Yuan Heng saw that he was stopped, and he was a little confused for a while, until the soldiers who led the team took off their helmets, revealing a somewhat familiar face, that Yuan Heng recognized him as Liu Wu, the general of the team of soldiers who had saved them from the horse thieves before.

Liu Wu turned over and got off the horse and walked to Yuan Heng's side, Yuan Heng also got off the carriage, the two stood together and exchanged a few words, although Yuan Heng had tried his best to change the topic, Liu Wu still had to open the door of their carriage, saying that it was a routine check.

Yuan Heng didn't know the situation in the carriage, but when Lu Zhicheng was still sitting in the carriage, he was anxious but he couldn't show it on the surface, but his hand was quietly placed on the scabbard, just waiting for Liu Wu to be in trouble, and he would be hard with them.

After pushing open the carriage door, Yang Liang and Chen Lu, who were playing and playing, stopped, and made an ignorant look, the position where the two were sitting was just enough to block the messy package behind them, Liu Wu's eyes swept around the carriage, and found that there was nothing suspicious, so he closed the carriage door with a smile.

Only then did he explain apologetically, it turned out that their guards had received a report that a caravan from Zhao had lost people, and it was estimated that they had escaped without permission, and it was likely that they were still staying in Yuncheng, so the carriage out of the city should also be strictly checked.

Yuan Heng nodded, indicating understanding, the two exchanged a few more words, Yuan Heng said that he was in a hurry, Liu Wu did not stop him, and let him leave.

After the carriage drove out of Liu Wu's sight, Yang Liang and Chen Lu hurriedly took the quilt and luggage pressed on Lu Zhicheng's body to the side, and Lu Zhicheng, who had been hiding under the quilt, was finally able to breathe fresh air again.

However, nervousness is nervousness, and there is still no danger in getting out of the city.

Soon the gate of Yuncheng was getting farther and farther away from them, and Lu Zhicheng felt very uncomfortable staying with the two children, so he ran outside to catch up with Yuan Heng.

The two sat together, and they had to talk about the past, but Yuan Heng and Lu Zhicheng were natives of Zhao State, so they naturally spoke with a Zhao State accent, and people who had never heard of it, such as Chen Lu, it was quite difficult to understand.

A cart of four people rushed forward in the endless and endless loess highlands, and soon the sky gradually darkened, under the persuasion of Lu Zhicheng, Yuan Heng also decided to rest for a while, he couldn't think about running a carriage all day, otherwise the horses would be tired.

A few people simply ate something, and Yuan Heng announced that everyone was going to continue on their way.

Walking and walking, before the sun was about to set, Yuan Heng and Lu Zhicheng seemed to have discovered something amazing, stopped the carriage, and carefully observed the traces on the ground.

Yang Liang also followed them to observe the traces on the ground, and found that the footsteps were very disordered, but there were still obvious traces of wheels in the direction of the wheels.

Yuan Heng and Lu Zhicheng were overjoyed, thinking that it would be good now, it would take no effort to get here, and it seemed that the caravan should not have gone far.

The weather in Yuncheng is very typical inland weather, the sun is bright during the day, the night is cold and dry, and the temperature difference of the day is often more than 20 degrees, even Yang Liang and Chen Lu, who were lying in the carriage covered with a thick quilt, were awakened by freezing, not to mention Yuan Heng and Lu Zhicheng, who were driving the carriage outside.

Yuan Heng is okay, after all, he is a person who practices martial arts, he is still relatively frost-resistant, and his tolerance for cold weather is relatively high, but Lu Zhicheng sitting next to him is different, he is just a weak scholar, and naturally he does not have the ability to resist cold like Yuan Heng, but he has a stubborn personality, and he stubbornly thinks that he is dragging Yuan Heng down, so he is unwilling to sit in the carriage, and he has to accompany Yuan Heng to drive a horse outside.

The unpolluted air in ancient times was very fresh, the sky looked very dark and pure, and the stars seemed to be more dazzling than in modern times.

Yang Liang, who was awakened by the cold, put on a thick cotton coat, opened the window of the carriage, looked at the night sky outside, his head was empty, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Yuan Heng, who was driving the carriage in front, heard the movement of the window opening behind, so he gently pulled the reins to slow down the horse, and then looked back and saw Yang Liang wearing a thick cotton suit, looking up at the sky in a daze, and there was nothing abnormal, so he tightened the reins again to make the horse move faster.

However, Yang Liang, who had developed a good habit of work and rest, was still not used to staying up late, so he got up and looked at the stars for a while, then retracted the quilt and fell asleep.

