Chapter 13 All the Way

After nightfall, Zhang Quan led the caravan directly into the dense forest of Mount Shangmang.

The Chu family's caravan has only about a hundred people, and their ability to resist bandits is not considered strong, but Zhang Quan and the others are also old people in this caravan, with rich experience, if they can't resist, they can hide. With a lot of experience, he can completely bypass those bandits, and completely wipe away the traces behind him, and leave Shangmang Mountain safe and sound.

Even if they were unlucky to be discovered by bandits, Zhang Quan and the others decisively dropped the goods and ran away.

Although those bandits rob money and kill people, they are extremely vicious, but compared with killing people, robbery is the most important thing, so once this happens, those bandits will definitely take the goods left by them first, and Zhang Quan and the others will also Can escape calmly.

It is inevitable for the caravan to encounter this kind of thing. As long as it does not happen frequently, the Chu family will not blame them, and the loss will be returned after a few more trips.

Looking up at the sky, Zhang Quan whispered to the caravan: "Go a little further, there is a big cave ahead, let's go there to rest."

But at this moment, a voice came with a laugh: "You don't have to go, you want to rest today, so just rest here!"

Following this sound, torches were raised one by one, and the clang of weapons unsheathed came, and the dense bandits around them appeared in front of their eyes.

Zhang Quan's expression suddenly changed, what is going on?

He had just planned to take this road recently, and there were no bandit strongholds nearby.

The most important thing is that even if he was really unlucky and accidentally ran into bandits, he would still be able to detect a little movement, and these bandits clearly seemed to know their caravan route, and they were here specially waiting for them!

"run!"

Zhang Quan yelled, turned around and ran away, and the rest of the stewards and caravan people did the same, they didn't have time to think too much.

However, it was a little different from what they expected. The quality of these bandits was comparable to that of officers and soldiers. Facing the goods they left behind, these bandits didn't even look at them and killed them directly.

Moreover, among these bandits, those with strong martial arts stared at them, the stewards of the caravan, but they turned a blind eye to the warriors of the caravan.

Seeing that all the stewards in their caravan were being chased by those bandits and beheaded one by one, Zhang Quan couldn't help feeling anxious.

He gritted his teeth, pulled out a dagger, and stabbed it on the horse's hip. The horse neighed in pain and sped up.

But at this moment, an epee flew from a distance and hit Zhang Quan directly.

Although Zhang Quan was in charge of the caravan, he had only practiced some superficial boxing skills. He was able to manage the caravan all these years because of his own means, not martial arts.

When the epee hit him, he subconsciously turned his head and raised his arms to block it, but his arms were shattered, he spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell off the horse.

Behind him, Ma Kuo walked over slowly, picked up Zhang Quan who was on the ground with a frightened face, and whispered in his ear: "Zhang Quan, right? Mr. Chuxiu asked me to give you a sentence , Zhang Guanshi, go all the way!"

The moment Zhang Quan heard these words, his eyes were already filled with horror.

Got it, he got it all, the second son of the Chu family actually colluded with bandits to rob and kill his family's caravan!

But at this time, Zhang Quan had no time to resent or regret, because Ma Kuo had already pulled out a dagger, stabbed it into Zhang Quan's chest, and twisted it as hard as he could. It was all thrown on the ground.

Ma Kuo shook the blood off the dagger, waved at the rest of the bandits and said, "Go, open the goods, and see how Mr. Chu gave us the meeting gift."

Early the next morning, news came from inside the Chu family's mansion that the Chu family's caravan was robbed and killed!

There were more than 100 people in the caravan, not only all the goods were lost, but also more than 20 people. The most important thing is that among the 20 people, including three caravan stewards, none of them escaped.

The Chu family has been in business for so many years, only at the beginning of the time because they were not familiar with the small roads of Shangmang Mountain, did they cause great losses, but there has never been such a thing in recent years.

In the courtyard of the second lady, Chu Sheng had a gloomy look on his face: "Mother, do you think this matter has something to do with Chu Xiu? Manager Zhang and the others just offended Chu Xiu, but something happened here matter."

The second lady also said with a gloomy expression: "I don't know. Logically speaking, Chu Xiu should not be so courageous. If the master knows about this matter, even if he is the master's own son, the master will abolish him.

