Duan Rong had mentioned, 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 were still alive, why did you leave the escort team without saying a word?"

At night, all the people who had been looking for news came back, and when they met together, they found that they had found nothing.

It was said that he disappeared after the investigation, and it had been more than 20 days. Where could he 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 was no news, there was nothing they could do. The escort team left Wancheng County early the next morning...

About three days after the escort team left Wancheng County, they arrived at Xiangu County.

That afternoon, the escort team had arrived at the eastern outskirts of Xiangu County, only about ten miles away from Xiangu County. They would be able to return to Xiangu County in the afternoon.

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

Although Xiangu County is isolated and dilapidated, it is my hometown after all. Everyone in the street is familiar to me, so it is convenient to get things done.

When the escort team reached the eastern suburbs, they saw many paper offerings discarded on the roadsides. In the woods of a distant village, there was a huge dragon-shaped paper lantern hanging...

Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat. He was not very familiar with some of the customs of the Jiuzhou world, but as soon as he searched his original body's memory, he already knew them.

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

Xiaoman means that the wheat grains have begun to become full but are not yet mature, which is equivalent to the late milky stage, so it is called Xiaoman.

Jiuzhou is an agricultural society, and Grain Full is a major festival every year. People make dragon lanterns, offer sacrifices to the dragon god, and pray for good weather and good harvests for the whole year.

Duan Rong sighed slightly in his heart, this was the first Grain Full Festival since he traveled through time, yet he missed it and was unable to experience the grandeur of the festival in this world.

Looking at the offerings all over the ground at the entrance of the village, I think it must have been very lively yesterday.

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

The yamen runners guarding the city gate saw that it was a escort team from the Yuanshun Escort Agency and that the escort vehicles were empty, so they just checked the badges of each person and let them pass.

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

After entering the city, the escort team slowly turned into West Street and headed towards Yuanshun Escort Agency.

When they arrived at the escort agency, everyone first returned the horses and escort vehicles to the warehouse, and handed the horses back to the stable and the escort vehicles back to the carriage workshop. When handing over the horses, Duan Rong also met the stable's handyman, Old Man Sun. However, at this time, Duan Rong was already wearing the clothes of an escort, and the identities of the two were completely different.

Old man Sun took the horse from Duan Rong and respectfully called him "Master Duan". Duan Rong just nodded lightly and walked away.

After handing over the horses and the escort carriage, Sun Huang led everyone to the backyard. When they passed through the martial arts field in the middle courtyard, they found that there was not a single person in the entire martial arts field.

Everyone felt something was wrong.

This afternoon is a good time to practice martial arts. How could there be no one in the training ground?

Sun Huang's face was tense, and he thought to himself: Maybe something happened in the escort agency?
(End of this chapter)