In ancient times, I just wanted to be a salted fish

Chapter 19 Arrival in Anyang

The people and horses were tired, so everyone rested on the spot. Chen Ruotong and Bai Qiang chatted: "Brother Bai, are there any bandits on the way? Can we encounter wild animals at night?"

"There are two groups of bandits, but don't worry, we have everything prepared. The wild animals are all in the deep mountains and won't come out. We won't sleep in the mountains at night. There is an inn ahead and we can arrive in the evening, haha..." Bai Qianglang laughed.

Chen Ruotong was very relieved: "Brother Bai, it must be very hard for you to escort people all the time, right?"

"There's no other way. It's not easy to do anything to support a family! I'm familiar with the roads I often walk on in Wuyang Prefecture. There's no danger. But I can't say about other places. Haha..." Bai Qiang sighed.

The convoy set off half an hour later. The journey was relatively smooth and they arrived at a small town at dusk.

The town is located at the foot of the mountain. There are few houses and shops in the town, and few people can be seen. The convoy stopped at Yunlai Inn. The waiter ran up and smiled with his eyes like crescents: "Master Bai, you have worked hard on the journey. Please come in and rest."

Chen Ruotong followed Bai Qiang into the inn, and the other brothers pulled the carriage to the backyard.

"Chunshan, find a room for this young man. My brothers and I should sleep in two large bunk beds!"

Chen Ruotong said hurriedly: "Let's find a room for Brother Bai. He should have a good rest after all the hard work."

The waiter looked embarrassed and said, "Sir, there is only one upper room left!"

"Hey! We have another upper room. We'll give it to you." A woman in her thirties ran over and said with a smile.

"Mom, I want to live in the room and you won't let me!" A pretty girl of fifteen or sixteen years old came up and said coquettishly.

"Be obedient and save the money for your brother." the woman coaxed.

Finally the woman couldn't persuade the girl and went upstairs.

"Haha, you're a man who loves your daughter! That's rare!" Bai Qiang praised.

Chen Ruotong also agreed. In modern society, many families value sons over daughters, not to mention in ancient times. After a simple dinner, Chen Ruotong went upstairs to her room, just in time to meet the mother and daughter. Chen Ruotong was lying on the bed when she heard loud voices from the next room.

"You silly girl, you are so willful. Eight hundred coins for a room in the upper room is no different from a bunk bed. Aren't you just going to sleep and leave? You are the only one who is fussy and picky." The voice sounded like an old woman.

The girl said, "Grandma, my elder brother is already the top scholar, and he is an official with status. Then we are no longer peasants, so we should also pay attention to our status. We should be respectable in public and not embarrass him. My elder brother doesn't need that little money, and my new sister-in-law is a princess, she is very rich."

"You don't give us money to spend. You are not our Wu family. Don't let others look down on you."

"She looked down on our family, but she still insisted on marrying my eldest brother? My eldest brother disagreed, and she forced us to cancel the engagement between my eldest brother and my eldest sister-in-law and marry her..."

"Shut up. Trouble comes from the mouth. Do you know that? Don't mention this matter again in the future."

"Humph! You guys are biased big brother!"

"Alright, alright, go to bed. We have to get up early tomorrow to travel!"

Chen Ruotong: Is this a robbery of a man?

Chen Ruotong entered the space and went to the food area to eat. Because she didn't eat much downstairs just now. It's not that she has no appetite, but the food is not tasty, not as good as her Aunt Sun's. After eating the spicy hot pot, she lay on the soft big bed and thought about what kind of business the silver shop could open? She fell asleep while thinking about it!

The next morning, the convoy set off at daybreak. Chen Ruotong was afraid of the bumpy ride, so she walked for half an hour. When she couldn't walk anymore, she got on the bus. When her butt hurt, she got off and walked for a while. It was a really bumpy journey! The desire to travel and sightsee gradually faded, because the whole road was either mountains or water, and I was tired of it. It was too difficult to travel in ancient times!

After two more days of walking during the day and sleeping at night, it was time to part ways with the caravan. The caravan headed east, while Chen Ruotong continued to head south.

"Brother Chen, we will say goodbye now. Go south along this official road without turning, and you will reach Anyang Prefecture. There are no mountain roads ahead, only flat roads. I will ask Haozi and Tiechui to escort you there. Distribute the goods in one of the carts so that there will be a free carriage. You can take the carriage and arrive in a day and a half."

"No need to trouble Brother Bai. The most important thing for you is to escort the goods. Don't delay your journey. There are no mountain roads and no bandits. I can go alone." After saying that, she took out twenty taels of silver as escort fees and handed it to Bai Qiang.

"Okay, Brother Chen, if you walk like this, it will take you three days to reach Anyang Prefecture. Take care!"

"Goodbye, take care!"

Chen Ruotong decided to go alone on a whim, because after getting up in the morning, she went to the car exhibition area at Gate 20 of the Space Mall and saw the cars. She thought of driving alone, which was safe and fast. If she met someone on the road, she could hide in the space, which was absolutely no problem. However, the cars in the exhibition area were all new cars, and they couldn't be driven without oil. But there were electric bicycles. They could be ridden for three or four hours after they were fully charged. If they ran out of power, she could go to the space to charge them and then change to another one. The car was small, so the target was small and it was not easy to be discovered. The road conditions were good and the speed was fast, so she could reach Anyang Prefecture in one day.

Chen Ruotong walked forward for a distance alone, entered the space, took out the outdoor equipment backpack, found sun protection clothing, gloves, glasses, and masks, fully armed, like Batman, and rode an electric bike out of the space.

The electric bike traveled very fast on the flat official road, at a speed of 40 miles per hour. When there were people ahead, they would immediately enter the space, and when passing through the village, they would change clothes and walk past; when there were no people, they would ride the electric bike again. In this way, they arrived at Anyang Prefecture in more than four hours. Modern transportation is still fast!

People were coming in and out of the north gate of Anyang Prefecture in twos and threes. Chen Ruotong took out the pass she had filled out long ago and entered the city smoothly, heading straight to the Sihaiya Bank in the north city.

Sihai Dental Shop is incomparable to Fusheng Dental Shop. It is very small and it seems that business is very bad. The old man who is guarding the door is sitting at the door and looks drowsy.

"Uncle, is Shopkeeper Li Daoba here?"

"Him! He's not the owner, just an assistant. He's out gambling again. Let's go find him in the gambling house!"

It turns out that Li Daoba is a gambler who is addicted to pornography, gambling and drugs!

Chen Ruotong found two gambling houses and saw Li Daoba at the door of the third gambling house. As expected, he looked ferocious and had a long scar on his left cheek, which was terrifying!

He was talking to a middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman. Li Daoba had a wretched look on his face, nodding and bowing like a pug. The wealthy businessman had a lewd smile on his face. It was obvious that he was up to something bad and was going to do something bad.

Chen Ruotong hid in the corner and waited for the rich businessman to leave, then quietly followed Li Daoba. When he arrived home and opened the door, Chen Ruotong quickly stepped forward and took him to the bathroom in the space. After leaving the space, she walked out of the city. She wanted to find a deserted forest to interrogate him properly.