At this time, Bian Zhang suddenly rushed up, holding a strange object in his hand, and said loudly to the man: "If you move again, I will shoot you!" ”

Shopkeeper Cui was stunned by this sudden change, and after a long time he came back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "This strong man, two little brothers, everyone has something to say, something to say." If you want to go together, you should be honest with each other. Cui Mou first introduced himself, in the lower Boling people......"

The man didn't wait for the shopkeeper Cui to finish speaking, and he had already said in a loud voice: "It turns out that you are the caravan of the Cui family, and the Cui family and the Zhen family are called the two major families in Hebei, disrespectful, disrespectful!" It's just that I heard that His Majesty the Emperor has confiscated half of the land of the major families in Hebei, and it is incomprehensible how the shopkeeper Cui is willing to donate five carts of grain. ”

Liu Yu sneered: "Who said that their land was confiscated, it was purchased by the imperial court and distributed to those landless people." ”

Shopkeeper Cui nodded and said, "This little brother has insight. It's just that at that time, our family didn't want to sell the land, but the Zhen family took the lead first, and others didn't dare to disobey His Majesty's wishes. You don't know, this Zhen family follows the emperor the most, Zhen Yan gave his sister to the emperor, although she has not been accepted as a concubine, but she is often forbidden in and out of the palace. I heard that for the sake of this little beauty, the emperor even ...... his own son"

Bian Zhang's wrist turned, and the object in his hand was already aimed at the shopkeeper Cui, and he said angrily: "You are talking nonsense, Liu Bang is to blame, he is not worthy of being a prince at all!" ”

"Fourth brother, don't be reckless." Liu Yu didn't want to dwell too much, so as not to reveal his identity, he arched his hand towards the shopkeeper Cui and said, "Listen to the shopkeeper's meaning, I have a lot of complaints about today's saints, but you are willing to donate food, even I am a little puzzled." ”

Shopkeeper Cui hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You can't talk nonsense, there must have been some complaints at the beginning." Our Cui family has a large population and less than half of the land, although it will not make everyone hungry, but life will naturally be tight. Later, the emperor encouraged everyone to do business, and our family owner also organized two caravans to try to run to the Western Regions, and the profits were quite large, worthy of the harvest of the past year. Now, there are more than ten caravans of our Cui family, and when it comes to wealth, although the Zhen family has the support of the emperor, there is no way to compare with us. Now, our Cui family can sit firmly in the first family of Hebei, where will we complain about the emperor again, it's too late to be grateful. ”

After a pause, Shopkeeper Cui continued: "Our Cui family also has a caravan that has been poisoned by the Great Qin people. ”

Liu Yu nodded, turned to the man and said, "As soon as Shopkeeper Cui said it, I won't be puzzled. It's just that you want to join the army, why don't you participate in the conscription a few days ago, this is a little incomprehensible. ”

The man laughed loudly and said: "A certain person also told the truth, under the surname Gao Minglan, originally under Yuan Shao, His Majesty was gracious and pardoned Gao's capital crime. Only because of Gao's identity, he went to apply for the recruitment to no avail. If you want to improve your martial arts, you would rather die on the battlefield and serve the country than bury the countryside like this! ”

Shopkeeper Cui was shocked: "It turns out that you are General Gao, no wonder you are so skilled!" ”

Gao Ran turned to Liu Yu and said, "Now it's time for you to tell me who you are and what is in that wooden box." ”

Liu Yu glanced at Bian Zhang and said, "Fourth brother, you tell them." ”

Bian Zhang can pester Liu Yu to take him out, he is definitely not the kind of reckless young man, his little head is flexible, seeing Liu Yu's eyes, he immediately understood, and arched his hand like an adult, and said: "Under the surname Bian Mingzhang, this is my eldest brother, a single name Yu character, my brother is going to the west to join his relatives this time." ”

The surname Bian is not a big surname, but Shopkeeper Cui and Gao Ran don't care much about their background, but they are quite curious about the wooden box. Shopkeeper Cui frowned and said: "You don't explain what is in this box, I'm afraid there will be some trouble when you clear the customs, or open it for us to see, so don't worry." ”

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Don't hide it from the two of you, I don't know what is in here." This was entrusted to us by a relative, and it was specifically stated that we should not dismantle and see it along the way. I beg your pardon for being a loyal person entrusted by others. However, rest assured, there is nothing forbidden in this. ”

Actually, what he said was not right, don't say that Fang Tian painted a halberd, that is, ordinary people possessing spears and broadswords are considered to be against the laws of the Han Dynasty. Although Liu Xin did not confiscate civilian weapons like Qin Shi Huang, he also imposed strict restrictions, and ordinary people could only possess swords, waist knives, hunting bows, and other weapons with limited lethality, and other weapons were forbidden. So Gao Ran only had a wooden stick and a waist knife with him, but he didn't have the spear he was used to.

However, Gao Ran is a bold person, Liu Yu's "entrusted by others to be a loyal person" is very much to his appetite, and he can't help but persuade: "Shopkeeper Cui, don't you have more than a dozen truckloads of goods?" A wooden box mixed in is inconspicuous. ”

In fact, I don't know how many times this road Cui shopkeeper has gone, and the inspection at the pass is not very strict, otherwise there are so many caravans coming and going from the south to the north every day, when will they be able to pass? He just used words to scare and scare the little brothers. Now, even Gao Ran said this, and the shopkeeper Cui was also happy to push the boat, and said repeatedly: "That's, that's." Little brother, you put the box away, let's go in and have two drinks. ”

Liu Yu and Bian Zhang are still children, so naturally they don't know how to drink, and Gao Ran wants to rush to the Western Regions as soon as possible, and the shopkeeper Cui also has so many goods to take care of, so they only drank two or three glasses, and everyone had some food casually and decided to rush overnight.

