The bandits don't dare to clash head-on, so they always do something stealing. Especially at night, problems can arise if you are not careful. This is the usual trick of the bandits, they are wolves, if they can swallow the fat sheep in one bite after seeing it, if not, then follow it all the time, just wait for the slightest negligence of the sheep, they will catch the hole, no matter how big or small it is meat.

In just two days, Su Ren lost ten silk horses and three charioteers. There was a lot of silk in the cargo, and the loss of ten horses was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket, but the chariotemen who drove the cart were numerous, and the loss of one or that carriage or ox cart could not keep up with the team. This time on a long trip, Su Ren was very thoughtful, and the coachmen he selected were also the best at driving, such a person was a baby, not to mention finding more than a hundred, and almost all the driving styles in Chang'an City were taken away, and now the loss of three is distressing.

Now that there were dead people, the atmosphere in the convoy became strange, and no one dared to leave the camp at night, and no one dared to leave alone, even if the guards went out, they were in groups. Su Ren was very pleased with this situation, when he went out of the city, he had already been ordered three times, and he couldn't act alone, but no one listened to him, and now everyone finally learned to behave.

Every night, one or two people who want to sneak up on the convoy are caught, whether they are staying in the town store or camping in the wilderness, and some people will always pop up, and even take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble by pretending to be beggars and street vendors.

Hawking was very angry, threw a black and thin guy on the ground, and kicked again: "This dog wanted to touch it just now, if he hadn't found it earlier, I'm afraid he would have succeeded, and he mixed in as a porter who delivered firewood, and he resisted when he was caught, and he didn't say anything." ”

Su Ren glanced at that guy, he was very obscene, with a big mouth and small eyes, and he was not a good person at first glance. Su Ren squatted down and studied the person carefully, then looked up and asked Hawking: "Did you find anything?" ”

Hawking shook his head: "There is nothing, even the teeth are seen, there is no weapon and no poison." ”

"Is it really a firewood deliverer?" Hong Cheng looked at the guy suspiciously.

Hawking snorted coldly: "This guy's hands are rough, and he does look like a woodcutter, but those eyes know at a glance that this guy has killed people, and there is no good person who has killed people." ”

Su Ren looked left and right, the guy lying on the ground was wearing sackcloth, straw sandals on his feet, there were traces of the burden on his shoulders, and his hands were very rough, no matter how he looked at it, he was not the slightest surprise at the chopping wood, but a wound on his left arm was a little strange. The crook of the arm is the weakest part of the joints in the human body, no matter how you get injured, it will not hurt here, just like the neck of the person, once these two places are injured, the person will not be far from death, but the left arm of the person is injured in the crook of the arm.

The man was tied strongly, and his arms were twisted just enough to leak out. Su Ren reached out and touched it, took out the short sword from his arms, and lightly slashed at the man's wound, and blood immediately flowed out of the wound. The blood was black, and there was still yellow pus inside, which looked a little disgusting. The scar was peculiar, three inches long and regular.

The man kept humming on the ground, still shouting that he was a commoner, just a firewood seller, and even clamored to go to the government to sue Su Ren and them.

Reaching out and touching the crook of the man's arm, in full view of everyone, Su Ren shoved two fingers into the man's wound, and soon took out something from it, with blood and minced flesh on it. The man was sweating profusely in pain. Su Ren glanced at it slightly, then held the thing in his hand, and said to Hawking: "Go, search all the people who have been caught these days, this time more carefully." ”

Hawking was overjoyed, hehe smiled and went down to work. Hong Cheng stretched his neck to see what Su Ren was holding in his hand, but Su Ren kept holding it in his hand and didn't let go when he washed his hands, which made Hong Cheng a little disappointed. Su Ren still said the rules of the caravan, and it was still the same sentence, the shopkeepers of each family were optimistic about their own manpower, and they were absolutely not allowed to act alone, and the guards must go out in groups of three, and the rest should be at least five people.

Hawking went fast and came back quickly. When Hawking returned, all the people in the big tent were gone, leaving only Han Qing. Hawking stretched out his hand and threw a few bloody things in his palm on Su Ren's table: "Everyone has it, the hiding place is different, and the patterns on it are different, and they are roughly divided into two categories, birds and beasts, and most of them are beasts." ”

Su Ren looked at the few things on the table: "That's right, the two talents are correct." ”

Han Qingdao: "Since they are not bandits, where did the bandits go?" This time we don't have the thorns to gather for us, these bandits are probably already united, waiting for us in the dangerous place ahead. ”

Su Ren said: "This is the reason why I am ready to stay in Chencang, those people will never let go of the good opportunity to take advantage of the bandits, they are most like seeing that after we are both defeated, they are profiting from the fisherman, when I am leaving, I already want to fly pigeons in Shu to pass the book, and when we arrive in Chencang, there will be more reinforcements." ”

"And what about the flies that follow you?" Hawking is very irritable about recent events, and he doesn't like people who do things on the sly.