When Yang Liang and the others woke up the next day, Yuan Heng had already stopped the carriage on the side of the road, and he and Lu Zhicheng were resting on the door frame of the carriage with their eyes closed, and their eyes were a little blue, it seemed that they must have been on the road for a long time last night.

Seeing that the two of them looked tired, Yang Liang and Chen Lu didn't bother, but silently retracted the quilt, wanting to wait for them to wake up naturally.

At this moment, the sky was slightly cloudy, and the orange-red sun was hanging in the distance, looking like it was about to rise, and the warm red light was sprinkled on a piece of loess, and there was a burst of pale golden brilliance.

Yang Liang couldn't help but look a little stunned, he had lived for so long now, and he had never seen what the sunrise looked like, this can be regarded as a long insight, and it was in such a brilliant and magnificent scene, which made him unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

Chen Lu on the side also secretly sighed, because in the village, sometimes he had to help Chen's father do some farm work, so he got up very early every day, and he could often see the sunrise scene, but in this deserted expanse, such a spectacular sunrise scene was the first time he had seen it.

The two of them leaned on the window and watched the sunrise, and after a while, the sun slowly rose, and the warm sunlight sprinkled on the earth, and the people who illuminated it were also warm.

At this time, Yuan Heng and Lu Zhicheng also woke up, looked at the sunrise in front of them, and found that it was already dawn, and the two children in the carriage were lying on the window, looking at the rising sun, "Wow", and sighed at this magnificent sunrise.

After a short rest, everyone washed up briefly, Yuan Heng took out the pot and cooked some food, and the four of them started to go on the road again after eating and drinking.

Although the economic conditions of Yuncheng are not very good, but because of the relatively large area, so the repair of the road is still very important, although because of the loose soil, it is not suitable to pave the road into stone slabs, but the overall traces and boundaries of the road are still very clear, and the loose soil, so the traces of the caravan after marching, look very obvious on the road.

The caravan was different from ordinary carriages and pedestrians, because of the large number of people, so the tracks of the wheels of the carriage and the traces of horses trampling on the ground were wider than normal in the places they traveled.

And because there were many slaves in the caravan, they could not ride carriages and horses, and were generally responsible for exploring the road in front and pulling goods as coolies, so the traces of the caravan after marching should be footprints in front and a ribbon of wheel tracks in the back, which is very obvious in this yellow earth, and it is easy to follow.

Yuan Heng and Lu Zhicheng didn't dare to delay for a moment, they stared closely at the traces of the caravan on the road, and they didn't even have time to eat lunch properly, they just casually ate some dry food and dealt with it casually.

However, this is bitter Yang Liang and Chen Lu sitting in the carriage, the road paved with dirt is easy to potholes, so the carriage driving on it, naturally not as smooth as on the stone road, often bumps up and down, and Yuan Heng in order to catch up with the caravan, the speed is very fast, so the two people sitting in the carriage also followed the carriage up and down the bumps, fortunately there is not much to eat at noon, otherwise according to the degree of this bump, it is estimated that you will vomit as much as you eat.

In this hurry, when it was close to evening, Yuan Heng noticed the traces of the sudden deepening of the wheels on the road, which indicated that the people in the caravan should have camped around here, ready to spend the night.

A cursory observation of the surrounding environment, this will not be as desolate and vast as when it first came out of the city, the boundary of loess can not be seen at a glance, probably because of the surrounding river, there are many trees with slender branches, which look very different from the plains, and the trees here are obviously malnourished because of insufficient water and nutrients.

Since there is vegetation around, it means that there must be a water source nearby, and the caravan has such a population, if you want to station, you must find a place near the water source, Yuan Heng signaled everyone to be quiet, he bent down, put his ear close to the ground, and listened carefully to the surrounding environment, and finally let him hear a faint sound of water.

So he got on his horse again, and drove the wagon in the direction of the flowing water he had heard.

As Yuan Heng expected, after walking in the direction he found, he heard the sound of everyone gathering and talking, and it seemed that it should be the people of the caravan.

Lu Zhicheng heard the sound of the crowd and trotted towards the caravan excitedly, but Yuan Heng had a heart and stopped him, telling him not to be in such a hurry.

Although he didn't know why Yuan Heng was stopping him, Lu Zhicheng still listened to his words, calmed down, and didn't rush over rashly.

Yuan Heng found a corner hidden behind the bushes, hid the carriage there, and then motioned for Yang Liang and Lu Zhicheng to hide in the carriage together, while he himself took Chen Lu to the side of the caravan.

