Two days later!
Vermilion Bird Prefecture, Hongguan County.
The county was bustling with activity.
This place was an important traffic route. Several roads converged here. Whether it was the chivalrous men who traveled in the Jianghu, the merchants who passed by, or even the heroes of the forest, all kinds of people would pass through here.
One day, before noon, a man dressed in black walked in from outside the county town. His hair was disheveled, his face was unshaven, and there was a piece of dog skin plaster on his face.
This person was naturally Chen Shaoheng in disguise.
They had set off from the Daybreak Valley and traveled day and night for two days before arriving here.
From here to the south, they would pass through a Hongguan Gorge. Further ahead would be a smooth road that would lead them directly to the Vermillion Bird Prefecture's Small Heavenly Lake Su Clan.
However, this Hongguan Gorge was not so easy to cross.
Ever since the Qingling Mountain, Chen Shaoheng had set up routes several times, but he found that he could not avoid the Hongguan Gorge.
And within this Hongguan Gorge, there was a group of Green Forest Path, known as Yunxiang Stronghold!
This name sounded quite amiable. It did not sound like a Jianghu Greenwood Road, but more like a bank inn.
However, there were more than a thousand bandits in Yunxiang Stronghold, and they formed a large group to intercept and kill the merchants.
Moreover, the terrain of Hongguan Gorge was easy to defend and difficult to attack. In recent years, he had become more and more arrogant.
There were a total of seven leaders below the Great Stronghold Chieftain. They were known as the Seven Eagles of Yunxiang, and each of them was highly skilled and ruthless.
If a traveling merchant wanted to pass through, there were only two ways.
One was to spend money to avoid disaster, but the demand was too much. Seventy percent of the caravan had to be given with both hands. In this case, who would be willing to give it up?
Traders traveled the martial world for money. After years of traveling, they ended up giving away 70% of the money. It could be said that they had traveled for nothing and were helping others.
Of course, there was a second method.
It was to find someone to protect him!
But this person was not randomly found…
The chivalrous warriors and even famous ones were useless here.
With a single order, all the sabers were unleashed. Unless one's martial arts were truly peerless, there would be people who would die on the spot.
There had been more than one time when someone had tried to pass through the Hongguan Gorge with a few famous people in the pugilistic world.
However, the best result was that a Jianghu hero with extraordinary lightness skills escaped with his life, and the rest died in Hongguan Gorge.
Later on, people realized that it was not that difficult to pass through this place. They did not need to find any famous martial artists. They just needed to find some people who hung out in the Green Forest Path and could talk to the people of the Auspicious Cloud Stronghold.
If they handed over 30% of the goods as travel expenses, they could be guaranteed to pass safely.
Of course, if the person they found was on good terms with the Yunxiang Stronghold, 20% was fine.
Although it was still cutting the flesh and bones, it was better than being swallowed whole. The merchants who came and went eventually chose this path.
Before Chen Shaoheng arrived, he had already made plans. He was not in a hurry. He casually found a restaurant and went up to the second floor to sit in a remote corner. He ordered wine and food and ate and drank in silence.
There were quite a number of people in the restaurant.
There were passing Jianghu guests and local idlers.
Chen Shaoheng leaned against the corner and poured himself a glass of wine, but he didn't drink it. Instead, after he picked it up, he sprinkled it on the corner of the wall. Occasionally, he would eat vegetables, but his ears would pay attention to these people's words.
Taverns and teahouses had always been the most well-informed places in Jianghu. Everyone liked to gossip.
Chen Shaoheng hadn't been listening for long, but he had heard his name and Golden Silk Jade Record several times.
The corner of his mouth twitched…This was not what he wanted to hear.
He casually picked up a piece of sauce meat and put it into his mouth. He heard light footsteps coming upstairs. The sound was heavy and urgent. For some reason, it was quite strange.
Everyone could not help but look up. Soon, a white-robed woman appeared in everyone's field of vision.
She was dressed simply in men's clothing, but it obviously did not play any role in covering herself. Her beauty was so stunning that even Chen Shaoheng could not help but take a few more glances.
He had never seen such a beautiful person in his previous life.
She wished that she could forget everything at first sight and fall in love at first sight…
Fortunately, he had extraordinary self-control and instantly came back to his senses. Then, he subconsciously frowned. This person…how could he be so good-looking?
Not only him, but everyone on the second floor of the inn had forgotten to eat and drink. They were all staring at that person with their mouths agape. Some even drooled from the corner of their mouths, but they were unaware of it.
Only when the woman frowned slightly did these people wake up from their dreams. They lowered their heads and ate, drank, and chatted. In the hurry, some people forgot what to say, while others forgot where their mouths were. Those who ate kept shoving their food into their heads, while those who drank poured it into their noses.
The entire second floor was in chaos.
Chen Shaoheng lowered his head slightly and frowned even more. This woman…was simply a disaster.
It was even more troublesome than the Golden Silk Jade Record!
But soon, he let out a sigh of relief. It was their business to cause trouble, and it had nothing to do with him.
The woman found a seat by the window and sat down. She looked out of the window with a cold gaze, as if she was unmoved by external things. Perhaps she had long been used to the disaster that might be caused by her appearance.
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