"There's no way, as long as they don't form a group, we can't help others, just endure it! Fortunately, it is not too far from Chen Cang, only a few days. ”

"This is too embarrassing, we weren't like this before!"

Han Qing said with a smile: "Mr. almost cut off the roots of these people in Chang'an, just let the family take revenge, and besides, there is no trace of our goods in this convoy, even if we are robbed by others, we will not lose much." ”

"That's not going to work, I can't swallow this breath!" Hawking went out indignantly.

Su Ren shook his head and washed the things that Hawking had brought in the basin of water. Plus the piece in his hand, there are a total of eight, six pieces of bamboo made of badges, not round but placed, the graphics are more square, the top is dominated by animals, tigers, bears, rabbits and everything. The other two pieces are very finely made, they are carved from jade, of course, they don't have to be beautiful in the jade plate of Ebony Cliff, and the workmanship is still relatively fine. Whether it is a jade plate or a bamboo plate, it is a thin slice the size of a thumb cap, which can be stuffed into the body without accidents.

Han Qing said: "These people's movements are really fast enough, we were bitten as soon as we got out of the city!" ”

Su Ren shook his head: "It's not that people are fast, but people are preparing early, even if we don't leave, people will compete with us in Chang'an, this time it was we who preemptively hit them by surprise, if you wait for others to launch first, it will not be good." ”

Han Qing nodded and said, "Timely rain sent the news, those two old guys are around, ask if you want to do it now." ”

Su Ren said: "It's not the time yet, it's still too close to Chang'an, let's talk about it when we get out of Yumen Pass." ”

After the discovery of the jade and bamboo plaques, the number of raids on the caravan immediately decreased. All the way to Chencang, there were no caravans stolen or dead. The heart that has been hanging is completely let go, starting from Chencang, it has left the Weihe Plain, and further west it will enter the vast Gobi, and it will also go out of the sphere of influence of the bandits in the northern plains, so everyone is not too worried.

Gou Tianming had been waiting in Chencang for a long time with the vulture and leopard, and after they received Su Ren's news, they rushed to Chencang in the starry night, and they were accompanied by five hundred veterans who had retreated. According to Gou Tianming, they are now old, and they can't go to the battlefield or fight, so they can only follow Su Ren to the Western Regions to see if they can mix some money and live the rest of their lives comfortably.

Su Ren laughed and hugged Gou Tianming, the original second leader of the bandits now has a little gray hair on his head, although his body is more rickety, it looks even uglier, but the light in his eyes is cooler. Bent over, standing there, with a sword in his hand, anyone with a little vision knows that this old fellow is not easy to mess with.

The people who followed Gou Tianming were basically all those bandits who started with Su Ren, and these people were still unwilling to live a peaceful life in their bones. Although life has been good over the years, and some of them have wives and children, the emptiness in their hearts is getting stronger and stronger. Su Yi's letter immediately made their wildness burst out, Gou Tianming greeted, whether it was a business or a petty business, or a petty official, he immediately threw down the things in his hand, and rode a horse with a knife from Shu County to Chencang in one go.

After greeting Su Ren for a while, Gou Tianming beckoned, and two old pawns came over with a fat man, his mouth was tightly gagged, and he was still struggling. Gou Tianming said: "This guy who just came to Chen Cang is nearby, and he was arrested as soon as he got it, I don't know if it is the person Mr. wants." ”

"Flower horses?"

Gou Tianming shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't had time to ask." ”

Han Qing gave Gou Tianming a salute: "It is said that Huama united more than a dozen bandits with no less than eight hundred people, and a few of them were caught so easily?" ”

Gou Tianming smiled: "These are also called bandits? You ask sir, how brave the Yuanshan thieves were back then, not to mention them, the mountain bandits in our Shu are more bloody than these guys, I haven't rushed with people, half of them ran away, really killed people, and those who stayed were less than one of them, this guy still had some blood, so he caught a live one. ”

Listening to Gou Tianming's words was relaxed, but everyone present knew what kind of scene it would be. Hawking laughed: "Uncle Gou is really not old, we don't pay attention to the 100,000 yuan mountain thieves, this bandit on the northern plains is a fucking woman!" ”

Hanama wanted to refute, but said it. A pair of eyes stared at Su Ren fiercely, and his chest fell together, looking extremely angry. The corners of his eyes were cracked, but no one paid attention to him, which made the arrogant flower horse unbearable.

The vulture kicked the flower horse in the crook of the leg, and the flower horse involuntarily knelt down. The vulture clasped his fist at Su Ren and saluted: "Sir, what should these guys do?" ”

Su Ren smiled: "What should I do?" Since they dare to attack our idea, they should have expected the end. ”

The vulture smiled, glanced at the leopard, and the two of them smiled and pulled the flower horse down.