Because it was almost night, the cook in charge of cooking in the caravan was building a fire and pots, and when he saw Yuan Heng with a child, he looked very raw, and he should not be from the caravan, so he stopped him and asked him what he was doing.

Yuan Heng made an elegant and easy-going appearance, he first politely hugged his fists, saluted the person who stopped him, and then said, "Little brother, are you from the caravan from Zhao State?" ”

"That's right, what are you asking for?" This little cook is quite vigilant, he looked at Yuan Heng suspiciously, as if he didn't understand why he asked this.

Yuan Heng smiled kindly, and then said: "My surname is Wang, I am a native of Wei Guolinshui, I received a letter from an old man a few days ago, saying that he would follow the caravan of Zhao State to Wei State, so I want to ask if he is in the team now, and I can meet him." ”

Hearing Yuan Heng say this, he was full of smiles and a friendly look, the little cook finally dispelled a little vigilance, his attitude eased a little, and then said: "So that's the case, then who is the surname of your old man, I will find him for you." ”

The new task of the system "Thank you, little brother, my old friend's name is Lu Zhicheng, and he told me in the letter that he should be a bookkeeper in the caravan." ”

When Yuan Heng mentioned Lu Zhicheng's name, the cook's face changed suddenly, and when Yuan Heng said that he was the bookkeeper, his face became angry again.

"It turned out to be Lu Zhicheng's bastard friend, he had already swept away the finances of the main family and escaped, you are his friend, it doesn't seem to be a good thing, go quickly, don't find bad luck for me here!"

After saying that, he waved his sleeves and walked to the side, looking unwilling to pay attention to Yuan Heng anymore.

Hearing the words of the little brother cook, Lu Zhicheng, who was beside Yang Liang, was suddenly not calm, and he was so angry that he was about to rush out to confront the little brother, but Yang Liang still grabbed him hard and didn't let him run out so impulsively.

is as smart as Yang Liang, and he immediately saw the purpose of Yuan Heng.

According to the laws of Zhao State, when a caravan goes to other countries to trade, it is generally the number of people when it goes, and it must be those people when it comes, because even if the officers and soldiers do not count the population so clearly, if they lose someone, after returning to Zhao State, the family members of the family will come to the door, and it will not be easy to explain.

Therefore, the general caravan will not easily leave anyone behind, because if it spreads, the reputation of the owner of the caravan will also be damaged, and the next time you want to organize a caravan, it will not be so easy.

Looking at this kind of situation together, it is indeed very strange that their caravan left Lu Zhicheng on the road like this, and there must be a demon when something goes wrong, so something must have happened, maybe they had some misunderstanding about Lu Zhicheng, otherwise they would definitely not have left him so easily, not to mention that Lu Zhicheng is still a bookkeeper, and he is a more important person in the team, it stands to reason that he found that the person was missing at that time, even if there was another bookkeeper who made a ghost from it, he would not just leave Lu Zhicheng alone.

The only explanation is that the bookkeeper must not have just told the caravan that Lu Zhicheng was missing, it is very likely that he made up some things to slander or blame Lu Zhicheng, so the caravan owner left Lu Zhicheng like this.

As for what he could have made up?

Both of them are bookkeepers, and the most common problem is related to money, so the other party can completely put a hat on Lu Zhicheng to abscond with the finances without permission, so that the main family will definitely feel that Lu Zhicheng is afraid of crime and abscond, so naturally they will not think about looking for him anymore.

Now that he heard what this chef brother said, Yang Liang was even more sure of his guess in his heart, it seems that Yuan Heng's decision just now was right, if Lu Zhicheng rushed out rashly just now, everyone must be angry with him, in such a chaotic situation, it is actually very difficult to explain things clearly, and now Yuan Heng first took Chen Lu to test the situation, figure out what was going on, and then discuss what should be done later, which is the most suitable solution.

As for why Yuan Heng took Chen Lu instead of Yang Liang, first, Chen Lu is a real Wei person, if something happens, there is still room for justification, although Yang Liang is a little fat man, but the pampered aristocratic temperament on his body is difficult to erase, Yuan Heng wants to pretend to be an ordinary person, he must bring the same ordinary Chen Lu to be more convincing.

After listening to the words of the little cook, Yuan Heng also had some calculations in his heart, he still smiled politely, bowed to the little brother, said "excuse me", and took Chen Lu back to the place where the carriage was parked.

