Xiushui Town is the largest town 80 miles west of Wild Bear Ridge, and it is a place where passing merchants rest, and merchants who come and go here will also replenish their water and food, or wait for other merchants to accompany them, because the famous Wild Bear Ridge is in front of it. Merchants who often walked this road would pay a certain amount of money or goods to the militia in the town, and only in this way would the militia send people to protect the safety of these caravans across Wild Bear Ridge, and those caravans who were unwilling to pay the money had to go to Wild Bear Ridge in groups, and what awaited them was usually the bows and arrows of the mountain bandits or the earth guns and cannons.

Yu Dazhi and Daozi, dressed as Jianghu people, now live in the largest Fuyuan Inn in Xiushui Town, this two-story wooden inn is opened by the family of Zhang Zhanpeng, the leader of the militia group, the Zhang family is the largest family in Xiushui Town, not only controls the town's militia group, but also runs the inn and foot shop. Although those merchants who pass by here are dissatisfied with the money collected by the militia group, they are all praise for the Zhang family, who has been doing business for generations, at least the inns and footshops run by the Zhang family are still very fair.

"Where do we start?" The knife's mouth is full of steamed buns, the big stuffed buns in the Zhangjia Inn are delicious and cheap, the knife has been eaten several times in a row, and he is reluctant to grab two in his hand and stuff them into his mouth. In order to be able to pass through Wild Bear Ridge smoothly, the two of them climbed the mountain and walked for a whole day with things on their backs, and the knife was already hungry.

Yu Dazhi looked at the eating appearance of the knife with some disdain, poured him a bowl of water and pushed it over, "I said that you kid has not eaten steamed buns, why is it like a starving ghost, I look a little embarrassed" Looking at the fragrant eating of the knife, Yu Dazhi also grabbed one from the plate and took a bite. Well, it's good, the taste of thin skin and stuffing is also very good, in the eyes of the knife laughing, Yu Dazhi also ate several buns in one go before he stopped.

"If my guess is correct, this militia group should be related to the gang of mountain bandits, so let's stay first and quietly stare at the Zhang family," Yu Dazhi Nunu mouthed, motioning for the knife to look down from the window of the room. Outside the window of Yu Dazhi's room was the main street of Silk Town, and at this time, a team of mules and horses carrying heavy goods entered the town. "These people won't stay here for long, they must have crossed Wild Bear Ridge in the past two days, I will keep an eye on them, you will keep an eye on the militia and the Zhang family" Yu Dazhi picked up a bun and walked out of the room.

The best way to keep an eye on the caravan is to get close to them, this is Yu Dazhi's specialty, as soon as he got out of the Fuyuan Inn with a bite of the bun, Yu Dazhi collided with a middle-aged man in the caravan. "Ouch, my bun" After colliding with the middle-aged man, Yu Dazhi accidentally dropped the bun on the ground, so he looked at the half of the bun on the ground with a look of regret, which made the middle-aged man laugh a little.

"I'm sorry, brother, I really didn't see it, I'll buy a bun to compensate you" The middle-aged man pulled Yu Dazhi and walked to buy a bun to compensate Yu Dazhi. This made Yu Dazhi have a little more affection for this middle-aged man, and it is really rare for a businessman to have such a surname. And Yu Dazhi is very good at reading people, it is not difficult for this middle-aged man to see from the way he wears that he is in charge, which is why Yu Dazhi chose to collide with him.

"Forget it, forget it, I didn't see your brother coming" Yu Dazhi pretended to excuse himself, and quietly hooked the tethered horse stake on the side of the road with a clever foot, and Yu Dazhi, who had roots under his feet, stood steadily, but dragged the middle-aged man back. Caravans that go south and north often hire some good hands to escort goods, and Yu Dazhi's hand is also common, the middle-aged man only froze slightly, and he didn't think about it.

Yu Dazhi took the opportunity to let go, glanced at the mule and horse full of goods behind the middle-aged man, and then said in surprise, "It turns out that you are also foot travelers, we are still walking together" Yu Dazhi deliberately let the middle-aged man see the handle of the shell gun on his waist.

"My name is Hu Man, and I belong to the Hu family's business" The middle-aged man saw that Dazhi had a gun in his waist, but he was slightly stunned but not too surprised. People like Yu Dazhi, Hu Man has seen too much, he guessed that Yu Dazhi should be a guy who eats rivers and lakes, either he is a dart for others, or he is the role of protecting the family and protecting the hospital, but he is definitely not a bandit who robs the road. Hu Man has traveled south and north for many years, reading countless people, he believes that his eyes will not be wrong, although Yu Dazhi has a pair of restless eyes, but Hu Man did not see greed and cunning from Yu Dazhi's eyes.

"Brother Hu" Yu Dazhi followed the etiquette of the Jianghu people, clasped his fists with both hands and saluted Hu Man, "Brother Yu Chengjie, and the younger brother Cao Yun are to take care of the family, just quit the errand to do some goods and want to go to Sichuan to beg for food, today I have the fate to meet Brother Hu Man, this is also the fate of the two of us." Brother, I live in this Fuyuan Inn, if the eldest brother has time, it is better for us to get together in the evening, and I can ask the eldest brother about this transaction."

Yu Dazhi is a guy who is used to rolling on the rivers and lakes, in order to make friends with Hu Man, his words are not leaky, and he is a full of rivers and lakes. Hu Man also smiled, returned the salute to Yu Dazhi, and said with a smile, "Definitely, definitely" The young man in front of him obviously aroused Hu Man's interest and favor. There were also a few invited gunners in his caravan, and there were more than a dozen guys, and Hu Man was not worried that this young man would be unfavorable to him in Xiushui Town.

"Okay, I'll wait for your big driver, brother" Yu Dazhi saw that Hu Man had already responded, so he didn't entangle, and turned around and entered the Fuyuan Inn with both hands in his fists. When the camel team passed by just now, Yu Dazhi had already seen the gunners walking in front of Hu Man, although they were all spears made in Hanyang, but looking at the figures of those gunmen, they should also be guys who have been begging for a life on the tip of the knife for a long time. Moreover, there were several strong men in the camel caravan who also had guns, and Hu Man's men had these people, and they would definitely not pay any money to the militia group, so Yu Dazhi concluded that they would gather men to cross Wild Bear Ridge tomorrow.

"Brother, you guessed right, as soon as the camel team entered the town, I found that two boys in the militia secretly rode horses in the direction of Wild Bear Ridge, and they didn't bring any guys empty-handed" When Yu Dazhi was lying on the bed thinking about his thoughts, the sweaty knife came back. The kid chased the two guys out for a long distance, until he couldn't see the two guys with a telescope, and then the knife went down the mountain and returned to the town to find Yu Dazhi.