Late at night when Li Guo entered Hequ City, Huang Xiu and Gu Ying arranged the camp and set up the secret sentry, and then went to sleep in their respective tents.

Huang Xiu was asleep when she suddenly heard someone outside whispering, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law." "It's Gu Ying.

Huang Xiu took a while to react, this was calling her.

Huang Xiu's identity as a woman is known to everyone, and she lives in Li Guo's house every day, saying that Huang Xiu and Li Guo have nothing to do with each other, and no one will believe it if they say that it is broken. Although Gu Ying and Li Guo are not relatives, he, like Liu Tichun, has grown up with Li Guo since he was a child, and has always regarded Li Guo as a brother. Huang Xiu is from Li Guo's house, and it is not an exaggeration for Gu Ying to call her sister-in-law. Moreover, Gu Ying was respectful to Huang Xiu and completely obeyed Huang Xiu's command.

"Sister-in-law!" Gu Ying shouted softly again.

"What's the matter?" Huang Xiu asked, quickly put on his clothes and walked out of the tent.

"Sister-in-law, the sentry reported that there were many cows and sheep in the distance, and it seemed that some people were driving the cattle and sheep to this side. I have ordered the soldiers to prepare for the battle or to go, and I have asked my sister-in-law to show me. Gu Ying said respectfully.

"Really?" Huang Xiu was a little caught off guard by this unexpected situation, and it stands to reason that they should take refuge so as not to affect the safety of Li Guo who entered the city. However, the tent of more than 200 people was not moved away.

"Prepare for battle." Huang Xiu ordered.

It turns out that this is the border between Shanxi, Shaanxi and Mongolia, and although the border is well guarded, there are still people who come and go here. In order to survive, some people ran to the territory of Mongolia, which is the so-called Xikou. And there are others who are generous in entering and exiting the gates, that is, merchants.

For a long time, people have called the Great Wall outside the meanders and the west mouth of the mouth. There was nothing else outside the mouth, some were Mongolian cattle and sheep. The people in Shanxi and Shanxi like to eat beef and mutton, and some merchants even send cattle and sheep outside the mouth to the capital. The cattle and sheep outside the mouth eat abundant water and grass, coupled with the grazing of the nomadic tribes, so that the cattle and sheep outside the mouth are fat but not greasy, and there is no smell, which is extremely famous.

There is no other way to transport cattle and sheep from outside the mouth but to drive!

Generally speaking, a shopkeeper will bring some guards and then hire some walkers. Those walkers are responsible for herding the sheep. The custom of herding sheep did not gradually disappear until modern times. At that time, the strength to drive sheep was basically a large business, and a small family caught up with two sheep, and half of the sheep was robbed, not to mention, and it was even possible to lose their lives.

And those merchants who traded with foreign countries were all good, and they maintained close relations with the famous peasant army and the government, and these merchants were Shanxi people, that is, Jin merchants. This qiē is controlled by the most famous Shanxi Eight Masters of the Jin Dynasty.

The batch of sheep that rushed over today is the goods of the Fan family, the most powerful of the eight families in Shanxi. Because he heard that the peasant army in Shaanxi was going to enter the river meander, Fan Yongdong, the owner of the Fan family, decided to drive a group of cattle and sheep before the peasant army entered the river meander. Fan Yongdong's vision has always been good, and no one is willing to transport cattle and sheep in a short period of time, and he believes that the price of mutton will definitely rise. Therefore, the sheep that the Fan family drove over from outside the mouth this time were the largest batch.

Responsible for managing the sheep is the Fan family's shopkeeper Qian Duoduo, Qian Duoduo was originally the big shopkeeper of the Fan family, because of the strict disagreement with the owner Fan Yongdong on some principled matters, so he changed from the big shopkeeper to a second- or third-rate small role. The reason for their disagreement was the Manchu Qing, and the Manchu Qing at this time was called Houjin.

Fan Yongdong is a pure businessman, two words, make money. Although the Ming Dynasty and the Manchus were in a state of hostility, Fan Yongdong ignored them and still traded with the Manchus. This was originally a businessman for profit, but Fan Yongdong actually acted as a spy for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and told the Manchus everything he knew about the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

This is intolerable to the big shopkeeper Qian Duoduo, although Qian Duoduo is a businessman, but firmly believes that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. What is more important is that there is absolutely no ambiguity in the general interests of the nation.

Because there is a lot of money to do business and do business, there are indeed unique things. Therefore, even if Fan Yongdong and Qian Duoduo had a strict disagreement, Fan Yongdong was not willing to drive Qian out of the Fan family, but sent Qian Duoduo to the commercial route of Xikou, and his status was much lower as a punishment. Qian Duoduo didn't care, because he didn't want to do it for the Fan family!

However, Qian Duoduo was not in the caravan driving sheep at this time, and he had already led a few guards to the front town patrol to make a front stop for the caravan. After entering the mouth, Qian Duoduo heard that the peasant army of Shaanxi was coming to Hequ, so he urged the caravan to move forward quickly, and he rushed to the front of the caravan from time to time to make preparations, so that the caravan could rest quickly after it arrived, and then hurry quickly.

Now leading the caravan to drive the sheep was the captain of the guard, with a dozen guards and more than thirty walkers, and they relaxed after entering the mouth. Now the peasant army in Shaanxi has not yet arrived, and on the ground in Shanxi, the merchants are in close contact with the government, even ordinary merchants have one or two backers, not to mention that this is the goods of the famous Fan family, who dares to rob them?