Besides, even if he had the guts, he didn't have all the energy. The bandits on Beishangmang Mountain were rebellious, so how could they listen to him? The last time I hired out a small cottage that was not well-known, it cost me 10,000 taels of silver. Where did Chu Xiu get so much money?

Before there is no evidence, don't go out and talk about this matter, otherwise it will annoy the master. "

Chu Sheng nodded, but at this moment he suddenly said: "Why don't we dig up Chu Xiu's servants and ask them if they know any clues?"

The second lady snorted coldly and said: "Then Chu Xiu became more cautious after returning from the Nanshan mining area. After returning to Chu's house, he sent the servants before him to the Nanshan mining area. He couldn't find anyone, and the only one who followed him was Gao Bei.

But that person is his confidant, since Chu Xiu keeps him by his side, he won't be afraid of us digging him up. "

A trace of unwillingness appeared on Chu Sheng's face. His opponent all along was Chu Kai, the boss of the Chu family, but he didn't expect that Chu Xiu would suddenly show up and cause him a lot of losses.

The second lady waved her hand and said: "Okay, don't complain, the master will let you discuss the matter later, say what should be said, and don't say what should not be said."

Chu Sheng nodded, turned and walked out.

The matter of the caravan is not big or small, but because it has not happened for many years, it also alarmed Chu Zongguang, and invited some stewards and Chu Xiu's sons to listen in. one time.

In the conference hall, Chu Xiu was sitting there without the slightest expression on his face, while Chu Sheng glanced at Chu Xiu occasionally, wondering what he was thinking.

The few caravan members who escaped death below still narrated what happened that night with terrified expressions on their faces, but unfortunately there was nothing of value.

They didn't even know each other's bandit number, and they didn't even see their appearance. Those gangsters would kill anyone they saw, and they only cared about running for their lives.

Chu Zongguang waved his hands a little irritably and said: "Okay, okay, I will remember the lesson this time, be careful next time, let's go, I will go back to retreat."

At this time, Chu Xiu suddenly stood up and said, "My lord, the caravan has no leader at the moment. I am willing to lead the caravan to go to Shangmang Mountain again."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was stunned, including the three brothers Chu Xiu.

Since the establishment of the Chu family in Tongzhou Mansion, except for some overt and covert fights with other family forces, the number of people who died in the caravan was the second most.

Just like this time, bad luck foresaw the robbers, so whether you can survive can only depend on luck.

Therefore, even if Chu Sheng and the others manage the caravan, they will never go with the caravan. At most, they are responsible for the deployment of the caravan's goods and so on.

Chu Zongguang frowned and said, "Why are you making trouble? You have no experience at all, how do you lead the caravan?"

Chu Xiu said in a deep voice: "Right now, the caravan is in a state of panic, if there is no one with enough weight to lead them, when will they start again?

Other things can be delayed, but the pharmacy of my Chu family can't be delayed. Some medicines in the pharmacy will be out of stock if they don't purchase them back.

As a direct descendant of the Chu family, the boy is an inspiring person, so he asks his father for permission. "

Chu Zongguang frowned, he didn't seem to expect Chu Xiu's awareness to be so high.

But after thinking about it, he still said: "Then you go, be careful."

Chu Xiu arched his hands, and walked out under the puzzled eyes of others.

The other three Chuxiu's brothers didn't care about him either. They wouldn't do such thankless and even dangerous things if they were given them for nothing.

Previously, the people of the caravan gathered in a small courtyard, dozens of people were dejected, and they were pointed out by the Chu family who came and went.

It can be said that they were really useless this time. They were robbed as soon as they entered the mountain, their belongings were not kept, and many people died.

Chu Xiu separated from the crowd and walked in. Those people were also listless. Only a few stood up, cupped their hands at Chu Xiu and said, "I've seen the second son."

Casting a glance at everyone, Chu Xiu said: "Everyone pack up, the caravan set off again, heading for the country of Yan."

Hearing this, those people immediately became anxious, and immediately someone said: "Second Young Master, we just had an accident, so why do we need to cultivate for a while, think of a countermeasure before leaving? Was it robbed?"

People from other caravans also echoed, they were really scared out of their wits.