At the same moment, near the official road where Zhiwen and the others had been far away, a small group of people led the horses, wearing iron helmets like lightning rods, and looked at the bonfires like stars in the distance.

"I thought that the northwest of the Ming Kingdom was desolate, but I didn't expect there to be so many people." One said in Manchu.

A man who was squatting on the ground and carefully observed stood up and said, "Those two Mongolian people are treacherous, they must have run to live happily somewhere, and their horses are from here, shall we catch up and see?" With so many people, how many things can you grab? ”

"Smack!" The first person to speak gave the man a whip, "Fool, how much money can you rob when you go, and you won't scare these people away?" ”

The man who had been whipped did not dare to reply.

The man continued, "Let's go back and report the situation, and tomorrow we will serve all these people in one pot, so many people, just by virtue of our report of the news, can we still divide dozens of people to do Aha?" When the time comes, won't all their belongings be ours? ”

"That's right!" The others laughed.

"With these people as Ahha, are you still worried that no one will plant your land?" The man said again.

"Yes, yes," the beaten man nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Ezhen, do you care about those two Mengren?" ”

"It's not our banner people, it's gone, if it's gone, if you don't have enough manpower, just find a small Mongolian tribe and ask for some. Let's go back, it's still a long way off. ”

Then the sound of a horse's hooves faded away.

......

"Zheng Gongzi, come down to eat." Old man Liu raised his head and shouted at Zhiwen, who was standing on horseback.

"Here we are." Zhiwen agreed, jumped off the horse, and came to the fire.

Today they were on the road for more than an hour and had to take a little rest, it was noon, and they also found a place to make a fire and cook.

If there is no such thing as the previous day, if you ignore it like that, the horse will not be able to stand it, after all, there are only two more horses to rotate.

Zhou Chengyun also roughly concluded that Jiannu didn't have time to pay attention to the two Mongolian Tatars, and probably didn't even care too much about whether they were dead or alive.

"Are you alright?" Zhou Chengyun asked.

"It's okay, Brother Zhou." Zhiwen picked up the bowl and replied.

Although the possibility of chasing soldiers is very small, Zhiwen is still very cautious, and he takes the initiative to be vigilant when resting.

Zhiwen continued, "Just now when I looked northwest on horseback, I could faintly see some blue hills. ”

"I guess it's almost there." Liu Cai interjected, "We should be able to reach the range of Taihang Mountain at dusk." ”

When Zhou Chengyun heard this, he was obviously relieved, "After entering Taihang Mountain, we can be regarded as really safe." ”

"Why do you say that, Brother Zhou?" Kewang asked puzzled.

"You think, it's all mountains, and it's not easy for this cavalry to run, and even if the Tartars come, we can deal with them, right?"

"Oh! That's the reason. Kewang suddenly realized.

"Besides," Zhou Chengyun sneered suddenly, "If my expectations are correct, the Tartars will not enter the security guards and the Xuan Mansion to make trouble." ”

"Gongzi Zhou," but it was Liu Laohan who spoke, "I have seen this security guard and the soldiers of Xuanfu, if there is no Great Wall, even the opponents of the Mongols are not the enemy, can they still stop Jiannu?" ”

Everyone looked at Zhou Chengyun in unison, waiting for his answer, especially Zhiwen.

"This is going to talk about the eight major grain merchants in northern Shanxi first, do you all know it?" Zhou Chengyun asked.

Zhiwen and Kewang nodded first, and when they saw that the Liu father and son hesitated slightly, they also nodded, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Uncle Liu, do you know too?" ”

"Hey, isn't it the Fan family, that guy, the pomp is very big, every time the food makes us greedy, I just don't dare..."

Before Liu Laohan finished speaking, Liu Cai covered his mouth, "Dad, don't talk nonsense!" At the same time, he sighed and almost said the word "robbery".

Zhou Chengyun always thought that the father and son had fled with Zhiwen and them, but now they don't seem to be very similar, but he didn't say much, but continued:

"It's good to know, these eight families not only sell forbidden things to Jiannu, help Jiannu survive the food shortage, but also sell stolen goods for Jiannu, you say, Jiannu is willing to move them?"

"Brother Zhou, what do you mean...?" Zhiwen faintly understood in his heart.

"That's right, the old nest of the eight families, is in Zhangjiakou Fort at the northern end of the Xuanfu, Xuanfu and the security are considered their sphere of influence, unless there is any unexpected situation, I think the Jiannu will not enter these two places, move their dogs, and the stolen gold, silver and jewelry can't be eaten, if you want to exchange it for food and ordnance, you have to rely on these eight families."

I see!

I didn't expect to come around and around to the Fan family's sphere of influence, but I don't know how long Fan Yongdou's death can be covered up, it seems that sooner or later I will have to fight with the Fan family.

This place was chosen by Song Xiance, he has a grudge against the Fan family, could it be that he deliberately found such a place, so that everyone can help him take revenge, but there is a possibility.

But if you want to do a wool business, there should be no better place than the Zhuolu Mountain area, whatever, right, right, the business is bigger, even if there is no previous grudge, it is estimated that the Fan family will be targeted and become an enemy.

Thinking of this, Zhiwen was relieved, and he found that there was actually an advantage here, that is, Jiannu and Tatar would not easily attack because of the existence of the eight major grain merchants, and there was one less big trouble invisibly.

"Little Brother Zheng!" Zhou Chengyun woke Zhiwen up from his contemplation, "What are you stunned about?" ”

"Oh! Brother Zhou, are you a little bit at odds with the Fan family? Zhiwen suddenly thought that Fan Yongdou died in Yanjia Village, if he was found by the Fan family, I don't know if he would count the account on Zhou Chengyun's head, alas, the fire in Yanjia Village, I don't know if it helped him or tricked him.

"Well, there are some festivals, mainly because I can't get used to their behavior of financing enemies for money."

"Let's go." Zhou Chengyun stood up, he didn't really want to talk about this topic, in fact, in the battle between the grain merchants in northern Jin, he was at a disadvantage, "It's better for us to rush to Taihang Mountain as soon as possible." ”

The eight men again rode their horses and headed northwest.

After running for more than an hour, I really saw the cyan mountains of Taihang Mountain, just looking at the mountains and running dead horses, if you want to enter the mountains, I am afraid that it is really as Liu Cai said, you have to be dusk.

At this time, the sun was already in the west, and Zhiwen estimated that according to the time of the later generations, it should be around three o'clock in the afternoon.

"Junior Brother Zheng," Zhou Chengyun shouted, "let's take a rest, raise our horsepower, and then rush into Taihang in one go." ”

During the break, Zhiwen stood on horseback and watched around as usual, and still found nothing, but not finding it was the best news.

It's just that when he was about to get back on the road, Zhou Chengyun's face suddenly changed, he knelt on the ground, and put his ear on a piece of ground that was still dry.