After coming back, seeing Lu Zhicheng's indignant look, Yuan Heng knew that he had heard it just now, he motioned for the four of them to come to the carriage, and closed the doors and windows of the carriage, and then began to say: "You can see the reaction of the cook just now, if you rush forward now, they will definitely shout to arrest you, and when the crowd is angry and the scene is chaotic, I can't help you even if I want to save you." ”

Seeing the scene just now, although Lu Zhicheng was a little simpler, he was not a fool, he naturally guessed it, he scratched his hair in annoyance, and then said: "But Brother Yuan, if I don't go out and explain clearly, will I let them slander my reputation like this!" ”

"This explanation naturally has to be explained clearly, but not now, don't act rashly, there are still about three days to go from here to the border of Yuncheng, as long as the misunderstanding is explained clearly within these three days, you return to the caravan, then all the problems will be solved."

"But...... Alas! That's all it can be now! ”

Lu Zhicheng sighed, and then continued: "I think I, Lu, have been in this world for more than 20 years, although I am not a great hero who stands up to the sky, but at least I am upright, how can I think that I will be slandered and innocent now, and it is difficult to distinguish between words!"

Alas!

It's really impermanent, is God playing tricks on me like this! ”

"You don't have to blame yourself, the truth is there, the lie will be exposed one day, we have now kept up with the caravan, as long as we find a chance to prove our innocence, won't this problem be solved!"

Yuan Heng saw his good brother's depressed look, so he comforted and explained.

Hearing Yuan Heng's words, Lu Zhicheng felt a lot relieved in his heart, but there was still a trace of sadness and resentment in his expression, just imagine how depressed a person who acted upright should be when he was slandered like this.

Yang Liangzheng expressed sympathy for Lu Zhicheng in his heart, and sighed that the taste of being wronged was really uncomfortable, but at this moment, the voice of the system sounded coldly again: "Ding Dong, host, you have a new task, please pay attention to check~"

I haven't seen him for a few days, Yang Liang has been used to the system being so startled, with the experience of successfully completing the system tasks in the previous times, Yang Liang is no longer so big when he hears the system tasks again, but he will still be a little nervous subconsciously, and he doesn't know what moth tasks the system will assign to him this time.

"Your new task is to prove Lu Zhicheng's innocence, reward 1000 emotion points for success, deduct 6000 emotion points for failure, the task is limited to three days, please hurry up and complete it~"

After listening to the task of the system, Yang Liang felt more and more that this dog system should be monitoring his every move and mental activity all the time, otherwise why would he suddenly jump out like a plot promoter and let him complete such a task......

But to be honest, compared to the previous ones, this task does seem to be easier to complete, although the reward is not much, but at least it seems feasible, especially if it can solve Lu Zhicheng's urgent need by the way.

So Yang Liang happily accepted this task, and then began to think in his mind, how to solve this task......

Without waiting for Yang Liang to think about it for long, Yuan Heng also lit a bonfire in another corner, set up a pot, and began to prepare today's dinner.

Smelling the aroma of food, Yang Liang's thoughts were suspended again, how could he expose the lies of the bookkeeper?

I heard what the cook said just now, Lu Zhicheng took away the property of the main family and fled, even he was so angry as a cook, it seems that the amount of stolen property should not be less, after some analysis, the bookkeeper is the most likely to embezzle the property, and then blame Lu Zhicheng.

First, because Lu Zhicheng and him are both account rooms, and Lu Zhicheng is very calm and reliable, so he must have a sense of crisis, and one person can have malice towards another person without any reason and logic, not to mention that the two are still competitive to a certain extent;

The nature of the work of the two of them is to deal with property, so the possibility of self-theft is very high, if he is the property that he stole after leaving for Wei, then as long as he searches, the truth will be revealed, but if he started to steal before he came to Wei, and also made false accounts, it will be a little difficult......

After analyzing and analyzing, Yang Liang felt that his brain cells were almost insufficient, so he simply opened the system mall, holding the attitude of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, trying to find out if there was anything he could use in the system mall.

And it was such a casual flip that really made Yang Liang find a small thing that looked like something, and he clicked on the prop called "Truth Teller", which was written with instructions for the use of this thing.

Item Name: Truth Elixir Prop Function: After use, it can make the object being used tell the truth 100%, and the effective duration is 12 hours.

Precautions: After use, you need to ask the user in the form of questions and answers, and the words spontaneously spoken by the user are not within the effective range of this elixir Seeing this, Yang Liang was suddenly a little speechless, the scope of the restriction of this elixir is quite a lot, and then he looked at the price again, and suddenly his heart was cold, such a small potion, it takes a full two thousand emotional values to redeem!

The words have been spoken in my heart............