Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

"I think the crutches master is the one with the real problem." Jiang Yin continued, "Just like Liu Er, I don't think he is a good person."

Which good guy is looking for someone to join his team halfway?

Thinking of this, she paused and looked at Li Ji.

The two looked at each other and thought of something.

Li Ji said: "Don't act rashly, wait and see what he wants to do."

Look at how anxious Liu Er is to get them to join him, as if he is extremely anxious about something.

Jiang Yin was silent for a moment and said, "If I remember correctly, the boy's crutch master was Liu Er."

If this is true, then the young boy probably knows a lot, and this trip is likely to be dangerous.

Li Ji paused and said, "I'll have someone pay special attention to him."

The young man has a good heart and is grateful, so there is no harm in saving him.

After the two of them had breakfast, not long after, porters came out of the dilapidated temple one after another, carrying tea.

As the crutches master, Liu Er had nothing on his body except a bag.

When he came to them, Liu Er paused for a moment and said to Li Ji with a smile, "How about joining our porter group?"

Without waiting for Li Ji to refuse again, Liu Er continued, "It's okay if you don't have to be a porter, just help carry everyone's luggage, run errands, etc."

In order to bring these two people in, he has lowered his requirements.

As long as you want to make money, there should be someone who doesn't want to come.

Jiang Yin glanced at Liu Er, then pulled Li Ji's sleeve and asked curiously, "How much is the salary?"

Even if it's luggage, you can't do it for free. You have to pay to take this business.

"As for wages, that's easy." Liu Er laughed and said, "How about one tael per person?"

In this day and age, one tael of silver is already a lot of money. It was just a matter of convenience, and even a weak boy could make this much money. He didn't believe that these two people would not be tempted.

However, Jiang Yin asked doubtfully: "Just once?"

What can you do with that little money? You still have to be treated like a slave.

"Just?" Liu Er glared, "One tael of silver is not enough, and you still want to?"

He pointed at the porters who were leaving one after another and continued, "Do you know how much money they earn on this trip? Some of them can't even earn five strings of cash. You're just carrying a gift, and one string of cash is not enough?"

Even he doesn't earn much money, how dare they despise this money.

Jiang Yin frowned and didn't respond.

A porter only earns a few coins for each trip, so what is the point of making this trip?

If you are not careful, you may lose your life.

Li Ji stood in front of Jiang Yin and rejected him coldly again: "Forget it, we won't take this job for now. Thank you for your help."

"Humph, you don't know what's good for you." Liu Er said coldly, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, you can't reach Tubo on your own."

The most taboo on the Tea Horse Road is to fight alone. Without their protection, you might die halfway.

Before he left, he gave Jiang Yin a malicious look. If one of them died halfway, he would see if the other one would still be able to keep his promise.

Looking at Liu Er's receding back, Jiang Yinle said, "This guy is holding a grudge against me and wants to kill me halfway?"

Li Ji raised his hand and patted her head, comforting her: "It's okay, I'm here."

He has no problem protecting someone.

Jiang Yin raised her hand and waved, and couldn't help but glare at him.

Li Ji raised his eyebrows and took his hand back as if nothing had happened.

I have to say that Jiang Yin’s guess was indeed correct.

Only two hours before departure, Liu Er took action.

His actions were sinister and vicious. He took the opportunity to trip the porter closest to Jiang Yin.

The terrain was steep, with a cliff on one side and a mountain on the other. The porter fell down due to uneven force and fell forward.

While turning over, he did not forget to pull Jiang Yin beside him, wanting to use Jiang Yin as a scapegoat.

However, Jiang Yin, who had already noticed the situation, pulled Li Ji a little further away, just avoiding the hand that was carrying her husband.

"Help! Help me!"

The porter was so frightened that he shouted for help and was about to fall off the cliff. Li Ji took out a dagger and cut the rope on the porter, and pulled the porter out alone.

At the same time, the tea leaves on his back rolled down the cliff.

The porter panicked instantly: "Tea, my tea leaves."

Seeing that the tea leaves could not be saved, he turned around and said to Li Ji: "You have to compensate me for the tea. It was you who threw the tea leaves down!"

This man could have saved his tea leaves, but he let them fall off the cliff.

There is so much tea that I can’t make up for it even if I sell it.

The porters stopped one after another and looked at Li Ji and Jiang Yin eagerly.

They surrounded them, leaving Li Ji and Jiang Yin no chance of escape.

Liu Er stood up, folded his hands and sneered, "Pay the money, you two."

The only way to deal with disobedient people is to teach them a lesson, and he is good at teaching people a lesson.

"Pay compensation?" Li Ji stared at Liu Er. "If I'm not mistaken, you are the one who caused this. What was your intention in deliberately sending the tea leaves to the bottom of the cliff?"

"Intention?" Liu Er was not panicked at all, instead he mocked, "The ones who have intentions are you two who joined in midway.

You two, should I personally escort you down, or do you guys go down on your own?"

He just wanted to drag someone down with him from the beginning to the end. Since they refused to compromise and cooperate, he didn't mind using force.

"Go down?" Li Ji narrowed his eyes and kicked the porter who wanted to pull them into the water off the cliff. He tilted his head and asked, "You mean this?"

The truth was clear, and he didn't want to mess around anymore. It was exposed, and after this incident, I believe no one would dare to take the risk of stealing tea again.

What's more, this time he is going to find out who is behind this.

"You! If you don't accept my toast, you will be punished!" Liu Er widened his eyes and unconsciously took a few steps back, looking at Li Ji with a little horror.

He really didn't expect that Li Ji was such a ruthless person. He didn't even hesitate and kicked the man off the cliff.

"Huh? Drink a penalty drink?" Li Ji raised his hand and gestured, and his men immediately came out and surrounded the porter and Liu Er.

Seeing that the porters were a little panicked, Li Ji took out a token and raised it above his head: "The Tea and Horse Department is handling the case, stay where you are."

"Tea and Horse Bureau?" Liu Er's pupils shrank slightly, and he suddenly felt that he was finished!

He suddenly became excited: "You are lying. What is your purpose in pretending to be the Tea and Horse Bureau?"

As he spoke, he retreated towards the cliff, and then he rushed down the cliff without hesitation.

"Chase!" Li Ji jumped down with his men.

Jiang Yin also wanted to jump down, but was stopped by Wang Heng.

Wang Heng did not jump off the cliff. His mission was to protect Jiang Yin from getting hurt.

As for investigating the case, that should be left to Li Ji and the others.

Therefore, he stayed by Jiang Yin's side all the time and did not do anything else.

"Let's go down and take a look." Jiang Yin was a little anxious. She had just looked and found that the cliff was not low.

She was so anxious that she didn't bother to conceal her voice.