But wrong, the caravan met Huang Xiu and Gu Ying, who didn't know anything. Of course, if Li Guo was here, they wouldn't be able to run.

When the rumbling hooves of horses were remembered, the captain of the guard, who was dozing off on horseback, came to his senses, not good! There are robbers.

"We are from the Fan family in Shanxi!" The captain of the guard shouted loudly in the darkness.

"Fuck you? Love whoever you are! Lao Tzu is a man of the Governor of the Three Sides, Lord Hong Chengchou. There was a whispered voice in the darkness, it was Huang Xiu.

"Oh, my own people, our owner Fan Yongdong and the trilateral supervisor Lord Lu Jiuming are close friends, don't misunderstand." The captain of the guard played the card, since he was Hong Chengchou's person, he was not afraid. Although Hong Chengchou is the governor of the three sides, Lu Jiuming, the great eunuch who can be the chief eunuch of the trilateral supervision army, is connected to the sky.

But things did not go as the captain of the guard thought, this group of soldiers came fiercely, the two guards unconsciously took the knife and gestured twice, and were immediately cut off the horse, the captain of the guard immediately did not dare to move, and the two clever steps secretly fell to the ground and pretended to be dead.

The captain of the guard secretly scolded in his heart, grandma's, the people who dared to cut the Fan family, they were impatient.

With a whistle, the caravan was disarmed.

"I want to see your heads!" The captain of the escort was pulled off his horse, fell and couldn't help but get angry.

The torches were lit, and the captain of the guard was brought to the junior colonel. The captain of the guard looked at this little colonel, he was thin and thin, and his eyebrows were still beautiful.

"We are from the Fan family!" Seeing that the little colonel in front of him was not fierce, the captain of the guard shouted.

"We are friends with Lord Lu Jiuming!" The captain of the guard became more and more relaxed.

"Please let us go immediately, I'm sure we can still be friends!" The Captain continued.

"Shut up!" The thin little colonel swished out his waist knife, and the captain of the guard immediately closed his mouth, "I want to let you go, but I don't know if my adults want to let you go!" ”

"Official, your old noble surname, who is the adult of your family? When you go out, you just ask for some money, so why be angry? The captain's voice softened.

"My name is Huang Xiu, and my family's surname is Li! If you can't let it go, you have to wait! After Huang Xiu finished speaking, the captain of the guard wanted to ask again, Huang Xiu waved his hand, and the wolf-like soldiers pounced and tied up all the caravan personnel, including the captain of the guard.

At this time, in the town ahead, the shopkeeper Qian Duoduo had already settled and was ready to meet the caravan.

Qian Duoduo wanted to lie down and rest for a while, he was very tired during this time. But as soon as Qian Duoduo closed his eyes, he was immediately woken up.

"What's the matter?" Qian Duoduo asked.

"Shopkeeper, the caravan has been robbed!"

Qian Duoduo fluttered and stood up from the bed. Qian Duoduo is a very business-minded person, and although this sheep trade will be his last business activity in the Fan family in Shanxi, Qian Duoduo still has to do it well, and if something goes wrong this time, it will undoubtedly have a bad impact on his reputation. Reputation, for businessmen, is more important than life.

It was the two Jianbu who pretended to be dead who fled to Qian Duoduo to report the news, and Qian Duoduo carefully inquired about what happened. Jianbu only knew that it was Hong Chengchou's border army who robbed the sheep, and the rest really didn't know.

Hong Chengchou's people are easier to handle, but I'm afraid it's fake, Qian Duoduo thought of this possibility. But Qian Duoduo must deal with it personally, even if there is danger, it is the responsibility of the shopkeeper.

"Bring some money and come with me!" Qian Duoduo commanded. Qian Duoduo thought to himself, since he had encountered this incident, he would definitely lose some money and sheep.

But Qian Duoduo soon regretted coming to this trip, because when Qian Duoduo came to visit Huang Xiu with gifts, Qian Duoduo and his entourage only had time to give Huang Xiushen a salute, and before they could say anything, they were tied up and locked up by Wuhua Da.

Qian Duoduo saw the captain of the guard who was being held.

The captain of the guard asked Qian Duoduo, "What should I do with the shopkeeper?" ”

Qian Duoduo shook his head, "Okay, the owner is familiar with it, and he will definitely save us." Qian Duoduo never thought that not only would he not be rescued here, but his fate would change dramatically.

And Huang Xiu never met with the captured caravan personnel again, not because he didn't want to, but because he didn't know how to deal with it. It's all closed, so let's leave it to Li Guo to deal with.

On the third day, Huang Xiu and the others ate the slaughtered mutton, and the sound of horses' hooves and smoke and dust were heard in the distance. The soldiers who were on guard observed for a while and told Huang Xiu, "It's from our peasant army." ”

Huang Xiu jumped on the war horse and drew his knife, "Take out your weapons, prepare for battle, protect our sheep, whoever dares to rob the sheep, kill him!" ”

Gu Ying asked, "What if it's Li Zicheng's people?" ”

"Whether it's Li Zicheng, or Wang Gao Yingxiang, even if the big boss Wang Jiayin comes, it won't work!" Huang Xiu glared, "These sheep have to be dealt with by our master, and when he sees that we have caught so many sheep, maybe he will reward us." Huang Xiu said Li Guo, his eyes became gentle, and under his uniform, his beautiful face had a stubborn expression, which was very good-looking.