Even in the peaceful world now, it is impossible for the thieves to disappear, and it may be better during the day, but at night these ghosts will emerge from all corners of the world. Therefore, unless there is a relatively large caravan, under normal circumstances, merchants will wait until dawn before leaving. However, Shopkeeper Cui drank some wine today, and Gao Ran was by his side, and the pair of little brothers didn't seem to be idle, and they were much bolder, so they decided to set off overnight. Businessmen make heavy profits, and if they arrive at their destination one day earlier, they can make a day's money early, and if they make a few more trips, the profits will roll in.

Out of Maoling City, more than a dozen cars walked through the village and town, but the road was surprisingly quiet, not to mention robbers, not even a petty thief. As soon as I inquired, I found out that there have been troops passing by in the past few days, and the thieves have heard the wind and fled, who will hit the knife at this time. Therefore, this time is the safest.

At dawn, the group had already arrived in Longxian County, which belonged to Hanyang County, Liangzhou, and was much more deserted than Maoling. Shopkeeper Cui looked up at the glimmer of exposure coming out of Dongfang, turned around and asked, "General Gao, two little brothers." Do you think you should go into the city for a short rest, or continue on your way? ”

Gao Ran was anxious to show his skills in front of the army, and said without thinking: "While the morning is cool, let's hurry more." ”

Liu Yu was also worried that the palace would send someone to chase after him, so he echoed it.

Although it is early summer now, but this year's drought in the north, the weather is already very hot, if you wait for the sun to rise, it is even more hot and unbearable, for the caravan traveling far away, it is only to use the cool time in the morning and evening to hurry, now with the addition of Gao Ran and Liu Yu brothers, there is no need to worry about the night, Cui shopkeeper naturally obeyed them, nodded, and shouted to the guys: "Brothers, cheer up, work hard, and rush to Pingxiang City for breakfast!" ”

The group walked forward for more than ten miles, and suddenly there was a rush of horses' hooves behind them. Shopkeeper Cui was very vigilant, and hurriedly got up, holding a canopy and looking eastward. I saw smoke and dust in the distance, and hundreds of horses seemed to be galloping towards me.

Now unlike in the past, the Han Dynasty has completely controlled the entire grassland, the supply of horses is sufficient, the slightly wealthier families can raise three or five good horses, and the caravans from the south to the north have all been replaced by carriages. It was the main trade route, and large caravans with hundreds of horses could be found everywhere. Take the Cui family as an example, the caravan he led was the smallest, and the largest one was as many as six hundred camels.

Despite this, Shopkeeper Cui still did not take it lightly, and reminded in a low voice: "General Gao, the people in the back are not good, and you need to be more careful." ”

Although Liu Yu and the two little brothers have the strength to do things, they are children after all in the eyes of Shopkeeper Cui, and they still have to rely on veterans like Gao Ran when they encounter major events.

Gao Ran also felt that these hundreds of horsemen were coming too fast, not like an ordinary caravan, if it wasn't for the imperial army, it was likely to be a strong horse bandit. Although a large number of horse bandits have disappeared in recent years, now that the war has broken out again in the west, it is inevitable that some people will return to their old business and fish in troubled waters.

Before the shopkeeper Cui finished speaking, Gao Ran had already jumped out of the car, untied the reins, and pulled out a horse. Although this horse is not as good as the war horse he used to ride, it is better than nothing, and it can finally show his kung fu.

The hundreds of riders came so fast that they could be seen clearly in the blink of an eye. The first one wore red armor and red robes, and a fiery horse on his crotch, which looked like a fire from a distance. Around him were dozens of horsemen, all in white clothes and white armor, sitting on white horses, and behind him were hundreds of knights in black clothes and black armor.

Gao Ran was carrying a wooden stick and was eager to try, and when he saw this situation, he hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper Cui, hurry up and take everyone to retreat to the side of the road." ”

Shopkeeper Cui was surprised: "Could it be that even General Gao can't resist the enemy?" ”

Gao Ran shook his head and said: "This is the army of the imperial court, if it is a horse bandit, how can it be so neatly equipped, if nothing else, it will be difficult to get together dozens of white horses." ”

Shopkeeper Cui suddenly realized, and hurriedly commanded the guys to rush the carriage to the side of the road.

By this time, the cavalry had come closer. The fiery knight reined in his horse with a "whoosh", his eyes swept over the faces of the caravan like a torch, and then he whispered, "Go!" ”

Only then did Shopkeeper Cui realize that the red-clothed knight was actually a woman, but her expression was cold, which made people dare not face it.

With the woman in red shouting, everyone rode past the caravan. Shopkeeper Cui couldn't help but make an even more astonishing discovery, those knights in white were actually beautiful young women, while those black-clothed knights were all big men, all of whom were eight feet tall. This cavalry is definitely not an ordinary army.

At this moment, a white knight suddenly broke away from the brigade and went straight to the caravan.